the Lordes of the land chose the Earle of Ormond to be Lord Iustice The Erle of Ormond Loâ—… iustice In the fift yeare of Henrie the fourth Iohn Colton Archbishop of Ardmagh the .xxvij. 1404 The Archbishop of Ardmagh deceassed of Aprill departed this life vnto whome Nicholas Stoning succeeded The same yeare on the day of Saint Vitale the martir the parliameÌ„t of Dublin began before the Erle of Ormond then lord Iustice of IrelaÌ„d where the statutes of Kilkenny and Dublin were confirmed and likewise the charter of Ireland 1405 In the sixt yeare of Henry the fourth in the Month of May three Scottish barks were takeÌ„ two at greene castell and one at Alkey with captaine Macgolagh The same yeare the Marchants of Drodagh entred Scotland and tooke prayes and pledges Also on the euen of the feast day of the .vij. brethren Oghgard was burnt by the Irish And in Iune Syr Stephen Scrope that was come again into Ireland returned eftsoones into Englande leauing the Earle of Ormonde Lorde Iustice of Irelande About the same time they of Dublin entred Scotland at Saint Ninian The Citizens of Dublin inuade Scotland and valiantly behaued themselues agaynste the enimies and after crossing the Seas directed theyr course into Wales and did muche hurt to the Welchmen They inuade Wales bringing from thence the shrine of Saint Cubins and placed it in the Churche of the Trinitie in Dublin The Erle of Ormond deceaseth Iames Butler Earle of Ormonde dyed at Baligam whilest he was Lorde Iustice vnto whome succeeded Geralde Earle of Kildare The same yeare the Prior of Conall in the plaine of Kildare fought manfully with the Irish and vanquished two hundred that were wel armed sleaing part of them and chasing the residue out of the field and the Prior had not wyth him past the number of .xx. H. Marl. English men but god as saith mine Author assisted those that put their trust in him The same yeare after Michaelmas Stephen Scrope Deputie Iustice to the Lorde Thomas of Lancaster the kings sonne and his lieutenant of Ireland A Parliament at Dublin came againe ouer into Irelande and in the feast of Saint Hillarie was a Parliament holden at Dublyn which in Lent after was ended at Trim. And Meiller de Brimmingham slue Cathole Oconhur aboute the ende of Februarie In the yere .1407 a certain false and heathnish wretch 1407 an Irish man named Mac Adam Mac Gilmore that had caused .xl. Churches to be destroyed Corbi what it is signifieth as be that was neuer christened and therfore called Corbi chaunced to take prisoner one Patrike Sauage and receyued for his raunsome two M. Markes though afterwardes hee slue him togither with his brother Richard The same yere in the feast of the exaltation of the Crosse Stephen Scrope deputie to the Lorde Thomas of Lancaster with the Earles of Ormonde and Desmond and the Prior of Kilmaynam and diuerse other captaynes and men of warre of Meith set from Dublin and inuaded the lande of Mac Murche where the Irish came into the field and skirmished with them so as in the former part of the day they put the English power to the worse but at length the Irishe were vanquished chased so that Onolan with his sonne and diuerse other were taken prisoners But the English captaines aduertised here y t the Burkeyns Okerol in the countie of Kilkenny had for the space of two days togither done much mischief they rode with al speed vnto the town of CallaÌ„ there encountring with the aduersaries manfully put theÌ„ to flight slue Okerol .viij. C. Okeroll slaâ—â— others There went a tale and belieued of many that the Sunne stood stil for a space that day tyll the Englishmen had ridden sixe myles so muche was it thoughte that GOD fauoured the Englishe part in this enterprise if wee shall beleeue it The same yeare the Lorde Stephan Scrope passed once againe ouer into Englande and Iames Butler Erle of Ormonde was elected by the countrey Lord Iustice of Ireland In the dayes of this king Henry the fourth the Inhabitants of Corke beeing sore afflicted with perpetual oppressions of their Irish neighbors coÌ„plained themselues in a generall writing directed to the lord of Rutland Corke the kings deputie there to the counsell of the realme then assembled at Dublin which letter bycause it openeth a window to behold the state of those parties and of the whole realme of Ireland in those dayes we haue thought good to set down here as it hath bin entred by Campion according to the copie deliuered to him by Francis Agard Esquire one of y e Queenes Maiesties priuie counsell in Ireland A letter from Corke out of an old recorde that beareth no daâ—…e IT may please your wisedomes to haue pity on vs the kings poore subiects within y e couÌ„tie of Cork or else we are cast away for euer For where there are in this couÌ„ty these lords by name beside knights esquiers gentlemen yeomen to a great number that might dispend yerely .viij. C. poundes .vj. C. poundes .iiij. C. poundes two C. an hundred pounds an hundred Marks twentie pounds .xx. marks ten pounds some more some lesse to a great number beside these Lordes First the Lorde Marques Caro his yearely reuenues was besyde Dorzey hauen and other creekes two M. two C. pounds sterling The Lord Barneuale of Beerhauen his yerely reuenues was beside Bodre hauen and other creekes M. vj. C. pounds sterling â—…hinke rather greene castell The Lorde Vggan of the great Castell hys yearely reuenue beside his hauens and creekes xiij thousand poundes The Lord Balram of Enfort his yearely reuenues beside hauens and creekes M. CCC pound sterling The Lorde Curcy of Kelbretton his yearely reuenues beside hauens and creekes a thousande two hundred pound sterling The Lorde Mandeuile of Barenstelly his yearely reuenues beside hauens and creekes M. two hundred pound sterling The Lorde Arundell of the Strand his yearely reuenues beside haueÌ„s and creekes a thousand fiue hundred pounds sterling The Lord Barod of the gard his yearely reuenue beside haueÌ„s creekes M. C. pouÌ„ds sterling The Lord Steyney of Baltmore his yearely reuenue besides hauens creekes .viij. C. lb sterl The Lord Roch of Poole castell his yearly reuenues besyde hauâ—…ns and creekes ten thousande poundes sterling The kings Maiestie hath the landes of the late yong Barry by forfeyture the yearely reuenue wherof beside two riuers and creekes and al other casualties is M. viij C. pound sterling And that at the ende of this Parliament your Lordship with the kings most noble couÌ„sell may come to Corke call before you al these Lords other Irish men and bind them in pain of losse of life lands goods that neuer one of them do make warre vpon an other withoute licence or commaundement of you my lord deputie the kings counsel for the vtter destruction of these partes is that
conquerour supposed not his conquest perfite tyll he had lykewyse subdued y e Scots wherfore to bring the Scottes to iust obeysaunce after hys Coronation as heire testamentary to Edward the Coâ—…fessour he entred Scotland where after a litle resistance made by the Scottes the sayde Malcolme then their king did homage to hym at Abirâ—…ethy in Scotlande for the kingdome of Scotlande as to hys superiour also by means of conquest Willyam surnamed Wiâ—…us sonne of thys William called the conquerour succéeded next to the crowne of England to whom the sayde Malcolme king of Scottes dyd like homage for the kingdom of Scotland But afterwarde he rebelled and was by this William Rufus slayne in the fielde where vpon the Scottishmen dyd chose one Donald or Dunwal to be theyr kyng But this WilliaÌ„ Rufus deposed hym and created Dunkane sonne of Malcolme to be theyr king who dyd like homage to him finally this DuncaÌ„ was slayne by the Scottes Dunwall restored who once agayne by this Wylliam Rufus was deposed and Edgar sonne of Malcolme brother to the last Malcolme was by him made theyr king who dyd lyke homage for Scotlande to this William Rufus Henry called Beauclerke the son of William called the conquerour after the death of his brother William Rufus succéeded to the crowne of England to whome the same Edgar kyng of Scottes dyd homage for Scotland This Henry Beauclerke married Mawde the daughter of Malcolme king of Scottes and by hir had issue Mawde afterwarde empresse Alexandre the sonne of Malcolme brother to this Mawde was next king of Scottes he dyd lyke homage for the kingdome of Scotlande to this Henry the first Mawde called the empresse daughter and heire to this Henry Beauclerke and Mawde hys wyfe receiued homage of Dauid brother to hir and to this Alexandre next king of Scottes before all the temporall men of Englande for the kyngdome of Scotlande Thys Mawde the empresse gaue vnto Dauid in the marriage Mawd the daughter and heire of Voldosius earle of Huntingdon Northumberlande And herein their euasion appeareth by which they allege that their kinges homages were made for the earledome of Huntingdon for this Dauid was y e first that of their kinges was Earle of Huntingdon which was since all the homages of their kinges before recited and at the time of thys marryage and long after the sayde Alexander his brother was king of Scots doing the homage aforesayde to Henry Bewclerke In the yeare of our Lorde 1136. and firste yeare of the reigne of king Stephen the said Dauid king of Scottes being required to doe his homage refused it for as much as he had done homage to Mawde the empresse before tyme notwithstanding the sonne of the sayde Dauid dyd homage to king Stephane Henry called Fitz emprice the son of Mawd the emprice daughter of Mawde daughter of Malcolme king of Scottes was next king of England He receyued homage for Scotland of Malcolme sonne of Henry sonne of the sayd Dauyd their last king which Malcolme after thys homage attended vpon the same kyng Henry in his warres agaynst Lewys then king of Fraunce whereby appeareth that their Frenche league was neuer renued after the last diuisioÌ„ of their countrey by Osbright king of Englande But after these warres finished with the Frenche king this Malcolme being againe in Scotlande rebelled wherevppon king Henry immediatelye seized Huntingdon and Northumberland into hys owne hâ—â—â—es by 〈…〉 made warres vpon him in Scotland 〈◊〉 which the same Malcolme dyed without 〈◊〉 of hys bodie William brother of thys Malcolme 〈◊〉 next kyng of Scottes he wyth all the nobled of Scotland which could not be now for 〈◊〉 earledome did homage to the sonne of thys king Henry the second wyth a reseruatâ—â—â— of the duetie to king Henry the seconde hys father also the earledome of Huntingdâ—â— was as ye haue hearde before thys forfaited by Malcolme his brother and neuer after râ—…stored to the crowne of Scotlande Thys William king of Scottes did afterwarde attend vpon the same king Henry the seconde in his warres in Normandie againâ—â— the Frenche kyng notwithstanding theyr Frenche league and then dyd him homage for Scotlande and thereupon was licensed to depart home in Scotlande where immediately he mooued cruell warre in Northumberlande against the same king Henry being yet in Normandy But God tooke the defence of king Henries parte and deliuered the same William kyng of Scottes into the handes of a fewe Englishmen who brought him prisoner to kyng Henry into Normandie in the tenth yeare of hys reigne But at the last at the suite of Dauid his brother Richarde Bishop of s Andrewes and other Bishoppes and Lordes he was put to this fine for the amendement of his trespasse to paye tenne thousande pounde sterling and to surrender all hys lytle of the earledome of HuntingdoÌ„ Cumberland and Northumberland into the handes of thys kyng Henry which he did in all thinges accordingly sealing hys charters therof with the great seale of Scotlande and signettes of hys nobilitie where in it was also comprised that hée and his successours should hold the realme of Scotland of the king of Englande and his successours for euer And herevpon he once again dyd homage to the same king Henry which nowe coulde not be for the earledome of Huntingdon the ryght wherof was alrealdie by hym surreÌ„dred And for the better assuraÌ„ce of this faith also the strengthes of Berwick Edenbrough Roxbrough and Striueling were deliuered into the handes of our king Henry of Englande which their owne writers confesse but Hector Boetius saieth that this trespasse was amended by fine of twentie thousande poundes sterling that the earledome of Huntingdon Cumberland and Northumberlande were deliuered as Morgage into the handes of king Henry vntill other tenne thousande poundes sterling shoulde be to him payd but though the 〈…〉 yet 〈◊〉 he not she that money 〈◊〉 payde not the lande otherwise redéemed or euer 〈…〉 to any Scottishe kinges handes Aâ—… 〈…〉 appeareth that the earledome of Huntingâ—â—â— was neuer occasion of the homages of the Scottishe kinges to the kinges of Englande eyther before this tyme or after This was done 1175. Moreouer I red this note hereof gathered out of Robertus Montanus that liued in these and was as I take it coÌ„fessor to king Henry The king of Scots doth homage to king Henry for y e kingdome of Scotlande and is sent home againe hys Bishops also did promise to doe the lyke to the Archebishoppe of Yorke and to acknowledge themselues to be of his prouince iurisdictioÌ„ By vertue also of this composition the sayde Robert sayth that Rex Angliae dabat honores Episcopatus Abbatias alias dignitates in Scotia vel saltem eius consilio dabantur that is the king of England gaue Honors Bishopricks Abbateships other dignities in Scotland or at the leastwyse they were not giuen without his aduise and counsell At this tyme Alexander bishop of Rome supposed to haue general iurisdiction
they droue them backe and constrayned them to flee in good earnest whyche they themselues had but only couÌ„terfaited to do before King William perceyuing his people thus discomfited and himselfe enclosed on eche syde The Scots constrained to flee amongest his enimies after he had assayed to breake foorth on some syde from amongst them when he sawe his endeuour coulde by no meanes preuayle King WilliaÌ„ yeldeth himself prisoner and that the enimyes made onely at him he yelded himselfe There was not muche bloud spilled on eyther syde at this bickering for the one parte in the beginning of the fâ—…aye as ye haue hearde fleing of sette purpose vnto the place where theyr ambushe laye escaped without much hurt and the other feared by the breaking forth of the ambushe aboade the brunt but a small whyle returning immediatly towards the king and then perceyuing they coulde doe no good they made the best shift they coulde eche man for himself to escape the enimies handes The king being thus takeÌ„ of his enimies King WilliaÌ„ conueyd into Normandie was conueyed vnto king Henry ouer into Normandie where he was as then remaining The yeare that king William was thus taken was after the byrth of our Sauiour Christ .1174 1174. and the nynth of king Williams reigne Discorde of writers Other writers report the maner of his taking not altogether agreeable with that whiche wee haue here aboue remeÌ„bred who declare how king William after he had wasted all Cumberlande came into Northumberlande not ceassyng tyll he came to Anwike where he stayed for a tyme to haue had battayle but in the meane whyle the Englishmen laye close togither withoute noyse or apperance in suche wise that no ScottishmaÌ„ could haue vnderstanding where they were At length king William a wearied with long tarying thus at Anweke and seeing no enimies to appeare determined to worke some exployte yet before his returne and thervppon sent foorth the most parte of all his armie abroade into the countrey to forrey the same keeping no greate companie about hym tyll the returne of the other thus sente foorth Whervpon incontinently a great ambushement of Englishmen came vpon him with couÌ„terfayted Scottishe ensignes and were not once suspected for Englishmen til the king was compassed in by them on eche syde so finally taken led away ere any ScottishmaÌ„ wist therof saue a few which were left as is sayd wyth hym for y e time Wilhelmus Paruus In deed Wilhelmus Paruus a Chanon somtyme in the abbey of Bridlington in Yorkshire in that his hook which he writes of y e Norman kings of England affirmeth how ther wer not many moe than aboute three score horsmen with king William whyle he was thus taken and that the Englishemen were not paste foure hundred horsemen whiche tooke vpon them that enterprise whose capitaines as he reciteth were these Capitaines of of the Englishmen Robert de Stuteuille Ranulfe de Glaunville Bernard de Balliole and diuers other The same authour writeth that after the taking of the king W. Paruus there rose a mutinie amongest the Scottes for where as the Irishe Scottes bare a naturall grudge agaynste the Englishe Scottes yet whylest the king was presente amongst them they durste not vtter their malicious intentions but nowe that he was thus takeÌ„ from them so many of the English Scots as fell into the handes of the Irishe payd derely for the bargayne beeyng cruelly murthered and slayne so that the residue were constrayned to get them out of the waye into castelles and towres where they myght be receyued But nowe it is to be considered that bicause there was no great slaughter made at the taking of king William the warres notwithstanding continued betwixt England and Scotland for the two before specified chiefetains Gilcrist and Rouland stoutly withstood the Englishmen Gilcrist and Rouland resist the englishmen bet them backe as they enterprised to enter into Cumberland At length a peace was taken during the time that king William remayned in captiuitie vnder these coÌ„ditions that Northumberland shoulde continue vnder the dominion of the Englishemen Northumberland vnder the Englishmen and Cumberlande with the Erledome of Huntington to remayne as afore vnder the gouernance of the Scottishmen Immediatly vpon the taking of king WilliaÌ„ thus at Anwyke his brother Dauid 〈◊〉 of Huntington thorough licence of king Henrye Dauid erle of Huntington came into Scotlande to haue the gouernemente of the realm â–ª til y e king his brother might be â—…â—…sed So soone therfore as he had once â—…stâ—… 〈◊〉 the realme in good quite and iustice he 〈◊〉 Richard the bishop of S. Andrewes with â—…rs other noble men ouer into Normandy to 〈◊〉 order there with king Henry for the 〈◊〉 of the king his brother whiche was a grâ—… in this maner First it was accorded The king of Scots doth fealtie to the king of England for Scotlande Rog. Hâ—… Math. Westm that king WilliaÌ„ should become acknowledge himselfe to be the king of Englands liege man against at men for the realme of Scotland and his other lands and for the same should do fealtie to the sayd king of England as to his liege soueraigne lord in lyke sort as other his liege people were accustomed to doe And further he shoulde also do fealtie vnto the Lorde Henry the king of Englands sonne sauing always the faith whiche he ought to the king his father And in like maner it was couenanted and agreed that al the prelates of Scotland and their successours The prelates of Scotland do fealtie to the king of England should recognise their wonted subiection to the churche of Englande and doe fealtie to the king of England so many of them as he should appoint And likewise the Erle and barons of Scotlande The erles and lords doe homage vnto him and their heires for their parte should do their homage and fealties vnto the sayd king of Englande and to the lord Henry his sonne so many as thervnto shuld be required Moreouer the king of Scots should paye for his redemption one hundred thousande poundes sterling the one halfe to be payd in hand King WilliaÌ„ raunsomed and for sure payment of the other halfe the Erledomes of Cumberlande Huntington and Northumberlande should be deliuered vnto king Henry in pledge or mortgage tyll the tyme that the sayde summe was payde And for the more suretie of these couenantes that the Scots should moue no warre against the Englishmen Foure castelles deliuered to the englishmeÌ„ in pledge foure of the strongest castels within ScotlaÌ„d that is to wit Barwike Edenburgh Roxburgh Striueling wer deliuered into y e Englishmens hands These things being thus ordred the .8 day of DeceÌ„ber 1175. y e king restored home 1175. ther folowed a newe sturre in Scotlande for Gilbert of Galowaye Gilbert of Galoway rebelleth a right cruell most mischeuous person purposing
to resist the Kings proceedings this Sir Raufe Evre beyng then within Scarborrough Castel He is besieged in Scarborrough Castell accoÌ„paned onely with his friends seruants and tenants whiche of very good will were contented to serue vnder him was besieged in the same Castell and kept from all reliefe succours that might come or be brought vnto him from any parte during the terme of sixe weekes or there about so that for the space of xx dayes after theyr prouision was spent they liued onely with bread and water hauing little or no other sustenance whiche extremitie not withstanding he kept the fortresse in safetie to the Kings vse vnto the ende of that dangerous rebellion and then to his high prayse and commendation deliuered it like a faithful GentlemaÌ„ into the Kings hands This I should haue set downe in place where mencion is made of that rebellion but the note came not to my hand till that parte of the booke was paste the presse and so rather here than not at all I haue thought good to imparte it to the Reader But now to returne to the purpose for the doings in Scotlande About the same time that the victory before mencioned chanced to the Scottes Robert Carncorfe bishop of Rosse departed this life Death of Byshops to whome succeeded Dauid Pantane Secretary to the gouernour an Priour of S. Mary I le In Aprill William Steward bishop of Aberden likewise deceased and master William Gordon ChaÌ„cellor of Murray vncle to George Erle of Huntley was by the Cardinals suyte promoted to that see greatly to the displeasure of the Erle of Angus that laboured to haue preferred an other thereto For this other causes the Cardinal was greatly in hatred of y e Dowglasses This yeere also Montgomery otherwise called Monsier de Lorges Monsieur de Lorges sent into Scotland knight of the order of S. Michael was sent by the French king with iiij thousand Frenchmen into Scotlande to assist the Scottes against England he landed at Dunbertayne and came in good order to Edenburgh the xiij of May he brought with him from the French king the order of S. Michaell to inuest therewith the Lord gouernour Knights of Michaels â—…der the Erles of Angus Huntley and Argile Herwith also was an army of Scottes reysed and ioyning with the Frenchmen they approched y e bordures where they lay for a season An army of Scots lieth the bordure but the Erle of Hertford Lieutenant generall of the North partes comming downe tooke such direction for the safe keeping of the English bordures that after the Scottes had layne there in campe a certayne space without atchieuing any great enterprice though some notable exploit was looked for to haue bene attempted by them at that present they brake vp theyr armie and returned home The .xvj. of September about three or foure hundred Scottes and Frenchmen attempted to enter into England on the east bordures French meâ—… and Scotâ—…â—…uerthrowen but the Englishmen perceyuing where they were aboute to passe by a certayne streyt they set vpoÌ„ them with their Archers discomfited them sleying and taking to the number of seuen score of them Amongst other that were taken one of the Sonnes to the Lord Hume with a French capitayne and George Elphinston Archer of the corps to the French king were accompted â—…f Also on the West bordures Robert Maxwell eldest sonne to the Lord Maxwels The Lorde Maxwelles sonne taken prysoner was taken in a roade made by him others into the English confines on that side although at an other time certaine Englishmen making a roade into Scotlande were distressed the more parte of them beyng taken or slayne At a ParliameÌ„t holden at Linluchque begonne there the .xxviij. of September and continued til the first of October Matthew Erle of Lennox and Thomas bishop of _____ were forfalted al their laÌ„ds and goodes giuen away and annexed to the Crowne In this meane time the king of England desirous to haue the seruice of the Iles of Scotland for sundry great causes and respects moued the Erle LeÌ„nox to deale with them to y e ende whiche hee did and his trauell tooke suche effect that the Iland men were coÌ„tented to rest at the king of Englande his deuotion The Erle of Lennox pâ—…cureth theâ—… of the Iles serue the king of England partely for that they were in a maner sworne enimies to the Erle of Argyle and his family and partly for that they doubted the king of Englands puyssance if he shoulde attempt to inuade those parties and againe bearing an olde speciall fauor to the Earle of Lennox and his house hauing an auntient bonde of alliance and amitie with the same they were the more ready to satisfie his motion 〈◊〉 lorde of â—…les eleâ—… being 〈◊〉 of the Maâ—…es Herevpon they elected amoÌ„gst them a Lorde of the Isles nexte of the bloud a title long sithence righte odious to the state of Scotland and by the inducement of the Earle of Lennox hee was contented as the Kyng of Englands pentioner to receyue two thousand Crownes of him yeerely with certayne riche apparel of cloth of golde and siluer from the said Earle The first proofe he attempted to shew of hys seruice in the King of Englands behalfe was this hauing instructions thereto from the Erle of Lennox vnder colour of a conference for matters touching the estate of the Countrey he had suborned one of his aliance and seruantes called y e Clane Reignald 〈◊〉 Rey 〈◊〉 slayeth 〈◊〉 Lorde 〈◊〉 to entrappe the Erles of Arguile and Huntley and although they escaped very narrowly the Lord Louet an auntient Baron and greate friende to those two Earles was slayne by the sayd Clane togyther with seauen hundred of his kinsmen and frieÌ„ds in so muche that there remayned not but one yong boy of that lignage to succeede in that Lords lands After this the L. of the Iles with sixe M. meÌ„ embarqued in certayne vessels passed ouer into Carrike The Lord of 〈◊〉 Isles inâ—… Carike harried and brent the lands of the Erle of Cassels then a great enimie to the Kyng of England In this voyage he got great spoiles and flew many of the enimies after which enterprise so atchieued he came with his power by Sea 〈◊〉 commeth 〈◊〉 Ireland and landed in Irelande where the Earles of Lennox and Ormonde were with twelue hundred Irishmenne appoynted to ioyne with him that with their whole power they myghte inuade the Earle of Argulles Countreys and consequently the mayne lande of Scotlande at the brode syde But before the preparation could be made ready for that iourney the newe Lord of the Iles deceassed 〈◊〉 departeth 〈◊〉 â—…e whose buriall in Irelande to honor the Earle of Lennox stoode the Kyng of England in foure hundred pounds sterling But now to returne vnto y e doings on the bordures betwixt England and Scotland in thys season Ye shall vnderstand that after the
