some were slayne at the seges some forsoke the Frenche kynge But at the last these .ii. prynces mette with .ii. great hoostes in a playne fylde where there was fouâ—â—â— a cruell battell but the Frenche kynge lost the fylde and many of his people were slayne 〈◊〉 he hym selfe fayne to flee but after these princes were agreed and wyllyam the eldyst son of kynge henry dyd homage to the kynge of Fraunce for Normandye the fre men of Normandye dyd homage to wyllyam the kynges sonne ¶ After this done kynge Henry sayled into EnglaÌ„de but the shyppe wherin wyllyam his eldyst son was and Rycharde his brothe rthe erle of Chester and his suster the kynges doughter the countes of Percye the kynges nyce and many other great estates and other to the nombre of C.lx. parsons strycke vpon a rocke and was sodaynly brokyn where they were all drowned saue one man that escaped ¶ About the .xxi. yere there was a great couÌ„sell called in LoÌ„don for y e correccyon of the vicyous lyuynge of preestes to be done by the kynges offycers Sone after this Henry the Emperour dyed and Maude the empresse came to her father kynge henry whiche caused Dauyd the kynge of Scotlande and the more parte of the lordes of Englande to do othe and fealte to the Empresse and to kepe the lande to her if the kynge dyed without issue male ¶ Also about the .xxviii. yere one Geffrey Plantagenet erle of Angeo maryed the sayd Maude and after by her had issue Henry whiche henry after kynge Steuyn was kynge of Englande as shal be shewed after ¶ This kynge henry the fyrst buylded the Abbey of Redynge released to the Englysshemen the Dane gelt Also this kynge henry beynge in Normandye in the .xxxv. yere of his reyne the seconde day of December in the yere of Chryst M.C.xxxv dyed Some say he dyed of a surfet and some wryters say that it was by a fall of a horse and his body was brought into Englande and is buryed in the Abbay of Redynge Stephanus Innocent Celestyne Lucius ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C.xxx He made the lawe y t none shulde ley no violent hande vpon a clerke payne of cursynge and he hylde the see .xiiij. yere ¶ Celestyne was nexte pope he hylde the see .v. monethes ¶ Lucius was nexte pope he hylde the see one monethe ¶ Conrade ¶ Conrade was next Emperour the yere of Chryst M.C.xxxviij In his tyme one mayster Arnolde preched in Rome agaynst the ryches superfluytes many men alowed hym therin and folowed hym But at the last he was put to deth because of y e hatered y t the clerkes had vnto hym ¶ Steuyn STeuyn erle of Boleyn and syster son to kynge Henry than toke vpon hym to be kyng of Englande For when he harde of kyng Henryes dethe he passed the see and came into Englande thorowe counsell of many of the great lordes of Englande contrary to their othe made to Maude y e Empresse and was crowned kynge vpon saynt Steuyns day the yere of Chryst M.C.xxxv after the count of Englande by wyllyam Archebysshop of Caunâ—erbury whiche fyrst made othe to Maude the Empresse This Steuyn the fyrst yere of his â—aygne araysed a great hooste to haue made warre agaynste kynge Daued of Scoâ—lande but he came and made a peace with hym But he dyd hym none homage because he had done homage before to Maude the Empresse Nat withstandynge yet Henry the eldyst son to kynge Daued dyd houâ—â—ge to kyng Steuyn But after that this Daued repented hym â—f that and entryd into Northumberlande with a great hoost brent and slewe the people in 〈◊〉 cruell wyfe and slewe man woman and chylde But the kynge sent one Thurstone with 〈◊〉 â—reat hoost agaynst them betwene whiche there was a great battell where the Scottes lost 〈◊〉 fylde and many of them slayne and the resyde we fled into Scotlande And after that this kynge Steuyn hym selfe made a great voyage into Scotlande but he dyd there but lyttel to his pleasure or profyte ¶ This kynge Steuyn beseged dyuers castels of dyuers by sshoppes and other lordes and toke them by force and fortefyed them with his knyghtes seruauntes to the entent to withstande the Empresse whose commynge he euer feared ¶ About the .vi. yere of his raygne Maude the Empresse came into Englande by the comfort of the erle of Glocester bastarde son to kynge Henry her father and of the erle of Chester but the kynge raysed so great a power y t the Empresse was fayne to go take the citye of Lyncolne for her refuge helpe and the kyng her beseged longe tyme but at the last she and her company escaped and than the kynge toke the citye And than the erle of Chester with a great power of welchemen and the erle of Glocester brought a great power to the Empresse and came agaynst the kynge betwene whome there was fought a cruell batell that dured a longe season it was harde to knowe who shulde haue the better but at the last the kynges people gaue backe and fledde And the kynge abode with a fewe of his knyghtes and was takyn prisoner and brought to the Empresse and after sent to Brystowe to prison ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys son to Lewys the great was nexte kyng of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.C.xxxvii This Lewys beynge longe from the companye of his wyfe on a tyme fell sycke and his Phesicyons counselled hym to take a wenche but he wolde nat and sayd it was better for hym to dye vpon goddes hande than to lyue in spouse breche and sone after that he receyued helthe Eugenye Anastase ¶ Eugenye was nexte pope he hylde the see .viii. yere and more ¶ Anastase was nexte pope he hylde the see one yere ¶ After this fylde so wonne the Empresse thought her sure of the hole realme but she was disceyued for the kentysshemen toke parte with the kyng The quene also kynge Steuyns wyfe made great labour to haue the kynge delyuered promysynge that he shulde surtendre the lande to the Empresse he to go to religyon but the Empresse her couÌ„sayle wolde nat grauÌ„t therto ¶ Also they of the citye of London made great labour to the Empresse to vse saynt Edwardes lawes and nat the lawes that the Empresse father had ordayned whiche was more strayte straunge to them than the other but the Empresse and her counsayle wolde nat graunt it For these sayd causes the Citezyns of LoÌ„don were discontented wolde haue takyn the Empresse but she hauynge knowlege therof departed and fledde to Oxforde And the quene with ayde of the kentysshemen her fryndes raysed a great hoost y t the Empresse for feare fled to Gloucester and in this whyle the erle Robert of Gloucester araysed a great people and in a playne fylde besyde wynchester the erle was discomfet by them of the quenes parte there therle was takyn
the vycount of NarbonÌ„ and dyuers other men of name and of the commons .v. M. And there was taken the duke of AlauÌ„son the marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other This Charles the Dolphyn whome the Frenchemen called kynge Charles the .vii. by some wryters is affyrmed to be son to Charles the .vi. And some affyrme hym to be sonne to the duke of Orlyaunce borne of the quene wyfe to Charles the .vi. And some affyrme hym to be the sayd kynge Charles bastarde sonne borne of his paramour called fayre Agnes And also is lyke that he shulde nat be Legittymate son to Charles the .vi. because that that kynge Charles by the consent of his lordes wylled the realme of Fraunce to Katheryn his doughter wyfe to kynge Henry the .v. ¶ Also in the .iii. yere of kynge Henry the .vi. the duke of Glocester the lorde protectour whiche had maryed the Duches of Holande sayled ouer thyther with his wyfe and was honorably receyued but sone after he returned into Englande leauynge his wyfe behynde hym And after y t she was taken by the duke of Burgoyne and kept in prison but yet after she escaped wherfore y e duke of Glocester sent the lorde Fitz water ouer with a great power into zelande but they were there at theyr landynge incountred of theyr enemyes and dryuen backe and fayne to returne agayne to theyr shyppes and so into Englande and preuayled nothynge ¶ Also in the .v. yere of kynge Hynry the erle of Salisbury syr Thomas Mountegue with other lordes leyde sege to the citye of Orlyaunce and wanne dyuers holdes nyghe the citye and as he stode in a bay wyndowe one of the citye marked hym and leuelyd a gonne at hym smote the tymbre of y e wyndowe whiche tymber brake and so smote hym vpon the face wherof he dyed within .iii. dayes after And this was called by the Englysshemen indicium malorum for after his dethe the englysshemen lost euer in FrauÌ„ce theyr possessyons moche more than they wanne ¶ Charles ¶ Charles the .vii. was nexte Frenche kynge y e yere of chryst M.iiii C.xxii. he had great waâ—â—e with the englysshemen to whose helpe there came a mayde of Fraunce whome the frenchemen called la pusell de dieu but she was take and brent by the englysshemen But in the ende this Charles wanne all that agayne whiche the englysshemn had gotte before that is to say Parys y â— coâ—treys of hye Champayne Normandye and Guyan and dyuers other ¶ Philyppe son to IohnÌ„ was nexte duke of Burgoyne Nycholas ¶ Nicholas was nexte pope for Felix resygned to hym he hylde the see .viii. yere Fredrycke ¶ Fredrycke was nexte Emperour he hylde the empyre .xlvi. yere and than dyd assocyate vnto hym Maximilyaâ— his son by y e consent of the electours hylde the empyre with his son .vii. yere ¶ Also in the .viii. yere of kynge Henry he was crowned at westmyster and then after that he passed ouer the see into Fraunce ¶ Also about this tyme a mayden called Iane a poore mannes doughter in Fraunce came to Charles the Dolphyn of FrauÌ„ce whome the frenchemen called kynge Charles the .vii. and said she was sent to hym by god to helpe to releue the misery of Fraunce whervpon they gatte her armour and accompanyed her with knyghtes and soudyars which went forthe and gaue many great conflyctes to the Englysshemen and wanne from them many great townes and holdes And as some wryters say she by her prouydence caused the sayd Charles to be crowned kynge of Fraunce at Reyns But other wryters say he was neuer crowned tyll after the dethe of the duke of Bedforde This sayde mayde called by the Frenchemen Le pusell de dieu or the mayde of god put the Englysshemen oft tymes to the wors But yet at the last she with her coÌ„panye at a place called Champanye came to remoue a sege layde thervnto by y e duke of Burgon and the englysshemen and gaue them battell in whiche fyght the frenchemen were discomfyt and there the sayd mayde was taken by a Burgonyon knyght after brought to Roan where she was by the Englysshemen iudged to dethe and brent ¶ Also in the .x. yere of kynge Henry he was crowned in Parys and after that he returned into Englande leauynge the duke of Bedforde as regent of FrauÌ„ce behynde hym And about this tyme was a great blasynge sterre sene in Englande ¶ Also in the .xii. yere of kynge henry the lorde Talbot with a great coÌ„panye went into FrauÌ„ce and dyd moche hurte to the frenchemen Also about this tyme there were many conflyctes betwene englysshemen and Frenchemen in Fraunce and Normandye and in other contreys dyuers holdes beseged But about the .xiii. yere of kynge henry there was a treatye of peace holdyn at Aras in Pycardye for bothe y e realmes by the meanes of the pope whiche sent thyder the cardynall of saynt Crosse for the same purpose but that treatye toke none effecte and as the frenche cronycles say the cause therof was for the obstynacy of the englysshemen wherfore Philyppe duke of Burgon by meanes of the sayde cardynall forsoke there the englysshemens parte returned to Charles the Frenche kyng whiche gaue vnto hym the countye of Poytewe dyuers other lordeshyppes in recompense of his fathers dethe whiche was before that â—layue And sone after this the duke of Bedforde regent of FrauÌ„ce dyed at Roan was there buryed After whose dethe the englysshemen by lyttell and lyttell lost all that they had wonne before ¶ Also in the .xiiii. yere of kyng henry the duke of Barre accompanyed with the Burgonyons wanne Hareflewe and after that wanne the towne of saynt Denyse and slewe therin aboue iiii C. englysshemen After this one Notycia a knyght of Orlyaunce came to Parys and lay at the charterhouse beyonde the ryuer of Sayne and confetered with certayne citezyns of Parys to betray the citye and to brynge it out of the englysshemens possessyon whiche persons beynge hedes of the citye so labored and turned the hartes of the coÌ„mons from the englysshemen that sodaynly they a rose and slewe as many of the englysshemen as they coude fynde and they that fled and fought by the stretes the women and other persons cast vpon them stones hote lycour so that the englysshemen were slayne taken prisoners they that fled escaped with great parel Than the other hoost that lay at the charterhouse entred at the gates of saynt Germayne saynt Myghels saynt Iakes so came ouer the brydges into the citye and towne ar theyr pleasure after that the englysshemen that were in the towre of saint Denyse and other holdes were fayne to gyue vp the sayd holdes hauynge theyr lyues so deê‘ted And in theyr departure they were mocked scorned of the frenchemen without measure the englisshemen y t taryed were fayne to gyue fyne and raunsome were sworne
realme he was than by all theyr assentes deposed and discharged of all kyngly honour and dignyte And than by the auctoryte of the sayd counsell agrement of all the coÌ„mons there present Edwarde erle of marche than the eldyst son of y e duke of yorke was elected and chosen for kynge of Englande After whiche admyssion the sayd Edwarde erle of Marche the .iiii. day of Marche the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.lx accompanyed with all the lordes and a great multytude of the coÌ„mons was brought into westmyster there toke possessyon of the realme syttynge in the seate royall in the great hail of westmyster with his septer in his hande a questyon was axed of all the people yf they wolde admytte hym to coÌ„tynue as kynge to the whiche with one voyce all the people cryed there ye And than there after the custome vsed he toke his othe and after that went into the abbey and there was receyued w t precessyon and conueyed vnto saynt Edwardes shryne and there offered as kynge and after that receyued homage fealte of all the lordes And vpon the morowe folowynge he was proclaymed in dyuers places of the citye of London Edwarde the .iiii. than kynge of Englande Sone after this this kynge Edwarde with his lordes and a great companye and bande of men toke his iourney Northwarde to subdue his enemyes met w t them at a place called Towton ix myles from yorke with whome he had than a cruell and mortall battell but kynge Edwarde had the victorye that in the fylde chase there were slayne aboue .xxx. M. men there was slayne the erle of Northumberlande the erle of westmyrlande the lorde Clyfforde the lorde Egremounde Andrewe Trollope and many other And in the same fylde was taken the erle of Deuonshyre the erle of wylkeshyre whiche erle of Deuonshyre was after at yorke beheded But kynge Henry and the quene the yonge duke of Somercet the lorde Rose other beynge than at yorke herynge of the losse of this fylde fled towarde Scotlande and vpon the morowe folowynge kynge Edwarde entered into yoâ—ke with his people and there hylde his estate And after that he 〈◊〉 the erle of wâ—rwyke in the Northe to see the guydynge therof and he hym selfe costed the contrey Southwarde and Eestwarde and so came towarde London Edwardus .iiij. Pius ¶ Pius was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.lviii he hylde the see .vi. yere Edwarde the .iiii. EDwarde the .iiii. son to Rycharde duke of yorke came to London and there was crowned kynge at westmyster the .viii. day of Iune the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.lx In the fyrst yere of his reyne the erle of Oxforde y e lorde Aubrey syr Thomas Todenham willyam Tyrell and IohnÌ„ Mongumery were beheded at the Towre hyll Also in the same yere Margarete late quene of Englande came out of Fraunce into Scotlande and from thens into Englande with a strength of Frenchemen and Scottes wherfore kynge Edwarde went towarde them w