brought a gret a huge multitude of pepull both of knightis squiers Ì principalli of yemen of Chestershire the wich yomen and archiers the kyng toke to hys own courte Ì yaf them bowge of court Ì good wages to be keês of his own body both by nyght Ì by day aboue al othir êsons Ì most loued best trust The wich sone afterward turned the kiÌg to gret losse Ì shame hyndring Ì his vtterly vndoyng destrucioÌ as ye shall here after that tyme come sir Henri of Derby with a gret menye of men of armes archiers and the erle of RutlaÌd come with a stronge pouer of pepull both of men of armes archiers ¶ And the erle of Kent brought a gret pouer of men of armes Ì archiers The erle Marchall come in the same maner the lorde SpeÌser in the same maner the erle of northumberland sir Henri Percy his son sir Thomas Percy the erlis broder And all thes worthy lordis brought a fair menye Ì a strong pouer ech maÌ in his best aray Ì the duk of lancastre the duke of yorke comeÌ in the same maner with men of armes and archiers folowyng the kyng ¶ And sir willyam strop tresorer of englond come in the same maner And thus in this aray come all the worthy meÌ of this land vn to our kyng Ì all thes pepull com to londoÌ iÌ on day in so moch that euery stret lane iÌ londoÌ iÌ the subarbes were full of them logged x. or xij myle about londoÌ euery way And thees pepull brought the kyng at westmynstre went homi ayen to ther loggyng both hors and man Ì than on the moÌday the xij day of September the êlameÌt began at westmiÌstre the wich was callid the gret êlament ¶ And on the friday next after the erle of arundelÌ wos brought in to the êlament among all the lordis and that wos on sent Matheues day the apostill and euangelist ther he wos for Iugged vn to the deth in this hall that wos made iÌ the palays at westmynstre And this wos his Iugement he shuld go on fote with his handis bound behynde him from thee place that he wos Iuggid in and so forth thurgh the Cite of londoÌ vn to the toure hill and his hede to be smyten of and so it was do in dede in the same place And vi of thee gret lordis that sat on his Iuggement ridden with him vn to the place ther he wos do vn to thee deth so to see the execucion wer don aftar ther dome ¶ And bi the kynges commaundement with them went on fote of men of armis and archiers a gret multitude of Chestre shire men in strengthyng of thee lordis that brought this Erle to his deth for they dred lest thee Erle shuld be reseued takin froÌ them whan they com in to london Thus he passed forth thurgh the cite vnto his deth and ther âe toke it full paciencli on whos soul god haue mercy amen ¶ And than come the freris Austyns and toke vp the body the hede of this good erle Ì bare it home vn to ther place and beried him in ther quere And in the morow after wos sir Richard erle of werwike brought in to the parlameÌt ther as the erle of Arundell wos for iugged and they yaf the erle of Werwike the same Iugement that the forsaid erle had but the lordis had compassion of him be cause he was of more age and relesed him to perpetuall prison and put him in thee I le of man ¶ And than the moÌday next after The lord Cobhan of keÌt Ì sir IohnÌ Cheyn knyghtie wer brought in to the parlament iÌ to the same hall and ther they wer Iugged to be honged and draweÌ but thurgh the prayer and gret instance of all the lordis that Iuggement wos foryeuen them and relesed to perpatuall prison ¶ And this same time was Richard Whittyngdon maire of Londoni Ì IohnÌ wodecoke willm Askam shereues of london ¶ And they ordeyned at euery yate of londoÌ during this same parlament strong watche of men of armes archiers thurgh out euery ward also ¶ And the kyng made .v. Dukis on Duchisse and a Markeys and .iiij. Erles Ì thee frist of them wos the Erle of Derby Ì he wos made duke of Herford thee secund was the Erle of rutland and he wos made Duke of Awe marle and the thrid wos Erle of Kent Ì wos made thee Duke of Surre and the iiij wos thee erle of Huntingdone Ì he wos made duke of Excestre Ì the fifthe wos the erle of NotiÌgham he wos made thee Duke of Northfolke and the erle of Somerset he wos made the Marquies of Dorset the lord Spenser was made erle of Gloucestre Ì the lord Neuill of raby wos made erle of westmerland Ì sir Thomas Percy wos made erle of worcestre ¶ And sir Willm Scrope that was tresorer of englond he wos made erle of wilteshire and sir Iohan Montagu erle of salisburi ¶ And whan the kyng had thus don he held the parlament and riall fest vn to all his lordis and to all maner of pepull that theder wold cuÌ Â¶ And this same yere died sir Iohan of gaunte the kinges vncle and duke of Lancastre in the bisshoppis yn in holborne wos brought froÌ theÌs to sent Paules and ther the kyng made and held his enterement well Ì worthely with all hys lordis in the chirch of sent Paules iÌ londoÌ ther he wos beried beside Dame blaunch his wife that wos doughter heir to the good Henri that wos duke of Lancastre ¶ And iÌ the same yere ther fell a discencioÌ bitwen the duke of Herford duke of Norfolk iÌ so moche that they waged bataill Ì casten doune ther gloues and than they wer taken vp and enseled the bataill ioyned the day set the place assigned wher when And this shuld be at Couentre And theder come the kyng with all his lordis at that day wos set in the feld and than thees two worthi lordis comen in to the feld well and cleen armed and well arayed with all ther wapen redy to done ther bataill and weren redy in the place for to fight at vtteraunce ¶ But the kyng bad them cese and toke thee quarell in to his hand ¶ And forth with right ther present exiled the duke of Herford for terme of x. yere the duke of norfolke for euer more ¶ And sir Thomas arundell erchebisshopp of Cantorbury wos exiled the same tyme for euer Ì depesit out of his see for malice of the kyng and anone thes iij. worthy lordis wer commaunded and defendid the kynges reame And anone they gat them shippis at diuerse hauens went ouer the see in to diuerse
of armes archiers ayenst the duke of Orliaunce And tho went ouer the se the erle of Arundell sir Guillebert vmfreuill Erle of Keme and the lord Cobham Sir Iohan Oldecastell and mony othir good knyghtis and worthy squiers and men of armes and good archiers in to fraunce and come to Paris to the duke of burgoyn ¶ And ther he resaued welcomed thes Englishmen the lordis and all other meny ¶ And than it wos done him to wit that the duke of OrliauÌce was comen to semtclowe fast by Paris with a gret nombur of men of armys arbalasters and thidder went our Englishmen fought with them gat the brigge of semtclow ther they slew moch pepull of frenshmeÌ· and arminakis and thee remenaunt fled and wold no longer abide ¶ And than our Englishmen come ayen vn to Paris and ther they token thir leue of the Duke and come home ayen in to Englond in saufte and the Duke yaf them gret yeftes anone folowyng the duke of OrliauÌce sent embassatours iÌ to EngloÌd to kiÌg Henri the iiij besechyng hiÌ of his help socour ayens his dedly enmy the duke of burgoyn ¶ And than the kiÌg made Thomas his son duke of Clarence his othir sone Iohan duke of Bedford Ì his othir sone Humfrey duke of Gloucestre and sir Thamas Beauford erle of Dorset the duke of awemarle he made duk of yorke tha the kiÌg ordeyned his son sir Thomas duke of clarence sir ThomÌs Beauford Erle of Dorset and sir IohnÌ Cornwill with many othir lordis knyghtis and squyers men of armes archiers to go ouer the see in to fraunce in helpyng and strengthyng of the duke of OrliauÌce ¶ And thes worthy lordis with ther retenue shippid at HamptoÌ sailed ouer iÌ to NormaÌdie Ì landid at hogges And ther met with them the lord Hambe at ther landyng with vijM. men of armes of frenshmen iij ⪠sergauntis of armes with them and all wer put to flight and takeÌ of them vij C men of armes Ì iiij hondreth hors with out tho that wer slain iÌ the feld ¶ And so they riden forch thurgh out frauÌce toke castellis Ì touÌes Ì slew moch pepull of frenshmen that withstode theÌ Ì toke mony prisoners as they riden And so they passed forth till they come to Burdeux Ì ther they restid them a while set the cuÌtre in pees and restid till the vyntage wer redy to saill And thaÌ the duke with his menye come home in to Englond in saufte thaÌked be god ¶ And in the same yere wos the kynges coyn changed thurgh out englond by the kyng and his councell that is to say the nobull half nobull ferthyng of gold ¶ And the xiiij yere of kyng Henris regne the .iiij. he let moke Galeys of were for he had hoped to haue passed the gret see so forth to IerusaleÌ ther to haue endid his liffe but god viseted him so sone after with infirmites and gret sikenesse that he myght not well endure no while so feruently he wos take and brought in bed at westmiÌster in a fair chambur ¶ And os he lay in his bede he askid his chamberlayn what they called that chamber that he lay in he ansuerid said Ierusalem than he said that the êphecie said that he shuld make an ende and die in Ierasalem And than he made him redy vn to god and disposed all his will And sone after he died Ì wos caried by water from westmynster in a barge vn to Feuersham And from thens he wos caried to cantorberi by land with moch torche light brinnyng in to the abbey of Crichurch ther he wos entered beried ãâ¦ã thus endid the worthy kiÌg Henri about midlentyn sonday iÌ the yere of our lord a. M. cccc.xiij on whos sovle god haue merci anen ArtiÌ the v. wos ãâã after IohnÌ xiiij yere This maÌ was chosen by thee couÌcell of CoÌstantinopliÌ othir wos deposit that streffe and so come pes in the chirch the wich long tyme afore wos desyrid and necessari for thee defence of the faith This was the myghtiest ãâã that euer wos of riches and a gret Iugge he edefied tounys wallis stretis and he distroyd herises and he did moch good thurgh the nobull prince Sygmunde And he gadred moch monay for the holy land to geten ayen bot deth come oppon him and lettid him and he made a couÌcell afore his deth for that mater and ther decessed ugeniê° wos ãâã after Martin xvij yere This Eugeny wos chosen pesablie after the deth of Martin no man dowtid bot he wos ãâã bot after shortly he wos expulsit from Rome for it wos so that he fled nakid Also he wos cited to the couÌncell of Basiliens and deposit bothe chargid not for that ayen began thee striffe the wich stode to his deth Ì thos that fauoured him said he was worthy moch louyng and the coÌtrari said thos that wer ayens him bot what sum euer he wos after hee had takyn the dignite vpoÌ hiÌ a fore he wos of gret absteneÌs of good fame Ì that he did after I leue to thee IugemeÌt of god Circa annum domini M.iiijC.xiij. Of kyng Henri thee fifth that wos kyng Henris sone âNd after the deth of kyng Henri the iiij regned kyng Henri his sone that was borne at Monmouth in wales that was a worthy kyng and a gracious man and a gret conquerour And in thee frist yere of his regne for gret loue goodnesse he sent to the freris of Langely ther as his fader had do berie kyng Richard the secuÌd and let take his body out of the erth âyen did bring it to westmynster iÌ a riall chare couered with blake veluet and baners of diuerse armes about and all the hors drawyng the chare wer trappid in blake and beten with diuerse armes Ì many a torche brennyng by all the way till he come to westmiÌstre and ther he let make for him a riall and a solempne enterement âª Ì beried hiÌ by quene Anne his wife as his own desire was on the ferther side of sent Edwardis shrine in the abbey of seint Petris of westmynstre on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And in this same yere wer a certayn of lollers taken and fals heritikis that had purposed thurgh fals treson for to haue slayn our king Ì for to haue distroid all the clargie of the reame they myght haue had ther fals purpose ¶ But our lord god wold not suffre it for in hast our kyng had warnyng ther of of all ther false ordynauÌce wurchyng come sodeÌly with his pouer to sent Iohanes without smythfeld anone they toke a certayn of the lollerres fals heritikes brought them vn to the kiÌges prisence Ì ther told all ther fals purpose ordynauÌce how
with a huge a strong power and anone they yeld and put them all in to the kinges good grace an in his merci Ì so did moni mo strong tounes and Castellis that wer in tho parties ¶ And from theÌs they went to vermill in Perche and anone it wos yolden vn to the king both the touÌe the Castill bodis goodis at the kiÌgê good grace ⪠so the kiÌg gate conquered all the tounes and Casstellis Pyles strenthes Ì Abbeys vn to PouÌtlarge and from thens vn to the Cite of Rone ¶ And in the fifth yere of kiÌg HeÌries regne the v. sir IohnÌ Oldcastell that was the lord Cobham wos arestid for heresi and brought vn to the toure of londoÌ and anone after he brake out of the tour Ì weÌt in to wales Ì there keped him long time ¶ And at the last the lorde powys toke him ⪠bot he stode at gret defence long time Ì wos sore wouÌded or he wold be take and so the lord Powys men broght him out of wales to londoÌ in a wherlecole so he wos brought to westmynstre ther was examined of certayn pointes that wer put vpon him he sayd not nay and so he wos conuycte of the clargie for his heresi dampned before the Iuttices vn to the deth for treson ¶ And so he wos lad vn to the toure ayen and ther he was laid on an hurdell and draw thurgh the cite to sent Giles feld and ther wos made a new pair of galowes and a strong chine and a coler of yreÌ for him and ther he wos hongid and brent on the galowes Ì all for his lewdnesse Ì his fals opinions ANd in the vi yere of kyng Henris regne the fifth he sent his vncle sir Thomas Beaufort duke of Excestre wyth a fair menye of men of armes and archiers be for the cite of Rone and ther displayed his baner and sent heroudes vn to the toune and bad them yelde that cite vn to owr kyng ther liege lord and they sayd he toke them none for to kepe ne none he shuld haue ther but if it wer dere bought and meued with ther hondis for othir ansuere wold they none yef but gonnys ¶ And ther the duke toke good auisement of the ground all about And anoÌe ther issued out of the cite a gret meny of men of armes both on horsebake and on foot and anone owr meni met with them ouer threw an hepe of them and ther wer taken Ì slain xxx parsons of full right good mennis bodis and the remenauÌte fled ayen in to the toune the Duke went vn to Pountlarge vn to the king an told hym all how that he had spede an how he liked the ground· ¶ And anone as he was go they cast doune all ther subarbis about the cite vn to the harde grouÌd for the king ther no refresshing shÌuld haue at his comyng And the friday before laÌmesda than next folowyng our kyng with his host come before Rone anone he set his sege rouÌd a bout that Cite and anone let lay to his ordinaunce vn to the toune And the kyng and his lordis wer logged in the chartre house and gret strength about them that was in the est perte of the cite ¶ And the duke of Clarence logged him at the west ende in a wast abbey before the porte Chanx Ì the Duke of Excestre in the North side before thee Porte Beauuesyn and bitwen the duke of Clarence and thee duke of Excestre wos the Erle Marchall logged with a strong power before the castell gate ¶ And than was the erle of Ormond the lord Harington and the lord Talbot with ther retenu next him ¶ And than sir Iohan Cornwaill and mony oder nobull knyghtis of name with ther retenue lay with the duke of Clarence ¶ And froÌ the duke of Excestre toward the kiÌg wer logged the lord Roos the lord of wylluby the lord phehew Ì sir william Port knight with ther retenue before the port of sent Hillarie ¶ And thaÌ wos the erle of mortayn with his retenue logged in the abbey of sent Katrines ¶ And the erle of salâsberi with his retenue lay on that othir side of sent Katrins sir IohnÌ Gray knyght wos logged at the abbey that is called mouÌt sent michell ¶ And sir Phelip Lech knyght the kiÌgê tresorer wos logged bitwen the water of Seyn and the abbey kepid the ward vnder the hill the baron of Carow wos logged vnder the water side to kepe the passage And Ienico the squyer lay next him on the water side and thos two squiers kepid manli the water of Seyn and faughte with ther enmys oft tymes ¶ And on that othir side of seyn lay the erle of Hontingdon master Neuill the erles son of westmerland sir Gilbert vmfreuill erle of Keme and sir Richard of arundell and the lord Feriers with ther retenue before Port du pounte and eche of thees lordis had stroÌg ordinaunce the kyng did make at Pountlarge ouer the water of siyn a stronge and a mygity chyen of Iren and put it thurgh gret Pyles fast pyght in thee grounde and that went ouer the reuer of Seyne that no vessell myght passe that in no kynde And about that cheyne the kyng litt make a brigge ouer thee water of Seyn thatt man and hors and all othir cariage myght go to and fro at all tymes whan nede wer And than come the erle of warwike had gote Dounfront vn to the king Henri of Englond ¶ And anone the kyng sent the Erle of Warwike to Cawdebeke to besege it And whan that he come before the toune he sent his heraudes vn to the capitaine and bad him yeld vp the toune vpon pe in of deth Ì anone he laid his sege the capitayn besought the Erle that the myght come vn to his presens and it plesed him and speke with him Ì so the good erle graunted him sor to cum Ì than he come out Ì foure othir burgeis come with him· Ì entreted so with this Erle that this same toune was vnder composicion to done as the cite of Rone did and the Erle grauÌted and consentid ther to vpon this condicion that the kingê nauy of engloÌd with his ordinauÌce myght passe vp by them in saufte with out any maner of lette or destrubauÌce to his composicioÌ they set to ther seales ¶ And the shippis passed vp by them in saufte come before the cite of rone in to an hondreth shippis and ther they cast ther ankers than this cite wos beseged both by land by watir And whan all this wos done Ì shippis comen vp thaÌ cume the Erle of Warwik ayen to the kyng Ì logged him bitwen the abbey of Seint Katerins and the knig till that the abbey entreted
bene withstonde ¶ For the kyng Ì all the lordis of the ream of Englond wer departed except the lorde Scales that kepid the tour of london ¶ And the fifth day of Iuyll he did done smyte of a mannys hede in southwark and the nyght after the ânaire of london with the aldermen and the communes of the cite concludid to driue a way the capitayn his host sent to the lord scalis to the toure Ì to mathew gohe a copitayn of Normandie that they wold that nyght asaille the capitayn with them of Kent ¶ And so they did y come to londoÌ brige iÌ to southwarke or the capitayn had ony knowlege ther of ther they sought with them that keped the brigge And the Kentishmen went to harnes and come to the brigge Ì shot faught with them gat the brigge made them of londoÌ to fle slow mony of them this endurid all the nyght to Ì fro to ix of the cloke on the more And at the last they brent the draw brigge wher mony of them of londoÌ wer drowned In wich nyght Sutton an aldermaÌ was slayn Roger heysant and Mathew gohe and mony othir And after this the Chancilar of Englond sent to the Capitayn a pardone generall for him othir for all his menye And then they deêted from southwarke euery man home vn to his own hous ¶ And when they wer all deêtid and goon· ther wer êclamacions madem Kent southsex and othir places that what man coude take the captayn quike or dede shÌold haue a M. mark And aftir this on Alixander Iden a squier of Kent toke him in a gardeÌ in southsex iÌ the takiÌg the CaptaÌ IohnÌ Cade wos slaiÌ Ì after behedid his hede set on londoÌ brigge ¶ And anone after then the kyng come in to Kent and did his Iustices sitte at Cauntorberi and enquered who wer causaries chief cause of this Insurreccion ¶ And ther wer viij men Iuged to deth in on day in othir places mo And from thens the kyng weÌt in to southsex and in to the westcuntre wher a litell before wos slayn the bisshop of Salisberi ¶ And this same yere wer so mony iugged to deth that xxiij hedes stode vpon londoÌ brigge at on s ¶ Of the feld that the duke of york toke at brentheth iÌ KeÌt and of the burth of prince Edward of the frist bataill at sent Albons wher the duke of Somersete wos slayn IN the xxx yere of the kiÌg The duke of yorke com out of the march of wales with therle of DeuiÌshire the lord Cobham gret puissaunce for reformacion of certayn Iniuries and wroÌges also to haue Iustice on certayn lordis beyng about the kyng Ì toke a feld at brontheth beside dertford in Kent wich wos a stroÌgfeld for wich cause the kyng with all the lordis of the lande went vn to the blake heth with a gret and strong multitude of pepull armed and ordeyned for the were in the best wyse And when they had mustred on the heth Certayn lordis wer tho sent vn to him for to tret and make appointement with him wich were the bisshop of Ely and the bisshop of wynchestre and the erles of Salisberi and of werewyke And they concludid that the duke of Somersete shold be had to ward Ì to ansuer to such articles as the duke of yorke shold put on him and than the duke of yorke shÌusd breke his feld and cum to the kyng wich wos all promised by tho kyng ¶ And so the kyng commaundid that the duke of Somersete shold be had in ward And than the duke of york brake vp his feld and come to the kyng and whan he was comen ê¯trarie to the promisse afore made the duke of somerset was preseÌt in the feld a waytyng and chief about the kyng made the duke of yorke ride before as a prisoner thurgh londoÌ and after they wold haue put him iÌ hold But anoyse aroso that the erle of march his son was commyng with x. thousand men to londonward wherfore the kyng and his couÌcell ferid and than they concludid that thee duke of yorke shold deête at his own will ¶ About this tym began gret diuision in Spruce bitwen the gret mastir and the knyghtis of the duche ordre wich wer lordis of that cuntre For the comunes and touÌes rebellid ayenst the lordis and made so grete were that at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be ther lord the wich kyng come and wos worshipfully resaued and laid sege to the castell of Marienburgh wich was the chief castell of strength of all the land wan it and drofe out the mastir of dansk Ì all othir places of that land And so they that had ben lordis mony yeres lost all thirseygnorie and possessions in tho landis ¶ And the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord M. cccc liij on sent Edwardis day the quene Margaret wos deliuered of a fair prince wich wos named Edward That same day IohnÌ Norman wos chosin for to be maire of londoÌ And the day that hee shuld take his oth at westmynsire he went theder by water with all the craftis wher afore tyme the maire aldermen and the craftes rode on horsbake wich wos neuer vsed after For sen that tyme. they haue gone euer by water in barges ¶ Ye haue well vnderstond before how that contrari to the promisse of the kyng and also the ê¯clusioÌs taken bitwen the kyng the duke of yorke at brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to ward but abode about the kyng and had gret rule and anone after he wos made capitayn of calais ruled the kyng his reame as he wold wherfore the gret lordis of the reame Ì also the comunes wer not plesid For wiche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyk the erle of salisburi with mony knyghtis and squiers and moch pepull come for to remeue the said duke of somersete othir fro the kyng ¶ And the kiÌg hering of ther comyng thought by his couÌcell for to haue gon westward and not for to haue met with them Ì had with him the duke of somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of stafford the erle of NorthuÌberland the lord Clifford mony othir ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke Ì his feliship vnderstode that the kyng wos deêted with thes lordis from london Anone he changed his way and coste the cuÌtre come to sent Albonys the xxiij day of May Ì ther met with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayn lordis desired them to kepe the pees and deête but in conclusion whils they treted on that on side· the erle of warwik with the march men oder entred the toune on that oder side fought ayeÌst the kyng and his êtie and so began the bataill Ì