goodes with the prisoners were carryed into Englande This chaunred on a Sunday the day before the feaste of Saincte Martin in Nouember Where the Lorde Walter de Manny might haue hadde .xj. thousande pounde sterling for the raunsome of the saide Sir Guy and other prisoners the king bought them of him in the fourteenthe yere of his raygne for eighte thousande pounde sterling as by recordes in the Tower it appeareth Aboute the feaste of Sainct Martine in winter Tvvo Cardinalles come into Englande there came vnto London two Cardinals sente by the Pope to treate for a peace betwixte the kings of Englande and Fraunce The Archebishoppe of Canterburie with the Byshops of Winchester Elie Chicester Couentrie the coÌ„meners of the citie of Lodon met them on Shoters hill Additions to Meri The duke of Cornwall with the earle of Surrey and many other of the nobilitie receyued them a mile without the Citie The Kyng himselfe receiued them at the lesser Hall dore of his Pallace at Westminster and brought them into the paynted chamber where they declared theyr message wherevppon the king caused a Parliament to be summoned at London to beginne the morrowe after Candelmas daye The King helde his Christemasse at Oxforde and within the Octaues of the same 〈◊〉 hee tooke his iourney towardes Scotlande de rather as other haue he sente thither the Earles of Salisburie Gloucester Derbie 133â—… R. Sâ—… The 〈…〉 An. reg â—… and Aâ—…gos with three Barons the lords Percy â—…uill and Stafforde the whiche with .xx. thousande men besieged the Castell of Dunbarre A parliament The morrowe after Candelmasse daye the parliament began in whiche there was a graunte made to the king by the Laitie of the one halfe of their woolles throughe the whole realme for the nexte sommer Croxden A subsidie whiche he receiued and likewise he leuied of the Clergie the whole causing them to paye nine markes of euery sacke of the hoste wooll But after the rate of the one halfe he tooke in whose hands so euer it was founde aswell merchantes as other After this hee tooke a fifteenthe of all the communaltie of his realme in wooll the price of euery stone conteyning fourteen pounde rated at twoo shillings The Cardinals retourne The one twentith of March the two Cardinals took the sea at Douer and in their companie went ouer the Archebishoppe of Canterburie and the bishoppe of Durham to treate of a peace if by any good meanes the two kings might bee made friendes but as it appeared theyr trauayle was in vayne for although they abode togither for a time on the FroÌ„ters doing their beste endeuour yet their trauaile nothing auailed as by that whiche followethe is moste manifeste The Flemings that fauoured Kyng Edwarde were put in suche comfort by the safe victorie obteined by the Englishemen in the Isle of Cadsont that fallyng to their former practise Iames 〈…〉 one Iaques or Iacob van Arteveld aâ—… honymaker of the town of Gaunt was chosen amongst them to bee as it were the defender of the people and namely of the weauers His 〈…〉 and other clothworkers Finally his aucthoritie grewe so hugely amongest all the whole number of the commons in Flaunders that hee might doe more with them than their Earle and yet the Earle to reconcile the people to his fauour ceassed not to vse all curteous meanes towardes them that he coulde deuise as releasing customes and dueties of mony pardoning offences forfeitures A Lâ—… tvviâ—…â—…landâ—… and â—…der and other suche like but all woulde not auaile him The king of England had so wonne them by the meanes of the saide Iaques van Arteuelde that in the ende Iohn Archebishoppe of Canterburie and Richarde the Bishoppe of Durham came into Flaunders as ambassadours from king Edwarde and trauailed so earnestly to draâ—…e the Flemings vnto an amitie with their master king Edwarde 〈◊〉 beâ—…ixt EnglaÌ„d â—…d Flaunders that finally a league was concluded betwixt the countrey of Flaunders and the saide King at Gaunt â—… Meâ—…r in the presence of the Erle of Gelderlande as then beeing there The chiefe aucthours of this league were the said Iaques van Arteveld and a noble man of Flaunders â—…ger de Curâ—…y called Siger de Curtrey But this Siger being immediatly after apprehended by the Earle of Flaunders was put to death Which act procured the earle so much hatred of the people that shortely after comming to Bruges and attempting to force the towne to his will hee was forced himselfe to fled from thence for otherwise hee had bene either taken or slaine The coÌ„mons of the towne and namely the Fullers The Fullers 〈◊〉 Gâ—… of whom he had slain some there in the streetes rose so faste vppon him Herevppon fleeing home to his house he tooke his wife â—…e Earle of â—…anders â—…eth into â—…nce and a sonne whiche hee hadde and fledde with them into Fraunce so forsaking his countrey whiche was nowe gouerned by Iaques van Arteveld as though he had bin immediate lorde thereof After this the Earle retourned home againe 〈◊〉 retourneth 〈◊〉 as it were with the Frenche Kinges commission to perswade the Flemings to renounce the league concluded with the King of Englande but hee coulde bring nothing to passe but was still in danger to haue bene arrested and stayed of his owne subiectes bothe at Gaunt and in other places but namelie at Dirmen â—…en where if hee had not made the more haste away hee had bene taken by them of Bruges â—…e eftsoones â—…th Amongest other of his stuffe whiche hee left behinde him in that hastie departure his signet was forgotten and not missed till hee came to Sainct Omers whether hee fledde for his safegarde â—…ders â—…holy at the â—…tion of â—…g Edvvard Thus yee maye perceiue that Flaunders rested wholy at King Edwardes commaundement who to establishe amitie also with the Duke of Brabant and other Princes of the Empire about the middest of Iuly sailed ouer vnto Antwerp â—…ng Edvvard â—…eth to â—…vverpe with his wife quene Philip his sonne the prince of Wales and a greate number of other of the peers and Barons of his realme where hee was moste ioyfully receiued of the duke of Brabant and other lordes of the empire â—…ssart â—…e Marques 〈◊〉 GulickerlaÌ„d Ther was sent vnto the Emperour to procure his friendship from the king of EnglaÌ„d the Marques of Gulik with certain noble men of England and also certen of the duke of GelderlaÌ„d his couÌ„sel the which Marques was made at y e time an erle the erle of GelderlaÌ„d was made duke The Earle of â—…elderlande â—…cared Duke This duke of Gelderland named Reginald had maried the ladie Isabell sister of K. Edward and therfore in fauour of the king his brother in law trauailed most earnestly to procure him all the friendes within the Empire that he coulde make The princes and lordes then with whome king Edwarde
people with their kings were contented to haue peace with the Scottes though it lay in theyr handes now to destroy the whole nation if so be the Scottes woulde agree freely to resigne aswell to the English men as Brytaynes all such lands and Countreys as they had nowe gotten into theyr possessions Articles of peace proposed without any clayme or tytle to be made to the same from thenceforth eyther by them or any of their posteritie so that the water of Forth on the East halfe shoulde deuide the Scottishe dominions from the confines of the English men and Brytaynes The Forth called the Scottishe sea and be called from that tyme euer after the Scottishe sea On the west the water of Clyde should deuide the Scottish landes from the Brytaynes the Castel of Alâ—…luth Donbriton It was called before Caer Arclâ—…yth that is the Citie vpon Cluid as H. Lluyd holdeth standing at the mouth of the same riuer to remaine in the handes of the Brytaynes from thenceforth to beare the name of Dunbreton that is to say the castell of the Brytaynes And furthermore that if any of the Scottes shoulde attempt to passe the sayd boundes into any of the Brytish or Englishe borders hee shoulde die for that offence and if by force of tempest it chaunced any of them to be driuen a lande on the South shore within any of those parties they shoulde take nothing away with them but water or vytailes and depart within three dayes except some reasonable cause of stay constrayned them to the contrarie Moreouer they should not fortifie any townes or Castels on the frontires neare to the Englishe or Brytishe confines And further they shoulde couenaunt to pay vnto the English men and Brytaynes within the space of twentie yeares the summe of one thousand pounde of siluer For performance of all which articles of agreement Hostages are required the Scottes shoulde deliuer three score hostages beeing the sonnes and heyres apparant of the chiefest noble men of all theyr Realme and Countrey And if it so were that they mislyked and refused any of these articles hee commaunded that there should no other Ambassador come to him for any other treatie of accorde The Ambassadours returning home and declaring how they had sped The Scottes mislike the articles of peace many of the Scottes thought the Articles nothing reasonable for free people to accept Other iudged that eyther they must come to some agreement with the English men and Brytaynes or else put the lande in extreeme perill and thus had the people bin deuided into two contrarie opinions and factions had not one Calene a noble man borne of high parentage Calene his graue counsell taketh place gouernor of Angus with sober reasons strong arguments appeased this contention perswading them to haue respecte to the tyme and sithe the force of the Realme was so infeebled abated and brought vnder foote through aduerse fortune better it was to yeelde vnto necessitie in sauing part at that present in hope after when occasion serued to recouer the residue than through obstinate wilfulnesse to lose the whole For considering the present daunger it could be reputed no dishonour to receyue conditions of peace at the enimies handes sithe there wanted not the lyke ensample of the Romaines who gladly accepted suche artycles of peace as that noble Prince king Eald appoynted them and yet it is not to be iudged that there wanted men of great knowledge and wisedome amongst them and such as regarded theyr honour so farre forth as reason in any wise dyd reache The multiude mooued with these wordes of Calen The multitude consented vnto Calene his sayings whose graue authoritie by reason of hys age and rowmth was of no small reputation amongst them hauing lost nine of his own sonnes in the last battaile they finally determined to followe his opinion in receyuing the same conditions of agreement which Osbert had prescribed The Scots receiue the peace and therevpon sent agayne theyr Ambassadors with the hostages appoynted for the establishing of the peace in maner as before is rehersed Which beeing throughly accomplished in suche solemne wise as in those dayes King Donaldâ—… with the noble men are sent home againe and in the like cases was accustomed Osbert set Donald with his nobles at libertie sending them home togither with the Ambassadors being earnestly required so to doe both by the English Lordes and also by the Britaynes The agreement being thus made Landes deuided betwixt the Britains English men the landes were deuided betwixt the English men and Britaynes in suche sort as the Brytaynes had for theyr parts all that which lyeth from Sterling vnto the West sea betwixt the Ryuers of Forth and Clyde vnto Cumberlande and the English men possessed the other parcels lying from Starling vnto the East sea betwixt the Scottish sea and Northumberlande so that by this meanes Clyde water Forth and the Scottish sea where Forth runneth into the maine sea deuided the Scottes from the English men and Brytaynes And thus was the towne of Sterling common marche vnto those three people the same towne with the Castell remayning vnto Osbert as it was couenaÌ„ted amoÌ„gst other articles of this peace Here as the Scottes wryters haue he ordeyned his mynt and his coyners of money to inhabite wherevpon came vp the name of Sterling money but therein they are deceyued for as in the hystorie of England shall appeare that name came not in vse till many yeares after A bridge of stone made at Sterling Osbert also in this place caused a stone bridge to be made ouer the water of Forth in stead of the woodden bridge which the Picts had made there and was now pulled downe and in the midst of this new stone bridge he set vp a crosse whereon were grauen these verses Anglos à Scotis separat crux ista remotis Arma hic staÌ„t Bruti stant Scots hac sub cruce tuti In Scottish thus I am free march as passengers may ken Balantine To Scots to Brytons and to English men The picts hope is deceiued The Pictes which had bene with the English men in this iourney euer hoping to be restored to their landes and former possessions by Osbert when they sawe how he reteyned the same in his owne handes appoynting his subiectes to inhabite therein they doubted that which afterwards came to passe in deede least the Englishe men of friendes woulde nowe become enimies seeking the destruction of the whole Pictishe generation thereby to assure themselues in the possession of those landes and liuings wherevnto the Picts as they thought would euer make some clayme and tytle whilest any of them remayned aliue Vpon this mistrust therfore did those Pictes which were amongst the English men make the best shift they coulde for themselues so that many of them got shippes The picts were into Norwaye and Denmark and sayled into Norway Denmark vnto
that things went not as they wished reised an army The nobles rayse an army agayne caused the dead Kings bloudy shirt to be borne afore thē for a Banner and comming forwards towardes Striu◅ng againste the yong King They were ouerthrowen were ouerthrowen at Tolymosse where y e Lennox men and sundry other of the Barons side were slayne as the Lorde of Kiltrucht and other taken and hanged for their offences The King called a Parliamēt at Edinburgh A Parliament which was holden the sixt of October where hee being moued of clemencie A generall pardon graunted a generall pardō to al those that came in field at Striueling w t his father against him appoynted euery one to haue speciall pardons thervpō vnder his seales He likewise dispensed with the heires of them that were slayne with his father there in field appoynting thē their particuler dispensations vnder his seales after the same manner Further it was ordeyned that all Iustices Sherifes Stewards Baylifes Lieuetenants and other which had offices in heritage and had bene with his father at the fielde shoulde bee suspended from the same offices for the tearme of three yeares and those which had offices for life or for tearme of yeares should be vtterly excluded from the same Moreouer he tooke order that all such goodes as had beene taken from landed men and burgesses should be restored to them againe except that which was taken from such landed men and burgesses as were in the fielde agaynst him for that was deemed a lawfull pray It was also iudged that the death of his father came vppon him through his owne default and that king Iames the fourth then raigning and al his adherents and partakers in that field were innocent and guiltlesse of all slaughter made there at that time and clearely acquit of al pursuit and occasion thereof the three estates graunting to giue their seales to testifie the same with y e kings great seale of the realme to be shewed to the Pope the kings of France Spaine Denmarke and other princes their confederates And for the ceassing of theft reif and such other great enormities the king was appoynted to ryde in person once euerie yeare through all partes of the Realme And certaine noble men were ordeyned to exercise iustice in euerie shire next adioyning to the places where they had theyr chiefe residence and herevnto they gaue their othes to be diligent in the administration of iustice Those ordinances were right well obserued all the dayes of king Iames the fourth his life tyme so that the realme was reduced to great tranquillitie and gouerned in good peace and iustice Furthermore all giftes made by his father in preiudice of the crowne were reuoked from the seconde day of Februarie immediately preceeding his death to the day in which he was slaine 1489 A mariage sought for the king Also an Esquier and an Heralde were sente into Fraunce Spaine and other places to learne where the king might bee a suter for some greate Ladie to ioyne with him in mariage Moreouer beside these there were sent honourable Ambassadors into Fraunce Spaine and Denmarke to renue the olde amities and leagues betwixt those Realmes and Scotland as had bin vsed in the dayes of this kings progenitors His two brethren the Duke of Rossay and the Earle of Mar he caused to be brought vp in good nuriture and vertuous exercise appointing to them such liuings for maintenaunce of their estates as his father had assigned them For his Counsell he chose a certaine number of the Prelates noble men and barons of his realm such as were thought most meetest taking thys order that sixe of them at the least shoulde continually remaine aboute him by whose aduise hee shoulde do all things that touched the affayres of the Realme and in case anye thing was done without their aduice the same shoulde be adiudged voyde and not to be obeyed and this was inviolably kept all his dayes When the Esquier and Heralde were returned againe into Scotland 1491 which had beene to visite straunge Countreys and made report of that they had seene there was a Parliament holden in which it was ordeined that the Bishop of Glasco the Erle Bothwell and others should go as Ambassadours to sue for the kings mariage in place where it shoulde be most expedient and moste to the kings lyking Great variance rose betwixt the Archbishop of Saint Androwes and the Bishop of Glasco Two Archbishops striue for the preheminence touching the preheminence of theyr iurisdiction which drewe the noble men into factions tyll the king commaunded the same to ceasse and that they should trie it by law afore competent iudges The king about the same time tooke order for the encrease of some number of shippes to bee had in his Realme Prouision is made for shippes and that euery hauen town should build some aswel for fishing as to transport marchandise from place to place The Lordes and Barons and such other as woulde were commaunded to helpe the Marchantes towarde the buylding of suche shippes and for good ensample the king caused to make certain shippes at his owne charges which might vse the trade of fishing Moreouer Prouision made for learning the king considering the ignorance that was amongest the landed men of his realme when they should passe vpon Inquests he ordeyned that euery landed man shoulde put his eldest sonne to schole that he might learne perfitely the lawes of the realme this vpon great forfeyture Thus in the beginning of his raigne diuerse good lawes and constitutions were made for the aduauncement of the common wealth which he caused to be duely obserued and kept during hys tyme. The Pope sent a Protonotarie called Forman into Scotland A Protonotary sent into Scotlande with a Rose with a Rose and a Scepter of gold to be presented vnto the king desiring him to p◅rseuer in godlinesse honour and vertue as he had begonne The most part of this yeare 1492 the king spent in ryding abrode through all partes of his realme to see iustice ministred specially in the North parts The king goeth on progresse where the people are cōmōly furthest out of order There was shortly after some appearance of warres betwixt Englande and Fraunce wherevpon king Charles sent vnto king Iames requiring him of assystance if it came to passe that the English men did inuade France and further declared that he had one with him called Richarde Duke of Yorke seconde sonne to king Edwarde the fourth who had beene preserued now many yeares secretely by his Aunt Margaret Duches of Burgoin and therfore was iust inheritor vnto the realm of England whō he would send into Scotlande praying the king to assyst him to recouer his rightfull heritage the said realme of England And shortlye after herevpon Perkyn Warbecke the sayde feyned Duke whose ryght name was Perkin Warbecke as in the Englishe Hystorie it appeareth arriued in
their answere of the Chancellor so that they were not a little afraid least y e Erle in his displeasure would haue vsed some outrage towardes them which otherwise than in words it should appeare he did not In Ianuary about the keeping of a Courte at Iedworth 1520 Variance betwixt the Erle of Angus and the Lord of Ferni◅rst there was reising of people betwixte the Earle of Angus on the one part and the Lorde of Fernihurst in whose ayde Iames Hamilton came with foure hundred Mers men but the Lorde of Sesseforde then Warden assisting the Erle of Angus his part met Hamilton at Kelso with a greate company and when they were light a foote and shoulde haue foughten the Mers men left sir Iames Hamilton in al y e danger with a fewe of his owne men about him so that with muche payne he was horsed and escaped in greate daunger vnto Hume with losse of foure of his seruantes which were slayne and on the other parte there was an Englishman slayne called Raufe Car that came in aide of the Warden On the morrowe after the Larde of Fernihurst as Bayly to the Earle of Arrane of that regalitie helde his Court at the principall place of the forrest of Iedburgh and the Earle himselfe helde his Courte likewise in an other parte of the same lande three miles distant from the other The thirtie day of Aprill the Larde of Wedderborne and Maister William Dowglas newly made Prior of Coldingham with theyr partakers in greate number came to Edenburgh to ayde the Erle of Angus who was within the Towne agaynste the Earle of Arrane and the Chancellor who were also there But nowe by the comming of these succours whiche entred by force at the neather bowe and slewe the Maister of Mountgomery and Sir Patrick Hamilton Knighte the Earle of Arrane and the Chancellor were constreyned to forsake the Towne and to passe through the North loch The one and twentie of Iuly y e Erle of Angus beeing in y e Towne of Edenburgh George Hume brother to the late Lord Hume beheaded came thither with the Abbot of Coldinghā brother to the Earle of Angus and Dauid Hume of Wedderborne a great company of Gentlemen others and passed to the Tolbuith where they remayned till the heads of the Lorde Hume of his brother William were taken downe beside the place where they were fastned on a gavil The Lorde Humes head taken downe and this was done in presence of the prouost for the time being The next daye they went to Linlithgew and from thence to Striueling in hope to haue found the Chancellor and some other of that faction there but missing of their purpose they returned to Edenburgh agayne and causing solemne funerall obsequies to be kepte in the blacke Friers for them that ought those heads with offerings and banquets they afterwards returned home to their owne dwellings without attempting any other thing for that present The Duke of ◅any returneth into Scotlande In Nouember the Duke of Albany arriued in Scotlād on the west partes at an Hauen called Grawrach the nineteenth of the same moneth and on the three and twentie he came to Edenburgh accompanyed with the Queene the Archbishop of Glasgo Chancellor the Earle of Huntley and many other Lords Knights Barons and Gentlemen and within sixe dayes after their cōming thither the Prouost and Baylifes were deposed The prouost Baylifes of Edenburgh deposed bycause they had bin chosen in fauour of the Earle of Angus and other appoynted in their romthes Then was there a Parliament summoned to be kepte at Edenburgh the sixe and twentie of Ianuarie next folowing and on the ninth of Ianuary A Parliamente ◅moned a general sommonance of forfalture was proclaimed at y e market Crosse in Edenburgh wherein were summoned y e Earle of Angus his brother 1521 the Prior of Coldinghā the Lorde of Wedderborne the Lorde of Dalehousy Iohn Sommerwell of Cawdstreme and William Cockborne of Langton with theyr complices to make their appearance in the sayde Parliament to be tried for sundry great offences by them committed Gawin Dowglas Bishop of Dunk◅ilde ◅th into Englande Master Gawin Dowglas Bishop of Dunkeld hearing of this Proclamation fledde into England and remayned in Lōdon at the Sauoy where hee departed this lyfe and is buried in the Church there He was a cunning Clearke and a very good Poet he translated the twelue bookes of the Eneidos of Vergill in Scottish Metre and compiled also the Palace of honor with diuers other treatises in the Scottish language which are yet extant The Earle of Angus The Earle of Angus feareth the sentence of forfalture fearing the sentence of forfalture to bee layd against him at the Parliament procured his wife although there was small liking betwixte them to labor for his pardon vnto the gouernor Wherevpon it was agreed that the Earle and his brother George Dowglas shoulde passe out of the Realme into France He and his ◅ther banished and there to remayne during the gouernours pleasure and so they departed into Fraunce and remayned there all the next yeere following The king of England hearing that the Duke of Albany was ariued in Scotlād and had taken the rule vpon him doubting least he shoulde perswade the Scottishmen to assist the French king against whome by perswasion of the Emperour he meante shortly to make warre C◅arētieux an English Her◅ sent into Scotlande sente this Herrald Clarentienx into Scotlande to require the Duke to departe from thence alledging that it was promised by the K. of Fraunce at the last enteruewe betwixte them which chanced the Sommer before that he shuld not come into Scotland And moreouer wheras the king of Englande was vncle vnto y e King of Scots he considered with him selfe that by nature he was bounde to defend his Nephew as hee ment to do therefore he thought it not reason y t the Duke being next to y e Crowne to succeede The King of Englād doubteth to haue the Duke of Albany gouernour to the king his Nephewe if ought came to y e yong king should haue the gouernement of him least he might be made away as other yong kings had bin He further complained that y e Erle of Angus should be sent forth of y e Realme so y t he could not enioy y e company of his wife sister to the same K. of England Warre denoūced by Clarētieux against the Duke of Albany Clarentieux had therefore commandement that if y e Duke refused to depart out of y e Realm of Scotland he should intimate a defiance with opē war against him which the saide Clarentieux did declaring his message vnto the Duke from point to point at Holy Roode house as he had in cōmandement To whom y e Duke answered The Dukes answere that neyther y e king of France nor the king of Englande shoulde stay him from comming into his countrey and
Iustinianus Emperour 131.81 Iusling for lâ—…fe death betvvene Lorde VVelles English and Dauid erle of Cravvâ—…ord Scottish 366.17 K. KAramch K. of Picts discomfited 42.52 Karanach assayleth Sterling bridge 50.72 Karanach discomfited fled 50.81 Karanach sendeth to the Scots for ayde against the Romains 50.100 Karanach slaine by misfortune of one of his ovvn subiectes 51.95 Katherine daughter to the French King maryed too King Henrie the fifth of Englande 374. 82 Katherine daughter to the Earle of Huntley maryed to Perkin VVarbecke 410.20 Katherine Gurdon counterfeyte commeth into Scotland 415.70 Kateranes 318.17 Keepers of banquetting and brothell houses banyshed 187. 35 Keith slayeth Camus Generall of the Danes 233.90 Keithes family aduaunced to the office of Marshalship of Scotlande 235.4 Keir Alane dieth in prison 398.42 Kentishmen rebell agaynste the Romaines 37.72 Kent yeeldeth riches vvithout any great resistance 214.85 Kenethus Keir proclaimed King of Scottes 142.78 Kenethus Keir dyeth of the revvme 143.2 Keneth created K. of Picts 171.33 Keneth fleeth out of the fielde at the sight of his enimies 171.38 Keneth slaine by a Plovvman 71. 40 Kenneth sonne to Alpine inuested king of Scots 172.87 Kenneth fortifyeth and furnisheth the frontires of his Realme 173. 62 Kennethes deuice to prouoke his Nobles to make vvaric against the Pictes 173.105 Kenneth inuadeth Pictlande and vvynneth certaine Countreys 175. 24 Kennethes garisons slaine by treason of the Picts 175.29 Kenneth and Drusken commen of peace in sight of both their armies 175.69 Kenneth besiegeth CameloÌ„ 178.29 Kenneth an enlarger of his Countrey 180.74 Kennethes lavves and ordinaunces 180.90 Kenneth dieth 182.47 Kenneth Cullan Thane of Carricke 196.58 Kenneth brother too Duffe proclaimed King of Scotlande 211. 99 Kenneth insueth a vertuous and commendable life 212.11 Kennethes deuice too apprehende malefactors 212.65 Kennethes large promise vnto his souldiours 215.37 Kenneth punisheth the rebels of Angus and Mernes 218.31 Kenneth poysoneth his cousin Malcolme Duffe Prince of Cumberland 218.53 Kenneth altereth the order of the succession in the Crovvn of Scotland from election too inheritance 220.38 Kenneth heareth a strange voyce in the night 220.82 Kenneth confesseth the poysoning of Malcolme Duffe prince of Cumberland vnto Bishop Mouean 220.106 Kenneth goeth to Fordune to Paladius reâ—…s in pilgrâ—…mage 21.110 Kenneth slaine by Fenellas treason 221.76 Kenbacten in Mar 38.63 Kenneth bastarde sonne to King Kenneth 222.74 Kenneth bastarde and Constantinus â—…igâ—… 223.22 Kenneth bastard and Constantinus stay one the other 223.33 Kentigerne Bishop of Glaskevv 137. 18 Kenedes Iames Bishop of Saint Andrevves 387.111 Kenedee Iames Bishop of Saint Andrevves dieth 399.89 Kernes of the VVesterne Iles rebell 217.21 Killes 230.79 Kile 470.112 Kile and Cantire vvasted 39.62 Kilâ—…os vvhy so called 210.48 Kimbaline king of Brytaine 3â—… 8 Kimbaline exhorted to keepe his subiectes in peace 31.12 Kimbaline dieth 31.77 King of Irelande sueth to the Romaine Lieutenant for peace 92. 79 Kinges of Britaines Scottes and Pictes assembled agaynst the Romaines 101.32 Kings of Scottes and Pictes prescribe nevv articles to the Britaynes to bee perfourmed 109. 21 Kings of Scottes and Pictes applie their people too rest and peace 109.80 King of Scottes seate of Marble stone 3.42 King of Pictes ornaments founde and taken 36 47 King of Pictes svvorde discribed 36. 50 Kingdome of Scots conueyed by election 11.56 Kingâ—…uellers aboue others ougth to be punished 131.100 Kingdome of Scotlande brought from election to inheritaunce 320. 38 King of Denmarke driuen out of his realme fleath into Scotland 413. 16 Kings haue sharpe eies and long earea 249.59 King of Denmark restored by the Earle of Arrane 413.29 King of England acknovvledged Lord of Gallovvay Nidesdale and Annandale 472.57 Kynnatill elected King of Scotlande 137.85 Kynnatill courteously receyueth Saint Colme and Aydan 137 Kynnatill prophecieth of Aydan and his posteritie 137.95 Kynnatill falleth sicke 138.8 Kynnatill resigneth the Kingdome to Aydan vpon his death bed 138.18 Kynnatill dieth 138.14 Kingorne 296.65 Kintaile in Rosse 445.19 Kirkevvale hovve in olde time called 32.33 Kirkruill erected 87.38 Kirkpatrike Roger slaine 354.36 Kirchaldy 442.78 Kirkaudie VVilliam one of the murtherers of the Cardinall of Saint Andrevves 465 Kirckovvbre 472.42 Knightes of the Rhodes vvhen first instituted 263.30 Knights to svveare to defend Ladies virgines vvidovves orphanes and the communaltie 245. 72 L. LAyton Brian knight slaine by the Sottes 403.116 Lanerke a tovvne in Kile 212. 31 Lancaster tovvne burnt by the Scottes 324.5 Langham castell besieged 466.77 Lavv for election of Kings established 11.56 Lavves made for hunting 13.48 Lavviera to interpret the lavveâ—… 14. â—… Lavv for Phisitions and Colâ—…gians â—… Lavves for pluralitie of vviâ—… 30. â—… Lavv for abusing poore 〈…〉 vviues abrogated 4020 Lavve of leasing lands and goâ—… vvithout any consideration 62. 46 Lavves for maintenance of â—…ting 69 2â—… Lavves and ordinances made by Kenneth 180. â—… Lavviers appointed to bee â—…densin euerie shire â—… Lavviers sonnes to be brought â—… in the knovvledge of the 〈◊〉 180. 97 Lavviers to keepe the Tables of the lavves and register bookes of the realme 289. â—…0 Lavvder for t buylded by the English men 472.20 League concluded betvvene the Britaines Scottes and Pictes against the Saxons 228.33 League concluded betvvene the Saxons and Pictes against the Brytaynes 127.20 League concluded betvvene the â—…thure of Britaine and Loâ—… of the Pictes 128. â—… League concluded betvvene the Brytaines and Scottes agaynâ—… the Pictes and Saxons 1â—…6 â—…6 Leagues published by Herapâ—…es 163. â—…4 League betvveene France and Scotlande renued vvith aâ—…tion 282.22 League renued betvveene the Scottes and French men vvith condition and prouiso 32. â—… Leake Frances knight an English Captaine 479.42 Legate sent from Pope Honorius to gather money in Scotland to furnish an armie against the Sarazins 283.83 Legates levvde excuse for 〈◊〉 licentious expences 28â—… 9â—… Legate of Rome not suffered too come into Scotland 284.57 Legate from the Pope for a nevv supplie to the maintenance of an armie agaynst the Saraziâ—… 204. 62 LeumoÌ„t Thomas or Thomas Ersiâ—…on or Thomas the â—…er a notable prophesier 296.34 Liermouth Iames sent Ambassadour into England 447. â—… Leirmouth Iames prouost of 〈◊〉 Andrevves 406.9 Leith burnt by the Englishmen 462. 107 LeuingstoÌ„ Alexander knight chosen gouernour of Scotland and K. Iames the second 3â—…6 13 Leuingston Alexander Knight sometime gouernor of Scotland proclaimed rebel and put in the horne 387. â—… Leuingston Iames sonne to Alexander beheaded 38â—… 14 Leuingston Robert treasorer beheaded 289.14 Leuingston Dauid knight beheaded 3â—…9 14 Lennox haried by robbers 387.5 Lennox and Arguile fall at great variance 149.55 Lennox Earle Mathevv set on by the French King to alter and vndo all that vvas done in scotlande concerning a contract of mariage to bee had betvveene the yong Queene and Prince Edvvarde sent too King Henrie the eight of England 458.83 he passeth ouer sea out of FraÌ„â—…e into Scotland his talk vvith the Gouernor and nobilitie there at Edenburgh his departure from Edenbourgh sodainly tovvarde the vveâ—…t countrey and his
