Andrewe Trollop dysceyued the lordes folio cciii A letter sent by Edward the .iii. vnto the kyng of Fraunce fo xciiii Agrement was made with the Scottes folio lxiii Answere made by the French kynge to kyng Edwardes letter fo xcv Answere made by the French kynge to kynge Henry fo clxxi Ambassade sent by the French kynge into Englande fo lxxxix Ambassade sent agayne by the sayde kynge folio lxxxix Ambassade sent into FrauÌce fo lxxxix Ambassade sent froÌ the pope fo ccviii A parte of London brydge fylle into Thamys fo lxxxix Ayde graunted by kynge Iohan. folio cxxiii Ayde was graunted by the inhabytauntes of the countre of Languedok folio cxxiiii Archebysshoppe of Orleaunce was slayne fo lxx Archbysshop of Caunterbury was slayne folio cxlii Archebysshop of Caunterbury maketh a collacyon folio cliiii Archebysshop of yorke wyth other was taken in batayle fo clxvii Artycles of treason layde agayne syr Roger Mortymer fo lxxxviii Artycles of peace ratyfyed bytwene kynge Edwarde and kynge IohnÌ folio cvi Artycles of dyspleasure shewed in wrytynge by the duke of Glocester agayne the bysshop of wynchester folio clxxx Archebysshop of yorke ouerturneth the Scottes folio xcix Artycles of peace concluded bytwen the erle of Flaunders and hys subiectes folio cxxxix Assembles made by lordes fo cxliiii Annyuersary honourable was fouÌden in Poulys chyrche fo cxi Auoutry was espyed fo ccxiii BArons warre began to grow in the .xli. yere of kyng Henry the thyrde folio xxx BaroÌs warre receyued and of newe kyndeled in the .xliiii. yere of Henry the thyrde folio xxxiii Barons assembled theyr companyes in the marches of wales in the .xlvi yere of the sayd kynge fo xxxiiii Barons entred the cytye of London folio xxxv BaroÌs dyscorded among them selfe folio xxxviii Barons were chasyd the .xiiii. yere of Edwarde the seconde fo lxxix Batayle of Lewys bytwene kynge Henry the .iii. the barons fo xxxvii Batayle called the whyte batayle loke in the .xi. yere of Edwarde the seconde folio lxxvii Batayle of Burbrydge bytwen king Edwarde the seconde and the baroÌs in hys .xiiii. yere fo lxxix Batayle very cruell agaynste the Scotte called Halydon fo lxxxix Batayle of Swyn or Sluce vppon the see bytwene the Frenchmen and Edwarde the thyrde in the .xv. yere of hys reygne fo xciii Batayle of Cressey in the .xxi. yere of Edwarde the thyrde fo xcviii Batayle of Potyers bytwene kynge Edwarde the thyrde and the French kynge folio ciii Batayle bytwene kynge Phylyp of Fraunce and the towne of Cassile in Flaunders fo cxvii Batayle of Shrowysbery in the .iii. yere of Henry the fourth fo clxvii Batayle at Blak pole in the .vi. yere of Henry the .iiii. fo clxvii Batayle of Agyncourt in the thyrde yere of Henry the .v. fo clxxii Batayle of saynte Albons fyrste the xxxiii yere of Henry the .vi. fo cc. Blore heth felde apperys in y e .xxxvii yere of kynge Henry the .vi. fo cciii Batayle of Ludlowe as it doth appere in folio cciii Batayle of Northamton as appereth in folio cciiii Batayle of wakefelde apperys and the batayle of sayn Albons fo ccv Batayle of yorke or Towton or Shyrborne fo ccvi Barnet felde fo ccxix Batayle of Tewkesbury fo ccxx BartraÌ de CleycoÌ warred in Spayn and chasyd the kynge fo cix Blasynge sterre apperys in folio .xc. and fo cxviii and fo clix Blanke charters vses in Eng. fo cli Brekyng of peace bytwen England and Fraunce loke in the .xliii. yere of kynge Edwarde the .iii. fo cxi Brest a stronge towne of Brytayne besyeged fo cxiii Benyuolence was fyrste fouÌded and grauÌted in Edwarde the .iiii. dayes folio ccxxv Bysshop Groostehede and of his actes apperyth in y e .xxxiii. yere of kyng Henry the thyrde folio xxvi Bysshop of Exceter was beheded apperyth in the .xviii. yere of Edwarde the seconde folio lxxxii Bysshop of Norwyche made warre in Spayne by the popes coÌmaundement in the .vi. yere of Rycharde the seconde folio cxliii Bysshop of London hath a memory of the cytesyns of London fo cxlvii Bysshop of wynchester lent to kyng Henry the fyfte .xx. thousand pouÌde folio clxxvii Bysshop of wynchester foresayd created cardynall folio clxxx Bysshop of Salysbury was slayne in the ende of .xxviii. of Henry the .vi. as more playnly is shewed fo cxcviii Bysshop of Chychester called Reynolde Pecok was abiured of heresye folio ccii Boke of prophecy was founden by a Iewe in Spayne folio xxiiii Blode of Cryste was broughte into westmynster by kynge Henry the .iii. folio xxv Bonifacius pope of hys coÌdycyons folio lxxi Bull of the pope manyfested at Poulys crosse folio xxxiii Busshe Baggot and Grene and of theyr actes folio cli BrytoÌs resyst y e FrenchmeÌ fo xxxix CHarles the .v. of that name surnamed the fayre and brother to Phylyp surnamed the longe sonne of the .iiii. Phylyp began hys reygne ouer the realme of Fraunce in the yere of grace M.iii. hundreth and .xxii and the .xv. yere of the secoÌd Edwarde kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .vi. folio lxxxiiii Cardynalles that were sent into Englande from the pope were robbed appereth in the .ix. yere of Edwarde the seconde folio lxxvi Caen a stronge towne in Normandye besyeged by kynge Edward the thyrde and won it folio xcviii Calys besyeged and gotten by kyng Edwarde the thyrde folio xcix Cardynall sent from the pope laboured for peas folio ciii Castell of Pount was yolden vp by appoyntement folio cxxv Careckes .iii. were taken by the duke of Clarence and the erle of Kente folio clxvii Charyte of kynge Lewys folio i. Charles de Ualoys brother to Phylyppe le Beawe vncle vnto Charles the .v. foresayd dyed folio lxxxvi Charles de Bloys was slayne in the batayle bytwene syr IohnÌ Mountforte and the sayd Charlys fo cix Charles the .vi. of that name sonne of IohnÌ beÌganne to rule the French men in the yere of our lorde M.iii. C.lxiiii .xxxviii. yere of the thyrde Edwarde kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .xvi. folio xxxvi Charles the .vii. of y e name a yonge chylde and sonne of the .vi. Charlys began hys reygne ouer Fraunce in the moneth of september and yere of our lorde a thousand .iii. huÌdreth and lxxx and the thyrde yere of the secoÌde Rycharde then kyng of Englande reygned yeres .xlii. folio clv. Charles the .viii. of that name and sonne vnto Charles the .vi. as sayen the Frenche authours but the Englysshe wryters sheweth the coÌtrary as in the story of thys Charles shall appere thys began to reygne ouer y e Frenchmen in the yere of our lorde thousande .iii. huÌdreth and .xxii and the laste yere of Henry the .v. thenne kynge of England reygned yeres xxxvi folio ccvii Chauntryes fouÌded in Poulys churche in London fo cxi Cerymonyes for the coronacyon of kynge Henry the .iiii as appereth folio clxiii CreacyoÌ of dukes by kyng Rychard the .ii. fo cxliii Clement pope
where they drew to them great power and warred vppon the landes and castellys of syr Roger Mortymer threw some of them vnto the grounde and spoyled of hys what they myghte fynde and ouer that brent of hys manours and houses In whose ayde syr Edwarde the kynges sonne commynge hys people were dystressyd and he almoste taken For redresse of whyche maters a newe parlyameÌt was appoynted to be holdeÌ at Oxenforde in the quindena of Eester nexte folowynge whyche came neuer to effecte All be yt an other cronicle sayth that from this parlyament then holden at Oxenforde the kynge and his lordes parted all dyscorded Then the barons drewe towarde London the kynge remayned at woodstok And then newe assuraunce by wrytynge endentyd was made betwene the comynaltye of the cytye and the Barons wythoute consent of many of the rulers of the sayde cytye wherfore the commons as men enraged made of theym self two capytaynes whych they named constables of the cytye y t is to say Thomas de Pyweldon Stephan Bukerel At whose commaundement by tollynge of the great belle of Paules all the cytye shulde be redy shortely in harnes to gyue attendaunce vppon theyr sayd capytaynes About the begynnynge of lent the constable of the towre syr Hughe le Spenser came wyth a fayre company of men of armys before hym into the cytye and desyred assystence of the forenamed constables The whyche commaunded the sayd belle to be âolled By meane wherof the people shyt theyr shoppes and came out in harneys in great multytude The whyche after proclamacyon made that they shulde âolowe theyr capytaynes wythout knowlege what to do or whyther to go folowed theyr sayde capytaynes and so yode vnto Thystelworth vppon two myles beyonde westmynster there spoyled the manour of the kynge of Romaynes and sette yt after vppon a fyre And that done hys water mylles other commodities that he there had put theym to vtter ruyne And after wyth great noyse and crye returned vnto London This dede as sayth myne authour was cause of the mortall warre folowynge For where before tyme the sayde kynge of Romaynes hadde ben for allyaunce that was betwene hym and the erle of Glouceter a treatye of peace to be hadde betwene the kynge and his Barons after that dede done he was enymy vnto them to the vttermoste of his power The kynge herynge of thys ryââgaderyd vnto him great power And for he harde that syr Peter de MouÌt forde was at Northampton gatherynge of people to strength the Barons partye he spedde hym thyder and wanne the towne vppon hym by force and slewe many of hys men and fynally toke hym syr Symon the son of the erle of Leyceter wyth dyuers other on lyue the which with many burgeyses of that towne that hadde take theyr partyes the kynge sent vnto dyuers prysons and some he closyd wythin the castell of y e same towne In thys passe tyme on Palmesondaye weke all the Iewes in London were spoyled and robbed the nomber of .v. huÌdred of them were slayn and dyuers of theyr mansyons brent and destroyed and suche as of them were saued were conueyed for great mede vnto the towre and there kept from the fury of the commons wherof the occasyon was for so myche as a Iewe wolde haue forced a crysten man to haue gyueÌ to hym more then ii d. for the vsure of .xx. s. for a weke For ye shall vnderstand that at those dayes by lycence graunted vnto the Iewes of the kynge they myght take by vsury of euery man y t of theym wolde borowe money .ii. d. of a pouÌd for a weke lendyng and so of greter of smaller summes after that rate And soon after the Iewes were thus punyshed many houses of relygyon wythin y e citye and nere there about were serched for goodes of alliauÌtis and myche founde wherof a parte was brought vnto the lordis but the more parte was stolen and brybed In whyche season the kynge passed by diuers couÌtreys and lastely came into Southsex with a strong power wherof herynge the lordes made preparacyon to go towardes hym In all whyche tyme the wardeyns of the v. portes kepte the see wyth shyppes that no straungers shulde entre the lande to ayde the kynge agayne the Barons Then in the ende of Apryll the Barons wyth a multytude of the cytye whyche they put in vawarde departed from London takyng theyr iourney towarde the kynge And when they were well onwarde vpon they re way worde was brought vnto them that the kynge wyth an huge power was at Lewys wherfore they by an hole assent dyuysed a letter and sent yt in y e name of all the Barons vnto the kynge whose names here vnder folowe but not all Syr Symonde de Mounforde erle of Leyceter and hyghe stewarde of Englande Syr Gylbert de Clare erle of Glouceter Syr Robert Ferres erle of Derby Syr Hugh le Spenser chefe iustice and syr Henry de Mountford son and heyre to the erle of Leyceter Syr Rycharde Gray Syr Henry Hastynges Syr IohnÌ fyz IohnÌ Syr Robert de Uenpount Syr IohnÌ Gyuyle Syr Robert Roos Syr wyllyam Marmyon Baldwyne wake Syr Gylbert Gyfforde Syr Nycholas de Megraue Syr Godfrey de Lucy Syr IohnÌ de Ueysy Syr wyllyam de Mounthdesey whyche letter sealed wyth the seales of the sayde erle of Leycester and of Glouceter conteyned as foloweth TO the most excellent lord the kynge Henry by the grace of god kynge of Englande lorde of Irlande and duke of Gwyan the Barons other faythfull your seruauntes theyr fydelyte and othe to god and to you coueytynge to kepe sendyng to you due salutyng with all reuerence and honour vnder due obeysaunce Lyketh yt youre hyghnes to vnderstaÌde that many beyng about you haue before tymes shewyd vnto your lordshyppe of vs many euyll vntrewe reportes and haue founde suggestyons not alonely of vs but also of your selfe to brynge this your realme vnto subuersyon Know your excellency that we entende nothyng but helth and suerty to your person to the vttermoste of our powers and not onely to our enmyes but also to yours and of all this youre realme we entende vtter greuaunce and correccyon Besechynge your grace her after to gyue vnto theym lytell credeÌce for ye shall fynde vs your trew and faythfull subiectes to the vtter moste of our powers And we erle of Leyceter and erle of Glouceter at the request of other and for our selfe haue put to our seales the .x. day of the moneth of May. The answere vnto this foresayde letter HEnry by y e grace of god kyng of Englande lorde of Irland and duke of Guyan to Symonde de Mountforde Gylbert de Clare theyr coÌplyces where as by warre generall êturbauÌce in this our realme by you begon contynued wyth also brennynges and other hurtes and enormytyes that euydently apperyth that your fydelyte to vs due ye haue not kept nor y e suerty of our person ye haue
le Beawe then kynge of FrauÌce The whyche Margarete whyle the kyng was in ScotlaÌde was brought vnto Douer and so vnto Caunterbury where the kyng spoused her in the moneth of Septembre as wytnesseth the Frenche cronycle and receyued of her in processe of tyme folowyng two sonnes named Thomas and Edmunde and a doughter named Margarete The fyrste of the sonnes was surnamed Thomas of BrothertoÌ and the seconde EdmuÌde wodestoke Anno domini M.CC.xcix  Anno dnÌi M.CCC  IohnÌ Armenter  Elys Russell  Anno .xxviii.  Henry Fryngeryth  IN thys .xxviii. yere the kynge herynge of the vntrowth and rebellyon of the scottes made the .iii. vyage into ScotlaÌde and bare hym so knyghtly that in shorte processe after hys commynge he subdued the more parte of the lande And after he sped hym vnto the castell of Estryuelyn wherin were many of the greate lordes of Scotlande and enuyroned the sayd castel with a stroÌg siege But he laye there somwhat oftyme without wynnynge of any great aduauntage or hurte doynge vnto the scottes wherfore of polycy he caused to be made .ii. payre of galowes in y e syght of the castell and after coÌmauÌded proclamacyons to be cryed that yf the scottes by a certayn day wolde yelde that castell to the kynge they shuld haue lyfe lymÌe And yf nat but that he wanne it by strength as many as were within the sayd castel shuld be haÌged vpon those gybettes none astate nor persone to be excepted In processe of tyme whan y e scottes had well dygestyd thys proclamacyon and sawe the strength of theyr enemyes coÌsydered theyr owne feblenes lak of socoure they assented fynally to yelde theym theyr castell vnto the kyng whyche shortly after was done wherof kyng Edwarde beyng possessed stuffed it with Englissh knyghtes after toke a newe othe of the lordes and capytaynes the whyche he founde closed within that castell of trewe feythfull allegeauÌce after sufferyd them to go where theym lyked And whan wyllyam walys whych as before is sayd pretended the rule gouernaunce of Scotlande harde tell that the stronge castell of Estryuelyne was yelden vnto kynge Edwarde that lordes and knyghtes therin founden in whyche he moche affyed were sworne to the kynges allegeaunce he feryd sore leste y e sayd company wolde betray hym bring hym vnto y e kyng wherfore he with hys adherentes withdrewe hym into the mareyses other dauÌgerous places where he thoughte he was in suertye for pursuynge of the kynges hooste Then the poore commons of the lande presented theym by great companyes and put theym holy in the kynges grace mercy so that the kynge thought then that he was in peasyble possessyon or in a greate suertye of the lande wherfore after he had caused to be sworn vnto hym the rulers of dyuers borughes cytyes townes with other offycers of the lande he retourned vnto Berwyke so into Englande and lastly vnto westmynster In thys tyme season that y e kyng was thus occupyed aboute his warres in Scotlande the quene was coÌueyed vnto London Agayne whom the cytezyns vpon the nombre of .vi. C. rode iÌ one lyuerey of rede whyte with the conysaunce of dyuers mysteryes brodered vpon theyr sleues and receyued her .iiii. myles without the cytie so conueyed her thorugh y â cytie whiche then was garnysshed and behanged with tapettes arras and other clothes of sylke and ryches in most goodly wyse vnto westmynster and there lodged whan the kynge this yere retourned out of Scotlande he caused shortly after an inquysycyon to be made thorugh his lande the whiche after was named TroilbastonÌ This was made vpon al offycers as mayres shyreffes baylyffes excheters many other that had mysborne them in theyr sayd offyces and had extorcioned or mystreated y e kynges lyege people otherwyse than was accordynge with the good ordre of theyr sayd offyces By meane of whiche inquisicyon many were accused and redemed theyr offyces by greuous fynes to the kynges great lucre and auauntage Other meanes were fouÌdeÌ also as forfaites again y e crowne the whiche broughte great summes of money to the kynges cofers towarde the great charge of his warres y t he susteyned in wales FrauÌce and Scotlande as before is shewed this yere also the kynge for coÌplaynt that was brought vnto hym by mayster walter Langton bysshop of Chester of syr Edwarde his eldest sone for that he with Pyers of GauestonÌ and other insolent persones had broken the sayde parke of the sayde bysshop ryottously destroyed y e game within it he therfore inprysoned the sayd syr Edwarde his sonÌe with his complyces And in processe of tyme after when the kynge was thorughly enformed of y e lassiuyous wantoÌ disposicioÌs of the sayd Pyers of GauestonÌ for that he shulde nat enduce the forenamed syr Edwarde to be of lyke dysposycyon he therfore banysshed the sayd Pyer of GauestonÌ out of Englande for euer But after the dethe of kynge Edwarde y e banysshmente was soone denulled by Edward his sone wherof ensued moche harme and trouble as after shal be shewed Anno domini M.CCC  Anno dnÌi M.CCCi  Luke Hauerynge  Elys Russell  Anno .xxix.  Rycharde Champeis  IN this .xxix. yere of kynge Edwarde dyed Edmunde erle of Cornewayle the sonne of Rycharde somtyme erle of the sayd couÌtre and kynge of Almayne without yssue wherfore that erledome retourned agayne to the crowne of Englande And in this yere the kynge gaue vnto syr Edwarde his sone the pryncypate of wales and ioyned there vnto the sayd erledome of Cornewayle Anno dnÌi M.CCC.i  Anno dnÌi M.iii. C.ii.  Robert Caller  IohnÌ Blount  Anno .xxx.  Peter Bosham  IN thys .xxx. yere the kyng helde hys greate counsayll of parlyamente at hys cytye of Caunterbury Anno domini M.CCC.ii  Anno domini M.CCC.iii  Hugh Pourt  IohnÌ Blount  Anno .xxxi.  Symon Parys  Anno domini .xiii. C.iii.  Anno domini .xiii. C.iiii.  wyllam Combmartyn  IohnÌ Blount  Anno .xxxii.  IohnÌ de Burfforde  Anno domini M.CCC.iiii  Anno domini M.CCC.v.  Rogyer Parys  IohnÌ Blount  Anno .xxxiii.  IohnÌ LyncolnÌ Â IN this .xxxiii. yere wyllyaÌ waleys that vnto the kyng hadde done so many dyspleasures and treasons agayne the trouth and allegeaunce of hys othe as some deale before is shewed was takeÌ at the town named saint Domynyk in ScotlaÌd and sent vnto London and there arraygnyd and vpon the euyn of saynt Bartylmewe drawen hanged and quartered and hys hedde set vppon London brydge and hys .iiii. quarters sent into Scotlande there haÌged vpon the gates of certayne townes of the laÌde And at Myghelmas folowynge the kynge holdynge hys parlyament at westmynster thyder came out of Scotlande the bysshop of saint Andrewes Robert le Bruze syr Symon de Frysell erle of Dunbarre syr IohnÌ of Cambrees erle of Atles and syr IohnÌ Comyn with other the whyce voluntarylye were sworne in presence of the kynge and hys lordes that
they shuld be trewe vnto the kynge of Englande kepe the lande of Scotlande to hys vse agayne all other persones And yf any rebell or other malycyous persone distourbed the laÌde or breke y e kynges peas they shulde cause hym to be taken and sent vnto the kynge wyth many other articles coÌcernyng theyr allegeaunce the whyche full falsely they brake and contraryed shortely after Anno dnÌi xiii C.v.  Anno dnÌi xiii C.vi  Raynold Doderell  IohnÌ Blount  Anno .xxxiiii.  wyllyam Cansyn  IN thys .xxxiiii. yere Robert le Bruze contrary hys othe to kynge Edwarde before made assembled the lordes of Scotlande and by the couÌsayll of thabbot of Stone and other that fauoured hys vntrouthe he sent vnto the pope than Clement the .v for a dyspensacyoÌ of hys othe before made vnto kynge Edwarde and surmysed to hym that kyng Edwarde vexed and greuyd the realme of Scotlande wrongfully whereupoÌ the pope wrote vnto kyng Edwarde to leue of suche doynges And whyle thys matter was thus complayned on vnto the pope y e sayd Robert le Bruze made all the labour he myght vnto y e lordes of ScotlaÌde that he were admytted for kyng of y e regyon so that vpon the daye of the concepcyon of our Lady or the .viii. day of Decembre a great assemble of the lordes was made at the abbey of Stone And vpoÌ the day folowyng by the meanes of the abbot of y t place many of the sayd lordes assented to y e wyl of the sayd Robert except syr Iohan Comyn onely The whych in defence of hys trouthe and othe before sworne vnto kyng Edwarde many reasons excuses made and fynally sayd that he wolde nat false hys othe for no man For thys the sayd syr Iohan Comyn had great maugre of syr Robert le Bruze many of y e nobles of Scotlande But he helde hys oppynyon so fermely that other began to take hys parte that in that counsayll rose suche contrariete of opynyons and reasons that the sayd couÌsayll was dyssolued and a newe sette at the graye freers of Dunfrize after Candelmas next ensuyng At whych daye of assemble whenne the cause of theyr meting was by Robert le Bruze denouÌced and shewed many of the great lordes of the land had grauÌted to hym theyr aydes assistence the forenamed syr IohnÌ Comyn other sat styll and sayd no worde whyche Robert le Bruze marked well and to hym sayd And you syr IohnÌ I trust for defence and weale of thys realme ye wyll nat be behynde wherunto he answered syr I wolde that ye and al my lordes here present knowe well that for the weale and defence in the ryght of thys lande I wolde stande with it to the vttermost of my power But for I se that ye enteÌde rather the subuercyon than the weale therof I wyll therfore ye know I shal nother ayde you with counsayll nor yet with strength Some other also there were whose names the auctoure myndeth nat whyche allowed the sayenge of the sayde syr IohnÌ and in some wordes admytted hys sadde and trewe answere For the whyche Roberte le Bruze was so amoued that when syr IohnÌ Comyn with syr Rogyer hys brother was departed from the counsayll and was comyn into the chyrch of the freers Robert le Bruze hym folowyd and wounded to the deth with his swerde and after slew syr Rogier hys brother whyche wolde haue defended the foresayde syr IohnÌ After whose deth lytell or no resysteÌce was made agayne the vntrewe meane dedes of the sayd Robert le Bruze so that he at saynte IohnÌs towne was crowned kynge shortly after It was nat longe after that kyng Edwarde was monysshed of all this vntrouth of the scottes wherfore he prepared hym to wende thyder And at Penthecoste he helde a great feaste of hys barony at westmyster durynge that feast made a greate noÌbre of knyghtes ouer CC. after mooste wryters And that feast ended he seÌt with a fayre company of knyghtes syr Aymer de Ualaunce erle of Penbroke and syr Henry Percy erle of Northumberlande into ScotlaÌde sped hym selfe wyth hys hoost soone after Than about the feast of the assuÌpcyon of our Lady the kyng faughte with the sayd Robert le Bruze and al the power of Scotlande in a playne nere vnto saynt IohnÌs towne And after loÌge fyght and great slaughter of the scottes to y e nombre of .vii. M he chased the scottes In whyche chase syr Symon de Fryseyll erle of DuÌbarre was takeÌ with also the bishoppes of saint Adrews and of Bastoon the abbot of Stoon or Scoon syr IohnÌ Chambres erle of Atles which bysshoppes and abbot kyng Edward sent after vnto innoceÌt the .v. thaÌ pope with reporte of theyr êiury how they were taken armed in the felde to shede the blode of cristeÌ men And y e teÌporall lordes he sent into EnglaÌde so vnto the towre of LondoÌ And Robert le Bruze after thys scomfyture losse of hys chyef freÌdes feryng lest y e scottes with suche Englysshmen as kyng Edward laft there wolde aryse agayne hym all comfortles fledde vnto the kynge of Norwaye there abode duryng whyle kyng Edwarde lyued whan thys noble prynce Edward had thus subdued y e scottes he yelded thankes to god of hys vyctorye And wheÌ he was ascertayned of the auoydyng of Robert le Bruze had set y e laÌde in a quiet ordre he retourned into Englande In thys passetyme were y e forenamed lordes of ScotlaÌde areygned at LondoÌ vpoÌ the euyn of the Natyuyte of our Lady put to deth theyr heddes after set vpoÌ LondoÌ brydge And shortly after was IohnÌ waleys brother vnto wyllyaÌ waleys whych for lyke treason was put to deth in y e preceding yere taken haÌged quarteryd And some scottes that were taken as prysoners remayned loÌge in EnglaÌde or they myght acquite theyr fynaunce Anno dnÌi xiii C.vi  Anno dnÌi xiii C.vii.  Symon Bolet  IohnÌ Blount  Anno .xxxv.  Godfrey de la Conduyt  IN thys .xxxv. yere y e kynge for certayne causes hym mouyng retourned agayne into Scotlande Or after some wryters he taryed at Berwyke helde hys Crystmasse Easter in those partyes came nat into EnglaÌde after he had scoÌfyted y e scottes In the season of somer as he was retournyng into EnglaÌde a sykenes toke hym so ferueÌtly y e he knew wele he shuld dye wherfore he beyng at Burgthe vpoÌ the sande beyonde Carleyll called to hym syr Aymer de Ualance erle of PeÌbroke syr Henry Percy erle of NorthuÌberlande syr HeÌry Lacy erle of LyncolnÌ syr Robert Clyfforde baroÌ caused them to besworne before hym y t they shuld crowne hys sonne Edwarde in as conuenyent tyme after hys dethe as they myght and
assygne begynnynge at Gaunt so to Bruges other places more ouer they shulde yelde vnto Robert theyr erle y e castell of Courtray with all abylemeÌtes of warre other necessaries theruÌto belongyng Al whych coÌdicions to obserue they shuld deliuer vnto y e kyng of FrauÌce good hostages But al this came to small effect as after shal appere IN the .xxvii. yere of thys Phylyp Iacob the mayster of y e teÌplers with an other greate ruler of y e sayd ordre whych was named Uisytour of the same after longe prysonment were brent at Parys And in the same yere kynge Phylyp arrered a taxe thorugh Fraunce whyche before that dayes was neuer herde nor spoken of Thys was so greuous that al NormaÌdy Picardy Champeygne allied them togyder vtterly denayde the paymeÌt therof wherof heryng other countrees toke the same opynyon so that a greate rumour murmour was reysed thorugh out y e realme of FrauÌce in such wyse that the kyng for pacyfyeng of the people was fayne to repeale the sayd taxe In the .xxviii. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip in y e weke of Easter the iii. wyfes of the .iii. sonnes of kynge Philip that is to say Margarete the wyfe of Lowys hys eldest sonne and kyng of Nauerne Iohanne or Ione the wyf of hys seconde sonne Philip erle of Poytyers and Blaunche the wyfe of hys thyrde sonne Charles erle of Marches were accused of spouse brekyng and sent froÌ a place of nunnes where they lay and conueyed vnto more streyghter kepyng y e whych .iii. wyfes were al .iii. doughters vnto the duke of Burgoyn ThaÌ vppon strayte examynacyon made Margaret and Iohanne were gyltye of that cryme fouÌd wherfore they were sent vnto the castell of Gaylard in NormaÌdy there to be kept as prysoners terme of theyr lyues And the forenamed Blanche for so moche as she was foundeÌ gyltles was agayn restored vnto her lorde Charles erle of the Marches And in shorte tyme after the two paramours of the sayd Margaret Iohanne that is to saye Philip DaÌnoy and Gautyer DaÌnoy or waltier Dannoy knyghtes men of fame and goodly personage bretherne at the kynges commaundement were fyrst brent in the vysage with hote ireÌs after draweÌ to the gybet at PoÌtoyse there hanged whyche mysfortune the kynge toke so greuously that he reioysed neuer after About the feast of saynte Peter or the begynnyng of August the kynge herynge of the rebellyon of the Flemynges by Engwerram hys mooste secrete couÌsaylour made an assemble of the cytezyns of Parys and by the mouth of the saynd Enguerram desyted a subsydye of the sayd cytezeyns to mayntayne hys warre agayne the Flemynges the whyche by StephaÌ Barbet in the name of the hole cytye was graunted By precideÌce wherof all the great cyties good townes of FrauÌce were charged in lyke maner whyche caused greate vnkyndnes grudge of the people towarde y e sayd Enguerram Than prouysyon was made for a newe iourney into Flaunders so that the kynge sent hys twoo sonnes and many other nobles of his lande in the moneth of Septembre folowynge into the sayd countre of FlauÌders The whyche made good spede layde fyrste theyr siege to the castel of the I le and wanne it after that entred towarde other stroÌge holdes But the flemynges put them of and gaue vnto the Frenche hoost so sharpe assautes that in processe they were constrayned to retourne into Fraunce wyth smal honoure wherof the great defaute was layde vpoÌ Enguerram and vpoÌ one of the sonnes of the erle of Flaundres whych lytel tofore by meanes of y e sayd EnguerraÌ was made erle of Neuers In the moneth of Nouembre folowyng kynge Phylyp beyng at fouÌtayne Beliaunt in the prouynce of Gastenoys was taken with suche sykenesse and dyed shortly after when he had reygned .xxviii. yeres and more and hys body after caryed vnto saynt Dionise and there buryed leuing after hym y e thre forenamed sonnes Lowys Philyp Charlys a doughter named Isabell whych before tyme was maryed vnto the seconde Edwarde thaÌ kyng of Englande Anglia EDwarde the seconde of y t name soÌne of Edwarde the fyrst born at Carnaruan in a towne of walys beganne his reygne ouer Englande in the moneth of Iulii .viii. day of the sayd moneth in the yere of our lord .xiii. C. .vii the .xxi. yere of the .iiii. Phylip than kyng of Frauce The whych was crowned at westmynster the .xiiii. daye of Decembre after the oppinioÌ of dyuers wryters But Ranulph moÌke of Chester in his boke of Policronicon sayth y t he was crowned in the forsayd monastery of the bisshop of wynchester the sonday in quinquagesima whych is the .xiiii. day after the closyng of Alleluya of the bisshoppe of wynchester for so moche as Robert than archebisshope of CauÌterbury was than out of Englande Thys Edwarde was fayre of body great of strengthe but vnsted faste of maners vyle in coÌdicions For he wolde refuse the company of lordes men of honour hauÌte hym with vylayns vyle êsones He also gaue hym to great drynkyng lightly he wolde dyscouer thiÌges of great couÌsayl with these many other disalowable condicions he was exercysed whych tourned hym to great dishonour hys lordes to great vnrest as by the sequele of thys hys story shall appere Anone as hys father was buryed and hys exequy scantly fynysshed he forgettynge the hyghe chargeable commauÌdement of hys sayd father sent in all haste for hys olde compere Pyers of Gauâstone The whych he receyued wyth all ioy gladnesse auaunced hym to moche honour And thus passed the season of y e olde mayre and shyreffes of London so y t at the feastes of Myghelmas Symon Iude folowyng y e olde mayre and shyreffes that is to meane syr Iohan Blount Symon Bolet Godfrey at the conduyt were dyscharged and the newe as vnder foloweth admytted Iuno domini M.CCC.vii  Anno domini M.CCC.viii  Nycholas Pygotte  Syr IohnÌ Blount  Anno primo  Myghell Drury  IN thys begynnynge of thys mayres yere and fyrst yere of y e kynge the sayd kynge Edwarde in the moneth of Decembre sayled into FrauÌce and the .xv. day of Ianuarii folowynge at Boleyn in Pycardy maryed Isabell the doughter of Philyp le Beaw than kyng of Fraunce soon after retourned with her into Englande so vnto London where of the cytezeyns they were ioyously receyued and so conueyed vnto west mynster where as before is shewed vpon the sonday in quinquagesima they were bothe solemply crowned At whyche coronacyon was so excedynge prease that a knyghte called syr IohnÌ Bakwell was thrested to deth Than the kynge gaue shortely after vnto Pyers of Gauestone the erledome of Cornewayl and the lord shyp of wallyngford was ruled all by hys wanton counsayll folowed the appetite and pleasure of his body nothynge orderynge by sadnesse nor yet
meÌ by goddes haÌde and punysshment so that what with warre of the Scottes and for hungre and deth by mortalite and syckenesse the people of y e lande was wonderslye wasted and perysshed But al those monycyons amended not the kynge of his inordynate lyuynge Anno dnÌi M.CC.xvii  Anno dnÌi M.CC.xviii  Iohan Pryoure  Iohan wentgraue  Anno .xi.  wyllyam Furneux  IN this .xi. yere y e kynge assembled a newe host and went into NorthuÌberlaÌde to resyste the malyce of the Scottes whiche dayly made assawtes vpon the bordours and entred ferre within the lande wherfore for great dystresse nede of fyghting men the kynge had moch people out of y e southe and east partyes of Englande Amonge the whiche contrary to theyr lybertye the cyte of London was constrayned to fynde at theyr costes and charge CC. men and so sent theym to yorke whan the kynge at yorke hadde receyued his people frome sundry countrees and good townes of Englande he with a conuenyent noumbre rode towarde Berwyke so sped his iournayes that at lengthe he came nere vnto Berwyke and layde his syege aboute y e fame But whyle the kynge was besyed in assawtynge of the towne the Scottes brake ouer the water of Swale in great noumbre leuynge the cooste where the kynges people laye in secrete wyse came downe into the marchis of yorke shyre and there slewe the people and robbed them in moost cruell wyse wherefore y e arche bisshop of yorke constrayned of pure necessyte to defende that countre gathered vnto hym an vnredy dispurueyed hoost for y e warre as pryours clerkes chanons and other spyrituel men of the churche wyth husbande men and other vnapte people and so with great nombre of men and fewe warly or discrete cheuetaynes yode agayne y e Scottes and them encouÌtred at a place called Mitton vppon Swale the .xii. day of the moneth of Octobre and gaue vnto theÌ batayle But for lacke of wyse and warely prouysyon the EnglysshemeÌ were beset of theyr enemyes vpon euery side so that of them was slayne a great multytude the remenaunt shamefullye put to flyghte by reason wherof the sayde archebisshop with the abbot of Selby and other were preseruyd And for so many spyrytuell meÌ were slayne in thys batayl therfore it was after named of many wrytters the whyte batayll whan the kynge was enfourmed of this ouerthrowe of the Northyrne men and for it drewe towarde wynter he therfore brake vp hys siege and retourued vnto yorke and soone after forther into EnglaÌd Than was nothyng done without y e aduyces and couÌceylys of syr Hughe the speÌcers the father and the sonne By whose entysemeÌt many thynges were done in Englande to the great grudge as well of the noble men of the realme as of the commons of the same so y t they were had in as greate hatred and indygnacyon as before tymes was Pyers of Gaâeston And many euyll reportes and great extorcyoÌs were of theÌ reported as lightly men shall do that ben oute of the fauoure of the common people Anno domini M.CCC.xviii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xix  IohnÌ Pontenay  IohnÌ wengraue  Anno .xii.  IohnÌ Dallynge  IN this .xii. yere the kyng helde hys greate counceyll at yorke where coÌtrary the mynde of y e lordes syr Hughe Spencer the sonne was made hyghe chaumberlayne of EnglaÌde By reason wherof he bare hym so hawtely and so prowde that no lorde of thys lande myght gaynsaye hym in any thynge that he thoughte good wherof grewe the occasyon of the barons warre as after foloweth In thys passetyme for asmoche as y e foresayd cardinalles might nothyng do concernyng the peace betwene Englande and Scotlande the kynge purchased a curse of the .xxii. Iohan then pope to accurse Robert le Bruze and all suche as wyth hym helde or maynteyned and it to stande so in strenght tyll the sayd Robert had recompensed kynge Edwarde for all suche harmys as hys lande had by hym receyued also tyl he had reedifyed the monasteryes and churches by hym and hys caste downe in Englande and restored to them suche spirytuell goodes as the Scottes had reued and taken from them But all thys auayled nothyng but putte the kyng and the realme to great coste charge so that y e comons were vexed and trowbled many maner of ways and theyr possessyons and moueable goodes taken from them vpon surmysed feyned causes so that many were vtterly vndoon and a fewe synguler mysguyded persones auauÌced whan the more partye of the barones of Englande behelde this mysery of the people how they were punyshed by the hande of god and also by the ygnoraunce of the kynge they in secrete maner assembled them togyder at a towne called ShyrbornÌ in ãâã and there condisceÌded for a reformacyon of this myschefe to remoue from the kynge the sayd SpeÌsers bothe the father and the sonne And this to brynge aboute syr Thomas erle of Lancastre syr Humfrey Bohum erle of Hereforde syr Iohan Moubray baroÌ syr Roger Clyfforde baroÌ syr Goselyn Danyell baroÌ syr Roger Toket Roger Benefeelde syr Roger Mortymer Syr whyllyaÌ SullaÌde syr wyllyam Elmynbrydge syr Iohan Gyfforde and syr Iohan Tyers barons and knyghtes with dyuers other sware eche of theÌ to staÌde by other tyll they had amended the state of the realme And soone after by theyr aduyce and agrement syr Iohan Moubraye syr Roger Clyfforde and syr Goselyn Danyel with a stronge company entred vpon the manours and castelles of the sayde Spensers standynge in the marche of wales and them spoyled and destroyed Of the whiche ryot the SpeÌsers complayned them to the kynge In punysshent wherof the kynge callynge to hym dyuerse of his couÌceyll at wyndsore there determyned that the sayde syr Iohan Moubraye syr Roger Clyfforde syr Goselyn Danyell with other theyr assystentes shulde appere before the kynges counsayle shortly after and there to make answere vpon that ryot And yf they refused that to do that than they shulde auoyde the lande shortly after as banysshed men But no day of apparence by theym was kepte wherfore proclamacyons were made in dyuers placys of the realme and at London the .xvi. daye of Marche that the sayde syr Iohan Moubray syr Roger Clyfforde and other shuld auoyde the lande within .x. dayes folowynge vpon payne of dethe wherof herynge y e lordes and barones before named assembled theym a more strenger power and vpon that sent a messynger vnto y e kynge besechynge hym humbly to remoue frome his persone and couÌseyle the Spensers y e which dayly dyd vnto hym great dyshonour and to the comune weale of the realme great hynderauÌce The kynge herynge this humble request nothynge with it beynge contente but ferynge greatly the destruccyon of his owne persone assembled his couÌfeyle for reformacyon of this mater where it was concluded that the kynge shulde call a parlyamente at London there to be holden in the ãâã folowynge And