yere Rainold pecok bisshop of Cheiester wos fonden an heritike the iij. day of December was abiurid at Lambheth in the presens of the Erchebisshop of cantorbery and mony othir bisshoppis doctours and lordis temperall And his bokys brint at Poules crosse Ye haue hard before how certayn lordis wer slayn at sent albons wherfore wos alway a grutche and wroth had by theyres of them that wer so slaiÌ ayens the duke of yorke the erles of warwik and of salisberi wherfore the kyng by thauys of his councell sent for them vn to london to wich place the duke of yorke come the xxvi day of Ianuer with cccc men Ì logged at baynardes castell in his own place ¶ And the xv day of Ianuer come the erle of salisburi with v hondred men and was loggid in therââ his own place ¶ And then come the dukis of Excestre and of somerset with viij hondreth men lay without temple barre ¶ And the erle of northumbarland the lord Egremond and the lord Clifford with xv hondreth meÌ and loggid without tonne ¶ And the maire that time Gefferey Boleyn kept gret watch with the comunes of the cite and rode aboute the cite by hol borne and flet strete with a v thousand men well arayed and armed for to kepe the pees ¶ And thee xiiij day of Feuerer the erle of warwik come to london froÌ Calais well be seyn and worshÌipfully with vi hondreth men in rede iakkettis brodderd with a ragged stafe be hynd be fore was logged at grafreris ¶ And the xvij day of march thee kyng come to london and the quene and ther wos a concorde Ì a pees made amonges thes lordis and they wer set in pees ¶ And on our lady day the xv day of Marche in the yere of our lord a M. cccc lviij the kyng the quene and all thes lordis went precessioÌn at poules in londoÌ anone after the kiÌg the lordis deêted ¶ And in this yere was a gret affray in fletestrete bitwen men of court and men of the same strete In wich affray the quenys attorney wos slayn ¶ How the kynges housold made afray ayenst the erle of warwike Ì of the Iourney at bloreheth ALso this same yere as therle of warwike wos at councell at westmynstre All the kynges housold menye gadred them to geder for to haue slayn the said Erle but by the helpe of god and his frendis he recouerid his barge Ì escapped ther euell enterprise How well the Cokis come runnyg out with spittis pestels ayens him· And the same day he rode toward warwike and sone after he gat him a comission and wenten ouer the see to Calais ¶ Sone after this the erle of Salisberi comyng to london wos encountred at Blureheth with the lord Awdeley and moch othir pepull ordeyned for to distroy him but he hauyng knawlech that he shuld be met with wos accomponied with his two sonnys sir Thomas and sir IohnÌ Neuill and a gret feliship of good men ¶ And so they faught to gedres wher therle of Salisberi whan the feld and the lord Awdeley wos slayn and moÌy gentilmen of Chesshire and moch pepull hurt and therles two sonnys wer hurt and goyng homward afterward they wer taken and had to chestre by the quemes menye ¶ After Calixt Pius wos pope and was chosin this yere a M. cccc Ì lviij And he wos called be fore Eneas an eloquent man and a poete laureate He was embassatour of the emprours a fore tyme And he wrote in the couÌcell of basilie a nobull traittie for the auctorite of the same ¶ Also he canonised sent Katherine of senys This pope ordined gret indulgens and pardon to them that wold go and were ayenst the turke wrote an epistle to the gret turke exorting him to becum cristyn Ì iÌ the end he ordined a passage ayenst thee Turke at Ankone to wich moch pepull drew out of all êties of cristyndoÌ of wich pepull he sent mony home ayen because thei suffised not anone after he died at the said place of Ankone the yere of our lord a M. cccc.lxiiij the xiiij day of august ¶ How Andrew Trollop Ì the soudiours of calais forsoke the duke of yorke ther mastir therle of warwik iÌ the west cuntre THe duke of yorke the erles of warwike and of Salisbiri saw the gouernaunce of the reame stode most by the quene hir councell how the gret princes of the land wer not callid to councell but set a ête not onli so bot it wos said thurgh the reame that tho said lordis shuld be destroyed vtterli as it openli was shewed at Bloreheth by them that wold haue slayn the erle of salisberi ¶ Than thei for sauacion of ther lyues and also for the comyn well of the reame thoght for to remedie thes thyngê assembled them to gedre with moch pepull and toke a feld in thee west cuntre to wich the erle of warwike come from calais with mony of thold soudgers as Andrew trowlop othir in whos wisedom as for the were he moch trusted ¶ And whan they wereÌ thus assembled and made ther feld The king sent out his comissions and priue seals vn to all the lordis of his reame to cum await on him in ther most best defensable aray and so euery man come in such wise that the kyng wos stronger and had moch more pepull than the duke of yorke Ì the erles of warwik and salisberi For it is here to be noted that euery lord in englond at this time durst not disobey the quene for she rewled peasibly all that was done about the kyng wich wos a good simple and an Innocent man ¶ And than when the kyng wos comen to the place wher as they wer the duke of yorke Ì his feliship had made ther felde in the strongest wise ⪠and had purposid verely to haue byden and haue foughten but in the nyght Andrew Trollop Ì all the old soudiours of Calais with a gret feliship sodenly deêted out of the dukis host Ì went streght vn to the kynges feld ther they wer ressaued ioyously for they knew th entent of the othir lordis also the maner of ther feldis ¶ And than the duke of york with the othir lordis seyng them dissaued toke a couÌcell shortely in that same nyght deêtid froÌ thee feld leuyng behynd them the most parti of ther pepull to kepe the feld till on thee morn ¶ Then the duke of yorke with his secund son deêtid thurgh wales toward Irland leuyng his eldest son the Erle of the march with the erles of warwik of Salusberi wich rode to geder with iij. or iiij êsons streght in to Deuenshire ther bi help and ayde of on Denham a squier wich gate for them a ship wich cost .cc.xx. nobles with thee same ship sailed from thens
of the stepull in the castell of Douer fell douÌe this same yere ¶ How the noble duke of yorke wos slayn and of the feld of wakefeld and of the secund Iourney at sent Albons by the quene and the prince THen for as moch os the quene with the prince hir son was iÌ the Northcuntre and absent hir from the kyng and wold not obeye such thynges as wos concludid in the parlament it was ordeyned that the duke of Yorke as protectour shuld go Northward for to bring in the quene subdue suche as wold not obeye wyth whom weÌt the erle of Salisberi sir Thomas Neuill his sone with moche pepull· And at wakefeld in Cristemasse weke they wer all ouerthrowen and slayn by the lordis of the quenis partie that is to wit the Duke of yorke wos slayn the erle of Rutland sir Thomas Neuill and mony mo and therle of salisburi wos takyn othir as IohnÌ harow of London Captayn and rewlar of the foot men and hanson of hull wich wer brought to pouÌfret and ther after behedid and ther hedis senten to yorke Ì set vpon the yatis ¶ And thus wos that nobull prince slayn the duke of yorke on whos soule and all cristyn soules god haue mercy And this tyme therle of marche beiÌg iÌ shrowsberi hering the deth of his fader desired assistence ayde of the touÌe to aveÌge his faders deth ¶ And from thens went to wales wher at Candilmase after he had a bataill at mortimers crosse ayenst therles of Penbroke and of wylshire wher therle of march had the victorie Then the quene wyth tho lordis of the north after they had distressâd and slayn thee Duke of Yoâke and his felishÌip com southward with a gret multitude and puissaunce of pepull for to cum to the kiÌg and defete such conclusions as had ben taken before by the parlament ayens whos commyng the duke of Norfolke the Erle of warwik wyth moch papull and ordinaunce went to sent Albons and sad kyng Henri wyth them And ther encountred to gedre in such wyse and faught so that the duke of Norffolke and the Erle of warwyke wyth mony othir of ther partie fled and lost yâ Iourney wher that kyng Henri was taken and with the quene and wyth the prince Edward his son wych two had geten that feld ¶ Then the quene and hir pertie beyng at ther aboue sent anone to london wych wos on askiswedineday the first day of Lente for vitaill for wych the mayre ordined by thauys of the Aldermen that certayn cartis laden with vitaill shuld be sent to Seint Albons vn to them ¶ And when that tho cartis come to Crepylgate the comunes of the cite that keped that gate token the vitaillis from the cartis and wold not suffre it to passe ¶ Then wer thââ certayn Aldermen and comuners appoyntid to go vn to Barnet for to speke wyth the quenes counsell for to entreyt that the Northerin men shuld be sent home in to their cuntre ayen For the cite of London dred sore to be robbed and despoyled yf they had comen ¶ And thus during this trayte tydynges comen that the Erle of Warwike had met wyth thee Erle of the Marche on Cottyswold comyng out of walis wyth a gret menye of walsshmen And that they both wer commyng vn to londonward ¶ Anone as thes tidyngê wer knoweÌ thâ trayâte was broken for the kyng quene prince and all thee othir lordis that weren with them departid from Seint Albons northward wyth all theâ pepull Yit or they departid from thens they hedid the lord bonuyle sir Thomas Kiriell wich wer taken in the iourney done on shroftewisday ¶ Then the duchis of yorke beyng at london hering of the losse of the feld at sânt albonis sent ouer se hir two yong sonnys George Richard wich went to vtrecht ¶ And Phâlip malpas a rich marchant of loÌdoÌ Thomas vaghan squier mastir willm hatteclif mony othir fering of the comyng of the quene to londoÌ toke a ship of andwarp for to haue gone in to Zeland· and on that other coost wer taken of on Colompne a franshmaÌ a ship of were Ì he toke them prisoners brought them in to fraunce wher they paied gret good for their ransum ther wos moch good riches iÌ that ship ¶ Of the deposiocion of kyng Henri the sext and how kyng Edward the fourth toke possession And of the bataill on palmesonâay how he wos crouned THen whan the erle of March and the Erle of warwike had mette to gedres on Cotiswold in continente they conclud for to go vn to london And sent word anone vn to the maire to the cite that they shuld cum and anane the cite was glad of their comyng hopyng to be releuyd by them ¶ And so they comen to london whaÌ they wer comyn Ì had spokiÌ with the lordis estates theÌ beiÌg ther ê¯cludid for as moch as kiÌg Henri was gone with them norward that he had forfited his croune Ì aught for to be deposed accordyng vn to the actes made and passid in the last parlament ¶ And so by thauys of the lordis spirituall and temperall then beyng at londoÌ the erle of the march Edward by thee grace of god oldest sun of Richard duke of yorke as rightfull heire next enheritour to his fader the iiij day of march the yer of our lord M. cccc lix toke possessioÌ of the reame of engloÌd at westmiÌster iÌ the gret hall after iÌ the chirch of the abbey offerd as king with the septre royall to whoÌ all the lordis both spirituall teÌêall did homage obeyssauÌce as to ther soferayn liege lord and kyng And forthwith it wos êclamid thurgh the cite kyng Edward the fourth of that name And anone after the kyng rood iÌ his riiâll astate northward with all his lordis to subdue his subiectis that tyme beyng in the north Ì to avenge his fadres deth ¶ And on Palme sonday after he had a gret bataill in the northcuntre at a place called Towton not fer from yorke wher with the help of god he gat thee feld and had the victorie wher wer slayn of his aduersaries xxx thousand men and mo as it wos said by them that wer ther. ¶ In wich bataill wos slayn the Erle of Northumberland the lord Clifford sir IohnÌ Neuill the erle of westmerlandis brother Andrew Trollopâ mony knyghtis squiers ¶ Then kyng Henri that had bene kyng beyng with the quene the prince at yorke hering the losse of that feld and so moch peple slam ouerthrowen anone forthwith deêtid all thre with the duke of sumerset the lord Roos othir toward Scotland ¶ And thee next day kyng Edward with all his armye entrid in to yorke wos ther proclamed kiÌg obeyed as he ought to be And the mair aldermen and comuns sworen to be his lege men And when
maletalent ¶ But wheÌ the good erle Thomas this herd he ansuerd in this maner and said lordis quod he if we gone toward the north the northeren men will say that we go toward the scottis Ì so we shall be holden traitours for cause of distance that is betwen kyng edward Ì Robert the brus that made him kiÌg of scotland and ther fore I sai as touchyng my self that I will not go no ferther in to the north than to myn own castell of PouÌfret ¶ And wen sir roger Clifford herd this he arose vp anone in wroth and drew his swerde on high suore by almyghty god and by his holi names but if that he wold go with them he shuld him sle ther. ¶ The nobull and gentill erle Thomas of Lancastre was sore adrad said fair sirs I will gon with you whither so euer ye me bidde ¶ Tho went they to gedres in to the north Ì with them they had vij C. men of armes and come to Burbrugge ¶ And when sir Andrew of herkela that was in the north cuÌtre thurgh ordynaunce of the kyng for to kepe the cuntre of scotland herd tell how that Thomas of lancastre wos discomfited and his ê¯panye at Burton vpon trent he ordyned him a strong pouer and sir Symond ward also that was tho shereue of yorke and met the baronnes at burbrugge and anone they breke the brugge that wos made of tre ¶ And whan sir thomas of Lancastre herde that sir Andrew of herkela had brought with him such a pouer he was sore a drad and sent for sir andrew of herkela and with him spake· and said to him in this maner ¶ Sir andrew quod he ye mow well vnderstond how that our lord the kyng is lad and misgouerned by moch fals councell thurgh sir hugh the Spenser the fadre and sir hugh his son and sir IohnÌ erle of Arundell and thurgh master Robert Baldoke a fals piled clerke that now is in the kynges court duelling Wherfore I pray yow that ye wold cum with vs with all the pouer that ye haue ordened and help to distro the venym of England and the tratours that bene therin and we will yeue vn to yow all the best parte of .v. erledoms that we haue and holdeth and we will make vn to you an oth that we wil neuer done thyng with out your councell and so ye shall bene eft as well with vs as euer wos Robert of Holand ¶ Tho ansuerd sir Andrew of herkela and said sir Thomas that wolde not I done ne consent ther to for no maner thing ye might me yeffe without the will and commauÌdement of our lore the kyng for than shuld I be holden a tratour for euer more ¶ And when that the nobull Erle Thomas of Lancastre saw that he wold not consent vn to him for no maner thing sir Androw he said will ye not consent for to distroye the venym of the reame as we be consent now at one worde sir Androw I tell the that or this yere be gone that ye shall be take and hold for a traitor and more than ony of yow hold vs now and in wors deth ye shall die than euer did any knyght of Englond And vnderstand well that ye did neuer thyng that sorer ye shall you repente and now goth Ì dothe what you good liketh And I wyll put me in to the mercy of god ¶ And so went the fals traytour tirant and as a fals for sworin maij for thurgh the noble Erle Thomas of Lancastre he vnderfenge the armes of chiualri and thurgh hiÌ he wos made a knyght ¶ Tho myght men see archeris drawe them in that one side and in that other and knyghtes also and foughten tho to gedre wonder sore and also among other sir Humfrey de Boughon Erle of herford a worthy knyght of renoune thurgh all cristyndome stode fought with his enmys vpon the bruge and as the nobull lord stode and faught vpon the brugge a thefe a ribaude skulked vnder the brugge fersly with a spere smote the nobull knyght in to the fouÌdement so that his bouell is comen out a bout his fete ther. ¶ Alas for sorow for ther was slayn the flour of solace of comforth and also of curtesie ¶ And sir Roger of Clifford a nobull knyght stode euer and faught well worthely him defendid as a nobull baron But at the last he was sore wounded in his hede sir willm of Sullay and sir Roger of bernefeld wer slayn at that bataill ¶ When sir Androw of herkela saw that sir Thomas men of lancastre lassed and slaked anone he and his compani comen vn to the gentill knyght sir Thomas of Lancastre said vn to him in high yelde the tratoure yeld the. ¶ The gentill Erle ansuerid tho and said Nay lordis trators be we none and to you will we neuer vs yeld while that our lyues last but leuer we haue to be slain in our treuth than yeld vs vn to yow ¶ And sir Androw ayen gard vpon sir Thomas componi yollyng as a wode wolfe Ì saied yelde you tratours takeÌ yeld you And said with an high vois beth war sires that none of yow be so hardy vpon lyfe and limme to mysdone Thomas bodi of Lancastre ¶ And with that word the good Erle Thomas weÌt iÌ to the chapell said kneling vpon his knees Ì turned his visage towardes the crosse and said Almyghty god to the I me yelde holli I put me vn to thy merci And with that the vileyns and ribaudes leped a boute him on euery syde as tirantis wode turmeÌtours and dispolid him of his armurie and clothed him in a robe of rey that was of his squyers liueira and forth lad him vn to yorke by water ¶ Tho myght men se moch sorow Ì care for thee gentill knyghtis fled in euery side Ì the ribaudis Ì the vileyns egreli them discried and gried an high yeld yow tratours yeld you ¶ And when they wer yolden they wer robbed bounde as thefues Alas the shame and dispite that the gentill ordir of knyghthod ther had at that bataill and the land was tho with out law for holy chirche tho had no more reuerance than it had bene a brodell hous and in that bataill was the fadre ayens the sone and the vncle ayens his nepheu For so moch vnkyn denes was neuer seyn before in Englond as wos that tyme among folke of one nacion ¶ For on kynrad had no more pitte of that other than an hungri wolfe hath of a shepe and it wos no wonder ¶ For the gret lordis of englond wer not all of one nacion but wer medled with other nacions that is for to say some Bretans some SaxoÌs som Danys some Pehites som Frensshemen some Normans some Spanyardis some Romans some Henaudes some Flemmyng and other diuerse nacions the which nacions