t a stronge hoost and than the quene perceyuynge she was nat able to resyst kynge Edwardes power returned toke the see and so went agayne into Scotlande And after that the yonge duke of Somercet other that toke the quenes parte submytted them to the kynges grace ¶ Also in the .ii. yere of kyng Edwarde the duke of Somercet herynge y t Henry late kynge was coÌ„mynge agayne into Englande forsoke kynge Edwardes parte returned vnto Henry late kynge whiche entered agayne and at a place called Exham in the Northe the lorde IohnÌ„ Montegue hauynge the rule of the northe contrey with a great power to hym gathered met with theÌ„ and skyrmysshed with them and had the victorye where the sayd duke of Somercet the lorde Hungerforde the lorde Roose were taken prisoners whiche .iii. lordes were sone after put to dethe and beheded and dyuers other that were there taken were after put to dethe ¶ Also in the .iiii. yere of kinge Edwarde secretely in a mornyng at Grastcon nyghe to Stonystretforde the kynge maryed Elysabeth whiche was late before wyfe to syr IohnÌ„ Gray knyght doughter to the lorde Ryuers where with the erle of warwyke was nat content but secretely in his mynde grudged there at Also in this yere Henry late kynge was taken in a woode in the northe contrey by one Cauntlowe and presented to kynge edwarde whiche sent him as prisoner to the Towre of London And anone after quene elysabeth was crowned at westmyster with a great solempnyte and sone after she was delyuered of her fyrst chylde called Elysabeth ¶ Also in the .vi. yere of this kyng the bastarde of Burgon chalenged the lorde Scalys for certayne feates of warre whiche were done in Smythfylde but the lorde Scalys had the victorye and honour ¶ Also in the .viii. yere of this kynge Margarete the kyngê suster was sent ouer the see honorably maryed to Charles the duke of Burgon ¶ Also in the .ix. yere of kynge edwarde the erle of warwyke absented hym selfe from the kyng and confetered vnto hym the duke of Clarence the kynges brother whiche before had maryed y e erle of warwykes doughter whervpon the coÌ„mons of Northumberlande began to rebelle and chase them a captayne called Robyn of Ryddysdale dyd many great feates but at the last this Robyn of Ryddysdale bare hym selfe so wysely that he all his companye were pardoned had no hurte but durynge that rumour and sterynge the Lyncolnshyre men toke the lorde Ryuers and syr IohnÌ„ his son at the mewys at Charynge crosse and brought them to Northamton and there beheded them anone after proclamacyons were made in London y t the kynge had pardoned all those ryottours aswell for the dethe of the lorde Ryuers as for all other displeasures ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys son of Charles was nexte frenche kynge the yere of Chryste M. CCCC.lxi he had great warre with Charles the duke of Burgon ¶ Charles ¶ Charles son to Philyppe was nexte duke of Burgon he had a doughter called Margarete whiche was maryed to Maximilyan that was electe emperour Paulus ¶ Paulus was nexte pope he hylde the see .vi. yere ¶ But sone after this a newe styrrynge began in Lyncolneshyre by meanes of the lorde welles for whome the kynge sent by feare meanes and as it was sayd promysed hym to come safe and goo safe but wheâ—her the kinge made to hym any suche promyse or nat yet he was shortely after beheded And also sone after this a concorde and vnyte was labored betwene kynge Edwarde and his brother the duke of Clarence and the erle of warwyke wherfore they met all at London at Baynardes castell where the duchesse of yorke theyr mother than lay But anone after y e erle of warwyke sodaynly departed to warwyke and there gathered a great strength And in this whyle syr Robert welles son to y e lorde welles before put to dethe assembled a great power purposynge to gyue kynge
capteyn of the danys became a Crysten man Lews Lews son of Loyter was next kyng of fraunce the yere of cryste .ix. C·lxxxvi Arnold ¶ Arnold son of Baldewyn was next yerle of Flaunders he lyeth at Gaunt IohnÌ„ Gregory IohnÌ„ ¶ IohnÌ„ a romayn was next pope the yere of cryste .x. C.lxxxiii he helde the see .x. yere and more ¶ Gregory was next pope he helde the see .ii. yere more he was nygh cosyn to otton the .iii. eÌ„perour he ordenyd y t y e emperour shulde be chosen by .vii. pryncis of almayne whych is obserued to this day ¶ IohnÌ„ that was byshop of Pleasaunce helde the see .x. monethis In his tyme one crescencius a consul put doun pope Gregory made IohnÌ„ byshop of PleasauÌ„ce for rewarde of money pope whereof Otto beyng not content cam to Rome with a grete power and beseged crescencius in castell angell and at y e last took hym smote of his hed put doun pope IohnÌ„ Sone after a grete sykenes of the bloody flyx reyned wherof mych people died and for lak of good Iustyce many theuis and bribors were in the land and grete mysery and myschefe This Egelredê° gafe hym self to lechery and polyng of his subiectis and disinherited men of they re possessions and caused them to redeme y e same agayn with grete summys of money for he payed grete tribute to danys yerely whych was called dane gylt or danys money which was iÌ„cresed froÌ„ .x. M l a yere to .xl. M l yerely These danys before were so proud y t they kept the husboÌ„dmeÌ„lyke vyleyns they lay in they re housys and ete drank and payed nought and kept theyr wyfes doughters and seruauntes at theyr plesurys as the kemys and galowglashis do now in yreland and the husbondmen callyd them then lorde dane whych word now we vse in obprobrye callynge hym y t we rebuke lurdayn This egelredê° maried Emma doughter to Rychard duke of Normandy after y t send streyte and secrete coÌ„myssions to euery ruler of euery towne in Englond y t vppon sent Brycis day at a certeyn howre y e danys shulde be sodenly slayne so it was ê‘formyd which turned after to more trouble After that tithingê cam in to denmark of the murder of these danis anon after swanus kyng of denmark with a grete host and nauy landyd in Cornwall and there dyd grete hurt and when he hard that the kyng was coÌ„myng to him with y e power of his land he toke his shippis landyd agayne in northfolk wher that duke Vskatell met hym and bete hym slew many of the danys wherfore Swanus for that yere retornyd agayne to denmark and ther made great prouyssyon y t the next yere after he landyd agayne at Sandwych and there spoylyd the cuntre and when he herd tell that any host was coÌ„myng agayne hym then he toke his shippis landyd agayn in suthsex spoylyd that contrey as sone as he hard of any host of Englyshmen comyng to ward hym then he wold enter land in a nother cuntrey and euer brent robbyd and slew the people without pyte and so weried the Englyshmen that inconclusioÌ„ y e kyng was fayn to take peace with theÌ„ gaue to kyng swanus therfore .xxx. M. l after which pease thus made Swanus returned agayn to denmark ¶ This Lewis was the last kiÌ„g of the blood of Pyppin he died without issue ordenid Hugh Capet his famylyer to be his heyr Siluesâ—ter ¶ Siluester borne in frauÌ„ce was next pope the yeer of cryste .ix. C. xâ—vii By art magyk the deuellê craft he demaundyd of the deuyll how long he shuld lyue which answeryd hym that he shuld syng in Ierusalem before so he sang in the chapell callyd Ierusalem in rome anon after dyed but in tyme of his deth he knolegyd his synnys Henry ¶ Henry was next emperour the yeer of cryste M.iii. he was the furst that was made emperour by y e ordynaunce of pope gregory by the .vii. elyzours of Almayne Thys yeer next folowyng the kyng Egelredus made one Edricus duke of mercia which was subtill of wytt secret false to the kyng to the realme and sone after one Turkyllus a prince of the danys landyd in kent with mych peopull there dyd sych harm that the keÌ„tyshmen were fayn to make pease with gret gyftys whych than departyd but this persecucyoÌ„ of the danys in one contrey or other in eÌ„gloÌ„d neuer seasyd nor the kyng neuer gaue to them any notable battayll for when he was dysposyd to gyue theÌ„ battayll this Edricus wold euermore councell him contrary so that the danys euer spoylyd robbyd waxyd rych the englyshmen euer poore nedy bare After this Swanus beyng in denmark heryng of thincrese of his people in englond brake his couenauntys before made with a great army nauey landyd in northumberland claymyd to be kyng of the hole laÌ„d causyd all the rulers ther to swere to him fealte so with a gret host cam into mercia kyllyng sleyng the pepull because the king Egelredus was at london swanus passyd the ryuer of temmys cam into kent ther besegyd CaÌ„terbury wan it took the goodys of the people fyryd the Cite slew the monkys but eueâ— kept the .x. monk alyue to do vylleyne seruyce slew .ix. of them there tooke Elphegus archbyshop after stonyd hym to deth at greenwych so that they slew there of relygyous men aboue .ix. C. persons and of men women chyldreÌ„ aboue .viii. M. then kyng Egelredus feryng this persecucyon sent his wyfe Emma his .ii. sonnis Alphryd Edward in to Normandy Sone after this the danys chasid the kyng Egelredus in to the I le of wyght after that cam in to London where the Londoners sent pledgis to Swanus great gyftys And after that kyng Egelredus fled without cattell or coÌ„fort Hue capet ¶ Hue Capet soÌ„ of Hugh y e grauÌ„t yerle of paris was next kyng of frauÌ„ce y e yeer of criste .ix. C.lxxxvii Baldewyn ¶ Baldewyn bele barbe was next yerle of flaunders he lyeth at flaunders Rychard ¶ Rychard callyd the good son to Rychard the hardy was next duke of Normandy he was louynge to Robert kynge of fraunce eydyd hym in his warrys wherby the seyd kyng subdued the contrey of Borgoyn to his obedyens IohnÌ„ IohnÌ„ Sergius Benet ¶ IohnÌ„ was next pope the yere of cryste M.i. he held the see .iiii. monythis more he ordeynyd that y e dyryge shuld be song yerely in the euyn of all sâ—ynâ—is ¶ IohnÌ„ a romayn was next pope the yere of cryste M.i. he held the see .iiii. yere more ¶ Sergyus a romayn hyld the see next .ii yere ¶ Benet of tusque hyld the see next .xi yere in his tyme Iherusalem was takyn by the sarasyns and the Sepulcre of cryste distroyd saylyd
reporte of the coÌ„myn people in this kynges tyme dyuers great wonders were sene as y e deuyll apperyng in mannes lykenesse great wyndes tempest swellynge rysynge of waters And therfore the kynge was tolde by dyuers of his famylyers y t god was nat content w t his lyuynge but he was so wylfull proude of mynde y t he regardyd lyttell theyr sayeng This kynge wyllyam as is sayd wrytten of hym had great pleasure in huÌ„tynge in so moche y t he pulled downe distroyed dyuers houses of religyon to inlarge the newe forest of wyndesore for wylde dere but a knyght of his named water Tyrell by y e glaunsyng of his arowe vpon a braunche whan he shot at an harte in the sayd forest smote the kyng wouÌ„ded hym to dethe wherof shortely he dyed The fyrst day of August the yere of Chryst M.C. without any yssue of his body And he rayned .xii. yere .xi. monethes and .xii. dayes and is buryed at westmyster Dedyre son to y e doughter of Robert erle of FlauÌ„ders was next erle of FlauÌ„ders Henricus .j. Pascall Gelase ¶ Pascall was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.C. he hylde the see .xviii. yere and more ¶ Gelase was nexte pope he hylde the see one yere ¶ Henry ¶ Henry the .v. son to henry the fourthe was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.C.vii he hylde the see .xx. yere Henry HEnry Beuclerke the fyrst of that name and the thyrde son of wyllyam Conquerour was crowned kynge of Englande the .v. day of August the yere of Chryst M.C. This Henry was called Beuclerke because he was so well lerned in the .vii. lyberall scyence he restored the holy churche to theyr lybertes and vsed the lawes of saynt Edwarde with the amendement of them he put out of his court all nyce and wanton people This henry reformed the olde vntrewe mesures and made a mesure of a yarde of the lengthe of his arme reformed dyuers thynges that were mys vsed before his tyme and abborred excesse of mete and drynke and vsed to venquysshe more with counsell than with swyrde Sone after that he was kynge he maryed Maude the doughter of Malcolyn kynge of Scotlande Margaret his wyfe doughter of Edwarde the outlawe of whome he receyued .ii. sonnes wyllyam Rycharde and .ii. doughters Maude Mary whiche Maude afterwarde was maryed to henry the .iiii. Emperour of Almayne ¶ In the seconde yere of his reygne Robert Courteyse his brother duke of Normandye whiche had ben longe tyme occupyed in warre agaynst Chrystes enemyes hauynge worde of the dethe of his brother wyllyam Rufus and that his brother henry had takyn vpon hym to be kynge of Englande made preparacyon in Normandye and came ouer into Englande with a great hoost to chalenge the crowne But by mediacyon of the lordes it was agreed that Robert shulde haue euery yere durynge his lyfe .iii. M. markes as was promysed hym before by kynge â—â—â—lyam his brother And who so euer lyued longest to be others heyre And sone after that thi◠〈◊〉 departed agayne into Normandye This Robert by his manhode dyd many notable 〈◊〉 and specially at the wynnynge of the citye of Acon vpon the myscreantes and Turkes waâ— chosyn kynge of Ierusalem whiche he refused to take vpon hym In this tyme began great warre in Normandye betwene kyng Henry kynge Philyp of FrauÌ„ce but kyng Philyp sone after dyed ¶ About the .iiii. yere of this kyng Robert Curteyse came into EnglaÌ„de agayne to his brother henry whiche made hym great there that before that Robert departed he released to his brother the forenamed trybute of .iii. M. markes and departed agayne into Normandye After this a great varyaunce fell betwene this Robert his lordes in Normandye that they sent vnto kyng henry his brother wyllynge for to come into NormaÌ„dye they wolde delyuer hym the contrey And also by the intyssement of yll tale tellers a great varyaunce fell betwene kynge henry and his brother Robert that the kynge with a great armye sayled into Normandye with the helpe of the lordes there chased his brother Robert from place to place and wanne from hym Roan Cane Faloys and all the good townes many castels But at the last this Robert gaue battell to kynge Henry in the whiche battelll this Robert was takyn and sent ouer into Englande and kept in prison in the castell of Cardyffe in walys by the space 〈◊〉 viii yere where he after dyed without yssue of his body and was buryed at Gloucester And when this Robert was takyn the kynge Henry seasyd all Normandye into his owne handes ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the great was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.C.ix. In his tyme Philyppe his eldyst son rydynge in Parys kylde a chylde in the strete with his horse wherfore the kynge beynge sore displeased caused his yonger son Lewys to be crownde kyng in his lyfe ¶ Philyppe ¶ Philyppe sonne to Dedyre was nexte erle of Flaunders and dyed without yssue Calyste Honâ—â—e ¶ Calyste was nexte pope he hylde the see .v. yere and more ¶ Honore was nexte pope he hylde the see .v. yere Lothary ¶ Lothary was nexte Emperour he hylde the Empyre .xi. yere ¶ Henry ¶ whan this kynge Henry came into EnglaÌ„de about y e .vii. yere of his reyne he maryed Maude his doughter to Henry the Emperour of Almayne whiche henry themperour prisoned pope Pascall and dyuers of his Cardynals but after he resygned his dignyte to pope Calystus and lyued after a strayte lyfe Sone after this the erle of Shroysbury and the erle of Cornewall rebellyd and rose agaynst the kynge with helpe of the welchemen But the kynge gate the fauour of the welchemen and caused those lordes for feare to flee into Normandye wherfore the kynge sayled thyder and made sharpe warre vpon them and toke them bothe prisoners and than returned into Englande About this tyme the contrey of Flaunders was sore surroundyd and hurt with the see that the flemynges requyred the kynge to inhabyte in the Eest partes of the ryuer of twede whiche was to them graunted but after a certayne of yeres they were remouyd into west wales whiche after spredde all Englande ouer ¶ In the .xiii. yere of this kynge there were sene dyuers straunge thynges in the fyrmament as blasynge sterres and .ii. mones one in the Eest another in the west and a great erthe quake at Notyngham durynge from morne to euenynge and the ryuer of Trent drye in the somer that men went ouer a fote drye Sone after there folowed a harde wynter moreyn of cattell scarcyte of vyttell and great dethe of people ¶ About the .xv. yere of this kynge great warre began betwene Lewys kynge of Fraunce and kynge henry and Lewys with a great hoost enteryd into Normandy wanne many townes castels droue kyng henry from place to place But after that fortune turned y e many noble captaynes of the Frenche kynges dyed
