of Man vnder the wardship of William Scrope then Lord of the sayd I le to remayne there in perpetuall prison and on the morrow the King granted to him his wife fiue â— Markes yearely during their liues Also the writ of Scire facias was granted to the Earle of Salisburie against the Earle of March for the sayd Lordship of Denbigh fiftéene dayes respite being giuen to put in an answere Item it was ordeyned that those which ought money to Rochester Bridge should be put in execution for the payment to the vse of the same Bridge Also Henry Bolenbroke Earle of Derby sonne and heire of Dukes created Iohn of Gaunt D. of Lancaster was created D. of Hereforde Edward Earle of Rutland was created Duke of Aumarle Thomas Earle of Kent Duke of Surrey the Earle of Notingham Duke of Norffolke Iohn Earle of Huntington Duke of Excester Iohn Earle of Somerset Marques of Dorset Thomas Lorde Spencer Earle of Glocester The Lorde Neuell Earle of Westmerland Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester William Scrope L. Treasourer Earle of Wiltshire Sir Iohn Mountagew Earle of Salisburie The K. added the armes of K. Edward the Confessor to his bare them togither part for pale and then the Parliament was proroged till the octaues of S. Hillary then to be holden at Shrewsburie Iohn Woodcocke William Askam the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior VVestminster Hall repaired Sir Richard Whitington Mercer the 28. of October King Richard caused the great Hall at Westminster to be repaired both the walles windowes and ruffe with a maruellous worke and great costes whiche he leuied of Strangers banished out of their Countreys who obteyned licence to remayne in this CouÌ„trey by the Kings Charter which they had purchased with great sommes of money King Richard kept his Christmas at Liechfield and then 1398 tooke his iourney towardes Shrewsburie where the Parliament lately proroged began againe in the which it was ordeined that all Statutes ordeyned at Westminster in the xj yeare of y â— Kings raigne should be reuoked disanulled al y â— articles of the same and the heires of theÌ„ that were adiudged in y â— said Parliament should be recoÌ„ciled and restored to all their lands inheritances possessions excepted y â— they should haue no clayme against the with-holders of the profiles and reuenues of those lands in the meane time On the morrow it was ordeyned that the heires of them whiche were iudged and conuicted in the foure Articles of high treason should not enioy the Lands nor any possessions of their progenitors but should be excluded from all and euery action and clayme for euer The first Article of high treason was this if any man of what condition soeuer he were did imagin the kings death The second Article was if any man should haue an imagination to depose the King The third if any man did ride armed within the Realm of England in manner of warre against the King The fourth was if any maÌ„ disclaymed y â— kings homage Also the same day the Lord Cobham was arraigned to make answere vnto two Articles of high treason The first was that he the sayde Lorde Cobham was in counsell to make one commission against the state of the King and likewise that he vsed the same commission in doing iudgement against the Kings will and to the preiudice of him The seconde that he sate in iudgement to iudge Sir Simon de Burley and Iames Barnes Knightes of the kings in his absence and against his will and vpon this he was coÌ„uict and iudged to perpetuall prison within the I le of Iersey On the morrow Henry Duke of Hereford accused Thomas The Duke of Hereford accuseth the Duke of Norffolke Mowbray Duke of Norffolke of certaine words by him spoken as they rode betwéene London and Brayneford tending to the dishonor of the Kings person which the Duke of Norffolke vtterly denayd to haue spoken where vpon a Combate was granted them by the King to be fought at A Combate is granted Couentry vpon the seauentéenth of September A fiftéenth and a halfe was granted and the customes of woolles fiftie Shillings of euery Sacke of euery Englishman borne and thrée pound of euery Stranger This Parliament ended the King visited many places in the Weast part of England as Worcester Hereford Bristow and other places to wéete Glastonbury and Bath After this also the King caused a Theatre to be made at Anno reg 22 Bristow for a Combate to be fought betwixt two Scottes to wéete the one béeing an Esquire appellant and the other a Knight defendant and the appellant was ouercome and hanged but after this time he made a great and maruellous strong Theatre at Couentrie for the Combate betwixte the Duke of Hereford and the Duke of Norffolke and gaue them day for the fight the sixtéenth of September to wéete the feast day of Saint Edith at which day and place a great concourse and assemble of people was there gathered out of all partes of Englande When the sayde Champions appeared in the Listes readie to fighte the King commanded them to be quiet and not to fight and then the Kyng sitting in hys royall apparell within his Tente girt with his Sworde hée commanded hys decrée to bée proclaymed and thys was the Kings decrée that Henry Duke of Hereforde for hys disobedience towardes the King Dukes â—anished shoulde bée banished for tenne yeares and likewise the Duke of Norffolke to be banished for euer out of England taking of his reuenues a thousand Markes by yeare till the Towne of Caleis were repaired Iohn Wade Iohn Warner the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Drew Barrentine Goldsmith the 28. of October At the feast of Saint Michaell the King caused seauentéene Counties in East England to bée indited and layde to theyr charges that they had bin agaynste him with the Duke of Glocester the Earles of Arundell and Warwike wherefore hée sente honourable men to induce the Lords both Spirituall and Temporall to make a submission by writing sealed with theyr owne handes acknowledging themselues to bée Traytors to the King though they neuer offended him in word or déede Moreouer he compelled all the Religious Gentlemen and commons to set Blancke Charters their Seales to blanckes to the ende he might as it pleased him oppresse them seuerally or all at once some of the commons payde a thousande Markes some a thousande pounde c. Also he ordeyned through euery Prouince in Englande that all Gentlemen and meÌ„ of substance should be sworne Vnâ—customed othes firmely to maynteyne according to their possible power all the Statutes Articles and Constitutions ordeyned in the last Parliament On Newyeares day néere vnto Bedforde a very déepe water which ranne betwixt the Townes of Swelstone and Harleswode stoode sodeinly still and deuided it selfe so that by the space of thrée miles the botome remained drie which wonder many one thought did signifie the deuision
miles of length and gaue twentie pound in money toward the making of Roytton bridge thrée miles from Couentrie He made the high way to Kâ—lborne néere to London He made foure Bridges two of them of stone conteyning eyghtéene Arches in them both the one ouer the â—iâ—er of Seuerne called Aâ—â—â—â— bridge the other Terne bridge for that the water of Terne runneth vnder it the other two of Timber at Stoke and built a good part of Stoke Church He builded one notable Fréeschoole at Drayton in Shropshire Freeschoole at Drayton in Shropshire with Mayster and â—â—â—â—er and sufficient stipends for them both besides conuenient Lodgings for the same He also purchased a frée Faire to the sayd Towne with a frée market wéekely and a frée market for Cattell euery fourtéene dayes He gaue to the Hospitall of Christes Church in London in Gift to Christes hospitall his life time fiue hundred pound in ready money and a hundred pound at his deceasse The xxix of Nouember Robert Kete and William Kete Robert Kete and VVilliam Kete hanged his brother were deliuered out of the Tower of London to Sir Edmond Windham Knight and Sheriffe of Norffolke to be conueyed to Norwich where Robert Kete was hanged in theynes on the toppe of Norwich Castell and William Kete likewise hanged on the toppe of Windam Stéeple In December the Scottes tooke Burticragge in Scotland and Holds in Scotland lost other holdes then possessed by Englishmen where they slew man woman and child except Sir Iohn Lutterell the Captayne whome they tooke prisoner The xix of January Sir Iohn Russell Lord priuie Seale States created was created Earle of Bedford and Lord Saint Iohn Lorde great Mayster was created Earle of Wilshire and Sir William Paget Comptroller of the Kings house was made Lord Paget The same day at night were murthered by Saint Pulchers Peter Gambo and another Captayne murthered Church against the Kings head without Newgate of London two Captaynes that had serued the King at Boloigne and else where the one was Sir Peter Gambo the other Filicirga which murther was committed by Charles Gauaro a Fleming who came post from Berwike to do that acte on the morrow he with thrée of his company was taken in Smithfield by the Lorde Paget and sent to Newgate and the four and twentith of January they were all four Charles Gauaro and other hanged Gauaro Balthasar Gauaro Nicholas Disalueron and Francis Deualasco had in a Cart to Smithfield and by the way at the place where the murther was done Charles Gauaro had his right hand striken off on the Cart whéele and then all hanged in Smithfield The xxij of January Iohn Earle of Bâ—â—ford William 〈…〉 Paget 〈…〉 William Peter Knight one of the Kings Secretaries and Sir Iohn Mason Knight chiefe Clearkâ— of the Counsell were sent into France Embassadors to the French King The xxvij of January Humfrey Arundell Esquier Thomas Anno reg 4. Rebels executed Holmes Winslow and Bery Captaynes of the Rebels in Deuonshire were hanged and quartered at Tiborne On Candlemasse day William Lord Saint Iohn Earle Nevv Officers of Wilshire Lord great maister and president of the Counsell was made Lord Treasurer Iohn Dudley Earle of Warwike Lord great Chamberlayne was made Lord great maister William Parre Marques of Northampton was made Lord great Chamberlayne Lord Wentworth was made Lord Chamberlain of houshold Sir Anthony Wing field Captayne of the Gard was made Comptroller of the Kings house and Sir Thomas Darcy Knight was made Uizchamberlayne and Captayne of the Gard and the Earle of Arundell late Lord Chamberlaine with the Earle of Southampton were put off the Councell and commaunded to kéepe their houses in London The vj. of February the Duke of Somerset was deliuered out of the Tower and that night he supped at Sir Iohn Duke of Somerset deliuered Yorkes one of the Sheriffes of London The x. of February one Bell a Suffolke man was hanged and quartered at Tiborne for mouing a new Rebellion in Suffolke and Essex The last of March a generall peace was proclaymed betwéene 1550 Peace proclaymed The liberties of Southvvarke purchased the Kings of England France the Emperour the Scottes This time the Lord Maior of London and the Aldermen purchased all the liberties of Southwarke which was in the Kings hands The xij of Aprill Doctor Nicholas Ridley late Bishop of Rochester was enstalled Bishop of London at Powles Boloigne yeelded to the French The xxv of Aprill the Towne of Boloigne was yéelded â—â— the French â—ing The second of May Ioan Knell alias Butcher or Ioan of Ioan â—utcher brent Kent was brent in Smithfield for Heresie that Christ tooke no flesh of the virgin Mary Richard Lion Goddard Gorran and Richard Irelande Rebels of Kent executed were executed the xiiij of May for attempting a new Rebellion in Kent On Wednesday in Whitson wéeke at a Court of Aldermen kept at the Guild hall Sir Iohn Aliffe Knight and mayster Alderman of Southvvarke of Backewell hall was sworne Alderman of the Bridgewarde without to haue the iurisdiction of the Bourow of Southwarke and thus was he the first Alderman that euer was there who made vp the number of xxvj Aldermen of London whereas before that time had bin but xxv Trinitie Tearme was adiourned till Michaelmas for Tearme adiourned that the GentlemeÌ„ should kéepe the Commons from commotion The third of June the Lord Lisle sonne and heire to the Earle of Warwike was married to the Duke of Somersets A marriage â—aughter at Sheene the King Maiestie being there present The xj of June being Saint Barnabyes day was kepte Saint Barnaby kept holy holyday all London ouer and the same day at night the high â—â—â—tare in Paules Church was pulled downe and a table High Aultare in Paules pulled dovvne â—â—â— where the Aultare stoode with a vayle drawne beneath the steppes and â—n the Sonday next a Communion was 〈…〉 at the same table and shortly after all the Aultars in London were taken downe tables placed in their 〈…〉 This yeare was no such watch at Midsomer as had bin No vvatch at Midsomer 〈…〉 The xxx of July Thomas Lorde Wriothsley Earle of Earle of South-hampton deceassed â—â—uth-hampton Knight of the Garter and one of the execu 〈…〉 to King Henry the eyght deceassed at Lincolne place in 〈…〉 orne and was buryed in Saint Andrewes Churche 〈…〉 Augustine Hinde Iohn Lion the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Andrew Iud Skinner the 28. of October This Sir Andrew Iud erected one notable Fréeschoole Freeschoole at Tonbridge at Tonbridge in Kent wherein be brought vp and nourished in learning great store of youth as well bred in that Shire as brought from other Countreys adioyning a noble acte and correspondent to those that haue bin done by like worshipfull men and other in old time within the same Citie of London He
deceyued for whyche of vs can washe hys handes cleane thereof and if we shoulde shrincke from you as from one that were culpable which of vs can excuse himselfe to be guiltlesse therefore herein your doubt is too farre caste I praye God it be quoth the Duke let vs go to dinner and so they sate downe After dinner the Duke wente in to the Quéene where his Commission was by that tyme sealed for his Lieutenantshippe of the army and then tooke his leaue of hir and so didde certaine other Lordes also Then as the Duke came through the Councell Chamber he tooke his leaue of the Earle of Arundale who prayed God be with his Grace saying he was sorie it was not his chance to goe with him and beare him companye in whose presence he could finde in hys hearte to spende hys bloâ—de euen at his féete then the Earle of Arundale tooke Thomas Louell the Dukes boy by the hande and saide farewel gentle Thomas with al my heart Then the Duke with the L. Marques of Northampton the Lorde Grey and dyuers other tooke their Barge and went to Dirham place and tâ— White hall where that night they mustred theyr men and the next day in the morning the Duke departed with the number of 600. menne or there aboutes And as they rode thorough Shordiâ—che saith the Duke to the Lorde Grey the people preasse to sée vs but not one sayeth God spéede vs. The same daye sir Iohn Gates and other went oute aâ—â—â—â— the Duke By this time worde was broughte to the Tower that the Lady Mariae was â—â—ed to Framingâ—aâ— Castell in Suffolke where the people of the Country almoste wholly resorted to hâ—â— â— that â—â—â— Edmond Pecâ—am sir Edward Hastings and the Lorâ— Windsore with otherâ— were 〈◊〉 Quéene Marie â—â— Bâ—ckinghamshire sir Iohn Williams in Oxfordshire c. About this time sixe ships well manned that were aâ—poynted to lye before Yarmouth and to haue taken the Lady Mary if she had fled that way were by force of weather driuen into the Hauen where one Maister Iernigham was raysing power on the Ladye Maries behalfe who hearing thereof came thither wherevppon the Captaines tooke a boate and wente to the Shippes but the Saylers and souldiors asked Maister Iernigham what he woulde haue and whether he would haue their Captaines or no and he said yea Mary saide they ye shall haue them or we will throwe them into the bottome of the Sea but the Captaines saide forthwith that they would serue Quéene Mary willingly and so broughte forth their men and conueyed with them their great ordinaunce Of the commyng of these Shippes the Ladye Mary was wonderfull ioyous and afterwarde doubted little the Dukes puissaunce but when newes therof was broughte to the Tower eche manne there beganne to draw backward and ouer that word of a greater mischiefe was broughte to the Tower that is to saye that the Noblemens tenaunts refused to serue their Lords against Quéen Marie The Duke thoughte long for his succoures and wrote somewhat sharplye to the councell at the Tower in that behalfe as well for lacke of men as of munition but a flender aunsweare had he againe And from that time forward certaine of the Councell to wéete the Earle of Pembrooke and sir Thomas Cheyney Lorde Warden and other sought to gette oute of the Tower to consulte in London but coulde not yet The sixetéenth of Iuly being Sonday Doctor Ridley Bishoppe of London by commaundement of the Councel preaâ—hed at Paules Crosse where he vehementlye perswaded the â—eople in the title of y e Lady Iane late proclaimed Quéene â—nd inueyed earnestly againste the title of Lady Mary c. The same sixetéenth of Iuly the Lorde Treasurer was â—â—ne oute of the Tower to his house in London at nighte and â—â—rthwith about seauen of the clocke the Gates of the Tower vpon a sodayne were shut vppe and the kayes borne vp to the Lady Iane which was for feare of some packing in the Lorde Treasurer but he was fetched agayne to the Tower about twelue of the clocke in the night The xviij daye the Duke perceyuing that the succours promised came not to him and also receyuing from some of the Councell Letters of discomforte he returned from Bury backe agayne to Cambridge The ninetéenth of July the Counsell partelye moued with the right of the Lady Maries cause partly considering that the moste of the realme was wholy bent on hir side changed theyr minds and assembled themselues at Bainardâ— Castel where they communed with the Earle of Pembrooke and immediately with the Maior of London certaine Aldermen the Sheriffes Garter King at Armes and a Trumpet came into Cheape where they proclaymed the Ladye Mary daughter to King Henry the eyght and Quéene Katherine Quéene of Englande Fraunce and Irelande Dofendor of the Faith c. and the same night the Earle of Arundele the Lord Paget rode in poste to Quéene Mary The xx of July Iohn D. of Northumberlande hauing sure knowledge y â— the Lady Mary was by the nobilitie others of the Councell remayning at London proclaymed Quéene aboute fiue of the clocke the same night he with suche other of the Nobilitie as were in his company came to the Market Crosse and callyng for an Harrault hymselfe proclaymed Quéene Mary and among other he threwe vppe hyâ— owne Cap and wythin an houre after he had Letters from the Councell as he said that he shoulde forthwith dismissâ— his army and not to come within tenne myles of London foâ— if he did they woulde fight wyth hym the rumour whereâ— was no sooner abroade but euerie man departed And shortlye after the Duke was arrested in the Kings Colledge 〈…〉 one Maister Slegge Sergeant at Armes At the laste letters were brought from the Councell at London that al 〈…〉 shoulde goe eche his way Wherevpon the Duke sayde 〈…〉 them that kepte him yée doe me wrong to withdrawe my libertie sée you not the Counsels letters wythoute exception that all men shoulde go whither they would At which wordes they that kepte hym and the other Noblemen sete them at libertie and so contynued they for that night insomuche that the Earle of Warwicke was readye in the morning to haue rode away but then came the Erle of Arundel froÌ„ the Quéen to y e Duke into his Chamber who went out to méete him as soone as he saw the Earle of Arundale he fel on hys knées desired hym to be good to him for the loue of God coÌ„sider saith he I haue done nothing but by the coÌ„sents of you and all the whole Councell My Lorde quoth the Earle of Arundale I am sente hither by the Quéenes Maiestie and in hir name I doe arreast you and I obey it my Lorde quoth he I beséeche you my Lorde of Arundale quoth the Duke vse mercy towardes mée knowing the case as it is my Lorde quoth the Earle yée shoulde haue sought for mercie sooner I muste doe accordyng to my commaundement and
manfully stroke was more stoutely striken agayne and endeuoring to conquer was conquered himselfe he being ouercome fell downe for dead and when he was thought to Henry of Essex ouercome haue bin slayne at the instance of suche of the nobilitie as were of kinne to him it was granted vnto the Monks there Flores HistoriaruÌ„ that his body should be buryed but afterward he reuiued and hauing recouered his health became a Monke in that place London Bridge was new made of timber by Peter of Colechurch Anno reg 10 London bridge made of Timber 1164 Geruasius Do. a Priest Chapleyne Malcoline the Scottish King and Resus Prince of Southwales and other did homage to King Henry and his sonne Henry at Westminster A Counsayle was holden at Claringdon in presence of the King and the Archbishops Bishops Lordes Barons c. wherein was recognised and by their othes confirmed many ordinances too long héere to recite Thomas Archbishop of Canturburie being sworne to the same shortly after sore repented and â—â—ed the Realme went to the Court of Rome The six and twentith day of January was a great Earthquake Anno reg 11 1165 An Earthquake Mathew Pariâ— Gerua Doro. Anno reg 12. in Eely Norffolke and Suffolke so that it ouerthrewe them that stoode vpon their féete and made the Belles to ring in the Stéeples The King seased into his handes all the Archbishops goodes and rents and banished all his kindred The King led an innumerable army against the Welchmen Radul Cogshal of Flemings Scottes Pictes Aniowans and other but with so great a multitude he could not ouercome them The Welchmen tooke the Castell of Cardigan In a certayne asséege at Bridgenorth againste Hugh de Mortimere when the King was shotte at by one of the enimies a valiant man Hubert de Saint Clere Constable of Colchester did thrust himselfe betwixte the King and the danger of the stroke and so receyued death for him whose only daughter the King taking into his custodie he gaue hir in mariage to William de Languale with hir fathers inheritance who begate on hir a sonne bearing the name and surname of his Grandfather Quéene Elianor brought forth a sonne named Iohn The King passed ouer into Normandy and there holding 1166 a counsell appoynted a collection to be made through all his Countreys two pence of the pound of mouable goodes A Taxe for the first yeare and one penny the pound for foure yeares after Robert sonne to William Earle of Glocester deceassed Anno reg 13 1167 The warre was renued betwixt the King of Englande and the French King for the Citie of Tholose and Mathewe Earle of Bulloigne brother to Philip Earle of Flanders manned sixe hundred Shippes to haue come into Englande but by such preparation as Richard Lucy gouernour of England made he was stopped well ynough Mawde King Henries daughter was maryed to Henry Anno reg 14 1168 Iohn Taxtor Gerua Doro. Ypodigma Duke of Saxon. Conan Earle of little Britaine dyed and left for his heire a daughter named Constance which he had by the King of Scottes sister which Constance King Henry marryed to his sonne Geffrey Robert de Boscue Earle of Leycester dyed He foundeâ— Anno reg 15 1169 Sca. Cron. Gerendon Leycester and Eaton Sca. Cro. the Monasteries of Gerendon of Monkes of Leycester called Saint Mary de Prate of Channons regular and Eaton of Nunnes was founded by Amicia his wife daughter of Ralph Montforde King Henry caused the Castell of Warwike to be builded Deruntius the sonne of Morcardus called Mack Murgh Giraldus Cambr. King of Leynster being expelled out of his kingdome came into Guyen to King Henry hnmbly requiring 〈…〉 â—â—r his restitution who vnderstanding fully the cause â—â—ereof gaue frée licence to all Englishmen that woulde to â—â—â—â—e the sayde Deruntius wherevpon he returning into Englande couenanted with Richard Earle of Chepstow to gâ—â—e him his daughter in marriage and with hir the succession of his Kingdome so that he would help him in the recouery of it and shortly after he promised to Robert Fitâ— Stephen and Mawrice Fitz Gerald large reuenues in Ireland for the like helpe King Henry helde his Court at Naunts where the Bishops Anno reg 15. 1170 and Barons of Britayne being present sware their fidelitie to the King and to his sonne Geffrey and then the King sayled into England but many of his company were Giral Cambr. drowned by the way Robert Fitz Stephen first of all Englishmen after the Conquest Englismnen transported into Ireland entred Ireland the first day of May with 390. men and there tooke Wexford in the behalfe of Deruntius King Henry caused his sonne Henry borne at London Henry the kings sonne Crovvned to be Crowned by the handes of Roger Archbishop of Yorke as he thought to the great quietnesse of himselfe and hys Realme but it proued farre otherwise Thomas Archbishop of Canturbury by the mediation of Pope Alexander and Lewes the King of France was restored to his Sea of Caunturbury In September Richard Earle of Chepstow surnamed Gualteruâ— Couen Strongbow sayled into Ireland with a thousand two hundred men of warre and by force tooke Waterford and Dubâ—â—â— and marryed Eue Deruntius daughter Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canturbury the xxviij of Anno reg 17 1171 December was slayne by William Tracy Baron of Braynes Reignolde Fitz Vrse Hugh Moruilt and Richarde Briton Knightes There was séene at S. Osythes in Estsex a Dragon of a Chro. Colchester maruellous bignesse whyche by mouing burned houses Ex Record King Henry returned from beyond the Seas and landed at Portesmouth in the moneth of August Nicholas Break espeare an Englishman borne at Langley in the County of Hartford sonne to Robert a yonger brother Pope Adrian an Englishman of the house of Breakespeares whiche Roberte after the death of his wife professed himselfe a Monke of Saint Albons leauing his sonne to prouide for his owne preferment this yong man passed into France was shorne a Monke and after chosen Abbot went to Rome was consecrated Bishop of Alba made Cardinall sente Legate to the Norwayes where he reduced that nation from Paganisme to Christianitie and after returned to Rome When Anastasius was dead he was chosen Pope by y â— name of Adrian the 4. During his Popedome he granted the regimente of Ireland King Henry Lord of Ireland Gesta Abbat Sancâ—â— Albani Regiâ—truÌ„ mâ—n Sancti Albani Iohn Bale Cimphriuâ— Anno reg 18. Giralduâ— Cambr. Radul Cogshal Geruasius Dâ—â—â— to the King of England wherevpon King Henry hauing caused Richard Earle of Chepstow to giue into his handes all the land which he had conquered in that Realme toke Shippe at Penbroke and sayled thither where the King of Conach Deruntius King of Corke Morice King of Methe the King of Vriell Duvenald King of Ossery Duvenald King of Limerike Machachelin Ophelon Machaleny Othneâ—hely
sailed ouer into England was crowned at Westminster on y ◠Ascention daye And at Midsomer Ralphe Cogshall he returned again into Normandie with a great army which al the Sommer season contending against y ◠French proued the worthynesse of y e enimies to be sufficient ynough Consuetud de Lō for Phillip king of Fraunce in the quarrell of Arthur the son of Geffrey Iohns eldest Brother duke of Brytaine made war vppon King Iohn in Normandie and toke from him diuerse Castels and townes King Iohn granted the Shirifewike of London and Midlesex Sherife vvike of London let to ferme to the Citizens thereof for 300 pound yerely to be paid for that of auntient time it had bene so accustomed to be fermed as king Henrie the first before he had graunted to the same Citizens for 300. pounde yearely Also he gaue them full aucthoritie to chose and depriue their Sherifes at theyr pleasure Sherifes Arnolde Fitz Arnolde Richard Fitz Barthelmew Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne King Iohn made a lawe that no tunne of Wine of Poiters 1200 Price of vvines Gual Couen should be solde dearer than twentie shillings of Anioye foure and twentie shillings and of French wine fiue twentie shillings vnlesse the same French wine were so good that some woulde giue for it sixe and twentie shillings eyghte pence but not aboue A sexter of wine of Poiters no dearer than twelue pence nor white wine aboue sixe pence King Iohn hauing made peace beyonde the sea he required Annoreg 2 Taske aide of his Realme of xxx M. markes wherefore an edict was made that euery plow land should pay thrée shillings which troubled the lande very sore considering the escuage that went afore for euery Knights fée two markes whiche before neuer payde aboue twentie shilling The king being deuorced from his wife Isabel the Earle King Iohn deuorsed Mathew Paris Ypodigma Radul Cogshal of Glocesters daughter he passed ouer the sea paide thirtie M. markes to the French King vanquished his enimies and returned into Englande with Isabel his wife daughter to the Earle of Angolesme and crowned hir Quéene at Westminster on the eight of October Sherifes Roger Dorset Iames Bartelmew Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne King Iohn went to Lincolne where he met with William King of Scottes did homage King of Scottes Rotland Lorde of Galloway and many other noble men who did to him homage on the one and twētith day of Nouember A noble man of Aquitaine named Hugh Brune rebelling 1201 Hugh Brune rebelled against King Iohn inuaded diuers parts of the prouince bicause the King had maried the daughter of the Earle of Angolesme whom the sayd Brune had affied and had in his custodie wherefore the passed ouer and restrained the rebels from their attemptes The 25. of June there arose a cruell Tempest of thunder Ypodigma Annoreg 3. Tempestes lightning and hayle with a vehemente raine that destroyed corne cattell menne and houses by brenning them c. The 10. of July another Tempest much like to the former hapned so that the Medowes could not be mowed and the hay that was downe was carried away by the outragious course of waters that ouerflowed the grounde greate numbers of fishes through the corruption of the waters dyed many bridges borne downe corne and hay caried away many men drowned so that al men thought a new deluge had bene come Sherifes Walter Fitz Alis. Simon de Adermanbury Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne King Iohn sharplye warred vppon the Earle of March 1202 Radulphu◠Cog. Hugh Brune and the Earle of Eue hys brother who béeing not able to resist they complayned to Phillip king of France as to their soueraigne and chiefe Lorde who sent ofttimes to King Iohn mouing him to cease from vexing them but that woulde not serue wherefore he was sommoned by the Annoreg 4. Nobles of Fraunce as Duke or Earle of Aquitaine and Anioy to come vnto the Courte of the Frenche King and to stande to the iudgement of hys Péeres all which Kyng Iohn denyed K Iohn sōmoned to the French Kings Court wherevpon the same Courte adiudged hym to be depriued of all his landes which he or his predecessours helde of the king of Fraunce c. King Phillip forth with assembled an armye and inuaded the Castel of Buteuant in Normandie which King Richard had buylded he rased it to the ground He tooke the land of Hugh Gorney and all the Castels there about He tooke the Castell of Albomarle with the County of Eue and all the land to Arches none resisting him Also Arthure Earle of Britayne being made Knight by the French King whose Arthure Earle of Britayne taken yonger daughter he had fianced he being but sixtéene yeres olde wente to Hugh Brune and Geffrey of Lucingnam and with 250. Knightes beséeged the Castell of Mirable in which Quéene Eleanor his Aunte was enclosed but King Iohn came with a power and deliuered his mother from daunger He tooke there his Nephew Arthure William de Brawsa Geffrey de Lucingham Hugh Brune Andrew Caueny Saluaricus de Mauleon and diuers others Great thunder and lightning with hayle as bigge as Hennes egges c. Sherifes Normand Brundell Iohn de Ely Maior Henry Fitz Alwyne The waters encreased and did much hurt in Englande 1023 Mathew Paris Annoreg 5. Earle of Britaine murthered Radul Cogshal Arthure Earle of Britaine from Falaise was broughte to Roane and put in the Tower vnder the custody of Robert de Veypont where shortly after he was dispatched of his life some say by the hands of his Uncle Iohn The King of France inuaded the Castels of Normandy tooke Lisle Dandely with the Castell and the Vale de Ruell in the whiche were Robert Fitz Water Sayer de Quincy and many other He toke the strong Castell vpon Seyne builded by King Richard which had bin valiantly kept by the Connestable of Chester Sherifes Walter Browne William Chamberlayne Maior Henry Fitz Alwyne King Iohn doubting treason in his owne men in December retourned into Englande where he gathered greate aydes of money Elianor daughter to the Earle of Poyters that had bin 1204 Ralph Cogshal Anno reg 6. wife to Lewes King of France and after to King Henry the seconde of Englande departed this life and was buryed in Westminster King Iohn sente Embassadoures to treate a peace with the King of France but he bycause the worlde wente with him woulde not agrée in any wise except Arthure mighte be deliuered to him aliue or if he were dead he woulde haue his Sister in mariage with all the lands on that side the Seas Shortly after he tooke Falaise Caen and so forth all the Countrey to Barflot Charburgh and Dunfront Roane Vernoll and Arches and so proude Normandy Angiow Briteyne Mayne Poitow and Thoraigne were within a short time deliuered to King Phillip King Iohn marryed Iane hys Bastarde Daughter to Lewlin Prince of Wales and gaue with hir
next morning by meanes of the Bishop of Worcester and Reignald Abbot of Glocester a truce was taken betwixt the Barons in the town and the Kings sonne in the Castell but shortly after the Barons fled and the Burgesses submitting themselues were some of them hanged the residue cast in prison grieuously raunsomed and the towne destroyed from whence the Kings sonne departed spoyling and wasting the Country contrarie to his othe made to the Barons till he came to Oxforde where he lodged in the house of the Frier Prēchers and ioyned his power with the King his Father who was lately come thyther to make his offering to Saint Friswide not fearing the superstitious opinion y t if any King entred y e town the Uirgin there would be auenged on him The Kyng hauing now with him his brother Richard king of Almaine his sonne Edward William de Valence his brother on the mothers sidē and Iohn Cumyn of Scotland with a multitude of Scottishmen Iohn de Bailliol Lord of Galoway Robert le Bruse lord of Anandale Roger de Clifford Phillip de Marmiō Iohn de Vallibus Roger de Laborne Henrie Percy Phillip Basset Roger de Mortimer with an army went and besieged Northampton Nothamton besieged and the fourth of Aprill breaking the Wall toke y e towne and in it fiftéene Knightes bearing Banners Simon Mountfort the yonger William de Ferrers Peter de Mountfort Baldwine Wake Adam de Newmarche Roger Bartrandi Simon Fitz Simon Berengario de Wateruile Hughe Cubion Thomas Maunsell Roger Bonteuileyne Nicholas Wake Robert de Newenton Phillip de Derby Grimbald de Paunsevent of whom Simon the yonger was sent to Winchester the residue to other places to be safely kepte Other Knightes of meaner degrée were taken to the number of xl and not a fewe Esquires from thence the king wente towardes Notingham wasting with fire and sworde the maner places of the Barons and there he gathered his Lordes and great men Earle Simon went to London and from thence to Rochester Rochester besieged whiche Iohn Earle Warren defended the bridge and first gate wherof when he had wonne being informed that the king was comming towards London he lefte the siege went backe to méete hym but the king turning his waye from London toke the Castel of Kenington Kingston which was Castel at Kingstone taken the Erle of Glocesters then going to Rochester chased away some that remayned at the siege but slewe many moe from thence he went to Tonbridge the Castel whereof he toke and the Counties of Glocester within it leauing a garrison there Castel of Tonbridge taken he went to Winchester where he receiued thē of the v. Portes to his peace passing further to Lewes was receiued into y e Priory his son into the Castel wher whiles he remained the Barons writ to him letters as ye may read in Mathew Paris Nicholas Triuet but they taking no effect y e Barons in armes approched towards Lewes inuading y e kings people Battel at Levves y ◠wer gone forth for forrage wherof the king being warned he goeth forth to méete thē with his army deuided into thrée sorts The first was led by Edward the kings son hauing with him William de Valence Erle of Penbroke Iohn de Waren Earle of Surrey and Sussex The seconde was guided by Richard K. of Almain w t his son Henrie The third the K. himself had in gouerning The Barons army was deuided into four wardes The first led Henrie de Mountfort w t the Erle of Hereford The seconde led Gilbert de Clare wyth Iohn Fitz Iohn Williā de Moūtchance The third in which the Londoners were Nicholas Segraue The fourth Erle Simō himself led with Thomas de Pelueston Edwarde the Kings sonne with hys battayle brake on his enimies that he made them to giue backe of whom many were drowned The Londoners were put to flyghte whom whilest the kings sonne pursued for the space of foure miles he made great slaughter but being separate frō the rest of the army he weakened his part sore In the meane time manye of the Kings battayle were slaine and the King of Almaine taken in a Windmil by Syr The King of Almaine taken Iohn de Beuis so was Robert le Bruis and Iohn Commyne which had brought the Scottes King Henrie also hauing hys horsse slaine vnder him yéelded to the Earle of Gloucester King Henrie taken who sent him prisoner to the Priory Edward returning is receyued with sharpe battayle and the Earle Waren William de Valence Grey de Lesmute the Kings halfe brethren Hugh Bigod with mē of armes to the nūber of 400. Haberions gotte then the Castel of Pemsey and when many were slayne on eyther side the Lorde Edwarde ryding aboute the towne sound his father in the Priorie In the meane time an assault being giuen to the Castle which was valiauntly defended the Barons withdrew thē wherevpon the Lord Edward being greatly incouraged and hauing gathered his people about him woulde haue made a new battayle so that the Barons sued for peace whiche by y e meanes of the Friers Preachers and Minors was brought to passe that on the Friday following the Lords Edwarde Henrie for theyr Fathers of England and Almayne kings deliuered themselues to Earle Simon vpon hope of quietnesse Edvvard the Kings son taken and peace that might be concluded On the Saterdaye the king licenced them that were aboute him to depart to theyr houses writ vnto thē that were in Tonbridge Castel that they shoulde not molest the Barons as they returned homewardes but they notwithstanding being in armes when they heard that the Londoners which were fled from the battaile were receiued into Croydon they hasted 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 the kings sonne was deliuered There was slain in the battayle at Lewes which was fought on the xij of May aboute Robert of Glocest VVestchepe in London brent 4500. men About that time a gret part of Westcheape in London was brent by treason Erle Simon led the K. his son Edward about with him W. Pakenton Chro. Glaston till he had gotte all the strong Castels of the lande into hys hands and then put Richard King of Almaine in y e tower of London and Edwarde the Kings sonne in Douer Castle In the mean time Roger Mortimer Iames Audeley Roger Leyborne Roger Clifforde Haymo Lestrange Hugh de Turberuile with many other rose against Simō who to restrayne theyr boldnesse associating to him the Prince of Wales entred the Castell of Hereforde and caused Edward the Kings sonne to be brought thyther from Douer after thys he wanne the Castell of Hey whiche belonged to the Earle of Hereforde and toke the Castel of Ludlow and after wastyng y e Castel of Ludlovv taken landes of Roger Mortimer goeth towardes Mountgomerie there taking pledges of peace of y e sayd nobles he turneth to the south parts to méete thē power which was sayd to come
lims w tout losse of goods or imprisonment and not to be disherited Such of y â— disherited persons as liked not y e ordinaunce of Kenilworth whose Captaine was Iohn Ciuille after they had taken the Citie of Lincoln spoyled the Iewes they fled again to the I le of Ely whose comming abroade when the Kyng with a great army hadde stopped Edwarde the kings sonne with bridges made of Hurdles and bordes in place conuenient as the inhabitaunts thereabout had instructed him he entred vpon the I le some of them within yéelded them to him y â— other being dispersed by flight Whiles these things The Erle of Glocester toke the Citie of London were a doing a newe trouble began for the Earle of Glocester taking part with the disherites came with an army gathered in Wales vnto London the seauenth of April therein he builded Bulwarkes cast ditches and trenches in diuerse places The king gathered an army at Windsor the v. of Maye Annales of Hyde he with an 109. ensignes came towardes London he pitched his tentes at Stratford and tarried there the space of one moneth where many entreated to make peace The vj. of June the Earle of Glocester in peaceable maner rendred the Citie vnto the King againe and then many that were disherited were reconciled at the instance of the Legate and the sayde Erle Foure that bare the cognisaunce of the Erle of Darby were put in sacks and cast in the Thamis Thomas Fitz Theobalde and Agnis his wife sister of Thomas Mercors chapel Becket Archbishop of Canturburie gaue to the master and brethren of the Hospitall called Saint Thomas of Acres beyonde the seas all the lande with the appurtenaunces that sometime was Gilbert Beckets father to Thomas Becket in which land y e said Thomas Becket was borne to make there a Church About Michaelmasse y â— king came to Shrewsburie to passe Nicho. Triueâ— into Wales there to vanquish y e prince of Wales Lewlyne who hadde ayded Simon Earle of Leicester but he sending to the Peace vvith the prince of VVales Anno reg 52 king granted him xxxij M. l. sterling to haue his peace by the Legats means there was restored to y e prince y â— land of 4 Cantredes which by law of armes the K. had taken from him Iohn Adriant Lucas Batecourt the. 28. of September Baylifes Custos 1268 Alyn Souch the. 28. of October Othobone the Legate calling a counsel at London ordayned many things in reformation of the English Church Uariance fell betwene the felowship of Goldsmiths and Aâ—yot in London Taylors of London causing great ruffling in the Citie and many men to be slaine for which ryot thirtéene of the chiefe Captaines were hanged Parliament at Marleborovve Anno reg 53 Baylifs Custos Sokenreure Liber trinitatis Great Frost 1269 Nic. Triuet The King helde a Parliament at Marleborow in the whiche were made the statutes of Marlebrige Walter Haruey William Duresme the. 28. of September Sir Stephen Edesworth the 28. of October Thomas Wimborne The riuer of Thamis was so harde frozen from Saint Androwes tide to Candlemasse that men and beastes passed on foote from Lambeth to Westminster the Marchandise was caryed from Sandwich and other Hauens to London by lande The 8. day of Aprill Edmund the Kings sonne marryed the daughter of William de Albemarle Earle of Holdernesse named Auelina whyche was heyre to hir father and mother both by reason whereof he was to haue with hir the Countie of Deuonshyre and the Lordshippe of the I le of Wight but he deceassed before both father and mother and loste all Anno reg 54 Sherifes Maior Thomas Basing Robert Cornhil the 28. of Septemb. Hugh Fitz Thomas the 28. of October The Nobles of England by the Kyngs commaundement Anuals of hyde Edmond Campion assembled at London to treate of dyuers matters amongest the whiche one was that all men should before the Justices Tho. Wikes 1270 shewe by what right they held their landes whyche matter did muche molest the people vntill Iohn Warren Earle of Surrey appeared who being asked by what right he helde his landes he drewe sodainely out his sword and sayde by this I holde my Grandfathers lands and with this I will kéepe them Upon multiplying of wordes the Earle slewe Allen de la Zouch Lorde chiefe Justice of Ireland before the other Justices of the Bench. And shortly after the same Iohn Erle of Surrey by the othe of 25 Knights at Winchester affirmed that he did not commit that facte vpon any pretenced malice neyther in contempte of the King and so for the summe of 1200 markes was reconciled Edward the kings sonne with hys brother Edmunde and Anno reg 55 many other nobles sayling into Asia against the infidels by hys policie and manly Actes so demeaned himselfe that oftentimes he put the Turkes to great disworship for dispight whereof they suborned a Sarasine to wounde him with a venemous dart whereof he was long sicke Henrie sonne to Richard King of Almayne as he went through Tuscane at Viterbe was slaine by Guy de Mountfort Walter Potter Phillip Taylour the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1271 Wâ— Rishanger Iohn Adrian Vintener the. 28. of October The stéeple of Bow in Cheape fell downe and slew manye people men and and women The eyghte and twentie of Januarie Richarde King of Almaine and Earle of Gornewall brother to King Henrie deceased in the Castel of Berchamsteede was buried at Hayles an Abbey of his foundation Anno reg 56 Sherifes Maior Gregorie Rokesley Henrie Waleys the. 28. of September Iohn Adrian 〈…〉 the. 28. of October Diuerse â—ournes 〈…〉 breake out of the hollow places Tho. de Wike of the Earth and ouerflowed a great parte of Canturburie Citie the streame wherof was so swift and violent that it bare downe buildings and houses and drowned manye people In June beganne a great ryot in the Citie of Norwiche 1272 W. Rishanger Riot at Norvvich Anno reg 57 through the which the Monasterie of the Trinitie was burned wherevpon the King rode downe and making enquiry for the chiefe doers thereof caused xxx of them to be condemnemned drawen hanged and brent Richard Paris Iohn de Wodeley the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sit Water Haruy the. 28. of October King Henrie being sicke called before hym Gilberte â—iber trinitatis of Clare Erle of Glocester and caused him to be sworn to kepe the peace of the lande to the be house of Edwarde his sonne and then dyed the sixtéench of Nouember in the yere 1272. when he had raigned lvj yeares and xxviij dayes he was buried at Westminster whiche Church he had newly builded he left issue Edward his eldest sonne vnto whom hée hadde I. Treklon giuen the Earledome of Chester who succéeded him in the Kingdome Edmund his seconde sonne vnto whom he had giuen the Earledome of Lancaster and
taken and brought to London with greate numbers of men and women wondring vppon him he was lodged Adam Merimo in the house of William Delect a Citizen of London in Fanchurche stréete On the morrow being the euen of Sainte Tho. Delamore Bartholmew he was brought on horssebacke to Westminster Iohn Segraue and Geffrey Knights the Maior Sherifes Aldermen of London and many other both on horsseback and on foote accompanying him and in the gret hall at Westminster he being placed vppon the South benche crowned with Laurel for that he had sayd in times past y e he ought to bear a Crowne in that Hall as it was commonly reported and being appeched for a traytour by sir Peter Mallorie y e kings Justice he aunswered that he was neuer traytour to y e king of England but for other crimes whereof he was accused hée confessed them and was after headed and quartered There was opened to the K. a conspiracie wrought by the Archbishop of Canturburie and diuerse Earles and Barons against him at such time as he was in Flaunders The Earle Marshal being examined of this and being not able to purge himselfe made the king his heire and put him in possession of his landes to haue his grace and thus doing the Kyng gaue him again 1000. pound land by the yeare during hys life William cosine Reignalde Thunderle 28. of September Sherifs Custos Anno reg 34 Sir Iohn Bloud the. 28. of October Robert Bruce an Englishman presuming by the righte of his wife to vsurpe the Kingdome of ScotlaÌ„d called a Parliament of the nobles of Scotland within the Church of the Friers 1306 Minors in Domfries where he slewe Iohn Comin bycause he woulde not agrée to the treason and shortlye after to wit in the feast of the Anunciation of our Lady in the Abbay of Scone he caused himself to be solemnely crowned king by the Bishoppes of Glasco and Saint Andrewes firste and the third day after by the Countesse of Bowan bicause hir brother the Earle of Fife to whome by right of inheritaunce that office belonged was then absent in England In the feast of Penticost king Edward honored his eldest sonne Edward of Carnaruan with the degrée of Knighthoode and with him also moe than a hundred noble yong men at Westminster About the feast of the Natiuity of our Lady the king weÌ„t againe into Scotland with a great army hauing sent his son Edward with Ayner de Valence Earle of Penbroke Roberte Clifforde Henrie Lacy and many other noble knightes and gentlemen at Whitsontide before also he sente before hym his Justices of Trayle BastoÌ„ two and two togither into euery Citie and place into which he woulde come giuing theÌ„ power to kill traytours drawe and hang periured persons burn such as worke deceite destroy the wicked and set Englishmen in their places and there were taken by them in the space of two monthes by inquisition of Juries Hundreds Thousands breakers of peace and conspiratoures amongst the which Nigellus de Bruse brother to Robert de Bruse was drawne through Berwicke and hanged Moreouer Christopher and Iohn Seyton brethren wer hanged y â— Countesse of Bowan was closed in a Cage whose breadth length height depth was eight foote and hanged ouer the waâ—â— of Berwike the Bishop of Saint Andrews and of Glasco with the Abbot of Stone were sent to seuerall prisons in England King Edward besieged Simon Frisell in Lilyscho and tooke him and sent him to London Tower where he founde many Scottish Lordes in fetters of yron amongst whom was Thomas Morham with Herbert his sonne and Thomas Roy his Esquire who were all beheaded Simon Frisel was hanged drawne and quartered Earle Iohn de Athol bycause he was of the Kings bloud and an Englishman was not drawn but hanged and headed Sir Iohn Wallers was sente to the Tower of London and after hanged and headed Lawrence de Megos Esquire was taken at Douer there beheaded The Earle of Stratherne yéelded to king Edward who condemned him to remaine during his life in yron fetters in the Castel of Rochester At this time and long after King Edward had Scotland in such good obedience as he gaue of the landes thereof to hys Ex charta regia seruauntes and subiectes in England with Markets Fayres and Warrens amongst others I haue séen vnder the broade seale of the sayd king Edward a Manour called Ketnes in the Countie of Ferfare in Scotland and néere the furthest parte of the same nation Northwarde giuen to Iohn Evre and hys Lord Evre heires ancester to the Lord Eyre that now is for his seruice done in those partes with market euerye Monday fayre for thrée dayes euery yeare at the feast of Saint Michael and frée Warren for y e same dated at Lauercost the. 20. day of October Anno regni 34. Geffrey Cundute Simon Bylet 28. of September Sherifes Custos Sir Iohn Blound the. 28. of October This yere Margaret Quéene second wife to Edwarde the Registrum fâ—â—â—rum â—inorâ—m Anno reg 53 first began to builde the quire of the Churche of the Gray Friers in London to y e building wherof in hir life she gaue 2000. markes and. 100. marks by hir Testament Iohn of Brytaiâ— Earle of Richmond builded the body of the church Lady Marie Countesse of Penbroke Gilbert Clare Earle of Glocester Margaret Countesse Lady Elenor le Spencer and Lady Elizabeth de Brugh sisters to the Gilbert de Clare gaue greate summes of mony towards the same Richarde Whitington sometime Alderman and Maior of London founded the Librarie there in Anno. 1421. King Edward held his Christmasse at Carlile with a great multitude of English people in the month of January next Parliament at Carlile 1307 following he called a great Parliament to be holden at Carlile vpon the Octaues of S. Hillarie to treat of matters coÌ„cerning the state of Scotland wherevnto were somoned manye Lords both of the Spiritualtie TeÌ„poraltie who either appeared Parliament Records in person or else by proxie My self haue séene and red an auntient register of good authoritie contayning y e names of lxxxvij Erles and BaroÌ„s xx Bishops lxj Abbots viij Priors besides many Deanes Archdeacons other inferiour Clearks of y e Conuocation The maister of the Knights of the Temple of euery shire two Knightes of euerye Citie two Citizens and of euery borough two Burgesses c. Archbishop of Yorke Bishops Of Lincolne London Chichester Excester Hereford Salisburie Landaf S. Assafe Bangor S. Dauids Couentrie and Liâ—chfielde Bath and Wels. Norwich Rochester Durham Carlile Elie. Worcester Abbots Of S. Augustine in CaÌ„terbury Of Saint Edmunde Saint Albane Westminster Waltham Euesham Saint Marie at Yorke Peterborow Ramsey Winchcombe Glocester Bristow Malmesburie Glastonburie Selby Cyrcester Reding Furney Sawley Alnewike Saint Osith Barlyng Tupholme Byley Dale Newhâ—s Croxton Cokersande Saint Radegound Tichfield Torre Holmcolthram Welbecke Hales New Monasterie Iereual Fountaines
this meane time sent a number of Genoways and other hired Souldiours vnto Dauid King of Scottes earnestly requesting him that he would inuade England with all his force wherefore about the seauenth of October he with a mightie power entred England passing along by Berwike which was strongly defended by the Englishmen and so ranging ouer the Forrest of Alnewike they wonne a certayne Mannour place called Luden belonging to the Lord Walter Wake who yéelded himselfe on condition Sir VValter VVake and his sonnes cruelly slayne by the Scottes to be ransomed where Selby a Knight béeing desirous by law of armes to saue his life he was taken which when it was knowne to Dauid he commanded him to be slayne but Selby intreated for him that he mought bée brought aliue to the presence of Dauid who hauing obteyned his request he falleth downe before Dauid requesting his life for raunsome but he was agayne adiudged to dye The malice of the Tirant was suche that he commaunded two of the children of the poore Knight to bée strangled in sight of their father and afterwarde himselfe béeing almost madde for sorrow was beheaded From thence the Scottes passed forwarde wasting along the Countrey wherein were many Farmes belonging to the Monasterie of Durham and comming within two miles of Durham they tooke certayne of the Monkes which they kept prisoners for their raunsome making couenant with the residue for a certayne summe of money and corne to redéeme theyr Mannoures from spoyling The Englishmen of the Marches fléeing before the face of the enimie William de la Zouch Archbishop of Yorke Uizegerent to the King in the Marches calling togither the Bishop of Carelile the Earle of Anguise the Lord Mowbrey the Lord Percy the Lord Neuell and other of the North with all their ayde togither with the Archers of Lancashire went towards the armie of the Scottes and on the euen of Saint Luke mette them at a place called Bewre Parke â—éere Neuels Crosse The Scottish Nation not accustomed to flée withstoode them stoutly and hauing Headpéeces on their heads and Targets on their armes preasing sore vpon the Englishmen they abode the brunt of the Archers but the men of armes which were in the forefronts gaue their enimies many deadly woundes The Marshall of the Scottes Earle Patrike who had the charge of the rereward when he perceyued his men to be beaten downe he fledde away with other that were priuie to his cowardlinesse he being fled the residue of the Scottes continuing faithfully with theyr King stoode about him like a round Tower kéeping hym in the middle who so continued till there was scarse fortie of them left aliue of the which not one of them coulde escape away At length Dauid their King béeing taken prisoner by Iohn Copland the residue aboute him béeing taken or slayne the Englishmen pursued the chace after them whiche were fledde slaying and taking them as farre as Prudihow and Corbridge In this great battayle were taken King of Scottes taken Dauid de Bruse King of Scottes the Earle of Mentife the Earle of Fife the Lorde Maleolin Fleming the Earle Wixton William Dowglas William de Lemingstone Walter de Halliburton Iohn Dowglas Dauid de Anade Iohn de Saint Clere William Mowbray Dauid Fitz Robert William de Ramsey Adam Moygne Iohn Stewarde Roger de Kirkpatrike Iohn Hume Wil. Morrey knights Iames Sudelflour Iames Loren Henry Delker Baronets There were slaine in this battell the Earle of Morife the Earle of Straterne also Alex. Stragy Iohn de Haliburton Hen de Ramsey Naso de Ramâ—ey AdaÌ„ Nilkenson Thomas Boid Iohn Stiward Allen Stiward Dauid Delahay Edward Kethe Iohn Crawford Iohn de Kindesey Philip de MaldreÌ„ Hen. Ramsey Alex. Morey Hum. de Boys Gil. Inchmarten Robert Maltallent and his brother Humfrey Kirkepatrike Iohn Strange and Patrike Hearing Knightes There were many slayne in the chase but there were no more coate armours found in the mayne battayle than we haue reckned This battayle was fought on the seuentéenth of October The prisoners were conuayde to London about Christmas Dauid le Bruce except which might not trauell by reason of two deadly woundes in his head with arrowes but the seconde of January he was brought vp and conuayed from Westminster to y â— Tower of London in sight of all the people and there lodged in the blacke nouke of the sayd Tower néere to the Connestables gard there to be kept While these things were done in England the King was Anno reg 21 Tho. de la More busied at the séege of Calleys which Towne is scituated in the marches of Artoys being closed aboute with a double wall and a double ditche hard on the shore of the Englishe Calleis described Sea right ouer against the Castell of Douer And there is longing to the same Towne an Hauen wherein Shippes may lie very safe withoute danger This Towne was sometime with the Castell thereof very strongly built by the force and valiantnesse of the Romanes for after that Iulius Caleys builded by the Romanes Caesar had broughte all France vnder his subiection hée built Calleys in Artoys and the Castell of Chipstowe in Venedocia or Southwales and the Castel of Douer in Kent what time Castels of Chepstovv in vvales and Douer in Kent built by the Romanes he had conquered Britayne King Edward cast a ditch aboute his Camp and layde his Nauie of Shippes against Caleis Hauen to the intente that the Frenchmen should make no inuasions vpon his Souldioures neyther they within receyue any victualles by water The Norman Pirats at sundry times tooke fiftéene of his Shippes whereof some of them they caried away for their owne occupying the other they brent and Sir Thomas Haclut with Sir William Borton Knights as they were sailing into England were taken prisoners on the Sea King Edward hauing fortified the séege lay without giuing 1347 any assault knowing that it was not possible to fight with his enimies without great losse of men considering the deapth of the ditches and heigth of the walles neyther woulde he erect any engins againste the Towne for there wanted firme grounde where vpon to place them Besides that if he should beate downe the walles yet were the ditches so déepe and full of salt water let in on euery side that they were able to withstande all the world with little strength and defence On that side of the Towne on which the Bolloners were wont to victuall Caleis that is along on the Sea side and especially when the Shippes could not be suffered to passe by Sea but alongst the shore with small boates the Earle of Northampton made a Rampire wherewith he kept away A Rampire builded at Caleis and beate backe such boates and afterwarde when the Admirall of France had purposed to come with his Shippes of warre to fight against our English Shippes that lay at the séege thinking that in the meane time whilest they were a fighting the small Boates should passe
lying hidde in the Marish till Euening came in the night neare vnto Caleâ—â— where tarrying for the cleare daye he then wente into the Towne for else he might not here he instructed them that were gréedie of praye and to scale the Castell howe they might enter the same they caused ladders to be made to the length by the Archer appointed Thirtie meÌ„ conspyring togither clothing themselues in blacke armour without any brightnesse they went to the Castell by the guiding of the sayde Iohn de Dancaster and clyming the Wall with their ladders they slewe the watchmen and threwe them down headlong beside the Wall after this in the Hall they slew many whom they founde vnarmed playing at the Chesse and Hazarde Then they brake into the Chambers and Turrets vpon the Ladyes and Knightes that laye there asléepe and so were made maisters of all that was within and shutting all their prisoners into a strong Chamber being bereft of all their armour they toke out the English men that had bin taken the yeare before and there kept in prison and after they hadde relieued them well with meate and drinke they made them guardens ouer them that had them in custodie and so they wanne all the Fortresses of the Castell vnknowen to them that were in the Towne appointed to ouersée the repayring of the broken Wals what had happened to them within the Castell In the morning they commaunded the workemen in the Towne to cease from theyr workes who therevppon perceyuing that the Castell was wonne streyghte wayes fledde and the newe Castilians suffered the Ladyes to depart on horssebacke wyth theyr apparell writings and Munimentes where they oughte to holde theyr fées and the same daye there came from Caleis to theyr ayde suche persons as they sente for by whose ayde they kepte the Castell and aboute thrée of the clocke there came two Knightes sente from the Earle of Guâ—snes who demaunding a truce willed to know of them that were thus entred the Castel who they were to whom they belonged and by whose aucthoritie they kept the Castell so taken in the time of truce wherevnto they aunsweared that being intruded they woulde not declare to any man theyr purpose til they had tryed a longer possession and therefore on Saint Mawrice day the Abbot the King being busie in Parliamente the French men being sente from the sayde Earle of Guisnes declared how in preiudice of the truce the sayd Castel was taken and therefore by right of mutuall fayth it ought to be restored vnto them The king aunswered that without hys knowledge that enterprice was made and therefore hée gaue commaundemente to his subiectes that none of them shoulde deteyne the Castell of Guisnes but deliuer it vnto the lawfull Lordes thereof The messengers being returned 1352 home and reporting what they had done the Earle of Guisnes commeth to the Castel demanding of them within as at other times in whose name they kepte it Who constantly affirming that they kepte it in the name of Iohn Dancaster he required to knowe if the same Iohn were the King of Englandes liegeman or woulde obey him who answearing that he knewe not what messengers hadde bin in Englande the Earle offered for the Castle besides all the treasure founde in it many thousands of Crownes or possessions for exchaunge and a perpetuall peace with the king of France To this they aunsweared that before the takyng of that Castel they were English men by nation but by theyr demerites bannished for the peace of the king of Englande wherefore the place which they thus helde they would willingly sell or exchaunge but to none sooner than to theyr naturall king of Englande to whom they sayde they woulde sell their Castel to obtaine their peace but if he would not buy it then they woulde sell it to the King of Fraunce or to whome soeuer would giue most for it The Earle being thus shifted of from them the king of Englande boughte it in déede and so had that place whyche he greatlye desired This Fortresse was wont to stoppe vppe the passage into the higher Countrey gyuing to some greate suertye from the Forragers that were to issue forth of Caleis The Counsell of Fraunce therefore wishing to haue that Castell agayne or to builde another of like vtilitie for the defence of the Countrey thereaboutes they sente for Geffrey Charney latelye redéemed out of Englishe Captiuitie with aucthoritie to builde and fortifye as followeth To them that trauayle from Guisnes to Caleis there was a place on the lefte hande strong but decayed hauyng a Churche in which certaine Nunnes were resident and it was called Lalbastie this place was so neare to Guisnes Lalbastie fortified that the Englishe menne standyng without the gate of theyr fortresse might shoote to it Thys Monasterie of Nunnes mighte easilye be made defensible for it hadde high Wals like a Castell and a highe Towre and verye large for a stéeple and beyng scituate in a marishe grounde it mighte with small labour be compassed with a ditche This place the Englishe men hadde spared for deuotion sake vntil that the forsayde Geffrey in breache of truce wyth a mightye power besieged Guisnes and remoued the Nunnes from the Churche making a Castell of the Church and fensing the Walles with rampire and ditch and this was about Pentecoste in whiche season the Waters not impeaching hym his people myghte worke in the Marishe They wythin the Castel therefore being besieged were vnneth able to come abroade wyth theyr boates by the ditches that were ful of Water and by the Marish vnpassable and also full of Water neyther they of Caleis coulde victuall them by anye manner of meane by reason of the siege and wardyng that was kepte at Lalbastie They that were thus besieged oft times sailed out and fought with theÌ„ of Lalbastie but slue very few sometime with arrows sometime w t other weapons at length vpon a day appointed the Calisians with theÌ„ of Oye Markes on the one part and they within Guisnes on the other met set on their enimies slew many and chased many away and finally set fire and brent vp Lalbastie and Lalbastie brent and rased dismanteling the walles made all plaine with the grouÌ„d This yeare the Duke of Lancaster going into Spruce by the aduise and ordinance of the King his daughter was dispousate in England to William Duke of Zeland eldest sonne to Lewes Duke of Bauire that intruded vpon the Romane Empire This yeare about the fiftéenth of August Walter Bentley VValter Bentley and Robert Knolles make a voyage into France Captayne Robert Knolles and other in the marches of Briteine valiantly encountered their enimies where in a fight doubtfull for a good while were slayne the principall Marshall of France also the Lords of Quintin of Curâ—â—noke of Richmont of Mount Albon of Legenell of Launey of Montbech of Vile Chastel de la March and other Knightes in number 140. and Bachelers to the number of
he was forsaken of them that when King Edward wasted France the French King had not men to encounter him but fledde before him as he followed brenning his owne Townes and destroying victuals that the King should find neyther harborough nor meate After the moneth of August the King of England and the Duke of Lancaster with seauen thousand armed men and their retinue entered France and by the space of nine dayes iourney as they went wasting all by fire that came in their way and returning to Caleis the King heard that the Scots entred by stealth and had taken the Towne of Berwike the Bervvike taken by the Scottes Baron of Graystoke being in the armie with the King to whome the charge of that Towne had bin committed wherevpon the King hasted vnto Berwike and within fiftéene dayes recouered the Towne againe being deliuered Bervvike taken by the Englishmen vnto him life and libertie to depart being giuen vnto them that were found therein After this he passed through Scotlande vnto the Scottish Sea but bycause victuals fayled for his armie the King giuing them licence they all returned towarde Englande There followed on the tayle of the armie by the space of twelue miles Robert Herle Almerike de saint Edmond Robert de Hildesley and other whome the Scottes in the night season found asléepe and at rest doubting nothing of any misaduenture wherefore they gaue a cruell assault vppon them with an hideous noyse and cry where after long resistance Robert de Hildesley and Iohn Brancester Knightes were taken prisoners Robert Herle and Almerike hauing much ado to escape for the said Knightes perceyuing the Scottes to be too strong for them thought with themselues that their Lords being Barons of whome they held in fée would redéeme them and so wylie withdrawing deliuered them from the Scottes captiuitie The Duke of Lancaster being appoynted chiefe Admirall of the English Nauie landed it at Hogges about the feast of Saint Barthelmew and from thence rode towards Normandie being accompanied with Philip brother to the King of Nauarre who desired aide of the sayd Duke and requested him to come to help him At this season the French King hauing the King of Nauarre Geffrey Harecourt and diuers other noble men in greate suspection touching the Realme and Kingdome bidde them all to a feast where he tooke the saide King of Nauarre and cast him in prison and murthered the rest of the noble men sauing Geffrey Harecourt whome he caused to be beheaded with an axe The King of Nauarre being thus emprisoned his brother Phillip seased many Castels and holdes into his hāds which were in Normandy and there about strongly fortifying them with men and victualles through the help of the Duke of Lancaster being manned as well with Englishmen as with the men of the same Countrey to withstande the Frenchmen Walter Forester Thomas Brandon the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Simon Frances Mercer the 28. of October The same time when the King passed ouer to Caleis and France his eldest sonne Prince of Wales hauing with him the Earles of Warwike Suffolke Salisburie and Oxforde tooke shipping in the beginning of October at Sutton Hauen in Deuonshire and luckely sayled and landed at Burdeaux where he was honourably receyued by the Bishop and Cleargie being accompanyed with all the common people in the first Sonday of that moneth The Monday following the Prince going out lodged two miles from Burdeaux in the Castell of Vrnoun On the nexte daye he passed through a streight woodde and so through the middle of the Towne of Lougan sometimes walled but nowe defaced and so passing on a long iourney he lost many Horsses and came at length to the strong Castel of Dandert On Thurseday he came to the Citie of Besas hauing in it a Cathedrall Church and a couent of Friers Minors On Friday Proclamation was made in the armie that euery man should beare the armes of Saint George and it was said that his enimies bare the same also On Saterday he passed to the Castell of Nan where stand thrée Castels of thrée Lordes whereof one sheweth a farre off On Friday the twelfth of that moneth his armie passed the lands of Wordiux whiche are belonging to the Earle of Flux this dayes iourney being long and tedious he lost many of his Horsses in the wast grounde called the Laundes Two miles from the Towne of Areule he displayde his Banners and deuided his armies into diuers troupes In the vaward wherein was thrée thousand men of armes were the Earle of Warwike high Connestable Reignold Cobham Lord Marshall Lord Beawchamp a Somersetshire man the Lord Clifford and the Lord Thomas of Hampton belonging to the Auntients and with them seauen Barons of Gascoigne In the middleward wherin were seauen thousand men of armes besides Clearkes and Pages there was the Prince himselfe with a double Auntient the Earle of Oxford the Lord Barthelmew Burwash the Lorde Iohn de Lile the Lorde Wilowby the Lord Le Ware y e Lord Maurice Barkeley son to Thomas Lord Barkeley then liuing very old the Lorde Iohn Boursers Lord Iohn Rose the elder of Burdeaux Captayne de la Busch the Lord Camount the Lord Mountferraunt with their Auntients In the rerewarde was foure thousand mē of armes cōmitted to the charge of the Earle of Suffolke the Earle of Salisburie and the Lord Nemers who led the Bernences In the whole armie was of mē of armes Clearkes Pages Archers Brigants other aboue 60000. men and this day was Ienken Barefort and diuers other made Knightes and the village of Aurule with thrée other villages wherof Wil. Lord Raymond was Captaine were deliuered vp vnto y e Prince wherin he lodged his armie resting there two dayes as many as would wer suffered to go out tooke victuals and brenned their enimies coūtrey On Tuesday they lodged in y e towne of Mount Clere where y e Castel belonging therevnto was giuē vp to the Prince after he left it againe to the Frenchmen by the reason of fire which brake vp in the towne wherevpon the Prince went out into the field lodged in his tentes euer after refusing to lie in any towne This day hauing taken thrée Townes brenning them he made Knightes Gilotus de Straton and diuers other Also Iohn de Lile stricken with a Quarell at Austage died On Wednesday Thurseday he lay stil on Friday he came before the strōg town of Loegeron where he lodged in his tentes On Saterday he came before Placence a very faire towne a strong the inhabitants whereof fled away into y e Castell where the Earle of Molesni and many Knightes were takē by Captaine de la Bouch and the Lord Mountferrant de Loachis who was y ◠day made Knight On Sonday S. Lukes day they staid at Ewant taking the fort of Galian by force they set it on fire brent it On Monday casting fire in the townes of Placence they passed along leauing
toke them and led them into Scotlande this he did in reuenge of his Fathers iniurie who was before taken by the English men and kept prisoner in the Castel of Scarborow Iohn Philpot a CitizeÌ„ of London a maÌ„ of iolly wit very rich in substance considering the want of y e Duke of Lancaster and other Lords that ought to haue defended y e realm Anno reg 2. and lamenting the oppressions of the inhabitauntes hyred wyth his owne money to the number of a thousand souldiours the whiche mighte take from the sayde Iohn Mercer both his shippes and goods whiche he had by reuenge takeÌ„ and defended the Realme of England from suche incursions and it came to passe within a small time that his hyred meÌ„ toke the sayde Iohn Mercer with all his ships which he had violently taken from Scarborow and fiftéene Spanish shippes that were laden with muche riches and were with hym in ayde at that present There was greate ioy made among y e people all men praysing that worthy mans bountifulnesse and loue towards the king The Earles and Barons séeing so laudable an acte atchieued by Iohn Philpot tooke it grieuously althoughe they knewe themselues guiltie firste they secretly lye in awayte to do him some displeasure and after they spake against him openly saying it was not lawfull for him to doe such things without the counsell of the King and Realme certayne of the Lordes but the chiefe being Hugh Earle of Stafforde that rehearsed these things thus against him were aunsweared by the same Iohn Philpot sir know sayth he that I neyther sente my money nor men to the daunger of the Seas that I shoulde take from you or your fellowes the good renoume of Chilualrie and winne it to me but being sorrowfull to sée the peoples myserie in my Countrey whych nowe through your slouthfulnesse of the most noble Lady of Nations is brought to lye open to the spoyling of euerye vilest nation when there is not one of you that doth put hys hande to the defence thereof I haue therefore set forth my selfe and mine for the sauing of my nation and Countrey the Earle had not to aunswere The. xi of August certaine wicked persons of the Kings Murder in the Church of VVestminster Tho Walsing house being armed at high Masse tyme entred the Churche of Westminster Abbay and there set vppon two valiaunt Esquiers Iohn Schakel and Robert Hawley whyche had escaped out of the Tower of London to the sayde Abbay for refuge of Sanctuarie they slewe the sayde Robert Hawley in the quire before the Priours stal and slewe a Monke which intreated them to spare the sayde Robert in that place Syr Ralph Ferreis and sir Alan Buxule Captain of the Tower some say the Lord Latimer wer the captaines of this mischiefe The aforesayd two Esquires Robert Hawley and Iohn Shakell in the battayle of Nazers in Spaine toke the Erle of Dene poisoner who deliuered vnto him his soÌ„ for a pledge and bycause they would not present the sayde Earles son to the King who woulde giue them little or nothing for hym the foresayde Allen Buxule with other were sent to do thys myschiefe who slewe the one and caste the other in prison Iohn Boseham Thomas Cornewalis the. 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Iohn Philpot his charitie Sir Iohn Philpot Grocer the. 28. of October This Iohn Philpot Maior of London gaue to the same Citie certaine tenementes for the which the Chamberlain payeth yearely to xiij poore people euerye of them seauen pence the wéeke for euer and as any of those thirtéene persons dyeth the Maior appointeth one and the Recorder another The Scottes beganne to Rebell and a Squire of theirs 1379 Tho. Walsing called Alexander Ramsey with fortye persons in a nighte toke the Castell of Berwicke but the ninth day following the Erle of Northumberland recouered it and slew the Scots that were therein The Marchauntes of London wickedly slew a rich marchaunt of Genua for that he woulde carry to a better market the spices that he had promised to bring into this Country the doers wherof were after apprehended and some for that fact executed as after shal appeare So great a mortality of men hapned in the North parts Pestilence in the North. Tho. Wals of England as neuer had bin séene before which the Scots séeing raunged through and slewe with the sworde them that were sicke of the plague and so pursued them that had not the plague that they droue out of the Countrey almost all the able men In a Parliament at London it was decréed that euerye Taxe Duke should pay ten markes to the King the Archbishops the like Earles Bishops and mitered Abbots shoulde giue sixe markes and euery Monke xl pence no religious person man or woman Parson Uicar or Chapleine escaped this taxe Iohn Mountfort Duke of Brytaine returned to his countrey where he was receyued with great honour A bushel of Wheate was solde for sixe pence a gallon of Anno reg 3. VVheat and VVine cheape white Wine sixe pence and a gallon of red Wine for foure pence Iohn Heylisdom William Barret the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Tho. Walsing S. Iohn AruÌ„dale drovvned Iohn Hadley Grocer the. 28. of October Iohn of Arundale brother to the Earle of Arundale was sent to helpe the Duke of Brytaine with manye other noble knightes and Esquires who beginning their voyage wyth spoyling their own Countrey rauishing wiues widowes and Uirgins and robbing of Churches were by tempeste driuen on the rockes of a certaine Islande in Ireland when they were al most miserablye drowned with their treasure and prouisions which was of inestimable value Sir T. Banister Cro. Matoris Lon. sir Roger Trumpington sir Nicholas Kâ—riel sir Thomas Dale sir Iohn Sentcler and sixe other knightes perished there the sixtéenth of December In a Parliamente at London was graunted to the Kyng 1380 a tenth of the Ecclesiastical persons and a fiftéenth of the secular vpon condition that no other Parliament shoulde be holden from the Calendes of March til Michaelmasse A combat was foughte at Westminster in the kings presence A combat at VVestminster betwéene Iohn Ausley knight and Thomas Catrington Esquire whom the forsayde knight had appealed of treson for selling the Castel of Saint Sauiours whiche the Lord Chandos had builded in the I le of Constantine in France and the knight ouercame the Esquire Thomas of Woodstocke Earle of Buckingham Thomas Percy Hugh Caluerley Robert Knowles Lorde Basset sir Iohn Harleston William of Windsore approued and tryed Knightes were sent with a great power to ayde the Duke of Brytaine who were conuayed to Caleis and from thence rode aboute throughe Fraunce spoyling the Countrey and slaying the people to the borders of Brytaine and entred the same without losse eyther of man or beast In this iourney sir Iohn Philpot Citizen of London Iohn Philpot his good seruice deserued great commendations
little talke with the King they recited the conspiracie wherby they had bin indited and they shewed forthe also thâ— letters which he had sente to the Duke of Irelande that he shoulde assemble an armye to their distruction c. in the ende the King promised on the nexte morrow to come to Westminster and there to intreate at large for reformation of all matters In the morning the King came to Westminster wher after a little talke the Nobles sayde that for his honour and commoditie of his Kingdome it was behouefull that the traytours whisperers flatterers and vnprofitable people were remoued out of place and that other mighte be placed in theyr roomes which when the King had graunted they iudged that Alexander Neuell Archbishoppe of Yorke Iohn Forde Bishoppe of Durham Frier Thomas Rushoke the Kings Confessour Bishoppe of Chichester shoulde be banished They expulsed also the Lorde Souch of Haringworth Burnel and of Beamount Albery de Vere Baldwine de Bereforde Richard Aderburie Iohn Worth Thomas Clifford and Iohn Louel knights not as altogither dismissed but to appeare at the next ParliameÌ„t there were certain Ladyes also expelled the Courte as vnprofitable They arrested Simon Burley William Elmham Iohn Beauchamp of Holte stewarde of the kings house Iohn Salisburie Thomas Treuet Iames Barnes Ni. Dagworth and N. Brember Knightes They toke also the Chaplens Richarde Clifforde Iohn Lincolne Richard Mitforde Nicholas Slake Deane of y â— kings Chapel Iohn Blake an Aprentice of the lawe all whyche was sent to diuerse prisons The thirde day of Februarie a Parliament was begon at Westminster to y â— which the Lords came with a sufficiente army this Parliament continued vntil the feast of Pentecost 1388 The xj of Februarie was Robert Tresilian Justice of y â— Kings Bench a Cornishman arested at Westminster wher he had laine hid in sanctuarie and was the same day drawn from the Tower of London to Tiborne and there with a great adoe was hanged consequently by iudgemente of the Lords Nicholas Brembar Knight was put to the like execution After which Iohn Salisburie Iames Barnes knights were by iudgement of the Parliament drawn and hanged then Iohn Beauchampe of Holt the Kings stewarde whome the King purposed to haue made Baron of Bridgenorth was drawen and hanged Iohn Blake Esquire was hanged and drawne and Iohn Vske a Sergeaunt at armes was drawn and haÌ„ged Lastly on the fifth of May sir SimoÌ„ Burley Lord Chamberlayne to the King and Conestable of Douer was beheaded although the Earle of Darbie did what he coulde to saue him for the which great dissention rose betwixt hym and the Duke of Glocester There was condemned also in the same Parliamente these Justices Roberte Belknape Iohn Holte Roger Fulthorpe and William Brough Iohn Locton Richarde Graye Justices with the Lordes before fledde were all banished There was granted to the King of the Cleargie half a tenth and of the Laytie half a fiftéenth and of the MarchaÌ„ts twelue pence of the pounde thrée shillings of the Tunne liij shillings foure pence of the sack of Wool The Duke of Glocester and sir Iohn Cobham asked pardon of the Abbot of Westminster for violence done in y e sanctuarie of Westminster in the taking of the Justice Trisilian The laste saue one of May there were deliuered out of the Tower W. Elmhame T. Treuet and Nicholas Dagworth Knights Also the first of June Iohn Holand the Kings brother was created Erie of Huntington The thirde of June the king in the Church of Westminster renewed the othe which he toke when he was crowned and all the Lordes sware homage and fealtie to him and all the Bishoppes did excommunicate all those that would go about to hinder the statutes of this last Parliament or y â— Anno reg 12 great Charter After Whitsontide Richarde Earle of Arundale with a companye of valiaunte men wente to the sea and foughte with certain ships of his enemies taking drowning or breÌ„ning lxxx shippes he entred into the I le of Beas which he spoyled and brent The same yeare the Scottes prepared themselues that as soone as the truce was exspired they mighte be readie to inuade the North partes and with a great army entred Englande committing gret slaughters of people and toke booties in euery place and ledde away manye prisoners and burned Townes and approched to Newcastel vpon Tyne and picht theyr Tentes not farre from thence There was then in the same Towne sir Henrie Percy the yonger and Syr Ralph his brother both desirous of warlike renowme and sore enimies to the Scottes Thys sir Henrie came vpon them on the sodayne and assayled them in the campe making greate slaughter of them William Douglas also chiefe Captaine of the Scottes beholding the thing that a thousande times he hadde wished that is sir Henrie Percy within his Campe rydeth againste him but was slayne by the sayde Henrie and then commeth the Earle of Dunbar with an excessiue number of Scottes and toke the sayd Henrie with his brother Ralphe slaying many Englishe menne in that place but yet the Scottes loste manye of theyr beste men Thys battayle was at Otterborne the soarest fought that Battaile at Otterborne Iohn Belandine Iohn Maior â— Frosert â—â—h Rudborae Parliament at Cambridge euer was betwéene Englishe menne and Scottes sayeth Froysert The seauenth of September a Parliament was holden at Cambridge in which were newe statutes ordayned for seruauntes wages for beggers for weapons not to be born of playes or games none to be vsed but shooting of the staple to be brought from Middleborow to Caleis c. and in the ende a tenth of the Cleargie and a fiftéenth of the Laytie Thomas Austine Adam Carlehul the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Nicholas Twyforde Goldsmith the. 28. of October The sixth of October as sir Iohn Treuet rode wyth the King to the kings lodging whiche was at Bernewel as he forced his horsse too much with the spurres the horsse falleth and breaketh the inner parts of the rider who liued tyl the next day King Richard discharged the olde officers of his Courte 1389 and also his Counsellours appointing other at his pleasure he toke the Seale from Thomas Arundale Archbishop of Yorke and deliuered it to William Wickam Byshoppe of Winchester and made him Chauncellour the Bishoppe of Excester his Treasurer and Edmund Stafford Kéeper of the priuie Seale A truce was graunted for thrée yeares betwixt Englande and Fraunce A fighting among Gnats at the Kings maner of Shine where they were so thicke gathered that the ayre was darkned with them they fought and made a great battaile Two partes of them being slayne fel downe to the grounde the thirde part hauing got the victorie flew away no maÌ„ knew whether The number of the deade was such that mighte bée swepte vppe wyth Besomes and Bushels filled wyth Anno reg 13 them Michael at Pole sometime Earle of Suffolke and Chauncellour of England deceased at