other and there was taken the erle of Lancastre syr Roger Clyfforde syr Iohan Moubraye syr Roger Tuckettes syr wyllyam Fyzwyllyam with dyuerse other ladde vnto porke And thys feelde was foughten as wytnesseth Polycronycon the .xv. daye of Marche in the ende of y t yere of oure lorde a thousande thre hundreth twenty It was nat longe after that syr Hugh Daniell and syr Barthew de Bladysmoore were taken And syr Thomas erle of Lancastre was brought agayn to his owne towne of Pountfret where he was broughte in iugement before syr Aymer de Ualaunce erle of Penbroke syr Iohan Brytayne erle of Rychemounde syr Edmunde of woodstoke erle of Kent syr Hughe Spenser the father ⪠and syr Roberte Malmestorp iustyce wyth other and before them fynally adiuged to haue hys hedde stryken of whereof execucyon was done the twelef daye of Aprell in the begynnyng of the yere of grace after the rekenynge of the chyrche of EnglaÌde M.CCC.xxi Of this erle Thomas are dyuerse opynyons For some wryters shew of hym to be a seynt But PolicronicoÌ in y e .xlii. chapytre of hys .vii. boke sheweth otherwyse But what so euer erthlye men in such thynges deme it is farre frome the secrete iugemente of god so that to hym and hys sentence such thynges are to be referred From thys tyme forthwarde by y e terme of .v. yeres ensuyng y t fortune of the Spensers hugely encreased And as faste the quenes dyscreased tyll she was releued by the kynge of of Fraunce than Charles the .v. of y e name and brother vnto hyr as after shal be shewed Than to retourne vnto oure former mater vpon the foresayde daye that erle Thomas was thus put in execucyon syr Roger Tutkettes syr wyllyam FizwyllyaÌ syr waren of Iselde or Isell syr Henry of Bradborne syr willyaÌ Cheyny Barones knyghtes were drawen hanged theyr hedes smytren of and sent vnto London whyche all were putte to deth at PouÌtfrete foresayd with an esquyre called Iohan Page And at yorke soone after was drawen heded syr Roger Clyfford syr IohnÌ Moubray syr Goselyne Danyell Barons And at Brystowe syr HeÌry womyngton syr Henry Monforde Banerettes at Glowceter syr IohnÌ Giffard syr wyllyaÌ Elmyngbrydge knyghtes and at London syr IohnÌ Tiers or Tryers baron and at wynchelsâe syr Thomas Culpepyr knyght and at wyndesore syr Fraunceys walden ham baron and at Caunterbury syr Barthew de Bladismoore syr Bartholl de Asbornham baronys And at Cardeeffe in walys was putte to lyke execucyon syr wyllyaÌ Flemyng knyght vpon whose soules and all crysten Iesus haue mercy whan the kyng had thus subdued his barons he soone after aboute the feast of the assencyon of oure Lorde kepte hys parlyamente at yorke Durynge whyche parlyament syr Hugh Spenser the father was made erle of wynchester and syr Andrew of Harkeley erle of Carleyle or after some wryters Cardoyll and dysheryted all suche as before hadde holden wyth the erles of Lancastre and of Hereforde except syr Hugh Dandell and fewe other the whych syr Hugh was receyued to grace by reason that he had maryed a kynneswoman of the kynges There was also ordeyned or soone after that mayster Roberte Baldok a man of euyll fame shuld be chauÌceler of EnglaÌde Than forfaytes tynes were gathered into the kynges treasoury without sparyng of pryui leged places or other so that what myght be fouÌde all was seased for y e kyng By reason wherof moche treasoure was brought vnto the kynges coffers besyde great thynges y t were brybed and spoyled by the officers of dyuers shyres Anno domini M.CCC.xxi  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xxii  Rycharde Constantyne  Hamonde Chykwell  Anno .xv.  Rychard Hakeney  IN thys .xv. yere the kyng gadered the .vi. peny of temporall mennes goodes through Englande Irelande walys that to hym was graunted at the foresayd parlyameÌt for the defence of the Scottes which was payed wyth great murmoure grudge consyderyng the manyfolde myseryes that the common people at those dayes were wrapped in This yere also the sone appered to mannes syght as blode and so continued by the space of .vi. houres that is to meane in the moneth of Octobre and laste daye of the sayde moneth from vii of the clocke in the mornyng tyll one of the same day After some wryters about thys tyme y e Scottes entendyng to wynne an enterpryse in Irelande and for to wynne that contrey to theyr obeysaunce entered it with a stronge hoste vnder theyr capytayne Edwarde le Bruze brother to the Scottisshe kyng But howe it was by ayde of Englysshe men or of them selfe the Irysshe quyt them so well and bare theÌ so manfully that they vaynquysshed the Scottes and chased theÌ out of that countrey In y e whych chase fyght y t sayd Edward le Bruze many of the noble men of Scotlande were slayne Anno dnÌi xiii C.xxii.  Anno dnÌi xiii C.xxiii  IohnÌ Grantham  Hamonde Chykwell  Anno .xvi.  Rycharde of Ely  IN this .xvi. yere y e kyng made greate prouysyon for to make a voyage into Scotland so y t about the begynnyng of August he entred that countrey But the Scottes consyderyng the great multytude of his hoste drewe them into the mountaynes other places where as the Englysshemen myght nat wynne to theÌ and all to the entent for to wery and tyre the kynges great hoste Than diâerse maladyes fell amonge the Englysshmen so that many of theÌ dyed and were loste in that iournay aswel for lacke of vytayl as by infyrmyte sykenesse so that the kyng for theyse causes other was constrayned to retourne into Englande about y e natyuyte of our Lady where of the scottes beynge enfourmed syr Iamys Dowglas with other capytayns of y e Scottes wyth a stronge hooste folowed or costed y e kyng in suche wyse that about the feest of saynte Luke they had almooste taken the kynge at dyner at an abbey called Bella Launde or Beyghlande Thant he kynge of pure constraynte defended hym and withstoode the Scottes as he myghte But after shorte and weke fyghte the kynge was compelled to flee by that meane to saue hym selfe In thys skyrmysshe was taken syr Iohan Brytayne erle of RychemoÌde and the kynges treasoure was there spoyled and borne away and the ordenaunce belongynge to the hoste great parte of it was by the Scottes conueyed into Scotlande Than the Scottes in theyr retournyng homewarde wan the castell of Norham robbed the towne of Northallerton and other Of thys losse and harmes way syr Andrewe of Harkeley put in wyte by mysledynge of the kynges hoste as in the nexte yere shal be shewed Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xxiii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xxiiii  Adam Salesbury  Symon Franceys  Anno .xvii.  IohnÌ of Oxynforde  IN thys .xvii. yere the kyng beynge enfourmed that he hys people were so put vnto dyshonoure as in the precedyng yere is touched
his enemyes For subdie wherof the cytezyns of London were constrayned to fynde at theyr propre costes an hundred men of armys the whyche contrary theyr lybertyes with a condycyon that after that daye it shulde be no president they sent vnto Portchestre In thys season passe tyme the quene with syr Edwarde hyr son with a small company of Englysshemen and a crewe of Henawders of the whych syr IohnÌ of Henawde the erles brother was capytayne toke shyppynge in those partyes had y e wynde so fauorable vnto them that they landed in Englande at a porte called Orwell besyde Harwyche in Suffolke the .xxv. day of SepteÌbre without any resistens of meÌ of warre agayne hyr made To whome after hyr landyng the people of the couÌtre drewe by great companyes so sped hyr towarde London At thys tyme of the quenes thus laÌdyng the kyng was at hys cytye of LondoÌ But wheÌ he harde of the great people y t drewe to hyr out of all countres he fered wherfore in safegardyng of hym self he fled wyth a small companye towarde walys lefte mayster walter StapyltoÌ bisshop of Exceter behynd hym to haue the rule of the cytye of London It was nat longe after the kynges departyng that y e quene sent a letter vnto the mayre comynaltie of the cytye requyred of them ayde to subdue the oppressours of y e comoÌ weale of the realme But to that letter was made none answere Therefore she wrote the secoÌde tyme aduertysyng them of theyr landynge of the entent that she had to refourme y e enormytyes mysgouernauÌce of the lande in admonestyng them of theyr ayde socoure as by the tenure of y e sayd letter more playnly appereth wherof the circumstauÌce I haue left out of thys boke for so moche as I fynde varyaunce in the contentes thereof and also for the copyes there of ben sette oute in the cronycles of Englande and dyuers other bokes Than thys sayde letter was tacked vpon the crosse in Chepe whyche at that daye was called the newe crosse In the nyght before the day of saynt Denys or the .ix. day of October And other copyes of the same were fastened in dyuerse other places of y e cytye wherof one was fastened vpoÌ the mayres gate After whyche letter thus publysshed in the cytye the bisshop of Exceter to whome as before is sayd the kyng had commytted the rule of the cytye sent vnto the mayre to haue the keyes of the gates of the cytye by vertue of hys commission By the whych he stode so fermely vsed so sharpe wordes in the kynges name that varyaunce grew betwene hym the cytezyns so ferfourth that the commons of the cytye in theyr rage toke the sayd bysshop the .xiiii. day of Octobre and hym with .ii. of hys housholde esquyers beheded vnreuerently at y e standard in weschep And the same daye was taken for a spye a cytezyn called IohnÌ Marshal whych fauoured the Spensers êtye in y e same place also beheded without processe of lawe And then the corps of y e sayde bysshop with hys .ii. seruauÌtes were haryed to Thamys syde where the sayd bysshop had begonne to edyfye a toure and there in the rubbusshe and sande of the same they buryed or conueyed these thre bodyes whyche dispyte to hym was done after some auctoures for so moche as he had vsurped of the comoÌ grounde of the cytie in settyng of the sayd toure But for what cause was he thus vngoodly vnreuerentely delte with no mencion is made And in thys passe tyme the quene easely a foote space folowed y e kyng which by thys season was coÌmâ to Brystow hauyng with hym the SpeÌsers his dyffamed chauÌceller mayster Robert Baldocke syr IohnÌ erle of Arundell other where by theyr counsayls it was agreed that syr Hugh SpeÌser the father shulde remayne there and haue the rule of the towne castell whyle the kynge with the other toke shyppynge sayled frome thens into walys to rayse the walshemen And so the kyng with syr Hugh Spenser the sonne the other toke shyppyng at Brystowe so sayled into waâys when the certaynte therof came vnto the quene anone she sent to Brystow the erle of Kent the kynges brother syr IohnÌ of Henawde wyth dyuerse other for to take syr Hugh Spenser the father The whyche put them in suche deuour that they tooke the sayde syr Hugh and lefte a certayne to holde the towne castell tyll the quene with hyr power came thyther ⪠In the whyche tyme they sped them into walys and in processe tooke y e kynge hys chaunceller the erle of Arundell and syr Hughe Spenser the sonne and broughte them all to the towne of Hereforde And in thys whyle the cytezeyns of London wan the towre of LondoÌ and kept it vnto the quenes vse Anno dnÌi xiii C.xxv  Anno dnÌi xiii C.xxvi  Gylbert Moordon  Rycharde Betayne  Anno .xix.  IohnÌ Cotton  IN thys .xix. yere and begynnynge of thys mayres charge vppon the morowe folowynge the feaste of Symon and Iude the same daye that the mayre rode to westmynster to take hys charge the same day at Brystow was syr Hugh Spenser the father putte to dethe and after buryed at wynchestre And vppon saynte Huys daye folowynge or the .xviii. daye of Nouembre was syr Hugh hys sonne draweÌ hanged and quartered at Herforde and hys hed sent to London and set amonge other vpon the brydge The comon fame of hym went that after he was taken he wolde take no maner sustenauÌce wherfore he was the sooner put vnto deth Of this Hugh a versyfyer made these two verses folowynge Punis cum lignis a te miser ensis ignis Hugo securis equus abstulit omne decus whiche verses to them that vnder stande no latyne maye in thys wyse be expowned or englysshed wyth ropes were thou bounde and on the galowe honge And from thy body thyne hed wyth swerde was kytte Thy bowels in the fyre were throwe and burned longe Thy body in foure pecys eke wyth an axe was slytte wyth horse before drawyn fewe men pytyenge it Thus wyth these turmentys for thy synnes sake from y e wretched Hugh all wordly welthe was take In thys meane tyme and season the kynge was conueyed vnto the castell of Kenelworthe and there kepte vnder the garde of syr Henry of Lancaster or brother vnto the erle Thomas of Lancaster that was behedyd at Pounfrette And mayster Robert Baldoke the kynges chauncelloure was sent vnto London and put into the pryson of Newgate where after he dyed myserably The erle IohnÌ of Arundell was also put to deth at Herforde wythin foure dayes of syr Hugh the yonger Spenser Then y e quene wyth syr Edwarde hyr sonne and with a goodly company of lordes and gentylmen retourned vnto London and there of the cytesyns wyth greate honoure and ioye was receyued vppon the daye of saynte Barbara or the .iiii.
be socoured kyng Edwarde for the same entent wyth a stronge power persed the realme of Scotlande after layde hys syege vnto the towne of Berwyke Uppon the .xix. daye of the foresayd moneth of Iuly the Scottes wyth a greate power purposyng to remoue y e sayde syege came towarde the sayd towne wherof kyng Edward beyng enfourmed made towarde theÌ ar a place called Halydone hyll gaue to y e sayd Scottes batayll of them had triuÌphaunte vyctorye in so moche that he slewe of them as testifyen dyuerse wryters viii erles ix huÌdreth knyghtes banerettes iiii C. esquyres and vpon .xxxii. M. of the comon people of Englysshe men were slayne but onely .xv. persones After whych victory thus by the kynge opteyned the capitayne of Berwyke vpoÌ y e morew folowynge beyng saynt Margarettes day yelded to the kyng the sayde towne with the castel And that done kyng Edward betoke the guydyng therof with all other castelles townes within that lande vnto the forenamed syr Edward Baylol as kyng of Scottes shortly after retourned into Englande Than Dauyd the sonne of Robert le Bruze beynge as before is sayd kyng of Scottes was constrayned with hys wyfe secretely to sayle into Fraunce thyder was brought by a Flemyng named Marcuell as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle where of Phylyppe de Ualoyes than Frenche kyng the sayd Dauyd with Iane of the towre his wyfe was receyued And for theyr comforte the sayde Frenche kyng gaue vnto them the castell of Gaylarde tyll fortune to them wolde be more frendelye Thys yere also as wytnesseth y e sayd frenche cronycle the Frenche kynge sente vnto the kynge of Englande y e bysshop of Beauuays and the hyghe constable of FrauÌce whych shewed vnto kynge Edwarde that theyr soueraygne lorde entendyd a voyage into the holy laÌde and requyred hym of hys ayde and coÌpany for perfourmaunce of the sayd iournay whereunto the kynge gaue answere vnto that request than whan the Frenche kynge had perfourmed all suche condycions as he before tymes had promysed to do than he sayd he shuld be conteÌted to gyue suche answere vnto y t request by theÌ in hys name made as theruÌto shulde be coÌuenient And more he added to the same y t he maruayled greatly that the sayd Frenche kynge entended any suche voyage tyll he had clerelye acquyted hym of the sayd promysse couenaunt with whyche answere the Frenche kynge was nothynge contented so that malyce and murmour grewe and encreased betwene them dayly after And an occasyon of thys sharpe answere was for so moche as kynge Edward was credyble enfourmed that the Frenche kynge had vytayll and manned .x. greate shyppes to haue saylled into Scotlande and there to haue warred the whyche by tempest were wedyr dryuen into Flaunders so sore betyn with the see that after they had sold moch of theyr stuffe at y e hauyn of Sluce they were coÌpelled of necessyte to retorne without worship into Fraunce Thys with other kyndelyd suche a dedely hate betwene these .ii. crysten prynces y â moche crysten blode in êcesse of tyme folowing was for theyr quarelles shadde Anno dnÌi xiii C.xxxi  Anno dnÌi xiii C.xxxii  Nycholas Pyke  IohnÌ Preston  Anno .vii.  IohnÌ Husbande  IN thys .vii. yere in the wynter season and as sayeth Guydo in the moneth of NoueÌbre the kynge yode agayne towarde ScotlaÌde and helde hys Crystmas at yorke And after the solempnytie of that hyghe feast ended he sped hym into ScotlaÌde where her layde siege vnto y e castel of Kylbrydge lastely wan it by strengthe set the countrey in some quyetnesse And after retourned vnto Newe castel vpon Tyne and taryed there a certayne of tyme and helde there hys feaste of Pentecoste wyth great royalte whyther within shorte space after came syr Edward Baylol kyng of Scottes and vpon the day of saint Geruasi Prothasi or y â .xix. day of Iune made his homage vnto kynge Edwarde and in presence of many other noble meÌ of bothe laÌdes sware vnto hym feawty or fydelyte And y e done he retourned into Scotlande kyng Edward vnto yorke so vnto wyndesore TheÌ were al such lordes of Englande as before tyme were in Edward the secondes dayes disseased of suche landes as they had in ScotlaÌd restored agayne to theyr sayd possessions for theym made theyr homage vnto y e kyng of Scottes sauynge theyr allegeaunce vnto theyr naturall soueraygne lorde Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xxxii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xxxiii  IohnÌ Hamonde  Iohan Ponteney  Anno .viii.  wyllyam Hansarde  IN thys eyghte yere certayne ambassadours were sent from Philip de Ualoyes kyng of FrauÌce as the bysshop of Thuroyn and the lorde of Ferry and Peynguy for to coÌclude certayn artycles of variauÌce betwene theyr lord the kyng of England But theyr purpose toke none effecte except that the kyng grauÌted to sende vnto the FreÌch kyng shortly after a certayn of hys lordes to haue forther comunycacion with hym towchyng the sayd artycles The whych promyse he fulfylled as appereth in he next yere ensuyng Anno domini M.CCC.xxxiii  Anno domini M.CCC.xxxiiii  Iohan. Hynkstone  Reynolde at Cunduyte  Anno .ix.  walter Turke  IN thys .ix. yere fell excedynge plente of rayne therupoÌ ensuyed great moreyne of beestes And in the moneth of Decembre the kyng entred agayne into Scotlande and helde hys Crystmas at the castell of Rokkysborough the whyche he caused to be newly repayred And after thynges there ordered to hys pleasure he retourned into Englande And soone after he sent the archebysshoppe of Cauntorbury syr Phylip de MouÌtague syr Geffrey Scrope vnto the Frenche kynge to the entent to haue concluded an amyte betwene hym and the sayd french kyng whych before was moued by y e freÌch ambassade as before is shewed in the eyghte yere of hys reygne But whaÌ these sayde lordes were landed in Fraunce they were longe delayed or they myghte come to the kynges presence in so moche that they sayd playnly vnto suche lordes of FrauÌce as were assygned by y e Frenche kyng to passe the tyme wyth theym that they supposed that it was nat the kynges pleasure to speke with them By meane of whyche wordes they were shortly after broughte vnto the kynges presence of whome they were receyued wyth ioyous countenaunce and so contynued by a certayne of tyme in furtheryng of theyr ambassade so y t in processe of tyme a conclusyoÌ of peas to be had betwene Englande and Fraunce was accorded and so ferfourth spedde that proclamacioÌ therof shuld haue beÌ made in Parys and the countrey there aboute vppon the morowe folowynge But how it came in y e kynges mynde the Englysshe ambassadoures were scantlye retourned to theyr lodgynges whan they were agayne sente fore and farther enfourmed thanne that the kynges pleasure and mynde was to haue Dauyd late kynge of Scottes to be included wythin the same peace
For thys sentence arose mortall warre betwene the sayde syr Charles syr IohnÌ In the whych the .ii. kynges of Englande FrauÌce toke partye so that kyng Edwarde ayded syr IohnÌ de MouÌtfort kynge Philip hys neuew syr Charles Thanne syr Iohanne de Mountforte before the sentence gyuen feryng the sequell of the same departed froÌ the court and gat hym into a stroÌge towne of Brytayne there held hym wherof kyng Philip beynge aduertised sente syr IohnÌ his sonne duke of NormaÌdy hys brother syr Charles erle of Alenson for to warre vpon y e sayd syr IohnÌ de MouÌtsort The which sped theym with a noÌbre of people into BrytaynÌ besieged a stroÌge castell staÌdyng in an yle by y e ryuer of Loyer And after the wynning therof they yode vnto y e citie of NauÌtes the which y e cytezyns yelded vnto theÌ without stroke And soon after as testifieth y e FreÌch story vpoÌ certayne coÌdicioÌs couenaÌtes y e sayd syr IohnÌ de MouÌtfort yelded hiÌ vnto y e duke of NormaÌdy y e whyche seÌt hym vnto y e kyng his father to Parys where by the sayd kynge he was imprysoned in the castell of Louure But how it was by fauour or otherwyse ⪠he escaped prysoÌ after .ii. yeres prysonemeÌt Or after some wryters he was after .ii. yeres deliuered vpon certayn coÌdicions wherof one was y t he shulde nat come in Brytayne nor any thynge medle or haue to do in y e couÌtre But thys prysonemente of syr IohnÌ de MouÌtfort nat withstaÌding the warre was maynteyned in BrytaynÌ by y e freÌdes of the sayd syr IohnÌ many townê castelles therof was holdeÌ to the vse of y e sayde syr IohnÌ wherof to shew vnto you y e circuÌstauÌce proces it wolde aske a loÌge tyme. But y e coÌclusion fyne of this warre shal be shewed in y e story of y e .vi. Charles sonnÌ of kyng IohnÌ In the .xv. yere of this Philip the erle of Salysbury accoÌpanied with syr Roberte of Artoys other noble meÌ entred Brytayn ayded the freÌdes of syr IohnÌ de mouÌtfort in doyng great domage to y e couÌtre breÌt moche of y e French kynges nauy In assaylyng wherof syr Robert of Artoys was wouÌded in the thygh with a gunne whereupoÌ he laye syke vpoÌ y e ensued a flux so therof dyed after coÌueyed into EnglaÌde there buryed And soon after kyng Edward entred FrauÌce wyth a stroÌg army But a peas was at wene hym the FreÌche kyng condiscended for a certayne terme by laboure of .ii. cardinales as before in y e .xvi. yere of kyng Edward is declared and in this yere kynge Philip arered a taske of his people called a Gabell in FreÌche This was prouyded y t no subiect of y e kynges nor other within hys laÌde shuld bye any salt but of the kynge at hys pryce And ouer that he arered lowed the coynes moneys of hys lande to the greate auauÌtage of hym selfe and enpouerisshyng of his sayd subiectes by meane wherof he fyll in great hatered of hys people In the .xvi. yere of hys reygne a great dyscencion grewe amonge the nobles of NormaÌdy by reason of partyes takyng some wyth IohnÌ of Harecourt and other wyth syr Roberte Barthran than Marshal of FrauÌce for couenauÌtes of maryge apoynted betwene y e sonne of the sayde syr Robert vpoÌ that one partye y e doughter of syr Roger BaconÌ whose wyfe or maydes mother was than maryed vnto syr Godfrey de Harecourt brother of that aboue sayd syr IohnÌ vppon the other partye For varyauÌce wherof greate warre was lykely to haue ensued yf the kynge the sooner had nat sent strayt commauÌdement that eyther partye shulde kepe hys peace to apere before hym and hys lordes at Parys and there to haue theyr greuauÌce by hym hys lordes determyned At whyche day of apperaunce the sayde syr Godfrey appered nat nor none for hym but coÌtrary the kyngê commauÌdement assyeged syr wyllin Berthran bysshop of BaynÌ and brother to the foresayd syr Roberte than beyng in a castell And whan he sawe he myght nat preuayll agayne hym he than drewe vnto the EnglysshmeÌ and ayded them agaynst the Frenche kynge In thys yere also kynge Phylype entendynge to releue the duchye of Burgoyn wyth whete whyche there than was scaÌt ordeyned that certayn quarters of whete shulde be gadered in the countrees of Terroner of Orleaunce Gastenoys so sent into Burgoyn But y e studyauÌtes of Orleaunce with the burgeyses comons of the cytie toke therwith such grefe that of one mynde they wente downe vnto the ryuer of Loyer where at y e season certayne shippes laye freyght wyth vytayll to be had vnto the sayd countre there fet out the grayen spoyled it in suche wyse that moche therof came neuer to good And that done many of that company beynge nedy and poore yode vnto vyllages there by and robbed y e people dyde moche harme whaÌ the prouost or ruler of OrleauÌce behelde thys rage ryot of the people and coÌsydered the multytude of theym he forbare for a tyme tyll they were somdele asswaged And than wyth suche company as he had of hys offycers and other he toke a certayne of theym and put theym in sondrye prysons tyll he knew farther of the kynges pleasur But it was nat longe after that the other of that affynyte herynge of the enprysonement of theyr felowes asseÌbled theym of newe and lyke woode men ranne vnto the prysons nat a lonely delyuered theyr felowes but also many other whych laye there for great causes crymes some suche as were coÌdempned to deth for theyr transgressyons whan noticioÌ of this great outrage and ryot came vnto y e kyng anone he sent thyder .ii. knyghtes of hys court with a puyssaunt army chargyng them to take all suche as were occasyoners and begynners of thys Riot and as many as were founde culpable to be put vnto deth The whych knyghtes accordyng to theyr commission wyth ayde of y e prouost of OrleauÌce toke suche as were dempte gylte of thys cryme haÌged them vpon the common gybet or galous of the cytye amonge the whych were dyuers clerkes and one a deaken within orders And in the same yere and moneth of Auguste a noble knyght of Brytayne called syr Olyuer de ClyconÌ for treason y t he hadde conspyred agayne kyng Philippe or for he had fauoured kyng Edwardê partye was taken by a trayne at a iustes or tournameÌte holden for y e same cause at Parys and shortly after iudged to deth as fyrst drawen through the cytye vnto the place of iugement theruppon a scaffold purposely ordeyned was byheded and after hys body with chaynes hanged vpon the gybet hys hed standyng there ouer vpoÌ a stake or after an other auctour had vnto y e cytye of Nauntes in Brytayne there pyght vpon a gate of y e
shortly thens and sped hym towarde Auynyon It was nat longe after that the kyng of Nauerne was departed out of NormaÌdy but that kyng IohnÌ sped hym thider seased all the landes that the kyng of Nauerne had wythin that duchy and putte offycers and rulers in hys castelles townes suche as hym lyked and dyscharged the other excepte .vi. castelles that is to saye Euroux le PouÌt Audemer Chirebourt Ganeray Auranches Martaygn the whych were holden by the seruauÌtes of the kynge of Nauerne men of Nauerne borne In the moneth of Ianuary folowynge syr Robert de Loryze abouenamed vnder safe conduyte came vnto kyng IohnÌ to Parys and there was to hym in proces reconsyled And in thys yere were the artycles of peace betwene the kynges of EnglaÌde of FrauÌce prolonged tyll the feaste of saynt IohnÌ Baptyst next ensuynge as before in y e ende of the .xxviii. yere of kyng Edwarde is more at length declared In thys .v. yere of kyng Iohan moneth of Apryl he sent syr Charles hys sonne dolphyne of Uyenne into Normandy to aske ayde of the Normannes agayne the kynge of Nauerne The whyche graunted vnto hym iii. M. men at theyr charge for .iii. monethes And in the moneth of August folowynge the kynge of Nauerne accompanyed with .ii. M. sowdiours came vnto the castell of ConstaÌtyne there taryed with the sayd people wyth whose coÌmynge the sowdiours of the forenamed .vi. castelles were so well comforted that they robbed and pylled al y e couÌtre about theÌ And som of the sayde sowdiours came vnto a castell of y e FreÌch kynges named CoÌket waÌ it by streÌgth after vytayled maÌned it in moste warly wyse dyd many other thynges to y e FreÌche kyngs great displeasure The which warre thus coÌtynuyng by medyacioÌ of freÌdes the kynge of NauarnÌ rode vnto y e dolphyn to a towne called the Uale de Rueyll where they metyng and eyther to other shewyng louyng couÌtenaunce vpoÌ y e .xviii. day of SepteÌbre they togyder toke theyr way toward Parys where the kyng of Nauarne was brought vnto the French kynges presence where he excused hym of all trespasses done agayn the kyng syne y e tyme of y e last accord besechyng y e kyng to be good and gracius lorde vnto hym and he shulde be to hym as a sonne oughte to be vnto the fader as a trew man vnto hys soueraygne lorde And after the kyng by y e meanes of y e duke of Athenesse forgaue vnto hym hys offeÌces and promysed to staÌde hys good and gracyous lord and so eyther deêted from other in louyng maner And soone after kyng IohnÌ gaue vnto y e dolphyn of Uyen syr Charles hys eldest sonnÌ y e duchy of NormaÌdy for y e whyche he dyd vnto hys father homage in y e house of mayster Martyn ChanoÌ of Parys in y e cloyster of the mynster called Noterdame And by auctoryte of a parlyameÌt holdeÌ in the citie of Parys was grauÌted vnto kyng IohnÌ of the thre astates of hys realme y t is to meane the spiritualte the lordê and nobles and y e hedes or rulers of cytyes and good townes of hys realme that he shulde haue .xxx. M. meÌ waged for a yere for to defeÌde hys auncyent enemye the kynge of England For puruyauÌce wherof certayne persones of the sayd .iii. astates asseÌbled shortly after to prouide for y e leuieng of that great suÌme of money After whyche prouysion or sessing agreed or concluded by the sayde persones and commyssyoners sente out to dyuers coostes and good townes for the leuyeng of the sayde money in the towne of Arras fyll a dissencyoÌ betwene the ryche the poore of that towne the poore sayeng that the ryche men had layde all the burthen vpon the poore men them self bare lytell charge or none For thys fyrst began great altercacion of wordes after enâuyed strokes stripes so that of the hâdes and chyef burgeses of the towne were .xvii. men slayne And the day folowynge they slewe .iiii. mo banysshed dyuers y t at that tyme were absent out of the towne And so the towne of Arras rested as than in the gydynge of the poore artyfycers of that towne IN the .vi. yere of the reygne of kynge Iohan and moneth of Marche ⪠he beynge accoÌpanyed with a secret meny before y e daye departed from the towne of Manuyle rode streyghte he hys lordes beyng armed vnto the castell of Rouan entred sodaynly into the same where he fande in the chyefe hall of the castell syr Charles hys eldest sonne duke of Normandy Charles kynge of Nauerne syr IohnÌ erle of Harecourt y e lordes of Preaux and of Grauyle the lorde of CleremouÌt syr Lowys syr Guylliam de Harecourt brethern of the foresayd erle syr Fryquet de Fryquante the lorde of Tournebu syr Manbuc de Mamesmares with Colinet Doubliec and IohnÌ de PouÌtalu esquyres The whych lordes and knyghtes the kyng toke at dyner within y e sayd halle them toke sodaynly diuers of them put vnder sure kepyng And as soone as the kyng had there takeÌ a small and short repaste he with his sonnes other nobles in hys coÌpany toke theyr horse rode into a felde vppon a baksyde of the castell whether shortly after were brought in bandes the foresayde erle of Harecourt the lorde of Grauyle y e foresayd syr MaÌbue and Colinet Doubliet whyche iiii were there beheded and after the bodyes of them drawen to the gybet of Roan there hanged and theyr heddes set ouer them vpon the same gybet At the whyche tyme of the execucion of hedyng of the sayd .iiii. persones the Frenche kyng as before is sayde was present in proper person After the whyche execucion y e kynge vpon the morowe folowynge delyuered many of the other prysoners so y t there remayned no mo as prysoners but .iii that is the kyng of Nauerne syr Fryquet de Fryquant IohnÌ de Pountalu the whych were sent vnto Parys where the kynge was kepte in the castel of Louure and the other ii in the chastelet In whiche tyme of hys inprysonemeÌt syr Phylype brother to the kynge wyth syr Godfrey de Harecourt vncle to the erle lately heded helde certayn castelles in Normandy and came with theyr powers into the countre of Constantyne and helde it maugre the Frenche kynges wyll and pleasure In the moneth of Apryll syr Arnolde de Denham than Marshall of FrauÌce rode by y e kynges sond vnto Arras there without great distourbaunce of the towne toke vpoÌ an huÌdreth of suche as before had made y e former rebellion within the same And vpon the day folowyng he caused to be heded in the market place vpon .lx. of the same the remenauÌt he sent vnto pryson there to abyde y e kynges pleasure In thys tyme and season was the noble prynce Edwarde at Burdeaux warred vpon the Frenche kynges landes lyke as it is before to you
the sayde chappell and there cause theym solemply to be enterred Syxtly that all such goodes as the sayde persones so slayne hadde wythin the town or elles were spoyled by the sayde cytezeyns that it shulde be restored vnto the wyues or nexte kynnesfolkes of theym so dede whan the proclamacyon of this sentence was ended there was an exclamacyoÌ cryenge of mercy suche sorowe lameÌtyng made of y e peple that the noyse therof souÌded to the heuens But to brynge thys tragedy to conclusyon fynally suche laboure was made vnto the duke aswell by exortacyoÌ of sermons other that al thynges were pardoned excepte the fouÌdacyon of the chapell execucyoÌ of certayne persones which were accused to be the occasyoners of thys myschiefe and also the costes of that iournay y e which were cessed at .xxiiii M. fraÌkys or .xxiiii. C. li. sterlynges After whych ende thus made the coÌsulatê of y e town were restored agayn to theyr habyte rule and to theym was admytted all former offices and rule of the towne except the offyce of bayly wyke In the moneth of Iuly began the inhabytauntes of GauÌt in FlauÌders to rebell agayne theyr erle of newe y e cause wherof is nat shewed But they wyth ayde whych they had of Ipre Courtray and other townes made a great hoste yode streyghte vnto a towne in FlauÌders called Dyxmew entendyng to haue takeÌ it But y e erle beyng warned therof wyth ayde of Bruges of FraÌk and other maÌned out a company agayn the other and mette with them in playne felde and after a sharpe skyrmysshe put theym of GauÌt to flyght slewe of them dyuers toke of them certayne prysoners pursued them vnto the town of Ipre and layed syege to the same whan the heddes of the towne knew that the erle was there in propre parsone vnder a certayne apoyntement they opened the gates and receyued hym in But many of hys enemyes were fled vnto Courtray And whan the erle had rested hym in y â towne .ii. dayes done there some execucyoÌ he departed theÌs and rode vnto Bruges and helde hym there In whyche season the other whych as aboue is sayd were fled vnto Courtray fell at varyaunce within theym selfe slewe theyr capytayne after fled y e towne shyfted euery man for hym selfe Than a knyght called syr Soyer of GauÌt came vnto the towne of Courtray and so exorted the rulers of the towne y t they promysed hym to take hys parte wherupon he gate a baner of the erles armes in hys hande and so rydynge aboute that towne cryed who that wolde take the erles party hys lette hym folowe that baner whome the people folowed in greate noumber And whaÌ y e erle was asserteyned of that dede howe the town of Courtray was tourned vnto hys party anone he assembled of other townes also of that and of Ipre so moche that hys hoste was estemed at lx M. meÌ wyth the whiche he spedde hym vnto Gaunte layed a stronge syege there about But by the deth of the French kyng whych dyed shortly after the erle was fayne to chaunge hys mynde to remoue hys syege or elles as some wryters reporte for strength of the sayde towne whyche myght nat lyghtly be gotteÌ for lacke of good vpon y e erles partye to maynteyne that syege ThaÌ in the moneth of Septembre and .xxvi. daye of the same kynge Charles dyed at his manoyr called playsance sur Marne was buryed by his wyfe in the monastery of saynt Denys whan he had reygned .xv. yeres and .vi. monethes wyth odde dayes leuynge after hym iii. sonnes Charles which was kyng after hym and Lewys that he hadde made erle of Ualoys and after duke of Angeowe and Phylyppe erle of Poytyers ¶ Anglia RIchard the second of that name and sonnÌ of prynce Edwarde eldest sonnÌ of Edwarde y e .iii a chyld of y e age of a .xi. yeres begaÌne hys reygne ouer y e realme of England y e .xxii. day of Iuny in the yere of our lorde M.CCC.xxvii the .xiii. yere of the .vi. Charles than kyng of Fraunce This Rycharde was borne at Burdeaux of whose byrthe some wryters tell wonders the whyche I passe ouer And vpon the .xv. daye of Iuly in the yere abouesayd he was crowned at westmynster beyng the daye of the translacyon of saynt Swythyn In whyche tyme season stoode Mayre shryues of the cytye of LoÌdon these persones folowynge Anno dnÌi M.CCC.lxxvii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.lxxviii Grocer Andrewe Pykman  Nycholas Brembre  Anno. i.  Nycholas Twyfforde  THe whyche contynued so in theyr offyces that is to saye y e shryues tyll Myghelmas y e mayre tyl the feest of Symon and Iude. At whyche season were chosen admytted newe offycers Anno dnÌi M.CCC.lxxviii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.lxxix Grocer IohnÌ Boseham  IohnÌ Phylpot  Anno. ii  Thomas Cornwaleys  IN the moneth of August begynnynge of the secoÌde yere of kyng Rychard for varyaunce which was betwene the lorde Latymer sir Rafe Ferrers vpoÌ that one partye syr Robert Hal Shakerley esquyer vpon that other partye for a prysoner taken beyoÌde the see in Spayne called the lorde of Dene whome the sayd esquyers helde in theyr possessioÌ contrary the wylles of the foresayde knyghtes for the sayde cause y e sayd knyghtes entred the churche of saint Petyr and there fyndyng y e sayd syr Robert knelynge at masse wythoute reuerence of the sacrament or place slewe hym in the churche at y e hyghe masse seasoÌ after that other named Shakerley was by theyr meanes arested and had to the towre of London where he was kepte as prysoner longe after Anno dnÌi M.CCC.lxxix  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.lxxx Grocer IohnÌ Heylysdâne  IohnÌ Hadley  Anno. iii.  wyllyam Baret  IN the moneth of May the later ende of the seconde yere of kynge Rycharde certayne Galeys and other shyppes sente by Charles the syxte than kynge of Fraunce of the whych was chefe patron or capytayne a knyghte named syr Olyuer de Clycon landed in dyuerse places of Englande and dyd moche harme lastly entred the ryuer of Thamis and so came to Grauysende where he spoyled the towne and brent a parte thereof and retourned into Fraunce with moche rychesse as affermeth the Frenche cronycle In this yere also was holden a parlyamente at westmynster in the which was graunted that all men women beynge of the age of .xiiii. yeres and aboue shulde paye vnto the kynge .iiii. d. By reason whereof great grudge and murmure grewe amonge the commons as after shall appere Than with y e money an armye was prepared and thereof was made chefe gouernoure syr Thomas of woodstoke erle of Cambrydge and vncle vnto y e kyng The whiche with a company of .vii. or .viii. M. as testifyeth the Frenche cronycle passed y e water of Summe in the begynnynge of Auguste and