to the kynges pauilon Ì killed ther mony men in ther beddis cried some Naward naward an oder time a Douglos a douglas Wherfor the kyng that wos in his pauilon mech oder folk were wonder sore afraied but blyssid be almyghty god the kyng wos not taken in gret parell was tho the ream of englond ¶ And that nyght the mone shone full clere bright for all the kiÌgê meÌ the scottis ascappid harmeles ¶ And iÌ the morow whaÌ the kyng wist that the scottis wer a scappid iÌ to ther own cuntre he wos wonder sori Ì full hertely wepid with his yong eyn Ì yit wist he nott who had hiÌ done that treson bot that falÌs tresoun was full well knaw a good while after as the stori telleth ¶ Tho kiÌg edward come ayen to yorke full sorowfull his host deêted and euery man went in to his own cuntre with full heuy chere and mornyng semblant the henaudes toke ther leue Ì went iÌ to ther own cuntre the kynge for ther trauell hugeli them rewardid ¶ And for encheson of that viage the kyng had dispendid moch of his tresour wasted ¶ And in that tyme wer seyn ij mones in the firmament that on was clere that other was derke as men might se thurgh out the world and a gret debate wos that same tyme ayens pope Iohan the xxij after sent petre Ì the Emprour of Almayn tho made him Emprour ayens the popis wyll that tho held his see at Auinion ¶ Wherfor the eÌpror made his crie at Rome ordeyned an oder pope that hight Nycholas that wos a frere mynor and that was ayens the right of holy chirch ¶ Wherfor he wos cursed the pouer of that oder pope sone wos leid And for enchesoÌ that suche meruellis wer seyn meÌ said that the world was nygh at an end ¶ Of the deth of kyng Edward Carnariuan ANd now go we ayen to sir Edward of Carnariuan that was kyng Edward fadre sum tyme kyng of englond put doune of his dyngnite Alas for his tribulacion and sorow that him befell thurgh fals councell that he loued and triftid vpoÌ to moch that afterward wer destroyed thugh ther falsenesse as god wold ¶ And this Edward of Carnariuan wos in the castell of Berkelay vnder the kepyng of Sir Moris of Berkeley sir Iohan of Mautreus and to them he made his complaynt of his sorow and of his disese and oft tyme he axed of his wardens what he had trespased ayens Dame Isabell his wife and Sir edward his son that was made new king that they wold not viset him ¶ And tho ansuerid on of his wardeynes and said my worthy lord displese yow not that I shall tell you the encheson is for it is done them to vnderstond that if my lady your wife come any thing ny you that ye wold hir strangle and kyll and also that ye wold do to my lord your son the same ¶ Tho ansuered he with simple chere Alas alas am I not iÌ prison and all at your own will now god hit wote I thought it neuer and now I wold that I wer dede so wold god if that I wer for than wer all my sorow passed ¶ Hit was not long tyme after that the kyng thurgh ê¯cell of Roger Mortimer grauÌtid the ward kepiÌg of sir edward his fadre vn to sir Thomas Toiourney Ì to the forsaid sir IohnÌ Mautreuers thurgh the kynges lettre put out holy the forsaid sir Morice of the ward of the kyng they toke Ì led the kyng vn to the castell of Corfe the wich castell the kyng hated as any deth they keped hiÌ ther till it come vn to sent Mathewes day iÌ septeÌbre in the yere of grace M.ccc.xxvij that the forsaid sir Roger Mortimer sent the maner of the deth how Ì in what wise he shÌold be done to deth ¶ And anone as the forsaid Thomas Iohan had seyn the letter Ì commaundemeÌt they made kiÌg Edward Carnariuan good chere good so las as they myght at that soper nothiÌg the kiÌg wist of the tratorie ¶ And wheÌ time wos for to go to bedde the kiÌg went vn to his bed Ì lay slept fast as the king lay slept the tratourys fals for sworne ayens ther homage ther feaute come priueli in to the kynges chambre Ì ther company with them and laid an huge tabull vpoÌ his wombe with men pressed held fast douÌe the .iiij corners of the tabull vpon his body wherwith the good man awoke Ì wos wonder sore a drad to be dede ther and slayn and turned his body tho vpsedoune ¶ Tho toke the fals traitours and wode tirantis an horne and put it in to hys fundement as depe as they myght toke a spit of coper brennyng put it thurgh the horne in to his body and oft tymes roulled ther with his bowels and so they kylled ther lord that nothyng wos êsaued Ì after he was entered at glocestre ¶ How kyng Edward spoused Philip the Erles doughter of Henaud at Yorke ANd after Cristemasse tho next swyng sir IohnÌ of henaud brought with hiÌ Phelip his brothers doughter that was erle of Henaud his nece in to englond· Ì kiÌg edward spoused hir at york with moch honour ¶ And sir IohnÌ of Bothum bisshop of Ely and sir wyllm of melton Erchebisshop of yorke songen thee masse the sonday in the eue of ê¯uersion of sent Paule In the yere of grace a M.ccc.xxvij but for encheson that the kyng wos bot yong tendre of age when he wos crouned full mony wronges wer done while that his fadre leued for encheson that he trowed the councelers that wer fals a bout him that counceled him to done other wise than reson wold wherfor gret harme was done to the reame to the kyng all meÌ directid it the kiÌes dede Ì it was not so almighty god it wote Wher fore it wos ordeyned at the kynges crouning that the kyng for his tendre age shuld be gouerned by xij of the gretest lordis of englond with out wich no thiÌg shÌuld be done that is to sai The erchebisshop of Cantorburi the erchebishop of yorke the bisshop of wynchestre Ì the bisshop of herthforth the erle of Lancastre the erle marshall the erle of Kent that wer the kiÌges vnches the erle of Garenne sir Thomas wake sir heÌri of Perci sir oliuer of yngham IohnÌ of Roos barons ¶ All thes wer sworne trewly for to councell the kyng And they shuld ansuer euery yere in the êlament of that that shuld be don in the tyme of that gouernall bot that ordeynance wos sone vndone Ì that wos moch harme to all englond· ¶ For the kiÌg all the lordis that shuld gouerne hiÌ wer gouerned Ì ruled after the kyngê
leue of the kyng Ì of othir lordis Ì ladies wenten home ayen in to ther own cuntres with gret loue and moch thanke ¶ And in the xiij yere of kyng Richardis regne ther was a bataill done in the kynges palais at westmiÌstre bitwen a squyer of Nauerne that wos with the kyng Richard and an othir squier that wos called IohnÌ walsh for pointee of treson that this Naune put vpon this walshman but this naune wos ouer comen yeld him creaunt to his adusarie ¶ And anone he wos despoled of his armur draw out of the Palays to tiburne Ì ther wos hanged for his falsenesse ¶ And the xiiij yere of kyng Richardis regne sir IohnÌ of Gaunte duke of Lancâstre went ouer the see in to Spayn for to chalenge his right that he had bi his wifes titell vn to the croun of Spayn with a gret host of pepull of men of armes and archiers ¶ And he had with him the Duchisse his wife and his iij· doughters ouer see in to Spayn And ther they wer a gret while at the last the kyng of Spayn began for to tret with the duke of Lancastre they wer accerded to geder thurgh ther both councell in this maner that the kiÌg of spaiÌ shuld wedde the dukis doughter of lancastre that was the right heir of spayn and he shÌuld yef vn to the Duke of lancastre gold and seluer that wer cast in to gret wegges Ì moÌy other iewelles as mony as viij charietes myght carie ¶ And euery yere after during the life of the duke of Lancastre of the duchâs his wyf x. M. marke of gold Of wich gold the auenture charges they of spayn shuld auâÌture bring yerly vn to Bayon to the dukis assignes by surite made ¶ And also the duke maried an oder of his doughters vn to the kyng of Portingale the same tyme. And whan he had done thus he come home ayen in to englond the good lady his wyfe also but mony a worthy man vpon the flix died ¶ And in the xv yere of kyng Richardis regne hee held his cristeÌmase iÌ the maner of wodstoke the erle of Penbroke a yong lord tendre of age wold lerne to Iust with a knyght that was called sir IohnÌ sent IohnÌ riden to gedre in the parke of wodstoke And ther this worthi erle of penbroke was slayn with that othir knyghtis spere as he kest it from him whan they had coupled and thus this good erle made ther his end and ther for the kyng Ì the quene made moch sorow for his dethe ¶ And in the xvi yere of kyng Richardis regne IohnÌ hende beyng that tyme maire of london Iohan walworth Henri âanner beyng shereues of london that same time a bakers man bare a basket of horsbred in to fletstret toward on hostre ther come a yong man of the bisshoppis of Salisberi that wos called romayn and he toke an hors lofe out of the baskit of the bakers Ì he askid him why he did so and this romayn turned ayen brak the bakerhede And neghbours come out and wold haue a rested this romayn he brake from them fled to the lordis place the ê¯stabull wold haue had him out but the bisshoppis men shet fast the yates keped the place that no man might entre And than moch more pepull gadred thidder and said that they wold haue hiÌ out or elles they wold brenne vp the place and all that wer theriÌ Â¶ And than come the maire and sheriues with other moch pepull cessed the malice of the comunes Ì made euery man to go hom to ther houses kepe the pees ¶ And this romayns lord ther bisshop of Salisburi master Iohan waltham that at that tyme wos tresorer of englond went to sir Thomas Arundell erchebisshop of yorke chanceler of engloÌd Ì ther the bishop made his coÌplaint vn to the chanceler vpoÌ the pepull of the cite of london ¶ And than thes ij bisshoppis of gret malace veÌgeauÌce coÌ vn to the kyng to wyndesore Ì made a gret complaiÌte vpoÌ the maire Ì sheriues And anon all the cite afterward wer before the kiÌg his couÌcell Ì they cast vn to the cite a greuous hert and wonder gret malice ¶ And anoÌe sodeÌli the kiÌg sent after the maire of londoÌ for the ij· sheriues Ì thei come to him vn to the castell of wyndesore And the kyng rebukid the maire shÌeriues full foule for the offence that they had done ayens him and his officers in his chambur at londoÌ Wherfor he deposit and put out the mare and bothe sheriues Ì this wos done a xiiij daies afore the feste of sent Iohan baptest ¶ And than the kyng called to him a knyght that wos called sir Edward dalingrigge Ì made hiÌ wardeyn gaunour of the cite Ì chambur of londoÌ Ì ouer all his peple theriÌ Â¶ And so he kepid that office but iiij wekis be cause that he wos so gentill and tendir to the citisens of londoÌ Wherfor the kyng deposit him and made sir Baudwyn radyngton knyght that wos courtrouller of the kng housold wardeyn Ì gouernour of hys chambre and of his pepull therin and chese to him ij worthy men of the cite to be shiriues with him for to gaune and kepe the kyngee lawes in the cite· on was called Gilbert mawefeld and that other Thomas Newenton shereues and than the maire and the ij shereues and all the aldermen with all the worthy craftes of loÌdon went on fote vn to the tour and ther come out the Constable of the tour yaf the maire and the sheriues ther oth Ì charge as they shuld haue take in the Escheker of westmynstre in the kingê court of his Iustices and Barons of the Escheker and than went they home ayen ¶ And than the kyng and his councell for the gret malace and despite that they had to the cite of londoÌ remeued all his courtis from westmynstre vn to the cite of yorke that is to say the Chaunceler the Escheker the kyngê bench and the comune place· ther they held all thes courtes of law fro midsomer that is to say the fest of sent IohnÌ baptist vn to the fest of cristemase next suyng And than the kyng and his councell saw it not so êfitabull ther as it wos at londoÌ than anoÌe he remeued it ayen vn to londoÌ so to westminstre for gret ese of his offics a vauÌtage to the kyng and all the comunes of the reame ¶ And when the pepull of londoÌ saw Ì knew that thes courtes wer come ayen ¶ And the kyng his pepull also than the maire Ì the aldermen with thee chief comunes of the cite let gader a gret somme of gold of all the comunes of the
they wold haue do wrought they myght haue regned had ther will ther they told wich wer ther capitayns Ì gouernours Ì than the kiÌg comaunded them to the tour of londoÌ than toke mo of them both with in the cite with out Ì sent them to Newgate Ì to both couÌtres Ì than they wer brought iÌ examinacion before the clargie Ì the kinges Iustices ther they wer conuicted before the clargie for thir fals herisi and dampned before the Iustice for ther fals tresoÌ Â¶ this wos ther iugemeÌt that they shuld be draw froÌ the toure of london to sent Gilesfeld Ì ther to be honged breÌt on the galewes ¶ And also ther was taken sir Roger Actoâ knyght for heresi eke for tresoÌ ayens the kyng the reame he come a fore the clargi was ê¯uicte for his heresi to be breÌt dampnid before the Iustices to be draw froÌ the tour of londoÌ thurgh the cite to sent Gilesfeld Ì to be honged Ì brent ¶ And iÌ the secuÌd yere of kyng HeÌris regne the fifth he held a couÌcell of all the lordis of the reame at westmynster ther he put hiÌ this demauÌde prayeâ and besought them of ther goodnesse Ì of ther good councell and good will to shew him as touchyng the titell the right that he had to Normandie Gascoyn and Guyhenue the wich the kyng of fraunce withheld wrongfully and vnrightfully the wich his auncestres before him had be trew titell of conquest right heritage the wich Normandie Gascoyn and Guyhenne the good kyng edwarde of wyndesore and his auncestres before him had holdyn all ther lifes tyme. ¶ And his lordis yaf him couÌcell to send enbassetours vn to the kyng of fraunce Ì his couÌcell and that he shÌuld yeue vp vn to him his right heritage that is to say Normandye Gascoyn Guyhenne the wich his predicessours had hold afore ⪠hiÌ· or els he wold it wynne with dynt of swerd in short tyme with the help of almyghti god ¶ And than the Dolphyn of fraunce ansuerid to our embasfatours Ì said in this maner that the kyng was ouer yong and to tendre of age to make any were as ayens him Ì wos not like yet to be no good weriour to do to make such a coÌquest ther vpon him ¶ And somwhat in scorne and despite he sent to him a Tone full of tenys baules be cause he wold haue suÌ what for to play with all for him and for his lordis for that be come hiÌ bettir thaÌ for to maynten ony were ¶ And than anoÌe our lordis that wer embassatours token ther leue and come in to Englond ayen and told the kyng his couÌcell of the vngodli ansuer that they had of the Dolphyn and of the present the wich he had sent vn to our kyng ¶ And whan the kyng had herd ther wordis and the ansuere of the Dolphyn he wos wonder sore agreued right euell apayed toward the frenshmen Ì toward the kiÌg the Dolphyn thought to avenge hiÌ vpoÌ them as sone as god wold send him grace myght and anoÌe let make teÌnys balles for the Dolphyn in all the hast that myght be And they wer gret gonstonys for the Dolphyn to play with all ¶ And than anone the kyng sent for all his lordis and held a gret couÌcell at westmynster and told vn to them the ansuer that they had of the Dolphyn and of his worthy present that he sent to him and to his lordis to play with all ¶ And ther the kyng Ì his lordis wer accordid that they shuld be redy iÌ armes with ther pouer in the best aray that myght be done Ì get men of armis and arâhiers that myght be geten and all othir stuf that longed to were Ì to be redy with all ther retenue to mete at southampton be Lammasse next suyng with out ony delây wherfore the kyng ordeyned his nauy of shippis with all maner of stuff Ì vitaill that longed to such a weriour of all maner ordenauÌce in the hauen of southampton iÌ to the nombre of .ccc. xx sailles ¶ And than fell ther a gret dissese a foull mischief for ther wer iij. lordis wich that the kyng trustid moch on And thurgh fals couetise they had purposed and ymagined the kiÌgê deth thought to haue slayn him and all his brethir or he had take the see The wich wer named thus sir Richard erle of Cambrigge brothir to the duke of yorke The secund was the lord Scrope tresorer of englond The thrid wos sir Thomas Gray knyght of the northcuntre· ¶ And thees lordis afore said for lucrie of mony had made êmisse vn to the frenshmen for to haue slayn kyng Henri the fifth and all his brethir by a fallis trayn sodenli or they had be war ¶ But all myghti god of his gret grace held his holi hand ouer them saued them froÌ thees êllous menye ¶ And for to haue done this they resaued of the frenshmen a Million of gold that wos ther openli pruued ¶ And for thir fals treson they wer all ther Iuggid vn to the deth this was the IugemeÌt that they shuld be lad thurgh Hampton and without north gate ther to be heded Ì thus they endid ther life 's for ther fals couetise treson ¶ And anone as this wos done the kyng and all his menye made them redy went to shippe sailled forth with xv hondred shippis and ariued within Seyn at Kydecause vpoÌ our ladies eue the Assumpcion in Normandie with all his ordinauÌce And so went him forth to Harflet he beseged the toune all about by laÌd and eke by water and sent to the capitayn of the toune and charged him to deliuer the toune And the capitayn said that he deliuerid him none ne none he wold him yeld but bad him do his best ¶ And than our kyng laid his ordinauÌce vn to the touÌe that is for to say Gonnys Engynes Ì Tripgettes shetten Ì cast to the walles Ì eke vn to the touÌe Ì cast doune both toures and toune laid them on the erth and ther be played at the tennys with his hard gonstonys ¶ And they that wer within the touÌe whaÌ they shuld play ther song wos wellaway Ì alas that euer any such tennys balles wer made cursid all tho that were began the tyme that euer they wer borne ¶ And on the morow the kiÌg did crie at euer gate of the touÌe that euery man shÌuld be redy on thee morow erly to make assaute vn to the toune ¶ And willyam Bouchier and IohnÌ Graunt with xij othir worthy burgies come to the kyng and besought him of his riall princehode Ì power to withdraw his malice and destruccion
Subandy the wich wos cosin and alied almost to all the princes of cristyndoÌ and euerychon left him Then iÌ the yere after ther wos a pees made Felix resauid for it plesid our lord his name to be glorified by a obiect of the world as wos that Ianuens· in comêison to the duke the pope This Nicholas was a maister in diuinite and actiue man a rich man iÌ ê¯saites moÌy thyngê that wer fallen he bildid ayen all the wallis of rome he renewed for dred of the Turke And ther was a uerse made of this vnite and publisit in the cite Lux fulsit muÌdo cessit felix nicholao And that iÌ the yere of our lord M.iiijC.xlix The yer of grece with a gret deuocion was ê¯firmid Ì innumerabull pepull weÌt to the apostill setis ¶ How kyng Henri the vi regned beyng a child not oon yere of age of the bataill of vernaill in Perche AFter kyng Henri the v. regned henri his son but a child and not fulli on yere of age whos regne began the frist day of Septembre in the yere of our lord M. cccc.xxij This king beyng iÌ his cradell wos moch dowtid and drad by cause of the gret ê¯quest of his fader Ì also the wysdoÌ guydyng of his vncles the duke of Bedford Ì the duke of Gloucestre ¶ This yere the xxi day of October dyed Charles the kyng of frauÌce lieth beried at sent Denys And than wos the duke of bedford made regent of fraunce And the duke of Gloucestre wos made êtector and defendour of englond ¶ And the frist day of march after wos sir willm Taillour prest degradid of his presthode and on the morow after he wos brint iÌ smythfeld for herise ¶ Thys yere sir Iames stiward kyng of scottis maried Dame Iane the duches doughter of Clarence of hir frist housband the erle of somerset at sent mari ouays ¶ Also this yere the xvij day of August wos the bataill of vernaill in perche bitwen the duke of bedford regeÌt of frauÌce Ì the duke of AlauÌsone wich was a gret bataill The duke of Bedford had â on his sid with hiÌ the erle of salusberi MouÌtagu the lord Talbot all the pouer that they coud make in Normandie the garysouns kept And also mony Capitayns with moch pepull of the duke of Borgoyns ¶ And on that other side was the duke of Alaunson the duke of Turon that wos therle douglas the erle Boughan with moÌy lordis of frauÌce Ì gret coÌponie of scottis and Armynakis And than the Erle douglas called the duke of Bedford Iohan with the leden swerd And he sent him word ayen that he shÌold find that day that his swerde wos of stele ¶ And so the bataill ioyned on both sides and faught long tyme that ther wist no man who shÌold haue the better a gret while bot at the last as god wold the victori fell vn to the English partie For ther wer slaiÌ the erle douglas wich a litel before wos made duke of Turon the erle of boughan the erle of Almarre the erle of TouÌar the erle of vauÌtedor and the viscount of Nerbonne wich was on of them that slew duke IohnÌ of Borgoyn knelyng before the Dolphyn Ì mony mo vn to the nombre of x. thosand and mo And ther wos taken prisoners thee duke of AlauÌson and mony othir lordid and gentillis of frauÌce bot scottis that day wer slayn doune right the substance of them all ¶ And the thrid yere of kyng henri the sext the Duke of Gloucestre maried the duchisse of holand weÌt ouer the se with hir in to henaude for to take possession of hys wyfes heritance wher he wos honorably receyuid and taken for lord of the land bot sone after he was fayn to returne home ayen tho and left his wyfe Ì all his tresour that he had broght with him in a toune that is called Mounse in henaud wich promised him for to be trew to him Notwithstondyng they deliuered the lady vn to the duke of borgoyn wich sent hir to Gaunt And from thens she ascapid in a man nys clothyng and come in to Zeland to a touÌe of hir own callid Ziorixee And from thens she went to a toune in holand called the Ghowde and ther shÌe wos strong ynowgh and withstode the said duke of Burgoyn ¶ And sone after the duke of gloucestre sent ouer in to Zeland the lord fitzwater with certayn men of were and archiers for to help and socour the forsaid duchefse of holand wich âandit at a place in Zeland called brewers hauen wher the lordis of the contre come douÌe and faght with him and in conclosion he wos fayn to with draw him and his meny to the see ayen But yit he slew and hurt diuerse lordis and moch pepull of that same cuntre And so retourned home ayen with his meny and preuaylid no thyng ¶ And also this same yere theâ Erle of Salusberi the erle of suffolke the lord Wylby and thee lord scalis with ther retenue laid sege to the cite of Manus the wich cite wos yolden to them with mony othir strong touÌes and Castellis to the nombre of xxxvi ¶ This tyme all NormaÌdie and a gret part of frauÌce vn to Orliaunce wos vnder the obeyssaunce of the kyng of englond And all the remenauÌt of fraunce wos in gret tribulacion and mischief ¶ How ther wos a gret fray lyke to haue bene bitwene the cardinall the duke of Gloucestre And of the coronacion of king Henri the sext both in englond in frauÌce IN the iiij yere the same nyght that the maire of london Iohan Couentre had takyn his charge was a gret watch in London for a fray that wos betwen the bisshop of wynchestre and the Duke of Gloucestre protectour c ¶ For the maire with the pepull of the cite wold abide bi the duke of gloucestre as êtectour of the reame bot by labour of lordis that went bitwen in speciall by the labour of the prince of Portyngale ther was a pointement taken that ther was no harme done And after the bataill of verneyll in perche thee duke of bedford com ouer in to Englond And on witsonday this same yere at Laycestre he dubbed kyng Henri knyght And forthwith the said kyng Henry dubbed all thes knyghtis whos names folowith that is to wit sir Richard duke of yorke also the son and heir of the duke of Norfolke the erle of Oxford the Erle of westmerland the son and heir of the erle of Northumburland the son Ì heir of the erle of vrmond the lord Roos sir Iamys buttelar the lord martrauas sir Henry gray of Tankeruile sir willm Neuill lord fawconbrigge sir George Neulll lorde latimer the lord wellis the lord berkle the son and heir of the lord Talbot sir Raufe gray of werk Sir robert veer sir Richad gray sir Edmond hongerford Sir Robert