sureties for the prosecuting of their appeale Richarde Earle of Arundell was arreigned in a redde Gowne and a Scarlet whood and forthwith the Duke of Lancaster sayde to the Lorde Neuell take from hym hys girdle and whoode and so it was done and héerewith the Articles of appeale béeing to the sayde Earle declared with a valiaunt and a bolde mynde hée denyed that hée was a Traytor and required the benefite of the pardon protesting that he would not goe from the fauour of the King and his grace The Duke of Lancaster sayde to hym thou Traytor that pardon is reuoked The Earle answered truely thou lyest I was neuer Traytor Also the Duke of Lancaster sayde why diddest thou purchase thy pardon the Earle answered to escape the tongues of myne enimies of whome thou arte one and verily as farre forth as toucheth Treason thou hast more néede of pardon than I. The King sayde make answere vnto thyne appeale The Earle answered I sée well that these persons haue accused me of Treason shewing the appealementes but truely they all lye I was neuer Traytor but I aske alwayes the benefyte of my pardon the whyche youre Grace granted to me within these sixe yeares now last past being of full age and of your francke good will and proper motion Then sayd the King I did so grant it that it should not be against me then sayde the Duke of Lancaster then the graunt auayleth not The Erle answered truly of that pardon I know lesse than thy selfe that was then on the further side the Seas Then said Sir Iohn Bushy that pardon is reuoked by the King the Lordes and vs his faithfull people the Earle answered where be those faithful people I know thée well and thy company how ye are gathered togither not to deale faithfully for the faithful people of the Realme are not héere and therefore the people do lamente for me and well I know that thou hast bin euer false And then Bushy and his fellowes cried out Behold soueraigne Lord and King how this Traytor goeth about to reyse sedition betwixt vs and those people that are at home The Earle answered ye lye I am no Traytor Then rose the Earle of Darby and sayde didst not thou say thus to me at Huntington where we were first assembled togither to rise that it was the best afore all things to take the King The Earle sayd to the Earle of Darby thou lyest on thy head I neuer thought of my soueraigne Lorde the King but that that was good and for his honor Then sayd the King didst not thou say to me in time of thy Parliament in the Bath behinde the White Hall that Sir Simon de Burley was worthie of death for many causes and I answered that I knew no cause of death in him and yet thou and thy fellowes didst trayterouslie put him to death and then the Duke of Lancaster pronounced iudgement against him in this manner Richard I Iohn Steward of England iudge thée to be a Traytor and I condemne thée to be drawne and hanged to be beheaded and quartered and thy lands tailed and not tailed from thée and from thine heires of thy body descending to be confilcate then the King for reuerence of his bloud commanded him only to be beheaded and then was he ledde to the Tower hill and there beheaded and was buried at the Augustine Friers in London Also the same day the King appoynted the Lord Cobham accused by the commons to be arraigned Also vpon the Saterday Sir Thomas de Mortimer was sommoned vpon payne to be banished as a Traytor within sixe moneths to come to be tried in iudgement and then saide the King peraduenture the Earle of March can not take him and therefore I will so long stay for his certificate out of Ireland Also a declaration was made that all benefices or gifts granted or alienated by those that were already condemned or after were to be condemned in this Parliament and other whatsoeuer graunted sith the tenth yeare of this Kings raigne should be reuoked Also on Monday following the certificate giuen in of the Earle of Notingham then Captayne of Caleis in whose custodie the Duke of Glocester was that the same Duke might not be brought to be tried in iudgement bycause he was dead in his custodie at Caleis at the petition yet of the saide appellents the same sentence was pronounced against him which had bin pronounced earst against the Earle of Arundell Also the Archbishop of Canterbury first his temporalities being confiscated was banished the Realme On the Tuesday Rikell on of the Kings Justices borne in Ireland read certayne confessions drawne in writing vpon the said treasons put forth affirming that the same were the confessions of the said Duke by him put forth or discouered and written with his owne hand Also the Earledome of Chester was aduanced to the honor of a Duchie by annexing thereto the Lands of the sayd Earle of Arundell confiscate Also the same day the Earle of Salisburie made request to haue a Scire facias graunted to him against the Earle of March for the Lordship of Denbigh in Wales and the King answered therevpon that he would take deliberation Also on the Wednesday it was ordeyned that the Lands of the sayde Earle of Arundell annexed to the Duchie of Chester should enioy the liberties of the same Duchie excepted that to the Welchmen of those partes their olde Lawes and customes should still remayne and be continued Also it was ordeyned that such as gaue eyther counsell ayde or fauour to the children of them that were condemned or that shoulde be condemned in this Parliamente should be punished as Traytors On Friday the King appoynted a prefixed day to the Archbishop of Canterbury to wéete the third of the sixt wéeke to depart the Realme Also it was ordeyned that all the Lords Spiritual and Temporall should sweare inuiolably to obserue whatsoeeuer in this Parliament were enacted and that the censures of the Church should be pronounced by the Prelates against all those that should go against the same Also the Earle of Warwike was arreigned and his whood being taken off and the appeale read as he had bin some miserable old woman confessed all things conteyned in the appeale wéeping wayling and howling to be done trayterously by him and submitting himselfe to the Kings grace in all things sorowing that euer he had bin associate vnto the appellants Then the King demanded of him by whome he was allured to ioyne with them and he answered by Thomas Duke of Glocester and the Abbot of Saint Albons and a Monke recluse in Westminster and euer besought the King of grace and mercie and the King granted him life to be led in perpetuall prison out of the Realme his goodes moueable and vnmoueable to be confiscate as the Earle of Arundels had bin and the King commanded that he should be had to the Tower of London and after to be conuayde â—uer to the Castell within the Isle
to be set vp a royall chayre in purpose to chose a new king neare to the whiche the Prelates were set and on the other side sat the Lords and after the commoÌ„s in order first sat the Duke of Lancaster then the Duke of Yorke the Duke of Aumerle the Duke of Surrey the Duke of Excester and a Marques then in order the Earles of Arundale Norfolke March Stafford Penbroke Salisburie and Deuonshire the Erles of Northumberlande and Westmerlande sat not but went vppe and down and oftentimes knéeled as it fell in doing theyr offices The Archbishop of Canterburie made a Sermon and toke for his Theame Habuit Iacob benedictioneÌ„ a preÌ„ suo which sermon being ended in latin a Doctour of the law stoode vp and red an instrument in the which was contained that K. Richard had by his owne confession disabled himselfe to be worthy to raigne and that he woulde resigne the crowne to such a one as was sufficiente to rule this instrument being red the Archbishop perswaded theÌ„ to procéede to the election of a new K. perceyuing they were al coÌ„tented for ther wer not past four persons that wer of king Richards part they durst say nothing he asked each of theÌ„ whoÌ„ they wold haue to their King whether the Duke of Yorke or not and they aunswered no he asked if they would haue his eldest son the D. of Aumarle and they sayd no he asked if they would haue his yongest son and they sayd no and so of diuerse other theÌ„ staying a while he asked if they wold haue the D. of Lancaster and then they aunswered they would haue none other This Diamounde being made thrice they drew certain instruments and charters and red them in presence of all that were there TheÌ„ y e Archbishops coÌ„ming to the Duke fell on theyr knées declaring to him how he was chosen King and willed him to take regarde if he would consent thereto theÌ„ the D. being on his knées rose declared y â— he accepted the realm sith it was ordayned by God TheÌ„ y e Archbishop red what y t new K. was bound vnto with certain ceremonies signed him with the crosse theÌ„ he kissed the Achbishop and they toke the ring with which the Kings be wedded to the realme and bare it to the Lord Percy that was Conestable who receyuing it shewed it to al the assembly and then put it on the kings finger the King then kissed the Conestable and then the Archbishops led him to the 〈◊〉 Royal and y â— K. made his prayers on his knées before it and after spake vnto them all first to y e Prelates then to the Lords al other so set him down in the seate thus he was inuested and K. Richard put down he sat a good while kept silence and so did all the rest for they were in prayer for his prosperitie in his gouernement when they had ended wher the offices were voyde the K. created the Lord Percy Conestable and toke him the staffe Then was chosen Ralph Earle of Westmerland Marshal Iohn Skirley Chanceller sir Richard Clifforde kéeper of the priuy seale many other officers were newely confirmed After this the Arcbishoppe spake certayne things in latin praying for y â— Kings prosperitie and the realmes and after spake in English exhorting all other there present to pray the like and then euery man sat down Then the king rose made his eldest son Prince of Wales then the Lords were sworne to be true to the Prince as before they had done to his Father hys seconde sonne was there made Duke of Lancaster Thus was king Richard deposed when he had raigned two and twenty yeres thrée monthes and odde dayes ¶ Henrie of Bolengbroke HEnrie the fourth son to Iohn of Gâ—unte Duke Anno reg 1. of Lancaster was ordayned king of EnglaÌ„d more by force than by lawfull succession or election he began his raigne the 29. of September in the yere of our Lord God 1399. And was crowned at Westminster the xiij of October by Thomas Arundale Archbishop of Canterburie The Dukes of Yorke Surrey Aumarle and the Earle of Glocester bare the Canapie ouer him sir Thomas Dimmocke was champion and rode thrée times about the Hall This was a noble valiaunt Prince and after the Ciuill warres were appeased shewed himselfe louing to his subiectes He made Henrie his sonne Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwal Erle of Chester and heyre apparaunt to the crowne William Waldren William Hyde the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Knowles Grocer the. 28. of October After the solemnitie of the coronation the Lords commons streight procéeded to the ParliameÌ„t In which it was inquired out of the death of the Duke of Glocester how hée had bin murdered at Caleis by the Duke of Norsfolke vpon y â— Kings commaundement King Hentâ—e created hys eldest sâ—â—ne Prince of Wales Duke of 〈…〉 and Earle of Chester duke of Aquitaine In this Parliament it was ordained that the statutes made in the Parliament holden in the 21. yere of king Richard at Westminster and after proroged vnto Shrewesburie with all the circuÌ„stances to be adnulled reuoked made voyde and vtterly blotted out Also that the Parliament holdeÌ„ at Westminster in the xj yere of K. Richard be holden firme and stable Also that the Lords other persoÌ„s which were iudged forth in the Parliament holden the 21. yere of King Richard their heires that be deade shoulde be wholy restored to their possessions without any â—uing liuèrie thereof to be made excepted that the Lords and other shal haue nothing of y e issues receiued in y e mean time The â— gaue to the E. of Northumberland y e I le of Man to be holdeÌ„ of the K. by seruice to beare the sword w t which he entred into England And to the â— of Westmerland he gaue the CouÌ„tie of Richmond Also Judgement was giuen against the Appellauntes of the Duke of Glocester in this maner The Lords in this present Parliament by she Kings assent iudge that the Dukes of Aâ—â—erle Surrey and Excester now present and were appellantes shal loâ—e thryr names of Dukes and hâ—nors from heÌ„ceforth togither with the dignities of Dukes that the Marques Dorset that is present lose hys name of Macques the E. of Glocester which is preseÌ„t lose his name for him and his heires as y e aboue named persons do theirs that alâ— the castels possessions or manor's which they had of theÌ„ that belonged to those whom they appelled froÌ„ y e day of y â— arrest of the D. of Glocester the other Lords or after at any time simply without fauour or mercie they shal lose theÌ„ that al other castels possessioÌ„s manours Lordships liberties which they helde of the Kings gift that day or after shâ—ld rest in the kinge grace from y e hâ—â—re and that all letters patents and Charters whiche they or
Colledges are called the new Colledges dedicated to our blessed Lady He builded the great body of the Church of Saint Swithens in Winchester where the Sermons are made where his body is enterred a very princely worke neyther did he for all this diminish any thing of his ordinarie housholde charges and fedde as the writing engraued on his Sepulchre sheweth both rich and poore He deceassed at the age of fourescore yeares He dyed rich for beside that he gaue to his kinsefolke and to the poore he gaue somewhat to euery Church in his Dioces He gaue many things to the King and to his owne seruants and to his Colledges neyther do I doubt but y t he that thus liued is now with God whome I beséech to reyse vp many like Bishops in England Iohn Leyland writeth by the reporte of Doctor London Iohn Leyland that this William Wikeham was borne at Wickham in Hampshire and was sonne to one William Perot parishe clarke there of which place he tooke his surname and that one Mayster Wodale of Wickham brought him vp at schole where he learned his Grammer and to write faire After this the Connestable of Winchester Castell at that time a great ruler in Hampshire gote Perot alias Wickham of Wâ—dall and made him his Clearke Edward the third comming to Winchester Castell liked Wickham and tooke him to seruice and vnderstanding that he had mind to be a Priest made him first Parson of Saint Martins in London and then Deane of Saint Martins le Graund and then Archdeacon of Buckingham He made him also surueyor of his buildings as of Windsore Quinborow in Kent and other buildings After this he preferred him to be bearer of the priuie Sealt mayster of the Wardes and Forrests and Treafourer of the Kings reuenues in France then Bishop of Winchester Chancellour and Treasourer of England as it very manifestly sayth Iohn Leyland appeareth by writing The blacke Prince scant fauoured Wickham wherefore Wickham procured to kéepe the Prince in battell out of the Realme but at length Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and Alice Peeres Concubine to Edward the third caused him to be banished the Realme and then he dwelled in Normandy and Picardie seauen yeares Edward the thirde yet liuing but he was restored about the second yeare of Richard the second of whome he had a generall pardon Aboute the feast of Saint Valentine the sonnes of the Barle of Marches sonnes Earle of March were taken out of the Castell of Windsore and ledde away into Wales to Owen Glendouerdewe but shortly after were recouered againe The Smith that made the keyes by the which they that conuayde them got into them had first his hands and then his head cut off The Lady Spencer Sister to the Duke of Yorke and widow of Thomas Lord Spencer before executed at Brestow being apprehended and committed to prison accused hit brother the Duke of Yorke to be chiefe author in stealing away of the Earle of Marches sonnes wherefore the sayde Duke was kept by Sir Iohn Pelham in the Castell of Pemsey till the next Parliament After the feast of the Purification of our Lady the King assembled his Barons at London to treate of the gouernement of the Realme and to haue ayde of money to be giuen him but the Nobles would not at that time obey his request In the Lent following therefore the King caused the Cleargie and the Barons to assemble at Saint Albons for the matter aforesayd but by reason the Nobles stroue against him there was nothing done and so departed on Palme sonday About the fiftéenth of March in a fight betwixt the Englishmen 1405 Conspiracy against King Henry by the Archbishop of Yorke other and Welchmen the sonne of Owen Glendouerdewe was taken and fiftéene hundred with him were taken or slayne Henry Percy Earle of Northumberlande Richard Scrope Archbishop of Yorke Thomas Mowbray Earle Marshall Thomas Lord Bardolph and other coÌ„spiring against King Henry assembled togither the Citizens of Yorke and many other to stand with them for the commoditie of the Realm And to animate the commons to be the readier vnto this businesse they set articles vpoÌ„ the dores of the Monasteries Churches of the same Citie written in English agaynste the King bycause he had put downe King Richard offering themselues for those articles to liue and die which caused great number of people to resort to them but Ralph Neuill Earle of Westmerland that was not farre off togither with Iohn Duke of Lancaster the Kings sonne being enformed of these things gathered an armie with spéede to goe against the Archbishops company but all was in vayne for the Archbishops power was farre greater than theirs wherevpon the Earle of Westmerland sente messengers to enquire of the Archbishop the cause of so great an assembly in armour contrarie to the Kings peace wherevnto the Archbishop answered that he tooke nothing in hand against the Kings peace and he was in armour and munited with men only for feare of the King whome he could not safely come vnto to speake but his purpose he said was good and coÌ„modious both for y e King Realme if happily they would know it theÌ„ he shewed a scedule in which y e articles were conteyned which when the Earle of Westmerland had read he with word and countenance praysed the Bishops holy and vertuous intent and promised that he and his would prosecute the same with the Archbishop The Archbishop being glad of this beléeued the Earles words perswaded the Earle Marshall being vnwilling therevnto to go with him to a place appointed to talke togither to whome they with like number came and the writing with the Articles was read ouer streightway the Earle and they that were with him gaue their assent to these articles then sayde the Earle being subtiller than the rest behold the labour that we haue takeÌ„ in hand is come to such end as we would haue it and the people hath now bin long in armour let some of your meÌ„ beare word vnto the people to go their way home and to lay downe their armour and euery maÌ„ to fall to his occupation and accustomed labour in the meane season we in token of concord will drinke togither that the people on both sides shall sée it and without delay after they had takeÌ„ each other by the hands a Knight was sent on the Archbishops behalfe to beare word to y e people that it was peace and to command euery man to lay downe their armour and to go to their owne home The people beholding signes of peace the Lords drinking togither being awéeried with the vnaccustomed trauell of war turned the reines of their bridles homewards and so it came to passe y â— wheÌ„ the people of y e Archbishops side went away y e nuÌ„ber of the aduersaries increased as before it was appointed the Archbishop did not perceiue y t he was betrayd vntill such time as y e Earle
to be made to any Prince of England The King gaue them all generallye thankes for theyr good mindes towardes hym and therewyth exhorted them to the zeale of the publike prosperitie and honoure of the Realme If anye man hadde offended hym he pardoned theyr trespasse and desyred heartily of GOD that if hée shoulde rule and doe all things well to the honoure of GOD and the prosperous commoditie of the Realme that then God woulde suffer him to be Crowned But if hys fortune shoulde bée to doe otherwyse that then GOD shoulde take hym to hys mercye and suffer hym rather to be buried than to enterprise the charge of the Realme The ninth day of April he was crowned at Westminster by Thomas Arundell Archebyshoppe of Canterburie after whyche Coronation he called vnto hym all those young Lords and Gentlemen that were the folowers of his yong actes to euerye one of whome he gaue rich and bounteâ—â—s giftes and then commanded that as many as would chaÌ„ge their maners as he intended to doe should abide with him in his Courte and to all that woulde perseuer in theyr former light conuersation he gaue expresse commaundemente vpon paine of their heades neuer after that day to come in his presence About this time Thomas Duke of Clarence the Kings brother came from the coastes of Aquitaine who as we said before was sent to ayde the Duke of Orleaunce againste the Duke of Burgoine A great part of the Citie of Norwich was brent with all Tho. Wals the house of the Frier Preachers and also two Friers of that order Sir Iohn Oldcastle at that time Lorde of Cobham for diuerse pointes touching the Sacrament before the Archebyshoppe of Canterburie the Bishops of London Winchester other was conuict and committed to the Tower of London out of the which he brake ouer the walles in the night and escaped about the feast of Simon and Iude. Iohn Stutton Iohn Michel the. 28. of September Sherises Maior Sir William Cromer Draper the. 28. of October Richard the second somtime king of England which was at the first enterred in the church of the preaching Friers of Langley was takeÌ„ vp and royally buried at Westminster with no small charges to the King The K. kéeping his Christmasse at his manour of Eltham vij miles from London was warned y â— certain had conspired against him eyther to haue taken or sodainly slain him his brethren on Twelfth day â—t night whervpon the king sent word to the Maior of LondoÌ„ y t he should arrest all suspitious persons wherevpon the Maior forthwith caused euery AldermaÌ„ in his ward to kéep great watch and about tenne of the clocke at nighte wente hymselfe wyth a strong power to the signe of the Are wythoute Byshoppes Gate where they apprehended the man of the house called Iohn Burgate Carpenter and vij other sent them to Eltham where they confessed before the Kyng that they were confederate with Sir Iohn Oldcastell to fight against him and his Lords in Saint Giles fielde aboue Holborne On the morrow after the Twelfth day the King King Henry kept the field by S. Giles vvithout Holborne reâ—â—â—ued priuily to Westminster and with a greate armie kept the fielde of Sâ—â—â—t Gâ—les for he was warned that Sir Iohn Oldcastell and Sir Roger Acton woulde be in the same field on the next day following with fiue and twentie thousand people and the same night were taken more than fourescore men in armour of the same faction Also the King being told of an amâ—â—shment gathered in Harengay Parke â—â—nte thither certayne Lordes who tooke many among whome was one William Murlâ— a rich â—aultmaÌ„ or Bruer of Dunstaple who had his two Horsses trapped with Golde following him and a paire of gilt Spurres in his bosome for he thought to haue bin made Knight on the morrow by the handeâ—â—â— Sir Iohn Oldâ—â—stell The twelfth of January thréesâ—â—râ— and nine of them were condemned of treafoâ—â— Many men hanged and some brent in Ficketâ— field at Westminster and on the morrow after seauen and thirtie of thâ—â— were drâ—â—â—â—â— from the Tower of London to Newgate and so to Saint Gâ—â—â—â— and there in a place called Fickets fielde were all hanged and â—eâ—â—ien of them brent Gallowes and â—â— The xix of January were drawne and hanged Sir Iohn Beâ—erley Priest Iohn Bâ—â—gate Carpenter a Text writer in Sâ—â—â—â— Iohns stréete and a Glouer on London bridge and shortly after Sir Roger Aâ—â—on Knight was taken who on the tenth of February was drawne hanged and buryed vnder the Gallâ—wes The twentith of February deceassed Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Conterburie Anno reg 2. The King taking compassion vpon Henry Percy a yong 1414 man who by his Grandfather Henry Percy Earle of Northâ—â—â—â—erland was caryed into Scotland after the death of his father who was sâ—aine in the battell of Shrewsburie when this yong man was then but a child commanded theÌ„ that were of his kindred and néerest friends to solicite for his reclayming home agayne out of Scotland minding not only to honor him by calling him home agayne but also to â—â—â—â—â— him Earle of Northumberland In the moneth of May a Parliament was begon at Leycester Parliament at Leycester Porter of the Tovver executed and there was a Porter of y â— Tower of LoÌ„don drawne hanged and headed whose head was sent to London and set ouer the Tower gate for consenting to one that brake out of the Tower named 〈◊〉 In this Parliamente Iohn the Kings brother was made Duke of Bedford Humfrey Dukes created his brother Duke of Glocester and Richard brother to the Duke of Yorke was made Earle â—â— Cambridge To this Parliament came the Embassadors of the French King and also of the Duke of Bâ—â—gâ—â—dy but not with like inâ—â—â—te and purpose for the D. of â—â—â—gâ—ndy desired ayde against the â— of Orleance promising as men layd more than he was able to perfourme wherefore the King of England â—â—â—◠〈◊〉 Embassadors to them both amongst whome were the Bishops of Durham and Norwich as chiâ—f 〈…〉 were oft times sent into France and the French Kings Embassadors were sente hither with great cost on both â—â—â—â—s but no hope of peace to be had On Mary Magdalens day in London Iohn â—â—â—nser Esquire with mine of his men set vpon and â—lew The Queenes Chancellour flayne Iohn Tâ—â—bey Clearke Archdeacon of Hunâ—â—â—gâ—â— and Chancellour to Quéene Ioane late wife to Henry the fourth for the which fact the sayd Esquire and foure of his men fled to Saint Annes Church within Aldersgaiâ— where they were mured vp with boord and watched day and night till the xxj of August on the which day they forsware the lande Men foresvvare the land and passed through the Citie towards Caleis in their shirtes and bréeches eache of them hauing a Crosse in hys hand This yeare dyed the â—oalours of Newgate and Ludgate Prisoners dyed of London and many prisoners in Newgate to
man might iudge which way the victorie would encline but at length the men of King Charles began to breake and then the Englishmen began to thrust in among them and did so much that they discomâ—â—ted their enimies There were slayne the Earle Dowglas Duke of Turon Iames Dowglas Earle of Wighton Iohn Earle of Boughan with the Uicount Nerbon and many other to the number of tenne thousand sayth Fabian foure Robert Fabian thousande sayeth mine Author a Frenchman who sayeth that the Duke of Bedford bare himselfe most valiantly fighting with an axe so fiercely as he had the prayse of all other The Earles of Salisburie and Suffolke gouerned themselues also right valiantly The Lord of Torsy and other Lords of Normandy which before had taken part with the Englishmen this day turned to the French hoping that the Englishmen shoulde haue lost the battell True it is that the Frenchmen would neuer suffer their King Charles to be present in person at any battayle but when they thought to pitch a fielde they sent him into some strong Towne By the losse of this battayle fought on the seauentéenth of August before Vernole in Anno reg 3. Perche King Charles was put to great hinderance so that he was not able in puissance to giue the Englishmen any battayle hauing ynough to defende and kéepe his Townes and fortresses against them The Duke of Bedford returned into Normandy where he punished many that fledde from him the day of the battayle Then went he to Paris where he found the Duke of Burgoigne who receyued him and the Dutches of Bedforde The Duke of Burgoigne enamored vvith the Countesse of Salisburie vvhere of came great displeasure and losse to England by the breach of amity betvvixt the English and the Burgonions his wife the sayde Duke of Burgoignes Sister right ioyfully and made to them great feast at whiche feast also were the Earles of Salisburie and Suffolke the olde Quéene of France mother to King Charles and many other greate estates of diuers nations amongst the whiche the Duches of Bedford was holden for the most gallantest Lady of all other and with hir the Countesse of Salisburie a very faire Lady The Duke of Bedford that had neuer iusted before iusted there The Duke of Burgoigne was a very goodly amiable maÌ„ of personage doing excellently well whatsoeuer he tooke in hand and especially in dansing and iusting he excéeded all other of his Countrey At this feast he became desirous of the Countesse of Salisburie and some messages passed betwixt them which came to the Earle of Salisburies eare whereof he was nothing contented with the Duke and therfore sought to do him displeasure afterward This feast being ended the Duke of Burgoigne went into his Countrey of Burgoigne and there tooke to wife the Duches of Neuers which had bin wife to his Unkle the Duke of Neuers and had by hir two Children She was halfe sister to the Duke of Burbon but she liued not long with him The D. of Burgoigne also gaue his sister the yongest named Agnes The second cause of breach of amitle betvvixt England and Burgoigne in marriage vnto Charles de Barbon Earle of Cleremont for the which the Duke of Bedford and other Englishmâ— were wroth for that he made suche alliance with the enimies without their accord This yeare the Frenchmen repaired the Castell of Mouns in Champaigne which had bin a little before destroyd by the Englishmen and now it was well stuffed with victuals and men which began to make sore war to the Countrey but shortly after the Earle of Salisburie beséeged theÌ„ and with him Messire Iohn de Luxenburg who did so much that the Castell was yéelded to him The D. of Bedford with his wife the Duches lay for the most parte in Paris leading there a pleasant life with the Lady whom he greatly loued and was lodged in y e house of the Tournels â—éere to the Castel Saint Anthony where he made faire buildings and his men still made sore warres againste the French towards the Riuer of Loyre and other places vpon base Normandy and toward the Duchie of Alanson This yeare in Englande Edmond Mortimere Earle of March with many other Lords a great retinue were sent Earle of March sent into IrelaÌ„d into Ireland where the sayd Earle of March ended his life Simon Seman Bythewater the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Michaell Stockfish monger the 28. of October This yeare 1424. the warres began in Henault by reason of Iaqueline Duches of Henault daughter to Duke William Iaqueline Duches of Henault of Henault Unkle to Phillip Duke of Burgoigne and also daughter to Duke Iohn of Burgoignes sister wife to the â—â—renamed William and so double Cousin german to Philâ—â—p Duke Phillip now liuing This Iaqueline was married â—â— Iohn Duke of Brabant hir Cousin german Cousin gerâ—â—n also to Duke Philip of Burgoigne and before that she â—â—s married to the Earle of Pontioue son to King Charles le â—â—â—n aime eldest Brother to King Charles now liuing â—â—t notwithstanding that she was thus married to the Duke of Brabant yet was she conuayed by Sir Robersart Knight and brought into England to the Duke of Glocester and there married to the sayd Duke of Glocester and so she Iaqueline married to the D. of Glocester had two husbandes aliue at once Brabant and Glocester â— thing thought vnreasonable both against God the world and the Church for she had bin four or fiue yeares in companie with the Duke of Brabant but there had fallen some variance betwixt them and so she was come from him into Henault About the last of Aprill began a Parliament at Westminster wherein was graunted a Subsedie of twelue in the Robert Fabian Parliament at London First Subsedie payde pound of all manner Merchandize comming in or passing out of this Realme thrée Shillings of a Tunne of Wine for the tearme of thrée yeares to be holden And furthermore it was enacted that all Merchant strangers should be set to an English host within fiftéene dayes of their comming to their port sale and to make no sale of any Merchandize ere All Strangers to be lodged vvithin English hostes they were so lodged then within fortie dayes following to make sale of all they brought and if any remayned vnsold at the sayd fortie dayes end that then all such Merchandize vnsold to be forfeyted Also that all Strangers that caried any woolles out of this land should pay xliij shillings four pence for a sacke custome where the English Merchants and Denisons payde but fiue nobles c. After the marriage had bin solemnized betwéene the Duke of Glocester and Iaqueline Duches of Holland as is aforesayde The Duke of Glocester goeth into Holland within a moneth after the Duke of Glocester assembled an armie of twelue hundred fighting men at the least all Englishmen and taking the Duches with him in coÌ„panie
Bridge but the warders or kéepers thereof kept them out by force as before they were commanded wherwith they being gréeuously discontented gathered to them a greater number of Archers and men of armes and assaulted the Gate with shot and other meanes of warre in so much that the commons of the Citie shut in their shoppes and spedde them thither in great number so that greate bloudshed woulde haue followed had not the wisedome of the Maior and Aldermen stayde the matter in time The Archbishop of Canterbury with the Prince of Portugale and other tooke great labour vpon them to pacifie this variance betwixt the two bréethren the Protector and the Bishop in so muche that they rode betwéene them eyght times ere they might bring them to any reasonable conformitie and lastly they agréed to stande to the rule of the Duke of Bedford Regent of France or of such as he would assigne wherevpon the Citie was set in more quiet and the Bishop of Winchester wrote a Letter to the Duke of Bedford Lord Regent as followeth RIght high and mighty Prince and right noble and after one leuest earthly Lorde I recommende me vnto your Grace with all my heart and as ye desire the welfare of the King our soueraigne Lorde and of his Realies of England and of France and your owne weale with all yours hast you hither for by my troth and ye tarrie long we shall put this Land in ieoperdy with a Field such a Brother yée haue héere God make him a good man For your wisedome knoweth well that the profite of France standeth in the welfare of England Written at London the last of October On the tenth day of January next ensuing the sayde Duke of Bedford wyth hys wife came vnto London with them also came the said Bishop of Winchester and the Maior and Citizens receyued him at Merton and â—onâ—ayde hym through the Citie vnto Westminster where he was lodged in the Kings Pallace and the Bishop of Winchester was lodged within the Abbots lodging On the morrow following the Maior presented the Regente with a paire of Basins of Siluer and ouer-gilt and in them a thousande Marke of gold The xxj of February began a great Counsayle at Saint Albons which was after reiorned to Northampton but for that no due conclusion mighte be made on the 1426 Parliament at Leycester xxv of March was called a Parliamente at Leycester the which endured till the xv day of June This was called the Parliamente of Battes bycause men being forbidden to bring Swords or other weapons brought great battes and staues on their neckes and wheÌ„ those weapons were inhibited theÌ„ they tooke stones and plomets of Leade During this Parliament the variance betwixt the two Lords was debated in so much that the Duke of Glocester put a Bill of complaynt against the Bishop conteyning sixe Articles all which Articles were by the Bishop sufficiently aunswered and finally by the counsell of the Lord Regent all the matters of variance betwéene the sayd two Lordes were put to the examination and iudgemente with the assistance of the Lordes of the Parliamente Henry Archbishop of Canterburie Thomas Duke of Excester Iohn Duke of Norffolke Thomas Bishop of Durham Philip Bishop of Worcester Iohn Bishop of Bath Humfrey Earle of Stafford Raulph Lord Cornewell and Maister William Alnewike then kéeper of the priuie Seale which Lordes made a decrée and awarde so that eyther party tooke other by the hande with friendly and louing words none hauing amends of other Upon Whitsonday following was a solemne feast holden at Leycester aforesayde where the Regente dubbed King Henry Knight and then forthwith the King dubbed Richard Duke of Yorke that after was father to King Edward the fourth and other to the number of fortie After the Parliamente the Kyng wente to Killingworth Castell Henry Chicheley Archbishop of Canterbury founded a Colledge at Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire of eyght Colledge and Hospitall at Higham Ferrers fellowes foure Clearkes and sixe Choristers He also founded there an Hospitall for poore folke with many preferments to the sayd Towne which house for the poore his Anno reg 5. bréethren Robert and William Chichely Aidermen of London augmented with goodly legacies On Saterday the euen of Saint Michaell the Archangell Iohn Audley An Earthquake during tvvo houres in the morning before day betwixte the houres of one and two of the clocke began a terrible Earthquake with lightning and thunder whiche continued the space of two houres and was vniuersall through the world so that men had thought the world as then should haue ended and the generall dome to haue followed The vnreasonable Beasts rored and drew to the Townes with hideous noyse Also the Foules of the ayre likewise cryed out suche was the worke of God at that time to call his people to repentance Iohn Arnold Iohn Higham the 28. of September Sherifes Maior VVardes in London discharged of fifteenes Iohn Reynwell Fishmonger the 28. of October This Iohn Reynwell Maior of London gaue certayne Lands or tenements to the Citie of London for the whiche the same Citie is bound to pay for euer all such fiftéenes as shall be graunted to the King so that it passe not thrée fiftéenes in one yeare for thrée wardes in London to wéete Reignwels Testament Downegate warde Billingsgate warde and Aldgate warde This yeare the Tower at the Draw Bridge of London Tovver on LoÌ„don Bridge was begun by the same Maior of London On the Newyeares daye Thomas Beawford Duke of Excester deceassed at Greenewich and was buryed at Sainte Edmonds Burie in Suffolke About the Purification of our Lady the Duke of Bedford Regent of France with his wife and familie passed the seas vnto Caleis and so through Picardy into France but ere he departed from Caleis to wéete vpon the feast day of the Annuntiation 1427 of our Lady the Bishop of Winchester within the Church of our Lady of Caleis was created Cardinall and after the solemnitie done the Regente tooke him on hys righte hande and so conuayed hym vnto hys lodging This yeare was vnseasonable weathering for it reyned most part continually from Easter to Michaelmasse This yeare the Duke of Alanson that before was taken prisoner at the battayle of Vernole in Perch was deliuered for a raunsome of 200000. Scuttes of Golde whiche was Rob. Gagwin 50000. Markes sterling This yeare also the Earle of Salisburie accompanyed with the Earle of Suffolke the Lord Talbot and other layde Rob. Fabian a strong séege vnto the Citie of Orleance and hilde the Citiezens very streight and maugre the Duke of Orleance and the Marshall of France the Englishmen wanne from them diuers strong holdes adioyning to the Citie and forced them to bren a great part of their suburbes but one day as y e sayd Anno reg 6. Earle of Salisburie Thomas Mountagew rested him at a bay window a Gunne was leuelled out of the Citie which all
was buried at Westminster King Henrie remayning still in Fraunce the Earle of Arundale accompanyed with two thousand Englishmen sente a certaine of his company vnto a Towne called Bealmount to prouoke she Frenchmen to issue out of the towne which smal coÌ„pany when Boyssycant Sentrales theÌ„ Captains behelde they with their souldiours sped them forth to take the sayd Englishmen y â— which by little little gaue backe till they had tolled the Frenchmen a good space from the Towne and then sette vpon them with a stoute courage and helde them on hand tyll the Earle with his company rescued them then betwixt them was a cruell fighte but in the end the Frenchmen were chased and the sayd Sentrayle with many footmen of the sayde Town were slaine Iohn Aderle Stephen Browne the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Wels Grocer the. 28. of October Thys IOHN WELLES Maior of London caused the Conduite commonlye called the Standarde in Cheape to bée builded On the seauenth day of December Kyng Henrie was Crowned in Paris by the Cardinall of Winchester at the which Coronation was presente the Duke of Burgoigne the Duke of Bedforde Regente and diuerse other Nobles of France After the solemnitie of thys feaste was ended the King departed from Paris and so came to Roane where he helde hys Christmasse and that done he returned to Caleis where when he hadde soiourned a season he tooke shipping and returned into England and landed at Douer the eleauenth of Februarie and then rydyng towarde London he was mette on Barham Downe betwixte Douer and Canterburie by a greate companye of Gentles and Commons of Kent all cladde in a liuerie wyth redde hoods the whiche accompanyed hym tyll he came to Blacke Heath which was on the one and twentith day of February where he was mette by the Maior of London who rode in a gowne of Crimson Ueluet his Aldermen in Scarlet the Citizens al in white gownes and red hoodes with diuerse works or Cognisances brodered vpoÌ„ their sléeues after y e facultie of their misteries or crafts after due obeysaÌ„ce and saluting of the king they rode on before him towards y e City And when the King was come to the Bridge there was deuised a mightie Giaunt standing with a sworde drawen in his hande hauing written certaine spéeches in metre of great reioycing and welcoÌ„ming of the King to the Citie on the middest of the Bridge and in diuerse other places of the Citie were diuerse faire and sumptuous pageants replenished with goodly and beautifull personages the order and spéeches whereof are sette downe by Robert Fabian in hys cronicle Thus being coÌ„ueyed to his pallace at Westminster the Maior with the Citizens returned to London and on the xxiitj day of Februarie the Maior and Aldermen yode to the King and presented him with a Hampire of Golde and 1433 therin a thousand pound of nobles This yeare by reason of the souldiours of Caleis a restraynte was made there of the Woolles for they were not content of their wages wherefore the Regente of Fraunce came downe thyther in Easter wéeke at which time many souldiours wer arrested and rode again to Tirwine And hauing not long buried the Lady Anne his late wife sister to the Duke of Burgoigne he married there the Earles daughter of Saint Paule and shortly after returned to Caleis where he caused foure of those souldiours to be beheaded on the. xj of June and. 110. souldiours to be banished the towne besides 120. that were banished before that tyme. And vpon Midsommer euen the Lord Regent with his new wedded spouse came to London and remayned there till the Anno reg 11 Sherifes Maior latter end of August Iohn Olney Iohn Peddesley the. 28. of September Iohn Perneis Fishmonger the. 28. of October On the. xxv day of Nouember was the Lord Fitz Water drowned on the sea and much other harmes were done by tempest 1433 Parliament On the eight day of July King Henrie began his Parliament at Westminster continued it till Lammas and then adiourned it vntil Saint Edwards tide This yere in the South-Weast appeared a blasyng star During the raigne of this King Henrie the sixth were lieutenaunts ouer the realme of Irelande Edmond Earle of March and Iames Earle of Ormond his deputie Iohn Sutton Knight Lorde of Dudley and sir Thomas Straunge hys deputie sir Thomas Stanley and sir Christopher Planket his deputie Lyon Lorde Welles and the Earle of Ormonde his deputie Iames Earle of Ormonde the Kings Lieuetenaunt by himselfe Iohn Erle of Shrewesburie and the Archbishop of Diuelin Lord Justice in his absence Richard Plantagenet Anno reg 12 Duke of Yorke Father to Edwarde the fourth and Earle of Vlstar had the Office of Lieutenaunt by letters patents during the space of tenne yeares who deputed vnder him at seuerall times the Baron of Diuelin Richarde Fitz Eustace Knight Iames Earle of Ormonde and Thomas Fitz Moris Earle of Kildare to this Richard then resident in Diuelin was borne within the Castel there the seconde sonne George Duke of Clarence afterward drowned in a Butte of â—almesey Thomas Chalton Iohn King the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Brokeley Draper the. 28. of October The ninth of Nouember the tormente of the Earle of Saint Paule Father to the Dutchesse of Bedford was solemnly holden in Paules Church of London where the more parte iâ— estates of this realme were present The ninth of Marche the Lorde Talbot with a goodlye companye passed throughe the Citie of London towardes Fraunce where he wrought much woe to the Frenchmen The 1434 Towne of Saint Denis which is within two English myles of Paris was gotten by the practise of one Iohn Notice a knight of Orleance from Matthew Gouglye and Thomas Kiriel Captaines they slewe there many Englishmen and toke many prisoners but soone after the sayde Captaines with strength taken from Paris layde such a strong siege aboute Saint Denis that finally they agréed to deliuer the Town to the Englishmen In thys season also the earle of Arundale which in Normandie had manly born him hearing that one Hirus â— Frâ—ch Captaine had fortifyed a strong Castell named Gerborym before destroyed of the Englishmen toke with him a certaine number of souldiours and belaied the Castel with a strong siege and assaulted it sundry times manfully but Gagwine sayeth the saide Hirus with his companye issued out of the Castell and gaue vnto the sayde Earle a cruel skirmish in the which the sayde Earle receiued a deadly wound and dyed shortly after Anno reg 13 Sherifes Maior Thomas Barnewel Simon Eyre the. 28. of September Roger Otley Grocer the. 28. of October Through a great Froste that lasted from the fiue and Great Frost twentith of NoueÌ„ber vnto the tenth of Februarie the Thamis was so frozen that the Merchandice which came to the Thamis mouth was there landed and carried through Kent to London When the Pope Eugeny the fourth
in my owne realm For I shall knowe what traytour dare be so bolde to arise anye people in mine owne lande where through I am in great disease and heauynesse by that Faith I owe vnto Saint Edwarde and vnto the Crown of England I shal destroy them euery mothers son and eke they to be hanged drawn and quartered that may be taken afterward of them in example to make all suche traytours to beware for to make anye rising of people within mine owne land and so trayterously to abyde theyr king and gouernour And for a conclusion rather than they shall haue any Lorde that here is with me at this time I shall this day for their sake in this quarrell my selfe liue and dye The wordes of the Duke of Yorke to all Gentlemen and other assembled with hym SIrs the king our soueraign Lord wil not be reformed at our beséeching ne prayer nor wil not in no wise vnderstaÌ„d the intente wherfore we be here asseÌ„bled gathered at this time but only is in ful purpose to destroy vs al and there vpon a great othe hath made that there is none other waye but that he with all his power will pursue vs and if we be taken to giue vs a shamefull death léesing our liuelodeand goods and also our heyres shamed for euer Therfore sirs now sith it will none otherwise be but y t we shall vtterly die better it is to vs to die in the field than cowardly to be put to an vtter rebuke and shamefull death for the right of England standeth in vs. Considering also in what perill it standeth at this time and for to redresse the mischiefe thereof let euery man helpe to his power this daye and in that quarrell to quite vs like men to the crowne of England praying and beséeching vnto that Lord the which is eternal that raigneth in the glorious kingdome celestial to kéepe and saue vs thys day in our right and throughe the giftes of his holy grace we may be made strong to withstaÌ„d the greate abhominable and horrible malice of them that purpose to destroy vs and the realme of England and put vs to a shamefull death praye we therefore vnto that Lord to be our comfort and our defendour saying these wordes Domine sis clipeus defensionis nostri And when these wordes were sayde the Duke of Yorke and the Earles of Warwicke and Salisburie with their hoste betwéene eleauen and twelue at noone breake in in thrée seueral places of the sayd stréete The King theÌ„ being in the place of Edmond Westby Hundreder of the sayde Towne of Saint Albons hearing of the saide Dukes comming commaunded his hoste to slaye all manner Lordes Knightes Squiers Gentlemen and yeomen that might be taken on the party of the foresayd Duke of Yorke Thys done the Lorde Clifforde kepte so strongly the barriours of the same Towne that the forsayde Duke of Yorke might in no wise with all the power that hée hadde enter nor breake into the sayde Towne The Earle of Warwicke knowyng thereof tooke and gathered hys menne togyther wyth hym and brake in by the Garden side into the sayde Towne betwéene the signe of the keye and the Exchequere in Holywel stréete and anone as they were within the fayde Towne they blew vppethe Trumpet and cryed with an high voyce a Warwicke a Warwicke that maruayle it was to heare And tyll that tyme the Duke of Yorke might neuer haue entry into the Town and then with strong hande they brake vp the Barriers and foughte a fierce and cruell battayle in the whiche were slayne Lordes of name Edmonde Duke of Somerset the Earle of Northumberlande the Lorde Clifforde sir Barton Entewsell Knighte William Souche Iohn Botreaux Ralphe Balithorpe and his sonne William Coruin WilliaÌ„ Cotton receyuer of the Dutchie of Lancaster Gilbert Faldinger Reignalde Griffin Iohn Dawes Ellis Wood Iohn Cytâ—e Robert Woodwarde Gilbert Scarlocke and Ralph Willowby Esquires a Gentleman of the Courte Roger Mercraft the Quéenes messanger Hawbin the Kings Porter Malener Padington and William Butler Yeomen and fiue and twentie moe whose names were not knowne and of them that were slayne bene buryed at Saint Albons eighte and fourtie persons And at that battayle were wounded Lordes of name the King was shotte into the necke wyth an arrowe The Duke of Buckingham and the Lord Sudley in the visages wyth arrowes the Earle of Stafforde in the right hande with an arrowe the Earle of Dorset was so sore hurte that he might not goe but was fayne to be carried home in a carte and Syr Iohn Wenloke Knighte in likewise hurt and carried from thence in a Chayre and diuerse other Knightes and Esquiers sore hurt and the substaunce of the Kyngs hoste dispoyled of theyr harneis at their owne requeste made deliuerye to the Dukes hoste for sauation of theyr liues and fled The Earle of Wiltshire and Thorpe with many other fled and cast away their harneis in ditches and woods This done the Duke of Yorke the Erles of Warwicke and Salisburie came vnto the King where hée was and besoughte hym on theyr knées of grace and forgiuenesse of that they had done in his presence besoughte him of his highnesse to take theÌ„ to grace as his true liege men The king desired them to cease their people that there shoulde be no more hurte done and to obey hys commaundemeÌ„t did cause to be proclaymed in the Kings name that all maner of people shoulde cease off theyr malice and not to smite one stroke more and so ceased the battayle And vpon the day next after the King and the Duke of Yorke the Earles of Warwicke and Salisburie came to London and were lodged in the Bishoppes Pallaice of London where they kepte theyr Whitsontide with great ioye and solemnitye concluding there to holde a Parliament the same to begin on the ninth of July next following This yeare in the moneth of June appeared a comet or starre called Stella Cometa betwixt the North and the East extending his beames towards the South In the Parliament begun the ninth of July as is afore saide Richarde Duke of Yorke was made protectour of the realme The Earle of Salisburie was made Lord Chauncellour of Englande and Richarde Earle of Warwicke was made Captaine of Caleis Iohn Yong Thomas Owlgraue the. 28. of September Anno. reg 34 Sherifes Maior William Marrow Grocer the 28. of October This yeare by meanes of the Quéene and the Lordes of hir Counsell the Duke of Yorke was discharged of the Protectourship and the Earle of Salisburie of the Chauncellourship and being called by priuie seale to Couentrie they were like to haue bene intrapped there and hardlye escaped In the moneth of Maye an Italians seruaunte walkyng 1456 Robert Fabian throughe Cheape of London wyth a dagger hangyng at hys gyrdle a Merchauntes seruaunt that before tyme had bin in Italy and there blamed for wearing of the like weapon chalenged the straunger howe hée durst be so bolde
of the same Indenture And not apply your sayde blessednesse ne the great righteousnesse and equitie wherewith God hath euer endued your high nobilitie to y e importune impacience and violence of such persons as intende of extreme malice to procéede vnder the shadowe of your high might and presence to our destructioÌ„ for suche inordinate couetise wherof God is not pleased as they haue to our Landes Offices and goods not letting or sparing therefore to put suche things in all lamentable and too sorrowfull ieoperdie as might in all wyse take effecte by the mysterie of Gods will and power nor not hauing regarde to the effusion of Christian bloud ne any tendernesse to the noble bloud of this Land such as serue to the tuition and defence thereof ne not waying the losse of your true liege men of your saydo Realme that God defend which knoweth our intent and that wée haue auoyded there from as farre as we may with our suerties not of any dreade that wée haue of the sayde persons but onely of the dreade of God of your said highnesse and will not vse our sayde defence vntil the time that wée be prouoked of necessitie whereof wée call heauen and earth vnto witnesse and recorde and therein beséeche God to be our Judge and to delyuer vs according to our sayde intent and our sayde trueth and duetie to your said highnesse and to the sayde Common Weale Most Christian King right high and mightie Prince and most dread Soueraigne Lorde wée beséeche our blessed Lorde to preserue your honour and estate in ioye and felicitie Written at Ludlowe the. x. day of October R. Yorke R. Warwike R. Salisburie After their excusation contayned in this letter sent to the King they withdrewe them and went into diuers partes beyond the Seas for the more suertie of their persons The Duke of Yorke went into Ireland where he was honorably receyued the Earle of Marche Salisburie and Warwike not without great ieoperdie and perill as well on the lande as on the sea went to Calleis and abode there Then was a Parliament holden at Couentrie wherein Parliament at Couentrie were attaint of treason Richard duke of Yorke Edward Erle of Marche his sonne and heire Richard Earle of Warwike Edmond Earle of Rutlande Richard Earle of Salisburie Iohn Duke of Yorke other attaint Lorde Clifford Lorde Clinton sir Thomas Harington sir Iohn Wenlocke Thomas Neuill Iohn Neuill sonnes of the Earle of Salisburie Iames Pickering Iohn Conyers Thomas Par William Oldhall and Henrie Ratforde Knightes Iohn Bowser Thomas Cooke Iohn Clay Richard Gyton Robert Browne Edward Bowser Thomas Vaughan Iohn Roger Richard Grey Walter Deuorux Walter Hopton Roger Kynderton William Bowes Foulke Stafforde the Lorde Powys and Alice Countesse of Salisburie their goods and possessions escheted and their heires disherited vnto the 9. degrée their tenauntes spoyled of their goods bemaymed Ludlovv spoyled and slayne the towne of Ludlowe longing to the Duke of Yorke was robbed to the bare walles and the Dutches of Yorke spoyled of hir goods The Earle of Warwike hauing a great Nauie kepte the Earle of VVarvvike fought vvith the Spaâ—â—â— ardes narrow seas and sought with the Spanyards kylled many of them tooke their great vessels with one Carrake of Iene and got in them great riches Iohn Plummer Iohn Stocker the 28. of September Sherifes Maior William Hulin Fishmonger the 28. of October In this moneth of October Henrie the yong duke of Somerset Henry Lorde Roos and Lorde Audley with men of Armes sailed toward Calleis to the intent the Duke shoulde haue bene Captaine there but when he came to lande they Duke of Somerset fled to Gvvynes The Lord Audley taken into Calleis The lord Roos fled into Flaunders of Calleis would haue taken him so that he hardly escaped to the Castle of Gwines his souldiors were stripped out of their harnesse and let go The Lord Audley was taken into Calleis and the Lord Roos fled into Flaunders and after returned into England Not long after Richard Lord Riuers was sent to SaÌ„dwich to kéepe the towne and certaine great ships which lay there at Anker but when the Earle of Warwike sawe time conuenient The Lord Riuers and the Lord VVoodvile by force caried from Sandvvicke he sent some of his men to Sandwich by night y e which tooke the Lorde Riuers and Antonie Wooduile his sonne in their beds led them ouer to Calleis with al the great ships saue one called Grace de Dieu the which might not be had away bicause she was broke in the bottome Sir Baudwyne Fulford vndertooke on paine of loosing his head y t he woulde 1460 Sir Baudvvin Fulford his enterprise destroy y t Earle of Warwike but when he had spent y e King a thousand markes in money he returned againe Then was the Duke of Excester Admirall sent to the sea with a great The Duke of Excester sent to the Seas Nauie for to distresse the Earle of Warwike and his Nauie he sailing from Sandwiche to Dertmouth for lacke of victuals and money his Souldiours forsoke him there And betwéene Sandwiche and Dertmouth he met the Earle of Warwike comming out of Ireland that had bin there for to speake with the Duke of Yorke and brought with him his mother that was sled thither for dread and led hir to Calleis but the Duke of Excester durst not set vppon the Earle of Warwike nor the Earle woulde not distresse him because he was Admirall and of the Kings bloud but let him passe by In y e moneth of June 500. men were sent to conduct the duke of Somerset froÌ„ Gwynes into England but abiding y e wind in y e port of Sandwich y e Earle of Warwikes men spoyled them of their harnes killed their captain MouÌ„ford many other The Earles at Calleis sent to the Archbishop of Caunterburie Captaine MouÌ„t sort slaine and at large to the commons of England certaine Articles in writing beginning thus Worshipful sirs we the Duke of Articles sent froÌ„ the Duke of Yorke and the Barles to the Archbishop of Caunterburie and to the commons Yorke the Earles of March Warwike and Salisburie sewed offered to haue come vnto the King our Soueraigne Lords most noble presence to haue declared there asore him for our dutie to God to his highnesse to the prosperitie and welfare of his noble estate and to the Common Weale of all his Lande as true liege men the matters following that is to say In primis the great oppression extortion robberie murther and other violences done to Gods Church and to his ministers thereof against Gods and mans law 2 Item the pouertie miserie that to our great heauinesse our Soueraigne Lord staÌ„deth in not hauing any liuelode of the Crowne of England whereof he may kéepe his honorable housholde which causeth the spoyling of his sayde liege men by the takers of his sayde housholde which lyuelode is
wherevnto we haue euer bene and will be as true as any of his subiectes aliue wherof we call God our Lady S. Marie and all the Saintes in heauen vnto witnesse and record In the meane time the Earle of Wilshire treasurer of England The Earle of VVilshire and other spoyled Nevvbery the Lorde Scales and the Lorde Hungerforde went to Newberie whiche longed to the Duke of Yorke and there made inquisition of all them that in any wise had fauoured the sayde Duke whereof some were founde guiltie and were drawen hanged and quartered and all the inhabitauntes of the Towne were spoyled of their goods From thence the Earle of Wilshire went to Southampton where vnder The Earle of VVilshire stale ouer the Seas colour to take the Earle of Warwicke he armed fiue gret Caraks of Iene with souldioures taking victuals of the Kings price without payment and put a great part of hys treasure into the sayde Caraks and after sayled about in the sea and at laste stale into Dutchlande sending backe againe hys souldiours into Englande Then were the Kings Priuie seales for money priuie seales directed to all Bishops Abbots Priours and other states to lende the Kyng money therewith to wage souldiours to kéepe the Sea coasts but the commons of KeÌ„t dreading the like vengeance to be taken vpon them as was done vpon them of Newberie sent priuily messangers to Caleis The men of Kent sent to Galeis for the Earles to the foresayde Earles beséeching them in all haste possible to come to theyr succour whervpon the said Erles sent ouer into Kent the lord Fawconbridge to know if their déedes woulde accorde with theyr wordes and anone the people of Kent and other shires adioyning resorted to the sayde Lorde Fawconbridge in greate number When the Earles knewe the wylling heartes of those people they prepared to come into thys lande againste whose comming a long Ballet was fixed vpoÌ„ the gates of Canterburie made in fauour of the Duke of Yorke and the sayde Earles beginning thus In the daye of fast and spirituall affliction The celestiall influence of bodies transitorie c The Erles of March Warwick and Salisburie arriued at Sandwich where met wyth them Thomas Bourcher Archebyshop of Canterburie The Earle entred into London who with hys crosse borne before him and a greate number of other people accompanyed them to London into the whiche Citie they entred on the seconde of Julye wyth them came the Popes legate to treate of peace if néed wer Thâ—n was a conuocation of the Clergie holden in S. Paules Church where the sayde Earles being present the Earle of Warwicke recited the cause of their comming into the lande with the misgouernements thereof and then made open othe vpon the crosse of Canterburie that they had euer borne true faith and alegiaunce to King Henry Then the Earles of March and Warwicke with the Lords Fauconbridge Clinton Borser Priour of Saint Iohns Audley Burgavennie Say and Scrope the Archbyshop the Popes legate the Bishops of Excester Ely Salisburie and Rochester addressed theÌ„ forth to the King at Northampton leauing the Earle of Salisbury to be gouernour of the Citie in their absence The Lorde Scales and Hungerforde that before the comming of the Earles were in the Citie of London and would haue had the gouernance thereof went to the Towre of London and with them the Lordes Vessy Louel Delaware Kendale a Gascoigne Knightes sir Edmond Hampden Thomas Brune Sherife of Kent Iohn Bruyn of Kent Geruayes Clyfton treasurer of the King house Thomas Tyrel the Dutchesse of Excestex many other Then was the Tower of London besieged both by water and lande that no victualles might come to them And they that were within the Towre cast wilde fire into the Citie and shotte manye small Gunnes whereby they brent and slew meÌ„ women and children in the stréets also they of the Citie layde greate Gunnes on the furtherside of the Thamis against the Tower and brake the Wals in diuerse places The King lying in the Friers at NorthaÌ„pton ordayned a strong and myghtie fielde in the Meddowes beside the Nunrie hauing the riuer at his backe The Earles with their power comming to Northampton sent certaine Byshops to the King beséeching him to admit y â— Erle of Warwicke to come to his presence to declare their innocencie which request being denyed by the Duke of Buckingham the Earles sent an Heralde of Armes desiring to haue hostages for his safe comming and going but he might not be heard The thirde time the Erle of Warwicke sent worde to the King that at two houres after noone he would speake with him or dye in y â— field The Bishop of Hereford a white Frier the kings Confessour incouraged the kings parte to fight wherfore after the battayle he was committed to the Castelf of Warwicke where he was long prisoner The teÌ„th of July at two of y â— clocke after nooâ—re y â— Earles of March Warwicke let cry through the field y â— no man should lay hand vpon the King â—e on y â— coÌ„mon people but on the Lordes Knights Espuiers then both hosts incountred foughte halfe an houre the Lord Grey that was the Kings vaward breake the fielde and came to the Earles partie and was a great helpe to them in obtayning the victorie many on the kings side were flayn many y â— fled were drowned in y e riuer y â— Duke of Buckingham the Erle of Shrowesburie y e Lorde Beaumont the Lord Egremont were slain by y â— Kings â—eÌ„t w t many Knights Esquires y e kings ordinaunce of Guns might not be shot there was so gret rayne that day When the field was done the Earles had the victorie they came to the King he being in his tent said in this wise Most noble prince displease you not though it haue pleased God of his grace to grant vs the victorie of our mortal enemies y â— which by their venemous malice haue vntxuely stirred moued your highnesse to exile vs out of your land woulde haue vs put to finall shame and confusion we come not to y â— intent for to vnquiet ne grieue your sayde highnesse but for to please your noble person desiring tenderly the high welfare prosperitie therof of al your realme and to be your true liegemen while our liues shall endure The King of these words was greatlye recomforted anone was led to Northampton with procession where he rested thrée dayes came to London the sixtéenth of July and was lodged in the Byshops Pallaice The nintéenth of Julye they that were in the Tower of London for lacke of victualles yéelded and came forth of the which afterward some were drawn and headed The Lorde Scales late in an euening entred a Wherry with thrée persons and rowing towarde Westminster there to haue taken Sanctuarie was descried by a woman and anone the Wherry men fel on him killed him
King Edward with great triumph rode through the Citie of London 1461 to Bishops Gate and so toke his iourney towarde the Northe where betwéene Shirburne in Elmet and Todcaster all the Northe partye mette hym and on Palme Sondaye the. xxix of Marche fought a greate battaile betwéene Towton and Saxton in which were slaine Henrie Percy Erle of Northumberlande Iohn Lorde Clifforde Iohn Lord Neuil Leo Lorde Welles Ranulph Lorde Dacre and many other on both parties to the number of fiue and thirtie thousand seauen hundred and eleauen persons but King Edwarde gatte the fielde Many of the Bones of these men were buried Iohn Leyland in the Churchyard of Saxton they were firste buryed in fiue pittes halfe a mile off by North in Saxton fielde yet appearing Towton village is a mile from Saxton where a gret Chappell was begonne by Richarde the third but not finished in whiche Chappel were buried also many of the men flaine at Palmsonday fielde This fielde was as muche in Saxton Parishe as in Towton yet it bare the name of Towton The Duke of Excester the Duke of Somerset the Lorde Roos the Hungerford and many other fled to Yorke to king Henrie and then they with the King Quéene and Prince King Henry fled into Scotlande fled towarde Scotlande to Barwicke and so to Edenborough King Edwarde wente to Yorke and then to Durham and when he had quieted the Countrey returned Southwarde Thomas Courtney Earle of Deuonshire was taken and beheaded in Yorke Castell Iames Butler Earle of Wilshire was beheaded at Newcastell the Lord Fitz Walter was drowned at Ferybridge The town of Barwicke was deliuered to the Scots by king Henrie the sixth on Saint Markes daye The. xxvj of June the Mayor of London with the Aldermen in Scarlet and the Commons in gréene broughte King Edwarde from Lambeth to the Tower of London where he made eight and twentie Knightes and on the morrowe he dubbed foure mo and on the eight and twentith of June he was crowned at Westminster with greate solempnitie of Bishops and other temporall Lordes And on the morow after the King was crowned againe in Westminster Abbay in the worship of God Saint Peter and on the next morow he went Crowned in Paules Church of London in the honour of God and Saint Paule there an Angell came downe censed him at which time was so great a multitude of people in Paules as euer was séene in any dayes And soone after his Coronation the King made his States created brother George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence and his other brother Richard duke of Glocester WilliaÌ„ Stafford Esquier Lord Stafford of Southwike sir William Hebert Lorde Herbert and after Earle of Penbroke and the sayd Lord Stafford Earle of Deuonshire After this he made Edward Lord Grey of Ruthen Earle of Kent Henrie Lorde Bourcher Earle of Essex Iohn Lorde of Buckingham Lorde of Mountioy sir Iohn Heyward Lord Heyward William Hastings Lord Hastings and after that great Chamberlaine Richard Woodvile Lord Riuers Denham Esquier Lord Denham c. Not long after Iohn Dauy had his hand striken of in Cheape the Coronation of King Edward one Iohn Dauy had his hand striken off at the Standard in Cheape because he smote a man before the Judges in Westminster Hall contrarie to the Lawe George Ireland Iohn Locke the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Hughe Wiche Mercer the 28. of October The. iiij of Nouember began a Parliament at Westminster wherein King Henrie his Quéene and his sonne were disherited of the Crowne Henrie Duke of Excester Henrie Duke of Somerset Thomas Earle of Deuonshire c. to the nuÌ„ber of 140. were attainted disherited Shortly the Earle Anno. reg 2. of Oxford and Awbrey his sonne sir Thomas Tudenham Knight William Tirrell and Iohn Mongomerie Esquiers 1462 were detect and at seuerall times beheaded at the Towre hyll and after that many other The. xxvij of Marche King Edward went Northwarde so farre as Stamforde where he was informed that King Henrie had procured the Frenchmen and Scots to enter this land in resisting whereof King Edwarde sent his Priuie Seale through England to moue men to giue him a certaine suÌ„me of money which they graunted liberally The Lord Fauconbridge Earle of Kent was appointed to kéepe the Seas with the Lorde Audeley Lorde Clinton Sir Iohn Heyward sir Richard Walgraue and other to the number of ten thousand which landed in Britaine and wanne the towne of Conqnet with the Isle of Reth c. In Michaelmas Terme king Edward sat in the Kings bench thrée dayes together in open court to vnderstande how his lawes were executed William Hampton Barthelmew Iames the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Thomas Coke Draper the 28. of October Quéene Margaret wyfe to Henrie the sixt landed in the North where hauing but small succour and euill fortune she was faine to take the Sea againe by tempest of weather was driuen to Barwicke where she landed but lost hir shippes and goods In December King Edwarde laide siege to the Castels of Bambrugh Dunstonbrugh Alnewike Henrie Bowfort Duke of Somerset sir Ralph Percie and other yéelded Bambrugh on Christmas euen and were taken to the Kings fauour King Edward graunted to the Duke of Somerset a. 1000. marks by the yéere where of he was neuer paid the Earle of Penbroke sir Thomas Fyndern and other went into Scotland On S. Iohns day Dunstonburgh was yéelded On y â— Twelfe euen Peirsâ—e Brasile the great warrior of Normandie came to helpe the Quéene Margaret with Frenchmen xx thousande Scots to remoue King Edwardes men from Alnewike siege and the residue of other Castels there By whose comming King Edwardes men were afearde of the Scottes as reculing from the siege and the Scottes afearde of Edwardes men least they had reculed to bring them into a trap And Henries meÌ„ issuing out of too much boldnesse gaue Edwards meÌ„ opportunitie to enter into the Castle on the morow after the Twelfe day the Earle of Warwike made xv knights Anno reg 3. these iij. Castels were committed to y e kéeping of sir Ralph Grey and after againe King Henrie with his Quéene and 1463 their felowship entred them and kept them About Midsomer the Scots with many French Englishmen laid siege to the Castle of Norham but were forced to leaue it as they found it The Earle of Warwike wan the towne of Barwike where he made fiue Bannertes xxij knights and went into Scotland where he burnt Lawghmaban Iedeworth Galowey and many other Townes and returned to Barwike The Minster of Yorke the stéeple of Christes Church in Norwiche were brent Robert Basset Thomas Muschampe the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Mathew Phillip Goldsmith the 28 of October In the moneth of Aprill King Edwarde made great Anno. reg 4. 1464 preparation against King Henrie and on Saint Markes day Ralph Percie Lorde Hungerforde with a great power purposing
to haue distressed sir Iohn Neuil Lorde Mountacute was himselfe slaine with many other The. xv of May King Henries power beyng at Hexham the Lorde Mountacute with a power came thither and enclosed them round about There were taken slaine many Lords that were with King Henry but he himself was fled iiij dayes before into Lancashire where he and other liued in caues full hardly vnknowne more than a yéere On Trinitie Sonday King Edward made the Lord Mountacute Earle of Northumberland and warden of the Marches The Earles of Warwike and Northumberlande tooke Bambrugh Castle and beheaded sir Ralph Grey at Doncaster The Earle of Warwike was sent into Fraunce to conclude a mariage with the French Kings sisters daughter for K. Edward which he did K. Edvvard maried but in the meane while on the first of May King Edwarde tooke to wife Elizabeth Daughter to Iaquet Duches of Bedforde sister to the Earle of Saint Paule late wife to sir Iohn Grey slayne at Courton fielde on King Henries parte which mariage was kept secret almost halfe a yéere King Edward tooke the Chauncellorship from the Byshop of Excester brother to the Earle of Warwike and gaue it to the Byshop of Bathe In the moneth of May the Duke of Somerset the Lord Roos the Lord Molyns Talbois Earle of Kyme sir Philippe Wentworth sir Thomas Finderne gathered an hoste in the Duke of Somerset and other beheaded North Countrey sir Iohn Neuill Earle of Northumberland with x. thousand men came vpoÌ„ them whom the commons forsaking their Captaines were taken beheaded King Edward searing the Lord MouÌ„tacute the Earle of Warwike whom he had of late made Earle of Northumberland he caused the men of the Countrey to desire the rightfull heyre Percie sonne to Henrie y â— was slaine at Yorke fielde so Percie Earle of Northumberland made Marques Mountacute was restored and Mountacute was made a Marques his sonne Duke of Bedforde which shoulde wed the Kings eldest daughter which by possibilitie should be King of Englande Aboute Michaelmas the King held a Counsell at Reading where the Quéene was shewed openly and receiued as Coine enhauÌ„sed Quéene After this wedding knowne the Earle of Warwike and King Edward were neuer friends The King changed the Coyne both gold and siluer and ordained that y e newe Pestilence Grote waied scantly iij. d. and that the Noble of vj. sÌ„ viij d. should go for viij sÌ„ iiij d. c. A great Pestilence and the Thames ouer frosen In Michaelmas Terme were made Sergeantes at Lawe Thomas Young N. Geney Richard Serieants feast Regester of maiors Neale Thomas Brian Richard Pigot I. Grenefield I. Catesby and Gwy Fairfax which helde their feast in the Bishop of Eles place in Holborne to the which feast the Maior of London with the Aldermen Sherifes and Commons of diuers Craftes being bidden repayred but when the Maior looked to be set to kéepe the state in the Hall as it had béene vsed in all places of the Cittie liberties out of the Kings presence vnknowne to the Sergeauntes and against their willes as they sayd y â— Lord Grey of Ruthin then Treasurer The Maior of London departeth from the Serieants feast of England was there placed wherevpon the Maior Aldermen and Commons departed home and the Maior made all the Aldermen to dyne with him howbeit he and all the Citizens was greatly displeased that he was so delt with and the newe Sergeaunts and other were right sorie therfore and had leauer thâ—n much good it had not so happened This was then as my Recorde reporteth more at large recorded to be a president in time to come Iohn Tate Iohn Stone the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Nevv coyne Anno. reg 5. Ralph Iosseliâ— Draper the 28 of October A newe Coine was made a Rose Noble at x. shillings the halfe Noble fiue shillings the farthing two shillings sir pence an Angelet six shillings eight pence y e halfe thereof thrée shillings foure pence On the. xxvj of May Quéene Elizabeth was Crowned at 1465 Westminster beyng Trinitie Sonday against the which time King Edward made xxxix Knightes King Henrie was taken in Cletherwood beside Bungerley King Henrie taken Hyppingstons in Lancashire by Thomas Talbot sonne heire to sir Edward Talbot of Basshall and Iohn Talbot his cosyn of Colebry which deceiued him being at his dynner at Wadington Hall and brought him toward London with his legs bounde to the stirops where he was mette by the Earle of Wâ—rwike and arested at Esyldon Doctor Manning Deane of Windsore Doctor Bedle and yong Ellerton being in his companie with their féete bound vnder the horse bellyes were brought to the Towre of London A licence was grauÌ„ted to conuey certaine Coteswold shéepe Sheepe traÌ„sported ouet the seas Long piked Shone forbid into Spaine which haue since greatly multiplyed there It was proclaynied throughout England that the beakes or pikes of Shoone and Bootes should not passe ij ynches vpon paine of cursing by the Clergie and forfeting xx sÌ„ to be payde one Noble to the King one other to the Cordewayners of London and the thirde to the chamber of London and for other Cities and Townes the like order was takeÌ„ Before this time and since the yéere of our Lord. 1282. the pikes of shooes bootes were of such length that they were fayne to be tyed vp to their knées with chaynes of siluer and guilt or at the least with silke laces Henrie Wauer William Constantine the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Ralph Verney Mercer the 28. of October The. xj of Februarie Quéene Elizabeth was deliuered at Westminster of a Daughter also named Elizabeth who was long after married to King Henrie the seuenth whose Christening was done in the Abbey with y e most solemynitie that might be and the more because the King was assured by his Phisitions that the Quéene was conceyued with a Prince which proued otherwise as ye haue heard This yéere was the Lord Hungerford beheaded at Salisburie Anno. reg 6 1466 Also sir Thomas Hungerford Knight sonne to the Lord Hungerford and Henry Courteney of right Earle of DeuoÌ„shire were beheaded at Salisburie The Lord Stafford of Southwike procured the said Courteneys death to be made Earle of Deuonshire as in déede he was shortly after Iohn Browne Henrie Brice the 28. of September Sir Iohn Yong Grocer the 28. of October Sherifes Maior Iohn Stocton the 26. of Iune The. iij. of June beganne a Parliament at Westminster Anno. reg 7. 1467 All the Kings giftes reuoked wherin was resumed to y e Kings honor all maner of giftes that had bin giuen from the first day he tooke possession of y â— Realme to that time except certaine things then named On Thursday next after Corpus Christi Antonie Wooduile Iustes in Smithfielde Lorde Scales iusted in Smithfield with the Earle of the Roche called the Bastard of Burgoygne