fitz Alwyn The fyrst Sheryffes Peter Duke Thomas Nele ¶ Also in the .x. yere of kynge IohnÌ„ London brydge was begon to be edefyed of stone whiche before was of tymbre and the monastery of saynt Mary oueres was begon for to be buylded ¶ Also about the .xi. yere of kynge Iohans reyne the kyng was in great feare lest he shulde lose his realme and to be vtterly vndone hym selfe wherfore in his mynde he was sore anoyed and sent to the pope and sayd he wolde be reconsyled wherfore the pope sent Pandulfe agayne into Englande with these artycles that he shulde receyue Steuyn to his archebysshopryke restore to hym and to all other all profytes frutes belongynge to them that he had wrongfully taken and that he shulde yelde vnto the popes handes the tytle of his crowne to holde it of the pope To the whiche thynges the kynge graunted and resygned his crowne to Pandulfe and toke it agayne of hym to holde it of the pope and to pay yerely to the churche of Rome M. markes of syluer and after that receyued Steuyn suffred hym to inioy his Archebysshopryke restored all suche profytes as he had from hym and all other wrongfully taken Some wryters affyrme that for this foresayd payment the Peter pens be payde at this day ¶ Also about the .xiiii. yere of his reyne kynge IohnÌ„ fell at a great discencyon with his lordes one cause of that varyance wos for that y t the kynge wolde nat holde y e lawes of saynt Edwarde but wolde holde no lawe but do all thiÌ„ge at his owne wyll dyd disinheryte many men without assent of his lordes or of any other counsell And also wolde haue disinheryte the erle of Chester because he rebuked hym of his wyckednesse for that that he hylde his owne brothers wyfe lay by many other great lordes dobghters and spared no woman that hym lyked wherfore his lordê toke the citye of London and bylde them there a certayne whyle But by meanes of the Archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and other prelates the kynge and his lordes met besyde Stanys at a place called Rumney mede and there agrement was made a charter made thereupon called Magna carta whiche charter anone after the kynge brake that newe varyance began betwene hym and his lordes agayne y t dyuers of the lordes sent vnto the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde sende his son Lewys hyther and they wolde rendre vnto hym the lande which Lewys therupon came into Englande and toke dyuers castels of the kynges by force and after came to London where the barons receyued hym and yelded to hym the Towre of London Kynge IohnÌ„ beynge thus ouer set with this Lewys by the eyde of dyuers of his lordes sent vnto the pope shewynge theyr rebellynge whiche sent vnto hym a Legate called Swallo whiche in the popes name commaunded Lewys to returne into Fraunce and labored to haue a peace betwene them but his labour was in vayne wherfore the kyng forfere fled towarde Lyncolne but sone after at Neuwarke he dyed of the flyx the .xix. day of October the yere of Chryst M.CC.xvi. But some say that a monke poysoned hym at Swynestede and he is buryed at worcester Henricus .iij. ¶ Honore Gregory Celestyne ¶ Honore was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M·CC xvi he hylde the see .x. yere and more ¶ Gregory hylde the see nexte .xiiii. yere ¶ Celestyne hylde the see nexte .xviii. dayes ¶ Fredrycke Henry ¶ Fredrycke was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M.CC.xii. he dyd persecute the churche but at a counsell at Lyon he was deposed by the pope Innocent that .xxvii. yere after the electours were in varyance who shulde be Emperour he hylde the Empyre .xxxii. yere ¶ Henry was nexte Emperour he hylde the empyre .v. yere Henry the thyrde HEnry the thyrde of that name and eldyst sonne to kynge IohnÌ„ was crowned kyng the .xxviii. day of Octobre the yere of Chryst M.CC.xvi. whan he was but .ix. yeres of age And after his coronacyon this Lewis coÌ„tynued in his war which he had begon but dyuers of y e lordes toke ê‘te agaynst hym And also Swallo the Legate accursed this Lewys interdyted wales a cursyd Lewellyn prynce of wales and all that hylde ê‘te agayne this yonge kyng Henry And the erle of Chester and dyuers other lordes of the kynges parte went to Lyncolne and toke the towne and slewe many Frenche men beynge there forced this Lewys to take a peace whiche peace was thus concluded y t Lewys shulde go agayne into Fraunce and to haue a M. markes for his trauayle whiche he had and so deê‘ted Also in the thyrde yere of this kynge began y e newe worke of the churche of westmyster ¶ About the .viii. yere of this kynges reyne the charter called Magna carta was coÌ„fyrmed and dyuers artycles addyd therto howe the kynge shulde haue the warde and maryage of the lordes heyres beynge within age and the fyrst statute of Mortmayne than made and about that tyme the plees of the crowne were holden in the Towre of London And this kynge also graunted many lybertes to the citye of London Sone after this kynge Henry with a great hoost sayled into Normandye by the excytynge of a Frenche man named the erle of Marche where betwene the FreÌ„che kyng Lewys and hym was fought a great battell but in the ende the Frenchemen had the victory toke .xxii. knyghtes and noble men prisoners .v. C. meane people y t kynge Henry for feare fled and turned backe to Burdeux but after a peace was made kynge henry returned into Englande About this tyme was a great yerthe quake in Englande and also in the .xxxi. yere of this kynge the kynge seasyd the franches of London into his handes for a iugemeÌ„t gyuen by one Piers Alyn the Mayre Aldermen agaynst a wedowe called Margarete Vyell which iugemeÌ„t as it was sayd was after fouÌ„de good wherfore the Citezyns inioyed agayne theyr lybertes About the .xxxv. yere of this kynge the order of the freres Augustynes began in Englande in a place in wales called wodhouse And about this tyme the kyng maryed Margarete his doughter to AlexaÌ„der the kyng of Scottes which Alexander dyd homage to y e kynge at yorke This kynge Henry ofte tymes for dyuers coÌ„playntes made agaynst y e Mayres offycers of London seasyd the lybertes of the citye into his owne handes set other offycers to rule the citye but euer they were restored agayne Also about this tyme Rycharde the kynges brother erle of Cornewall was electe kyng of Almayne kynge of Romayns whiche toke shyppynge went thyder there was crowned in y e citye of AquisgranuÌ„ About the .xli. yere of kyng Henryes rayne a greuous byll of complaynt of the coÌ„mynalte of London was put agaynst the Mayre Aldermen and gouernours of the citye for wronges extorcyons done by them to the
coÌ„mynalte by settynge of taxes alterynge of tolles customes to theyr owne singuler â—ucrâ— whiche byll was cast in the kynges wardrobe whiche after came to the kynges handes that the kynge sent downe his Iustyce other of his counsell whiche discharged the Mayre Sheryffes Chamberlayne and made inquisicyon of the truthe but the offenders by theyr lerned counsell longe tyme defended them selfe and delayde the tryall And yet dyuers places of syttynge were appoynted aswell in the Guylhalle and at the Folkemoâ—e at Poules crosse in the Escheker y e kynges grace there beynge present where in the ende the Mayre Aldermen were arrested and coÌ„pelled to put in great suertyes at the last they put them in the kynges mercy and made theyr ende and lastly restored agayne to theyr roumes but nat without great fynes payenge Also about this tyme there was a great derth that whete was worth .xxiiii. s. a quarter ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the .viii. son th the seconde Philyppe was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.CC.xxii he beseged the towne of Auynnion and wanne it ¶ Guy ¶ Guy son to Margaret was nexte erle of Flaunders Innocent Alexander ¶ Innocent was next pope he hylde y e see .xi. yeere ¶ Alexander hylde the see nexte .vii. yere Wyllyam ¶ wyllyam was nexte Emperour he hylde the see .vii. yere ¶ Also about the .xliii. yere of this kynges reyne the kynge at a court of Folkemote at Paulys axed lycence of the coÌ„mons of the citye accordynge to the sayd ordynauace to passe the see and so went vnto Burdeux into FrauÌ„ce and had great chere of the Frenche kynge Lewys or that he came agayne he granÌ„ted all his ryght that he had in Normandye Gascoyn Guyon to the said Lewys toke agayne Guyon Angeo and Mayn to holde of the Frenche kynge and was called in Fraunce duke of Guyon dyd homage to the Frenche kynge therfore Also about the .xlv. yere y e Barons of Englande by force of those forsayd ordynances toke vpon them to chauÌ„ge the kynges Iustyce the kynges Sheryffe and dyuers other offycers y t the kyng had admytted and put other in theyr places wherwith the kynge was nat content publysshed his bull of aâ—solucion wherfore the barons assembled to gether in the marches of wales with a stroÌ„ge power sent a letter to the kynge praynge hym to obserue the said ordynauÌ„ces wherto he was sworne to whome the kynge sent no answere Then the barons came forwarde with banners displayde and moche people resorted to them they put in prison and punysshed all them that toke the coÌ„trarye parte and at the last came into London for the citye toke y e barons parte But sone after agrement was made betwene the kynge and his lordes whiche contynued nat longe for y e hyng caused syr Edwarde his eldyst son to take the castell of wyndesore by a trayne and the kynge secretely departed from westmyster and rode into the sayd castell many of the lordes that toke his parte came to hym And the barons and the other that toke their parte drewe to London but yet by some well disposed persons a concorde was takyng thus that bothe partes shulde abyde the iugement of Lewys the Frenche kynge concernynge the kepynge of the sayd ordynances wherfore the kynge and syr Edwarde his eldyst son went ouer to the sayd Lewys and for the barons parte there went syr Peter de Mountforde and other before whiche kynge Lewys the mater was argued but in conclusion kynge Lewys gaue sentence that the sayd statutes ordynances shulde be clerely voyde and the kynge set at lyberte After whiche sentence gyuen y e kyng all the other returned into Lpndon but the barons nat content with this sentence reputynge parcialyte in kynge Lewys departed and went into the Marches of wales gathered a great nombre of people and came into London and than because some varyaunce was betwene some of the rulers of the citye and the coÌ„mons The coÌ„mons made them two captaynes callynge them Constables of the citye at whose coÌ„maundement all the coÌ„myns by tollynge of the great bell of Polles shulde be redy in harnes to wayte vpon them whiche Constables with the coÌ„mons by the exortynge of Hughe Spencer Constable of y e Towre went to Thystelworth beyonde westmyster and there spoyled the maner of the kynge of Romayns whiche dede was the great cause of the warre for the kynge toke it greuously and gathered great power and at the last came to the towne of Lewys in Sussex but the wardens of the fyue partes kept the see with shyppes y e no straungers shulde entre to ayde the kynge And than the barons with a great multytude of y e citye of LoÌ„don and with a great hoost of other people came agaynst the kynge betwene whome the .xxiii. day of May was fought a maruelous cruell battell at Lewys and the LoÌ„doners that gaue the fyrst assent by reason of the sharpe shot of Arowes and strokes gyuen by them of the kynges partes began to drawe backe But the barons incurraged theyr men in suche wyse y t they nat onely set vpon them with fresshe cheuâ—en but incurraged so them that gaue backe y t they turned agayne fought so fersly that the kyngê ê‘te gaue backe the kyng lost the fylde where the kyng hym selfe the kyng of Romayns Edwarde the kyngê son were takyn prisoners many other mo and .xx. M. men slayne for this battell coÌ„tynued y e more part of the day After whiche battell endyd they brought their prisoners to London where the kynge agreed y t all the said ordynauÌ„ces shulde stonde in effecte and if any were thought vnresonable to be correctyd by .iiii. noble men of the realme s. ii spirytuall men ii temperall men many instrumentê and wrytynges were made for the assurance of the same ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys the .ix. called saint Lewys was next kyng of FrauÌ„ce the yere of Chryst M.CC.xxvii he made two voyages into y e holy lande in the fyrst he was takyn prisoner in the .ii. he dyed ¶ Vrban Clement ¶ Vrban was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yere and more ¶ Clement was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yere Rychyrde ¶ Rycharde and Alfons were in discorde by the electours who shulde be Emperour which discorde so contynued .xvi. yere After this a great discencyon fell betwene y e erle of Glocester the erle of Leyceter whiche were two of the barons y t were agaynst the kynge wherfore sone after syr Edwarde the kynges son deê‘ted to the marches of wales accoÌ„panyed the erle of Glocester the lordes of the marches assembled a great power came to Glocester wherfore syr Symon the erle of Leyceters son by his fathers coÌ„maundement assembled a great power came to wynchester toke it by force and after came to Kyllingworth where syr Edwarde