fighting wiche endurid a gret wyle but in conclusion the duke of yorke obtened had the victorie of that iournay ¶ In wich wos slayn the duke of somerset the erle of NorthuÌberland the lord Clifoord mony knyghtis squiers moÌy mo hurt ¶ And on the morne after they brought the kyng in gret astate to londoÌ wich was logged in the bisshoppis palais of london ¶ And anone after wos a gretêlament In wich êlament the duke of yorke wos made êtectour of Englond the erle of werwike Capitoyn of Calais the erle of Salisberi Chancelar of englond And all such parsons as had the rewle be fore about the kiÌg wer set a part myght not rule as they did be fore ¶ And this same yere died pope Nicholas the v. and after him was Calixte the thrid This calixt wos a catalane and thactis of him shall be shewyd sone after ¶ In this same yere fell a gret affray in London ayenst the Lumbardes The cause began because a yong man toke a dagger from a lumbard and brake it wherfore the yong man on thee morne wos sent fore to cum before the mayre and the aldermeÌ and ther for the offence he wos comytted to warde ¶ And then the maire deêted from the gyldhall for to go home vn to his dynner but in the Chepe the yong men of the mercerie for the most part preÌtises held the maire and sheriues styll in châpe and wold not suffre them to depart vn to the tyme that ther felow wich wos comitted to ward wer deliuered and so bi force they rescued ther felow from prison and that done the maire and sheriues departed Ì the prisoner deliuered wich if he had bene put to prison had be in iupardie of his life ¶ And than began a romur in the cite ayenst the lumbardis and the same euenyng the handcraftimen of the toune arose and ran to the lumbardis houses and despoiled Ì robbed diuerse of them wherfore the maire and aldermen come with the honest pepull of the cite drofe them thens and sent sum of them that had stolen to newgate ¶ And the yong man that wos rescued by his felowes saw this gret romur afray and roborie enshewed of his frist meuyng to the lumbard deêtid and went to westmynstre to sentorie or els it had cost him his life For anoÌe after come doune an Oeyr determyne for to do Iustice on all them that so rebelled in the cite ayens the Lumbardis on wich sat with the maire that time willm Marow the duke of Bakyngham and mony othir lordis for to see execucion done ¶ But the comunes of the cite secretly made them redy and did arme them in ther houses wer inpurposed for to haue rongyn the comune bell wich is called bow bell but they wer let by sad men wich come to the knowleche of the duke of Bokyngham and othir lordis and incontinente they arose for they durst nolanger abide For they doutid that the hole cite shÌuld haue arisen ayenst them ¶ But yit neuerthelesse two or iij. of the cite wer Iugged to deth for this robborie Ì wer honged at Tiborne ¶ Anone after the kyng Ì the quene and othir lordis rode vn to Couentre and withdrew them froÌ london for thies cause Ì a litell before the duke of yorke wos seÌt fore to Grenwich ther wos discharged of the êtectourship And my lord of Salisberi of his Chancelarship Ì after this thei wer sent fore by priue seale for to cum vn to couentre wher they wer almost deceyued the erle of werwike also and shuld haue bene destruyed if they had not seyn well to ¶ How the lord Egremond was taken by the erle of Salisberi sonnys and of the robbyng of Sandwich THis yere wer takyn iiij gret fisshes bitwen Eereth and london that on wos called mors marine the secund was a swerd fisshe and the othir twayn wer whales ¶ In this same yere for certan affrayes done in the northcuntre bitwen the lord Egremond and the Erle of Salisburi sonnys the said lord Egremond whom they had takyn was condempned in a gret soum of monay to the said Erle of salisburi and therfore comittid iÌ to prison in newgate in london wher when he had bee a certayn space he brake thee prisun and iij. prisoners with him and ascapid and went his way ¶ Also this yere thee Erle of werwik and his wyfe went to Calais with a fair feliship and toke possession of his office ¶ About this tyme was a gret reformacion of mony monasteries of religion in diuerse parties of the world wich wer reformid after the frist institucion continued in moÌy places ¶ This same yere wos a gret bataill in the marches bytwen the land of Hungrie and the Turkye at a place called septedrad wher innumerabull Turkis wer slayn more by miracle thaÌ by mannys hond For only the hand of god smote them sent IohnÌ of capistrane wos ther present and prouoked the cristyn pepull beyng then aferd after to porsue the Turkis wher an infinite multitude wer slayn and destroyed And the Turkis said that a gret nombre of armed men folowed them that they wer aferd to turne ayen and they wer holi angellis ¶ This same yere the prisoners of newgate in london brake ther prison went vp on the leedis fought ayens them of the cite Ì kepid the gate a long while but at the last the toune gat the prison on them than they wer put in fetrris Ì Irons wer sore punysshed mensamof othir ¶ In this yere also ther wos a gret erthquake in Naples in so moch that ther perisshed xl· thousand pepull that sanke ther in to the erth ¶ Item in the yere xxxvi sent Osmond sum tyme bisshop of Salisberi wos canonised at Reme by pope Caliste And the xvi day of Iuyll he was translated at Salisbery by the bisshop of Cantorburie and mony othir bisshoppis ¶ And in August after sir Pers de Bresay seneschall of Normandi with the Capitayn of Depe and mony othir Capitayns and men of were went to the see with a gret nauy and come in to the Downes by nyght on the morne erly before day they londid and come vn to Sandwych both by land and water and token the toune and Rifled and despoiled it and toke mony prisoners And left the toune all bare wich wos a rich place and moche good therin And lad with them mony rich prisoners ¶ In this same yere in mony places of fraunce Almayn flauÌdris Holand and Zeland Childer gadrid them to geder by gret companies for to go on pylgrimage to sent Mihele mount iÌ Normandie wich come from fer cuntries wherof the pepull maruellid and mony supposid that sum wickid spret meued them to do so bot it endurid not long be cause of the long way and also for lake of vitaill as they went ¶ In this
in to garnesey And ther refresshid them and from thens sailed to Calais wher they wer resaued in to the castell by the postren or they of the toune wist of it And the duke of yorke toke shippyng in walis and sailed ouer in to Irland wher he wos well resayued ¶ How therles of march warwik Ì salisberi entrid in to Calais how therle of warwik went in to Irland THen kyng Henri beyng with his host in the feld not knowyng of this soden deêting on the morne fonde none in the felde of the said lordis sent owt in all the hast men for to folowe pursue after to take them but they met not with them as god wold and then the kyng went to Ludlowe Ì dispoiled the castell and the toune and sent the duches of yorke with hir child to my lady of Bokyngham hir sustre· wher she wos kepid long tyme after ¶ And forthwith the kyng ordeyned the duke of Somersete to be capitayn of Calais And thes othir lordis so deêted as afore is said wer êclamid rebellis gret traytours ¶ Then thee duke of Somerset âoke to him all the soudiours that deêted froÌ the feld and made him redy in all the hast to go to calais Ì take pocession of his office Ì whan he come he fond therle of warwike therin as Capitain Ì therles of march of Salisberi also Ì than he landid by scales went to Guisnes Ì ther he wos resaued it fortoned that sum of tho shÌippis that come ouer with him come iÌ to calais hauen by ther fre will for the shipmen ought more fauour to therle of warwike than to the duke of somerset in wich shÌippis wer takin diuerse meÌ as Ienyn finkhill IohnÌ felow Kailles and purser wich wer behedid sone after in Calais· ¶ And after this come men daly ouer the see to thies lordis to calais and began to wax stronger Ì stronger And they borowed moch good of the staple ¶ And on that othir side the duke of somersete beyng in Guysnes gat pepull to him wich come out and scarmusshed with them of Calais and they of Calais with them wiche endurid mony dayes During thus this same scarmusshyng moch pepull dayly come ouer vn to thes lordis ¶ Than on a tyme by the avise of counsell the lordis at Calais sent ouer master Denham with a gret feliship to sandwich wich toke the toune Ì theriÌ the lord Riueris the lord Scalis his son toke moÌi shippis in the haueÌ brought them all to Calais with wich shippis mony marinere of ther fre will come to calais to serue the erle of warwike ¶ And after this the erle of werwike by thauys of the lordis toke all his shippis mannyd them well sailed him self in to Irland for to speke with the duke of yorke to take his avise how they shÌuld entre iÌ to engloÌd ayen ¶ And when he had be ther done his erandis he returned ayen toward Calais and brought with him his modre the countesse of salisberi ¶ And comyng in the west cuntre vpon the se the duke of Excestre amirell of englond beyng in the grace of Due accompanied with mony shippis of were met with therle of warwik and his flete but they faught not for the substance of the pepull beyng with the duke of Excestre ought bettir will more fauour to the erle of warwike thaÌ to him and they deêted come to calais in saufte blissid be god ¶ Then the kyngê councell seyng that thes lordis âad getin thos shippis froÌ sandwich takyn the lord Riuers his son· ordined a garnyson at sandwich to abide and kepe the toune made on MouÌtford capitayn of the touÌe that no man ne vitaill ne marchand that shuld go in to flauÌdres shuld go in to Calais ¶ Then they of calais seyng this made out master DenhaÌ mony othir to go to sandwych so they did and assailed the touÌe by water by lond gat it brought MouÌtford ther capitayn ouer se to Rysebanke ther smoti of hys hede yit dayly men com ouer to them out of all êties of englond ¶ How the erles of march and of warwike of salisberi enterid in to englond And of the feld of Northamton wher diuerse lordis wer slayn ANd after this the fore said erles of March warwik and of Salisberi come ouer to Douer with moch pepull and their landid ⪠to whom all the cuntre drew and come to LondoÌ armed ¶ And for to let the lordis of the kynges councell know their treuth and also ther entent assembled them Ì told them that they entendit no harme vn to the kyngê parson sauf that thei wold put from him such êsons as wer about him And so deêted froÌ londoÌ with a gret puissaunce toward Northamton wher the kyng was accompanied with mony lordis and had made a strong feld wyth out the toune and ther both parties met and wos foughten a grete bataill In wich bataill wer slayn the duke of Bokyngham the erle of Shrowesberi the viscounte Beamond the lord Egremond and mony knyghtis and squiers othir also and the kiÌg him self wos taken in the feld and afterward brought to london· ¶ And anone after wos a parlament at westmynstre during wich parlament the duke of yorke come out of Irland with the erle of Rutland ridyng with a gret felishÌip iÌ to the palais at westmynstre and toke the kynges palais And come in to the parlament chambre Ì ther toke the kynges place and clamed the crouned as his propre enheritaunce and right and cast forth in writiÌg his titell Ì also how he wos rightfull heir wherfore was moch to do but in conclusion it was appointed and ê¯cludid that kyng henri shÌold regne and be kyng during his naturall life For as moch as he had be kyng so long and wos possessid and after hys deth the duke of yorke shuld be kyng and his heiris kyngê after him And forthwith shuld be êclamed heire apparaunt· and shÌuld also be protectour and regent of Englond during the kynges life with mony othir thyngis ordeyned in the same parlament and yf kyng Henri during his life went from this oppoynttement or ony article concludid in the said parlament he shuld be deposid and the duke shuld take the croune and be kyng all wich thyngê wer enacted by the auctorite of the said parlament att wich parlamenÌt the comunes of the reame beyng assembled in the comune hous comonyng and treating vpoÌ the titell of the said duke of yorke sodenli fell doun the croune wich honge then in the middes of the said hous wich is the frayter of the abbey of westmynstre wich was taken for a êdige or token that the regne of kyng Henri was endid And also the croune wich stode on the hyghest toure
romaÌs for êcialyte of ij bretheren s. Aristobolus and Ercanus bothe of them for enuy of odirkest them to the Romans that they myght regne ¶ This tyme iij sonnes appered in heuyn toward the est parte of the world the wich be lytill and lytyll wer brought in to on body A gret signe it wos that Affrica Asia Ì Europa shuld be brought in to on Monarch and that the lordship of Anthom the senetour and Lucus Antonij shuld turne in to on lordship Marcus Cicerio Tulyus the most excelent retricion wos consull of Rome this tyme. ¶ How that the Bretons graunted vn to Cassibolan that wos Ludd brother the land In whos tyme iulyus cesar come twyes for to conquere the lond of bretan AFter the deth of kyng Lud regned his brother Cassibolon and become a good man and mych belowed of his bretoÌs so that for his goodnes and curtesie they graunted hym the reame for euermore to hym and to his ayres And the kyng of his goodnes let norisch worthely bothe the sonnys that wos Ludis his brother and after made the eldest son erle of Cornwaill Ì the yongest son he made erle of London And while this kyng cassibulon regned come Iulius cesar that wos Emprour of Rome iÌ to this land with a pouer of romans and wold haue had thys land thurgh strength but Cassibalon ouer come hym iÌ batell thurgh helpe of the bretons and drofe hym out of this land and he went ayen to rome and assemled a gret pouer an other tyme and come ayene in to this land for to gif batell to Cassibalan bot he wos discomfitied thurgh strenght of the britons and thurgh helpe of the erle of cornwaill and the erle of London his brother and thurgh help of Gudian kyng of scotland and corbond kyng the kyng of north walles and of Bretaill kyng of southwales Ì in thys batell wos slayn Nennon that wos cassibolams brother wherfor he made moch sorow And so went Iulius cesar out of this land with a few of Romans that were left on lyue And tho Cassibalan went ayene to LondoÌ made a fest vn to all his folke that tho hym had holpen and when that this fest was done ther euery man went in to his own cuntre ¶ Of the debate that wos bitwix cassibolom an the Erle of LondoÌ of the truage that was paied to Rome ANd after it befell thus vpon a day that the gentilmen of the kynges houshold and gentilmeÌ of the Erles houshold of lÌondon after mete went in fere for to play and thurgh debate that arose emong them Enelyn that wos the erles cosen of London kyiled Irenglas that wos the kynges cosin wherfor the kyng swore that Enelyn shold be honged bot the Erle of London that was Enelyns lord wold not suffre hym wherfor the kyng was gretly vexid and wroth towarde the Erle and thought him to destru preualy the Erle seÌt lettres to Iulius cesar that he shold cum iÌ to this land for to helpe hiÌ hiÌ a venge vpon the kiÌg Ì he wold help hym with all his myght And when that the Emprour herd this tidyngê he was full glad Ì ordeyned a stroÌg pouer and come a yene the thrid tyme in to this land and the Erle of London helpe hym with vijM. men and at the thrid tyme was Cassibalon ouer comen and discomfited and made pees to the Emprour for iijM. ponde of syluer yeldyng by yere for truage for this land for euer more And then half a yere after passed the Emprour weent vn to rome and the erle of London with hym for he durst not abid in this land and after Cassibolan regned xvij yere in pees tho he died the xvij yere of his regne and lieth at yorke ¶ How that the lordis off the land after the deth of Cassibolan and for encheson that he had no heir made Andragen kyng AFter the deth of Cassibolon for as myche as he had none heir of his lefull body begottyn the lordes of the lond bi the comyns asent crouned Andragen Erle of Cornwaill and made hym kyng and he regned well and worthely and he wos a good man and well gouerned the lond and when he had regned viij yere then he died and lieth at London Circa annuÌ muÌdi vM.C.lix Et xpÌi natiuitateÌ xl IOseph of the lyne of crist abowt this tyme wos borne and after wos husband vn to our lady Antigonus was Bysshope this tyme in the Iuri This Antigonus was son vn to Aristoboly and on euery side he was fals for he obeyed not to the Romans and a gret plage he brouaht vn to the land for to destruy Hircanus his vnkyll that he mygh regne kyng And so Hircanuu was expulsed and Falelus wos kylled· and Herod wos flemyd bot wheÌ Herod come vn te Rome and told to the Senetours all thes thynges The Emprour creatit hiÌ kyng seÌdiÌg with hiÌ an host the wich toke ierusalem And Antigonum the Bysshope taken led to Anthony the senetour the wich made hym sekyr And so wos Herod confirmed in to his kiÌgdoÌ Ì he a strang regned on the iues And so the kiÌgdoÌ of the iues seesyd as Iacob had said Titê° liuiê° historicê° and Ouidius wer this tyme. IncipiuÌt imêatores augusti âet dictus est Augustus quia augebat populuÌ OCtauian wos Emêour of rome lvij yere vi monethes and x. dayes This Octauian Neuew to Iuly wen he wos a yonge man toke the Empire vpon hym His florichyng youth he spend in were .vM. batels he did And chortly after mony batels he brought all the world in to on monarche This maÌ had no felow And in his dayes pees was iÌ all the world thurgh the prouision of the veray god that the temporall pees myght glorify the Natiuite of our sauyour crist ihesu This Octauian wos the fayrest man that myght be and hegh in witt the most fortunate in all thynges and he lakked not the vice of his fleshly lust This man made all the world to be mesured and the .lij. yere of his regne wos our lord Ihesu crist borne the sauer of this world the wich granteth eternall pees to his louery ¶ Hic nota secund ieroiÌmuÌ that Anna and Emeria wer sistirs and of Emeria wos borne Elezabeth mother to IohnÌ baptiste she wos fyâst wedded to Iochym of whom she toke Mari mother of crist ¶ The secuÌd housbond wos Cleaphe he gat on hir Maria Cleaphe the wich wos wedded to Alphe of whom procedid Iamys the lesse Symon Cananeus Iudas Taddeus Ì ioseph the wich is called Barsabas ¶ The thrid tyme anna wos wedded to Salome of whom she toke Mari salome the wich was weddid to Zebedi Ì of them coÌ iamis the more and iohnÌ the EuaÌgelist the first mari wedded ioseph broder to Cleaphe a fore sayd ¶ Thys tyme Sibilla tiburtina êphesied of crist And sayed to the Emêour august that he shold not