deliuered til he had paid 8000. â— to y e K. 800. â— to y e Quéene In the ende of August the Castle of Harlowe was wonne Harlovv Casâ—lâ— vvonne by the assaulte of the Lorde Herberd the which Castle was one of the strongest holdes in Wales This yéere many murmurous tales ran in the Citie betwene y e Earle of Warwike and the Quéenes blood y e which Earle was euer had in great fauour of the CoÌ„mons of this land by reason of y â— excéeding houshold which he dayly kept in all Countries where euer he soiourned or lay and when Earle of VVarvvike his house keeping he came to London he held such an house that vj. Oxen were eaten at a breakefast and euery Tauerne was full of his meate for who that had any acquaintance in that house he should haue had as much soden and rost as he might carrie vpon a long Dagger Simon Smith William Hanot the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Cordvvainer streete discharged of fiftens Anno reg 19. William Tailour Grocer the 28. of October This W. Tailour gaue to y e Citie of London certaine tenements for the which y e Citie is bouÌ„d to pay for euer at euery fiftéene graunted to y e King for all such as shall dwell in Cordwainers stréete warde seised at xij d. a péece or vnder The Duke of Clarence went to Calleis there wedded Isable one of y e daughters to y e Earle of Warwike Sir Iohn Coniers 1469 knight Robert Hiltard who named himselfe Robin of Ridsedale other gathered an host of 20000. meÌ„ in y e North Robert of Ridsedale against whoÌ„ K. Edward sent W. Herbert late made Earle of Penbroke with 18000. Welch men and Humfrey Stafforde of Southroike late made Earle of Deuon w t 6000. good archers which ij Erles falling out for lodging in y e towne of BaÌ„bery Edgecote field HuÌ„frey Stafford departed w t his power wherby W. Herbert Richard Herbert his brother were ouercome taken by theÌ„ of the North 5000. saith Hall of the Welchmen slaine in a plaine called Danes more néere to y e towne of Edgecote iij. miles froÌ„ Baâ—bery y â— 26. of July The men of name slaine of y â— Welch party were sir Roger VaughaÌ„ knight Henry ap Morgan Tho. ap Richard VaughaÌ„ Esquier W. Herbert of Brecknocke Esquier Watkin Thomas son to Roger Vaughan InaÌ„ ap Iohn ap Meridik Dauy ap Iankin ap Limorik Harrisdon ap Pikton Iohn Done of Kidwelly Rice ap MorgaÌ„ ap VistoÌ„ Iankin Perot ap Scots Burg Iohn Euerard of Penbrokeshire Iohn Courtor of Hereford The NorthreÌ„ men of name slain were sir Henry Latimer sonne heire to y e Lord Latimer sir Roger Pigot Knight Iames Coniers sonne heire to sir Iohn Coniers Knight Oliuer Awdley Esquier Tho Wakes sonne heire to W. Mallerie Esquier Richard Woodvile Lord Riuers w t Iohn his sonne were takeÌ„ in y â— forest of Dene brought to NorthamptoÌ„ where they with sir W. Herbert Richard his brother were all iiij beheaded by y â— coÌ„maundement of y e duke of Clarence the Erle of Warwike T. Herbert was slaine at Bristow Humfry Stafford was by the commoÌ„s taken at Bridgewater and beheaded King Edwarde was taken at Vâ—nar a village beside Northampton by y e archbishop of Yorke brought to Warwicke Castell thence to Yorke from whence by faire promises he escaped came to London Richard Gardiner Robert Drope the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Richard Lee Grocer the 28. of October The 29. of Sept. Humfrey Neuile Knighte and Charles his brother were taken by the erle of Warwike beheaded at Yorke King Edward being present In the moneth of Anno reg 1â— March the L. Willoughby Rich. Lord Wels sir Roberte his son sir Tho. Delaband sir Tho. Dimoke the Kings Champion draue out of Lincolnshire sir Tho. Burgh a Knighte of the kings house pulled down his place and toke al his goods cattels with 30000 of the commons cried King Henrie K. Edward gaue Lorde Wels his pardon sente for him hauing him in custody coÌ„manded him vpon paine of death to cause the Lincolneshire men iâ— lay down their hoste and so he wrote but all in vaine Wherevpon the Lorde Wels head was cutte off King Edward sprinkeled the Lincolnshire men with his ordinance and slewe many of them Sir Robert Wels sir Thomas Delaband sir Thomas Dimoke were taken and beheaded beside Stamforde the 13. of March and the 19. day the Lorde Willoughbey was beheaded at Doncacter The Duke of Clarence and the Earle of Warwike fledde into Frâ—unce where they made a marriage betwixte Prince Edwarde sonne to King Henrie the sixth and one of the Earle of Warwikes daughters At this marriage was concluded that King Henry shoulde raigne againe and Prince Edwarde after him and for lacke of their heires George Duke of Clarence and his heires â—â— The. xiij day of Sept. George Duke of Clarence Iasper Earle of Penbroke Richard Earle of Warwike the Earle of Oxford with the bastard Fawconbridge and many other ariued at Plymmouth and an other sort at Dartmouth of whome the Earle of Penbroke went into Wales the other toward Excester proclaiming in the name of King Henry that all men betwixt the ages of xvj and. lx should be ready to assist the saide Lordes on the behalfe of King Henrie against King Edward Also on the Sonday next after the feast of Saint Michael the Archangell Doctor Godard preaching at Doctor Godard preached at Paules Crosse againste King Edvvarde Paules Crosse declared by the reading of byls and diuers other arguments and proofes that Henrie was true lawfull King of England and not King Edward Moreouer the Marques Mountacute who had gathered a. vj. thousand men in King Edwardes name and was come néere vnto the said Edward he told them how King Edward had serued him first making him Earle of Northumberland and after giuing the same Erledome to T. Percie made him Marques Mountacute allowing him a Pies neste to maintayne it with all wherefore he would leaue to serue him and take part with the Earle of Warwike his brother Whereof when King Edwarde vnderstoode he fled from his host besides Notingham King Edvvarde fled beyond the Seas and the. iij. day of October he with the Lorde Riuers Lorde Hastings his Chamberlaine the Lord Say and other to y e number of vij or viij Earles tooke shipping at Lynne Phil. Komâ—inâ—â— sayled toward the duke of Burgoigne his brother in lawe The Quéene had before that to wit on y â— first of October The Queene tooke sanctuary at VVestmâ—ster stolne secretly in y e night out of the Towre of London by water to Westminster there taken Sanctuary This time was great watch kept in y e Citie of London for the Kentishmen had Kentishmen robbed the Flemings chased â—hem oute of London assembled themselues in
great companies so had come to the outer part of the Citie as to Ratcliffe Saint Katherins Southwarke and other the suburbes and many of them were entred the Citie where they robbed the Flemings at Blanchapeltoâ— and other places making them to flye out of the Citie with sorrow ynough On Wednesday folowing the tower of London was yéelded The tovvre of London yéelded to the Mayor of London to the Mayor and his brethren the AldermeÌ„ who forthwith entred the same and delyuered King Henrie of his imprisonment and lodged him in the Kings loding On the Fryday following came to London the Archbyshoppe of Yorke brother to the Earle of Warwike the Lorde Prior of Saint Iohns and other to the number of 2000. men of armes On the morrow following came the Duke of Clarence the Earle of Warwike the bastard Fawconbridge with other to the number of foure thousand men On the. vj. day of October Iohn Fortescue the Duke of Clarence the Earle of Warwike the Archbishop of Yorke the Lorde of Saint Iohns with other entred the Towre of London and King Henrie being there prisoner K. H. restored nigh the space of nine yéeres they elected him to be their lawfull King and forthwith rode with him through London to the Bishops Pallace where he rested til the. xiij of October on which day he went a procession Crowned in Paules Church the Earle of Warwike bare his traine and y e Earle of Oxforde his sworde c. King Edward was proclaimed vsurper of the Crowne and Iohn Tiptoft Earle of Worcester was founde in the top of an high trée in the Forest of Wabridge in the Countie of Huntington and brought to London and beheaded at y e Towre hill and was buried at the Blacke Friers Iohn Crosby Iohn Ward the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Stockton Mercer the 28. of October Sir Iohn Crosby Knight one of the late named Sherifes of London for this yeare deceased in Anno Domini 1475 Sir Iohn Crosby his giftes to the Citie and was buryed in the Parishe Churche of Saint Helen in Byshoppes gate stréete vnto the repayring of which Parishe Churche he gaue fiue hundred markes and. xxx pounde to be distributed to poore housholders in the warde of Byshops gate to the repayring of the Parish Church at Heneworth in Myddlesex fortie pounde to the repayring of London Wall one hundred pounde toward the making of a new Towre of stone at the South ende of London bridge if the same were begun by the Maior and commonaltie within x. yéeres next after his deceasse one hundred pounde to the reparations of Rochester bridge x. pound to euerie the prisoners in and about London liberally Also he gaue to the Wardens and Commonaltie of the Grocers in London two large pottes of Siluer chaced halfe guilte waying xitj. pounde v. ounces of Troy weyght to be occupyed in their common hall and else where at their discretions Quéene Elizabeth wyfe to Edward the fourth being in the Sanctuarie at Westminster Prince Ed. born in the SaÌ„ctuarie was deliuered of a Prince on the. iitj. of Nouember who was after King Edward the fifth King Edward with the Lord Hastings the Lorde Say ix hundred Englishmen iij. hundred Flemings would haue landed in Essex but there the Erle of Oxfordes brother put them Anno reg 11 off and after he landed sore weather beaten at Rauenesporne within Humber on Holdernesse and there rose on him Holdernesse 1471 men whose Captayne was sir Iohn Westerdale a Priest after cast into the Marshalsea at London As K. Edward passed the countrey he shewed y e Erle of Northumberlandes letters and Seale that sent for him saying that he came to claime no tytle of the Crowne but only his Dukedome of Yorke nor would not haue done afore but at y e exciting of the Erle of Warwike and cryed in euery place K. Henrie and Prince Edwarde wearing an Estriche Feather Prince Edwardes lyuerie King Edward came to Notingham where sir William Stanley syr William Norres and diuers other broughte him men so that he had then 4000. or more Then Edward marched towarde Lecester where the Earle of Warwike and Marques Mountacute had 4000 men and would haue fought with King Edwarde but that he had receyued letters from the Duke of Clarence that the should not fight vntill he came Whervpon he kéeping Lecester still suffered Edwarde to marche towarde London A 〈…〉 of Clarence with seuen thousand 〈…〉 Edward agréed to him brake all the promises made in Fraunce King Edwarde comming to London by Master Vrswike the Recorders meanes and others entred into the Byshoppe of Londons Palaice by a King Henry againe sent to the Tovver Posterne and there tooke King Henrie and the Archbyshop of Yorke and sent them both to the Towre on MauÌ„dye Thursday The Earle of Warwike the Duke of Excester the Marques Barnet field Mountacute the Earle of Oxford w e many Knights came with their host towarde Barnet Wherefore King Edward tooke King Henrie with him preoccupied y e town of Barnet all the night the Earle of Warwike his retinue remained on the plaine without the towne shooting guÌ„nes one at the other And in y e morning being Easter day and y e xiitj of Aprill they fought in a thick mist from iitj. of y e clock in the morning till x. diuers times the Earle of Warwikes men supposed that they had gotte the victorie of the fielde but it happened that y e Earle of Oxfords men had a starre w e streames both before behinde on their liueries and King Edwards men had the sunne with streames on their lyuery whervpon the Earle of Warwikes men by reason of the myst not well decerning the badges so lyke shot at the Earle of Oxfordes men that were on their owne parte and then the Earle of Oxforde and his men cryed treason and fled with eight hundred men The Marques Mountacute was priuily agréed wyth King Edwarde and had gotten on hys lyuerie but one of his brothers the Earle of Warwikes men espying this fell vppon him and killed him The Earle of Warwike séeing all this lepte on a horse to flye and comming to a woodde where was no passage one of Kyng Edwardes men came to hym kylled hym and spoyled hym to the naked skynne Sir William Tirrell Knyghte was kylled on the Earle of Warwikes â—â—rt The Duke of Excester fought manfully and was dissâ—â—yled wounded and lefte for deade from seuen in the morning tyll 4. of the clocke in the afternoone and then beyng brought to a seruauntes house of his there by called Ruthland he had a Chirurgion and after was conueyed into Westminster Sanctuarie The Lorde Cromwell sonne and heire to the Earle of Essex the Lord Barnes sonne and heire to the Lord Say were slaine on King Edwardes partie and on both partes to the number of foure thousande which were buryed on the same playne where
and temporal from thence weÌ„t to the Tower of London by land ouer London bridge his nobles riding after the guise of FraÌ„ce vpon small Hackneys two and two vppon a Horsse and at London Bridge ende the Maior of London with his brethren and the Craftes met and receyued the King and the King procéeded to Grace Church corner and so to the Tower On the morrowe being the feast daye of Simon and Iude King Henrie created Thomas Lord Stanley Earle of Darby Edwarde Courtney Earle of Deuonshire and Iasper Earle of Penbroke was created Duke of Bedforde all at one time in the Tower of London On the thirtith of October King Henrie was Crowned at Westminster and ordayned a number of chosen Archers being strong and hardie persons to giue dayly attendaunce on his Parson whome he named Yeomen of the Guarde The seauenth of Nouember beganne a Parliamente at Westmiâ—ster for the establishing of all things in the whiche he caused to be proclaimed that al men were pardoned of al offences and shoulde be restored to their landes and goods which would submit themselues to his clemency After this he began to remember his especial friendes of whom some he aduannced to honor and dignitie and some he enriched with possessions and goods and to beginne the Lord Chandew of Brytaine he made Earle of Bath sir Gyles Dawbeney was made Lord Dawbeny sir Robert Willoughby Lorde Broke and Edward Stafford eldest sonne to Henrie late D. of Buckingham he restored to his dignitie and possessions The Parliament being dissolued the King redéemed the Marques Dorset and sir Iohn Bourcher whom he had left as pledges at Paris for mony there before borrowed And sent also into Flaunders for Iohn Morton Byshop of Ely The eightéenth daye of Ianuarie King Henrie married the Lady Elizabeth eldest daughter to Edward the fourth by whiche meanes the two families of Yorke and Lancaster which had long bene at great diuision were vnited made one King Henrie sente the Lorde Treasurer with Maister Bray and other vnto the Lorde Maior of London requiring 1486 Loane to the King hym and the Citizens of a Preste of 6000. markes wherefore the Maior with hys brethren and Commons graunted a prest of two thousand pound which was leuied of the coÌ„panies and not of the wards which prest was repayred againe in the yeare next following Anno. reg 2. Wheate was sold for iij. shillings the Bushell and Bay salt at the like price In the moneth of September Quéene Elizabeth was deliuered of hir first son named Arthur at Winchester Iohn Perciuall Hugh Clopton the 28. of Septemb. Sir Henry Collet Mercer the 28. of Octob. The beautifull Crosse in Cheape was newe builded towarde the building whereof Thomas Fisher Mercer gaue 600. markes Sir Richarde Simon a wily Priest came to Geralde erle of Kildare and Deputie of Irelande and presented to hym a lad his Scholler named Lambert whom he fained to be y e sonne of George duke of Clarence lately escaped the Tower of London And the childe hadde learned of the Prieste such Princely behauiour that he lightly moued the Earle and manye Nobles of Irelande tendering the bloude royall of Rycharde Plantagenet and George his sonne as also maligning the aduancement of the house of Lancaster in Henry the seauenth eyther to thinke or make the world wéene they thought verily this childe to be Edward Earle of Warwicke the Duke of Clarence lawfull sonne And althoughe King Henrie more thaÌ„ halfe marred their sport in shewing the right Earle thorowe all the streates of London yet the Lady Margaret Dutches of Burgoigne sister to Edwarde the fourth Iohn de la Poole hir nephewe the Lorde Louell sir Thomas Broughton Knight and other Capitaines of thys conspiracy deuised to abuse the colour of this yong Earles name for preferring their purpose which if it came to good they agréed to depose Lambert and to erecte the verye Erle in déede nowe prisoner in the Tower for whose quarrell had they pretended to fight they déemed it likely he should haue béene made awaye wherfore it was blazed in Ireland that the Kyng to mocke his subiects had schooled a boye to take vpon him the Earle of Warwickes name and had shewed hym aboute in London to blind the eies of simple folke and to defeate the lawfull inheritor of the Duke of Clarence theyr Countreyman and Protectour during hys lyfe to whose lynage they also diuided a tytle of the Crowne In al y e hast they assemble at Diueline and there in Christes Church they crowned this Idoll honouring him with tytles emperiall feasting and triumphing rearing mighty showtes and cries carying him thence to the Kings Castel vppon tall mens shoulders that he might be séene and noted as he was surely an honourable boy to looke vppon In thys meane tyme the Earle of Lincolne and the lord Edward Hall Louell hadde gotten by the ayde of the sayde Margaret aboute 2000. Almaines with Martin Swart a Germaine and in martiall actes verye experte to be their Capitaine and so sayling into Ireland and at the Citie of Diuelin caused yong Lambert to bée proclaymed King of Englande and so with a greate multitude of Irishemen of whome Thomas Gerardine was Capitaine they sailed into Englande wyth the newe king and landed at Fowdrey within a little of Lancaster trusting there to be ayded with money by sir Thomas Broughton one of the chiefest of thys conspiracy Kyng Henrie not sléepyng in his matters when he had gathered hys host togither ouer the whych the Duke of Bedforde and the Earle of Oxforde were chiefe Capitaines he went to Couentrie where he being certified that the Erle of Lincolne was landed at Lancaster with his newe King he remoued to Notingham to whom shortly after came George Talbot Earle of Shrewsburie the Lorde Straunge sir Iohn Cheyney with manye other In this space the Earle of Lincolne beyng entred into Yorkeshire directed his way to Newarke vppon Trent and at a little village called Stoke thrée or four miles from Newark nighe to the King and his armye planted his Campe. The nexte daye following the king diuided hys number into thrée battailes and after approched nighe the town of Stoke where bothe the armies ioyned and foughte egrelye on bothe partes but at the length the Kyngs forewarde sette vppon the aduersaries wyth suche a violence that they slewe manye and putte the reste to flighte For there their chiefe Capitaines the Earle of Lincolne and the Lord Louel sâ—r Thomas Broughton Martin Swart and the lord Grardin or after Champion Morise Fitz Thomas Captaine of the Irishemen were flaine and other aboue foure thousande This battaile was fought on the sixtéenth of June Lambert and the priest wer both taken to the no small griefe of Margaret Dutchesse of Burgoine Anno. reg 3 Sherifes Maior Iohn Fenkell William Remington the 28. of Septem Sir William Horne Salter the 28. of October The xxv of Nouember Quéen Elizabeth was Crowned at Westminster In the
whereof he dyed slew many of his men and tooke many prisoners with two Shippes the one called the Lion the other a Barke called Ienny Perwine which Shippes were brought to Shippes taken from the Scots Blacke Wall the seconde of August and the Scottes to London where they were kept as prisoners in the Bishop of Yorkes Place and after sent into Scotland Nicholas Shelton Thomas Mirfine the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Roger Acheley Draper the 28. of October The fiftéenth of January began the Parliamente at Westminster Sir Robert Sheffeld Knight sometime Recorder Parliament of London was speaker for the Commons During this Parliamente in the moneth of March a Yeoman of the Crowne one of the Kings Gard named Nevvbolt hanged Newbolt slew within the Pallace of Westminster a sernant of Mayster Willoughbyes for the whiche offence the Kyng 1512 coÌ„manded to be set vp a new payre of Gallowes in y e same place where the sayde seruante left his life and vppon the same the sayd Newbold was hanged and there remayned on the Gallowes by the space of two dayes King Henry sente the Lorde Darcy with a goodly company Anno. reg 4. of men into Spayne to ayde the King hys Father in law against the Moores but ere he arriued a peace was concluded betwéene them In August Sir Edward Poynings accompanyed with the Lorde Câ—nton and diuers other was sente into Gelderland with fiftéene hundred Archers to ayde the Prince of Castell at the request of Margaret Duchesse of Sauoy and Regent of Flanders Edward Haward Lord Admirall of England through hys too much hardinesse was slayne before Brest in Britayne after whome hys brother Thomas Haward was made Admiral About the moneth of August the Nauyes of England and France méeting at Briteine Bay fought a cruell battayle in the which the Regent or Soueraigne of England and a Carike of Brest in France being crappeled togither were burned and their Captaynes with their men all drowned the English Captaine was Sir Thomas Kneuet who had with him Sir Iohn Carew and seauen hundred men In the Frenche Carrike was Sir Piers Morgan with nine hundred men which were all brent or drowned Robert Holdernes Robert Fenrother the 28 of Septemb. Sherifes Maior William Copinger Fishmonger the 28. of October Richard Hadden Mercer The Stéeple and Lantarne of Bow Church in Cheape Bovv Steeple builded was this yeare finished By Friers this yeare a great parte of the Kings Pallace Kings Pallace at VVestminsier brent Sca. Tempo of Westminster and the Chappell in the Tower of London and many other places in England were brent In a Parliament at Westminster was granted to the king two fiftéenes and four demies and head money of euery 1513 Duke tenne Markes an Earle fiue pound a Lorde four pound a Knight four Marke and euery man valued at Great subsedie eyght hundred pound in goods to pay four Markes and so after that rate till him that was valued at fortie shillings payd twelue pence and euery maÌ„ that tooke fortie shillings wages xij d. euery maÌ„ womaÌ„ at xv yeres or vpward 4. d. In Aprill the King sent a great Nauie of twelue thousand men to the Sea On May euen Edmond de la Poole was beheaded on the Tower hill his brother Richard was after slayne in France King Henry hauing sent ouer a great and puissant Armie King Henry beseegeth Turvvyne into France to beséege the Citie of Turwine himselfe accompanyed with many noble men and vj. C. Archers of his Gard all in white gabberdines tooke his Ship at Douer on the last of June in the morning When the King was shipped and made Sayle all his armie followed to the number of foure hundred Shippes and the winde was so that they were brought the same night into Caleis Hauen On the nexte morrowe being the first of July Thomas Lord Howard Admirall of England landed at Whitsandbay and entred spoyled and brent the Towne and returned to his Shippes The xxj of July the King passed out of the Towne of Caleis in goodly array of battell and tooke y e field and notwithstanding that the fore-ward of the Kings great Armie were before Turwine yet the King of his owne battayle made thrée battayles the Lord Lisle Marshall of the host was Captayne of the fore-warde and vnder him thrée thousand men Sir Richard Carew with thrée hundred men was the right hand wing to the fore-ward and the Lorde Darcy with thrée C. men wing on the left hand The scourers and fore-riders of this battayle were the Northumberland men on light geldings The Earle of Essex was Lieutenant Generall of the Speares and Sir Iohn Pechy was vicegouernour of the Horsemen Before the King wente viij C. Almaynes all in a plump after them came the Standert with the redde Dragon next the Banner of our Lady and nexte of the Trinitie vnder the whiche were all the Kings houshold Then went the Banner of the Armes of England borne by Sir Henry Guildford vnder which Banner was the King himselfe with diuers noble men and other to the number of thrée thousand meÌ„ The Duke of Buckingham with vj. C. men was on y e Kings left hand On the right haÌ„d was Sir Edw. Poynings with other vj. C. meÌ„ egall w t the Almains The L. of Burgainie w t viij C. meÌ„ was wing on the right hande sir William Compton with the retinue of the Byshoppe of Winchester Fox and Maister Thomas Wolsey afterward Cardinall of eighte hundred was in manner of a rerewarde sir Anthony Oughtred and sir Iohn Neuell with the Kings speares that followed were foure hundred and so the whole armye was eleauen thousande and thrée hundred men The Maister of the ordinaÌ„ce set forth the Kings artillerie as Faulcons Slyngs Bombards powder stones bowes arrowes and suche other things necessarye for the fielde the whole number of the carriages were thirtéene hundred the leaders and driuers of the same were ninetéene hundred men The King laye the firste nighte betwixte Calkewell and Freydon the nexte night before the Castel of Gwisnes at Bocarde the next night he laye beside Arde a good waye wythout the Englishe pale when he was a little beyonde Dernome there came a greate hoste of French men that purposed to haue sette vpon him but the Kyng with his hoste kepte their ground and shotte their greate ordinaunce wherewyth the aray of the French men was broken The fourth of August the King in good order of battell came before the Citie of Turwine and planted his siege in warlike wise The eleuenth day of August Maximilian the Emperor came to King Henrye who was receiued with greate triumph betwéene Aire and the campe The Emperor and all his seruants were reteyned with the King of Englande in wages by the daye euery person according to his degrée and the Emperor as the kings souldioure ware a Crosse of Saint George with a Rose and so hée and all
Suffolke the Marques Dorcet the Earle of Wiltshire hir father the Earles of Arundale Darby Rutland Worcester Huntington Sussex Oxforde and many Byshops and Noble men euerye one in hys Barge whyche was a goodly sight to beholde shée thus being accompanyed rowed towardes the Tower and in the meane waye the Shippes whyche were commanded to lye on the shoare for letting of the Barges shotte dyuers peales of Gunnes and ere she landed there was a maruellous shotte out of the Tower I neuer hearde the like and at hir landing there mette wyth hir the Lord Chamberlaine with the officers of Armes and brought hir to the King whych receyued hir with louing countenance at the Posterne by the water side and kissed hir and then shée turned backe agayne and thanked the Mayor and the Citizens wyth manye goodly wordes and so entred into the Tower After whyche entrye the Citizens all this while houered before the Tower makyng greate melodie went not alande for none were assigned to lande but the Maior the Recorder and two Aldermen but to speake of the people that stoode on euerye shoare to beholde this sighte hée that saâ—e it not will not beléeue it On Friday at dinner serued the King all suche as were appoynted by hys Highenesse to be Knights of the Bathe whiche after dinner were brought to their Chambers and that nighte were bathed and shriuen according to the olde vsage of Englands and the nexte daye in the morning the King dubbed them according to the ceremonies thereto belonging whose names here after ensue ninetéene in number The Marques Dorcet The Earle of Darby The Lord Clifford sonne and heire to the Earle of Comberland The Lord Fitz Walter sonne and heire to the Earle of Huntington The Lord Mountague The Lorde Vaux Sir Henrie Parker sonne and heyre to the Lorde Merle Sir William Winsore sonne and heyre to the Lorde Winsore Sir Iohn Mordant sonne and heyre to the Lorde Mordant Sir Frauncis Weston Sir Thomas Arondale Sir Iohn Hudlestone Sir Thomas Poynings Sir Henry Sauell Sir George Fitz William of Lincolnshire Sir Iohn Tindale Sir Tomas Ierney On Saterday the one and thirtith of May the Quéene The conueying of Queen Anne through the Citie to VVestm was conueyed through London in order as followeth To the intente that the horses shoulde not slide on the pauement nor that the people shoulde be hurte by horses and the highe stréetes where throughe the Quéene should passe were all graueled from the Tower vnto Temple barre and rayled on eche side wythin whiche raile stoode the Craftes along in their order from Grace Churche where the Merchauntes of the Stiliarde stoode vntill the lyttle Conduite in Cheape where the Aldermen stoode and on the other side of the stréete stoode the Conestables of the citie apparelled in Ueluet and Silke wyth greate staues in their handes to cause the people to giue roume and kéepe good order and when the stréetes were somewhat ordered the Mayor in a gowne of Crimosin veluet and a riche collar of Esses with two footemen clothed in white and red damaske rode to the Tower to giue hys attendaunce on the Quéene on whome the Sherifes with their officers did awaite till they came to the Tower hill where they taking their leaue rode downe the high stréetes commaunding the Conestables to sée roume and good order kept and so wente and stoode by the Aldermen in Cheape and before the Quéen with hir traine should come Grace-streete and Cornehill were hanged with fine Scarlet Crimosin and other grayned clothes and in some places with riche Arras and the moste part of Cheape was hanged with cloth of Tisshew Golde Ueluet and many riche hangings whyche made a goodlye shewe and all the windowes were replenished with Ladies and Gentlewomen to beholde the Quéene and hir traine as they shoulde passe by The firste of the Quéenes company that sette forwarde were twelue French men belonging to the Frenche Embassadoure clothed in contes of blewe Ueluet wyth sléeues of yellow and blew Ueluet their horses trapped with close trappers of blewe sarsenet powdred with white Crosses After them marched Gentlemen Esquiers Knights two and two after them the Iudges after them the Knights of the Bathe in violet gownes with hoods purfled with Miniuer like Doctors after them Abbots then Barons after them Bishoppes the Earles and the Marquesses then the Lorde Chanceloure of Englande after hym the Archebyshoppe of Yorke and the Embassadoure of Venice after them the Archebyshoppe of Caunterburie and the Embassadour of Fraunce after rode twoo Esquyers of honor wyth robes of estate rolled and worne Bauldrike-wise aboute their neckes wyth Cappes of estate representing the Dukes of Normandie and Aquitaine after them rode the Mayor of London wyth hys Mace and Garter in hys Coate of Armes whyche bare also hys Mace of Westminster hall after them rode the Lorde Wyllyam Howarde wyth the Marshalls rod deputy to hys brother the Duke of Norffolke Marshall of Englande whyche was Embassadoure then in Fraunce and on hys righte hande rode Charles Duke of Suffolk for that daye highe Conestable of Englande bearing the warder of siluer appertayning to the office of Conestableshippe and all the Lordes for the moste parte were clothed in Crimosin Ueluet and all the Quéenes seruauntes or officers of Armes in Scarlet next before the Quéene rode hir Chancelor bare headed the Sergeaunts and Officers at Armes rode on both the sides of the Lords then came the Quéene in a white Litter of white cloth of Golde not couered nor bailled whyche was ledde by twoo Palfreys clad in white Damaske downe to the grounde heade and all ledde by hir footemen shée hadde on a Kertle of white cloth of Tissue and a Mantle of the same surred wyth Ermyn hir haire hangyng downe but on hir heade shée hadde a coyâ—e wyth a Circlet aboute it full of ryche stones ouer hir was borne a Canapie of Cloth of Golde wyth foure guylte staues and foure siluer Belles for bearyng of the whyche Canapie were appoynted sixetéene Knightes foure to beare it one space on foote and foure an other space according to their owne appoyntment nexte after the Quéene rode the Lorde Browghe hir Chamberlayne nexte after him Wyllyam Coffim master of hir horses leading a spare horse wyth a syde Saddell trapped downe wyth cloth of Tissewe after hym rode seauen Ladies in Crimosin Ueluet turned vppe wyth Cloth of Golde and of Tissewe and theyr horses trapped wyth Golde after them twoo Chariots couered wyth redde cloth of Golde in the firste Chariote were twoo Ladies whyche were the olde Dutchesse of Norffolke and the olde Marchionesse of Dorcet in the seconde Chariot were foure Ladyes all in Crimosin Ueluet after them rode seauen Ladyes in the same sute their horses trapped and all after them came the thyrde Charyot all in white wyth syxe Ladyes in Crimosin Ueluet nexte to them came the fourth Chariot all red with eyghte Ladyes also in Crimosin after whome followed thirtie Gentlewomen all in
manye Bishops and Abbots in Coapes and Miters which went into the midst of the Hall and there stoode a season then was there a ray cloath spread from the Quéenes standing in the Hall through the Pallace and Sanctuarie whiche was rayled on both sides to the high Altare of Westminster after that the ray cloth was cast the Officers of Armes appoynted the order accustomed First went Gentlemen then Esquires then Knightes then Aldermen of London in their Cloakes of Scarlet cast ouer thier Gownes of Scarlet After them the Judges in their Mantles of Scarlet and Coyfes then followed the Knightes of the Bath béeing no Lordes euery man hauing a white lace on his left sléeue then followed Barons and Uicountes in their Parliament Roabes of Scarlet after them came Earles Marquesses and Dukes in their Roabes of Estate of Crimson Ueluet furred with Ermin poudered according to theyr degrées After them came the Lord Chancellor in a Roabe of Scarlet open before bordered with Lettice After hym came the Kings Chappell and the Monkes solemnely singing with procession Then came Abbots and Bishops mitered then Sergeants and Officers of Armes then the Maior of London with his Mace and Garter in his Coate of Armes then the Marquesse Dorcet in hys Roabe of Estate which bare the Scepter of Gold and the Earle of Arundell which bare the rodde of Iuorie with the Doue both togither then alone the Earle of Oxford high Chamberlayne of England which bare the Crowne After him the Duke of Suffolke in his Roabe of Estate for that day being high Steward of England hauing a long white rodde in hys hande and the Lorde William Haward with the rodde of the Marshalship and euery Knight of the Garter had on his coller of the order Then procéeded foorth the Quéene in a Circote and Roabe of purple Ueluet furred with Ermine in hir heare coyfe and circlet as she had the Saterday and ouer hir was borne the Canapie by foure of the Cinque Portes all in Chrimson with points of blew red hanging on their sléeues and the Bishops of London and Winchester bare vp the lappes of the Quéenes robe and hir trayne which was very long was borne by the old Duches of Norffolke After hir followed Ladyes being Lords wiues which had circotes of Scarlet with narrow sléeues the brest all Letice with barres of powders according to their degrées and ouer that they had mantels of Scarlet furred and euery mantel had Letice about the necke like a neckerchefe likewise poudered so that by the pouderings theyr degrées might be knowne Then followed Ladyes béeing Knightes wiues in gownes of Scarlet with narrowe sléeues without traynes only edged with Lettice likewise had all the Quéenes Gentlewomen When she was thus brought to the high place made in the midst of the Church betwéene the Quéere and the high Altare she was set in a rich Chaire and after that she had rested a while she descended downe to the high Altare and there prostrated hirselfe while the Bishop of Canterbury sayd certayne Collects ouer hir Then she rose and the Bishop annoynted hir on the head and on the brest and then she was led vp agayne to hir Chaire where after diuers orisons sayd the Archbishop set the Crowne of Saint Edward on hir head and then deliuered hir the Scepter of golde in hir right hand and the rodde of Yuory with the Doue in y t left hand and then all the Quéere song Te Deum c which done the Bishop tooke off the Crowne of Saint Edward being heauie and set on hir head the Crowne made for hir and so went to masse and when the offering was begonne she descended downe and offered being crowned and so ascended vp agayne and sate in hir Chaire till Agnus and then she wente downe and knéeled before the high Alter where she receyued of the Archbishop the holy Sacrament and then went vp to the place agayne After that Masse was done she went to Saint Edwards Shrine and there offered After whiche offering done she withdrewe hir into a little place made for that purpose on the one side of the Quéere now in the meane season euery Duchesse put on hir Bonet a coronell of Gold wrought with flowers and euery Marchionesse put on a demy coronell of Gold and euery Countesse a playne circle of Gold without flowers and euery King at Armes put on a Crowne of Copper and gilt all which were worne till night When the Quéene had a little reposed hir the company returned in the same order that they set forth and y ◠Quéene went Crowned and so did the Ladyes aforesayd hir right hand was susteyned by the Earle of Wilshire hir father and hir left hand by the Lord Talbot Deputie for the Earle of Shrewsburie and Lord Furniuall his Father and when she was out of the Sanctuarie within the Pallace the Trumpets playde maruellous freshly and so she was brought to Westminster Hall and so to hir withdrawing Chamber during which time the Lords Judges Maior and Aldermen put off their robes mantles and clokes and tooke theyr whodes from their neckes and cast them about their shoulders and the Lordes sate onely in their Circotes and the Judges and Aldermen in their Gownes and all the Lords that serued that day serued in their Circotes and their whodes about their shoulders Also diuers officers of the Kings house being no Lordes had Circotes and whodes of Scarlet edged with Miniuer as Treasurer Comptroller and Mayster of the Jewell house but their Circotes were not gilt While the Quéene was in hir Chamber euery Lorde The setting at dinner of Qu. Anne and other that ought to do seruice at the Coronation did prepare them according to their dutie as the Duke of Suffolke high Steward of England which was richly apparelled his Doblet and Jacket set with orient Pearle hys Gowne Chrimson Ueluet embrothered his Courser trapped with a close trapper head and all to the ground of Chrimson Ueluet set full of letters of Gold of Goldsmiths worke hauing a long white rodde in his hand On his left 〈◊〉 rode the Lord William Deputie for his brother as Earle Marshall with the Marshals rodde whose Gowne was Chrimson Ueluet and hys Horsse trapper purple Ueluet cut on white Sattin einbrothered with white Lions The Earle of Oxford was high Chamberlayne the Earle of Essex Caruer the Earle of Sussex Sewer the Earle of Arundell chiefe Butler on whome twelue Citizens of London did giue theyr attendance at the Cupbord the Earle of Darby Cupbearer the Uicount Lisle Panter the Lorde Burgeyny chiefe Larder the Lorde Bray Almouer for him and hys copartners and the Maior of Oxforde kepte the Buttrey barre and Thomas Wyat was chosen Ewerer for Sir Henry Wyat hys Father When all thyngs was readye and ordered the Quéene vnder hir Canapye came into the Hall and washed and sate downe in the middest of the Table vnder hir cloath of Estate On the right syde of hyr Chayre stoode the
foughte on the euen of Saint Simon and Iude but as God woulde there fell suche rayne the nighte before that the two Armyes coulde not méete wherevppon they desyred the Duke of Northfolke to sue vnto the Kyngs Maiestie for theyr pardon and that they myghte haue their liberties c. whyche the Duke promised and rode poste to the Kyng then lying at Windesore to know his pleasure and so appeased them Sir Robert Aske Commotion appeased that was chiefe of this Rebellion came to London and was not only pardoned but rewarded with great giftes Sir Ralph Euers kept Skarbrow Castel in the North béeing Sir Ralph Euers his good seruice in the North. sixe wéekes beséeged by the Rebelles twentye dayes whereof he and all his companye whiche were his onely friends seruants and tenants and serued for good will to him were forced to susteyne themselues with bread and water and yet kept the same safe to the end of the sayd Rebellion and so deliuered it to King Henry who sente hym soone after to serue in the bordures against Scotland where in great credite he continued his seruice kéeping the Scottes without doing hurt to England and with such obedience of them as within twentie miles of the bordures of Scotlande fore against him there was not a Scotte but at his commandement and so continued till he was killed in Anno 1545. Robert Paget Mer. Taylor William Bowyer the 28. of Se. Sherifes Maior Sir Ralph Warreine Mercer the 28. of October The xij of Nouember Sir Thomas Newman Priest bare a faggot at Pawles Crosse for singing Masse with good ale Penaunce at Paules crosse The xiij of Nouember Maister Robert Pagington a Mercer of London was slaine with a gunne as he was going to Robert Pagington murthered morrow Masse to Saint Thomas of Akers nowe called the Mercers Chappell but the murtherer was neuer openly knowne till by his owne confession made when he came to the Gallowes at Banbery where he was hanged for felonie The 22. of December the Thames being frozen the king and Quéene Iane rode through London to Greenewich The third of February was Thomas Fitzgarret sonne The Barle of Kildare and fine of his Vnckle 's executed and heire to the Earle of Kildare beheaded and fiâ—e of hys Unckles drawne hanged and quartered at Tiborne for Treason In the same moneth Nicholas Musgraue Thomas Gilby and other stirred a new Rebellion and beséeged the A nevv commotion in Yorkeshire Another conspiracie Citie of Carelile from whence they were driuen and many of them taken and put to death Also the same moneth Sir Francis Bigot Sir Robert Constable and other beganneâ— conspiracie and for the same were attaynted The xxix of March were twelue men of Lincolne drawne 1537 to Tiborne and there hanged quartered fiue were priestes and seaâ—en were lay men one was an Abbot a Suffragan Lincolneshirâ— men executed Doctor Mackerell another was the Uicar of Louthe in Lincolneshire and two Priests In Aprill through certayne commissions sent into Sommersetshire Anno reg 29 A commotion in Sommersetshire to take vp Corne the people began to make an insurrection which was by Mayster Pawlet and other alayed the beginners to the number of thréescore were condemned whereof fourtéene were hanged and quartered one of them was a woman In June the Lord Darcy the Lord Hussey Sir Robert Constable Sir Thomas Percy Sir Francis Bigot Sir Stephen Hamelton Sir Iohn Bulmer and his wife William Lomley Nicholas Tempest Esquier Robert Aske William Thurst Abbot of Fountaynes Adam Sodbury Abbot of Gerâ—ax the Abbot of Riuers William Wold Prior of Birlington were all put to death Sir Robert Constable at Hull ouer the gate called Beuerley gate Aske hanged in chaynes on a Tower at Yorke Margaret Cheyny otherwise Lady Boulmer burned in Smithfield Lorde Darcy beheaded at Tower hill Lord Hussey at Lincolne and the other sixe in number suffered at Tiborne The xxvj of August the Lord Cromwell Lorde priuie Seale was made Knight of the Garter The xij of October about two of the clocke in the morning Prince Edvvard borne was borne at Hampton Court Prince Edwarde and Quéene Iane his mother left hir life the xiiij of October The xviij of October y e Prince was made Prince of Wales Duke of Cornewall and Earle of Chester Edward Seymour Lord Beauchamp the Quéenes brother was made Earle of Hertford and Sir William Fitz William Lord Admirall was made Earle of Hampton and Mayster Pawlet was made Uiztreasurer Sir Iohn Russell Comptroller of the kings house Mayster Henedge Maister Long Mayster Kneuet of the Kings priuie Chamber Knightes Mayster Coffin Mayster Listar and Mayster Seimour the Quéenes brother Knightes Iohn Gresham Thomas Lewen the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Richard Gresham Mercer the 28. of October The xviij of October Edward Uiscount Beauchamp was created Earle of Hertford and Sir William Fitz william States created Lord Admirall was created Earle of Southampton at Hampton Court The same day and in the same place were made these Knightes Sir Thomas Hennedge Sir Thomas Seymer Sir Richard Long Sir William Coffin Sir Michaell Listar and Sir Henry Kneuet On Alhallowen euen Lord Thomas Howard brother to Lord Thomas Hovvard deceassed the Duke of Norffolke dyed prisoner in the Tower of London and was buryed at Thetford and then the Lady Margaret Dowglas was pardoned and releassed out of the Tower The xij of Nouember the corpse of Quéene Iane was with great solemnitie conuayde from Hampton Court toward Windsore and there buryed The xxiiij of February being Sonday the Roode of Roode of grace shevved at Povvles Boxley in Kent called the Roode of Grace made with dyuers vices to moue the eyes and lippes was shewed at Powles Crosse by the Preacher which was Bishop of Rochester and there it was broken and plucked in péeces The xxv of February Sir Iohn Allen Priest and also an Irish Gentleman of the Garets were hanged and quartered at Tiborne The second of March the Image of the Roode called Saint Sauiour at Bermondsey Abbey in Southwarke was taken down Saint Sauiour in Southvvarke by the Kings commandement The xxj of March Henry Harfam Customer of Pâ—â—mâ—â—â—â—â— Thomas Ewell were haÌ„ged quartered at Tiborne The xxij of May Frier Forest was hanged by the midle in a chaine of Iron and then brent in Smithfield for denying 1538 Anno reg 30 Frier Forest brent the King to be supreme head of the Church c. with hym was brent the Image of Daruell Gatherine of Wales and the next night following the Roode at Saint Margaret Paitins by Tower streete was broken all to pâ—eces with his Tabernacle that he stoode in The xxvij of May was a great fire in Saint Margaret Fire in Râ—â—dâ— Lane Patins Parish among the Basketmakers where were brent and perished in thrée houres aboue a dozen houses and nine persons cleane brent to death Battayle Abbey
a platter with porage and four pencâ— in money The xiiij of Nouember Hugh Ferringdon Abbot of Abbots of Reading Glastonbâ—â—y executed Reading and two Priests named Ruge and Onyon for denying the Kings Supremacie were hanged and quartered at Reading The same day was Richard Whiting Abbot of Glastonburie hanged and quartered on Torre hill beside his Monasterie for the same cause The first of December Iohn Beach Abbot of Colchester was likewise executed In December were appoynted to wayte on the Kings Pencioners appoynted highnesse person fiftie Gentlemen called Pencioners or Speres vnto whome was appoynted fiftie pound the péece pearely The third of January was the Lady Anne of Cleeue receiued King Henry married Lady Anne of Cleue at Blacke heath and brought to Greenewich with great triumph and the sixth day of y e same moneth she was maryed to King Henry After Christmas the Priorie Church of Saint Mary Ouery Saint Mary Oueryes made a parish Church in Southwarke was purchased of the King by the inhabitants of the Borow Doctor Gardener Bishop of Winchester putting to his helping hand they made thereof a parish church and the little Church of Mary Megdalen ioyning to the same Priorie was made all one Churche and Saint Margarets in Southwarke a parish was admitted to the same parish The xij of March Henry Bowrcher Earle of Essex riding Earle of Essex deceassed a yong Horsse was cast and brake his necke at his Manour in Essex He was the eldest Earle in England The xix of March Iohn Vere Earle of Oxforde high Earle of Oxford deceassed chamberlayne of Englande deceassed at his Manour in Essex Ther. of Aprill Sir William Peterson Priest late commissarie 1540 of Caleis and Sir William Richardson Priest of Saint Maryes in Caleis were both there drawne hanged Priests at Caleis executed and quartered in the Market place for the Supremacie The 18. of Aprill Sir Thomas Cromwell Lorde priuie Cromvvell Earle of Essex Seale was created Earle of Essex and high Chamberlayne of England Also Gregory hys sonne was made Lorde Cromwell In a Parliament which began the xviij of Aprill was Subsedie and four fifteenes graunted to the King a subsedie of two shillings the pound Lands and twelue pence goodes and four fiftéenes The xxiiij of Aprill Thomas Lord Audley Chancellor Anno reg 32 of England with Sir Anthony Browne Maister of the Kingâ— Lord Audley Knight of the Garter Horsse were made Knightes of the Garter On May day was a great triumph of Justing at Westminster which Justes had bin proclaymed in France Flaunders Iusting of challengers Scotland and Spayne for all commers that woulde against the challengers of Englande which were Sir Iohn Dudley Sir Thomas Seymer Sir Thomas Poynings Sir George Carew Knightes Anthony Kingston and Richarde Cromwell Esquiers which sayd challengers came into the listes that day richly apparelled and their Horsses trapped all in white Ueluet with certayne Knightes and Gentlemen riding afore them apparelled all in white Ueluet and white Sarsenet and all their seruants in white dublets and hozen cut after the Burgonion fashion and there came to Just against them the sayd daye of defendants xlvj the Earle of Surrey being the formost Lord William Heyward Lord Clinton and Lord Cromwell sonne and heire to Thomas Cromwell Earle of Essex and Chamberlayne of EnglaÌ„d with other which were all richly apparelled And that day Sir Iohn Dudley was ouerthrowne in the fielde by mischance of his Horsse by one Mayster Breme defendant neuerthelesse he brake diuers Speares valiantly after that and after the saide Justes were done the sayde challengers rode to Durham place where they kepte open housholde and feasted the King and Quéene with hir Ladyes and all the Court. The seconde of May Anthony Kingston and Richarde Cromwell were made Knightes at the sayd place The third of May the sayde challengers did turney on Tournying horssebacke with swords and against them came xxix defendants Sir Iohn Dudley and the Earle of Surrey running first which the first course lost both their gauntleâ—s and that day Sir Richard Cromwell ouerthrew Mayster Palmer in y e field off his Horsse to the great honor of the challengers The v. of May she said challengers fought on foote at the Barriers against theÌ„ came xxx defendants which â—ought Barriers valiantly but Sir Richard Cromwell ouerthrew that day at the Barriers Mayster Culpeper in the field and the sixth of May the sayd chalengers brake vp their houshold The vij of May Sir William Weston Knight Lorde Saint Iohns in Smithfield suppressed Prior of Saint Iohns without Smithfield dyed and the King tooke all the Lands that belonged to that order into hys hands to the augmentation of his Crowne and gaue vnto euery of the Chalengers aboue written for a rewarde of their valiantnesse a hundred Markes and a house to dwell in of yéerely reuenues out of the sayd lands for euer The 26. of May was sent to the Tower Doctour Wilson and Doctour Sampson Bishop of Chichester for reléeuing certayne prisoners which denyed the Kings Supremacie for the same offence Richard Farmer Grocer of London a rich Richard Farmer in the Premunire and wealthy man was committed to the Marshalsea and after arraigned and attaynted in the Premunire and lost all his goodes Also the kéeper of Newgate was sent to the Marshalsea for giuing libertie to Doctor Powell and Doctour Abell his prisoners The ninth of July Thomas Lord Cromwell Earle of Thomas Lord Cromvvell beheaded Essex béeing in the Counsell Chamber was sodeinly apprehended and committed to the Tower of London The ninetéenth he was attainted by Parliament of heresie and high Treason and y e xxviij of July he was beheaded on the Tower hill with the Lord Walter Hungerford of Heitisburie In this moneth of July King Henry by authoritie of King Henry deuorced from Lady Anne of Cleeue Parliament and Conuocation was deuorced from Lady Anne of Cleeue The xxx of July Robert Barnes Thomas Gerrard William Sixe Priestes three brent three hanged Ierome Priests were burned in Smithfield The same day Thomas Abell Edward Powell and Richarde Fetherstone all thrée Doctours were hanged and quartered for denying the Kings supremacie of the Church The fourth of August were drawne to Tiborne sixe persons Seauen executed at Tiborne and one ledde Lawrence Cooke Prior of Dancalfe William Horne a lay brother of the Charterhouse Giles Horne Gentleman Clement Philpot Edmond Bromham Darby Kenham Robert Birde Iaruis Carrow all put to death for Treason The Ditches about London were clensed The eyght of August Lady Katherine Haward daughter to Edmond Lord Haward was shewed opeÌ„ly as Quéene King Henry married at Hampton Court The xj of September was hanged in Moore field a StraÌ„ger Harlots cause many murthers named Iames Rinatian who had slayne his Maister one Capon a Florentine in a Garden for his Harlot The later end
into Englande Claude de Honne 〈…〉 highe Admirall of Fraunce who broughte with hym the Sacre of Deepe and twelue Galleis he landed at the Tower Admirall of France came to London Wharffe where he was honorably receiued and broughte to the Byshop of Londons Palaice where he lodged two nights and then â—ode to Hampton Courte where the King laye By the waye Prince Edwarde receiued him with a companye of 500. coates of Ueluet with one sléeue of cloth of Golde and halfe the coate embrodered with Golde there was in all to the number of 800. horses In September the water of Finsburie was brought to y e Condit in Loth burie Conduit at London wall Saint Stephens in Colmanstreete and Saint Margarets in Lothburie Richard Iaruis. Thomas Curteyse the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Duke of Norf. folke and Earle of Surrey sente to the Tovver Henry Hobrethorne Merchant Taylour the 28. of Octob. The twelfth of December Thomas Duke of Norffolke and Henry Earle of Surrey his son was sent to the Tower of London the one by water the other by lande The thirde of Januarye the Churche of the late Grey Friers in London was opened Masse sung there and that day preached at Paules Crosse the Bishop of Rochester who declared the Kings gifte to the Citie of London for the reléeuing King Henry his gift to the Citie of London of the poore people whiche was by Patent vnder hys greate Seale Saint Bartholomewe Spittle the Churche of the Grey Friers two Parish Churches the one of S. Nicholas in the Shambles the other Saint Ewine in Newgate Market all to be made one Parish Church of the Grey Friers Churche in lands he gaue for y e maintenance of the same 500. marke by yeare for euer and this Church to be named Christchurch founded by King Henrie the eight Henrie Howard Earle of Surrey was beheaded on the Tower Eatle of Surrey beheaded hill the xix of Januarie The xxviij of January king Henry deceased appointing King Henry deceassed his first son Prince Edward y e second Lady Mary his daughter by Quéen Katherine and the thirde Lady Elizabeth â—â— Quéene Anne Bolloine He deceassed when he had raignâ—â— 37. yeares 9. moneths and odde dayes and was buried â—â— Windsore ¶ Edward the sixt EDvvarde the sixt began his Anno reg 1. raigne the eyghte and twentith of Januarie Anno 1546. wheÌ„ he was but 9. yeares olde King Henrie his father by his will had appoynted for hys priuy councel Doctour Cranmer Archbishoppe of Canterburie Lord Wriothesly Lord chaÌ„ce celour Cuthbert Tonstall Byshop of Durham wyth other to the number of sixetéene The first of February the Earle of Hertford was nominate Earle of Hert forde made L. Protector elected and chosen by all the executors to be protector and chiefe Gouernor of the Kings person The sixt of February the Earle of Hertford Lord Protector King Edvvarde made Knight in the Tower of London endued King Edwarde with the order of Knighthoode and then immediatly the Kyng standing vp Henrie Hoblethorne Lorde Mayor of London was called who knéeling down the kyng tooke the Sword of the Lord Mayor of London made Knight Lorde Protectour and made hym Knight whiche was the firste that euer he made The fourtéenth of February the corps of King Henry the eighte was with great solempnitie and honor conueyed towardes Windsore and there buried in the Colledge The seauentéenth of February sir Edward Seimer Earle Duke and Lordes created of Hertforde and Lorde Protectour was created Duke of Somerset the Lorde Parre Earle of Essex was created Marques of Northampton sir Iohn Dudley Lorde Lisle Lorde Admiral was created Erle of Warwike and Lord Chamberlaine of Englande sir Thomas Wriothesley and Lorde Chauncelour was created Earle of Southampton sir Thomas Seymer was made Lorde of Sudley and highe Admirall sir Richard Riche was made Lord Rich sir William Willoughbey was made Lord Willoughbey of Parham sir Edmond Sheffeld was made Lorde Sheffielde of Buterwike King Ed. rode through y e citie of London towards Westminster and as he passed on the South side of Paules Churcheyarde an Argosine came from the Battlements of the Stéeple of Paules Churche vpon a Cable being made faste to an Paules steeple lay at ancker Ancker by the Deanes gate lying on his breast aiding himselfe neither with hande nor foote and after ascended to the middest of the Cable where he tumbled and played manye preasie toyes where at the King and the nobles hadde good pastime He was crowned at Westminster on the xx of February King Edvvarde crovvned The sixth of Marche the great Seale of Englande was taken 1547 from sir Thomas Wriothesley and on the morrowe the same was deliuered to the Lord Sent-Iohn Lord great Maister The fiftéenth of May Doctour Smith recanted at Paules Doctor Smith recanted Crosse The Lorde Protectour and the rest of the Councell sent Images forbiddeÌ„ Commissioners into all partes of the realme willing them to take all Images out of their Churches for the auoyding of Idolatrie wyth them were sent diuers Preachers to perswade the people from their beades and suche lyke ceremonies and at that time the going in Procession was forbidden Procesâ—ion forbidden to be vsed the Gospel and Epistle were read in English In the moneth of August Edwarde Duke of Somerset Lorde Protectour as Generall and Iohn Dudley Earle of Warwike Lorde Lieuetenant with a noble army were sente into Scotlande and neare to Edenborough at a place called Musclboroughe fielde Williom Patyn Muuscleborough the Englishemenne and Scottes mette where betwéene them the tenth of Septeptember was foughte a cruell battel The victorie whereof fell to the Englishmen and of the Scottes were slaine fouretéene thousande and taken prisoners fiftéene hundred whereof many were GentlemeÌ„ and not aboue thrée score Eeglishmen slaine The xxiiij of October Richarde Lorde Riche was made Lorde Rich L. Channcelor Lorde Chauncellour Thomas Whit Robert Chersey the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Free schoole at Holt. Sir Iohn Gresham Mercer the 28. of October This sir Iohn Gresham founded a Fréeschoole at Holt a Market towne in Norffolke Also at hys deceasse whiche was in Anno 1556. on the xxiij of October he gaue to euery warde in London ten pound to be distributed to the poore And to 60. poore men women euery one of them thrée yards of broade cloth of eight or nine shillings y e yard to be made in gowns readye to theyr backes He gaue also to Maides marriages and to the Hospitals in London aboue two hundred pounds in ready money The fourth of Nouember the Parliament beganne at Hestminster in the which was graunted to the King al ChaÌ„tries Chauntries and Chappels giuen to the King frée Chappels and Brotherhoodes and an acte was made for the receyuing of the Sacrament in both kindes of Breade and Wine Ther vij of Nouember was pulled
Rebels of the whiche one was hanged within Aldgate and another at the Bridge foote toward Southwarke both on Mary Magdalens day In the beginning of August the French King determining to take the Isles of Garnesea and Iersea did set there sodeinly The French Kings Galleys inuaded Garnesea and Iersea vpon our Shippes with a great number of Galeis but they were so manfully encountred by the Kings Nauie that with the losse of a thousand men and great spoyle of their Galleis they were forced to retire into France and deâ—iâ—t from their purpose The xvj of August a man was hanged without Bishopsgate of London and one other sent to Waltham and there executed and diuers other in many places The viij of August the French Embassadours gaue a Frenchmen apprehended defiance to the Lorde Protectour wherevpon all Frenchmen with their goodes béeing no Denizens were apprehended The Rebels in Norffolke and Suffolke encamped theÌ„selues at Mount Surrey in a wood called Saint Nicholas wood néere vnto Norwich agaynst whome Sir Iohn Dudley Earle of Warwike went with â—n Armye where both he and a great number of Gentlemen méeting with the Rebelles were in suche daunger as they had thought all to haue dyed in that place but God that confoundeth the purpose of all Rebels brought it so to passe that as well there as in al other places they were partly by power coÌ„streined partly by promise of their â—arâ—â—n perswaded to submitte themselues to their Prince the Earle of Warwike entred the Citie of Norwich the xxvij of August when he had â—â—aine The Earle of VVarvvicke vvent against the Rebels at Norvvich aboue fiue thousand of the Rebels and taken their chiefe Captayne Robert Ket of Windham â—anner whiche mighte dispend in Lands fiftie pound by yeare and was worth in moueables aboue a thousand Markes when he had put to execution diuers of the Rebels in diuers places about Norwich and returned The xxviij of August tidings was brought to King Edward Nevvhauen by Boleyne vvon by the French and the Lord Protector that the Frenchmen had taken Blacknesse Hamiltew and Newhauen by Boleyne and had slayne all the Englishmen and taken the Kings Ordinance and victualles which was reported to be begunne by one Sturton a Bastard sonne of the Lord Sturtons which had betrayed Newhauen and went himselfe to the French Kings seruice héere vpon the Captayne of Bulleyne Barke for feare of the French Army conuayed all the Ordinance Uictualles goodes and men of that Fort to the high Towne of Bulleyne and after their departing with Gunpowder blew vp the Fort. About this time also a Commotion began at Semer in Commotion in Yorkeshire the North riding of Yorkeshire and continued in the East riding and there ended the principall raysers whereof were William Ombler of Easthesâ—eâ—â—on yeoman Thomas Dale parish Clarke of Semer and Steuenson of Semer being preuented by the Lord President from rising at Wintringham they drew to a place at Semer by the Sea coast and there by night rode to the beacon at Staxâ—oâ— and set it on fire and so gathered a rude route then they went to Mayster Whites house and tooke him and Clopton his wides brother Sauage Merchant of Yorke and Bery seruant to Sir Walter Mildmay which four they murthered a mile from Semer and there left theÌ„ naked their number increased to thrée thousand On the xxj of August the Kings pardon was offered which Ombler and other refused who were shortly after taken and brought to Yorke where Thomas Dale and other Rebels executed at Yorke were executed the xxj of September The first of September Edmond Bonar Bishop of London preached a Sermon at Powles Crosse for the which he was accused vnto the Counsell by William Latimer Parson of Saint Lawrence Pountney and Iohn Hoper sometime a white Monke and so conuented before the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Commissioners at Lambheath on the twentith day of that same moneth and sente to the Marshalsea on the first of October he was depriued of his Bishopricke for disobeying the Kings order in Religion Richard Turke Iohn Yorke the 28. of September Sherifes The viij of October after a common Counsell in the Guild hall at London whether all the Lordes of the Counsell came the Lord Chauncellor and other declared diuers abuses of the Lord Protectour desiring the Citizens to bée ayding and assisting with them for the preseruing of the Kings Maiesties person which they greatly feared béeing in his aduersaries hands The Lords dined with Mayster Proclamation against the Lord Protectour Yorke one of the Sheriffes and in the afternoone Proclamation was made in diuers places of the Citie with Trompets Heralts and Kings at Armes wherein was conteyned diuers Articles touching the euill gouernement of the Lord Protector The tenth of October by a common Counsell at the Guild hall was graunted fiue hundred men of the Citie one hundred to be horssemen to be readie on the next morrow and this day the Lordes dined wyth Mayster Turke the other Sheriffe The xj of October the Lordes sitting at the Lord great maisters Sir Anthony Wingfield Captayne of the Garde was sent to the King at Windsore and seuered the Lord Protectour from his person and caused the Gard to watch him fiâ—â— the Lords comming On the morrow the Lord Chancellour with the rest of the Counsell rode to Windsore to the King and that night the Lorde Protectour was put in ward into Beauâ—champs Tower in the Castell of Windsore The xiiij of October in the afternoone the Duke of Sommerset Lord Protector brought to the Tovver was brought from Windesore riding through Oldborâ—e in at Newgaâ—e and so to the Tower of London accompanyed with diuers Lordes and Gentlemen with thrée hundred horse the Lord Maior Sir Ralph Warren Sir Iohn Gressham Mayster Recorder Sir William Locke and both the Sheriffes and other Knightes sitting on their Horsses against Soper Laâ—e with all the Officers with Halbards and from Holburâ—e bridge to the Tower certayne Aldermen or their deputies on Horssebacke in euery stréete with a number of housholders standing with billes as he passed There was with him committed to the Tower Sir Michaell Stanhope Sir Thomas Smith Sir Iohn Thin Knightes Wolfe of the priuie Chamber and Grey of Reading The xvij of October King Edward came from Hampton Court to his place in Southwarke and there dined and after King Edvvarde rode through London dinner he made Mayster Yorke one of the Sheriffes Knight and then rode through the Citie to Westminster Sir Rowland Hill Mercer the 28. of October Maior This Sir Rowland Hill caused to be made a Causey Charitable deedes of Sir Rovvland Hill commonly called Ouerlane pauement in the high way from Stone to Nantwich in length four miles for horse and man with diuers Lanes on both sides the same Causey He caused likewise a Causey to be made from Dunchurch to Bransen in Warwickeshire more than two
also builded Almes houses for sixe poore almes Almes houses people nigh to the parish Church of Saint Helen within Bishopsgate of London and gaue Landes to the companye of the Skinners in the same Citie amounting to the value of thréescore pound thrée Shillings eyghtpence the yeare for the which they bée bound to pay twenty pound to the Schoolemayster and eyght pounde to the Usher of hys frée Schoole at Tonbridge yearely for euer and foure Shillings the wéeke to the sixe poore almes people at Saint Anno reg 5. Helens aforesayde eyghtpence the péece wéekely and fiue and twentie Shillings fourpence the yeare in Coales amongst them for euer On Saint Valentines daye at Feuersham in Kente â—nâ— Arden a Gentleman was murthered by procuremente Arden murthered of hys owne wife for the which fact she was the fouretéenth of Marth brente at Canterburie Michaell Mayster Ardens man was hanged in cheynes at Feuershaâ— and a mayden breâ—te Mosby and hys sister were hanged in Smithfielde at London Gréene which had fledde came agayne certayne yeares after and was hanged in cheynes in the high way agaynste Feuersham and Blacke Will the Ruffian that was hired to do that acte after his first â—scapâ— â—aâ— apprehended anâ—â—â—rente on a Scaffold al Flisâ—ing iâ— Zâ—laâ—d The fourtéenth of February Stephen Gardener Bishop Bishop of VVinchester depriued of Winchester was depriued of hys Bishopricke and committed to the Tower agayne into his place was â—â—anslated Doctor Poynet who before was Bishop of Rochester The fifth Aprill Sir Thomas Darcey â—iâ—â—hamâ—ertaine 155â— and Captayne of the â—ard was created Lord Darcey at Greenewich The four and twenty of Aprill George of Paris a Dutchman An Arian brent was brent in Smithfield for an Arian The fiue and twenty of May about noone was an Earthquake Earthquake at Blechingly Godstone Tâ—tser Rigâ—te Croydon Bâ—nâ—ngâ—â—â—â— Alâ—erie and diuers other places in Soutâ—ery The ninth of July the base moneys coyned in the time First fall of the base moneys of King Henry the eyght and King Edward the sixth was proclaymed the Shilling to goe for nine pence the grete for thrée pence which tooke effect immediatly after the Proclamation was made The fiftéenth of Aprill the infections sweating sickenesse Svveating sicknesse beganne at Shrewsburie which ended not in the North part of England vntill the ende of September In this space what number dyed it can not be well accompted but certayne it is that in London in few dayes nine hundred and Iohn Caiâ—s sixtie gaue vp the ghost it began in London the ninth of July and the twelfth of July it was most vehement which was so terrible that people being in best health were sodeinly taken and dead in four and twentie houres and twelue or lesse for lacke of skill in guiding them in theyr sweate And it is to bée noted that this mortalitie fell chieflye or rather on men and those also of the best age as betwéene thirtie and fortie yeares also it followed Englishmen as well within the Realme as in strange Countreys wherefore this Nation was much afeard of it and for the time beganne to repent and remember GOD but as the disease relented the deuotion decayed The first wéeke dyed in London eyght hundred persons The seauentéenth of August the Shilling which of late Second fall of the base moneys was called downe to nineyence was called downe to sixe pence the grote to two pence the halfe grote to one pennie the pennie to an halfe peny Iohn Lambert Iohn Cowper the 28 of September Sheriffes The â—â— of October at Hampton Court Lorde Marques Dukeâ— and Eâ—râ—es created Dorset was created Duke of Suffolke the Earle of Warwike was created Duke of Northumberland the Earle of Wilshire was created Marques of Winchester Sir William Harbert mayster of the horâ—â—e was made Lorde of Karmarden and created Earle of Pembroke He also made William Cicill his Secretarie Knight Mayster Iohn Checke one of hys Schoole maysters Knight Mayster Henry Dudley Knight Mayster Henry Deuell Knight The â—â—â— of October Edward Seymer Duke of Somerset Duke of Somerset brought to the Tovver the Lord Grey of Wilton Sir Ralph Vane Sir Thomas Palmer Sir Miles Partridge Sir Michaell Staâ—hope Sir Thomas Arundell Knightes and diuers other Gentlemen were brought to the â—ower of London The next morrow the Dutchesse of Somerset was also brought to the Tower The liberties Liberties of the Stilyard seased Maior Nevv Coyne of the Stilâ—ard were seased into the Kings handes Sir Richard Dobbes Skinner the 28. of October The xxâ— of October was proclaymed a new coyne both of Siluer and Gold Soâ—eâ—â—â—es of thirtie Shillings Angels of â—eâ—ne Shillings c. The vj. of Nouember the olde Quéene of Scottes rode through London towards Scotland with a great company of Queene of Scottes rode through London Englishmen wayâ—ing vpon hiâ— after she had layne four dayes in the Bishop of Londons pâ—â—â—ace The first of December the Duke of Somerset was arraigned Duke of Somerset arraigned at Westminster and there acquited of treaâ—oâ— but condemned of â—elâ—nie The vij of December was a muster of Horssemen before the King at Saint Iames. The xx of Muster of horssemen December the greâ—e Seaâ—e was taken from the Lord Rich and â—â—â—â—â—ereâ— to D. Gâ—â—â—â—â—eâ—e Bishop of Eâ—ly Doctor Dunstall Bishop of Durham was sent â—o y â— Tower of London The xxâ—â— of January Edward Duke of Somerset was beheaded on Duke of Somerset beheaded the Tower hâ—ct The â—ame morning early the Constables of euery warde in London according to a precept directed from the Counsell to the Maior stâ—eightly â—hâ—â—â—ged euery hâ—â—â—â—hold of the same â—â—â—â—e not to depart any of them out of their houses before tenne of the clocke of that day meaning therby to restreyne the great number of people that otherwise were like to haue bin at the sayde execution notwithstanding by seauen a clocke the Tower hill was couered with a great multitude repayring from all partes of the Citie as well as out of the suburbes and before eyght of the clocke the Duke was brought to the Scaffold inclosed with the Kings Gard the Sheriffes Officers the Warders of the Tower and other with halberds the Duke being ready to haue bin executed sodeinly the people were driuen into a Great feare vvith small cause great feare few or none knowing the cause wherefore I thinke it good to write what I sawe concerning that matter The people of a certayne Hamlet which were warned to be there by seauen of the clocke to giue their attendance on the Lieutenant now came through the posterne and perceyuing the Duke to be already on the Scaffold the forâ—â—st began to runne crying to their fellowes to follow fast after which â—odelnesse of these men being weaponed with billes and halberâ—s thus running caused the people which â—â—â—â—â— saw them to thinke some power had come to haue rescued the Duke from
to haue coÌ„sented to Wiats conspyracie The xviij of Marche being Palmsonday the Lady Elizabeth the Quéenes sister was by the Lord Treasurer and the Earle of Sussex conueyed to the Tower of London from Parliament Westminster by water The tj of Aprill the Parliament beganne at Westminster whyche was appoynted to haue béene kepte at Oxforde Barons created The v. of Aprill sir Iohn Williams was created Baron of Tame and Saint Iames. The vij of April sir Edward North was created Baron of Chartlege at Saint Iames. The viij of Aprill sir Iohn a Bridges was created Baron Chondoys of Sudley Saint Iames. Catte hanged in Cheape The same viij of Aprill then being Sonday a Catte with hir head shorne and the likenesse of a Uestment caste ouer hir with hir fore téete tyed togither and a round péece of paper like a singing Cake betwixte them was hanged on a Gallowes in Cheape neare to the Crosse in the Parish of Saint Mathew whyche Catte being taken downe was carryed to the Bishoppe of London and he caused the same to be shewed at Paules Crosse by the preacher Doctor Pendleton The x. of Aprill Doctor Cranmer Archbyshop of Canterburie Disputation at Oxforde Doctour Ridley Byshoppe of London and Hugh Latimer once Bishop of Worcester were coÌ„ueyed prisoners from the Tower of London to Windsore and after from thence to Oxforde there to dispute wyth the Diuines and learned men of the contrary opinion The xj of April sir Thomas Wiat was beheaded on the Thomas VViat beheaded Tower hill and after quartred hys quarters were set vppe in dyuers places and hys head on the Gallowes at Hay hill neare Hyde Parke from whence it was shortly after stolne conueyed awaye The xxvtj of Aprill Lorde Thomas Grey brother to the late Duke of Suffolke was beheaded The xiiij of May Gerrard Fitz Garret was created Erle of Kyldare and Baron of Ophelley for him and his heyres at Saint Iames. William Thomas Gentleman and other were apprehended for conspyring Quéene Maries death the same William Thomas for the matter was drawne to Tyborne and hanged and quartred the xviij of May. The xix of May Ladye Elizabeth was conueyed from the Tower of London by water to Richemonde from thence to Windsore and so by the Lord Williams to Ricot in Oxfordshire and from thence to Woodstocke The xxv of May Edward Courtney Earle of Deuonshire The Erle of Deuonshire sent to Fodringaye was deliuered oute of the Tower by sir Ralph Chamberlaine of Suffolk and sir Thomas Tresham Knights who conueyed him to Fodringay Castel in Northamptonshire there to remaine vnder their custodie The x. of June Doctoure Pendleton preached at Paules A Gunne shotte at the preacher Crosse at whome a Gunne was shotte the pellet whereof went very neare him and lighte on the Churche wall But the shooter coulde not be founde The xxtj. of June was Proclamation made forbidding the shooting in handgunnes and bearing of weapons The fiftéenth of July Elizabeth Croft a wenche aboâ—â—â— Anno reg 2. A Spirite in a vvall the age of eightéene yeares stoode vppon a Scaffolde at Paules Crosse all the Sermon tyme where shée confessed that she being moued by dyuers lewde persons therevnto hadde vppon the fouretéenth of Marche laste before passed counterfaited certayne speaches in an house withoute Aldersgate of London thoroughe the whyche the people of the whole City were wonderfully molested for that all men mighte heare the voice but not sée hir person Some saide it was an Angell and a voyce from Heauen some the holy Ghoste c. Thys was called the Spirite in the Wall she hadde laine whistling in a straunge whistle made for that purpose whiche was giuen hir by one Drakes then were there dyuers companions confederate with hir whiche putting theÌ„selues among the preasse tooke vppon them to interprete what the Spirite saide expressing certaine seditious words againste the Quéene the prince of Spaine the Masse and CoÌ„fession c. The xix of July the prince of Spaine arriued at Southampton the fourth day after he came to Winchester in the euening and there going to Churche was honorably receyued of the Byshoppe and a greate number of Nobles the nexte daye he met with the Quéene wyth whome he had long familiar talke On Saint James daye the marriage was solempnized betwéene him and Quéene Mary at whyche time the The marriage of King Philip and Queene Mary Emperors Embassadour being present pronounced that in consideration of the marriage the Emperor had giuen vnto his sonne the Kingdome of Naples The solempnitie of thys marriage being ended the King of Harraults proclaiâ—â—ed their Tytle as foloweth Philip and Marie by the grace of The Kings stile God King and Quéene of Englande Fraunce Naples Hierusalem and Ireland Defendors of the Faith Princes of Spaine and Sicile Archdukes of Austrich Dukes of Millaine Burgundy and Brabant Counties of Aspurge Flaunders and Tyrroll whyche being ended the Trumpets blewe the Kyng and Quéene came forth hand in hande and two Swords borne before them Shortly after King Philip and Quéene Marie remoued froÌ„ Winchester to Basing froÌ„ thence to Windsore then to Richemont from thence by water to Southwarke acompanyed with the Noble men Ladies the King in one barge the Quéeniâ— an other and landed at the Bishop of Winchesters staires neare to S. Mary Oueries Church so passed through that place and parke into Suffolke place where they rested that night And the next day being the xviij of August they rode thorough Southwarke ouer the Bridge and so thorough London where they were with great prouision receiued of y e A man slyding from Paules steeple citizens passing through Paules Churchyard a man came â—lydyng as it were flying vpon a rope from Paules Stéeple The second of September sir Anthony Browne Maister of the Horse was put by and made Marques Mountague for him and his heires Males with the gifte of xx markes the yeare of Surrey at Hampton Court Dauid Woodroffe William Chester the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Lion Grocer the 28. of October The xxvj hâ— October a Spaniard was hanged at Charing Crosse for killing of an Englishman there was offered A Spaniard hanged for his life by other strangers 500. Crownes but all that woulde not stay Justice The xij of NoueÌ„ber the parliament began at Westminster The xxiiij of Nouember Cardinall Poole came out of Brabant into England and was receiued with much honour he was by Parliament restored to hys olde dignitie that he was put from by King Henrie and shortly after came into the Parliament house where the King Quéene and other states were present Then he declared the cause of his Legacie first exhorting them to returne to the Communion of the Churche and restore to the Pope hys due aucthoritie Secondly he aduertised them to giue thankes to God that had sent them so blessed a King and Quéene Finally he signified
the xvij of May began the battery of the Castell so that there were xxx Canons shotte off against the same and so well bestowed at Dauids Tower that by the ruines therof then and after the force of the English Canons were easte to be séene The xviij xix and xx of May the Canons and Demy Canons were not ydle but the xxj the whole battery began on each side the Castell from the trenches and mounts very hotly and still they within ceased not to make answer againe with their artillery killing and hurting diuers both English and Scottes but such was the diligence of the English Gunners that they displaced the Ordinance in the Castell and stroke one of their chiefe Canons iust in the mouth whereby the same was broken in péeces The xxvj of May the assault was giuen at scauen of the clocke in the morning to the Spurre which by the hardy manhoode of the assaylants was wonne and was no sooner entred by the Englishmen but that the Generals Ensigne was shewed and spread vpon the front and toppe thereof to the great discomfort of them within the Castell In the meane time whilest these were appoynted to giue the assault thus to the Spurre there were certayne Englishmen and Scottes commaunded to make a countenance of an assault at the West side of the Castell whereby those that assaulted the Spurre might the more easily obteyne their purpose but they rashly aduenturing farther than they had in commandement were beaten backe and repulsed with xxviij or xxx of their company slayne and hurt The same day towarde night they within the Castell by a Drumme demaunded parley which being graunted with assurance of all hostilitie from that houre vnto the xxviij of May the Lord Peterroc was let downe by a rope from the Castell and afterward the Lord Graunge himselfe Captayne of the Castell and Robert Meluin came likewise downe to talke with the Generall and such other as were appoynted to accompany him herevpon at length to wéete the said xxviij day of May the Castell was surrendred into the hands of Sir William Edenborough Castell yeelded to the Englishmen Drewry and so it rested in his possession for the time and his Ensigne was set vp and spread during the same time in sundry places of the Castell and afterwards to the great honor of England by him it was deliuered vnto the vse of the King of Scottes and part of the spoyle of the Castell was giuen to the Souldyers the Canons and Artillerie with certayne other instruments left to the King If the Englishmen by force had taken it it was decréed that they should haue had the whole spoyle except the Artillerie and so shoulde haue enioyed it by the space of thrée dayes Causes of deliuerie of the Castell were these 1 Lacke of water the well within the Castel was stopped and defiled by the ruines of the Castell the other well without the Castell could not serue them for that there was a mount made to hinder them Another water there was which was vnknowne to them which were without and was taken from them when the Spurre of the Castell was taken out of the which they were wont to haue a pint a day for euery Souldiour 2 Diuers sicke 3 Diuers hurt 4 Not many to maynteyne y e Castel which had no space to take any test they were so plyed and ouerwéeryed 5 Diuers deuided in opinion 6 Some were no Souldyers 7 No ayde was to be loked for The xvi of June the prisoners were deliuered by the sayd Sir William Drewry in presence of sundry Scottes and Englishmen vnto the Regent and that done the same day the sayd Sir William Drewry with his power departed toward Barwike The names of the prisoners were these Sir William Kerkandie Larde of Graunge and Captaine of the Castell of Edenburgh The Lord Hume The Lord Ledington Secretarie The Lord of Peterroe Conestable of the castel The Countesse of Arguile The Lady of Ledington The Lady of Graunge with others The vij of June betwene the houres of one and two of Haile in Northamptonshire the clocke in the afternoone a greate tempest of hayle and rayne happened at Tocester in Northamptonshire where-throughe sixe houses in that Town were borne down and xiiij more sore perished with the waters which rose of that tempest the haile stones were square and sixe ynches about one childe was there drowned and many shéepe and other cattel whiche when the Water was fallen manye of them were lying on the hyghe hedges where the waters had left them The xvj of June Thomas Woodhouse a prieste of Lincolneshire Tho. VVoodhouse who had laine long prisoner in the Fleete was arraigned in the Guilde Hall of London and there condemned of highe treason who hadde iudgemente to be hanged and quartered and was executed at Tiborne the ninetéenth of June The xvj of August Walter Earle of Essex accompanyed Earle of Essex and the L. Rich vvith other sayled into Ireland with the Lord Rich and diuerse other gentlemen imbarked themselues in seuerall shippes at Leirpoole and the winde sitting very well toke their voyage towardes Ireland The Earle after many and great daungers on the sea at length wanne Copemans Ilands from whence in a Pinise of captaine Perces he was brought safe to Knock fergus The Lorde Riche with the like dangers landed at Castel Kilclife where being mette by Captaine Malby Maister Smith and Mayster Moore Pentioners was conducted to Inche Abbey Master Malbis house where he had in a readinesse on the morrow morning a hundred and fiftie horssemen for their safeguarde to Knockefergus beside fiftie Kernes which wente a foote through the Wooddes there was amongst these a thirtie bowes with a Baggepipe the rest had Dartes Sir Brian Makephelin had prayed the Countrey and taken awaye what was to be carryed or driuen but on the sixth of September he came to Knockefergus to the Earle of Essex and there made his submission the number of Kyne were estéemed thirtie thousande beside shéepe and swine After him Ferdoroughe Macgillastike the blinde Scottes sonne Roze Oge Macwilline did the like and diuerse other sent their messengers to the Earle to signifie that they wer at his Lordships disposition as the Barron of Dongarrow Condenel Odonel and the Captaine of Kylulto The Earle of Essex hauing the Countrey of Clanyboy and other The Quéenes Maiestie of England directed hir letters to Earle of Essex captain generall of Vlstar in Ireland the Lord deputie of Irelād willing him to make by commission the Earle of Essex Captaine generall of the Irishe nation in the prouince of Vlster and to deuide the country won Clenyboy and elsewhere c. Iames Haruy Thomas Pullison the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Riuers Grocer the 28. of October The xj of October Peter Burchet Gentlemanne of the middle Temple with hys dagger sodainly assayled cruelly wounded and ment to haue murdered a seruisable Gentleman named Iohn Hawkins Esquire