Vrban was next pope the yere of Christ M.CCC.lxiii In his tyme were founde the hedes of saynt Peter and Poule kynges for a truse and a peas and then what by her intreatye and also for that that the kynges receyuers had disapoynted hym of money whiche he loked for kyynge Edwarde gaue vp lefte the sege and returned into Englande ¶ About the .xix. yere of this kynge he made a solempne feest at wyndesore and a great Iustes and turnament where he deuysed and perfyted substancyally the order of the knyghtes of the garter howe be it some afferme that this order began fyrst by kynge Rycharde Cure de lyon at the sege of y e citye of Acres wherin his great necessyte there were but .xxvi. knyghtê that fyrmely and surely abode by the kynge wherfore he caused all them to were thonges of blewe leyther about theyr legges And afterwarde they were called knyghtes of the blewe thonge ¶ In the .xxi. yere kynge Edwarde with .xi. C. sayles great and smalâ—e sayled into Normandye and there wanne dyuers townes and holdes and costed towarde Roan But Philyppe kyng of Fraunce had entred into Roan before and brake vp the brydges so that kynge Edwarde was fayne to leaue that way and costed towarde Parys tyll he came to a place of the Frenche kyngê called sayn Germayns and the Frenche kynge came as fast on the other syde towarde Parys but euer the water of Seyne was betwene them and so nygh they were ofte tymes that the one hoost myght see the other But because the Frenche kynge had broken vp the brydges the hoostê coude neuer mete wherfore the englysshemen sayd that the Frenche kynge brake vp the brydgê because he durst nat fyght with the englysshe hoost And the Frenchemen sayd that he brake vp the brydges to the intent that the englysshemen shulde nat escape his daunger and whan kynge Edwarde sawe that he myght nat well come to Parys for brekynge of the brydges he returned agayne to a towne called Poysy whiche towne before he had brent and there than repayred the brydge that kynge Philyppe had broken but in the repayrynge therof there came .ii. M. Frenchemen to let the sayd worke but the Archers kept them so of that many of them were slayne and y e worke was fynysshed Than kynge Edwarde entred the contrey of Pychardy at the last came to the water of SoÌ„me and passed the water and came to a forrest called Cressye wherefore kynge Philyppe with a great hoost came thyther and there fought with kynge Edwarde a great sharpe and a mortall battell where kynge Edwarde had the victorye and kynge Philyppe sore hurte fled and escaped with great daunger many of the lordes of the frenche parte were slayne That is to say the kynge of Beame sonne to Henry the Emperour the duke of Loreyn the erle of AlauÌ„son the erle of Bloys the erles of Flaunders Saucer and Harcourt and of Fyennys viii bysshappes and .xvii. other lordes of name and of banerettes knyghtes squyers .xvi. C. that in that battell was slayne the floure of all Fraunce and of coÌ„mons .viii. M. and aboue This battell was vpon the saterday and on the monday nexte there appered to them a newe hoost of Frenchemen and gaue them battell in whiche battell also kynge Edwarde had the victorye and slewe moo of the Frenchemen that day than was slayne y e saterday before After this victorye kynge Edwarde gaue thankes to god and within .iiii. dayes after went to Caleys and layde sege to that towne whiche contynued from the fyrst day of Septembre to the .iii. day of August than nexte folowynge and kept the see so surely that no vytell coude come vnto them Than in the later ende of Iuly kynge Philyppe came towardes Caleys with a stronge power to remoue the sege And some wryters say that he came to late for the towne was yelden before he came And some say y t when kynge Edwarde prepared to gyue hym battell a day appoynted betwene them to fyght y t kynge Philyppe cowardely in y e nyght before deê‘ted returned agayne into Fraunce than they of Caleys perceuynge that yelded vp the towne to kynge Edwarde ¶ Iohan. ¶ IohnÌ„ son of Philyppe de Valoys was nexte kynge of FrauÌ„ce the yere of Chryst M.CCC.l. he gathered a disine of his clargye of his temperalte to pay his raunsome to kynge Edwarde of Englande to whome he was prisoner Gregory ¶ Gregory hylde the see nexte .vii. yeres he remoued his hole court from Auinyon to Rome ¶ Also in this meane whyle that kynge Edwarde was occupyed in the warres in FrauÌ„ce kyng Philyppe because that Bayloll kyng of Scottê was than dede sent Dauyd le Bruse somtyme kynge of Scottes into ScotlaÌ„de with a great armye of Frenchemen whiche anone recouered the crowne whiche Dauyd by the helpe of some lordes of Scotlande entered into Northumberlande and spoyled the contrey without pyte And than the Archebysshoppe of yorke with dyuers other lordes knyghtes reysed a great people met with the Scottes besyde Durham gaue them a great battell where the englysshemen had the victorye In whiche battell Dauyd le Bruse the kynge of Scottes syr willyam Duglas and many other lordes of ScotlaÌ„de were taken prisoners and brought to the Towre of London whiche Dauyd was afterwarde â—aunsomed at a C.M. markes Also in the same meane whyle one Charles de Bloys beseged a castell in Guyan called the roche of Aryan whiche the englysshemen kept But one Thomas Agorne capteyne of the castell issued out with his people and gaue the Frenchemen battell and had the victorye where many men of name of the frenche parte were slayne and the sayd Charles was taken prisoner and brought into Englande ¶ And sone after this there fell a great pestylence nat onely in FrauÌ„ce and Englande but also in all other contreys aswell in Christendome as in Hethenesse that people dyed innumerable and .l. M. persons were buryed in the churche yarde of the Charterhouse in London and vpon that folowed great derthe and scarcyte of corne and vyttell ¶ Also in the .xxiiii. yere a knyght of Burgoyne that was great with the Frenche kynge called Godfrey Clarney profered a Ianuay that had the kepynge of y e castell of Caleys vnder kâ—nge Edwarde a great some of money to helpe to delyuer to y e Frenche kynge the towne of Caleys whiche Ianuay sent secrete worde therof to the kyng and yet promysed this Godfrey to delyuer hym the towne whervpon kynge Edwarde came ouer secretly into Caleys y e fewe men within knewe therof and at the day of payment this Ianuay receyued his money and this syr Godfrey with his people came nyghe the towne came hym selfe ouer in a preuey brydge into y e towne and as sone as he was ouer the brydge was drawyn than the kynge came out with his sworde â—â—awyn shewed hym selfe cryed saynt Edwarde saynt George
And than the Soudyars iâ—sued out at preuey Posternes and sodaynly set vpon the Frenchemen slewe many of them to the nombre of CCC men of armes and moo and toke many prisoners and than after the kynge returned into Englande and brought this Godfrey and many other of the most noblest â—en of them that were taken prisoners with hym into Englande And in the ende of this yere dyed Philyppe de Valoys kynge of Fraunce and kynge IohnÌ„ succeded hym ¶ In the .xxv. yere a noble man of Spayne whome the Frenche kynge fauoured came with a great nauey into the Englysshe stremes and dyd great hurt wherfore kyng Edwarde gathered his Nauey and met them in the see vpon the cost of wynchelsey betwene whome there was a great fyght and moche people slayne vpon bothe partes but in the ende kynge Edwarde had y e victorye and toke .xxii. of theyr shyppes and many other prisoners Also in the â—xxv yere the kynge stablysshed his coyne of golde and syluer and ordayned that .iiii. sterlynge pens shulde make a grote and .v. grotes shulde make an ounce and .xii. ounce shulde make a pounde troy a noble of golde shulde go for halfe a marke and .xl. pens for halfe a noble and .xx. d for a farthynge of golde and .xii. of those farthynges of golde dyd way an ounce ¶ About the .xxvi. yere of this kynge the castell of Guynes was yelden to the Englysshemen in Caleys the same yere syr Guy de Meale marshall of FrauÌ„ce gaue battell to the Englysshemen in Bryttayn but the Frenche men lost all and syr Guy and dyuers other lordes of FrauÌ„ce were slayne there and dyuers taken prisoners ¶ Charles ¶ Charles called the sage son of Charles was nexte kynge of Fraunce the yere of Chryst M.CCC.lxiiii he recouered the contrey of Poetowe and Rochell and many holdes agaynst the Englysshemen whiche they before had wonne ¶ In the .xxix. yere prince Edwarde the kinges eldyst sonne entred Gascoyne with a great hoâ—â— and spoyled the contrey in the same yere king Edwarde landed at Caleys with a great armye and after went into Fraunce But anone tythynges came to hym that the Scottes had wonne the towne of Berwyke had layde sege to the castell wherfore kynge Edwarde returned shortely and went to Berwyke and wanne the towne agayne punysshed so the kynge of Scottes that at the last he caused hym to submytte hym selfe as prisoner and recâ—yued his power tytle of the crowne of ScotlaÌ„de into kynge Edwardes handes wherfore he returned with the kyng of Scottes into London but the Frenchemen say y t kynge Edwarde returned out of Fraunce for feare of the Frenche kynge whiche was coÌ„mynge from Amyas with a great power to haue fought with kynge Edwarde ¶ Also about this season that is to say in the .xxx. yere of kyng Edwarde whyle that kynge Edwarde was occupyed at Berwyke prince Edwarde had taken many ryche prisoners and pyllages in Gascoyne and came to Burdeux without any battell and the duke of LaÌ„caster with the eyde of Philyppe brother to the kynge of Nauerne made warre in the contrey of Constantyne ¶ Than kynge IohnÌ„ of Fraunce came with a great power towarde the duke but he myght nat wynne vnto hym for the passages were so fortefyed therfore he made towarde prince Edwarde and wanne dyuers castels by the way ¶ This prince Edwarde was than at a place called Leyre to whome there came a great armye of the nobles of Fraunce gaue to hym a sharpe battell but prince Edwarde had the victorye and slewe many of his enemyes and toke many prisoners and sent them to Burdeux and went hymselfe towarde Towres And in this meane whyle the duke of Lancaster came from the castell of Lyseux whiche he had repayred returned to Bryttayn and spoyled brent and toke many holdes by the way And than kynge IohnÌ„ holdynge his way came to the citye of Towres to fortefye it and prince Edwarde toke his wey towarde Poyters in whiche way he mette an hoost of Frenchemen and fought with them and put them to flyght and slewe C. of them and toke .lx. prisoners and sent .iiii. or .v. of the noble men of them vnto Burdeux after that loged hym selfe in a place nyghe Poyters And after that the Frenche kynge came with his hoost and lodged hym selfe nyghe vnto Poyters so that y e vawewardes of bothe hoostes lay within halfe a myle of other And than in the mornynge the duke of Athens hauynge the rule of the Frenche kynges vawewarde set vpon y e Englysshe hoost which had so fensed them selfe with woode and trees that the Frenche speres myght nat wynne to them for the Englisshemen bete them so with arowes that they turned ouer bothe hors and man And in the same season the duke of Normandye kynge IohnÌ„s son whiche was leder of a nother hoost assayled them vpon a nother parte but these .iii. battels dyd lytell hurte to the Englysshemen for they slewe so many by shotte of Arowes that these .iii. hoostes were discomfyt Than kynge IohnÌ„ seynge this comforted his people and he hym selfe with a fresshe company set vpon them agayne but the Englysshemen kept them so to gether fought so sore that the Frenchemen gaue backe whome the Englysshemen than fersly folowed and slewe of them without pyte where there was slayne the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Athens syr Iohan Cleremount marshall of FrauÌ„ce with many lordes baronettes knyghtê men of armes to the nombre of .xvii. C. .iii. M. of other meane persons And there was taken prisoners IohnÌ„ kynge of FrauÌ„ce Philyppe his .iiii. sonne the erle of Poeteowe the erle of Ewe the erle of Languyle the erle of Tankeruyle the Archebysshoppe of Sens the erles of Dampmatyne Vandosme of Salysbruche and of Moyson and many other great lordes Baronettes and knyghtes and men of name to the nombâ—e of .xvi. C. And after this fylde thus wonne the prince returned with his prisoners to Burdeux and sone after that the prince with his prisoners toke shyppynge and aryued in Englande and brought them thorowe the citye of London into westmyster where kynge Edwarde syttynge in his estate in westmyster hall receyued them with honour After y t there was a solempne Iustyce in Smythfylde where than were present y e kynge of Englande the Frenche kynge the kyng of Scottê with many other noble estates wherof the most parte of the straungers were prisoners ¶ Also in the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Edwarde syr Robert Knolles with other of his retenew with ayde of the kynges men of Nauerne warred in Brettayne and toke many castels and holdes many prisoners toke great soÌ„mes of money for sauyng of townes raunsomes of prisoners ¶ Also in the .xxxiiii. yere kynge Edwarde with the prince his son and the duke of Lancaster sayled ouer vnto Caleys and so went to the contrey of Champayne to whome dyuers lordes of the duchye of
Burgoyne came and gaue the kynge .xxx. M. â—i that he shulde do no hurt in that contrey wherfore he departed thens and went towarde Parys and his hoost lodged nyghe to Parys redy to gyue battell but y e bysshoppe of Beaux chauncellour of NormaÌ„dye with other toke a day of truse to conclude a peace at whiche day at a place within a myle of Charters the duke of Lanâ—aster the erle of warwyke and Northampton appered for kynge Edwarde for Charles than eldyst son to kynge IohnÌ„ whiche before was made Regent of Fraunce there appered the sayd bysshoppe of Beaux and dyuers other lordes whiche peace was thus concluded that kynge Edwarde shulde haue all the landes that he than had in Gascoyn and Guyan to hym and to his heyres without doynge for them any homage And that kynge Edwarde shulde gyue vp all his tytle y t he claymed to the crowne of Fraunce And also that the Frenche kynge shulde pay for his raunsome .iii. Millyons of Scutes whiche amount to .v. C.M. li. And also y t kynge Edwarde shulde nat alye hym with the Fâ—emynges nor ayde them agaynst kynge IohnÌ„ nor his heyres kynges of Fraunce ¶ After whiche treatye thus concluded kynge Edwarde returned into Englande and after kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan at Caleys were bothe â—worne to mayntayne y e sayd artycles and than kynge Iohan was delyuered and went into Fraunce whiche was .iiii. yere after that he was taken and kynge Edwarde had Iohan duke of Amoâ— and mayne whiche was kynge Iohans sonne and Iohan duke of Aluerne and .viii. other erles delyuered hym for hostages he with them than returned into Englande ¶ Also after this a companye of dyuers nacyons called the companyons assembled them in the contrey of Champayn wherof y e captayns were englysshemen agaynst whome the Frenche king sent .iii. erles to subdewe them with a great power with them but the Frenchemen were discomfyt and one of the erles was slayne and .ii. of them taken prisoners and these companye coÌ„tynued .iiii. yeres to the nombre of .lx. M. And in the same tyme a lyke company assembled in Italye whiche dyd moche hurt ¶ In the .xxxvii. yere of kynge Edwarde kyng Iohan of Fraunce came ouer agayne into Englande of his free wyll to sporte hym and had great chere But the nexte yere after he fell sycke at the Sauey and there dyed and then Charles his son was crowned kynge in Parys And in the same yere the kynge of Cypres and the kynge of Scottes came into Englande to speke with kynge Edwarde Also sone after this prince Edwarde sayled to Burdeux and receyued poscessyon of Guyan that his father had newely gyuen hym dyd homage therfore to his father And in y e same season there was a great battell in Brytteyn fought betwene Charles de Bloys syr IohnÌ„ Momforde for the tytle of that dukedome but by y e ayde of Englysshemen syr IohnÌ„ Momforde had the victory Charles was slayne sone after that Charles than beynge kynge of Fraunce toke an order that the dukedome of Bryttayen shulde remayne to syr IohnÌ„ Momforde and his heyres foreuer ¶ Also about the .xl. yere of kynge Edwarde Piers kynge of Castell was expulsed by the ayde of the Frenchemen by Henry his bastarde brother But this Peter by the ayde of prince Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put hym to flyght and slewe .v. M. of his men and restored Peter to dyuers cityes and holdes whiche he before had lost But after that his brother Henry entred into Castell agayne and in proces wan the contrey agayne and toke his brother Peter and beheded hym ¶ Also about the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde the erles of Armenake of Dalbret and of Perygot with dyuers other lordes of Guyan appelled prince Edwarde to Charles the Frenche kynge that prince Edwarde had broken y e peace made betwene the .ii. kinges kynge Edwarde and kynge Iohan and one great cause that they layde agaynst prince Edwarde was because he leueyed a fowage in Guyan agaynst y e myndes of the lordes where the contrey ought to be free where vpon kynge charles sent his letters to prince Edwarde coÌ„maundynge hym to appere at Parys to answere there wherwith prince Edwarde was nat content ado sayde he wolde nat appere before hym but with his basenet on his hede and .lx. men of warre and sayd he receyued his lande of his father the kynge of Englande and yf any mysorder were it ought to be determyned before his father in Englande whervpon newe debate and varyaunce began betwene these .ii. kynges that kynge Edwarde sent ouer the duke of Lancaster â— whiche landed at Caleys with a stronge power and went to Turney and Ayre and wasted the contrey and after went towarde Harflete in Normandye after from thens to the contrey of Poyteou and the Frenche kynge sent the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Barre into the sayd contreys with a great power whiche toke many holdes and dyd great displeasure to the englysshemen there ¶ Also about this tyme there was a great pestylence in Englande and after a great derthe that whete was worthe .xl. d. a busshell ¶ Also after that syr Robert Knolles with the lorde fitz water and lorde Grauntson and with a great company of Soudyers entred saynt Omers and so to Aras and so to Parys whan they sawe that the frenchemen wolde gyue them no battell they returned towarde NormaÌ„dye and so to the erledome of Angeo But than varyance fell betwene syr Robert Knolles and the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson wherfore syr Robert Knolles with the floure of the Archers went into Brytten and than the Frenche kynge sent the marshall of FrauÌ„ce with a great power agaynst the lorde Fitz water and lorde Grauntson and gaue vnto them a battell where the englysshemen were discomfyt the lorde Grauntson was there taken .iii. C. englysshemen slayne and the rest takyn prisoners and put to flyght ¶ Also in the .xlv. yere of kynge Edwarde the Frenche kynge contynued hys warre so sore in Guyan and many dyuers skyrmysshes were betwene the Frenchemen and the Englysshemen but most coÌ„menly alway the englysshemen were put to the wors and many holdes and townes were taken from them for the people of the contrey fauoured nat the englysshemen â–ª because of y e great Taskes that prince Edwarde had gathered there of them and the citye of Lymoge and other cityes rebelled agaynst prince Edwarde wherfore prince Edwarde perceyuynge all this and what for lacke of money what for syckenesse and maladyes that he had he departed into Englande leauynge behynde hym the duke of Lancaster and his brother the erle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyn but sone after that they came into Englande ¶ Also in the .xlvi. yere of kynge Edwarde the kynge sent the erle of Pembroke with a great companye to fortefye the towne of Rochell but he was met in