and hearing that the now Archebishop of Canterburie doctor Robert Wynchelsey being returned from Rome where of Pope oâ—…â—…eâ—…e be had receyued his Pall was coÌ„ming towards hind 〈◊〉 one of his Chaplaines 〈◊〉 Iohn â—…tewike with a power of souldiers to conduct him safely vnto his presence And 〈◊〉 the Archebishoppe had done this dealtie to the King accordingly as of dutie and custome hee was bound he was liceÌ„ced to returne with great honor shewed vnto him at the kings handes Vpon the day of the circumcision of our Lord Baâ—…â—…ded to 〈◊〉 Engliâ—… was the Citie of Bayon rendred vnto the Lorde Iohn Saint Iohn the which the day before had beene taken by the mariners by force of assaulte Many of the Citizens which were knowne to be thiefe enimies vnto the king of Englande were apprehended and sent into Englande The Castell was then besieged â—…e Castell of â—…e won and after eight dayes taken The Lorde of Aspermont with diuerse other that helde it â—…o French â—…ys taken were coÌ„mitted to prison There were also taken two Galleys which the French King had caused to bee made and appoynted to bee remaining there vppon defence of that Citie â—…t Iohn de â—…des Shortly after the towne of Saint Iohn de Sordes was deliuered vnto the Englishe men who wan many other townes fortresses some by surrender of their owne accord some by force and violence The Englishe army greatly encreased within a while after the deceyte of the Frenchmen once appeared â—…e Gasâ—…nes ayde 〈◊〉 Englishe 〈◊〉 for the Gascoigns returned vnto the English obedience in such wife that foure thousand footmen and two C. horsemen came to ayde the English captaines â—…e king enâ—…th into â—…ales In the meane time the king of England passing ouer the riuer of CoÌ„wey with part of his army to go further into Wales towardes Snowdone lost many cartes and other cariages which were taken by the Welchmen being loden with the prouisions of vittayles so that hee with hys people indured great penurie and was constrayned to drink water mixt with honie and eat such course breade and salt flesh as he could get til the other part of the army came vnto him â—…hingdon There was a smal quantitie of wine amongst them which they woulde haue reserued onely for the king but he refused saying that in time of necessitie all things ought to be common and all men to be contented wyth lyke dyeâ—… For as touching him being the cause and procurer of theyr want he woulde not bee preferred vnto anye of them in his meates and drinkes The Welchemen compassed him aboute in hope to distresse him for that the water was so rysen that the residue of his armie coulde not get to hym But shortly after when the water fell they came ouer to hys ayde and therewith the aduersaryes fled The Earle of Warwike hearing that a great number of Welchmen was assembled togyther The Earle of Warwike Nic. Triuet and lodged in a valley betwixt two wooddes he chose out a number of horsemen with certayne Crosbowes and Archers and comming vpon the Welchemen in the night compassed them rounde about the which pytching the endes of their Speares in the grounde and turning the poyntes agaynst theyr enimies stoode at defence so to keepe off the horsmen But the Earle hauing placed his battaile so that euer betwixt two horsemen there stoode a Crosbowe a great parte of the Welchmen which stoode at defence in maner aforesayde with theyr Speares were ouerthrowne and broken with the shotte of the quarels The Welche men ouerthrowne by the Earle of Warwike and then the Earle charged the residue with a troupe of horsemen and bare them downe with such slaughter as they had not susteyned the like losse of people as was thought at any one time before In the meane while king Edwarde to restrayne the rebellious attempts of those Welchmen 〈◊〉 woods in â—…les cut â—…nâ—… caused the wooddes of Wales to bee cutte downe wherein before tyme the Welchmen were accustomed to hyde themselues in time of daunger He also repaired the Castels and holdes in that Countrey and buylded some new as the Citie and Castell of Bewmarise with other Beanmares buylt so that the Welchmen constrained through huÌ„ger famine were enforced within a while to come to the kings peace Also at length aboute the feast of Saint Laurence the Welcheman Madocke that tooke himselfe for Prince of Wales was taken prisoner Madock taken prisoner Abingdon and being brought to London was committed to perpetuall prison By some wryters it shoulde appeare that Madocke was not taken but rather after many aduentures and sundrie conflictes when the Welch men were brought to an issue of greate extremitie the sayde Madocke came in and submitted himselfe to the kings peace and was receyued vpon condition that he shoulde persue Morgan till hee had taken him and brought him to the kings prison which was done and so all things in those parties were set in rest and peace and many hostages of the chiefest amongest the Welch nobilitie were deliuered to the king Welchmen imprisoned who sent them to diuerse castels in EnglaÌ„d where they were safely kept almost to the end of the warres that folowed with ScotlaÌ„d Polidor About the same time Charles de Valoys brother to the French king being sent with an army into Gascoigne and comming vpon the sodaine found the English men wandring abrode in the Countrey out of order by reason whereof taking them at that aduantage he caused them to leaue theyr booties behinde them Charles de Vâ—…loys chaseth the English men fiue part of them and chased the residue the which fled to theyr shippes or to such hauen townes as were in their possession The Captaines of y e Englishmen as Iohn de Britaine Earle of Richmond The Earle of Richmond and the Lorde Iohn Saint Iohn after they had gotte togither their souldiers whiche had bene thus chased sent two bandes vnto Pontesey to defend that towne agaynst the enimies also other two handes vnto Saint Seuere and they themselues went to Rion to fortifie that place Charles de Valoys aduertised hereof thought he would not giue theÌ„ long respyte to make themselues strong by gathering any newe power and therefore appoynted the Conestable Sir Raufe de Neale who hadde woonne the Citie of Burdeaux from the English men lately before to goe vnto Poâ—…sey and besiege that towne whilest hee wâ—… vnto Ryon 〈◊〉 which he besieged and fiercely assaulted But the English men and Gascoignes due not onely defende the Towne stoutely but also make an issue forth vppon their enimies though as it happened the smaller number was not able to sustaine the force of the greater multitude and so were the English men beaten backe into the towne agayne Whilest they trie their manhood thus at Rion Pontesey the Conestable winneth Pontesey or Pontsâ—… vpon Dordone and commeth to ioyne with
fledde out of the Realme vnto the Queene and vnto hir sonne the Earle of Chester The bishop of Eâ—…ceâ—…â—…meth frâ—… the Queen But in the meane tyme Walter Stapleton Byshoppe of Excester whiche hitherto had remayned with the Queene in Fraunce stale nowe from hir and gote ouer into England opening to the Kyng all the counsayle and whole mynde of the Queene whyche thyng turned first of all vnto his owne destruction as shall after appeare About the same time Sir Oliuer 〈◊〉 Ingham â—…tenant of â—…congâ—… one Sir Oliuer de Ingham a yong lusty and valiant Knighte was by the Kinges sonne the Duke of Aquitayne not withoute his fathers consente established Lorde Warden of the marches of Guyenne the whiche sir Oliuer gathering an army of hired Souldiers Spanyardes Aragonoys and Gascoignes inuaded the countrey of Agenoys whyche the Frenche Kyng helde yet in his handes contrary to couenaunte and recouering it from the FreÌ„ch Ageâ—…â—…uered 〈…〉 of the Frenchmens 〈◊〉 cleerely reduced it to the Englishe dominion Moreouer Sir Iohn Oturum Sir Nicholas Kiriell and sir Iohn Felton Admirals by the Kyngs appoyntmente with the fleetes of the East South and West partes Ships of Nâ—…mandy taâ—… went to the Sea to apprehende suche Frenchmenne as they might meete with They according to their commission bestirred themselues so that within few dayes they tooke sixe score saile of Normans and broughte them into Englande wherevppon the displeasure sore encresed betwixt y e two Realmes The King of Englande stoode not onely in doubt of the Frenchmen but more of his â—…ne people that remayned in Fraunce least they thorough help of the French should inuade the lande and therefore hee commaunded the hauens and portes to be surely watched least some suddayne inuasion might happely be attempted for it was will vnderstoode that the Queene meant not to â—…turne till shee mighte bring with hir the Lorde Mortimer and the other banished men who in no wise could obteyne any fauour at the Kynges handes so long as the Spencers â—…ore rule The Pope lamenting this matter sente two Byshoppes into England to reconcile the Kyng and Queene and also to agree the two Kynges These Byshoppes were reuerently receyued but more than reuerence here they obteyned not and so departed as they came An. reg 20. King Edward vnderstanding all the Quenes drift at length sought the French Kings fauour and did so much by letters and promise of bribes with him and his counsaile that Queene Isabell was destitute in manner of all helpe there so that she was glad to withdraw into Haynault by the comfort of Iohn the Lord Beaumont the Earle of Heynault his brother The Lorde â—…mont 〈◊〉 Hennault who beeing then in the Court of Fraunce and lamenting Queene Isabels case imagined with himselfe of some marriage that mighte be had betwixt the yong Prince of Wales and some of the daughters of his brother the Earle of Heynault and therevpon required hir to goe into Heynault and hee would bee glad to attende hir The Queene 〈◊〉 Englande 〈◊〉 hir sonne â—…th into 〈◊〉 â—…te â—…lidor She gladly consenting hereto weÌ„t thither with him wher she was most ioyfully receyued w t hir son all other of hir trayne The Spencer some write procured hir banishment out of Fraunce and that shee was aduised by the Earle of Arthoys chiefly to repaire into Heynault â—…axtâ—… Also I finde that the Spencers deliuered fâ—… barrels of siluer the summe amounting vnto fiue thousande markes vnto one Arnold of Spaine a broker appoynting him to conuey it ouer into Fraunce to bestowe it vpon such friendes as they had there of the French Kings counsaile by whose meanes the King of Fraunce did banishe his sister out of his Realme But this money was met with vpon the Sea by certaine Zelanders and taken togither with the sayd Arnold and presented to the Earle of Heynaulte â–ª vnder whose dominion the Zelanders in those dayes remayned of which good happe the Earle and Queene Isabell greatly reioyced â—…bian â—…rriage â—…cluded In the time that the Queene and hir sonne laye in the Courte of the Earle of Heynaulte a marriage was concluded betwixte the Prince of Wales and the Lady Philippe daughter to the said Earle vppon certayne conditions whereof one was that the said Earle should at his proper costes set ouer into England the saide Prince of Wales with a â—…e of four C. men of armed but whether there was any such marriage as theÌ„ concluded and that in consideratioÌ„ therof the Earle of Heynaulte aided Quene Isabel and hir sonne it may be doubted bycause other writers make no such report Neuerthelesse certayne it is that the Earles brother sir Iohn de Heynault L. Beaumond was appointed with certain hands of men of armes to the numbers of four C. or fiue huÌ„dred to passe ouer with the said Queene and hir sonne into Englande and so therevpon began to make his purueyance for y e iourney which thing wheÌ„ it came to the knowledge of king Edward and the SpeÌ„cers Caxton Prouision made in England to resisâ—… the Queene they caused musters to be taken through the Realme and ordeyned beacons to be set vp kept and watched as wel in the valleys by the sea side as within the countreys vpoÌ„ hilles and hygh groundes y t the same vpon occasioÌ„ of the enimies arriuall mighte be set on 〈◊〉 to warne the countreis adioyuing to assemble to resist them But O. Isabell and hir son with such others as were with hir in Heynault stayed not their iourney for doubt of all their aduersaries prouisioÌ„ but immediately after y t they had once made their purueyances wer ready to depart they tooke the sea as y e foresaid O. hir son Edmond of Wodstocke Erle of Kent sir Iohn de Heynault aforesaid the L. Roger Mortimer of Wigmore a man of good experieÌ„ce in y e warres and diuers other hauing with theÌ„ a small coÌ„pany of EnglishmeÌ„ with a crue of Heynewyers Almains Tho. VVals The Quene with hir sonne land in Suffolke to y e number of 2757. armed meÌ„ the which sailing forth towards England laÌ„ded at leÌ„gth in Suffolk at an Hauen called Orwell besides Harwiche the .15 daye of September Immediately after that the O. and hir â—…e wer come to land it was wonder to 〈…〉 fast y e people resorted vnto theÌ„ Tho. VVals and first of alâ—…â—…he Erle Marshall in whose lands she first came on shore repared to hir so did the Erle of Leicester dâ—…lers Barons and Knightes of those parties The Earles Marshall and of Leycester with others come to the Queene The redinesse of the Prelates to assist the Queene with all the Prelates in manner of the lande as the Byshops of Lincolne Hereforde Dublin and Elie the which being ioyned with the Queene made a great army The Archbyshop of Caunterburie and other ayded hir with money After that she had refreshed hir people a little space at
mentioned betwixt the King of Englande and Fraunce at the sute of the Pope so that K. Edwarde shoulde haue resigned hys title and clayme to the Crowne of Fraunce and y e FreÌ„ch King should haue giuen ouer vnto him y e whole Duchie of Guyenne to holde the same freely without knowledging of resort or superioritie or doing any manner of homage for the same but suche delayes were made and the sute so prolonged by the Pope that the Earle of Derby whiche with others were sente to him aboute thys matter returned withoute speede of his purpose for the whych he went The same yeare in October an Englishe archer of the gaâ—…ison of Caleis named Iohn of Dancaster by licence of the Lord deputie of Caleis tooke with him threescore persons menne of armes and archers and in the nighte that goeth before the feast day of Saint Vincent in the last quarter of the same nighte hee commyng to the Castell of Guynes founde as well the watch as other fast a sleepe wherevpon hee passed a water that adioyned to the Castell wading vp to the girdell and so came to the wall where he and hys company rearing vp ladders mounted by y e same so secretely that slaying the watche beeing not past three or four persons that were on y e walles they entred the Castell The Castell of Guynes wonne and finding the Frenchmen a sleepe sleWe those that vppon their wakening made anye defence and tooke the residue whome they suffered to departe and by thys meanes they wanne the Castell finding greate store of vittayles within and so as they founde it they kepte it to the Kyng of Englande vse The French histories declare that one GuilliaÌ„ de Beauconroy that was Captayne of this Castell betrayed y e place to y e englishmeÌ„ for a suÌ„me of money and when the Frenche King required restitution â—…lidor bycause the truce was not yet expired he was shifted off with this forged answer y e nothing was excepted by the assurance of the truce concerning things that shoulde be bought and solde The Frenchman that betrayed it was shortly after put to execution at Amiens â—…otes and â—…e grotes â—…st coigned In this yeare were the first peeces of siluer called groates and halfe groates of foure pence and two pence the peece stamped by the Kinges appoyntment through the counsell of William de Edington Byshop of Winchester Lorde Treasorer Before that time there were no other coignes but the Noble halfe noble and quarter noble with the peeces of siluer called sterlings Bycause these newe peeces wanted of the weight of the olde sterling coigne the prices as well of vittayles as of other wares did dayly rise and seruauntes and workemen waxing more craftie than beforetime they had bin demaunded greater wages This yeare 1352 An. reg 26. vpon the euen of the Assumption of our Lady Sir Iohn Bentley Knight as theÌ„ Lord warden of Britaigne fought with the L. Guy de Nealle Marshall of Fraunce lately ransomed out of captiuitie in the parties of Britaine neere to a place called Movron Movron betwixte Rennes and Pluremell where the sayd Marshal was slayne togither with the Lorde of Briquebeke the Chateline of Beauvais and dyuers other both Britons and Frenchmen 135â—… An. reg 27. â—…ho VVals 〈◊〉 the printed â—…ooke of staâ—…tes it should â—…peare that â—…is ParliameÌ„t â—…s rather â—…olden in the â—…5 yeare of â—…his Kings â—…oigne In the seuen and twentith yeare of his raigne King Edwarde helde a Parliamente at Westminster after the feast of Easter in which an ordinance was deuised what wages seruauntes and labourers should be allowed prohibiting theÌ„ to receyue aboue the rate whiche they were accustomed to take before the yeare of the great mortalitie Seruantes and labourers were in deede growen to bee more subtill than before time they had bin but by reason that the prices of thinges were enhaunced it is like they demaunded greater wages than they hadde done before time and one cause of the dearth was imputed to the newe coigne of money beeing of lesse weight in the alley thereof than before it had bin so that the Bishoppe of Winchester being Lord Treasorer who hadde counselled the king to ordeine those groates and halfe groates was euill spoken of amongest the people In this Parliament there were statutes also made â—…tatutes for â—…aking of â—…othes that clothes should in length and breadth through the Realme beare the same assise as was ordeined in the ParliameÌ„t holden at Northampton Also that all weares milles Weares and â—…illes and other lettes should be remoued forth of riuers that might be any hinderance for ships botes or lighters to passe vp and down the same But these good ordinaunces tooke little or none effect by reason of bribes that walked abroad and friendshippe of Lordes and greate men that sought rather their owne commodities than the common wealthes Shortely after the feaste of Pentecoste Creations of noble men the Earle of Derbie and Lancaster was made Duke of Lancaster and Raufe Lord Stafforde was created Earle of Stafforde Whereas there had bin a treatie betwixte the lordes of Britaine and the king of Englande not onely for the deliueraunce of the lorde Charles of Bloys The Lorde Charles of Blois but also for the matching of his eldest sonne in marriage with one of king Edwards daughters and so to enioy the Dukedome in peace This matter was so farre forewardes that in the yeare last passed the said lorde Charles leauing two of his sonnes and a daughter in pledge for the paymeÌ„t of .xl. M. florens agreed vpon for his raunsome hee was permitted to retourne into Britaine to prouide that money and withall to procure a dispensation that his eldest sonne might marrie with one of king Edwards daughters notwithstanding that otherwise they were within the degrees of coÌ„sanguinitie prohibiting them to marrie Heerevppon this yeare about Michaelmas hee retourned into Englande with the same dispensation but bycause aboute the same time the Britons had taken by stelth an Ilande wyth a Castell therein that the Englishmen had kepte and put all those whiche they founde therein to the sworde the saide Lorde Charles otherwise Duke of Britaine lost the Kings fauour so that he woulde heare no more of any suche aliance by way of marriage as had bin coÌ„muned of before by reason wherof the Brittish lords that were in great number come ouer with the lorde Charles de Blois were coÌ„streined to returne home without atchieuing any part of their purpose leauing the saide lorde Charles and his children behinde them still here in Englande Debate betwixt the Dukes of Brunswike Lancaster The fourth daye of September the Duke of Brunswicke and the Duke of Lancaster should haue fought a combate in Paris about certayne wordes that the Duke of Lancaster shoulde speake in derogatioÌ„ of the Duke of Brunswikes honor for the which the sayd Duke had appealed him in the Court of Fraunce but when
of armes and archers a greater number than in Parliamente was firste to hym assigned hee sette from Plimmouth on the daye of the natiuitie of oure Lady They were in all three hundred sayle and finding the winde prosperous they passed ouer into Gascoigne where of the Gascoignes they were ioyfully receyued In August the Englishmen that were in Britaine warring agaynste the Frenchmenne that tooke parte with the Lorde Charles de Bloys slewe many of them and tooke the Lorde of Beaumanor the vicount of Roan and dyuers other This yeare also aboute Michaelmas the King hauing sommoned an army to be ready at Sandwich passed ouer to Caleis with the same There wente ouer with him his two sonnes Lionell of Andwerp Earle of Vlster and Iohn of Gant Earle of Richmont He found at Caleis a thousand men of armes that came to serue hym for wages forthe of Flaunders Brabant and Almaigne so that hee had about three thousand men of armes and two thousand archers on horsebacke beside archers on foote in great number â—…e Citie of â—…don The Citie of London had sente to hym fiue and twentie men of armes and fiue hundred archers all in one sute or liuerti at their owne costes and charges The second of Nouember he set from Caleis marching foorthe towardes Saint Omers wasting the Countrey by the way as he passed The Frenche Kyng beeyng the same tyme within the Towne of Sainte Omers â—…e king inâ—…eth France â—…e lord Bouâ—…t sente the Lord Bousicant vnto the Kyng of Englande that vnder colour of communication hee might viewe the Kyngs power who made such reporte thereof vppon hys returne backe to the Frenche Kyng that he determined not to fighte with the King of Englande but rather to passe before hym and so to destroy vittayles that for wantâ—… thereof the Kyng of Englande shoulde hee constreyned to returne And as he determined so it came to passe for the vittayles were so cutte off that the Englishmenne for three dayes togither dranke nothing but water â—…oissart â—…e Kyng for â—…t of victuâ—… returneth When therefore Kyng Edwarde had followed his enimies so farre as Heyden where hee brake the Parke and brents the houses within and about the Parke although he entred not into the Towne nor Castell at length for defence of vitrayles he returned backe and came agayâ—… to Caleis on Saint Martins day Auesburie being the teÌ„th after his setting foorth from thence The morrow after beeing Thursday and the twelfth of Nouember 〈◊〉 CoÌ„nestable of FraÌ„ce â—…e Conestaâ—… of France â—…mmandeth â—…tayle and other Frenchmenâ—… came to the ende of the caulsey of Caleis with letters of credeneâ—… offering battaile the twesday nexte following vnto the King of Englande in presence of the Duke of Lancaster the Earles of Northampton and the Lord Walter de Manne who in the Kings behalfe declared to the Câ—…nnestable that the King of Englande â—…e answere â—…de to him to eschew shedding of bloud woulde fight with the French King body to body so to â—…ie their right and if he liked not of that matche then if hee woulde choose three or foure Knightes to him that were neerest to hym is bloud hee shoulde choose the like number but when this offer would not be accepted the English Lordes offered battell the next day beeyng Fridaye or else on Saterday following at the Frenchemennes choyce but the Connestable of Fraunce and his company continuing on theyr first oâ—…r refused both those dayes Then the Englishe Lordes accepted the days by â—…hâ—…th assigned with condition that if they be ougthe not King Edwarde to giue that â—…yle that daye they woulde 〈…〉 prisoners so that the Frenchmenne woulde â—…wise vndertake for theyr Kâ—…ng The Contestable 〈◊〉 no aunswere ready stayed a â—…hile and after flatly refused to make any such couenaunt Finally when the English Lordes perceyued there aduersaries not to â—…e battayle as theyr wordes of the first pretended they brake ast and both parties returned home The King of Englande stayed till the twesday and payd the straungers their wages and so came backe into England The sixth of Nouembre whilest the Kyng was thus abroade in Picardy Berwike taken by Scottes the Scottes very earely in the morning of that daye came priuily to Berwike entred by fleâ—… into the towne and sâ—…eaing there or foure Englishmenne tooke it with all the goodes and persons within it those excepted which got to the Castell In a Parliamente summoned this yeare A parliament the Monday after the feast of Saint Edmonde the King the Lords and commons graunted to K. Edward 50. ss of euery sacke of woolle that shuld be carried ouer the sea for the space of sixe yeares next ensuing By this grant it was thoughte y e the K. might dispeÌ„d a M. markes sterling a day such went of woolles had the English merchants in that season The Parliament being ended the K. about S. Andrews tide set forward towards Scotland held his Christmas at new Castell About which time by letters seat froÌ„ y e Prince y e K. was aduertised of his proceedings after hys arriuall in Gascoigne wher being ioyfully receiued of the nobles other y e people of that couÌ„trey as before ye haue heard he declared to them the cause of his thither coÌ„ming tooke aduice with them how to proceede in his businesse and so about y e truth of October he set forward to passe against his enimies first entring into a countrey called Iuliake which to get her with the fortresses The procedinges of the prince of Wales in Aquitayne yeelded whom witholde any great resistaÌ„ce TheÌ„ he rode through y e countrie Armignac wasting spoiling the countrey and so passed through the landes of the vieountes de la Riuiere and after entred into the countie de l Eseraâ—… and passing through y e some came into the countie of Commyges finding the Towne of Saint Matan voyde being a good towne and one of the best in that countrey After this he passed by the lande of the Earle of â—…le till hee came within a league of Tholouse where the Earle of Armignac beeyng the French Kings Lieutenaunt in those parties and other great Lords and nobles were asseÌ„bled The Prince with his army carried there a two dayes and after passed ouer riuer of Garonne after ouer an other riuer thereaboutes a league aboue Tholouse lodging that nighte a league on the other side of Tholon seâ—… and so they passed through Tholouzaine taking daylye Townes and Castels wherein they found great riches for the countrey was very plentifull Vpon Alhallowen euen they came to Castell Naudarie and from thence they tooke the way to Carcasson Carcasson into the whiche a greate number of men of armes and commons were withdrawen But vpon the approch of the Englishmen they slipt away and got them to a strong Castell that stoode neere at hand The thirde daye after the Englishmen brente the Towne and passing foorth