whome Aulus Atticus Capitaine of aband whom the heat of his youth and corage of his horse broughte into the hands of his enimies That night the victors made mery wyth the spoyle but the Brytaines wandering vppe and downe men and women lamenting togither reléeued and fetcht awaye their hurte men assembled togither the whole forsooke their houses and for anger sette fire on them choosing themselues lurking places which straite they forsooke againe sometime conceyuing good hope whyche straighte waye quayled agayne and some were knowen to kyll theyr wyues and chyldren as thoughe they hadde therein taken compassion vppon them The nexte daye made the victorie more manifest in which there was nothing but silence the hilles being then forsaken and also the houses smoking a far off Agricola sendyng abroade his espialles coulde finde no ennimye to make â—ed wherefore Sommer being too farre spente to procéede any further in the warre he hadde his Souldioures into the coastes of the Horestâ— and there taking hostages caused his nauie to coaste aboute Brytaine whiche at laste arriued at the Hauen called Trutulensis afterwarde hauing bestowed his souldioures in their wintering places departed Brytaine and lefte the prouince in quiet to his successor Diuers sâ—uthours affirme that about this time the Gospell Firste Christians in Brytaine of Christe our sauiour was first preached in this Iland Nicephorus a Gréek Author in his second book the. 40. Chahiter Nicephorus hath as foloweth Simon borne in Cana Galilei who for his feruent affection to his Maister the greate zeale hée tooke by al meanes to the Gospell was surnamed Zelotes he hauing receyued the holy Ghoste from abone trauayled throughâ— Aegipâ— and Affrâ—kâ— then through Mauritania and all Lybia preaching the Gospell And the same Doctrine he brought to the Occidentall sea the Iles called Brytaniâ— c. And in the third Booke the first Chap. he saith The holy Apostles like as we haue declared already béeyng dispersed throughout the whole earth did diuide the prouinces amongest them by lot to preach the Gospel in Peter vndoubtedly first at Hierusalem then in Galatia Byâ—â—inia with the higher Asia Capadocia and all Italie taught the Gospell Iohn in Asiâ— who ended his life there To Andrew fel the Prouinces on the coâ—â—â—â— of 〈…〉 all Scythia Byzans Maâ—edonia and the 〈…〉 of Greece Thomas amongst the Parthians Indians â—â—â— the 〈…〉 of Tapâ—â—bâ—â— did publishe the Gospell Another chose Aegipt and Lybia another the vttermoste coastes of the Ocean with the Iles of Brytaine c. Doâ—otheus wryteth thus Simon Zelotes passing through Mauritania Doâ—otheus Affrica preached Christ at length was crucified slaine and buried in Brytaine Also he saith Aâ—â—â—â—â—bulus whom y e Apoâ—â—le to the Rom. remeÌ„beâ—th was maâ—eâ—a Bishop in Brytaine George Maior writeth in a preface that immediately after Christs râ—surrection vnder Claudius the Emperor the light of y â— Gospel waâ—â—â—â—dled in Brytaine by Ioseph of Aâ—â—â—â—â—hia that blâ—â—ed the body of Christe 〈…〉 writing against the Jewes of those times sayth The Brytaines inhabitaÌ„ts of places vnknown to the Romaines yet did obey and were subiect to the kyngdomes of Christ William of Malmesbury Antiquities of Glaâ—tenbâ—râ— Freculphus in his Book of the Antiquities of Glastenburie alleageth Freculphus to wryte in his second Book and fourth Chapter as followeth Philip the Apostle preaching the worde of God in Gaule nowe called Fraunce chose oute xij amongest his Disciples whome hée sent into Brytaine to preache the word of life and vpon euery one of them he most deuoutly stretched out his right hande ouer these he appointed for chiefe his deare friende Ioseph of Aramathie that buried our Lord. Glastenbury first Church of Christians in Brytaine These saieth Iohn Capgraue who alleageth Melkin and Merlin came into this lande the yeare of Christes incarnation 63. in the tyme of Aruiragus who gaue to them the I le of Aualon where they builded an Oratorie of wrythen Iohn Capgraue Melkin and Merlin wandes and after there were buryed whiche place beyng since encreased and newly builded by diuers Princes was named Glastenburie For confirmation whereof Kyng Henry Chartâ— Regiâ— the second hauing diligently perused the Priuileges and Charters which he caused to be presented and read not only of William the first of William the seconde and Henry the first his Grandfather but also the Charters of the Princes his predecessours of more antient time to wéete of Edgar Edmond Edward Elfred Bringwalthius Kenthwin Baldred Ina Arthur and that noble man Cudred and many other Christian Kings beside also of Kenewalla sometyme a Heathen and Pagan Kyng concerning the house of Glastenburie found that in some of those Charters it is called the Mother of Saintes of some other the Graue of the Saints and that the sayde place was firste builded euen by the very Disciples of Christe themselues and by them dedicated to oure Lorde as the firste place whiche he chose to himselfe in this Realme al which the foresaid King Henry established by his Charter MArius sonne of Aruiragus an excellent wise man was 73 Galfrâ—dâ—â— ordayned King of Brytaine At this season Rodrike King â—f the Pictes whiche were people of Scythia accompanyed with the Scots inuaded Brytaine spoyled the country with sword fire against whom Marius with his knights asseÌ„bled in al hast gaue theÌ„ sharp battel wherin Rodrike was slain Flores HistoriaruÌ„ with a great number of his souldiors vpon Stansemore in token of which victorie there was a stone not far from Carleile erected with this inscription In token of Marius victorie To theÌ„ which remained Marius gaue inhabitance in the further part of Scotland And forsomuch as y e Brytaines disdained to Ran. Hig. Henry Bradshaw Chester repayred giue to theÌ„ their daughters in mariage they acquainted theÌ„ with y e Irishmen maried their daughters grew in processe of time to a gret people He repaired walled fortified y e city of Caerlegion now called Chester He rained liij yeres DOmitianus the Emperor seÌ„t Salustius Lucullus into Brytaine 94 Suetonius whom he shortly put to death for that he suffred certaine lawes to be called Lucullen after his name Some write that Cneus Trebullius was now Gouernor héere What Lieutenants were in Brytaine for the time of Nerua Traiane I find not recorded but when Adrian was possessed Iulius Seuerus in the Empire Iulius Seuerus gouerned here vnder him whoÌ„ Adrianus called out of Brytaine to war against y e Jews 120 came hither himselfe in person pacified the tumults reared a wall which shoulde separate the barbarous from hys Spartianus subiects and returned to Rome COilus y e son of Marius was ordeined King he was broughte 124 Galfridus Colchester builded vp eueÌ„ froÌ„ his youth in Rome among y e Romaines therfore fauoring theÌ„ paid y e tribute truly he builded Colchester and raigned lv yeares and was buried at Yorke ANtonius Pius succeded Hadrianus in
place called Chorengham Sir Walter Tirell shooting at a Déere vnawares hitte the King in the brest that he fell downe starke dead and neuer spake worde his men specially that Knighte gate them away but some came backe agayne and layde his body vpon a Colyars Cart whiche one sillie leane beast did draw vnto the Citie of Winchester where he was Radul Cogshal buryed on the morow after his death at whose buryall men could not wéepe for ioy This King was taken out of the world in the middest of his vnrighteousnesse who being wicked to his owne people and to strangers was most wicked to himselfe The Countreys about him he prouoked with warres and England was so miserably oppressed vnder him that it Io. Rouse could not recouer for he and his trayne spoyled and subuerted all things He reigned twelue yeares and eleuen monethes lacking eyght dayes He gaue vnto the Monkes called De Charitate in Southwarke Register of Bernaâ—dsey the great newe Church of Saint Sauioure of Barmonds eye and also Barmonds eye it selfe He also founded of an olde Monasterie of Monkes a Ex Câ—â—â— goodly Hospitall in the Citie of Yorke called Saint Leonards for the sustentation and finding of the poore as well men as women He gaue the Churche of Saint Peeter in the Citie of Bathe to be a Bishops Sea and the mother Church of Somersetshire ¶ King Henry Beawclerke HEnry brother to William Anno reg 1. Io. Rouse Rufus and y â— first of that name for his learning called Beawclearke brought vp in the studie of the liberall artes at Cambridge chieflye through the trauell of Henrye Nowborough Earle of Warwike who appeased all debates of that time to the The. Râ—dborne W. Malme contrarie obteyned the dominion ouer this Realme of Englande and beganne his raigne the first day of August in the yeare oâ—â—ure Lorde 1100. and was crowned at Westminster on the fifth day of August by Mawrice Bishop of London bycause at that time Geâ—â—â— Dorâ— Anselme Archbishop of Canturburie was by persecution of William Rufus exiled This Henry borne at Selbe in Englande was a noble Prince strong and mightie of body high of stature and amiable of countenance He was excellent in wit eloquent and fortunate in battaile and for these thrée he had thrée notable vices couetousnesse crueltie and lecherie He maryed Mawde the daughter of Malcoline King of Scottes of whome he begate William and a daughter named Mawde At the beginning of his raigne he restored the state of the Cleargie aswaged the gréeuous payments reduced againe Saint Edwards lawes and amended them He put out of his Court all nice and wanton persons He reformed the olde vntrue measures and made a Measures reformed W. Malme Vlno novv called a yard W. Malme measure by the length of his owne arme whiche was then called Vlno an Elle and now the same is called a yarde or metewand c. He restored to his Subiects the vse of lights in the night Vse of light in the night permitted which lightes and also fire had him forbidden by his father to be vsed after the ringing of a Bell at eyght of the clocke at night Edgar King of Scottes did homage to this Henry This yeare Iordan Briset Baron the sonne of Raufe the Saint Iohns by Smithfielde sonne of Brian Briset founded the house of Saint Iohn of Hierusalem néere vnto London by Smithfield The same Iordan gaue fourtéene Acres of ground lying Clarken vvell Register of Clerken well Ex Carta in the field next adioyning vnto Clarken well to build therevpon a house of Nunnes wherein he with Murioll hys wife were both buryed in the Chapter house Robert Shorthose Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest 1101 Anno reg 2. brother whiche was nowe returned from Hierusalem made warre vpon his brother Henry for the Crowne of England who assembled a strong armie and landed at Portesmouth but by mediation a peace was made on condition that Tribute to Robert Shorthose VVinchester and Glocester brent Liber Glocestr Tevvkesbery builded Cronica de Theoksbery Henry should pay thrée thousand markes yearely to Duke Robert and if the one dyed without issue the longer liuer should inherit Winchester was brent the xvij of May and Glocester was brent the twentith of May Robert Fitzham who came with the Conquerour out of Normandy with Sibell his wife founded a new the Church of Theukesbery and was there buryed Robert de Belasine Earle of Shrewsburie eldest sonne to 1102 Robert de Belasme rebelled Wâ—l Malme Floriacensâ—s Roger Mountgomery strengthned the Towne and Castell of Shrewsbury so did he the Castels of Bridgenorth Tichile and Arundell with viâ—â—uals and armed men against King Henry but the King being warned thereof he gathereth his power and beséegeth Bridgenorth whiche Towne was yéelded vnto him And this being knowne to them of Arundell they forthwith submitted themselues with condition that their Lorde Robert de Belasme might be permitted fréely to passe into Normandy Also they of Shrewsbury sent the keyes of their Castell and pledges of their obeysance and then Robert with his brother Ernulfus and Roger of Poytiers abiured this land for euer The Cathedrall Churche of Norwich was founded by Minster of Norvviche Anno reg 3. Register of Saint Barthelmew Hospitall of S. Barthelmevv 1103 Anno reg 4. Herbert Bishop of Norwich The Priorie and Hospitall of Saint Barthelmewe in Smithfield was founded by a pleasant I ester or Minstrell of the Kings named Reior who became first Prior there Before this time Smithfield was a laystow of all drdure and filth and the place where fellons and other transgressors were put to execution Roberte Duke of Normandy comming into Englande through the subtelty of King Henry his yonger brother released The yonger brother begyleth the elder to him the tribute of thrée thousand Markes of Siluer Hugh Lacy founded the Monasterie of Saint Iohn at Ex libre Lanthony Mathew Paris Lanthony founded Chro. Donmow Lanthony the Chanons of which place were since translated by Miles high Connestable and Earle of Here ford to a place néere vnto Glocester then called Hide since called Lanthony Iuga Baynard Lady of little Donmow caused Maurice Bishop of London to dedicate the Church of Donmow which the Priorie of Donmovv in Essex founded by the VViddovv of Baynard that buylded Baynards Castell in London had founded and the same day she gaue to it halfe a hide of land This Lady Iuga was late wife to Baynard that firste buylded Baynards Castle in London Great malice was kindled betwéene the two bréthren 1104 Anno reg 5. Robert and Henry wherevpon deadly warre ensued There appeared about the Sunne foure circles and a blasing Starre King Henry remayned in Normandy making strong 1105 Anno reg 6. Saint Iohns in Colchester warres vpon his brother Robert and Rorsia his wife Eudo Dapifere or sewer to King Henry founded the Monasterie
â—aruus Iohn Taxtor Gerua Doro. Canturb recordes Gual Couent euill fauoured of shape but yet verye eloquent moued the common people to séeke libertie and fréedome and not to bée subiect to the rich and mightie by which meanes he drewe to him many great companies and with all his power defended the poore mens cause against the riche 52000. Londonors he allured to him to be at his deuotion and commandemeÌ„t The king being warned of this tumult coÌ„manded him to cease from those attemptes but the people still followed him as they before had done he made to them orations taking for his theame this sentence Haurietis aquas in gauâ—io de fontibus saluatoris whiche is to say Ye shal draw in ioy waters forth of the wels of your sauiour And to this he added I am sayd he y e sauiour of poore men yée be poore haue assayed long y e hard hands of rich meÌ„ Now draw yée holsome water forth of my Wels that w e ioy for the time of your visitatioÌ„ is come This WilliaÌ„ was coÌ„maunded to appeare before the kings counsell to aunsweare for himselfe in suche causes as shoulde be layde against him where he appeared but wyth 1196 such a multitude of people that the Lordes were afrayde and remitted him with pleasaunte wordes for the time appointing some priuliy when he was alone to apprehende him He sooke the stéeple of Bow Church in Chope and fortified it with munition and victuals The Archbishop of Canturburie then being at LondoÌ„ with other Iustices sent to him and willed him to come forth of the Church he should haue his life saued but he refused to come forth wherfore y â— Archebishop talking with the Citizens of London called togither a great number of armed area least any stur should be made The Saterdaye therefore being the Passion sondaye euen the stéeple and Church of Bowe were assaulted and William with his complices taken but not without bloudshed for hée was forced by fire and smoke to for sake the Churche he was brought to the Archbishop in the Towre where he was by y e Iudges condemned and by the héeles drawn from thence to a place called the Elmes and ther haÌ„ged with nine of his fellowes This counterfaite friende to the poore who named hymselfe A false accuser of his elder brother in the ende vvas hanged to be the sauiour perswading them against the riche was a man of an euil life a murderer who slew one manne with his owne handes a fornicatour who poluted Bowe church with his Concubine and amongst other his detestable facts one that hadde falsely accused his elder brother of treason whyche elder brother hadde in hys youthe Anno reg 8. broughte him vppe in learning and done manye things for his preferment Yet after the death of this wicked malefactor the simple people honoured him as a martyre in so much that they stale awaye the gibbet whereon he was hanged and pared away the Earth that was be-bled with hys bloude and kepte the same as holye reliques to heale sicke men King Richard graunted licence vnto Phillip Bishoppe of Durham to coyne mony in his Citie of Durham which libertie Roger Houeden none of his predicessours had enioyed of long tyme before Sherifes Gerard de Anteloch Robert Durant Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne The Walchmen brake forth and did muche hurt by spoyling 1197 of the Marches The Archbishop of Canturburie callyng togither an army hasted thyther besieged the Castel of Polie and toke it and chased the enimies established peace and returned Rise the Walch king departed this life King Richard and the Earle of Flaunders confedered togither Anno reg 9. The French King entring vnwarely into Flaunders was intercepted and taken by the Earle of Flaunders but giuing pledges vpon couenaunt to make peace he was suffered to depart The viij day of September they met at Liste where by mediation of the Archbishop of Canturburie they toke a truce The Archbishop of Roane returned from Rome where he had complayned on King Richard for taking from him a plot of ground whereon he builded a strong Castell but at the request of the Archbishop of Canturburie the Kyng gaue him in recompence the towne of Deep Sherifes Roger Blunt Nicholas Ducket Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne The Walchmen on the Marches toke booties did much 1198 Geruasius hurt but Hubert the Archbishop of Canturburie being Lorde thiefe Iustice Lieuetenaunt or Warden of England found meanes to resist them so that they being fought with were ouerthrowen and fiue thousand of them slaine The Archebishop hauing got this victorie returneth to London where calling togither a great number of the Nobles of the lande he resigned his office of being head ruler in whose place the Anno reg 10 Lord Geffrey Fitz Peter succéeded in August King Richard toke of euery Carucata plough land or hid of land through England fiue shillings The French king was intercepted by the army of King Richard so that with much adoe he escaped into Cipres his army was dispersed and almost an hundred Knightes taken beside other common soldiours without number The Charters which the king had Mathew Paris before made with his new seale were chaunged Sherifes Constantine Fitz Arnolde Robert de Beaw Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne Hubert Archebishop of Canturbnrie through the procurement of the Monks of Canturburie and by the coÌ„mandement of the Pope brake downe euen with the ground the Chapel Colledge at Lambeth or Colledge at Lambeth which his predecessors had founded and he had finished in the honor of Thomas Archbishoppe of Canturburie King Richard tourned his armye against the Barons of 119â— K. Richaad vvoÌ„ded to death Paulus Aemeleus Gualterus Couen Ralph Cogshal Poictow that rebelled against him he set their Cities towns on fire spoyled their Countrey flew many of his aduersaries cruelly at the laste came to the Dukedome of Aquitaine and besieged the Castel of Chalne and brought it to that that they within offered to yéeld vpon conditions but he woulde not so receiue them but would haue them by force whervpvn a certain yong man named Bertram de Gordon standing on y e Castel wall leuelled a quarell out of a crosse bowe and smote him with a venomed Darte which stripe the king little regarded but inuading the castel wan it and put the soldiours in prison Of this wounde aforesayde he dyed the sixth day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord. 1199. When he had raigned ix yeres and ix monthes and was buried at Fonteuerard at his fathers féete whom he confessed he had betrayed his heart was buried at Roane and his bowels at the foresayde Chalne ¶ King John IOHN brother to Richard aforenamed beganne his raigne ouer the Realme Anno reg 1 of Englande the vj. daye of April in the yeare of our Lord 1199. Of person he was indifferent but of melancholie and angrie complexion He being now in Normandie
HEnrie born at Winchester the eldest sonne of Iohn of the age of ix yeares began Anno reg 1. his raign the xix of October in the yeare 1216. he was crowned at Gloucester on the xxviij day of October by Peter Bishoppe of Winchester and Iocelyne Byshoppe of Bathe in the presence of Walo the Legate Siluester Byshop of Worcester Ranulph Earle of Chester William Marshall Erle of Penbroke William Erle Ferrers Iohn Marshal Mathew Paris and many other being crowned remained in the custodie of William Marshal Earle of Penbroke by whose meanes al the nobles serued King Henrie much more faithfully than they had his father Bennet Seinturer William Bluntiuers the. 28. Sept. Sherifes Maior Iames Alderman the. 28. of October for part of the yeare and Salomon Basing for the residue Lewes toke the Castels of Berkhamsteede and Heneforde 1217 after returned into Fraunce to fetch more succour and at hys returne besieged Douer in vaine for the Barons of England that had taken part with him going to Lincolne with a great Liber Barnwel army were there taken on the xx day of June which misfortune Liber Col. S. Peter Scala Crom. when Lewes vnderstoode he raised his siege from Douer and came to London and shutte vp all the gates saue one but the Londoners at the comming of king Henries hoste yéelded the Citie to him wherefore he confirmed all the liberties that the Londoners had or were méete to haue at lengthe the barons of Fraunce with one Eustace le Moyne a gret man of Fraunce hauing prepared a nauie of lx ships set forward to come into EnglaÌ„d to y â— aide of Lewes but Hubert de Brugh Conestable of Douer Castel with a multitude of armed men and the ships of y â— fiue Portes met them on the Sea where they slew Eustace their leader there escaped but fiftéen ships al the other wer taken and drowned When Lewes heard this he wist not what to doe wherevppon compelled by necessitie he sued for peace at length the Legate Bishops and nobles of Englande méeting in an I le néere vnto Kingstone they had a treatie of peace togither where the sayde Lewes in presence of them all was released of the excommunication and he renounced she Realme of England and so peace was restored the thirtéenth day of September Lewes returned Levves returned into France FroÌ„ the benefit of the absolution and peace wer exempted Bishops Abbots Pryors and of al y e cleargy whyche had borne any fauour or good will to Lewes and the Barons were al depriued from the benefices by the Legate Hugh Bishoppe of Lincolne gaue a thousande marke to the Pope and an hundred marke to the Legate whose example Anno reg 2. many other did follow Thomas Bokerel Ralphe Elland the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Searle Mercer the. 28. of October Simon de Montfort died at y â— siege of Tholouse being hurt Lib. Barnewel Gualters Coro 1218 with the stroke of a stone Randulph Earle of Chester Saâ—r de Quincie Erle of Winchester William de Albeneto Erle of Arundel William Erle Ferrers with the Barons Robert Fitz Walter Iohn Conestable of Chester and William Harcourt with a greate traine toke their iourney toward Ierusalem Walo the Legate departed toward Rome and Pandolph elected Bishop of Norwich succéeded Legate Anno reg 3 Sherifes Maior 1216 Crom. â—â—iter Nicholas Triuet Earle Marshall dyed Anno reg 4. Iohn Viell Iohn le Spicer the 28. of September Searle Merceâ— the 28 of October William Marshal the elder Earle of Penbroke gouernor of the kings person and of the realme died and was buryeâ— at London in the New Temple the xv of Apryll after whose death the kyng was gouerned by Peter Byshop of Winchester Richard Wimbledon Iohn Viell the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior King Henry câ—ovvned Searle Mercer the 28. of October King Henry was crowned at Westminster by Stephen Langton Archbyshop of Canturbury on the. xvij daye of May Hubert de Burgo was made the kings chiefe Justice The new worke of our Ladies Chappell at Westminster Nevve vvorke of VVestminster Straungers banished was begunne by kyng Henry Proclamation was made that all straungers shoulde â—â—oyde the realme except such as came with Marchaundise and to make sale of them vnder the kings safeconduct Ranulphe the thirde Earle of Chester Lincolne and Richmond Castels of Chart ley and Bestrne buylded Abbey of Delacrosse Annoreg 5. Sherifes Maior 1231 Nicho. Treâ— Antiq. Calend. in Bristollia and Lorde of Little Brytaine came out of the holy land into England and builded the Castels of Carteley Bestone and the Abbey of Delacrosse Richard Renger Iohn Viell the 28. of Septemb. Searle Mercer the 28. of October The Frier Preachers thirtéene in number were sente into Englande and hauing to their Prior Gilbert de Fraxineto in company of Beter de Roche Bishop of Winchester came to Canturbury and there presenting themselues before the Archbishoppe Stephen he commaunded the saide Prior tâ— preach before him and lyked him so well that he euer aâ—â—â— loued their order On Saint Laurence day they came to London and so to Oxford on the day of the Assumption in whose hoâ— or they builded an Oratorie and also those Schooles which since were called Saint Oxwards schooles in whose parishe they tooke a place and there for a time remayned and after that remoued to the place without the walles whyche the king assygned them King Henry subdued the Welchmen which rebelled The Noblemen graunted to the king twoo Markes of 〈…〉 of euery hide of lande Isabell the kyngs mother without making hir sonne or Nicho. Triuet his Counsell priuy to hir purpose wente ouer into Fraunce and there married with the Erle of March Hugh Bronne King Henry gaue his sister Iane to Alexander k. of Scots who married hir at Yorke and Hubert de Brugh married the king of Scots sister William de Albeneto Erle of Arundel â—yed comming from the holy Land who was conueyed into England and buried at Wimondham a Priory of his fouÌ„dation Anno reg 6 Sherifes Maior 1222 Prouinciall Counsell Radulphus Cog. Gual Couen Lib. Bermond Richard Renger Thomas Lambert the 28. of Septemb. Searle Mercer the 28. of October A Prouinciall Counsell was holden at Oxforde by Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canturbury and his Suffâ—agan Byshops and others in the conuentuall Church of Osney xv days after Easter wher wer degraded a Priest a Deacon the Priest for homicide the Deacon for sacriledge and theft committed An other Deacon offending more déepely denyed the profession of Christian Religion and for the loue hée â—are fo a Jewish woman caused himselfe to be circumcised folowing the Jewish rytes and customes he was degraded An Apotestate brent A counterfaite Christ and beyng left as a lay person and Apostata was condemned and committed to the fyre by the seruaunts of Falcatius wherein he miserably ended his life
out of Fraunce to the kings ayde Pope Vrbane sent a Legate and Cardinall the Bishop of Sabrine into Englande but they might not enter the realm the fiue Ports prohibiting them wherevpon they called certain English Bishops first to Amience and after to Bulloigne to whom he committed the sentence of excomunication to be pronounced against the Citie of London the fiue Portes and al those that troubled the King of EnglaÌ„ds peace but the Byshops dissembled the matter This yeare about the 20. of June a notable blasing starre appeared such a one as had not ben séene in that age which rising from the East with gret brightnesse vnto the midst of Blasing starre Nic. Triuet Rober of Glocester Anno reg 49 Sherifes 〈…〉 the Semisperie drew his streame it continued till after Michaelmas Gregory Rokesley Thomas of Deford the 28. of Septem 〈…〉 〈…〉 arose for that Simond not only kept the king other as prisoners The Earle of Glocester forsoke the Earle Leicester but also tooke to himself the reuenewes of the kingdome c. which should haue bene equally deuided amongst them so y â— Gilbert of Gloncester departing ioyned to him in league the noble Knights of the Marches whoÌ„ Erle Simond had commanded to auoyde the Realme but Iohn de Waren Earle of Surrey and Sussex William de ValeÌ„ce Erle of Penbroke had brought a great power by sea in the Weast parts of Wales and arriuing at Penbroke Earle Simon leading the king with him went to Hereforde where he gathered a great power to oppresse the sayd knights but while the Prelates laboured for peace Edward the kings son being in y e Castel of Hereford is permitted to exercise himselfe on horssebacke Edvvard the kings son taken from his keepers in a medowe without the Citie by his kéepers where after he had wearied diuerse horsses and mounting on a fresh appointed for that purpose he rode quite away and passing the riuer of Wey with two Knights and foure Esquires was folowed hard by his kéepers but when they were aduised of the standarts of Roger Mortimere and Roger Clifford comming to his reliefe they returned he escaped to Wigmore And this chaunced in the Whitson wéeke Lord Edward being thus escaped gathereth an army confederateth and submitteth to him the Countreys of Hereford Worcester Salop Chester with the townes Cities and Castelles he also winneth by force the Citie of Glocester whiche Earle Simon had lately fortifyed the townes men â—led to the Castel who xv dayes after yéelded it and departed The Earle of Leicester wan the Castle of Monmouth and layde it flat with the grounde and entring into the lande of the Earle of Glocester called Glomorgan méeting with the Prince of Wales Castel of Monmouth raced comming to his ayde they destroyed al with fire and sword Edwarde the Kings sonne hearing that manye of Earle Simonds partakers were come to the Castel of Kenilworthe takyng with him the Erle of Glocester he departed from Worcester and came vpon them at a sodaine where he toke the Earle of Oxford sir William Mountchalsie sir Adam Newmarch sir Walter de Solenle and other and Simon the sonne of Earle Simon hardly escaped in the Castell The Earle of Leicester hauing the King with him returned out of South-Wales and on Lammas daye came to Kemsey a place of the Bishop of Worcester and there tarried the next day Edwarde the Kings son returned from Kenelworth to Worcester whose returne being knowne Erle Simon departing from Kemsey by vnhappy chaunce stayed in the towne of Euesham for on y e morrow being the ij of August Edward the kings son departed from Worcester passing the riuer neare to the towne called Cliue closed vp the passage betwixt Earle Simon and Simon his son who was at Killingworth In the next mornyng Lord Edward approched néere to Euesham on the one side and Battaile of Euesham Gilbert Earle of Glocester on the other side and Roger Mortimer on the two other sides whereby Earle Simon was so enclosed that he must eyther fight or yéelde on Friday therfore was the fifth daye of Auguste theyr armies encountred ech other in a large fielde without the towne where the Earles part hadde the worste the Earle was killed in the fielde and Henrie sonne to Earle Simon Peter de Mountfort Hugh Dispencer Justice of England William de Mandeuile Ralph Basset Walter Greping William de Yorke Robert de Tregoze Thomas de Hostile Iohn de Beâ—â—ocampo Guido de Baylolle Roger de Roulens with sir Iohn de Saint Iohn sir William de Verence sir Iohn de Inde sir William Trossel sir Gilbert Einefielde and other of meaner sorte in great number especially of Walshmen for almost none of theÌ„ escaped thence but they were slain at Tewkesburie Lords taken Lords taken Liber Euesh at Euesham sir Vmfry de Boune sir Iohn Sainte Iohn sir Simons sonne sir Guy sir Baudwin Wake sir Iohn Vessy sir Henrie Hastings sir Nicholas Segraue sir Perce sir Roberte Mountfordes sons many other Simon de Mountfort y e son coÌ„ming too late to méete his Father at Euesham turned backe again to Kenilworth Castel the sixth of September he released King of Almain deliuered the King of Almain his mothers brother sir Reimond Fitz Pierce and many other A Parliament was holden at Winchester where all the A Parliament at VVinchester statutes made at Oxforde were disanulled and all the goods of them that were againste the king seased London was in great danger to haue bin destroyed by the king for displeasure he had conceyued against y e Citizens but the Citizens wholly submitted both liues and goods vnto him Eight persons carrying the same submission toward Windsor met Sir Roger Leyborne knight at Colbrooke who turned them backe againe and after they had discoursed the whole matter with him he willed them to deliuer to him their submission and he woulde moue the King in it whiche thing they did After sixe dayes thys Knight returned to the Citie and sayde the king had receyued their writings willing them first to take away all the chaines that were in the stréetes of the Citie and pull the postes out of the grounde that the same were fixed in and bring both chaynes and postes to the Tower of London then the Maior with fortie Citizens should the nexte day following attende vpon the king at Windsor to confirme theyr wryting and they shoulde goe and come safe in witnesse whereof he deliuered them the kings letter and seale for the space of foure dayes The next daye the Citizens being at Windsore attended at the gate vntill the king came from hunting at whiche time he woulde not once looke on them After the King was entred they woulde haue followed but they were forbidden shortly after they were called into the Castell where they were locked vp in a Towre with homely entertainment the nexte day the king gaue vnto Prince Edwarde the Maior and foure Aldermen y
Philippe de Labeche Iohn de Becke Henry de Laybourne these tenne and thrée score and twoo Knightes more were bestowed in dyuers prisons The Justiciers of Trailebaston in Essex sate vppon all Cron. of Dunsta Iustices of Trailebaston complayntes excepte Assises touchyng pleas of féed landes and others in the Kyngs Benche to bée pleaded who dydde abstaine theyr handes from all kindes of giftes And they dydde not onely refuse the giftes but also woulde not be called to the feastes and bankets of any man The thirde Wéeke after Easter a Parliament was Tho. de la Mâ—â—â— gathered at Yorke where Hughe Spencer the father was made Earle of Winchester vnto whome the Kyng gaue the Castell and Honour of Dunnington whiche was parcell of the Earledome of Lincolne Aboute the feast of Saint Iames the King wyth a great T. de la More Hen. Elanforde armye entred Scotland but the Scottes hauing destroyed all aâ—ore were retyred beyond the Scottishe Sea So that the King beyng oppressed bâ—â—â—mine retourned into Englande Addictions to Nich. Triuet Anno reg 15 whome the Scottes foll 〈…〉 and in a place of the Forrest of Blackamore they â—et 〈…〉 ng so that he hardly escaped There were taken the Earle of Richemond and the Lorde of Silicico the Frenche Kings Embassador and many other where vppon the Scottes spoyling al the Couâ—â—â—â— and brenning euen to Yorke they brent Ripon slew many Priests of the Colledge there but in Beuerley they hurte not a man for the Burgesses and Cannons dydde redéeme the same wyth foure hundreth poundes of sterling money And so the Scottes by reason of Winter made retourne being laden with spoyles Thys yeare the Kyng made Syr Andrewe Herkley Earle of Carlile and gaue hym landes in the Marches of Scotlande Richard Constantine Richard Hackeney the. 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Hamond Chickwell Peperer the 28. of October Aboute the feaste of the Purification of our Lady Andrewe de Herkeley late made Earle of Carlile vnder colour of peace fayned that he woulde marry Robert Bruis his sister Wherevppon the King reputing him a Traitor caused him to be taken by hys trusty friende Syr Anthony de Lucy and after he was disgraded of the Earledome by the taking away froÌ„ him the sword cutting off his spurs 1322 then hanged quartred at Carlile also the third of March his head was sent to London and his four quarters to foure seueral parts of this land The. xxx of May Aymer de Valence Earle of Penbroke Hugh Spencer the yonger Robert Baldocke Archdeacon of Midlesex sir William Herle Knight William de Aizewine Cannon of Yorke Galfride de Scrope were for King Edwarde of England sent to Newcastel vpon Tiâ—e where they met with William Bishop of Saint Andrewes Thomas Raâ—â—dâ— â—â— Earle of Mourt Iohn de Meteâ—h Robert de Lowther the Father Knights and maister Walter de Tromant Clearke for the King of Scottes there to talke of a final peace but when that wold not be they â—et to a truce which they agreed vpoÌ„ for xiij yeres which was proclaimed about the xj of June dated at Anno reg 16 Thorpe néere vnto Yorke Thys yere Phillip King of Fraunce dyed and his brother Charles succéeded him About the beginning of Auguste king Edwarde being at Pikering there came Ambassadors from the new French king the Lorde Benuille and sir Andrew de Florentia to cite the King to come to doe homage for â—â—yon Aquitaine and other lands which he helde of him and though Hugh Spencer the sonne Lorde Chamberlayne and Roberte Baldocke Lorde Chauncellour had procured the sayde Ambassadours not to declare theyr message to the King yet when they shoulde depart they did it admoniâ—hing him to come And the sayd syr Andrew de Florence being a Notarie made a publike instrument of the sayde Citation and admonition Iohn Grantham Richard of Ely the. 28 of Septem Sherifes Maior Tho. de la More Hamond Chickwel Peperer the. 28. of October The Frenche King made a processe againste the King of Englande And Charles de Valoys vncle to king Charles of Fraunce a most deadly enimy to Englishmen did seaâ—e on the Dukedome of Angue and the Countie of Portowe vnto the vse of his nephew the King At the length going forward to the towne of Ryall he founde it wel defended by Edmond of Woodstocke Earle of Kent betwixte whome a finall truce being taken to continue vntill suche time as it coulde be determined betwéene both the Kings as concerning peace and the towne being yelded vp both the armies departed home The next Lent in a Parliament holden at London Adam Tarleton Bishoppe of Hereforde was accused of treason but Henrie Blanford 1323 by the Archbishops of CaÌ„terburie Yorke and Dubline and their suffragan Bishoppes he was taken from the Barre and had away notwithstanding inquisition being made by lawefull men of that Country they founde y â— he had ayded the Mortimers with horsse and armour against the King wherevppon all hys Temporalities were seased into the kings hands In this Parliament the king graunted at petition of y â— Prelate that all the bodies of the noble men that were hanged on gallowes shoulde be taken downe and buried in ecclesiasticall Anno reg 17 sepulture The King also asked a subsidie of the cleargie and people for the redéeming of Iohn Britaigne Earle of Richmonde Adam Tarleton Bishop of Hereford being depriued of all hys temporall goods did hate the Spencers deadlye so dyd Henrie Burwashe of Lincolne and their friendes who withhelde Tho. de la More their handes only for reuerence of the King On Lammas daye Roger Mortimer of Wigmore by Henrie Blanford giuing to his kéepers a sléepe drinke escaped out of the Tower breaking through the wal and comming into y â— Kitchin neare adioyning to the Kings lodgings and getting out of the toppe thereof came to a Warde of the Tower and so with cordes knitte ladder-wise prepared afore hande by a friende of hys got to another Warde and so with greate feare got to the Thamis and with his helper and two moe of his counsell passed the riuer and auoyding the high wayes came to the sea and there finding a shippe passed ouer into Fraunce Adam of Salisburie Iohn of Oxforde the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior 1324 Tho. de la More Anno reg 18 Nicholas Farendon Goldsmith the. 28. of October The Kyng sente Ambassadours to the French Kyng the Byshoppes of Winchester and of Norwiche with Iohn of Brytaine Earle of Richmonde to take order for the Dukedome of Brytaine who after long debatings toke a certayne forme of peace with the King King Edwarde sente the Quéene hys wife vnto hyr brother The QueenseÌ„tâ— into Fraunce the French Kyng to establishe the peace who went ouer with a small company By hyr mediation a peace was fullye finished to witte that the Kyng of Englande should giue to his eldest sonne Edwarde the Dukedome of
one of them that made the shoute for ioy towards London where he was committed to the Tower and afterward condemned at Westminster in presence of the whole Parliament on Saint Andrewes euen next following and then drawne to the Elmes and there hanged on the common gallowes whereon he hung two dayes and two nightes by the Kings commandement and then was buryed in the Grey Friers Church He was condemned by his Péeres and yet neuer was brought to answere before them for it was not then the custome after the death of the Earles of Lancaster Winchester Glocester and Kent wherefore this Earle had that law him selfe which he appoynted for other The causes of his death laid against him were these First that he was consenting to the murthering of the Kings father Secondly for that he had receiued a great summe of money whereby the Kings honor was greatly abated at Stanhope Parke where he gaue a signe vnto the Scottes that they should flie Thirdly for that he caused certayne auntient déedes and Charters to be brent wherein the King of Scots stood bound vnto the King of Englande and especially for that he had caused a contraâ—t to be made betwixt the Kings sister and Dauid the sonne of Robert le Bruis Fourthly that he had vnprofitably consumed a greate deale of treasure which he found in the kings treasurie and in the treasurie of the Earles of Winchester and Glocester Fiftly for appropriating vnto himselfe the wardes and mariages of all England Sixtly for being an euill counseller to the King and to the Quéene mother and for being ouermuch familiar No Iustice with hir There died with him his friends Simon de Burford Knight brother to Sir William Burford that was Justice Anno reg 4. Iohn Deuerell Esquier who was desirous to haue made open confession of the Kings fathers cruell death but he could not be suffered King Edward the Bishop of Winchester Wil. Mountacute and very few others passed ouer 1â—â—0 Sea like as they had bin Merchants hauing with hym scarse xv horsemen He left Iohn of Eltham his brother Protector of the Realme He returned againe about the beginning of April and then helde a great Turniament at Dertford in Kent The xv of June was borne vnto king Edward Turniament aâ— Dertford Edvvard the blacke Prince borne his first sonne at Wodstoke who was after named Edwarde the blacke Prince The K. tooke into his hands all y e lands assigned to his mother and only left hir a 1000. pound the yeare About Michaelmas there was very solemne iusting of all the stoute Earles Barons and Nobles at London in Cheape betwixt the great Crosse and the great Conduit Turniament in Cheape at London Adam Meri Ro. Auesbery nigh Soper Lane which lasted thrée dayes where the Quéene Phillip with many Ladyes fell from a Stage notwithstanding they were not hurt at all wherefore the Quéene tooke greate care to saue the Carpenters from punishmente and through hir prayer whiche she made an hir knées she pacifyed the King and Counsell whereby shée purchased greate loue of the people Robert of Ely Thomas Whorwode the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Saint Lavvrence Pultney Sir Iohn Pultney Draper the 28. of October This Sir Iohn Pultney builded the Colledge in London called Saint Laurence Pultney and little Alhallowes a Parish Churche in Thamis streete and also the Carmelite Regist Carmil Friers Church in Couentrie Such a wet Sommer with excéeding rayne was this Late Haruest yeare that the Corne in the field could not ripe so that in many places they began not Haruest till Michaelmas The house of Croxton got not in their Wheate till Hallontide W. Sheepeshed and their Pease not before S. Andrewes tide The Monkes on Alhallowen day and Martelmas day were serued with Pease gréene in the coddes in stead of Peares and Apples King Edward held a solemne Christmas at Welles which Anno reg 5. he continued till the feast of the Epiphany where was manye strange and sumptuous shewes made 1331 In the beginning of August Edward Bailioll sonne and heire to Iohn King of Scottes came into England which Edward had bin before that time banished out of Scotland At his comming he declared what right he had in the Kingdome Henry Beawmont Earle of Bohune Gilbert Vmfreuill Earle of Angus Dauid Earle of Athels Richard Talbot Ralph Baron of Stafford Fulx Fitz Williams with many other noble men affirming they had right of inheritance in Scotland desired licence and ayde of the King of Englande to recouer the sayd Kingdome and landes due to them but the King hauing regard of the peace lately made and also for his sisters sake Quéene of Scottes woulde not suffer them to leade an armie through his lande wherefore the sayde Lordes getting a Fléete of Shippes entred the Sea and sayling toward Scotland landed at Kinkehorne where the Earle of Fife and Robert Bruse Bastard sonne to Robert Bruse with tenne thousand Scottes resisted them néere vnto Dunfermeling but the Englishmen put them to flight and slew many Afterward to wéete on Saint Lawrence day they had a sore conflict at Gledesmore where two thousand Englishmen ouercame fortie thousand Scottes By reason of the great throng of the multitude amongst themselues fiue Earles and many other were thronged to death On the morrow the Englishmen tooke the Towne of Saint Iohns well furnished with victualles The seauen and twentith of September Edward Baylioll Edvvard Baylioll resigned the Crovvne of Scotland to King Edvvarde of England Sherifes Maior Hospitall at Leycester was Crowned King of Scottes but afterward he resigned it to King Edward of England and remayned vnder his protection many yeares after Iohn Mocking Andrew Aubury the 28. of September Sir Iohn Poultney Draper the 28. of October Henry Earle of Lancaster and of Leycester high Steward of England founded the new Hospitall by the Castell of Leycester wherein were one hundred poore impotent people prouided for with all things necessarie Edward Baylioll and the foresayde Lords and Nobles Anno reg 6. Iohn Maundeuill continued the warres in Scotland vnto whome came many other noblemen of the Realme of England voluntarily seruing of their owne charges and beséeged Berwike The King of England gathered a great power and beséeged 1â—â—2 Berwike which at length was yéelded for want of victualles During this séege the Scottes sought many wayes to remoue the same leuying a great army ouer all Scotland but comming to the séege they could not bring their purpose to effect yet still prouoking the Kings army to battell wherevpon at length the two armies appoynted to fight and setting out vpon Halidowne hill there commeth forth of the Scottes Campe a certayne stout Champion of greate stature who for a facte by him done was called Turnebull he standing in the midst betwixte the two armies Callenge of Combate challenged all the Englishmen any one of them to fight with him a Combate at
leÌ„gth one Robert Venâ—â—e Knight a Nonffolke man requesting licence of the King being armed with his sword drawne marcheth toward the Champion méeting by the way a certayne blacke mastife Dogge Turnebull a callenger ouercome in combate which wayted on the Champion whome with his sworde he suddaynely strake and cut him off at his loynes at the sight whereof the mayster of the Dogge slayne was much abashed and in his battayle more warie and fearefull whose left hande and head also afterwarde this worthye Knight cut off After this Combate both the armies met but they fighting scarce halfe an houre certayne of the Scottes béeing slayne they closed their armie which was in thrée all into one battayle but at length fléeing the King followed them taking and chacing them into lakes and pittes for the space of fiue miles There were slayne of them eyght Earles 1300. Horsemen and of common Souldioures 35000. at a place by Berwike called Bothull néere vnto Halidon In the meane season the Scottes had beséeged the Castell of Kambrugh in which at that time the Quéene was but when they heard of the victorie aforesaid they lefte the séege and fledde The Townesmen of Berwike yéelded to the King Edvvarde vvan Barvvike King of England both the Castell and the Towne who placing garrisons there he sent Edward Baylioll and other nobles to kéepe the Realme of Scotland Earle Patritius in the next Parliament holden at Yorke made fealtie and did homage vnto the King by oth who receyued of the King for yéelding vp of Berwike vnto him many honors and preferments notwithstanding this Earle returned againe to Rebellion who holding Dunbar against the King was beséeged by William Mountacute Earle of Salisburie This yeare William Elsing Mercer of London obteyning Rising Spittle 1. Leyland the Kings licence made a new Hospitall of an olde house of Nunnes by Creeplegate within the wall of London â—iber trinitate and placing Chanons Regular there he became their first Priour endowing the same with Lands for the reléefe of the poore and impotent Nicholas Pike Iohn Husband the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Preston Draper the 28. of October Adam Tarleton first Bishop of Hereford then of Worcester Anno reg 7. is now translated to Winchester Edward Bayholl King of Scottes held a Parliamente at 1333 Gallowey to the which came the noble men of Englande and made clayme for their landes and possessions whiche they had in Scotland and so returned peaceably into their Countrey King Edward kept his Christmas at Wallingford The Quéene was deliuered of a daughter named Isabell at Wodstoke The King sommoned a Parliamente to be holden at Yorke the same to begin on Monday the seconde wéeke of Lent to the which Parliament the King of Scottes called Conquerour although he were warned to be there yet he came not but sent messengers to excuse him to wéete Henry de Bellemount and William Montacute Earles certaine other Barons and Knightes who signified that the King of Scottes Conquerour coulde not be there withoute great danger for that certaine Scottes lay in the Ilands ready to do him domage At the feast of Saint Iohn Baptist the said King of Scottes King of Scottes did homage Conquerour did his homage to King Edward of England at Newcastell vpon Tine and not long after that King Edward tooke homage of the Duke of Briteine for the Earledome of Richmont In a Parliament at London it was tolde the King that the Scottes had taken Richard Talbot sixe other knightes and had slayne many footemen wherefore the King tooke a fiftéenth of the Laytie and a tenth of the Cleargie to the intente the malice of the Scottes mought bée brideled Iohn Hamond William Hausard the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Poultney Draper the 28 of October King Edwarde wente toward the Marches of Scotland and wintered in those coastes but vnderstanding that the Earle Dassels was trayterously turned to the Scots Henry Bellemount beséeged by the Scottes he entred Scotland and reysed the séege and then kept his Christmas at Roxborow Anno reg 8. Presently after the feast of the Epiphany the French King sente messengers to King Edward to wéete the Bishop of Aur enges and certayne Lordes to treate a peace for the Scottes who wayted for an answere in Englande till Midlent and then at Nottingham a truce was granted vnto them vntill the feast of Saint Iohn next comming that in the meane time a Parliament might be holden of matters 1334 concerning peace and the state of both the Kingdomes in which Parliament holden at Yorke it was decréed that the King shoulde passe with his armie through Scotlande beyond the Scottish Seas the which thing was quickly performed and done but the Scottes desirous to fight a fielde they fayned that they woulde haue peace to obteyne the which many came aboute the feast of Saint Michaell and chiefely the Earle of Dascels wherevpon it came to passe that afterward the Earle of Morefe being taken prisoner at Edenborough was sente to be kept prisoner in England and Richard Talbot was ransomed for two thousand fiue hundred Markes but the Earle of Dascels willing to shew that he was truly reuolted to the King of England rode againste the Scottes at the séege of a certayne Castell and falling into the hands of his enimies bycause he woulde not yéeld he was slayne with thirtéene of his men After the feast of Saint Michaell the King continuing still in the Marches of Scotlande was dayly entreated by messengers from the French King concerning some peace to be made About the feast of Saint Martine Edwarde Bohune a noble man was drowned in the marches of Scotland for as he was driuing a bootie of Cattell ouer a Riuer he felte himselfe in danger causing his guide to ride before hym through the water where through the smoothnesse of the stone whereon the water ranne his guide not being able to take sure footing fell downe with his mayster being armed and before any help could come they were drowned in the bottome of the Channell Iohn Archbishop of Canterburie went ouer the Sea to Phillip de Valoys King of France requesting of him the continuance of peace and amitie betwixt the two Kingdomes to be mainteyned Secondly that all Townes and Castels taken before time by his father should be restored to the King of England Thirdly that the sayde French King should sweare neuer to giue ayde to the Scottes agaynst the King of Englande vnder which conditions the two Kings of both Realmes shoulde prepare to trauell towardes the holy lande and to fight agaynst the enimies of Christ But the French King accompted the King of Englande not worthie of his friendship so long as he continued warres against the Scottes his friendes whome he sayde were iust men Unto the seconde petition he woulde not otherwise consente therevnto than if all charges were repayde agayne which his father Charles de
to the I le of Wight and sodainly entred it but sir Peter Russel Knight méeting them with the people of that I le put them backe again and made them to flée staying manye of them in the which skirmish the sayde knight was wounded wherof he dyed These Pirates sayled theÌ„ce toward the coast of Deuonshire and comming to Teygnemouth they sette fire on the Towne and brent it from thence they sayled towardes Plimouth which towne was so defended that they coulde not hurte it but burnt the farmes and fayre places nigh adioyning and toke a knight prisoner whom they caried with them The same yeare king Edward besieged Turney but vpon entreatie made by the Frenche a truce was taken from Michaelmasse til midsommer wherfore the king comming to Gaunt in Flaunders stayed there looking for money out of England which came not Adam Lucas Bartholmew Maris the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Andrew Auburie Grocer the. 28 of October King Edwarde with eight of his men fayning that hée woulde ride abrode for his pleasure secretly came into â—elande where taking shippe after he had sayled thrée dayes and thrée nightes on Saint Andrewes day at night aboute the Cock crowing he entred the Tower of LondoÌ„ by water being wayted on by the Earle of Northampton Nicholas CaÌ„tilopo Reignalde Cobham Giles de Bello Campo Iohn de Bello Campo Knightes William Killesby and Phillippe Weston Priestes earely in the morning he sent for his chaÌ„cellour treasurer and Justices then being at London and the Bishop of Chichester being his Chauncellour and the Bishop of Couentrie his Treasurer he put out of office minding also to haue sent them into Flaunders to haue ben pledges for money he owed there but the Bishoppe of Chichester declared vnto him what daunger might insue to hym by the Canons of the Churche whervpon the King dismissed them out of the Tower but as concerning the high Justices to witte Iohn Lorde Stoner Robert Lord Willowby William Lorde Scharshel and especially Nicholas Lord Bech who before that time was Lieutenant of the Tower of London and sir Iohn Molens Knight with certaine marchaunt men as Iohn Poultney William Pole and Richard his brother and the Chauncellours chiefe Clearkes to witte Maister Iohn de Saint Paule Michael Wathe Henrie Stafforde and certaine of the Exchequer as Maister Iohn Thorpe with many other moe the king commaunded to be imprisoned some in one place some in another neyther woulde he suffer them to be discharged thence til hée were throughlye pacified of his anger conceyued for not sendyng the money whiche shoulde haue serued at the siege of Torney This yeare about Christmas Henrie Bishoppe of Lincolne and Geffrey Lord Scrope chiefe Justiciar to the kyng and his chiefe Counseller dyed at Gaunt Anno reg 15 King Edwarde kept his Christmasse at Gildforde and after that a great Justing at Reading Also at Candlemasse hée kept a greate iusting at Langley for the honor of the noble men of Vasconâ—a which he trayned vp there in feates of war He made Robert de Boursier Knight Lord Chancellour of Englande and Robert Parnike Knighte Treasurer the one to succéede the other Also he sent out Justiciars that Iustice of Tralâ— baston shoulde set in euerye shire to enquyre concerning the collectours of the tenthes and fiftéenthes and of wools and to ouersée al officers And bicause the Citie of London would not suffer that any such officers should set as Justices within theyr Citie as inquisitours of suche matters contrarie to theyr liberties the King prouided that those Justices shoulde holde theyr Sessions in the Tower of London to make inquisition of the domages of the Londoners but bycause the Londoners woulde not aunswere there vntill theyr liberties were fully confirmed neyther anye suche confirmation coulde be had eyther of the King or his Chauncellour touching Writs and Charters in the Towre there rose thereof suche a greate tumulte that the Justicies appointed there to sit fayned that they woulde holde no session there till after Easter Wherevpon the king being highly offended for the sayde tumult and desirous to know the names of them that had raysed it coulde not vnderstande but that they were certaine meane persons who claymed theyr liberties wherevpon the King being pacified of his troubled minde forgaue all the offences committed by the Londoners the Justices breaking vp all theyr sitting touching the sayde place 1â—41 Parliament at London This yeare within the quindene of Easter a Parliamente was holden at London wherein the Earles and nobles of the Realme with the commons and others amongst other things requested that the Charter called Magna Carta and Carta Foresta with all other liberties béelonging to the Churche and kingdome should be obserued and that the officers and chiefe Rulers of the Kings house shoulde be chosen by the Péeres of the Realme in the Parliament but these peticions the king would not confirme nor could not abide to heare talked off About the beginning of the moneth of Julye Kyng Edwarde receyued letters from Lodowike Duke of Bauarie vsurper of the Romaine Empyre in the whyche pretendyng friendshippe betwixt him and Phillip the French King hée signifyed that those warres whyche the King of England had begonne in Fraunce did greately mislike him and therefore desired that there shoulde be concorde and amitie betwixte the Kings of both Realmes the whyche to bée performed he offered to bestowe some labour requestyng Kyng Edwardes letters of aucthoritie thereof to treate and to conclude a truce for one yeare or twaine towarde the ende of whiche letter he addeth these wordes The deputation and Lieutenauntship whiche we gaue vnto you we do for diuersâ— and sundry causes reuoke again Dated at Frankeford the fourtéenth of June in the seauen and twentith of â—ure raign and of our Empire the fourtéenth To the which letters king Edwarde wrote an inscription in sorte as followeth To the renoumed Prince Lodowicke by the grace of God Romaine Emperour alwayes Augustus Edwarde by the same grace king of Fraunce and Englande and Lorde of Ireland c. Richard de Barking Iohn de Rokesley the. 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Iohn of Oxford Vintener the. 28. of October This yeare Iohn Maluerne fellowe of Oriall Colledge in Oxford made and finished his booke entituled The Visions of Pierce Plowman Tho. de la More King Edwarde gaue the Earledome of Cambridge to Iohn Lord Henault vncle to Quéene Phillip and after kept Anno reg 16 his feast of Saint Katherine at Newcastel and his Christmas also Untill this time Dauid king of Scottes threatned to leuie an armie and to enter the lande wherevpon king Edwarde entred Scotland and followed after Dauid who fled before him beyonde the Scottish sea wasting and spoyling al as he went except Castels and Marishes in the which the Scottes togither with Dauid theyr king hyd themselues And William Mountacute Earle of Salisburie hauing gotten 1342 a greate fléete entred an Iland belonging to
â—â—nall peace vnlesse that Caleis were restored to theÌ„ againe which would not be granted and the truce whiche was taken for a yeare was so continued But the Earle of Flanders who would not in any case receyue conditions of peace vnlesse the French King were quite forsaken notwithstanding his solemne oth not long after entred into Flanders with a great power of Frenchmen burning and killing where euer he came but the people of the Countrey with a few Englishmen withstoode him stoutely and gaue him a sore skirmish in the which beside that many Frenchmen were slayne the Earle himselfe was forced to flie for the whiche worthy acte many Knightes were made amongst the which was Iohn de Filebert and English man In the feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn the Quéene was purified at Windesore where were solemne Iustes and running at the Tilt at the which Dauid King of Scottes Iustes at VVindsore was present and the Earle of Ewe the Lord Tankeruill Lord Charles de Valoys and many other Strangers captiues who by the Kings licence were permitted to runne also at the Tilte at the which pastime the price of the field was adiudged to the Earle of Ewe After in Sommer season these Strangers passed their time in hunting in the company of the King and other nobles of the Realme at Claringdon in Wiltshire nigh Salisburie and in diuers other Forrestes Whiles the King was thus occupyed the Frenchmen notwithstanding the truce entred the marches of Britaine but the sonnes of Sabater with a few other who went out a forraging tooke Thomas Dagworth Knight a man of great experience who but with a few men to wéete sixtéene armed men entred the woodde against these robbers and inuaded them slaying to the number of thrée hundred but at the length being stricken fiue times in the face with Quarels Sir Thomas Dagvvorth slayne all his men being first slayne he himselfe was thrust through the body with a sword Adam of Burie Ralph of Linne the. 28 of September Sherifes Maior Ro. Auesbery Adam Merâ— William Turke Fishmonger the. 28. of October About the feast of Saint Michael more than 120. persons of Sealande and Hollande comming through Flaunders vnto London sometime in the Church of Saint Paule sometyme in other places of the Citie twice in the day in the sighte of all people from the loynes vnto the héeles couered in lynnen A bloudy Procession of publicans clothe all the rest of their bodies being bare hauing on theyr heades hats with red crosses before and behinde euery one in their right handes a whip with thrée cordes eache corde hauing a knotte in the middest beat themselues on theyr bare bloudie bodies going in procession foure of them singing in theyr owne language all the other aunswering them The same yeare the Earle of Lancaster the Barons of Stafforde and Greystocke also the heires of the Lordes Percy and Neuel and the Lord Burniual with Barthelmew Burwash and diuerse other about the feast of Al-saintes passed ouer sea into Gascoign to delay the furious vprore that Iohn de Valoys sonne to the French king had made in that dukedome greatly spoyling and wasting the same Also the kings counsel ordained that none of the kings Justices during the time of their offices shoulde receyue any fée gift or reward of any man except it were of the king himselfe Also thys yeare in the Countie of Oxforde nyghe vnto A Serpent vvith tvvo heades in Oxfordshire a towne called Chippingnorton there was founde a Serpent hauing two heades and faces like women and being shaped after the newe tyre of that time another after the manner of the old attyre and it had great wings after the manner of a Flyndermouse or Bat. About the feast of Al-sainctes kyng Edwarde beyng accompanyed K. Edvvarde sayled tovvards Flaunders with the Earle of Lancaster and Southfolke and diuerse others passed ouer the seas into Flaunders and theÌ„ce leading his armie towardes Fraunce the French men made meanes vnto him to renewe their truce and nowe the Earle of Flaunders submitted himselfe the thirde time vnto the kings mercie and dominion Then the king returning toward Englande to solemnizate the translation of S. Thomas the Confessour and Bishoppe of Hereforde dyd wyth his presence and Nobilitye honoure the same to the greate expences of Nicholas Cantulupus Baron and cousin to the sayde Saint Thomas during whiche feaste and solemnitie it was signified to the King by the Secretaries of Emericus of Padua who was a féed manne to the king of Calleis like to haue bin betrayed Englande that on the fourtéenth day of Januarie nexte comming Geffrey Cherney Knight and manye other Frenche men shoulde be receyued into Caleis vnto whom the sayd towne was solde by the sayde Emericus but the Towne beyng presentlye rescued by king Edwarde the sayde Emericus of Padua with other Genoways coÌ„tinued in Caleis beyng maintayned there at the costes of the Frenche king againste the king of Englande when he besieged it who also after the yéelding of it to the King of England being pardoned bothe of life and lymme from thenceforth continued and dwelte as a féed man of the kyngs in the sayde Towne for the defence thereof At that tyme the sayde Geffrey was Lorde of Matas a man more skylfull in warfare than anye Frenche man in Fraunce Wherefore he was greatelye estéemed euen to the time of his death This craftie deuiser indeuored by his letters wherin he made promise of large giftes of golde and other sophisticall perswasitions quite to subuert the fayth and loyaltie of the sayde Emericus Finally thys craftie deuiser agréed with this false man that for twentie thousande French crownes he shoulde lette in the Frenche menne to the Towne and as muche as laye in hym delyuer vppe to the Frenche menne both the Towne and Castell This bargaine being most traytorously made by othe and breaking of y e Sacrament betwixt them yet all this notwythstanding he wrote letters vnto the Kyng touching the state of the whole matter but verye priuilye howe that hée was readie to shewe friendshippe to the Frenche menne yet meanyng to make frustrate theyr purpose whereby they shoulde be conuicted of breakyng the truce and also manye of them shoulde be taken to bée raunsomed wherefore kyng Edwarde spéedilye passed ouer beyng accompanyed wyth hys eldest Sonne the Earle of Marche and a fewe other commyng before the tyme appoynted for the yéeldyng of the Towne certayne dayes Therefore Anno reg 24 hée beyng come to Callayes hée sayde certayne men of armes wythin the Uaultes whyche were betwixte the outter gate and the inner parte of the Castell buyldyng a thinne and stender Wall before them newelye sette vppe not made of Playster but of counterâ—ayte matter whyche ioyned to the other Wal craftilye deuised and made like the olde worke so that no manne woulde Judge that that anye were enclosed therin Also he caused the maynepostes of the drawe bridge to bée sawed
therof came to death and destruction neither Eustachius himselfe escaped scot frée froÌ„ the snares for he within a while after being taken by the French men was burned aliue with a hotte yron and degraded froÌ„ the order of Knighthood by the cutting off his héeles and depriuing of his tong by alsitioÌ„ afterward he was haÌ„ged vp and laste of all beheaded and quartered receyuing iust punishment for his treason and false forswearing This yeare the Lord Furâ—uall giuing a rash enterprise vpon his enimies was taken prisoner in Gascoign Not long after king Edwarde prepared to make a voyage into France but the Earle of Lancaster returning out of Gascoigne signied that there was a truce taken by him by reason whereof the passage prepared by the king was layde aside This yeare on Saint Georges day the kiug held a great Tho. de la Morâ— Great feast at VVindsor of Saint George solemne feaste at his Castel of Windsor where he had augmented the Chappell which Henrie the firste and other hys progenitors kings of England had before erected of eight Canons he added to those eight Chanons a Deane fiftéene Chanons more and. xxiiij poore and impotent Knightes with other ministers and seruauntes as appeareth in his Tho. Walsing Ex charta regia First founders of the noble order of the Garter Records of the Garter Charter Dated the two and twentith of hys raigne Besides the king there were other also that were contributors to the foundation of this Colledge as followeth 1 The soueraigne King Edward the thirde 2 Edward his eldest sonne Prince of Wales 3 Henrie Duke of Lancaster 4 The Erle of Warwicke 5 Captain de Bouch. 6 Ralph Erle of Stafforde 7 William Montacute Erle of Salisburie 8 Roger Lord Mortimer Erle of March 9 Sir Iohn de Lisle 10 Sir Bartholmew Burwash 11 Sir Iohn Beauchampe 12 Sir Iohn de Mahune 13 Sir Hugh Courtney 14 Sir Thomas Hollande 15 Sir Iohn Grey 16 Sir Richard Fitz Simon 17 Sir Miles Stapleton 18 Sir Thomas Walle 19 Sir Hugh Wrothesley 20 Sir Nele Lering 21 Sir Iohn Chandos 22 Sir Iames de Audley 23 Sir Othes Hollande 24 Sir Henrie Eme. 25 Sir Sechet Dabridgecourte 26 Sir William Panell Al these togither with the King were clothed in gownes Tho. de la More of Russet poudered in gartiers blew wearing the like garters also on their right legges and mantels of blewe with First feast of Saint George scutcheons of Saint George In this sort of apparell they being bareheaded heard Masse which was celebrat by Simon Islipe Archbishop of Canterburie and the Bishops of Winchester and Excester and afterwardes they went to the feaste setting themselues orderlye at the Table for the honoure of the feast which they named to be of Saint George the Martyre and the chosing of the Knightes of the Garter In the Sommer following variaunce rysing betwéene the fléetes of Englande and Spaine the Spaniardes besette the Brytaine Sea with foure and fortie great ships of warre with the whiche they sonke ten English ships comming froÌ„ Gascoigne towardes Englande after they had taken and spoyled them thus their former iniuries being reuenged they entred into Sluce in Flaunders King Edwarde vnderstanding hereof furnished his nauie of fiftie shippes and Pinaces forecasting to méete wyth the Spaniardes in theyr returne hauing in his companye the Prince of Wales the Earles of Lancaster Northampton Warwicke Salisburie Arundale Huntington Glocester and other Barons and Knightes with their seruauntes and Archers and vpon the feast of the decolatioÌ„ of Saint Iohna about Euensong Ro. de Auesbery time the Nauies met at Winchelsea wher the great Spanish vessels surmounting our shippes and foystes like as Castels to cotages sharply asâ—ayled our men y e stone quarels flying froÌ„ the the tops sore cruelly wounded our meÌ„ who no lesse busie to fight alofe with launce and sword Battaile on the Sea with the foreward manfully defende themselues at length our archers perced theyr Arbalisters with a further retch thaÌ„ they coulde strike againe and thereby compelled them to forsake their place and caused other fighting from the Hatches to shade themselues with tables of the ships and compelled them that threwe stones from the toppes so to hyde theÌ„ that they durst not shew theyr heads but tumble down then our men enfring y e Spanish Uessels with swords Halberds killed those they met w tin a whyle make voyd y â— vessels furnish them wyth English men vntil they being beset with darknesse of the night could not decern the. xxvij yet remayning vntaken our men cast ancker studying of the hoped battayle supposing nothing finished whilest any thing remayned vndone dressing the wounded throwing the myserable Spaniards into the Sea refreshing themselues with victualles and sléepe yet committing the vigilant watche to the armed bande The night ouerpassed the Englishe men prepared but in vaine to a new battayle but when the sunne began to appeare they viewing the seas coulde perceyue no signe of resistaunce for xxvij shippes fléeing away by nighte lefte xvij spoyled in the euening to the kyngs pleasure but agaynste theyr wil. The King returned into England with victorie and triumphe the King preferred there 80. noble ympes to the order of Knighthoode greatlye bewayling the losse of one to witte sir Richard Goldesborough Knight Thys yeare Phillippe de Valoys Frenche Kyng Phillip the freÌ„ch king died deceased and hys eldest Sonne Iohn was crouned Iohn Notte William Worcester the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Richard Killingburie the. 28. of October Two hyred souldiours of the Kyng of Armenia came into Englande into the presence of the King where they shewed the letters of the aforesayde King of Armenia wherein it was signified that the one of them to witte Iohn de Viscount a man borne in Cipres had slanderouâ—ly charged the other that is Thomas de la Marche a Frenche man borne and bastarde sonne to Phillippe late King of Fraunce saying that the sayde Thomas shoulde haue receyued of the Turkes a certaine some of Golde for the betraying the armye of the Christians vnto the Emperour of the Turkes and for the proofe of this slaunder this Iohn chalenged a combat wyth the sayde Thomas to be tryed by the iudgement of Edward King of Englande and that by him as by a moste worthy Prince all strife shoulde be ended For this therefore were these two worthy souldiours appointed to fight which they performed within the listes of the Kings Pallace at Westminster on Mondaye nexte following after the feaste of Saint Michael where Thomas in declaration of hys innocencie in that he was accused of ouercame his enimye but yet killed him not for he could not bycause he was not able to wounde hym beyng so armed with anye kynde of piercing weapon except it were in hys face whiche was bare For after that they hadde runne at the Tilte and foughte on foote as they were striuing togither on the
fiue hundred whose coatearmours were brought away the number of commoÌ„s were not compted There were takeÌ„ the Lord of Brusebeke sonne of the Marshall Bertram also Tristram de Maleis also the Lord of Maletret the Uicount of Comaine Geffrey de Graues William de la Vall Charles Darchesill Iohn de Bause and other Knightes with Bachelers aboue 130. This armie of the Frenchmen vnder the conduct of the sayde Marshall of purpose deuised by him was so besette on the backehalfe with the stéepenesse of a Mountayne that flie they could not to the end that hope of flight being takeÌ„ from them their courage to fight might y e more encrease There were many of those Knightes surnamed of the Starre who Knightes of the Staâ—â—e in their profession had conspired neuer to turne their fearefull backes to their enimies of which number of Knightes there were among them slayne and taken numbred xlv From that dangerous encounter few escaped vnhurt and among other the foresayd Walter Bentley Captayne was sore wounded who commanded thirtie archers to be condemned for that in the greatest heate of the fight they fledde The Earle of Stafford also entered into Gascoigne where encountering with a greate armie of the Frenchmen that were issued forth of the fortresse of Gagent he discomfited tooke and chased them about the Natiuitie of our Lady there was taken that valiant Knight â—ruse Gaude and seauen Knightes of the Starre Shortly after dyed Iohn Dediaseles and Thomas Wale Knightes of greate valor Iohn Peâ—che Iohn Stotley the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Adam Francis Mercer the 28. of October The same yeare it being heard that Pirats troubled the Seas there were seauen Shippes of warre ordeyned certayne Pinesses attending vpon them ouer the whiche were Admiralles Thomas Cooke and Richard Tottlesham Knightes who scoured the Seas about the coast of Picardie and Normandie but before the feast of Saint George they returned as they wished Whilest these things were a doing by Sea and Lande Otto sonne to the Duke of Brunswike the French Kings féed Otto of Brunsvvike chalengeth to combate vvith the Duke of Lancaster before the French King at Paris man sent letters to the Duke of Lancaster being returned out of Spruce by the tenour whereof he accused him affirming that as he returned out of Spruce by Colein he malitiouslie informed the Coleners that the sayd Otto went about by stealth to haue taken him prisoner and to haue presented him to the French King adding héerevnto that bycause he neuer meant any such taking of him he was ready in declaration of his good name by a singular Combate onely in the French Kings Court to proue the Duke of Lancaster a lyar touching the sayd Article The Letters were not sealed and therefore least it might haue bin thought follie to haue giuen credite to the letter deliuered by a seruant the Duke sent vnto Otto two Knightes to learne the cause of the chalenge and to demaund thereof his letters patentes sealed with his seale of armes which Knightes accomplishing the effect of their iourney and returning with spéede the Duke sent to the French King for a safe conduct for himselfe and his men and with much ado obteyning it he went to Paris where in the listes in presence of the French King the King of Nauarre and the Duke of Burgoigne and many Péeres and other of the Realme of France he mounted on his stéede in séemely wise readie in all signes without default to trie the Combate and so stayde till his aduersarie was readie and the voyce of the Herault and Canton to be had by their common othe for the assurance of his word and to obey the Law On the contrary parte the sayde Otto scarcely was set on his Horse was not able decently to set on his helmet nor to wéelde his Speare or else he fayned whose vnablenesse béeing perceyued by the French King the King of Nauarre and other the Kyng tooke the quarrell into hys handes wherevpon Otto was commaunded first to departe the listes and so wente hys way but the Duke abode still within them After this by commandement of the Frenche King Otto sware that he should neuer after that day appeach the Duke of Lancaster of that Article and so from thence the Duke returned home by Zeland After the Epiphanie a Parliament was holden at Westminster Anno reg 27 Parliament at VVestminster wherin an ordinaÌ„ce was made at the instance of the Londoners that no knowne where should weare froÌ„ thenceforth any hoode excepte reyed or striped of diuers coulours Apparell appoynted to harlots nor Furre but garmentes reuersed or turned the wrong syde outwarde vppon payne to forfeyte the same This yeare the dearth of Corne by them of Ireland and the Irishmen that brought in Corne to sell vnto diuers Hauens of the Realme was aâ—waged to the great reléefe of the people King Edward altered the Chappell which his progenitors before had founded of Saint Stephen at Westminster into a Colledge of twelue secular Canons twelue Uicars other Ministers accordingly and endewed it with reuenewes Saint Stephens Chappell at VVestminster Ex Carta 1353 to the summe of fiue hundred pound by yeare The morrow after Saint Matthies day began a Parliament wherein it was ordeined that the Staple of wooll before kept in Flanders at Bridges should from thencefoorth be holden in diuers partes of England Wales and Ireland as at Staples of VVoll to be kept in England Newcastell Yorke Lincolne Canterbury Norwich Westminster Chichester Winchester Excester Bristow and Carmarden The Earle of Northampton went into Scotland wyth a great company of armed men and Archers where he rode through the marches and enforced y e Castell of Loghmaban and other fortresses to yéeld and tooke the Scottes that were layde in ambushes He also held a treatie of peace with the Scottes who gladly would haue redéemed their King and made a perpetuall peace with the Englishmen but yet so as the King of Scottes should not hold his land of the King of England William Weld Iohn Little the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Adam Francis Mercer the 28. of October Innocent the 6. for the desire of peace sent the Cardinal of Bononi to Caleis to heare the treatie of the finall peace betwixt Treatie of peace the Kingdomes of England and France to whome repaired the Counsellours of both Realmes with full authoritie to treate and constitute the conditions of the same peace and at length they agréed vpon this poynt that the King of Englande should resigne all his right that he had to the Realme of France and remitte it to the French King and should haue therefore the Dutchie of Aquitayne and the Counties of Artoys and of Guisnes for him and his successors Kings of England without that he should holde the Counties same of the French King in any manner of wise To these conditions the King of England gaue his consente and for the assurance