apparant whiche syr Roger went after into Irelande there was slayne by the wylde Irysshemen ¶ Charles ¶ Charles the .vi. was nexte Frenche kynge the yere of chryst M.CCC.lxxx he made great warre agaynst them of Gaunt and other of the Flemynges that wolde nat obey theyr duke and slewe of them .xl. M. ¶ Lewys ¶ Lewys called Lewys de marle was nexte erle of Flaunders Bonyface ¶ Benyface was nexte pope he hylde the see .xiiii. yere ¶ This syr Roger Mortymer had issue .ii. sonnes Edmonde Roger and .ii. doughters Anne and Alys that was made a nonne the .ii. sayd sonnes dyed without issue and Anne the eldyst doughter was maryed to Rycharde erle of Cambryge whiche was son to Edmonde of Langley before named whiche had issue betwene them Richarde duke of yorke father to kynge Edwarde the .iiii. as after shal be shewed ¶ In the .x. yere of this kynge the erle of Arondell was sent into Guâ—an to strengthe the souldyars there but in the se he mette with a flote of Flemynges laden with Rochell wyne and set vpon them and toke them Amonge the whiche was taken the Admyrall of Fraunce ¶ In the .xi. yere Thomas of woâ—stocke than duke of Glocester y e kynges vncle y e erle of Arondell the erles of warwyke Darby and Notyngham consyderynge howe the kynge the lande was ladde caused a parlyament to be called at London and those lordes that knewe them selfes fautye fledde out of the lande and neuer came agayne that is to say Alexander Archebysshop of yorke Leonell Vere markes of Deuelyn and syr Myghell Delapole erle of Suffolke and Chauncellour of Englande And at this parlyament syr Robert Treuilyan the chefe Iustyce of Englande syr Nicholas Breneber late mayre of London syr Iohan Salysbury syr Iohan Beuchampe stewarde of the kyngê house syr Symon Beuerley syr Iames Bernet syr Robert Belknappe chefe Iustyce of the coÌ„mon place and a seriant of armes called Vske were by auctoryte of y e parlyament atteynt of treason and put to execucyon at Tyborne and at the Towre hyll and IohnÌ„ Holt IohnÌ„ LoctonÌ„ Rycharde Gray wyllyam Burgh and Robert Fulthorpe Iustyce were exyled the lande for euer ¶ In the .xiiii. yere of this kynge IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster went into Spayne with a great armye and claymed to be kynge there by the tytle of his wyfe Constaunce doughter to Peter late before kynge of Spayne as is before rehersed and with the helpe of the kynge of Portyngale droue Henry kynge of Spayne to take a peace and a concorde with hym whiche was concluded thus that Henry kynge of Spayne shulde mary ConstauÌ„ce the eldyst doughter of the duke of Lancaster that was ryght heyre to Spayne that he shulde gyue the duke .viii. charyottes laded with wedges of golde yerely to pay to the duke and his wyfe .x. M. markes durynge theyr lyues After whiche thynge parfyted and done the duke with the kynge of Portyngale departed and after maryed his other doughter to the sayd kynge of Portyngale ¶ In the .xv. yere of this kynge a seruant of the bysshppe of Salysburye whiche was tresorer of Englande toke a horselofe from a bakers basket in Fletestrete and when the baker ranne to haue recouered his lofe the bysshoppes seruant brake his hede with his dagger and the inhalytaunce arose to haue brought this bysshoppes seruant to prison but his felowes rescued hym than the people in a furye wolde haue entryd into the bysshoppes place with force and the other made stronge resystence so at the last the Mayre with dyuers of the Aldermen and Sheryffes came thyder with a great companie but y e more the people increased the wors they were to rule that nat withstandynge the Mayres presence they assauted styll the bysshppes place that it was longe tyme or they coude be pacefyed wherof worde came to the bysshop of Salysburye beynge at wyndesore with the kynge that what by the meanes of the bysshoppe of Caunterburye then Chancellour of Englande the complaynt was made so greuous to the kynge that the Mayre was discharged of the rule of the citye and the lybertes seased into the kynges handes and syr Edwarde Dalyngtyge knyght made gouerner of the citye And the kynge and his couÌ„sell toke suche displeasure with the citye that the courtes in westmyster were remoued vnto yorke and y e terme kept there But then the kynge and his counsell perceyuynge it was nat so conuenyent for the welthe of the realme it was remoued agayne to London but yet the kynges displeasure towardes the citye somewhat styll contynued Therfore y e citye made dyuers meanes to obteyne his fauour and at the last by meanes of the quene and specially by one doctor Grauysende bysshoppe of London they opteyned the kynges fauour agayne And after they receyued the kyng into the citye where they made many goodly stages and thynges of pleasure And after gaue to the kynge a great soÌ„me of money and many other great gyftes of pleasure and so at the last obtayned his fauour and were agayne restored to theyr lybertes by the meanes of the sayde bysshoppe of London ¶ And in the .xvii. yere the kynges wyfe quene Anne dyed and is buryed at westmyster ¶ In the .xviii. yere of kynge Rycharde the heresyes of Iohan wykelyffe began to sprynge in Englande and the more because of the Cisme of the .ii. popes ¶ Also in the .xix. yere this kynge Rycharde maryed Isabell doughter to the Frenche kynge at Caleys and after brought her into London with a great tryumphe And also in the same yere the towne of Brest was delyuered vnto the duke of Brytteyn wherfore the duke of Glocester after that sayd to the kynge that it had ben more honour to the kynge to put his body to payne to wynne a stronge towne and holde than to gyue vp y t whiche was gotten by his progenytours by great diffyculte whervpon discencyon fell betwene the kynge and hym And after that the duke perceyuynge howe the kynge was myslad by certayne persons intendynge a reformacyon for the welthe of the realme caused an assemble to be at Arondell of dyuers lordes and other at whiche assemble there met the sayd duke the erle of Arondell the erle of warwyke the erle of Notyngham the bysshoppe of Caunterbury and dyuers other spirituall lordes and sware eche to other secretely to put theyr wylles and powers to auoyde from the kynge the duke of Lancaster and the duke of yorke and other whiche mysgouerned the realme but the erle of Notyngham vttred this conspiracye to the kynge wherfore the kynge sodaynly and secretely toke y e duke of Glocester and sent hym to Caleys where by his coÌ„maundement he was shortely after strangled in his bedde and so mourdred And after the kynge called a parlyament at westmyster where the erle of Arondell was Iudged to dethe and beheded at the Towre hyll and y e erle of
warwyke banysshed into the I le of man for euer and dyuers other persons coÌ„mytted to perpetuall prison And in this same parlyament all the actes made in the parlyament before the .xi. yere of kynge Rycharde were adnulled and in the same yere IohnÌ„ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster dyed ¶ Also in the .xxi. yere the people of the lande greatly murmured and grudged at the mysorder of the kynge for dyuers causes one was for that he had leuyed many exaccyons and charges of the people and wasted it gyuen it to lyght persons And also for because that the duke of Glocester was secretly murdred without proces of the lawe And also for that he wolde chose Sheryffes and other offycers at his owne wyll and pleasure without aduyse of any discrete couÌ„sell Also another cause was that he wolde rebuke the Iudges yf they gaue any iugement contraâ—ye to his mynde wherfore they gaue many iugementes contrary to the order of the lawe And also that before his parlyament he wolde sende his letters to Sheryffes cityes and borowes commaundynge them to chose suche knyghtes of the shyre and suche citezyns and burgeses as he hym selfe wolde apoynt and name And also for that he coÌ„maunded the Sheriffes of his shyres and other offycers to cause the people to make certayne generall othes and to wrytte to seale certayne bondes and wrytynges for the performance of the same othes And also for y t he caused and compelled many men of great substaunce to seale certayne blanke charters and after put iÌ„ the soÌ„mes and wrote in them certayne clauses to the vtter vndoynge of them that sealed them And also an other rumour ranne vpon the kynge y t he had set Englande to ferme to .iii. ê‘sons that was syr IohnÌ„ Busshe syr IohnÌ„ Bagot and syr Henry Grene. ¶ Also sone after the forsayd parlyament a great discorde fell betwene the duke of Northfolke whiche before was erle of Notyngham and Henry Bolingbrake sonne to IohnÌ„ of Gaunt than duke of Herforde and the duke of Herforde accuseâ— the other that he had taken .iiii. M. markes of the kynges wherwith he shulde haue waged certayne Soudyers conuerted it to his owne vse vpon whiche tryall they shulde haue waged battell but at the last bothe these dukes were banysshed the lande And than the duke of Herforde sayled into Fraunce and there taryed and the duke of Northfolke went into Venyce and there dyed ¶ Also in the .xxii. yere of this kynge the kynge with a great armye sayled into Irelande and there conquered the lande and prospered marueylously and set the contrey in good order But than anone tythynges there came to the kynge that Henry Bolyngbroke duke of Herforde was landed in Englande at a place called Rauyns Sporre in the Northe contrey and proclaymed hym selfe duke of Lancaster and with that moche people resorted vnto hym wherfore the kyng in all hast came ouer into Englande with a small companye and lâ—fte moche of his ordynance behynde hym and came to the castell of Flynt and there rested hym to the intent to gather more strength But in the meane whyle the duke was coÌ„myn vnto Brystowe with a great companye and there toke syr willyam Scrope erle of wylshyre syr Iohan Busshy and syr IohnÌ„ Grene whiche .iii. anone had theyr hedes smytten of syr IohnÌ„ Bagot was taken there the same tyme but he escaped agayne and â—led into Irelande but after that he was taken agayne and brought vnto London and put into Newgate whan the kynge harde of the strength of the duke the kynge and all that euer were about hym feared sore wherfore one Thomas Percye erle of worcester stewarde of the kynges house contrary to his alegeaunce brake his whyte rodde openly in the kynges hall bad euery man shyfte for hymselfe wherby the kynges seruantes went away and there the kynge was lafte comfortles So that he was shortely after taken and brought to y e duke whiche in contynently brought hym to London and whan he was nyghe the citye he sent kynge Rycharde secretely to the Towre And dyuers wylde persons of the citye herynge therof assembled a great nombre to the intent to haue taken kynge Rycharde and to haue slayne hym or that he had coÌ„myn to the Towre for y e great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed to the citye But the Mayre and other discrete coÌ„myners herynge of theyr purpose gathered another companye and by good polecye but nat without great difficulte put those wylde felowes from theyr purpose Than anone after there was a parlyament called at westmyster where many of the artycles before rehersed were layde to the kynges charge that he had mysgouerned the realme and that he was nat worthy therfore to be the prince or gouernour of a realme whiche thynges he confessed hym selfe by his mouthe and renounced and resygned vp all his kyngly maieste all the tytle and ryght that he had to the crowne and further released to all lordes spirituall and temporall and to all other of euery degree all homage and fealte that euer they made or auowed to hym And than the kynge by the hole consent of all the lordes the coÌ„mons in the sayd parlyament was deposed of his kyngly dignyte all they by one assent chase the sayd Henry duke of Harforde for the great manhode and wysdome that they sawe in hym aboue all other to be kynge of Englande And thus this kynge Rycharde was deposed the yere of Chryst M.CCC.xCix the last day of SepteÌ„bre And he was fyrst buryed at Langley but he lyeth nowe at westmyster Henricus .iiij. Innocent ¶ Innocent was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.iiii he hylde the see .ii. yere Robert ¶ Robert was nexte Emperour the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.i he hylde the empyre .x. yere Henry the .iiii. HEnry the .iiii. son to Iohan of Gaunt the thyrde son of Edwarde the .iii. was crowned kynge of EnglaÌ„de the .xiii. day of October the yere of Chryst M. CCC.xC.ix and immedyatly after the sayd parlyament contynuynge all the actes made in the .xxi. yere of Rycharde the .ii. were adnulled And all the actes made in y e parlyament the .xi. yere of king Rycharde were agayne confyrmed ¶ Also in the fyrst yere of this kyng the duke of Awemarle came shewed the kynge than beynge at wyndesore that he and the duke of Surrey the duke of Excester and the erle of Salysburye and the erle of Glocester and other moo were accorded to make a mummynge on Twelfte day at nyght and that they purposed to sle the kyng wherfore the kynge sodaynly departed and came to London for socour and counsell wherfore these lordes when they knewe they were bewrayed they fledde shortely after they were taken all and beheded theyr hedes set vpon London brydge And in this whyle Rycharde late kyng was remoued from the castell of Ledys in Kent sent vnto Pomefret castell where sone after