Narbonne trauersed all the countrey of Carcassonois till they came to the Towne of Narbonne The people there were fledde into the Castell in which the Vicount of NarboÌ„ne was enclosed with fiue hundred men of armes The Prince stayed there two dayes Two Bishops sente from the Pope to the Prince of Wales The Pope sent two Bishoppes towardes the Prince to treate with him of peace but bycause the Prince would not hearken to any treatie without commission from his father they could not get any saufe conduit to approche neerer The Prince hauing aduertisementes heere that his enimies were assembled and followed him he turned backe to meete them but they had no will to abide him for although the Earle of Armignac the Connestable of Fraunce the marshall Eleremont and the Prince of Orange with diuers other neere to Tholouse made some shewe to impeache the Prince his passage yet in the ende they withdrew not without some losse for the Lorde Batholmewe de Burwasch alias Burghersch Sir Iohn Chandos the L. Iames Audeley and Sir Thomas Felton being sente foorth to view them skirmished with two hundred of their men of armes and tooke of theÌ„ fyue and thirtie After this they had no mind to abyde the Englishe power but still shranke away as the Prince was ready to followe them and so hee perceyuing that the Frenchmen would not gyue him battell he withdrew towardes Burdeaux after he had spente eight weekes in that his iourney and so comming thither he wintered there whilest his Captaines in the meane time tooke dyuers Townes and Castels abroade in the Countrey And nowe to the ende yee maye haue more playne information of y e Princes doings in those parties I haue thought good to make yon partakers of a letter or two written by Sir Iohn Wingfielde Knighte attendante on the Prince there in Gascoigne MY Lorde The 〈◊〉 Sir Iohn Winâ—… leuâ—… as touching the 〈…〉 â—…ttes maye it please you to 〈◊〉 that all the Earles Barâ—…s Bâ—…nerets 〈◊〉 and Esquiers were in healâ—… at the 〈◊〉 of and in y Lord hath not lost either K. fight or Esquier in this voyage excepte the Lorde Iohn Lisle who was slayne after a straunge 〈◊〉 with a quarrel the third day after we 〈…〉 into our enimies countreys he dyed the 〈◊〉 of October And please it you to vnderstand that my Lorde hathe ridden through the countrey of Arminac and hathe taken many 〈…〉 and brente and destroyed them except 〈◊〉 which he hath fortified After this hee maâ—…ed into the vnâ—… of Roâ—…ergue where hee tooke a good Tâ—…e named Pleasance the chiefest Towne of that countrey which he hath brent and destroyed vnto the countrey round about the same This done he weÌ„t into y e County 〈…〉 wherein he tooke many Townes wasted and destroyed all the countrey â—…er this hee entred into the couâ—…e 〈◊〉 Coâ—…nge and tooke many townes there whiche hee caused to bee destroyed and brent 〈…〉 all the countrey abroade He tooke and y ◠〈◊〉 S. Maâ—…an which is the chiefest 〈…〉 countrey being at large in coÌ„passe as Norâ—… And after he entred into y e countie of Lisle and tooke the most part of the closed townes therein causing diuers of them to be brent and destroyed as he passed And after â—…uning into the Lordship of Tholouse we passed the riuer of Gâ—… all other a league about Tholouse whiche is very great for our enimies had brent all y e bridges as well on the one side of Tholouse as the other esâ—… the bridges within Tholouse for the ryuer runneth through the towne And y e Commâ—… of Fraunce y e mâ—…shal Cleremont the Earle of Armmat were with a greate power wâ—… the towne the same time And Tholouse is a gâ—…e Towne strong faire and well waâ—…d and there was none in out host that knew the fouâ—…de there but yet by the grace and goodnesse of God wee found it So then we marched through the seigneurie of Tholouse tooke many good Townes enclosed and brent and destroyed them and all y e countrey about And after wee entred into the seigneurie of Carcason and we tooke many good Townes before we came to Carcason whyche towne we also tooke which is greater stronger fairer than Yorke And as well this towers as all other townes in the countrey were brent and destroyed And after we had passed by many â—…neys through the couÌ„trey of Carcaâ—… we came into y e seigneurie of Narbonne we â—…ke many townes and wasted them till we came to Nâ—…bon which towne was holden against vs but iâ—… was won by force and the sayde town â—…ttle lesse than London and is â—…itneâ—…s vpon the Greekes sea Hee meaneth the Merantine sea for that the distance from the sayd town vnto the Grekish sea is not past .ij. leagues and there is an hauen a place to arriue at froÌ„ wheÌ„ce y e water coÌ„meth vp to NarboÌ„ne And Narbone is not but .xj. leagues distant from Mountpellier and .i. from Egnemortz and .30 froÌ„ Anignion And may it please you to vnderstande that the holy Father sent his messengers to my lord that were not past .vij. leagues froÌ„ him and they sent a Sergeaunt at armes that was Sergeaunt at armes attendant on the dore of our holy fathers chamber with their letters to my Lord praying him to haue a safeconducte to come to declare to his highnesse their message from the holy father which was to treat betwixt my L. his aduersaries of France the said sergeant was .ij. days in y e host before my lord wold see him or receiue his letters And the reson was bicause he had vnderstanding that the power of Fraunce was come forth of Tolouze toward Carcasson so that my L. was driueÌ„ to turn back towards them sodeinly and so did And the third day when we should haue come vpon them they had knowlege giuen before day and so retiring got them to the mountayns hastuig faste towardes Tolonze and the countrey people that were theyr guydes to leade them that waye were taken as they should haue passed the water And bicause the Popes sergeant at armes was in my keeeping I caused him to examine the guides that were so taken and for that the guide which was thus examined was y e Conestables guide his countreyman he might wel see and know the countenance of the French men vpon this examining him And I sayde to the same sergeant that he might well declare to the Pope and to al them of Auignion that which he had heard or seene And as touching the answere which my lorde made to them that were sent to treat with hym you would be wel apayd if you vnderstode al the maner for he would not suffer in any wise that they shoulde come neerer vnto him But if they came to treat of any matter he would that they should sende to the king his father for my lord himselfe woulde not doe any thing therein excepte by commaundemente from
will behaue hymselfe for as it seemeth he standeth muche on hys honour At the makyng hereof the Earle of Arnimacke was at Auignion and the Kyng of Arragon is there also and of all other parleys whyche haue bin in diuers places wherof you know I can not certifie you at the makyng hereof Ryght deare Syr other thing I can not sende vnto you but that you remember your selfe to send newes to my lord Prince as soone as in anye wyse you maye and so the Lorde graunte you good lyfe and long Written at Leyborne the one and twentieth of Ianuarye These Letters haue I thought good to make the reader partaker of as I fynde them in the Chronicle of Roberte Auesburye to the ende ye may perceiue how other writers agree sherwith sith the same Letters may serue as a touchestone to trie the truthe of the matter And so nowe I wil returne to speake of the kings doyngs in the north parte where we lefte hym The fourteenth of Ianuarie Kyng Edward hauyng hys armye lodged neere the Towne of Berwycke and hys Nauye ready in the hauen to assayle the Scottes that were wythin the Towne hee entred the Castell whiche the Englyshemenne hadde in theyr handes the Lorde Walter de Manny being theyr Capitayn who hadde gotte certayne Myuers thyther from the Forrest of Deane and other parts of the realme whyche were busye to make passage vnder the grounde by a moyne throughe whyche the Englishmen might enter into the towne Herevpon when the Scottes perceyued in what daunger they stoode and knewe that they coulde not long defend the Towne against him they surrendred it into hys handes without further resistance In the Scottyshe Historyes it is recorded Hoc i◅ta that when those whiche were wythin the towne of Berwycke hearde howe that an armye of Englishmen came to the succours of the castell they rased the walles and beene the houses of the Towne and so departed wyth all the spoyle whych they had gotten there An. reg 30. But howe so euer it was kyng Edward being againe possessed of the towne he set men a worke to repare it and passyng foorth to Roxburg The resignati◅ of the realm of Scotlande ◅le by the Ballioll there met with hym the ryghtfull King of Scots Edwarde Ballioll who transferred and resigned all the right title and interest which he had or myght haue to the Crowne and Realme of Scotland into king Edwards handes which resignation he confirmed by his Letters patentes therof made and giuen vnder his hand and seale dated the .xxv. of Ianuary .1356 requiring K. Edwarde to perseuer in pursute of his title to the vttermoste King Edwarde hauing thus receyued the resignation and release of the Crowne of Scotlande of Edwarde Ballioll marched foorthe wyth hys armye tyll hee came to Hadington brenning and destroying the countrey on eche side round aboute him as he passed And whylest he laye there abyding for his shippes his men of warre were not ydle but raunged abroade in the countrey and did all the damage to their einmies that they coulde deuise At length when he had accomplished his will and so sette things in order he returned back into Englande with the forsayde Edwarde B◅lyoll in hys companie whom he kepe with him for doubte least hee shoulde reuolte and procure some newe trouble In the moneth of Iuly the Duke of Lancaster being sente to the ayde of the King of Nauarre The Duke of Lancaster sent to ayde the K. of Nauarre came into Constantine whiche is a portion of Normandie and there ioyned with the Lorde Philippe of Nauarre brother to the king of Nauarre Paulus Aemilius and with the Lord Godfrey de Harcourt the whiche beyng returned into Fraunce and restored to the Frenche kyngs fauour was lately agayne reuolted vppon displeasure taken for the death of his nephewe the Lorde Iohn de Harcourte as in the Frenche histories ye maye reade more at large They were in all aboute the number of foure thousande fightyng men Froissart and beeyng assembled togyther they wente to Lyseux to Orbec The Castell of Orbec resbued to Ponteau and rescued the Castell there whiche had bene besinged by the Lord Roberte de Hotetot maister of the Crossebowes in France more than two monethes But nowe hearyng that the Englyshemen and Nauarroys approched he departed from th ende leauing behynde hym for haste his engins and artillerie The duke of Lancaster passed forwarde vnto Bretuiel which he caused to be relieued and furnished with necessarie things as was conueniēt The citie of Evreux yelded to the Frenchmen And then leauing the Citie of Eureux whiche was as then in the Frenchmēs hands lately yelded to them after a long siege he went forwarde with the Lorde Philip de Nauarre in hys companye tyll they came to Vernuell in Perch Vernueil and there took both the Towne and Castel and robbed the towne and brent a great part therof The Frenche Kyng who hadde assembled a myghtie armye The French K. cōmeth to giue the Duke of Lancaster battayle beyng aduertised of these matters hasted forward towarde the Duke of Lancaster fully purposyng to giue him battayle The Duke and the lorde Philip de Nauarre hauyng knowledge that the French kyng followed them withdrewe towardes the Towne of the Egle and the King still wente after them tyll he came to Tuebeuf two leagues from the towne of the Egle and there it was shewed to hym that he coulde not followe his enimies any further by reason of the thicke forrests which he coulde not passe without greate daunger of hys persone and losse of his people Then returned he wyth all his hoste and tooke from the Nauarroys the Castel of Thy◅ers and also the castel of Brerueil whiche was yelded to him after two monethes siege Aboute the same tyme that is to saye in Iulye the Prince of Wales hauyng assembled an armye of menne of warre Froissart The Prince of VVales inuadeth the french dominions to the number of eyght thousand entred into the frenche dominions and fyrste passyng thorough Auvergne at length hee came into the countreye of Berrye wastyng and brennyng the Townes and vyllages as hee wente takyng easye iourneyes for the better reliefe of his people and destruction of his enimyes for when hee was entred into anye Towne that was sufficientely stored of things necessary he wold tary there two or three dayes to refreshe his Souldiours and menne of warre and when they dislodged they woulde stryke out the heades of the wyne vesselles and brenne the wheate oates and barley and all other thynges whyche they coulde not take with them to the intente theyr enimyes shoulde not therwith bee susteyned The citie of Burges After this they came before the citie of Burges and there made a greate skirmishe at one of the gates and there were manye feates of armes done The hoste departed from thence without any more doyng Issoldune assaulted and commyng to
In his place was sent sir Iohn Herleston to remayne vppon the garde of that Castel Also sir Hugh Caluerley deputy of Calais that had so valiantly borne himselfe against the Frenchmenne was likewise discharged and comming home was made Admirall being ioyned in commission in that office with sir Thomas Percy Sir William Mountague Earle of Salisbury was sent ouer to Calais to bee the Kinges Lieutenaunte there who shortly after his comming thither fetched a great bootie of cattell out of the enimies countrey adioyning so that Calais was furnished with no small number of the same Sir Hugh Caluerley and sir Thomas Percy going to Sea tooke seauen Shippes laden with merchandise and one Shippe of warre The Archbishop of Cassils in Irelande returning from Rome broughte with him large authoritie of binding and loosing graÌ„ted to him by Pope Vrbane in fauour of whome at his comming to London in a Sermon which he preached he declared to the people howe the Frenche King holding with the Antipape Clemente was denounced accursed and shâ—… now was the time for Englishmen to make war in France hauing such occasion as greater câ—… not bee offered specially sith it was like that the excommunicated King should haue no courage to make resistance In a ParliameÌ„t holden at Westminster thys yeare after Easter it was ordeyned The Saâ—…ry aâ—… Westminster confirmed by Parliaments that the priuiledges and immunities of the Abbey of Westminster should remaine whole and inuiolate but yet there was a prouiso against those that tooke Sainctuarie with purpose to defraude their creditours that their landes and goodes shoulde bee aunswerable to the discharging of their debtes In y e same Parliament was granted to the K. a subsedie to be leuied of the great men of y e land A subsedâ—… 〈◊〉 be payd by the greate men and the commâ—… 〈◊〉 To the ende the commons might be spared the Dukes of Lancaster and Britaine paide twentie markes euery Earle sixe markes Bishoppes and Abbots with miters asmuch and for euery MoÌ„ke three shillings foure pence also euery Iustice Sherife Knighte Esquier Parson Vicar and Chapleyne were charged after a certayne rate but not any of the commons that were of the laytie Ye haue hearde how sir Iohn Harleston was sent to Chierburg as Captayne of that fortresse An. reg â—… A notable â—…ployâ—… done by sir Iohn Harlaston who issuing abroade one day with such power as he might take foorth leauing the fortresse furnished came to a place where within a Church and in a mille the frenchmeÌ„ had layde vp as in store-houses a great quantitie of vittailes for prouision which Church and Mille the Englishmenne assaulted so vigorously that notwithstandyng there were within a good number of the enimies that did their best to defende themselues yet at length they were taken and sir Iohn Harleston with his company returned with the vittayles towarde Chierburg but by the way they were encountred by one Sir William de Boundes whome the Frenche King had appoynted to bee in Mont Burg with a strong power of men of warre to countergarison Chierburg here câ—…d a sore coÌ„flict and many an hardy man was beateÌ„ to the ground And although at the first it seemed that the Englishmen were ouermatched in number yet they stucke to it manfully Theyr Captayne sir Iohn Harleston fighting in the foremost presse was felled and lay on the gâ—… at his enimies feete in great hazard of death The Englishmen neuerthelesse continue the fyghte till at length sir Geffrey Worsley with a wing of armed footemen with axes came to the rescue for to that ende hee was left behinde of purpose to come to their ayde if neede required with whose comming the Frenchmen were so hardly handled that to conclude they were broken in sunder beaten downe and wholly vanquished there were of them slayne aboue sixe score and as many taken prisoners among whiche number was their chiefe Capitayne Sir William de Bourdes taken and brought to Chierburg with the residue and there put in safekeeping Thys exployt was archieued by the Englishmenne on S. Martins day in winter in this third yeare of King Richard his raigne but least any ioy shuld come to the English people in that season without some mixture of grief Sir Iohn Clearke a valiant Captayne one sir Iohn Clearke a righte valiaunt Knighte and fellow in armes with sir Hugh Caluerley chaunced this yeare to lye in garrison in a Castell in Britaine where was an hauen and diuers Englishe Shippes lying in the same whereof the frenche galeys beeing aduertised came thither to set those Shippes on fyre appoynting one of their galleys firste to attempt the feate and if fortune so woulde to trayne the Englishmen foorthe A Policie till they shoulde fall into the lappes of foure other galleys whyche they layde as it had bin in ambushe and as the enimies wished so it came to passe for the Englishmen perceyning their vessels in daunger to be brent of the enimies ranne euery man aboorde to saue the Shippes and goodes within them and amongst the rest Sir Iohn Clearke their Captayne meaning to take such part as his men did got aboorde also and streight falling in pursute of the galley that withdrewe for the purpose aforesayd the Englishmen were shortly enclosed with the other galleys before they were aware not knowing what shift to make to auoyde the present daunger Sir Iohn Clearke perceyuing howe the case stoode layde about him like a Gyant causing his company still to drawe backe agayne whilest he resisting the enimies did shewe such proofe of his valiancie that they were much astonished therewith To be short he so manfully behaued himselfe that the most parte of his company had time to recouer land but when hee that had thus preserued others shoulde leape forthe of the Shippe to saue him selfe he was striken in the thigh with an axe that down he fell and so came into the enimies hands being not able to recouer that hurt for his thigh was almost quite cut off from the body so that hee dyed of that and other hurtes presently leauing a remembrance behinde him of many worthy actes through his valiancie atchieued to his high prayse and great commendation The Barke of Yorke was also lost the same time beeing a proper vessell and nowe taken suddaynely sanke with all that were aboorde in hir both Englishmen and the enimies also that were entred into hir thinking to carrie hir away Aboute the same time the Duke of Britayne returning into his countrey vnder the conduit of Sir Thomas Percy and Sir Hugh Caluerley landed at a Hauen not farre from Saint Malo the fourth daye of August beeing receyued with vnspeakeable ioy of the Britaynes as wel lords as commons so that the louing harts which they bare towards him might well appeare although the loue which he bare to the Kyng of England had caused his subiects in fauoure of Fraunce to keepe him many yeares forth of his Dukedome The
vnderneath them by a passage that laye by the foote of that mountaine for after that they had viewed the puissaunce of the Englishmen and as neare as they could numbred theÌ„ they had no such care mindes to fight with them as before for they estemed them to be a sixe M. men of armes a .lx. M. archers other men of warre where the Scots and Frenchmen were not paste a M. speares and .xxx. M. of all other sortes and the moste parke of those but euill armed Therefore they determined vpon an other point which was to inuade England in an other quarter whilest the englishmen brente vp their country and so they set forwards toward the west borders The Scotts invade England vvhilsst King Richarde is a spoiling Scotlande Cumberlande sore spoiled by the Scottes passing ouer the moâ—…tains that deuide Northumberland from Scotland they entred into Cumberlande doing muche hurte in y e landes that belonged to the Lorde Mowbray to the Earles of Nottingham and Stafford to the baron of Graystock and to the Musgraues Lastly they came to Careleill and boldly assaulted the Citie Carlell assaulted by the Scottes but sir Lewes Clifforde and sir Thomas Musgraue Dauye Holgraue and diuers other worthie capitaines being within it so defended the walles gates that their enimies gâ—… small aduantage and finally hearing that the englishe army was returning homewardes the Scots and frenchemen drewe backe into Scotlande doubting to be enclosed by the Englishmen as they had bin in deed if the Duke of Lancaster and his brethreÌ„ vncles to the king might haue bin beleued Good counsell neglected who counselled the king to pursue the enimies and stop the passages through which they must needs passe in their comming backe But the Earle of Oxforde being moste in fauour and credit with the king in those dayes as one that ruled all things at his pleasure did aduise him to the contrarie by putting him in beliefe as was saide that his vncles went about to being him in daunger to be loste and surprised of his enimies wherevppon hee tooke the nexte way home and so brake vp his iourney When the Scottes and Frenchemen were returned into Scotlande Polidor the Scottishe Kyng hauing conceyued a iust displeasure towardes the frenche Admirall for that by his meanes the realme of Scotland had susteined such damage in that season A noble reuenge caused him and his frenchemen to bee dispoiled of the most part of their goods and sente them so away out of hys countrey that the Scottes might receiue some euen sorte by those warres This yeare was the battell of Algâ—…ta in Portingale There vvere 600. EnglishmeÌ„ vvho vvith their bovves did greate seruice as bâ—… 〈◊〉 and â—…or is appeareth where Iohn king of Portingal discomfyted a great host of Spaniards freÌ„chmen by the helpe policie of certain englishmeÌ„ which he had there with him vnder the leading of two Esquiers Norbery and Hartelle Theâ—… were slaine diuers Erles and greate Lordes of Spaniardes but for that our writers doe not note rightly the Spanish names but write theÌ„ corruptly as strangers vse to doe wee here omit them The King of Portingale sendeth sixe Caleis to King Richardes â—…de The king of Portingale after this victorie obteined againste his enimies sent sixe Galleis vnto the king of England to aide him agaynste his aduersaries the whiche were well receyued and highlye made of by the Londoners and other so that the Portingales had no cause to repent of their comming hither The Frenche king this yeare besieged and wanne the towne of Dam after he had bin at greate charges aboute it Whilest his Nauie returned from Scluis wher the same had laine at Ancre a long time the ships by tempest were scatered and wederdriuen so that in the feast day of the Exaltation of the crosse two of their galleis a great ship a barge and .vij. balengers were caste a shore aboute Callais and the Calisians tooke .v. C. frenchemen and Normans that escaped to land An other day .lxxij. french ships as they were comming from Scluis to passe by Calleis A good victory of them of Callais againste the Frenche fleete were mette wyth by them of Callais who behaued themseues so manfully that they tooke .xviij. of those frenche ships and a great Barke in whiche three score armed meÌ„ were slaine before it coulde be taken Within three dayes after this the Calisians mette .xlv. other frenche ships and after .vj. houres fight obteyned the victorie taking three of the moste principall vessels wherof one being a Hulke of Eastlande was hired by the Normans to gard the residue The other .ij. that were taken were of suche molde that they coulde not enter into the Hauen at Callais and therefore were sente to Sandwiche the one of them beeing a newe shippe the lord Clisson had bought at Scluis paying for hir three thousand frankes On S. Denis day the souldiors of Callais and other English fortresses there abouts The Calisians others make a roade into Fraunce and vvinne greate booties made a secrete iourney into Fraunce and got a bootie of foure M. sheepe and three hundreth heade of greate cattell whiche they droue towards theyr holdes and as y e lord de Rambures gouernor of Bollongne wold haue recouered y e pray he was vnhorsed with the rencounter of an english speare being releued by his companie and mounted againe withdrewe himself not attempting to trie any further mastries and so the englishmeÌ„ safely passed forthe with their bootie of cattell and aboue a hundreth good prisoners which they had taken at this roade In this .ix yeare aboute the feast of saint Martin Fabian the king called his highe Courte of parliament at Westminster Creation of Dukes and Earles at the parliament in the whiche amongst other thinges there concluded he created two Dukes a Marques and .v. Earles First Edmund Langley erle of of Cambridge the Kinges vncle was 〈◊〉 Duke of Yorke Thomas of Woodstoâ—… other vncle Erle of Buckingham was 〈◊〉 Duke of Gloucester Robert Vere erle of Oxforde was made Marques of Deuelin Henry of Bollingbrooke sonne and heire to Iohn de Gaunt duke of Lancaster Henry of 〈…〉 Earle of Dâ—… 〈◊〉 King was created Earle of Darbie Edwarde Plantagenet sonne and heire to the Duke of Yorke was made erle of Rutlande Michaell lorde de la Poole chauncellor of England was created erle of Suffolk and sir Thomas Moubray erle of Notingham was made earle Marshall Also by auctoritie of this parliament Roger lorde Mortimer earle of March The Lorde Mâ—… 〈◊〉 of Marche 〈…〉 appeare in the 〈◊〉 sonne and heire of Edmund Mortimer Earle of Marche and of the Lady Phillippe eldest daughter and heire vnto Lionell Duke of Clarence thirde sonne to king Edwarde the third was established heire aparant to the crown of this realme and shortlye after so proclaimed The whiche erle of Marche anone after the end of the same parliament sailed