emptied their quiuers in vain being armed only with swords and Targets are fayn to encounter with them that were laden with armour Then bestirreth hymselfe the worthye Prince of Wales cutting and hewing the French men with a sharp sword In the mean time Captain de la Buch marcheth a compasse about vnder the hangyng of the Hil which he with the Prince a little before forsoke and priuily compassing about the fielde at the length commeth close vnder the place where the Frenche Campe laye from thence he ascended to the toppe of the Hill that waye whiche the French men had beaten with theyr trauayle and so sodainely breaking forth vnloked for and shewing by the ensigne of Saint George that he was our friend the Prince with great courage giueth a freshe charge on the French armye being desirous to breake their ranckes before the captaine aforesayde shoulde set on the side of the battayle The Prince lustilye encountring with his enimies goeth into the middle of the throng and where he séeth most companye there hée layeth aboute hym on euerye side In the meane time on the other side his friends which serued with Captaine de la Buche were at the backes of the enimies beating down and killing without pittie and the Archers also placed for the purpose shot so thick wounding the backes and sides of the French men in suche sorte that the forme of the battayle was quite spoyled neyther could they put themselues in order or array any more This was the courage of the Prince who at the lenghth thrusteth thorough the throngs of them that guarded the Frenche Kyng then shoulde you sée an auntient beginne to nod and stumble the bearers of them to fall downe the bloud of flaues and Princes ran mingled togither into the waters whiche were nigh In like sort the Bore of Cornwal rageth who séeketh to haue none other way to the French Kings standard thaÌ„ by bloud only but when they came there they met w t a â—oÌ„pany of stout men to withstand them the English meÌ„ fight the Frenche men also lay on but at length Fortune making hast to turne hir whéele the Prince preaceth forewarde on his enimies and like a fierce Lion beating down the proud he came to yéelding vp of the French Kyng The French men being scattered abroade in the fieldes of Poycers perceyuing that the standard with the flouerdeluce was beaten down fledde with all spéede towards the Towne which was not farre off the Englishe menne perceyuing them to be fléeing though themselues were eyther sore wounded or wearied followed them in chase euen to the gates of Poyters wher in a great skirmishe and verie daungerous they slewe a great number of French men At the last our meÌ„ being called back by retreate with y e sound of trumpet assembling togither there were diuerse Pauilians and tentes set vp in the fieldes and the whole company being throughlye comforted wyth this victorie gaue theyr whole endeauour to prouide for them that were wounded for the quiet rest of them that wer wearied for safe kéeping of them that wer taken prisoners and for the refreshing of them that were almoste famished vntill they had ful vnderstanding who and how many were wanting among them which were founde halfe dead was founde the Lord Iames Dawdeley by reason of his broade bucklet and being caried in the armes of his souldiours was brought to the Princes lodging and the Prince hymselfe rise from his supper and came to him and caused him to be stripped and layd in a soft bedde and being somewhat better come to his remembraunce the Prince comforted him swearing vnto him that he had the Frenche King yéelded vnto him whiche newes when the languishing Noble man hearde he streight wayes reuiued The Prince returning to the French King willed him not to deny that to bée an vnworthy déede of his that rose from his supper to comfort him that was almost deade who spared not hys owne bloude to purchase victorie After that they hauing had some talke concerning the warres whiche Iames Dawdeley made the Frenche king sayde that amongst all other stoute Champions which valiauntly that day behaued themselues he did gretly wonder at the noble déeds of that knight and he spake not muche more in all his supper but what he spake to the Prince who comforted his noble praye Such like wordes it is sayde that the French king spake Although it be our chaunce to fall into an euerlasting sorrowe yet for all that we thoughte it good to refrayne from the same by a kinde of measure for though we be vnder subiection by law and righte of war vnder our noble cousin yet are we not as rascals or faint harted runne-awayes or taken lying hidde close in a corner but after the maner of the fielde by the end and successe of warre where we were as readie to dye as liue for iustice sake And in the same fielde were many richmen taken whose liues were reserued for raunsome the fainte harted and lewde chased away but the worthyest and stoutest were spoyled of theyr liues This battayle of Poyters was fought on the ninetéenth day of September The nexte day after the battayle al the prisoners were numbred to wit the French king also Phillip his sonne the Archbishop of Senon the Erle of Pontue the Erle of Longuile the Earle of Ewe the Erle of Tankeruile the Earle Daunter the Earle of Vendadour the Earle of Slauncer the Earle of Wademount the Earle of Vandome the Erle of Iuyny the Erle Don Martin the Earle of Selabruse the Earle of Sasso Vicount Nerbon the Lord Daubeny Marshal Dawdenam the Lord Guincâ—arde de Angle Seneshal de Seintong the Lord Mores Mawnimet the Lord Leonard de Guilhoy the Seneshal of Poyters the Lord great Maister the chiefe maister of the Hospitall of Spaigne the Lorde of Saint Tigre the Lorde Damboyd Seneshal of Annar the Lorde Tower the Lord Dars the Lorde Durual the Lorde of the Towne of Ernell the Lorde Maugeler the Lorde Planke the Vicount de Belimount and the Lorde of Suly there were also the bodyes founde of many that were slayne as the Duke of Burbon the Duke Dasines the Conestable of Fraunce Marshal de Garimount the Lorde Geffrey de Charney the Lorde Pounce y â— Bishop of Chaloner the Lord of Laundas y t Lord RipemouÌ„t the Lord Chaneny the Lorde Ioâ—e the Lord Nele the Lord Aunger the Lord de Mount Iohn the Lord Dargenton the Lorde Groose the Lorde Ruas the Lord Rochechicheward the Lord de Vilem The Prince bought all the prisoners Captiues of them that kept them and carryed them wyth him to Burdeaux there to remain in safe custodie during his abode there Richard Notingham Thomas Dossel the. 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior â—â— 1â—57 Anno reg 21 Henrie Picarde Vintener the. 28. of October Edward Prince of Wales returning into Englande wyth Iohn the French King Phillip his son and many other prysoners arriued at Plymouth on the
Knightes and fiue Bishops to wéete Reginald of Worcester Michael of London Thomas of Eâ—lie Iohn of Lincolne and Robert of Cicester To Worcester was preferred Iohn of Barnet to London Simon Sudburie to Ely Simon Langham to Lincolne Iohn Bokingham to Cicester William Linlinere Leonell Earle of Hulster by his wife and sonne to King Edward went into Ireland to recounter the Irishmen that vexed the English Edward Prince of Wales tooke to wife by dispensation the Countesse of Kent daughter vnto Edmond Earle of Kent brother to King Edward the second she had bin before wife vnto Thomas Holland and before that she was wife to the Earle of Salisburie and diuorsed from him A route of the great company of the Englishmen were coÌ„manded to depart out of France and they discomfited in Anuerne the Frenchmen and tooke diuers prisoners of the nobles of France that had bin afore takeÌ„ of the Englishmen and there was slayn Iaques de Burbon and the Countie of Salbrig Also a route of Britons part of the great company aforesayd were discoÌ„fited in Limosin alias Garet by Wil. Felton knight of England at that time Steward of y e Countrey for K. Edward William Holbech Iames Tame the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Sore rempest of vvinde Iohn Peche Fishmonger the 28. of October The King helde his Christmas at Windsore and the xv day folowing a sore and vehemeÌ„t Southweast wind brake forth so hideous that it ouerthrew high Houses Towers Stéeples and Trées and so bowed them that the residue which fell not but remayned standing were the weaker The first fiue dayes of May at London in Smithfield were Anno reg 36 Iusting in Smithfield Justes holden the King and Quéene being present and the most part of the Chiualrie of England and France and of other Nations to the which came Spanyards Cipriets and Armenians Knightly requesting the King of Englands ayde againste the Pagans that had inuaded their confines The 1362 First Staple of vvool at Caleis staple of wools notwithstaÌ„ding the oth receiued of the King of England and other great men of the land is sent to Caleis In the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paule King Edward at Westminster by his Charter gaue to the Abbot of Westminster and Couent two Stagges of his Uenison yearely to be taken in the Forest of Windsore Edward Prince of Wales about the feast of Saint Margaret Edvvard the Kings eldest sonne Prince of Aquitayne at Westminster in presence of the great men of y e Realme receyued of his father the principalitie of Aquitayne fealtie and homage first made to him but yet he left not the principalitie of Wales the Duchie of Cornewall the Counties of Chester and Kent Simon Islip Archbishop of Canterburie did ordeyne that Priestes became theeues for lacke of liuing â— more should not be giuen to Priestes for their yearely stipend than thrée pound sixe shillings eyght pence whiche caused many of them to steale Iohn of Saint Albons Iames Andrew the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Stephen Candish Draper the 28. of October The sixtéenth day of October began a Parliamente at London which continued till the feast of Saint Brice the thirtéenth Tho. Walsing of Nouember on which day the King was borne hauing now accomplished the 50. yeare of his age wherevppon he pardoned such as were giltie of Treason to his person releassed prisoners reuoked outlawes and at the petition of the commons he commanded pleas to be vsed in English and not in French as they had continued since the Conquest He made Leonell his sonne Earle of Hulster then being in Ireland Duke of Clarence and his son Iohn Earle of Richmond he made Duke of Lancaster and Edmond his sonne he made Earle of Cambridge In the saide Parliamente was granted to the King for Subsedie of vvoolles thrée yeares following sixe and twentie shillings eyght pence of euery Sacke of wooll to be transported beyond the Seas Ioane Quéene of Scottes and wife to Dauid Bruse and sister to King Edward the third dyed and was buried in the grey Friers Church at London by hir mother Sea Cro. A Priest in London was murthered and being cutte in four quarters was cast contemptuouslie in foure partes of y e Citie y â— doers wherof were not knowne what they were Sir Iohn Cobham Knighte founded the Colledge of Cobham Colledge Anno reg 37 1363 Three Kings came into England The French King dieth Cobham in Kent The French King the King of Cipres and the King of Scottes came all into England to speake with King Edwarde who receiued them with great honor and gaue them great giftes the Kings of Cipres and of Scotland returned home shortly but the French King fell sicke at London whereof he shortly after died A Frost in England lasted from the midst of September Great Frost Adam Merimâ— to the moneth of Aprill Richard Croydon Iohn Hiltoft the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Cro. col reg â—â—xâ— Iohn Not Peperer the 28. of October This yeare the Castell of Quinborough was builded by King Edward The ninth day of Aprill died Iohn King of France at the Anno reg 38 1364 Sauoy beside Westminster through griefe of minde that the Duke of Angiow one of his pledges had deceyued him and came not into England according as he had promised and sworne His corps was honourably conueyed to Douer and so to Saint Denis in France where he was buried Iohn de Mitford Simon de Mordon the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 39 1365 Sherifes Maior Adam of Bury Skinner the 28 of October Ingram Lord of Cowsie married Lady Isabell the Kings daughter at Windsore Iohn Bukulsworth Thomas Ireland the 28. of Septemb. Iohn Loukin Fishmonger Adam of Bury Skinner The 28. of January Iohn Louekin Fishmonger was elected Maior and Adam Bury remoued by the Kings commandement The King commanded that Peter pence should no more Anno reg 40 Peter pence forbidde be gathered nor payde to Rome Saint Peters pence is the Kings almes and all that had twentie peny worth of good of one manner cattell in their house of their owne proper should giue that penie at Lammas The third day of Aprill was borne at Burdeaux Richard 1366 sonne to Edward the blacke Prince who was after King of England by the name of Richard the second Iohn Ward Thomas at Lee the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Louekin Fishmonger the 28. of October This Iohn Louekin Stockfishmonger four times Maior of London twice by election and twice by the Kings appointment Iohn Leyland for that he was borne in the Towne of Kingston Hospitall at Kingston vpon Thamis vpon Thamis he builded there a Chappel called Magdalenes â—o the which he ioyned an Hospitall wherein was a Mayster two Priestes and certayne poore men and for that the Saint Michaelâ— Church in Crooked Lane builded parish Church of Saint
who hyred ships for them of his owne charges and with his own money released the armour which the souldiours had gaged for their victuals more than a thousand in number The Scottes entred Comberlande Westmerlande and y e forrest of Engelwood slewe the inhabitauntes droue away the Cattle and robbed the Market and Towne of Penreth and whiles the Earle of Northumberland prepared to haue bene reuenged the king sent letters to the contrarie Iohn Vian Anno reg 4. French men tooke VVinchelsey knight with the French kings galyes toke the town of Winchelsea put the Abbot of Battaile to flight and toke one of his Monkes He also brent the Townes of Apledor and Rie about the least of Saint Laurence The eight of September foure Galeys of Fraunce came to Grauesende and burnt a great part of the Towne Walter Ducket William Knighthoode the. 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Guns inuented Polidor Sebastian Munster William Walworth Fishmonger the. 28. of October About this time the making of Gunnes was founde by a certaine Almaine who hauing the pouder of Brimstone in a Morter which he had beaten for a medicine and couered with a stone as he stroke fier a sparke chaunced to fal into y e ponder wherby a flame out of the morter raised the stone a great height whiche after he had perceyued made a Pype of yron and tempered the ponder with other and so finished that deadly engine as reporteth Blondus and R. Volaterianus the first that vsed shot to their behalfe and profit were the Venetians againste the inhabitauntes of Genoa During the Parliament at Northampton beginning the first of Nouember was haÌ„ged Iohn Kirby that slue the merchaÌ„t of Genoa whom he spake of before In this Parliamente an excéeding greate Taxe was demaunded 1381 Great Taxe which afterwardes was cause of greate disturbaunce Of all religious persons men and women sixe shyllings eight pence secular priests as muche and euery person man or woman foure pence to the King whiche was payde It was also ordayned that euery couple wedded should paye two shillings for euery foote of Beast and also homegilde but this was neuer asked By means of which payment in y e Sommer following the commons of Kent and Essex sodainely rebelled they being Commons rebelled Iohn Bal his Sermon Tho. Walsing animated therevnto by Iohn Ball a seditious Prieste who in hys sermons vsed to take for his Theame When Adam dalfe and Eue spanne who was then a Gentleman c. Affirming that al men were made a like by nature and therefore ought to laye away the yoke of bondage that they might enioye the wished libertie c. too shamefull sedicious and damnable to bée taughte whyche neuerthelesse so pleased the common people that they cryed hée should be Archbishoppe of Canterburie and Chauncellour of England This rebellion began at Dertford in Kent in manner as Rebellion begaÌ„ at Dertford Cro. S. Albons followeth The Collectours appointed to gather the foresayd groats or pole mony comming into the house of Iohn a Tiler demanded y e same for him his wife hys daughter other hys family but the Tilers wife denied to pay for hir daughter saying she was vnder age TheÌ„ sayd y t Collector that shal I soone wit and toke the mayde violently and dishonestly searched whether she were of age or no wherwith the mother made an outcry hyr husbande being in y e towne at worke When tidyngs came to him he caughte his lathing staffe in his hande and ranne réeking home where he reasoning with the Collectour who made him so bolde the Collectour being a proude fellow let flye at the Tiler but the Tiler voyding the stroke smote the Collectour on the heade wyth his lathing staffe that the braynes fell out where throughe great noyses arose in the streates and the poore people being glad euerye man arrayed hym to support this Iohn Tyler Thus the commons drewe togither and went to Maidstone from thence backe againe to Blacke Heath and so forth to London and entred the Citie on Corpus Christs day where they destroyed many goodly places of the Rebels entred London Sauoy S. Iohns Highburi brent nobles and other as the Sauoy Saint Iohns by Smithfielde the Manour of Highburie by Yseldon and the Temple where the Prentises of law were lodged for the encrease of theyr studie They set out of the Tower of London where the King was then lodged Simon Sudburie Archbishoppe of Canterburie The Archb. of Canterburie The priour of S Iohns a Frier Iohn Legge beheaded Lorde Chauncellour of Englande Robert Halles Priour of Saint Iohns and Treasurer of England William Apeltoâ— a Frier Minor the Kings confessour and Iohn Legge a Sergeaunt of the Kings and beheaded them on the Tower hill they beheaded diuerse other in manye places as sir Iohn Cauendishe Lorde chiefe Justice of Englande the Priour of Sainte Edmundesburie and other Rychard Lions a famous Lapidarie of London was drawen out of his house and beheaded in Chepe They beheaded all men of Law as wel prentices and vtter Baresters as Justices and al Jurers that they might get into their hands they spared none whom they thought to be learnes were it neuer so little especiallye if they founde anye to haue penne and ynke they pulled of hys whoode and all with one voyce of trying out as they had bin so many Diuels hale him into the stréetes and cut of his head They also beheaded all Flemmings not sparing anye Flemmings beheaded for reuerence of the church or other place where they found them they set thirtéene forth of the Frier Austines Church and seauentéene out of another Church in London they tooke two and thirtie in the Vintrie and many other here there in the Citie and Southwarke all whiche if they coulde not plainly pronounce Bread and Chéese but Brot and Caus lost their heades They spoyled all bookes of law recordes and monuments they coulde méete withall and set al prisoners at libertie The king to pacifie their furie offered them peace on Essex men pacified condition they woulde cease from burning of houses and slaughter of men whiche the Essex men toke and returned home but the Kentishe men remayned burning and slaying as afore Wherevppon the King sent sir Iohn Newton The K sent to VVat Tiler Knight to Wat Tiler their Captaine to intreate him to come and talke with him about his owne demaundes the Knight doing his message Wat Tiler aunswered that hée woulde come at hys owne pleasure neuerthelesse he followed softly and when he came neare Smithfielde where the king aboade his comming the same Knighte was sent againe to méete hym and to knowe his requestes but Wat Tiler séeing the knight come néere vnto him on horsseback sayde it hadde become hym better to bée on foote in his presence the Knighte aunswered that it was no harme â—ith himselfe was also on horssebacke therewith Watte Tyler drewe his dagger and offering to strike called
but none came to helpe them and so they dyed there After a number of them hadde sacked the new Temple The ende of the Rebels what with labour and what with wine they lay down vnder the wals and howsing and were slaine like swine and one of them killed another for olde grudge and hatred and others also made quicke dispatch of them Watte Tiler being killed Iacke Strawe and other theyr principal Captaines hanged the hope and confidence of the commons decayed but bycause the mindes of the King and Nobles was yet wauering séeing the people readie to mischiefe they graunted to them Charters of manumission and suffered them to departe the whiche being done the king caused an army to be assembled from London and sente into al Countryes that those who were his friendes should make haste to come to hym to London furnished with horsse and armour and it came to passe that wythin thrée dayes he had a. xl thousande horssemen about him in séemely sort armed he mustered them on Blacke Heath himselfe ryding on a greate courser with hys standarde borne before hym when therefore so myghtye an armye was assembled the Kyng was aduertised that the Kentishe men had eftsoones conspyred wherevppon hée forth wyth sette forewarde but by the mediation of the Nobles and greate men of Kente that vndertooke for them he was stayde and pacisied wyth them and then firste Iustices were sente to séeke and inquire of malefactours and that Countrey became quiet at the sight of them Then the Maior of London sitting in iudgement caused the malefactours to be tryed as well of the Citie as also of Kente Essex Southsex Norffolke and Suffolke and other Countryes that might be taken within the liberties of the Citie and all those whome he founde guiltie of the foresayde Treason he caused to hoppe headlesse among the which were Iacke Strawe Iohn Kirkesty Alen Threder c. also Iohn Starling of Essex that gloryed to haue beheaded the Archbishoppe was beheaded hymselfe The king remayned nowe at London nowe at Waltham with a greate armye of armed menne considering what was to be done for the commoditie of the realme At length the Counsell thoughte good to sende the Kings commission into euerye shire for the resisting of the disquieters of the peace of the kyngdome These commissions did muche comforte the faythfull subiectes and troubled the false for they were nowe compelled to séeke corners that before toke vpon them to doe all things abroade lawyers nowe durst come forth of their dennes and those which before fledde from the tyrannie of the time looked for thâ—se that nowe feared iudgement and iustice to bée done on them The commons being thus feared but not in all places alike they of Essex gathering a newe multitude togither at Byllarica a village neare to Hatfielde Peuerell decréed eyther to inioye lybertye gotten by force or to dye in fyghting for the same they sente to the Kyng then béeyng at Waltham messengers to knowe if hée thoughte good to permitte them to inioye their permitted Anno reg 5. lybertie lyke to theyr Lordes and that they shoulde not be coÌ„pelled to come to Courts but only to gret Léetes twice in the yeare vnto the which the King answered thus Oh miserable and hateful both to Land and Sea not worthy to liue Do yée require to be equall to your Lordes yée were worthy to be put to moste shamefull death But fith yée are come as Messengers yée shall not dye nowe to the ende yée may declare your answeares to your fellowes declare to them therfore on the Kyngs behalfe that as they were Husbandmen and bondmen so shall they remaine in bondage not as before but more vile without comparison far vnto thys Whilest we lyue and by Gods sufferaunce shal gouerne the Kingdome with Wit Strength goods we wil endeuour our selues to kéepe you vnder so that the duety of your seruice may be an example for posteritie and that your matches both present and that shall succéede may euer haue before their eies and as it were in a Glasse your misery and to you matter to curse and feare to commit the like When the Messengers were gone there was sente straightwayes into Essex Thomas of Woodstocke Earle of Buckingham and sir Thomas Percy brother to the Earle of Northumberlande to represse the boldnesse of the sayde commons These Commons hadde fortified themselues wyth ditches and carriages neuerthelesse although there was a great number of them with small businesse they were scattred into the woods where the Lordes enclosed them least any of them might escape it came to passe that v. C. of them were slain viij C. of their horses taken the other y â— escaped this slaughter being gotteÌ„ togither hasted to Colchester began to stir the townesmen to a new tumult and when they profited not there they weut to Sudbury but the Lord Fitz Walter sir Iohn Harlestone followed them and slewe as many of them as they list shut vp the rest in prisons The king came to his Manour of Hauering at Boure after to Chelmesford where he appointed sir R. Trisilian his Iustice to set enquire of the malefactours wherfore y â— Essex men séeing the euils y â— hung ouer their heades there came aboue 500. humbly to the King barefooted bareheaded beséeching him of pardon and mercie To whom pardon was graunted with condition to delyuer the styrrers of the sayd trouble It came therefore to passe that many were committed to worde vpon whome the Iustice charged xxiiij men of their conscience to say the truth and many being condemned were put to execution by drawing and hanging nine or tenne being hanged on one beame The Iustices that before had sitte in Essex Kent London and other places for all the multitude that were to be executed vsed to head the commons till now it séemed not a kinde of death answerable to so many and manifest crimes These things were done in Essex the King being present the like by his Iustices was done in other Countreys Iohn Ball Priest being taken at Couentrie was brought Iohn Ball hanged to Saint Albons and there before the King condemned drawne and quartered the fiftéenth of Iuly He woulde not aske the King forgiuenesse but vtterly despised him Iohn Rote Iohn Hinde the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Northampton Draper the 28. of October About the feast of All Sainctes a Parliamente was beganne which endured long to small purpose by reason of contention among the Lords especially the Duke of Lancaster and the Earle of Northumberland whose quarrell in the ende was taken vp by the King and then the Lordes procéeded to treate of the Kings businesse and the Realmes but they lingered so long in vayne that nothing was brought to effect for hearing of the new Quéenes comming to Caleis the ParliameÌ„t was proroged There were diuers of y e Nobles sent to méete the Bride and she was conuayde with all
vnto faithbreakers faith shoulde be broken againe and that a chosen power should be sent thither forth of Englande vnder the leading of Thomas of Woodstoke to Thomas of VVoodstocke sent against the Scottes wéete a thousand Launces and two thousand Archers to restreyne their attemptes These things being knowne the Scottes being afrayde of themselues in the ende of the Parliament came and were desirous to entreate of peace or truse but the Englishmen hauing tried their falsehoode so often times woulde neyther treate nor compounde with them but commanded them to returne home and warned them to saue their heads as well as they might and to defend their rightes The Scottes being returned the Lordes of the North tooke vpon them to defende the Countrey till Thomas of Woodstoke Earle of Buckingham were readie to come with a greater power The King tooke the temporalities of the Bishop of Norwich Temporalties of the Bishop of Norvvich seased into his hands bycause he was disobedient to his commandement when he sent to haue stayde him from his iourney into Flanders and the Knightes that were ouer with him were put in prison till they were redéemed with gold King Richard held his Christmas at his Manour of Eltham and with him his Quéene Anne After Christmas Iohn Duke of Lancaster which before Christmas went ouer into France to treate of peace betwixt the Realmes returned into England bringing with him an abstinence of warre till the feast of Saint Iohn Baptist at 1384 what time he was to returne to treate againe and to confirme the peace if it might be agréed vpon betwixt y e Kings The night of the Purification of our Lady great Lightning and Thunder happened that put men in great feare and shortly after Iohn NorthamptoÌ„ otherwise called Combartowne that had bin the yeare before Maior of London that with his seditions had filled the Citie full of comber attempted new troubles for in contempt of the Maior that was elected for that yeare Sir Nicholas Brembar Knight he went vp and down with a multitude of seditious people to gard him not once but oftentimes to the terrour of manie and when the said Brembar Maior woulde haue withstanded his attemptes the fauourers of the said Iohn Combertowne were turned into suche a furie that a Cobler which in his owne estimation séemed to be Maior required the voyces of the communalty for which cause by the counsell of Sir Robert Knowles Knight he was drawne out of his house and committed to prison as a stirrer of insurrection which acte for that time staide the commotion of the commons that were sayd to haue conspired at that time to haue murthered the elect Maior and many other worthie men When Lente aproched Iohn Duke of Lancaster with his brother Thomas of Woodstoke Earle of Buckingham and an innumerable number of Knightes Esquires and Archers went toward Scotland but stayde in the North till all the victualles in the Countrey were consumed he did more hurt to the inhabitants than the Scottes had done before at length about the feast of Easter he entred Scotland but did little good The custodie of the Castell of Douer was vacant by the death of Robert Ashtonwald then was made Connestable thereof Simon Burley After Easter the Nobles came to a Parliament at Salisburie Parliament at Salisburie whither a certaine Irish Frier of the order of the Carmelites or white Friers a Batcheler of Diuinitie named Iohn Latimer hasted and accused the Duke of Lancaster Duke of Lancaster accused that he had deuised the Kings death which Frier was committed to Sir Iohn Holland Knight till a day that was assigned him to make proofe of that he had sayde but the night before the day giuen to the Frier the sayde Sir Iohn A Frier tormeÌ„ted to death Holland and Sir Henry Greene Knightes put a corde about the Friers necke and with the same corde tying him by the stones hanged him vp from the grounde laying à stone of great weight vpon his bellie till they by tormente had made an ende of his life The morrow after they â—aâ—sed the Friers body to be drawne through the Towne as a Traytor that they might put away all suspection that he were put to death wrongfully but it is to be wondred at that neyther Esquire Yeoman nor Grome or any other of meane estate would harme the Frier but the Knightes did it themselues they were Judges Officers and Executioners and this was the fruite of this Parliament excepte that the King asked and had of the Laitie halfe a fiftéenth and of the Cleargie halfe a tenth About this time bycause the Scottes ceassed not to do diuers Anno reg 8. domages to the Northumbers the Earle of Northumberland Henry Percy prepareth to inuade Scotland and to requite domage for domage which enterprise accomplished the Earle was no sooner returned and sent home his army but that the Scottes came againe and heaped vp domage vpon domage in the Countrey This Sommer Sir Iohn Philpot Knighte and a most Sir Iohn Philpot deceassed noble Citizen of London that trauelled for the commoditie of the Realme more than all other and both with expences laide forth and good affection borne had oftentimes reléeued the King departed this life leauing none behinde him his like in good affections About the beginning of August the Duke of Lancaster went into France to treate with the Frenchmen of peace or else of truce to be had the Duke with his company of noble men remayning long there when it was thought that he should haue brought glad and ioyfull newes to his Countrey he returned with knowledge of warres to followe the beginning of the next Sommer the truce to endure butâ—â—â— the first day of May and so he returned after he had spente 500000. Markes of Siluer Many of the Nobles assembled at Reading to represse the Iohn Northampton conuict and committed to perpetuall prison seditious sturres of Iohn Northampton late Maior of London that attempted greate and heynous enterprises of the whiche he was conuict hys owne Chapleyne vttering manye thynges that hée wente aboute and hadde deuised as well to the hinderance and harme of the King as of the Citie of London and when sentence shoulde haue bin pronounced against him the King being presente the wicked man made exclamation and mainteyned that such iudgemente ought not to passe in absence of his Lorde the Duke of Lancaster but yet the Justice vsed such words Iohn sayth he the naughtie déedes that are obiected agaynste thée thou oughtest to refell by battayle or else by the lawes of the land to be drawne hanged and quartered and when he stoode mute nor would vtter one word it was déecréede that he should be committed to perpetuall prison and his goodes to be confiscate to the Kings vse and that he shoulde not come within one hundred miles of London during his life he was sente therefore to the Castell of Tintagell in the confines of
he fauoured the Londoners and Baldwin Radinton was constituted in his place In the meane time throughe sute of certaine Knightes but Anno reg 16 specially of the Duke of Glocester the King is somewhat pacified and by little and little abateth the rigor of his purpose calling to minde the diuerse honors and the greate giftes he had receyued of the Londoners wherevpon he determineth to deale more mildely with them and to call them to some hope of grace and pardon he sendeth commaundement to them to come to Windsore there to shewe their pryuiledges liberties and lawes whyche being there shewed some of them were ratifyed and some condemned but they could not obtaine the Kings full fauour till they had satisfied y e King of the iniuries whiche was sayd they had done the King at thys assembly at Windsor hadde got togither almost all the Lordes and so greate in army that the Londoners had cause to be afrayde thereof aboute the whiche preparation he was at greate charges for the whiche it was sure that the Londoners muste pay They therefore not ignoraunte that the ende of these things was a money matter submitted themselues to the Kings pleasure offering ten thousand pound They were yet dismissed home to returne againe vncertaine what satisfaction and sum they shoulde pay When the Citizens were returned and that the nobles and other were gone home the King hearing that the Londoners were in hauens and dismayde he sayde to his men I wil go sayth he to London and comforte the Citizens and will not that they any longer dispayre of my fauour which sentence was no sooner knowne in the Citie but al menne were filled with incredible ioy so that euery of them generally determined to méete him and to be as liberal in gifts as they were at his coronation The king therefore as hée came from Shine in Surrey to London with Quéene Anne his wife On the xxj of August the principall Citizens rode to méete them at Wandesworth and at Sainte Gorges Churche in Southwarke they were receyued with procession of Rob. Braybroke Bishop of London and all his Cleargie of the Citie who conuayed him through London the Citizens men women and children in order méeting the King and doing him honor attended on him to Westminster As he passed the Citie the stréetes were hanged with cloth of golde siluer and silke The Conduite in Chepe ran with red white Wine and by a childe Angel-like he was presented with a very costly crowne of golde and the Quéene with another A table of the Trinitie of gold was giuen to the King valued worth eight hundred pounde and another to the quéen of Saint Anne bycause hir name was Anne with diuerse other giftes as horsses trappers plate of golde and siluer clothes of gold silke veluets Basons and Ewers of gold also golde in coyne precious stones and iewels so rich excellent and beautifull that the value and price mighte not well be estéemed and so the Citizens recouered their auntient customes and liberties and then the kings Bench from Yorke and the Chauncerie from Notingham was returned to London And it was granted to them that they might choose them a Maior as before time they had done The Londoners beléeued y ◠by these giftes they had escaped all daunger and that from thenceforth they should be quiet but they wer deceiued for they wer cōpelled to giue the K. after this 10000 pound collected of the cōmons in gret bitternesse of minde and so the troubles of y ◠Citizens came to quietnesse which trouble the Dolphin in Thamis at Christmasse laste past did happily signifie a far off W. Caxton Robert Fabian report these troubles to happen through a fray in Fleetstreete about an horsse loafe taken out of a Bakers basket by a yeoman of the Bishop of Salisburies and that the same troubles were pacified and liberties again restored by meanes of Richard Grauesend Bishop of London in rewarde wherof the Citizēs repaire to the place of burial in the midle I le of Saint Pauls Church c. but all that is vntrue for at this time Rob. Brabroke was Bishop of London and Richard Grauesēd had bin Bishop and deceased in the time of Edward the first in Anno 1303 almost 90. yeares before this time Moreouer the place of burial in Saint Paules whervnto the Maior and Citizens of London haue repayred is of William who was Bishop of London in the time of William Conqueror who purchased the first Charter of the saide king William for y e same Citie as I haue before declared Gilbert Maghfelde Thomas Newington the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir William Stoudon Grocer the. 28. of October Albeit Vere was created Erle of Oxforde in a Parliamēt at Winchester and William Scrope Uizechamberlaine the same William Scrope bought of William Mountacute Erle of Salisburie the Ile of Man with the crowne for the Lorde of this I le is called king and it is lawful for him to be crowned 1393 with a crowne of Golde sir Iohn Euers Knighte Conestable of Douer and the Kings stewarde died sodainely and T. Percy brother to the E. of Northum was made the kings steward in his place y t was before the kings vnderchamberlaine T. Beamond was made Conestable of Douer Certain Anno reg 17 théeues brake into the Chappel of our Lady at the Pewe at Westminster toke out of it many iewels muche treasure Also shortly after y e same théeues brake into y e Churche of S. Iohn of Clerkenwel The dukes of Lanc. Glocester passed ouer into France to make somewhat of y e truce or to conclude a final peace betwixt y e kingdoms but it was not so brought to passe as it was wished by reason of the Frenche Kings sicknesse In September lightnings and thunders in manye places of England did much hurte but especiallye in Cambridgeshire the same brent houses and corne neare to Tolleworke in the towne it brent terribly Drewe Barentine Richard Whittington the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Hadley Grocer the. 28. of October Such aboundaunce of water fell in October that at Bury in Suffolke the Church was ful of Water and at Newmarket it bare down wals of houses so that men and women hardly escaped drowning The same yeare Lorde T. de Ros 1394 as he returned forth of the Holy Lande in the Citie of Paphos in the I le of Cipres through intemperauncie of the ayre departed this life there In the Octaues of S. Hillerie a Parliament was holden at London in whiche a subsidie was demaunded for the King that was minded to go into Irelande wherefore the Cleargie graunted to him a full tenth if he would passe thyther and if he went not they graunted him but halfe a tenth Certaine Lordes of Scotlande came into England to get worship by force of armes The erle of Marre challenged the Earle of Notingham to iust with him and so they rode
◠said nobles to be indited at Notinghā suborned such as shold appeach thē in the next Parliament to wit Ed Erle of Rutland T. Moubery E. Marshal Tho. Holland E. of Kent Iohn Holland Erle of Huntington Tho. Bewford Erle of Somerset I. Mountacute Earle of Salisburie and Thomas Spencer William Scrope the Kings Chamberlayne And in mean y eseason the Kyng assembled togither to guarde his parson many malefactors of the Countie of Chester which kept watch and warde both day and night about him Then the K. caused a greate and generall Parliament to be summoned at Westminster when he caused a great Hall to be builded in the midst of the Pallaice betwixte the Clocke tower and the doore of the greate Hall This Parliament began aboute the fiftéenth of September at the beginning whereof Edwarde Stafforde Byshop of Excester L. chanceller made a proposition or sermō in the which he affirmed that the power of the K. was alone and perfect of it self those that impeached it were worthye to suffer pain of the law to this Parliament al the Nobles came with their retinue in armes for feare of the King the prelocutours were Knights in whō no goodnesse at al could be found but a natural couetousnesse vnsatiable ambition intollerable pride and hatred of the truth their names wer Iohn Bushy William Bagot and Thomas Grene. These required Tho. Wals chiefely to haue the Charters of pardons reuoked dissanulled and Bushy sayde to the K. bycause we are charged to say what they be that haue committed any offence against your maiestie regall aucthoritie we saye that Tho. duke of Glocester Richard E. of Arundale in the. xviij yeare of your raigne haue trayterously compelled you by mean of the new Archbishop of Canterburie then Lord Chancellour to graunt to them a commission to gouerne your Realme and to dispose of the state thereof to the preiudice of youre maiestie and royaltie The same daye was that commission dissanulled with all Articles dependyng therevppon Also the generall pardon graunted after the greate Parliament by them procured and one speciall pardon for the Erle of Arundale were reuoked Also there was a peticion made by y e commons I. Bushy speaking for them that the generall pardon procured and gotte forthe the Archebyshoppe of Canterburie then Lorde Chancellor procuring it should be disanulled and he to be iudged a Traytor for granting to it wherevpon the Archbishop rose and would haue answered but the King sayde to morrow to morrow but he came not into the Parliament house againe the King said that he would deliberate of the commons petition Also it was established that any Traytor conuicted to stand against the Kings regalitie should be adiudged worthie to suffer punishment to be appoynted for such offence Also it was enacted that criminall causes from thenceforth-should be determined in euery Parliament and then licence being had to depart a great sturre was made as is vsed wherevpon the Kings Archers in number four thousand compassed the Parliament house thinking there had bin in the house some broyle or fighting with their bowes bent their arrowes set in them and drawing readie to shoote to the terrour of all that were there but the King héerewith comming pacified them On the next day the Prelates were inioyned vpon payne of losing their temporalities that they should the same day agrée vpon some procurator to consent in their names to al things in that Parliament to be dispatched and the King had these words Sir Iohn Bushy bycause many desire that I would explane the fiftie persons exempted in y ◠general pardon I wil briefely that what man soeuer desireth this is worthie of death first bicause he fléeth secondly bycause I haue excepted those that are to be impeached in this Parliament thirdly bycause other of their associates hearing thē oppressed would be afraide where no feare is On the next day the Archbishop of Canterbury commeth to the palace to appeare in the Parliament but the King commanded him by the Bishop of Carelile that he shoulde returne to his house and from thenceforth he appeared not The Prelates made Thomas Percy the Kings Steward of houshold their procurator to consent in all things in this Parliament to be done Also Sir Iohn Bushy had these words our soueraigne Lord the King bycause the second Article in the Parliament is for punishmente to be appoynted for suche as violate the Kings royall authoritie I beséech your grace that you will authorice me by way of appealing of accusing or impeaching with licence to make declaration from one to the rest so often and when to me and to my fellowes it may séeme expedient and it was graunted then Bushy had these words I accuse Thomas of Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury of thréefold treason Frst of the commission in granting the regiment or gouernement of the Realme to Thomas Duke of Glocester and to Richard Earle of Arundell at his instance who rather bycause he was your Chancellour should haue refused it Secondly for that vnder pretext of that trayterous commission they trayterously vsurping the iurisdiction of your regalitie or royall authoritie held a solemne Parliament trayterouslie in preiudice of your regalitie Thirdly bycause that by the sayde trayterous vsurping Sir Simon de Burley and Sir Iames Barnes Knightes and faithfull lieges to you were trayterouslie murthered and put to death of which things we your commons demaund iudgement worthie of so high treason to be terribly pronounced by you and bycause the Archbishop is a man of great consanguinitie affinitie power and most politike witte and cruell nature for the preseruation of your estate and the whole Kingdomes by the petition of this present Parliament I require that he may be put into safecustodie vntill the finall execution of his iudgemente The King héerevnto answered that for the excellence of his dignitie he would take deliberation till the next morrow and all other that were put into the same commission he pronounced them to be his faithfull liege people and voyd from that treason and especially Alexander Neuell late Archbishop of Yorke and then Sir Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke Unkle to the King and Sir William Wikeham Bishop of Winchester that were put into the same commission with teares fell downe on the ground before the King and gaue him humble thankes for that grace and benefite bestowed on them Also on Saint Mathewes day the Earle of Rutland the Earles of Kent Huntington Notingham Somerset and Salisburie with the Lordes Spencer and Scrope in a sute of redde Gownes of Silke garded and bordered with white Silke and embrodered with Letters of Golde proponed the appeale by them to the King at Notingham before set foorthe in the which they accused Thomas Duke of Glocester Richard Earle of Arundell Thomas Earle of Warwike and Thomas de Mortimere Knight of the premised treasons and of an armed insurrection at Haringey Parke trayterouslie attempted against the King and putting in
the other an Italian chalenged to fighte within listes against sir Iohn Cornewall and Iames of Artois which two straungers were ouercome in battaile and Chalenge of coÌ„bat at Yorke sir Iohn Cornewal obtaining the Kings fauour maried the kings sister that had bin wife to sir Iohn Holland Earle of Huntingdon The Welchmen taking occasion by the Kings absence The VVelchmen rebel when he was in Scotlande beganne to rebel by the settyng on of OweÌ„ Glendouerdew son to Griffyth VichaÌ„ an esquier of Wales so called Glendour bicause his dwelling was in a place called GleÌ„dordwy for Glyn in Welch is a vale and Dor is water bycause the place was in a dale at the side of y e water or Riuer of Dew in the Parish of Corwrn in the Countie of Merâ—â—neth in Northwales He serued King Richarde at the tyme of his oppression by Henrie Duke of Lancaster at Flint Castell The first cause of this stirre was about a péece of land in controuersie betwixte him and the Lord Reignolde Gray of Ruthiue for when he saw his cause not fauoured firste hée began to spoyle the landes of the sayde Lord Gray whereof the king being certified went with an army into Wales but the Welchmen fledde to the mountaines the King brente the Countrey slew the people with whom he mette and returned with a great pray of Cattaile Iohn Wakel William Ebot the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 2. Geffrey Chavvcer chief Poet of Brytaine Sir Iohn Frauncis Goldsmith the. 28. of October Geffrey Chawcer the most excellent Poet of Englande deceased the xxv of October who was buried at Westminster where of late at the charges of one maister Bridgeham is made ouer him a faire monument on the Southside of the Quire his workes for the most part are published in print by sir Iohn Thinne Knight and somewhat increased by my trauell in the last impression Not long after deceased the like famous Poet Iohn Gower Iohn Govver a most excellent Poet of EnglaÌ„d who lyeth buried in Sainte Marie Oueries Church in Southwarke He new builded a great part of that Church and coÌ„piled thrée famous bookes The first in Latine Vox ClamaÌ„tis The second in French Speculum Meditantis The third in Englishe Confessio Amantis which last booke is in Print the other hard to come by of the first I haue séen thrée very faire copies but of the seconde I neuer sawe any one The Emperour of Constantinople came into Englande to requyrs ayde agaynste the Turkes whome the King wyth sumptuous preparation mette at Blacke Heath vpon Saint Thomas daye the Apostle and brought him to London and paying for the charges of his lodging presented him with giftes worthy for one of so high degrée Soone after came newes that the King of Leto had â—lain in battayle Bassacke the sonne of the noble Balthazardan â— destroyed Ierusalem and all the Countrey rounde aboute And bycause he had by Gods grace so ouercome contrarye to his opinion he became christened and 60000. men of his secte The Emperour of Constantinople hearing this was very 1401 The Emperour returned gladde and departed out of Englande being honored by the King with precious giftes The fiue and twentith day of July Isabel late wife to K. Isabel late vvife to K. R. returned into Fraunce Richarde not yet twelue yeares of age departed from Douer towardes Caleis and so into Fraunce to hyr Father Owen Glendouerdew w e his Welchmen did much harme to the Englishmen and returned There was founde in the Kings bedde clothes an yron K. H. escapeth â— great daunger with thrée sharp pikes slender and round standing vpright layde there by some Traytour that when the Kyng should haue layde him downe he might haue thrust himselfe vpon them This time was vsed excéeding pride in garmentes gownes with déepe and broade sléeues commonlye called poke sléeues the seruauntes ware them as well as theyr Tho. Wals Aditions to polic maisters whiche mighte well haue bene called receptacles of the Diuel for what they stole they hidde in their sléeues whereof some hung downe to the féete and at leaste to the knées ful of cuttes and iagges whervpon were made these Anno reg 3 verses Now hath this lande little neede of Bromes To sweepe away the filth out of the streete Thâ— Hocâ—liâ—â— Sen side sleeues of pennilesse gromes will it vp licke be it drie or weete O England stand vpright on thy feete so foule a waste in so simple a degree Banish or it shal â—ore repent thee William Venor Iohn Fremingham the. 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Chadworth Mercer the. 28. of October The Conduit vpon Cornehil in London was made which before time had bene a prison called the Tunne in Cornehill wherevnto nightwalkers that were taken in suspition of fellonie or other trespasses were committed In the moneth of March appeared a blasing starre first betwixt the East and the North and last of all putting firie beames towards the North foreshewing peraduenture the effusion of bloud about the partes of Wales and Northumberlande Owen Glendouerdew with his Welchmen wasted y â— lands 1402 of the Lord Reignalde Gray tooke him prisoner and slewe many of his people Certaine men affirmed King Richarde to be aliue and Conspiracie against K. Henrie that he should shortly shew himself openly reward them y â— wer faithful vnto him But after a certain priest was taken at Warwike who had written y e names of many which were the aucthours of these troubles both the hope and feare of this conspiracie vanished The Priest was drawen hanged and quartered Also Walter Waldocke late Priour of Lande a Priorie in Leicestershire bycause he confessed he knew euill against the king and did conceale it was likewise hanged and headed Moreouer certaine gray Friers were taken of the whiche one Richard Friseby doctour of Diuinitie being A stout Frier executed asked what he would do if K. Richard were present answered that he woulde fight in his quarrel against any man euen to the death wherfore he was condemned drawen and hanged in his religious habit and wéede At Daneburie in Essex vpon Corpus Christi day the Diuell appeared in likenesse of a Gray Frier who entring the Church raged insolentlye to the greate feare of the Parishioners and the same houre with a tempeste of whyrlewinde and thunder the toppe of the Stéeple was broken downe and halfe the Chauncel scattered abrode Shortlye after sir Roger Claringdon Knighte a bastard sonne to Edward the blacke Prince and wyth him a Squire and a yeomanne were beheadded and eyghte Graye Friers hanged and beheaded at London and two at Leicester all whiche hadde published King Richard to bée aliue Owen Glendouerdew with a company of Welchmen inuaded all the shires that bordered neare vnto hym wherefore sir Edmund Mortimer wyth manye Knightes and Esquiers wente out to encounter with Owen stronger than he was of the
Countrey but when it came to martial affayres their owne Archers turned theyr handes againste them whome they shoulde haue defended There were flayne aboue eleauen hundred of our men Sir Edmunde Mortimer was taken and the Welchwomen when y e battayle was done vsing the deade carcasses to shamefullye to bée spoken woulde not suffer them to be buryed without great raunsome The Kyng went wyth a greate power into Wales to pursue OweÌ„ Glendouerdew where he profited nothing but loste muche for the Welchmen conuayed themselues into vnknowen places wherefore the King constrayned by necessitie returned into Englande after he had spoyled brent the Countrey The same time the Scottes cruelly entred into England for they supposed all the Lords beyond Humber to be occupyed in the parties of Wales but the Erles of Northumberlande Henrie Percie and his sonne Henrie with the Earle of Dunbarre that a good whyle agone hauing forsaken the Scottes had sworne to be true to the King of England with a number of armed men plentie of archers sodainly came to resiste the Scottes as they woulde haue retourned home after they hadde spoyled and brente the Countrey but nowe vppon a sodayne theyr waye was forelayde so that they muste néedes abyde and take a place to fighte vppon they chose therefore a mountaine neare to the Towne of Wollor called Halydowe Hill in the whiche they place themselues wyth theyr armed men and Archers which when our men beheld leauing the way in which they stoode against the Scottes they clynie the hill that stoode ouer against the Scottes and without delaye of time our Archers placed in the valley set their arrowes against the Scottes battayle that they might by some means force them to come downe on the other side the Scottishe Archers let flye at our men who yet after they felt the grieuous waighte and as it had bin a shower or tempest of the arrowes shotte by the Englishmen they fledde The Earle Dowglas perceyuing his men so to flée for he was their generall leader tooke hys Speare and manfullye wyth a multitude came down the Hyll trusting doubtlesse in his armour and y e armour of hys complices that hadde bin thrée yeares in makyng and forced himselfe to runne vpon the Archers whiche when the Archers sawe they stepped backe and shotte so fiercely that they pierced the armed mens bodies stroke throughe theyr Helmets ryued their Speares and rente theyr armoure wyth lyghte adoe Earle Dowglas hymselfe was wounded in fiue places the residue of the Scottes that were not come beside the Hyll turnyng backe from the arrowes that flewe fledde awaye but theyr flyghte nothing auayled them whilest the Archers followed them but that they were compelled to yéelde themselues Earle Dowglas also was taken and manye drowned in the Riuer of Tweede whylest they knewe not the Fourdes to the number of fiue hundered as was sayde In thys battayle no Lorde no Knighte nor Squire gaue anye stroke to the enimyes but onely God gaue the victorie to the Englishe Archers the Lordes and armed menne béeyng onelye lookers on That daye the flower of the Scottishe Chiâ—alrye was taken to witte the Earle Dowglas Murdake the eldest sonne of the Duke of Albanie that was heyre apparente to the Realme of Scotlande The Earles of Murrey Angus and Orkeney the Lordes of Mountgomorie Erskin and Gram with manye other Knyghtes to the number of fourescore besides Esquires Yeomen whose number was not knowne There were slayne of Barons the Lord Gordon the Lord Iohn of Swinton that was false to both the Realmes c. This battayle was fought on the fourtéenth of September Richard Marlow Robert Chicheley the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Anno reg 4. Sir Iohn Walcot Draper the 28. of October Edmond Mortimere which before was taken by Owen Glendouer dewe now professed to take Owens part against King Henry and did contract mariage with the daughter of the sayd Owen In a Parliament at London which beganne the morrow after Michaelmas day and lasted seauen wéekes there was granted to the King a tenth and a halfe of the Cleargie a tenth of the borough townes and a fiftéenth of the commoÌ„s through the Realme The messengers that had bin sent for Ioane late wife to Iohn of Mountfort Duke of Briteyne returned with hir into England and landed at Falmouth in Cornewall The King met with hir at Winchester the seauenth of February where they were married in the Churche of Saint Swithen The sixe and twentith of February she was Crowned at Westminster In the Sommer following by the Townes of Bedforde 1403 and of Broklesward Monsters were séene oft-times mornings and euenings to come out of the woods vnder diuers coulours in the likenesse and similitude of meÌ„ of warre which met one with another and séemed to fight cruell battayles which although they that were a farre off might sée yet they that were néere hande could not sée nor finde whiche thing deceyued many that coueted to approch come néere Henry Percy the yonger did sodeinly shew himselfe to be the Kings enimie vnto whome ioyned Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester Unkle to the sayde Henry and to make their conspiracie excusable they did write vnto the Shires Battayle at Shrevvsburie about that they pretended nothing against the alleageance nor fidelitie which they ought to the King neyther to gather to any other ende an armie but only for the sauing of their persons and for the better gouernement of the common wealth bycause the payments and taskes graunted to the King for the safe custodie of the Realme were put to such vâ—es as they ought not to be and were vnprofitably consumed and wasted Moreouer they complayned that bycause of the euill slanders which their enimies had made of them they durst not personally appeare in the Kings presence vntill the Prelates Barons had intreated for them that they might be permitted to purge themselues before the King and bée lawfully iudged by their péeres so that many that saw these letters did praise their diligence extoll their fidelitie towards the common wealth But the King being disquieted with these doings that he might appease the communaltie he wrote to them that he maruelled much that séeing the Earle of Northumberland Henry his son had receiued the most part of the paymeÌ„ts summes granted to him by the Cleargy coÌ„munaltie for y â— defence of the Marches of Scotland what occasion they had to make such manifest slanders c. but the yong Henry Percy puting his coÌ„fidence in the ayd of Owen Glendouerdew and Edmond Mortimer Earle of March with the Welchmen and men of Cheshire published that King Richard was aliue and was with them whom if any maÌ„ would sée they should without delay come in armour to y â— Castell of Leycester which declaration made diuers variable motioÌ„s in the hearts of many caused theÌ„ to wauer King Henry considering all things wisely gathered togither as many as he could and came
arrested him he arrested the Marshall also and many other with him to all which it was promised y t they should haue no harme but that promise was not kept for both the Archbishop Archbishop of Yorke beheaded the Earle Marshall were beheaded when the King came to Yorke the morrow after Whitsonday After this wheÌ„ the King had punished the meÌ„ of Yorke at his pleasure he set forth with an armie to pursue the Earle of Northumberland and Thomas Lord Bardolph and tooke all maner of munition with him and an armie of 37. thousand fighting men The Earle of Northumberland perceyuing the Kings intent gote himselfe to Berwike with thrée hundred horsse and froÌ„ thence into Scotland The King being bent against the Earle of Northumberland went to Berwike from whence the Earle fledde into Scotland and the Lord Bardolph with him whome Dauid Lord Fleming the Scotte receyued into alliance The King vnderstaÌ„ding that the Earle was fled he commanded them in the Castell to render it vnto him whiche when they refused to do the King caused a greate Gunne to be shotte whiche ouerthrewe parte of a Tower wherevpon they of the Castell gaue ouer and submitted themselues to the King who caused some of them to be beheaded and the residue to be sent to prisons After this the Castell of Alnewike and the rest of the Earles Castels were with small ado rendred to his handes with which successe the King being encouraged went streight into Wales where contrarywise nothing prospered with him wherefore he returned loosing Charets Cartes and Wagons to the number of 50. with his Treasure so that comming backe to Worcester he sent for the Archbishop and Bishops and declared to them his misfortune desiring theÌ„ to help him to whome the Archbishop answered that he woulde talke with the Cleargie in that matter In the meane season the Frenchmen came to succour the Welchmen with 140. Shippes they lâ—nded in Milford Hauen hauing lost almost all their horsses for lacke of fresh water The Lord Barkley and Henry Pay burnt fiftéene of those Shippes in the same Hauen These Frenchmen beséeged the Towne of Carmarden and tooke it graunting to the inhabitants all their moueable goodes and to goe whether they would The same time the foresayde Lorde Barkley Thomas Anno reg 7. Swinborne and Henry Pay tooke fourtéene Shippes of the French in the whiche they tooke the Steward of France and right Captaynes more The Towne of Reystone in Hartfordshire was brent Reyston brent Henry Barton William Groome the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Woodcocke Mercer the 28. of October This yeare all the Weares in Thamis from the Towne VVeares in the Thamis and Medvvay destroyed of Stanes in the Weast vnto the water of Medway in the East by the Maior and communaltie of London were destroyd and the trunckes brent for the which great plea and discord followed betwéene Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury and other Lords and Knightes of the one party and the Maior and communaltie on the other partie but the Citizens preuayled by vertue of their Charter and Statutes A Parliamente beganne whiche lasted nigh one Parliament A great taske 1406 whole yeare for after the Knightes of the Parliament had long delayde to graunt to the King a subsedie yet in the ende being ouercome they granted the taske demanded The Priestes and the Friers that liued of almes were forced euery one to pay halfe a marke Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland the L. Bardolfe by the counsell of Dauid Fleming fled into Wales for he had declared to them that the Scottes had conspired to deliuer them vnto their owne King in exchange for other prisoners and for this doing of Dauid Fleming the trayterous Scottes flew him and reysed such a ciuill warre amongst theÌ„selues that in the ende they were constreyned to request truce for a yeare which when they had obteyned the Scottes sente Iames the sonne of Robert King of Scottes being but The King of Scottes sonne and heire taken on the Sea nine yeares olde towardes France there to be brought vp and to be instructed in the pleasant eloquence of the French tongue whome certayne marriners of Cley in Norffolke tooke on the Seas and with him a Bishop and the Earle of Orkney to whome his Father had committed him and they brought him into England and deliuered him to the King who forth with burst out into a laughter and sayde surely the Scottes mighte haue sente him to me for I can speake French The Bishop escaped and fledde but the Earle of Orkeney and the sayde Iames the yong ladde was sent to the Tower of London where he remayned prisoner till the second yeare of Henry the sixth whiche was aboue eightéene yeares The Frenchmen came to help Owen Glendouerdew with 38. Shippes whereof 8. were taken full of armed men the rest escaped into Wales but not long after were taken fiftene Shippes laden with Wine and Waxe Whilest the Parliament yet continued the Duke of Yorke was restored to his olde dignitie whome many men thought to haue bin dead in prison Edmond Holland Earle of Kent married the Duke of Anno reg 8. Millaynes daughter in the Priory of Saint Mary Ouery in Southwarke Nicholas Wootton Geffrey Brooke the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Sir Richard Whittington Mercer the 28. of October Iohn Couentry and Iankin Carpenter executors to this VVhittington Colledge founded Richard Whittington with his goodes builded Whittington Colledge in London and a great part of the Hospitall of Saint Barthelmew in Smithfielde He builded the Library of the Grey Friers and the East end of the Guild Hall in London with diuers small conduites called Bosses and the Weast Nevvgate builded Gate of London called Newgate Also Iankin Carpenter one of the executors to the Worshipfull Knight Sir Richard Whittington aforenamed of his owne costes and charges caused to be paynted aboute the Cloyster of Saint Paules Church in London a most excellent monument or remembrance of Death the originall patterne whereof was sometime deuised by Machabre a Doctor of France and therefore called The Daunce of Machabre which Daunce was richly paynted about Saint Innocents Cloyster in Paris with Metres in French signifying The Daunce of Death commonly called the Daunce of Paules the spéeches of Death to all estates and their seuerall answeres againe to Death all whiche being translated into English by Iohn Lidgate Monke of Bury was as afore sayde richly paynted in the sayd Cloyster of Saint Paules Church and therefore commonly called The Daunce of Paules Henry Pay and other with him of the fiue Portes with Tho. Wals fiftéene Shippes tooke an hundred and twentie Shippes which lay at ancker in the Sea of Briteine laden with Iron Salt Oyle and Rochell Wine This Sommer through corruption of the ayre so great a Plague was shedde vpon mens bodyes as was not séene the like in many yeares in this land so that men
might say The South windes warme did blow with heate pestiferous Pestilence And Pestilence did beare great rule in Cities populous For at London in short while it consumed aboue thirtie thousand men and women and in the Countrey Townes great mortalitie fell among the husbandmen so that great households dyed cleane vp and the houses were emptied About the fiftéenth day of August deceassed Sir Roberte Knowles Knight at his Manour of Sconethorp in Norffolke Sir Robert Knovvles Iohn Leyland he was brought to London and there honourably buried in the white Friers Church which he had newly reedifyed and builded This Sir Robert Knowles had bin a most valiant Captayne in the warres of France during the raigne of Edward the third and Richard the second whose force the Realme of France both felt and feared so did the Dukedome of Briteine Register of Bermondsey and all the people from hence to Spayne Of him in his life were made Uerses in Latin which may be englished thus O Robert Knowles most woorthy of fame Verses by thy prowesse France was made tame Thy manhoode made the Frenchmen to yeeld by dint of sword in towne and field This Sir Robert Knowles founded in the Towne of Colledge and Hospitall at Pontfract Pontfract a Colledge to the honor of the holy Trinitie with an Hospital ioyned therevnto In the which Colledge was placed a Mayster and 6. or 7. Priestes and in the Hospitall 13. poore men and women He was once minded to haue made this Colledge at his Manour of Sconethorp but at the request of Constance his wife a woman of meane birth and somtime of a dissolute life afore hir mariage he turned his purpose and made it in the very place of Pontfraite wher she was borne enduing the same with 180. pound lande by yeare He also builded the faire new greate bridge at Rochester ouer the riuer of Medeway with a Chappel and a chauntrie at the East end therof In the which chappel was sometime a table hanging wherein was noted the benefactours to that Bridge as followeth Sir Roberte Knoles founder of the Trinitie Chappell at Rochester Bridge Constaunce wife to Knowles Sir Iohn Cobham Lord principall benefactour to the making of Rochester Bridge Margaret wife to Cobham Thomas Boucher Cardinall Iohn Morton Archbishop Henrie Chicheley Archbishop Thomas Langley Bishop of Durham Iohn Langedon Bishop of Rochester Thomas Arundale Archbishop Sir Iohn Cornewal Lord Fanhap Richard Whittington William Cromer Geffrey Boleyne Maior of London Iohn Darby Draper Alderman of London William Midleton Mercer of London William Martin Justice Sir Willlam Nottingham chiefe Barron of the Exchequer William Wangforde Iohn Buckingham Bishop of Lincolne Iohn Kempe Bishop of London Sir William Richal Sir Iohn at Pole All these had giuen money or landes towards the building and repayring of the sayde Bridge Iohn Warner a Merchaunt of Rochester made the newe coping of Rochester Bridge and William Warham Archbyshop of Canter burie made the yron pikes and bars aboute the same coaping This sommer Henrie Prince of Wales besieged the Castel of Abrustwich but not long after Owen Glendouerdew Anno reg 9. Sherifes Maior entred into it and placed new kéepers Henrie Pontfract Henrie Halton the. 28. of September Sir William Stondon Grocer the. 28. of October In Nouember a Parliamente being called at London a taxe of money was leuied of the whole Realme This yeare was a sore and sharpe Winter and suche aboundance of Snow which continued December Januarie Februarie and March so that almoste all small Byrdes dyed through hunger and colde Whiles the King helde a great Counsell at London with the nobles of the Realme Henrie Earle of Northumberlande and Thomas Lorde Bardolfe came againe into England who after long iournying when they came to the Towne of Thriske they caused to bée proclaymed that who so woulde haue libertie shoulde take vp armour and weapon and follow them whervpon much people resorted to them but sir Thomas Rockley Sherife of Yorkeshire with other Knightes of that Countrey went against them and at Bramham Moore nere to Hasewold fought with them a great battayle and slew the Earle whose head was streyght wayes cutte off The Lord Bardolph was sore wounded and taken aliue but dyed shortly after This battayle was fought on the xviij day of February The Erles head was put on a stake and caryed openly through the Citie 1408 of London and set on London Bridge The Bishop of Bangor was taken with the Lordes but pardoned of his lyfe bycause he was not founde in armour The King wente to Yorke and there condemned such as transgressed confiscated their goods pacified the Countrey hanged the Abbot of Hayle who had bin in armour and returned to the South partes againe Upon the seuenth of September there were suche flouds of rayne as the olde men of that age had neuer séene before Edmunde Hollande Earle of Kent whilest he besieged the Castell of Briake in Brytaine he was wounded with an arrowe of a crossebowe in the heade notwithstanding he toke the Castel and destroied it to the ground and not long after his braines rotted and he died Anno reg 10 Sherifes Maior Thomas Ducke William Norton the. 28. of September Sir Drew Barentine Goldsmith the. 28. of October Aboute the feaste of Al Saintes the Cardinall of Burges came into Englande being sente from the Colledge of Cardinalles to informe the King and Cleargie of the vnconstaunte dealing of Pope Gregorie as also he had informed the Frenche King and his Cleargie and realme to the end that those two Kings might sette to theyr helping handes to induce the sayde Gregorie to obserue the othe he hadde made and that by the magnificence of those two Kings cōcorde mighte be made in the Church vnto the whiche businesse the Frenche Kyng hadde gladlye graunted and sente messengers vnto Pope Gregorie who notwythstandyng 1409 was obstinate The Kyng of Englande when hée vnderstoode the Cardinalles message hée commaunded that curtesie and gentle entertaymente shoulde be gyuen hym and offered to beare hys charges so long as hée woulde abyde in Englande After the feaste of the Epyphanye the Archebyshoppe of Canterburie caused to assemble at London all the Cleargye of the Realme to chose personages méete to go to the general counsel holdē at Pisa where vnto were chosen Roberte Holam Bishop of Salisburie Henrie Chiseley bishop of Saint Dauids and Thomas Chillingdon Prior of Christes Churche in Canterburie and the Kyng had sente before Iohn Coluile Knighte and mayster Nicholas Rixton Clearkes wyth letters to be giuen to thē And in y e letter to the Pope it was writtē most holy father c. if y e prouidēce of y e Apostolike sea wold vouchsafe to consider how gret harme and danger is sprong vp through out the whole worlde vnder pretence of Scisme and chiefly the destruction of Christian people whiche aboue the nūber as men say of 200000. are perished by the raging
of dyuerse warres that haue risen in sundry partes of the world and euen now of late to the number of thirtie thousande which by reason of the dissention had vpon the Bishoprick of Leons betwixte two which do striue and contende the one in the aucthoritie of the true Pope and the other by the aucthoritie of the Antipope were in slaughter fielde a lamentable thing to be spoken slaine and distroyed Truely the Apostolike sea woulde be in greate heauinesse of heart and woulde rather forsake the honor of the Apostolicall sea thaÌ„ then to sée from henceforth such wicked slaughter to be committed and woulde take example of the true mother who before King Salomon rather chose to giue place than that the childe shoulde be cutte in péeces c. thus muche of the Epistle sente by the Kyng of Englande to the foresayde Gregorie This yeare was a great play at the skinners Wel nere vnto Clearkenwel besids LondoÌ„ which lasted viij days was of matter from the creation of the world there were to bethe same the most part of the nobles and gentles in EnglaÌ„d and forthwith after beganne a royall iusting in Smithfielde betwéene the Earle of Somerset and the Seneshall of Henalt sir Iohn Cornewall sir Richard of Arundale and the sonne of sir Iohn Cheyne against other Frenchmen Anno reg 11 Sherifes Maior Iohn Lawe William Chicheley the. 28. of September Sir Richard Marlow Ironmonger the. 28. of October Thomas Beuforte Erle of Surrey was made Chanceller and Henrie Scrope was made Treasurer In a Parliament holden at London in the Lent season 1410 the Knights and Burgesses presented to the King a Bill in this forme To the most excellent Lord the King and al the Nobles in this present Parliament assembled your faithfull Commons humbly do shewe that our soueraigne Lord the king may haue the Temporall possessions and landes whych by Th. Wals the Bishoppes Abbots and Priors are proudely spent and wasted in this Realme which woulde suffise to finde 150. Earles 1500. Knightes 6200. Esquiers and 100. Hospytals more than now be c. but when they went about to declare out of what places those great summes were to be leuied wherby the forsayde states should be endued they waÌ„ted in theyr accompte wherefore the King commanded theÌ„ that from thenceforth they shoulde not presume to moue any such matter Upon the euen of Saint Iohn Baptist the kings sonne being in Eastcheap at supper after midnight betwixt two and thrée of the clocke a great debate hapned betwéene his men and men of the Courte lasting an houre til the Maior and Sherifes with other Citizens ceased the same for the which afterward the sayde Maior Sherifes and Aldermen were sent for to appeare before the Kyng to aunsweare at whych the King with his sonnes and diuerse other Lordes were highly moued againste the Citie where through William Gascoigne chiefe Justice enquired of the Maior and Aldermen for the Citizens whether they woulde put them in y e Kings grace wherevnto they aunswered they had not offeÌ„ded the Kyng nor his sonnes but according to law stanched the debates then the King seeing it woulde be none otherwyse forgaue altogither and they departed King Henrie founded a Colledge at Battelfielde in Shropshire where he ouercame Anno. reg 12 Battelfield founded Sherifes Maior 1411 Guilde Hal in LondoÌ„ builded sir Henrie Percie and other Iohn Penne Thomas Pike the. 28. of September Sir Thomas Knowles Grocer the. 28. October About Easter the Guilde Hall in London was begun to bée made newe by the forsayde Maior and Aldermen The Custos or Gardian with the brethreÌ„ of the Grocers in LondoÌ„ purchased their Hall in Cunihope Lane for 320. markes and theÌ„â—aide the foundation therof on the tenth of May. Iohn Prendergest Knight and William Long kept the seas from Pirates and Rouers so that the passage by Sea was quiet but by the ill willers they were accused of theft robberie themselues whervpon the Knight toke Sanctuarie at Westminster where he could not haue an house or cotage to hide his heade for that the same was forbidden by the King so that he was forced to lye in a Tente whiche he set vp in the Church Porch and to haue men to watch him in the nighte season for feare of his enimie but his fellowe William remayned on the sea vntill the Admirall had prepared shippes readie and went in person to fetch him whiche he coulde not doe till he promised him by his fidelitie that he shoulde haue no harme which promise notwithstaÌ„ding William was imprisoned in the tower of London The Earle of Arundale the Earle of Kime sir Robert Vmfreuile sir Iohn Oldecastle Lord of Cobham sir Iohn Gray and other warlike power and a greate number of Archers were sent into France to the ayde of the Duke of Burgoine against the Duke of Orleaunce which at Saint Elo beside Paris incouÌ„tred with the enimyes vpon whom they had a noble victorie wherfore they were bountifully rewarded by the Duke of Burgoine and then returned into Englande A Squire of Wales named Rice ap Dee which had long time rebelled against the King was brought to London and there drawen hanged and quartered Anno reg 13 Iohn Raynwel William Cotton the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Robert Chicheley Grocer the. 28. of October After the feast of All Saintes a Parliamente was begun at London The King caused a newe kinde of Nobles to be made 1412 whiche were of lesse value than the olde by foure pence in the noble King Henrie fouÌ„ded the Colledge of Fodringhey in Northamptonshire Henrie the fifth gaue it lande of Priories of Monkes aliantes by him supressed A Goldsmith and his man of Fleete in London were bothe murdered by night in the Duke of Yorkes place without Temple barre and were cast into the riuer of Thamis About the fiftéenth of August the King by determination of the Counsel appoynting to send help to the Duke of Orleaunce sent his second sonne Thomas Duke of Clarence Edwarde Duke of Yorke and Thomas Earle of Dorset and many valiant men wyth a strong power to helpe to the Duke of Orleaunce against the Duke of Burgonie or euer al y â— other were returned whiche a while agoe went ouer with y e erle of Arundale to ayde the Duke of Burgonie so that many men maruelled of the sodaine chaunge that in so small a tyme the Englishmen dyd ayde and assiste the two contrarie parts notwythstandyng the foresayde Nobles wente forewardes and arriued in Normandie where when the Duke of Orleaunce did not méete them at the tyme appointed they brent hys townes and spoyled his Countrey and tooke manye holdes At length thoughe late the Dukes of Clarence and of Orleance mette and talked togither And the matter was so entreated of betwéene them that our menne shoulde desyste from raungyng throughe the Countrey and refrayne from robberie which when our men hadde graunted they departed into
Aquitaine to Wynter there and the Duke of Orleaunce wente home to hys Countrey Anno reg 14 Ralph Leuenhynd William Seuenocke the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir William Waldren Mercer the. 28. of October About this tyme the Lorde Herle Marshall of Fraunce with manye other noble men and men of armes to the number of foure thousande besieged a certayne holde in Aquitaine whyche was in the kéepyng of Iohn Blunte Knight who with thrée hundered that ayded hym putte to flight the whole army of the Frenchmen and toke twelue of their men of name and other gentlemen to the number of 120. Kyng Henrie kept his Christmasse at his manour of Eltham being so sore sick that sometime men thought that he had bin dead notwithstanding it pleased God that he recouered his strength againe a little After Christmasse he called the Nobles of y e realm togither to a Parliament at London but he liued not to the end therof for now after the great and fortunate chaunces hapned Titus Liuius to him and being deliuered of all Ciuill diuision hée was taken with sicknesse of the which he languished til his appointed houre during which sickenesse some euil disposed people laboured to make dissention betwéene the King and the Prince his sonne by reason wherof and by the acte of youth which he exercised more than meanely and for the great recourse of people vnto him of whom his Court was at all times more aboundant than the King his father the King suspected that he would presume to vsurpe the crown he being aliue which suspitious iealousie was occasion that he in part withdrewe his affection and singular loue from the Prince But when this noble Prince was aduertised of his fathers iealousie he disguised himself in a gown of blew â—atten made full of small Oylet holes and at euery Oylet the néeble wherwith it was made hanging stil by a thréede of silke And about his arme he ware a dogges coller set ful of S S of golde and the Tirets of the same also of fine gold Thus apparelled with a great companye of Lordes and other noble men of his Court he came to the king his father who at that time laye at Westminster where at his coÌ„ming by his owne commaundement not one of hi 〈…〉 panye auaunced himselfe further thaÌ„ the fire in the Hall notwithstanding that they were greatly and ofte desired to the contrarie by the Lordes and great estates of the Kings Court and that the Prince had commanded to giue the lesse occasion of mistrust to the King his father but he himselfe only accompanyed of the kings house passed forth to the king his Father to whom after due salutation he desired to shewe the intent of his minde in secrete manner Then the Kyng caused himselfe to be borne in his chayre into his secrete chamber bycause he was deseased and might not goe wher in the presence of thrée or foure persons in whom the King had most confidence he commaunded the Prince to shewe the effect of his minde Then the Prince knéeling down before his Father saide to him these wordes most redoubted Lord and Father I am this time come to your presence as your liegman and as your sonne naturall in all thyngs to obay your grace as my soueraigne Lord and father And whereas I vnderstand yée haue me suspect of my behauiour against your grace and that yée feare I would vsurpe your Crowne againste the pleasure of your highnesse of my coÌ„uersation youre grace knoweth that if yée were in feare of any man of what estate soeuer he were my duetie were to the endaungering of my life to punishe that person therby to race that sore from your hearte And then howe muche rather oughte I to suffer death to bring your grace from the feare that yée haue of me that am your naturall sonne and your liegeman And to that intente I haue thys daye by confession and receyuing the Sacramente prepared my selfe and therefore moste redoubted Lorde and Father I beséeche you in the honour of God for the easing of youre harte heretofore your knées to slea me with this dagger and at that worde wyth all reuerence he deliuered to the king hys dagger saying my Lorde and Father my lyfe is not so desirous to mée that I woulde liue one daye that shoulde be to you displeasure nor I couet not so much my life as I doe your pleasure and welfare and in your thus doing here in the presence of these Lordes and tofore God at the daye of iudgemente I clearelye forgiue you my deathe At these wordes of the Prince the King taken with compassion of hearte cast from him the dagger and imbracing the Prince kissed him and with effusion of teares saide vnto him my right deare and hartily beloued sonne it is of trueth that I had you partly suspecte and as I now perceyue vndeserued on your partie but séeing this your humilitie and faithfulnesse I shall neyther slay you nor from henceforth haue you any more in mistrust for no report that shall be made vnto me and thereof I assure you vpon mine honor Thus by his great wisedome was the wrongfull imagination of his Fathers hate vtterly auoyded and hymselfe restored to the Kings former grace and fauour After thys as was reported by the Earle of Ormonde to the translatour of myne author Titus Liuius the king gaue to his sonne the Prince diuerse notable doctrines insignments among which eruditioÌ„s one is this the King lying grieuously diseased called before him the Prince his sonne sayd vnto him My sonne I feare me sorâ— after my departure from this life some discord shal grow arise betwéene thée and thy brother Thomas Duke of Claâ—ence whereby the realme may be brought to destruction and miserie for I knowe you both to be of greate stomacke and courage Wherefore I feare that he throughe his high mynde wyll make some enterprise against thée intending to vsurpe vpon thée whiche I knowe thy stomacke maye not abyde tasily And for dreade hereof as ofte as it is in my remembraunce I soare repente me that euer I charged my selfe wyth the Crowne of this Realme To these wordes of the King the Prince aunsweared thus Righte redoubted Lorde and Father to the pleasure of GOD your grace shall long continue with vs and rule vs both but if God haue so prouided that euer I shall succéede you in thys Realme I shall honour and loue my brethre aboue all menne as long as they be to me true faythfull and obediente as to theyr soueraigne Lord but if anye of them fortune to conspyre or rebell againste mée I assure you I shall as soone execute iustice vppon one of them as I shall vpon the worst and most simplest person within this your Realme The Kyng hearing thys aunsweare was therewith maruellouslye reioyced in hys mynde and sayde My deare and wel beloued Sonne wyth thys aunswere thou haste deliuered me of a greate and ponderous