or stroÌge holde gotten with great difficulte by maÌhode of your noble progenitours To this y e kyng with chauÌged countenauÌce answered sayd Uncle how say ye thoses wordes Than y e duke boldelye recyted y e foresayd wordes wherunto the king beynge more discontented said wene ye y t I be a marchauÌt or fole to sell my laÌde by saynt IohnÌ baptist nay But trothe it is y t our cosyn the duke of Brytaine hath rendred vnto vs al such suÌmes of money as our progenitours lente vnto him or his auncetours vpon the said towne of Brest For the whiche reason good conscience will y t he haue his towne restored agayne By meane of whiche wordes thus vttred by the duke suche rancoure and malyce kyndelyd atwene the kinge hym y t it ceased nat tyll the sayde duke was put to dethe by murdre vnlefully Than the duke apperceyuynge the kinges misledynge by certayne persones about him entendyng thereof reformacion for y e weale of the kinge and his realme called vnto him the abbot of saynte Albons the abbot pryour of westmynster and shewed to them his secrete mynde By whose counselles he made assemble shortely after at Arundell to which assemble came at the day appoynted dyuers lordes bothe spirituall temporall as him selfe the erle of Arundell and other Also thyther came the erle of Notyngham than marshall of Englande the erle of warwyke of spirituall lordes the archebisshoppe of Caunterbury the abbottes of saynte Albones and of westmynster with other After whyche assemble thus made and eueryche of theym to other sworne within the castell of Arundel the .viii. day of August they toke there theyr counsell and condiscended yts dyuers lordes about the king as the duke of Lancastre the duke of yorke and other shulde be putte from suche auctoryte and rule of the lande as they than bare and other offycers suche as were thought preiudicial vnto the weale of the lande shulde be dyscharged and punisshed for theyr demerytes whan this with many other thynges was amonge them concluded eueryche of theym departed tyll the tyme of an other metynge atwene theym appoynted But the erle of Notyngham contrarye his othe and promyse fearing the sequell of the matter yode shortely after vnto the kynge and dyscouered vnto hym all the premisses wherefore the kynge in all haste called a secrete counsell at London in the said erle of Notynghames place or after some at the place of the erle of Huntyngdone where it was concludyd y t the sayd erle of Huntyngdone other shulde by strengthe fetche vnto the king the erles of Arundell and of warwyke And in the meane whyle the kynge in propre êsone arested his vncle syr Thomas of woodestoke at Plasshy in Essex as sayeth the Englysshe cronycle All be it an other wryter in laâyne saythe that kyng Rycharde in propre persone rode vnto the Manoure of Grenewyche in the nyghte tyme there toke hym in his bedde commauÌded hym vnto the Towre of LoÌdon whiche shortely after was conueyed vnto Calays and there pyteously murderyd And soone after were the foresayd erles of Arundell warwyke brought vnto the towre of London with also syr IohnÌ Cobham syr IohnÌ Cheynye knightes But the erle of Arundell was taken to bayle and wente at large vnder suertie tyll the begynnynge of the parlyament In whiche season dyuers other were brought to sondrye prysones Than the kynge sente out his commissyoners vnto the lordes of his realme for to come vnto hys parliament which began after vpon the .xvii. day of Septembre in the begynninge of the .xxi. yere of y e kynge and later ende of thys mayres yere Here it is to be noted that Adam Bame mayre dyed in the begynning of the moneth of Iune For whome was after chosen and admytted the viii day of y e sayd moneth for mayre Rycharde whytyngton to occupye the full of that yere that is to meane tyll the feest of Symonde and Iude. But vpon saynt Edwardes day folowyng whan the newe mayre is accustomed to be chosen Than was he electe agayne for that yere folowynge And so he stode in the offyce of mayraltye an hoole yere and .v. monethes Than to returne to our fyrst mater whan the kyng hadde assembled his lordes y t whiche came with so stronge and myghtie companyes that the cytie suffysed nat to lodge the people but were fayne to be lodgyd in small townes and vyllages nere vnto y e same within short tyme after the sayde parlyamente was begonne the erles of Arundell and of warwyke were broughte before the lordes of the parlyamente holden at westmynster and there fynally iudged as foloweth the erle of Arudell to be ladde on fote from westmynster and place of his iugemeÌt thoroughe the highe stretes of the cytie vnto the towre hylle where hys hede to be stryken of and the erle of warwyke was also iudged to dethe But for his great age by meane of hys frendes his iugemente was pardoned and altered to perpetuall prison where as the kyng wolde coÌmaunde hym whiche after was had vnto y e Ile of Man in Lancasshyre where he consumed the resydue of hys olde dayes And the erle of Arundelle accordinge to the sentence vpon him gyuen vpon the morowe folowyng the feest of saynte Mathewe beynge saterday the .xxii. day of Septembre was ladde on fote vnto y e towre hyll beyng accompanyed with great strengthe of men for so moche as it was demyd y t he shuld haue ben rescued by the waye how be it none suche was attempted but peasably he was brought vnto the sayde place of execucyon and there pacientlye mekely toke his dethe whose body after was by the freres Augustynes borne vnto theyr place within the warde of Bradestrete of London there in the northe syde of the quyer solempnely buryed and after vpon his graue a sumptuous toumbe of marble stone sette and edifyed And by auctoryte of the said parlyament the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury was exyled the realme And vpon the monday folowynge beynge the xxiiii daye of Septembre syr IohnÌ lord Cobham and sir IohnÌ Cheyny knyght were iudged to be drawen hanged and quarteryd But by instaunce and labour of their frendes that iugement was chaunged vnto perpetuall prison And thys done y e kynge ordayned a royall feeste and helde open housholde for all honeste comers For as affirmeth Peter Pyctauyence a wryter of historyes this prynce kynge Rycharde passed all other of his progenytours in lyberalytie and bounâie The whiche feest and also parlyament yet holdynge the kynge created .v. dukes a marques and .v. erles As fyrste the erle of Derby syr HeÌry of Bolygbrooke sone and heyre of IohnÌ of Gaunte duke of LaÌcastre was created duke of Herforde The secoÌde whiche was erle of Rutlande was created duke of Amnerle The thyrde beynge erle of Kent was created duke of Surrey The fourthe beynge erle of Notyngham was created duke of Norfolke And the fyfte was the erle of
Huntyngedon the whiche than was created duke of Exeter Also of the erle of Somerset was made a marques of Dorset And for the erles fyrste the lorde of westmerlande named Dane Raây Neuyll was made erle of westmerlande the lorde Tresorer syr wyllyaÌ Scrope was made eâle of wylshyre and syr IohnÌ de Mountague was made erle of Salesbury And whan this busines was fynisshed the parlyament was remoued vnto Shrewysbury vnto Hyllarye terme where it was fynysshed to many mennes dyspleasures dysherytynge of many trewe heyres Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxvii  Anno dnÌi M. CCC.lxxxxviii Mercer wyllyam Askeham  Rycharde whyttyngton  Anno. xxi  IohnÌ wodecoke  IN this .xxi. yere of kynge Rycharde the people of the lande murmured and grudged sore againe the kynge his counsell for so moche as the goodes belongynge vnto the crowne were disperblyd gyuen to vnworthy persones by occasyon whereof dyuers charges and exaccyons were put vpon the people Also for that the chefe rulers aboute the prynce were of lowe byrthe and of small reputacyon and the men of honoure were kepte out of fauoure Also for that the duke of Glouceter was secretely murdred without processe of the lawe and many thynges elles mysordered by the laste parlyament whereof the wyte and blame was layed vnto the kynge and other persones after named as well for wrongefull dysherytynge of sondrye persones at the sayde parlyamente suche as were menyall seruauntes of the foresayde duke of Gloceter and of the erles of Arundell and of warwyke contrarye hys owne proclamacyons made concernynge suche maters Also that where dyuers patentes grauntes passyd the kynges great seale as well for pardons and other great maters yet for the kynges singuler auauntage suche fewe persones as bare the rule about hym many of theym were called agayne Also where for sheryffes and other offycers of all shyres of Englande were wonte to be named .iiii. by discrete êsones as iuges other of y e whiche the kyng shulde assygne two for the yere folowynge he of his owne wylle pleasure wolde refuse them chose suche .ii. as hym lyked the which he knewe well wolde lene more to his weale than to the coÌmen weale of this lande or of his subiectes Also that where before tymes y e kynges of Englande vsed to sende out commyssyons vnto burgeses of cyties townes to chose of theyr fre lybertie suche knyghtes of the shyre as they thought mooste wealefull for the comen weale of the sayde shyre lande nowe kyng Rycharde wolde appoynte the persones and wylle them for to chose such as than he named wherby his singuler causes were preferred and the commen causes put by Also kinge Rycharde thoroughe euyll counsell commaunded by his letters vnto the sheryffes of all shyres fewe excepted that all persones of honoure within theyr countyes as well spirytuall as temporall shulde make certayne othes in generall wordes and ouer that to wryte and seale certayne bondes for perfourmaunce of the sayde othes and also for blanke chartour which many men of substaunce were constrayned to seale to theyr great charges The people contynually murmured and grudgyd for these iniuryes and many mo whyche at the tyme of his deposynge were artyculed agayne hym in .xxxviii. sondry artycles with also the rumoure that ranne vpon hym that he had letten to ferme the reueneus of y e crowne to Busshey Bogot and Grene whiche caused as well the noble men of the realme to grudge agayn hym as other of the comon people Thus coÌtynuynge this mysorder within the lande dyed syr IohnÌ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster at the bysshoppe of Elyes place in Holborne and from thens was caried vnto saint Pouls and there vppon the north syde of y e quyre honorably buryed At whose enterremente all the chefe lordes of Englande were present For whom after was fouÌdyd by dame BlauÌche hys wyfe an honorable anniuersary as before I haue shewed in y e .xliiii. yere of Edwarde the thyrde whiche of right ought to be set in this place This yere also aboute the feste of saynt Bartholomew fell discencyon discorde bytwene y e duke of Herforde the duke of Norfolke wherfore the duke of Herforde accused y e other that he hadde taken .iiii. thousande marke of the kynges of suche money as he shulde therwith haue waged certeyne sowdyours at Caleys whiche he lefte vndone toke the same money to hys owne vse But an other wryter sayth that as y e sayde two dukes rode vppon a tyme from the parlyament towarde theyr lodgynges y e duke of Norfolke sayd vnto that other Syr se you not how varyable the kyng is in his wordes and how shamefully he putteth his lordes and kynesfolkes to deth and other exileth and holdeth in pryson wherfore full necessary it is to take kepe and not for to truste myche in hys wordes For without dowte in tyme to come he wyll by suche lyke meanes brynge vs vnto lyke deth distruccyon Of whiche wordes the sayde duke of Herforde accused that other vnto the kynge wherfore eyther wagyd batayle with other before the kynge To whom daye of metynge was gyuen to eyther vpon the .xi. daye of September to fyghte within lystes at CoueÌtre where all thynge was ordeyned for At whiche place at y e day assygned thyder came the sayde two dukes and appered in the felde before the kynges presence redy to do theyr batayle But y e kyng anone forbad that fyght and forthwith exyled the duke of Herforde for x. yeres and the duke of Norfolk for euer whiche sentence was shortely after put in execucyon Thanne the duke of Herforde sayled into FrauÌce and there taryed a season But for lacke of ayde and comforte he departed thens and came into Brytayne And the duke of Norfolke passed dyuers countreys and lastely came vnto the cytie of Uenyce and there endyd his lyfe And soone after thys was maister Roger walden a chapeleyne of the kynges made archebysshoppe of Caunterbury the whyche was a speciall louer vnto the citie of London and made great labour for them vnto the kynges grace y e greuously with them was of newe dyspleased for so moche as he was enfourmed of them y t they shulde counsell with other sheriffes to withstaÌde certayne actes made in the laste parlyament for y t which the comynaltie of the cytie was endyted with other sheryffes In redresse wherof by couÌsell of the sayd archebysshoppe of maister Robert Braybroke than bisshoppe of LoÌdon the cytezens made a lamentable supplicacyon vnto the kinge whiche by ayde fauoure of the sayd two bysshoppes other louers of y e cytie y e kinges yre indignacyon by meane of that lowly supplicacyon was some parte appeased withdrawen But yet to contente a ête of y e kinges mynde many blanke chartours were deuysed broughte into the cytie which many of y e most substancyall men of the same were fayne to seale to theyr payne and charge in conclusyon
y t whiche shortely after was vsed thoroughe all countreys of Englande Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxviii  Anno dnÌi M. CCC.lxxxxix Goldesmythe IohnÌ wade  Drewe Barentyne  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ warner  IN this .xxii. yere of kynge Rycharde y e coÌmon fame ranne y t the kyng had letton to ferme y e realme of Englande vnto sir wyllyam Sâope erle of wylshyre than treasourer of EnglaÌde to sir IohnÌ Busshey syr Iohn Bagot and syr Henry Grene knightes y e whyche returned shortly after to their great coÌfusyoÌs This yere also Thomas y e son and heyre of y e erle of Arundell lately beheded y e whiche Thomas nat all to his pleasure was kepte in y e house of the duke of Exceter passed y e see by y e meanes of one wyllyaÌ Scot mercer yode vnto his vncle y t archebisshop of CauÌterbury so contynued with him in the cytie of Colayne than beynge In this pastyme great purueyaunce was made for y e kynges iourney into IrelaÌde so y t whan all thinges necessarye to the honoure nede of the kynge his people was redy he set forthwarde vpon his iourney in the moneth of Apryll leauyng for his leutenaunt in Englange sir Edmonde of Langley his vncle duke of yorke and after toke shippyng at Brystowe and sayled with a mighty stronge hoste into Irelande where he had so prosperous spede that in processe of tyme with manhode and good polycie he subdued to him that couÌtrey In the whiche voyage were it for acte that he dyd or of y e kynges bounte Henry sone and heyre of the duke of Herforde than exiled was of y e kyng made knyght This Henry was after his father crowned kynge of Englande named Henry the .v. Kynge Richarde thus beynge occupyed in Irelande and receyuynge of the capytaynes of the wylde Irysshe into his subieccyon and orderyng of that countrey to set in an ordre and rule Henry of Bolyngbroke duke of Herforde before exyled with the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and Thomas of Arundel and other landed with a small company at Rauyns spore in the Northe countrey in the moneth of August and vnder colour of the clayme of his ryghtfull enherytaunce ceysed the people as he wente to whome in short processe great multytude of the people drewe and gatherd Of this landyng king Rycharde beynge warned for hasty spede of returnyng into Englande left in IrelaÌde behynde hym moche ordenauÌce and landed at Mylforde hauen in the begynnyng of Septembre begynnynge also of the .xxiii. yere of his reygne so yode vnto the castell of Flynte in wales and there rested him and his people and entended there to gather vnto hym more strength In the whiche meane tyme the foresayd Henry that than hadde proclaymed him selfe duke of Lancaster in the ryght of IohnÌ of GauÌte his father was comyn to Brystowe and there without resystence toke sir wyllyam Scrope erle of wylshyre treasourer of Englande syr IohnÌ Busshey and syr Henry Grene. Also there was taken sir IohnÌ Bagot but after he escaped and fledde into Irelande Than were the other thre there iuged put in execucyon And kinge Rycharde styll beynge at the castell of Flynte herynge of the great strengthe y t was about y e duke fearyd sore of him selfe And in lyke wyse so dyd all suche as were about hym wherfore syr Thomas Percye erle of worcetyr and than stewarde of the kynges housholde contrarye his allegeaunce brake openly the whyte rodde in the hall commaundyd euery man to shifte for him selfe By reason whereof the people voyded and the kynge lefte without coÌforte so that he was shortly after taken and presented vnto the duke The whyche put hym vnder safe kepynge shortly after spedde him toward LoÌdon And whaÌ he came nere vnto y e cytie he sente king Rycharde with a secret coÌpany vnto y e Towre there to be safely kepte tyll his commyng wherof many euyll disposed persones of the cytie beyng warned assembled them in great noumbre entended to haue mette him without the towne there to haue taken him from such as ladde him so to haue slayne him for the great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed vnto the cytie But as god wolde the mayre rulers of the cytie were enfourmed of theyr malycyous purpose and gathered to theym the worshypfull commoners and sadde men by whose polycyes nat without great diffyculte they were reuoked frome theyr euyll purpose all be it that lastynge that rumoure they yode vnto westmynster and there toke mayster IohnÌ Slake deane of the kinges chapell and frome thens broughte him vnto Newgate and there caste on hym yrons Shortly after the duke came vnto London there by the consent of kyng Rycharde a êlyament was begone vpon the .xiii. day of y e moneth of Septembre Endurynge whiche êlyament many accusacyons artycles of mysrulynge of the lande were layed vnto the charge of thys noble prince kyng Rycharde whiche be engroced at length in .xxxviii. artycles For the which voluÌtarely as it shuld seme by y e copy of an instrumeÌt here after shewed he shulde renounce wylfullye be deposed from all kynglye mageste the monday beynge the xxix day of Septembre and the feest of saynt Myghell the archaungell in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon after the accomâte of the churche of Englande M. lxxxxix and the xxiiii yere of the raygne of the sayde Rycharde The copye of whiche instrumente here vnder ensueth THis present instrumente made the mondaye the .xxix. daye of Septembre and feeste of saynt Mychaell tharchaungell in the yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxxx and xix and in the .xxiii. yere of kynge Rycharde the seconde wytnesseth that where by the auctoryte of the lordes spirytuall and temporall of this present parlyament and coÌmons of the same the ryght honorable and dyscrete êsons here vnder named were by the sayde auctoryte assygned to go vnto the towre of London there to here and testifye suche questyons and answeres as than there shude be by the said honorable and discrete persones harde knowe all men to whome these presente letters shall come that we sir Richarde Scroope archebysshoppe of yorke IohnÌ bisshoppe of Herforde Henrye erle of Northumberlande Rafe erle of westmerlande Thomas lorde of Barkeley wyllyam abbot of westmynster IohnÌ pryour of Caunterbury wyllyam Thyrnynge and Hughe Burnell knyghtes IohnÌ Markeham Iustyce Thomas Stowe IohnÌ Burbage doctours of the lawe Cyuyle Thomas Feryby and Denys Lopham notaryes publyke the day yere abouesayd atwene the houres of .viii. .ix. of y e clocke before noone were present in the chyefe chaumber of the kynges lodgynge within the sayde place of the towre where was rehersed vnto the kynge by y e mouth of the forsayde erle of Northumberlande that beforetyme at Conwey in Northwalys the kynge beynge there at hys pleasure and lybertye promysed vnto the archebysshop of Caunterbury than Thomas of Arundell and vnto the
such maner that he shuld haue occasyoÌ to disobey y t areste by reason wherof by chauÌce medley he shuld be there slayn wherunto my couÌsayl thaÌ was y t the kyng shulde calle hys secrete couÌsayll yf they agreed thereunto I for my part wolde agree vnto y e same To which sayeng syr IohnÌ Bagot gaue none answere And vpoÌ saterday the sayd Bagot Halle were bothe broughte into the parlyament chauÌbre there examined and after couÌtrymaunded to prysone And as soone as they were departed the lorde Fitz water stoode vp and sayde Moste redoughted souerayne lorde where as y e duke of Amnarle hath before tymes and nowe lately excused hym of the deth of the duke of Glouceter I saye and wyll iustyfye it that he was cause of hys deth and that I shall proue vpoÌ hys body yf your grace be so contented To the coÌtrary whereof the duke wyth sharpe wordes answered so that gaugys of batayll were offered of bothe partyes and sealed and delyuered vnto the lorde Marshall Than partyes beganne to be taken amonge the lordes in so moche that the duke of Surrey toke partyâ with the duke of Amnarle and sayde that all that by hym was done was done by constraynte of Rycharde thanne kynge and he hym selfe and other consented parforce to the same where agayne the sayde lorde Fytz water and other replyed wherfore sylence was commauÌded and forthwyth the fore named Halle for that he hadde confessed before the lordes that he was one of theym that putte to deth the duke of Gloucetyr at Calays he therefore was iuged to be drawen frome the towre of London vnto tybourne and there to be hanged and quartered The whyche execucion was done vppon the mondaye folowynge Thus wyth these causes and many other thys parlyamente contynued tyll a newe mayre named Thomas Knolles grocer was admytted and sworne vppon the daye folowynge the feaste of Symonde and Iude. Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xcix  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC Grocer wyllyam walderne  Thomas Knolles  Anno .i.  wyllyam Hyde  IN this fyrst yere of king Henry the .iiii. yet lastinge the foresayd parlyament vpon the wednysdaye nexte folowyng the feest of Symonde and Iude the lorde Morley appealed the erle of Salesburye of treason caste his hoode for a gage to trye with him by batayle The whiche sayenge he replyed and caste from him his gloues for a gauge to proue his sayeng false and vntrewe whiche were there sealed and delyuered vnto y e lorde Marshall And vpon the monday passed an act that no lorde nor other persone of no degre shulde after that day laye for his excuse any constraynte or coartynge of hys prynce in executynge of any wronge iugemente or other crymynous and vnlefull dedes sayenge y t for feare they durste none otherwyse do for suche excuse after that daye shall stande hym in none effecte And also that all sheryffes may yelde accompte in the escheker vppon theyr othes and that they be chaunged in all shyres yerely And also that no lorde nor other man of myght gyue any gownes or lyuereys to any of theyr tenauntes or other persones excepte onely theyr housholde meynyall seruauÌtes And also than was enacted that all repyers and other fysshers from Rye and wynchylsee other coostes of the sees syde shulde sell it them selfe in Cornehyll chepe and other stretes of London to all men that wolde of theym bye it excepte fysshemongers and other that wolde bye the sayde fysshe to make sale of it agayne And vpon the wednysday folowynge was enacted that Rycharde late kynge of Englande shulde for hys mys gouernaunce of the realme be holdyn in suche prysone as the kynge wolde assygne durynge hys naturall lyfe And than the kynge graunted to all persones generall pardones so that they were fette out of the Chauncerye by Alhalownetyde nexte folowynge excepte suche persones as were present at the murder of the duke of Gloucester And in thys whyle was the archebysshop of Caunterbury restored to his churche of Caunterburye and doctour Roger whyche there was sette by kynge Rycharde was remoued and sette in the see of London with the whyche he was ryghte well contented And thanne was the erle of Arundelles sonne restored to all hys fathers laâdes with dyuers other before by kynge Rycharde dysheryted And shortely after was the said parlyament dyssolued and euerye man had deycence to departe to hys owne And than was Rycharde late kynge had vnto the castell of Ledes in Kente aâ there kepte And prouisyon was hade at wyndesore for the kynge to âepe there hys Chrystmas In whiche pastyme the dukes of Amnate of Surrey and of Exetyr witâ the erles of Salesburye and of Glocester with other of theyr affynyâ made prouisyon for a dysguysynge or a mummynge to be sheweâ to the king vpon Twelf the nyghtâ and the tyme was nere at hande and all thynge redy for the same Upon the sayde .xii. daye came secreteâye vnto the kynge the duke of Amnarle and shewed to hym that he with the other lordes afore named were appoynted to slee hym in the tyme of the foresayd dysguysyng shewynge wherfore he aduysed hym to proâyde for hys owne suretye At who'e warnynge the kynge secretelye dâparted frome wyndesore and came the same nyghte to London wherof the sayd lordes beynge ware and that theyr counsell was bewrayed fledde in all haste westwarde But the kynge caused hasty pursute to be made after theÌ so that shortely after the duke of Surrey the erle of Salysbury were taken at Syrcetyr where they were streyght behedyd and theyr heddes sent at London and sette vpon the brydge And at Oxenforde were taken syr Thomas Blont and sir Benet Sely knyghtes and Thomas wyntercell esquyre the whych were there hedyd and quarteryd and theyr hedes sent to London brydge And at Pytwell in Essex was taken syr IohnÌ Holland duke of Exetyr after brought to Plasshy a place faste ây where he was behedyd and after âys hedde was sent to London and lette there wyth the other vppon ãâã brydge pyght vpon a stake And ãâã about the same tyme at Bryâoâe was taken the lorde Spencer than erle of Glouceter and there beââdyd and hys hede sent vnto London brydge And in the same yere sââ Barnarde Brokeys syr IohnÌ Seâ syr IohnÌ Maundeley and syr Iohi Fereby knyghtes and clerkes wee taken as prysoners in the towre of LondoÌ and soone after foriudged âânged and ãâã and theyr heddes ââso set vppon London brydge In âhyche passetyme Rycharde late kyng was remoued frome the castell of Ledys in Kent and sent vnto Pouâtfreyt castell In this yere also as before is towched in the .xix. yere of the .vii. Charlys kynge Henry sent vnto Cââeys Isabell late quene of England and wyfe vnto Rycharde lately kynge and wyth hyr greate treasour and many ryce Iewellys as teâyfyeth the Englysshe cronycle and there receyued by the Frenchmen undersafe conduyte passynge and by them conueyed vnto hyr father into
batayl was many a noble man slayne vpoÌ eyther partye And it was the more to be noted vengeable for there the father was slayn of the sonne the son of the father and brother of brother neuewe of neuewe And in the moneth of August folowynge the duchesse of Brytayne landed at Fulmouth in the prouince of Cornwayll from theÌs was conueyed to wynchester where in shorte tyme after kyng HeÌry maryed her in the cathedrall churche of the sayde cytye And soone vpoÌ was the eldest doughter of kyng HeÌry named dame BlaÌche maryed at Coleyn to the dukes sonne of Bayer Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.ii  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.iii  Rycharde Merlewe  IohnÌ walcot Draper  Anno .iii.  Robert Chichele  IN this yere and .xiiii. day of the moneth of Septembre was y e foresayd duchesse of Brytayne and wyfe of y e kyng receyued wyth great honour into the cytye of London so by the mayre and the cytezyns conueyed vnto westmynster where vpoÌ the morowe folowyng she was crowned quene of Englande wyth greate honoure and solempnite the cyrcumstaunce wherof I passe ouer In this yere also Rupertus which after the deposynge of wessenselans was by the electours of the empyre and by auctoryte of Bonyface theââr ⪠than pope admytted for Emperoure of Rome and came into Englande wyth a goodly companye onely to se the countre and commodytyes of the same The whyche of the kynge was honourably receyued and fested and lastely conueyed by the kynge towarde the see syde where eyther departed from other wyth exchaunge of ryche and precious gyft For thys Rurpartus was named of wryters a man of excellente bounte and largesse And he gaue more lyberally for so moche as all the tyme of hys beynge in EnglaÌde he laye here at the kynges costes And whyle he was at LondoÌ he was lodged at the house of saynte Iohannâs in smythfelde Thys yere also vpoÌ saiÌt LaureÌce euyn or the .ix. day of August a lorde of Brytayne named the lorde of Castyle in Frenche laÌded within a myle of Plymmouth wyth a great coÌpany of NormaÌs and Brytons and came vnto the sayd town and lodged there all night and spoyled and robbed the sayd towne And vpon the day folowynge whan they had done what they wolde they retourned agayne to theyr shyppes with plente of pyllage and prysoners suche as they fande Anno domini M. CCCC.iii  Anno domini M. CCCC.iiii  Thomas Fawconer  wyllyam Askam  Anno .v.  Thomas Pooll  IN thys yere soone after CaÌdelmasse the foresayd lorde of Castyle trustynge to wynne a lâke enterpryse as in the yere passed he hadde done he beynge accompanyed wyth a stronge nauy of FreÌche men Brytons was encountred wyth the Englyshe floot within .ii. myles of Deermouth at a place called Blakâpooll ⪠where after loÌge and cruell fyghte y e sayd lord was slayne wyth the more partye of the people and dyuers of hys shyppes takeÌ as wytnesseth the Englysshe cronycle wyth dyuers other Englysshe auctours But the FreÌche boke excuseth thys scomfyture of FreÌchmen and sayeth that by treason oâ a Gascoyne named Peâyâ or Perot de Languyle whyche shewed vnto the sayd lorde Castyle that he had espyed certayne Englysshe shyppes in a Greke lyghtly wythout resystence to be takeÌ caused the sayd lorde to make sayle towarde the sayd towne of Dartmouthe where after he had contynued a certayne tyme hys course he espyed the hotefloâe of Englyshe men whyche made toward hym and so at the sayde Blake pool encountââd and faughte and lastely escaped the daunger of hys enemyes as testyfyeth the sayde French cronycle ⪠but âatte unhurt for he was so wouÌded in that fyght that he dyed shortly after And the moneth of Apryll folowynge the duke of Clarence wyth the erle of KeÌt many other lordes toke shyppynge at Meregate so sayled vnto Scluce in FlauÌders And after the sayde duke had there refresshed hym hys company he toke shyppynge agayne and holdynge hys course towarde SwynÌe he was encouÌtred wyth .iii. greate carykes of Ieane the whyche he assayled and after longe bekerynge them toke beynge laden wyth marchauÌdyse so wyth that pray retourned to Cambre before wynchelsee in the whyche hauen the sayd goodes were caÌted and shared But how it was by varyauÌce amonge them selfe or otherwyse one of the sayde carykes was sodeynly fyred so coÌsumed For restytucyon of whyche goodes shyppes y e marchauÌtes IanueÌce made after great longe sute to the kyng his couÌsayl in whyche passetyme they borowed cloth wolle other marchaundyses amountyng vnto great and notable sommes of dyuers marchauntes of Englande And whanne they sawe that they myghte haue none hope of recouery of theyr loste they sodeynly auoyded the laÌde and lafte y e foresayde notable summes vnpayde to the great hynderaunce and vtter vndoynge of many Englysshe marchauntes In thys yere a yoman named wyllyam Serle somtyme yomaÌ of kyng Rychardes Robys was takeÌ in the marches of ScotlaÌde and broughte vnto LondoÌ there in the guildhall areygned for the murder of the duke of Glouceter at Calays UpoÌ which murder he was attaynt conuyct vppoÌ the .xx. daye of Octobre he was draweÌ from the towre vnto tyborne and there haÌged and quartred hys hed was after set vpoÌ LondoÌ brydg hys .iiii. quarters were sent to .iiii. sondry good townes Anno domini M. CCCC.iiii  Anno domini M. CCCC.v  wyllyam Lowfte  IohnÌ Hyende Draper  Anno .vi.  Stephen Spylman  IN thys yere and moneth of Ianuary were certayne courses of warre ron in smythfelde betwene syr EdmuÌde erle of Kent the lorde Moryfa BaroÌ of ScotlaÌde vppoÌ y e chaleÌge of the sayd scottysshe lorde But the erle of KeÌt bare hym so valy auntly that to hym was gyueÌ y e price of that iourney to hys great honour And in the same yere syr Rycharde Scrope than archebisshop of yorke and y e lorde Moubraye thaÌ marshal of EnglaÌd with other to them allied for grudge that they bare agayn the kynge gadered vnto theym greate streÌgth enteÌdyng to haue put downe the kynge as the âame than wente wherof the kyng beyng enfourmed in all haste sped towarde theym and met wyth them on thys syde yorke where after askyrmysshe by the sayd lordes made they were thaÌ takeÌ and after presented vnto y e king at yorke where they were bothe demed to suffre deth for theyr rebellyoÌ Than whan the bysshoppe came vnto the place of execucion he prayed y e bowcher to gyue to hym .v. strokes in the worshyp of christes fyue woundes for hys more penauÌce At eueryche of whyche .v. strokes kynge Henry beynge in hys lodgyng had a stroke in hys necke in so moch that he demed that some persone there beynge with hym present hadde stryken him And forthwyth he was stryken wyth the plage of lepyr so that than he knewe it was the hande of god and
as some drowned .iii. of the grettest of theyr carykkes taken Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.vi  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.vii  Roberte wodtyngton  Henry Barton Skynner  Anno .v.  IohnÌ Couentre  THys yere the kynge holdynge hys parlyameÌt at westmynster to hym was graunted by auctoryt of the same a Fyftene And by a conuocacyon of the clergy was grauÌted to hym a dyme for the mayntenaunce of hys warrys wheruppon newe prouysyon was made for hys seconde vyage into Fraunce By authoryte of this parlyament also Rycharde whyche was sonne heyre of y e erle of Cambrydge which erle was put to deth at Southampton was created duke of yorke whiche after was maryed vnto Cecyle y e doughter of Daraby erle of westmerlande by reason that he brought his wardshyp of the kynge By the whiche lady Cecyle he hadde Henry that dyed yonge Edward that after was kynge Edmunde erle of Rutlande Anne duchesse of Exceter Elyzabeth duchesse of Suffolke George duke of Clarence Rycharde duke of Glouceter and after kynge and Margaret duchesse of Burgoyne And whaÌ all thynge was redy for the kynges vyage he ordeyned IohnÌ duke of Bedforde hys brother protectour of thys land in the tyme of his absence And that done he wyth hys lordes aboute wytsontyde toke hys shyppyng at SouthamptoÌ and so sayled into Normandye and landed vpon LaÌmas daye at a place called Toke or Towke And after he was wyth hys hoste there landed for so moche as he was warned of certayne shyppes of warre y e entendyd to do some harme in Englande beynge than vppon the see he therfore to wythstaÌde theyr malycyouse purpose sent the erle of Marche the erle of Huntyngdon wyth other to scowre the see The whyche encountred the sayde enemyes and after a loÌge and cruell fyght them veÌquysshed ouercame whyche fyght was vpon the daye of saynt Romayne or the .ix. day of Auguste as hath the Frenche cronycle And of the French nauy was chyefe capytayne the vycount of Narbon whych in that fyght was taken with great pleÌty of treasour For as sayth Gaguinus he with one Mountney an other capytayne to whom y e sowdyours wages was coÌmytted of one assent of theyr synguler lucre wythhelde the sayde wages By reason wherof whan they shuld ioyne in batayll many of them wyth theyr shyppes withdrew last theyr capitayns in the dauÌger of theyr enemyes But this is lyke to be a fayned excuse of y e sayd Gagwyne to saue the honoure of the FreÌchmen as he many tymes semblably dothe in many places of hys boke Then to retourne vnto kyng Henry whan he was thus landed he sent vnto y e rulers of the town of Towke and had it vnto hym delyuered But the castell was defended agayn hym tyll saynt Laurence daye folowyng the whyche he gaue after vnto hys brother the duke of ClareÌce wyth all the sygnory therunto belongynge And thys done the kynge spedde hym toward Cane layde his syege therunto vpon y e .xvii. day of the foresayd moneth of August The whych contynued tyll the feest of the Natyuyte of our lady than won vpon y e êty y t the duke of ClareÌce assawted But the castel helde by apoyntemeÌt yf no rescouse were had tyll the .xiiii. day folowyng At whych day y e sayd castel was delyuered with other .xiiii stroÌge holdes which had before takeÌ y e same apoyntmeÌt Than the kynge made the foresayd duke of Clarence capytayne of the sayd town castell And in this passetyme were dyuers other townes stroÌge holdes goten by dyuers of y e kynges retynew as y e erle Marshall the erle of warwyke other y e which wan Louers Faloys Newelyn Cherburgth ArgeÌtyne Bayons the citye with many other stroÌge abbays pilys ThaÌ the king helde there saynt Georges feest and dubbyd there .xv. knyghtê of y e Bath after coÌtynued his warres duryng this mayres yere in wynnyng vpon the FreÌchmen by apoyntementê and otherwyse wherof the cyrcumstauÌce were very longe to declare in order In this yere also vpoÌ the festfull day of Ester tyll a chaunce in LoÌdoÌ which to y e fere of all good crysteÌ men is necessary to be noted For vpoÌ the hygh soleÌpne day by excytyng of y e deuyll yll disposycioÌ of .ii. women that is to mene the wyfe of the lorde StrauÌge y e wyfe of syr IohnÌ Trussell knyght such vnkyndnes fyll bytwene theyr two husbaÌdes y t eyther wold haue slayne other within y e parysh chyrch of saynt DuÌstanes in the Eest In êtyng of which persons dyuers men were hurt sore wouÌded one named ThomÌ PetwardeÌ slayne out of hand which was a freeman fysshemoÌger of the cyty Than lastly both frayers were takeÌ brought vnto the CouÌtour in y e Pultry And for the sayd lorde StrauÌge was demed culpable of y e begiÌnyng of this fray he therfore vpoÌ the soÌday folowyng for suspendyng of the chyrche was denouÌced acursyd at Poulys crosse in all parysshe chyrches of LondoÌ And fynally he was demed to open penaunce dyd it and made greate amendes vnto the wyfe of the sayde Thomas for the deth of her husbaÌd And in the ende of thys yere where at LoÌdoÌ was sold for .ii. s. a busshell Anno domini M. CCCC.xvii  Anno domini M. CCCC.xviii  Henry Rede  Rycharde Merlowe Iremonger  Anno .vi.  IohnÌ Gedney  IN thys yere syr IohnÌ Oldcastell lorde CobhmÌ the whyche as before is shewed in the ende of the fyrste yere of thys kynge escaped out of the Towre of London was in the moneth of sent vnto London by the lorde Powys out of walys The whyche syr IohnÌ for heresye treason was conuycte in the moneth of folowynge and for the same drawen vnto saynt Gyles feld where he was hanged vppon a newe peyre of galowes wyth chaynes and after consumed wyth fyre And about that season the person of wortham in Norfolke whyche longe tyme had haunted Newmarket heth and there robbed spoyled many of the kynges subgettes was nowe with his concubyne broughte vnto Newgate where he lastly dyed And kynge Henry beynge styll in Normandy deuyded hys people in thre partes wherof one he reserued vnto hym selfe the seconde he commytted to the rule of the duke of Clarence and the thyrde vnto the erle of warwyke whyche sayde duke erle employed theyr armes so well and valyauntly that eyther of theym encroched sore vppon the Frenchmen and wanne from them many stronge holdes and pyles And the kynge after longe syeges by hym contynued aboute Argentyne Cressy saynte Launde and other he then in y e ende of thys yere that is to saye vppon y e daye of the translacyon of saynt Edwarde or the .xiii. daye of October layde hys syege vnto the cytye of Roan and contynued the same tyll the .xii. daye of Ianuary folowynge In the whych passetyme the olde mayre was chaunged to a new