buryed agayne at westmyster and ordayned there .ii. tapers to brenne perpetually vpon his graue and euery weke a solempne Deryge and masse to be songe for hym and certayne money to be gyuen in almesse ¶ Also in the .ii. yere of his reyne one syr IohnÌ„ olde castell knyght was appeched of Heresye and taken and he escaped and fledde into wales But after that the adherentes of the sayd syr IohnÌ„ gathered a great nombre of people assembled them in a fylde nyghe saynt Gylles nyhhe London But the kynge herynge therof sodaynly gathered his people and entryd the fylde vpon them or they were fully assembled and vanquesshed them and toke them prisoners and after caused .xxx. and mo of them to be iudged whiche were hanged vpon galouse in the same fylde and there brent ¶ Also in the .iii. yere of this kyng Henry he was put in mynde by his lordes spirituall and temporall to make warre vpon the frenche kynge for the tytle and ryght that he had to NormaÌ„dye Gascoyne Guyan whervpon he sent his imbassadours to the frenche kynge Charles the .vi. also desyred to haue Katheryn his doughter in maryage whervnto it was answered by the couÌ„sell of Fraunce that they had no leyser to answere suche tryfelinge busynesse And some wryters affyrme that the frenche kynge sent kynge Henry worde that he was to yonge to enterpryse any warre and in derisyon sent vnto hym a tonne full of tennes balles whiche was more mete for hym and his lordes to play with than to meddyll with any warres wherfore the kynge by the aduyse of his counsell made quycke prouisyon for to warre as after shal be shewed ¶ Also in the same yere there was a generall counsell of all the clargye of Christendome holdyn in y e citye of Constaunce in hyghe Almayne where the opinyons of wykelyffe were condempned for Heresyes whiche counsell contynued by the space of .iiii. yeres and than the olde Cisme of the two popes was determyned and one newe pope chosen called the .v. Martyn ¶ Also whan the kynge had made prouisyon for his warre in the .iiii. yere of his reyne he with his lordes rodde thorowe London and so to Southampton where his armye went with hym but whyle he was shyppynge his people Rycharde erle of Chambrydge sonne to Edwarde of Langley the .iiii. son to kynge Edwarde the .iii. whiche Rycharde maryed Anne doughter to Roger Mortymer son to Philyp onely doughter of Leonell .ii. son to kyng Edwarde y e thyrde ¶ IohnÌ„ ¶ IohnÌ„ son to Philyppe was nexte duke of Burgon and erle of Flaunders he caused one of his seruantes to slee the duke of Orlyaunce but after that the sayd duke Ioâ—nÌ„ was slayne Martyn ¶ Martyn was nexte pope he hylde the see .xiiii. yere And syr Rycharde Skrope tresourer of Englande and syr Thomas Gray knyght conspyred treason agaynst the kynge intended to haue slayne the kynge wherfore these .iii. were taken and therof areyned of treason and therfore there beheded And some wryters affyrme that the frenche kynge hyered them therto for the accomplysshement of this sayd purpose â—aue vnto them a millyon of golde After whiche execucyon thus done the kynge toke shyppynge with his armye and landed in Normandye leyde sege to the castell of Harflere whiche anone was delyuered vnto the kynge And than the kynge put out the frenchemen stuffed it with englysshemen and made his vncle the erle of Dorset captayne therof and sent a proclamacyon into Englande that what crafty man wolde come thyther to dwell he shulde haue house housholde to hym and to his heyres and his assygnes whervpon many came thyther so the towne was stuffed with englysshemen Than the Dolphyn and other lordes that had the gouernaunce of FrauÌ„ce because the frenche kynge was y e tyme sycke and dyseased And as some wryters affyrme of a Frensye brake vp all the brydges that the kynge coude nat passe ouer the water of Some wherfore the kynge drewe towarde Pycardye wherfore the frenchemen assembled a great hoost and came towarde the kynge to a certayne towne called Egyncourt redy to gyue battell and whan kynge Henry sawe the great multytude he comforted his people whiche were nat of good fyghtyngmen passynge the nombre of .vii. M. but the frenche cronycles seythe there were almost xx M. the frenchemen were nombred at .xl. M. And therfore kynge henry coÌ„maunded euery man ouer nyght to gette hym a stake sharpe ar bothe endes and to pytche it into the grounde before them and to retrete backe in the begynnynge whan the frenchemen shulde with theyr speres renne vpon them and accordynge as they were coÌ„maunded they dyd And in the mornynge in the .xxv. day of October the frenchemen with a great nombre of men of armes with speres came fersly rennyng vpon the englysshe hoost to the intent to haue ouer ryden them but the horses were goryd with the stakes and wouÌ„ded and beten so with Arowes that one stuÌ„bled vpon another that euery frencheman combryd other than the englysshemen with theyr bylles and axes so fersly smote them slewe them as fast as they might slee a flocke of shepe in a folde that the victorye that day fell to the englysshemen At whiche battell there was slayne of the englysshe parte the duke of yorke that had the vawewarde and the duke of Suffolke of other persons nat passynge the nombre of .xxx. persons but of frenchemen there were slayne the duke of Alaunson the duke of Braban and .viii. erles and .lxxx. barons and of gentylmen of name to the nombre of .xv. C. and aboue and of other aboue .viii. or .ix. M. and there was taken the duke of Orlyaunce the duke of Burbon the erles of Vandosme of Ewe of Rychemount Bursygaunt marshall of Fraunce and many other gentylmen to the nombre of .xxiiii. C. and aboue And after this battell and victorye tydynges came to kynge Henry that the frenchemen were redy with a great hoost agayne to gyue a newe battell wherfore he sette his hoost agayne in array and commaunded and made proclamacyons that euery man shulde slee his prisoner by reason of whiche proclamacyon the dukes and lordes of Fraunce that so were prisoners by the lyâ—ence of the kynge sent worde to the hoost of Fraunce y t they shulde withdrawe them so they dyd Than on the morowe the kynge with his prisoners toke his way to Caleys and anone after came ouer into Englande with all his prisoners and great rychesse that he and his hoost had wonne at the sayd fylde of Egyncourt was honorably receyued in LoÌ„don with great tryumphe Also in the same yere Sigysmounde emperour of Almayne came into London whome the kynge honorably receyued made to hym great chere he laboured to haue had a peace betwene the frenche kynge and kynge Henry but that toke none effecte and than he returned into Almayne and the kyng accompanyed hym to
to the said Charles takynge vpon hym as frenche kyng Calyxte ¶ Calexte was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yere and more in his tyme the Chrysten men had a great victorye agaynst the Turkes in Hungarye ¶ Also in the .xiiii. yere of kynge henry Philyppe the duke of Burgon with a great multytude of flemynges leyde sege at Caleys and contynued his sayd sege .iii. wekes wherfore thâ— duke of Glocester protectour of Englande with .v. C. sayle came ouer into Caleys intendynge within thre days to haue issued out to haue gyuen battell to the duke and the flemyngê But whan they of Burgon harde tell of the great power of the protectour he brake vp his sege and departed lefte behynde hym parte of his heuy ordynaunce and vytell and other thynges that he coude naâ— conuenienly carye in so shorte tyme. And whan he was gone the lorde protectour folowed hym into Flaunders by the space of .xii. days and brent dyuers vyllages and after returned agayne into Englande Also in the same yere the kynge of Scottê beseged the towne of Rokysborowe in ScotlaÌ„de but as sone as he harde tell that the englysshemen were coÌ„mynge thyder to remoue the sege he departed leauynge parte of his ordynaunce behynde hym And the same yere quene Katheryn mother to kynge Henry the .vi. dyed ¶ Also in the .xvii. yere of this kynge there was a great derthe in Englande that a busshell of where was worthe .iii. s. iiii d. ¶ Also in the same yere at a counsell at Basyll pope Eugenye was deposed and one Amedeus duke of Sauoy was chosen pope but yet Eugenye coÌ„tynued in Rome as pope and Amedeus called Felyx the .v. contynued his dignyte in other places so that then arose a great Cisme who was indubytat pope this Cisme contynued .ix. yeres ¶ Also about this tyme there were many conflyctes and dyuers holdes townes in many ê‘tes of Fraunce wonne and lost but most coÌ„menly euer the englysshemen had the wors ¶ Also in the .xx. yere of kynge henry the lorde Talbotte leyde sege to an hauyn towne in Normandye called Depe dyuers captayns of Fraunce were sent thyder to remoue the sege whiche were discomfet Than the lorde Talbot deê‘ted and lefte the guydynge of the sege to .ii. of his knyghtes but at the last the Dolphyn of Vyenne called Lewys came with a great power and gaue them battell where the Englysshemen were discomfyt and the englysshemen slayne and taken prisoners ¶ Also in this .xx. yere imbassetours were sent into Guyan to coÌ„clude a maryage betwene kyng Henry and the erles doughter of Armanake whiche conclusyon was put backe by meanes of y e erle of Suffolke whiche kyndlyd a great grudge betwene y e lorde protectour duke of Glocester and the sayd erle for the sayd erle the nexte yere after went ouer the see into Fraunce and there concluded a maryage betwene the kynge and lady Margarete the kynges doughter of Cicyle for the whiche maryage there was promysed to the kynge of Cicyll the duchye of Angeo and y e erledome of Mayne Also about this tyme the steple of Poules churche in London was set on fyre by lyghtnynge ¶ And in the .xxiii. yere of kynge henry y e said lady Margarete was brought ouer into EnglaÌ„de and maryed to the kynge and after that crowned at westmyster ¶ Also in the .xxv. yere of this kyng there was a parlyament holden at saynt Edmondes burye where the duke of Glocester that was the lorde protectour durynge the kynges nonage was a rested and .xxxii. of his princypall seruantes a rested and the other put from hym and within .v. or .vi. days after he was founde deed in his bedde no wounde vpon hym Of his dethe were dyuers seyenges some sayd he dyed for sorowe and some sayde he was murdered betwene two fetherbeddes and some sayd he was put in the foundement with a hote spytte This duke was a great clerke called the good duke of Glocester because he gouerned well the kynge durynge his nonenage and kept honorable housholde and withstode the delyuere of Angeo and Mayne and neuer was founde fautye to the kynge nor to the crowne whose body was after conueyed to saynt Albons there buryed wherfore for the dethe of this duke all the coÌ„mons of EnglaÌ„de began to murmour and grudge and specially agaynst the markes of Suffolke whiche before was called the erle of Suffolke ¶ About the .xxvi yere of this kynge the Cisme of y e two popes ceasyd by the dethe of Eugeny after whose deth Nicholas the .v. was chosyn pope to whome Felyx the .v. receyued his papacy The cause of the Cisme was for that y t this Eugenye wolde nat obey the Decrees before made in the counsell of Constaunce nor wolde nat obey to the generall counsell wherof rose a great contrauersye amonge the clerkes and wryters For some sayd the generall counsell was aboue y e pope and some sayd the pope was aboue the generall counsell But durynge this whyle the englysshemen lost dyuers townes and holdes in Fraunce in Normandye as fyrst Pont large and after Roan and dyuers other townes and holdes ¶ Also in the .xxvii. yere of kynge Henry the kynge called a parlyament at westmyster at the whiche parlyament the duke of Suffolke whiche was before markes of Suffolke was a rested and sent to the Towre to content mennes myndes But after the kyng lette hym goo at lyberte and than the parlyament was adiourned to Leycester where the said duke came with y e kynge but the people were nat therwith content and the coÌ„mons in the commyn house desyred that all they y t were consentynge to the delyuerance of the Duchye of Angeo and erledome of Mayne myght be ponysshed whervpon the sayd duke of Suffolke was banysshed for .v. yeres and the lorde Say a rested and after put in the Towre And than the duke of Suffolke departed toke shyppynge in Northfolke to go into Fraunce but he was met in the see with a shyppe called the Nicholas of the Towre and taken and the captayne toke the duke and brought hym into his owne shyppe and there Iudged hym to dethe And than set hym in the shyppe bote and there smote of his hede and thus began myschefe vpon myschefe and dethe vpon dethe ¶ Also about this tyme the coÌ„mons rebelled in dyuers places of Englande and named the capteyns blewberde and other names and intended to haue gathered more companye but anone y e kynges counsell herynge therof caused them to be taken and put to dethe but yet anone after y e coÌ„mons of Kent a rose and made them a captayne called Iacke Cade whiche in a great noÌ„bre came to blacke hethe and made a proclamacyon that they came to reforme the iniuryes of the people done by meanes of the kynges yuell counsellours the kynge gathered a great people came towarde them to gyue them battell wherof heryng the
had the victorye there was slayne y e duke of Somercet the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande the lorde Clyfforde with many other honorable knyghtes and squyers and they toke the kynge prisoner coÌ„ueyed hym into London And there vpon there was called a parlyament at the whiche parlyament because the kynge was called a good Innocent vertuous man nat mete for y e warres The duke of yorke was made protectour the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of Englande and the erle of warwyke captayne of Caleys And all suche persons as ruled before as the quene her counsell were clerely amoued concernynge the rule of the kynge and of the lande but this contynued but a whyle ¶ Also about this tyme a Mercers seruant in London smote an Italyon wherfore he was coÌ„mytted to warde wherfore all the mercers seruantes gathered them to gether and compelled y e Mayre to delyuer hym And after a meanye of rascall and euyll disposed people brake certayne straungers houses and robbed and spoyled them But after this matter was inquered of and thre persons put to execucyon therfore ¶ Also in the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Henry the quene disdayned sore that the duke of yorke shulde bere the name of protectour whiche argued the kynge shulde nat be sufficyent to gouerne the realme whiche she thought to be a great dishonour to the kynge wherfore she gette the fauour of dyuers lordes and at a counsell at Grenewyche she caused the duke of yorke to be discharged of his protectourshyp and the erle of Salysbury of his Chauncellourshyp whiche was y e cause of a newe greatter warre But sone after that the quene suspected the citye of London to owe fauour to the duke of yorke caused the kynge to go into Couentre where the quene caused the duke of yorke the erle of Salysbury and the erle of warwyke to be sent for by Priuey seale but they had secret warnynge and escaped and the duke and the erle of Salysburye went into the Northe the erle of warwyke with his wyfe and with a great company went into Caleys toke possessyon of his offyce ¶ Also in the .xxxv. yere of kynge Henry there were .iiii. wonderfull fysshes taken at Eyrythe and .ii. of them were whalles and one was a swyrde fysshe the other was called Mors maryn whiche as dyuers men sayd was a Pronosticacyon of warre and troble ¶ Also in the same tyme was a great skyrmysshe betwene the lorde Egremonde and the sonnes of the erle of Sâ—lysburye but at the ende the lorde Egremonde was taken after by iugement of the kynges counsell condempned to pay great soÌ„mes of money to the erle of Salysburye for payment wherof he was coÌ„mytted to Newgate whiche after brake the prison there toke out dyuers prisoners with hym ¶ Also in this same tyme the crafte of Printynge of bokes began in the citye of Almayne named Magonce whiche is nowe meruaylousâ—y increasyd whiche hathe ben cause of great lernynge and knowelege and hathe ben the cause of many thynges and great chaunges is lyke to be the cause of many strauÌ„ge thynges here after to come And in this same yere the senesshall of Normandye with a great nauey entred the see and came to â—andewyche and there robbed and spoyled the towne and toke with hym many ryche prisoners ¶ Also in this yere Raynolde Pecoke bysshop of Chechester was at Lambeth abiured for an heretyke and his bokes brent and he kept in prison terme of his lyfe ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere of kynge Henry for to appeace the rancour betwene the quene and the lordes a day of metynge was appoynted by the kynge at London where aswell all the lordes that toke the quenes parte as the duke of yorke and the erle of Salysburye and other that toke theyr parte And also the erle of warwyke that than