agonye and I beséeche thée and vppon my blessing charge thée that like as thou haste sayde so thou minister iustice equally and in no wise suffer not them that be oppressed long to call vpon thée for Justice but redresse oppressions and indifferently and wythout delay for no perswasion of flatterers or of them that bée partiall or suche as vse to haue their handes replenished wyth gyftes deferre not Justice vntill to morrowe if that thou mayste doe iustice thys daye leaste peraduenture GOD doe Justice on thée in the meane tyme and take from thée thyne authoritye remember that the wealth of thy body and thy soule and of thy Realme resteth in the execution of Justice and doe not thy Justice so that thou be called a Tyraunte but vse thy selfe meanely betwixte Justice and mercie in those things that belong to thée And betwéen parties do iustice truely and extreamely to the coÌ„solation of thy poore subiects that suffer iniuries and to the punition of them that be extortioners and doers of oppressioÌ„s that other therby may take example in thus doing thou shalt obtayne the fauour of God and the loue and fear of thy subiectes and therefore also thou shalte haue thy Realme more in tranquillitye and reste whiche shal bée occasion of greate prosperitie wythin thy Realme whyche Englishmen naturally do desyre for so long as they haue wealthe and Ryches so long shalte thou haue obeysaunce and when they bée poore then they bée alwayes readye at euerye motion to make insurrections and it causeth them to rebel agaynst theyr soueraygne LORDE for the nature of them is suche rather to feare losing of theyr goods and worldly substaunce than the ieoparding of theyr liues And if thou thus kéepe them in subiection mixed with loue and feare thou shalte haue the moste peaceable and fertyle Countrey and the moste louyng faythfull and manlye people of the Worlde whyche shall because of no small feare to thyne aduersaries My sonne when it shall please God to call me to the waye decrede for euerye Worldely creature to thée as my sonne and heyre I muste leaue my Crowne and my Realme whyche I aduise thée not to take vaynelye and as a manne elate in pryde and reioyced in Worldlye honour but thinke that thou arte more oppressed wyth charge to puruie for euerie Person wythin the Realme than exalted in vaine honoure of the Worlde Thou shalt be exalted to the Crowne for the wealthe and conseruation of the Realme and not for thy singular commoditie and auaile my Sonne thou shalte be a minister to thy Realme to kéepe it in tranquilitie and defende it Like as the harte in the myddest of the bodye is principall and chiefe thyng in the bodye and seruesh to couet and desire that thyng that is moste necessarie to euerye of thy members so my Sonne thou shalte be amongst thy people as chiefe and principall of them to minister imagine and acquire those thyngs that maye be moste beneficiall for them And then thy people shall be obediente to thée to ayde and succoure thée and in al things to accomplishe thy commaundemeÌ„ts like as thy members laboure euerye one of them in theyr office to acquire and get that thing that the hearte desireth and as thy hearte is of no force and impotent without the ayde of thy members so without thy people thy raygne is nothing My sonne thou shalt feare and dread God aboue all things and thou shalt loue honour and worship him w t all thy hearte thou shalte attribute and ascribe to hym all things wherein thou séest thy selfe to be well Fortunate â—ée it victorye of thyne enymies loue of thy friendes obedience of thy subiectes strength and actiuenesse of body honor riches or fruitefull generations or any other thing whatsoeuer it be that chanceth to thy pleasure Thou shalt not imagine that any such thing shoulde fortune to thée by thyne acte nor by thy desert but thou shalte thinke that all coÌ„meth only of the goodnesse of our Lord. Thus y u shalt with all thine heart prayse honour and thanke God of all hys benefits that he giueth vnto thée And in thy selfe eschew al vaineglorie and elation of heart following the holesome counsell of the Psalmist which sayeth Non nobis Domine non nobis sed nominituo dagloriaÌ„ which is to say Not vnto vs Lord not vnto vs but to thy holy name be giuen laude and praise These many other admonishments and doctrines this victorious king gaue vnto this noble prince his sonne who with effect followed the same after the death of his father whereby he obtained grace of our Lorde to attaine to gret victories and many glorious and incredible conquests through the helpe and succour of our Lord whereof he was neuer destitute The king his father drawing to his end after due thankes giuen and supplications made to God gaue his benediction to the Prince his sonne and so yéelded to God his spirit the. xx day of March Anno. 1412. when he had raigned xiij yeares sixe moneths and odde dayes He was conueyed by water to Feuersham and from thence by lande to Canterburie and there buryed ⸪ ¶ King Henry of Monmouth HEnrie the fifth began his raigne y t xx day of March Anno reg 1. Titus Liuius in y â— yere 1412. This Prince excéeded the mean stature of men he was beautiful of visage his necke long bodye slender and leane and hys bones smal neuer the lesse he was of maruellous greate strength and passing swifte in running in so much that he with two other of his Lords without bow or other engine would take a wilde Buck or Doe in a large Park he delighted in soÌ„gs musical instrumeÌ„ts in so much y â— in his chappel amoÌ„gst other his priuate prayers he vsed certaine Psalmes of Dauid translated into heroycall English méeter by Iohn Lydgate Monke of Bury Whilst his father liued beyng accoÌ„panyed w t some of his yong Lords gentlemen he wold waite in disguised araye for his owne receyuers and distresse them of theyr money and sometimes at suche enterprices both he and his company wer surely beaten and when his receiuers made to him their complaints how they were robbed in their comming vnto him he wold giue them discharge of so much mony as they had lost and besides that they should not depart from him without great rewards for their trouble and vexation especially they should be rewarded that best hadde resisted hym and his company and of whom he hadde receyued the greatest most strokes But after the decease of his father was neuer any youth or wildnes that might haue place in him but all his actes were sodainely chaunged into grauitie and discreation To this noble Prince by assent of the Parliamente all 1413 the estates of the realme after thrée dayes offered to do fealtie before he was crowned or had solemnized his othe wel and iustly to gouerne the common weale which offer béefore was neuer found
Saint Simon and Iude earely in the Regist of Maiors morning came tidings to London of this victorie for ioy whereof Te deum was song in all the Churches and at nine of the clocke all the orders of Religious men of the Citie went on Procession from Saint Paules vnto Westminster with the new Maior his Aldermen and the Craftes the Quéene and hir Lords and all hir trayne who all offered at Saint Edwards Shrine and then the Maior tooke his charge and euery man returned with great ioy The xxiij of Nouember King Henry arriued at Douer King Henry returned the Maior of London with the Aldermen and Crafts riding in red with hoods red and white mette with the King on Blacke heath comming from Eliam and so brought him thorough Londō to Westminster with all his prisoners of France On the next morrow the Maior Aldermen and 200. of the commoners presented the King with a thousand pound in two Basens of Gold worth 500. pound In the feast of the Purification seuen Dolphins of the sea came vp the Riuer of Thamis and playd there whiles four of them were kilde In a Parliament begun the fiftéenth of March at Westminster the halfepens of Ianua cōmonly called Galey halfepens Halfepens of Ianua forbiddē were forbid to be vsed as lawfull payment among the English people The first of May the Emperour landed at Douer and the Anno reg 4. 1416. seauenth of May the Maior Aldermen and Craftes of London receiue him at Blacke heath and the King with his Lords met him at Saint Thomas Waterings and so brought him thorough London to Westminster The Emperour returned out of England the sixtéenth of August after he had laboured but could make no peace betwéene England and France Iohn Benet Woolmā who had in Lōdō scattered scedules Tho Wals VVoolman beheaded ful of sedition was drawne hanged and beheaded on Michaelmas day The viij day of October was a Parchment maker of Trillmell stréete drawne hanged and headed for that he had harbored Sir Iohn Oldcastell Robert Widington Iohn Couentrie the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Anno reg 5. Henry Barton Skinner the 28. of October In the Parliament at London the Earle of Dorset was made Duke of Excester The xxvij of Nouember was a Begger drawne and hanged for dismembring of yong children he was drawne in his owne carre from the Leaden Hall vnto Tiborne A Spicers wife of Saint Albons and the Bayliffes wife of Vinesburie were hanged at Tiborne and shortly after the Bayly of Vinesburie himselfe was also hanged at Tiborne On Easter day in the after noone at a Sermon in Saint Dunstons in the East of London a great fray happened in the 1417 A fray in Saint Dunstons Church Church where-through many people were sore wounded and one Thomas Petwarden Fishmonger dwelling at Sprots Key was slayne out of hande wherefore the Churche was suspended and the beginners of the fray which was the Lord Strange and Sir Iohn Tussell Knight through the quarell of their two wiues were brought to the Counter in the Pultry the Archbishop of Canterbury caused them to be excommunicate Records of Caunt The L. Strange his vvife doth penance as well at Paules Crosse as in al other Parish Churches of the Citie The xxi of Aprill the sayd Archbishop sate at S. Magnus to enquire of the authors of that disorder where he foūd the fault to be in the Lord Strange and his wife who vpon the first of May following in Paules Church before the Archbishop the Maior of London and other submitted themselues to penance and sware to do the same which was enioyned them that immediately al their seruants should in their shirtes goe before the Parson of S. Dunstons from Paules to S. Dunstons Church and the Lorde bare headed with his Lady bare footed Reignold Kenwood Archdeacon of London following them and at the halowing of the Church the Lady should fill all the vessels with water and also offer an ornament to the Alter of tenne pound and the Lord Straunge should offer a Pixe of Siluer of fiue pound The xxix of June the Earle of Huntington with his retinue fought with nine Carikes of Iene and tooke foure of them to their patrons and the Admirall of them all that was called the Bastard of Burbon with all the treasure that they all should haue bin waged with for a quarter of a yeare The thirtith of July King Henry with his host sayled into Normandy and tooke the Castell of Tonke and shortly after gat Cane Beyonx and many other Townes and Castels Henry Reade Iohn Gedney the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Richard Marlow Ironmonger the 28. of October Sir Iohn Oldcastell was sent vnto London by the Lorde Tho. Wals Powes out of Wales which Sir Iohn was conuict by Parliament drawne to Saint Giles field where he was hanged by Tho. Wals the necke in a chayne of iron and after consumed with fire The 14. of December King Henry continuing hys Anno reg 6. warres in France held his Christmas in Normādy at Bayaux about which time the Castell of Falase was yéelded vnto 1418 him and the Citie of Aueraunce was also yéelded After Easter Thomas Duke of Clarence was sent by the King to beséege the Monasterie of Becke Helowin and Humfrey Duke of Glocester was sent to beséege the Towne Cherburghe Richard Earle of Warwike was sent to beséege the Castell of Daunfrount and the Earle of Kime was sent to beséege the Castell of Milly Leuisque About the feast of the holy Trinitie the King sent Thomas Duke of Excester his Unkle into Normandy with fiftéene thousand men of armes In the moneth of June King Henry beséeged the noble Towne of Louens and compelled them within to yéelde to him vpon conditions on the euen of Saint Iohn Baptist Then the King on the xxij of June remoued his armie Titus Liuius towards Pount large where he layde his séege on the one side of y ◠Towne by the middle whereof the Riuer of Seene hath his course but could haue no passage ouer the riuer to lay séege on y e other side for y e bridge which was without y e town was defended with a strong Tower and a Garrison but King Henry commanded to make Boates of wickers and those to be closed in Beastes Skinnes by which Boates on the fifth of July the Duke of Clarence with hys companie passed ouer secretly in great number and then beséeged the other side of the Towne but bycause the Riuer of Seene diuided his host whereby if eyther part should haue néede of other they could not come togither for the Riuer the King caused to be made so many small square Boates of the wicker aforesayd that being tyed togither and cast into the Riuer he made of them a Bridge When the inhabitants and Garrisons perceyued them thus enuironed in all partes they agréed with the King that if within
and his Cardinalles 14â—5 after long laboure coulde make no peace betwixte King Henry of England and France and Charles also named King of Fraunce they at length made a peace betwixte the said Charles and Philip Duke of Burgoigne whereby the said Duke of Burgoigne became vtter enimy to the King of England and soone after the said Duke beganne his order of the Lillie and the Golden fléece and ordayned certaine Knightes of that order and made thervnto many Statuts wherof some of them were like vnto the Statutes of the Garter On the fourtéenth daye of September at Roan in Normandy dyed the noble Prince Iohn Duke of Bedforde and Regent of Fraunce and was after with great solemnitie â—â—ryed within the Churche of Noâ—ir Dame of the same â—itie Anno reg 14 Sherifes Maior Thomas Catworth Robert Clopton the. 28. of Septemb. Henry Frowike Mercer the 28. of October King Charles of Fraunce recouered the Citie of Paris and at Newyeares tide wanne the Towne of Harflewe and 1436 Sainct Denis and manye other Townes and holdes expellyng and murdering the Englishe people in greate number The nintéenth daye of Julye the Duke of Burgoigne wyth a great multitude of Burgonians and Flemmings appeared Caleis besieged before Caleis and there pight his pauilions and tentes at which season was Lieutenaunt of Caleis Sir Iohn Ratclife Knight and of the Castell was Lieutenant the Baron of Dudley this siege endured about thrée wéekes in whiche season many knightlye actes were done exercised on both partes On the second day of August the Duke of Glocester protectour Robert Fubâ—â—â— of Englande with 500. sayles as some write landed at Caleis and entended vppon the thirde day following to haue issued out of the Towne and to haue gyuen battel to the Flemmings but as testifyeth our Englishe writers so soone as the Duke of Burgoigne was ware of the great power of the Lorde Protector he toke with him of his ordinaunce that he might lightly carrye and the other that were cumberous he left behind When the Duke with his host was thus fledde the Lorde Protectour with his people followed hym into the Countrey by the space of eleauen dayes in whiche season he brente the two Townes of Popering and Bell and returned to Caleis and so into England This yeare was the Castel or Towne of Rokesborough in Scotlande besieged by the Kyng of Scottes but when hée Anno. reg â—â— hearde that Syr Ralph Graye Knyghte was commyng thyther with a competente number to remoue the siege anone he departed leauyng some parte of hys Ordinaunce behynde hym to hys greate shame and dishonour Thomas Norstede William Gregory the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Iohn Michel Fishmonger the. 28. of October The second of Januarie Quéene Katherin late wife to Henrie the fifth and mother to King Henrie the sixth dyed at Bermondsey and was buried at Westminster but being takeÌ„ Part of London bridge fel. vp againe in the raigne of Henrie the seauenth when he layde the foundation of his new Chappel there she was neuer buried since but lyeth still aboue ground in a Coffin of bordes behinde the East end of the Friers The. xiiij of Januarie at noone of the day the gate on LoÌ„don bridge wyth the Tower vpon it nexte to Southwarke fell down and two of the furdest Arches of the same bridge and no man perished Ralph Lord Cromwel erected the Colledge of Taâ—eshall 1437 Taâ—eshall Colledge in Lincolneshire King Henrie put downe the Maior of Norwich sente the Aldermen some to Linne some to Canterburie toke their fraÌ„chises into his hande and appointed Iohn Wels Alderman sometime Maior of London to be Warden of Norwich who so continued eight moneths as I haue red on his Monument in Saint Antholines Churche in London whiche Monument is nowe amongest manye other by lewde persons defaced The ninth of July Quéene Iane wife to King Henrie the fourth dyed at Hauering a Boure and was buried at Canterburie All the Lyons in the Tower of London dyed Anno reg 18 Sherifes Maior William Hales William Chapman the. 28. of Septemb. William Eastfielde Mercer the. 28. of October This William Eastfield Maior of his own costes caused to be builded the Water Conduite in Fleetestreete of London On Easter daye Iohn Gardener was taken conuaying 1438 Gardeneâ—brent the Sacrament from his mouth with a soule cloth after he had receyued the same at the Priests hande in Saint Marie at the Axe Churche of London for the whiche he was brent in Smithfielde the xiiij of May. Owen Tewther â—ouly hurting hys kéeper brake out of Newgate but was againe taken afterwarde thys Owen had priuilye as it was sayde maryed Quéene Katherin late wife to Henrie the fifth and had foure children by hir whiche was not knowen tyll she was dead and buried On the Uigil of Mary Magdalen the town of Nantwich in the Countie of Chester was pitifully consumed with fire A great dearth of corne for wheate was in some places Dearth of corne Anno reg 17 Sherifes Maior solde for two shillings sixe pence the Bushell Hugh Diker Nicholas Yoo the. 28. of September Stephen Browne Grocer the. 28. of October The fiue and twentith of Nouember a great winde dyd Great vvâ—nâ—es muche harme in manye places In London it bare muche leade of the Gray Friers Churche and almost blewe downe the one side of the stréete called the Olde Change so that the same was faine to be vnderset with Timber On New yeres day a stacke of woodde fell downe at Baynardes Castell and killed thrée men manye moe were sore hurte By fall of a Staire at Bedforde where the shire daye was kepte eightéene persons were slayne and manye moe hurte Richard Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke dyed at Roane in NormaÌ„die the last of May and the fourth of October next folowing his corpse was honourably conueyed as well by water as by land from Roane vnto Warwicke and there worshipfully buried in the Colledge of our Lady Church founded by his noble auncestours Wheate was sold at London for thrée shillings y e bushel Malt at thirtéen shillings y â— quarter Otes at eight pence the bushel which caused men to eate beans pease and barley more than in a hundred yeares before Anno reg 18 StruÌ„pets vvare Raye hoodes Manye Stumpets were sette on the Pyllerye and banyshed the Cytye excepte they ware theyr Raye hoodes Phillip Malpas Robert Marshal the 28. of September Sherifes â—â—ior Robert Large Mercer the. 28. of October In a Parliament at Reading it was ordayned that all Marchaunt straungers shoulde goe to host with Englishmen and to make sale of theyr Merchaundises and buy again what they woulde wythin the space of sixe monethes geuing theyr hoste for euerye twentye shillings worth two pence except the Esterlings And that euery housholder that Order for straungers was alien should pay to the King xuj. pence the yeare and euery seruant
and she was conuicte of the sayde Articles then was it asked if she woulde saye anye thing agaynste the witnesses wherevnto she aunsweared nay but submitted hyr selfe The seauen and twentith daye of October she abiured the Articles and was adioyned to appeare again the ninth of Nouember In the meane time Thomas Southwel dyed in the Tower of London as himselfe had prophesied that hée shoulde neuer dye by Justice of the Law William Combis Richarde Riche the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Elianor CobhaÌ„ did penaunce Robert Clopton Draper the. 28. of October The ninth of Nouember Dame Elianor appeared béefore the Archbishoppe and other in the sayde Chappel and receyued hyr penaunce which she perfourmed On Monday the. xiij of Nouember she came froÌ„ Westminster by water and landed at the Temple Bridge from whence with a taper of waxe of two pounde in hir hande she went throughe Fleetestreete hoodlesse saue a kerchefe to Paules where she offered hyr Taper at the high Aulter On y e Wednesday next she landed at y e Swan in Thamis stréete then went through Bridgestreet Grace Church Streete streight to Leaden Hall and so to Christ Church by Aldegate On Fryday she landed at Queene Hiue and so went through Cheape to Saint Michels in Cornehil in fourme aforesayd at all which times the Maior Sherifes and Craftes of London receyued hir and accompanyed hir This being done she was committed to the ward of sir Thomas Stanley wherein she remayned duryng hyr life in the castel of Chester hauing yerely an hundred marks assigned for hyr finding whose pride false couetise and lecherie were cause of hir confusion The xviij of NoueÌ„ber Roger Bolingbroke with sir Iohn Hum Priest and William Woodham Esquire was arraigned in the Guild Hall of London where the sayde Iohn and William had their Charters but Roger Bolingbroke was condemned had iudgemeÌ„t of sir Iohn Hody chief Justice of the Kings Bench and the same day he was drawen froÌ„ the Tower to Tiborne there hanged and quartered when y e said Roger shold suffer he said y t he was neuer guilty of any treason against the kings person but he hadde presumed too far in his cunning whereof he cryed God mercie and the Justice that gaue on him iudgemente liued not long after Henrie Beauchampe succéeded in hys fathers inheritaÌ„ce who being kept two yeares in the Kings hands was restored to al his liuings with greate glory for he was crowned King of Wight by the kyngs owne handes and nominated chiefe Earle of England A challenge was done in Smithfield within listes before 1442 A Combat in Smithfielde the King by the Lorde Beawfe of Aragon and Iohn Ansley Esquire of the Kings house whiche Ansley hadde the fielde and at the Kings hande was made Knight and the Anno. reg 21 Lord Aragon offered his harneis at Windsor In the moneth of August was a great fray in Fleetstreete betwéene the yong Studentes of the Innes of Courte and the inhabitauntes of the same stréete whiche Fray began in the night and so continued the assaultes and bickeryngs till the next day in whiche season muche people of the Cytie was thyther gathered and diuerse men on both partes slaine and many hurte but lastly by the presence of the Maior and Sherifes this Fray was appeased of whiche was chiefe occasioner one of Cliffords Inne named Herbotel Thomas Beaumount Richard Norden the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Iohn Athirle Ironmonger the. 28. of October Iohn Beaufort Earle of Somerset was made Duke of Somerset and Lord Talbot Earle of Shrewesburie The stéeple of Waltham Holy Crosse in Essex was brente with lightning on Candlemasse day The Citizens of Norwiche rose against the Priour of 1443 Christes Churche wythin the same Citie and would haue fiered the priorie they kept the towne by strength againste the Duke of Norffolke and all his power wherefore the Kyng sente thyther the chiefe Judge Iohn Fortescue wyth the Earles of Stafforde and of Huntington who indicted many Citizens and the Priour also The Liberties of the Citie were seysed into the Kings hand and Sir Iohn Clifton made Captaine there and manye of the Citizens fledde ouer the seas c. Anno reg 22. Sherifes Maior Nicholas Wilforde Iohn Norman the. 28. of September Thomas Catworth Grocer the. 28. of October Iohn Earle of Huntington at Windsore was made Duke of Excester Iohn Beauforde Duke of Somerset deceased and was buryed at Wimborne The Earle of Stafforde was created Duke of Buckingham Henrie Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke Duke of Warwicke 1444 Cro. of â—ewx vnto whom the King gaue the Castell of Bristowe with all the appurtenances which King Iohn had kept in his haÌ„ds he gaue vnto him also the Isles of Garnsey and Iarnsey The Earle of Dorset was made Marques of Dorset and the Earle of Suffolke Marques of Suffolke King Henrie sent into Fraunce Ambassadours William de la Pole Marques of Suffolke Adam Molens Bishoppe of Chichester and kéeper of the priuie seale sir Roberte Roos and other to treat of a marriage betwéene King Henrie and Margaret the kings daughter of Scicil which was concluded in the Citie of Towres in Touraine Anno reg 13 Sherifes Maior Stephen Poster Hugh Wich the. 28. of September Henrie Frowike Mercer the 28. of October In the moneth of Nouember William de la Pole Marques of Suffolke with other went againe into Fraunce for to conduct the sayd Lady Margaret into England On Candlemasse euen in diuerse places of England was heard terrible thunders wyth lightning wherby the church of Baldoke in Hertfordshire the Churche of Walden in Essex diuerse other were sore shaken And the stéeple of Saint Pauls in London about two of the clocke in the after noone was set on fire in the middest of the shaft but by the labour of many well desposed people the same was quenched and no man perished The stéeple of Kingstone was likewise fiered by the same lightnings Ladie Margaret landing at Portchester went from thence 1445 by water to Hampton rested there in a place called Gods house from thence she went to the Abbay of Tychfielde and Quene Margaret crovvned was there wedded to King Henry y e xxij of April She was receyued at the Blackeheath by the Citizens of London ryding on horsebacke in blewe gownes with brodered sleues and red hoods the 28. of May and on the 30. of May she was crowned at Westminster hir badge was the Daysie With the fall of Kingstone steple one man was slaine Kingston steple fell An reg 24. Sherifes Maior Leaden hall in Lon. builded and many sore hurt Iohn Darby Godfrey Filding the 28. of September Simon Eyre draper the 28. of October This Simon Eyre builded the Leaden hall in London to be a store house for graine and fewell for the poore of the Citie also a beawtifull Chappel in the East end of y e same ouer the gate whereof he
caused to be written Dextera Domini A notable example exaltauit me that is to say The Lordes right hand hath exalted me Whereby he doing so notable a worke for the common weale also left example to other Citizens comming 1446 Cronicle of Thevvkesbury Iohn Rovvse Duke of vvarvvik King of vvight died after him whoÌ„ God likewise exalteth with such temporall blessings that they be not vnthankfull to God and their common weale wherein they haue receiued them Henrie Duke of Warwike chiefe Erle of England Lorde Spencer and Aburgaueny King of the Isle of Wight Garnsey and Iarnsey and Lord of the Castell of Bristow died without issue and was buried at Tewksburie Iohn Dauid appeached his master William Catur an Armorer CoÌ„bat betvven a master the seruaunt dwelling in S. Dunstones Parish in Fletestreete of treason and a day being assigned them to fight in Smithfield the maister being wel beloued was so cherished by his friends and plied with wine that being therewith ouercome was also vnluckily slaine by his seruaunt An. reg 25. Baylifes Custos Robert Horne Godfrey Boleine the 28. of September Iohn Olney Mercer the 28. of October Pope Eugenius sent a golden Rose to the King of England expressing the propertie and aplicatioÌ„ of the same with the ceremonie that is yéerely vsed on Palme Sonday touching Record Ecclesi Canta the same Rose exhorting the Kyng agaynste the Turkes Which Rose Lodouicus Cordona Doctor of Diuinitie did present to the King in S. Stephens Chappell at Westminster vpon S. Andrewes day in presence of the Dukes of Yorke Excester Cardinall Kempe Archbishop of Yorke Iohn Stafford Archbishop of Caunterburie Chauncellor of England The x. of Februarie beganne a Parliament at Saint Edmondesburie Parliament at Burie in Suffolke at which time al the wayes about the same Towne were kept with armed men both daye and night so that many dyed with colde and waking Humfrey The Duke of Glocester arested sone after dyed Duke of Glocester being at the castell of the Vies in Wilshire came from thence to the Parliament and was lodged in the Hospitall where shortly after he was arrested by Iohn Lord Beaumount high Constable the Duke of Buckingham the Duke of Somerset and other who appointed certaine of the Kings housholde to waite vpon him but on the. xxiiij 1447 day he died for sorrow as some said that he might not come to his aunswere he was buryed at Saint Albons xxxij of his principall seruauntes were arrested and sent to diuers prisons and fiue of them were arraigned at London and condemned v. â—â—n hanged after pardoned whose names were sir Roger Chamberlain knight Middleton Herbert Arteyse Esquiers and Richard Nedam gentleman which were al fiue drawne from the Towre of London to Tiborne and there hanged letten downe quicke stript naked marked with a knife for to be quartered and then a charter shewed for their liues but the yoman of the crowne had their liuelode and the hangman had their clothes Henry Beauford Cardinal of Winchester deceased after him W. Wainflete Prouost of Eaton was made Bishop of Winchester The v. of August died Iohn HollaÌ„d duke of Excester An. reg 16. was buried at S. Catherins nygh the Towre of London William Abraham Thomas Scot the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Gidney Draper the 28. of October This yéere during y â— peace betwéene England Fraunce â— knight of the English part named sir Frances Aragonoyse toke a towne named Fogars vpoÌ„ the borders of NormaÌ„die belonging 1448 to y â— duke of Britaine For the which he complained him to y â— French king he at y e said dukes request sent vnto y â— king of England to aske restitutioÌ„ of the harme The which messengers were answered of y e kings CouÌ„sell that y â— déede was right displeasant vnto y e king that sir Francis Aragon had enterprised y â— feate of his owne presumption WhervpoÌ„ it folowed shortly after that y e French by like policie toke y â— towne castle of Pountallarche after that many other so y â— the taking of y â— foresaid towne of Fogiars by y e English men An. reg 27. was y â— occasion by y e which the French after gat al NormaÌ„dy William Catlow William Marow the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1449 Roane yeelde â— to the French Steuen Browne Grocer the 28. of October This yéere the FrenchmeÌ„ got many townes in NormaÌ„dy out of the possession of y e EnglishmeÌ„ Also y â— citie of Roane was yéelded to the French with condition that the Captaines garrisons might depart with armour goods not long after was rendered with the like coÌ„ditioÌ„ as of Roane the towns of Harflewe Hounflewe A knight of France called sir Lewes de Breyll challenged an Esquier of England named Ralph Chalons of certaine feates of Warre the which to proue a day to them was giuen to méete at a towne in France named Maunce where y â— French king at that day was present But Chalons canne the French knight through the body with his An. reg 28. speare whereof the said Lewes dyed William Hulin Thomas Cannings the 28. of September Sherifes Maior B. of Chichester murdered Thomas Chalton Mercer the 28. of October The 9. of Januarie AdaÌ„ Molins Bishop of Chichester kéeper of the kings priuie seale through y â— procurement of Richard duke of Yorke was by shipmen slaine at Portesmouth The 9. of Februarie Thomas Thany otherwise Blewberd Blevvberd hanged 1450 a Fuller was taken beside Caunterburie for raising a rebellion who was hanged and quartered WilliaÌ„ Delapole duke of Suffolke was banished y e land for v. Duke of Suffolk murdered yéeres to appease y e rumor of y e coÌ„mons of England who taking ship at Ipswich the 3. of May sailed toward Fraunce but was mette on the sea by a ship of warre named Nicholas â—â— the Towre and beheaded and his corps was cast vp at Douer and buried in the Charter house at Hull This William de la pole Duke of Suffolke and Alice his wife daughter to Thomas Chawcer sonne to Geffrey Chawcer the famous Poet translated and increased the manner place of Eweline in Oxfordshire they builded a newe the parishe Churche of Gods house at nevv Evveline in Oxfordshire Eweline a comely péece of worke standing on a hyll and also hard adioyning to the West end of Eweline parishe Church they founded a pretie Hospitall or almes house for ij priests â—iber fundationis and xiij poore men to dwell and be sustained in for euer one of the priestes to be maister of the almes house the other priest a scholemaster fréely to teache the children of the tenaunts of the sayd Lordship of Eweline and other Lordships pertaining to the said almes house their GraÌ„mer eyther of those ij priests to haue x. pound the yeare One of
Captayneshyp but the Earle for as muche as he was made by Parliament he woulde not obey the Priuie Seale but continued forth in the sayd office The Noble Science of Printing was about this tyme 1459 Printing first inuented founde in Germanie at Magunce by one Iohn Cuthembergus a Knight One Conradus an Almaine brought it into Rome William Caxton of London Mercer brought it into England aboute the yeare a. 1471. And fyrst practised the same in the Abbay of Saint Peter at Westminster after which tyme it was likewyse practised in the Abbayes of Saint Augustine at Caunterburie Saint Albons and other Monasteries of England In a lyttle Towne in Bedfordshire there fell a bloudie It raigned bloud rayne whereof the red drops appeared in shéetes the which a woman had hanged out for to dry In this tyme the Realme of Englande was out of good order as it had bene of long tyme for the King béeyng symple and pitifull was ledde by couetous Counsell The King grewe in debte dayly but payment was not made All the possessions and Lordshippes that pertayned to the Crowne the King had giuen some to Lordes and some to others such as would begge them so that himselfe had almost nothing lefte to lyue on but such impositions as were put to the common people as Taxes Tallages Quinzimes all which was spent in vayne for he helde no houshold nor maintayned no warres for which misgouernaunce the heartes of the people were turned from them that had the Land in gouernaunce The Quéene with such as were of hir affinitie ruled the Realme as hir lyked gathering riches innumerable The Officers of the Realme especially the Earle of Wilshire Treasurer of England for to enriche himselfe pilled the poore people disherited rightfull heyres and did many wrongs The Quéene was defamed and sclaundered that the young Prince was not hir sonne but a Bastard gotten in adulterie wherefore she dreading that he shoulde not succéede his father in the Crowne of Englande allyed vnto hir all the Knightes and Esquiers of Chestershire for to haue theyr fauour she helde open housholde among them and made hir sonne the Prince to giue a liuerie of Swannes to all the Gentilmen of the Countrey and to many other through the land trusting through their strength to make hir sonne King making priuie meanes to some of the Lordes of England for to stirre the King that he should resigne the Crowne to her sonne but she could not bring their purpose about The. xxj day of September Richard Earle of Salisburie hauing An. reg 38. gathered a well appoynted armie for dread of his enemies especially of the Quéene tooke his way towarde Ludlowe where at that time the Duke of Yorke lay to the intent that they both together would haue rydden to the King to Colshull in Staffordshire to haue excused them of certaine articles layd against them by malice of their enemies as they sayd Wherevpon those that were about the King and also the Quéene who laye at Eglishall moued him to assemble a great powre whereof Iames Twichet Lorde Awdley was made chiefe and had the leading of them into the fielde called Bloreheath néere vnto Mucklestone by the which the sayde Bloreheath fielde Duke and the Earle must néedes passe there both hostes mette and fought a mortall battaile wherin the Lord Audley was slaine with Hugh Venables of Kinderton Thomas Dutton of Dutton Richard Mollynes William Trowtbek Iohn Legh del Bothes Iohn Donne of Vtkinton and Iohn Edgerton of Edgerton Knightes Richard Donne of Croton Iohn Duttes Esquiers and many other of Chestershire that had receyued the Princes liuerie of Swannes and there were takeÌ„ prisoners the Earle of Salisburies ij sonnes Thomas and Iohn and sir Thomas Harington which were sent to Chester but soone after deliuered After this discomfiture the Earle of Salisburie passed forth to Duke Richard to Ludlowe and thether came to them for Calleis the Earle of Warwike which all thrée writ a letter vnto King Henry whereof the tenure is this MOst Christian King right high and mighty Prince our most dread Soueraigne Lord after as humble recommeÌ„dations to your high excellencie as will suffice Our true intent to the prosperitie augmentation of your high estate and to the commoÌ„ Weale of this Realme hath beâ—â—â— shewed vnto your highnesse in such writing as wée make thereof And ouer that an Indenture signed by our hands in the Churche Cathedrall of Worcester comprehending y â— proofe of the truth duetie that God knoweth we beare to your saide estate and to the preheminence and prerogatiue thereof we sent vnto your good Grace by the Prior of the sayde Churche and diuers other Doctors and among other by M. William Lynwood Doctor of Diuinitie which ministred vnto vs seuerally the blessed Sacrament of the body of Jesus wherevppon we and euery of vs deposed for our sayde trueth and duetie accordyng to the tenor of the sayde Indenture And sith that time we haue certified at large in writing and by mouth by Garter King of Armes not onely to your said highnesse but also to the good worthie Lordes beyng about your most Noble presence the largenesse of our sayde trueth and duetie and our intent and disposition to serche all the motions that might serue conueniently to the affirmation thereof and to our perfect suerties from suche inconuenient and vnreuerent ieopardies as wée haue béene put in diuers tymes here before Whereof we haue cause to make and ought to make suche exclamation and complaint not without reason as is not vnknowen to all the sayde worthie Lordes and to all his land and wil offer vs to your high presence to the same intent if we myght so doe without sayd suertie which onely causeth vs to kéepe suche fellowshippe as we doe in our léefull manner And hereto we haue forborne and auoyded all thinges that might serue to the effusion of Christian bloud of the dreade that we haue of God and of your Royall Maiestie and haue also eschued to approche your sayde most Noble presence for the humble obeysaunce and reuerence wherein we haue and during our lyfe will haue the same And yet neuerthelesse we heare that we be proclaimed and defamed in our name vnrightfully vnlawfully and sauing your high reuerence vntruely and otherwise as God knoweth than we haue giuen cause knowing certainely that the blessed and noble intent of your said good grace and the righteousnesse thereof is to take repute and accept your true and lawfull subiectes and that it accordeth neyther with your sayd intent nor with your wyll or pleasure that we shoulde be otherwise taken or reputed And ouer that our Lordshippes and tenantes bene of high violence robbed and spoyled agaynst your peace and lawes and all ryghteousnesse Wée therefore as we suffice beséeche your sayde good Grace to take repute and receyne therevnto our sayde trueth and intent which to God is knowne as wée shewe it by the sayde tenor
and had the victorie of the fielde The listes were of length 120. Taylers yardes and. 10. foote and of bredth 80. yardes 10. foote double barred v. foote betwéene the barres c. Diuers persons Iurours in Assises falsely forsworn for rewards were iudged that they should ride from Newgate Iurours on the Pillery to the Pillerie in Cornehill with Myters of paper on their heades and there to stand on the Pillerie the space of one houre and then led againe to Newgate And this iudgement was giuen by the Maior Thomas Stalbroke Humfrey Heyford the 28. of Sept. Maior Sherifes Anno reg 8 1498 Thomas Olgraue Skinner the 28. of October The. viij of May beganne a Parliament at Westminster where was graunted two fiftenes and a demy The xviij of June Margaret syster to King Edward the Lady Margaret the Kings sister married to the Duke of Burgoigne fourth beganne hir iourney from the Wardrobe in London toward hir mariage w e Charles Duke of Burgoigne first she offred in the Church of S. Paule then rode through the Citie the Earle of Warwike riding before hir with Earles Barons a great number the Dutches of Norfolke with other Ladyes and Gentlewomen in great number And at hir entrie into Cheape the Maior of London and his brethren the Aldermen presented hir with a payre of riche Basons â— in them an 100. â— of golde that night she lodged at the Abbey of Stratford where the King then lay from thence she tooke hir iourney to CauÌ„terbury The King riding after to sée hir shipping on y e first of July she tooke y e sea at Margate there toke leaue of y e King hir brother departed There returned backe againe with y e King the Duke of Clarence the Duke of Glocester y e Earles of Warwike Shrewsburie NorthuÌ„berland And there abode with hir in the ship the Lorde Scales the Lorde Dacres hir Chamberlaine sir Iohn Wodvile sir Iohn Heyward and many other famous Knightes Esquiers she was shipped in the new Ellen of LondoÌ„ and in hir Nauie the Iohn of Newcastle the Marie of Salisburie and many other Royall ships the morrowe landed at Sluce in FlauÌ„ders as soone as hir ship coÌ„pany of ships were entred into y e Hauen there receiued hir sir SimoÌ„ de Leleyn and the water Bailie in diuers Boates Barks apparelled redie for hir laÌ„ding The first estate y â— receiued hir was y e Bishop of Vâ—right well accompanyed the Countesse of Shorne bastard daughter to Duke Phillip of Burgoygne with hir many Ladyes GentlewomeÌ„ so procéeding in at the gate of the towne the same towne was presented to hir she to be Soueraigne Ladie thereof also they gaue hir xij marks of gold Troy waight the which was 200. â— of English Money and so she procéeded through the towne to hir lodging euery housholder standing in the stréete with a torche in his hand burning On the morrow the olde Dutches of Burgoygne came to hir accompanyed with many great Estates On the. iij. of July came the Duke of Borgoigne to Sluce with xx persons secretly and was there openly affianced to the Ladie Margaret by the Byshop of Salisburie and the Lorde Scales in presence of the Lord Dacre the Duches of Norfolke the Ladie Scales and all the Knightes and Esquiers Gentlewomen enuironing the Chamber On the viij of July being Saterday by the Duke of Burgoignes appointment the Ladie Margaret remoued by water to the Dame And on the Sonday in the morning betwixt v. and. vj. of the clocke the mariage was solempnized betwixt them by the Bishops of Salisburie and of Turney there being present the olde Duches of Burgoigne the Lord Scales the Lord Dacre with the Knightes Esquiers Ladyes and GentlewomeÌ„ that came out of England the great triumphs feastings shewes of Pageants with other straunge deuises and Justings were such as I haue not read the like and would be ouer long in this place to set downe Sir Thomas Cooke late Maior of LondoÌ„ was by one named Robert Fabian Sir Thomas Cooke Hawkins appeached of treason for the which he was sent to the Towre and his place within London seased by the Lorde Ryuers and his wife and seruauntes clearely put out therof The cause was this The forenamed Hawkins came vpon a season vnto the sayd sir Thomas requesting him to lend a thousand markes vpon good suertie wherevnto he answered that first he would know for whom it should be and for what intent at length vnderstanding it shoulde be for the vse of Quéene Margaret he answered he had no currant wares whereof any shiftes might be made without too much losse and therfore required Hawkins to moue him no farther in that matter for he intended not to deale withall yet the sayde Hawkins exhorted him to remember what benefites he had receiued by hir when she was in prosperitie as by making him hir Wardrober and customer of Hampton c. but by no meanes the sayde Cooke woulde graunt goods nor money although at the last the sayd Hawkins required but an hundreth pouÌ„d he was fayne to depart without the value of a pennie and neuer came againe to moue him which so rested two or thrée yeares after tyll the sayde Hawkins was cast in the Towre and at length brought to the brake called the Duke of Excesters daughter by meane of which payne he shewed many things amongst y e which the motion was one that he had made to sir Thomas Coke and accused himselfe so farre that he was put to death by meane of which confession the sayde sir Thomas was troubled as before is shewed After the saide sir Thomas had lyen in the Towre from Whitsontide fyll about Michaelmas in the which seasoÌ„ many enquiries were made to finde him guiltie and euer quit till one iurie by meanes of sir Iohn Fogge endited him of treason after which an other determine was set at the Guildhall in the which sat with y e Maior the Duke of Clarence the Earle of Warwike y e Lorde Riuers sir Iohn Fogge with other of y e Kings counsell to the which place the saide Thomas was brought there arraygned vpoÌ„ life death where he was acquited of y e said inditement had to the Counter in Bredstreete from thence to the Kings bench After a certaine time that he was thus acquited his wife gat againe the possessioÌ„ of hir house y e which she found in an euill plight for such seruants of y â— Lord Riuers and sir Iohn Fogge as were assigned to kéepe it made hauoke of what they listed Also at his place in Essex named Guydy hall were set an other sort to kéepe that place the which destroyed his Deare in his Parke his Connies his Fishe without reason and spared not Brasse Pewter bedding and all that they might carie for the which might neuer one pennie be gotteÌ„ in recompence yet could not sir Tho. Cooke be
after a Chappell was builded The morow after Easter day were y e bodyes of the Earle Iob. Rastall of Warwike and the Marques Mountacute layde naked in Paules Churche in London that all men might sée them King Henrie with the Archbyshop of Yorke were sent to the Towre of London At this time Quéene Margaret and Prince Edwarde hir sonne had lyne on y e sea xvtj. dayes letted with foule weather on Easter day at euen they landed with their Frenche Battell at Tevvkesburie Nauie at Weymouth and so came to Excester from thence to Tewkesburie and pitched his fielde by Seuerne Edwarde the fourth being come from London fought with Prince Edward Liber Tewx at Tewkesburie on the fourth of May tooke Quéene Margaret prisoner with Prince Edward hir sonne whom cruelly he smote on the face with his gawntlet and after his seruants slew him Edmond Duke of Somerset and sir Hugh Courteney fledde from Prince Edward and loste him the fielde There was slaine Courteney Earle of Deuonshire Lorde Iohn of Somerset Lorde Wenlocke sir Edmond Flamdene sir Robert Whittingham sir William Vaus sir Nicholas Haruie sir Iohn Deluis sir William Filding sir Thomas Fizhony sir Iohn Laukenor King Edward entring a Churche in Teweksburie with his sworde drawne a Priest brought the Sacrament against him and woulde not let him enter vntill he had graunted his pardon to these that followe the Duke of Somerset the Lorde of Saint Iohns sir Humfrey Audeley sir Geruis of Clifton sir William Crimeby sir William Carie sir Thomas Tresham sir William Newbrough Knightes Henrie Tresham Walter Courteney Iohn Florie Lewes Myles Robert Iackson Iames Gower Iames Deluis sonne and heire to sir Iohn Deluis all these where they might haue escaped tarryed in the Church trusting in the Kings pardon from Saterdaye tyll Mondaye when they were taken out and beheaded Aboute this time sir Walter Wroitile and sir Geffrey Thomas the Bastarde Gates Knightes gouernours of Caleis sente sir George Broke Knight from Caleis with 300. souldiours to Thomas the Bastarde Fauconbridge Captaine of the Earle of Warwickes Nauie willing him to raise the Countrey of Kente and to goe to London there to take King Henrie out of the Tower and then to goe against King Edwarde The fourtéenth day of May Thomas the Bastarde wyth a ryotous company of shipmen and other of Essex and Kent came to London where being denyed passage throughe the Citie he set vpon Bishops Gate Aldegate London bridge c. along the Thamis side shooting arrows and Gunnes into the Citie fiered the Suburbs and brent more than 60. houses wanne the Bulwarkes at Aldegate and entred the Citie but y e Parcolise being let downe suche as had entred were slaine and then the Citizens pursued the rest as farre as Stratforde and Blacke Wall slaying many and tooke manye prisoners Thomas the Bastarde went from London Weastwarde as farre as Kingstone vppon Thamis to prosecute King Edwarde but the Lorde Scales with Nicholas Faunte Maior of Canterburie by fayre wordes caused Fawconbridge to returne to Blacke Heath in Kent from whence in the night he stale from the hoste with sixe hundred horssemenne to Rochester and so to Sandwiche where he abode the Kyngs comming The one and twentith of May King Edwarde came to King Henrie murdered London with thirtie thousand men and the same nyght king Henrie was murdered in the Tower of London on the morrowe he was brought to Saint Paules Church in London in an open Cophen bare faced where he bled thēce he was carried to the Blacke Friers and there bled and thence to Chersey Abbay in a boate where he was then buryed but since remoued to Windsor where he resteth Thus ended the King his transitorie life hauing inioyed as great prosperity as fauourable fortune coulde aforde and as greate troubles on the other side as she frownyng coulde poure out yet in both states he was patiente and vertuous that he maye be a patterne of moste perfect vertue as he was a worthy example of Fortunes inconstancie he was plaine vpright far from fraude wholye giuen to prayer reading of Scriptures and almes-déedes of such integritie of lyfe that the Bishoppe whyche hadde bene hys Confessour tenne yeares auowched that hée had not all that tyme committed anye mortall cryme So continente as suspition of vnchaste life neuer touched hym and hauyng in Christmasse a shewe of yong womenne wyth theyr bare breastes layde out presented before hym he immediately departed wyth these wordes fie fie for shame forsooth you be to blame before his marryage he liked not that women shoulde enter into hys Courte and for thys respect he committed hys two brethren by the mothers side Iasper and Edmonde to moste honest and vertuous Prelates to bée broughte vppe so farre he was from couetousnesse that when the executors of hys vncle the Bishoppe of Winchester surnamed the rich Cardinall would haue giuen to him 2000. pounde he playnelye refused it willing them to discharge the will of the departed and woulde scarcely condescend at length to accept the same some of money towarde the endowing of his Colledges in Cambridge and Eaton he was religiously affected as the tyme then was that at principall holydayes he would were sackeclothe next his skinne Othe he vsed none but in moste earnest matters these wordes forsoothe and forsooth he was so pityfull that when hée sawe the quarter of a Traytour agaynste hys Crowne ouer Criple Gate hée willed it to be taken awaye wyth these wordes I wyll not haue anye Christian so cruellye handeled for my sake manye greate offences hée willinglye pardoned and receyuing at a tyme a greate blowe by a wicked manne whyche compassed hys deathe he onelye sayde forsooth forsooth yée doe fowelye to smite a Kyng annoynted so another also thruste him in the side wyth a sworde when hée was restoared to hys state and Kyngdome not long before hys death beyng demaunded why hée hadde so long helde the Crowne of Englande vniustlye he replyed my Father was Kyng of Englande quietlye enioying the Crowne all hys raigne and further my grandsire was Kyng of Englande and I euen a chylde in my Cradle was proclaymed and crowned King without anye interruption and so helde fortye yeares well neare all the states doing homage vnto me as to my antecessors Wherefore I may saye with King Dauid The lotte is fallen vnto me in a faire grounde yea I haue a goodlye heritage my helpe is from the Lorde whyche saueth the vprighte in hearte This good King of hymselfe alwayes naturally enclined The Kings Colledge in Cambridge to doe good and fearing leste he might séeme vnthankfull to almyghtye GOD for hys greate benefittes bestowed vppon hym since the tyme he firste tooke vppon hym the regimente of the Realme determyned aboute the sixe and twentith yeare of hys raygne for hys primer notable worke as by the wordes of hys wyll I finde expressed to erecte and founde two famous Colledges in the honoure and
prouosts lodging And at the vpper ende of the Hall the Prouosts lodgins that is to witte moe than the Chambers for him aboue specifyed a Parlour on the grounde contayning sixe and thirtie foote in length and two and twentie in breadth and two chambers aboue of the same quantitie And westwarde closing thereto a Kitchin for him a Larderhouse Stables and other many housings and grounds And westwarde The Bake house and Brevvhouse beyonde these houses and the saide Kitchin ordayned for a Hall a Bakehouse a Brewhouse and other houses of office betwéene which there is lefte a grounde square of foure scoure foote in euery pane for wood and suche stuffe The vvoodyarde The vvater Conduite And in the middle of the sayde large Quadraunt shall bée a Conduite goodly deuised for ease of the same Colledge And I will that the edification procéede in large forme of my sayde Colledge cleane and substancial setting apart superfluitie of too greate curious workes of entaile and busye moulding And I haue deuised and appointed that the precinct The Precinct of the Colledge of my sayde Colledge as well on both sides of the garden from the Colledge to the Water as in all other places of the same precinct be inclosed with a substanciall Wall of the height of fourtéene foote with a large Tower at the principall entrie againste the middle of the East pane out of the highe stréete And in the same Tower a large Gate The vvater Gate and another Tower in the middle of the Weast ende at the newe bridge And the same Wall to bée creasted embattelled and fortifyed with Towers as manye as shall bée thought conuenient therevnto And I will that my sayde Colledge be edified of the moste substantiall and best abyding stuffe of stone leade glasse and Iron that maye beste be hadde and prouided thereto Thus much I haue enlarged by occasion of reading this good Kings Will the cunning deuise wherof I leaue to be considered by such as be experte in Architecture hartily desiring almightie God to putte into the hearte of some notable Prince one day to make perfecte thys princely worke so charitably begonne And nowe to returne agayne to Kyng Edwarde At this hys commyng to London at Bishoppes Gate hée made these Knyghtes of Aldermen Syr Iohn Stocton Syr Ralphe Verney sir Richard Blee sir Iohn Yong sir William Tayler sir George IrelaÌ„d sir Iohn Stokar sir Matthew Phillip sir William Hampton sir Thomas Stalbroke sir Iohn Crosby sir Thomas Vrswike Recorder of London The foure and twentith of May King Edward with hys hoste rode through Kent to Canterburie and so to Sandwiche where Bastarde Faulconbridge submitted himselfe and all hys to King Edwarde and yéelded to him lvj shippes gret and small whych had bene vnder his leading wherevppon King Edward pardoned him made him Knight and vâ—zeadmiral of the sea The L. DenhaÌ„ sir Iohn Fog with others were lefte in Kent to sit in iudgement of the rebels wherof were a greate number punished by the purse Nicholas Faunt Mayor of Caunterburie with other were hanged and headed there the heads of Spicing and Quinton were set on Aldegate of London The fourth of June George Neuill Archebishop of Yorke and brother to the Earle of Warwike was deliuered oute of the Tower of London The firste of July Edwarde the sonne of King Edwarde was made Prince of Wales Duke of Lancaster and Earle of Cornewall In September Thomas the Bastarde of Fauconbridge was taken at Southampton and beheaded at the Castle of Midleham in Yorkeshire hys heade was sette on London bridge Iohn Allein Iohn Shelley the 28. of September Sherifes Maior William Edward Grocer the. 28. of October The xij of Nouember the Ladye Anne the Kings sister was deuorsed from the Duke of Excester by hyr owne sute Kyng Ed. on Christmasse day was Crowned at Westminster and the Quéene also likewise the twelfth day the Kyng was agayne Crowned wente on Procession crowned Anno. reg 12 1472 but the Quéene was not at that time crowned bycause she was great with childe Thys yeare were sente Ambassadours from King Edwarde to the Duke of Burgoigne who landed at Bridges on the seconde of Aprill where they were honorablye receyued wythout the Towne by the Lorde Grantehuse The names of the Ambassadors was sir Iohn Scot Knight Marshall of Caleis Mayster William Hatclofe Secretarie to the Kyng Mayster Iohn Russel Doctour and Archdeacon master Richarde Marten Archdeacon of London sir Iohn Yong Knighte and Merchaunte of London on the fourth of April they were conueyed on horssebacke to the Dukes lodging c. George Neuill Archebishoppe of Yorke being at Windsor with Kyng Edwarde on hunting the King promised the Archebishoppe to come to the More a place in Hartfordeshire whiche the Archebishoppe hadde purchased and buylded commodiouslye there to hunte and make merry with hym wherevppon the Archebishoppe made greate prouision for the Kyng and sente for muche plate that hée hadde hydde â—at the tyme of Barnet and Tewkesburie fields and besides this borrowed muche of hys friendes thys beyng done the King sodaynely sente for the Archbishoppe to come to Windsor where he was arrested of Treason that he shoulde helpe the Earle of Oxforde and so was sente to Caleis and to Hames where he continued long after prisoner In thys meane whyle sir William Parre Knight and sir Thomas Vahan Esquire and other were sente to the More to cease all hys goods for the Kyng which came there to the samme of twentie thousande pounde Kyng Edward at thys time brake the Bishops miter that had many riche stones and made therof a Crowne for himselfe Also the Earle of Oxforde that had withdrawen hymselfe from Barnet fielde first into Scotland after into France then getting muche goods on the Sea landed in the Weast Countrey and entred Saint Michaels Mounte with 397. men the last of September wheron he was by the kings appointmeÌ„t besieged by Bodrigan and other but wyth such fauour that the Earle reuictualled the Mount Then was Fortescue sente thyther to continue the siege and King Edwarde sending pardons to the Erles men so long practised with them that at the last if the Earle had not submitted himselfe to King Edward he had bin taken of his own meÌ„ so Fortestue entring y â— Mount the fiftéenth of Februarie found victuall ynough there to haue serued them till Mydsommer after Iohn Vere Earle of Oxforde the Lord Beaumonde two brothers of the sayde Earle and Thomas Clifforde were brought prisoners to the King The Earle of Oxforde was sente prisoner to Gwines where he remayned so long as thys Kyng raygned In all whyche tyme the Ladye hys wife myghte neuer come to hym or had anye thyng to liue vppon but what people of theyr Charityes woulde giue hyr or what shée gotte by hyr néedle In the moneth of September Lewes de Bruges Lorde Grantehuse came into Englande from Charles Duke of Burgoigne and on the thirtéenth of
October was created Earle of Winchester openly in the Parliament Chamber Iohn Broune Thomas Bledlow the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir William Hampton Fishmonger the 28. of October This Maior aboue al other hys predecessours corrected Strumpets and caused them to ride about the Citie wyth Rey hoodes vppon their heades and after banished them the Citie for euer He also caused a paire of stockes to be set in euery ward of London The sixth of October beganne a Parliamente at Westminster by authoritie wherby an ayde was graunted to the King towards the charge of his Wars whiche was leuied of mens lands as well of Lordes as of other The Duke of Burgoâ—gne hauing greate Warres wyth Anno. reg 13 1473 the French King sente Ambassadours into Englande to require King Edwarde hys brother in Lawe to make Warre on the Frenche Kyng vnto the whiche requeste Kyng Edwarde easily graunted bycause hée wished to be reuenged on the Frenche King as of hys enymie for ayding the Erle of Warwicke Quéene Margaret and hyr sonne Prince Edwarde and their complices wherevpon he promised and also determyned in the beginning of the next yeare to bring a greate armye ouer to Caleis and to inuade the Kingdome of Fraunce And forthwith with all diligence prepared all things readie for hys iourney makyng manye shiftes for the prouision of money to serus hys turne William Stocker Robert Ballisdon the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Tate Mercer the 28. of October Thys yeare the Duke of Excester was founde deade in the Sea betwéene Douer and Caleis but howe he came there the certaintie coulde not be knowne King Edwarde hauing prepared hys armye ledde the Anno reg 14 1474 same to Douer from thence to crosse the seas to Caleis The force that passed wyth hym at thys presente was the greatest that euer came into Fraunce moste of them beyng Horssemenne all in verye good order well armed All the Nobles of the Realme were there a fewe excepted they were fiftéene hundered menne of armes very well mounted and the moste of them barded and richly trapped after the manner of the Frenche Warres and well accompanyed with horssemenne of theyr retinue they were at the leaste fiftéene thousande Archers on horssebacke and a greate number of fâ—â—temenne and others as well to pitche theyr Tentes whereof they were well furnyshed as also to attende vppon theyr Artylâ—erye and inclose theyr Campe and in all theyr armye they hadde not one pledge Besides thys were thrâ—e thousande Englishe menne appoynted to lande in Brytaine When King Edwarde came to Douer the Duke of Burgoigne to helpe his passage sent 500. boates of Hollande and Seland called Cuttes whiche are flatte and lowe builte verye commodiously for transporting of horsses but notwithstanding all thys helpe they hadde from the Duke and all the Kyng of Englande coulde commaunde hymselfe hée was aboue thrée wéekes in passing betwéene Douer and Caleis one shippe of Ewe tooke two or thrée of his small passengers before Kyng Edwarde embarqued hée sente from Douer to the Kyng of Fraunce one Heralte alone called Gartera Norman borne who broughte a letter of defiaunce from the King of Englande in verye good language and so excellently well penned that myne Aucthour was perswaded it was neuer Englishe mans doyng The contentes whereof were that the Kyng shoulde yéelde vnto hym the Realme of Fraunce beyng hys inheritaunce to the ende he might restore the Cleargye and Nobilitie to theyr auntient libertye ease them of the greate charges they sustayned and deliuer them of the miseries they were in whyche if hée refused to doe he protested what greate mischiefe shoulde ensue thereof in manner and forme as in suche cases is accustomed The Kyng read the letter softlye to himselfe and afterwarde all alone withdrewe hymselfe into a wardrobe and commaunded the Heralte to be brought to hyepresence to whom hée made thys aunswere Fyrst that he knewe well that the King of Englande had not passed the seas of hys owne frée motion but by the perswasion of the Duke of Burgondie and the comminaltie of England Secondelye that the Sommer was nowe almoste paste and that the Duâ—â— of Burgoigne was returned from Nunz as a man discomifited and vtterlye vnfurnished of all things Thirdlye as touching the Conestable of Fraunce he knew wel he sayde y t the intelligence wyth y e K. of England bycause he hadde married hys niece but would deceyue the Kyng his Mayster as he â—ad him notwithstandyng all the great benefits that he had receiued of him which he that rehearsed adding therevnto that the saide Conestable ment to liue in continuall dissimulation and entertaine euerye man to make his profit of him Last of all he alleaged to the Heralte diuerse reasons to perswade the Kyng hys Mastor to peace and gaue hym with hys owne hand 300. crownes promising him 1000. more if the peace were coÌ„cluded further opeÌ„ly he gaue him for a present a goodly péece of Crimson Ueluet of thyrtie Elles The Heralte aunsweared that he woulde trauayle the beste he coulde for peace and thoughte the Kyng hys Mayster woulde easilye be wonne therevnto but he willed the Kyng of Fraunce to sende an Haraulte to the Englishe Campe to demaunde a safeconduite for certaine Ambassadours that he woulde sende to the Kyng of Englande and to directe hys letters to the Lorde Hawarde or to the Lorde Stanley and to hymselfe also to conuene hys Haralte At one tyme in a maâ—oure bothe the King of Englande landed at Caleis and the Duke of Burgoigne departed from before Nunz who in greate haste rydde streyghte to Caleis to the sayde Kyng wyth a verye small trayne for he hadde sente his armye to spoyle the Countrey of Barroys and Loraine The Kyng of Englande departed from Caleis in companye of the Duke and passed through Bolloigne and from thence marched to Peronne where the Duke gaue the Englishe men but colde entertaynemente for he caused the Gates to bée streightly kepte and woulde suffer but fewe to enter so that the greatest parte of them lodged in the fieldes After they were come to Peronne the Conestable of France seÌ„t to y e Duke of Burgoigndie one of his seruants by whom hée â—â—â—used himselfe for the wythholdyng of S. Quintins alleaging that if hée had restored it he could haue stoode hym in â—â— stéeâ—e in the Realme of Fraunce for he shoulde vtterly haue loste hys credite and intelligence but nowe séeyng the Kyng of Englande was come ouer in person he promysed to doe hereafter all that the Duke shoulde commaunde hym whereof the better to assure hym hée sente hym a letter of credite to the declaration of the Duke Further hée gaue the Duke hys Faythe in wryting to serue and sucâ—â—ure hym hys friendes and confederates as well the King of Englande as others against all men none excepted The Duke deliuered the Kyng of Englande hys letter and all the matter of credite adding somewhat thereto of hys owne heade for
he assured the King that the Conestable woulde deliuer into his handes both Saint Quintines and all his other places whiche the Kyng easilye beléeued partly bycause hée hadde marryed the Conestables Nieâ—e and partlye bycause hée sawe hym in so greate feare of the Kyng of Fraunce that hée thoughte hée durste not fayle hys promise made to the Duke and hym and the Duke beléeued iâ— also But the Conestable meante nothing lesse for the feare he was in of the Frenche Kyng was not so greate that it coulde force hym thus 〈…〉 but he vsed sâ—yl his â—onted dissimulation The King of Englande reioycyng at thys message sente by the Conestable departed from Peronnâ— wyth the Duke of Burgoigne towarde Saint Quintins wherevnto when hée approched a greate bande of Englishe menne ranne before thynkyng that the belles shoulde haue bene rong at theyr commyng and that the Citizens woulde haue receyued them wyth Crosse and Holye Water but when they drewe néere to the Towne the Artillâ—â—â—e shotte and the Souldiâ—urs â—â—â—ed for the 〈…〉 he 〈…〉 she bothe on horsâ—e backe and on foote so that two or three Englishe menne were slayne and some taken â— and in thys state returned they in great rage to theyr Campe 〈…〉 againste the Conestable The nexte morning the Duke of 〈…〉 woulde haue taken hys leaue of the King of Englande to departe to hys armye in Barrays promising to do maruayles in hys fauour The Frenche Kyng sente a seruaunte of the LORD Halles in the lykenesse of an Herraulte wyth a coate made of a Trumpets Banner to the Englishe Campe where when hée came hée was broughte to a Tente and after dynner talked wyth the Kyng hys message was chielely grounded vppon the greate desire the Kyng hadde of long time to bée in peace wyth the Kyng of Englande saying further that since hée was Crowned Kyng of Fraunce he neuer hadde attempted anye thyng againste the King of England or his realme Secondly he excused himselfe for the receiuing in times paste the Earle of Warwicke into his Dominions saying that hée dyd it onelyâ— agaynste the Duke of Burgoigne and not him Further he declared that the sayd Duke of Burgoigne had for none other cause called hym into Fraunce but that by the occasion of hys comming hée mighte conclude a bettâ—r peace for hymselfe wyth the Kyng And if happily anye other furthered the matter it was onely to amende the broken estate of theyr owne affaires and for their owne priuate commoditie but as touching the Kyng of Englandes good successe they were altogither carelesse thereof Hée putte hym also in mynde of the tyme of the yeare alleaging that Winter approched likewise the great charges he sustained Lastlye he sayde that notwithstanding a great number in Englande desyred Warre with Fraunce yet if the Kyng oâ— Englande inclyne to peace the Kyng for hys parte would condescende to suche conditions as he doubted not but hée and hys Realme woulde allowe of finally he demaunded a saâ—e conduite for certaine Ambassadours to come well enformed of his maisters pleasure The King of England and part of his Nobles liking these ouertures very well graunted to the Harrault of Fraunce as large a safe conducte as he demaunded and gaue him foure Nobles of golde in rewarde He also sente an Englishe Harrault with him to bring the like safe conducte And in the nexte morning in a Uillage neare to Amience the Commissioners of both Princes met being these For the King of France the bastard of Bourdon Admâ—ral of France the Lord of Saint Pierre and the Bishop of Eureux called Heberge And for the King of Englande the Lord Howard one Chalenger and Doctor Morton Many articles of peace were treated of but the laste resolutions were these That the French King shoulde paye to the King of Englande presently before his departure out of Fraunce 72. thousande crownes that the Dolphine shoulde marrye King Edwardes eldest daughter and that she shoulde haue the Duchie of Guien for hir maintainaunce or 5000. crownes yearly to be paid in the Tower of London the space of nine yeres which terme expired the Dolphine shoulde peaceably enioy the reuenues of the whole Dutchie of Gnien and then the Kyng of France to be clearly discharged of all payments to the King of Englande Further it was decréed that the two Primes shoulde méete togither and be sworne to the treatie which méeting was obserued in a town called Picquigny on the 29. of August The King of England vppon receit of hys money departed towarde Calâ—is in great haste fearing the Duke of Burgoignes malice and his subiectes At his departure he lefte for hostages with the King of Fraunce till his returne into England the Lorde Howarde and the Maister of his horse called sir Iohn Cheyney King Edward tooke shipping at Calais and landed at Douer and was receyued on the Blacke-heath by the Mayor of London and his brethren in Scarlet and 500. commoners all clad in Murrey and so conueyed to London through the Citie to Westminster on the 28. of September This yéere was one Iohn surnamed Gose brent on she Towre hill in the moneth of August Edmond Shawe Thomas Hill the 28. of September Maior Sherifes Robert Drope Draper the 28. of October This Robert Drope Maior of London inlarged the Condite vpon Cornehill making an East ende therevnto The. xviâ—j of Aprill were inhaunced to the honour of Anno reg 15 1475 Knights made by the King Knighth and after the custome of England in the time of peace his eldest sonne Edward Prince of Wales Duke of Connewall and Earle of Chester his seconde sonne the Duke of Yorke and with them the Earle of Lincolnes sonne and heire the Duke of Suffolke the Lord Thomas Grey y e Quéenes sonne Richard his brother the Earle of Shrewsburie the Earle of Wilshire Master Edward Woduile the Lorde Neuibâ— the Lorde Barkleys sonne and heire the Lord Awdeleys sonne and heire the Lord Saint Ainand the Lord Stanleys sonne and heire the Lorde Sturtons sonne and heire the Lorde Hastings sonne heire the Lorde Ferrors of Chartleys sonne and heire Master Harbert brother to the Earle of Penbroke Master Vaughon Brian chiefe Judge Litilton one of the Little 〈…〉 Judges of the Common place Master Bodringham Master Brian Stapleton Kneuit Pilkinton Ludlow Charleton c. The same day the King created the Lord Thomas Marques Dorset before dinner and so in the habit of a Marques aboue the habit of his Knighthood he beganne the table of Knights in Saint Edwards Chamber At that time he ordained that the Kings Chamberlaine shoulde goe with the auncient and well nurtred Knight to aduertise and teache the order of Knighthood to the Esquiers being in the bayne The King himselfe came in person and did honour to all y e companie with his noble Counsell and his handes Hugh Brite Robert Colwitch the 28. of Sept. Robert Basset Salter the 28. of October Sherifes Maior This Maior did sharpe correction
reg 22 1482 tooke him with certaine of his brethren the Aldermen and commons of the Citie of London into the Forest of Waltham where was ordeyned for them a pleasaunt lodge of gréene vowghes in the which lodge they dyned with great chéere and the King would not go to dynner tyll he sawe them serued After dynner they went a hunting with the Kyng and slew many deare as well red as fallowe whereof the King gaue vnto the Maior and his company good plentie sent K. E. banqueted the Maior aldermen of Lon. vnto the Ladie Maires hir sisters the Aldermens wiues ij Hartes vj. Buckes and a tunne of wyne to make them merrie with which was eaten in the Drapers hall The Scots began to stirre against whom the King sent the Duke of Glocester and many other which returned againe without any notable battaile William White Iohn Mathewe the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Creplegate builded Edmond Shaw Goldsmith the 28. of October This Edmond Shaw new builded Creplegate of London from the foundation which gate in old time had bene a prison whereunto such citizens and other as were arrested for debt or like trespasses were committed as they be nowe to the Counters as may appeare by a writ of King Edwarde the second in these wordes Rex vic' London salutem ex graui querela capri ex detenti in Recordes prisona nostra de Creplegate pro. x li quas coram Radulfo Sandwico tune custode Ciuitatis nostre London I. de Blackewell cuius recognum debitorum c. King Edward held his Christmas at Eltham and kept his estate all the whole feast in his great Chamber and the Quéene in hir ChaÌ„ber where were dayly more than 2000 persons The same yéere on Candlemas day he with his Quéene went on procession from Saint Stephens Chappell into Westminster hall accompanied with the Earle of Angwyse y e Lord Grey and sir Iames Liddall Ambassadors from Scotland and at his procéeding out of his Chamber he made sir Iohn Anno reg 23 1483 Wood vnder Treasurer of England and sir William Catesby one of the Justices of the common place Knights After King Edwarde had bene long time in quiet in his Realme and had receiued yéerely 50000. Crownes payde him in the Towre of London and was growne so ritche that richer he could not be sayth myne Author hauing a maruellous great desire to accomplish y e mariage of his daughter with Charles Dolphin of Fraunce according to the Articles of truce taken as is afore shewed was now by the Lord Heyward returned out of France certified that the Dolphin had alreadye ioyned himselfe in mariage with the Ladye Margaret of Austriche daughter to MaximiliaÌ„ sonne to Frederike the Emperour Which newes so highly offended King Edward now séeing how he had bene abused with the vniust and dubble dealing of the Frenche King that he forth with tooke counsell how to be reuenged and preparing his power to make warres in Fraunce through melancholy as was thought fel sicke and ended his life at Westminster the ix day of Aprill Anno Domini 1483. when he had raigned 22. yeares one moneth and odde dayes He was honorably buried at Windsor he lefte issue Edwarde the Prince and Richard Duke of Yorke and fine Daughters Elizabeth that after was Quéene Cicely Anne Katherine and Briget ⸪ ¶ King Edwarde the fifth Whose Historie vvas vvritten by sir Thomas Moore KIng Edvvarde of that name the fourth after that he had lyued fiftie and thrée 1483 yéeres seuen monethes and sixe dayes and thereof raygned twoo twentie yéeres one Moneth eyght dayes dyed at Westminster y e ninth day of Aprill the yeare of our redemption a thousand foure hundreth foure score thrée leauing much fayre issue that is to witte Edward the Prince of thirten yeares of age Richard Duke of Yorke two yéere yonger Elizabeth whose fortune and grace was after to be Quéene wyfe vnto King Henrie the seuenth and mother vnto the eight Cicelie not so for tunate as fayre Briget which representing the vertue of hyr whose name she bare professed and obserued a Religious life in Dertforde an house of close Nunnes Anne that was after honourably married vnto Thomas then Lord Heyward and after Earle of Surrey And Katherine which long time tossed in eyther fortune sometime in wealth ofte in aduersitie at the last if this be the last for yet shée liueth is by the benignitie of hir Nephewe King Henrie the eyght in very prosperous estate and worthie hir birth and vertue This noble Prince deceassed at his Palaice of Westminster The loue of the people and with great funerall honour and heauinesse of his people from thence conueyed was entered at Windsor A King of such gouernaunce and behauiour in time of peace for in warre eche part must néedes be others enimie that there was neuer any Prince of this lande attayning the Crowne by battaile so hartely beloued with the substaunce of the people nor he himselfe so specially in any part of his life as at the time of his death Which fauour and affection yet after his decesse by the crueltie mischiefe and trouble of the tempestuous world that followed highly toward him more increased At such time as he dyed the displeasure of those that bare him grudge for King Henries sake the sixt whom he deposed was well asswaged and in effect quenched in that that many of them were deade in more than twentie yeares of his raigne a great parte of a long life And many of them in the meane season growne into his fauour of which he was neuer straunge He was a goodly Description of Edvvard the fourth personage Princely to beholde of harte couragious pollitique in counsell in aduersitie nothing abashed in prosperitie rather ioyfull than proude in peace iust and mercifull in warre sharpe and fierce in the fielde bolde and hardie and nathelesse no further than wisedome would aduenturous whose warres who so well consider he shall no lesse commende his wisedome where he voyded than his manhoode where he vanquished He was of visage louely of body mightie strong and cleane made Howbeit in his latter dayes with ouer liberall dyet somewhat corpulent and boorely and nathelesse not comely he was of youth greatly giuen to fâ—eshely wantonnesse from which health of body in great prosperitie and fortune without a speciall grace hardly refraineth This faulte not greatly gréeued the people for neyther could any one mans pleasure stretch and extend to the displeasure of very many and was without violence and ouer that in his latter dayes lessed and well left In which time of his latter dayes this Realme was in quiet and prosperous estate no feare of outward enimies no warre in hand nor none toward but such as no man looked for the people toward the Prince not in a constrained feare but in a willing and louing obedience among themselues the coÌ„mons in good peace The Lordes whom he