thynges concernynge his estate and to be lodged in notable places of his realme wher the people to hym shulde be moste obedyent After whiche artycles by the consentes of bothe prynces well and nobly ratysfyed and confermed and solempnyzacion of the foresayd maryage ended kyng Henry with his people sped hym towarde Parys where he was honorably receyued And whan he had with his newe wyfe rested hym there a season he than with the duke of Burgoyne and dyuers other lordes of Fraunce layde seyge vnto dyuers townes whiche helde vpon the Dolphyns partye them wanne by strengthe or by appoyntment and lastly layde syege and his ordenaunce aboute a stronge towne named Meldune or Meleon wherof was capytayne a noble warryour named Barbasan the whiche defended that towne manfully Than the kynge seynge the foresayde sternesse of y e capitayne beclipped that towne with a stronge syege lyenge hymselfe on that syde towarde the wood and the duke of Burgoyne vpon the other syde agayne the temple or monastery of saynt Peter whiche syege so conââued durynge this mayres yere Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.xix  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xx  Robert whytyngham  Richarde whytyngham Mercer  Anno .viii.  Iohan Butler  THis yere continued styll the former syege aboute Meleon tyll aboute the mydle of Nouembre At whiche tyme the fore named capytayne sore famysshed sought me anes of treaty By meane wherof it was agreed that he with all other shulde sauely auoyde by a daye lymyted excepte all suche persones as before tyme had ben consentynge vnto the dethe of IohnÌ lateli duke of Burgoyne For the whiche cryme the forenamed capytayne named Barbasan was after accused with many other and sent vnto Parys and there holden in pryson And that done kynge Henry layde his syege vnto a towne called Melden The whiche fynally was also gyuen vp by a lyke apoyntment wherin were founden certayne persones detected of y e foresayde murther for the whiche after due examynacyon made they were hanged vpon an elmen tree standynge by y e way ledynge vnto Parys whan kynge Henry had thus wrouthte moche of his wyll in Fraunce he toke leue of his father the Frenche kynge with the quene his wyfe sayled into Englande landed at Douer vpon Candelmas day leuynge in Fraunce for his deputye his brother the duke of Clarence Than the kynge sped hym on his iournay towarde London came thyder on the .xiiii. daye of February And the quene came thyder vpon the .xxi. day of y e same moneth But here for lengthe of tyme I wyl passe ouer the great and curyous ordynaunce prouyded by the cytezyns for the receyuynge of the kynge and quene aswell of theyr ordinate metynge wyth theym vpon horsebacke as the sumptuous and honourable dyuyses prepayred wythin the cytye to the kynges and quenes greate reâioysynge And forthe I wyll procede to shewe vnto you some parte of the greate honour that was vsed and exercysed vppon the daye of the sayde quenes coronacyon whyche was after solempnysed in saynte Peters churche of westmynster vppon the daye of saynte Mathy the apostle or the foure twenty day of February After whyche solempnysacyoÌ in that chyrche endyd she was conueyed in to the greate halle of westmynster and there set to dyner Upon whose ryghte hand satte at the ende of the same table the archebysshop of CauÌtorbury and Henry surnamed the ryche cardynall of wynchester And vppon the lefte hande of the quene satte the kynge of Scottes in hys astate the whyche was seruyd wyth coueryd messe lyke vnto the forenamed bysshoppes but after them And vppon the same hande and syde nere to the bordes ende satte the duchesse of yorke and the countesse of Huntyngdon The erle of y e Marche holdynge a ceptre in hys hande knelyd vppon the ryght syde The erle marshall in lyke maner knyled vppon the left hande of the quene The couÌtesse of Kente satte vnder the table at the ryght foote and the countesse Marshall at the left foote The duke of Glouceter syr Humfrey âas that daye ouerloker and stode before the quene bare heded Syr Rychard Neuyll was that day caruer to y e quene y e erles brother of Suffolk cupberer syr IohnÌ Steward Sewar the lord Clyfford panterer in stede of the erle of warwyk the lord wyllughby boteler in stede of the erle of AruÌdell The lord Gray Ruthyn or Ryffyn naperer The lord of Awdeley amner in stede of the erle of Cambrydge The erle of worceter was that daye erle Marshall in absence of the erle Marshall the whyche rode about the hall vpon a great courser wyth a multytude of typped staues about hym to kepe the roume in the hall Of the which hall the barons of the .v. portes begaÌ the table vpon the ryght hande towarde saynt StepheÌs chapell beneth theÌ at the table sat the bowchyers of the chauncery And vpon the lefte hande next vnto the cupborde sat the mayre and hys bretherne aldermeÌ of LoÌdoÌ The bysshops began the table foreagayne the barons of the .v. portes the ladies the table agayn the mayre Of whyche .ii. tables for the bysshoppes began y e bysshop of London and the bysshop of Durham and for the ladyes the countesse of Stafforde the couÌtesse of Marche And ye shall vnderstande that thys feast was all of fysshe And for the orderyng of the seruice therof were diuers lordes appoynted for hede offycers as stewarde controller surueyour and other honourable offyces For the whyche were appoynted the erles of Northumberlande of westmerland the lorde Fitz Hughe the lorde Furneuall the lorde Gray of wyltonÌ the lorde Ferers of Groby the lord Ponynges the lorde HaryngtonÌ y e lord Darcy the lorde Dacre and the lord Delaware The whyche wyth other orderyd the seruyce of the feest as foloweth thus for the fyrst course Brawne and mustarde Dedellys in Burneux Frument wyth Balien Pyke in Erbage Lamprey powderyd Trought Codlyng Playes fryed Marlyng fryed Crabbys Leche lumbarde florysshed Tartys And a sotyltye called a Pellycane syttyng on hys nest with her byrdes and an image of saynte Katheryne holdyng a boke and dysputyng with the doctours holdynge a reason in her ryghte hande saynge Madame le Royne and y e Pellycan as an answere Ce estia signe et du roy pur tenir ioy et a tout sa gent esse mete sa entent The seconde course Gely coloured wyth columbyne floures whyte potage or creme of almandes Breme of the see Counger Solys Cheuen Barbyll wyth Roche Fresshe Samon Halybut Gurnarde Rochet broyled Smelth fryed Creuys or lobster Leche Damask witw the kynges worde or prouerbe flourysshed Vne sanz plus Lamprey fresshe baken Flampeyne flourisshed wyth a scochonÌ royall and therin .iii. crownes of golde plantyd with floure delyce and floures of camemyll wroughte of confeccions And a sotyltye named a Panter wyth an image of saynte Katheryne wyth a whele in her hande a rolle wyth a reason in that other hande
greate daunger toke hys barge so in all haste rowed to London nat wythout great maymys hurtys receyued by many of hys seruauntes For thys the old raÌcour malyce whyche neuer was clerely cured anon begaÌ to breke oute in so moche that the quenes couÌsayll wolde haue had the sayd erle arested and committed vnto the towre wherfore he shortly after departed toward warwyke and by polycy purchased soone after a commyssioÌ of the kyng and so yode or sayled vnto Calays Thanne encreased thys olde malyce more more in so moche that where the quene and hyr couÌsayll sawe that they myght nat be auenged vppoÌ the erle that so vnto Calays was departed than they malygned agayne hys father the erle of Salysbury imagened how he myght be brought out of lyfe And in processe of tyme after as he was rydynge towarde Salysbury or after som from hys lodgyng towarde London the lorde Audeley wyth a stroÌg company was assygned to mete wyth hym as prysoner to bryng hym vnto LondoÌ whereof the sayde erle beynge warned gathered vnto hym the mo men kepyng hys iourney mette wyth the sayd lord Audeley at a place called Bloreheth where both companyes ran together had there a stroÌge by keryng wherof in the ende the erle was vyctoure and slewe there the lorde Audeley many of hys retynew At thys skyrmys she were the .ii. sonnes of the sayd erle sore wouÌded named sir Thomas and syr IohnÌ the whyche shortly after as they were goynge homeward were by some of the quenys party taken as prysoners sente vnto Chestry whan thys was knowen vnto y e duke of yorke and to the other lordes of hys party they knewe understode that yf they êuyded nat shortly for remedy for them selfe they shulde all be destroyed And for that they by one assent gathered to them a stroÌge hoste of men as of Marche men and other in the moneth of Octobre y t was in the begynnyng of the .xxxviii yere of the reygne of kynge Henry the later ende of thys mayres yere they drewe them towarde the kynge to the entent to remoue froÌ hym such persones as they thought were enemyes vnto the commoÌ weale of Englande But the quene and hyr counsayll heryng of the entent strength of these lordes caused the kyng in all haste to sende forthe coÌmyssyons to gather the people so that in shorte whyle the kyng was strongely accoÌpanyed so spedde hym vppon hys iourney to warde the duke of yorke hys company wherof heryng y e sayd duke thaÌ beyng wyth hys peple nere vnto the towne of Ludlowe pyghte there a sure stroÌge feelde that none of hys foes myght vppon any parte entre where he so lyeng came to him frome Calays the erle of warwyke wyth a stronge bande of meÌ amonge the whyche was Andrewe Trollop and many other of y e best souldiours of Calays The duke thus kepynge hys feelde vpon that one party and the kyng wyth hys people vpon that other vpon the nyght precedyng the daye that bothe hostes shulde haue met the forenamed Andrewe Trolloppe wyth all the chefe soudyours of Calays secretly departed frome y e dukes hoste and wente vnto the kynges where they were ioyously receyued whaÌ thys thynge to the duke and the other lordes was asserteyned they were therewhyth sore dysmayed and specyally for the sayd lordes had to the sayd Andrew shewed the hoole of theyr ententes whych thanne they knewe well shuld be clerelye dyscouered vnto theyr enemyes wherfore after couÌsayll for a remedye taken they concluded to flee to leue the feelde standyng as they had ben presente and styll abydyng And so incontynently the sayd duke wyth hys twoo sonnes a few other persones fledde towarde walys and from thens passed sauely into Irelande And the erles of Salysbury of Marche of warwyke and other wyth a secrete company also departed and toke the waye into Deuonshyre where a squyer named Iohan Dynham whyche after was a lorde and hyghe tresourer of Englande so lastlye in Henry the .vii. dayes and xvi yere of hys reygne dyed bought a shyp for a C. .x. markes or a leuen score nobles and in the same shyppe the sayd lordes went so sayled into Gerneley And whaÌ they had a seasoÌ there soiourned and refresshed them selfe they departed thens as in the begynnyng of the nexte mayres yere shal be clerely shewed Uppon the morowe whan all thys couyne was knowen to the kynge and the lordes vpon hys party there was sendynge and ruÌnynge wyth all spede towarde euery cooste to take these lordes but none myght be fouÌde And forthwith the kyng rode vnto Ludlowe dyspoyled the towne and castell sente the duchesse of yorke wyth hyr chyldren vnto the duchesse of BuckynghaÌ hyr syster where she rested loÌge after Anno. dnÌi M. CCCC.lix  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.lx Fysshemonger HohnÌ Plummer  wyllyam Hulyn  Anno .xxxviii.  IohnÌ Stocker  THys yere that is to meane vppon the fryday next ensuyng Alhalowen day after the sayde erles of Salysbury of Marche of warwyke had as before is said refresshed them in the I le of Gernesey they vpoÌ the fryday foresayd laÌded at Calays and there were at a posterne by theyr freÌdes ioyously receyued ThaÌ anon vpon this these foresayd lordes were proclaymed rebellys traytours the yonge duke of Somerset was made capitayne of Calays wherfore in all haste he made purueyaunce saylyd thyther to take possessyon of y e town But he fayled of hys purpose for the foresayde erles there beynge kept so y e towne that there he myght haue no rule natwythstandyng that he shewed the kynges letter pateÌtys wyth many other strayght commauÌdementes of the kynge For whyche cause the sayd duke yode vnto Guynys and there helde hym for a seasoÌ And anone as the sayd duke was laÌded some of the shypmen which had brought hym thyther for good wyll that they owed vnto the erle of warwyke coÌueyed theyr shippes streyght into Calays hauen brought wyth them certayne persones named Genyn Fenbyll IohnÌ Felowe Kayles and Purser whyche were enemyes vnto the sayde erle of warwyke the whyche were presented vnto the lordes and soone after wythin the sayd towne of Calays they were beheded Thys rumoure thus contynuynge dayly came vnto these lordes greate socoure out of EnglaÌde And vppon that other partye the duke as before is sayd lyeng in the castel of Guynes gate vnto hym ayde and strengthe of souldyours made out and skyrmysshed wyth them of Calays many and sundry tymes In whych assautes many meÌ were slayen hurte vppon both partyes but moste wekyd the dukes partye For all be that the lordes lost many men yet they dayly came so thycke to them out of dyuers partyes of EnglaÌde that theyr losse was nat espyed so that they wantyd no meÌ but money to maynteynÌ theyr dayly charge with For remedy wher of they shyfted wyth the staple of
he enteÌded to haue folowed to haue made warre vpon the Scottes But he was than vysyted with the sykenes of pockes y t he was forced to leue that iournay In the weke of Crystemas folowynge the Scottes wyth a stroÌge power perced the lande entendynge to haue rescowed certayne castelles in the north But they retourned shortly wythout harme doynge And shortly after the duke of Somerset and syr Rauffe Percy submitted them to the kynges grace whanne the kynge was cured retourned southwarde the Scottes aboute the tyme of lent entred agayn into Englande layde a syege vnto Banbourth castell and wanne it wherfore the kynge in the moneth of Auguste folowynge rode agayne northewarde wyth hys power and ouer that vytayled certayne shyppes in the west countre manned them sent them thyder to make warre vppon the see coost And in the latter ende of this mayres yere the duke of Somerset herynge that kynge Henry was commynge into the lande wyth a newe strength departed secretly wente agayne to hym Anno. dnÌi M.iiii C.lxiii  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxiiii  Robert Basset  Mathewe Phylyp Goldsmyth  Anno .iii.  Thomas Muschampe  IN this yere moneth of May whyche was in the begynyng of the .iiii. yere of kyng Edwarde the lorde IohnÌ of Mountagu hauynge than the rule in the northe partyes beynge warned of the commynge of Henry late kynge wyth a greate power out of Scotlande assembled the Northynmen and mette wyth hym about ExhmÌ and there skyrmysshed wyth y e Scottes at length wan y e vyctory of hys enemyes and chased Henry so nere that he wan from him certayne of hys folowers trapped wyth blewe veluet and hys bycoket garnysshed wyth two crownes of golde and fret wyth perle and ryche stone He also toke at the sayd iourney y e duke of Somerset the lorde Hungerforde the lorde Roos whych sayde duke was shortly after put to deth at the sayd towne of ExhmÌ the other ii lordes were soon after beheded at new castell And other whyche were after that fyght taken in a wood fast by as syr Phylyp weÌtworth syr Edmond Fiz knyghtes Blacke Iaquis IohnÌ Bryce Thomas Hunt were also put to deth at ExhmÌ foresayd or Myddelham after some wryters syr Thomas Husey knyght was beheded at yorke And in the moneth of Iuly next folowyng the sayde lorde Mountagu wyth ayde of hys brother erle of warwyke wan by streÌgth the forenamed castel of Bamburgth wherin as one of the said capitaynes was taken wyth other syr Rauffe Gray whyche shortly after at yorke was drawen hanged quartered In such passe tyme in moste secret maner vpon the fyrste daye of May kynge Edwarde spoused Elizabeth late the wyfe of syr Iohan Graye knyghte whyche before tyme was slayne at Toweton or yorke felde whych spousayles were solempnised erely in the mornynge at a towne named Graston nere vnto Stonyngestratforde At whyche maryage was no persones present but the spouse the spousesse the duches of Bedford her mother the preste two gentylwomen a yong maÌ to helpe the preeste synge After whyche spousayles ended he weÌt to bedde so taried there vpon .iii. or .iiii. houres and after departed and rode agayne to Stonyng stratforde and came in maner as though he had ben on huntyng and there went to bedde agayne And wythin a daye or .ii. after he sente to GrastonÌ to the lorde Ryuers father vnto hys wyfe shewyng to hym that he wolde come and lodge wyth hym a certayne season where he was receyued wyth all honoure so taryed there by the space of foure dayes In whyche season she nyghtely to hys bedde was brought in so secrete maner that almooste none but her mother was of counsayll And so thys maryage was a season kepte secrete after tyll nedely it muste be dyscouered dysclosed by meane of other whyche were offered vnto the kyng as the quene of Scottes other what oblyquy ran after of thys maryage howe the kyng was enchaunted by the duchesse of Beforde and howe after he wolde haue refused her wyth many other thynges concernynge thys matyer I here pauÌe it ouer And thys yere was kynge Henry taken in a wood in the north countre by one named Cantiowe and presented to the kynge and after sente to the towre where he remayned longe after Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxiiii  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxv.  IohnÌ Tate  Rauffe Iosselyne Draper  Anno .iiii.  IohnÌ Stone  IN this yere was a new coyne ordeyned by y e kyng y t whyche was named y e Royall was yet is in value of .x. s. the halfe royal .v. s the ferthyng .ii. s. vi d. And ouer y t he ordeyned y e secoÌd coyne of golde named it y e angel which was yet is in value of .vi. s. viii. d the half angel iii. s. iiii d. He ordeyned also a newe coyne of grotes halfe grotes pens whych were of lasse weyght than the olde grote was by .viii. d. in an vnce And thaÌ was fyne gulde auauÌsed froÌ s. to .xl. s an vnce other baser goldes after y e rate And syluer that before was at .viii. grotes and .xxx. d. an vunce was hyghed to .xl. d. an vunce and .iii. s. ii d. And in thys mayres yere and begynnyng of the .v. yere that is to say the .xxvi. day of May that yere whyt sonday quene Elizabeth was crowned at westmynster wyth great soleÌpnytie At the whyche season at the towre the nyghte before the coronacyon amonge many knyghtes of the bathe there made was as of that coÌpany syr Thomas Cooke syr Mathewe Phylyp syr Rauffe Iosselyne and syr Henry wauyr cytezyns of LoÌdon thanne and there made knyghtes Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxv.  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxvi  Syr Henry wauyr  Rauffe Uerney Mercer  Anno .v.  wyllyam Constantyne  IN thys yere that is to saye the xi daye of the moneth of February was Elizabeth pryncesse and fyrste chylde of kyng Edward borne at westmynster whose crystenynge was done in the abbaye wyth moste solempnyte And the more bycause the kynge was assured of hys physycyons that the quene was conceyued wyth a prynce and specyally of one named mayster Dominyk by whose counsayll greate prouysyon was ordeyned for crystenynge of the sayde prynce wherfore it was after tolde that thys mayster Domynyk to the entente to haue greate thanke and rewarde of the kynge he stode in the second chamber where the quene trauayled that he myghte be the fyrste that shulde brynge tydynges to the kynge of the byrth of the prynce And lastly whan he harde the chyld crye he knocked or called secretly at y e chaÌber dore and frayned what the quene had To whome it was answered by one of the ladyes what so euer y e quenes grace hathe here wythin suer it is that a fole standeth there wythout And so confused wyth hys answere he departed wythoute saynge of the kynge for
that tyme. Anno domini M.iiii C.lxvi  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxvii  IohnÌ Browne  Syr IohnÌ yonge Grocer Henry Bryce Anno .vi.  IohnÌ Stokton  IN thys yere and moneth of dyed the forenamed HeÌry Bryce and for hym was chosen immedyatly a sheryfe for thys yere IohnÌ Stokton And in the moneth of Iuny folowynge were certayne actes and feates of warre doone in Smythfeld betwene syr Antony wy deuyle called lorde Scalys vpoÌ that one partye and the bastarde of Burgoyne chalengour on that one partye Of whych the lord Scalys wan the honour for the sayd bastard was at the fyrste course rennynge wyth a sharpe sperys ouerthrowen horse man whyche was by the rage of the horse of the sayd bastarde and nat by violence of the strokeÌ of hys enemy by a pyke of iron standyng vppon foreparte of the sadell of y e lord Scalys wherwyth the horse beyng blynd of the bastarde was stryken into the nose thrylles and for payne thereof mounted so hyghe vpon the hynder fete that he fyll bakwarde Upon the seconde daye they met there agayne vpon fote and faughte wyth theyr axes a fewe strokes But whan the kynge sawe that the lorde Scalys had auauntage of the bastarde as y e poynt of hys axe in the vysour of his enemyes helmet and by force therof was lykely to haue borne hym ouer the kyng in hast cryed to such as had the rule of the felde that they shulde departe them and for more spede of the same caste downe a warderer whych he than helde in hys hande so were they departed to the honour of the lorde Scalys for bothe dayes Upon the morow folowynge the other dayes were certayne actes of warre done betwene dyuers gentylmen of thys lande and certayne of the sayd bastardes seruauntes Of the whyche also the Englyshmen wan the honour In thys yere also one named IohnÌ Derby alderman for so moche as he refused to cary or to paye for the caryage awaye of a dede dogge lyenge at hys dore for vnsittynge langage whyche he gaue vnto the mayre he was by a court of aldermen demed to a fyne of .l. pouÌde whyche he payde euery peny Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxvii  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxviii  Humfrey Heyforde  Thomas Owlegraue  Anno .vii.  Thomas Stalbroke  IN thys yere of the mayre and in the begynnynge of the .viii. yere of thys kyng Edwarde that is to meane vpon saterday next ensuiÌg the feest of corpus christi dame Margarete syster vnto the kyng rode thorugh London towarde the sees syde to passe into Flaunders there to be maryed to Charlys duke of Burgoyne before named in the story of y â xi Lowys kyng of FrauÌce After whose departure syr Thomas Cook late mayre which before was peched of treason by a seruauÌt of the lordes wenlokkes called Hawkyns and at the request of the sayd lady Margarete vppon suertie suffered to go at large than was arrested sent vnto the towre his goodes seased by the lorde Ryuerse than tresourer of Englande and hys wyfe put oute of hys house and coÌmytted to the charge of the mayer in whose place she laye a season after And after the sayde syr Thomas had lyen a tyme in y e towre he was brought vnto the Guyldhal and there areygned of the sayde treason and quyt by sondry enquestes after that commytted vnto the countour in Bradstrete and frome thens to the kynges beÌche in Southwark where he laye wythin the sayd prysoÌ tyll hys freendes agreed wyth syr IohnÌ Brandon than kepar of y e sayd prysoÌ to take hym home to hys place where to hys great charge he remayned as prysoner longe after In whych tyme and season he lost moch good for bothe hys places in the countre and also in London were vnder the gydynge of the sayde lordes Ryuers seruauntes and of the seruauntes of syr IohnÌ Fogge than vndertresourer the whych spoyled dystroyed moche thynge And ouer that moche of hys iewelles and plate wyth great substaunce of the marchaundyse as cloth of sylkes and clothes of aras were dyscouered by suche persones as he hadde betaken the sayd goodes to kepe came to y e treasourers handes which to the sayd syr Thomas was a great enemye And fynally after many persecucyons and losses was compelled as for a fyne sette vppon hym for offence of mysprysyon to paye vnto the kynge .viii. thousand pouÌd And after he hadde thus agreed and was at large for the kynges interest he was thanne in newe trouble agayne the quene The whyche demaunded of hym as hys ryght for euery thousande .li. payde vnto the kyng by way of fyne an hundreth marke For the whiche he had after longe sute and greate charge and in conclusion was fayne to agre and to gyue to her a greate pleasure besyde many good gyftes that he gaue vnto her counsayll Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxviii  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxix  Symonde Smyth  wyllyam Taylour Grocer  Anno .viii.  wyllyam Haryot  THys yere and .xxi. day of NoueÌbre a seruaunt of the dukes of Exceter named Rychard Sterys after hys iugement was drawen thorugh the citie vnto the towre hyl and there parted in two pesys that is the hede from the body And vpon the daye folowynge two persones beyng named the one Poynys that other Alforde were draweÌ west ward to tyborne and there whaÌ they shuld haue ben hanged there chartours were shewed and so preserued And about thys season or soon after was the erle of Oxenford which before tyme was taken by a surmyse in ielosy of treason awayted for and after deliuered In the latter ende of this mayres yere .ix. yere of y e king the marchauntes eesterlynges were condempned vnto the marchauntes auenturers Englyssh after longe sumptuous exspences in the lawe before the kynges counsayll in .xiii. M.v. C. and .xx. li. whereof the payment was kept secret frome wryters In thys yere the dyssymuled fauoure whiche betwene the kyng and the erle of warwyke had styll contynued syne the maryage of the quene beganne to appere in so moche that the erle wythdrewe hym frome the kynge and confedered vnto hym the duke of Clarence that before hadde maryed hys doughter whereupon the commons of the north beganne to rebell and chase theym a capytayne whome they had named Robyn of Ryddysdale The whyche dyd many feates and lastly bare hym so wysely that he hys coÌpany were pardoned of the kyng In the which rumour and styrryng the lord Ryuers and syr IohnÌ hys sonnÌ that before had maryed the old duchesse of Northfolke lyenge at a place by Charynge crosse called the Muys were taken by LyncolnÌshyre men and brought vnto NorthamtoÌ and there beheded Anno domini M.iiii C.lxix  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxx.  Rycharde Gardyner  Rycharde Lee Grocer  Anno .ix.  Robert Drope  THys yere soone after Alhalowen tyde proclamacioÌs were made
Scotland for terme of both kynges lyues And in December a carpenter called Godfrey toke downe the wedercok of Poulys slyple set it vp agayne And this yere in Crystmas weke was a part of the kinges palayes of RychemouÌt brent And this yere vppon the .ix. daye of Iuny the forenamed Parkin beyng at large in the kynges court went secretely awaye and lastly went to the fader of Syon And after the second pardon to hym by the kynge graunted he was shewed at westmynster in Chepys syde with moch wonderment and fynally had to the Towre and there keped Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xcviii  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xcix  Thomas Bradbery  Syr IonÌ Percyuale  Anno .xiiii.  Stephyn Ienyns  IN thys yere vpoÌ the .xxx. daye of Octobre came my lord price through y e cytye wyth an honorabell coÌpany toward westmynster And vppon shroue tuysdaye was put in execucioÌ at saynt Thomas warrynge a strepelyng of .xx. yeres of age whych had auauÌced hym selfe to be the sonnÌ or heyre to the erle of warwykes landes was the sonne of a cordyner of LondoÌ And thys yere mayster IohnÌ Tate aldermaÌ begaÌ y e new edefyinge of saynt Anthonies church And this yere vpoÌ the .xvi. day of Iuly beynge sonday vpoÌ the sonday folowyng stode .xii. heretykes at Poules crosse shryned wyth fagottes Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xcix  Anno dnÌi M.v. C.  Iamys wylforde  Nycholas Alwyn  Anno .xv.  Rychard Brond  IN this yere the .xvi. day of NoueÌber was areyned in y e whyte halle at westmynster the forenamed Parkyn .iii. other The whych Parkyn and one IohnÌ Awatyr were put shortly after in execucioÌ at Tyborne And soone after was the erle of warwyke put to deth at the towre hylle one Blewet Astwood at Tyborne And thys yere in May the kyng the quene sayled to Calays And thys yere was BabraÌ in Northfolke breÌt And in Iuly was an olde heretyke breÌt in Smythfelde And thys yere was a great deth in LondoÌ whereof died ouer xx M. of all ages And this yere dyed doctour MortoÌ cardynall and chaunceler of Englande in the moneth of October Anno. dnÌi M.v. C.  Anno dnÌi M.v. C.i.  IohnÌ Hawys  wyllyam Remyngton  Anno .xvi.  wyllyam Stede  IN this yere the .xxi. daye of DeceÌber in the nyght was an hydyous thuÌder And this yere was the name of the kyngê palays of Shene chauÌged called after y e day RychemouÌt And this yere in August departed secretly out of this laÌde the duke of Suffolke And the .iiii. daye of October laÌded at Plymmowth KaterynÌ doughter of y e kyng of Spayn And thys yere was fynysshed by mayster Tate the church of saynt Anthony Anno domini M.v. C.i.  Anno domini M.v. C.ii.  Syr Laurence Aylemer  Syr IohnÌ Shaa  Anno .xvii.  Henry Hede.  IN this yere began the mayre hys bretherne to ryde to the barge other places UpoÌ sait ErkeÌwaldes day was my lord prince maryed to the kyng of Spaynes doughter And this season the duke of Bukkyngham wyth other was chief chaleÌgeour at a royall iustyce turney holdeÌ in the palays of westmynster And thys yere came a greate ambassade out of ScotlaÌd by reason wherof coÌclusion of maryage was made betwene the king of Scottes dame Margarete eldest doughter to oure soueraygne lord Also thys yere was an excedyng great fysshe taken nere vnto Quynbourgh And in Marche syr wyllyam of Deuynshyre syr Iamys Tyrell his eldest sonÌ one named welborne were arested for treason And in Apryll âolowyng dyed y e noble prynce Arthur in the towne of Ludlow And upoÌ y e last day of April were set vpoÌ y e pyllory .ii. yoÌgmen for defamyng of y e kynges couÌsayll and there erys cut of Also aboute thys tyme y t gray fryers were coÌpelled to take theyr old habit russet as y e shepe doth dye it And the .vi. day of Maye Iamys Tyrell syr IohnÌ wyndhmÌ knyght were beheded at y e towre hyl And a shypmaÌ for the same treason was the same day draweÌ to tyborne there haÌged quartered And soone after a purseuauÌt named Curson a yoman called Mathew Ionys were put in execucioÌ at Guynys all was for aydyng of syr EdmoÌd De la pool Also thys yere about mydsomer was takeÌ a felowe whych hadde renewed many of RobiÌ hodes pageÌtes which named him selfe Greneleef And this yere begaÌ the new werke of y e houses offyce wythin the Guyldhall of London And in the ende of October was proclaymed a peas betwene the king the archeduke of Burgoyne And y e sonday before saint SymoÌd Iude was shewed a bull by vertue wherof were denouÌced at Poules crosse as accursed syr EdmoÌd de la pool late duke of Suffolke syr Roberte Curson knyght .v. other persones And all such as ayded any of theÌ agaiÌ y e king Anno domini M.v. C.ii.  Anno domini M.v. C.iii. Goldsmyth Henry Kebyll  Bartholmew Rede  Anno .xviii.  Nycholas Nynys  IN this yere begaÌ the new werk of the kynges chapell at westmynster And vpoÌ the .xi. daye of February dyed quene Elizabeth within the towre lieng in chyldbed And vpoÌ the fyrst sonday of leÌt was solemply accursed at Poules crosse wyth bel candell syr EdmoÌd de la pool syr Robert Curson other all y t the ayded agayn the kyng And in th eÌde of the moneth of marche was y e pryour of y e Charterhous at Shene sinfully murdered wyth an other muÌk of the same house by synyster meanes of a munk of the same place named Good wyne other mischeuous êsones And this yere the felisshyp of tayllours of LoÌdon purchased a grauÌt of the king to be called marchauÌt tayllours And y e viii day of August was the kynge of Scottes maried vnto y e eldest doughter of y e kyng Also in Iuly were areyned at the Guyldhall Olyuer saynte IohnÌ Robert Simpson wellysâorfi before named Pool bayly of Thorok amp .iiii. other all beyng cast for treason whereof the sayde Olyuer and Pool wyth hyppemen were putte in execucion at Tyborne and the other were pardoned Anno. dnÌi M.v. C.iii.  Anno dnÌi M.v. C.iiii. Draper Chrystoffer Hawys  Syr wyllyam Capell Robert wattes Anno .xix.  Thomas Granger  IN thys yere the .xiii. day of NoueÌber in the palays of y e archebysshop of CauÌterbury at LaÌbehyth was holdeÌ the sergeauÌtes feest And the .xxi. day of NoueÌber in the begynnyng of y e nyght was a dredeful fyre vpoÌ the north ende of LondoÌ brydge And vppoÌ the .vii. daye of Ianuary were certeyne houses coÌsumed wyth fyre agayn saynt Botulphis churche in Thamys strete UpoÌ the .xxv. daye of Ianuary begaÌ a parliameÌt at westmynster And y e .xxvii. day of March was an house breÌt agayn saynt Mattyus le grauÌt And the same day was hurt
of our moste gracyous and moste dâad soueraygne lord Henry y e viii of that name as tyghtfull enherytour vnto the .ii. crownes of Englande and of Fraunce The whyche began hys moste gracyous reygne y e xxii day of Apryll in the yere of oure lord god M.v. C. and .ix. HEnry the .viii. of that name and second sonne of the forenamed excellente prynce Henry the seuith began his moste gracyous reygn ouer the realme of Englande the .xxii. daye of Apryll in the yere of our lord god M.v. C. and .ix. To whome by all honour reuereÌce ioyfull contynauÌce of prosperous reygn to the pleasure of god weale of thys hys realme Amen Thus endeth Fabyans cronycle Confederacy * Wycked punysshement Roma scotte * Iustyce and coÌtynence â Prestes wyues Thre thynges requysyte to fyght A kynges chasâyâe A pacyeÌt man OrnameÌtes of the chyrche folde Fyrst mayred ââyryffeâ * Peter penâ The grauÌt of warde maryage An erthquake Statute of Merton The ãâ¦ã presence * Fyrst older men of London An appele from the pope * Scutage Singlaâ profyte A âeâter sent by the ãâã to the kyng * Cruell and detestable Batayle Dârf takyng â Deââ ãâã of Rychard kynge of âsmayne A moÌster The ââome de Lyce To myche ãâã cause of repeÌtauÌce Statute of Mâpâmayn Fârââ coygnyng of half pens and farthynges Bew the beatiââemen wâre trapned from vanyn Crueltye ãâã Frenche ãâã * InquiââcioÌ de Troylbasion Shamfull minder Victory agaynste the Scottes Byshoppes periured Aryght notable policy Boniface the viii pope The fyrste wynnyng of Rodyâ Byrth of Edwarde the thyrde * Batayle of Estryuelyn Traiferous pâââumââyd of a âââagn Berwyke loste Decasion ââ morâaââ ãâã The parlyameÌt of Northamton * Byrth of Lyonell * The mansy coârage of Edward the thyrde A letter sent by kyng Edward to the FreÌch kyng Tincâ Breche Clement the âi pope kynge Edwardes Floryne â¡ Th order of the garter * Cane conquered AffeccyoÌ of Historiographers â¡ whaÌ Calys was goââe * A great ãâã in London Dethe of Pylyppe de Valoys â¡ Kynge Edwardes ãâã on the ãâã Delayes of the course of Rome Berwyke recouered The batayl of Poytiers Iustes holdeÌ in Smithfelde âakyng of ãâã El moton of golde â¡ The forme of pâace betwene Englande and Fraunce A peasyble kysse â¡ The secoÌd mortalyte â¡ The batayle of DaÌhey FouÌdacyoÌ of saynt Stephans chapell at Westmynster â¡ Byrth of ãâã the seconde Dethe of ãâã Phylyppe A taske âeâynge â¡ A mayres ãâã to the ãâã of the ãâã Aâhysme â¡ Dethe of kynge Edwarde the thyrde Phylyp de Valoys âioned kyng of Fraunce Discomfyte of the Flemyngeâ Dâth of syr Robert of Artoys Iaques de Artyuese murdred At what age the heyre to the crown of FrauÌce shuld be crowned â A scysme ââgonne in the chyrche ââ Rome â¡ A terryble my ãâã of ãâ¦ã execuââân Dethe of kyng Charles â¡ The ãâã of Couâtray Deth of Charles kynge of Nauerne CoronacioÌ of Henry y e fourth The batayle of Shrâwysbuây â¡ A Byshop beheded A byll pââ vppe in the parlyameÌt Dethe of kyng Henry the .iiii. A fraye on Eester day Syr IohnÌ Oldcastell lorde Cobham put to dethe Byrthe of ãâã the fyâte Sonday Monday Tuysday wednysdaye Thursdaye Frydaye Saterdaye Quotidie Kyng Henry the .vi. crowned Kyng Henry the .vi. crowned in Parys â¡ Countyse of Basyse ⪠Bugeny y e pope Calys besyeged kynge of Scottes murdred A derthe Pope Eugeny deposed DyfârrcyoÌ of wolf â ãâã in ãâã InsurreccioÌ in Kent â Th ende of Iacke Cade Byshop of Salysbury sâayne Constanty noble conquered of Turkes A good ãâã â¡ The ãâ¦ã â¡ The bataâll of saââte Albons â¡ Coronacyon of Edwarde the fourth â¡ La âucesse de dieu Th ende lapucelle de dieu The wordes of king Lewys dyenge to his sonne Printed by w Rastell fynysshed the laste daye of December in the yere of our lorde M.v. C. and XXXiii CVM PRIVILEGIO