true it is that the Archbishop and the Earle Marshall were brought to Pomfret to the king who in this meane while was aduaunced thither wyth hys power and from thence he went to Yorke whyther the prisoners were also brought The Archbâ—… Yorke 〈◊〉 Marshal and other put to death and there beheaded the morrowe after Whitsunday in a place without the Citie that is to vnderstand the Archbishop himselfe the Earle Marshal sir Iohn Lampley and sir Robert Plompton The Archbishoppe tooke his death verie constantly insomuche as the common people tooke it hee dyed a Martyr The Archb. puted a 〈◊〉 affyrming that certaine myracles were wrought as wel in the field where he was executed as also in the place were hee was buryed and immediately vpon such bruytes both men and women beganne to worship hys dead carkasse whom they loued so much when he was aliue tyll they were forbydden by the Kinges friendes and for feare gaue ouer to visit the place of his sepulture The Earle Marshals bodie was buried in the Cathedrall Church but his head was set on a pol aloft on the walles for a certaine space till by the king permission it was taken downe and buried togither with the bodie After the king accordingly as seemed to him good had raunsomed and punished by grieuous sines the Citizens of Yorke which had borne armor on theyr Archbishops side agaynst hym he departed from York with an army of .xxxvij. M. fighting men furnished with all prouision necessarie marching Northwards agaynst the Earle of Northumberland At his comming to DurhaÌ„ the Lord Hastings the Lord Fauconbridge sir Iohn Colleuille of the Dale sir Iohn Grisâ—… The lordes executed being coÌ„uicted of y e coÌ„piracy were there beheded The Earle of Northumberland hearing that his counsail was bewrayed and his confederates brought to confusion The Erle of NorthuÌ„berlaÌ„d â—…eth through too much haste of the Archbishop of York with three hundred horse got him to Berwicke The king comming forwarde quickly wan the Castell of Warkworth Whervpon the Erle of Northumberlande not thinking himself in suretie at Berwicke fled with the Lord Berdolfe into Scotlande where they were receyued of Dauid Lord Fleming The king comming to Berwicke coÌ„maunded them that kept the Castell against him to render it into his handes and when they flatly denied so to doe he caused a peece of artillerie to be planted agaynst one of the Towres and at the first shot ouerthrowing part thereof they within were put in such feare â—…wick castel â—…dded to the â—…g that they simplie yeelded themselues without any maner of condition wholy to remaine at the kings pleasure Herevpon the chiefest of them to wit sir William Greystock sonne to Raufe Baron of Greystocke â—…e sonne of â—… Greyâ—… and oâ—… put to â—…h â—…ton sir Henrie Beynton and Iohn Blenkinsoppe with foure or fiue other were put to death and diuerse other were kept in prison Some write that the Earle of Northumberlande at his entring into Scotland deliuered the towne of Berwike vnto the Scots who hearing of king Henries approch dispairing to defende the town against him set fire on it and departed There was not one house that was left vnburnt except the Friers and the Church After that the king had disposed things in such conuenient order as stoode with his pleasure at Berwicke he came backe The Castel of Alnewicke yelded to the King and had the Castell of Alnewike deliuered vnto him with all other the Castels that belonged to the Earle of Northumberland in the north parts as Prodhow LaÌ„gley Cockermouth Alnham and Newsteed Thus hauing quieted the north parts The K. passeth into Wales he tooke his iourney directly into Wales where he found fortune nothing fauourable vnto him for all hys attemptes had euill successe He losseth his cariages insomuche that losing a fiftie of his cariages through aboundaunce of raine and waters he returned and comming to Worcester He returneth he sent for the Archbishop of Canterburie and other bishops declaring to them the misfortune that had chaunced to him in consideration whereof he requested theÌ„ to helpe him with some portion of mony towards the maintenance of his warres for the taming of the presumpteous and vnquiet Welchmen In the meane time Hall The Marshal MountmeraÌ„cy sent to ayd Owen GleÌ„douer the Frenche king had appointed one of the Marshals of Fraunce called Montmerancie the master of his Crosbowes with .xij. M. men to saile into Wales to ayd Owen Glendouer They tooke shipping at Brest and hauing the wind prosperous landed at Milford hauen with an Cxl ships as Tho. Wals hath though Engnerant de Monstrellet maketh mention but of 120. The most part of their horses were lost by the way for lack of fresh water The Lord Berkley and Henry Pay espying their aduantage burnt .xv. of those French ships as they lay at road there in the hauen of Milford shortly after the same L. Berkley and sir Thomas Swymborne with the sayde Henrie Pay tooke other .xiiij. shippes as they came that way with prouision of vitails and munition forth of France to the ayde of the other In the meane while the Marshall Montmerancie with his army besieged the towne of Carmarden Carmarden wonne by the French and wanne it by composition graunting to the men of warre that kept it against him lycence to depart whither they woulde and to take with them all their moueable goodes The Castell of Pembrooke they attempted not esteeming it to be so wel manned that he shuld but lose their labor in attempting it Notwithstanding they besieged the towne of Hereforde west Hereford west manfully defended Engeret Monstrellet sayth they brent the townes but coulde not win the Castel which neuerthelesse was so well defended by the Earle of Arundel and his power that they lost more than they wan so they departed towards the towne of Denhigh where they founde Owen GleÌ„douer abiding for their comming with ten M. of hys Welchmen Here were the Frenchmen ioyfully receyued of the Welch rebelles and so when all things were prepared they passed by Glamorgan shire towards Worcester The suburbes of worcester burnt and there burnt y e suburbes but hearing of the kings approche they sodenly returned towards Wales The king with a great puissance followed and founde them embattailed on a high mountain where there was a great valley betwixt both y e armies so that either army might plainly perceiue the other and eyther host loked to be assayled of his aduersarie therefore sought to take the aduantage of ground Thus they continued for the space of eyght dayes from morning to night readie to abide but not to giue battaile There were manye skirmishes and diuerse proper feates of armes wrought that meane while French Lordes slaine in the which the Frenche lost many of theyr nobles and gentlemen as the lord Patroullars de Tries brother to the Marshall of Fraunce the Lorde
Malicorne wherof he made captaine Wil. Glasdale esquier Lisle Soubz Boulton whereof was made captain sir Lancelot Lisle knight Lonpelland wherof was made captain Henry BraÌ„che Montseur of y e which was made captaine sir Wil. Oldehall knight la Suze was assigned to y e keping of Iohn Suffolk esquier And beside this aboue .xl. castels piles were ouerthrowen destroyed The newes herof reported in Englande caused great reioysing among the people not only for the conquest of so many towns fortresses but also for that it had plesed god to giue theÌ„ victory in a pitched field General processions after victorie wherfore general processions were apointed to render vnto god humble thankes for his fauor so bestowed vpon theÌ„ This yere after Easter the king called his highe court of parliament at Westminster by aduise of the peeres and comming to the parliament house himselfe he was conueyd through the citie vpon a great courser with great triumphe the people flocking into y e streetes to beholde the childe whom they iudged to haue the liuely Image purtrature and countenauÌ„ce of his father like to suceede him be his heire in all princely qualities martiall policies and morall vertues aswell as his vndoubted inheritor in his realms signiories and dominions A subsidie In this parliameÌ„t was granted to the K. a subsidy of .xij d. pence the pound towards y e maintenauÌ„ce of his warres of al marchandise coÌ„ming in or going out of the realme aswell of englishmen as straÌ„gers The prince of Portingale coÌ„ming to London During which parliament came to LondoÌ„ Peter duke of Quimbâ—…e sonne to the K. of Portingale cousin germain remoued to the K. which of y e duke of Exceter y e bishop of Winchester his vncles was highly feasted he was also elected into the order of the garter During y e same season EdmuÌ„d Mortimer the laste earle of Marche of that name which long time had bin restreined froÌ„ his libertie finally waxed lame deceassed without issue whose inheritaunce descended to the lorde Richard Plantagenet sonne and heire to Richard erle of Cambridge beheaded as before ye haue hearde at the towne of Southampton In the time of this parliament also was sir Iohn Mortimer cousin to y e same erle either for deserte or malice attainted of treson put to execution of whose deathe no small slaunder arose amongst y e coÌ„mon people After al these things done in England in Fraunce Humfrey duke of Gloucester who had married the Lady Iaquet or Iaqueline of Bauiere couÌ„tesse of Heynault Holland ZelaÌ„d notwithstanding she was coupled in marriage afore to the Duke of BrabaÌ„t as yet liuing and had continued with him a long space passed nowe y e sea with y e said lady went to Mons or Bergen in Heinault where the more part of the people of that country came and submitted themselues vnto him as vnto their soueraine lord in right of his said wife the lady Iaquet or Iaquelin with which doing Iohn duke of Brabant hir former husbaÌ„d was greatly moued and likewise the Duke of Burgoign being great frend to the same duke of Brabant was muche offended but first bycause of olde familiaritie he wrote louingly to the duke of Glocester requiring him to reform himselfe according to reason and to forsake his vngodly life bothe in keping of an other mans wife and also in seeking to vsurpe other mens right and titles Hervpon went letters betwixt them for a time but at length wheÌ„ the Duke of Burgoine perceiued that the duke of Glocester ment to pursue his quarrell to make war against the duke of Brabant he tooke part wyth y e duke of Brabant so ernestly that he consented to fight with the duke of Glocester body to body within listes in defence of the duke of Brabantes quarell further aided the duke of Brabant in his warres against y e duke of Glocester with all his puissance in so muche that in y e end after the duke of Glocesters return into England y e duke of BrabaÌ„t recouered all the towne in Heynault whiche the Lady Iaquet or Iaquelin held against him further the same lady was by composition deliuered by them of the towne of Mons vnto the duke of Burgoigne who caused hir to be conueied vnto Gant from whence she made shift to escape into Hollande where she was obeied as countesse of y e couÌ„try then made warre in hir own defence agaynst the Dukes of Burgoigne Brabant the which sought to spoile hir of al hir townes and landes further procured Pope Martine the .v. before whome the matter was brought to giue senteÌ„ce that the first matrimony with the duke of Brabant was good effectuall and the seconde espousels celebrated with the duke of Gloucester to be vnlawfull But in the meane time the L. Fitz Walter being sent ouer to the aide of the lady Iaquet or Iaquelin with a power of englishemen landed in Zelande neere vnto the town of Zerixe against whome came the duke of Burgoign and encountring with them and other such Hollanders and Zelanders as were ioyned with them nere to a place called Brewers hauen there discomfited them so that of englishmen Holanders and Zelanders that were with the said lorde Fitz Walter there were slaine .vij. or .viij. hundred and the residue chaÌ„sed to the water Anno re 4. At length when the duke of Gloucester vnderstoode the sentence pronounced against hym by the Pope he beganne to waxe weary of hys wife the saide Lady Iaquet by whom he neuer had profit but losse and tooke to his wife by a seconde marriage Eleanor Cobham daughter to the lorde Cobham of Sterberow which before as the fame went was his soueraine Ladye and paramoure to his greate slaunder and reproche A little beefore thys tyme Syr Thomas Rampston sir Phillippe Branthe sir Nicholas Burdet and other englishmen to the number of .v. C. men of war repaired and fortified the towne of saint Iames de Bevvron Aâ—… Bâ—…vvioÌ„ situate on the fronters of Normandie towardes Britaine within half a league of the duke of Britaines grounde 〈◊〉 with whome as then they had open warre and so began to do many displeasures to his people Wherevpon Arthur Earle of Richemont and Ivry brother to the sayde duke lately before created constable of FraÌ„ce assembled an huge power of men to the number of .xl. M. as some haue writteÌ„ XX.M. hathe 〈…〉 Iames de Bevvron besieged with the same came before the sayd towne of saint Iames de Bevvron and planted his siege very stronglye about it enforcing with his greate ordinaunce to ouerthrow the walles And one day amongst other he determined to giue the assault â–ª and so did the whiche continued a long space very hot and earnest The Bretons Bretâ—…nantes were come downe into a lowe bottome where there was a little ponde or fishe poole and they muste nedes passe by a streite way to
there registred him for a Sanctuarie man The Queene whiche now againe ruled all things aduertised of this vnlawful misdemeanor sent the dukes of Exceter and Buckingham accompanied with other noble men to LoÌ„don with a commission of Oyer and Determiner for the punishment of so seditious an offence But when the Maior the two Dukes and the two chiefe iustices were set in the Guild hall for performance of theyr Commission vppon intelligence that a number of lyght wytted Citizens were mynded in armour to reskue the prisoners that had beene apprehended for the late committed robberie and ryot as as they shoulde goe to their triall and arraigment the two Dukes and the other commissioners sodenly departed from the Guildehal left their inquirie for that daye though in deede they were in no such daunger as they doubted for certaine discreete and sage Citizens so handled the matter that no misorder followed of that great tumult and sodaine furie of the people The Maior on the next day called a common counsaile A common counsel 〈◊〉 whereof the number was an hundred fourescore and odde persons by authoritie of the same ordeyned that all wardens of mysteryes should assemble their mysteries in their common halles where they shoulde exhort them to the obseruation of peace and if they spyed any man eyther readie to styrre a rumor or desirous of the deliuerance of such as were accused and in prison that their names shoulde be secretly written and couertly deliuered to the Lord Maior which politike doing finally ended the outragious attemptates of the vnruly people And so the commissioners returned to the Guildehall where many of the robbers were attainted and put to execution beside diuerse greate fines and raunsomes payed which were set vpon the heades of dyuerse Marchants for winking at the matter This yeare Iohn Kempe Archebishoppe of Canterburie departed this lyfe and Thomas Burstlyer Byshoppe of Elye was remoued to succeede in his place beeing the threescore and three Archbishop that sat in the sea of that Archbishops sea The French nation hearing of the ciuill dissention within the Realme of England An. reg 35. 1457 thought to worke some domage to the Englishe people in reuenge of olde iniuries Herevpon were two Nauies appoynted to inuade the townes standing vppon the rynage of the Sea The Captayne 's of the one Fleete was William Lorde Pomyers and of the other Sir Peers Bressy a great ruler in Normandie These two captaines taking their course oute of the mouth of Saine seuered themselues the one Westwarde and the other Eastward which was sir Peter de Bressy This lustie Captaine sayling alongst all the coastes of Sussex Kent durst not once take lande till hee arryued in the Downes and there hauing by a certaine espyall perfite notice that the Towne of Sandwiche was neyther peopled nor fortified Sandwich spâ—…led by the French bycause that a lyttle before the chiefe Rulers of the Towne were from thence departed for to auoyde the pestilenciall plague whiche sore there afflicted and slue the people entred the Hauen spoyled the towne and after such poore stuffe as he there fouÌ„d rifled and taken hee fearing an assemble of the Countrey shortly returned The Lorde Pomyers likewyse tooke hys course Westwarde Foulnay and by nyght burnt certaine houses in Foulnay and with a little pyllage retyred into Brytaine The Scots also not forgetting their old praÌ„ks entred into Northumberlande The Scots inuade England king Iames the seconde being there in person and burned certain poore houses and little cottages but in the verie middest of theyr great enterprise they hearing of the duke of Yorkes marching toward them with a great armie with much paine and no gaine in all hast returned to their countrey But nowe to passe ouer outwarde inuasions and to returne to the dayly disorder put in bre amongest the Nobles at home a greate conflict chaunced betwene the Lord Egremonde and the sonnes of the Earle of Salisburie in the whiche fray many persons were slaine and a great number hurt The Lorde Egremond could not escape but by force was taken and brought before the kings counsaile there the King the Queene to shew themselues to all persons indifferent adiudged him to paye to the Earle of Salisburie a greate summe of money The Lord Egremond committed to new gate and for his heynous offence committed agaynst the Kings lawes hee was committed to the gaile of Newgate within the Citie of London oute of the whiche by helpe of friendes hee escaped He made an escape to the great vexation of the Sherifes of London at that tyme being The Queene secretely thyrsting for the destruction of the Duke of Yorke and his friendes perceyued that she could attempt nothing against him neare to the Citie of London bycause the Duke was had in more estimation there among the Citizens and communaltie than eyther the King hir husbande or hirselfe and therefore shee caused the King to make a progresse into Warwikshire for his health and recreation and so with hawking and hunting came to the Citie of Couentree where dyuerse wayes were studied to coÌ„passe the Queenes long wished desire for the accomplishing whereof the Duke of Yorke the Earles of Salisburie A practise to 〈◊〉 â—…pped the Duke of Yorke and Warwike whose destruction was chiefly sought were sent for to Couentrie by the Kings letters vnder his priuie seal to which place the sayd Lordes without suspition of euill obediently resorted but beeing admonished by secrete friendes what was intended agaynst them they auoyded that daunger where as otherwise their lyues had beene lost without al remedie And so not saying farewell they deparparted from the Court the Duke vnto Wygmoore in the marches of Wales the Erle of Salisburie to his faire Castell of Middleham in the North countrey and the Erle of Warwike sayled to the towne of Calays But nowe although the bodies of these three noble personages were thus separated yet theyr heartes were knitte and coupled in one and styll went messengers with letters betwixt them to communicate theyr deuises and to giue signification of theyr mindes and purposes from one to another In this yeare Reginald Peacocke Bishop of Chichester abiured at Paules Crosse An. reg 39. 1458 and all his bokes were burnt he himself coÌ„maunded to kepe his owne house during his naturall life bycause y t he being very wel learned better stomacked beganne to moue questions not priuily but openly in the Vniuersities concerning the annates Peter pens and other iurisdictions and authorities apperteyning to the Bishop of Rome and not onely put forth such questions but declared hys minde and opinion in the same Some say he held that spirituall persons by Gods lawe ought to haue no temporall possessions Other wryte that he sayde that personall tythes were not due by Gods law VVhetham And as some haue recorded hee helde that it was not needefull to belieue that Christ after his passion
for they were got farre ynoughe out of daunger as before ye haue heard The king pardoned all the poore souldiours sauing certaine ring leaders of the which some he punished and fired and some he hanged and quartered After thâ—… he 〈◊〉 ouer to Ladlow and there brake vp his host and spoyled the towne and Castell and sent the Duches of Yorke with hir two yong sonnes to be kept in Warre with the Duches of Buckingham hir 〈◊〉 This done he proclamed these Lordes trayedore to him enimies to their countrey and rebels to the crowne confiscating their lands goods and offices and committed the gouernaunce of the north partes to the Erle of Northumberland The Duke of Somerset made Captaine of Caleys and to the Lord Clifford as to his trustie and moste faithfull friendes and of his towne of Calais her made Captaine Henrie the new duke of Somerset Thys duke reioysing much in his new office chose forth dyuerse valiant and hardie souldiers and with great pompt shortly after tooke the seas and sayled towards Calais but when he thought to haue entred the hauen the artillery shut so hotly both out of the town and from Rise â—…ane that he suffring there a sororepulse was faine to lande at Whitsandbay and sent worde to the Captaines of the towne to receyue him as the kings lieutenant shewing to them his letters patents but neither he nor his writing was once regarded so of necessitie hee resorted to the Castell of Guisnes dayly skirmishing with the garnison of Calais more to his losse than gaine Diuers of the mariners of those ships that weÌ„t ouer with him after his arriuall owing more good will to the Earle of Warwike than to this yong duke conneyd their ships into the haueÌ„ of Calais and in them diuerse of the erle of Warwikes enimies as Iamin Findyll Iohn Felow diuerse other the which being presented vnto the Earle of Warwike hee caused their heades to bee stryken off Shortly after Rycharde Lorde Ryuers and sir Anthonieâ—… Wooduile his valiaunt sonne that was after Lorde Scales accompanied with foure hundred warlike persons were appointed to passe ouer to Guisnes to ayde the Duke of Sâ—…erset agaynst his aduersaries which lay in Calais but as they soiourned at Sandwich abiding for wind and weather to transport them ouer the Erles of Marche and Warwike had knowledge thereof Iohn Dynham and sent Iohn Dynham with a small number of men but a multitude of valiant heartes vnto the towne of Sandwich which sodainly entred the same The Lord Riuers taken and took the Lorde Riuers in his bed and his sonne also robbing houses and spoiling ships and beside this they tooke the principall shippes of the kings nauie and had them away with them to Calais and there presented them to the Earle of March of whom he was ioyfully receyued for though in the fight hee was fore hurte and maymed in the legge so as he halted euer after yet hee bare himselfe so worthtly in that enterprice that hys prayse was great amongst all men After this good fortune thus chaunced to the Lordes dyuerse of the best shippes taken in the Hauen of Sandwiche were well vitayled and manned and with them the Earle of Warwike sayled into Irelande to common with the Duke of Yorke of his great affayres and businesse The weather and wind were so fauourable to the Earles purpose that within lesse than thirtie dayes hee passed and repassed from Calais to Dubline and backe againe The Duke of Exceter being chiefe Admirall of the Sea lay in the West Countrey and durste not once meddle with the Earle of Warwikes name as he came by by reasoÌ„ of y e mistrust which hee had in the Captaines and Mariners of hys own nany who by their murmuring wel shewed that they wished y e erle of Warwiks good succes During this time the king called a Parliament in the Citie of Couentrie A parliamente at Couentry which began the xx of September in the whiche the Duke of Yorke and his confederates were attaynted of highe treason VVhethaÌ„sted But yet when the King shoulde come to giue his consent vnto the actes passed in the same Parliament and that the Clerke of the Parliament had read that statute of the attainder of those Lordes such was the kings modestie and great zeale vnto mercie The kings inclination to meâ—…y that he caused a prouiso to be had in and added vnto the same statute that it might be lawfull vnto him at all tymes fully without authoritie of any other Parliament to pardon the same noble men and restore them againe to their former estates degrees and dignities in all things so that they would come in vnto him and in the spirite of him 〈…〉 him of grace and fauorâ—… Herewith also or 〈◊〉 was taken for 〈…〉 of the hauens and landing places alongst 〈◊〉 coastes Sir Simond Mountforde with a great 〈◊〉 of men was appoynted to kepe the Dutch 〈◊〉 the fiue Portes Osbert Mentforde esquire hath Whethisteed who should also haue goe câ—… to Guynes with v. C. souldiers to the ayde of the Duke of â—…omerlet and all men passing 〈…〉 â—…ders were vpon paine of death prohibited to passe bee Calais least the Lordes there 〈…〉 some of them any money as they did prest lately before of the Marchants of the Staple 〈…〉 xviij M. pound The Lords were of ignorant of all the kings prouisions made agaynst them but were ascerteyned dayly what was 〈…〉 in the kings priuie Chamber The Lord Fauconbridge was chiefe of this coâ—…e saith Wherhmasteed wherefore first they sent a company to Sandwiche vnder the gouernance of the Lord Fauconbridge whiche tooke the town and sir Simon or Osbert MouÌ„tford within it and sent him with all his mates to Calais where incontinently he with twelues of his chiefe fellowes lost their heades on the Sandes before Risebanke After the kings name guyned and his Captaynes on the arriange of the sea taken and destroyed the Lords lying at Calais being aduertised froÌ„ the Lord Fauconbridge who after the 〈◊〉 king of MountfoÌ„rt lay still in Kent that the people of that Countrey and other partes were altogither bent in their fauour they conceyued therevpon so great hope in their friendes within the Realme that they determined to passe the 〈◊〉 and therewith entring their shippes with a strife hundred men landed with them at Sandwich And from thence came to Canterburie and to passing throughe Kent VVâ—…ed 1466 there came to them the Lord Cobham Iohn Guilford William Peche Robert Horne and many other Gentlemen so that before they approched to London their number was estemed aboue .xl. thousand fightnigmeÌ„ for the fame of their landing being oure knowne Gentlemen repayred and yeomen resorted out of all the South partes of the realme vpon whiche rumor Thomas Lorde Scales a man in greate fauor with the King and Queene accompanied with the Earle of Kendall a Gascoigne and the Lorde Louell resorted to London