came fro Caleys euery one of them with a great company came and assembled where a dissymulynge concorde was taken betwene them And after that the kynge the quene and all the lordes vpon our Lady day the Annunciacyon went a precessyon in Poules and after that euery lorde departed at his pleasure ¶ Also sone after that certayne shyppes belongynge to the erle of warwyke mette with a flote of Spanyardes vpon the see where betwene them was a cruell fyght but the englysshemen had the victorye and toke .vi. of theyr shyppes and drowned and chased .xxvi. but nat without losse of men for they were moo than an C. englysshemen slayne and many wounded and hurte ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere of kynge Henry the kynge the quene and many lordes beynge at westmyster at counsell because y e one of the erle of warwykes seruantes had hurre one of the kynges seruantes escaped therfore the kynges housholde seruantes came out of the kechyn with spyttes and other wepyns wolde haue slayne the erle of warwyke as he came to haue taken his barge so that he escaped with great daunger and rowed to London wherfore the quene wolde haue had the erle a rested but sodaynly he departed from London and went to warwyke And after that he gate a coÌ„myssion and sayled vnto Caleys Than the quene malygned agaynst the erle of Salysburye and caused the lorde Audeley with a great companye to mete with the erle commynge towarde LoÌ„don to haue taken hym prisoner But the erle kepynge his wey with a great companye with hym mette with them at a place called Blore hethe where betwene them was a great byckerynge a sore fyght but the erle had the victorye And there the lorde Audeley was slayne and moche of his people and the erles .ii. sonnes sore wounded whiche shortely after as they were goynge whomewarde were taken prisoners by them of the quenes partye and sent vnto Chester whan this was knowen by the duke of yorke the other lordes they by one assent gathered a stronge hoost of Marche men and other and the erle of warwyke with a great companye came from Caleys and accoÌ„panyed with the duke nyghe the towne of Lodlowe where they pyght a stronge felde the kynge with a great hoost came towarde them but one Andrewe Trolloppe whiche came with the erle of warwyke and many other af the Souldyers of Caleys departed from the dukes hoost and came to the kynge wherby the duke and his companye were sore abasshed wherfore they concluded to flee and to leaue the felde standynge as they had ben present and than the duke departed with his .ii. sonnes and went fyrst into wales and after into Irelande And the erles of Salysburye of Marche and of warwyke went into Deuynshyre there by the meanes of one IohnÌ„ Denham a squyer gette a shyppe and sayled into Gernesey and after from thens vnto Caleys there ioyously were receyued at a posterne gate And whan the fyrst departure of these lordes was knowen to the kynge and other lordes of the other parte they sent about all the
coste of Englande to haue stopped them but it was to late And than incontynent the kynge dispoyled the towne of Lodlowe and the castell and toke the Duches of yorke And anone after the kynge made y e duke of Somercetê son that was slayne captayne of Caleys wherfore he in all hast went ouer to haue taken Caleys but y e said other erles beynge there before kept hym out wherfore the yonge duke went and toke Guynes than dayly many great assautes were made betwene them of Caleys them of Guynes And many men resorted dayly and came out of Englande to Caleys to the socour of the lordes there and betause they lacked money they shyfted with the Staple of Caleys for .xviii. thousande pounde And after they sende ouer the sayd mayster IohnÌ„ Denham with a great companye of shyppes to Sandewyche to wynne the kynges Nauey there lyenge whiche so spedde hym that he toke there the towne and toke the lorde Ryuers in his bedde and toke the lorde Skalys and toke as many shyppes of the kynges Nauey as he lyst and with them returned into Caleys but nat without the consent of many of the maryners whiche fauoured the erle of warwyke Sone after this the kynge called a parlyament at Couentrye where the sayd duke of yorke with all the other lordes were attaynted of treason and theyr landes and goodes seasyd to the kynges vse And prouisyon made y t no man shulde passe ouer the see vnto Caleys but that nat withstaÌ„dyng comfort came to them of Caleys dayly out of Englande And at the last the sayd erle of Salysburye with the other lordes and with a great companye landed at Douer in Kent and so kept theyr weys towarde the kynge whiche lay than at Couentre gatherynge his people And so in conclusyon whan bothe the hoostes were gathered to a great nombre at the last they mette at Northampton where betwene them was fought a cruell battell where the erle of Salysburye his coÌ„panye had the victorye there was slayne the duke of Buckyngham the erle of Shroysburye the vycount of Beamount the lorde Egremount with many other knyghtes squyers and the kynge taken prisoner After whiche felde they brought the kynge with them into London there kepynge his estate and sent shortely worde to the duke of yorke into Irelande and immedyatly called a parlyament at westmyster to the whiche ê‘lyament the duke of yorke came and lodged hym selfe in the kynges palese where the kynge hym selfe was Than a great rumour sprange that kynge Henry shulde be deposed the duke of yorke made kynge And vpon this parlyament contynuynge the duke of yorke came boldely vpon a day in the parlyament chambre and there set hym downe in the kyngê sete and there made his clayme vnto y e crowne wherby many of the lordes were dismayde for dyuers of the lordes aswell the dukes fryndes as other were in the mynde that kynge Henry shulde be kynge durynge his lyfe For the whiche many great counsels were kept in this whyle the quene with suche lordes as were of her parte were in the northe contrey and assembled great strength of people At the last it was concluded at this parlyament that kynge Henry shulde contynue and reyne as kynge durynge his lyfe naturall and after his dethe the duke of yorke and his heyres to be kynges yf kynge Henry were disposed to resygne his crowne that he shulde resygne it to the duke of yorke and his heyres w t dyuers other artycles ¶ And also that if kynge Henry durynge his lyfe went from this appoyntement or from any other artycle therin that than he shulde be deposed than the duke of yorke or his heyre to take the crowne and be kynge And there the duke of yorke was made agayne protectour and gouernour of the lande and was proclaymed heyre apparant to the crowne of Englande ¶ And also than it was there concluded that because the quene and Edwarde her sonne and the yonge duke of Somercet and the duke of Excester and other wolde nat co London That the duke of yorke and the erle of Salysbury with a great power shulde goo and fatche the quene and the other lordes And whan the quene with her lordes harde tell of theyr coÌ„mynge they gathered to them a great strength of people and mette with them nere vnto a towne called wakefylde where betwene them was fought a cruell and a great mortall battell where the quene and her lordes had the victorye And there was slayne the sayd duke of yorke with his son the duke of Rutlande and syr Thomas Neuell son to the erle of Salysburye and dyuers other And the erle of Salysburye taken prisoner whiche w t many other prisoners were sent vnto Powmefret whiche erle was after there beheded and dyuers other and theyr heades sent vnto yorke ¶ Also in this tyme Edwarde the erle of marche eldyst son to y e duke of yorke beynge at Shroysburye herynge of the dethe of his father gathered some people there and went into wales to gether mo people to auenge his fathers dethe with whome the erles of Penbroke wylshyre met and gaue hym a sharpe skyrmysshe but the erle of marche had the victorye After that the quene with her lordes with a great coÌ„panye of Northermnen came towarde London as farre as saynt Albons In whiche meane tyme the duke of Norfolke and the erle of warwyke which were assygned to wayte vpon the kynge gathered vnto them a great strength mette with the quenes hoost at saynt Albons where betwene them was a stronge fyght where y e quenes parte had the victorye the duke of Norfolke the sayd erle were discomfyt and fayne to flee kynge Henry was there taken in the fylde and brought vnto the quene and dyuers that were taken prisoners as the lorde Boneuylle syr Thomas Tyrell were beheded And than dyuers Aldermen and coÌ„mons of London went to the quene and made request that the Northernmen myght be turned whome for feare of robbynge of the citye ¶ Sone after this Edwarde the erle of marche and eldyst son to the duke of yorke and the erle of warwyke met to gether at Cotyswolde and had gathered a great people And than y e kynge and the quene with theyr hoost returned Northewarde and than the forsayd erle of marche with the erle of warwyke with dyuers other lordes of theyr partye came vnto London to whome resorted the more partye of all the gentylmen of the South and Eest parte of EnglaÌ„de At theyr whiche fyrst coÌ„mynge to London there was a great counsell called of lordes spirituall and temporall where after many argumentes and reasons made it was concluded that for asmoche as kynge Henry contrary to his honour and promyse had broken the artycles made at that parlyament and was departed Northwarde with the quene other lordes And also for so moche as he was thought vnable to gouerne the
Edwarde battell and than the kyng sent to hym to come to hym and he shulde haue his pardon but he sent answere to kynge Edwarde that he trusted nat his promyse but thought he wolde deale with hym as he dyd with his father But at the last whan kyng Edwarde with his power drewe nere to hym this syr Robert welles fled but anone after that he was taken and with hym one syr Thomas Dynmoke whiche shortely after were bothe put to dethe Also about this tyme there arose a great varyaunce betwene Northernemen and the welchemen to the whiche welchemen the lorde Harforde was captayne whiche mette to gether at a place called Egecot besyde Banberye where betwene theÌ„ was fought a great battell where the Northynmen had the victorye where the lorde Harbarde was slayne with many great gentylmen of wales Also in this season the duke of Clarence deê‘ted from kyng Edwarde went to the erle of warwyke and toke his parte but the sayd duke and erle perceyuynge theyr lacke of power agaynst kynge Edwarde toke the see sayled into FrauÌ„ce to Lewys the Frenche kynge where quene Margaret that tyme was to whome the frenche kynge promysed helpe and ayde And whan these lordes were thus departed into Fraunce kynge Edwarde caused them to be proclaymed as traytours And in this meane whyle a newe styrrynge began in the Northe contrey by the lorde Fitz hughe wherfore kyng Edwarde sped hym thyderwarde wherof herynge the sayd lorde Fitz hughe departed into Scotlande ¶ Also in the .x. yere of kynge Edwarde the forsayd duke of Clarence with the erles of warwyke of Penbroke and Oxforde and with many other gentylmen landed at Dertmouthe in Deuonshyre and made proclamacyons in kynge Henryes name where the coÌ„mons of y t contrey drewe vnto them in great nombre And than the Kentysshemen waxed wylde and came to Ratlyffe saynt Kathernes nyghe LoÌ„don and robbed and spoyled the flemynges dyd great hurt And than the sayd lordes holdynge theyr way towardes kynge Edwarde whiche than was in y e Northe contrey and hauynge with hym but small strength wherof some were nat to hym very trusty toke a secret companye with him and passed ouer the wasshe in Lyncolneshyre with great daunger nat without losse of dyuers of his companye And after passed ouer into Flaunders and came to Charles his brother in lawe than duke of Burgon and whan quene Elysabeth beynge in the Towre harde therof she went into westmyster and there regystarde her selfe as a sentwary woman so dyd many of kynge Edwardes fryndes Also these sayd lordes heryng of kynge Edwardes departynge sped them vnto London and the day of October they toke kynge Henry out of the Towre and lodgyd hym in the bysshoppes Paleyse at Poules and â—o he was than agayne admytted and proclaymed for kynge thorowe out the hole lande from the sayd day of October all wrytynges and recordes were made and â—ated thus Anno ab inchoatione regni regis Henrici sexti quadragesimo nono et anno readoptionis suâ— regn magestatis primo That is to say the yere from the begynnynge of the reyne of kynge Henry the .vi. the .xlix. and the fyrst yere of the readopcyon of his royall estate Also in the begynnyng Sextus ¶ Sextus was nexte pope he hylde the see .xiii. yere of this readopcyon the erle of worcester whiche for his crueltye was called the bocher of Englande was taken and atayned at westmyster and atteynt of treason afterwarde at the Towre hyll beheded ¶ Also in this sayd fyrst yere of the readopcyon quene Elysabethe beynge at westmyster was delyueued of a yonge prince called Edwarde ¶ Also in the .xxvi. day of Nouembre there was a parlyament called at westmyster where kyng Edwarde was proclaymed vsurper of the crowne the duke of Glocester his brother traytour and bothe atteynted by the ouctoryte of the sayd parlyament The erle of warwyke than rode thorowe London and so to Douer for to haue receyued quene Marget coÌ„myng out of FrauÌ„ce but the wynde was so contrary that she lay at the see syde from Nouembre to Aprell and coude haue no passage wherfore the erle of warwyke was fayne to returne without hauynge of his purpose But than in the begynnynge of Aprell kynge Edwarde landed in the Northe contrey at a place called Rauyn sporre with a small coÌ„pany of Flemynges and other whiche in all had nat past a M. men and came towarde yorke makynge his proclamacyons in the name of kynge Henry and sayd he came for no nother intent but to clayme his inherytaunce of the dukedome of yorke and so passed tyll he came to yorke wherfore he was there refresshed for a season and after departed towarde London and by fayre wordes passed the daunger of the lorde Markes mountegue whiche lay in y e cooste with moche people double to the nombre of kyng Edwardes men And whan he was thus escaped the power of y e said Markes sawe howe that his strength increased and that the people dayly drewe to hym he than proclaymed hym selfe kinge of Englande and so hylde his way tyll he came to London and vpon Shere thursday in the mornyng the archebysshop of yorke beynge with kynge Henry in London to the intent to moue peoples hartes towarde kynge Henry rode with hym and shewed kynge Henry to the people whiche rather drewe mennes hartes from hym than otherwyse and the same Shere thursday at after none kynge Edwarde came into London and was receyued in the citye so rode into Poules and there in the bysshoppes paleyse he founde kynge Henry with fewe persons about him for all suche lordes and other as were about kynge Henry whan they harde of kynge Edwardes commynge they fled and euery man was fayne to shyfte for hym lelfe And than kynge Edwarde toke kynge Henry there and put hym in safe kepynge and than he harde tell of the coÌ„mynge of the duke of Clarence his brother and of the erle of warwyke the lorde Mountegue and other lordes with a great power towarde London wherfore kynge Edwarde toke kynge Henry with hym and departed with his hoost and vpon Eester euyn came to Barnet But the duke of Clarence his brother sodaynly agayne forsoke the erle of warwykes parte and with the strengthe that he had he came to his brother kynge Edwarde wherfore the erle of warwyke and the other lordes were somwhat dismayde but by the excytynge of the markes Mountegue and the erle of Oxforde they kept on theyr iourney where on the morowe beynge Eester day in the mornyng bothe the hoostes mette on the playne beyonde Barnet And the erle of Oxforde hauynge the vawewarde quytte hym so well that he bare ouer that parte of the fylde whiche he set vpon and beate them backe vpon that parte nexte Enuylde chase that tydynges came to London that kynge Edwarde had lost the fylde but in conclusyon kynge Edwarde beynge