But to folowe myne authour I shall procede as foloweth THE CLXXVII CHAPITER LEwys the fourth af that name and sonne of Charlis as before is sayde beganne his reygne ouer y e Frenchmen in the yere of our lorde .viii. hundred .lxxx. .vi and the .xiiii. yere of Aluredus then kyng of Englande Of thys Lewys yt ys testyfyed of dyuers wryters that he shulde enamoure hym selfe vppon a menchon of the monastery of Chyell and her drawe oute by force and marye her vnto his wyfe For the which dede and other he purchasyd the aboue said name was called Lewis nought doynge In thys tyme the Danys contrary to theyr êmyse before made made new warre wythin the land of FrauÌce wherfore the Frenchmen hauyng lytell hope in theyr kynge sente vnto Charlon or Charlys y e emperour sonne of Lewys kynge of Germany as before is shewyd requyryng him in all humble wyse to vysyte y e realm of Fraunce and to defende yt from the persecucyon of the Danys In these dayes also was lyuynge in Fraunce the forenamed Hugh whych as ye before haue herd maynteyned the quarell of Lewys Charlys last kynges agayn Lewys kyng of Germanye The whyche Hugh of some writers is called Hue le grauÌd that is Hugh the great Thys man gaderyd an hoste of Frenchmen and gaue batayll vnto the Danys and slewe of them a great nomber It shulde seme by the wryters of the frenche storye that these noble men of Fraunce as thys Hugh and other shulde haue the rule of the spyrytuall possessyons of abbayes and other houses of relygyon For of myne Authour mayster Gagwyne they are in laten named abbates and in the Frenche boke abbis whych is to meane abbottes And also yt is testyfyed of the sayd writers that this Hugh and Robert erle of Parys were the fyrst that left the dystrybucyon of those spyrytuall goodes vnto theyr knightes gaue ouer that name of abbotte the whyche in some other estates contynued tyll the dayes of Roberte kynge of Fraunce Then yt folowyth accordynge to the request made vnto the emperour as aboue is shewyd he gatheryd a stronge hoste of Italyons and parced the lande of Fraunce and bare hym so vyctoryously agayne the Danys that he forced theym to obey to all theyr former promyse condycyons But Eusebiê° and other y t wrote the actes of the emperours sayen y t this Charlis whyche they name the thyrd of y â name and also Grossus y t is great subdued the Danys of Fraunce compellyd theyr leder or prynce named there Rodefredus to take the habyte of Crystes relygyon and receyued hym at the coulde wa ter In whyche tyme or soone after wherof y e tyme is not duely ascertayned dyed the forenamed kynge Lewys surnamed nought doynge when he hadde reygned after most wryters viii yeres leuyng after hym a sonne named Charlis y t whyche after was surnamed symple But for he was to yonge to take vpon hym such a charge the lordes put hym vnder good conuenyent guydynge and chase an other as foloweth to guyde y e lande tyll he were come to hys laufull age whyche was named Eudo. THE CLXXVIII CHAPITER EUdo the sonne of Robert erle of Angeowe beganne his reygne ouer the French men in the yere of our lorde .viii. hundred .lxxx. .xv and the .xxiii. yere of Alurede then kynge of Englande ye shall vnderstand that the aboue named Robert erle of Angeow was as tutor and guyder vnto the forenamed kynges of Fraunce Lewys and Charlys and lastely was slayne of the Danys The whyche Robert left after hym .ii. sonnes Eudo and Robert whych Eudo for the great fame that he was of and also for y e great trouth that in hym was prouyd and knowen y e lordes of one assent chose hym to be kynge of the lande for the terme of his lyfe And as affermeth the french boke other he was crowned of walter then archebyshoppe of Senys Howe be yt this is somdele doutfull to be gyuen credence vnto for dyuers reasons that therunto myghte be made Mayster Gagwyne sayth that he hath sene some authoures that testyfye this forenamed Charlis the symple to be the lawfull son of Lewys Balbus and the foresayde Lewys and Charlis late kynges of Fraunce to be the bastarde sonnes of the sayde Lewys Balbus Then to folowe the mater thys Eudo in coÌsyderacyon that the sayd Charlis the symple was insuffycyeÌt to guyde the lande he was putte vnder the guydyng of this sayd Eudo and he was made kynge in his stede The whyche myghtly defendyd the lande from all daunger of enymyes And ouer y t he caused the sayde Charlys the symple to be noryshed and broughte vp wyth moste dylygence so that he was informed exercysed wyth all vertues doctrine and other thynges necessarye vnto a prynces son And finally when this noble and vertuous knyghte Eudo knew y t he shulde dye he called before hym the lordes nobles of Fraunce y t whych he charched by solemne othe that after his deth they immedyatly shulde crowne Charlis for theyr kyng and dyed soone after when he hadde reygned as affermeth authours by the terme of .ix. yeres Anglia THE CLXXIX CHAPITER EDwarde surnamed the elder and son of Aluredus began his reygne ouer y e more part of England in y e yere of our lord .ix hundred one the .vii. yere of Eudo then kynge of Fraunce This was lower then hys father in letter and connynge but he was hygher in honoure worshyp By his fyrst wife he had a son named Ethelstane the whych was kynge after hym By his seconde wyfe he had two sonnes Edredus Edwynus vii doughters And of y e thyrd wyfe he receyued two sonnes Edmunde Edrede and two doughters Edburga and Edgina The fyrste of these .iii. wyfes hyght Edwyna the second hyght Edgina the thyrde was named Ethleeswyda Of y e forenamed .vii. doughters which he had by his second wife one named Alunda or Almyda was maryed to the fyrst Otto the emperour And a nother named Algina was maryed to Charlis the symple kyng of west FrauÌce And the yoÌgest of his doughters as sayth Policronica he wedded vnto Lewys kyng of Guyan But therof speketh nothyng the frenche cronicle He set his sonnes to scole and his doughters he sette to woll worke takyng exemple of Charlis the conquestour By authoryte of Formosus the pope he made .vii. byshoppes in Enlande wherof he ordeyned .v. in west Saxon one in southe Saxon one in Mercia at Dorchester He also for that the munkes of wynchester sayd that his father Alurede walkyd caused hym to be remoued vnto the new abbay About the .v. yere of his reygne Clyto Ethelwaldus a nere kynnesman of his rebellyd agayn hym and occupyed y e towne of wymborne besydes Bathe toke thens by force nunne went thens vnto the Danys dwellyng in NorthuÌberlande excyted them to ryse agayn kyng Edwarde But the kynge pursued hym
reygne the Sarasyns entred the lande of Burgoyne wyth a grete armye and dyd mych harme in that duchy wherfore the kynge gaderynge his hoste met wyth them at a place called in latyne Carrolas and in French Callo the lasse where the Frenchmen were vyctours but nat wythout greate losse of theyr people Than it foloweth whanne thys Rauff had ruled the lande of FrauÌce by y e space of .xii. yeres he dyed with out issue male And was buryed in the chyrche of saynte Calumb in the prouynce of Senys Anglia THE CLXXXIIII CHAPITER EThelstanÌ y e son of Edwarde the elder began hys reygne ouer the more part of Englande in y e yere of our lorde .ix. hundred .xxv and the thyrde yere of Rauff than kynge of Fraunce In the fyrst yere of the reygne of EthelstanÌ the holy chyld Dunstane was borne in the couÌtre of Glastenbury whose lyfe shone after wyth many myracles This was somtyme abbot of GlasteÌbury lastly archbyshop of Caunterbury whose holynes êphecyes are shewed at length in the .vi. chapyter of the .xvi. tytle of the worke called SinÌ Antonini and in the legende of the chyrche also In the seconde yere of the reygne of Ethelstane for an vnytye and a peace to be hadde betwene the kyng and the Danis of Northumberland he maryed to Sithyricê° theyr kyng his suster But after .v. yeres this Sithyricus dyed After whose deth he seasyd the countrey into hys owne hande and put oute the sonne of the foresayd Sythyricus And when he hadde thus accorded wyth the Danys of Northumberlande he shortly after made subiect to him CoÌstantyn kynge of Scottes But the sayd CoÌstantyne meked hym so lowely to the kynge that he restoryd hym to hys former dygnytye wherfore the sayd Constantyne sayde in prayse of the kynge that yt was more honour to make a kynge then to be a kynge whyche acte was done by the affyrmaunce of Polycronycon in the yere of grace .ix. hundred .xxvi which then after that saynge shuld be the seconde yere of the reygn of this Ethelstane It is testyfyed of Policronica that thys Ethelstane shuld marye one of his susters named Editha or Edyth vnto Otto the fyrst of that name emperour of Almayne and receyued from hym many precyous iewellys and relyques But of this speketh nothyng the cronicle of Romaynes Howe be yt yt is shewyd there that the foresayd Ottho or Otto had a wyfe named Alunda whych as before is sayde in the storye of Edward the elder myght be the doughter of the sayd Edward and of Edgina his seconde wyfe But Uincentius historialis sayth that Henry duke of Saxony whyche was father vnto the fyrste Otto sent vnto Ethelstane requyrynge of hym hys suster to mary vnto his sonne Otto By whych reason I maye folowe that this Ottho maryed the suster of Ethelstane but not Edythe Of these foresayde iewelles sent by Otto one was a precyouse vessell of stone called Onechynus whych was of suche clerenesse also so subtily craftely wrought that yt apperyd to mannes syght as grene corne hadde growen wythin yt and moued and waued as corne doth standyng in the felde More ouer in yt apperyd vynes burgenyng and berynge fruyte and men also to syght mouynge and styrynge He also receyued the great Constantynes sworde wherin was grauen wyth great letters of golde the name of the owner And the hyltes therof were coueryd wyth great plates of golde And one of the nayles was fastenyd to the crosse of the sayd sworde that Criste suffred with his passyon But in thys reporte or saynge Polycronycon varyeth from his former sayng were he reporteth two of the sayd nayles to be spent vppon the brydell of the sayde Constantyne and the thyrde nayle to be caste into a dauÌgerous swalowe of the see as before is rehersed in the .lxix. chapiter of thys worke He also receyued the spere of Charlys the gret whych after the opynyon of some wryters was the spere that Longeus opened wyth Crystes syde And the baner of saynte Morys a relyque of greate pryce wyth a part of the holy crosse and a parte of the crown of thorne of our sauyoure Of the whych iewellys kyng Ethelstane gaue a parte vnto saynte Swithunys of wynchester and some he gaue vnto y e abbay of Malmesbury I haue sene a cronycle of EnglaÌd which testyfyeth that this EthilstanÌ was y e fyrst kynge that euer was enoynted in this land All be yt I fynd therof lytell authorytye excepte that Guydo and other testyfyen that he was crowned at the kynges towne nowe called Kyngestone x. myles from London of Athelyne their archbyshoppe of Caunterbury But that proueth not or argueth hym to be the fyrste for that reason For ryghte so was his fader Edwarde crowned of Plemounde archbyshoppe of the sayde see But Guydo aforesayd affyrmeth that Alurede graund fader to thys Ethylstane was enoyntyd kyng by authoryte of Leo y e .v. then pope wherfore it agreeth better that he shulde be the fyrste Then yt foloweth in the story that aboute the .viii. yere of the reygne of thys Ethilstane dyed Frystane byshoppe of wynchester and Brystane was byshoppe after hym Of whom yt is radde that he sange euery daye masse for all Crysten soules And as the byshoppe Brystane went vppon a nyght about a chirch yerde and sayde hys deuocyons for all crysten soules and lastly sayde requiescant in pace he harde a voyce as yt hadde ben a great hoste of people saynge Amen Soone after Constantyne kynge of Scottes brake couenaunt wyth kynge Ethylstane wherfore he assembled his knyghtes and made towarde Scotlande And in hys way he tourned to saynte IohnÌ of Beuerley and offeryd there hys knyfe vppon the aulter sayenge that yf he retourned wyth vyctorye he shulde redeme hys knyfe wyth a noble pryce and that done proceded vppon hys iourney and in coÌclusyon scomfyted the Scottes and broughte theym agayne vnto dewe subieccyon And after accordynge to the promyse before made he retourned to yorke and so to the chyrche where the corps of saynt IohnÌ of Beuerley laye redemynge his knyfe worthely as he before hadde promysed In the .vi. chapyter of the .vi. boke of Polycronycon yt is remembred that kynge Ethilstane after this subduynge of the Scottes beyng wyth hys lordes and famylyers nere vnto the castell of Dunbar prayed to god and saynte IohnÌ yf Beuerley that in that countrey he myght leue some remembraunce or token that those that then were lyuynge and also suche as shulde come after myghte knowe that the Scottes by ryghte shulde be subiectes to Englyshmen And soone after wyth hys sworde he smote vppon a great stone standyng nere vnto the sayd castell with whyche stroke the stone was ryuen to an elle in length that in the tyme of Edwarde the thyrde was there remaynyng to be sene And whyther at this daye yt is so that I am in doute ye haue harde before that kynge Ethilstane after the deth of Sythericus kynge of Northumberlande seasyd
that lande or prouynce into hys owne handes and putte out his sonne whyche after allyed hym with Constantyne kynge of Scottes and maryed his doughter By whose styrynge and exhortacyon he gatheryd a company of Danys Scottes and other and entred the mouth of Humber wyth a stronge nauy wherof herynge Ethilstane in all goodly haste prepared hys armye and at length met wyth hym and his people at a place called Brymforde where he hadde a great and solemne vyctorye For as yt is shewyd in the foresayde chapyter and boke after the kynge by helpe of god and saynt Adelyne hadde defended the subtyll assaute made vppon hym by nyghte of his enymyes he vppon the morne by helpe of hys brother Edmunde Dodo the archbyshoppe chased his sayde enymyes and slew there Constantyne kynge of Scottes and .v. small or vnder kynges and .xii. dukes wyth the more partye of all the strauÌge nacyons at y e tyme there gaderyd whyche batayll shuld be done by the meanyng of the sayd Policronicon about y e last yere of his reygn THE CLXXXV CHAPITER IT is also testyfyed of dyuers wryters that Ethylstane after this vyctory thus obteyned of the Danys and Scottes or Scottes Danys he also subdued the Northe Brytons that dwelled at Herforde there about and compelled theym to pay to hym yerely for a tribute .iii. huÌdred pounde of syluer xxv hundred hede of nete and .xx. pounde in gold But Guydo sayth that kynge Ethilstane caused to come before hym at Herforde cytye the rulers of all the North Brytayne there had wyth them suche communycacyon that he forced them to graunte vnto hym as a yerely trybute .xx. pounde of gold iii. hundred pouÌde in syluer of heddes of nete .xxv. hundred wyth dogges haukes to a certayne nomber After whych vyctories he went vnto Exeter and repayred yt the wallys therof suffycyently Dane IohnÌ Lydgate a munke somtyme of saynt Edmundes bury made a goodly treatyse of this kyng Ethilstane shewynge that he was in so great persecucyon of the Danys y t he was constrayned to call at wynchester a great counsayll of his lordes where after longe debatyng of the mater dyuers ambassades and messages sent about by y e kyng the Danys It was fastly coÌcluded that the kynge shuld puruey hym a champyon to fyghte wyth Colibronde or Colbronde a geaunt Dane which the Danys had appoynted for theyr cheuetayne wherfore the kyng enserchyng thorough his landes for such a knyght myght none fynde was in great daunger dystresse heuynesse And for so mych as he well perceuyd y e mannes power fayled he by the aduyse of lordes spyrituall temporall fyll to fastynge prayer and coÌtynued therin by a certayn of time wyth perfyte charitable deuocyon In tyme of whyche sayde abstynence a vysyon was shewed vnto Ethilstane coÌfortyng hym also coÌmaundyng hym y t erely vppon the next mornynge he shuld stand at the North gate of the citye of winchester and there he shuld fynde amonges y e porayll a pylgryme clad in palmers wede whome he shulde chose for his champyon After whyche vysyon thus to hym shewyd he dyd accordyngly and founde a man of goodly stature and somdeale stryken in age and clade as he was monyshed by the vysyon wherof he fyrste gaue vnto god thankynges and after made request to this pylgryme that he wold take vpon hym thys batayll for the defence of the lande whyche layde for hym many reasonable excuses as well for his age as otherwise How be it finally he grauÌted y e kyng to fullfyll his request and coÌmaundement And at the daye before lymytted and assygned met in the feld with the forenamed geaunt called Colbronde wythoute the gate of y e cytye in a medow or pasture called Hydemede where betwene them two was faughten a longe and cruell fyghte so that the kynge was in great fere of hys champyon But fynally by helpe of god the pylgryme wanne the honoure of that fyghte and slew that geaunt that was of excedynge stature and therunto of great and passynge strength whyche vyctorye by the pylgryme thus by grace obteyned the kynge wyth his barony fette hym into the citye of wynchester wyth solemne processyon and coÌueyed hym vnto the cathedral chirch of the same where he thanked god wyth great deuocyon offryd there the axe wyth the whych he had slayn the Danys champyon After whych oblacyon with dew reuerence other obseruances by hym and other fynyshed the kynge caused hym to be conueyed vnto hys courte where he taryed that nyght wyth myche daunger And vppon the morne erely he made suche meanes that he wolde nedely departe and y t in the same apparell y t he came thyther when the kynge was aduertysed that his pylgryme wold so hastly departe whom he entendyd to haue holden wyth hym in his courte and to haue endowed with ryche possessyons he coÌmaunded hym to be broughte vnto hys presence And when he sawe he coude not cause him to tary he required hym to shewe his name wherof also he besought the kyng to pardon hym wherfore the kyng coÌsyderyng hys hasty departynge wyth many other thynges in hym to be consydered was the more desyrous to haue of hym some knowlege And for that he was effectuose in his desyre when the pylgryme perceyuyd that he coude not wyth the kynges pleasure departe wythoute dysclosynge of hys name he sayde he myght not dyscouer hys name wythin the walles of the cytye wythoute the offence of hys conscyence wherfore the kyng graunted to go wyth hym tyll he were in the brode feldes Uppon whyche graunt thus made the kynge commaunded dyuers great gyftes to be to hym presented whyche all he vtterly refused Shortely to coÌclude the kyng wyth a certayne of his lordes conueyed this sayd pylgryme vnto the townes ende And when he was thyther coÌmen he there requyred of the performaunce of the promyse where thys pylgryme syttynge one his kne besoughte the kynge of his especyall grace that he wolde put a parte his lordes and other so that he myghte shewe vnto hym his name onely whyche done he in moste humble wyse besoughte hym that he wolde kepe hys name secrete for the space of .xxiiii. oures where of by y e kyng affyrmaunce to hym fyrmely made he shewed vnto hym that he was hys naturall lyege man and subiect and that his name was Guy of warwike Of whyche tydynges the kyng was very ioyous and offeryd hym then of newe many ryche rewardes and gyftes But all was in vayne for he wolde nothynge receyue so that the kynge and he lastely departed wyth wepynge eyen And after as affyrmeth my sayde authoure not farre from warwyke in a wyldernesse he purchased by goddes purueyaunce a lodgynge in a heremytage where by the terme of two yeres and more he dwelled kept an harde lyfe And herynge that dame Felyce his owne wyfe fed dayly .xiii. poore men for Cristes sake he went thyther sondry tymes
were not of that blode as Eudo and Radulphus but admytted of the barony of Fraunce to rule the lande tyll two of that progeny that is to meane Charlys the symple and Lewys the .v were comen to theyr lawfull age So that from the fyrst yere of Pepyn whyche began his reygne in the yere of grace .vii. hundred .l. to the fyrst yere of Hugh Capet that began hys reygne in the yere of our lorde god .ix. hundred and lxxxix expyred or passed .ii. hundred .xxxix. yeres Pypyn the fader of Charlys the greate Charlys the great emperour Lowys the fyrste emperour The kynges of Germany Lothayre emperour and the sonne of Lewys the fyrst Lowys emperour the sonne of Lothayre Lothayre the seconde the son of Lothayre Charlys the .iii. and sonne of Lothayre Lewys kyng of Germany and broder vnto the sayd Lothayre Lewys the sonne of Lewys whyche was broder vnto Charlys grossuâ emperour Lewys the son of Lewys which of some ys compted emperour Arnusphus the sonne of Lewys emperour Lewys the sonne of Arnulph last emperour of Fraunce The kynges of Fraunce Charlys the ballyd the sonne of Lewys the fyrst of hys .ii. wyfe emperour Lewys Balbus the son of Charlys the Ballyd Lewys Charlys sonnes of Lewys Balbus Lewys the .iiii. and son of the foresayd Charlys Charlys the symple the sonne of Lewys the forth Lewys the .v. and the sonne of Charlys the symple Lothayre the sonne of the foresayde Lewys Lewys the sonne of Lothayr and the last kyng of that flock THE CCII. CHAPITER HUgh the sonne of Robert the tyraunt descended of Hugh legraunde beganne to take the rule or to vsurpe the crowne of Fraunce in the yere of our lorde .ix. hundred and .lxxxix and the .viii. yere of Egelredus than kynge of Englande Thys as wytnessyth the Frenche Cronycle was erle of Parys and marshall of Fraunce And as sayth Antoninus he maryed one of the doughters of Edwarde the elder Thys also was named Capet for so myche as in hys youth he vsed in game to laye asyde hys felowes hodes In whose begynnyng Charlys that was the brother to Lothayre and vncle vnto Lewys the .vi. laste kynge herynge of the deth of hys neuewe Lewys wythout issue as nexte heyre wyth ayde of some lordes of Fraunce and also of Loreyn the whyche than he was lorde of gadered an army and entred Fraunce and than came to the cytye of Laone wythin whyche cytye he wyth hys wyfe and people by the treason of the bysshoppe of the same cytye was taken and delyuered wyth hys wyfe and chylder into the handes of hys enemyes the whyche sent them to Orleaunce there sauely to be kept Than thys Hugh was crowned in the cytye of Rayns and welded the lande wyth more suerty How be it the erle of Flaunders named Arnulphus or Arnolde before spoken of wolde not be vnder hys obedyence wherfore thys Hugh assembled hys kynghtes and by hys strength toke from hym the coutre of Artoys wyth many stronge holdes and castels and lastly forced the sayd Arnolde to fle into Normandy to aske ayde of Richarde the fyrste of that name before spoken of in the story of the .vi. Lewys By whose meanes after some wryters wyllyam Longa Spata fader to y e sayd duke Richarde was slayne But that not wythstandynge by frendshyp of the sayde duke Richarde thys Arnolde was reconcyled vnto the kynge and contynued after as hys subiecte In the cytye of Rayns was arch bysshoppe at thys daye a noble prelate named Arnolde sonne of baste of Lothayre and neuewe to Charlys than prysoner as before is touched The whyche for malyce that the kynge bare vnto hym for cause of the forenamed Charlys called a counsayle of the clergy of hys lande and layde agayne hym suche obieccyons that he by theyr assent was putte from that benefyce and sente hym to Orlyaunce there also to be kepte in pryson And set in hys place one Gylberte or after the Frenche boke Gerbres a connynge man in phylosophy whiche had before tyme ben tutor or mayster to Robert sonne of the sayde Hugh But after .iii. yeres pope IohnÌ the .xvi. of that name sent downe hys maundement vnto Guyan archebysshop of Sens chargynge hym that he sholde remoue y e sayde Gerbers and restore the sayde Arnolde to hys proper see whyche was done shortely after and y e sayde Gerbers was after this preferred by one of the Othons emperour vnto y e chyrche of Rauenne and contynued there tyll the deth of the .xvii. IohnÌ After whose deth he was electe pope of Rome and was named the secoÌde Siluester lyued as pope .iiii. yeres Than it followeth in the story whan thys Hugh had reygned full viii yeares and more he dyed in the yere of our lorde .ix. hundred .xciii. and was buryed at saynte Denys leuynge after hym a sonne named Robert THE CCIII CHAPITER RObert the sonne of Hugh Capet beganne his reygn in the yere of our lord .ix. hundred .xcviii and the .xvii. yere of Egelredus then kynge of Englande This was coÌnynge in many scyences and a man of good maner vertue He made dyuers hymnes sequences respondes as O Iuda et Hierusulem O coÌstantia martyrum As sit nobis scti spuÌs gratia or more coÌgruely Sancti spiritus assit nobis gratia wyth dyuers other In y e beginnyng of his reygn while Bowcharde erle of MeleonÌ was at the kynges court Galtyer or walter a knyghte and seruaunt of the sayde Bowcharde to whom the sayd Bowcharde hadde delyuered his castell of MeleonÌ to kepe in his absence for great gyftes the sayde walter hadde delyuered the sayde castell unto Eudo erle of Carnotens wherfore the kyng at the request of the sayd Bowcharde sente streyghte commaundement vnto the sayd Eudo chargyng hym in all goodly wyse to restore the sayde castell vnto Bowcharde The whyche commaundement he vtterly refused to obey For y e whych yÌe kyng beyng so amoued sent for Rycharde the seconde of that name then .iiii. duke of Normandy and wyth theyr both armyes besyeged the castell vppon euery parte and at length wan yt and toke the sayd walter wythin the same whom the kinge for his vntrouthe commaunded soone after to be hanged vppon a gybet and the castell to be restored vnto y e forenamed Bowcharde and after returned euery man to his owne In the tyme of the reygne of thys Robert dyd Henry then duke of Burgoyne The whyche for lacke of yssue of his body bequethed his dukedome vnto kynge Robert But the Burgonyons wythstode that legacy and drewe to theym for an hed captayne Lawdry erle of Neuers and wyth hym helde by strength or for a strength the cytye of Anxerre wherof herynge kyng Robert sente for the foresayde duke of Normandye and so spedde theym towarde Burgoyne and besyeged the forsayd cytye But at length y e cytye was yolden and Lawdry put at the kynges grace And that done the kyng with his hoste besyeged a
harte After thys he loste more dayly so that hys enymyes preuayled strongely agayne hym It is rede of hym that he shulde be at so great an after deale in thys warre that hastely he shuld put hym in the kynge of Fraunces mercy his honoure and hys crowne reserued But this is doutefull of credeÌce For sure I am yf the Frenche kyng had suche auauntage of hym yt shulde not haue fallen throughe the boke but haue ben regystred in the moste auauntynge maner where as in the frenche cronycle is touched no word of lyke mater But trowth yt ys that fortune was to him contrary in such wyse that wyth or for anger and impacyence he fell into a feuer wherof he lastely dyed in the castell of Conomeus or of Chynon in Normandye in the moneth of Iuly when he had reygned .xxxiiii. yeres and .viii. monethes wyth oddes dayes and was buryed at Fount Ebrade wyth thys epytaphy vppon his tombe Sufficit hic tumulus cui non sufficerat orbis Res breuis est ampla cui fuit ampla breuis Rex Henricus eram mihi plurima regna subegi Multiplicique modo duxque comesque sui Cui satis ad votum non essent omnia terrae Climita terrae modo sufficit octo pedunâ Qui legis haec pensa discrimina mortis in me Humanae speculum conditionis habe Quod petis instante operare bonum quia mundus Transit incaâtos mors inopina rapit The whyche versys are thus myche to meane in sentence ¶ Suffysyth nowe this graue to whom all erthly thynge Syffysyd not my mynde so hyghe was sette Tyme that was shorte my name wyde dyd sprynge whyche fame by deth is into shortenesse fette Kynge Henry was I called no man I thought my bette whose mynde sometyme all erth not suffysed viii fote of ground now hath my bodye comprysed Thou that thys redest the parell of deth and in me Thou mayste beholde the course of euery wyght That erthely is wherfore prouyde and se That thou well maye do shortely do yt and tyght Defer not the tyme for I ascertayne the ryght The world is transytory and vnwarely men taketh Cruell deth from whome non estate escapeth Gerardus CambrensÌ whyche in hys boke of dystynccyons sette oute the lyfe of thys Henry sayth dredefull yt is to allege agayne hym that maye putte a man oute of lande and to descrybe hym wyth many wordes that may exyle a man wyth one worde wherfore yt were a notable dede to tell the sothe of a prynces dedys and offende the prynce in no meane But yet when the prynce ys passed and gone then men wyll talke without fere that before tyme they spared for fere Then to folow the sooth this kyng Henry noryshed stryfe amonge hys chyldern wyth all dylygeÌce hopyng therby to lyue hym selfe in the more reste when men wolde aske of hym when he wolde leue his great dedes he vsed to answere that the worlde shulde fayle or a courageouse harte shulde sease of great dedes He was pereles in chyualry in warre and in lecherye He wedded Elyanoure wyfe of Lewys kynge of Fraunce contrary to the commaundement of hys father For he hadde shewed to hym that he hadde lyen by her when he was the sayde kynges stewarde He reygned .xxvi. yeres somdeale to hys wordely blysse and foure yeres somwhat to hys payne but the laste fyue yeres to hys great troweble and sorow Farthermore the sayd Gerarde descryueth the progenye of thys Henry whyche I ouer passe because yt is so common Rycharde hys sonne wolde often tell that wonder and vsed to saye no meruayle though they greued the peple that were comon of such kynd For of y e deuyll they came and to the dyuyll they shall It ys also redde of thys Henry that in a chaumber at wyndesore he caused to be paynted an egle wyth foure byrdes wherof thre of theym all rased the bodye of the olde egle and the fourth was cratchynge at the olde eglys eyen when the questyon was asked of hym what thyng that pycture shuld sygnyfye yt was answered by hym thys olde egle sayde he is my selfe and these .iiii. eglys betoken my foure sonnes the whyche sease not to pursue my deth And specyally my yongeste sonne IohnÌ whyche nowe I loue moste shall most specyally awayte and imagen my deth Francia THE CCXLI. CHAPITER PHylyp the seconde of that name surnamed Dyeu done or gyueÌ of god and sonne vnto y e viii Lewys beganne to reygne ouer the realme of Fraunce in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred and .lxxix and the .xxiii. yere of Henry the seconde than kynge of Englonde whyche sayde Phylyppe reygned somwhat of tyme by the lyfe of hys father which tyme is accompted vnto the reygne of hys father Thys in the fyrst yere of hys reygne for the great enormytyes that the Iewes vsed wythin the realme of Fraunce as crucyfyenge of chyldren and exercysynge of theyr detestable vsery he after due profe made put the malefactours to dethe and the other in auoydynge more daunger he exyled and put clere out of hys realme This Phylyp also as before in the story of Henry the seconde is towched excyted the sonnes of the sayde Henry to make warre vppon theyr father by whyche meane thys Phylyppe gate many holdes and townes from the sayde Henry wythin hys duchy of Guyon But after the deth of Henry thys Phylyppe gaue ouer all the sayde holdes and townes vnto Rycharde the eldeste sonne of the sayde Henry and receyued of hym homage for the same And as wytnessyth the French cronycle the sayd Rychard in token of obedyence was present at the coronacion of the sayd Phylyppe But ye shall vnderstande that than he was not kynge of Englande .x. yeres after But yf yt so were that he were present at the sayd coronacyon yet was he duke of Guyon onely Aboute the thyrde yere of hys reygne Eraclius patryarke of Hierusalem came into Fraunce and requyred ayde of thys kynge Phylyppe to wythstande the furye and persecucyon whyche Saladyne prynce of Turkes hadde excuted and dayly contynued in the countrey of Palestina agayne the Cristen to the great destruccyon of theym and vndoyng of the countrey and great ieoperdye of the losynge of the holy cytye of Hierusalem For thys the kynge assembled a great counsayll at hys cytye of Parys where the sayde Eraclius made requeste to the kynge as before he hadde done to Henry the seconde For he was in Fraunce in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .lxxx. and two and in Englande he was in the yere of grace .xi. hundred .lxxx. and .vii. After whyche counsayll there so holden yt was agreed that the kynge wyth ayde of the byshoppes and other of the spyrytualtye shulde ayde the sayde patryarke the whyche where sette forthe in all possyble haste But after the reporte of Peter Dysroye whyche made a recule or lytle boke of the wynnynge and losyng of Hierusalem they with mo crysten prynces were dryuen by tempeste of the
enfourmed and also of the peace bytwene the erle of Thoners and the Frenche kynge he by meanes of one Roberte a legate of Rome sought meanes of treaty and of peace so that in processe by dylygence of the sayde Robert and other a peace was concluded for .v. yeres whyche peace concluded and assured eyther kynge returned into theyr owne prouynces wythin short whyle after y e Frenche kyng was returned into FrauÌce he called to mynde the great vyctory had of the Almayns wyth also one other whych Lewys his son about y e same tyme had agayne or of kynge IohnÌ in the countre of Aungeou at the castell of Moyne or Mayne For the whyche .ii. vyctoryes the kynge edyfyed a monastery besyde the cyty of Sayntles in the honour of saynt Uyctor and endowed it wyth fayre and ryche possessyons and named it the abbey of saynt Uyctor In the .xxxvi. yere of the reygne of thys Phylyppe Lewys hys sonne by procurynge and sturrynge of the lordes of Englande sayled into the sayde prouynces as more playnely shall be shewed in the .xvi. yere of the reygne of kynge IohnÌ Many mo storyes actes myght I brynge in and set in thys story of thys kynge Phylyppe yf I shulde folowe the Frenche boke For he maketh there a rehersayll that conteyneth .xxxix. greate leuys of parchemyne Of the whyche I haue taken out suche as to me semeth moste conuenyent and haue ouer passed the other for lengthe of the tyme. Than it foloweth thys Phylyp after these dayes drewe hym to more quyet and reste so that after thys peace or trewce coÌcluded wyth kyng IohnÌ of Englande the authour speketh not or myndeth of any noble dede by hym done So that in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .xxii whyche shulde be the yere of hys reygne .xliii the sayd authour begynneth and sayth that in that foresayd yere apered a greate eclypce of the son wherof the lyke hadde not ben seen in many yeres passed And in the yere folowynge dyed thys Phylyppe in the moneth of Iunii whan he hadde reygned vppon xliiii yeres Before whose deth apered a great comete or blasyng starre the whyche the Frenche men wyth also the foresayde eclypce they adiudged for pronostiquys and tokens of the kynges deth the whyche was buryed wyth excellent pompe in the monastery of saynt Denys in the yere of our lorde a thousand two hundred and .xxiii. and of hys age .lviii leuynge after hym the fore named Lewys whyche was enoynted kyng after hym Thys Phylyppe amonges other notable thynges ordeyned in hys testament be sette to the aydynge and wynnynge of the holy cytye of Hierusalem thre hundred thousande pownde of Parys money to the hospytall in Mount forte a hundred thousande pownde and to be dystrybuted amonges the poore comons of hys londe he gaue twenty thousande pownde But here is to be noted there is a great dyuersyte bytwene a pownd of Parys money and a pownde of sterlynge money For a pownde of Parys money is but two shyllynges and .vi. pence sterlynge or nere there about And so it foloweth that a thousande pownde of Parys is but a hundred fyue and twenty pownde sterlynge By whyche accompte it foloweth that thys kynge gaue to the ayde of the holy londe .xxxvii. thousande and fyue hundred pownde sterlynge to the hospytall xii thousande and fyue hundred pownde sterlynge and to the poore people two thousand fyue hundred pownde And thus here I make an ende of thys volume for cause and coÌsyderacyon as after is shewed in the begynnynge of the nexte volume more manyfestely ¶ Lenuoye PRece forth rude volume and recoÌmende me To my derest frende experte in all scyence Praye hym at leysour the to ouerse And where in meter or prose he fyndeth offence Or congrewe englysshe or of perfyte sentence Humbly hym praye that he woll the correcte whyche in all hys faytes is so cyrcumspecte And shewe to hym forther hys meryt to encreace The seconde volume ys redy to hym dyght Praye hym he woll not therfore wyth the sursease Tyll that thy felow he haue by hys insyght And by hys scyence brought in so good plyght That to all readers it maye be delectable And to the herers frutefull and profytable And not to dysdayne my malapert rudenesse That to hys payne I shulde thus boldely sende Or hym to wyll to suche greate besynesse So rude a worke to correcte and amende But shew hym sothely that all that I entende Is for to enhaunce hys prayse and greaâe laude As he shall knowe I truste wythout frawde ¶ The seconde volume of Fabyans cronycle Conteynyng the cronycles of Englande and of Fraunce from the begynnyng of the reygne of king Rycharch the fyrste vntyll the begynnyng of the reyne of our moste redoubted souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. ⧠¶ Prentyd at London By wyllyam Rastell 1533 ⧠CVM PRIVILEGIO THE TABLE THere begynneth the table of the seconde volume whiche denounces and sheweth all the actes done in euery kynges dayes conteyned in the sayde volume and that euery acte folowes by letter and by the nouÌber of y e lefe as in thys sayd table is expressed and begynneth at the wardes of London at kynge Rycharde the fyrste whose actes more at leÌgth in thys sayd volume shal be shewed wyth other kinges ensuyng by letter in this sayd table as fyrste A.B.C. and so forthe ACrys a stronge citye in the holy laÌd was wonne by the crysten as appereth fo iiii Actes of the great Cane of Tartaris folio xxiii Abbotte of waltham was accorded wyth the citesyns of LoÌdon fo xxviii Accorde made betwene kyng Henry the .iii. and hys barons fo xxxviii Actes done in Hethenes by Lowys the Frenche kyng fo xlviii Acris or Acon abouenamed cytye woÌne agayn by y â Turkes fo lxix Accorde or agrement was made bytwene EnglaÌd ScotlaÌd fo xc Actes were made for weryng of sylk folio xci Actes in Fraunce done by the duke of Lancastre fo ciii Actes made by FreÌchmeÌ for the occupyeng of y e admissioÌ of y e enherytour of Fraunce folio cxxxvii Accorde made betwene the dukes of Orleaunce and of Burgoyne fo clx AccusacyoÌs by the duke of Burgoyn agayn the duke of Orleaunce fo clxi Accorde made betwene the sayde dukes folio clxi Acte made for gyuynge of lyuereys folio clxv Actes made agayn straungers se in folio clxxc Actes made for halowynge of the sondaye wythin the cytye of LondoÌ folio cxciâi Abbay of Bury was spoyled fo cxiii Adyme was graunted to kyng HeÌry the fyft fo clxxvii A quyndecyme was grauÌted to king Henry the .iii. fo xxi A letter deuysed by the baroÌs sente to kyng Henry the .iii. fo xxxvii A letter was sent by Rychard kynge of Romayns to the baroÌs fo xxxvii A quarter of where was solde for ii s. folio xc A fraye was made in Fletestrete vpoÌ a bakers seruaunt fo cxlv A fray made in Fletestrete by one Her bottell fo cxcii