peopl that came flocking in vnto him sent forth letters into all parts of his realme to rayse an anny but of them that were sent for few came and yet of those fewe the more part came with no greate good willes which when he perceyued hee began to doubt the matter and therefore being accompanied with the Duke of Gloucester hys brother the Lorde Haftings hys Chamberlaine whiche had maryed the Earles Syster and yet was euer true to the King his maister and the Lorde Scales brother to the Queene hee departed into Lyncolnshyre and bycause hee vnderstoode that all the Realme was vp agaynst hym and some parte of the Earle of Warwickes power was within halfe a dayes iourney of him following the aduice of hys Counsayle with all hast possible hee passed the Washes in greate leopardie and comming to Lynne King Edwâ—… cometh to Lynne and â—…keth shippâ—… passe ouer 〈◊〉 founde there an English Shippe and two Hulkes of Hollande readie as fortune woulde to make sayle wherevpon hee with his brother the Duke of Gloucester the Lorde Scales and dyuerse other hys trustie friendes entred into the ship The L. Hastings The Lorde Hastings taryed a whyle after exhorting all hys acquaintaunce that of necessitie shoulde tary behinde to shewe themselues openly as friendes to king Henrie for theyr owne safegarde but heartily requiring them in secret to continue faythfull to king Edward This perswasion declared he entred the ship with the other and so they departed being in nuÌ„ber in that one shippe and two Hulkes The 〈◊〉 that pasâ—…ed â—…uer with king Edwarde about seuen or eight hundred persons hauing no furniture of apparell or other necessarie things with them sauing apparell for warre As king Edward with sayle and oare was thus making course towardes the duke of Burgoignes Countrey whither he determined at the first to go it chanced that seuen or eight gallant ships of Easterlings then open enimies both to England and Fraunce were abroade on those Seas and espying the Kings vessels beganne to chase him The kings ship was good of sayle King Edwâ—… arriued at â—…are and so much gat of the Easterlings that he cause on the coast of Holland so discended lower before a towne in y e country called Alkmare there cast ancre as nere the towne as was possible bycause they could not enter the haueÌ„ at an ebbing water The Easterlings also approched the English ship as neare as their great ships could come at the lowe water intending at the floud to haue their pray as they were verie like to haue atteined it in deede The Lord Câ—…late if the Lorde Gronture gouernour of that Countrey for the Duke of Burgoigne had not by chaunce beene at the same tyme in that Towne and vpon knowledge had of King Edwardes arriuall there in the Hauen and in what daunger he stoode by reason of the Easterlings commaunded them not to bee so hardie as once to meddle with any English men being both the Dukes friendes and allies He commeth abade And then did King Edwarde and all his companye come a lande after they had beene well refreshed and gentlye comforted by the Lorde Grouture they were by hym brought to the Haghe a riche Towne in Hollande where they remayned a while hauing all things necessarie ministred vnto them by order of the Duke of Burgoigne sente vnto the Lorde Gronture immediately vpon certificate sent from the sayd Lorde Gronture of king Edwardes arriuall When the same was once spred abroade that King Edwarde was fledde the Realme an innumerable number of people resorted vnto the Earle of Warwike to take hys part but all king Edwardes trustie friends went to diuerse Saintuaries King Edwards â—…iendâ—… take Sanctuary and amongst other his wife Queene Elizabeth tooke Saintuarie at Westminster and there in great penurie forsaken of all hir friendes was deliuered of a fayre sonne called Edwarde Queene Elizabeth deliuered of a Prince whiche was with smal pompe lyke a poore mans chylde Christened the Godfathers beeing the Abbot and Priour of Westminster and the Godmother the Ladie Scrope The kentishmen make an â—…y buâ—…ley The Kentishmen this season whose myndes be euer moueable at the change of Princes came to the Suburbs of London spoyled mansions robbed beerehouses and by the counsaile of Sir Giffray Gates and other Saintuarie men they brake vp the kings Benche and deliuered prisoners and fell at Radcliffe Lunchouse Saint Katherines to burning of houses slaughter of people and rauishing of women whiche small sparckle had growne to a greater flame if the Erle of Warwike with a greate power had not sodainly quenched it and punished the offenders which benefite by him done caused him muche more to be esteemed and lyked amongst the commons than he was before When he had setled al things at his pleasure vpon the .xij. day of October â—…ng Henry â—…ed out of 〈◊〉 and â—…aâ—…e to his â—…gâ—… gouern 〈◊〉 he rode to the tower of London and there deliuered king Henrie oute of the warde where hee before was kept and brought him to the kings lodging where he was serued according to his degree And the .xxv. day of the sayde Moneth the Duke of Clarence accompanied with the Earles of Warwike and Shrewesburie the Lorde Straunge and other Lordes Gentlemen some for feare and some for loue and some onely to gase at the wauering worlde went to the Tower and from thence brought king Henrie apparelled in a long gowne of blew Veluet through London to the Church of Saint Paule the people on euerye syde the streetes reioysing and crying God saue the king as though ich thing had succeeded as they would haue had it and when he had offred as kings vse to do he was conueyed to the Bishops Palais where he kept his houshold like a king When K. Henry had thus readepâ—…ed and eâ—…soones gotteÌ„ his Regal power authoritie A parliament he called hys highe Court of Parliament to begin the .xxvj. day of Nouember at Westm in the which K. Edward was adiudged a traytor to the countrey King Edward adâ—…udged an vsurper and an vsurper of the Realme His goodes were confiscate and forfeyted The like sentence was giuen against all his partakers friends And beside this it was enacted that such as for his sake were apprehended and were either in captiuitie or at large vpon sureties should be extreemely punished according to these demerites amongst whoÌ„ was the L. Iohn Tiptoft Erle of Worcester lieutenaÌ„t for king Edwarde in Irelande exercising there more extreme crueltie than princely pitie and namely on two infants being sonnes to the Erle of Desmond This Erle of Worcester was eyther for treason to him layde The E. of Worceter Tiptofe beheaded or for malice against him conceyued atteynted and beheaded Moreouer all statutes made by king Edward were clearely reuoked and the Crownes of the realmes of Englande and Fraunce The Crowne entailed were by authoritie
Northern rebelles by and by wyth greate violence set vppon the Earle by the excityng of a simple fellow named Iohn a Chāber whom the Earle with faire wordes sought to appease but they like vnreasonable vilains aledging all the fault to be in him as chiefe author of the taxe furiouslye and cruelly murthered bothe hym and dyuers of hys housholde seruaunts Diuers affirme that the Northerne menne bare againste this earle continuall grudge euer since the deathe of King Richard whome they entirely fauoured Although this offence was greate and hainous yet there succeeded a more mischiefe for incontinently to cloke thys presumptuous murther the Northerne men gotte them to armoure and assembling togyther A rebellion in the Northe for a taxe granted by parliament chose them a Capitaine no lesse seditious then desirous of trouble called Sir Iohn Egremonde Knight and passing by the countreys they published declared that they woulde bidde the kyng battaile only in defence of their liberties and common freedome of the whiche hee went aboute to bereeue them But when the matter shoulde come to bee tried wyth blowes theyr hartes so fainted that they scattered awaye euery man seekyng to saue hymselfe by flight but that little auailed them for the king hearing of this busines sent forthe Thomas Earle of Surrey whome not long before he had deliuered out of the Tower and receiued to his speciall fauour wyth a crewe of men to chastice those rebelles of the Northe partes who skirmished wyth a certain company of them them discomfited and tooke aliue Iohn a Chamber the firste beginner of this rebellion The King himselfe roade after into Yorkeshire of whose commyng the sturdye rebelles were so abashed and afrayde that they fledde more and lesse whyche afterwarde were apprehended and punished accordyng to their domerites Yet the King of his clemency pardoned the innocente people executed the chiefe procurers For Iohn a Chamber was hanged at Yorke vpon a gibbet set vpon a square paire of gallowes like an archtraytor and his complices and lende disciples were hanged on the lower gallowes rounde aboute their Maister to the terrible example of other But sir Iohn Egremonde fledde into Flaunders to the Lady Margaret Dutchesse of Burgougne that euer enuied the prosperitie of King Henry After this the king retourned to London leauing the Earle of Surry to rule the North partes and appointed Sir Richard Tunstall a man of greate witte and pollicy to gather the Subsidye to hym due of the people This yeare the king borrowed of euery Alderman of London two hundred pounde and of the Chamber nine thousāde eightie two poūd seuenteene shilings foure pence whiche he repaied againe to the vttermoste wyth greate equitie and thankfulnesse In this season the Emperour Fredericke made warre againste the Flemings namely against Bruges and certaine townes of Flaunders A rebellion in Flaunders which had rebelled against his son Maximilian Kyng of Romaynes theyr liege and soueraigne Lord Maximilian King of Ro◅ imprisoned at B◅uges by the tovvns◅ne in so muche that they of Bruges had not only slayne hys officers but imprisoned him within their Towne till they hadde caused him to pardon all their offences and also to sweare neuer to remember nor reuenge the same in time to come But his father Fredericke the Emperor coulde not suffer suche a reproche and dishonor done to his son to passe vnreuenged and therefore scourged the country of Flanders with sharpe and cruell warre The lorde of Rauenstein being driuen to take the same othe that his Master Maximiliā tooke at Bruges to shewe that the warre was not begon with his assent forsooke Maximilian his Lord and tooke the Towns of Ipre Sclusse with bothe the Castels of the same hauen and further dyd not onlye stirre the Gaunt◅ is and Brugeans and other Townes of Flaunders to rebell agaynst their soueraine lord but also sent to the French kings lieutenāt in Pieard◅ the Lorde Cordes to aide him to con◅ such Townes of Flaunders as were not of hys opinion The Lorde Cordes otherwise called Monsieur de Querdes was glad to haue so good occasion to set foote in Flaunders as he that had sufficient instructions of his Maister the french King vpon any suche offerd occasion so to ◅sent foorthwith to the aide of the Flemings viij M. Frenchmen commaunding them to conquere suche Townes as were in the way beetwixt Fraunce and Bruges The capitaines according to his deuise beesieged a little walled towne called Dixen◅w to whome came .iiij. M. Flemings with ◅ictuall and artilerie sent from the Lord of Rauenstein They laide siege on the North side of the towne in a marishe grounde than beeyng drye and so deepely ditched and ◅ampired their campe about on which rampire they laide their ordinaunce that it was in manner impossible to enter their campe or do them any displeasure or domage The king of Englande was daily aduertised of these dooings whiche nothyng lesse desired than to haue the Englishe Pale enuironed wyth Frenche fortresses wherefore to preuent that mischiefe in time with all expedition he sēt ouer to the Lorde Daubeney and his deputye of Calais the Lord Morley with a crue of valiant archers and souldiours to the number of a thousande men with priuy instructions what they should do At their commyng ouer it was bruited abroade that they were sent only to defende the English Pale against al attempts that might vpon the suddaine in any wife he made by the Frenchemen or Flemings but their enterprise was all otherwise For on a Tuisdaye at the shutting of the gates at night the lord Daubney chieftaine of the army the Lorde Morley Sir Iames Tirrell capitaine of Guisnes Sir Henry Willoughby Sir Gilbert Talbot and sir Humfrey Talbot Marshall of Calais wyth diuers other Knightes and Esquiers and other of the garisons of Hammes Guysnes and Callais to the number of twoo thousand men or thereaboutes issued priuily out of Callais passed the water of Grauelyng in the morning betimes and lefte there for a stale and to keepe the passage Sir Humfrey Talbot with sixe score archers and came to Newport where they founde the soueraigne of Flaunders with sixe hundred Almaines and there they stayed that night On the nexte day they went toward Dixemewe and by the guidyng of a prisoner that should haue bin hanged on the nexte morning they issued out of the Southe gate of the town of Dixemew were conueyed by their sayde guide by an high banke set wyth willowes so that the Gantois coulde not well espye them so secretly to the en of their enemies campe and there paused The Lorde Daubeney commaunded all men to send their horses and wagons backe but the Lorde Morley saide hee would ride till hee came to hande strokes Thus they marched forthe till they came to a lowe banke and no deepe ditche where the ordinaunce laye and there the archers shot altogyther euery man an arrowe and so fell prostrate to the grounde
ouer into England the Ambassadors departed toward the Frenche King After the Bishoppe of Concordia had talked with King Henry and perceyued that vpon reasonable conditions he coulde be content to conclude a peace wyth all Christen Princes and to lyue in reste after so many troubles aforetime sustained the saide Bishop retourned backe into Fraunce to sollicite thys purpose to some perfect conclusion But the Frenchmen so handled the matter that whilest they outwardly shewed how they desired nothyng but frendship amitie they asured the yong Dutchesse of Britayne to submit hirselfe wholy to their discretion so that shortly after shee was married to King Charles And the Englishe Ambassadours after they perceyued whiche waye the winde would vire returned again to their countrey and nothing done or agreed vpon in their matter King Henry sore troubled in hys mynde therewyth determined no more wyth peaceable messages but with open warre to determine all controuersies betwixt hym and the Frenche King A Parliame◅ called his highe courte of Parliament there declared the cause why he was iustely prouoked to make warre agaynste the frenchemen and therfore desired thē of their beneuolent aide of men and money towarde the maintenaunce thereof The cause was so iuste that euery man allowed it and to the settyng forthe of the warre taken in hande for so necessarie an occasion euery man promised his helping hand The king commēded them for their true and faithfull hartes and to the intent that he might spare the poorer sorte of the commons whome he euer desired to keepe in fauour hee thought good firste to exact mony of the richest sorte by way of a beneuolence whiche kinde of leuying money was first deuised by King Edwarde the fourthe as it apeareth beefore in hys historie King Henry folowing the like example published abroade that by their open giftes he would measure and searche their beneuolent heartes and good mindes towardes him so that he that gaue moste shoulde be iudged to be his moste louing friende and he that gaue litle to be esteemed accordyng to hys gifte By thys it appeareth that whatsoeuer is practised for the princes profit brought to a president by matter of record may be turned to the great preiudice of the people if rulers in auctoritie will so adiudge and determine it But by this meanes King Henrye got innumerable great summes of money with some grudge of the people for the extremitie shewed by the commissioners in diuers places Ye haue hearde before howe the Lorde of Rauenstein by the ayde of Bruges and Gaunt hadde taken the Towne and two Castels of Scluise 1491 whiche hee kepte against his soueraigne lorde Maximilian and gettyng into the hauen certaine ships and barkes robbed spoiled and tooke prisoners the shippes and vesselles of all nations that passed alongest by that coast towards the Marte at Andwarpe or into any parte of Brabant Zeland or Friseland and was euer sufficiently vittailed out of Fraunce and Picardye There was a little Towne also twoo miles from Bruges towarde the Sea called Dam whyche was a Bulwarke to Bruges and an headspring to Sluise The King of Romains hadde attempted the winnyng of this Towne diuers times but missed his purpose til at lēgth Albert Duke of Saxony a great friende to the King of Romaines by policye found meanes to gette it This Duke fainyng hymselfe as a Newtre betwixte the King of Romaines and the rebelles of Flaunders required of the lords of Bruges that hee myght enter peaceably into their Towne accordyng to hys estate wyth a certaine number of men of armes to communicate with thē diuers maters of great weight and sent before his carriages and herbengers to make prouision They of Bruges were in no doubt of hym so that his men of warre entred into the Cytie in good order and he followed They that wente beefore enquired for Innes and lodgings as though they would haue rested there all the night and so went forthe still in order askyng after lodgings till they came to the gate that leadeth directly toward Dam distant from Bruges a Flemishe mile whyche is called the Bulwarke of Bruges The Captaines and inhabitantes of Dam suspecting no harme to come out of Bruges thought theyr friendes knowyng some daunger towardes had sent them aide and so nothyng mistrusting those that approched their towne suffred them to enter and so was the Towne of Dam taken by sleight whiche coulde not be wonne by open force Dam taken by ◅olicy This chaunce sore displeased them of Bruges for nowe coulde they haue no recourse to the Sea so that they muste needes fall into ruine and decay The Duke of Saxonye thus hauing won the towne of Dam sente to the King of Englande that if it would please hym to minister any aide by sea he would besiege Sluise by lande The king well remembring that Sluise was a rouesnest and a very denne of theues to them that trauersed the seas towardes the Easte partes incontinentlye dispatched sir Edward Poinings a right valiant Knight and hardye Capitayne wyth twelue shippes well furnished with holde souldiours and sufficient artillerie Whiche Sir Edward sailed into the Hauen and kepte the Lorde of Rauenstein from starting by sea The Duke of Saxony besieged one of the castels lying in a Churche ouer against it and the Englishemen assaulted the lesse Castell and issued out of theyr shippes at the ebbe neuer suffering theyr enemies to reste in quiet one daye togither for the space of twenty dayes and euery daye slewe some of their aduersaries and on the English parte were slaine one Vere brother to the Earle of Oxforde and fiftye mo The Lorde of Rauenslein hadde made a brydge of Boates betweene both Castelles to passe from the one to the other whyche brydge the Englishemen one night set on fyre Then hee perceiuyng that he muste lose his Castelles by force and that the Flēmings coulde not aide hym yeelded the Castelles to Syr Edwarde Poinings and the towne to the duke of Saxony vpon certaine conditions Sir Edvvarde Poinynges a valiant Capitaine sent into Flaunders vvith an army Sir Edwarde Poinings kepte the castelles a while of whom the Almaines demaunded their wages bycause the duke hadde nothyng to paye Then these twoo Capitaynes so handled them of Bruges that they not only submitted thēselues to their Lord Maximilian but also were contented to paye and dispatche the Almaines And so Syr Edwarde Poynyngs tarryed there a long space and at lengthe retourned to the King before Bolongne The sixte daye of Aprill this present yeare the nobles of the Realme assembled in the Cathedrall Churche of Saynct Paule in London where Te Deum was solempnely song and thankes rendred to God for the victorie that the King of Spaine hadde gotte of the Sarasins in conqueryng on them the whole Realme of Granado Maximilian King of Romaines entendyng to bee reuenged on the Frenchemenne for the many iniuries done to hym of late and especiallye for that Kyng
capitains in other vessels And the K. made them a bankette before their setting forward and so committed them to God The Kings nauye setteth out They were in number .xxv. faire shippes of greate burdeyne well furnished of all thinges necessarye The Frenche king in this meane whyle had prepared a Nauie of .xxxix. sayle in the haâ—…en of Brest and for chiefe hee ordeyned a greate Carrike of Brest apperteyning to the Quene his wife called Cordelier a verie strong ship and well appointed This nauie set forwarde out of Brest the tenth of August The Englishe nauye encountreth vvith the Frenche vpon the coaste of Britaine and came to Britayne Bay in the which the same day was the Englishe fleet arriued When the English men perceiued the Frenchmen to be issued forth of the hauen of Brest they prepared themselues to battail made foorth toward their enimie whiche came fiercely foreward and comming in sight eche of other they shotte of their ordinaunce so terribly together that all the Sea coast sounded of it The Lord Admirall made with the great shippe of Depe and chased hir Sir Henry Guylforde and Sir Charles BraÌ„don made with the great Carricke of Breste beyng in the Soueraine and layde stemme to stemme to the Carrike but by negligence of the maister or else by smoke of the Ordinance or otherwise the Soueraigne was cast at the Verne of the Carrike wyth whyche aduauntage the Frenchmen shouted for ioy but when Sir Thomas Kneuet whyche was readye to haue bourded the greate shippe of Deepe sawe that the Soueraigne missed the Carricke sodeynly he caused the Regent in the whiche he was aboord to make to the Carricke to craple with hir a long boorde and when they of the Carrike perceyued they coulde not departe they set slippe an ancre and so with the streame the shippes tourned and the Carrike was on the weather syde A cruell fight betvvixt the tvvo Nauies and the Regente on the lye side The fight was cruell betwixt those two shippes the Archers on the Englishe side and the Crossebowes on the Frenche parte doyng theyr vttermost to annoy eche other but finally the Englishmen entred the Carricke whyche being perceiued by a Gunner The Englishe â—…geâ—… and the Frenche Carricke brent togâ—…ther he desperatly set fyre in the gunpowder as some saye thoughe there were that affirmed howe sir Anthonye Oughtred following the Regent at the sterne bowged hir in diuers places and set hir pouder on fire But howe soeuer it chanced the whole ship by reason of the powder was set on fyer and so both the Carrike the Regent being crappled togyther so as they coulde not fall off were bothe consumed by fier at that instant The Frenche nauie perceiuyng this fled in al hast some to Brest and some to the Aâ—…es adioyning The Englishmen made out boates to helpe them in the Regent but the fire was so terrible that in maner no man durst approche sauing y t by the Iames of Hull certain Frenchemen that could swim were saued Captain of this Carrike was sir Piers Morgan with him he had in the same ship .ix. C. men with sir Thomas Kneuet and sir Iohn Carâ—…we were .vij. C. al drowned and brent The englishmen that might lay in Berthram Bay for the Frenche fleete was disparpled as ye haue heard The L. Admirall after this mischaunce thus hapned to these two worthy ships made agayn to the sea and skoured all alongest the coastes of Britayne Normandie and Picardie taking many Frenche ships and brenning suche as they could not well bring away wyth them The K. of England hearing of the losse of the Regent caused a great ship to be made such one as the like had neuer bin sene in EnglaÌ„d named hir Henrie grace de dieu Henry grace de Dieu The Frenche Kyng aboute the same tyme sent to a Knighte of the Rhodes called Prione Iehan a Frenchman borne of the countrey of Guyenne requiring him to come by the straytes of Marrocke into Britaine the whiche he did bringing w t him .iij. Galeis of force with diuers foists rowgaleys so wel ordinanced trimmed as the like had not bin seene in these parties before his coÌ„ming He had layn on the coasts of Barbarie to defend certeine of the religion as they came from Tripolie 1513 After that this Parliament was ended the king kept a solemne Chrisâ—… 〈…〉 with daunces and mummeries in must princely maner After Candelmasse the King 〈◊〉 sir Charles Brandon vicounts â—…e In Marche following Sir Charles Brandon created Viscount â—…le was the king nauie of shippes royall and other see foorth to the number of .xlij. beside other balengers vnder the conducte of the Lorde Admirall accompanied with sir Water Deurreux The nauie setteth out againe Abyd Fecites sir Wolâ—…tan Browne Sir Edward Ichyngham sir Anthony Peâ—… sir Iohn Wallop Sir Thomas Wyndam Syr Stephen Bull William Fitz William Arthur Plantaginet William Sydney Esquiers and diuers other noble and valiant capitains They sayled to Portesmouth and there laye abyding wynde and when the same serued their towne they weyed anker and makyng sayle into Britayne came into Berthram Bay and there laye at anker in sight of the French nauie which kept it selfe close within the hauen of Breste wâ—…yâ—…out proferyng to come abroade The Englishe nauie purposing to see vpon the Frenche in the hauen are defeated by a â—…ischaunce The Englishmen perceyuing the manner of the Frenchmen determined to set on them in the haueÌ„ and making forward in good order of battayl at their first entrie one of their ships wherof Arthur Plantagenet was captain fell on a blind rock and brast in sunder by reason wherof all the other stayed and so the english captains perceyuing that the hauen was dangerous to enter without an expert lodesman they caste aboute and returned to their harborough at Berthram Bay againe The Frenchemen perceyuing that the Englishmen meant to assayle them moored their ships so neere to the castell of Brest as they coulde and placed bulwarkes on the land on euery side to shoote at the Englishmen Also they trapped togither .xxiiij. greate hulkes that came to the Bay for salte and set them on a rowe to the intent that if the Englishmen hadde come to assault them they would haue set those hulks on fire and haue let them driue with the streame amongest the English shipps Priour Iehan also lay still in Blank sable Bay and plucked his galeys to the shore setting his basiliskes and other ordinance in the mouth of the Bay which baye was bulwarked on euery syde that by water it was not possible to be wonne The L. Admirall perceiuyng the French nauie thus to lye in fear wrote to the king to come thyther in person and to haue the honour of so high an enterprise whiche writing the kings counsell nothing allowed for putting the king in icopardie vpon the chance of the sea Wherefore the kyng
wrote to hym sharply againe commaundyng him to accomplishe that which appertained to his dutie which caused hym to aduenture thyngs further than wâ—…â—…dÌ„ 〈◊〉 he should as â—…eer ye then heare Prioue Iehan keping 〈◊〉 within hâ—… hold as a priâ—… a dungeon An. reg 5. did yet somtime send out his cause ioyâ—…s to make a shewe before the English nauie which caused them to their Bay but bicause the English ships were myghtie vessells they coulde not enter the Bay and therfore the L. Admiral caused certain boates to be manned 〈◊〉 which took one of the best Foysts that Prior. Iehan had and that with great daunger for the galeys and bulwarks shot so freshly al at one instant that it was maruel how the englishmen escaped The L. Admirall perceiuing that the Frenchmen would not come abroade called a counsel wherin it was determined y e first they would assaile Prior Iehan and his galeys lying in Blanke sable Bay after to set on the residue of the French fleete in the hauen of Brest Then first it was appointed that the Lord Ferrers sir Stephen Bull and other should go a land with a conueniente member to assault the bulwarkes while the Admirall entred with row barges and little Galeys into the Baye and so shoulde the Frenchmen be assayled both by water and land The Lord Admirall by the counsel of a Spanishe knight called Sir Alfonse Charant affirming that he might enter the Bay with litle icopardie called to him William Fitz William William Cooke Iohn Colley and sir Wolstan Browne as his chiefe and most trustie frendes making them priuie to his intent which was to take on him the whole enterprise with their assistance and so on Saint Markes day whiche is the .xxv. of Aprill the sayde Admirall put hymselfe small rowe barge appoynting three other small rowing shippes and his owne shypboate to attend him and therwith vpon a sodain rowed into the Bay where Prior Iehan hadde moored vp his galeys iust to the grounde whiche galeys with the bulwarkes on the lande shot so terribly that they that folowed were afrayd but the Admirall passed forwarde and as soone as he came to the Galeys he entred droue out the Frenchemenne William Fitz William within his shippe was sore hurt with a quarell The Bay was shallow and the other ships could not enter for the tyde was spent Which thyng the Frenchmen perceyuing they entred the galeys agayn with Moris pikes and foughte with the Englishemen in the galeys The Admirall perceyuing their approche thought to haue entred agayne into his rowe barge whiche by violence of the tide was dryuen downe the streame and wyth a pike hee was throwen ouer the boorde Sir Edvvarde Lord Admiral drovvned and so drowned and also the forenamed Alfonse was there stayne All the other boates and vesselles escaped verye hardlye awaye for if they had taryed the tyde had fayled them and then all had bin lost The Lord Fâ—…ers and the other captaines were right sorowfull of thys chance but when there was no remedy they determined not to attempte anye further till they might vnderstand the kings plesure and so they returned into England The Frenchmen perceyuing that the English flete departed from the coasts of Britayne and drewe towardes Englande they came foorth of their hauens and Prior Iehan set foorth his galeys and foysts and drawing alongst the coasts of Normandie and Britayn coasted ouer to the borders of Sussex with all his company The Frenche gallies land in Sussex and brent certayne cotages there landed and set fire on certaine poore cotages The Gentlemen that dwelte neere reysed the countrey and came to the coast and drone Prior Iehan to his galeys The King was right sory for the death of his Admirall but sorrowe preuaileth not when the chaunce is past Therfore the king hearyng that the French nauie was abrode called to hym the lord Thomas Howard eldest brother to the late Admirall and sonne and heire apparante to the Erle of Surrey The Lorde Thomas Havvarde made Admirall whom he made Admiral willing him to reuenge his brothers death The lord Howard humbly thanked his grace of the truste that he put in him and so immediatly wente to the sea and skoured the same that no Frenchman durst shew himself on the coast of EnglaÌ„d for he fought with them at their owne portes The king hauing all his prouisions ready for the warre and meaning to passe the sea in hys owne person for the better taming of the loftye Frenchemen appoynted that worthy counsellor and right redoubted chieftayne the noble George Talbot erle of Shrewesburie The Earle of Shâ—…evvesbury sent into FraÌ„ce vvyth an army hygh Steward of his household to be capitayn generall of his foreward and in his companie were appoynted to goe the Lord Thomas Stanley erle of Derby Lorde Decowrey Prior of Saint Iohans sir Robert Ratcliffe Lorde Fitzwater the Lorde Hastings the Lorde Cobham sir Rice ap Thomas sir Thomas Blunt sir Richarde Sacheverell Sir Iohn Digby sir Iohn Askewe sir Lewes Bagot sir Thomas Cornwal and many other knights and esquiers and souldiors to the number of eight thousande men These passed the sea and came to Caleys about the middle of May. The Lorde Herbert called sir Charles Somerset Lorde Chamberlayn to the kyng in the ende of the same moneth folowed the sayd earle of Shrewesbury with sixe thousande menne in whose companie were the Earles of Northumberlande Percye of Kent Graye of Wylshyre Stafforde the Lorde Dudley the Lorde Delaware and his sonne Sir Thomas Weste Syr Edwarde Hussey sir Edwarde Dynmacke sir Dany Owen with many other knights esâ—…yâ—…s and Gentleman After they had soiorned certayne days in Ealâ—…ys and that all their necessaries were â—…adye they issued forth of the towne so to begin their camp And first the erle of Shrewesburie his coÌ„pany toke the fielde after hâ—…s the Lord Heâ—…bert with his retiâ—…es in maner of a reâ—…ward Then folowed that valiant knight sir Ryâ—…cap Thomas with .v. C. light horsmen and archers on horsbacke who ioyned himself to the forewarde These two Lordes thus embâ—…tailed did remoue the .xvij. of Iune to Saâ—…field and on the .xviij. they came to Marguyson on the further side of the water The Englishe armie marcheâ—… vnto Tervvys as though they woulde haue passed streight ways to Bolongne but they meaning an other thing the next day toke an other way and so coasted the countrey with suche diligence that the .xxij. of Iune they came before the strong citie of Terrouanne and â—…ight theyr tents a mile from the town The same night as certain captains were in counsell within the lord Hâ—…berts tent the baron of Carew was slayne with a bullet shotte oute of the towne The Baron of Carevv slayne whyche sodain aduenture muche dismayed the assemble but the lord Herbert comforted them with manly words and so his death was passed ouer All the countrey of Arthoys