of ther award ¶ The kyng wold not them gayn say but as moche as they ordeyned he graunted and confermed And so wos thee Erle Godwyne accorded with the kyng and so he had ayen all his land And afterward he bere him so well and so wysely that thee kyng hym loued wonder moch and with him he was full priue And with in a litell tyme thei loued so mache that ther the kyng spoused Godwyns doughter Ì made hir quene ¶ And neuertheles for tho the kyng had a wife he leued euer more iÌ chastite iÌ cleÌnes of body with out any fleshly dede doyng with his wife and the quene also in hir halfe lad an holy life ij yere and died ¶ And afterward the kiÌg lyued all his lyfe with out any wife ¶ The kiÌg yaf the erldon of Oxford to Harold that wos godwiÌ sone made hiÌ herle ¶ And so well they wer beloued both the fadre he so priue with the king both the fadre the son that they might done what thyng they wold by right ¶ For ayens right wold he nothing done for no maner man so good trew he wos of coÌscicience therfor our lord IhuÌ crist gret special loue to hiÌ shewed ¶ How kyng Edward saw Swyne kyng of denmarke drenched iÌ the se iÌ the tyme of the sacrameÌt as he stode Ì herd masse IT befell vpon whitsonday as kyng Edward herd his masse in the gret chirche of westmynster right at the leuacioÌ of Ihesu cristis body Ì as all men were gadred in to the chirche come nere the auter for to se the sacring the kyng his handis lyft vp on high Ì a gret laughter toke vp wherfor all that abouâe him stod gretly gon wonder And after masse the axed why the kynges laughter was ¶ Fair lordis qd the kiÌg edward I saw Swyne the yoÌger that wos kiÌg of deÌmarke cuÌ iÌ to the see with all his pouer for to haue comeÌ iÌ to engloÌd vpoÌ vs to where I saw hiÌ all his folke drenched iÌ the see ¶ And all this I saw iÌ the eleuacioÌ of ihuÌ cristis bodi bitwen the pristis handis Ì I had therof so gret ioye that i might not my laughtÌ withhold ¶ And the erle Leuerich beside him stod at the leuacioÌ Ì opeÌly he saw thee forme of brede turne iÌ to the liknes of a chyld yoÌg toke vp his right hond Ì blissed the kiÌg afterward the erle the erle anone turned him toward the kyng to make hiÌ se that holy sight ¶ And tho said the kyng Sir erle qd he iÌ se well that ye se thankid be god that i haue honourd my god my saueour visiblly ihuÌ crist in forme of man whos name be blissed in ãâã âorldes AMEN ¶ How the ring that sent edward had yeuen to a poerpilgram for the loue of god Ì sent iohnÌ euangelist come ayen to kyng edward THis nobull man sent edward regned xiij yere and thus it befell vpon a tyme before er he died that ij men of englond were went in to the holy land and had done ther pylgramage and wer goyng ayene in to ther own cuntre wher they come fro ¶ And as they went in the way they met a pylgrame that courtasly them salued and axed of them in what land and in what cuÌtre they were borne and they sayd in englond ¶ Tho axid he who was kyng of englond and they ansured and sayd the good kyng Edward Fair frendis tho sayd the pilgram when that ye cum in to your cuntre ayene I pray you that ye wold go vn to kyng Edward and oft tymes him grete in myne name And oft tymes him thanke of his gret curtasi that he come hath done naÌây for the ring that he yaf me when he had herd masse at westmynster for sent IohnÌ loue Euangelest and toke tho the ring Ì toke it to the pilgrames and sayd I pray you nou gone and bere this ring and take it vn to kyng Edward and tell him that I send it him and a full riche yeft I wyll him yeue For vpon the xij day he shall cum to me euer more duell in blisse with owt any end ¶ Sir sayd the pilgremes what man be ye and in what cuntre is your duellyng ¶ Fair frendis quod he I am IohnÌ thee Euangelest and I am duellyng with almyghty god and your kyng Edward is my frende and I loue him in specialy for the encheson that he hath euer more leued in clennesse and is a clene maid And I pray you my message all for done as I haue you saied ¶ When that sent IohnÌ the Euangelest had them thâ charged sodenly he voided out of ther sightes bothe· ¶ The pilgrames tho thankid almyghti god and wente forth in ther way ¶ And wheÌ they had gone ij or iij. myle they began to wax weri set them a doune them for to rest and so they fel on step ¶ And whâ they had slepid well on of theÌ awoke Ì lyft vp his hede and lokyd a bout sayed vn to his felaw arise vp and wend we in our way ¶ What sayd that on felow vn to that other wher be we now Certes sayd that other it semeth me that this is not the same contre that we layd vs doune in for to rest and slepe For we wer from Ierusalem but iij. myles ¶ They toke vp ther handis and blissed them went forth in ther way ¶ And as they went in ther way they saw shepeherdes goyng with ther shepe that spekeÌ none other lanage bot english ¶ Leue frendis qd on of the pylgryms what cuntre is this who is lord therof ¶ And on of the shepeherdes ansuerd Ì said this is the cuntre of kent in englond of the wich the good kiÌg edward wos lord of ¶ The pylgramys thankid tho almyghty god Ì sent IohnÌ euanglist Ì weÌt forth iÌ ther way come to Cantorburi froÌ theÌs vn to london Ì ther they fond the kiÌg told him all froÌ the begynyng vn to the endyng as moch as sent iohnÌ had theÌ charged of all thiÌges how thay had sped by the way Ì toke the ring to kiÌg edward ãâã vnderfenge it thankid almyghti god Ì sent iohnÌ euangelist tho made hiÌ a redi euery day froÌ day to day for to wend out of this lyfe when god wold for him send ¶ How sent Edward died on the xij day ANd after it befell thus in cristynmas eue as the holy maÌ Edward was at goddis seruis matines for to here of that high fest he become full sike and in the morw endured with moch payn the masse for to here and after masse he let him be lad in to his chambre ther for to reste him but in his hall amonges his barons and his knyghtys might he not cum them for to
comforth solacen as he was woned for to done at that worthy fest ¶ Wherfor all ther myrth and coÌforth emoÌgê all that wer iÌ the hall wer turned iÌ to eare sorow for encheson that they dred for to lefe the gad lord the kyng ¶ And vpoÌ sent Iohanes day the euangelist tho that come next the kiÌg vnderfeÌge his rightes of holy churche as it faleth to euery cristiÌ man and abode the merci the will of god tho ij pylgrymes he let be fore him cum Ì yaf them rich yeftes betoke them to god ¶ And also the abbot of westmiÌster he let before him cum toke him that ring iÌ honor of god Ì sent Marie of sent iohnÌ the Euangelest the abbot toke and put it emoÌg other reliques so that it is at westmynster euer shall be so lay the kyng seke till the xij euen tho died the good king edward at westmiÌster ther he lieth for whos loue god hath shewid moÌy a fair miracull ¶ And this wos iÌ the yere of the iÌcarnacioÌ of our lord ihuÌ crist M.lxv. and after he wos translate put iÌ to the shrine by ãâ¦ã Thââââ of âtoââââ VIctor the secund was pope after Leo lytell of him is writyn Henri the secund wos emprour after the frist henri xvij yere This man wos cosin to Conrady Ì he wos borne in a wode and twyes takyn to be slayn when he was a child bot god defendi him euer more When he wos made emprour he made a monasteri in the same place in the wode wer he vas borne This man wos a victorius man And he entyrd in to Italy and ther he toke Pandulphum the prince of campony Stephanus the ix was pope after victor ix monethis Benedictus after him he toke the dignite of the pope Stephyn by strength and keppid it ix monethis then dicessed Henricus the thyrd wos emprour after Henri the secund This Herri was an in quiet man And mony tymes troblid that holy man gregori the vij And frist he askyd foryefnes was a soyled bothe êsauered not bot brought in an other pope ayens him And sayd he was an heritike and Gregori cursid him And the chesars of the emprour they chose the duke of Saxon for to be Emprour whom this Henri in bataill ower come And then he come to rome· wyth his pope and pursued pope Gregori and the Cardinales also And then anone Robert the kyng of Napyls droffe him thens And delyuered the pope and his Cardinales neuer the lese yit he wos a man of gret almys And xij tymes he faught in batall and at the last he died wricchetly for he wos put therby his owne son for so os he did to other men so wos he done to Nicholas the secund wos pope after Benedict ij yere Thys Nicholas called a counsell ayens the archedekyn of TuronoseÌs the wich was an heritike he taught ayens the faith for he arrit in the sacrament after wos he conuertid and wos an holy man bot he coud neuer conuerte his decipuls Nota. Alexander the secund was pope after him xij yere This Alexander wos an holy man And he ordend that vnder payn of cursing that no man shÌuld heir a prestis masse whome men knew had a lemman vt pêª patet 32 dist preter hoc He had strife with on Codulo bot he expulsit him as an vsorpeâ Ì put hym out as a symoyer ¶ How harold that wos goodewynes son wos made kyng and how he scappid fro the Duke of bretan WHen sent edward wos gone out of this world and was passid to god Ì worthely entered as it apertenyt to such a gret lord for to be The barons of the land wolde haue had edwarde Helingus son to edward the owtlaw that wos Edmond IreÌsides son to be kyng for as moch as he wos most kyndest kynges blode of the raame ¶ But Haroldes son thurgh the erle goodwyne Ì the strength of his fadre Godewyn thurgh other gret lordes of the reame that wer of his kyn vn to him sib seised all englond in to his hand anone let croune him kyng after the enterment of sent edward ¶ This Harold that wos godewiÌs sone the secund yere after that sent Edward was deid wold haue gone in to Flaunders bot he wos dreuen thurgh tempast in to the cuntre of Pountife and ther he was takyn and brought vn to duke wyllyam And this Harold wened that tho this duke william wold haue bene a veÌged vpon him for encheson that the erle Godewyn that wos haroldis fader had let kyll Alured that was sent edwardis brother and principally for encheson that Alured was quene emma sone that wos Richardus mother duke of Normandie that wos aiell to the duke william ¶ And neuertheles when the duke wyllm had harrold in prison and vnder his pouer for as moch as this harold wos a nobull wise knyght and a worthy of body that his fadre and he wos a cordid with good kyng edward Ì therfor wold not misdone him but all maner thinges that be twix them wer spoken and ordeined harold by his good wil swore vpon a boke and vpon holy sentis that he shold spouse and wed duke wyllm doughter after the deth of sent edward that he shuld besili done his deu for to kepe saue the reame of englond vn to the profet and a vauntege of duke willm ¶ And when harold had thus made his oth vn to duke willm he let him go Ì yaf him mony riche yeftis And he tho went thens Ì com in to engloÌd anone did in this maner when sent edward was deid as a man falsly for sworen he let croune him kyng of englond falsely brake the counant that he had made before with duke willm wherfor he wos wonder wroth with him and swore that he wold vpon hiÌ ben a vengid what so euer him befell ¶ and anone duke willm lett assembull a gret host come in to englond to a venge him vpoÌ Harold to conquere the land if that he myght ¶ And in the same yere thot harold was crouned Harald harestrenge kyng of Denmarke ariued in scotland Ì thought to haue be kyng of englond Ì he come in to englond kylled Ì robbid destroyed all that he might till that he come to yorke Ì ther he killed mony men of armys a thovsand Ì an hondreth prestys ¶ When this tydyng come to the kyng he assembled a strong pouer went for to fight with harold of denmarke with his own hand hiÌ killed Ì the danois wer discomfited Ì tho that left alyue with moch soreu fled to ther shippis And thus kyng harold of englond kylled kyng harold of denmarke Anno domini M.lxvi. ¶ How wylliam basterd duke of Normandie come in to englond and kylled kyng Harold
maude wos afterward the emprisse of Almayne ¶ And in the secund yere of his regne his brother Robert Curthose that was duke of Normandie come with an huge host in to englond for to chalenge the land but thurgh concell of the wise men of the land they wer accordid in this maner That the kyng shold yeue the duke his brother a thousand pound euery yere and wich of them leued longest shuld be other heir and so bitwen them shuld be nâ debate ne strife ¶ And when they wer thus accordid the Duke went home ayen in to Normandie ¶ And when the kyng had regned iiij yere ther aroos a gret debate bitwen him and the erchebisshop of canwrburi Ancelme For because that the Erchebishop wold not grant him for to take talagie of chirches at his will Ì therfor eftsone the Erchebisshop went ouer the see vn to the court of rome and ther duellid with the pope ¶ And in the same yere the Duke of Normandie come in to englond for to speke with his brother ¶ And among all other thinges the Duke of normandie for yaf vn to the kyng hys brother the forsayed thousand pound by yere that he shuld pay vn to the duke and with good loue the kyng Ì the duke êted Ì ther the duke went ayen iÌ to normaÌdi ¶ And when tho ij yere wer a gone thurgh enticement of the deuell of lithermen a gret debate arose bitwin the kyng and the duke so that the kyng thurgh consell went ouer the see in to normandi ¶ And when the kyng of Englond was cumyn in to NormaÌdie All the gret lordis of normandie turned vn to the kiÌg of englond and held ayens the Duke ther own lord Ì him forsoke Ì to the kyng them yelden and all the good castels and tounes of Normandie And sone after wos the duke taken led with the kiÌg in to englond Ì the kyng let put the duke iÌ to prison ¶ And this was the vengeance of god ¶ For when the Duke was iÌ the holy land god yaf him such myght Ì grace that he was chosiÌ for till a bene the kyng of Ierusalem and he forsoke it wold not take it vppon hym And therfor god send him that shame despite for to be put iÌ to his brothers pÌson ¶ Tho seysed kiÌg herri all Normandie in to his hand and held hit all his lifes tyme iÌ the same yere come the bisshop Ancelme from the cour of Rome iÌ to engloÌd ayen and the kyng he wos accordid ¶ And in the yere next commyng after ther began a gret debate betwen the kyng Phillip of Fraunce Ì kyng Henri of EngloÌd ¶ Wherfor kyng Herri went in to Normandie ther wos strong were betwen them two and tho died the kyng of france and Lowys his son wos made kyng anone after his deth ¶ And tho went kyng Henri ayen iÌ to englond Ì maried Maude his doughter to Henri the emprour of almayne ¶ Of the debate that wos betweÌ kiÌg Lowis of france Ì kiÌg HeÌri of eÌgloÌd Ì how kiÌg henris ij sonnys wer lost iÌ the high see WHen kyng henri had ben kyng xvij yere a gret debate aroos betwyn kyng Lowys of fraunse and kyng Hnri of Englond for encheson that the kyng had sent in to Normandye to his men that they shuld be helpyng vn to the Erle of Bloyes as moch as they might in were ayeÌs the kyng of fraunce ¶ And that thei shuld bene as redy to him as they wer vn to ther own lord for encheson that the Erle had spoused his sustren dame Maude ¶ And for this encheson the kyng of franse did moch sorow to Normandie ¶ Wherfore the kyÌg of engloÌd was wonder wroth and in hast weÌt ouer the see with a gret pouer and come in to Normandie for to defend that land And the were betwyn them lastid ij yere till at the last they two faughten to geder Ì the kyng of fraunse wos discomfited vneth scappid a way with moch payn the most parti of his men wer takeÌ the kiÌg did with them what him best likid ¶ And sum of them he let go frely sum let he be put vn to the deth But afterward tho ij kiÌges wer accordid ¶ And whan king herri had holy all the land of Normadie scomfited his emnys of franse he turnid ayen in to englond with moch honour ¶ And his ij sonis Wyllm Richard wold haue commen after ther fadre and weÌt to the see with an gret componye of pepull But or that they myght cum to land the ship come ayens a roch brak all iÌ to peses all wer drenchid that wer ther in sauf on man that wos in the same shipe that ascappid ¶ And this wos on sent Katrines day thes werthe names of them that wer drenchid willm Richard the kiÌgê sonys the erle of chester Ottonell his broder Geffray ridell walter emurci Godfray erchdekeÌ the kiÌgê dought the CuÌtes of êches the kiÌgê neci the CouÌtes of chestre moÌy oder wheÌ kiÌg henri Ì oder lordis ariuid in engloÌd herd thes tydyngê they made sorow ynowgh al ther myrth Ioye wos turned iÌ to mornyng sorow ¶ How Maude the Emprise come ayen iÌ to englond Ì how she wos afterward weddid to Geffroi the erle of angoy ANd when that ij yere wer a gone that the Erle had duelled with the kiÌg· the Erle went from the kyÌg and began to were vpon him and did moch harme in the land of Normandie toke ther a strong castell and ther he duellid all that yere tho comme to him tydynges that Henri the Emêour of Almayn that had spoused Maude his doughter wos deid and that she duelled no longer in Almayn and that she wold cum ayen in to Normandie to hir fadre ¶ And when that she woâs comyn vn to him he toke hir tho to him and come ayen in to Englond and made the englishmen to done othe and feaute vn to the emprise and the frist man that made the otho wos willm the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi ¶ And that other Dauid kyng of Scotlond and after him all the Erles and Barons of englond ¶ Also after that the nobull man the erle of Angoy that was a worthy knyght sent vn to the kyng of englond that he wold graunte him for to haue his doughter to spouse that is to say Maude thee emprisse ¶ And for encheson that hir fadre wist that he wos a nobull man The kyng him grauntid and consentid ther to ¶ And tho toke he his doughter and lad hir in to Normandie and come to the nobull knyght Gaufrid and ther he spoused thee foresaid Maude with moch honour And the Erle begat vpon hir a son that was called Henri the Emprisse sone ¶ And after when all this wos done kyng Henri
said masse thurgh out all london Ì so after thurgh out all engloÌd ¶ And the next yere after ther began a gret debate bitwene king IohnÌ Ì the lordis of engloÌd for encheson that he wold not grauÌte the lawes hold the wich sent Edward had ordeyned had be vsed hold vn to that tyme that he had them broken for he wold hold no law bot did all thiÌg that hiÌ likid desheried mony meÌ with out ê¯sent of lordis Ì peris of the land wold desherite the good Erle Randulf of Chestre for enchesoÌ that he vndertoke hiÌ of his wykkidnesse for cause that he did so moch shame Ì velany to god and holy chirche And also fer he held hauntid his own brothers wife lay also bi mony other womeÌ gret lordis doughtres for he sparid no woman that him liked for to haue wherfore all the lordis of the land wer with him wonder wroth and went to london Ì toke the cite ¶ And for to cese this debate and sorow the erchebishop and other gret lordis of the land assembled them before the fest of sent Iohan baptist in a medow besides the toune of stanes that is called Romnemede And the kyng made them ther a chertour of fraunches such as they wold axen Ì iÌ soch maner they wer accordid and that accordemeÌt last not full longe for the kyng him selfe sone after did ayens the pointis of the same chartre that he had made wherfor the most parte of the land of lordis assembled them and began to were vpoÌ him ayen and brened his tounes and robbid his folke did all the sorow that they myght Ì made them as stronge as they myght with all ther pouer thoght to driue him out of englond and make Lowys the kynges son of fraunce kyng of englond ¶ And kyng IohnÌ sent tho ouer see and ordeyned so moch pepull of Normans Ì of Piccardes Ì of Flemmynges So that the land myght not susteyn them but with moch sorow ¶ And among all thes pepull ther was a maÌ of Normandie that was called Faukis of brent and this Normand his ê¯pany spared nother chirche ne house of religion bot thei briÌt robbed it Ì bare away all that they might take so that the land wos all destroied what on oon side on other ¶ The barons lordis of Englond ordeyned amoÌg them the best spekers and wysest meÌ sent them ouer se to kiÌg Philip of fraunce and prayed him that he wold send lowys his son in to engloÌd to be kyng of engloÌd Ì to vnderfenge the croune ¶ How Lowys the kinges son of fraunce come in to englond with a stronge pouer of pepull to be kiÌg of englond WHen kyng Ppilip of fraunce herd this tydyng he made certayn aliaunce bitwene them by ther commune eleccion that Lowys kyng Pphilipes sone of fraunce shÌuld go with them iÌ to Englond driue out kiÌg IohnÌ of the land and all that wer in presence of Lowys made vn to him homage and bicome his men ¶ And the barons of englond held them styll at londoÌ abiden Lowys the kiÌges son of frauÌce this was the next saturday before the Ascencion of our lord that lowys come in to englond with a strong pouer that tyme kyng IohnÌ had takyn all the castels of engloÌd in to alyens handis ¶ And tho com Lowys be segid Rouchestres castell toke it with strength the thursday in whitson wâke lethonge all the aliens that wer theriÌ the thursdai tho next suyng he come to London ther he wos vnderfenge with mech honour of the lordis that a byden him ther all to him made homage ¶ And afterward on the tewysday next after the Trinite sonday he toke the castell of Reigate Ì in the morow after the castell of Gilford Ì the friday next after the castell of Farneham Ì the moÌday next after the cite of wynchestre to him was yold Ì in the morow after sent IohnÌ day the maner of woluesey and the tewisday after the vtas of sent Petre sent paule they toke the castell of Odiham and the moÌday after sent Margaretes day he ordend him toward Bawmore for to sege the castell and ther he duelled xv dais Ì myght not get the castell Ì than when the thens Ì come to london Ì the toure to him wos yolde ¶ How the pope send in to Englond a legat that wos called Swalo and of the deth of kiÌg iohnÌ ANd in the same time the pope send in to england a legat that wos called Swalo and he wos prest Cardinall of rome for to maynten kyng Iohans cause ayens the barons of Englond but the barons had so huge part and help thurgh Lowys the kynges son of fraunce that kyng IohnÌ wist not whidder for to turne ne gone ¶ And so it befell that he wold haue gone to Nycholl and as he weÌt thiderward he come by the abbey of Swynes hede Ì ther he abode ij dais ¶ And as he sat at mete he axed a monke of the house how moch a lofe was worth that wos set befor him vpoÌ the tabull And the moÌke said that the lofe was worthe but and halfpeny ¶ O quod the kyng tho here is gret chepe of brede Now quod the kyng I may life soch a lofe shall be worth xx shillyng or half a yere be gone ¶ And wheÌ he had said this word moch he thougt oft he sighed tok ete of the bred said by god the word that I haue spokyn it shall be soth ¶ The moÌke that stode before the kyng was for this word full sori in hert thoght rather he wold him self suffre deth and thought if he myght ordeyn ther fore some maner remedie ¶ And anone the moÌke went to his abbot Ì wos shriuen of him Ì told the abbot all that the kyng had said· and praid his abbot for to assoill him for he wold yef the kiÌg such a drink that all Englond shuld be glad ther of ioyfull ¶ Tho went the monke in to a gardeyn and fouÌd a gret to de therin toke hir vp Ì put hir iÌ a cup Ì prikked the tode thurgh with a broche moÌy tymes till that the venym comen out of euery side iÌ the cup. tho toke the cup Ì fillled it with good ale brought it before the kiÌg kneliÌg said sir qd he wassale for neuer the days of your life dranke ye of so good a cup ¶ Begin monke qd the kiÌg Ì the monke dranke a gret draught Ì toke the kyng the cup the kiÌg also dranke a gret draught set douÌe the cup ¶ The monke anone right weÌt iÌ to the farmori ther died anone on whââ seule god haue merci amen And v. moÌkis sing for his