hys reygne ouer England the xvii daye of Nouembre the morowe after saynt Edmond the archbisshop in the yere of our lorde M.CC lxxii the .ii. yere of the .iii. Phylype than kynge of Fraunce reygned nobly yeres .xxxiiii. fo lv Elyanoure mother to kyng Richard was enlarged fo iiii Edmounde Crouchbak was maried to the doughter of y e erle of Amnarle as apereth in fo xliiii EdmouÌd wodstocke wroughte treason fo lxxxviii Edward the sonne of Henry foresayd distressed the barons as it is shewed folio xxxix Edwarde forsayd dystressed the Barons the seconde tyme as is shewed folio xxxix Edwarde the holy kyng and confessour was translated as it shewed in folio xliiii Edwarde was crossed into the holy lande and of hys feates there done folio xlv Edwarde of Carnaruan as apereth folio lviii Edward the second called Edwarde Carnaruan the sonne of the fyrst Edwarde began hys domynyon ouer Englande in the moneth of Iuly and yere of our lorde god M.iii. C. vii and the .xxi. yere of the .iiii. Phylyppe or Philip the fayre than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres full xix fo lxxiiii Edwarde the fyrst maryed to hys .ii. wyfe the Frenche kynges syster folio lxv Edwarde the .iii. of that name sonÌ of Edwarde the secoÌde and of dame Isabell the doughter of Philippe le Beawe or the .iiii. Phylyp late kyng of Fraunce whych Edwarde aboute the age of .xv. yeres began hys reygn ouer the realme of England the .xxv. daye of Ianuary in the yere of grace M.iii. C. .xxvi and the .iiii. yere of Charles the fayre thaÌ king of FrauÌce the whyche reygned yeres .li. folio lxxxvi Edwarde Carnaruan was myserably slayne as is shewed fo lxxxvii Edwarde Bayloll was made kynge of Scottes fo lxxxviii Edwarde the .iii. sayled into Braban wyth hys wyfe loke in fo xci Edward the .iii. chaleÌged y e hole kingdome of Fraunce fo xciii Edward the eldest sonÌ of the duke of yorke was electe for king of EnglaÌd loke in fo cc.vi. Edwarde the .iiii. of that name and eldest sone of Rychard duke of yorke whych was proclaymed heyre paraÌt to the crowne began hys domynyon ouer the realme of Englande in the iiii day of Marche in y e yere of grace M.iiii C.lx the .ii. yere of the .xi. Lowys than kyng of FrauÌce reygned at that tyme .viii. monethes yeres viii fo cc.xiiii Edwarde the .iiii. beforenamed wan the felde of Barnet vpon Ester daye agayne kyng HeÌry the .vi. in the yere of grace M.iiii C.lxxi yere of Lowys the French kyng aforesayd and reygned after that day .x. monethes and yeres .xii. So that fyrste laste he reygned ouer .vii. monethes assygned to Henry the .vi. dayes .xxxvi. monethes yeres .xxi. or wyth the sayde monethes of Henry the .vi. set to Edwardes reygne make .xxii. yeres and odde dayes fo cc.xx. Edwarde the .v. of that name sonne of Edward the .iiii. of the age of .xiiii. yeres and lasse began to reygne as kyng of EnglaÌd the .x. daye of Apryll yere of our lord M. iiii.lxxxiii the xxxv yere of the .xi. Lowys thaÌ kyng of Fraunce and reygned tyll the .xx. day of Iuly next folowyng in which season passed dayes .lxxii. folio cc.xxiiii Elizabeth the holy womaÌ doughter of the kyng of Hungery fo xxi Eleanoure quene of her progenye loke in fo lxi Emperoure of Almayne came into England fo c.lxvii Emperour forsayd came agayn into thys lande fo c.lxxii Enuye of Frenchmen fo v Enguerram was put to deth folio lxxxiii Epytaphye of Rychard the fyrste as apereth in fo x Epytaphye of Frederyke the emperour fo xxv Epytaphye of Edward the fyrst loke in fo lxviii Epytaphye of Edward the .iii. folio cxvi Epytaphye of kyng Rycharde the .ii. loke in fo clxvi Erthquake fell in EnglaÌd fo xxv Erle of Penbroke was ouerset with Frenchmen other fo cxiii ExpressemeÌt of the grudges atwene kyng Rychard the fyrst the FreÌche kynge fo iiii Eugeny pope and of hys actes folio clxxxvii FAlse Cryst was crucyfyed as is shewed in fo xix False clerke of Oxenforde whych fayned hym selfe madde came to wodstocke enteÌdyng to haue slayne king Henry the .iii. fo xxii Faytes or actes of warre done at DoÌstable fo xcvi Fysshes wonderfull takeÌ in the .xxxv yere of kyng HeÌry the .vi. fo cci FlorenÌ of golde was made by kynge Edward the .iii. fo xcvii Fryers mynors came fyrst into Englande loke in fo xix Fryers Augustynes in the .xxxv. yere of kynge HeÌry the .iii. buylded theyr house in a place in walys called wodhous as is shewed fo xxvi Fryers were put to deth loke in folio clix Frenche kyng sent for hys doughter that was kynge Rychardes wyfe folio clix FreÌch nauy dyscoÌfyted fo clxxiiii Froste excedyng loke in fo clxviii GAscoynes make warre agaiÌst FrenchmeÌ borderers in kyng Charles the .v. days as is shewed in folio lxxxvi Gabell or taxe reysed vppon salte in Fraunce loke in fo cxix Guynes castell was yoldeÌ to Englishmen loke in fo ci Grudge betwene Baldwyn and his monkes fo vii Grudge arose betwene kyng IohnÌ hys lordes fo xvi Grudge and dyspleasure betwene y e bysshop of wynchester and the duke of Glouceter it is shewed in folio clxxxi Grudge and murmure toke place amonge the nobles of Fraunce as appereth fo cc.xxviii HArme done by thonder as appereth in fo cvii Hawâe wythout reuerence of the sacrament was slayne in the churche folio cxli Hastynges lord Chamberleyne was sodeynly put to deth fo ccxxiiii Henry the thyrd of that name sonnÌ of king IohnÌ a chyld of .x. yeres began to reygne ouer EnglaÌde in the moneth of Octobre and yere of oure lorde M.CC. .xvii and the .xxxvii. yere of Phylype thaÌ kyng of FrauÌce and reygned yeres .lvi fo xviii Henry Bolyng broke y e .iiii. of y e name and sonne heyre of IohnÌ of Gaunt duke of LaÌcastre the whyche IohnÌ was secoÌd sonne of Edwarde the .iii. lyuyng after theyr father or the .iii. sonne to rekyn prynce Edward this Henry after the deposicioÌ of Rychard in the ende of the moneth of SepteÌbre begaÌ to reygne ouer EnglaÌde in the yere of our lorde M.iii. C.lxxx xix and the .xix. yere of Charles y e .vii than kyng of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xiii. fo clxiii Henry the .vi. of that name sonnÌ of Henry the .v. of y e name sonne of HeÌry the .iiii. began hys reygne ouer the realme of EnglaÌd vppon the morne after saynt Cuthbertys day or y e âxi day of Marche in the ende of y e yere of grace M.iiii C. .xiii and y e âxxii yere of Charles the .vii. than kyng of FrauÌce and reygned yeres .ix. fo .clxx HeÌry the .v. dame Kateryne doughter of Charles the .vi. or .vii. a chylde of halfe yere of age begaÌ hys reygne ouer EnglaÌd FrauÌce in the ende of the moneth of Iuly and yere
of our lord M.iiii C. .xxii and y e fyrst yere of Charles the .vii. or viii y e thaÌne amonge the FrenchemeÌ was allowed for kyng and reygned yeres .xxxix. folio clxxix Henry of Derby wyth other landed at RaueÌspore as is shewed fo cli Henry the fyfte foresayd sayled into Fraunce loke in fo clxxii Henry Derby forenamed and of hys issue is shewed fo cxliiii Henry the .iiii. aforesayd maryed the duchesse of Brytayne fo clxvi Heresye of IohnÌ wyclyf apereth folio cxlvii Heretykes taken in saynt Gyles feld and after brent fo clxxi Homage done by lordes of Almayne to Rycharde erle of Cornewayll brother to kyng Henry the thyrde folio xxxviii Homage done by the kyng of Scottes to kyng E. the .iii. fo lxxxix Hughe holy bysshoppe of Lyncolne dyed fo xi IohnÌ brother to Rycharde the fyrste was ordeyned kynge of Englande in the moneth of Apryll yere of our lord M.C.xcix the .xx. yere of the second Phylyp than kyng of Fraunce and reygned yere .xvii. The interdiccion of thys lande begaÌ in the .vi. yere of thys kynge endured tyll the .xiii. yere Henry the sonne of Alwyn in the .x. yere of thys kynge was admytted for the fyrste mayre of LoÌdoÌ And in the sayd .x. yere of king IohnÌ London brydge was begon to be made of stone fo x IohnÌ the fyrst in Fraunce of that name sonne of Phylyp de Ualoys began hys reygne ouer the lande of Fraunce in the moneth of August yere of our lord M.iii. C. .l and the xxxiiii yere of y e thyrd Edward kyng of England reygned yeres xiiii Thys kynge was taken prysoner of Edwarde the prynce of Englande at the batayll of Poytyers in FrauÌce folio cxxiii Iaphet was gotten by kynge Rychard fo v Iakys de Artyuyle fauoured the Englysshe partye fo xciii Iacke Strawe wyll waw made an insurreccyon fo cxlii Iacke Sharpe was taken and putt to deth folio clxxxv Iacke Cade and hys felowes folio cxcvi Iacke Cade wroughte moche of hys wyll in London after robbed so slayne fo cxcvii Iewes were banysshed thys lande folio lx Iewes were spoyled slayne fo clv. IohnÌ brother of kyng Rychard was prowd fo iii IohnÌ reconcyled to hys brother apereth in fo viii IohnÌ duke of Lancaster dyed as is shewed fo c.l. IohnÌ duke of Bedforde dyed folio clxxxviii Inquysycyons were made vpon the rulers of London as is shewed in folio xxix Iordan of the I le of Gascoyne grewe out of kynde fo lxxxv Inglysshe lordes wanne fyrst vppon Frenchmen fo xcviii Inglysshe soudyours slayne vnder safe conduyt fo cxxii Itenerarii plees were holden in South werke fo xxxi Ile of Ely holdeth banysshed men folio xlii Ile of Rodes fyrst wonne fo lxxv Isabell late wyfe vnto kynge Rycharde was maryed to the eldest sonÌ of the duke of Orleaunce fo clx Issue dyssent of syr Roger Mortymer fo cxliiii Iustyces or iuges punysshed fo lx Iustes holden in Smythfelde folio cxliiii KInge IohnÌ and hys laÌde was enterdyted fo x Kynge IohnÌ was reconcyled to the churche fo xvi Kyng Henry the .iii. sayled into Normandy fo xxiiii Kynge Henry the .iii. in proper êsone sat in iugement fo xxix Kynge IohnÌs fury serche in fo xiiii Kynge IohnÌ of Fraunce was taken prysoner folio ciii Kyng IohnÌ was delyuered fo cvii Kyng IohnÌ dyed in Englande folio cviii Kyng Rychard sought many prouysyons folio iiii Kynge Rycharde sayled into y e holy lande folio iiii Kynge Rychard was takeÌ prysoner folio vi Kyng Rychard was delyuered folio vii Hynge Rycharde sayled into Normandy folio ix Kynge Rycharde assayled the castell of Gysors folio x Kynge Rycharde was slayne fo x Kynge Henry the thyrd frayneth couÌsayll of the mayre folio xxxiiii Kynge Henry sayled into Fraunce to be presente at the Frenche kynges parlyament folio xxxv Kynge Henry was taken of hys barons folio xxxvii Kynge Henry layd hys syege to London as it is shewed folio xliii Kynge Henry chosed shyrefes folio xliii Kynge Lowys toke vppon hym the crosse folio xlviii Kynge Edwarde the fyrst buylde castelles in walys folio lviii Kynge Edwarde sayled into FrauÌce folio lix Kynge Edwarde the .ii. was taken also resygned the crowne fo lxxxii Kynge Edward the .iii. came secretly to London folio xcvi Kynge Edwarde warred sharply in Fraunce folio xcvii Kynge Edwarde chased the Spanyardes from the see fo ci Kynge Edwarde yode into Scotlande fo cii Kynge of Scottes was delyuered folio ciiii Kynge Edward spedde hym toward Parys fo cv Kynge of Nauerne was sodaynly taken as it is shewed fo cxxiii Kynge of Nauerne was set at large folio cxxvii Kynge Edwarde warred newly in Fraunce fo cxxxv Kynge Iohan was receyued into Fraunce fo cxxxv Kynge of Nauerne became feodory vnto the French kynge fo cxxxvi Kynge of Ermonye asked ayde of kynge Rycharde the .ii. fo cxliii Kyng Rychard ayded the Ianuayes folio cxlv Kyng Rychard maryed the Frenche kynges doughter fo cxlvii Kyng Richard sayled into Irelande folio cli Kyng Richarde was myserably put to dethe fo clxv Kyng Henry the .iiii. maryed the duchesse of Brytayne fo clx Kyng Henry the .v. sayled into Normandy fo clxxiii Kynge Henry maryed the Frenche kynges doughter fo clxxv Kynge Henry was receyued into LoÌdon fo clxxvi Kyng Henry and hys wyfe sat crowned in Parys fo clxxvii Kyng Henry the .vi. shewed hys vertue beholde fo clxxix Kyng Henry was dubbed knyghte folio clxxxii Kinge HeÌry was crowned fo clxxxiii Kynge Henry was crowned at Parys fo clxxxv Kynge of Scottes was murdered folio cxc Kyng HeÌry the .vi. was taken fo ccv Kyng Edward the .iiii. was receyued into London fo ccvii Kynge Edwarde ayded the duke of Burgoyne fo ccxiii Kyng Edwarde spoused dame Elizabeth Graye fo ccxvi Kynge Edwarde fledde thys lande folio ccxviii Kynge Henry was taken oute of the towre fo ccxviii Kynge Edwarde was proclaymed vsurper fo ccxix Kynge Edwarde landed at Rauynspore fo ccxix Kynge Edwarde repossessed as apereth folio ccxx Kyng HeÌry the .vi. dyed in the towre of London fo ccxx Kyng Edwardes chyldren were takeÌ out of seyntwary fo ccxxiiii LAzars of Languedok were brent fo lxxxiiii Letter sente by the barons to kynge Henry fo xxxvii Lewelyn prynce of walys rebelled folio lvi Lewelyn was slayne as appereth folio lvii Letter takked vpoÌ the crosse in chepe folio lxxxi Lordes assemble at Arundell as apereth folio cxlix Lordes put to deth fo clxxii Lordes fledde from Lodlowe feelde folio cciii Lordes proclaymed traytours as is shewed folio cciiii Lordes came to London fo cciiii Lordes of Fraunce warre vpoÌ theyr kynge fo ccx Lordes contynue theyr malyce as is shewed fo ccxi Lordes dyscorde wythin them selfe folio ccxii Lorde Morley appeled the erle of Salysbury as it is shewed in folio clxv Lorde Straunge and syr Iohanne Trussell fyghte in the churche for cause
Punysshement for murdre as appereth folio lviii Parlyament holden at westmynster folio lix Parlyament holden at London as apereth folio lxxv Peace concluded betwene Fraunce Flaundres fo lxxiii Parlyament holden at London as apereth fo lxxxviii Parlyament holden at westmynster as is shewed in fo xci Parlyament holden at NorthamptoÌ as is shewed folio xli Parlyament holdeÌ at yorke fo lxxix Parlyament holden at Northampton as appereth in fo lxxxvii Parlyament holden at Salysbury as appereth in folio lxxxvii Parlyament holden at Burye as is shewed folio cxciiii Parlyament holden at Couentre beholde in folio cciiii Parlyament holden at Leyceter as is shewed folio clxxi Parlyament holden at Leyceter called Battys as is shewed fo clxxxii Paulys steple sette on fyre fo cxciii Pagentes and other ordenaunces made by LoÌdoners for the receyuyng of the kynge fo clxxxv Parys was loste by treason as it is shewed fo clxii Peace concluded betwene the regent and the kyng of Nauerne fo cxxxv Peter kynge of Castyle was beheded as is shewed in fo cxi Peryn was draweÌ out of the church and hanged as is shewed fo cxxix Plees put in exercyse for the countre of Arthoys folio cxvii Plees remoued frome London to yorke as is shewed in fo cxlvi Pryde of the Frenche kynge as it is shewed in fo lxxiii Prynce Edwarde maryed the erle of Henawdes doughter fo lxxxi QUene hythe was fyrste let to ferme to the cytesyns of London as appereth fo xxvi Quest passed betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cytye of LondoÌ as is shewed in fo xxxv Quene of Englande sayled into Fraunce for cause fo lxxxi Quene of Englande was proclaymed enemye fo lxxxi Quene foresayd landed in England by strength fo lxxxi Quene Anne was speciall good lady to the cytye of London fo cxlvi Quene Anne dyed fo cxlvii Quene Margarete was receyued of the Londoners fo cxciii Quene Margarete made a voyage into Englande fo ccxv Quene Margaret was taken as is shewed in fo ccxx RIcharde the fyrst of that name and sonne of HeÌry the second began to reygne in Englande in the yere of our lorde M.C.xci the .xi. yere of the second Phylyp reygned yeres wyth odde monethes .x. In the fyrste yere of thys kynge the cytye of London was commytted to the rule of two baylyfes whyche so coÌtynued tyll the .x. yere of kyng IohnÌ as it is shewed in fo iii Rycharde the .ii. of that name sonnÌ of prynce Edwarde sonnÌ of Edward the .iii began hys reygne ouer Englande the .xii. daye of Iuny in y e yere of our lord M.iii. C.lxxvii the .xiii yere of the .v. Charles than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xxii. folio cxlii Rycharde the .iii. of that name brother vnto Edwarde the .iiii. beynge duke of Glouceter and protectour of England began to vsurpe the .xxvi. daye of Iuny in the yere of our lord M.iiii C.lxxxiii yere of Lowis thaÌ kyng of Fraunce and so contynued yeres .ii. full as moche as from the xx day of Iuny to the .xxii. day of August by dayes .lvii. fo ccxxv Ranulphe erle of Chester and of hys doughters fo xxi Rayne excedyng fo lxxvii Resygnacyon of the duchye of Normandy folio xxxii Resygnacyon of kynge Rycharde folio clii Resygnacyon shewed in the parlyament folio cliii Robert Knollys knyghte and of hys feates folio ciiii Robert Knollys toke saynt Omiers and other holdes fo cxi SAuoye a place of honoure in London was brent by the coÌmons folio cxlii Saynt mary Oueryes in Southwerke was fyrste bylded fo xv SaiÌt Stephyns chapell of westmynster begonne fo cix Syege layde to saynte Omyers folio xciiii Syege layde to AmyaÌs fo cxxxiiii Scottysshe kynge dyd homage to kyng IohnÌ fo xi Scottes brekyng theyr othe fo lxiii Scottes were subdued fo lxiii Scottes had peace to theyr aduauntage fo lxxxvii Scottes were agayne ouerturned folio lxxxviii Scotisshe kynge taken prysoner folio cii Spensers were banysshed fo lxxviii Spensers bothe the father and the some were put to deth fo lxxxii SoÌne was turned to the coloure of blode folio lxxx TAnner a vyllayne surmysed hym heyre to the crowne of Englande fo lxxvi Table of syluer was gyuen to kyng Rychard fo cxlvii Templers knyghtes of religyoÌ were dystroyed fo lxxâii The sentence agayne kynge Iohan was denounced fo xiii The wardys of London were cessed folio xcii Thre fyftenes were graunted at one tyme. folio cxi Tytle or ryghte whyche the kyng of Englande hath vnto ScotlaÌde se in folio lxii Tytle of Edwarde the thyrde whych he hadde to the crowne of Fraunce folio cxvi Tytle of the duke of Glouceter had to the crowne was shewed at Paules crosse fo ccxxiiii WArdes and churches wythin LoÌdon fo ii Uaryaunce began betwene the pope and kyng IohnÌ fo xii Uaryaunce betwene LondoÌ North ampton fo xxxiii warre betwene the kynge of EnglaÌd and of Fraunce fo xiii warre was concluded betwene the sayd landes fo cxxxiiii warre betwene kynge IohnÌ and hys lordes fo xvii warre was made in Normandy as appereth fo lxii warre made in Guyan wyth fortune therof fo lxxx warre betwene the Frenche kynge the kynge of Nauerne fo cxxiii warde and maryage of heyres was graunted to the kynge fo xx wyllyam walworthe slewe Iacke Strawe folio cxlii Usurers were punysshed as it appereth folio cxxi â Here endeth the seconde Table THE PROLOGE NOw for as mych as we be comen to the tyme that officers were chosen and chargyd wyth the rule of the cytye of London yt is necessary that here we do shewe what offycers they were of the name that to them was admitted ad gyuen Then ye shall vnderstand that at the commynge of wyllyam coÌquerour into thys lande as euydently apperyth by the charter of hym to the cytezens of London graunted that before those dayes and then the rulers of the sayde cytezens were named Port greuys whyche worde ys diriuate or made of .ii. saxon wordes as port and greue Port is to meane a town and greue is ment for a gardyen or ruler as who wolde meane gardeyn ruler or keper of the town These of olde tyme wyth the lawes and customys then vsyd within thys cytye were regystred in a boke called the Domysday in Saxon tunge then vsed But in later dayes when the sayde lawes and customes alteryd and chaunged and for consyderacyon also that the sayde boke was of small hande and sore defacyd yt was the lesse set by so that yt was enbefelyd or loste so that the remembraunce of suche rulers as were before the dayes of thys Rycharde the fyrst whose story shall next ensue are loste and forgoten wherfore nowe I shall begynne at the fyrste yere of the sayde fyrste Rycharde the whyche of some wryters is surnamed Cure de Lyon and so contynew the names of all offycers as well baylyuys mayres and shryues tyll the laste yeres of Rycharde the thyrde
Saynte Mychaell there Crepelgate warde xxv Saynte Mary magdaleyn in mylke strete Saynt Mary in Aldermanbury Saynt Mychaell in Hogynlane Saynt Albons in woodstrete Saynt Alphy by Crepulgate Saynt Olaff in Syluer strete Saynt Gylys wythout the gate The summe of the paryshe chyrches wythin London C.xiii. HEre after ensue the howsys of relygyon monasteryes colleges chapellys and other beynge no paryshe chyrches wythin the cytye The cathedrall chyrch of saynt Poule in the ende of Chepe The pryory of saynte Barthelmewe in Smythfelde The hospytall or spytyll a cell of the sayde pryory The charter house standyng wythin the warde of Crepulgate Elsynge spytall wythin the sayde warde The chapell of our Lady of Bedlem in Byshoppes gate warde The house of saynt Elyne in y e same warde of nunnys The pryory of Crystes chyrche with in Algate Saynte Anne abbaye wythin Portsokyn warde of whyte munkys The howse of y e Meneressys of close nunnys wythin the same warde The chapel of our lady of Barkyng in the towre warde An howse of crossed frerys in the same warde A colege of saynt Antony in y e warde of Bredstrete A colege of saynte Thomas called Acrys standynge in Chepe An house of frere Augustynes in Brode strete warde An house of gray frerys standyng in the warde Faryngedon wythin An house of blacke freres standynge by Ludgate within y e foresaid warde An house of whyte freres standynge in Flete strete A chyrche or college called the Temple standynge at Temple barre A chapel standyng in pardon chyrch yarde wythin Poulys A chapell standyng in y e chirch yarde at Poulys ouer the charnell house A chapell standynge wythin Crepell gate saynt Iamys in the wall A chapell called Pappey staÌdyng besyde Bishoppes gate founded by the prestes of that fraternyte A chapel of corpê° Cristi in y e Pultry A chapell of saynt Thomas of CauÌterbury staÌdyng vpon LoÌdonbridge A chapell standynge in yelde Hall yarde of our Lady A colege of prestes standynge by Poulys called saynte Martyne le graunde The summe of housys of relygyon chapellys and other .xxvii. westmynster The abbbaye of westmynster The kynges newe chapell Saynte Stephans chapell Saynt Margaretes chyrche A chapell at Totehyll A chapell of saynt Anne in Totehyll strete Saynte Iamys in the felde A chapell at Rauncyuale A paryshe chyrche therby of saynte Martyne A chapell of our lady of Pewe Chyrches monasteryes chapellys and other housys wherin god is dayly seruyd standynge in the cyrcuyte of the cytye wythoute the wallys and fyrste wythoute Algate A paryshe chyrche of our ladye standynge wythoute the barrys called whyte chapell A colege of saynte Katheryne standynge on the eest ende of the towre of London A paryshe chyrch or chapell wythin the sayde towre of saynte Peter Southwarke The monastery of Bermundsey A paryshe chyrch of Mary Magdaleyne standynge faste by A paryshe chyrche of saynt George A paryshe chyrch of saynt Magaret An hospitall or college of saynt Thomas A paryshe chyrche of saynte Olas A monastery of chanoÌs callyd saynt Mary Ouereys and with a paryshe chyrche of saynt Mary Magdaleyn standynge faste thereby wythout the Temple barre A paryshe chyrch of saynte Clement A chapell of saynte Spyryte Saynte Ursula at strande wythoute Smythfelde The pryorye of saynte IohnÌ in Hierusalem A house of nuÌnys named ClerkeÌwel A a chapell in pardon chyrche yarde wythout Byshoppes gate Shordyche paryshe chyrche Saynte Mary spytell A house of nunnys callyd Halywell And of the dyuyne houses without the cytye .xxviii. The summe of all the dyuyne houses wythin the cytye and wythoute is a hundred and .lxviii. RIcharde the fyrst of that name and seconde sonne of Henry the second beganne hys reygne ouer EnglaÌd in the moneth of Iuly and yere of our lorde .x. hundred .lxxx. and .x and the .xi. yere of the seconde Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce Thys Rycharde prouyded besely to sette good rule in NormaÌdy when he hadde harde of hys fathers deth and after spedde him into England where he was ioyously receyued in the moneth of September folowynge and thyrde daye he was crowned at westmynster of Baldwyn archbyshoppe of Caunterburye Uppon the whyche daye the Iewys of Englande and specyally suche as dwellyd within London and nere about assembled of them a certayn nomber and presumyd farther then requyred for theyr authoryte For whyche presumpcyon they were fyrste rebuked after one of theÌ strykeÌ which thyng sene of the coÌmon people supposyd that to be done by the kynges commaundement wherfore in a fury as those that they hated as the deuyll for theyr vsury other vnhappy condycyons they fell vppon theym and chased them to theyr houses them robbed and spoyled wythout pytye and brent some of theyr housis wher of the rumour ranne to westmynster to y e kynges audyeÌce wherfore in all haste he sent downe gyuyng strayte coÌmaundement that they shuld cease of that ryot But the people were in suche ire and wodenesse that they refrayned not for all the kinges sonde tyll they hadde executed the fyne of theyr malyce And all be yt that thys ryot was after greuously shewyd agayne the commons of the cytye yet yt passed vnpunyshed for the great nomber of the transgressours And the sayde daye of coronacyon all prysoners that lay in any pryson aboute London at the kynges sute or for other small or fayned accyons were frely delyueryd Soone after the kynge gaue many dygnytyes and to hys brother IohnÌ he gaue the prouynces of Notyngham Deuonshyre and Cornewall and creatyd hym erle of Lancaster And then the kynge ordeyned the cytye of London to be ruled by two baylyues whose names were as foloweth Anno domini M.C.xc.  Anno domini M.C.xci.  Henry of Cornehyll  Balliui  Anno primo  Rycharde fyz Ryuer  IT was not longe after that y e the kynge hadde thus exalted hys brother IohnÌ as before is shewwyd but that he also preferryd hym to the maryage of the erle of Glouceters doughter by reason wherof he was lorde of that erledome These great auauÌcementis made him after vnkynde to his broder and by pryde therof to coueyt afterwarde the hole kyngdome Thys yere kynge Rycharde was assoyled of the offence that he had vsyd in rebellyon agayne hys father In recompeÌsacyon wherof as testyfyeth the authour Guydo he voluntaryly toke vppon hym and promysed to warre vppon Crystes enymyes All be yt that other wryters shewe that yt was for that that hys father had so wylled hym by hys lyfe But for what cause so yt was preparacyon and prouysyon for that iourney was made from that daye forthwarde Thys yere also the kynge enlarged Elyanoure hys moder whyche long before at the commaundement of his father her husbande was as a prysoner kepte in secrete kepynge After whych enlargyng y e land was mych guydyd by her counsayll And thys yere as sayth Ranulfe kynge Rycharde gaue ouer the castellis of Barwyke and Rochysburghe to y e Scottyshe kyng for the summe
versys folowynge Christe tui calicis praedo fit praeda caducis re breui reiecis qui tollit aera crucis Viscera Carleolum corpus fons seruat Ebardi Et cor RothamaguÌ magne Richarde tuum In terra diuiditur vnus quia plus fuit vno Non superest vno gratia tanta viro The which versys may be englysshyd as foloweth Cryste of the these whyche on the ryght hande was And axyd mercy to vs thou made a praye That we lyke wyse shulde for our trespasse Axe of the mercy and shewe no delay Nor for erthly thynges caste our self away For who of thy crosse accompteth lyttell store The meryte of thy passyon he losyth euermore Thys manfull knyghte thys prynce vyctoryouse whyche toke thy crosse on hym wyth great payne He folowed the thefe and axyd mercy thus For hys offence he warred thy foes agayne And shadde theyr blood on hyll and eke on playne And all for loue good lorde he hadde to the. wherfore swyte Iesu on hym thou haue pytye Of whom the bowellys at Carleyll and the trunke At fount Ebrarde full rychely ys dyght The harte at Roan into the erthe ys sunke Of the worthy Rycharde And so in thre is twyght That more than one whylom was in myght In erthe is separate that lyuynge more then one was and of grace founde lyke to hym none IOhnÌ brother of y e aboue named Rycharde yongeste son of Henry the seconde was ordeyned or proclamed kyng of England the tenth day of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .lxxx. .xix and the .xx. yere of the seconde Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce Thys IohnÌ at the daye of his brothers deth was in Normandy where at Chynon as soon as his brother Rycharde was dyseasyd he possessyd hym of hys brothers treasour and sent Hubert archbyshoppe of Caunterbury into Englande to make prouisyon for his coronacyon And vppon Ester daye folowyng he was gyrde with the sworde of the duchy of Brytayne sayled soon after into EnglaÌd where he was crowned kynge at westmynster vppon holy thursday next folowynge of the forenamed Hubert After whyche solemnitye done he ordeyned the same Hubert chaunceller of Englande In thys whyle the Frenche kynge helde a counsayll at Cenomannia in Turon where to the derogacyon of kynge IohnÌ Arture the son of Geffrey Plantagenet and neuewe to the sayde IohnÌ was made duke of Brytayne whyche incontynently after wyth a great army entryd the countrey of Angeou and toke possessyon therof And kynge Phylyppe wyth hys people entryd the duchy of Normandy and layde syege to the cytye of Euroux and wanne yt wyth all the stronge holdes there about and stuffyd theym wyth vytayll strengthed them with his owne knyghtes and that done wasted spoyled the the countrey tyll he came to the cytye of Meaus where met wyth hym the forenamed Arture dyd to hym homage for the countrey of Angiers In the moneth of May Elyanour somtyme wyfe of Henry the seconde and mother to kyng Rycharde came into Fraunce and so to the kynge to Meaus foresayde and made to hym homage for the couÌtrey of Poytiers as her enherytaunce And soone after the kinge retourned into FrauÌce and the duke of Britayne wyth hym whyche as yet was within age Kynge IohnÌ heryng of this warre in Normandy and losse of the countreys aboue named assembled a couÌsayll and axid ayde of his lordes and coÌmons to wynne agayne y e foresayd landes had it graunted after some wryters .iii. s. of euery plough land thorough Englande besyde y e subsydy of y e spyrytuall landes And when he hadde made redy for that belonged to hys voyage he about heruest sayled into Normandy where he taryed tyll Octobre folowynge spendynge the tyme to hys losse and dyshonoure Anno domini M.CC.  Anno domini M.CCi.  Arnolde fyz Arnolde  Balliui  Anno primo  Rycharde fyz Darty  AFter Mychelmas in the moneth of October and fyrste yere of the reygne of kynge IohnÌ a trewce or peace was concluded betwene the two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce from that daye tyll mydsomer nexte folowynge and in lyke wyse betwene the French kyng and Baldwyne erle of Flaundres And thys yere was made a deuorce betwene kynge IohnÌ and hys wyfe the erle of Glocetyrs doughter because of nerenesse of bloode And after was he maryed vnto Isabell the doughter of the erle of Engolesym in Fraunce and had by her two sonnys Henry and Rychard and .iii. doughters Isabell Elyanoure and Iane. Thys yere dyed at London blessyd Hugh byshop of LyncolnÌ and was conueyed to his owne chyrch there enterryd For whom god hath shewyd many myracles so that at thys daye he ys authorysed by the chyrche for a saynte At mydlent after kyng IohnÌ sayled agayne into Normandy And after Ester he mette with kynge Phylyppe betwene Uernon and the yle Audeley where the peace betwene both realmes was stablyshed and coÌfermed for terme of theyr two lyues and the landes deuyded betwene the two kynges as eyther of them shuld holde theym contentyd for theyr lyues after And in shorte tyme after Lewys the eldest son of kynge Phylyppe maryed dame Blanch doughter to Alphons kynge of Castylle and neuewe to kynge IohnÌ To the whyche Lewys kyng IohnÌ for loue of that woman shewyd to hym great bountye and gaue vnto her many ryche gyftes In the moneth of Iuly folowyng kyng IohnÌ rode into FrauÌce where he was receyued of the FreÌche kynge wyth myche honour and so coÌueyed into saynte Denys where he was receyued wyth processyon And vppon the morow the Frenche kyng accompanyed hym vnto Parys where he was receyued of the cytezens wyth great reuereÌce and presentyd by the prouoste of the towne in name of the hole cytye wyth ryche presentis And there kynge Phylyppe festyd hym in hys owne paleys gaue vnto hym and hys lordes and seruauntes many ryche gyftes and after conueyd hym forth of that citye and toke leue of hym in moste louynge wyse And when kynge IohnÌ hadde spedde his maters in Normandy he then returned into Englande Anno domini M.CCi.  Anno domini M.CCii  Roger Desert  Balliui  Anno secun  Iamys fyz Barth  IN y e moneth of december and seconde yere of kynge IohnÌ Ranulphe erle of Chestre by the example afore shewed by kynge IohnÌ lefte hys owne wyfe named ConstauÌce and countesse of Brytayne whych before he had maried by counsayll of kynge Henry the seconde wedded one Clemens One cronycle sayth he dyd so because he wolde haue yssue But the sayd authour sayth that after hys opynyon he dyspleased god so greatly that god wolde suffer hym to haue none yssue but the rather for that dede dyed wythout About thys tyme after opynyon of moste wryters the people or nacyon callyd Tartares beganne theyr domynyon These men dwellyd vnder the hyllys of Inde y t belonged to prester IohnÌ
Caunterbury wyth the other exylys landed in Englande and after in processe of tyme met wyth the kynge at wynchester where the kyng receyuyd hym with a ioyouse couÌtenauÌce and after there was assoyled of the sayde archebyshop But yet was not the interdiccyon of the land releasyd for so myche as the kyng at that day hadde not made restitucyon vnto the archbyshope and other accordynge to the thyrde artycle before rehersyd For the whych as testyfyeth the Englyshe boke he payed vnto the archbyshoppe thre thousande marke and to the other by partyculers .xv. thousande marke After whyche thynges performed and done the interdyccyon was adnullyd and fordone in the moneth of Iuly and yere of our lord xii hundred and .xii when yt had standen in force full .vi. yeres as mych as from the .xxvi. daye vnto the moneth of Iuly whyche is vppon .iii. monethes and odde dayes Anno domini M.CC.xiii  Anno domini M.CC.xiiii  Raufe Eylande  Henry fyz Alwyn  Anno .xiiii.  Constantyne le Iosne  IN thys .xiiii. yere of the kyng for that he wolde not holde the lawes of saynte Edwarde and also for displeasure that he bare to diuers of them for they wolde not fauoure hym agayne the pope and for other causes whyche here be not manyfestyd the kyng fell at dyssencyon with hys lordes in so mych that great people were reysyd on eyther partyes But for the kynges partye was the stronger the erle of Chester with the other lordes toke the cytye of London and helde them therin a certayn of tyme. The whych cronycle of Caxton wyth other sayen that a great parte of this varyauÌce betwene kyng IohnÌ and his barons was for because the kynge wolde wythout skylfull dome haue exyled the sayde erle of Chester whyche to hym hadde no cause but for so myche as before seasons he hadde often tymes aduysed the kynge to leue hys cruelnesse and his accustomed auowtry the whych he exercysyd wyth his brothers wyfe and other But by the meanes of the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury and other prelatys a peace was taken for a whyle In this yere vppon the daye of the translacyon of saynt Benet or y e .xi. day of Iuly a great parte of the Borough of Southwarke was brent And in the moneth of Auguste nexte folowynge was great and myche harme done in London by fyre Soone after to stablyshe the peace betwene the kynge and hys lordes an assemble was made on Berham downe where the kynge and the lordes mette wyth great strenght vpon eyther syde where a charter or wrytyng was dyuysed and made there sealyd by the kynge so that the baronye was wyth yt contentyd and departyd in peasyble wyse eueryche man into hys countrey Anno domini M.CC.xiiii  Anno domini M.CC.xv.  Martyne fyz Alys  Roger fyz Aleyn  Anno .xv.  Peter Batte  IN thys .xv. yere of the kynge the peace whych in the laste yere was betwene kyng IohnÌ and his baronyes agreed was by the kynge vyolate and broken wherfore the lordes assembled to them great powers made sharpe cruell warre vppon the kynge in so myche that he was constrayned to sende into Normandye for ayde and socoure into other places Then shortely after came into Englande a Norman knyghte whyche brought wyth hym a companye of Normannes Flemmynges Pycardes This knyght or capitayn was named Foukes de Brent y e whiche wyth his company was so cruell that he destroyed as well relygyous houses as other and wrought mych harme to the lande and putte the lordes to the worse Then the kynge made Foukes and other of hys company wardeyns of castellys struÌge holdes in EnglaÌd The lordes seyng the kynge perseuer in hys wronge and wolde in no wyse be enduced to holde his owne grauntes but to execute all thynge after pleasure and nothynge after lawe or iustyce cast in theyr myndes howe they myghte brynge the lande in a better rule or state and by one aduyse and consent wrote vnto Phylyp kyng of FrauÌce that he wolde sende some noble man into Englande and they wolde rendre y e lande vnto hym In this whyle kyng IohnÌ causid to be drawen and hangyd at London one Pyers of Pomfrette for the sayde Peter had monyshed dyuers mysse happes that shulde come to hym for his vycyous lyfe and also for he had often warned kynge IohnÌ that he shuld reygn but .xiiii. yeres the whyche he ment wythout payenge of trybute For after he was become feodary to the pope he thought the pope reygned as pryncypall lorde of the land and not he For the whyche and for other malyce he putte that vertuous man to deth Of whom in y e .xxxiii. chapiter of the .vii. boke of Policronycon are many vertues shewed the which I ouer passe for lengthynge of the tyme. Anno domini M.CC.xv.  Anno domini M.CC.xvi.  Salomon Basynge  Roger fyz Aleyn  Anno .xvi.  Hugh Basynge  UPpon saynt Andrewes euen or the .xxix. daye of Nouember in the .xvi. yere of hys reygne kynge IohnÌ after he had lyen a certayne of tyme wyth hys ordynaunce aboute the castell of Rouchester in Kent he wanne the sayde castell and toke therin certayne gentylmen that hadde conspyred agayne hym the whyche he sente to dyuers prysons And the barons helde theym to gyther at London abydynge the commynge of Lewys son to the Frenche kynge the whyche nere about ascencyon tyde landed in Englande wyth a stronge armye and so came to Rochester and layd syege to the castell and waÌne yt wyth lytle payne for so mych as yt was greatly febled wyth the assaurys lately made by kynge IohnÌ and syn that tyme not suffycyently repayred And when he had wonne the sayde castell he caused all the straungers therein taken to be hanged and after came to London where certayne allyaunces and couenauntes were stablished betwene the lordes hym and receyued of them homage as affermeth Policronicon And after theyr maters betwen them there fynyshed he with the lordes departed from London and gatte the castellys of Rygat of Gylforde and and of Frenham and from thens to wynchester where the cytye was yelden vnto them wyth all the holdes and castellys there about as wolnesey Odyham and Beawmere And about saynte Margaretes daye he wyth the lordes came agayne to London at whose commynge the towre of London was gyuen vp to theym by appoyntement And where Roger fyz Aleyn hadde tyll that tyme rulyd the cytye of London as mayre he for so myche as he was accusyd to the lordes to be fauorable to the kynges partye was then dyscarged of that offyce and one called Serle Mercer was chosen in hys place and so coÌtynued tyll Mychelmas folowynge In thys passe tyme kynge IohnÌ beynge thus ouer sette wyth hys lordes sent messengers to y e pope shewynge to hym the rebellyon of hys lordes and how they laboryd hys destruccyon wherfore the pope in all haste sent a legate