other before they coulde array themselues or well gette out of their beddes But after the Frenchmen and Italians fell to ryfling and breaking vp of cofers scattering here and there abroade and beganne to fall to their vittayles whiche they founde there in good plentie the Englishmen that were driuen vppe to the gates of the hyghe towne got weapons that were throwne downe vnto them forth of the same and assembling togither fiercely entred in amongst the preace of their enimies And herewith there sallyed forth of the high towne Sir Thomas Pâ—…ngs with a â—…nde of two hundreth Souldiers the which togither with theâ—…es so bestâ—…ed themselues that they manfullye 〈◊〉 backe themâ—…ts An ouerthrow giuen to the French at base Boulogne slewe to the number of eyght hundreth of them and chased the residue one of the towne which fledde ouer the sandes vp to the hill where the Dolphin himselfe stoode with a great troupe of horsemen about him and darst not once came downe to the reskewe of his people for feare of the greate artillerie that with plentie of bullets saluâ—…ed the enimies after that the breake of the daye had once diseâ—…iereâ—… haue in fight Amongst other that were slayne in this repulse of the Frenchmenne be Seignâ—… de Foquessolles an other of the Marshall de Biâ—…z his sonnes in lawe and Sâ—…nesehall of Boulingone was one Thus the Dolphier perceyuing that it should nothing anayle him to make anye further attempt against Boullegne passed forth towards Guystnes and shortly after through want of vitayles and sickenesse whiche fore infested hys Campe brake vp his armie and returned â—…to Fraunce But shortly after Christmas came downe an armie of fouretine thousande vnder the conduition of Monsieur de Biez Monsieur de Biez cometh before Buloge with an armie the which the xxvj of Ianuarie encamped on the West side of Boullogne beyonde the hauen where they laye tenne dayes but on the sixth of Februarie the Earle of Hertforde the Lorde Admirall as then L. Lieutenant of the town of Boulogn the Lorde Greye of Wilton Sir Thomas Poynings and others hauing assembled out of the garrisons on that side the seas to the number of foure thousande footemen and seauen hundreth horsemen whereof an hundreth or foure score were Alâ—…anoyses issued forth of Boullogne aboute foure of the clocke in the morning and comming to the place where the King had encamped during the time of the siege they stayde there and put themselues in order of vattayle and about sixe of the clocke it being then a lowe water Captaine Edwarde Braye with three hundreth shotte was appoynted to passe ouer and to giue the enimies an alarme in their camp At which instant the Trumpeters sounded and the Drummes stroke vp in the Englishe armie and herewith they being deuided into three battayles and to eche one his garde of two hundreth horsemen beside the adde hundreth that attended as a defence to the residue they shewed themselues to their enimies The Frenchmen perceyuing this The French men dislodgâ—… out of their campe packed away with all haste possible marching towarde Hardilowe in two battayles Wherevpon the Englishe Captaynes leauing their â—…em in behinde them taking only with them the horsemenne followed with all speede after their enimies and comming to the Bridge commonlye called Pont de Briâ—…qus which certayne Englishe Carpenters garded with a number of harque busiers and foure small fielde peeces had forced and repaired the same that night and so the horsemen finding it sufficiently repayred passed ouer and comming to Saint Estienne they founde fine there hundreth Dutche horsemen commonlye called Swart Reisters that were lodged there to keepe that passage but being surprised on the sodaine by the Englyshe horsemen and sharply assayled they were wholy distressed and the most parte of them taken prisoners and therewith left with the followers of the armie were after slayne bicause they knewe not where to bestowe them But nowe the hill of Saint Estienne being thus gayned by the Englishe horsemenne they put themselues in order of battayle againe appoynting an hundreth of their men at armes to followe and keepe aloofe as a stale to relieue their fellowes in tyme of neede when they sawe them in any daunger The Lordes to encourage euery one to doe his dutie roade vp and downe about the troups and vsing manye comfortable wordes The comfortable wordes of the English Captaines desired them that although they were but an handfull in comparison to the number of their enimies they woulde yet in regarde of the honour of the Realme of Englande make a profer of an onset to the enimies that they might perceyue that there they were to giue them battayle and to folowe The Englishe â—…orsmeÌ„ charge the Frenche battayles as they shoulde see them their Captaynes and gouernours to leade them the waye Herewith forwarde they make towardes the enimie and ouertaking them three myles on the hyther side of Hardilo sandes they valiantly gaue the charge and thrusting in betwixt the two FreÌ„ch battayles ouerthrewe their cariages tooke their ordinaunce and munitions slewe and bare downe manye of them that preased forth to defende the same The valiant order of Monsieur de Biez Monsieur de Biez being in the forewarde brought backe the strongest and best armed men he had to resist his enimies raunging them in order so as he ment to haue enclosed the Englishe horsemen betwixt his battailes and the sea and so to haue distressed them But this purpose being espyed first of all by the Lorde Admirall The Lord Admirall his reaâ—…e coÌ„ceyuing â—…e meaning 〈◊〉 the enimies the Englishmenne by his valiant encouragement gaue a newe charge and breaking through their rankes by force came backe again vnto their hundreth men of armes that kept aloofe and there stayed till their footemen might come to them who by this time were aduaunced within sight of them but distant yet by the 〈◊〉 of two Englishe myles orâ—…e lesse Monsieur de Biez perâ—…ing that the Englishe footemen began thus to approch made forwarde agayne with his armie so fast as was possible for his people to marche drawing still his armed men and best souldiers to the hindermost rankes there to be readie to withstande the Englishe menne as they shoulde offer to assaylt them and in this order the Frenchmen made awaye Hardilo sande and rested not till they came to Hardilo sandes being a place of suche strength and aduauntage by reason of the straite that after they were once got thither they might account them selues out of all daunger and therfore there they stayed and dispatched an Herault vnto the Chiefetaynes of the Englishe armie to signifie vnto them that there they ment to abyde and to giue them battayle if they woulde aduance forwarde to fight with them but yet they would not in any wise come forth of their strength vnto some euen grounde although they were earnestly required therevnto Wherevpon the Englishmen to light them a
Ouerthrovve◅ on both sides betvvixt the Englishe and scottes also certaine Englishmen to the number of .v. C. making their entrye by the Weaste borders into Scotland were discomfited by the Scots and the more parte of them eyther taken or slayne Thus were they occupyed as well on the borders betwixt Englande and Scotlande in this seasō as also in the marches of Calais Guines and Bullognois where the garnisons lying in those places made contynuall roades and forreis into the marches of the enemies countrey and oftentymes chaunced to encounter wyth some of their troupes The Captaine of Arde Monsieur de Dampiere hauing got for a supplie from the french campe at Boullogne the companye of the men of armes that belonged vnto the duke of Orleans led by his lieuetenāt Monsieur de Tavannes chanced one day to encoūter with y e Englishmen guyded by that valiāt Baron the L. Grey of Wylton captaine of the Towne of Guines who being accompanied with a number of valiant Gentlemen and Souldiors distressed their ennemyes and slew the Captayn of Arde the foresayd Lord de Dampierre there in fielde Diuers other skirmishes and encounters chaunced in that Sommer on the further side the seas and moreouer now after that the Frenche Nauie was withdrawen as yee haue hearde from the coastes aboute Portesmouthe that Martiall chieftain sir Iohn Dudley lord Lisle and high Admirall of England hauing all his shyppes men munition and furniture readie set forwarde from Portesmouth hauen to haue fought with the Frenchmen if they had still kept the Seas but they were withdrawne home into harburgh Wherevpon the lorde Admirall meanyng to reuenge theyr brauades and presumptuous attemptes made at Portesmouthe and in the Isle of Wight approched to the coasts of Normandye and landed wyth sixe thousande men at Treyporte brente the Suburbes of that towne wyth the Abbey and certayne villages houses theraboutes Also they destroyed xxx ships and a Barke there found in the hauen after they hadde wrought their pleasures they returned to the sea and so home not hauyng lost paste fourteene persons in the execution of this whole enterprise In thys meane whyle Monsieur de Biez beeing encamped neere to Bullongne wyth suche a puyssaunt armye as beefore yee haue hearde busied aboute the buildyng of a forte there was not suche dilligence vsed therein as was promyssed on hys parte in accomplishing the same to the Frenche Kyngs great displeasure as some write who had ment wyth that armye if this forte had bene finished at the appointed time to haue gone to besiege the towne and Castel of Guisnes But nowe the time beeyng prolonged and not wythout some suspition leaste Monsieure de Biez cared not how long the warres endured in that sorte so as he might commaunde ouer so many princes and greate Lordes as were there vnder hys gouernaunce at lengthe beefore the forte were fully finished hee remoued to Mont Lamberte wyth the more parte of the armye pretendyng as thoughe hee ment to fight wyth the Englishemen the whiche as he saide hee vnderstoode were purposed to come wyth a conuaye of victuals from Callais to Bullongne Whylest he there remained many princes and great Lords came from the court that lay at an Abbey called Forrest Montier .xj. leagues from Bollongne beyonde Muttrell on the waye towardes Abuille in hope that battaile should haue folowed betwixt the Englishe and Frenche armies Among other that came thither are these remembred as principall Monsieur Danguien Monsieure Daumalle Monsieure le Duc de Neuers Monsieur le Conte de Lauall and Monsieure de la Trimouille Monsieure Daumalle eldest sonne to the duke of Guise being lodged in the vantgarde that was gouerned by Monsieur de Brissac chaunced one day to be present at a skirmishe where shewyng hymselfe verye forewarde he was stryken throughe the sight of his helmet Martin de Bellay seigneur Lāgey in his memoires with a light horsemans staffe that pearcyng in betwixte his nose and his eye entred halfe a foote into hys heade as Monsieure de Langey wryteth and breakyng off a twoo fingers beneath the yron the same yron remained still within his heade but yet escaping out of the Englishemens handes hee came backe to the campe hadde the truncheon and yron pulled out of his head and being dressed was conueied in a litter to Piquignye where hee laye for two or three dayes in suche daunger that no manne looked that hee shoulde haue escaped wyth life There wer many of these skirmishes wherin the Englishmen bare themselues so valiantly that the Frenchemen wente away oftentymes with losse of many of their noble men and beste Souldiours At one time they loste the Lorde Menaineville brother to the Lorde de Villebonne being slaine wyth stroke of Launce and pike At an other time they lost likewise a yong Lorde of Picardye called le Seigneur de Fretoye At length after their newe forte or Bastillion was brought in some strengthe they furnished it in most defencible wise with mē munition and victualls namyng it Monpleasire herewyth Monsieure de Biez departyng from Mont Lambert with parte of the armie came downe towardes Calais and entring into the Englishe Pale beside Grauelyn Monsieur de Biez fotrayeth the Engli◅ pale aboute Caleys wanne certaine Bulwarks and encountring diuers new bandes of Leicestershiremen and other latelye before sent ouer distressed them and after brent certaine villages forreyed the countrey almost to Marke and afterwards in great haste with their hootie and pillage they returned This enterprice was exployted by the Frenchemenne aboute Saincte Matthewes daye in September There were with Monsieur de Biez at this enterprice the Lorde of Brissac Martin de Bellay who gouerned the vauntgarde and had wyth hym his owne companye of men of armes and the light horsmen of whome hee had the generall conducte There was also the company of men at armes that belonged to the Constable of Fraunce led by the lorde of Guiche and fifty men of armes vnder the gouernaunce of the Lorde of Helley the compagnye also of the Lorde of Boisy the compagnye of the Lord Escars and that of the lord de la Roche du Maine and others There was also Monsieure de Tayes generall of the Frenche footemen and many yong princes and Lordes of highe estate as Monsieure Francis de Bourbon Duc Danglien Francis de Lorraine Duke Daumalle lately recouered of hys hurte the Duke of Neuers and the Earle de Lauall that in this voyage was hurte with an harquebushe shotte in the arme The three and twentieth of Nouember a Parliament beganne at Westminster A Parliament A Subsidie graunted◅ in the which was granted to the King a Subsidie of the Spiritualtie of sixe shillyngs the pounde to bee paide in twoo yeares nexte ensuing and of the Temporaltie two shillings eight pence of the pounde in goodes and foure shillings of the pound in lands to be paide likewise wythin twoo yeares Also
Capitayne generall of all the horsemenne beyng in number sixe thousand Syr Raufe Sadler knight treasourer of the Armie Syr Francis Brian knight capitayne of the lyghte horsemenne in number two thousande Syr Raulfe Auane Knight lieutenant of all the men of arms and Dymulances Sir Thomas Dartye Knyght Capitaine of all the Kings Maiesties Pencioners and men at armes Sir Rycharde Let Knight deuiser of the fortifications Sir Peter Mewtas Knight Captayne of the Harquebusiers whyche were in number sixe hundred Sir Peter Gamboa knyght Captayne of two hundred harquebusiers on horsbacke Sir FraÌ„cis Flemmyng Knyght Mayster of the ordeynaunce Sir George Blaag and Sir Thomas Holcroft Commissioners of the musters Edwarde Shelley the Lorde Gryes lieuetenaunt of the men of armes of Bollongne who was the firste that gaue the onset in the day of battayle and dyed moste honourablye in the same Iohn Brenne Captayne of the Pioners beeing in number a thousande foure hundrethe Thomas Audeley and Edwarde Chamberlaine Harbengers of the fielde The chieftaynes that commaunded in the nauy by Sea were these THe Lorde Edwarde Clinton Admirall of the fleete Sir William Woodhouse knight his Vice admirall There were in the army of greate ordeinaunce fifteene peeces and of carriages nine hundred Cartes beside many wagons whereof the Commissarie generall was George Ferrers As soone as the armye by lande was in a readynesse and set forwarde to come to Berwycke at a daye appoynted the nauye likewise tooke the Sea and by the helpe of Gods good guydyng hadde so prosperous speede in their passage that they arryued at Berwycke in tyme conuenient whyther vpon the thirtiethe of Auguste being Tuesday the Lorde Protectour came and laye in the Castell with Sir Nicholas Strelley knight Captain there The nexte daye commaundement was giuen that euery man shuld prouide himselfe for foure dayes victuall to be caried forthe with them in Cartes On Thursedaye the firste of September the Lorde Protectoure not wyth manye mo than wyth hys owne hande of horsemen roade to a Towne standyng on the sea coaste a sixe miles from Berwicke within Scotlande called Aymouthe whereat there runneth a riuer into the Sea which he caused to bee sounded and findyng the same well able to lerne for an Hauen caused afterwards a fortresse to bee reised there appoyntyng Thomas Gower that was Marshall of Berwike to bee Capitayne thereof On Fridaye all sauing the counsell departed the Towne of Berwycke and encamped a twoo flight shootes off by the Sea side toward Scotlande And the same day the Lord Clinton with his fleete took the seas from Berwike to the ende that in case the Winde shoulde not serue them to keepe course wyth the Armye by lande yet were it but wyth the dryuâ—…ng of tides they might vppon any neede of munition or victualls be still at hand or not long from them The same daye the Earle of Warwycke and Sir Raulfe Saddeler Threasouter of the armye came to Berwicke from Newecastell where they had stayed till then for the full dispatch of the reste of the army and the next day the Erle of Warwike encamped in field with the army On whiche day a proclamation with sound of Trumpette was made by an Herraulte in three seuerall places of the camp signifying the cause of the comming of the Kynges armye at that presente into Scotlande A proclamation whyche in effect was iÌ„to aduertise all the Scottish nation that their comming was not to depriue them of their liberties but to aduaunce the mariage already concluded and agreed vppon betwixte the kings maiestie of England their Quene and no hostilitie ment to suche as should shew themselues furtherers therof The fourthe of September beeing Sundaye the Lorde Protectoure came from out of the Towne and the army reised and marched that daye a sixe miles and camped by a village called Rostan in the Barourie of Coukendale The order of their Marche was this The order of the armie in marching forvvarde Sir Frauncis Brian Capitayne of the light horsemen with foure hundreth of his hande tended to the skowte a mile or two before The carriages kept a long by the sea coast and the men at armes and Dimylances deuided into three troupes aunsweryng the three wards ridde in arraye directly agaynst the carriages a twoo flyghtshote a sunder from them The three foote battayles kepte order in place betwixte them bothe The fore warde foremoste the battaile in the middest and the rereward vndermost eche ward hauing his troup of horsemenne and garde of ordinaunce hys ayde of Pyoners for amendement of wayes where neede shoulde be The fifte of September they marched an 8. miles till they came to the peathes The Peathes a clough or Valley runnyng for a sixe myles Weaste strayght Eastewarde and towarde the Sea a twenty score brode from banke to banke aboue and a fiue score in the bottome wherein runnes a little Riuer Steepe is thys valley on either side and deepe in the bottome The Scots had caste Trenches ouerthwarte the side wayes on either side in many places to make the passage more cumbersome but by the Pioners the same were soone fylled and the waye made playne that the armye carriage and ordinaunce were quite sette ouer soone after Sunne sette and there they pight downe their campe Whylest the armye was thus passyng ouer this combersome passage an Herrauite was sente from the Lorde Protectoure to sommon a Castell that stood at the ende of the same valley a myle from the place where they passed downe towardes the Sea Matthewe Hume Capitaine thereof a brothers sonne of the lord Humes vppon his sommons required to speak with the Lorde Protectoure it was graunted and hee came whome the Protectoure handled in suche sorte wyth effectuall wordes puttyng hym in choice wheather hee woulde yeelde or stande to the aduenture to haue the place won of hym by force that hee was contented to render all at his graces pleasure And so beeing commaunded to goe fetche hys companye out of the house hee wente and broughte them beeyng in all one and twentye persones The Capitayne and sixe other were staied and commaunded to the keeping of the Marshall the residue were suffered to departe whither they thought good After this surrender my Lorde Iohn Grey brother to the Marques Dorset beeyng Capitayne of a greate number of Demylaunces as for hys approued woorthynesse valiancie right well hee mought was appoynted to seaze and take possession of the house The spoyle was not rithe sure but of white bread oten cakes and Scottishe aâ—…e indifferente good store and soone bestowed among my lords Souldiers for swordes burklers pikes pottes pannes yarne linnen hempe and heapes of such baggage whiche the Countrey people there about hadde broughte into that pile to haue it in more surety the Souldiers would vnneth stoupe to take the same vp The Castell of â—â—glasse oâ—â—rowen In the meane tyme the Lord Protector appoynted the house to be ouerthrowen whiche by the Captayne of
such artillerie as they had which was none other than of handgcaties and Hagbuttes and of them not a 〈…〉 little hurt they did but as they saw theyr 〈◊〉 in the fielde thus driuen and beaten away 〈◊〉 theyr faces they plunked in their peâ—â—â— and coached themselues within all muet but bycause by the house was set on fire and they for theyr good willes burnt and smoâ—…thered within Thus sayth maister Paten through the sauour of Gods bountie by the valiancie and policie of the Lorde Protector by the forwarde indeuour of all the Nobles and Counsaile there beside and by the willyng diligence of euery Captaine officer and true subiect else they most valiauntly wanne the 〈◊〉 it ouer their enimies of whom such slaughter was â—â—ads in 〈…〉 haue hearde amongest whome as the Pryâ—…tners reporteth besyde the Lorde â—…leâ—â—ing eche Larde of Loghenware the maister of Greyne the maister of Arfkyn the maister of Oglâ—…ythe maister of Auendala the maister of Rouen and many other of noble byrth aâ—…ding them there were of Lordes Lords sonnes and other gentlemen slaine aboue ixiij hundred 〈◊〉 the prisoners also there were many gentlemen specially of name these the Gatle of Huntley Lord Chancellor of the realme the lord of Yester Hâ—â—by â–ª Hamilton Captaine of Dundaâ—… the maister of Sanpoole the Lorde of Wâ—â—â— and a brother of the Earle of Cassels 〈…〉 and lying as they had beene dead 〈◊〉 away in the night al mained ther. Armour aâ—… weaâ—◠〈◊〉 into Engâ—… Herewith of weapon and armour more was founde than the Englishe euen vouchsafe to giue caryage 〈◊〉 and yet were there conueyed thence by ship into Englande of Iackes specially and swordes aboue thirtie thousand This night the Englishmen with great gladnesse and thankesgiuing to God as good cause they had about seuen of the clocke pitched theyr campe at Edgebuckling bray beside Pynkersclough and a mile beyonde the place they camped at before Nowe after the battaile among other questions one was moued who killed the first man that day in the field â—…lme an 〈◊〉 the glorie whereof one Ieronimo an Italian would gladly haue had a gentleman sure that had serued that day right valyauntly howbeit it was after well tryed that Cutbert Musgraue â—…bert Musgraue a Gentleman of the Erle of Warwikes deserued the prayse of killing the first enimie that dyed that day who right hardily slue a Gunner at his peece in the Scottes forewarde ere euer they beganne any whitte to turne The next day being Sunday the eleuenth of September somewhat before Noone the armie remooued and marching along the Forth syde towarde Lieth about three of the clocke in the after Noone pyght theyr fielde a pricke shotte on this syde that Towne on the Southeast halfe somwhat shadowed from Edenbourgh by a hill but yet the most part of it lay within the ful sight and shot of the Castel there The English 〈◊〉 encamped by Lieth and in distance somwhat aboue a quarter of a myle The Lorde Marshall and the most parte of the horsemen were bestowed and lodged in the Towne of Lieth The Dukes grace the Lorde Lieutenant and the rest of the armie in the campe On Tuesday the .xiij. of September the smaller vessels of the English fleete burnt Kinâ—…orne and a Towne or two standing on the North shore of the Forth agaynst Lieth In the after noone the Dukes grace rowed vp the Forth a six or seuen miles westward as it â—â—neth into the land and tooke in his way an Iland there called S. Coomes Ins 〈◊〉 Coomes 〈◊〉 whiche lyeth foure miles beyond Lieth and a good way nearer the north shore than the south yet not within a mile of the nearest It is but halfe a mile about and had in it an Abbay but the Monkes were gone fresh water ynough and store of Conies and is so naturally strong that but by one way it can be entred the plot whereof the Lord Protector considering did quickly cast to haue it kept whereby all traffient of Marchandice all commodities else comming by the Forth into theyr lande and vtterly the whole vse of the Forth it selfe with all the hauens vpon it shoulde quite bee taken from them The nexte day the Lorde Protector ryding backe againe Estwarde The Castell â—…keth to view diuerse things and places tooke Daketh in his way where a house of George Dowglas did stande and comming somewhat neare it he sent Somerset hys Herauld with a Trumpet to know who kept it and whether the keepers would hold or yeeld it to his grace aunswere was made that there were three score persons within whom theyr maister lying there Saterday at night after the battaile did will that they the house and all that was in it should be at his graces coÌ„maundement whervpon the chiefest came and in name of all the rest humbled himselfe to the Dukes will From thence his grace passed to the place where the battaile had beene striken and so by Muskelbourge returned backe to the campe On Thursday being the .xv. of this Moneth my Lorde Clinton high Admirall taking wyth him y e galley wherof Richard Brooke was captaine foure or fiue other smaller vessels besides all well appoynted with munition and men rowed vp the Forth a ten myles westwarde to an hauen towne standing on the South shore called Blaknesse whereat towarde the water side is a Castell of a pretie strength as nie whervnto as the depth of the water would suffer the Scottes for safegarde had layde the Mary Willough die and the Anthome of Newcastell two tall shippes which with extreme iniurie they had stollen from the Englishmen before time when no warre was betwixt vs with these lay there also an other large vessell called the Bosse and a seuen mo whereof part laden with merchandice My Lord Clinton and his company with right hardie approche after a great conflict betwixte the castell and his vessels by fiue force wan from them those three ships of name and burnt all the residue before their faces The .xvj. of September the Lard of Brinston a Scottish Gentleman The Lard of Brimston came to the Dukes grace from their Counsaile for cause of communication and returned againe to them hauing with him Nortey an Heâ—â—ld and king at armes of oures who found them with the olde Queene at Sterling Sir Iohn Luttrell On Saterday the .xvij. of SepteÌ„ber sir Iohn Luttrell in the after noone departed towardes S. Coomes Ins S. Coomes Ins kept with a garniâ—…on of Englishmen hauing with him an hundred Hacbutters fiftie Pioners and two row Barkes wel furnished with munition and .lxx. mariners to remaine there and keepe that I le agaynst the enimies In the time whylest the armie laye thus in campe betweene Lieth and Edenbourgh many Lards and Gentlemen came in to the Lord Protector to require his protectioÌ„ the which his grace to whom he thought good did graunt The Earle of Bothwell This day came the Erle of Bothwell to