and come downe in the midst Doctour Shaa by his sermon lost his honestie and soone after his life for â—erys shame of the worlde into whiche he durste neuer after come abroade But the Frier forced for no shame and so it harmed him the lesse How be it some doubt many thinke that Penker was not of counsayle of the matter before the coronation but after the common maner fel to flatterie after namely sith his Sermon was not incontinent vppon it but at Saint Marie Hospitall at the Easter after But certaine it is that Doctor Shaa was of counsayle in the beginning so farre forth that they determined that he should first breake the matter in a. SermoÌ„ at Paules Crosse in whiche he should by the authoritie of his preaching incline the people to the Protectors ghostly purpose But now was all the labour and studie in the deuise of some conuenient pretext for whyche the people shoulde be content to depose the Prince and accepte the Protector for King In which diuerse things they deuised But the thieâ— thing and the weighte of all that inuention rested in thys that they should alledge Bastardie eyther in king Edward himselfe or in his children or both So that he should séeme disabled to inherite the Crowne by the Dyke of Yorke and the prince by him To laye Burstardie in King Edwarde founded openlie to the rebuke of the Protectours owne mother which was mother to them both for in that point coulde be none other colour but to protende that his owne mother was an aduoutresse which notwithstanding to further thys purpose he letted not but naâ— the lesse he woulde that poynt shoulde be losse and more fauourably handled not euen fully plaine and directly but that the matter shoulde be touched aslope â—raâ—tily as thou 〈…〉 spared in that 〈…〉 t to speake al the troth for feare of his displeasure But the other poynt concerning the Bastardie that they deuised to surmise in King Edwardes children that woulde he should be openly declared and inforced to the vttermost The colour and pretext whereof cannot be wel perceyued but if we firste repeate you some things long before done about King Edwards mariage After that King Edwarde the fourth hadde deposed King Henrie the sixth and was in peaceable possessioÌ„ of y â— realm determining himselfe to marie as it was requisite both for himselfe and for the Realme he sent ouer in Ambassade the Earle of Warwicke with other noble men in his companye vnto Spaine to intreate and conclude a mariage betwéene King Edwarde and the Kings daughter of Spaine In which thyng the Earle of Warwicke founde the parties so towarde and willing that he spéedilyé according to his instructions without any difficultie brought the matter to very good coÌ„clusion Now happened it that in the meane season there came to make sute by petition to the king Dame Elizabeth Gray which was after his Quéene at that time a Widowe borne Dame Elizabeth Gray of noble bloude specially by hyr mother whiche was Dutches of Bedforde ere she married the Lorde Woodfielde hyr Father Howbeit this Dame Elizabeth hir selfe being in seruice wyth Quéene Margaret wife vnto King Henrie the sixth was maryed vnto one Iohn Gray an Esquire whom King Henrie made Knight vppon the fielde that he had on Bernet Heath by Saint Albons against King Edwarde And little while enioyed he that Knighthoode for he was at the same fielde slaine After which done and the Earle of Warwicke being in his Ambassade aboute the afore remembred mariage thys péere Ladie made humble sute vnto y e King that she might be restored vnto such small landes as hir late husbande had giuen hyr in ioynture Whome when the Kyng behelde and hearde hyr speake as she was both fayre and of a goodly fauour moderate of stature wel made and very wise he not only pitied hir but also waxed enamoured of hir And takyng hir after secretly aside beganne to enter in talking more familiarly Whose appetite when she perceyued she vertuously denyed hym But that did she so wisely with so good maner and words so wel set that she rather kindled his desire than quenched it And finallye after manye a méeting muche wooyng and manye greate promises she well espyed the Kings affection towarde hyr so greatelye encreased that shée durste somewhat the more boldely say hir minde as to him whose heart she perceyned more feruently set than to fall off for a worde And in conclusion she shewed him playne that as shée wyste hyr selfe to simple to be his wife so thoughte she hir selfe too good to be hys Concubine The King muche maruelling at hir constancie as hée that hadde not bene wonte else where to be so stiffelye sayde naye so muche estéemed hir continencie and chastitye that hée sette hyr vertue in the steade of possession and riches and thus takyng Counsayle of his desire determined in all possible haste iâ— mary hir And after he was thus appointed and hadde betwéene them twaine ensured hir then asked he Counsaile of hys other friendes and that in suche manner as they might then perceiue it booted not greatly to say nay Notwithstanding the Dutches of Yorke his mother was so sore moued ther w t y e she diswaded the mariage as much as she possible might The Kings Mother alleaging y e it was his honor profite and surety also to marie in a noble progenie out of his Realme whervpon depended great strength to his estate by y e affinitie and great possibilitie of encrease of his possession And that he coulde not well otherwise doe standing that the Earle of Warwick had so far moued alreadye which were not likely to take it wel iâ— al his voiage wer in such wise frustrate his apointments deluded And she sayd also y t it was not Princely to mary owne subiecte no greate occasion leading therevnto no possessions or other commoditie depending therevpon but onely as it were a rich man that woulde marie his mayde only for a little wanton votage vpon hyr person In which mariage many mo coÌ„mende the maydens fortune than the maisters wisedome And yet therin she sayd ther was more honestie than honor in this mariage For as much as there is betwéene no Merchaunte and his owne mayde so greate difference as betwéene the King and this widow In whose person albeit there was nothyng to be mislyked yet was there she sayde nothing so excellent but that it mighte bée founde in diuerse other that were more méetly quoth shée for your estate and maydens also wheras the only widowhead of Elizabeth Gray though she were in all other things conuenient for you shoulde yet suffice as me séemeth to refrayne you from hir mariage sithe it is an vnsitting thing and a very blemishe and high disparagemente to the sacred maiestie of a Prince that ought as nigh to approche priesthoode in cleanesse as he doth in dignitie to be defouled with Bigamie in his first mariage The King
the Duke desirous to be magnified and also he perceyued the inwarde hatred whiche he bare towarde King Richard hée opened hys stomake to the botome and saide my singular good Lorde sith the tyme of my captiâ—itie whyche béeyng in your Graces custody I maye rather call it a libertie then a straight imprisonment in auâ—yding of ydlenesse mother of all vyces in reading Bookes and auncient Pamphlets I haue founde this sentence written that no manne is borne frée and at libertie of himselfe onely for one part of duty he oweth to his parents an other parte to his friends and kinsfolkes but the natiue countrey in the which he firste tasted this pleasaunte and flattering worlde demaundeth a debte not to be forgotten whyche saying causeth me to consider in what case this realme my natiue countrey nowe standeth and in what estate and assuraunce before this time it hathe coÌ„tinued what gouernor we now haue and what ruler we might haue for I plainely perceiue the Realme being in this case must néeds decay be brought to confusioÌ„ but one hope I haue that is wheÌ„ I consider youre noble personage your iustice and indifferencie your feruent zeale and ardent loue toward your naturall country in like maner the loue of your countrey toward you the great learning pregnant witte eloquence which so much doth abounde in your person I muste néedes thinke this realme fortunate whyche hathe such a Prince in store méete and apt to be gouernor But on the other side when I call to memorie the good qualities of the late Protector and nowe called King so violated by tyranny so altred by vsurped authoritie so clouded by blinde ambition I muste néedes say that he is neither méete to be King of so noble a realme nor so famous a realme méete to be gouerned by such a tyrant Was not his first enterprice to obtaine the Crowne begunne by the murther of dyuers noble personages Did he not secondarily procéed againste his owne naturall mother declaring hir openlye to be a woman giuen to carnall affection and dissoulute lyuing declaring furthermore hys two brethren and two nephewes to be Bastardes and to be borne in aduoâ—trey yet not contented after he had obtayned the Garlande hée caused the two pore innocents his nephewes committed to him to be shamefully murthered the bloude of whiche little babes dayly cry to God from the earth for vengeaunce what sure tie shall be in this realme to any person eyther for life or goodes vnder suche a cruell Prince whych regardeth not the destruction of his owne bloud then the lesse the losse of other but nowe to conclude what I meane toward your noble person I say affirme if you loue God your linage or your natiue couÌ„try you must your self take vpon you y â— Crown of this Realme both for y e maintenaÌ„ce of the honour of the same as also for the deliueraunce of your natural CountreymeÌ„ from the bondage of such a Tyrante And if your self wil refuse to take vpon you y e Crown of this Realme TheÌ„ I adiure you by the faith y â— you owe to God to deuise some way how this realme may be brought to some conuenient regiment vnder some good gouernour wheÌ„ the B had ended his saying the D. sighed spake not of a gret while so y â— night they coÌ„moned 〈…〉 ore The next daye the Duke sent for the B. vnto whom he sayd my L. of Ely I must néedes in hart thinke and with mouth confesse that you be a sure friende a trustie counsaylour and a verye louer of your Countrey And sith at our last communicatioÌ„ you haue disclosed the secrets of your hart touching y e new vsurper of the Crowne and also haue a little touched the â—â—auncement of the two noble families of Yorke and Lancaster I shal likewise declare vnto you my priuie entents and secrete cogitations and to beginne when King Edwarde was deceased I then beganne to studye and with deliberation to ponder in what maner this realme shoulde be gouerned I perswaded wyth my selfe to take part wyth the Duke of Glocester whom I thought to be as cleane without dissimulation as tractable without iniurie and so by my means he was made Protector both of the king and realm whiche auathoritie being once gotten he neuer ceased printly to require me other Lords as wel spirituall as temporall that he might take vppon hym the Crowne till the Prince came to the age of xxiiij yeares and were able to gouerne the realme as a sufficient king which thing when he saw me somewhat sticke at he then brought in instrumeÌ„ts autentike Doctors Proctors and notaries of the law with depositions of diuers witnesses testifying King Edwardes children to be bastards whiche depositions then I thought to be as true as nowe I knowe them to be fayned When the sayde depositions were before vs read and diligentlye hearde hée stoode vppe bare headed saying Well my Lordes euen as I and you would that my nephewes should haue no wrong so I praye you do me nothing but right for these witnesses and sayings of famous Doctours be true for I am onelye the vndubitate heyre to RICHARDE PLANTAGENET Duke of Yorke adiudged to be the verye heire to the Crowne of this realme by aucthoritie of Parliament Whyche thynges so by learned men for veritie to vs declared caused me and other to take him for our lawful vndoubted Prince and Soueraigne Lorde so agayne by my aide he of a Protector was made a King but when he was once crowned King and in full possession of the realme he caste awaye his olde conditions For when I my selfe sued to him for my parte of the Earle of Herefords landes which his brother Kyng Edward wrongfully detained from me and also requyred to haue the office of the highe Conestableship of Englande as diuers of my noble auncestours before this time haue hadde and in long descent continued in this my firste sute hée did not only first delay me and afterward deny me but gaue me suche vnkind wordes as though I had neuer furthered him al which I suffred pacieÌ„tly but wheÌ„ I was informed of the death of the two yong innocentes O Lord my heart inwardly grudged in so much that I abhorred y e sight of him I toke my leaue of the Court and returned to Brecknocke to you but in the iourney as I returned I had diuerse imaginatioÌ„s how to depriue this vnnatural vncle Frst I santiâ—ed y â— if I list to take vpon me the Crowne now was the way made playne and occasion giuen For I sawe he was dysdayned of the Lords temporall and accursed of the Lordes spiritual After diuerse cogitations of this matter As I rode betwéene Worcester and Bridgenorth I encountred with the Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmonde now wife to y e Lord Stanley which is the very daughter and sole heire to Iohn Duke of Somerset my grandfathers elder brother so that she and hir sonne the Garle
busynesse betwéene the two mothers so the Ladye Margaret Countesse of Richemond brought to a good hope of the preferment of hir sonne made Reynold Bray chiefe solicitor of this conspiraoie geuyng hym in charge secretely to inuegle suche persons of Nobilitie to ioyne wyth hir and take hir parte as he knewe to be faythfull This Reynold Bray within fewe dayes broughte to his lure sir Gyles Daubeney sir Iohn Châ—nie Richard Guilford and Thomas Rame Esquiers others In the meane season the Countesse of Richemond seat Christopher Vrfwike into Britaine to the Erle of Richmond to declare to him all agréementes betwéene hir the Quéene agréed but she rementbring that the Duke of Buckingham was one of the first inuentors of this enterprise sent Hugh Conway Esquier into Britaine with a great sum of money to hir sonne giuyng him in charge to declare to the Earle the great loue that y e most part of the nobilitie of the Realme bare toward him wylling him not to neglect so good an occasion offered but with all spéede to fettle his minde how to returne into Englande giuing him Counsell to take land in Wales When y e Earle had receyued this ioyfull message he brake to the Duke of Britayne all his secretes aduertising hym that he was entered into a sure and stedfast hope to obtayne the Crowne of England desiring hym of helpe towarde the atchieuing of his enterprise which the Duke promised and after performed Whervpon the Earle sent into England Hugh Conway and Thomas Ram to declare his comming shortly into England In the meane season the chiefe of the conspiracie in England beganne many enterprises which beyng neuer so priuely handled yet knowledge thereof came to Kyng Richard and because he knewe the Duke of Buckingham to bée the chiefe heade and ayde of this commination he thought it most necessarie to plucke hym from that parte where vppon he adressed his louing letters to the Duke to exhorte the Duke to come to the Courte but the Duke required the Kyng to pardon hym excusing himselfe that he was not well King Richard not content wyth this excuse directed to the Duke other letters wyth checkyng wordes commaunding hym wythout delaye to repayre to hys presence The Duke made to the messenger a determinate aunswere that he woulde not come to his mortall enemye and immediatelye prepared warre agaynste hym and by this meanes Thomas Marques Dorset came out of Sancturie gathered a great bande of men in Yorke shire syr Edwarde Courtney and Peter his brother Byshoppe of Excester raysed an other armie in Deuonshire and Cornewall In Kent â—ir Richard Calfortle and other gentlemen rayses a comparrie But King Richarde in the meane tyme had gotten together a great strength with whom he remoued from London towarde Salisburie to the entent he myght set on the Dukes army the King was starce two dayes tourney from Salisburie when the Duke of Buckingham accompanyed with a great powre of wilde Welchmen which in the ende forsooke him The Duke with his powre marched through the forest of Dene intending to haue passed the ryuer of Seuerne at Glocester and there to haue ioyned in armie with the Courtneys other Westerne men which if he had done no doubte but King Richard had béene in great ieoperdie But before he could attayne to Seuerne syde by force of continuall raine the riuer rose so high that it ouerflowed all the countrey adioyning which rage of water lasted x. dayes by which inundacie the passages were so closed that neyther y e Duke could come ouer Seuerne to his complices nor they to hym dâ—wing which time the Welchmen lyngering ydle and wythout money or victuall sodainly scaled and departed The Duke thus left almost alone was of necessitie compelled to flie and conueyed himselfe into the house of Humfrey Banister his seruaht beside Shrewesburie whom he had tenderly brought vp which wheÌ„ it was knowne to his adherents euery man shifted for himselfe and fled And some of them sayled into Britaine among the which were Peter Courtney Byshop of Excester and sir Edward Courtney his brother Thomas Marques Dorset Iohn Lord Welles sir Iohn Bourchier sir Edmond Woodvile brother to Quéene Elizabeth sir Robert Willoughbie sir Gyles Daubney sir Thomas Arundale sir Iohn Cheynie and his two brothren sir William Barkerley sir William BrandoÌ„ and Thomas his brother sir Richard Edgecombe and Iohn Halwell Edwarde Pownyngs c Proclamation was made and a thousande pound promised to who so coulde bring out the Duke of Buckingham where vpon Humfrey Banister bewrayed his guest and Humfrey Banister betrayeth his maister maister to Iohn Mitton then Sherife of Shropshire whiche with a stronge powre apprehended the Duke in a little groue adioyning to the manors of Humfrey Banister and in great haste conueyed him to the Citie of Salisburie where King Richard than kept his housholde This Banister after Banister that be trayed his maister miserably plagued let the like traitors looke for the like or vvorse to them and theirs vvithout speedie repentance he had betrayed his maister his sonne and heire waxed mad and dyed in a Bores stye his eldest daughter was sodainely striken with a foule leperie his seconde sonne maruellously deformed of his lymmes and made lame his yonger sonne in a small puddle was drowned and he himselfe being of extreme age arraygned and found guiltie of a murther and by his clergie saued And as for his thousande pounde King Richarde gaue him not one farthing saying that he which woulde be vntrue to so good a maister would be false to all other The Duke after he had confessed all the whole conspiracie Duke of Buckingham beheaded vpon the second of Nouember without araignement or iudgement was at Salisburie beheaded Whilest these things were thus handled in England Henrie Earle of Richmond prepared an armie of fiue thousand Britons and fortie wel furnished shippes When al thyngs were prepared and the day of setting forward was appoynted which was the. xij of October the whole armie hoysed vp sayles and tooke the sea but toward night the wind turned and so huge a tempest arose that the ships were dispersed a sunder some driuen into Normandie some againe into Britaine In the morning after when the tempest was asswaged the Earle approched to the South parte of England at the mouth of the Hauen of Pole in Dorcet where he might sée all the bankes full of men of warre appoynted to defend his arriuall wherfore he gaue charge that no man shoulde lande vntil such tyme as the whole Nauie were assembled but after that he perceyued none of his ships to appeare he hoysed vp Ankers and away where he arriued safe in Normandie and returned by lande into Britaine where he was soone aduertised that the Duke of Buckingham had loste hys head and that the Marques Dorcet and a great number of Noble men of England had a little before enquired for hym there In the meane season King Richarde apprehended in
at sixe pence the bushell Anno reg 10 Bay Salte for thrée pence halfe peny the Bushell Naâ—â—wiche Salte was solde for syxe pence the Bushell white hearring nine shillings the barrel red hearring at thrée shillings the cade red sprots sixe pence the cade and Gascoine wine for sixe poundes the tunne Nicholas Alwine Iohn Warner the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Richarde Chawry Salter the 28. of October Sir Robert Clifford bearing fauor to the house of Yorke had long since sayled ouer to the Lady Margaret Dutchesse of Burgoigne by whome he was there persuaded and broughte in beliefe that one Perken Werbecke a Fleming born was the verye sonne of King Edwarde the fourth but afterwarde béeyng sente for by King Henry and pardon promised him he returned into Englande and comming to the Kings presence in the Tower of London hée on hys knées moste humblye crâ—â—ed pardon which shortely he obtained and after accused manye amongest whome he accused sir William Stanley whome the Kyng hadde made his chiefe Chamberlaine and one of hys priuie Counsaile The reporte is that this was hys offence When communication was had betwéene him and Sir Robert Clifforde as concerning Perken Werbecke sir William Stanley affirmed there y â— he would neuer fight nor beare armor agaynst the yong man if he knowe of a trueth that he was the vndoubted sonne of King Edward the fourth For this offence sir William Stanly was apprehended araigned and on the xvj day of February beheaded on the Tower hill This sir William Stanley was the chiefest helper of King Henrye to the Crowne at Bosworth fielde againste King Richard the thirde He was a man of greate power in his Country and also of great wealth insomuch as the coÌ„mon fame ran that there was in hys Castell of Holâ—e founde in readye coyne plate and Jewels to the value of fortie thousand markes or more and his lande and fées extended to thrée thousand poundes by yeare In Lent white hearring being good were sold for iij. â— 1495 iiij â— the barrell at London Sir W Capel AldermaÌ„ of London was condemned to the king in xxvij C. and xliij pound sterling Croniclâ— of Lond. for the breaking of certain statuts made before times for the which he made his end with the King for xvj C. and fiftéene pounde sixe shillings eight pence Pierce or Perken Werbecke which by the counsaile of Margaret Dutches of Burgoigne named himselfe Richarde of Yorke King Edwards seconde sonne arriued at Deale in KeÌ„t the thirde daye of July where when he and his companye sawe they coulde haue no comforte of the Countrey they withdrewe to their shippes againe at which so withdrawyng the Mayor of Sandwich with certaine commons of the countrey bickered with the residue that were vpon land toke aliue of them an hundred thrée score and nine persons among the which were fiue captaines Mountford Corbert Anno reg 11 Whitbelt Quintine and Gemâ—â—e And the xij of July Iohn Peche Esquier Shriue of Kent brought vnto London bridge thosâ— 169. prisoners where the Shriues of London receiued them and conueyed them in cartes and long ropes vnto the Tower of London and to Newgate who were shortly after to the number of 150. hanged in Kent Essex Sussex and Norfolk the residue were executed at Tiburne Wapping in the Wose besides London Thomas Kneisworth Henry Sommer the. 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Sir Henry Colet Mercer the. 28. of October The. xvj of Nouember was holden the Serieants feast at the Bishops place of Ely in Holborne where dined the King Quéene and all the chiefe lordes of England The new Serieants names were maister Mordant Higham Kingsmill Conisby Butler Yakesley Frowicke Oxenbridge and Constable In digging for to lay a new foundation in the Church of S. Mary hill in London the body of Alice Hackeney which had bene buried in the Church the space of 175. yeares was â—â—â—ud whole of skinne and the iointes of her armes pliable whiche corps was kepte aboue grounde foure dayes without anoyance and then buryed againe In Aprill was concluded an amitie and entrecourse betwéene this lande and the Countrey of Flaunders c. In September the Scots entred England by the setting on of Perkin Werbecke and did much harme to the borders but when they hearde of the Lorde Neuels commyng against them they sped them away Iohn Shawe Richard Haddon the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Tate Mercer the 28. of October This Iohn Tate newly builded and enlarged Sainte Anthonies Churche in London a goodly foundation with a Fréesâ—hoole and certaine almes houses for poore men Iasper Duke of Bedforde vncle to King Henry the seauenth dyed the eightéenth daye of December and was buried at Kensham By meanes of a payment that was granted to the king 1497 a new commotion was made by the commons of Cornewal whiche vnder the leading of Iames Tuchet of Audley Lorde Audley with Michaell Ioseph a horse farrer or Blacksmith of Bodman and other came to Blackeheath where the Kyng met with them and discomfited the rebels and tooke their Captains the two and twentith of June where were slain of the rebels about 300. and taken aboute 1500. the Kyng gaue to them that tooke them their goodes The Lord Audley was beheaded on the Tower hill the xxviij of June The blacke Smith and Flamoke a lawyer were hanged headed and quartered at Tiburne In July the King sente an army into Scotland vnder the guyding of the Earle of Surrey and the Lorde Neuell which made sharpe warre vppon the Scots At Bartholmewtide in Bedfordshire at the Towne of Haile stones hightene ynches aboute Saint Needes fell haile stones that were measured eightéene ynches aboute Perkin or Pierce Werbecke landed at Whitsondbay in Anno reg 13 Cornewall the seauenth of September hauing in his company not paste a hundred and twentie persons hée wente to Bodman where beyng accompanyed wyth a thrée or foure thousand rascalles and almoste naked men he proclaymed himselfe King Richarde the fourth second sonne to Edward the fourth from thence he wente to Excester and besieged it which Citie was valiantly defended by the inhabitants the Earle of Deuonshire being their Generall who hymself was hurt in the arme with an arrow of the rebels but many of the rebelles béeyng slaine they wythdrewe them to Taunton but sir Giles Dawbeney Lorde Chamberlaine approching with an armye the people fledde and Perkin got him to Beudley where he tooke Sanctuary but vppon couenauntes offered he came to the King and was pardoned his life Bartholomewe Rede Thomas Windought 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior William Purchas Mercer the 28. of October The eight and twentith of Nouember Perkin Werbeck Perkin VVerbecke broughte vp to London was conueyed vppon horse backe through Cheape and Cornhill vnto the Tower of London and from thence back againe through Candleweeke streate to Westminster with many a cursse and muche wondering The one and twentith
Waltam-stow to Locke bridge towards London The vij of August a peace was proclaymed betwixt the Mary sister to King Henry married to the French King Kingdomes of England and of France And on the ninth day â—â— October King Lewes of France marryed the Lady Mary sister to King Henry the eyght in y e great Church of Abvile Richard Hunne hauged in Lovv lards Tovver Richard Hunne a Merchant Taylor of London dwelling â—â— the Parish of Saint Margaret in Bridgestreate who for deâ—â—ing to giue a mortuarie such as was demaunded by the Parson for his childe being buryed had bin put in the Lowâ—â—ds Tower about the ende of October last before passed was â—â—we the fift of December found hanged with his owne â—irâ—le of silke in the sayd Tower and after he was burned â—â— Smithfield This yeare dyed at Rome the Archbishop of Yorke Cardinall called Doctor Banbredge which was the Kings Embassador there And King Henry gaue the said Archbishopâ—â—ke to Thomas Wolsey then Bishoppe of Lincolne who â—â—rtly after gate to be Cardinall and Lord Chancellour On Newyeares euen dyed the French King Lewes the 1515 twelfth and the ninth of Aprill a new peace was concluded betwéene the King of England and Francis the new King of Anno reg 7. France In the moneth of May Charles Duke of Suffolke wedded Duke of Suffolke married he Kings sister the Lady Mary the Kings sister late Quéene of Fraunce And héere I thinke good to set downe some part of the procéedings of this so oft named Thomas Wolsey Archbishop his ascending vnto honorious estate and sodeiue falling againe from the same as I haue bin enformed by persons of good credite This Thomas Wolsey was a poore mans sonne of Ipswich The ascending of Thomas VVolsey 1516 in the Countie of Suffolke and there borne and being but a child very apt to be learned by the meanes of his parents he was conuayde to the Uniuersitie of Oxford where he shortly prospered so in learning as he was made Batcheler Anno reg 8. Batcheler of Art xv yeares old of Art when he passed not fiftéene yeares of age and was called most commonly through the Uniuersitie the boy Batcheler Thus prospering in learning he was made fellow of Maudelin Colledge and afterward appoynted to be Schoolemayster of Maudelin Schoole at which time the Lorde Marques Dorcet hadde thrée of his sonnes there aâ— Schoole committing vnto him as well their education aâ— Schoolemayster to the Marques Dorcets Children their instruction It pleased the sayde Lorde Marquesse a gainst a Christmas season to send as well for the Schoolemayster as for his children home to his house for their reâ— creation in that pleasant and honourable feast Then béeing there the Lorde their father perceyuing them to 〈…〉 right well employed in learning for their time he hauing a Benefice in his gift being at that time voyde gaue thâ— same to the Schoolemaister in reward of his diligence at his Thomas VVolsey gate a Benefice departure after Christmas to the Uniuersitie and hauing the presentation thereof repaired to the Ordinarie for hyâ— induction and being furnished of his instruments madâ— spéede to the Benefice to take possession and being there foâ— that intent one Sir Iames Paulet Knight dwelling there about tooke occasion against him and set the Schoolemayster Thomas VVolsey set in the stockes by Sir Iames Paulet by the héeles during his pleasure which after was neyther forgotten nor forgiuen for when the Schoolemayster mounted the dignitie to be Chancellour of England he sente for Mayster Paulet and after many sharp words enioyned him to attend vntill he were dismissed and not to depart out of London without licence obteyned so that he continued therewith VVolseys imprisonment reuenged in the middle Temple the space of fiue or sixe yeares who lay then in the Gate house next the stréete which hée reedifyed very sumptuously garnishing the same all ouer Gatehouse of the middle Temple nevv builded the outside with the Cardinals Armes with his hatte cognisances and other deuises in so glorious a sorte that he thought thereby to haue appeased his olde displeasure Now after the deceasse of the Lorde Marquesse thys Schoolemayster considering with himselfe to be but a simple beneficed man and to haue lost his fellowship in the Colledge which was much to his reliefe thought not long to be vnprogided of some other help and in his trauell thereabout he fell in acquayntance with one Sir Iohn Naphant Sir Iohn Naphant Treasurer of Caleis Thomas VVolsey his Chaplayne a very graue and auntient Knight who had a great â—â—me in Caleis vnder King Henry the seauenth this Knight hée serued and behaued hymselfe so discretely that he obteyned the especiall fauour of his Mayster in so muche that he committed all the charge of hys office vnto hys Chaplayne and as I vnderstand the office was the Treasureship of Caleis who was in consideration of hys greate age discharged of hys roome and returned agayne into Englande and through hys instant labour hys Chaplayne Thomas VVolsey vvas Chapleyne to Henry the vij was promoted to bée the Kyngs Chaplayne and when hée had once cast Ancker in the porte of promotion how he wrought I shall somewhat declare He hauing there a â—ust occasion to be in the sight of the King dayly by reason hée sayde Masse before hym in hys Closet and that béeâ—ng done he speÌ„t not the day in ydlenesse but would attend vpon those whome he thought to beare most rule in the Counsell the which at that tyme was Doctor Fox Bishop of Winchester Secretarie and Lord of the priuie seale also Sir Thomas Louell Knight a sage Counsellor Mayster of the Wardes and Connestable of the Tower these graue Counsellors in proces of time perceyued this Chapleyne to haue a very fine witte and thought him a méete person to be preferred to wittie affaires It chanced at a certayne season that the King had an vrgent occasion to send an Embassador vnto the Emperour Maximilian who lay at that present in the low Countrey of Flanders not farre from Caleis The Bishop of Winchester and Sir Thomas Louell whome the King counselled and debated with vppon this Embassage saw they had a conuenient occasion to preferre the Kings Chapleyne whose witte eloquence and learning they highly commended to the King the King commanded them to bring his Chapleyne before his presence with whome he fell in communication of great matters and perceyuing his witte to be very fyne thoughte hym sufficiente commaunding hym therevpon to prepare hymselfe to hys iourney and hauing hys depeach tooke hys leaue of the King at Richmond about noone and so came to London about four of the Clocke where the Barge of Graues ende was ready to launch forth both with a prosperous Thomas VVolsey Embassadour to the Emperour tyde and winde without any abode he entred the Barge and so passed foorth with suche spéede that hée arriued
â—â—ces and then pleased them wonderous well Then â—â—â—pared they all that daye for the purposed deuise â—â— kepte them secret and close without anye noyse or â—â—tte off péeces within the Towne whyche gaue theyr Enimies the lesse â—eare of the assaulte but â—â—â—yghte wente to theyr Tentes and cowched 〈…〉 nothyng mistrusting that afterwarde immediately happened vnto them When the tyme came that all men were at rest the assaylants issued out of the Towne and there according to their appoyntment they gaue so cruell and fierce assault that they in the Camp had as much to do as was possible to resist them and euen as the Duke declared before to his Souldiours they within were compelled to turne their shotte that lay at the entrie against the assaylants With that issued the Duke and with him about fiftéene or sixtéene thousand men or more secretly in the night his enimies being not priuie of his comming vntill he was entred the fielde and at his entrie he tooke all the Ordinance that lay there and slew the Gunners then hée charged the péeces against his enimies and slewe them wonderfully he cutte downe the Tentes and Pauilions and murthered many within them ere they were ware of his comming so that he wanne the field or euer the King French King taken could arise to the rescue in so much as the King was taken in hys lodging or euer he were harnessed his Tentes were robbed and spoyled which were wonderous rith and in the spoyle and search of the Kings coffers the Duke of Burbon found the league vnder the great Seale of England newly made betwéene the King of England and the French King which once perceyued by him began to smell the impediment of his money which should haue come vnto him from the King hauing vpon due search intelligence that all the matter was deuised by the Cardinall of Englande The Duke conceyued suche an indignation héerevpon agaynst the Cardinall that incontinente hée wente vnto Rome and there intended to sacke the Towne and to haue taken the Pope where at the first assaulte of the walles the Duke was the first man that was stayne yet notwithstanding hys Captayne 's continued their assaulte and at the sast wanne the Towne and the Pope fledde Rome sacked the people fled vnto Castell Saint Angell where hée continued long in calamitie All this notwithstanding which yée haue hearâ— when newes was brought into England of the taking of the French King great triumph was made for ioy thereof on the ninth of March. About such time as Cardinall Wolsey was determined Cardinall VVolsey suppresseth Priories to build his Colledges in Oxford and in Ipsvvich to erect his new Colledges in Oxford and Ipswich he obteyned licence and authoritie of Pope Clement the seauenth to suppresse about the number of fortie Monasteries of good same and bountifull hospitalitie wherein the King bearing with all his doings neyther Bishop nor temporall Lorde in this Realme durst saye any worde to the contrarie In the executing of this businesse fiue persons were his chiefe instruments who on a time made a demaunde to the Prior and Couent of the Monasterie of Daintrie for occupying of certayne of theyr groundes but the Monkes refusing to satisfie their requests streightway they picked a quarrell agaynste the house and gaue information to the Cardinall agaynste them who taking a small occasion commaunded the house to bée dissolued and to bée coÌ„uerted to hys new Colledge but of thys irreligeous robberie done of no conscience but to patch vp pride whiche priuate wealth coulde not furnishe what punishmente hath since ensued at Gods hande sayeth myne Authour partly our selues haue séene for of those fyue persons two fell at discorde betwéene themselues and the one slewe the other for the which the suruiuor was hanged the thirde drowned hymselfe in a well the fourth béeing well knowne and valued worth two hundreth pounde became in thrée yeares so poore that hée begged to hys dying day and the fifth called Doctor Allane béeyng thiefe executor of these doyngs was cruelly maymed in Irelande euen at suche tyme as hée was a Bishop the Cardinall falling after into the Kings gréeuous displeasure was deposed and dyed miserably the Colledges whiche hée meante to haue made so glorious a building came neuer to good effect and Pope Clement himselfe by whose authoritie these houses were throwne downe to the ground was after enclosed in a dangerous séege within the Castell of Saint Angell in Rome by the Emperialles the Citie of Rome was pitifully sacked and himselfe narrowly escaped with his life The Tower at Greenewich was this yeare builded Greenevvich tovver builded Creations at Bridewell On the eyghtéenth of June Henry Fitz Roy which King Henry the eyght had by Elizabeth Creations at Bridevvell daughter to Sir Iohn Blunt Knight was created Earle of Notingham Duke of Richmond and Somerset Lieutenant Generall from Trent Northwards Warden of the East middle and West marches fore aneinst Scotlande Henry Earle of Deuonshire was created Marquesse of Exceter Henry Earle of Lincolne Thomas Earle of Rutlande Henry Earle of Cumberland were likewise created Robert Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwater created Uicount Egremunt Thomas Bolleyne Knight Treasourer of the Kings house was created Uicount Rochford Great murmuring was in all partes of the Realme for payment of money and Suffolke men to the number of four thousand rose in a tumult agaynste whome was sente the Duke of Norffolke and other commissioners by whose wisedome they were appeased and diuers executed Iohn Caunton Christopher Askew the 28. of Septemb. Sir Iohn Allen Mercer the 28. of October Sherifes Maior The eleuenth of February four Merchants of y e Stilyard did penance at Pawles Crosse and an Augustine Frier called Doctor Barnes bare a Fagot there was present the Lord Cardinall with eleuen Bishops Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochester made the Sermon which was against Martine Luther of Germany and his doctrine A truce was taken betwéene Englande and France for a certayne space and Embassadors were sent into Denmarke 1526 for restoring of their King but the Danes woulde graunte nothing therevnto they did so deadly hate hym for hys crueltie The xxviij of Aprill came to the Court to Greenewiche Anno reg 18 Peace vvith France Mounsire Briond President of Roane and Iohn Iokin which President before the King and his Nobles made in the Latin tongue a solemne Oration the effect whereof was how dreadfull the warres had bin betwéene the Realmes of England and France He declared further of what power the King of Englande was and what conquest he might haue made in France the French King being prisoner whereof he humbly thanked him of his pitie and compassion that he had on them in their necessitie that he would consente to peace to the which Oration Sir Thomas Moore Chancellour of the Duchy of Lancaster made answere saying that it much reioyced the King that they first considered how by hys power he
might haue oppressed and how by hys pitie he had reléeued them wherefore he would héere after that for kindnesse they shoulde shewe hym none vnkindnesse but inuiolably kéepe that league which was coÌ„cluded In the moneth of May was proclamation made against Proclamation against vnlavvfull gâ—â—es all vnlawfull games and commissions awarded into euerie Shire for the execution of the same so that in all places Tables Dice Cardes and Bowles were taken and brent but when yong men were restreyned of these games and pastimes some fell to drincking some to ferretting of other mens Conyes and stealing of Deare in Parkes and other vnthristinesse The sixth of September was proclamation for Golde Gold ennaunced the French Crowne foure shillings sixe pence the Angelet seauen shillings and sixe pence the Riall xj sÌ„ iij. d. c. Stephen Peacocke Nicholas Lambart the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Semer Mercer the 28. of October In the monethes of Nouember December and Januarie Great raynes and land vvaters fell such rayne that thereof ensued great fluddes which destroyde Corne fields Pastures and Beastes then was it drie till the twelfth of April and from that time it rayned euery day and night till the third of June whereby Corne fayled sore in the yeare following After the deliuerie of the French King out of the Emperours 1527 bondage and his sonnes receyued in hostage for the Emperours and the King of Englands securitie of all Anno reg 19. such demaundes and requestes as should be demaunded of the French King The Cardinall Wolsey lamenting the French Kings calamitie and the Popes great aduersitie who yet remayned in the Castell Angell trauelled all that he could with the King and his Counsell to take some order for the quietnesse of them both At last it was thought good that the sayde Cardinall shoulde take vppon him the Kings commission to trauell beyond the Seas in this matter Cardinall sent Embassador into France and by his witte to compasse a perfect peace among those potentates wherevpon he was commanded to prepare himselfe to this iourney which he tooke vpon him He had with hym the Earle of Darby the Bishop of London Lord priuie seale Sir Henry Gilfort Knight of the Garter comptroller of the Kings house the Lord Sands Knight of the Garter Lord Chamberlayne of the Kings house Doctor Taylor Mayster of the Rolles Sir Thomas Moore Knight Chancellour of the Duchy of Lancaster the Bishop of Deuelin the Lord Mountegle the Lord Harrenden Sir Iohn Dudley Knight Mayster Ratclife Maister Willowby Mayster Parker Mayster Sturton Uicounts and Baroâ—â— sonnes and heires Sir Francis Brian Sir Edward Semer Sir Robert Gernigam Doctor Stephen Gardener Secretarie Doctor Peter Vannes Secretarie Of the priuie Chamber Maister Hennege Maister Arundell Maister Kneuet Maister Alford Phisitions Doctor Frances Doctor Smith Gentlemen Ushers of the priuie Chamber Maister Walgraue Maister Elles Sir Thomas Denis high Chamberlen Maister Sentâ—lere Uizchamberlaine Gentlemen Ushers M. Wentworth M. Hansard M. Pemercy M. Constable M. Werren Of houshold M Cade Steward sir Wil. Gascoigne Treasurer M. Gostike Comptroller M. Broughton Mayster of the Horsse Doctor Allen Doctor Benet Doctor Duke Deane of the Chapell Doctor CapoÌ„ Almoner y â— Archdeaâ—â— of Canterbury the Archedeacon of Carleile sir Iohn Sent-Iohn sir Richard Sands Knights c. in al to y e number of 900. horses Then marched he forwarde from hys owne house at The pompous ryding of the Cardâ—â—aâ— Westminster throughe London ouer London bridge hauing before hym all the Gentlemen thrée in a rancke in Ueluet Coates and the moste of them greate chaines of Golde aboute their neckes and all hys Yeomen followed hym with Noblemens and Gentlemens seruants al in Orenge tawney coates with the Cardinalles Hat and a T. â— for Thomas Cardinall embrodered vpon all the Coates aswell of hys owne seruants as of al the reste of Gentlemens seruantes and hys Sumpter Mules whyche were twentie or more with all his cariage of Cartes and other of hys traine were passed before He rode like a Cardinall verye sumptuouslye on hys Mule wyth his spare Mule and spare horse trapped in Crimosin Ueluet vpon veluet and stirrops guilt folowing him And before hym he had his twoo great Crosses of siluer his two great Pillers of siluer the Kings broade Seale of Englande and hys Cardinals Hat and a Gentlemanne carying hys Ualence otherwise called his Cloake bagge whyche was made of fine Scarlet altogyther embrodered very richly with Golde hauing in it a cloake Thus passed he forth throughe London and all the waye euerye daye in his iourney he was thus furnished hauing hys Harbengers in euerye place before whych prepared lodging for hys traine The first iourney that he made was twoo myles beyond Dertford in Kent vnto sir Thomas Wiltshires house and the reste of hys traine were lodged in Dertford and in the countrey there-aboutes The nexte daye he marched to Rochesâ—â—â— where he was lodged in the Byshoppes Pallaice and the rest of his traine in the Citie in Strowde The third day he rode to Feuersham and there was lodged in the Abbey his traine in the towne there and some in the Countrey there-aboutes The fourth daye he rode to Caunterburie where he encountred wyth the worshipfull of the town and Country and lodged in the Priorie of Christchurch and all hys traine in the Citie where he continued thrée dayes in whiche season there was a greate fayre in the Towne by reason it was the feast of Thomas of Canterburie At whych daye there was a solempne Procession wherein the Cardinal then went apparelled in hys Legantine Ornamentes with hys Hat on his heade who commaunded the Monks and the Quéere to sing the Letany after this sorte Sancta Maria or a pro Papa nostra Clemente the Cardinall knéeling at a Stoole before the Quéere dore all the while the Monks and their Quéere stoode in the body of the church singing the Letany The eleauenth of July the Cardinall arriued at Calleis who was receiued with all the Officers and Counsell of the Towne the Maior of the Towne and the Maior of the Staple in Procession and in the Lauterne Gate he knéeled and made his prayers that done they passed on before vntill he came to Saint Maries Churche from whence he repayred with a greate number of Noblemen and Gentlemen béeing Péeres of the Towne vnto a place called the Checker where he was lodged and kepte his house as long as he abode in the Towne When all his traine and carriage was landed and euery thing prepared for his iourney he called all hys Noblemen Gentlemen beyng seruants vnto him into hys priuie Chamber where they being al assembled before hym he sayde I haue called you hither to the intent to declare vnto you that I consider the duetie you beare me and the good will that I semblably beare to you séeing your intendment to further the aucthoritie that I haue by Commission whiche your
that at â—â—ght of the clocke they shoulde lose their Maister Here is the ende and fall of Pride arrogancie of men Example of pride and arrogancie exalted by fortune to dignities for in hys tyme he was the haughtiest man in all hys procéedings alyue hauing more respecte to the honor of his person than he had to his spirituall profession wherein should be shewed all méekenesse 〈◊〉 aâ—â— charitie The Cleargie of Englande beyng iudged by the Kings The Cleargie condemned in the Premunire learned Councel to be in the premunire for maintaining y â— power Leganâ—ine of the Cardinall were called by proâ—eâ—â— into the Kings Bench to aunsweare wherefore in their conuocation they concluded a submission where in they called the King Supreme head of the Church of England and were contented to giue the King 100000. poundes to pardon King Henrie supreame head their offences touching y â— premunire by acte of ParliameÌ„t The fift of Aprill one Richard Rose a Cooke was boyled 1531 A Cooke boyled in Smithfielde for poysoning of diuers persons at the Bishop of Rochesters place King Henrie purchased the Hospitall of Saint â—ames â—éere to Charing Crosse and al the medows to the same adioyning Anno reg 23 The Kings house at Saint Iames. gyuing the sisters of the house pencions during their liues and then builded thereof a goodly Mansion with a Parke whiche he caused to be walleâ— about with Bricke The 〈◊〉 of August Thomas Bilney a Bacheler T. Bylney burned of Law 〈…〉 Norwich Richard Gresham 〈◊〉 Althâ—â—â—â—hâ— 28. of September Sherifes Maior Rice Griffyn executed Sir Nicholas Lambard Gâ—â—cer the 28. of October The fourth of December sir Rice Gryffyn was beheaded at the Tower hill and buryed at the Crossed Friers Iohn Hewes hys man 〈◊〉 to Tyborâ—â— hanged and quartered The 17. of May deceassed Robert Thorne Bacheler and Merchant Taylour of London who gaue by his Testament his debts firste being paide is to be destributed in the citie Robert Thom his charitie in the Citie of London of London 500. l. to pore housholders in the xxv Wardes 20. l. in euery warde To reléeue prisoners in the Counters 50. l. To pore Maides mariages 50. l. To the foure prisons about London Newgate Ludgate Kings bench Marshalsea 100. l. To Aldermarie Church in London 10. l. Summe 710. poundes In the Citie of Bristow to the making vppe of the Frée Robert Thornâ— his charitie in the tovvne of Bristovve schoole of Saint Bartholomew 300. l. to be diuided in the parishes among the poore housholders 300. l. to the redemption of the frée farme of prisage there 200. l. to the Almes houses there 100. l. to Thomas Moffit Maister of the Grammer Schoole 25. l. and to Robert his sonne 10. l. to the poore prisoners in Bristowe 50. l. to poore maides Mariages there 50. l. towarde making of a place for Merchants for the stréete in Bristow 100. l. to the repayring of hyghe wayes from Camer Marche to Bristow at the discretion of his executors as néede requyred and to the other high ways about Bristow 100. l. to Saint Nicholas Churche in Bristowe 20. l. to the four orders of Friers there euerye order 20. l. more to the prisoners of Bristowe 100. l. to the Chamber of Bristow 300. l. for the prouision of corne and wood more to the Chamber 500. l. to the reléefe of yong men that practise Clothing to the pore people of Bristow 500. l. And ouer and besides all this to be distributed in déedes of Charitie at the discretion of his executors 1000. l. Summe 3735. poundes Legacies to his sisters children other kindred amounted to 5142. l. 6. sÌ„ 8. d. His debts forgiueÌ„ wer 83. l. 5. sÌ„ 10. d. The residue of hys goods he gaue to his brother Nicholas Thorne The 28. of May Fryer Forrest was put in prison for contrarying Frier Forrest the Preacher before the King The othe which the Clergie had vsed to make to the Bishop Clergy svvorâ—e to the King of Rome was made voyde by statute a new othe confirmed wherein they coÌ„fessed the king to be Supreme head The fiftéenth of May sir Thomas Moore after great sute Siâ— Thomas Moore made by him was discharged of the Chancelorship The fourth of June the King dubbed Thomas Audeley Lorde Audley made Lorde Chauncelour Knight made him kéeper of the greate Seale and not long after Lord Chancelor The fiftéenth of June fiue men were hanged and quartred Coyners and Clyppers executed Christes Church suppressed at Tower hill for coyning and clypping In the Moneth of July the King suppressed the Priorie of Christ church in London he sent the Chanons of that house to other Priories and gaue their Church plate and lands to sir Thomas Audley The thrée and twentith of Auguste William Warham Archebyshoppe of Canterburie deceassed The King repayred the Tower of London The firste of September the Lady Anne Bolleine was Marchionesse of Penbrooke made Marchionesse of Pembrooke at Windsore and then was gyuen hir by the King one thousande pounde by yeare The eleuenth of October King Henrie landed at Calleis with the Duke of Richemonde hys bastarde sonne the Duke of Norffolke Lord Treasurer of England the Duke of Suffolke the Marquesse of Excester the Erles of Darby Arundale Oxforde Surrey and Rutlande the Vicount Lisle King Edwarde the fourth his bastarde sonne the Lord Matrauers the Lord Sands Lorde Chamberlaine of the Kings house the Lorde William Hawarde the Lorde Bray the Lorde Montague the Lorde Cobham the Lorde Mordant the Lorde Dawbney the Lorde Grey the Lord Clinton the Lorde Vaux the Lorde Mountegle the Lorde Rocheford wyth diuers other Lordes the Bishoppes of Winchester London Lincolne and Bathe sir William Fitz William treasourer of the kings house sir William Pawlet Comptroller sir William Kingstone Capitaine of the Guarde sir Iohn Page sir Iames Boleine sir Anthony Browne sir Edwarde Neuell sir Thomas Cheyney sir Iohn Russell sir Richard Page sir Ralph Eldercare sir Edward Baynton sir Edwarde Santener sir Griffyth Deene sir Iohn Dudley sir Iohn Femer sir Henry Long sir Anthony Hungerforde sir Iohn Brudges sir Arthur HoptoÌ„ sir Anthony Wingfielde sir William Paston sir Edmonde Bedingfielde sir Thomas Strange sir William Hawte sir Edwarde Wotton sir William Askewe sir Iohn Marleant sir William Barington sir William Essex sir Giles Strangweis sir Edwarde Chamberlaine sir Giles Caple sir Iohn Sent-Iohn sir Walter Hungerforde sir William Gascoine sir Lionel Norrice sir Edwarde Boloine sir Thomas Lisle sir Iohn Ashton sir Thomas Palmer sir William Boloine sir William Finche sir William Pellam sir Thomas Rotherham sir Iohn Norton sir Richarde Sandes sir Iohn Neuell and thyrtie Esquiers with manye Gentlemenne and all theyr traines The towne of Calleis had at thys season xxiiij C. beddes and stabling for two thousande horses besides the Uillages about The xxj of October King Henrie rode towarde Boloigne and was by the
Martin Abboy Straâ—ford Abbey Lewis and Abbeys suppressed other were suppressed to the Kings vse The Images of our Lady of Walsingham and Ipswich were brought vp to London with all the Iewels that hung aboute them and diuers other Images both in England and Wales wherevnto any common Pilgrimage was vsed for aâ—oyâ—ng of Idolatrie all which were brente at Chelsey by the Lord priuie seale The ix of August Edmond Conisby one of the groomes of the Kings Chamber was executed at Tiborne for counterfeting the Kings Seale manuell The firste of September being Sonday one Gratnell Hangman hanged Hangman of London and two other were hanged at the Wrestling place by Clarken well for robbing a Booth in Bartholmew Faire The second of September Edward Clifford GentlemaÌ„ was executed at Tiborne for counterâ—etting the Kings priuie Signet This moneth of September Thomas Cromwell Lorde priuie Seale Uizgerent to the Kings highnesse sente foorth The Bible in euery Church to be redde iniunctions to all Bishops and Curats through y e Realme charging them to sée that in euery parish Church the Bible of the largest volume printed in English were placed for all men to reade on and that a Booke of Register were also Register booke in euery Church to be kept prouided and kept in euery parish Churche wherein shall be written euery Wedding Christning and Burying within the same parish foreuer Saint Austiâ—â— Abbey at Caâ—terbury was suppressed and the Shriue and goodes taken to the Kings it â—easurie as also the Shrine of Thomas Becket in the Priory of Christ Church Thomas Becket â—â—ent was likewise taken to the Kings vse and his bones scull and all which was there found with a péece broken out by the wound of his death were all brent in the same Church by the Lord Cromwell The Monkes there were commanded to change their habites c. The xxj of October the Churche of Thomas Becket in London called the Hospitall of Saint Thomas of Akers was suppressed William Wilkinson Nicholas Gibson the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Sir William Forman Haberdasher the 28. of October This Nicholas Gibson Grocer Sheriffe of London builded a frée Schoole at Radcliffe néere vnto London appoynting Free Schoole and Almes houses at Radcliffe to the same for the instruction of thréescore poore mens children a Schoolemayster and Usher with a stipend of tenne pound by the yeare to the Mayster and sixe â— xiij â— iiij â— to the Usher He also builded there certayne Almes houses for fourtéene poore and aged persons who quarterly receiue sixe shillings eyght pence the péece for euer The fifth of Nouember were Henry Marquesse of Excester Earle of Deuonshire and Sir Henry Poole Knight Lord Moâ—ntacute and Sir Edward Neuill sent to the Tower who were endited for deuising to maynteyne promote and aduance one Reignald Poole late Deane of Excester enemie to the King beyond the sea and to depriue the King The xvj of Nouember the blacke Friers in London was suppressed the next day the white Friers the grey Friers Friers suppressed and the Monkes of the Charterhouse and so all the other immediatly The xxij of Nouember Iohn Lambert was brente in Lambart brent Smithfield The xxiiij of Nouember the Bishop of Rochester preached at Pawles Crosse and there shewed the bloude of Bloud of Hales shevved at Pavvles Crosse Hales and affirmed the same to be no bloud but Honey clarified and coloured with Saffrone as it had bin euidently proued before the King and his Counsell Also â—â—urâ— Anabaptistes thrée men and one woman all Dutch bare Anabaptistes â—aggots at Paules Crosse the same day The xxix of Nouember a man and a woman Dutch Anabaptistes were brent in Smithfield The ninth of January were Henry Marquesse of Excester Earle of Deuonshire executed Earle of Deuonshire and the Lord Mountacute and Sir Edward Neuill beheaded on the Tower hill Two Priestes Croftes and Colins and Holand a Mariner were hanged and quartered at Tiborne Sir Geffrey Poole was pardoned On Ashe wednesday were Iohn Ioanes Iohn Potter and Execution in Poules Church-yard William Mannering hanged in Paules Church-yard for killing of Roger Cholmeley Esquier in the same place The third of March Sir Nicholas Carew of Bedington in Surâ—ey Knighte of the Garter and mayster of the Kings Horsse was beheaded at the Tower hill for béeing of counsell with Henry Marques of Excester and Henry Poole Lorde Mountacute The ix of March the King created Sir WilliaÌ„ States created Pawlet Knight Treasurer of houshold Lord Saint Iohn and Sir Iohn Russell Comptroller of his houshold Lorde Russell Sir William Parre Lord Parre The new Abbey of white Monkes at the Tower hill and the Minories Nunnes without Aldgate were suppressed â—n the last of March. The xxviij of Aprill beganne a Parliamente in the 1539 which Margaret Countesse of Salisburie Gertrude wife to the Marquesse of Excester Reignold Poole Sir Adrian Anno reg 31 Fortescue and Thomas Dingley Knight of Saint Iohns and diuers other were attaynted and all the Religious houses in England suppressed and not suppressed were graunted to the King for euer The viij of May the Citizens of London mustered at the Great muster aâ— London Miles end all in bright harneys with coates of white silke â—â— cloth and cheynes of gold in thrée great Battayles the number was fiftéene thousand beside wyfflers and other awayters who in goodly order passed through London to Westminster and so through the Sanctuary and round about the Parke of S. Iames and returned home through Holborne No watch at Midsomer Doctor Shakston Bishop of Salisburie and Doctor Latimer Bishop of Worcester resigned their Bishoprickes into the Kings hand the first of July The viij of July Griffith Clearke Uicar of Wandsworth Vickar of VVandsvvorth and other executed with his Chapleine and his seruant and Frier Waire were all four hanged and quartered at Saint Thomas Waterings The tenth of July Sir Adrian Fortescue and Thomas Dingley were beheaded The ninth of September the Nunnery of Clarkenwell Clarkenvvell and other suppressed was suppressed The xij of October the Nunnery of Halywell and forthwith the Priorie of Saint Mary Oueries in Southwarke and Saint Barthelmewes in Smithfield were suppressed and al their lands and goodes taken to the Kings vse The seauenth of September deceassed Doctor Stokesley Bishop of London and was buryed in Paules Church Iohn Feire Thomas Huntlow the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Thomas Huntlovv his charitie Sir William Holleys Mercer the 28 of October This Thomas Huntlow Sheriffe gaue to the Haberdashers certayne tenementes for the which they be bound to giue to tenne poore almes people of the same company euery one of them eyght pence euery Friday for euer And also at euery quarter dinner kept by the maisters to be giuen to euery one of those tenne poore people a penny loaâ—e a pottell of Ale a péece of béefe worth four pence in
of this yeare was a great drouth and a Dry sommer great death of hote burning agues and flixes The salt water flowed aboue London bridge William Laxton Martin Bowes the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir William Roche Draper the 28. of October The xxij of December Ralph Egerton and Thomas Harman seruant to Mayster Flightwood were executed for counterfetting the Kings great Seale in leade wherewith they had sealed diuers Patents counterfetted and antidated making Strangers Denisons vnder the names of diuers Clearkes of the Chancerie one Tuckefield being of their faction robbed the Lord Audlyes Chappell and fledde who béeing afterwarde apprehended at Caleis whiche Towne he woulde haue betrayed he slew himselfe with a Dagger In Aprill certayne persons began a new Rebellion in 1541 Anno reg 33 A nevv commotion in Yorkeshire Yorkeshire which were shortly after takeÌ„ put to executioÌ„ in diuers places of which Leigh a GeÌ„tlemaÌ„ Tatarsal a Clothyer and Thorneton a yeoman were put to death at London Sir Iohn Neuell Knight a tenne persons or moe were put to death at Yorke The seauen and twentith of May the Countesse of Salisburie Countesse of Salisburie beheaded Damport and Chapman hanged was beheaded in the Tower of London The ninth of June Damport and Chapman two of the Kings Gard were hanged at Greenewich for robbery The tenth of June Sir Edmond Kneuet Knighte of Norffolke was arraigned before the Kings Justices sitting Sir Edmond Kneueâ— arraigned for striking in the Court. in the great Hall at Greenewich Mayster Gage Comptroller of the Kings houshold Mayster Suthwell Sir Anthony Browne Sir Anthony Winkefield Mayster Wrisley and Edmond Pecham Cofferer of the Kings houshold for striking of one Mayster Clere of Norffolke seruant with theÌ„ Earle of Surrey within the Kings house in y e Tenis Court There was first chosen to go vpoÌ„ the sayd Edmond a Quest of Gentlemen and a Quest of Yeomen to enquire of the saide stripe by the which inquests he was found gilty and had iudgement to lose his right hande wherevpon was called to do the execution first the Sergeant Chirurgion wyth hys instrumentes apperteyning to his Office the Sergeant of the Woodyard with the Mallet and a Blocke wherevpon the hand should lye the Mayster Cooke for the King with the knife the Sergeant of the Larder to set the knife right on the ioynt the Sergeant Farrer with his searing irons to seare the veynes the Serieant of the Poultrey with a Cocke which Cocke should haue his head smitten off vpon the same blocke and with the same knife the yeomen of the Chaundrie with seare clothes the yeomen of the Skolerie with a panne of fire to heate the irons a chafer of water to coole the endes of the irons and two formes for all Officers to sette their stuffe on the Sergeant of the Celler with Wine Ale and Béere the yeomen of the Ewrie in the Sergeantes stéede who was absente wyth Bason Ewre and Towels Thus euery man in hys Office readye to do the execution there was called foorth Sir William Pickering Knight Marshall to bring in the sayde Edmonde Kneuet and when hée was broughte to the Barre the chiefe Justice declared to hym his trespasse and the sayde Kneuet confessing hymselfe to bée giltye humblye submitted hym to the Kings mercie for this offence hée was not only iudged to lose his hand but also his body to remayne in prison and his Landes and goodes at the Kings pleasure Then the sayde Sir Edmund Kneuet desired that the King of his benigne grace would pardon him of his right hande and take the left for quoth he if my right hand be spared I may héereafter doe suche good seruice to his grace as shall please him to appoynt Of this submission and request the Justices forthwith enformed the King who of his goodnesse considering the gentle heart of the sayde Edmund and the good reporte of Lords and Ladyes graunted hym pardon that he should lose neyther hand land nor goodes but should goe frée at libertie The Lord Leonard Gray being endited of certain points of Treason by him committed as was alledged agaynste him during the season that he was the Kings Lieutenant in Ireland to witte for deliuering his nephew Girald Fitz Garard brother to Thomas Fitz Garard before executed and also for that he caused certaine Irishmen to inuade the lands of the Kings friends whome he fauoured not the fiue and twentith of June he was arraigned at Westminster in the Kings bench and appoynted to be tryed by Knightes bycause he was a Lord by name and no Lord of the Parliament but he discharged the Jurie and confessed the enditement wherevpon he had iudgement on y e xxvitj of June being S Peters euen he was beheaded at Tower hill where he The Lord Leonard Grey beheaded ended his life very quietly and godly This noble man as he was come of high lignage so was he a right valiant and hardy personage hauing in his time done his Prince and Countrey good seruice both in Ireland France and other places greatly to his commendation although now his happe was thus to lose his head The same day that he suffered there were executed at Saint Thomas Waterings thrée Gentlemen Iohn Mantell Iohn Frowdes and George Roydon They died for a murther committed in Sussex as theyr inditement imported in company of Thomas Fines Lorde Dacres of the South The troth whereof was thus the Lord Dacres of the South arâ—aigned sayde Lord Dacres through the lewde perswasion of some of them as hath bin reported meaning to bunt in y e Parke of Nicholas Pelham Esquier at Laughton in the same Countie of Sussex béeyng accompanyed with the sayde Mantel Frowdes and Roydon Iohn Cheyney and Thomas Isley Gentlemen and Richarde Middleton and Iohn Goldwell Yeomen passed from his house of Hurstmonseux the laste of Aprill in the night season towarde the same Parke where they intended so to hunt and commyng into a place called Pikehay in the parishe of Hillingley they found one Iohn Busbrigge Iames Busbrigge and Richarde Somener standing there togither and as it fell out through quarrelling there ensued a fray betwixte the sayde Lorde Dacres and his company on the one part and the said Iohn and Iames Busbrig and Richard Somener on the other in so much that the said Iohn Busbrigge receyued such hurt that he dyed thereof the seconde of May nexte ensuing wherevpon as well the sayd Lorde Dacres as those that were there wyth hym and diuers other likewise that were appointed to go another way to méete them at the sayd Parke were indited of murther and the seauen and twentith of June the Lord Dacres himselfe was arraigned before the Lord Audley of Walden then Lord Chauncelor sitting that day as high Steward of Englande with other Péeres of the Realme about him who then and there condemned the sayde Lorde Dacres to dye for that transgression and afterwardes the nine and twentith of
being ready to giue battaile the Frenche men made great shew but dallyed out the day and in the night departed The eighte and twentith of July Anthony Parson Robert Testwood and Henrie Filmer were brent at Windsore A greate death of the pestilence was at London and therefore Michaelmasse Terme was adiorned to Saint Albons Iohn Tolous Richarde Dobbes the 28. of September Sherifes Sir William Bower Draper the 28. of October Sir Ralfe Warren the 13. of Aprill Maior At Alhallowntide a roade was made into Scotlande by the garrison there who burned 60. Uillages and tooke great prayes The eightéene of December the Archebyshoppe of Canterburies Pallaice at Canterburie was brent and therein was brent his brother in law and other men The foure and twentith of December William Lorde Parre was created Erle of Essex and sir William Parre was created Baron Parre of Horton at Hampton Court And on the 〈…〉 of January sir Thomas Wriothesley was created Baâ—â—n of Wriothesley at Hampton Courte This yeare chaunced foure Eclipses one of the SuÌ„nne she fourtéenth of Januarie and thrée of the Moone Four Eclypses In the beginning of Lent Lorde Edward Seymer Earle of Hâ—reforde was made Liuetenaunt of the North and sent thâ—ther wyth an army The seauenth of Marche Germaine Gardner and Germaine Gardner and others executed Larke Parson of Chelfea were executed at Tyborne for denying the Kings Supremacie wyth them was executed for other offences one Singleton And shortelye after Ashbey was likewise executed for the Supremacie The xâ—j of Maâ—â—â—sir Ioâ—â— Dudley Lord Lisle Lord Ad 〈…〉 1â—44 with a great naâ—â— de 〈…〉 towardâ— Scotlande oâ—â—â—â—â—â— The 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 Gun poulder house called the House blovvne vppe vvith gunpoulder Blacke 〈…〉 in 〈…〉 Smithfielde was blown vppe and therein burned fiue men a boy and a woman On May euen dyed Lord Thomas Audley Lord Chacelour of Englande After whome succéeded Lorde Thomas Wriothesley The iij. of May sir Iohn Dudley Vicount Lisle hygh Admirall An armye sente into Scotland of Englande â—rryued with his fléete of 200. saile in the Frith of Scotlande where he landed dyuers of his menne and tooke there diuers vessels The iiij of May he landed the residue of his men at Lieth from thence marched forwarde in thrée greate battailes whereof the saide Lorde Admirall led the vawarde the Earle of Shrewsburie the rereward and Edward Seimer Earle of Hertforde Lieuetenant General of the battell Here they found the Scots to the number of 6000 horsemen besides many footemen readye to stoppe their passage who at the firste made as they would haue set on the vawarde but after certaine shotte on both sides they â—â—dainely leauing their artillerie behinde them fled towarde Edenborough the foremoste in fléeing was the Cardinall of Saint Androws the Earle of Huntley Gouernour Murrey and Bothwell and then the Englishmen entred the town of 〈…〉 Lieth taken and spoyled where they found such riches as they thought had not 〈…〉 in any towne of Scotland The nerte day our army went towardes Edenborough and when they approched neare the Prouost of the town with other profered to haue delyuered the same vpon conditioÌ„ that the people might departe with bag and baggage the town to be safe from fire Where vnto our Lieuetenant aunswered that he was sente thither to take vengeance vpon them for their defestable falshoode and that vnlesse they would yéelde vp the town simply wythout condition and cause man woman and childe to departe into the fialdes submitting them to his pleasure he woulde put them to the sworde and their towne to the fire The proudst aunswered that it were better for them 〈…〉 to their defence and so departed and forth with the Lord Lieâ—tenant caused the vaward to marche towards the Towne which they did so couragiously with help of the English gunners that then kept the Scots from their Ordinance and so entred Canie Gaâ—â— and there saw a great number of the Scots Edenborough brent and set fire on the towne which continued thrée 〈…〉 after â—arning Shortly after came to the lord LieutenaÌ„t by and William Lord Eurie WardeÌ„ of the East March of England gouernor of Barwike with his son siâ— Raphe Eurie who also brought with them 1500. light horsmen inhabiters of those two Marches whyche after they were come did suche good seruice that the army sent away their shippes laden wyth spoyle and dislodged their campe out of Lieth settyng fyre in euery house and returned home by lande spoyling euery Uillage and Fortresse as they passed The xvj of May proclamation was made for the enhanring of Golde to xlviij â— and Siluer to iiij sÌ„ the ounce Also the king caused to be coyned base moneys whych was since Base moneys coyned that tyme called downe the fifth yeare of Edwasde the sixth and called in the second of Quéene Elizabeth On the xx day of May passed through the Citie of London in warlike maner to the number of 700. Irishmen hauing for theyr 〈…〉 Darts and Hand guns with Bag pipes 〈…〉 them in Saint Iarâ—es Parke besides Westminster they 〈…〉 before the King In the moneth of June the Letany or Procession was Procession in Englishe â—â— forth in Englishe with commandement by the King to be generally vsed in Parishe Churches The thirtéenth of July King Henrie with a goodlye com 〈…〉 passed into France and encamped on the North fide of King Henrye vvent to Bol. Ioingne 〈…〉 after whose comming the Towne was so sore bat 〈…〉 wyth Gunne shotte aud certaine Towers vnder 〈…〉 and so shaken wyth Gunne powlder that after amoneths siege the Captaine sent worde to the Kyng that 〈…〉 e the 〈…〉 that all 〈…〉 wythin mighte departe â—yth bagge and 〈…〉 King Henrie granted and the Belloâ—ners departed to the 〈…〉 r of 4 454. The fiue and 〈…〉 of September the King with his nobilitie â—â—tred into high Bâ—lâ—ingne and after returned from thence â—â—â—ded at 〈…〉 the first of October The ninth of October in the night the French men came vnwares vpon the English men in base Boloigne and slewe of them a greate number howbâ—it they were shortly after chaced from thence and the base Towne holden after in good quiet Iohn Wilford Merchant Taylour Andrew Iud the 28. of S. Sherifes Maior Prises taken Sir William Laxton Grocer the 28. of October This yeare was taken by the Kings Shyppes of the West Country and of the Englishe coast the number of 300 French shippes and more so that the Grey Friers Churche in London was laide full of Wine the Austen Friers and Blacke Friers were layde full of Hering and other fish that was taken going into Fraunce The King demaunded a beneuolence of al his subiectes A beneuolence demaunded Spirituall and Temporall towardes his warres in France and Scotland And the twelfth of January the Lorde Chauncelour the Duke of Suffolke and other of the Kings Councell began to sit at Baynards
downe the Roode in Paules Church with Marie and Iohn all other Images in y e Church then y e liâ—e was done in al Churches in England Also Easter folowing began the Communion and confession in Englishe but no manne constrained thereto excepte Anno reg 2. 1548 they woulde but after Easter beganne the Seruice in Englishe in dyuers Parishe Churches and at Whitsontide at Paules by the commandement of the Deane Barking Chappell nighe the Tower of London and Saint Martins Le Graund nigh the Shambles were pulled down Also the parish Churches of Saint Nicholas in the Shambles and Saint Ewyns within Newgate were pulled downe and the Parishioners appointed to the late dissolued Grey Friers Churche whyche is now named Christes Church founded by King Henrie the eight The watche whiche hadde béene accustomed in London at Midsommer of long time laide downe was nowe againe vsed both on the euen of Saint Iohn and of Saint Peter in as comely order as it had béene accustomed whych watch was greately beautified by the number of more than thrée hundred Dimilaunces and light horsemen that were prepared by the Citizens to be sent into Scotlande for the rescue of the Town of Hadington and other kept by Englishmen in Scotland On Saint Peters euen Monsieur Dassey Lieuetenant to The siege of Hadington the French King and the Reingraue of Fraunce wyth the number of x. thousand French and Almaines besides Scots besieged the Towne of Hadington in Scotlande defended by the Englishmen vnto whose aide shortly after came from Barwike iij. E. horsemen which were 700. men of armes and Dimitances the Captaines whereof were sir Robert Bowes and sir Thomas Palmer whych horsemen not long after by the Frenchmen were enclosed and the moste part either slaine or taken with their Captaines before named neuerthelesse our Englishmen defended the Town often skirmishing wyth the French and putting them to the worse vntill the twentith daye of August and then came an army out of Englande of sixetéene thousande of the whiche foure thousande were Almaines the Kyngs Lieuetenant was the Earle of Shrewsburie the General of the Almaines was Captaine Courtney At the comming of this armie the Frenchemenne and Scottes in peaceable manner departed from before Hadington giuing our Captaynes and Souldiers great commendation for their seruice Francis Earle of Sâ—râ—wshurie after he had séene the Towne victualled and stored with fresh Souldiers and munitions departed into England and our meÌ„ kept the Towne of Hadington oftentimes skirmishing with the Frenchmen and Scottes till the twentith day of September Hadington rased by Englishe men and then came with the Earle of Rutland with thrée thousand Almaynes and as many Borderers who caused the Toâ—ne to be razed and so brought their Ordinance and carriage to Berwike and returned without battayle On Saint Peters day Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester Bishop of VVinchester sent to the Tovver preached at Westminster in the Courte before the King for the which Sermon he was on the morrow after sent to the Tower of London The vij of July a Priest was hanged and quartered in A Priest of Cornevvall executed Smithfield for that he and other in Cornewall had slayne Mayster Body one of the Kings Commissioners the others of his societie were put to death in diuers other partes of the Realme This yeare a great mortalitie by the pestilence was in Great Pestileuce in London London wherefore commaundement was giuen to all Curates and other hauing to do therwith that no corps should be buried before sixe of the clocke in the morning nor after sixe of the clocke at night and that there should at the buriall of euery corpse be rong one bell at the least by the space of thrée quarters of an houre In September dyed Quéene Katherine late â—â—â—s to King Queene Katherine dyed Henry and after marryed to Sir Thomas Seymer Lorde Admirall William Locke Iohn Aâ—liâ—e the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Henry Aâ—â—ots Fishmonger the 28. of October The xvj of Nouember Saint Annes Church within Aldersgate Saint Annes Church brent Anno reg 3. Lord Thomas Seymer beheaded of London was brent The xvj of January Thomas Seymer Lord Admirall and brother to the Lord Protector was sent to the Tower of London the xx of March he was beheaded on the Tower hill The â—â—â—th o◠〈◊〉 Proclamation was made for the 1549 â—â—â—â—e to be put downe through the whole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tenth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the â—loysten of Paules Church in 〈◊〉 â—alâ—â—â— Pardon Churchyard with the Daunce of Death commonly called the Daunce of Paules about the Daunce of Paules pulled dovvâ—â—e same Cloyster costly and cunningly wrought and the Chappell in the midst of the same Church-yard were all began to be pulled downe Also the Chernill house of Paules with the Chappell Charnill house of Paules there after the Tombes and other Monuments of the dead were pulled downe and the dead mens bones buryed in the fields were conuerted into dwelling houses shoppes About the same time the Stéeple and most part of the Church of Saint Iohn by Smithfield blovvne vp Church of Saint Iohn of Hierusalem néere vnto Smithfield was vndermined and ouerthrowne with Gunne powlder the stone whereof was applyed in the building of the Lorde Protectors house at the Strand The xxiij of Aprill sixe houses at Broken Wharffe were Fire at Broken VVharffe brent In the moneth of May by meanes of a Proclamation for eâ—â—losuâ—es the Commons of Somersetshire and Lincolneshire made a Commotion and brake vp certayne Parkes Commotion in Sommersetshire and Lincolneshire of Sir William Herberds and Lord Sturtons but Sir William Herberd â—lew and executed many of those Rebels In July the Commons of Essex and Kent Suâ—â—â—ke and Norffolke rose agaynst inclosures and pulled downe dyuers Parkes 〈◊〉 Also the Commons of Cornewall and Deuonshire rose against Commotion in Cornevvall and Deuonshire the Nobles and Gentlemen and required not only that the inclosures might be disparked buâ—â— also to haue their old Religion and Acte of sixe Articles restored these â—â—sée god the Citie of Excester which was valiantly defended Against these Rebels was sent Iohn Lord Russell Lord priuie Seale with a number of Souldyers who entred the Citie of Excester the fifth of August where they â—lew and â—ooke prisoners of the â—â—eâ—â—â—s more than four thousand and Rebels subdued after hanged diuers of them in the Towne and Countrey about The Lorde Gray was also sente with a number of Strangers horssemen who in diuers conflictes sâ—ew many people and spoyled the Countrey The last of July William Lorde Marques of Northhampton Commotion at Norvvich Lord Sheffield slayne Marciall Lavv. entred the Citie of Norwich and on the next morning the Rebels also entred the Towne burned part thereof put the Lorde Marques to flighte and sâ—ewe the Lorde Sheffeld In this meane time diuers persons were apprehended as ayders of the foresayde
First children in Christes hospital taken into y e hospital at the Grey Friers called Christes Hospitall to the number of almost foure hundred And also sâ—eke and pore people into the Hospital of Saint Thomas in Southwarke in whiche two places the children and pore people shoulde haue meate drinke lodging and cloth of the almes of the Citie On Christmasse daye in the afternoone when the Lorde Firste shevve of the children in Christs hospital Maior and Aldermen rode to Paules al the children of Christes Hospitall stoode in array from Saint Laurence Lane in Cheape toward Paules al in on Lyuerie of Russet Cotten the men children with red Caps the women children kerchiefs on their heades all the Maisters of the Hospitall foremost nexte them the Phiâ—â—tions and four Surgeons and betwéen euery twentie children one woman kéeper whych children were in number 340. The King kept his Christmasse with open housholde at Lorde of merry disportes Greenewiche George Ferrers Gentleman of Lincolns Inne being Lorde of the merry disportes all the twelue dayes who â—â—â—pleasantly and wisely behaued himselfe that the King had greate delight in his pastimes On Monday the fourth of January the saide Lorde of The Sherifes â— of Misrulâ— mery disportes came by water to London and landed at the Tower Wharffe entred the Tower and then rode through Tower streete where he was receyued by Vawce Lorde of Misrule to Iohn Mainaâ—d one of the Sheriffes of London and so conducted throughe the Citie with a great company of yong Lordes and Gentlemen to the house of sir George Barne Lorde Mayor where he with the chiefe of his company dyâ—ed and after had a greate banquet and at his departure the Lorde Mayor gaue him a standing Cup with a couer of siluer and guilt of the vale â—â—â— of ten pounde for a rewarde and also set a Hogâ—â—â—ad of 〈…〉 and a Barrel of Béere at hys Gate for his traine that folowed hym the residue of his Gentlemen and sâ—rn aâ—ntes dyned at other Aldermens houses and with the Sheriffes and so departed to the Tower Wharffe againe and to the Courte by water to the great commendation of the Maior and Aldermen and highly accepted of the King and Counaell In the moneth of January the King fell sicke of a cough Anno reg 7. at Whitehall whyche gréeuouslye encreased and at the laste ended in a Consumption of the Lights The firste of Marche beganne a Parliament at Westminster A Parliament and all the Lordes Spiritual and temporall assembled that daye in the Whitehall in their Robes where a Sermon was preached in the Kings Chappell by Doctor Ridley Bishoppe of of London and his Maiestie with diuers Lords receyued the Communion Which being done the King with the Lordes in order went into the Kings greate Chamber 1553 on the Kings side which that day was prepared for the Lordes house the King sitting vnder his cloâ—h of Estate and al the Lordes in their degrées the Bishoppe of Ely Doctor Godrike Lorde Chauncollor made a Proposition for the king whyche being ended the Lordes departed This was done bycause the King was sickly The 〈…〉 after the Burgesses sate in the Common house at Westminster and chose for their Speaker Maistâ—â— Diar one of the late made Sergeants at the lawe The â—1 of Marche being good Friday the Parliament brake vppe and was clearely dissolued at the Kinges Pallaice of White hall at seauen of the clocke at night The thirde of Aprill being Monday after Easter daye the children of Christs Hospitall in London came from theÌ„ce thorough the Citie to the Sermon kepte at Saint Marie Spittle all clothed in plonket Coates and red Cappes and the maiden childreÌ„ in the same Lyuerie with kerchefs on their heades all whiche with their matron and other 〈…〉 were there placed on a Scaffolde of eight Stages and there sate the same time whiche was a goodly shewe The tenth of Aprill the Lorde Mayor of London was sent Bridevvell gyuen to the Citie of London for to the Courte at White hall and there at that time the Kings Maiestie gaue to him for to be a wâ—rkâ— house for the â—â—re and ydle persons of the Citie of London â—â—â—◠〈…〉 of Bridewel and seauen hundred marke land of the Sauoy rents wyth all the beds and bedding of the Hospitall of the Sauoy towardes the maintenaunce of the saide work-house of Bridewell The eleauenth of Aprill the Lord Maior was presented to the King in his Pallaice of White hall at Westminster and was made knight by his Maiesty and the same day the king remoued in the afternoone to Greenewiche In this Moneth of April and in May commissions were Ievvelles and Church plate called into the Kings handes directed throughe Englandes for all the Churche goods remaining in Cathedrall and parishe Churches that is to saye Jewels of Golde and Siluer Crosses Candlestickes Senâ—â—â—â— Chalices and all other suche like with their readye money to be deliuered to the Maister of the Kings Jewels in the Tower of London all Coapes and Uestmentes of cloth of Gold cloth of Tissewe and Siluer to the Maister of the kings Wardrobe in London the other Coaps UestmeÌ„ts and ornaments to be solde and the money to be deliuered to the Kings Treasurer reseruing to euerie Churche one Chalice or Cuppe with Table clothes for the CommunioÌ„ board at the discretion of the Commissioners The twentith of May by the encouragement of one Sebastian Voyage to Moscouy Cabotte thrée great ships wel furnished were sette â—â—â—th for the aduenture of the vnknowen voyage to Muscoâ—â—â— and other easte partes by the North Seas diuers Merchants and other being frée of that voyage yéelded towards the charges of the some fiue and twentie pounds apéece â—â—â— George Barnes 〈…〉 William Garrard being y â— principall 〈…〉 there in About the same time two other ships were sent séeke aduentures Southwards Whiles King Edward lay dangerously sicke Lord Gilforde Three notable marriages at Dâ—rham place the Duke of Northumberlandes fourth sonne marryed Lady lane the Duke of Suffolkes daughter whose mother being then aliâ—e was daughter to Mary King Henries sister whiche was firste marryed to the Frenche King and after to Charles Duke of Suffolke Also the Earle of Pembrookes eldest son marryed Lady Katherine the said Dukes second daughter and the Erle of Huntingtons sonne called Lord Hastings marryed the Dukes yongest daughter King Edward being about the age of sixetéene yeares ended King Edvvarde deceassed his life at Grenewich on the sixth of July when he hadde raigned sixe yeares fiue moneths and odde dayes and was buried at Westminster He was in this his youth a Prince of such towardnesse in vertue learning and al godly gifts as seldome hath bin séeâ—â— the like The eight of July the Lorde Maior of London was sente King Edvvards death opened for to the Courte then at Greenewich and to bring with him fiâ—e Aldermen as many Merchaunts of the Staple an 〈…〉