into Englande named Gualo or Swalo the whyche after hys commynge commaunded Lewys to returne into Fraunce and laboryd to the vttermost of his power to appease the kynge and hys baronye But all hys laboure was in vayne Anno domini M.CC.xvi.  Anno domini M. CC.vxii  IohnÌ Trauers  wyllyam Hardell  Anno .xvii.  Andrewe Newlande  IN thys .xvii. yere of kynge Iohan the warre betwene hym and his lordes styll contynuynge he dyed of the flyxe as testyfyeth Polylycronycon at the towne of Newerke vppon the daye of saynte Calyxte the pope or the .xiiii. day of October How be yt the Englyshe boke or cronycle sayeth that he dyed at Sebynyshede an abbay aboute LyncolnÌ by the impoysonynge of a munke of the same house the daye after saynte Luke or the .xviii. daye of October and was buryed at the cytye of wynchester But the authour of Policronycon sayth he was bowelled at Crongthon abbaye and buryed at worceter in the myddle of the quyer of munkes when he hadde reygned xvi yeres .vi. monethis .iiii. dayes leuynge after hym two sonnes Henry and Rycharde wyth sondry doughters Of thys IohnÌ yt is redde that he founded the abbay of Belewe in the new forest in recompensacyon of the paâysh chyrches which he there ouer turnyd to enlarge that forest and an abbay of blacke munkes in the cytye of wynchester where after y e sayeng of the englyshe cronycle he shulde be buryed This kynge IohnÌ also after some wryters maryed one of hys doughters vnto Otto the fourth of y e name emperour of Almayne and duke of Saxony the whyche helde warre agayne kynge Phylyppe of Fraunce as in the .v. chapyter of the storye of the sayde Phylyp before is declared whyche Otto for hys rapyne and extorcyon done to the chyrch of Rome was accursyd and the sayd Phylyp and also kynge IohnÌ for theyr dysobedyence to the chyrche were also accursyd the whyche warred eyther wyth other so that eyther of theÌ greuyd and vexid other to the great hynderauÌcis of them and eyther of them For the whyche consyderacyon a metrycyan made these balades of them as foloweth O quam mirabilia good lorde thy workes been In punyshement of synners by thy myght wondersly As by old storyes yt is playnely seen One synner the other hath correcte vtterly As Alexander wyth Iulius Pompey and Tholomy And many other whych as thy scourgys were To punyshe synners and theym self also dere In lyke wyse nowe reader yf thou lyste take hyde And well reuolue in mynde thys hystorye Of these thre prynces and loke well on theyr dede Thou shalte conceyue that they dyd wyckydly I meane kynge IohnÌ Phylyppe and Ottony whyche vnto synne made them selfe so thrall That of pope Innocent they were accursyd all wherfore god sufferyd that one the other to greue And warre chase wyth dedely hate and stryfe Glad that one the other to mischeue Manassynge eche other wyth spere sworde and knyfe wyth cruell batayll durynge theyr synfull lyfe wherfore I maye conclude in factis horum That multa sunt flagella peccatoruÌ HEnry the thyrde of y e name eldest son of kyng IohnÌ a chylde of the age of .ix. yeres beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of Englande the .xx. daye of the moneth of October in the yere of our lorde M. two hundred and .xvi and the .xxxvi. yere of the seconde Phylyp yet kyng of Fraunce ye haue before harde of the cruell warre whyche Lewys son vnto the Frenche kynge wyth the ayde of the baronys of Englande maynteynyd agayne kynge IohnÌ The whyche after the deth of the sayde IohnÌ contynued for as mych as then some of the lordes that before hadde maynteyned the quarell of Lewis now forsoke hym toke parte with this Henry as theyr naturall and souerayne lorde wherof the chefe were the erles of Penbroke of Chester the whych wyth theyr retynewe helde sharpe warre wyth the sayde Lewys his affynyte the whych enteÌdyd to haue ben kynge of Englande by reason of couenauÌtes made wyth certayne lordes of the lande when he was fyrste sent for by them wherfore the forsayd erles wyth the other of theyr partye to make theyr partye the stroÌger proclaymed the sayde Henry kynge of Englande vppon the foresayde .xx. daye of Octobre thorough the cytye of London and in all possyble haste after made prouysyon for hys coronacyon so that vppon the daye of Symonde and Iude next ensuynge he was crowned at Glouceter of Peter then byshoppe of wynchester Lewys the Frenche kynges son beynge then at Lyncolne In which yere stode styll as gouernoure of the cytye of London tyll Mychelmas nexte folowynge Anno domini M.CC.xvii  Anno domini M.CC.xviii  IohnÌ Trauers  wyllyam Hardell  Anno .i.  Andrewe Newlande  SO soone as the kynge was crowned coÌmyssyons where sent ouer in his name into all places of Englande to gather strength of men to wythstand the forenamed Lewys to put hym wyth his Frenche men and other allyaunces out of the land whych then hadde vnder theyr rule and custodye the castellys of Berkhamsted of Hertford dyuers other And for thys Lewys wold not sease of hys warre and retourne into Fraunce therfore the foresayd Gwalo or Swalo the popys legate accursyd hym fyrste by name and after all such as hym maynteyned or fauored in thys warre agayne kynge Henry Then the forenamed erlys accompanyed wyth wyllyam erle Marshall of Englande wyllyam le Bruyz erle of Ferrys wyth many other yode to Lyncolne and wanne that town vppon the strauÌgers where was slayne a French man called erle of Perches wyth many other souldyours And there was takeÌ of EnglyshmeÌ Serle erle of wynchester and HuÌâryde Bohum erle of Herforde wyth dyuerse other of name And in thys whyle Lewelyn prynce of walis for that he ayded the partye of Lewys was accursyd and his lande enterdyted After the towne of Lyncolne was thus woÌne from the Frenchmen Lewys wyth other parte of his souldyours drewe towarde London for so myche as word was brought to hym that his fader had sent to hym a new company of souldyours the whyche shulde lande in Englande shortely Trouth yt was that such an ayde of souldyours was made by the FreÌche kyng coÌmyttyd to a capytayn whyche in the cronycle is named Eustace the muÌke the whych was encouÌtryd vpon the see with a capytayn or mayster of the .v. portis called Hubert at Burgh gaue to hym batayll and scomfyght hym at length sent the hed of y e sayd Eustace vnto y e kynge when Lewys harde of these tydyuges and consydered howe dayly his strength mynyshed he was more inclynable vnto peace so y e in coÌclusion he toke money as sayth Policronica yelded vp his castellis strengthis which he held after was assoyled so returned into FrauÌce But of this money y e Lewis receyued ben diuers opinyons for the englyshe boke namyth yt a thousande marke
wasted and mysspent by the alyaunt byshoppes and clerkes of this lande Of the whych straungers one named mayster Martyne and nere kynnysman of Innocent the thyrde late pope was one The whyche the kynge by helpe of the Englyshe bysshoppes auoyded wyth other lyke offendours out thys realme Also in thys yere the patryarke of Hierusalem sente vnto the kynge a neume of bloode whych was kepte at saynt Thomas of Acris in LoÌdon tyll the yere folowynge Anno domini M.CC.xlvi  Anno domini M.CC.xlvii  Symonde fyz Mary  IohnÌ Gysors  Anno .xxx.  Lawrence Frowyke  IN this yere theneume of blood sent before to the kynge was wyth moste solemne processyon the kynge wyth great noumber of hys lordes beynge presente conueyed from saynt Thomas fore sayd vnto westmynster in ryght solemne wyse wyth processyon other acccordyng obseruaunces to suche a relyke apperteynynge And in this yere dyed Frederike the emperour of Almayn whyche as before is touchyd in the xviii yere of this kyng maryed Isabell syster vnto the kynge The whyche for his rebellyon agayn y e chyrch of Rome was accursyd fyrste of the ix Gregory and lastely of InnoceÌt the .iiii. he was agayne cursyd and depryued of his imperyall dygnyte gyuynge commyssyon lyceÌce to the electours of the emperoure to chose a new The whyche were of so many myndes in theyr eleccyon that some chase the duke of Thoryng some the erle of Holande and some chase the kynges brother Richarde erle of Cornewayll whyche causyd stryfe that enduryd longe after so that the onely emperoure of Almayne was not of all men alowyd tyll Radulphus duke or erle of Habspurghe in Almayne was chosen by one assente to that dygnyte and therunto admittyd by Gregory the .ix. of that name in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .lxxiii. And so that varyaunce enduryd vppon .xxvii. yeres to y e great impoueryshyng of Italy and the landes of the empyre Then as before is sayd this Frederyk dyed vnassoyled was buryed in a cytye called Ferenciola wyth thys superscrypcyon vppon hys toumbe Si probitas sensus virtutis gratia census Nobilitas orti possent refistere morte Non foret extinctus Fredericus qui iacet intus whyche versys are thus myche to meane in Englyshe If excellente of wytte or grace of good vertue Or nobylnesse of byrth myght vnto deth resyste Then shuld thys Frederyke mortall fate exchewe whych hym hath closyd here now in hys chyste But none of these maye erthly man assyste To stryue wyth deth but all muste pay hym dette Noble and innoble there nothynge maye lette An other versyfyoure made these .ii. versys folowynge of the interpretacyon of this name Frederyke Frefremit in mundo de deprimit alua profundo Re res rimatur cus cuspide cuncta minatur The whyche may in this maner of wyse be englyshed Fre fretyth thys worlde and de confoundyth all Hyghe thynges of honoure into depenesse darke Râsercheth besyly y e goodes generall Of thys worlde both of the laye and clerke Makynge no questyon in hys moste cruell werke And cus with sworde all thyng doth manace And thys is Frederyke all deuoyde of grace Anno domini M.CC.xlvii  Anno domini M.CC.xlviii  IohnÌ Uoyle  Pyers Aleyne  Anno .xxxi.  Nycholas Batte  IN thys .xxxi. yere of the reygn of kyng Henry Lewys which is surnamed saynt Lewis then kyng of Fraunce with a conuenyent hoste sayled into the holy lande and there warred vpon Crystes enymyes and wanne the cytye of Damas at hys fyrste landynge after taryed there froÌ y e begynnynge of y e moneth of Iuny to the .xxii. day of Nouember and after departyd thens towarde Babylon entendynge to haue layde syege to the cytye But fortune was to him so coÌtrarye that by sykenesse other casueltyes he loste myche of his people and in the ende was hym selfe taken prisoner of the Turkis as more playnely shall be shewed in the story of the sayde Lewys folowynge And in this yere was a myghty erthquake in Englande that the lyke to yt was not sene many yeres before Also thys yere the kynge seasyd the fraunchyse of the cytye of London vppon the euen of saynte Bartholomew for a iudgement that was gyuen by the mayre and aldermen agayne a wedowe named Margaret Uyell and commyttyd the rule of the cytye to wyllyam Haueryll and Edwarde of westmynster tyll our ladye daye nexte folowynge At whyche season the mayre and shryues were agayne to theyr offyces admyttyd Anno domini M.CC.xlviii  Anno domini M.CC.xlix  Nycholas Ioy.  Mychaell Tony.  Anno .xxxii.  Geffrey wynton  IN thys .xxxii. yere of the kyng the wharfe of London callyd quene hythe was taken to ferme by the comynaltye of the cytye to paye yerely therefore .l. pounde The whyche was then commytted to the shryues charge and so hath contynuyd euer sen that tyme to thys daye whereof the profytys and tollys are so sore mynyshed that at thys daye yt is lytle worth ouer .xx. marke or xv pounde one yere wyth a nother And thys yere fell great dystemperaunce of wether in suche wyse that the grounde was bareyne vppon the same and other myshappys folowyd anon theurppon And thys yere when the mater aforenamed of Margarete Uyell wydow was well examyned the iudgement therof was founden good and trewe wherfore the cytezens enioyed the lybertyes wythoute interrupcyon all be yt the kynge was wyth theym some what agreuyd for so myche as they at his requeste wolde not exchaunge wyth the abbot of westmynster suche lybertyes as they hadde in Myddelsex of the kynges graunte for other to be hadde in other places Anno domini M.CC.xlix  Anno domini M.CC.l.  Rafe hardell  Roger fyz Roger.  Anno .xxxiii.  IohnÌ Tosalane  IN the .xxxiii. yere of kyng Henry in the moneth of October dyed Robert Grosthede byshoppe of Lyncolne He was the maker of the boke callyd Pety Caton and many other This Robert for so mich as y e .iiii. Innocent pope greuyd y e chyrch of EnglaÌde with taskis paymeÌtes agayn reason he therfore sente vnto hym a sharpe pystle This pope than gaue vnto a chylde a neuew of hys a chanonry whych fell voyde in the chyrch of Lyncolne and sent the chylde vnto the byshoppe chargynge hym to admytte the sayd chylde and to sette hym in hys place But thys bysshoppe boldely denyed the resceyt of the chyld wrote vnto the pope y t he wold not nor shuld receyue such to y e cure of soule y t could not rule the self Therfore this Robert was somoned to apere before y e pope therupon accursyd TheÌ he appealyd froÌ InnoceÌtis courte vnto Crystes owne trone Then after the deth of thys Robert as the pope laye in hys bedde at hys reste one aperyd to hym in clothyng of a byshoppe and sayde to hym aryse wretche and come to thy dome and
NoueÌber they gaue vnto his grace iiii hundred marke and then were restoryd to theyr sayde lybertyes and the kynges vnder treasourer dischat âyd the whych for y e tyme was made custos or keper of the cytye In the feast of saynte Scycyle or the .xxii. daye of nouember ensuynge were brought vnto westmynster .lxxx. and xxii Iewes from LyncolnÌ the which were also accusyd of the crucyfyenge of a chyld at Lyncolne in the despyte of Crystes relygyon whyche Iewes were after sent vnto y e towre of London Of the whyche in processe of tyme after xviii were conuycte and hangyd the tother remayned long after in pryson In the vygyll of saynt Andrew syr Edwarde the kynges sonne came to London from beyonde the see And the kyng of Scottys with the quene hys wyfe came in the somer season vnto the kynge to hys maner of woodstoke where he dysportyd hym a season and after returned into Scotlande leuynge his wyfe wyth her mother tyll she were lyghted of chylde And vppon y e day of the decollacyon of saynte IohnÌ the kynge the quene and the quene of Scottes came to London where they were honorably receyued and so conueyed vnto westmynster Anno domini M.CC.lv.  Anno domini M.CC.lvi  Mathew Bokerell  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xl.  IohnÌ Mynoure  IN thys .xl. yere entryd y e land dyuers lordes of Almayne the whych in Crystmas weke vppon the day of y e Innocentes made homage vnto syr Rychard erle of Cornewayl brother to the kynge the whych as then stoode kyng of Almayne and of Romayns And the thursdaye nexte folowynge he departed from the kynges courte and spedde hym wyth his wyfe and syr Henry his sonne vnto the see syde and after toke shyppyng in Iarnesay the .xxvii. day of Apryll and landed at Dordreth in Holande the fyrste daye of Maye nexte ensuynge And vppon assencyon day after he was crowned kynge of Romayns in the citye of Aquisgranum Thys yere vppon the fyrste daye of Auguste the kynge toke hys iourney towarde walys for to subdue Lewelyn the sonne of Gryffyth the whyche wyth his welshemen rebellyd agayne the kynge for so mych as syr Edwarde hys son to whom he hadde lytle before geueÌ the erledome of Chester wolde haue chaunged some of theyr skyttyshe condycyons And for to bryng hys purpose the better aboute he sente for an armye of souldiours into Irlande and taryed for theyr commynge at hys castell of Genocke But the yere passed farre on or hys people were gatheryd so that by the aduyse of hys lordes he strengthyd there a certayne castellys and returned for that yere into Englande And aboute the feaste of the Natyuyte of our ladye a concorde and a peace was coÌcluded betwene y e Londyners the abbot of the holy crosse of waltham the whych hadde ben in suyte many yeres before for certayne dystresses takeÌ by the abbottis offycers of the LoÌdoners when they came wyth theyr mercymonyes vnto the fayre of waltham where as now yt is agreed that all suche dystressys shulde be restoryd and yf any were peryshed or loste for longe kepynge that then the abbot to contente and pay to the partyes the value in money of suche distressys so peryshed or loste and that the cytesyns shulde enioy the lybertyes of that fayre euer after wythoute payenge of any tollage or toll Anno domini M.CC.lvi  Anno domini M.CC.lvii  Rycharde Ewell  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xii.  wyllyam Ashewy  IN this .xli. yere begynnynge of the same was founden in the kynges warderobe at wyndesore a byll or rolle closyd in grene waxe and not knoweÌ from whens yt shuld come in the whyche rolle was coÌteyned dyuerse articles agayne y e mayre and rulers of the cytye of London and that by theym the comynaltye of the cytye was greuously tasked and wrongyd whyche byll was presentyd at length to the kynge wheruppon he anon sent IohnÌ Mancell one of his iustycys vnto London and there in the feaste of the conuersyon of saynt Paule by the kynges authoryte callyd at Paulys crosse a Folkmot beynge there presente syr Rycharde de Clare erle of Glouceter dyuerse other of the kynges counsayll where the sayde IohnÌ Mancell causyd the sayde rolle to be redde before the comynaltye of the cytye after shewyd to the people that y e kynges pleasure and mynde was that they shuld be rulyd with iustyce and that the lybertyes of the cytye shuld be maynteyned in euery poynte And yf the kynge myghte knowe those persones that so hadde wrongyd the cominaltye of the citye they shuld be greuously punyshed to the example of other And that done the sayde IohnÌ Mansell chargyd the mayre that euery Alderman in hys warde shulde vppon the morowe folowyng assemble hys wardemote that all those wardemotys shuld assemble in one place and chuse of theym selfe wythout any counsayll or aduyse of any of theyr aldermeÌ .xxxvi. persons and them to present before the lordes and hym at the same houre of y e next day in the byshoppes paleys at Paulys Then vppon the morow all thynge was done accordynge to hys commaundement And when y e sayd xxxvi persones were presentyd before the sayde IohnÌ Mansell Henry Baa iustycys other the sayd IohnÌ sayde vnto theym that they vppon theyr othe shuld certyfye all such persones as they knewe gylty in the artycles before vnto the comynaltye shewyd wherunto the sayde .xxxvi. cytesyns answeryd y t yt was contrary theyr lybertyes to be sworne so many for any mater of trespas betwene the kynge and any of hys cytezyns wherfore they requyred a sparynge wyth whych answere the sayd IohnÌ Mansell beynge dyscontentyd warnyd theym to appere before the kynges couÌsayll at y e Guyldehall vppon the morowe folowynge where they kepte theyr daye And thyther came the sayde iustycys IohnÌ Mansell Henry Baa syr Henry wengham chaunceller of Englande Phylyppe Louell vndertreasorer and dyuerse other of the kynges counsayll Then the sayde IohnÌ Mansell exortyd the sayde personys to be sworne by many meanys as he the other daye hadde done But all was in vayne for they excusyd theym alway that yt was contrary theyr othe and lybertye of theyr cytye wherfore the kynges counsayll departed from the hall in partye dyscontentyd shewyd vnto the kynge the demeanour of the sayde cytesyns Uppon the euen of y e Purificacyon of our lady y t mayre beyng warned y t the kyng shuld come to westmynster he wyth the more parte of the Aldermen rode vnto Knyghtbrydge and houyd there to salute the kynge and to knowe his forther pleasure But when the kynge came nere that place and harde of theyr beynge there he sent vnto them a squyre of houshold and chargyd theym that they shulde not presume to come in hys syght wyth whyche message they beynge greatly dyscoÌfortyd retourned home to the cytye Afterwarde in the Octauys of the puryfycacyon of our Ladye returned from the courte
Mychaell Tony and Adam Basynge the whyche before were sente by the mayre to such frendes as they had in the courte to knowe the cause of the kynges hyghe dyspleasure The whych brought worde that the kyng was well mynded vnto the citye but he was in full purpose to haue suche persones chastised that hadde oppressyd the comynaltye of the same Uppon the morow folowynge came vnto y e Guyldhall IohnÌ Mansell wyth other of the kynges counsayll the whych to the people there assembled shewyd many fayre plesaunt wordes Amonge the whych he declared that the kynges mynde wyll was to correcte all suche persones as had oppressyd the comynaltye of that his deryste belouyd cytye and asked of the commons whyther they wolde be agreable vnto the same The whych incontynently many suche as knewe litle what the mater ment cryed with out dyscrecyon ye ye ye nothynge regardynge the lybertye of the cytye And after y e grauÌt thus had of the coÌmons the sayde IohnÌ Mansell dyschargyd the mayre shryues chamberleyn of theyr offyces and delyueryd the custodye therof vnto the constable of the towre and putte in the rome of the shryues Mychaell Tony and IohnÌ Audryan And ouer that all rollys of tollys and tallages before made were delyueryd vnto the sayd IohnÌ MaÌsell the whych he there sealyd and redeliueryd them vnto the chamberleyne when the coÌmons hadde beholden all thys besynesse they retourned vnto theyr housys all confusyd This mater thus orderyd the sayd IohnÌ Mansell wyth dyuerse of the kynges counsayll kept theyr courtes dayly the sondayes excepte tyll the fyrste sondaye of lent the whych that yere was the .xxv. daye of February callyng before hym .xii. wardes of y e cytye Of the whyche .xii. wardes of eueryche of them was takeÌ thre men so ⪠that of those .xii. wardes .xxxvi. meÌ were impanellyd and sworne for to enquyre of the foresayd artycles and what personys of the cytye had offendyd in them This courte thus kept and holden at Guyldehall no man was callyd to answere nor no questyon put vnto any person by the sayd enquest or by any other Uppon the sayd sonday of lent the mayre aldermen and shryues wyth the sayd enqueste foure men of euery warde were chargyd to appere at westmynster before the kynge at whych apperaunce they were couÌtermauÌdyd tyll vppon the nexte morowe At whyche season they commyng into the kynges exchekyr fonde syttyng there the erles of Glouceter and of warwyke IohnÌ Mansell Henry Baa iusticys the coÌstable of the towre the custos of the cytye and dyuers other of the kynges counsayll Then was callyd by name Rafe hardell that yere may âe Nycholas Batte Nycholas fyz Iosne Mathew Bokerel IohnÌ Tolesham and IohnÌ le Mynoure aldermen Then sayde IohnÌ Mansell y t the kynge by his lawes and inquysycyon of the cytesyns of the cytye had founden theym culpable that they had wronged and hurte the comynaltye of hys cytye by dyuers meanes as by the sayde inquysycyons apperyd and forthwyth causyd yt to be redde before them And wheÌ the more parte therof was redde he sayd vnto theym thus may you se that the comynaltye of the sayde cytye hath ben by you greuously oppressyd and by your meanys and counsayll the common weale of the same dystroyed as by alterynge of the tollys and other good auncyent customys turnynge them to your synguler auauntage lucre All whyche maters the sayde Rafe and his company denyed and that the commons was not by any suche meanys by them nor none of them greuyd or hurte and that they offryd to be iustyfyed and iudged by the lawe and customys of the cytye Then Henry Baa iustyce askyd of them whyther they wolde byde the aduenture of the enquery that they hadde harde redde before or ellys stande vppon the sayeng of the other wardes that yet had not ben sworne but they kepte theym to theyr fyrste answere Then IohnÌ Mansell frayned of y e mayre what was theyr lawe and custome The mayre answered and sayde that for trespace of a cytesyn done agayne y e kynge he shulde defende hym by .xii. of the sayde cytesyns and for murder or sleynge of a man by .xxx. cytesyns for trespace agayn a straunger by the othe of .vi. and hym selfe Then after many reasons made by the sayde IohnÌ Mansell and also by the mayre and his aldermen daye was gyuen to them to appere vppon the morow before the kynge and his counsell Uppon the day folowynge y e kyng wyth many of his lordes syttynge in the sayde exchekyr the foresayde inquysycyon was redde And that done the mayre and aldermen were called in by name and two aldermen more whyche before were not callyd that is to saye Arnolde Thedmare Henry walmode when Rafe Hardell had harde the kynge speke in the mater he toke suche fere that he and Nycholas Batte wythout farther answere put them in the kynges grace sauyd to theym theyr lybertyes and fraunchyses of the cytye But the other .vi. besought the kyng of his ryght wysenes that they myghte then be demyd after the lawes and customys of the cytye Then was layde vnto theyr charge that ouer many wronges by theym done to the kynge and the comynaltye of the cytye they had alteryd y e kynges beame and orderyd it to the aduauntage of them selfe and other ryche men of the cytye wherun to the partyes answeryd and sayde that the alteracion of the beame was not done by them onely but by y e aduyce and consente of .v. hundred of the beste of the cytye For where before tyme the weyer vsyd the lene hys draught towarde the marchaundyse so that the byar hadde by that meane x. or xii pounde in a draught to hys aduauntage and the seller so myche dysauauntage nowe for indyfferencye and egalytye of both personys or marchauÌtys was ordeyned that the beame shulde stand vpryght y e cleââe therof enclynynge to neyther partie as yt doth in weyenge of golde and syluer and the byer to haue alowed of the seller for all thynges .iiii. pouÌde onely in euery draught After these reasons and other by theym made the kynge commaunded that vpon the mornynge folowynge a folkmoot shulde be callyd at Paulys crosse so that courte was dyssoluyd and the mayre the other returned to London Uppon the morowe the folkmoot beynge at Pawles crosse assemblyd these .vi. aldermen heryng the murmuracion of the common people and knowynge that the aldermen nor the worshypfull of the city shuld haue litle or no sayeng in thys mater ferynge theyr cause yode into a chanons house of Powlys where at that tyme the sayde Iohan Mansel and other sent from the kynge taryed the assemblynge of the people and shewyd vnto theym that they entedyd not any lenger to plede wyth the kynge but were contentyd to put them fully in the kynges grace and mercy sauyng alway to them and all other cytesyns theyr lybertye and fraunchyse of the cyte After whyche agrement the sayde
was dyscarged of his offyce and syr Hugh Bygotte then admytted for hym And for the foresayde Pyers harde of the murmure in the courte ferynge that the kynge shuld be aduertysed shortely to alter from his promyse therfore they enteÌdyng to make theyr partye the stroÌger vppon the morowe folowynge Marye Magdaleyns daye the kyng beyng at westmynster the erle Marshall the erle of Leyceter wyth dyuerse other came vnto the Guyldehall of LoÌdon where the mayre aldermen and comynaltye of the cytye were assembled where the sayd lordes shewyd an instrument or wrytynge at the whyche hynge many labellys wyth sealys as the kynges seale syr Edwarde hys sonnes seale wyth many other of the nobles of the lande the whyche was the contente of the artycles whych were ordeyned and made at Oxenforde wyllynge the mayre and aldermen cuÌsyderynge the sayd actys were made to the honoure of god fydelyte vnto the kynge profyte of the realme that they wold also in vpholdynge of the same sette theyr common seale of the cytye After which requeste thus to the mayre and the cytesyns made after aduyse and counsayll amonge theym selfe taken they desyred a sparyng of the lordes tyll they myght speke wyth y e kyng and know his pleasure in that behafe But fynally no sparynge at that tyme myghte be graunted so that in the ende by the laboure that the lordes made wyth helpe of suche solycytoures as they hadde wythin the cytye the common seale was put to and the mayre and dyuerse of the cytye sworne to maynteyne the same theyr allegeaunce sauyd to the kyng wyth preseruacyon of the lybertyes and fraunchyses and so departed Then daye by daye after the sayd douze Perys assemblyd at the newe temple in where they kept theyr counsaylys and courtes for the reformacyon of the olde greuys and remoued from the kynge dyuerse of hys menyall of houselde and sette in theyr places and offycys suche as lyked theym And vppon the .ix. daye of August proclamacyon was made in dyuerse accustomyd places of the sayde cytye that none of the kynges takers shulde take any thynge wythin the cytye wythout the wyll of the owner excepte two tunne of wyne whyche the kyng accustomably hadde of euery shyppe commynge from Burdeaux payenge but .xl. s. for a tunne By meane of whyche proclamacyon nothynge was taken by the kynges offycers but yt were streyght payed fore wythin the cytye and lybertye of the same whyche vsaunce contynued but a whyle Anno domini M.CC.lvii  Anno domini M.CC.lviii Draper Thomas fyz Rycharde  Rycharde Hardell  Anno .xlii.  Robert Catelyon  IN this .xlii. yere the kyng held one parlyameÌt at westmynster and a nother or ellys prorogyd the same to wynchester And in this yere syr Hugh Bygotte iustyce wyth Roger Turkelay and other kept his courte at saynte Sauyours and helde there the plees callyd Itinerii The wyche is to meane the trauaylynge or the waye plees For ye shall vnderstande that at those dayes they were kepte in dyuerse places of Englande whyche nowe ben holden at westmynster and iudgys ordeyned to kepe a cyrcuyte as now they kepe the syzys in tyme of vacacyoÌ At this sayde courte these iudges ponyshed sore baylyes and other oâycers that before theym were conuycte for dyuers trespassys and specyally for takynge of merceamentes otherwyse then the lawe theym commaundyd For the whych the sayd chefe iustyce prysoned them and after sessyd them at greuous fynys Also he somonyd the cytesyns of London to come vnto the sayde courte for tollys that they hadde taken vppon the farther syde of the water But yt was answered that the tollys that they there toke were takeÌ lawfully as they were redy to proue in places and court coÌuenyent to the same whyche was wythin the precyncte of theyr lybertye But not wythstandynge that answere the sayde syr Hughe chargyd vppon queste .xii. knyghtes of Surey to enquyre of that mater and other the whych acquyted the sayde cytesyns and shewyd that the sayde tolle belongyd to them of ryghte In processe of tyme after the sayd syr Hugh wyth other came to Guyld hall and kepte hys courte and plees there wythout all order of lawe and contrarye to the lybertyes of the cytye and there punyshed the bakers for lacke of syze by the Tumberell where before tymes they were punysshed by the pyllory and orderyd many thynges at hys wyll more then by any good order of lawe Thys yere vppon Candelmasse euen came vnto LoÌdon from beyonde the see Rycharde kynge of Almayne and erle of Cornewayll wyth hys wyfe and chyldren whyche had ben there and taken possessyon of that kyngedome as before is shewyd Agayne whose commynge the cytye of London was rychely haÌged wyth clothes of sylke and aras ioyously he was receyuyd of the cytesyns Anno domini M.CC.lviii  Anno domini M.CC.lix Peperer IohnÌ Adryan  IohnÌ Gysours  Anno .xliii.  Robert Cornehyll  IN thys .xliii. yere the frydaye folowynge the feaste of Symonde and Iude in the parlyament holden at westmynster were radde in presence of all the lordes and comynaltye at sondry tymes all the actys and ordynauÌces before made in y e parliament holden at Oxenforde wyth certayn other artycles by y e fore sayd xii Peers there vnto added After redyng of which articles there beynge reuested the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury wyth dyuerse other to the nomber of .ix. byshoppes besyde abbotes other denouncyd all them accursyd that attemptyd in worde or dede to breke the sayd actes or any of them In this parilameÌt also was graunted vnto the kynge a taske callyd the Scutage that is to meane xl s. of euery knyghtes fee thorough Englande the whyche extendyd to a great summe of money For after dyuerse writers there be in EnglaÌde in possessyon of the spyrytualtye and of the temporaltye or at that dayes were ouer beyonde .lx M. kynghtes fees whych after y â rate shuld exteÌde vnto .vi. score M. li. more And yf it shuld be gadered of y e teÌporal meÌ onely than yt shulde not amounte ouer the summe of .lxiiii. thousande pounde The kynge vppon the daye of saynte Leonarde or the .vi. daye of Nouember came vnto Pawlys where by his commaundement was assembled the courte of Folkmoot where the kynge accordynge to the former ordynaunces made axyd lycence of the comynaltye of the cytye for to passe the see promysed there in the presence of a great multytude of people that he wolde be good and gracyous lorde vnto the cytye by the mouth of syr Hugh Bygotte hys chefe iustyce and to maynteyne theyr lybertyes vnhurte For y t whyche the people for ioye made an excedynge showte Uppon the .viii. day of Nouember the kynge rode thoroughe the citye towarde the see syde And vppon the daye of saynte Bryce or the .xiii. daye of Nouember he toke hys shyppe and so sayled vnto Burdeaux where when he had taryed a season he rode vnto the Frenche kynge then beyng
holy Lewys or the tenth Lewys vnto Paris Of whom he was honorably receyued and lodged hym in his own paleys by y e space of an hole weke makynge to hym great feast gyuynge to hym and hys ryche many gyftes And from thens kynge Henry rode vnto saynte Denys where of the abbot and conuent he was receyued wyth processyon and taryed there by the space of a moneth In whyche season a maryage was concludyd betwene IohnÌ duke of Brytayne and one of his doughters And at hys departynge he gaue to the abbot a cuppe of golde a basyn wyth an ewer of syluer And for hys more consolacyon kyng Lewys assygned vnto hym a certayne lordes other noble men of Fraunce to gyue attendaunce vppon hym and to conuey hym and to shewe hym a parte of Fraunce wyth all dysporte and huntynge and haukynge and other many pleasures of the countrey In whych passe tyme the Frenche kyng assembled hys parlyament at Parys where he shewyd vnto hys lordes that hys conscyence was grudgyd wyth y e withholdyng of all such landes as Phylyppe the second wan from kynge IohnÌ in Normandye vpon y e whych he desyred theyr faythfull and frutefull counsayll where after many reasons and argumentes made yt was concludyd for a fynall concorde to be hadde betwene kynge Henry and hym that yf kyng Henry wyth the agremente of hys lordes wolde resygne into the Frenche kynges handes all suche tytle and ryghte as he hadde in the hole duchye of Normandye of Angeou poyteau and Mayne for hym and for his heyres for euer that then the Frenche kynge of his great bountye and grace shulde gyue vnto the kynge of Englande and to hys heyres kynges the lordshyppe of Guyan Angeou and Mayne and byryghtfull tytle callyd euer after duke of Guyan and ouer that he shulde be admyttyd for a Pere of Fraunce to all whyche condycyons as affyrmyth and wytnessyth the Frenche cronycle kynge Henry at hys retourne from hys dysporte was agreable and wyth consente of hys baronye and in theyr presence wyth also the baronye of Fraunce dyd hys homage vnto the sayde Lewys for the duchye of Guyan and after made hys othe accordynge to the same And after great gyftes receyued on eyther syde kynge Henry retourned vnto Burdeaux Of thys peace and concorde speketh a cronyculer named Guydo or Guy sayth that kyng Henry sayled into Fraunce and asked restytucyon of the forenamed Frenche kyng of all suche landes as hys ayle Phylyppe the seconde had wyth extorte power taken from kynge IohnÌ hys father But for he fande the Frenche kynge straunge in his answere also had lytle truste in hys lordes for to haue theyr ayde he fell to agrement wyth the Frenche kynge and solde to hym all his tytle that he had in Normandye Gascoyn and Guyan y â whych extendyd to the yerely value of .xx. thousande pounde takynge for the same tytle .iii. huÌdred thousand pouÌd of small Turon money whereof a pounde is in value after sterlynge money but .ii. s. iii â or there about so that he shulde after that rate haue for his sayde tytle after the value of sterlynge money .xxxiii. thousand seuen hundred and .l. pounde In the season and tyme that kyng Henry was thus occupyed in Fraunce dyssencyon fell in Englande betwene syr Edwarde the kynges son and syr Rycharde erle of Glouceter For appeasyng wherof a parleameÌt whyche is to meane a counsayll of hys lordes was callyd at westmynster whyche contynued by the space of .iii. wekes and more To the whyche counsayll the lordes came wyth greate companyes and specyally the sayde syr Edwarde and the erle of Glouceter the whyche entendyd to haue lodged within the city wherfore the mayre yode vnto the byshop of worceter and syr Hugh Bygotte and syr Phylyppe Basset to whome the kynge wyth the archbyshoppe of Caunterburye had taken the rule of the lande in hys absence the whyche all went vnto the kynge of Almayne to haue hys aduyse in that mater where it was concludyd that nother the sayde Edwarde nor the erle shuld come wythin the cytye then there to be lodgyd nor none that helde vppon eyther of that partyes And forther yt was prouyded that all suche wythin the cytye as were of the age of .xv. yeres and aboue shulde be in harnes to watche and kepe the cytye bothe daye and nyght and that the gates shulde be kept shyt vppon the daye and a certayne men in harneys to kepe euery gate of the cytye And soone after for the sauegarde of the cytye and sure kepynge of the peace wythin the same the kynge of Romaynes wyth the sayde syr Hughe and syr Phylyppe came into the cytye and there were lodged with theyr companyes and suche other as they wolde assygne to strength the cytye yf nede requyred Then aboute the feaste of saynte Marke the kynge came to London from beyonde the see and was lodgyd at the byshoppe of Londons paleys After whose commynge by his assygnement the erle of Glouceter was then lodged wythin the cytye and syr Edwarde hys sonne was lodgyd in hys owne palays at westmynster And soone after the kynge commaunded hym to be lodgyd at saynt IohnÌs and all the other lordes were lodgyd in other places wythoute the cytye And the kyng of Romayns remoued agayne to westmynster In whych tyme a direccyon was takeÌ betwene the sayd êtyes a new assemble and parlyament assygned to be kept at westmynster in the quindena of saynt IohnÌ Baptyst And for that then all thynge myght not be sette in an order yt was prorogyd vnto the feast of saynt Edwarde at the which season all thyng was put at reste for a whyle In this yere also fell that happe of the Iewe of Tewkysbury whyche fell into a gonge vppon the saterdaye and wolde not for reuereÌce of his sabbot day be plucked out wherof heryng the erle of Glouceter that the Iewe dyd so great reuerence to hys sabbot daye thought he wold do as myche to his holy daye whych was sondaye and so kept hym there tyll monday at which season he was founden dede Anno domini M.CC.lix  Anno domini M.CC.lx.  Adam Brownynge  wyllyam fyz Rycharde  Anno .xliiii.  Rycharde Couentre  IN this .xliiii. yere soone after the feast of Symonde and Iude the kynge kept a royall feaste at westmynster where he made dyuerse knyghtes Amonge the whych IohnÌ duke of Brytayne whyche had maryed one of the kynges doughters was there made knyght And soone after was syr Hughe spencer made chefe iustyce After y e feast of CaÌdelmasse y e kyng commauÌdyd a folkmoot to be called at Paulys crosse where he in proper persone wyth the kynge of Almayn the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury and many other nobles came where the kynge commaundyd vnto the mayre that euery strypelynge of the age of .xii. yeres and aboue shuld be before his aldermaÌ be sworn the day folowynge to be trew to the kyng to hys