same tyme was vpoÌ the see gret were bitwen the eÌglishmeÌ the NormaÌs but vpoÌ a time the normaÌs arriued all at Douer ther they martired an holy man that was called Thomas of Douer And afterward wer the normans kylled that ther ascappid not on of theÌ Â¶ And sone after kiÌg edward shuld lese the duchie of Gascoyn thurgh kiÌg Philip of fraunce thurgh his fals castyng of the douseperis of the land wherfor sir Edmond that wos kiÌg Edwards brother yaf vp his homage vn to the kyng of frauÌce ¶ And in that tyme the clerkis off englond grauÌtid to kyng Edward halfendele of holy chirch gooddis in helpyng to recouer his land ayen in Gascoyn ¶ And the kiÌg sent thider a nobull company of his bachilers him self wold haue gone to Portesmouth but he wos let thurgh on Maddoc of wales that had seised the castell of SwandoÌ in to his hand Ì for that enchesoÌ the kiÌg turned to wales at cristemase And for enchesoÌ that the nobull lordis of engloÌd that wer seÌt iÌ to gascoyn had no coÌforth of ther lord the kiÌg they wer take of sir Charles of frauÌce that is to say sir IohnÌ of bretaÌ sir robert Tiptot ⪠sir Raufe taÌny sir hugh Bardolf Ì sir Adam of Creting Ì yit at the ascencioÌ was Madoke take in wales an other that wos called Morgan they wer sent to the tour of londoÌ Ì ther they wer heded ¶ How sir IohnÌ Bailloll kiÌg of scotlaÌd withsaid his homage ANd when sir IohnÌ bailloll kyng of scotland vnderstode that kyng Edward wos wered in Gascoyn to whom the reame of Scotland was delyuered Falsely tho ayen his oth with said his homage thurgh procuring of his folke· And sent vn to the court of rome thurgh a fals suggestion to be assoiled of that othe that he swore vn to the kyng of EngloÌd so he wos by letter enbulled ¶ Tho chosen they of scotland Dousspers for to be nymme edward of his right ¶ And in that tyme come ij cardinales from the court of rome fro the pope Celestine to trete of accorde bitwen the kng of frauÌce Ì the kyng of englond ¶ And as tho two Cardinales speke of accorde Thomas Turbeluill was take at Liouns Ì made feaute homage to the warden of Paris Ì to hiÌ put his ij sonys in hostage for that he thought to go iÌ to englond for till aspie the cuntre Ì tell them when he come in to englond that he had brokyn the kynges prison of frauÌce by nyght said that he wold done that al englisshmeÌ Ì walshÌmen shÌold a bow to the king of frauÌce Ì this thyng for to bring to the ende he swore Ì vpoÌ this couenant dedis wer made betwen theÌm and that he shÌuld haue by yere a M· pouÌdes worth of lond to bring this thing to an ende ¶ This fals tratour toke his leue Ì weÌt theÌs and come in to englond vn to the kyng said that he wos brokyn out of prisoÌ that he had put him in such êill for his loue wherfore the kyng coude him moch thanke and full glad wos of his commyng ¶ And the fals tratour fro that day aspied all the doyng of the kyng Ì also his couÌsell for the kyng loued him wel Ì was with him full priue But a clerke of englond that wos in the kynges house of fraunce herd of this treson of the falsnes wrot to an other clerke that tho wos duellyng with edward kyng of englond all how Thomas Turbeluill had done his false coniectyng all the councell of engloÌd wos writte for to haue sent vn to the kyng of frauÌce thurgh the foresaid letter that the clerke had sent fro frauÌce hit wos fouÌde vpoÌ him wherfor he wos lad to londoÌ honged draw ther for his tresoÌ and his ij sonys that he had put in frauÌce for hostage wer tho beheded ¶ Of the counquest of Berewyke WHen tho two Cardinales wer went ayene in to Fraunce for to trete of the pees at Cambrey the kyng sent thider of his erlis and barouns That is to say sir Edmond his brother erle of Lancastre and of Leycestre sir Henri Lacy erle of Nichol Willm vessy a baron and of other baronettis about xiiij of the best Ì wisest of engloÌd ¶ And iÌ the same tyme the king Edward toke his viage to Scotland for to were vpoÌ IohnÌ Bailloll kyng of scotland ¶ And sir Robert Roos of Berewyke fled fro the englisshmeÌ went to the scottys And kyng Edward went him toward berewike Ì beseged the touÌe Ì tho that wer within manly them defendid and set a fire and brint ij of kyng Edwardis shippis and said in dispite and reproue of him ¶ Weneth kyng edward with his long shankis to haue get berewike al our vnthankis Gas pikes him And when he has done Gas dikes him ¶ When kyng Edward herd this scorne anone thurgh his myghtynes he passid ouer the dikes Ì assailed the touÌe come to the yates and gat and conquerid the touÌe and thurgh his gracious pouer kylled xxv thousand Ì vijC scottys And kyng Edward lost no man of renoune saufe sir Richard of Cornewaill and him kylled a Flemmyng out of the reed hall with a quarell as the foresaid Richard did of his helme and commauÌdid them for to yeld them and put them to the kynges grace and the scottis wold not wherfor that hall was brent and castyn doune and all tho that wer therin wer brant ¶ And king Edward lost no mo men at that viage of symple estate but xxvij Englisshmen And the wardeyn of the castell yaf vp the keys with out any assaute ¶ And ther wos takyn willm Douglas and Sir Symond Frisell Ì the erle Patrike yeld them to the pees bot InghmÌ of Humsremille Robert the Brus that wer with the kyng Edward forsoke kyng edward and held with the scottis and afterward they wer takyn and put in to prison and after that the king for yaf them ther trespasse and deliuerid them out of prison ¶ And tho let kyng edward close in Berwik with wallys with dychis afterward Robert Rous went to Tindale and set wuyebrugge a fire Exham Ì Lamerstok and kyllid and robbed the folke of that cuntre ¶ And after that he went from thens vn to Dumbarre ¶ And the frist wedenesday of Marche the kyng sent the erle of Garenne Sir hugh Perci and sir hugh Spenser with a fair companye for to besege the castell ¶ But on that wos called sir Richard Syward a traitour and a fals man ymagyned for to begile the englisshnen sent to the englisshmen them for to dissaue And said that he wold yelde vn to them the castell yf they wold grauÌte them viij· dais of respit that he myght send Ì tell to sir Iohan Bailoll that wos kyng of
wroth ¶ How sir Roger Mortimer bare him proudly Ì so hie ANd now shall ye here of sir Roger Mortimer of wygmore that dissired and couyted to be at an high a state so that the kyng graunted him to be called erle of marche thurgh out all his lordship ¶ And he become so proud and so hauteyne that he wold lese forsake the name that his ancestres had euer before ¶ And for that encheson he let him call the erle of marche and none of the comuns of englond durst call him bi name other name for he was called so thurgh the kyngê crie that men shuld call him erle of the marche ¶ And the Mortimer bare him so hauteyne Ì so proud that wonder it was for to wit also disgised hiÌ with wonder rich clothes out of all maner reson both of shapping of wering Wher of the englisshmen had gret wonder how Ì in whot maner he myght contreue or find such maner pride and they said amoÌges them all comenli that his prid shÌold not long endure ¶ And the same tyme sir Geffrey Mortimer the yong that was the mortimer son let him call kyng of folie so it befell afterward in dede for he wos so full of pride Ì of writchednesse that he held a rouÌde tabull in wales to all men that thider come contrefete the doiÌg Ì the maner of kyng Arthurs tabull bot openli he failed For the nobull kyng Arthur wos the most worthy lord of renoune that was in all the world in his tyme yit come neuer none such after For al the nobull knyghtis in all cristendome of dede of armes asayed duellid with kyng Arthur Ì held him for ther lord and soferen ¶ And that wos well sayn for he ê¯quered in bataill a roman that wos called Froll Ì get of him the reame of frauÌce and kylled him with his own handis ¶ And also he faught with a geant that wos called Dinabus kylled him that had rauesshed fair Eleyn that wos kyng Hocles nece kyng of litell bretan ¶ And afterward he kylled in bataill the emprour of Rome that wos called Lucie that had assembled ayens king Arthur for to fight with him so moch pepull of romaÌs Phethis sarisens that no man coud them noÌbre Ì he discomfited them all as the stori telleth ¶ And in the same tyme coÌmune loos sprong in engloÌd thurgh coniecting ordinauÌce of the freres prechours that sir Edward of Carnariuan that wos kyng edward fadre of whom the geest telleth said that he was on liue in the castell of Corf wherfor all the coÌmyns all most of englond wer in sorow iÌ dred wherfor that it wer so or not For they wist not how traitoursly the mortimer had him done mordrid ¶ How EdmoÌd of wodstok that wos erle of kent the kinges brother edward of Carnariuan was heded at wynchestre ANd vpoÌ a tyme it befell so that sir edmond of wodstoke erle of Kent spake vn to the pope Iohan the xxij at Auinion said that almyght good had oft tymes done for Thomas loue of Lancastre mony gret miraclls to mony men and women that wer thurgh diuerse maladies undone as vn to the world and thurgh his praier they wer brought vn to ther helÌth ¶ And so sir edmond praied the pope herteli that he wold grauÌte him grace that the forsaid Thomas myght be translatid But the pope said nay that he shuld not be translatid vn to the tyme that he wer better certefied of the clargie of englond seyn by ther obedeÌce what thyng god had done for the loue of Thomas of lancastre after the suggestion that the forsaid edmoÌd erle of kent had vn to him made ¶ And whan this edmond saw that he myght not spede of his purpose as tochyng the translacion he praied him of his couÌcell as toching sir edward of Carnariuan his broder said that not long a gone he wos kyng of englond what thiÌg might best be done as toching his deliuerance sith that a comune fame is thurgh engloÌd that he his on liue hole Ì sauf ¶ Whan the pope herd hiÌ tell that sir edward was on liue he coÌmauÌded the erle vpoÌ his benison that he shÌuld help with all the pouer that he myght that he wer deliuered out of prisun sâue his body iÌ all maner that he might for to bring this thiÌg to an end he assoyled hiÌ his coÌpani a pena culpa all tho that holp to his deliuerance ¶ Tho toke edmoÌd of wodstoke his leue of the pope come ayen iÌ to engloÌd And whaÌ sir edmond wos comeÌ suÌ of the frere precheurs come Ì said that sir edward his broder yit wos on liue iÌ the castell of Corf vnder the kepiÌg of Sir Thomas Gurnay ¶ Tho sped him the forsaid EdmoÌd as fast os he might till he come to the castell of Corf Ì a queynted hiÌ Ì spak so fair with IohnÌ Dauerell that was ê¯stable of the same castell and yaf him rich yeftes to haue acqueyntance of him and to knaw of his couÌcell ¶ And thus it befell that the forsaid sir edmoÌd praied specially to tell him priuely of his lord his brother sir Edward if that he leued or wer dede and if he wer on liue he praied of him ons to haue a sight ¶ And this sir Iohan Dauerill was an high herted man and full of curage Ì ansuerid shortely vn to sir Edmond and sad that sir edward his brother was in helth and vnder his kepyng and durst shew him vn to no man sith it was defended him in the kynges half edward that was edwardis son of Carnariuan and also thurgh commaundement of the quene Isabell the kynges modre Ì of sir Roger Mortimer that he shÌuld shew his body vn to no maner man of the world sauf only vn to them vpon lesyng life and limme Ì disherityng of his heiris for euer more ¶ But the fals traitour falsly lied for he was not in his ward but he wos take thens lad vn to the castell of berkeley thurgh sir Thomas Gurnay thurgh ê¯mauÌdemeÌt of the Mortimer til that he wos dede as before is said but sir edmoÌd of wodstoke wist nothyng that Edward his broder was dede wher vpon he toke a lettre vn to the kiÌg edward his broder as to his worthi lord ¶ And vnderfeng the letter of him be hight him for to do his message with out any maner faill with that sir edmoÌd toke leue of the forsaid IohnÌ weÌt iÌ to his own ê¯tre lordship iÌ kent that he had ther ¶ And anone as this same iohnÌ wist that sir edmond wos gone iÌ to kent his own lordship anone he went iÌ all the hast that he myght fro the castell of Corf comen vn to sir Roger mortimer toke him the letter that sir edmoÌd of
gret and so passing hetes and ther with all a gret pestilence in englond and iÌ other diuerse parties of the world that it distruyd and slew violently and strongly both men and women with outnombur ¶ This som yere died sir edward the lord spenser a worthy knyght and a bolde And in the mynster of Teukesburi worsshipfully is beried And lastyng this pestilence the pope at the instance prayer of a english Cardinall graunted to all pepull that died in englond that wer sori repentant for ther sinnys and also shÌriuen full remission bi .ij. bulles vnder lede .vi. monethis than next to last ¶ In this same yere the erle of penbroke was take and ransoâed bi Bartram Clekyn bitwen Paris and Calais as he come toward englond vpon sent Etheldredis day the wich sent as it wos said the erle often tymes had offendid with iÌ a litell while after he died ¶ And in Nouember next after ther met at burges the duke of Lancastre the duke of Angoy with mony other lordis pÌlates of both reames for to tret of pees ¶ Of the deth of prince Edward and of the lord Latimer daâe Alice peres thurgh whom hir maiÌtenauâes the reame moÌy aday wos misgouerned NOt long after the .li. yere of kyng Edwardis regne hee let ordeyne Ì hold at westmiÌstre the gretest êlameÌt that was seyn mony ayere afrre ¶ In the wich êlament he axed of the comynalte of the reame as he had done be fore a gret subsidi to be grâuÌted to him for defendyng of him Ì of his reame but the communes ansuerd that they wer so oft day bi day greued and charged with so mony talages subsidies that they might no longer suffer no such burthous charges and that they knew wist wel ynough that the kyng had ynough for sauiÌg of hiÌ of his reame if the reame wer well Ì trewly gouerned but that it had be so loÌg euell gouerned bi euell officers· that the reame myght nother ben plenteous of chaffre Ì marchandise ne also with riches And in thes thinges they proferd them self if the kyng wold certanly to preue and stand bi ¶ And if it wer founden priued afterward that the kyng had nede they wold gladly euery man after hys pouer and state him help and len ¶ And after this wer publisshid shewed in the êlament mony playntes and defautis of diuerse officers of the reame and namly af the lord Latimer thee kynges chambrelayn both to the kyng and eke to the reame ¶ And also at the last ther wos spoken and treted of Dame Alice Pers for the gret wronges and euell gouernauÌce that was done by hir couÌcell in the reame the wich dame Alice Pers that the kyng had holdin mony day Ì long tyme to his lemaÌ wherfor it wos the las wondir though thurgh the frealte of the wamanys exciting and hir steryng he consentid to hir leudenesse and euell couÌcell the wich dame Alice Ì also the lord latimer othir suche that meued the kyng to euell gouernaunce ayens his profet the reames also all the comynalte axed desirid that they shold be meued put away in ther stedis wise men worthy that wer trewe Ì well assayed proued of good gouernaunce shuld be put in ther stedis ¶ So among all other ther wos on amoÌg the communes that wos a wyse knyght and a trew an eloquent man whos name wos Pers delamare ¶ And this same pers was chosen to be speker for the comunes in the êlament ¶ And forth is same pers told publesshed the trouth Ì rehersed the wronges ayens the forsaid Dame Alice other certan êsons Ì the kynges councell as he was bod by the comuns And also trustyng moch for to be supportid mayntened in this mater by help and Ì fauor of the prince anone as the prince wos deid at the instance and request of the forsaid dame Alice This Pers delamare wos Iuged to êpetuall prison in the castell of Notyngham in the wich he wos ij yere Ì in the vi KalÌ of Iule lastyng that same êlament died prince Edward kyng edwardis frist son that is to say in trinite sonday in the worsship of wich fest he wos wont euery yere wher that euer he wer in the world to hold and make the most soleÌpnite that he myght ¶ Who 's name fortune of knyghthood but if it had be of an other Ector al men both cristen and hethen while that he leued wos in good point wondred moch Ì drad him wonder sore whos body is worsshipfully buried in Crichirche at Cantorburi ¶ And iÌ this same yere the meÌ Ì the erles tenauÌtes of werwik arise maliciously ayens the abbot coueÌt of Euesham Ì ther tenauÌtis distroid fersly the abbot Ì the touÌe and wouÌdid bet ther men and slew of them moÌy Ì weÌt to thir maner places did moch harme breken douÌe thir êkis Ì ther closes Ì breken slew ther wild bestes chasid them brekyng ther fishe pondis hedes let the water of thir pondis stewes riuers renne out token the fish bere it with them And did them all the sorow that they myght In so ferforth that forsoth they had distroid êpetually that abbey with all ther meÌbres apportenauÌs but if the kiÌg the son had holpen it take hede ther to ¶ And therfore the kyng sent his letters to the erle of warwik chargyng him coÌmauÌdiÌg him that he shuld stynt redresse amend tho euell doers Ì bakers of his pees ¶ And so by menys of lordis other frendis of both sides pes good accord loue was made bitwen them ¶ And for this hurling as it wos said the kyng wold not be gouerned at that tyme by his lordis that ther wer in the êlameÌt but he toke made his son the duke of lancastre his gouernour of the reame the wich stode so still as gouernour till the tyme that he died ¶ The same yere anoÌe after Candilmasse or the êlameÌt wos done the kyng asked a subsidie of the clargie Ì of the lay fe it wos grauÌted hiÌ that is to say that he shuld haue of euery êson of the lafee both man Ì womaÌ that passed xiiij yere of age iiij pens out take poer beggers that wer knowen openly for nedy poer beggers And that he shÌuld haue of euery man of holy chirch that wos beneficed or êmoted xij pens of all other that wer not êmoted iiij pens out take the iiij orders of the freris beggers ¶ Thiâ same yere after mihelmasse Richard prince edwardis son wos made prince of wales to whom the kiÌg yaf also the duchie of Cornwal with the erledoÌ of Chestre Ì about this time the cardinall of engloÌde the iiij day befor marie magdelene
annoye iÌ the feld that all the pepull of accord shuld cum nere Ì here his clamours and his crie and his wyll ¶ And the lordis the maire and the aldermen with the comynalte hauyng indignacion of his couetize and falsenes and his foull presumcion And anone willm walworth that tyme beyng maire drew out his knife and slew Iak straw And anone right ther did smyte of his hede and set it vpon a spere shÌaft Ì so it wos bore thurgh london set an high vpoÌ londoÌ brigge ¶ Anon thes risers misgouerned meÌ wer void clene vanisshed as it had nought be they And than the king of his gret goodnesse by prayer of his lords made ther vi knightis of good worthy men of the Cite of londoÌ That is to say willm walworth that at that tyme wos maire slew Iak strawe And the secund was Nicholas brembre Ì the iij. IohnÌ Philipot the iiij Nicholas twifââd the v Robert lauÌdes the vi Robert gaytoÌ And thaÌ the kiÌg with his lordis his knyghtis retourned ayen to the toure of londoÌ Ì ther he restid hiÌ till this pepull wer better seced set in rest and pees And than by êcesse of tyme as they myght get and toke thes rebelles Ì risers they hong them vpoÌ the next galois iÌ euery lordship thurghout the reame of englond by xl Ì bi xxx bi x. by xij euer as they myght be geten Ì taken iÌ ony êties ¶ And in the v. yere of kiÌg Richardis regne wos the gret erth quake was generall thurgh out the world the wedenesday after witsonday iÌ the yere of our lord a M. ccc.lxxxxi Wherfor all maner pepull wer sore a gast Ì dredfull loÌg tyme for dred of veÌgeauÌs that our lord shÌewid and did ¶ And in the vi yere of kyng Richard sir Henri spenser bisshop of Norwich went with a Croiserie ouer the see in to the cuntre of Flaunders and ther they gat the toune of Grauenyng and the toune of broburgh Dunkerk Newport and ther thei laded and fraughtid li. shippis with pelage for to haue comeÌ in to englond with thes shyppes and goodis ¶ And the bisshop of Norwich and his couÌcell let brenne thes shippis with all the pelage in the same hauen all in to hard asshes and at Dunkerke wos done a gret bataill bitwen the Flemmynges and the Englishhmen And at that bataill wer slayn a gret multitude of thes Flemmynges an huge nombure ¶ And than went thee bisshop with his retenew to Ypers and beseged it a long tyme but it myght not be geten And so lefte that sege and comen ayen in to Englond For our englishmen wer fowly destroyed and mony died on the flix ¶ And in this same yere come the Quene Anne in to englond for to be spoused to kyng Richard And hir fadre wos Emprour of Almayne And kyng of Beme ¶ And with hir come the Duke of Tassi hir vncle and mony other worthy lordis and knyghtis of hir cuÌtre of beme and of other duche tonges to do hir reuerrauÌce worship And sir Symond beuerle a worthy knyght of the garter other knyghtis squyers that wer the kynges embassetours brought hir iÌ to englond so forth to londoÌ And the pele of the cite that is to sey the mare the aldermen and all the comunes riden ayens hir to welcuÌ hir and euery man in good aray and euery craft with his mynstral see in the best maner mette with hir on the blake heth in Kent and so brought hir vn to London thurgh the cite and so forth vn to west mynster vn to the kynges palais And ther she was spoused vn to kyng Richard well and worthely in the abbey of westmynstre ther she wos crouned quene of englond ⪠And all hir frendis that come with hir had gret yeftes and weren well cherid and refreshed as long tyme as they byden ther. ¶ And in this same yere ther was a bataill done in the kynges palays at westmynster for certayn pointes of treson bitwen sir Iohan Ansley knyght defendant And Carton squier the appellaunt But this sir IohnÌ of Ansley ouer come this Carton and made him to yeld him withiÌ the lystes ¶ And anone wos this Carton dispoiled of hys harnes and draw out of the listes and so forth to Tyburne Ì ther he wos honged for his falsenese ¶ And iÌ the viij yer of the regne of kyng Richard sir Edmond of Langley Erle of Cambrige the kynges vncle went in to portyngalÌe with a fair mâny of men of armes and archiers in strengthing and helpyng of thee kyng of Portingale ayens the kyng of Spayn and his pouer ther the kyng of portingale had the vyctorie of his enmys thurghe help and comforth of our englisshmen· ¶ And whan that iorney wos done the erle of Cambrigge come home ayen with hys pepull in to englond in hast blissid be god and his blissid yeft ameÌ Â¶ And this same yere kyng Richaâd held his Cristemasse in the maner of Eltham ¶ And the same tyme the kyng of Ermoyne fled out of his own land and come in to englond for to haue help an socour of our kyng ayens his enmys that had driueÌ him out of his own reame And so he wos brought vn to the kyng to Eltham ther as the kyng held his riall fest of Cristemase ¶ And ther our kyng welcomed him and did him moch reuerence and worsship and commaundid all his lordis to make him all the chere that they coud And than he besought the kyng of grace and of help and of his comforth in his nede ¶ And that he myght be brought ayen to his kyngdom and land For the Turkes had deuoured and destroid moch parte of his land and for drede how he fled and come hidder for socour and helppe· ¶ And then the kyng hauyng on hiÌ pitte and coÌpassioÌ of his gret mischief and greuous disese anone he toke his councell and asked what wos best to done ¶ And they ansuerd and said yif it liked him to yef him ony good it wer well done And as touchyng his pepull for to trauell so fer iÌ to out landes it wer a grete iuêdie And so the kyng yaf him gold siluer and mony riche yeftes and iewelles and betaught him to god And so he passed ayen out of Englond ¶ And in this same yere kyng Richard with a riall pouer went in to scotland for to were vpon the scottis for the falsenesse and destruccion that the scottis had done vn to englishmen in the marches And than the scottis come douÌe vn to the kyng for to tret with him Ì with his lordis for trews as for certayn yeres ¶ And so our kyng Ì his couÌcell grauÌt them trews certayn yeres to ther askyng our kiÌg turned him ayen in to englond And when he wos cumyn