his grace who hauing bene kept in prison by the gouernour the night after the battayle was set at libertie and comming thus to the Lord Protector was friendly welcomed and interteyned and hauing this night supped with his grace hee departed Lieth burnt Lieth was set on fire this Saterday where it was ment that there should haue beene but one house onely burnt belonging to one Barton that had playde a slipper part with the Lorde Protector But the souldiours being set a worke to fire that house fired all the rest Sir great shippes also that lay in the Hauen which for age and decay were not so apt for vse were likewise set on fire and burnt On Sunday the .xviij. of September the Lord Protector for considerations mouing him to pitie hauing all this while spared EdeÌ„bourgh from hurt did so leaue it but Lieth and the ships burning soone after seuen of the clock in the morning The army dislodgeth caused the campe to dislodge and as they were raysed and on foote the Castell shotte off a peale with Chambers hardly and all of .xxiiij. peeces Passing that day a seuen myles they caÌ„ped earely for that night at Crainston by a place of the Lard of Brimstons Crainston The same morning the Lorde Protector made maister Andrew Dudley knight brother to the Erle of Warwike dispatched my Lord Admirall and him by shippes full fraught with men and munition towarde the winning of an holde in the East side of Scotlande called Broughtie Crag Broughty crag which stood in such sort in the mouth of y e riuer of Tay as y e being gotteÌ„ both Dundie S. Iohns towne and diuerse other townes standing vpon the same ryuer the best of the Countrey in those partes set vpon the Tay should eyther become subiect vnto this holde or else be compelled to forgo the whole vse of the ryuer for hauing any thing comming in or outwarde My Lorde Admirall and the sayde sir Andrew sped themselues with such good successe and diligence in that enterprice that on the Wednesday following being the .xxj. of September after certaine of their shot discharged agaynst that castell the same was yeelded vnto them Broughty craâ—… yeelded to the Englishmen the whiche sir Andrew did then enter and after kepe as captaine to his high prayse and commendation But now to the armie on Monday the .xix. of September they marched ten myles and encamped a little on this side a Market towne called Lawder Here as they were setled in theyr lodging Lawder the Herauld Norrey returned from the Scottes Counsaile with the Lard of Brimston and Roze their Herruld who vpon their suyte to the Lord Protector obteyned that fiue of theyr Counsaile shoulde haue his graces safeconduct that at any tyme and place within fiftene dayes during his aboade in their countrey or at Berwike the same fiue might come and commune with fiue of the English counsail touching matters in controuersie betwene them Roze the Herauld departed earely with his safeconduct the campe raysed and that day they went .vij. miles till as farre as Hume Castell Hume Castell where they camped on the west side of a rockie hil that they cal Hareâ—… crag that standeth about a myle westward from the Castell Here they did so much by shewing that they ment in deed to winne the Castell by force if otherwise they might not haue it causing a certaine number of Hacbutters vpon appoyntment before to beset the castell and to watch that none should passe in or out Hume Castelâ—… besieged that in the ende the Ladye of the house other that were within in charge with it yeelded it vp to the Lorde Protectours handes for the Ladie doubting the losse of hir sonne that was prisoner with the Englishmen hauing the first day beene with the Lorde Protector and got respite till the next day at noone in the meane time consulted with hir sonne and other hir friendes the keepers of the Castell returned at the tyme appoynted the next day beeyng the .xxj. of that Moneth and made suyte for a longer respite till eight of the clocke at night and therewith safeconduct for Andrew Hume hir seconde sonne and Iohn Hume Lorde of Colden Knowes a kinsman of hir husbands captaines of this castell to come and speake with his grace in the meane while It was graunted hir whervpon these Captaynes about three of the clocke came to the lord Protector and after other couenants with long debating on both partes agreed vpon she and these Captayne 's concluded to giue their assent to render the Castell so farre forth as the rest of the keepers would therewith be conâ—â—nted for two or three within sayd they were also in charge with keeping it as well as they for knowledge of whose mindes the Duke sent Somerset his Herauld with this Ladie to the castell vnto them who as the Herauld had made them priuie to the Articles would fain haue had leysure for .xxiiij. houres longer to sende so theyr Lorde to Edenbourgh where he lay hurt as before you haue heard and in daunger of death which followed of the fall that he caught at the Frydayes skyrmish before the battaile to knowe his wyll and pleasure in thys poynt of rendring vp the Castell but being wisely and sharply called vpon by the Heraulde they agreed to the couenants afore by theyr Ladie and Captayne 's concluded on Whereof parte as the sequele shewed were these â—…lariâ—… the furâ—…ng of â—…es castell that they shoulde depart thence the nexte day in the morning by tenne of the clocke with bagge and baggage as muche as they coulde carye leauing all munition and vittayle behinde them in the Castell howbeeit to bee assured of them the Lorde Protectour prouyding eche waye to bee readie for them caused eyght peeces of Ordinaunce fenced wyth Baskettes of earth to bee planted on the Southsyde towarde the Castell wythin power of batterie and the Hacbutters to continue theyr watche and warde On Thursday morning being the .xxij. of September the Lorde Gray was appoynted â—…o receyue the rendring of the castel into his hands and sir Edwarde Dudley nowe Lorde Dudley after to be Captaine there They both departed to it 〈◊〉 Gray â—â—eth the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Castell and at the tyme sette Andrew Hume and foure other of y e chiefest there with him came out and yeelding the Castell delyuered the keyes to the sayde Lorde Gray Hys Lordshippe causing the residue to come out then sauing sixe or seuen to keepe theyr baggage wythin who all were in number seuentie and eight entred the same wyth maister Dudley and dyuerse other Gentlemen with him He founde there indifferent good store of vittayle and Wine and of Ordinance two bastarde Culuerins one Sacre also three Fauconets of Brasse and of Iron right peeces beside The keeping of thys Castell my Lorde Graye betakyng vnto sir Edwarde Dudley accordingly returned to the campe This done the next day being Fryday and the
as followeth The Articles of the agreemeÌ„t touching surrender of Newhauen Firste that the Earle of Warwike shoulde 〈◊〉 agayne the Towne of Newhauen into the handes of the Connestable of Fraunce with all the artillerie and munitions of warre then beeyng in that Towne and belonging to the French King and his subiects Item that hee should leaue the Shippes that were in the sayde towne at that presente belonging eyther to the King or hys subiects with all their furniture and generally all such merchandise and other things being likewise at that present within that Towne as either belonged to the King or his subiects Item for the more suretie of the premisses the sayd Earle should presently deliuer into the hands of the sayde Connestable the greate tower of the sayde hauen so that the Souldyers that were placed therin enter not into y e towne and that the sayde Earle of Warwike shoulde cause the gates there towardes the Towne to be warded till it were in the possession of y e sayd Connestable without planting any ensignes on the sayde Tower according vnto the sayde agreement and also that the sayde Earle shoulde deliuer foure such hostages as the sayde Connestable should name Item that the next day by eight of the clocke in the morning the sayd Erle should withdraw his Souldyers whiche are in the forte to deliuer it immediately into the hands of the sayd Connestable or such as should be by hym appoynted to receyue the same at the sayd houre Item that all prisoners that haue bin taken before the sayde Hauen shoulde bee delyuered on eyther side without paying any raunsome Item that the Connestable shoulde for hys parte suffer the saide Earle of Warwike and all those that are in garnison in the sayde Newhauen to departe with all thyngs 〈◊〉 that belonged to the Queene of Englande and hir subiects Item that for the departure as well of the sayd Earle as the 〈◊〉 of hys Souldyers and other things before rehearsed y e sayd Connestable agreed to gyue them sixe whole dayes beginning the morrow there nexte following to 〈◊〉 the .xxix. of Iuly during whiche sixe dayes they mighte â—…ly and freâ—…ly take and 〈◊〉 away all the sayde things 〈◊〉 wythe or foule weather shuld hinder that their passage coulde not be made within the sayde 〈◊〉 in this case the sayde Connestable should graunte them suche further time of delay as might bee though 〈◊〉 Item the sayde Connestable dyd likewise permite that 〈…〉 Shippes and English vessels and all other that shoulde be appoynted for the portage and conueying away of the sayde things should safely and freely passe into and fro the sayde Hauen without any stay or impeachment eyther by the Frenche army of anye other The sayde some hostages were appoynted to bee maister Oliuer Maners brother to the Earle of Rutlande Captayne Pelham Captayne Horsey and Captayne Leighton In witnesse whereof the sayde Lordes the Connestable of Fraunce and Earle of Warwike signed these articles the eyght and twentith of Iuly Anno .1563 Thus the Earle of Warwike Additions to Lanquer as he had during the whole tyme of hys abode there in that Towne of Newhauen shewed himselfe a right hardy and valiaunt Captayne so nowe in the ende hee proued himselfe to be both prudent and politike for by accepting of these honorable coÌ„ditions to goe with all armour munition Shippes goodes bagge and baggage in anye wife apperteyning or belonging eyther to the Queenes maiestie or to any of hir graces subiects he saued the liues of a great number which otherwise escaping the scourge of the infectiue plague must needes haue fallen vnder the edge of the sword The Connestable during the tyme of the parley sente hys yongest sonne Monsieur de Thorree to the King and Queene mother to aduertise them of the recasie of this peace and after it was once concluded and signed by the Earle of Warwike he sent his eldest sonne the Marshall Montmorencie to presente the same vnto them at Criquelot halfe way betweene Newhauen and Fefeanip The French King coÌ„meth to the Camp before Newhauen who were right ioyful of the newes and the nexte day they came to the Campe shewing greate signes of theyr contryued gladnesse for the recouering of that Towne thus 〈◊〉 of the Englishe mens handes The Saterday the most part of the English men tooke shippe and departed homewardes for glad might be thinke himselfe that could get soonest out of that vnwholsome and most vnsouerie 〈◊〉 Many sicke persons yet were left behinde impotent and not able to helpe themselues The miserie where of Edward Randolfe Esquier high Marshall of the towne who was appoynted to carrie and see the vttermost of the composition accomplished perceyuing moued with naturall pitie of his Countreymen relinquished without comfort caused the sayde sicke personnes to be caried aborde not sparing hys shoulders at that tyme feable and full of the plague himselfe and his men still bearing and helping the poore creatures on shipboorde Arane fact worthie rewarde and no doubt in remembraunce with God the true recorder of mercifull deserts Thus was the Towne of Newhauen reduced againe into the hands of the French more vndoubtedly through the extreeme mortalitie that so outragiously afflicted the souldiours and men of warre within the same than by the enimyes enforcementes although the same was great and aduaunced to the vttermost of the aduersaries power Beside the meaner sort of those that dyed of the pestilence during the siege these I find noted as chiefe Cutbert Vaughan Comptroller of the towne Frauncis Somerset cousin to the Earle of Worcester Auerie Darcie brother to the Lorde Darcie Iohn Zouch brother to the Lorde Zouch Edwarde Ormesby Thomas Drurie alias Poignard Richard Croker Iohn Cockson Thomas Remishe Iohn Prowde William Saul Wilfreid Antwisell Besyde these being Captaynes in chiefe dying there in that towne or else sickning there and dying vpon theyr returne into Englande there were dyuerse other gentlemen and such as had charge whiche likewise ended theyr lyues by force of that cruell and moste grieuous pestilent infection There were diuerse also that were slaine as well by Canon shotte as otherwise in the fielde in skirmish as both the Tremaynes brethren of one byrth Nicholas and Andrew Captayne Richard Sanders with maister Robynson maister Bromfield of which two before ye haue heard also one Leighton a Gentleman and diuerse moe whose names I knowe not worthie neuerthelesse to be remembred and placed in ranke with such worthie men as in their countreys cause haue lost theyr liues and are therefore by Wryters registred to liue by same foreuer But now to passe to other matters at home As ye haue heard Stow. Pestilence the plague of Pestilence being in the towne of Newhauen through the number of souldiours that returned into Englande the infection thereof spread into dyuerse partes of this realme but especially the Citie of London was so infected that in the same whole yeare that is to say from
Euald 1864.2 Haddington fortifyed by the Lord Gray 1634.40 is besieged by the Frenchmen valiantly defended 1635. 43. is deliuered from siege by the Earle of Shrewibury 1637.40 almost taken by a Camisado 1641.42 forsaken by the Englishmen and razed 1702.50 Harper George knight rebelleth 1724.44 commeth in and submitteth himself vnto y e duke of Norfolk 1725.31 râ—…uolteth againe 1726.28 Hastiâ—…ges Lord created Earle of Huntington 1553.12 Hare Nicholas knight committed to the Towre 1578. 20. and deliuered ibidem Harrison William cited 143.78 and .148.48 and .154 37. and .156.80 and .177.35 Hastings Henry a Baron dyeth 723.22 Hawes Stephen 1462.57 Haghenet Castle taken and burned 431.48 Halden and Hunger slayne 214.65 Willyam of Hatfield sonne to kyng Edward the thyrde borne 900.28 a. Harold of armes slaine by the Flemmings 1043.8 a. Hampton fortresse 391.32 Harding Iohn cited 7.3 and 76.3 Haiden a Danish king slayne 220.63 Harison William cyted 229.31 and .241.89 and .241 110. and .266.58 Hamons hauen called newe Southampton 51.9 Harbaldowne Hospital nygh Cantorburie builded 320.65 Harold a Dane slayne 210.37 Harnsey pag. 1363. col 2. lin 31. Hambout in Britaine besieged 917.8 a. Harfleete in Normandie 436.85 Hagustald or Lindesferne 182 15. Hales Church founded and dedicated 726.66 Habulacus one of the Byshops of the East Angles 192.1 Hamo his policie to slay Guinderius 50.61 Hardicnute refuseth to come out of Denmark to gouerne England 263.50 Hay Iohn knight taken prisoner 777.29 Hamilton castle yeelded 1850.35 Hampton why so called 51.7 Hamshyre wasted by y e Danes 240.73 and .245.4 Hamo slayne 50.76 Hasting Castle buylded 299.2 Hastings the Purciuant pag. 1373. col 2. lin 55. Hastings Richard a knight templex 403.47 Haunsard Gilberd 777.21 Hacun sonne to Swaine 273 94 Harlington pag. 1299. col 1. lin 42. Hangey Castle 386.12 Harding cited 167.4 Hatan looke Elanius Henry the second repeÌ„teth hym selfe of his sonne Henryes aduancement 412.66 Henry the second renounceth his estate and causeth his sonne Henry to be crowned king of England 412.81 Henry the second falleth sicke and maketh his Testament 413.1 Henry eldest sonne to king Henry the second geuen to misorder and excessiue riot 413 18. Henry the seconde submitteth hym selfe ouer lowly to the Archbishop Thomas Becker 413.51 Henry the seconde Holdeth the styrrop while Archbishop Thomas Becker mounâ—…eth on horsebacke 414.38 Henry the seconde refuseth to kisse the Pax with Archbishop Thomas Becket 414 41. Henry the second his woordes whiche caused Archbishop Thomas Becket to be slaine 415.38 Henry the second very sory for Archbishop Thomas Beckets death 417.41 Henry the second transporteth an army into Ireland to conquer it 419.40 Henry the second admonished to take regard to the administration of iustice 421.93 Henry the second admonished by a pale leane man to amend his life 421.102 Henry the second admonished to amend his life by an Irish man 422.19 Henry the second admonished of his euyl lyfe by a knight of Lindsey 422.21 Henry the first surnamed Beauclerke succeedeth his brother king William Rufus in the kingdome of England 336.36 Henry the first sendeth ambassadours into Scotland to require Maude sister to kyng Edgar in mariage 337.76 Henry the first taketh vpon hym to nominate Bishops and to inuest them 341.72 Henry the first perswaded to geue ouer his Title to the inuesture of Bishops 343 16. Henry the first sendeth a power into Normandy against his brother Duke Robert 343.75 Henry the first passeth into Normandie with a mighty army 344.12 Henry the first hasteth into Normandy with a new supply to pursue Duke Robert his brother 344.59 Henry the first saileth ouer into Normandy to set the Countrey in good order 347.109 Heron Gyles put to deth 1590 29. Henry the second purgeth hym selfe of the death of Archbishop Thomas Becket 422 64. Henry the second his promises and vowes which he sware to performe to the Popes Legates 422.67 Henry sonne to king Henry the second taketh an othe to performe the articles wherunto his father was sworne 422 115. Henry sonne to king Henry the second moueth rebellion against his father 424.58 Henry sonne to king Henry the second â—…eth from his father to the French king 425.113 Henry sonne to king Henry the second proclaymed Duke of Normandy 426.3 Henry the second in such distresse that he knoweth not whom to trust 462.38 Henry the second receyneth an army of Brabanders against Henry his sonne 426.91 Henry the sixt proclaymed pag. 1220. col 1. lin 18. homage done to hym by Iames king of Scottes pag. 1222. col 1. lin 35. crowned at Westminster pag. 1244. col 2. lin 26. goeth with an army into France pag. 1247. col 1. lin 7. crowned in Paris eadem lin 48. returned into England pag. 1249. col 2. lin 32. affied to the Earle of Arminaks daughter pag. 1269. col 1. lin 12. maried Margaret daughter to the king of Cicel pag. 1270. col 1. lin 50. depriued pag. 1307. col 1. lin 12. Humfrey Duke of Glocester Protector pag. 1220. col 1. lin 33. maried Lady Iaquet of Baniere Countesse of Heyuault Holand and Zeland pag. 1226. col 2. lin 18 maried Elianor Cobham which had bene his paramor pag. 1227. col 1. lin 26. he spoyleth Flanders pa. 1260. col 2. lin 36. Henry sonne to king Henry the second his dissembling with his father and brethren 457 34. Henry sonne to king Henry the second falleth sicke and dieth 457.98 Henry sonne to king Henry the second his penitent death burial 458.10 Henry the second doth homage to the French king 459.40 and 470.84 Henry Earle of Richmond is moued to take on hym the kingdome pag. 1400. col 2. lin 43. setting forward toward England the wynd resisteth hym pag. 1403. col 2. lin 58. returneth to Normandy and so againe to Britaine pag. 1304. col 2. lin 9 maketh a league with diuers Lordes pag. 1405. col 1. lin 14. is attainted by Parliament eadem col 2. lin 13. ambassadours sent to apprehend him pag. 1407. col 1. lin 38. he obtayneth ayd of Charles the French king pag. 1413. col 1. lin 18. sayleth towards England pag. 1413. col 2. lin 29. arriued at Mylford hauen eadem lin 35. his Oration pag. 1419. col 1. lin 41. Henry the second taketh vppon 〈◊〉 Closse to get to the holy lord 465 7â—… Henry the seconde entreth into France with an army 468. 31. burnish in loue with the Lady Alice his daughter in law 469.40 Henry the second geueth his sonnes Gods curse and his 471.33 falleth sicke and dyeth 471.57 why called short Mantel 471.89 his issue and stature 471.107 his vertues and vices 472.20 Helene daughter to king Costus maried to Eaustantius 88.70 Helene of what callyng or condition by some reported to haue been 89.19 Helene refused by Constantius and another maryed 89.30 Henry second sonne to Henrye the seuenth borne 1440. b. 45. created Duke of Yorke ibidem created Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester 1458. a. 3. receyueth Philip the Duke of
son Edwarde Tho. VVaâ—… Ran. Hâ—…gâ—… Polidore Fabian that was then Earle of Chester whoâ—… also as some write he created at the same 〈◊〉 prince of Wales Moreouer in rewarde of seruice there were vj. noble men at this Parliament 〈◊〉 to the honour and title of Earles as the lorde Henry sonne to the Earle of Lancaster Creation of noble men was created Earle of Derbie or after some writers Earle of Leicester William Bohun was created Earle of Northampton William Montacute Earle of Salisburie Hughe Audeley Earle of Gloucester William Clinton Earle of Huntingdon Addition to Merâ—… Croxdeâ—… and Roberte Vfford Erle of Suffolke This creation was on the seconde Sunday in Lente and the same day were .xx. Knights made whose names for briâ—…enesse we doe here omitte In this parliament it was enacted An acte of aâ—…raye agaiâ—… suâ—…ptaâ—…es parell that no man shoulde weare any manner of sake in gown cote or doubler except he might dispende of good and sufficient rent an hundred poundes by yeare whiche acte was not long obserued It was also ordeined by the aduice of this parliament that Henry of Lancaster newly created Earle of Derbie shoulde goe ouer into Gascoigne there to remaine as the kinges lieutenant But Richarde Southwell sayth that the Earle of Salisburie and not the Earle of Derbie was appointed to goe into Gascoigne at that time and the erle of Warwike into Scotlande An acte straint of â—…porting 〈◊〉 vvolles Adâ—…â—…remâ—…th Moreouer in this parliament it was enacted that no woâ—…ll of the englishe growthe shoulde goe forthe of the lande but bee here wrought and made in clothe and farther an acte was ordeined for receyuing of straungers that were Clotheworkers and order taken that fitte and conuenient places shoulde doe assigned forth to them where to inhabite with many priuiledges and liberties and that they shoulde haue wages and stipends allowed theÌ„ till they were so setled as they might gaine coÌ„modiouslie by their occupation and science R. South The calâ—… Botâ—… but now to return to other maters The Scots this yeare tooke the castell of Bothâ—…lle by surrender so as the englishemen that were within it departed with their liues and goods saued Diuers other castels and fortresses were taken by the Scots in Fife and in other parties but the countrey of Galloway was by them specially sore afflicted bicause the people there helde with theyr lord Edwarde Ballioll Herevpon it was agreed in this laste parliament that the earle of Warwike beeyng appoynted to go thither shoulde haue with him the power beyonde Trent Northwards But when about the Ascention tide the Scotts had besieged the castell of Striuelin the king of Englande in person hasted thitherwards of whose approch the Scots no soner vnderstood but that streight wayes they brake vp their siege and departed thence the king therefore returned backe into the Southe partes 〈◊〉 Eustace â—…ackevvell Aboute the same time Sir Eustace de Maxwell knighte Lorde of Carlauerocke reuolted from Edwarde Balliol vnto Dauid le Bruis his side and so that parte daily encreased and the warre continued with damage inoughe to bothe partes â—…e Earle of â—…arvvike â—…deth â—…cotlande In the beginning of September the erle of Warwike with an army entred Scotlande by Berwike and the lorde Thomas de Wake and the Lorde Clifforde with the bishoppe of Carleil accompanied with the Westmerlande and Cumberlande men entred by Carleil and within twoo dayes after mette with the Earle of Warwike as before it was appointed and so ioyning togyther they passed forewarde spoyling and wasting Tevidale Mofeteidale Nidesdale The lorde Anthony Lucie with a parte of the armie entred into Galloway and after he had wasted that countrey he returned to the army which by reason of the exceeding great â—…eat y t fel in y t season they could not kepe on their iorney into Douglasdale and to Ayre as they had appointed but hauing remained in Scotland a twelue dayes they returned altogither vnto Carleil Edwarde Balliol was not with theâ—… in thys iourneye but remayned still in England The Scots in reuenge hereof made dyuers rodes into Englande withdrawing still with theyr pray and booties before the englishe power coulde assemble to giue them battaile The castell of â—…denburgh beâ—…ged Aboute Aâ—…hallontide the Scotts besieged the castell of Edenburgh but the Byshoppe of Carleil the lorde Randoll Dacres of Gilleslande with the power of the counties of Cumberlande and Westmerlande and the King of Scotts Edwarde Balliol with the Lorde Anthony Lucie and suche companie as they brought from Berwicke meeting at Rockesburghe The siege is â—…ed marched forthe vnto Edenburghe and chasing the Scots from the siege tooke order for the safe keeping of the castell from thence foorth and returned into Englande The K. practiâ—… vvith the â—…ings In this meane time things happened so well to the purpose of King Edwarde that by practise he alienated the â—…artes of the Flemings from the obedience of their Earle being altogither â—…nest friende to the Frenche king He therefore vnderstanding the mindes of his people sought to winne them by some gentle treatie and so did euen at the first concluding an agreement with them of Gaunt which were fully at a point to haue entred into league with the king of EnglaÌ„d as with him whose frendshippe by reason of the Trafficke of merchandize and namely of the english woolles they knewe to bee more necessarie for their countrey than the Frenche kings The Bishop of Turney Althoughe by the helpe of the Bishoppe of Turney the earle of Flaunders caused them to staye from concluding or ioyning in any suche bondes of amitie with the king of Englande for that time he yet doubted the arriuall of some power out of Englande and therevppon appointed his bastarde brother Guy of Rijckenburgh Iames Mair and certayn other noble men and captains The Isle of Cadsant with a crue of men of warre to lie in the Isle of Cadsant to defende the passage there and to see that no English shippes shoulde come or goe that way by the seas whereof the king of Englande beeing aduertised sent thither the Earle of Darbie An armie sente by sea into Flaunders the lorde Lewes Beauchampe the lorde Reginalde Cobham also the lorde William sonne to the earle of Warwike the lord Walter de Manny an Hanneuyer and other lordes knightes and capitaines with a power of fiue hundreth men of armes and two thousande archers Foure thousand saith Iac. Meir the whiche comming to the foresaide Isle of Cadsant founde the Flemmings about fiue thousande in number redie arranged on the towne dikes and sandes Froissart in purpose to defende the entrie which they did a certaine space right valiantly but in the ende they were discomfited and three thousande of them slain in the stretes hauen houses Sir Guy the bastard of FlauÌ„ders was taken with diuers other knightes and Gentlemen the Towne was brent and the