nyghe the towne of Barnet gathered his men so to gether agayne and set vpon them a fresshe whyle the erle of Oxforde was folowynge his chase that in conclusyon he wanne the fylde and slewe there of his enemyes the lorde markes Mountegue the erle of warwyke with many other and vpon kynge Edwardes parte was slayne the lorde barnes of the coÌ„mons vpon bothe partes .xv. C. men moo and than the duke of Excester the erle of Oxforde fled and escaped with great daunger and the same after none kynge Edwarde came into London agayne and brought kyng Henry with hym rydynge in a longe gowne of blewe veluet thorowe London and so to westmyster from thens sent hym vnto the Towre where he remayned as prisoner all his lyfe tyme after ¶ Kynge Edwarde than beynge in possessyon agayne of the hole realme made prouisyon to withstande the landynge of quene Margaret and Edwarde her son whiche all this whyle lay at the see syde in FrauÌ„ce taryenge for wynde And at the last landed with a strength of frenchemen and after that landynge dyuers other resorted to them and at the last at a place besyde Tewkysburye the .iiii. day of May kyng Edwarde with a great power met with them where betwene them was fought a cruell battell but kynge Edwarde had the victorye where the sayde quene Marget was taken prisoner and prince Edwarde her son taken immedyatly he was brought to kynge Edwarde where whan kynge Edwarde questyoneâ— with hym because he answered hym sharpely and contrarye to his pleasure therfore kynge Edwarde sodaynly smote hym on the face with his gauntlet vpon the whiche stroke so receyued his seruantes sodaynly fell vpon hym slewe hym out of hande And than anone after this kynge Edwarde sent quene Marget to London and at the last she was sent whome to her contrey ¶ Also after this the bastarde Fauconbryge with certayne ryotous maryners and dyuers ryotous persons of Kent and Essex came in great multytude to the citye of London and assauted the gates but the citezyns with strengthe droue them backe and chased them to theyr shyppes at blacke wall as farre as Stretforde and Detforde in Kent and slewe many of them and toke many prisoners ¶ Also vpon Ascencyon euyn nexte folowynge the deed corps of kynge Henry the syxte late kynge was brought from the Towre of London thorowe the citye and so to Poules churche and there lafte all nyght But howe this prince dyed there be dyuers opinyons but the moost coÌ„myn tale was that he was stycked with a dagger by y e handes of Rycharde duke of Elocester kynge Edwardes brother ¶ Also sone after that kynge Edwarde with a strength of people went into Kent there caused his Iustyce to syt vpon the ryottours that came with the bastarde Fauconbrydge and dyuers were put to execucyon as well in Kent as in Essex â— and after the sayd bastarde about Southhamton was taken and there beheded and his hede sent to London set vpon London brydge ¶ Also in the .xii. yere of his reyne kynge Edwarde called a parlyament at westmyster where there was graunted to hym an ayde for the great charge that he had in his warres And in the nexte yere after the deed corps of the duke of Exceter was founden drowned but howe he was drowned no man can tell ¶ Also in the .xiiii. yere of kynge Edwarde he intendynge to make warre agaynst Lewys the Frenche kynge requyred an ayde of his lordes spirituall and temporall and other ryche men within the realme whiche they graunted to hym and was called a benyuolence After the gatherynge wherof the nexte yere after the kyng with a great armye sayled vnto Caleys and so forth went into Fraunce agaynst whome y e frenche kynge assembled a great power But whan bothe hoostes shulde haue met certayne offers of peace was made and a day appoynted where bothe kynges dyd mete at a place callyd Pynyake where vpon a brydge ouer a ryuer there was made a particyon in the myddes therof that nother of them myght enter to other but with a lope that eyther prince myght take other by the hande and eyther of theyr hoostes standyng by them in good aray where a peace was concluded betwene them for .vii. yeres and agreed that kinge Lewys shulde pay to kynge Edwarde .xv. M. li. in hande and .x. M. li. euery yere after durynge vi yeres whiche thynge parfyrely fynysshed and assured kynge Edwarde returned agayne into Englande ¶ Also in the .xvi. yere of kynge Edwarde by the great excytynge of one Rafe Iosselyn draper than Mayre of LoÌ„don London walle was newe made almost from Crepylgate to Bysshoppê gate whiche was a wonderfull worke to be fynysshed in one yere ¶ Also in the .xvii. yere of this kynge George the duke of Clarence yonger brother to kynge Edwarde beynge prisoner in the Towre was put to dethe and as it was sayd there drowned in a batell of Malmesey ¶ Also in the .xviii. yere of this kynge there was a great dethe in London and thorowe out all the lande and after that there was great quyetnesse peace within the realme vnto the .xxiii. yere of this kynge in y e whiche yere the .ix. day of Aprell the yere of Chryst M. CCCC.lxxxiii at westmyster the kynge dyed and is buryed at wyndesore Edwardus .v. Sege at yorke the kyng of Scottes slayn battel in NormaÌ„dye duke Robert take prisoner Battell with the kynge of FrauÌ„ce the kynges two sonnes drowned Battell the kyng taken prisoner Battell at wynchester Batell at wylton duke henrye landed saynt thomas of Caunterbury slayne The iewes spoyled voyage into the holy laÌ„de the kyng of cypres takyn The citie of Acres wonne varyaÌ„ce kynge rycharde takyn prisoner kynge rycharde slayne Varyance englaÌ„de interdyted NormaÌ„dye lost Voyage into Irelande Kynge IohnÌ„ reconsyled to y e pope Peter pens Magna carta first made Lewys son to y e Frenche kyng enteryd iÌ„to EnglaÌ„d Lewys returnd iÌ„to FraÌ„ce battel in Fraunce The Emperour deposed Libertes of loÌ„don seasyd The barons rose agaynst the kyng The batell at Lewys battel at Kyllyngworth battel at enesham The lybertes of London seasyd the standardes of weyghtes mesures lybertes of London voyage into the holy laÌ„de lewellyn prâ—nce of wales battell in wales lybertes of London seased Derthe The iugges punysshed welchemen subdued Sege at berwyke battell in scotlaÌ„de walys of scotlaÌ„de battel at FaÌ„kyrke Trolbaston the kyng imprysoned Edwarde his eldist son batell in scotlaÌ„de Piers of ganeston exyled The rodes won from the Turkes The temples dysstroyed Piers of GanastoÌ„ beheded batell at Bannokisborne battel of Mytton spenceâ—â— banysshed battel at borough bryg battell in Irelande battel at LeylaÌ„de Quene Isabell went iÌ„to Fraunce y e quene landed kyng edwarde takyn spencers beheded the kyng deposed Peace w t the scottes Syr roger mortymer taken the dethe of kynge edwarde the .ii. battel at hallydon hyll battell in the see battel in the see at Sluse Caleys wonne battell at Durham battell at Roche aryan skyrmysshe at Caleys the kyng of scottê taken prisoner battell at Leyre battell at Poyters Kynge Iohan of Fraunce takyn prisoner the kyng of frauÌ„ce raunsomed The coÌ„panions Kâ—nge Iohan of Fraunce dyed in London battell in brytten Prince edwarde soÌ„moned Syr robert knolles battell in Brytten battell in the see Prince edwarde dyed Cisme Iacke strawe Iacke strawe slayne battell in the see y e kinges councellours atteynt of treason Iohan of Gaunte weÌ„t into spayne A ryot in Fletestrete The terme remoued to yorke Conspiracye the artycles whiche causyd the peple to murmur againste the kyng the kyng sayled in to IrelaÌ„de henry boliÌ„gbroke landed the kyng came agayne in to Englande the kyng taken prisoner Conspyracye the dethe of kynge rycharde the .ii. a prior viii freres hanged at tyborne for treason battel at Shroysburye skyrmysshe at yorke voyage iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce the king exyled his olde wylde familyers battel at saint gyles the fyrst voyage iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce Conspyracye battell at Egyncourt the seconde voyage into fraunce battel in the see y e treaty of peace y e thyrde voyage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce battel in fraunce king henry the quene set at a feest in parys crowned battell at vernoyll battell at zelande dethe of the erle of salisâ—ury king henry crowned at westmist Le pusel de deiu y e mayde of god king henry crouÌ„de at Parys Philyp duke of Burgon forsoke y e englysshe men the duke of Bedford died the frenchemen wan Parys Cisme battell at Dâ—pe the kynges maryage coÌ„cluded Quene margarete crowned the dethe of yâ—â—ood duke of glocester the cause of y e Cisme the duke of suffolk beheded Iacke cade battell at Senoke skyrmysshe vpon London brydge Iacke cade slayn the fyrst battel at saynt Albons the duke of yorke made ê“tectour skyrmysshe in the North coÌ„trey the crafte of printyng first founde a dissemblynge peace battel in the see battel at blore hethe the kynges nauey takeÌ„ at sande wyche battel at northaÌ„pton the duke of yorke made heyre apparant battel at wakefylde y e secoÌ„de battel at saint Albons kyng Edwarde ê“claymed kynge battel at Towton battel at Exham kyng edward maryed lorde ryuers taken and beheded the lorde welles beheded battel at Egecot Duke of clarence and the erle of warwyk fled ouer the see the duke of Clarrence laÌ„ded kyng edwarde fled ouer the see kinge heÌ„ry again procâ—ayâ—edlâ—ge kyng edwarde the duke of glocecester attaynted as traytours kyng edwarde laÌ„ded kyng heÌ„ry taken at y e bysshops palese battel at Barnet battel at Tewkysbury the deth of kinge Henry voyage iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce
captayne Iacke Cade drewe backe with his people and the kyng went to Grenewyche lefte parte of his hoost lyenge vpon blacke hethe and sent syr Vmfrey Stafforde and his brother with many other gentylmen with a great nombre of people to folowe them And than nyghe Senoke Iacke Cade with his people turned agayne and gaue them a great battell had the victorye where the sayd syr Vmfrey Sstafforde his brother were bothe slayne and moche other people of his parte the resydue fledde whan tydynges came to the kynge and his counsell of this harde tell that parte of his hoost wolde take parte with Iacke Cade the kynge remoued to Kynelworthe wherfore Iacke Cade with his people drewe nere to London and came in Sothwarke and after Entryd ouer the brydge into the citye and there made proclamacyon in the kynges name and that payne of dethe none of his people shulde take no vytell nor other thynge but they payde for it but Iacke Cade hym selfe was the fyrst that brake it Also this Iacke Cade toke the sayd lorde Say y t than was prisoner in the Towre and smote of his hede at the Standarde in Chepe wherby he gatte the fauour of the people of the citye and so contynued .iiii. or .v. dayes in the citye in the nyght lay in Sothwarke and in that whyle he put to dethe other persons whiche fauoured the lorde Say but at the last Iacke Cade hym selfe went vnto an Aldermans house called Philyppe Malpas and robbed and spoyled his house and after went to another mans house called Gyser and dyned in his house and after dynner robbed and spoyled his house of all that euer he had for whiche two robberyes the citezyns of London grudgyd meruaylous sore agaynst hym wherfore the Mayre the citezyns sent to the lorde Skalys one Mathewe Gough hauynge y e rule of the Towre prayenge them to haue theyr assystence to resyst the captayne which grauÌ„ted to them theyr good myndes and helpe And the nexte day whan the captayne Iacke Cade and his people wolde haue come ouer the brydge the Mayre and citezyns with the sayd Mathewe Gough kept the brydge but the captayne the Kentysshemen set so fersly vpon them that they droue them backe to the drawe brydge where betwene them was a cruell fyght and many men of London drowned and slayne for this skyrmysshe contynued all nyght longe tyll the morowe at .ix. of the clocke and at the last the Kentysshemen brent the brydge And after this the ChauÌ„cellour of Englande sent to the captayne a pardon generall for hym and all his meanye than they departed and went euery man to his owne And after that there were ê“clamacyons made that who so euer coude take the sayd Iacke Cade a lyue or deed shulde haue M. markes for his labour whervpon one Alexander Eden a gentylman of kent toke hym in a gardayne in which takynge the sayd Iacke Cade was slayne And after that the kynge came into Kent and caused his Iustyces to sytte vpon this ryot where many of them aswell in Kent as in Sussex were therfore put to dethe And also in the same yere the coÌ„mons in the west contrey arose and slewe the bysshoppe of Salysbury wherfore the kynge went thyther and punysshed those doers ¶ Also in the .xxix. yere there was a ê‘lyament at westmyster where the duke of Somercet that was lately come out of Normandy and had there lost the citye of Roan all that contrey was put vnder a rest for he and the quenes couÌ„sell therfore were had in great hatered and the duke of yorke and other to hym alyed toke parte agayne the quene and her couÌ„sell so that mortall warre therof insued ¶ Also in the .xxx. yere of this kynge Henry the kynge and the duke of Somercet with many other lordes went to the marched of wales and the duke of yorke assysted with dyuers lordes men of name gathered a great strengthe of people to the intent to refourme certayne nunryes and also to haue Iustyce vpon the duke of Somercet certayne lordes beynge about y e kynge and with his people came into a place in Kent called brenthethe and the kyng with a great hoost came into blacke hethe But by mediacyon of certayne bysshoppes lordes a poyntement was taken that the duke of Somercet shulde be coÌ„mytted to warde there to answere certayne artycles that the duke of yorke wolde lay to his charge the whiche the kynge promysed to do whervpon the duke of yorke brake vp his fylde came to the kyngê tent where contrary to the kinges promyse he sawe the duke of Somercet chefe about the kynge by his counsell the kynge commaunded the duke of yorke to ryde before hym into LoÌ„don holdynge him in maner as prisoner and shulde haue ben more strayter kept but y e tydynges came that Edwarde the duke of yorke his eldyst son erle of Marche was coÌ„mynge with a great power of welchemen whiche feared so the kynge the quene and the other about the kynge that the duke of yorke was set at lyberte And about this tyme the towne of Hartlete in Normandye was wonne agayne by Frenchemen and the towne of Bayons gyuen vp by appoyntement Also about thâ—s tyme was the quene delyuered of a son called Edwarde ¶ Also about this tyme the citye of Constantynople with all the hole Empyre was wonne by y e Turkes to the great losse of Chrystendome and the increase of Macomyttes lawe ¶ Also in the .xxxiii. yere of this kynge one Iohan Norman Mayre of London went to westmyster by barge to take his othe whiche before that tyme were euer wont to ryde be lande for whiche the watermen made a songe to his great prayse whiche began rowe thy bote Norman ¶ Also in the .xxxii. yere of this kynge the kynge by the counsell of the quene and other coÌ„trarye to the kynges promyse put the sayd duke of Somercet at his lyberte and made hym captayne of Caleys and he ruled the kynge and all his realme as he lyst wherfore the great lordes of the realme and the coÌ„mons were nat pleased for the coÌ„mons had sustayned many greuous imposicyon and charges wherfore the duke of yorke beynge in the marches of wales called to hym the erles of warwyke and of Salysbury and many other knyghtes and gentylmen and with a great people came towarde London the kynge gathered a great hoost and came out of London to saynt Albons where bothe the hoostes came one hoost lyenge in one ende of the towne and the other in the other ende where in the begynnynge a meanes of a treatye or peace was coÌ„moned but in the tyme of the intreatye the erle of warwyke with his marche men entryd the towne and fought agaynste the kynges people so began the battell whiche contynued a longe season but in conclusyon the duke of yorke and the erle of warwyke and that parte