the quarters seÌt forth to othir good tounes And in the same yere at Prittelwell in a Mille in Estsex ther sir IohnÌ Holand the duke of excestre wos take with the comunes of the cuntre and they brought him from the Mille vn to Plasshe And to the same place that kyng Richard had a restid sir Thamas of wodstok the Duke of Gloucestre right ther in thee same place they smyten of the dukis hede of Excestre Ì brought it vn to londoÌ vpon a polle ⪠and it was set vpon londoÌ brigge And in the same yere at Bristow wos taken the lord Speenser that kyng Richard had made erle of Gloucestre and the comunes of the touÌe of Bristow toke him and brought him in to the market plase of the toune ther they smyten of his hede and sent it vn to london and there it was set vpon london brugge And in this same yere was sir Barnard Brokeye knyght taken and arestid and put in to thee tour of london and sir IohnÌ Shelly knyght and sir IohnÌ Maudelyn and sir willm Feribe persons of kyng Richardis they wer arestid and put in to the tour of london· And the der come the kyngê Iustices and sat vpon them in the tour of london and ther they wer dampnid all .iiij. vn to thee deth and the dome wos yeuen vn to sir Barnard Brekeys that he shuld gon on fote from thee tour thurgh london vn to Tiburn and ther be honged and after his hede smyten of· and sir IohnÌ Shelly knyghte and sir Iohan Maudelyn and sir willm Feribe parsone wer draw thurgh out thee cite of London to Tyburn and ther they wer honged and ther hedis smyten of and set on London brigge And in this same yere kyng Henri sentquene Isabell home ayen in to fraunce thee wich wos kyng Richardis weddid wife and yaf hir gold and siluer and mony othir iewellis so she was discharged of all hir dower Ì sent out of englond ¶ And iÌ the secund yere of the regne of kynn Henri the iiij wos sir Roger of Claryngton knyght and two of his men the priour of lauÌde Ì .viij frere mynors sum masters of diuinite othir for tresoÌ that they wrought ayenst the kyng wer draw hanged at Tyburne all xij êsons ¶ And ther began a gret discencion debate in the cuntre of wales bitwen the lord Grey rithen Owen of glendere squier of wales Ì this Owen arered a gret nombre of walshmen kepid all that cuntre about right strong did moch harme destroid the kiÌges touÌes lordshippis thurgh out wales Ì robbed slew the kiÌges pepull both englissh Ì walsh Ì thê° he endurid a xij yere largely ¶ And he toke the lord Grey rithen prisoner Ì kept him fast in hold till he wos ransomed of prisonerres of the march kept him long time in hold And at thee last he made him wedde on of his doughtres kepid him therst ill with his wife and sone after he died ¶ And than the kyng HeÌri knowyng this mischief destruccioÌ tresoÌ that this Owen had wrought than anone he ordeyned a strong pouer of meÌ of armes Ì of archiers Ì moch other stuf that longed to were for to abate destroy the malace of this fals walshmeÌ Â¶ And than the kyng come in to wales with his pouer for to destroy this Owen and othir rebellis fals walshmeÌ Â¶ And anone they fled in to the mouÌtayns and ther might the kyng do them no harme in no maner wise for the mouÌtayns ¶ And so the kiÌg come ayen in to engloÌd for lesing of mo of his pepull And thus he sped not ther ¶ In this same yere wos gret scarcite of whete in englond for a quartir of whete wos at xvi shilling And ther was marchandis of englond sent in to Pruce for whete Ì anoÌe they had lade and freght shippis y now and come home iÌ saufte blessib be god of all his yeftis ¶ And in the iiij yere of kyng Henries regne ther was a sterre seyn in the firmament that shewed him self thurgh all the world for diuerse tokenynges that shÌuld befall sone after the wich sterre wos named and called by clargie Stella Comata and on sent marie Magdelenes day next folowyng iÌ the same yere wos the bataill of shrowesbury And thidder come sir Henri Percy the erles son of northumberland with a gret multitude of men of armes Ì archiers yaf a bataid to kyng henri the iiij thurgh the fals couÌcell wykked rede of sir Thomas percy his vncle erle of wurcestre ther wos sir henri Perci slâyn the most partie of his pepull in the feld And sir Thomas Percy taken and kept fast in hold ij days till the kyng had set rest among his pepull on both sides ¶ And than sir Thomas Perci was Iugged to be dede draw honged Ì his hede smyten of for his fals treson at shrowesburi his hede brought to londoÌ set on londoÌ brigge ¶ And the othir pepule that ther wer slayn on both êtis the kyng let berie And ther wos slayn on the kiÌges side in that bataill the erle of Stafford Ì sir walter BlouÌt in the kyngê cote armure vnder the kyngê baner moÌy mo worthy meÌ on whos soules god haue mercy amen ¶ And iÌ the iiij ⪠yere of kiÌg henri regne come the emprour of CoÌstantinoble with mony gret lordis knyghtes Ì moch othir pepull of his cuntre iÌ to englond to kiÌg henri with him to speke to disporte to se the good gouernance Ì ê¯dicions of our pepull to knaw the comodites of englond our kyng with all his lordis goodly Ì worshipfully him receyued Ì welcomed him all his menye that come with him and did him all reuerence worship that they coud and myght ¶ And anone the kiÌg commauÌded all maner officers that he shuld be serueid as worthely Ì rially as it longed to such a worthy lord and Emprour on his own cost as loÌg as the Emprour wos in engloÌd all his men that com with hiÌ Â¶ And in this same yere come Dame Iane the duchisse of Britan iÌ to engloÌd Ì landid at fallemouth in Cornwale and from theÌs shÌe wos brought to the cite of wynchestre And ther shÌe wos weddid vn to kyng henri the iiij in the abbey of sent Swythynes of wynchestre with all the solempnite that myght be done and made ¶ And sone afterward she wos brought from thens to london And the maire and the aldermen and the communes of the cite of london ridden ayens hir hir welcomed and brought hir thurgh the cite of LondoÌ to westmynstre and ther she wos crouned quene of englond ther the kyng made ariall and solempne fest for hir and for all maner of
tho cited to cum And be cause he com not they deposit him but he rought not ne set not ther by but gat the cite of Rome and abode styll Pope xvij yere This yere about witsontide the heritikes of Praghe wer destruyd For at two Iournays wer distruyd of them mo thaÌ xxij thousand with ther capitayns· that is to wyt Procapiê° Saplico Lupê° presbiter Also ther wos takyn on lyue master pers clarke an EnglishmaÌ and an heritike ¶ Also this same yere wos a gret frost a strong during xi wekis For it began on seint Katrines euen lasted vn to seint Scolasticais day iÌ Feuerer iÌ wich tyme the vyntage that com fro Burdeux come ouer shotres hill ¶ This yer wos the couÌcell of Aras a gret trayte bitwene the kyng of EngloÌd and the kiÌg of fraunce wher was assembled mony gret lordis of both parties at wich councell wos offrid to the kyng of Englond gret thynges by the meyen of a Legate that come from rome wich wos Cardinale of sent crosse wich offres wer refusid by the Cardinall of Englond and othir lordis that wer ther for the kyng wherfor the duke of Burgoyn the wich had bene long english sworn for soke our partie and retourned frensh by the meyn of the forsaid legat and made a pees with the frensh kyng resauyng of the kyng for recompensing of his fadris deth the counte pontiu the lordshÌip of Maâoââ with moch oder as is specified in the said trayttie And so our embassatouris come home ayen in warse caas than they went out For thei lost ther the duke of burgoyn wich had bene with his bourgoynous and Picardes a singuler help in all the conquest of Normadie of FrauÌce ¶ This same yere wos a gret bataill on the see betwen the Ienewes and the kyng of Aragon of wich bataill the Ienewes had the victorie for they toke the kyng of Aragon the kyng of Naune and thee gret mastir of sent Iames in Galise with iij. hondrith knyghtis and squiers and moch othir pepull And this was on sent dominikys day ¶ And this same yere wer seyn iij sonnys at ons and anone folowid the threfold gouernance iÌ the chirch that is to wit of Eugenye of the concell of neutralite ¶ Also this same yere M. cccc.xxxiiij wos a passing gret wynd by wich stepillis houses treis wer ouer throwen About this tyme wos an holi maid in holand called Lydwith wich liued onli by miracle not etyng any mete This yere the duke of Burgoyn began his ordre at lyle of the golden Flyes ordeyned certayn knightis of the order and made statutis and ordinauÌces moch accordyng vn to the order of the garter ¶ Also this same yer the frenshmeÌ had enterprised to haue stole Calais iÌ the fisshiÌg tyme. for mony botis of fraunce had safecoÌdithes to cum to Calais for to take hering And the soudiours of the toune had a custoÌ to cuÌ to the chirch leue ther staffis standiÌg at the chirche dore wich staffis the frenshmen wich wer arayd like fisshers purposid to haue taken ther wapen and for to have won the toune bot on of them lay with a comyn woman the nyght be fore and told to hir ther couÌcell And shÌe on the morow told the leuetenaunt wich forthwith commaundid that euery man shuld kepe his wapen in his hand sakring time and othir ¶ And whan they êsauyd this that they wer mispoynted they sayled streght to Depe and stole and toke that toune ¶ And on the Newyeres euen after they tokeÌ Harflet· and thus the englishmeÌ began to lese a litell and a litell in Normandie ¶ How Calais guynes wer besegid by the duke of BurgoÌ how they wer rescued by the duke of Gloucestre THys yere wos a gret noyse thurgh all englond how the duke of Burgoyn wold cum and besege Calais wherfore thee Erle of Mortayn with his armye that he had for to haue go with in to frauÌce wos contremauÌdid Ì chargid that he shold go to Calais wich wos at that time well vitailled Ì maÌnyd for sir IohnÌ Ratclife wos leuetenauÌt of the kyng in that toune the baron of Duddeley liuetenauÌt of the castell ¶ And the ix day of Iulij the duke of Borgoyn with all the power of Flaundres and moch othir pepull com before Calays and set his sege about the touÌe euery touÌe of Flaundres had ther tentis by them self ¶ And this sege endurid iij. wekis In the meyn while the duke of Gloucestre beyng êtector of englond toke the most êtie of the lordis of Englond went ouer thee see to Calays for to rescue the touÌe or to fight with thee duke his host yf they wold haue byden this time london Ì euery good touÌe of Englond sent ouer se to thys rescu certayn pepull well arayd of the best and chosin men for the were ¶ And the secund day of august the forsayd duke of Gloucestre ariuid at Calays wyth all his armie and v. hondreth shippis Ì mo ¶ And the Duke and all his host that lay in the sege as sone as they aspied the saylles in thee see before they apporched Calays hauen sodenly in a mornyng deêtid from the sege leuyng behynd him moch stuffe and vitall fled in to FlauÌdres and Picardye and in lyke wyse dide the sege that lay be fore Guyns wher as they of guyns token the gret gonne of brasse called digeon and mony othir gret gonnys and serpentins ¶ And then whan the duke of gloucestre wos ariued with al his host he went in to flaundres and wos ther xij dayis and did but litell harmi except he brent two fair vilages Popering and Belle. and othir houses wich wer of no strength so he retourned home ayen ¶ And this same yere the kyng of scotland beseged Rokesburgh with moch pepull But sir Raufe Gray deêted fram the castell and ordined for rescu But os sone as the kyng vnderstode his deêting he sedenli brake his sege and weÌt his wa and left moch ordinauÌce behynd him wher he gat no worsshipp ¶ This same yere the secund day of Ianuer quene katrine wich wos the gynges moder and wyfe to kyng henri the fift died and deêtid out of this world and wos brought rially thurgh london so to westmiÌster and ther she lieth worchipfully buried in our lady chapell ¶ And also this same yere the iiij day of Ianuer fell doune the gate with the toure on it on londoÌ brigge toward southwerk with two arches and all that stode ther on ¶ This same yere wos a gret traitte holdyn betwen Grauenyng and Calais bitwen the kyng and the duke of bourgoyn wherfor the kyng wos the Cardinall of Englond the duke of Norfolk and mony othir lordis and for the duke wos the duchisse hauiÌg full pouer of hir lord as regent ladi of his landis wher wos takeÌ by thauys of both perties an
abstinence of were for a certayn tyme in the name of the Duchesse not of duke because he had gon froÌ his othe legeaunce that he had made to kyng Henri therfore the kyng neuer wold write ne oppointe ne haue to do with hiÌ after bot al in the duchesse name ¶ Also this same yere quene Iane died the secund day of Iule wich had bene kyng Henri the fourthis wife and wos caried fro Bermondsey vn to Cauntorberi wher she lieth beried bikyng Henri the iiij hir housbond ¶ This same yere died all the lions in the toure of london the wich had not ben seyn mony yeres before out of mynde ¶ How Owayn a squier of wales that had weddid quene Katerine wos arestid And of the scisme bitwen Eugenie Ì felix IN the xvi yere of kyng Henri died Sigismond Emprour of Almayn knyght of the garter whos terment the kyng keped at sent poules in london rialli wher was made a riall heerse and the kyng in his astate clad in blew wos at euen at dirige and on the morow at masse c. ¶ And after him wos elect and chosin Albert duke of Ostrich wich had weddid SigismoÌdê° doughter for to be epÌrour This maÌ wos taken resaued to be kiÌg of beme vngari be cause of his wife that was sigismondê° doughter wich left after him none othir heir ¶ This Albert wos emprour but on yere for he wos poysened so died sum saieth he died of a flix bot he wos a vertuus man petifull so moch that all the pepull that knew him said that the world wos not worthy to haue his presens ¶ This same yere on Owayn a squier of walis a man of law byrth wich had mony a day before secretly weddid quene Katerine and had by hir iij. sonnys and on doughter wos taken Ì commauÌdid to newgate to prison be my lord of Gloucestre êtectour of the reame ¶ And this yere he brake prison by the meyn of a prest that wos his chapelayn and after he was takiÌ ayen by my lord Bemond and brought ayen to newgate wich afterward wos deliuered at large And on of his sonnys afterwarde was made erle of richemond and an othir erle of penbroke Ì the thrid a monke of westmynstre wich monke died sone after This same yere also on Newyeres day at baynardis castell fell doune a stake of wod sodenli at afternone slew iij. meÌ mischeuisli and foule hurt othir Also at bedford on a shrireday wer xviij men murtherid with out stroke by falliÌg doune of a stair as they com out of ther comune hall mony foule hurt ¶ In the xviij yer sir Richard Beauchamp the good erle of werwike died at Roon he beyng that tyme leuetenaunt of the kyng in Normandie from thens his body wos brought to warwike wher he lieth worsshipfully in a new chapell on the south side of the quere ¶ Also this yere wos a gret derth of corne in all englond for a busshell of whete wos worth xl pens in mony places of engloÌd yit men myght not haue y nough wherfor Steuen broune that tyme mare of londoÌ seÌt iÌ to pruce broght to londoÌ certain shippis ladeÌ with rie wich did moch good to the poer pepull for corne wos so scarce iÌ engloÌd that iÌ suÌ places of engloÌd poer pepull made them bred of fern rotes ¶ This yere the generall councell of Basilie deposid eugenye And they chose Felix wich wos duke of Sauoye And than began the scisme wich endurid vn to the yere of our lord ihuÌ crist M. cccc.xlviij This felix wos a deuoute priÌce Ì sawe his sonnys son after leued an holi life wos chosin pope of the councell of Basile Eugenye deposed And so the scisme wos long time and this Felix had not moch obedience be cauce of the neutralite for the most parte and well nygh all cristyndome obeied reputid Eugenye for veray pope god knawoth who was veray pope of them both for both occupied during the life of Eugeny ¶ This same yere sir Richard wiche vecarie of hermettesworth wos degratid of his presthode at Poules brint at toure hill as for on heritike on sent Botulphus day how well at his deth he died a good cristyn man wher for after his deth moch pepull come to the place wher he wos brent and offrid made a heppe of stonys Ì set vp a crosse of tre Ì held him for a sent till the maire sheriues by the kyngê commauÌdemeÌt Ì of bisshoppis destruyed it made ther an dong hill ¶ Also this same yere the shireues of london set out of sent Martins the grauÌt the sentorie v. êsons wich afterward wer restorid ayen to the sentorie by the kiÌgê Iustices ¶ After albert the thrid Frederike wos chosin Emprour This Frederik duk of Osterik wos long Emprour Ì differid for to be crouned at rome because of the scisme but after that vnite wos had he wos crouned with imêiall diademe with gret glorie and triumphe of pope Nicholas the iiij This wos a pesabull man quiet and of siÌgular paciens not hating the chirch he weddid the kyng of Portingales doughter c ¶ How the duchesse of gloucestre wos arestid for treson committed to êpetuall prison in the I le of maÌ And of the deth of mastir Roger Bolingbroke IN this yere Elinour Cobham duchesse of gloucestre was arestid for certayn pointes of treson laid ayen hir wher vpoÌ she was examined in sent Stephenys chepell at westmynster before the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And ther she wos enioyned to open penaunce for to go thurgh chepe bering a taper in hir hand and after to êpetuall prison in the I le of man vnder the kepyng of sir Thomas stanley ¶ Also that same tyme wos arestid master Thomas southwell a chanon of westmynster mastir Iohan Hume a chapelayn of the said lady mastir Roger bolingbroke a clarke vsing nigromancie on mariorie Iurdemayn called the wicch of Eye beside westmynstre Thes wer arestid as for beyng of councell with the said duchesse of gloucestre And as for mastir Thomas southwell he died iÌ the toure the nyght before he shÌuld haue be reyned on the morne For he him self sayd that he shold die iÌ his bed not by Iustices ¶ And iÌ the xx yere maistir IohnÌ hume and mastir Roger bolingbroke wer brought to the gild hall in london and ther before the mair the lordis chief iustices of englond wer rayned and dampned both to be drowen hanged quartired but master iohnÌ hume had his chartre and wos êdoned by the kyngo· bot mastir Roger wos drawen to Tyburne wher he confessid that he died giltles neuer had trespasid in that he died fore Notwithstondyng he wos honged hedid quartired on whos soule god haue mercy ¶ And margeri iurdmain wos brent in smythfeld ¶ Also this yere wos a