their horsses to the Courte then was taking of menne on all sides It is saide that in thys conflicte one Pikeman setting his backe to the wall at Saint Iames kepte seauentéene horssemen off hym a greate tyme and at the laste was slaine The whole number on bothe sides slaine at thys battaile passed not fortie persons as farre as coulde be learned by them that viewed the feld but there were many sore hurte The noyse of women and children when the conflicte was at Charing Crosse was so greate that it was hearde to the toppe of the white Tower and also the great shotte was well discerned there out of Saint Iames fielde there stoode vpon the Leades the Marques of Northampton sir Nicholas Poines sir Thomas Pope Maister Iohn Seimer and other About fiue of the clocke Thomas Wiat William Kneuet Thomas Cobham two brethren name Mantels and Alexander VViat sent to the Tovver Bret were broughte by sir Henrie Ierningham by water to the Tower prisoners where sir Philip Deny receyued them at the Bulwarke and as Wiat passed by he saide goe Traitor there was neuer suche a Traytor in Englande to whome sir Thomas Wiat turned and saide I am no Traitor I woulde thou shouldest well knowe thou arte more Traitor than I it is not the point of an honeste man to call me so and so went forth when he came to the Tower Gate sir Thomas Bridges Lieuetenant tooke in through the Wicket firste Mantele and saide Ah thou Traitour what hast thou and thy companye wrought but he holding down hys head saide nothing Then came Thomas Kneuet whome Maister Chamberlaine Gentleman Porter of the Tower tooke in Then came Alexander Bret whome sir Thomas Pope tooke by the bosome saying oh Traitoure howe couldest thou finde in thy hearte to worke suche a villany as to take wages and being trusted ouer a bande of men to fall to hir enimyes returning againste hir in battell Bret answered yea I haue offended in that case Then came Thomas Cobham whome sir Thomas Poines tooke in and said alas Master Cobham what wind headed you to worke such treason and he aunswered oh sir I was seduced Then came in sir Thomas Wyat whome sir Iohn Bridges tooke by the collar and saide oh thou villaine and vnhappy traytour howe couldest thou finde in thy hearte to worke such detestable treason to the Quéenes Maiestie who gaue thée thy life and liuing once already althoughe thou diddest béefore this time beare armes in the fielde against hir and now to yéeld hir battel c. if it were not saith he but that the law muste passe vpon thée I woulde sticke thée throughe with my Dagger to the whyche Wyat holding hys armes vnder his side and lookyng gréeuouslye with a grimme looke vpon the Lieutenant said it is no maistery nowe and so passed on Thomas Wyat hadde on a shyrte of Maile wyth sléeues very fayre thereon a Ueluet Cassocke and a yellow Lace with the windlace of his Dag hanging thereon and a paire of Bootes on his legges and on his head a fayre Hatte of Ueluet with broade bone-worke Lace aboute it William Kneuet Thomas Cobham Bret were the like apparelled On the morrow and the next day folowing were brought into the Tower prisoners George Cobham sir Wyllyam Cobham Anthony Kneuet Hugh Booth Thomas Vain Robert Rudstone sir George Harper Edwarde Wyat Edward Fogge George Moore and Cutbert Vaughan The tenth of February the Earle of Huntington and other Gentlemenne and to the number of thrée hundred horssemenne broughte into the Tower as prisoner the Duke of Suffolke and the Lord Iohn Grey hys brother from Couentrie where the Duke hadde remayned thrée dayes after his taking in the house and custody of Christopher Warren Alderman there The eleauenth day sir Henry Isley who had fledde was brought into the Tower prisoner in an old Fréese coate and olde payre of hosen all his apparell not worth foure shillings the same daye came in twoo of the Culpepers one Cromar Thomas Rampton the Duke of Suffolks secretary The twelfth of February being Monday about tenne of the clocke there went out of the Tower to the Scaffold on the Tower hill the Lorde Guilforde Dudley sonne to the Duke of Northumberlande husband to the Lady Iane Grey daughter to the Duke of Suffolke and without the Bulwarke gate Maister Thomas Offley one of the Sheriffes of London receyued hym and brought him to the Scaffolde where after a small declaration he knéeled downe and said his prayers then holdyng vppe hys eyes and handes to Heauen wyth teares at the last he desired the people to pray for hym and after was beheaded hys body beyng layde in a Carre and hys head in a cloth was broughte into the Chappel within the Tower where the Ladye Iane whose lodging was in Maister Partridges house did sée hys deade carcasse taken oute of the Carre as well as she did sée hym before aliue going to his death a sight to hir worse thā death By this time was there a Scaffolde made vpon the Gréene ouer againste the white Tower for the Lady Iane to dye vppon who béeing nothyng at all abashed neyther with feare of hir owne death whyche then approched neyther wyth the sighte of the dead carcasse of hir husbande when he was broughte into the Chappel came forth the Lieuetenaunt leading hir w t countenance nothing abashed neither hir eies any thing moistned with teares with a Booke in hir hande wherein she prayed vntill shée came to the said Scaffolde whereon when she was mounted she was beheaded whose deaths were the more hastened for feare of further troubles and stirre for hir Tytle lyke as hir father had attempted The fourtéenth and fiftéenth of February aboute the number of fiftie of Wyats faction were hanged on twenty paire of Gallows made for that purpose in diuers places about the Citie The xvij of Februarye was proclamation made that all Straungers shoulde auoide the Realme within xxiiij dayes nexte ensuing vpon paine of their goodes to be confiscate al Frée denizens Merchants and Embassadors excepted The xviij of February Bright one of the Captaines of the Londoners that fledde to Wiat and two and twentie persons more of the Kentishmen were deliuered to the Sheriffe of Kent to be executed in dyuers places of Kent but for the Kentishmen pardoned moste parte they were all pardoned The xxij of February certaine of Wiats faction to the number of four hundred and more were led to Westminster coupled togither with halters about their neckes and there in the Tylt yarde the Quéene who looked forth of hir Gallery pardoned them Duke of Suffolk beheaded The xxiij of February Henrie Grey Duke of Suffolke was beheaded on the Tower hill The xj of Marche William Lorde Howard Admirall of Englande was created Baron Howard of Effingham at Westminster Erle of Deuonshire sent to the Tovver The xv of March the Earle of Deuonshire was apprehended and committed to the Tower for suspition
Dimockes house in Fanchurch stréete where he lodged vntill the twelfth of May and then returned to Muscouy The Lorde Sturton and his men cruelly murthered Mayster Argile and his so 〈…〉 he caused them to be striken Lord Sturton executed downe with clubbes then their throtes to be cut and after to be buryed in his owne house fifteene foote déepe for the which he was arraigned and condemned at Westminster and after conuayed from the Tower of London through the Citie and so to Salisburie and there hanged with four of his men seruants the sixt of March. King Philip returned into England and the xxiij of March King Philip returned into England passed through London with the Quéene and Nobles of the Realme The xxiiij of Aprill Thomas Stafford and other Englishmen 1557 Thomas Stafford tooke Scarborough Castell to the number of xxxij persons comming out of France tooke the Castell of Scarborough in the Countrey of Yorke which they enioyed two dayes and then were taken by the Earle of Westmerland and brought to London The last of Aprill Thomas Percy Esquire was made Baron Percy at Westminster and on the next morrow which Percy Earle of Northumberlande was the first of May he was created Earle of Northumberland and the Quéene gaue him all the Lands which had bin his â—uncesters remaynigâ— in hir handes The eyght and twentyth day of May Thomas Stafford was beheaded on the Towerhill and on the morrow thrée of Thomas Stafford beheaded his company to wéete Streightly or Stretchley Bradforde and Proctor were drawne to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered The seauenth of June open warre was proclaymed against VVario vvith France the French King The sixth of July the King passed ouer to Caleis and so into Flanders where he made great prouision for warre against Englishmen sent to Saint Quintins the French King The same moneth the Quéene sent ouer an Army of one thousand horssemen foure thousand footemen and two thousand Pioners to ayde Kyng Philip whereof the Earle of Pembroke was Generall The Lord Robert Dudley mayster of the Ordinance The xv of July dyed the Lady Anne of Cleeue at Chelsey and was buryed at Westminster The tenth of Auguâ—â— were taken of France the chiefest Anno reg Captaynes the Duke of Mouâ—â—â—morency Connestable of France and his sonne Monsieur de Merne the Duke of Monpencier Noble men â— France taken prisoners the Duke of Longâ—lile the Marshall of Saint Andrew the Reinegrâ—â—e â—â—â—â—uell of the Alâ—dayâ—â—s 〈…〉 the Couâ—â— de Roâ—â—â—foucaust the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 the Baron of Curâ—â—â— the Prince of Manâ—â—â— besides many Gentlemen and Captaynes The xviâ— of Auguâ—â— the Towne of Saint Quintins was taken by King Phillip with the help of Englishmen at the séege whereof the Lord Henry Dudley yongestâ— sonne to Iohn late Duke of Northumberland was slayne wyth a Gunne This yeare before haruest wheate was solde for soure Dearth and plenty Marke the quarter malt at four and fortie shillings y â— quarter beanes and rye at fortie shillings the quarter and pease at sixe and fortie shillings eyghtpence but after haruest wheate was sold for fiue shillings the quarter malt at sixe shillings eyghtpence â—ye at thrée shillings and four pence so that the pennie wheate loâ—â—e that wayde in London the last yeare but eleuen ounces Troy wayed now sixe and fiftie ounces Troy In the Countrey wheate was â—olde for four shillings the quarter of malt â—ouâ—â— shillings eyght penâ—â— and in so me place a â—â—shell â—â—â—ie 〈◊〉 pâ—oâ—nd of Candles which was four pence The seauenth of September at seauen of the clocke at Iohn Caiuâ— night in a blacke rayny cloude in the West was â—â—ene a Raynebow the Moone in the East risen one hour before and â—aire shilling â—â—â— a 〈…〉 before Richard 〈…〉 Aâ—â—ham the 2â— of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas 〈…〉 the 28. of October The thirtith of Nouember Sir Thomas Tressham knyghte receyued the order of the Crosse and was made Lorde of Sainte Iohns of Hierusalem in Englande The first of 〈…〉 the Frenchne â—â—ame â—â— â—aâ—â—is with a great Army and within four dayes were maysters thereof Caleis lost by the Englishmen and shortly after wan all the péeceâ—â—n that side the Sea To many it séemed strange that such a Towne which so many yeares had bin fortified with all munitions that could be deuised should now in so short space be taken of our enimies The Counsell of England reysed great power to haue gone to the defence of that Towne but such tempest of wind arose as the like in many yeares had not bin séene whereby no Shippe coulde brooke the Sea till it was too late for that matter The xviij of January Edward Hastings Knight of the Garter Lord Chamber layne to the Quéene was created Baron Hastings of Lowghborough at Westminster The xx of January began a Parliament at Westminster A Parliament In the moneth of March a prest was graunted to the Quéene by the Citizens of London of twentie thousande A prest to the Queene pound which was leuied of the companyes for the which summe to be repayde agayne the Quéene bound certayne 1558 Lands and also allowed for interest of the money twelue pound of euery hundreth for a yeare The French King inâ—aded Flanders spoyled and brente Dunkeâ—kâ—â— before King Phillip could come to rescue but before Dunkirke in Flanders brent the Frenchmen returned out of Flanders the Flemings and the English Shippes méeting with them vpon the sands betwéene Dunkerke and Grauelinâ— slew of them a great number The xâ— of July within a mile of Notingham was a maruellous Anno reg 6. tempest of thunder which as it came through two Townes beate downe all the 〈◊〉 and Churches the belles were cast to the out side of the Church yardes and some webbes of leade four hundreth fâ—â—te into the field writhen like a paire of gloues The Riuer of Trent â—â—â—ing betwéene the two Townes the water with the mud in the bottome was caryed a quarter of a mile and cast against the trées the trées were pulled vp by the rootes and cast twelue score off Also a child was taken forth of a mans hands two Speares length hye and carryed a hundred foote and then let fall wherewith hys arme was broke and so dyed Fiue or sixe men there about were slayne and neither flesh nor skinne perished there fell some haylestones that were fiftéene ynches about c. This yeare in haruest time the quartâ—rne agues continued in like manner or more vehemently than they had done the last yeare passed where through died many olde people and specially Priâ—â—â—es so that a great number of parishes were vnserued and no Curates to be gotten and much Corne was lost in the field for lacke of workemeÌ„ and labourers Iohn Halse Richard Campion the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Leigh Mercer the 28. of October In the beginning of
feaste was kepte at Greis Inne neare vnto Holborne and there were at that time Sergeants feaste made seauen newe Sergeants of the lawe The xxvij of May in the towne of Milnal in Suffolke eight Milnal in Suffolke brent myle from Newmarket 37. houses besides barnes stables such like were coÌ„sumed with fire in the space of two houres Shane Oneale who had most trayterously rebelled against Shane Oneale discomfited Statuta Regni Hiberniae Edmond Campion the Quéenes Maiestie in Ireland had done manye greate outrages in the partes of Vâ—ster was this yeare wyth hys greate losse manfully repelled from the siege of Dundalke by the garrison thereof and afterward through the great valiancie of sir Henrie Sidney Knight of the order Lord Deputie of Irelande he was so discomfited in sundry conflictes with the losse of 3500. of his men that nowe foreséeyng hys declination to be iminant he determined to put a colleâ— about his necke disguising himselfe to repayre to the Lord Deputy patiently to require his pardon to haue his life But Neil Maâ—keuer hys Secretary who had incited him to this rebellion perswaded hym firste to trye and treate the friendship of certaine wilde Scots that then say 〈…〉 in Clan Ibon vnder the conducting of Alexander Oge and Mec Gilliam Buske whose father and vncle Shane Oneale hadde lately kylled in an ouerthrow giuen by the Scots neuerthelesse he wel liking this perswasion went to the saide camp the second of June where after a dissembled entertainment and quaffing of Wine Gilliam Buske burning wyth desire of reuenge of his fathers and vncles death and ministryng Shane Oneale slayne quarrelling talke issued out of the Tent and made a feay vppon Oneales men and then gathering togither hys Scots in a throng sodainely entred the Tent againe who there wyth their slaughter Swordes hewed in péeces Shane Oneale hys Secretarie and all hys company excepte a verye fewe whych escaped by flyght The 8. of June sir Thomas Sackuile Knight was created Baron of Buckhurst at Westminster in the Quéenes Palaice On Saint Iohns euen at nighte was the like standyng VVatche at Midsomer watche in London as had béene on Saint Peters euen in the yeare before passed The xxix of July Charles Iames the yong Prince of Creation in Scotlande Scotlande after a Sermon made by Iohn Knokes was crowned King of Scots at Sterling Churche where were read certaine Commissions wyth the Quéenes priuy seale at them for the establishing of the same The first for hir resignation of the Crowne and gouernement of the yong Prince hir sonne The seconde to aucthorize the Earle of Murrey to be Regent during his minoritie The thirde to gyue authoritie and power to seauen other ioyning with the sayde Erle of Murrey in case he shoulde refuse to exercise the same alone that is to saye the Duke of Chaâ—â—leroy the Earles of Leunex Argyle Athelmorto â—lencarne and Marre the commissions béeing ended the Byshoppe of Akelley wyth twoo Superintendents procéeded to the Coronation the Earle Morton and Lorde Hume tooke â—the for the King that hée shoulde rule in the faith feare and loue of God to maintaine the Religion then preached in Scotlande and persecute all aduersaries to the same c. The whole ceremony of the coronation was done in their mother tongue and at that time the Quéene of Scottes was prisoner at Loughleuen Thomas Ramsey William Bonde the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Roger Martin Mercer the 28. of October After a drye Summer followed a sharpe Winter wyth suche a scarcitie of Fodder and Hay that in dyuers places the same was solde by waighte as in Yorkeshire and in the Peake Haye was solde for fiue pence the stone there followed also a greate death of cattel especially of horse shéepe In the moneth of January the Quéenes Maiestie sente into the narrow seas thrée of hir ships named the Antelope the Swallow and the Aide and one Barke named the Phoenix the whiche were manned with v. C. men and hir Highnesse appointed the charge of those ships and men to Mayster William Holstoke Esquier Comptroller of hir Highnesse shippes who had commaundement to stay the subiects of King Philip and according to hys duetie and charge hée vsed suche diligence that on the eleauenth of Marche nexte following he mette with eleauen saile of Flemishe Hoyes vppon Bolongne whyche came from Roanâ— and in them foure hundred and odde Tuunes of Gascoigne and French Wines whyche they intended to haue conueyed into Flaunders but William Holstoke stayed al the saide Hoyes sent them to London where they made their discharge and the Flemings disappointed Moreouer on the eight and twentith of March the said William Holstoke seruing in the Antelope at that present Admirall in his company being William Winter the yonger at that time Uizadmirall seruing in the Ayde and â— Basing Capitaine of the Sâ—â—llowe and Thomas Generley Captaine of the Phoenix meâ—te in the narrowe Seas wyth fouretéene sayle of greate Hâ—lkes whych were come out of Portingale and bounde to Flaunders theyr chiefe lading béeyng Portingale Salte and yet hadde good store of Spanishe Rialles of Plate and also greate store of Spices the which fourtéene Hulkes did mainteyne their fight for the space of two houres and after that they did perceyue that they could not preuayle the sayd W. Holstoke and hys company tooke eyght of the same Hulkes whereof sixe were sent into the Riuer of Thamis and the Admirall and Uizadmirall of the sayd Hulkes being two great Shippes which W. Holstoke himselfe did take were conuayed to Harwich and there discharged The xxviij of March through vehement rage and tempest Great vvinds of windes many vessels in the Thamis with two Tiltebeates before Grauesend were sunke and drowned The xxvj of June deceassed Thomas Yong Archbishop Archbishop of Yorke deceassed of Yorke at his manour of Shefield and was honourably buryed at Yorke This yeare Carâ—â—nall Odet Chastilion fléeth out of Peter Ramâ—â— France into England where he remayned till the yeare of our Lord 1570 and then dyed at Canterbury and was there bâ—ryed in Christes Church Iohn Oleph Robert Harding the 28. of September Sheriffes The xj of October were taken in Suffolke at Downam bridge â—éere vnto Ipswich eyghtéene monstrous fishes some Monstrous fishes of them conteyning xxvij foote in length the other xxiiij or xxj foote a péece at the least Sir Thomas Roe merchant Taylor the 28. of October Maior Sherife Iames Bacon the 26. of Nouember At the costes and charges of the Citizens of London a new Conduit was builded at Walbrooke corner néere to Nevv Conduit at VValbroke Anno reg 11 Downegate which was finished in the moneth of October the water whereof is conuayed out of the Thamis The xvij of January Philip Mestrell a Frenchman and A Frenchman executed two Englishmen were drawne from Newgate to Tiborne and there hanged the Frenchman quartered who
xxiiij of Nouember the Quéenes Maiestie had caused the sayd Earles of Northumberland The Earles of Northumberland VVestmerland proclaymed Traytors and Westmerland to be proclaymed Traytors with all their adherents and fauourers and forthwith prepared an army to be sent out of the South for their suppression The Lord Scrope warden of the West marches had called vnto him the Earle of Cumberland and other Gentlemen of the Countrey and they kepte the Citie of Carelile The Earle of Sussex the Quéenes maiesties Lieutenant generall The Earle of Sussex the Queenes Lieutenant generall in the North against the Rebels in the North had on the xvij of Nouember there published the like Proclamation in effect as after was published by hir Maiestie against the sayde Rebels and also sent out to all such Gentlemen as he knew to be hir Maiesties louing subiects vnder his rule who came vnto hym with such number of their friends as he was able in fyue dayes to make aboue fiue thousand horsemen and footemen and so being accompanyed with the Earle of Rutlande his Lieutenant the Lord Hunsdon general of his horsemen William Lord Eure who had the leading of the rereward of the footemen and Sir Ralph Sadler Treasurer who all came to Yorke with their seruants on Sonday the xj of December they marched from Yorke towards Topclife the xâ—j they tarryed at Sezay where Sir George Bowes with his power comming from Barnards Castell as is a foresayde mette him and was made Marshall of the Armye then they wente to Northalarton to Sâ—ictoâ— to Croftbridge and so to Actay on the which day the Rebels fledde from Durham hauing called their companye Christopher Neuill frent Hertlepoole who were fortifying there to Exham where they abode thrée dayes The Earle of Sâ—â—ssex Lieutenant with his power wente from Actay to Durham then to Newcastell and the twentith of December to Exham from whence the Rebels were gone the nighte before to Naworth where counsayling with Edwarde Dacres concerning theyr owne weakenesse as also how they were pursued by the Earle of Sussex and hys power of seauen thousande euen almoste at theyr héeles and moreouer that the Earle of Warwike the The Earle of VVarvvike sent against the Rebels Lorde Clinton Lorde Admirall of Englande and the Lorde Ferrers Uiscount Hereford with afarre greater armye of twelue thousande out of the South whereof the sayde Earle of Warwike was Generall was not farre behynde them at Borowbridge The nexte nighte the two Earles of Northumberlande and Westmerlande wyth sundry of their principall Gentlemen The Earles of Northumberland VVestmerland fledde vnknowne to theyr associates fledde to Herlaw in Scotlande the other Rebels were shortly after taken by the Earle of Sussex and hys power without any resistance The fourth and fifth of January did suffer at Durham Rebels executed at Durham to the number of thréescore and sixe Constables and other amongst whome an Alderman of the Towne and a Priest called Parson Plomâ—ree were the most notable then â—â—â—r Groâ—â—â— Bowes Marshall finding manye to bée faultors in the foresayde Rebellionâ— dyd sée them executed in euery Markette Towne and other places betwiete Nowcastell and Wetherby about thréescore miles in length and fortie miles in breadth The one and twentith of January a Prentise was hanged on a gibbet at the North end of Finke Lane in London to the ensample of other for that he y â— thirtéenth of December had striken hys mayster with a knife whereof hée dyed The two and twentith of February Leonard Dacre of Leonard Dacrâ—â—â—edde into Scotland Harlsey in the Countie of Yorke Esquire hauyng raysed a number of people the Lorde Hunsdon and other setting on hym with a companye of valiaunt Souldyers flewe manye of hys people and forced hym to flée into Scotlande On good Friday the seauen and twentith of March Simon 1570 Digby of Askewe Iohn Fulthorp of Isilbecke in the Countie of Yorke Esquires Robert Peneman of Stokesley Rebels executed at Yorke Thomas Bishop the yonger of Poklinton in the same Countie of Yorke Gentlemen were drawne from the Castell of Yorke to the place of execution called Knauestmire halfe a mile without the Citie of Yorke and there hanged headed and quartered their foure heads were set on the four principall gates of the Citie with foure of their quarters the other quarters were set in diuers places of the Countrey Oscolph Clesbe was with them drawne to the gallowes and returned agayne to the Castell William Earle of Pembroke Baron of Cardiffe Knighte The Earle of Pembroke deceassed of the Garter one of the priuie Counsell and Lord Stewarde of the Quéenes maiesties housholde deceassed the eyghtéenth of April and was buryed in Saint Paules Church at London The seauentéenth of Aprill the Earle of Sussex Lieutenant The Earle of Sussex made a iourney into Scotland generall in the North with the Lord Hunsdon Lorde gouernour of Barwike Warden of the East Marches and mayster William Drewry high Marshall of Barwike with all the garrison and power of the fame began a iourney into Scotlande and the same night came to Warke twelue miles from Barwike and so the next morrow entred into Tiuidale and marching in warlike order they breÌ„t ouerthrew rased spoyled all the Castels Townes villages of their enimies till they came to the Castell of Mosse standing in a stroÌ„g marish beloÌ„ging to the L. of Bucklugh which likewise was rased ouerthrowne and brent and so marched forward and brent the whole Countrey before them till they came to Craling The same day Sir Iohn Foster Warden of the Sir Iohn Foster vvith a garrison entred ScotlaÌ„d middle marches with the garrison and force of the same entred likewise into Tiuidale vpon Expes gate sixtéene mile from Warke where in like order they brent rased and spoyled the Countrey before them till they came to a strong Castell called Craling in the possession of the mother of the Lord Ferniherst which likewise they ouerthrew rased and brent There both the Armies mette and so marched by the Riuer of Tiuite rasing burning and spoyling Castels and pyles along the Riuer till they came to Gedworth where they both lodged and were curteously receyued The next day the Lorde Sesâ—ord Warden of the middle Marches of Scotlande came in with all the principall men of hys kinred to the Lorde Lieutenante and did submitte themselues and were assured for that they had not receyued the English Rebels ayding or assisting them neyther had made any inuasion into Englande The ninetéenth the Armie deuided into two partes the one parte whereof passed the Riuer of Teuite and brent the Castell of Ferniherst and all other Castels and Townes belonging to the Lorde of Ferniherst Huntill and Bedrell and so passed to Mint where both the Armyes mette agayne and so brente on bothe sides the Riuer till they came to a greate Towne called Hawicke where they intended to haue lodged but the Scottes had vnthatched the
Ordinance being placed was shot very sorâ— but did no great harme for that they were field péeces The. xxiiij our Generall gaue sommons to the sayde Castell which would not yéeld wherevpon he sent to Starling for bigger Ordinance for the batterie and so went from thence accompanyed with the Earles of Lenox and Mortayne with the horsemen and certayne shotte marched in the Countrey to a faire house of the Abbots of Kelwing néere adioyning whose name was Gawyn Hamelton whiche house they burned and vtterly spoyled with seauentéene houses more of good countenance of that name whereof one was the Lord Lanhappes which had marryed with the sister of Iames Hamelton of Bedwilhough whiche slewe the Regent There was burned seauen other faire houses thereaboutes not of that name but of alie besides those there were diuers of their kinred and alie that came in wyth humble submission and assured themselues promising their obedience to their King c. The. xxv of May in the morning was found hanging at the Bishop of Londons palace gate in Paules Church-yard a A Bull from Rome hanged on the Bishop of Londons gate Bull which lately had bin sent from Rome conteyning dyuers horrible treasons against the Quéenes maiestie for the which one Iohn Felton was shortly after apprehended and committed to the Tower of London The. xxvtj of May Thomas Norton and Christopher of Yorkeshire being both condemned of high treason for the late The Nortons â—â—ecuted Rebellion in the North were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiborne and there hanged headed and quartered The xxvtj of May the Castell of Hamelton was yéelded Hamelton in Scotland yelded to the English to Sir William Drewry generall of our Army and by him presently spoyled and brent there was in the house 34. meÌ„ The xxviij Sir George Care with the horsemen came to Lithco where the whole army mette This day a very faire house with the whole Towne of Hamelton was brent The xxix they brent an house of the Dukes called Kemyell and another at Lithco the whole Towne and diuers other faire houses was yéelded to our generall who returned to Edenborough and so to Barwike the third day of June A conspiracy was made by certayne Gentlemen and other Conspiracy in Norffolke in the Countrey of Norffolke whose purpose was on Midsomer day at Harlestone faire with sound of Trumpet and Drumme to haue reysed a number and then to proclayme their diuelish pretence against Straungers and other This matter was vttered by Thomas Kete one of the conspiracie vnto Iohn Kensey who forthwith sente the same Kete with a Constable to the nexte Justice before whome and other Justices he opened the whole matter wherevpon mayster Drewgh Drewry immediatly apprehended Iohn Throgmorton and after him many Gentlemen of the Citie of Norwich and the County of Norffolke who were all committed to prison and at the nexte Sessions of gaile deliuerie at the Castell of Norwich the seauentéenth of July before Sir Robert Caâ—â—â— Knight Lord chiefe Justice Gilbert Gerrard the Quéenes Attourney generall and other Justices tenne of them were indicted of high Treason and some others of contempte diuers of them were condemned and had iudgement the one and twentith of August and afterward thrée of them were hanged bowelled and quartred which were Iohn Throgmorton of Norwich Gentleman who stoode mute at his arraignement but at the gallowes confessed himselfe to be the chiefe conspiratour and that none had deserued to dye but he for that he had procured them with him was executed Thomas Brooke of Rolsbye GentlemaÌ„ the thirtith of August and George Redman â—â— Cnâ—â—geleford Gentleman was likewise executed the second of September The fourth of August the Duke of Norffolke was remomoued The Duke of Norffolke remoued from the Tower of London to the Charterhouse néere vnto Smithfield The same day was arraigned at the Guild hall of London Felton arraigned Iohn Felton for hanging a Bâ—ll at the gate of the Bishop of Londons palace and also two yong men for coyning and clipping of coyne who all were found giltie of high Treason and had iudgement to be drawne hanged and quartered The eyght of August Iohn Felton was drawne from Newgate into Paules Church-yard and there hanged on a gallowes Felton and others executed new set vp that morning before the Bishops palace gate and being cut downe aliue he was bowelled and quartered After this the same morning the Sheriffes returned to Newgate and so to Tiborne with two yong men which were there executed for coyning and clipping as is aforesayd The two and twentith of August the Earle of Sussex A iourney into Scotland by the Earle of Sussex Lord Lieutenant generall for the Quéenes Maiestie in the North and the Lord Scrope warden of the West marches with diuers other marched from Câ—relile with the Quéenes army and force of the North as well of Horsemen as footemen into Scotland passing ouer the Riuers of Eske Leuin and Sarke which Riuer of Sarke parteth England and Scotland and so to Dornocke wood belonging to Edward Vrone the Lord of Bonshow and then to Annoâ—na a strong house of the Lorde Harris which they rased and ouerthrew with other there aboutes from thence to Hodhim which they brente and blew vp from thence to Kennell a Towne belonging to the Lorde â—owhill which they brente from thence to Domfries which they sacked and spoyled of such paltrie as the fugitiues had left and also rased and ouerthrewe a sumptuous house belonging to the Quéene of Scottes in the kéeping of the Lorde Harris then passing the 〈…〉 of Longher they brent and spoyled Cowhilles and Powâ—racke and returned to Dâ—mâ—â—â—â—s and so to the Towne of Bankend which they brente with another house perteyning to William Maxwell of the Isles and so to the Castell of Carlauoracke standing in a marish iust to an arme of the Sea which parteth Aunerdall and Gallaway which Castell they blew vp and returned homeward transporting theyr Ordinance ouer quicksands and bogges where neuer the lyke was done before and so came to Darnoke wood The eyght and twentith of August they marched towards Garelile where by the way they brent and ouerthrew two houses the one being Arthur Greames alias Carelile the other Rich George two notable Théeues The same day at night after the Lordes comming to Carlile he made Knightes Sir Edward Hastings Sir Frances Russell Sir Knightes made by the Earle of Sussex Valentine Browne Sir William Hilton Sir Robert Stapleton Sir Henry Curwen Sir Simon Musgraue Fraunces Barâ—ame William Boxe the 28. of September Sherifes The 〈…〉 of On other â—t night happened a terrible tempest of winde and rayne both on the Sea and Lande by High vvaters vvhich drovvned many meanes whereof many Shippes and other vessels were drowned about midnight the waters ouerflowing drowned many medowes pastures townes villages cattell houses and goodes to the vtter vndoing of a great number of subiectes of this
there were fouÌ„d aboute hym fiue diuelishe Bookes of Coniuration and most abhominable practises with a picture of Tinne of a manne hauyng thrée Dice in hys hande with this writing Chaunce Dice fortunately and dyuers papers of suche like matters as he had dealt in for men such as are mentioned in Leuiticus the twentith Chapter and sixth verse If any soule turne himselfe after suche as worke with spirites and after soothsayers to goe a whoring after them sayth the Lorde I wil put my face againste that soule and will cutte him off from among my people The third of February early in the morning Iohn Nelson Nelson executed for denying the Quéenes Supremacie and such other trayterous wordes againste hir Maiestie was drawen from Newgate to Tyborne and there hanged bowelled and quartred The seauenth of February one named Sherewood was Sherevvood executed drawen from the Tower of London to Tyborne and there haged bowelled and quartered for the like treason The ninth of Marche seauen Pyrates were hanged at Pirats hanged Wapping The fiftéenth of February Iohn de Ley a Frenchman fiue Englishe Gentlemen were conueyed from the Tower of London towarde Norwiche there to be araigned and executed for coyning of money counterfaite The tenth of March deceassed the Lady Margaret Countesse 1578 of Leunex and was buryed at Westminster the thyrde of Aprill The one and thyrtith of Maye Martin Frobisher wyth Frobishers third voyage fiftéene saile of good Shippes manned victualled and other wayes wel appoynted departed from Harwich in Essex on hys thyrde voyage towardes Cataya The one and thyrtith of July after many attempts and sundrye times being putte backe by Ilandes of Ice in hys straights he recouered his long wished Porte and came to Ancker in the Ilandes newly by hir Maiestie named Meta Incognita where as in the yeare before they fraughte theyr shippes with Golde Ore oute of the Mines and then on the laste of Auguste returning thence arriued safely in England about the firste of October George Bond Thomas Starkie the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 21 Cassimere receyued Sir Richarde Pipe Draper the 28. of October The two and twentith of Januarie about seauen of the clocke at night Iohn Cassimere Counte Palatine of Rhene Duke of Bauare landing at the Tower of London was there by diuers Noblemen and others honorably receiued and conueyed by Cresset light and Torche lighte to sir Thomas Greshams house in Bishops gate stréete where he was feasted and lodged till Sunday nexte that he was by the Nobilitie fetched to the Courte at Westminster and after lodged in Somerset house On the eight of Februarie he was made Knight of the Garter and on the fouretéenth of Februarie departed from London homewardes with greate rewardes giuen by the Quéenes Maiestie the Nobilitie men of honor the Maior of London and the Citizens The fourth of Februarie and in the night following fel Deepe Snovve such abundance of Snowe that on the fifth in the morning the same was founde at London to lye two foote déepe in the shallowest and otherwise being driuen by the winde very boysterous in the Northeast on Bankes an ell or yard and halfe déepe in the whiche drifts of Snow in the Countries manye cattell and some men and women were ouerwhelmed and loste it snowed till the eight daye and fréezed till the tenth Then followed a thawe wyth continuall raine a long time after whyche caused suche high flouds that the Greate lande vvater floudes Marshes and lowe groundes being drowned for the tyme y â— water rose so high in Westminster hall that after the fall therof some fishes were founde there to remaine The seauentéenth of Februarie a yong man was hanged One hanged at Miles end in chaines on the miles end by London for murdering of a man in a Garden of Spepâ—n heath parishe The twentith of February deceassed sir Nicholas Bacon Lorde Keeper deceassed Lorde kéeper of the greate Seale of Englande who was honorably buried vnder a sumptuous Monument or Tombe by him in his life time erected in Paules Churche of London the ix of March He also in his life time gaue for sixe Scholers to be founde in Benet Colledge at Cambridge to eache of them thrée pounde sixe shillings and eight pence the yeare for euer The foure and twentith of Aprill fell such a snowe betwixt 1579 the houres of foure of the clocke in the morning and nine of the clocke before noone that at London some was fouÌ„d to lye almost one foote déepe The fiue and twentith of Aprill sir Thomas Bromley Knight was made Lorde Chauncelor of Englande Mathew Hamont of Hetherset by his trade a Plough Wright thrée myles from Norwiche was conuented before An Heretike brent at Norvviche the Byshop of Norwiche for that he denyed Christe â—â—t the time of hys appearaunce it was obiected that he had published these Heresies followyng That the newe Testament and Gospell of Christe are but mere foolishnesse a storie of menne or rathera mere fable Item that man is restored to grace by the méere mercy of God wythout the meane of Christs bloud death and passion Item that Christe is not God nor the Sauiour of the world but a méere man a sinfull man and an abhominable Idoll Item that al they that worshippe him are abhominable Idolaters And that Christe didde not rise agayne from death to life by the power of his Godhead neither that hée did ascende into Heauen Item that the holy Ghoste is not God neither that there is any suche holy Ghoste Item that Baptisme is not necessarie in the Churche of God neither the vse of the sacrament of the body bloude of Christ For the whyche heresies he was condemned in the Consistorie and sentence was read againste him by the Bishop of Norwich the fouretéenth of Aprill and therevppon deliuered to the Sheriffes of Norwich and bycause he spake wordes of blasphemie against the Quéenes Maiestie and others of hir Counsell he was by the Recorder Maister Sergeant Windham and the Maior sir Robert Wood of Norwich condemned to lose bothe hys eares whyche were cutte off the thyrtéenth of Maye in the market place of Norwiche And afterwardes the twentith of Maye he was brent in the Castell ditche of Norwiche This yere in the moneth of May Marke Scaliot Blacke A locke kaÌ„y vveyghed but one vvheate corne smith Citizen of London borne in the parish of Saint Clements wythoute Temple Barre for â—yall of Workemanshippe made one hanging Locke of Yron Stéele and Brasse of eleauen seuerall péeces a pipe Kay fyled thrée square wyth a Potte vpon the shotte and the bowe wyth two Esses all cleane wrought whyche weighed but one Graine of Gold or Wheat corne he also at the same time made a Chaine of Golde of 43. Linckes to the whyche Chaine the Locke and Kay being fastened and put aboute a Flyes necke she drew the same with ease all whyche
Chancellor to the Uniuersitie as is testified by the Charter of K. Henrie the sixth bearing date the 37. yeare of his raigne whyche was the yeare of Christ 1459. Iesus Colledge was founded by Iohn Alcocke the 29. Byshop Iesus Colledge of Ely who did conuert the Monastery of Saint Raâ—â—gond the Abbesse liuing a dissolute life the Monasterie then destitute of gouernement the edyfices fallen in ruine and in conclusion the Nuns departing thence leauing it desolate into a Colledge of Chaplaines and Scholers the yeare of Christe 1446. This Iohn Alcocke was borne in Kingstone vppon Hull and therefore builded there a Fréeschoole The rentes of Iesus Colledge hathe bin more amplified by sir Robert Reade Knight Doctour Eleston Doctor Royston and Doctor Fuller Christes Colledge was founded by King Henry the sixth Christs colledge who named it Gods House as it was sometime a greate Hostell so called King Henry the seauenth granted hys Charter to Lady Margaret hys mother Countesse of Richemont Darby to encrease the Students there translating it at hir disposition so that from thenceforth it should be called Christes Colledge 1505. Saint Iohns Colledge being firste an Hostell of religious Chanons was erected by Nigellus the seconde Bishoppe of Ely Treasourer to King Henrie the firste the yeare of Christe 1134. Those Chanons lyued by the name of the Hospitall and brethren of Saint Iohn vntil the yere of Christ 1510. though at that time so farre decayed that there was but a Prior two brethren and by the dilapidations of their goods moueable and vnmoueable they abased their reuenues within the space of ten yeres last paste from the summe of an hundred and fortie pounde to thirtie pounde c. Wherevpon King Henrie the eight Richarde Byshop of Winchester Iohn Bishoppe of Rochester Charles Somerset Lorde of Herbert Thomas Louell Henry Marne Iohn Sent-Iohn Knights Henry Horneby and Hugh Ashton Clearks executors of y e testament of Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmont Darby grandmother to King Henry the eight mother to King Henry the seuenth vpon the suppressioÌ„ of the said priorie she being preuented by death leauing behinde hir sufficient goodes and committing the same to those hir friendes and executors they erected the saide Colledge Magalene Colledge was firste an Hostell or Hall inhabited Magdalene Colledge by dyuers Monkes of sundrye Monasteries Edward Duke of Buckingham translated the same to a Colledge naming it Buckingham Colledge who builded vp the Hall in the yeare of Christe 1519. After him Thomas Audley of Walden sometime Chauncellor of Englande tooke on him to be Founder of the saide Colledge and going aboute to establishe the same was preuented by death so that what he had begonne he left vnperfect and altogither vnfinished Trinitie Colledge was founded by King Henrie the eighte Trinitie Colledge in the yeare of Christ 1546. This Colledge was builded in the plot where somtime Edwarde the thyrde builded his house called the Kings hall in the yeare of Christ 1334. There was ioyned vnto this Hall a Colledge called Michael house with an Hostell called Phisicke Hostell and after the building there being made of thrée King Henrie the eight named it Trinitie Colledge Michael house was firste founded by Harnious de Stanton Priest Chauncellor of the Exchequer to Edwarde the second of whome he obtained licence to erect the saide Colledge in the yeare of oure sauiour Christ 1324. ¶ And thus farre of the Uniuersitie of Cambridge with the Colledges and Halles in the same ¶ The Vniuersitie of Oxford was instituted by King Alfred a Saxon after the byrth of Christe 873. yeares And hathe Colledges VNiuersitie Colledge founded in the time of King Vniuersitie Colledge Alfred by sir William Archdeacon of Duresme in the yeare 873. The Uniuersitie Church alias Saint Marie Church was begun to be reedified in y e time of Doctor Fitz-Iames after Bishoppe of London he procured much money towardes the building of it The battlements of it were full of Pinacles but by tempest were most of theÌ„ thrown down in one night Balioll colledge Baliol Clledge was founded in the tyme of Edwarde the first by Iohn Balioll K. of Scotland in the yere of Christ 1263. Merton Colledge was founded in the time of Edwarde the Merton Colledge firste by Walter Merton Byshoppe of Rochester the yeare of Christ 1276. Excester Colledge was founded in the time of Edward the Excester Colledge seconde by Walter Stapleton Bishoppe of Excester 1316. And augmented in the time of oure Soueraigne Ladye Elizabeth by sir William Peter Knight in the yere of Christ Anno. 156â— Oriall Colledge was founded in the time of Edwarde the Oriall Colledge seconde by sir Adam Browne Almoner of the said King the yeare of Christe 13â—3 Queenes Colledge was founded in the time of Edwarde the Queenes Colledge thyrde by Robert Eglishfielde in his owne grounde and by him called the Queenes hall he was Chapleine to the Lady Philip wife to the same Edward the yeare of Christ 1340. Newe Colledge was founded in the time of King Richard Nevv Colledge the seconde by William Wickham Byshoppe of Winchester the yere of Christ 1375. Lincolne Colledge was founded in y â— time of Henry the fifth Lincolne Colledge by Richard Fleming Bishop of Lincolne 1430. and augmented in Richard the thirds time by Thomas Rotheram Byshop of Lincolne in the yere 1479. Alsoule Colledge was founded in the time of King Henry y â— Alsoule Colledge sixth by Henry â—icheâ—y Archbi of Canterburie in y â— yere 1437. He also founded Barnard Colledge in Oxford since suppressed by K. HeÌ„ry the eight now reedified by sir Thomas White and by him called Saint Iohns Colledge Diuinitie Schoole was founded in the time of King Henry Diuinitie schoole the sixth by Humfrey Duke of Gloucester 1447. Magdalen Colledge was founded in the time of king Henry Magdalen Colledge the sixth by William Wainflet Bish of Winchester 1459. He builded a good part of Eaton Colledge begon by Henry y â— sixth he builded a Fréeschoole at Wamflet Brasen nose Colledge was founded in y â— raigne of King Henry Brase nose Colledge the seuenth by Wil. Smith B. of Lincolne in the yere 1513. The same William Smith sometime Bishop of Lichfielde ordayned an Hospitall there for pore folkes and a Gramer Schoole for pore folkes children Also at Farneworth where he and his parents had their originall he bestowed x. pound the yere foreuer to one that should teach a Gramer schoole Corpus Christi Colledge was founded in the raigne of Henrie Corpus Christi Colledge the seauenth by Richard Foxe Bishop of Winchester himselfe being a Fellow in Pembrooke hall in Cambridge he endowed the same Colledge with 40. â— 8. sÌ„ 11. d. of yerely rent for euer the yere 1516. Christes Churche was founded in the time of Henry the Christes church eight by Thomas Wolsey Cardinal Archebishop of Yorke in the yere of
Christ 1539. And finished by the same K. Henry y e eight in y e yere 1546. Trinitie Colledge was founded in the tyme of Quéene Mary Trinitie Colledge by sir Thomas Pope Knight 1556. Saint Iohn Baptists Colledge was founded in the time of Saint Iohns Colledge Quéene Mary by sir Thomas White Knight late Maior of London in the yeare of Christ 1557. Oxford hath Halles Brodegate hall Harte Hall Magdalen hall Alborne hall Saint Marie hall White hall VValter Stapâ—ton VVilliam VVainflet Newe Inne Edmond hall IN the Uniuersities of Englande saith Erasmus Roterodame there be certaine Colledges in the whych there is so muche Religion so straight discipline in such integritie of life that if you did sée it you woulde neglecte in comparison of them all Monkish rules and orders All the Cities in Englande many Market Townes and some Uillages haue frée Gramer Schooles erected in them for the further encrease of learning and vertue Uertuous men haue to the perpetuall registring of their good names done these good déedes learned men haue not bin al the dooers Some therefore for the supplie in other of that whiche wanted in themselues haue done wisely al to this purpose that vertue and learning vnited and knit togither mighte in this our age make a learned vertuous world haue done godly It were muche they are so many in a small roume to comprehend them but the chiefe and worthy patrones of the rest are Eaton Schoole Henry the the sixth 1443. Westminster Quéene Elizabeth Winchester William Wickham Bish of Win. Paules Schoole in London Iohn Collet 1510. Saint Anthonies in London by Iohn Tat. Merchant Taylors Schoole in London by the Merchant Taylours 1560. FINIS ¶ A Table of the principall matters contayned in this Chronicle ABbot of Westminster putte to his shiftes Pag. 256 Abbot of Glastenburie commitied a filthy act Pag. 165 Abbot of Saint Albons his policie Pag. 152 Abbayes visited Pag. 1005. suppressed Pag. 1013 Aberconway builded Pag. 301 Abingdon spoyled Pag. 464 Acres of land in EnglaÌ„d numbred Pag. 165 Aduoultry punished by death amongst the Infidels Pag. 103 Adrian an Englishman Pope Pag. 207 Adam Tarleton Bishop of Hereford accused of treason and depriued of hys temporalties Pag. 346. his sophisticall letter Pag. 357. made Bysh of Worcester Pag. 359. Bishop of Winchester Pag. 367. dyed Pag. 393 Admiral of FraÌ„ce came to LondoÌ„ Pag. 1034 Albon first Martire Pag. 65 Albertus Emperour Pag. 66 Albons Church founded Pag. 105 Almesburie builded Pag. 134 Alfred King of West Saxons Pag. 122 Albe first King of South Saxons Pag. 94 Aldermen in London Pag. 268 Alice Perce Pag. 467 Ales Hackney being long buried was taken vp againe Pag. 869 Almes houses founded at the Crossed Friers Pag. 930 Alderman of London sent into ScotlaÌ„d taken prisoner Pag. 1031. Alderman of Southwarke first Pag. 2047 Ambassadours sente to Rome Pag. 1096. to Caleis Pag. 1069. from Sweden Pag. 1113. from Muscouie Pag. 1103 Amphabel Martire Pag. 65 Antonius Gordianus Pag. 64 Antonius Emperour Pag. 64 Antonius Philosophus Pag. 54 Androgius King Pag. 30 Andrewes Churche in Rochester founded Pag. 92 Andreds Cester Pag. 94 Andreds walde Pag. 117. in Sussex and Hamshiere Pag. 125 Anger a Castel in Essex founded Pag. 212 Anthonies Church in London builded Pag. 870 Agnes Dayntie on the Pillorie Pag. 745 Anabaptistes bare Faggots Pag. 1015. Anabaptistes brent ibid. Anabaptistes bare faggottes at Paules crosse Pag. 1181. banished Pag. 1184. brent ibi Anne of Cleaue died at Chelsey Pag. 1104 Anne Marchionesse of Pembroke Pag. 980 Answere of a Pope Pag. 395 Anthonies Church in LondoÌ„ built Pag. 870 Anne Sanders Anne Drurie and trustie Roger hanged Pag. 1169 Anth. Broune Knight of the Garter Pag. 1018 Annes Church in London brent Pag. 1039 Anne Askew with others brent Pag. 1033 Apollos Temple at Delphos Pag. 25 Apuldore in Kent Pag. 125 Apostata brent Pag. 255 Apparell appointed to Harlots Pag. 427 Archbishops of London Pag. 56 Archemalus King Pag. 5â— Archegallo King depriued Pag. 29 Archeflamins iij. Pag. 27 Archbishop of London reproueth Vortiger and is by him slaine Pag. 81 Arthur King Pag. 84 Archbishop of Yorke with his Crosse cast out of the Kings Chaple Pag. 184 Archbishop of Yorke plucked from his seate throwne to the ground beaten Pag. 211 Archbishop of Yorke drawne from the Alter to prison Pag. 220 Archbishop of Yorke couetous Pag. 264 Archbishop of Canterburie beateth woundeth the Prior and Chanons of Saint Bartholomew in Smithfielde Page 272 Archebishoppe of Yorke George Neuil emprisoned at Hames and his goods confiscate Pag. 733 An army sent to Landersey Pag. 1027 Archbishoppes Pallaice at Canterburie brent Pag. 1027 Articles of religion deuised by the king Page 1007 Arden murdered Pag. 1048 An Arian brent Pag. 1049 An army sent into Scotlande Pag. 1028 Arthure firste sonne to King Henry the seauenth borne Pag. 861 An army sent into Scotlande Pag. 870 Archbishop of Canterburie deceassed Page 1182. Archbishoppe newly elected of Canterburie Pag. 1185 Arthure of Britaine murdered Pag. 233 Asclepiodatus Pag. 67 Aurelius Probus Pag. 64 Aurelianus Pag. 64 Austine the Monke came into Britaine Page 91 Austins Churche at Canterburie founded Pag. 91 Auntient lawes of Englande remaine in Kent onelye â—52 Austins in Bristowe builded Pag. 213 Augustine Friers Churche in London Page 430 Aubrey de Ver created Earle of Oxford Page 515 Audley made Lorde Chauncellour Pag. 980 Knight of the Garter Pag. 1058 Aide sent into Scotlande against Edemborough Castell Pag. 1169 B. BAse moneys coyned Pag. 1029 Bayliffes of London Pag. 219 Bathe Abbey founded Pag. 105 Bachiler Maior of London Pag. 865 Bath a Bishops sea Pag. 172 Barons created Pag. 1090 Basianus Emperour Pag. 64 Basing Pag. 121 Bastard brother disheriteth the lawfull and after murdereth him Pag. 462 Bamburgh builded Pag. 20 Bangor builded Pag. 23 Bathe builded Pag. 22 Barons of the Britaine 's murdered Pag. 82 Britons state miserable Pag. 83 Banquetting house built in Callais Pag. 927 defaced by tempest Pag. 928 Barnardes Castell builded by Barnard Bayllioll Pag. 209 besieged Pag. 1138 Baynard Lorde of Dunmow builded Baynards Castle in LoÌ„don Pag. 178. throwen downe Pag. 242. newe builded Pag. 874 Barons in armor against King Iohn Pag. 245 excoÌ„municate by the Pope Pag. 246. Pag. 248 they sent for Lodowike Pag. 248 Barons in armor against King Henry the thirde Pag. 278 against King Edwarde the seconde Pag. 341 Bathe burned Pag. 189 Battell of the Danes at Ashendune Pag. 120 Battayle at Hasting Pag. 147. againste the Welche Pag. 188. of the Standard Pag. 190. at Lewes in Sussex Pag. 283. at Eusham Pag. 287. at Fankirke in Scotl. Pag. 306. at Striueling Pag. 333. at Morleys Pag. 390. of Crecie Pag. 396. on the sea Pag. 417. at Poyters Pag. 444. on the sea Pag. 465. at Shresburie Pag. 553. at Bramham Moore Pag. 570. of Agencourt Pag. 593. at Vernole in Perche Pag. 621. at S. Albons Pag. 674. at Northampton Pag. 699 Wakefield Pag.
Glastenburie brent Pag. 213 Gorbodug king Pag. 24 Gorbomanus king Pag. 29 Gorbonian king Pag. 30 Gospell preached in England Pag. 57 Godwin Sands Pag. 173 Good Parliament Pag. 467. euil Parliament Pag. 519. lay mans Parliament Pag. 559 Golden Rose sent from Rome Pag. 933 Gold enhaunsed Pag. 941 Grantham builded Pag. 29 Grantbridge or Cambridge Pag. 122 Grey Friers in England Pag. 259 Grifithe of Wales brake his necke out of the Tower of London Pag. 269 Grauesend Bishop of London Pag. 315 Groates halfe groates coyned Pag. 420 Grey Friers in LondoÌ„ an Hospital Pag. 1053 Great and wonderful tempestes Pag. 1106 Gardner made Lord Chauncellour Pag. 1071 deceased Pag. 1099 Great Hary a slip brent Pag. 1071 Great seale taken from the Lord Riche page Pag. 1050 Greenewich Towne builded Pag. 240 Giles Church brent Pag. 1032 Great flouds Pag. 1099 Great fishes Pag. 1053 Great muster in London Pag. 1015 Gwindolen Queene Pag. 19 Gurgustus king Pag. 23 Gurgustius King Pag. 28 Guinthelinus king Pag. 28 Gurguinus king Pag. 30 Guinouer wife to Arthur Pag. 81 Gurmondchester builded Pag. 88 Guy Earle of Warwicke slew Colbronde Page 131 Guisnes gotten by the English Pag. 421 Gunnes muented Pag. 480 Guilde Hall in London builded Pag. 573 Gunne shot at the Preacher Pag. 1091 H. HAdrianus a Romaine Pag. 54 Hadley in Essex Pag. 124 Harold a Dane King Pag. 141 Hardicanutus king Pag. 142 Harold king Pag. 146. slaine Pag. 147 Hartes leapt into the Sea Pag. 240 Hales Owen reedified Pag. 251 Halfepence and farthings round Pag. 299 Handes of men cut of for rescuing of a prisoner Pag. 306 Hastings brent Pag. 472 Harlow Castel wonne Pag. 721 Hayle stones Pag. 18. ynches about Pag. 870 Hayle in Northamptonshire did muche harme Pag. 1174 Hailestones figured like meÌ„ heads Pag. 103 Hangman hanged Pag. 1013 Helius king Pag. 31 Helen mother to Constantine Pag. 69 Hengest Saxon. Pag. 80. king of Kent Pag. 83 Hengest first king of Kent Pag. 190 Hereforde Bishoppes Sea founded Pag. 106 Hereford brent Pag. 164 Henâ—ie the first Pag. 176 Hereford brent Pag. 189 Henrie the seconde king Pag. 200 wenteagainst the Welchmen Pag. 201 Hergelius Patriarke Pag. 214 Hedges burned Pag. 237 Henrie the third King Pag. 252 Herdesmen go toward Ierusalem Pag. 340 Hugh Spencer executed Pag. 349 350 Henrie Percy created Erle of Northumberland Pag. 471 Henrie bastard of Spaine Pag. 475 Herfleete besieged Pag. 589 Henrie sonne to Iohn of Gaunt created Duke of Hereforde Pag. 527 accufeth the Duke of Norffolke Pag. 528 banished Pag. 529 returneth into Englande Pag. 532. chosen king Pag. 540 crowned â—42 conspiracie againste him Pag. 544. entreth Scotlande Pag. 547. in great daunger Pag. 549 marieth the dutches of Brytaine Pag. 553. conspiracie against him Pag. 563. writeth to the Pope Pag. 571. ended his life Pag. 576 Henrie Beauchamp created duke of Warwicke Pag. 648 Henrie Lord Bourcher made Earle of Essex Pag. 713 Henrie son to Henrie the seauenth borne Page 865 Henrie sonne to Henrie the fourth made prince of Wales Pag. 541. his demean of at his fathers deathe Pag. 576. crowned king Pag. 583. entreth Normandie Pag. 588. Pag. 599. returneth home Pag. 597. deceased Pag. 614 Henrie the sixth borne at Windsor Pag. 612 King of England and of Fraunce Pag. 618 crowned Pag. 633. at Paris Pag. 635. fled into Scotlande Pag. 712. disherited Pag. 713 taken Pag. 717 â—estored Pag. 725. sent to the Tower prisoner Pag. 727. murdered Pag. 729. his coÌ„mendation Pag. 730 his Colledge Pag. 731. his death Pag. 756. buried at Windsor Pag. 84â— Edward Prince borne in Sanctuarie Pag. 726 Pag. 807. King of Englande Pag. 7â—â— his aunswere to his mother Pag. 805 murdered Page 828 Henrie Earle of Richmonde landed at Mylford hauen Pag. 851. proclaymed king Pag. 858 drowned Pag. 861. besieged Buloigne Pag. 866 builded a Chapple at Westminster Pag. 875. Hospitall of the Sauoy Pag. 891. deceased ibidem his sepulchre Pag. 892 Hingwer the Dane slayne Pag. 123 Honorius Emperour Pag. 73 Hokenorton a towne Pag. 129 Houndsdich Pag. 139 Hofen a payre for a king three shillings Page 168 Howses blowne down in Cheape Pag. 170 Hospital of Saint Leonard at Yorke fouÌ„ded Pag. 175 Hospitall of Saint Giles Pag. 183 Hospital of Saint Crosse builded Pag. 185 Hospital of s Thomas in Southwark Pag. 244 Hospitall at Oxford Pag. 263 Hospital of Saint Marie at London Pag. 265 Hospital at Lecester founded Pag. 365 Hogges in Normandie brent by Edward the third Pag. 394 Hospitall at Kingston founded Pag. 461 Housekeeping of the Earle of Warwike Page 722 House at London bridge fell into the Thames Pag. 748 Humber a Riuer Pag. 18 Humfrey Duke of Glocester chalengeth to coÌ„bat with Philip D. of Burgoign Pag. 625. marieth Elianor Cobham Pag. 631. dyed at Bury Pag. 650. debate betwene the D. of Glo. and the Bi. of Winchester Pag. 627 I. I Ago King Pag. 23 Saint Iames in Bristowe builded Pag. 181 Iames Churche at Garlike Hithe builded Pag. 349 Iaqueline Dutchesse of Henalt Pag. 623 married to the Duke of Gloucester Pag. 624 Iames son to the King of Scottes taken Pag. 567. released of his imprisonment Pag. 629 Iacke Cade a rebel Pag. 652. Pag. 653 entred London Pag. 659. pardoned Pag. 661. beheaded Page 663 Iames house purchased by the king Pag. 798 Ida firste King of the Northumbers Pag. 107 Iewels haÌ„ged and left in the high wayes not touched but of the owners Pag. 127 Iewes robbed Pag. 220. imprisoned Pag. 238. spoyled Pag. 246. their Synagogue Pag. 262 Iewes borne in Englande Pag. 273. hanged Page 275 Iewe drowned Pag. 277. Iewes spoyled Pag. 278 Iewes executed Pag. 298. their Synagogues destroyed Pag. 301. banished Pag. 304 Iewes and Leapers poysoned waters Pag. 341 Iedworth in Scotland brent Pag. 933 Iewels and Church Plate called into the Kings hande Pag. 10â—7 Ioseph of Aramath â—7 Iohn the Kings sonne made Lord of Irelande Pag. 294 Iohn the Kings brother rebelled Pag. 221. 223 Iohn King Pag. 230. diuorced Pag. 231. sommoned to the Frenche Courte Pag. 232. resigned the Crowne and absolued Pag. 243. crossed to Hierusalem Pag. 245. fled Pag. 249. hys treasure drowned Pag. 250 Iohn Eure helde landes in Scotlande Pag. 319 Iohn Kirby hanged Pag. 480 Iohn Ball hanged Pag. 489 Iohn Wraw hanged Pag. 491 Iohn Philpots worthinessâ— Pag. 476. Pag. 479. deceassed Pag. 495 Murder in Westminster Church Pag. 477 Iohn Northamptons sedition Pag. 493 Iohn Holand created Erle of HuntingtoÌ„ Page 507 Iohn Duke of Lancaster entreth Spaine Pag. 500. made Duke of Aquitaine Pag. 510 marryeth Katherine Swinford Pag. 518. dyeth Pag. 530 Iohn Gower Pag. 548 Sir I. Oldeastel coÌ„uict Pag. 584. executed Pag. 599 Iohn Beaufort made Duke of Somerset Page 647 Iohn Dauy loste hys hande in Cheape Page 713 Iohn Duke of Bedford regent of France married Anne daughter to the Duke of Burgoigne Pag. 619 Saint Iohns in Smithfielde suppressed Page 1019 Ione Butcher brent Pag. 1047 Ile of Shepey Pag. 115 Ile of Wight
fifth of May and the. 24. of Maye entred London with them where he was receyued with greate honour of the Citizens and so conuayed to the kings pallaice at Westminster where the King sitting in his estate in Westminster Hall receyued them and after conueyed the French King to a lodging where he lay a season and after the sayde French King was lodged in the Sauoy which then was a pleasant place belonging to the Duke of Lancaster In the Winter following were gret and royal iustes holden in Smithfielde at London where many knightly sights of armes wer done to the gret honour of the king realm at the which were present the Kings of England Fraunce and Scotlande with many noble estates of all those Kingdomes wherof the more part of the strangers were prisoners Henrie Picarde Uintener Maior of London in one day dyd sumptuouslye feaste Edwarde King of Englande Iohn King of Fraunce the King of Cipres then arriued in England Dauid king of Scottes Edward Prince of Wales wyth many noble men and other and after the sayde Henrie Picarde kepte his Hall against all commers who soeuer that were willing to play at Dice and Hazard In like maner the Lady Margaret his wife did also kéepe hir Chamber to the same intente The King of Cipres playing wyth Henrie Picarde in hys Hall dyd wynne of hym 50. markes but Henrie being verye skilfull in that arte altering hys hande did after win of the same king the same 50. markes and 50. markes more which when the same king began to take in ill parte although he dissembled the same Henrye saide vnto him my Lord and King be not agrieued I couet not your golde but your play for I haue not bid you hyther that I might grieue you but that amongst other things I might trie your playe and gaue hym his money agayne plentifully bestowing of his owne amongst the retinue besides he gaue many riche giftes to the King and other Nobles and Knightes whiche dyned wyth hym to the greate glorie of the Citizens of London in these dayes Stephen Candish Barthelmew Frostling the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Stody Vintener the. 28. of October This sir Iohn Stody gaue vnto the Uinteners of London all the quadrant wherein the Uinteners Hal now standeth with the tenements round about from the lane yet called Studis Lane where is founded thirtéene houses for xiij poore people whiche are there kept of charitie rent frée About Halowntide Dauid le Bruce king of Scots was deliuered from the long imprisonmēt of a. xj yeres in the castel of Oldiham his raunsome being set a 100000. markes to be payde the next ten yeares following Normandie and Brytaine were soare spoyled and wasted Tho. Walsing Anno reg 32 Rob. Knovvles by Phillippe the King of Nauers brother Iacob de la Pipe and Roberte Knowles wyth manye other Englishe menne whyche were Captaynes of that companye who raged in warlike sorte in these Countryes the space of thrée yeares and more contrarye to the Kyng of Englandes pleasure Thys Roberte Knowles béeyng a meane man of birth became Captaine of many souldiours and did manye maruellous actes Isabel daughter to Phillippe the fayre king of Fraunce 1358 now wife to King Edward the second deceased apnd Risinges Registrum fratrum minorum iuxta London the. xxij of August and was buried in the Grey Friers Quire at London in a Tombe of Aliblaster Iohn Barnes Iohn Buris the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 33 Iohn Louekinstoke Fishmonger the 28. of October Iohn of Gaunt the Kings sonne by dispensation tooke to wife Blaunch dauhter of Henry Duke of Lancaster his kinswoman The French King vnder coulour of peace offered to King Edward Flanders Picardie Aquitayne and other lands which the Englishmen had ranged through and spoyled for the perfourmāce wherof messengers were sent into France but the Frenchmen would not perfourme the offer wherfore King Edward being angrie with a Nauie of Shippes passed the Sea to Caleis wherefore deuiding his armie into thrée partes committed one companie vnto Henry Duke King Edvvarde inuaded Burgundie of Lancaster another to Prince Edward and the third he reserued to himselfe and so passed into Burgundie In the meane season the Normans with a small Nauie 1359 Frenchmen arriued at VVinchelsea arriued at Winchelsey and partly brent the Towne and slew such as did withstand them wherefore the Prelates of England assembled from all partes in armour to withstande them but when they had prepared themselues to battayle the French were gone Simon of Benington Iohn of Chichester the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Anno reg 34. 1360 Simon Dolseby Grocer the 28. of October King Edward with his power rode through France by Picardie Artois Roan Champaine and so to Briteine destroying the Countrey before him And héere is to be noted that the fourtéenth day of Aprill and the morrow after Easter day King Edward with his host lay before the Citie of Paris which day was full darke of mist and hayle and so bitter colde that many men died on their Horsse backes with the cold wherefore vnto this day it hath bin called the blacke Monday The King of Nauarre vexed sore the marches of Normandie Thus was the Realme of France miserably beset on all sides At the last a finall peace was concluded on Peace vvith France this condition that King Edward should haue to his possession the Countreys of Gascoine Gwyen Poytiers Limosin Baleuile Exantes Caleis Gwisnes and diuers other Lordships Castels Townes and all the Landes to them belonging Tho. Wals without knowledge of any soueraigntie or subiection for the same This peace being confirmed by writing and by oth King Edward came into England and so streight to the Tower to sée the French King where he appoynted his raunsome to be thrée millions of Florences and so deliuered French King releassed him of all imprisonment and brought him with great honor to the Sea who then sayled ouer into France Iohn Denis Walter Berney the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Wroth Fishmonger the 28. of October King Edward the 24. of Januarie beganne a Parliament at Westminster where the forme of the agréement was redde and allowed of all estates where the King on the last of Januarie caused his Nobles to sweare to holde and Anno reg 35 1361 kéepe the sayde agréement especially those as well Prelats as other that were not at Caleis where he sware and other that were there with him A great dearth pestilence hapned in England which was called the second pestilence in which died Henry D. of Lancaster The seconde mortalitie in March at London and was buryed at Leycester in the colegiate Church which he had founded with a Deane twelue Chanons Prebendaries as many Uickers and other ministers accordingly There dyed also Reginald Lord Cobham and Walter Lib. Lichfield Fitz Waren valiant and famous
Mastes bound togither with iron bands for to holde them togither for it was an hundred and four and thirtie â—ote of length and cost sixe pound thirtéene shillings foure pence to set it vpright The Banqueting house was couered â—uer with Canuas fastned with ropes and iron as fast as might be deuised And within the sayd house was paynted the Heauens with Starres Sunne Moone and Clowdes with diuers other things made aboue ouer mens heads and ther were great Images of wickers couered and made like great men of diuers strange Nations and diuers reasons were written by them of the Countreys that they were likened to be off and the Armes of those Countreys hanging by them Also there was made as it were many ships vnder sayle and Windmilles going and about the high piller of timber that stoode vpright in the midst was made Stages of Timber for Organs and other instruments to stande on men to play on them and for other Musitions and Pageants to be playde when the King of England and the Emperour should be at their Banquet but in the morning of the same day the winde beganne to rise and at night blew off all the Canuas and all the elements with Banqueting house defaced by tempest the Starres Sunne Moone and Clowdes and the wind blew out aboue a thousand Torches and other lightes of waxe that were prepared to giue light to the Banquet and all the Kings seates that were made with great riches besides all other things were all dashed and lost The same night the King with fiftéene persons more were richly apparelled and in a Maske went to the Emperours lodging and in the Chamber of presence daunced and reuelled and then departed On the twelfth of July the Emperour and the Lady Margaret supped with the King and the Quéene at the Checker where the same night were eyght companyes of Maskers and euery company twelue persons all in Gold Siluer and Ueluet richly apparelled The fourtéenth of July the Emperour departed from Caleis toward Grauelin The eyghtéenth of July the King of Englande with the Quéene departed from Caleis towards Calbais Iohn Skeuington Mer. Taylor Iohn Kyeme the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Bruges Draper the 28. of October King Henry kepte his Christmas at his Manour of Greenewich with much noblenesse and open Court and the tenth day of February in his owne person iusted with all commers In this time Edward Duke of Buckingham was accused Duke of Buckingham accused 1521 of high Treason wherefore the King directed his letters to the sayd Duke béeing at hys Manour of Thornebury in Glocestershire that incontinent he should come to his presence which commandement the Duke obeyed and came vpto Anno reg 13 London where he was streightwayes arrested by Sir Henry Merney Captayne of the Gard and conuayde to the Tower of London on the sixtéenth of Aprill before whiche time the Dukes Chancellour was taken which had confessed matter of high Treason concerning the Kings person There was also attached a Monke of the order of the Carthusians being of Henton Priory and Iohn Delaker the Dukes Confessor all these were prisoners in the Tower Shortly after the Duke was arraigned at Westminster the Duke of Norffolke sitting as chiefe Judge There were brought foorth against him witnesses Sir Gilbert Perke his Chancellour Iohn de la Court his confessor Charles Kneuet Esquire and a Monke Prior of Henton which had diuers times sayde to the Duke that he should be King of England Diuers presumptions were layd to him by Charles Kneuet which he would fayne haue couered but in the ende he was found giltie and had iudgement to be drawne hanged and quartered and on the seauentéenth day of May about eleuen of the clocke the sayd Edward Duke of Duke of Buckingham beheaded Buckingham Earle of Hereford Stafford and Northampton was beheaded on the Tower hill and his body buryed in the Friers Augustines Church such is the ende of ambition the credite of false prophecies and of euill life This Duke had begonne a great and sumptuous building at his Manour of Thornebury but left the same vnfinished He made a faire Parke hard by the same building for the which he tooke in much faire and fruitefull ground Also another Parke at East wood one mile off he enlarged at two times to the compas of sixe miles for the whiche déede and suche like he had many a cursse of the poore tenants Iohn Leyland The seconde daye of August Cardinall Wolsey passed Thomas VVolsey Cardinall vvent Embassador ouer from Douer to Caleis to treate a peace betwixte the French King and the Emperour and returned agayne to Caleis in the latter end of Nouember and from thence tooke his iourney to Blechingly where the King welcomed him and gaue him thankes for his great paynes King Henry wrote a Booke against Luther in Germany King Henry vvrote againste Luther and therefore the Bishop of Rome Leo the tenth named him defender of the faith to which Booke Luther answered very sharply nothing sparing his authoritie or maiestie This yeare was a pestilence in this land especially at Pestilence London and a dearth of Corne for wheate was at London sold for twenty Shillings the quarter Iohn Britaine merchaÌ„t Taylor Th. Pargiter the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Milborne Draper the 28. of October This Sir Iohn Milborne builded certayne almes houses adioyning to the Crossed Friers in London wherein he placed thirtéene aged poore people who haue their dwelling â—entfrée and two shillings sixe pence the péece the firste day of euery moneth for euer The sixth of March the French King attached all Englishmens Frenchmen attached goodes at Burdeaux and deteyned the Kings tribute and the French Quéenes dower Also all Frenchmens bodies and goodes were attached at London This yeare betwéene Easter and Michaelmas was made a generall proscription of all the Realme of Englandâ— The twentith of May Cardinall Wolsey rode through London to Douer there to méete with the Emperour being 1522 accompanyed with two Earles sixe and thirtie Knightes an hundred Gentlemen eyght Bishops tenne Abbots Anno reg 14. Cardinall VVolsey thirtie Chapleins all in Ueluet Satten and 700. yomen Charles the fifth Emperour came into England and was honourably receyued into London by the Maior Aldermen The Emperour came to London and Commons of the Citie the sixth of June the King accompanying him xj Pageants were made in the Citie and the Crosse in Cheape new gilt From thence he wente to Windsore and sate in the Stall of the Garter After great feastes iustes and honourable entertainement he departed to Hampton and sayled from thence into Spayne During this time the Earle of Surrey Lord Admirall brent Morles in Briteine and then returned not long after he passed ouer to Caleis entred Picardy and brente diuers Townes and Castels He beséeged Hesding but bycause Winter was néere he raysed his séege
and returned The Duke of Albany in Scotland began to enter this land Iohn Skelton with a great Armie but hearing that the Earle of Shrewsburie was comming he tooke a truce for sixe monethes Iohn Rudstone Iohn Champneis the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Mundy Goldsmith the 28. of October Iohn Champneis was Secretarie of the Counter The Lord Rosse and Lord Dacres of the North burned the Towne of Kelsey in Scotland with fourscore Uillages and ouerthrew eyghtéene Towers of stone The Emperour Charles King Henry and Ferdinando Duke of Austrige the Pope the Citie of Venice and diuers other in Italy were confederate against the Frenchmen The Turkes beséeged the Isle of Rhodes and on Christmas The Turkes tooke the Rhodes day tooke it to the great shame and rebuke of all Christendome The twentith of Februarie the Lady Alice Hungerford Register of the grey friers Lady Hungerford hanged a Knightes wife for murthering hir husband was ledde from the Tower of London to Holburne and there put in a Cart with one of hir seruants and so caried to Tiburne and both hanged she was buryed in y e grey Friers Church at London The Earle of Surrey burned xxxvtj Uillages in Scotland dispoyled the Countrey from y e East marches to the West and ouerthrew diuers holdes Sir Henry Marney was created Baron Marney at Richmond The fiftenth of Aprill began a Parliament at the Blacke 1523 Friers in London and on the nine and twentith of Aprill the Cardinall with diuers Lords spirituall and temporal Parliament at the blackâ—friers anno reg 15. A great subsidy declared in the common house that for diuers causes the King required a Subsidie of 800000. pound to be reysed on goodes and Lands foure shillings of euery pound against the which demand many obiections wer made by the commons one was that the King had already by way of loane two shillings of the pound which was 400000. pound and now to demaund four shillings the pouud it should amount in the whole to 1200000. pound and the third part There vvas not then 10000. parishes in England as I haue prooued by search of Records of euery mans goodes whiche in coyne coulde not be had within the Realme c. Among other arguments for the King it was sayde that there were in England more than 40000. parishes and if euery parish should pay suche a summe as was there named it could be no great matter But it was by the Commons answered and proued that there was not in England thirtéene thousand parishes After long debating the Commons granted two shillings of the pound of euery mans goodes and lands that were worth twentie pound or might dispend twentie pound by yeare and so vpward and from fortie shillings to twentie pound twelue pence of the pound and vnder fortie shillings of euery head sixtéene yeares and vpward four pence to be paid in two yeares This Parliament the xxj of May was adiourned to Westminster among the blacke Monkes and ended in the Kings Palace at Westminster the fourtéenth of August at nine of the clocke in the night Christerne King of Denmarke and his Quéene arriuing The K. and Qu. of Denmarke arriued in England at the Downes besides Douer the xv of June came to London on the xxij of June and were lodged in the Bishop of Bathes place The fifth of July they returned agayne to Caleis The Duke of Suffolke with many other Lords Knights were sent into France with an army of 10000. men who passing y e water of Some without battayle tooke diuers townes and Castels destroying the Countrey before them Michaell English Nicholas Iennings the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes George Monex was chosen Maior but would not take Maior elected it vpon him wherefore he was condemned in a thousande Marke for a fine in discharge whereof he gaue vnto the Citie a water Mill by the Horse Downe in Southwarke to grind the corne for the Bridgehouse Sir Thomas Baldrie Mercer the 28. of October Maior This yeare the Kippiers of Rye and other places solde their fresh fish in Leaden hall Market at London In December at the Citie of Couentry Francis Philip Conspiracy aâ— Couentrie Schoole mayster to the Kings Henxmen Christopher Pickering Clearke of the Kings Larder and Anthony Manuile Gentleman intended to haue taken the Kings treasure of his Subsedie as the Collectors of the same came toward London therewith to haue reysed men and to haue taken the Castell of Killingworth and then to haue made battayle agaynste the King for the whiche they were drawn hanged and quartred at Tiburne the eleuenth of Februarie the other of their conspiracie were executed at Couentry The Earle of Surrey brent Iedworth in Scotlande and 1524 tooke diuers holdes The Duke of Albany beséeged the Castell of Warke and had in a readinesse a great Armie to inuade Anno reg 1â— England but when he heard the Earle of Surrey was comming he fledde into Scotland The fiue and twentith of May deceassed Sir Thomas Louell Knight of the Garter at Endfield and the same moneth deceassed Thomas Lord Howard Duke of Norffolke The souldiers of Guisnes tooke a great bootie at a faire in the Towne of Morguison and Sir Robert Iernegan wyth certayne dimilances of Caleis tooke diuers French prisoners The first of September Doctour Hanyball Mayster of A golden Rose sent froÌ„ Rome E. Hall the Rolles was receyued into London as Embassadour from Clement the seauenth Pope whiche brought with him a Rose of Gold for a token to the King which was presented to him at Windsore This Trée was forged of fine Golde and wrought with branches leaues and flowers resembling Roses set in a potte of Golde which potte had thrée féete of Aâ—tike fashion of measure halfe a pinte In the vppermost Rose was a faire Saphire leape pearced the bignesse of an Acorne The Trée was of height halfe an English yard and in breadth a foote Ralph Dodmer William Roche the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir William Bayly Draper the 28. of October It chanced in the yeare passed a grudge to breake out betwéene the French King and the Duke of Burbon in so much that the Duke for the safegard of his life fledde out of the French Kings Dominions whereof the Cardinall Wolsey hauing intelligence comprised in his head that if the King our soueraigne Lord could obteyne him to be his Generall in the warre against the French King and considering further that the Duke of Burbon was fledde vnto the Emperour to inuite him to a like purpose wherefore he hauing this imagination in his head thought it good to moue A policie of Cardinall VVolsey that in the end turned against himselfe the King in the matter and after the King was once aduertised héereof and conceyuing the Cardinals inuention at last it came to a consultation among the Counsell so that it was concluded that an Embassade