moch that iÌ some places men gadred to geders and made them Captayns as blew berd and othir wich wer taken and resistid and had Iustices and died ¶ And than the said êlament wos adiourned to leycestre And theder the kyng brought with him the duke of suffolke ¶ And when the comunes vnderstode that he was out of the tour Ì comyn thidder they desiered to haue execucion on them that wer cause of the deliueraunce of Normandie and had ben cause of the deth of the duke of Gloucestre had sold Gascoyn and guyen of wich they named to begiltâ the duke of suffolke as chief the lord saye the bisshop of salisberi Daniell monâ mo ¶ And for to pease the comyns the duke of suffolke was exiled out of englond v. yere ¶ And so duriÌg the êlament hee went iÌ to Norfolke and ther toke shippyng for to go out of thee reame of engloÌd iÌ to frauÌce ¶ And this yere as he sailid on the se aship of were callid the Nicholas of tour met with his shipp and fond him therin whom they token out and brought hym iÌ to ther shippe to the maister and the Capitayns and ther he was examined and at the last Iugged to deth And so they put him in a Cabon and his chapelayn for to shriue him And that done they brought him in to Douer rode and ther set him in to the bote And ther smoten of his hede and brought the body on land vpon the sandis and set the hede ther by ¶ And this wos done thee frist day of May ¶ Lo what auaylÌed him now all his deliueraunce of Normandie c. And here ye may here how he was rewardid for the deth of the duke of Gloucestre Thus began sorowe vpoÌ sorow and deth for deth c. ¶ How this yere wos the insurrexcion iÌ KeÌt of the comunys of whom Iak Cade an Irishman wos capitayn THis yere of our lord M. cccc.l wos the gret grace of the Iubile at Rome wher wos gret perdone in so moch that from all places in cristyndome gret multitude of pepull resorted thidder ¶ And this yere wos a gret assemble and gadriÌg to geder of the comunes of kent in gret nombur Ì made an insurrexcion rebelled ayen the kyng his lawes ordeyned them a capitayn called iohnÌ Cade an Yrishman wich named him self Mortimer cosin to the duke of yorke ¶ And this capitayn held thes meÌ to geder made ordinaunce among them brought them to the blake heth wher he made a bill of peticions to the kyng his councell shÌewed what iniuries oppressioÌs the poer comiÌs suffrid Ì all vnder colour for to cuÌ to his abone he had a gret multitude of pepull ¶ And the xvij day of Iune the kiÌg moÌy lordis capitayns Ì meÌ of were weÌt toward him to the blake heth whan the Capitayn of Kent vnderstode the comyng of the kyng with so gret puissaunce he withdrew hiÌ with his pepull to seuenoke a litell village ¶ And the xxviij day of Iune he beyng withdrawen Ì gon the kiÌg come with his armie set in order enbatailled to the blake heth And by aduys of his couÌcell sent sir vmfrey stafford knight willm stafford squier two valiauÌt capitaiÌs with certaiÌ pepull to feght with the capitayn Ì to take him Ì bring hiÌ his accessaries to the kyng wich weÌt to souenoke ther the capitayn with his felyship met with them and fought ayens them and in conclusion slew them both as mony as abode wold not yeld him wer slain During this skarmush fell a gret variaunce among the lordis men and comyn pepull beyng on blake heth ayenst ther lordis Ì capitayns sayng playnli that they wold go vn to the capitayn of Kent to assiste and help him but if they might haue execucion on the traytours beyng about the kyng wher to the kyng said nay thei saied playnli that the lord saye tresorer of engloÌd the bishope of Salisburi the baron of dudby the abbot of glouceturdames treuilian Ì mony mo wer traytours Ì worthy to be dede herfore for to plese the lordis meny also sum of the kiÌges hous the lord saye wos arestie sent to the toure of londoÌ And then the kyng hering tydynges of the deth and ouerthrowyng of the staffordis he with drew him to london and from thens to kylingworth For the kyng ne the lordis durst not trust ther own housold men ¶ Then after that the capitayn had had this victori vpoÌ thes staffordis anone he toke sir vmfrey salat and his brigantins smyten full of giltnales And also his gilt sporris Ì arayed him like a lord and a capitayn and resorted with all his meny and also mo than he had before to thee blake heth ayen to whom come the Erchebisshop of Cantorberi and the duke of bokyngham to thee blake heth and spake with him and as it wos said they fond him witty in his talkyng and his request And so they departed ¶ And thee thrid day of Iuyll he come and entred in to London with all his pepull and ther did make cries in the kynges name and in his name that noman shuld robbe ne take no maner of goodis but if he payed for it and come ridyng thurgh the cite in gret pride and smote his swerd vpon londoÌ ston in Canwyk strete ¶ And he beiÌg iÌ the cite sent to the tour for to haue the lorde saye and so they set him and brought him to the Guyldhall before the Maire Ì the Aldermen wher that he was examined and he said he wold and ought to be Iuged by his peris And the communes of Kend toke him by force fro the maire and officers that kepid him and toke him to a prest to shriue him and or he myght be half shriuen they brought him to the standart in Chepe and ther smote of his hede on whos seule god haue marci Amen ¶ And thus died the lord saye tresorer of Englond After this they set his hede on a spere and bare it about in the rite And the same day about the myle ende Crowmer wos beheded ¶ And the day before at afternone the capitayn with certayn of his menye went to Philip Malpas house Ì robbed him toke away moch good And from thens he went to sent margaret patyns to on gherstis house robbed him Ì toke away from him moch good also at wich robbyng diuerse men of london of ther neyghbours wer at and toke part with them ¶ For this robbyng the pepull hertis fell from him Ì euery thrifty maÌ wos aferd for to be seruied in like wyse ¶ For ther wos mony a man in londoÌ that awayted and wold fayn haue seyn a comune roberie wich almyghty god forbed for it is to suppose if he had not robbid he myght haue gon fer or he had
Ì mariage wos done and endid thes lordis and ladies toke thir leue of the kiÌg the quene and come ayen in to Englond in hast thaÌ ãâã be IhuÌ Â¶ And in the viij yere of kiÌg Henris regne ther wos a man that wos called the walsh klarke he oppellâd a knyght that wos callid sir Perceuall Sowdone of treson Ì ther they wer Ioyned to fight vn to vtteraunce withyn Listes the day place tyme assigned and lymitted to be done Ì end iÌ smygthfeld at the wich day tho two parsons comen in to the feld Ì foughten sâre and myghteli to gedre but at the last the knyght ouercom the clarke made him yeld him creaunt of his fals enpechemeÌt that he had said on him than was he dispoyled of his armure drawe out of the feld to Tyborne Ì ther he wos honged the knyght take to grace and wos a good man ¶ And in this same yere sir Henri erle of Northumberland the lord Bardolf come out of Scotland in preiudece destruccion of kyng henri wherfore they of the northcuntre arisen vpon them and faugit with them and scomfitid them and toke them Ì smyten of ther hedis Ì quartrid ther bodies sent the hede of the erle Ì a quartir of the lord bardolf to londoÌ and ther they wer set vpon london brigge for fals treson that they had purposed ayenst the kyng ¶ And in the ix yere of kyng henris regne was sir Edmond Holand erle of keÌt made Amirell of englond for to kepe the see he went to the see with mony riall shippis that wer full well arayed and enparelled and enarmed with mony a good man of armes and archiers and of good defence of weyr in the kynges name of Englond and so he landid at the last in the cost of Bretan in the I le of Briak with all his pepull and he beseged thee Castell and sautid it and they withstode him with gret defence and strength ¶ And anoÌe he leyed his ordynauÌce And in the leyng of a gone come a quarell Ì smote the good erle EdmoÌd in the hede and ther he caught his dethis wounde but yit they left not till that they had geten the Castill and all that wer ther in ¶ And ther this good lord died on whos soule god haue mercy amen ¶ And than this menie come home ayen in to Englond with the erlis body wos beried amoÌgê his auÌcestres right worthely ¶ And in thee same yere was a gret frost in Englond that durid xv wekis ¶ And in the x· yere of kyng HeÌris regne the iiij com the Seneschall of henaud with othir meni to seke auÌtres and to get him worshipp iÌ dedis of armys both on hors and on fote at all maner of pointes of were ¶ And the Seneschall chalenged thee erle of Somerset and the erle deliuered hiÌ ful manfulli of all his chalenges Ì put his adusarie vn to the worse iÌ all pointes and wanne him ther gret worshÌypp and the degre of thee feld ¶ And the next day after come iÌ to thee feld an other man of armes of the seneschallis partie ¶ And ayens him come sir Richard of arundell knight and the henaud had the better of him on fote iÌ on poiÌte for he brought hiÌ on his kne ¶ And the thrid day come iÌ an othir man of armes iÌ to the feld and ayeÌs him ther come sir IohnÌ Cornewaill knight manly and knightely he quitte him in all maner poyntis ayeÌs his adusarie and had the better iÌ thee feld ¶ And on thee iiij day come an other maÌ of armes of Henaude iÌ to the feld and ayens him come sir Iohan Cheynes son manly quitte him ayens his adusarie for he cast hors Ì man iÌ to the feld And the kyng for his manhod at that tyme dubbed hiÌ knyght ¶ And the v. day ther come an other man of armes of the henaudis partie in to the feld and to him come in sir Iohan stiward knyght and manfulli he quitte him ther in all maner of pointes and had the better ¶ And the sext day after come an other henaud to him come willm porter squyer Ì manfulli he quitte him Ì had the better in the feld Ì the kyng dubbed him knyght the same tyme. ¶ And the vij day after come an othir henaud in to the feld and to him come IohnÌ standissh squier manly he quitte him on his adusarie had the better in tho feld and the kyng dubbed him knyght the same day ¶ And on the same day come an othir henaud to him come a squyer of Gascoyn and proudly and manli he quitte him on his adusarie Ì had the better and anone the kyng dubbed hiÌ knyght ¶ And on the viij day come in to the feld ij men of armes of henaude and to them come ij soudiours of Calais that were brether that wer called Burghes Ì well and maÌly quitte them on ther adu*aber siries and had the better in the feld thus endid the chalenges with moni worshippes ¶ And the kyng at the reuerence of the stringers made a gret fest and yaf them rich yeftes they token ther leue and weÌt home in to ther own cuntre ¶ And in the xi yere of kyng HeÌris regne the iiij ther was a gret bataill do in smythfeld bitwen two squiers that on wos called Gloucestre that was appelauÌt Arthur wos the defendauÌt Ì well and manfulli foughten to geder long time the kyng for ther manfulnesse Ì of his grace toke ther quarell in to his hand Ì made them to go out of the feld at ons so they wer deuided of ther batailles thee kyng yaf them grace ¶ And the xij yere of kyng heÌris regne the fourth Risdie a squier of wales that was a rebell a riser supporter to Owen of Glendre that did moch destruccion to pepull of wales wos taken and brought to London and ther he come a fore the Iustices and wos dampned for his treson and than he wos laid on an hurdell and so draw forth vn to Tyborne thurgh the cite ther he wos hanged and let doune a yen and his hede smyten of the body quartired and sent vn to iiij tounes and his hede set on london brigge ¶ And in the xiij yere of kyng Henris regne tho died sir IohnÌ Beauford the erle of somerset that wos capitayn of Calais and wos beried at the abbey of the tour hill on whos soule god haue merci amen· ¶ And in the same yere thee lord Thomas kyng Henris son wedded thee couÌtosse of somerset ¶ And in this same yere com thee embassatours of frauÌce in to englond from the duke of Burgoyn vn to the prince of englond kyng henris son and heir for to haue help and socour of men
spuÌalte encoraged the kyng to chalenge Normandy Ì his right in frauÌce to th enteÌt to set hiÌ a werke ther that he shuld not seke occasioÌs to entre iÌ to such maters ¶ And all his life after he laboured iÌ the weris iÌ ê¯quering gret ête of the reame of frauÌce that bi the a gremeÌt of the kiÌg Charles he had all the gouernaÌce of the reame of frauÌce Ì wos êclamid regent heir of frauÌce so not withstoÌdyng all this gret were that he had yit he remembrid his soule also that he was mortall must die for wich he ordined bi his liue the place of his sepultur wher he is beried Ì euery day iij. massis êpetualli soÌgen iÌ a chapell ouer his sepultur of wich the middill masse Ì the fyrst Ì laast masse shall be as his assigned by hiÌ as it apperith by thes uersis foloiÌg Henrici misse quinti sunt hic tabulate Que successiue sunt per monachos celebrate Prima sit assupÌte de festo virginis alme· Poscit postremam cristus de morte resurgens Prima salutate de festo virginis extat Nunciat angelicis laudem postrema choreis Esse deum natuÌ de virgine prima fatetur Commemorat natam sic vltima missa mariam Prima celebretur ad honorem neupmatis almi vltima conceptam denuÌciat esse mariam Semê prima coli debet de corêe cristi vltima sit facta de virgine purificata Condecet vt prima celebretur de cruce sancta Atque salutate· fiet postrema marie Omnes ad sanctos est prima colenda suênos vltima de requie pro defunctie petit esse Semper erit media de proprietate diei ¶ And yit the nobull kiÌg Henri the v. fouÌdid ij houses of religioÌ on called SyoÌ beside braynford of the order of sent Brigitte both of men women Ì on that othir side of the riuer of tamise an hous of moÌkis of chartrehous iÌ wich two places he is ê¯tinually praid for nyght day for euer whaÌ they of SyoÌ restis they of the chartrehous do ther seruice in like wise whaÌ they of the charterhous restis the othir goeth to by ryngyng of the bellis of eythir place eche knoweth whan they haue endid ther seruise wich be nobli endowed do dayli ther gret almusse dedis as iÌ charterhous certayn child be fondeÌ to scole Ì at sioÌ certayn almisse yefuen dali yit beside al this he had fouÌdid a recluse with shall be alway a prest to pÌy for hiÌ by the said chartrehous wich prest is sufficiently endewed for hiÌ a seruauÌt Lo here may all princes take ensample by this nobull prince that regned so litell time not fully .x. yere did so moÌy nobull actis as well for his soule to be êpetually remeÌbrid praid for as iÌ his worldly ê¯questis he beiÌg in his most lusti age dispised Ì eschewid synne Ì wos uertuê° a gret Iustiser iÌ so moch that all the priÌces of cristeÌdoÌ drad hiÌ also of hethenese he had determiÌed iÌ hiÌ selfe if god wold haue sparid hiÌ to haue werid on the sariseÌs Ì for to know the ayde of oder princes all the passag iÌ that iournay he seÌt a knight of henaud named sir hugh de lanoye vn to Ierusalem but or he returned he died at Boys du vyncent in the xxxvi yer of his age on whos soule god haue merci Amen FElix the v. wos pope when Eugeny was deposid ix yere This Felix wos the duke of subandie a devoute prince an old man Ì he saw his childis child This man when he leuid an hole life wos chosin pope of the couÌcell of basiliens Ì Eugeyn wos deposit Ì ther wos strife loÌg time Ì he had no gret obedience for the deposicion of Eugeyn And at the last eugeyn decessed then felix resined to Nicholas for fauour of the pees to be had and he wos made legate of frauÌce Ì cardinale of sabianus ¶ This wos the xxiij strife betwix Eugen felix Ì it durid xvi yere· this wos a new cause Ì neuer be fore seyn for the ê¯cel of basilien deposid eugeyn the veray pope ther wos no moo for he obeyd not the decreys of the councell of Constantinopolyn as they sayd ne he charged not to obey the concell of Basien bothe saed rather the contrarie shÌuld be done then so as they decreid wherfor ther roos a gret altricacion in that mater for sum sayd on way and sum an othir and coud not accord vn to this day for the ton êti sayd that the couÌcell wos aboue the pope an othir êtie said the contrari that the pope wos aboue the couÌcell but they left it vndetermined therfore god must dispose for the best Albertus was Emprour after Sygmonde on yere This Albert wos the duke of Anstre Ì nevew to Sigmond and ther for he wos kyng of Beem and of vngri for his doughter for othir heir he left not This man wos chosin Emprour of Almayn bot anone he wos poysened and died and he wos in al thyngê a vertuus man that all meÌ said he wos a presideÌt to all kynges Fredericus the thrid wos Emprour after him This Frederik wos the duke of Anriest and chosin of Almayn bot it was loÌg or he wos crouned of the pope for diuision at the last ther wos made a vnite and he was crouned with a gret honour of the pope in the cite and wos a pesabull man and a quiet Ì of a singuler pete and he hated not the clargi he weddid the kyngê doughter of Portingale And in hys tyme whyles that he regned he made a gret conuocacion of princes in ratispona for the in cors of the Turkis and shewed vn to them that now with in this xx yere cristiÌdom wos made lasse by two hondreth mile and he warned them that they shuld be redy to resist him ¶ And the cite imêiall of Constantinobull was taken of the misbeleuyng Turkis and betrayed be a Ianuens whom for his labour the turke made a kyng as he êmysed him and the iiij day he callid home and he did him for his dissayt to his mastir And ther wos gret sorow and wepyng among cristyn pepull for the losse of that nobull Cite and of cristyn men and women for mony a cristyn man was slayn and innumerable wer sosld and the Emprour wos slayn for enuy the Turke causid his hede to be smyt of when he wos dede And almost all the faith in the land of greke failed Nicholaus the fifth a Ianuens wos pope after felix viij· yere This Nycholas was chosin at rome in the plais of Euggyny yit the strife hengit And a litell litell they obeyed him and all men meruellid that a man of so poer a nacion shuld obtene ayens the duke of
Wynkfeld sir Iohan bottellÌer Sir Raynold Cobham sir Iohaâ passheley sir Thomas Tunstall Sir IohnÌ Chidiok sir Raufe langford sir wyllm drury sir willm ap Thomas sir Richard Carbonell Sir Richard Wydeuile Sir Iohan shridelew sir WyllyaÌm Cheyn sir Wyllyam Babyngton sir IohnÌ Iune sir GilÌbert Beauchamp ¶ Item in the v. yere the duke of Bedford with the duchese hys wyfe went ouer see to Calays a lytell before went ouer Henri bishop of wiÌchestre And on our lady day anuÌciacion iÌ our lady chyrche at Calais the bishop of wiÌchestre whan that he had songen masse wos made Cardinall he knelyng before the hygh auter the duke of Bedford set the hat vpon hys hede and ther wer hys bulles red as well of hys charge as the reioyssing of his benefices spirituel and temperill ¶ And thys same yere was gret habundaunce of rayn that the substanse of heye and also of corne was destruyed for it rayned almost eueri other day ¶ And thys same yere the good erle of salusberi sir Thomas Montague layd sege vn to Orlyaunce at wych sege he wos slayn with a gonne that come out of the toune on whos sowle god haue merci for syth that he wos slayn Englishmen neuer gat ni preuayled iÌ frauÌce bot euer after began to lese lytell and lytell till all wos lost ¶ Also this same yere a bretoÌ murdred a good wedow in hir bedde without algate wich wedow fond him for almesse And he bare away all that she bad ¶ And after this he toke the gyrth of holy chirch at sent Georgis in southwark and ther token the crosse and forsuore this lande And os he went it happened that he com by the plase wher he did this cursed dede in the subbarbes of london And the women of the same parissh com out with stonys and canel dung and slew and made an end of him ther. Notwithstandyng the constabules and mony othir men beyng present for to kepe him for ther wer mony women and had no pitte ¶ Also this same yere the Duke of Northfolke with mony gentill men and yemen toke his barge the viij day of Nouembre at sent mari oueyes for to haue go thurgh londoÌ brugge and thurgh misgydyng of the barge it ouerthrew on the pyles and mony men drownyd but the duke him self with ij or iij. leped vpon the piles and so wer sauid with help of men that wer aboue the brugge wich casten doun ropis by the wich roppis they sauyd them self ¶ This same yere on sent Leonardis dai kyng Henri beyng vij yere of age wos crouned at westmynster at whos coronacion wer made xxxvi knightis This yere on sent Georgis day he passid ouer the see to Calays toward frauÌce Aboute this tyme and a fore the reame beyng in gret miserie and tribulacion the Dolphyn with his parte began to make were and gate certayn places and made distresses vpon english men by the meyn of his capitayns that is to say la heer poton de seyntraylles and ispeciall a mayd wich they namyd la pucelle de dien This maid rood lyke a man Ì wos a valiant capitayn among theÌ and toke vpon hir mony gret enterprises in so moch that they had a beleue for to haue recouerid all ther lossies by hir ¶ Not wtstondyng at the last after mony gret feates by thee helpe and prouiesse of sir Iohan Luxemburgh the wich was a nobull Capitayn of the Dukes of Burgoyn and mony englishmen picardes and Burgoygnous wich weren of our partie before the toune of Compyne the xxiij day of May the forsaid pucelle was taken in the feld armed like a man and mony othir capitayns with hir wer all brought to Roan and ther she wos put in to prison And ther she was Iugged bi the law to be brent and then she said that she wos with child wherby she wos respited a while But in conclusion it was founde that shÌe wos not with child And then she was brenned in Roan And the oder Capitayns wer put to raunsome and entreated as men of wer bene acustmed c. ¶ And this same yere about Candilmasse Richard hunder a wollÌepacker wos dampned for an heritike and brent at tour hyll And about midlentin sir Thomas Baggeli prest and vicarie of Mauen in Estsex beside Walden wos disgratid and dampned for an heritike and brent in smyth felde ¶ And also in this same yere whiles the kyng wos in fraunce ther wer moni heritikis loulars that had purposid to make a rising cast billis in mony places bot blissid be god almyghty the Capitayn of them wos taken whos name was willm Maundeuill a weuer of Abendon and balif of the same toune wich named him self Iak Sharp of Wigmoresland in walÌes And afterward he wos be hedid at the forsaid Abendon in the witson weke on the tewisday ¶ This same yere the sext day of December kiÌg HeÌri the sext was crouned kiÌg of fraunce at Paris iÌ the chirch of our lady with gret solempnite ther beyng present the Cardinall of Englond the duke of bedford and mony othir lordis of fraunce Ì of Englond ¶ And after this coronacion Ì gret fest holdeÌ at Paris the kiÌg retourned froÌ theÌs to roan Ì so toward Calais the ix day of Feuerer londed at Douer whom all the comunes of kente met at beramdouÌ bitwen CaÌtorberi douer all iÌ reed hodis so come forth till he come to the blake heth wher he wos met with the Maire Iohan wellis with all the craftis of london clothed all iÌ white And so they brought hym vn to London the xxi day of the same moneth ¶ And this same yere was a restraiÌt of the wollis of Calays made by the soudiouâs by cause they wer not payed of ther wages wherfor the Duke of bedford regent of Fraunce beyng then capitayn come to Calais the tewisday in the ester weke And on the morne after moÌy soudiours of the touÌe wer arestid Ì put iÌ ward And in the same weke he rode to Terewyn bi the meyn of the bisshop of Terewyn he weddid the erles doughter of seÌt Poule come ayen to Calais ¶ And the xi day of Iune on sent Barnabeis day ther wer iiij soudiours of Calais that wer chief causers of the restreynt hedid that is to wit IohnÌ Maddeley Iohan Lunday Thomas Palmer Ì Thomas Talbot an hondreth Ì x. banysshed the toune that same tyme. before wer banysshed an hondreth xx soudiours And on midsomer euen after com the lord regent Ì his wife to london ABowt this tyme pope martin died And after him Eugeyne thee fourth wos Pope This man was pesabuly chosin in Rome by the Cardinales and was uery indubytate pope· But shortly after he was put and expulsid out of Rome in such maner that he wos fayn to flee nakid In this same tyme wos the councill of Basilie to wich councell he wos