the more parte of theyr coÌpany where thorugh that symple feleshyp whyche named them selfe Shepherdes was dysseuered sparkelyd whan thys blessed kyng Lowys was delyuered from the dauÌger of hys enemyes was broughte out of Egypte into Syrye he there executed many dedes of charyte and of mekenes and repayred the cytye of Ioppen and other standyng vpon the see syde and from thens went on pylgrymage vnto Nazareth and to the mount of Thabor And when he was retourned vnto Ioppen he receyued there tydynges of the deth of dame BlaÌch his mother where after dyuers obseruanÌces prayers done for the soule of hys mother he toke there shyppynge and sayled towarde Fraunce And nat withoute trauayle and trouble of the see at the ende of xii wekes he landed in the Hauen of Marcyll or Martyll and so sped his iournay that he came to Parys in y e yere of our lorde .xii. C. and .liiii. and the .vi yere after that he toke vppon hym the voyage where of the cytezeyns he was receyued wyth mooste honoure and gladnes And there callynge a couÌsayl he refourmed many thynges for the weale of hys realme made one lawe whych is specyally remeÌbred that is that no man beyng in auctorytye of any hygh offyce as Prouost Pretour or any lyke office shuld bye any landes or reÌtes within that lordshype y t he had rule of And for that cause that he shuld nat extort or wronge or bye suche landes y e better chepe by reason of hys myghte or power At thys day the Prouosty or chyef rule or offyce was in the handes of y e cytezeyns of Parys by reason of a seale therof made to theym by the kynges progenytours By meane wherof many iniuryes and wronges were done vnto the common people and many theuys and other transgressours by fauoure and money passed vnpunysshed wherof thys blessed kynge Lowys beyng enfourmed vpon suffycyent profe made dyscharged the cytezeyns therof and assygned a man named Stephan Boyle in that offyce assygnynge to hym yerely a certayne stipend for executyng of that office and ordeyned that euer after the Prouost of Parys shuld be named by the kynge and hys heyres kynges He also made ordenaunces to auoyde strumpettes out of the cytye and punysshement for all accustomable great swerers wyth many other good ordenaunces and lawes the whyche I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. In this tyme and season were abydynge in Fraunce in a place called saynt Nicholas de Boys .iii. chyldreÌ borne in Flaundres the whych were sent thyder to lern y e maner of frauÌce also to teche y e chyldreÌ of a knyghte named syr GuyllmÌ de Brunz to shot These chyldreÌ vpon a season passed the bouÌdes of the abbey grouÌde entred the warrayn of a lord of FrauÌce called Enguerran lorde of Coucy there chased and shote at Conyes for theyr disport The whych were there takeÌ of the seruauÌtes of the sayd Enguerran presented to theyr lorde y e whych of hasty cruelnesse caused the iii. chyldreÌ with out pyte to be haÌged wherof heryng y e Abbot of saint Nycholas coÌplayned hym with the assysteÌce of y e fornamed syr GuillmÌ vnto the kyng The whych incoÌtyneÌtly seÌt to the sayd EnguerraÌ charging hym to apere before hys barony to answere to such matters as there shuld be layd vnto his charge wher in y e ende after many reasoÌs for hym layde he by great instaÌce of hys frendes was pardoned of y t greuous offence wyth coÌdicion folowyng that is to meane fyrst he shuld pay vnto the kynge .x. M. li. of Parys money whych is to meane .xii. C. .l. li. sterling And ouer that he shuld warre vpoÌ goddes enemyes in Syria by the space of .iii. yeres contynually vpon hys owne cost and charge And thyrdely he shulde buylde a chapel wherin two preestes shuld synge for euer for the soules of the sayd infauntes Or after mayster Gagwyne with the forsayd .x. M. li. other ayde of the kynge the hospytall in Parys named y e house of god in Pontoyse with the frayter of the freer minors or gray freers in Paris were made and repayred Than after many dedes of charite done by this vertuous prince as makynge of dyuers houses of relygyon seruyng of the poore people with his owne handes with fastinges other infynyte dedes of pytye he lastly in the .xxxiii. yere of hys reygne honourably receyued HeÌry the .iii. thaÌ kyng of Englande and stablyshed with hym a peas as before in the .xliiii. yere of the reygne of the sayd Henry is declared And that done he in the .xxxvi. yere of hys reygne maryed hys eldest son Phylyp vnto Isabell the doughter of Iamys kyng of Aragon By reason of whyche maryage the frenshe kyng gaue ouer to the sayd Iamys all suche ryght as he had in the lordshyppes of Besac Dampierre Rousselion and Barsellon And the sayde Iamys acquyted gaue ouer to Lowys all suche ryghte and tytle as he had in the lordshypes of Carcasson of Bygorre and of Anilly And soone after he sente Charles hys brother at the request of the .iiii. Alexaundre than pope into Cicilia with a great power to withstande y e vyolence of Manfrede sonne of Frederyke the second than Emperoure the whych agayne ryghte withhelde that kyngdome frome the chyrche of Rome whome Charles after longe fyght at a place named Boneuente slewe in batayll and after was made kyng of the sayd countre by auctorytye of the sayde pope Alexaunder payenge yerely vnto the chyrche of Rome .xl. M. ducates which is moch lyke after the rate of sterlyng money viii M.vi C.lxvi li. xiii s. iiii d. euery ducat accoÌpted at .iiii. s. iiii d. IT fyll so after that in the .xlii. yere of kynge Lowys Pope Clement the .iiii. of that name sent a legate vnto Lowys requyryng hym to ayde the crysten whyche in Siria were greuously warred with y e Turkes and Sarazyns At whose request the kyng called a counsayll wherin it was agreed y t socour shuld be made wherfore the kynge with hys .iii. sonnes Phylyp Iohn Peter toke on them the crosse And in the fyrste day of May the yere of hys reygne .xliii he with hys sayde sonnes and many other lordes of Fraunce as well spirytuall as temporall departed from Parys and frome thens rode vnto Cluny where he rested hym .iiii. days And from theÌs sped hys iourney tyll he came to the forenamed porte of y t deed see where mette with hym a cardynall and legate of Rome with dyuers other bysshoppes of Fraunce the kyng of Nauarne the dukes son of Brytayn AlphoÌs erle of Poytiers the erles of Artoys and of FlauÌdres with many other And whyle the kynge wyth hys hoost laye at the sayde porte taryeng a conuenable wynde a dyssencyon fyll betwene the Catholeynes and the men of Prouynce so that amonge theym was foughten suche a skyrmysshe that betwene theym was slayne vpon a hondreth men and many mo wounded or the stryfe myght
in all that he myght and caused his brother to man and vytayll dyuers castelles within walys specyally the castell of Swandon wherin he mych trusted and gatheryd vnto hym the walshemen by gyftes and other meanes so that he was very stronge wherof when the kynge was informed he wolde therunto gyue no credence tyll he had sent thyther and receyued from theÌs the certaynte But for so myche as wynter was toward and he myghte nat conueniently go thyder wyth any power he therfore prouyded to send men and vytayl to strength the castelles of Flynt Rutlande and other holdes whyche he there had and wyth prouysyoÌ made to warre vppon theym in the begynnynge of the nexte yere suffered that wynter to passe Anno domini M.CC.lxxxi  Anno dnÌi xii C.lxxxii  wyllyam Mazerer  Henry waleys  Anno .x.  Nycholas wynchester  IN thys .x. yere y e kyng heryng more and more of the vnstedfastnes of the walshe men for to let them of theyr purpose to greue hys holdes beforenamed he sente thyder with a crewe of sowdyours the erles of Northumberland and of Surrey with whome amonge other went syr Rogyer Clyfforde syr wyllyam Lyndesey syr Rycharde Tanny many other noble knyghtes and squyres The whyche with greate corage entrede into walys and made with the walshemen many skyrmysshes tyll lastly vpon Palme sondaye Dauyd with a great power of walshmeÌ met with the sayde lordes knyghtes at a place nere to a towne called Hanardyne where betwene theÌ was a sore fyght But in the ende the losse fyll to the Englysshmen For there were slayne syr wyllyam Lyndesey syr Rycharde Tanny with many other and syr Rogyer Clyfforde was taken After whyche ouerthrowe of the Englysshmen the sayde Dauyd layde syege vnto the castelles of Flynt and of Rutlande And his brother in that season warred and occupyed the landes of syr Edmunde Mortymer and wanne the towne called Lambatre vaure and there threwe the walles therof downe to the grounde Thys towne is also called Abreswith It was nat longe after or the brute of thys ouerthrowe of the EnglysshmeÌ came vnto y e towne wherfore he sped hym the faster thyderwarde Anno domini M.CC.lxxxii  Anno dnÌi M.CC.lxxxiii  Rauffe Blunt  Henry walys  Anno .xi.  Hawkyn Betnell  IN thys .xi. yere vppon the day of saynte Leonarde or the syxt daye of Nouembre whyle kynge Edwarde was thus occupyed in rescowynge of hys men whyche were besyged of Dauyd syr Rogyer Clyfforde wyth other whyche entended to make a reysynge vppon the walsh men was drowned by foly vppon a brydge made of bargys and plankes to haue passed a water betwene Snowdon and Anglyssey And the thyrde daye of Decembre folowynge was Lewelyne prynce of walys slayne by syr Edmunde Mortymer and hys company and hys hed sente vnto the kynge thaÌ beyng at Rutlande The whyche he sent vnto London chargynge that yt beset vppon the toure of London Of thys Lewelyne a walshe metrycian made these foure verses folowynge Hic iacet Anglorum tortor tutor venedorum Princeps wallorum Lewelinus regula morum Gemma ceuorum flos regum preteritorum Forma futurorum dux laus lex lux populorum whyche verses are thus to meane as foloweth Of Englysshmen the scourge of walshe the protectoure Lewelyn the prynce rule of all vertue Gemme of all lyuers and of all other the floure whyche vnto dethe hath payde hys dette due Of kynges a mirrour that after hym shall sue Duke and prayse and of the lawe the ryght Here in thys graue of people lyeth the lyght But an Englysshe metrician wrote other .iiii. verses in dyspraysynge of the sayd Lewelyn as foloweth Hic iacet errorum princeps ac predo virorum Proditor Anglorum fax liuida secta reorum Numen wallorum trux dux homicida piorum Fex troianorum stirps mendax causa masorum The whyche maye in thys wyse be Englysshed Here lyeth of errour the prynce yf yewyll ken These and robbour traytour to Englysshmen A dym bronde a sect of doers yll God of walshmen cruell without skyll In sleyng the good and leder of the badde Lastly rewarded as he deserued hadde Of Troyans blode the drastes and nat sede A rote of falshode and cause of many yll dede Anno domini M.CC.lxxxiii  Anno domini M.CC.lxxxiiii  Iordan Goodchepe  Henry waleys  Anno .xii.  Martyn Box.  IN thys .xii. yere the kynge beynge stylle in walys pursued Dauyd the brother of Lewelyn from towne to towne so that lastly he was taken and broughte vnto the kynge aboute the natyuyte of saynt IohnÌ and so holden in warde tyll the kyng had there sped hys nedes Then the kyng had all the countre at hys wyl and gaue vnto Englyssh lordes townes in the myddes of walys and deuyded the couÌtre into shyres and ordeyned there shyryfes and other offycers as then were vsed in Englande At Aberconow he made a stronge castell where before was a house of whyte monkes The whych he remouyd thens and ordeyned for them in some other place He also made than the castel of CarnaruaÌ fast by Snowdon and repayred agayne the towne of Lambatre or Abreswyth which Lewelyn had before betyn downe Also he garuysshed the castelles and holdes standyng vpon the see syde with Englysshmen and made Englysshemen lordes of the groundes belongyng to the same And whan y e kyng had set that couÌtre in rule theÌ about Mychelmasse he retourned so Shrewysbury where he set a parlyament In the tyme wherof the forsayd Dauyd as chyef styrrer begynner of al thys warre was there deinyd to be drawen haÌged quartered so he was shortly after at y e sayde towne of Shrewysbury hys hede sent to LoÌdon set by the hed of hys brother Lewelyn And thys yere was the fyrste son of kyng Edwarde borne whyle the kyng was in walys at y e castel of Carnaruan By reason wherof he was after named Edward of Carnaruan He was born vpoÌ y e day of saiÌt Mark or y e .xxv. day of April This yere also one LaureÌce Duket a cytezyn of LoÌdoÌ was fouÌde dede hanged within sait Mary bow chyrch of chepe For y e which enqueres were made lastely for y t dede were ataynted these .vii. êsons folowing y t is to say Reygnold of lancaster Robert Pynnot Paule of Stepynhith Thomas Cordwayner IohnÌ Tolanson Thomas Russell and Robert Scotte the whyche were all for that dede drawyn hanged And a woman for the same dede was also brent And Rauffe Crepyn Iourdan Good chepe Gilbert Clerk and Geffrey Clerke were also attaiÌt for the same cause But they were repryed and sent vnto the toure of LoÌdon where they remayned loÌge after and lastly delyuered And in thys yere the greate conduyte standynge agayne saynte Thomas of Acres in Chepe was begon to be made In this yere also stryfe and vnkindenes beganne to kyndelle betweene the kynge the erle of
by ordre of lawe or iustyce In thys yere also floured y e holy man called Robert a chanon of the house of Brydlyngtone the whyche of some wrytters is accompted for a prophete for verses that he made of thynges to come after in Englande whyche I passe ouer at thys tyme. Anno domini M.CCC.viii  Anno domini M.CCC.ix  wyllyam Basynge  Nycholas Faryngdone  Anno .ii.  IohnÌ Butler  IN thys .ii. yere kyng Edward callynge to mynde the dyspleasure done vnto hym and to hys famulyer Pyers of Gauestone by the bysshoppe of Chester mayster walter Lanton as before is towched in the xxviii yere of the reygne of Edwarde hys father commaunded hym vnto the toure of London where he was streyghtely kepte many dayes after Than the lordes of the lande and specyally syr Henre Lacy syr Guy syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Lyncolne of warwyke of Penbroke to whome y e noble prince Edwarde y e .i. had gyueÌ so great charge y t Pyers of Gauestone shuld no more come into Englande sawe the rule of the laÌde and howe the kynges treafoure by meane of the sayd pyers was wasted assembled them in counsayll of one assent with ayde of other lordes of y e realme spake so with the kynge that contrary hys pleasure he was auoyded the lande and banisshed into Irelande for that yere But the kynge sent vnto hym oftentymes secret messangers and comforted hym wyth many ryche gyftes or made hym hys chyef ruler of the countre Anno domini M.CCC.ix  Anno domini M.CCC.x.  Iamys of saynt Edmunde  Thomas Romayne  Anno .iii.  Roger Palmer  IN thys .iii. yere dyuers grudges began to moue sprynge betwene the kyng and his lordes for the exilynge of Pyers of Gauestone wherfore to contente amyte betwene hym them the sayd Pyers about y e feast of the natiuite of our Lady was fette home agayne and so contynued to the more myschyef of y e realme About thys tyme as testifyeth Cronica Cronicarum other the knyghtes of the ordre of saynte IohnÌ Baptyste called saynt IohnÌ of HierusaleÌ by theyr knyghtly manhode put out of the I le of Rodes or Rodhis y e Turkys and infidelis that to that day occupyed the sayd I le after that wanne vpon the sayd Turkys dayly and yerely so that at thys day they haue in theyr domynyon moche of the landes whyche at that day and longe after was in the power of the sayd Turkes Thys relygyoÌ also was greatly preferryd by the fall of the templers whose possessyons and laÌdes were to them gyuen as it is before expressed in the thyrde chapytre and .xxi. yere of Phylyp the fayre Thys yere also after some wryters the crowched freres came fyrste into Englande Anno domini M.CCC.x.  Anno domini M.CCC.xi  Symon Croppe  Rycharde Roffham  Anno .iiii.  Petyr Blacnay  IN thys fourthe yere the rule and power of Pyers of Gaue stone more and more encreasynge in so moche that he hauynge the guydynge of all the kynges iewellys and treasoure yode vpon a day vnto west mynster and there out of the kynges iewell house toke a table a payre oftrestyllys of golde and conueyed them wyth other iewellys oute of the lande to the greate inpouerysshyng of the same and ouer that broughte the kynge by meane of hys wanton condycyons to manyfolde vyces as auoutry and other wherfore the foresayde lordes seynge the myschyefe that dayly encreased by occasyon of thys vnhappy man toke theyr counsayll togyther at Lyncolne and there concluded to voyde hym agayne out of Englande so that shortly after he was exyled into Flaunders to the kynges great dyspleasure Anno dnÌi M.CC.xi  Anno dnÌi M.CC.xii.  Symon Merwode  IohnÌ Gysours  Anno .v.  Rycharde wylforde  IN thys .v. yere vpon the day of saynt Bryce or the .xiii. daye of Nouembre was borne at wyndesore the fyrst or eldest sonne of kyng Edwarde y t after hys father was kynge of Englande and named Edwarde the thyrde And this yere was agayn reuoked by the kynge Pyers of Gaueston out of Flaunders the whych after hys agayne commyng demeaned hym worse than he before dyd In so moche that he dysdayned the lordes of Englande and of them had many dyspytous and sclaunderouse wordes wherfore the lordes of one mynde assented to put this Pyers to deth soone after assembled theyr powers and besyeged hym in the castell of Scarburgh in proces wan that castell toke hym and brought hym vnto Gauersede besyde warwycke and there the .xix. daye of Iunu smote of hys hede wherof whan the kynge hadde knowlege he was greuously dyspleased agayne the sayd lordes and made hys auowe y e hys deth shuld be reuenged By meane of thys the rancoure that before betwene the kynge and hys lordes was kendeled now began further to sprede so that after thys day the kyng sought occasyoÌ agayn hys lordes howe he myght put theym to greuaunce and dyspleasure In thys whyle dyed syr Henry Lacy erle of Lyncolne the whych lyeng vpon his dethe bedde requyred syr Thomas erle of LaÌcastre that had maryed hys doughter that he wolde stande with the other lordes in theyr defence for the weale of Englande The whyche request the sayd erle graunted and so fermely kepte or obserued it that at length he wyth many other loste theyr lyues as after in the story shall be shewed Anno dnÌi xiii C.xii.  Anno dnÌi xiii C.xiii.  IohnÌ Lambyn  IohnÌ Pontenay  Anno .vi.  Adam Lutekyn  IN thys .vi. yere the kyng held hys great court or counceyl of parlyameÌt with the lordes spirituall temporall at London where by the aduyces of theym many good ordenaunces and statutes were made to oppresse the ryottouse and other myscheues that at those days were vsed Than the kyng was sworne to kepe those ordenaunces and after all his lordes to theyr powers After the whyche othe so takyn Robert archebysshope of Caunterbury blessed all theym that vphelde the sayde statutes and accursed all such as atteÌpted to breke any of the same It was nat longe after that worde was broughte vnto the kynge howe Robert le Bruze was retourned into Scotlande and hadde caused the Scottes to rebell of newe ye haue before harde in the .xxxiiii. yere of Edwarde the fyrste howe the sayd Edward chased the forenamed Roberte le Bruze oute of Scotland into Normandy But whenne he had harde of the mysguydynge of the realme of Englande and specially of the dyuysyon betwene the kynge and hys lordes he anone wyth a small ayde of the Norgans or Norwayes retourned into Scotlande where he demeaned hym in suche wyse to the lordes of ScotlaÌde that he in shorte processe was agayne made kynge of that realme and warred strongely vppon the kynges freÌdes and wanne from theym castelles and stroÌge holdes and wrought vnto Englysshe men moche sorowe and
Derbye and of Northampton wyth other and for the Frenche kynge the dukes of Burbon of Burgoyne with other for hys party But thys agremente stoode to lytle effecte For it nat wyth standynge the warre betwene these two kynges was contynued so that eyther fortyfyed theyr frendes and allyes And soone after happened that where Iohan duke of Brytayn dyed wythout issu variaunce fel betwene Charles de Bloys and IohnÌ erle of Mountforde for the tytle of that dukedome so that betwene theÌ mortall warre was exercysed as in the story of Phylyppe de Ualoyes shall after more playnly be declared whyche warre so contynuynge the kynge of EnglaÌde ayded y e party of the erle of Mountforde and the FreÌch king ayded Charles de Bloys And ouer that duryng the terme of y e sayde treuce the French kyng made warre vpon the Gascoynes as after shall apere And in Scotlande some styrynge was made thys yere by excytynge of the Frenche kynge in so mych that the kynge was fayne to sende thyder a crewe of soudiours to strength suche holdes as he there helde And in thys yere was y e quene delyuered of a man chyld at y e towne of Langeley the whyche after was named Edmunde and surnamed Edmunde of Langley Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xli  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xlii  IohnÌ Luskyn  Symond Fraunces  Anno .xvii.  Rycharde Kyslyngbury  IN thys .xvii. yere kynge Edwarde at the request of dyuers of hys yonge lordes and knyghtes suffered to be exercysed certayn poyntes and feates of warre as iustys turnamentes and other whych were executyd at Dunstable where the kynge and the quene were present wyth the more partye of the lordes and ladyes of the lande Thys yere dyed the forenamed IohnÌ duke of Brytayne by reason of whose deth the warre as in the precedynge yere is touchyd grewe bytwene the sayde Charlys de Bloyes and the erle of Mountforde Thys Charlys de Bloyes made his claym to that duchery by tytle of his wyfe that was doughter of Guy vycount of Lymogys and seconde brother of the foresayde IohnÌ duke of Brytayne And IohnÌ erle of Mountfort claymed by the tytle that he was thyrde brother vnto the forenamed duke But of thys mater I entende to shewe more playnely and of the ende therof in the story of Phylyp de Ualoys as before I haue sayde and rather there than here bycause the fayte therof was not done in Englande but in Brytayne wherof the sayde Phylyppe pretendyd rule and chyefe sygnory Anno domini M.CCC.xlii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xliii  IohnÌ Stewarde  IohnÌ Hamonde  Anno .xviii.  IohnÌ AyleshmÌ Â IN thys .xviii. yere the kynge shortely after Easter callyd a parlyament at westmynster In tyme wherof Edwarde hys eldeste sonne was creatyd prynce of walys And many ordynauÌces for the weale of y e lande there were enactyd whych for length I passe ouer In thys yere also Clement the .vi. of y e name whyche newly was made pope toke vpon hym to gyue dyuers bysshopryches and benefyces which then fell voyde in Englande wherwyth the kynge was nothynge contented in so mych that he sent out coÌmyssyons and strayte commaundementes that no man in tyme folowynge shulde present or inducte any suche persone or persones that so by the pope were promoted wythout y e agremente of the kynge as farre as towchyd hys prerogatyue The sayd pope Clement was fyrste archebysshoppe of Roan and munke of saynt Benettes order a Frencheman of byrth and before called Peter a man of excellent cunnyng but a waster of goddes patrymony promoted to y e dygnyte by instaunt laboure of the Frenche kyng which sent hys sonne IohnÌ duke of Normandy the duke of Burgoyn vnto the cytye of Auynyon or AuygnoÌ to procure and further the eleccyon By meane wherof he was there chosen pope aboute the vii day of May and tronysed in the sayd moneth of May in the begynnynge of the yere of grace after thaccompte of the chyrche of Englande M.CCC .xliii. By meanes and fauoure of whyche pope the Frenche kynges causes and maters betwene kynge Edwarde and hym were some deale promoted For as testyfieth the Frenche boke the French kyng thys yere put to deth one mayster HeÌry de Malestrete a graduat man and brother vnto syr Godfrey de Malestrete knyght lately also put to deth by the sayde Frenche kynge for theyr fydelyte whyche they bare towarde kyng Edward as hys feodaryes wherof kynge Edwarde made hys coÌplaynt vnto the pope of thys and other thynges to be done contrary the constytucyons of the former peace concluded by the two cardynalles and had therof no remedye In thys yere also kynge Edwarde made a coyne of fyne golde and named it the Floryne that is to say the peny of the value of syxe s. viii d. the halfe peny of the value of thre s. iiii d and the far thynge of the value of .xx. d. whyche coyne was ordeyned for hys warres in Fraunce for the golde therof was nat so fyne as was the noble whyche he before in hys fourthen yere of hys reygne had caused to be coyned Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xliii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xliiii  Geffrey wychyngham  Iohan Hamonde  Anno .xix.  Thomas Legge  IN thys .xix. yere the kyng held a solempne feaste at hys castell of wyndsore where betwene Candel masse and lent were holden or executed many marcyall actes as iustes tournamentes with diuerse other at the whyche were present many strauÌgers of other landes And in y e ende therof he there deuysed the order of the garter and after stablisshed it as at thys daye it is contynued In this yere about midsomer kyng Edward wyth a stronge armye sayled vnto Sluse and so into lytle Brytayne But for he was dyspoynted of the ayde of the Flemynges by reason of the deth of hys trusty frende Iaques de Artyuele whyche than was slayn of the Flemynges of Gaunt by a coÌspyracy that they made agayne hym by suche as fauoured the partye of y e French kyng he tourned home into Englande agayne the same yere leuynge behynde hym the erle of Salysbury with a stronge company to ayde IohnÌ erle of MouÌtforde agayn syr Charles de Bloys The whyche IohnÌ by the ayde of the EnglysshmeÌ wan diuerse townes holdes in Brytayne vpoÌ the sayd syr Charles his FrenchmeÌ But in the ende of thys yere he was taken with such sykenes y t he dyed in a towne called Corentyne After whose deth the sayd Charles posseded the more parte of the duchye of Brytayne Thys yere the kyng sent y e erle of Derby with a stroÌg army into GuyaÌ for to ayde the erle of NorthaÌpton whome y e kynge before had left there at Burdeaux to streÌgth that couÌtrey agayne the French men To whome after the dethe of the forenamed syr IohnÌ erle of Mountforde drewe many of the soudyours that were on his partye Anno domini M.CCC.xliiii Â
Sandgate and ColyngnÌ The lordshyppe of Hammys of walys and of Ouye. And the erledome of Guynes wyth all profytes therunto belongynge All whyche lordshyppes honours castels towres cytyes and townes the kynge of Englange thaÌ Edwarde the thyrde and hys heyres kynges of Englande shulde haue holde for euermore in as royall wyse and lyke maner as done the kynges of Fraunce without doyng for them any homage feawty or other duety And kynge Edwarde after that daye for hym and his heyres kynges of Englande shulde clerely renouÌce and gyue ouer all hys tytle ryght and interest that he hadde vnto the crowne of FrauÌce and specyally the name of kynge of Fraunce Also all hys ryght and tytle that he hadde vnto the duchy of Normandye of Thorayne of Aniowe of Brytayne and of the souerayntye of the erledome of Flaunders and of all other lordshyppes cytyes castelles honours townes towres and manours that any kynge of Englande before that daye had any ryght vnto wythin the realme of Fraunce and to holde hym coÌtente wyth the aboue named lordshyppes wythout any forther clayme Forthermore it was agreed that the Frenche kynge shulde paye for hys rauÌsome thre millions of scutes of gold wherof .ii. shuld alway make a noble Englysh ye shall vnderstaÌd y e a million of scutes is .x. C. thousande of scutes whych extende after y e value of sterlyng money vnto the summe of .ii. C.l. M. marke And so thre milions amounte vnto .vii. hundreth .l. M. marke whych maketh iuste .v. hundreth thousande pounde of sterlynge money Of the whych .iii millioÌs of scutes x. C.M. to be payd at Caleys by the fyrste daye of Iuny next folowynge the sayd treaty an other .x. C. thousande or millioÌ to be payde at the sayde towne of Caleys within .viii. monethes after y e FreÌche kynge was commyn vnto Caleys the thyrde million to be payde at LoÌdon in two yeres and an halfe That is to saye at Myghelmasse .xii. monethes after the agrement made .iiii. C. thousaÌde scutes at Mighelmas next after ensuyng .iiii. C.M. scutes and at Easter than nexte folowynge ii C. thousande scutes in ful paymeÌt of the thre millioÌs or .xxx. C. thousaÌd scutes And further it was agreed that after the Frenche kynge was comen vnto Caleys he shuld rest hym there iiii monethes wherof y e fyrst moneth shuld be at y e charg of kyng Edward the other .iii. monethes to be at the coste and charge of the sayde FreÌche kynge to paye for eueryche of the sayde thre monethes yf he so longe taryed there for the perfourmauÌce of the sayde accorde .x. thousande royal les of FrauÌce whyche at that tyme were in value after y e rate of sterlyng money euery royall .xxi. d. or .xiiii. sous Parys so he shulde paye for a monethes charge eyghte hundreth lxxv pounde And ouer that it was accorded y e the FreÌche kynge IohnÌ for y e tyme beynge nor no kyng of FrauÌce after hym shuld ayde or assist the Scottes agayne kynge Edward nor agayne hys heyres kynges of EnglaÌde Nor kynge Edwarde nor hys heyres kynges shall allye theym with the Flemynges nor ayde nor assyste theym agayne the sayde kynge Iohan nor hys heyres kynges of Fraunce And for the tytle or ryghte of the duchye of Brytayne whyche was in questyoÌ betwene the erles of Bloys and of Mountford it was accorded that bothe kynges beyng at Caleys the sayd partyes shulde be called before theym And yf a peace betwene theym by the two kynges myght nat be set thaÌ the sayd kynges to assigne certayne indyfferent persons to agre the sayd erles and they to haue halfe a yere of respyte for to quyet the mater And yf the sayde persones so by the kynges assygned myghte nat agree the sayd erles by that terme y e than eyther of the sayd erles to make the beste puruyaunce for hym selfe y t eyther of them coude make wyth the helpe of hys frendes or otherwyse wherby they myght attayne to theyr ryght clayme of the sayd duchye Prouyded alwaye that nother of the sayd kynges nor any of theyr soÌnes shulde ayde or assyste any of y e sayde erles by reason wherof the peace betweene theym accorded myghte be lowsed or broken Also prouyded y e to whether of the sayd two erles the sayd duchy shuld falle by sentence of man or otherwyse that the homage for it shall alwaye be done to y e kynge of Fraunce All whyche ordenaunces agrementes wyth many mo that wolde aske longe leysour to wryte were ratyfyed and confermed by the instrumentes seales of y e prynce of walys vpon the partye of kynge Edwarde for Englandes partye by Charles regent of Fraunce for that partie as by theyr letters patentes than sealed apered beryng date that one at Louuers in Normandye the .xvi. daye of May in the yere of grace .xiii. C. .lx that other at Parys the .x. daye of y e sayde moneth and yere And ouer that eyther of the sayde ii prynces that is to saye Edwarde prynce of walys was sworne in presence of .vi. Frenche knyghtes vpon the sacrament of the aulter after y e thyrde Agnus was sayd in tyme of a lowe masse at the foresayd Louuers songe or sayd that he to y e vttermoste of hy power shuld vpholde and kepe the foresayd peace in euery poynt as ferre as in hym was And in lyke maner was Charles thanne regente of Fraunce sworne in presence of syre Englysshe knyghtes to perfourme the same After whych treaty thus fynysshed ended kyng Edward with hys soÌnes nobles of EnglaÌde toke shyppyng at HuÌflete in NormaÌdy vpoÌ the xx day of May sayled into EnglaÌd leuyng behynde hym the erle of warwyke for to gyde the Englysshemen that remayned in Guyan other places to se that the peace whyche thaÌ was proclaymed thorough Fraunce were kept nat brokeÌ by theÌ whyche endured nat loÌge wythout vyolacyoÌ as sayth the Frenche boke HEre I leue a parte the greate reioysyng and honourable receyuyng of the kyng by the cytezyns of LoÌdoÌ other ceromonyes which at thys season I spare to th entent I may the more substancyally shewe vnto you the fynall ende of thys accorde Than trouth it is that in thys season of y e kynges beyng in FrauÌce kyng IohnÌ for hys more consolacyoÌ was remoued from Sauoy vnto the towre of London where after y e kynges retourne he fested the kynge hys lordes vpon the .xiiii. day of the moneth of Iunii And the .viii. daye of the moneth of Iule next ensuyng the Frenche kynge in the mornynge landed at Caleys and was lodged in the castell and there abode the commynge of kynge Edwarde Upon the .ix. day of Octobre kyng Edwarde arryued at Caleys went streyght vnto the castell for to vysite kynge IohnÌ the whyche welcomed hym in a louynge and frendly coutenaunce And whan the kynge shulde depart to his lodgyng into y e towne the Frenche kynge requyred hym
certayn laÌdes within that duchy The whych variaunce to apese the kyng toke therein somme payne But no direccion he myght set therein so y t the sayd duke and syr IohnÌ departed with wordes of dyffiauÌce And shortly after y e sayd syr IohnÌ accompanyed with dyuers noble meÌ of Almayne entred y e duchy of Burgoyne and therin dyd moche harme to the couÌtre and people and gat certayne castelles and theÌ fortyfyed with Almaynes ThaÌ y e duke hauyng in his ayde y e kyng of Nauerne the duke of NormaÌdy ⪠with y e erle of EscaÌps and of FlauÌdres ⪠assâeged y e castel of Chausy at y e ende of .vi. wekes wan y e same and after yode vnto the cytye of Besenson layd siege to it also But whaÌ he had leyne there a loÌge season he was fayne to coÌclude a trewes his host was in such ãâã of vytayll By reason of whych peas or trewes y e hostes were deseuered the ende of y e warre vnparfyted But in the ende folowynge by meane of y e FreÌch kyng a dyreccioÌ was takeÌ betwene the sayd êtyes And thys yere kyng Philip sent certayne messeÌgers vnto kyng Edward vpoÌ certayn demauÌdes for y e castel of yauÌtes other for y e which coÌtrauersie fyrst begaÌ to kyndle betwene the sayde .ii. prynces as in y e .x. yere of Edward is touched with the other yeres folowyng In the .ix. yere of this Philip apered a blasyng sterre After the whych ensued greate mortalytye within the realme of FrauÌce aswel of men as of beestes And in this yere a nother maÌ of y e prouynce of LaÌgedok named Arnolde of NormaÌdy was heded hanged vpoÌ y e coÌmon gybet of Parys for asmoch as by hys meanes it was proued that the EnglyshmeÌ had wonne the castell of Paracoll And in the .x. yere of kynge Philip kyng Edward of EnglaÌd sent syr Barnard de Bret into FlauÌdres for causes touched shewed in the .xii. yere of the sayd Edward And in y e .xi yere of this Philip kyng Edward sayled into BrabaÌt alyed hym wyth Lowys y e Empour And whyle the Frenche kyng taryed with hys hoste at saint Quyntyne in Uermandoys kyng Edward entred into Fraunce and spoyled and brent a parte of Treresse nat without some note or ãâã of Cowardyse arrected to the FreÌch kyng and hys hoste of hys owne subgectes And in the same yere began the towne of GauÌte to rebell wyth other townes of FlauÌdres by the mocion of Iaques de Artyuyle as in the .xiiii. yere is shewed of kyng Edward the thyrde In the twelf yere of thys Philip whych y e FreÌch boke calleth the yere of confusyon kynge Edwarde beynge retourned into Englande the Frenche kynge assembled a myghty hoste to go agayne the Henauders Flemynges Brytons came with the sayde hoste vnto Arras and sent from thens a part of hys people with hys sonne IohnÌ than duke of Normandy into Henaude for to warre vppon the countrey there whyche went streyght vnto Cambraye after layd siege to that castel called Esthandune And wythin .xv. dayes folowynge the Frenche kynge hys father came vnto the sayd syege wyth innumerable people The whiche castell at th ende of a moneth after the kynges coÌmynge was gyueÌ vp by apoyntement And that done y e kynge remoued hys siege to a castell of the bysshoppe of Cambray named Thune standynge vpon the ryuer of Lescaut ⪠where the kynge laye longe tyme withoute harme doynge vnto y e sayde castell At lengthe the duke of Brabant with the erle of Gerle with a stronge hoste of dyuers nacyons came for to remoue that siege so that the Frenche hoste lay vpon that one syde of the ryuer the Brabanders vpoÌ that other But by meane of .iiii. brydges whych were made ouer that ryuer bothe hostes at sondry tymes mette faughte dyuers sharpe skyrmysshes to the losse of people vppon bothe partyes But in the ende the castell was so betyn wyth gonnes y t the capytayne therof put all hys mouables in a shyp and after wyth such sowdyours as were lefte entred the sayde shyp sette the castell vppon a lyght fyre wherof whan the Frenche kynge was ware in all haste he caused the walles to be scaled and so entred stanched the fyre And the same nyght the hoste of Brabanders departed also whan the kynge haâ thus wonââ thys castell he than sente the dukes of Normandy of Burgoyn vnto a towne named Quesnoy And whan y e sayd dukes had brent a parte of that towne other vyllages there about they retourned agayne vnto y e FreÌch hoste And shortly after the kynge retourned into Fraunce there made prouycyon to sende forthe hys nauy to mete wyth kyng Edwarde whych were to the nombre of .iiii. huÌdreth or aboue the whyche as in the .xv. yere of Edwarde the thyrde is before shewed mette the Englysshe nauy and there at a place called y e SwynÌ were ouercommen AFter thys great victory thus opteyned by the kynge of Englande the Frenche kynge wyth a great hoste herynge comfortable tydynges of the discomfiture of syr Roberte de Artoys before the towne of saynte Omers as before in the .xv. yere of kyng Edward is also shewed sped hym tyt he came to the pryory of saynte Andrew where he taryenge wyth hys people certayne lettres were sent to hym by kynge Edwarde ⪠wherof the tenour with the answere of the same are set out in the forsayd xv yere with other maters apparteynynge to the actes of bothe prynces whan the peace was concluded betwene the sayde kynges as in y e sayd xv yere is declared y e kyng of FrauÌce retourned to hys owne And in y e .xiii yere of hys reygne dyed IohnÌ duke of Brytayne After whose deth Charles de Bloys IohnÌ de Mountfort claymed seuerally to be enherytours of that duchy whyche Charles was sonnÌ vnto the erle of Bloys neuew vnto the Frenche kynge by reason y â Margareââ hys syster was mother vnto the sayde Charles The whych Charles had maried the doughter of Guy de Brytayne vycount of Lymoges secoÌde brother of the forenamed IohnÌ duke of Brytayne And y â sayd IohnÌ de MouÌtforte was the thyrde brother vnto the forsayd IohnÌ duke of Brytayn now dede So that thys questyon of thys clayme rested vpon thys poynt whether the doughter of the secoÌd brother shuld enheryte y e duchy or y e yonger brother consideryng y t IohnÌ the eldest brother dyed without heyre of hys body and Guy the seconde brother without heyre male wherfore the thyrde brother IohnÌ de MouÌtfort claymed to be duke of Brytayne whiche case and question was brought before y e FreÌch kynge hys lordes there debated argued by a longe season But in y e ende sentence passed agayn syr IohnÌ de MouÌtfort Charles de Bloys was put in possession of y e duchy by kyng Philip to whome the sayd Charles dyd hys homage for the same
of the castell y t they wolde yelde the castell theyr lyues and goodes saued And finally it was agreed theyr bodies onely to departe to be coÌueyed .x. miles vpon theyr waye towarde such place as they wolde appoynt vpoÌ y e which appoyntement .ii. knyghtes Brytons y t is to saye syr Syluester de la Fulle and syr wyllmÌ de Stratton receyued them in theyr cotes and coÌueyed theÌ with great payne nat without losse of some For theyr enemies of y e hoste caste stones at theym and bete them so with theyr staues that dyuers of theym dyed the remenaunt were broughte nere vnto a castell than in the power of Englysshemen named Quyntyne But whan the commoÌs of y e town there nere harde of the coÌmynge of suche Englysshmen vnder saufe conduyt the whiche before in the batayl of the roche of Arian where syr Charles de Bloys was taken had slayne theyr lord that is to meane the lorde of Quyntyne anone they issued oute of the towne and for they fonde lytel resystence in theyr guydes they slew theym there excepte one whych was capytayne of the EnglyshmeÌ whych one of y e sayd knyghtes caused to be set vpon hys horse so fledde froÌ the peryll And whaÌ the cruell Brytons had thus shamefully slayne the Englyshmen they gadered y e cariens vp on an hepe suffered theym there so to lye to y e ende that beastes foules myght deuoure them And in shorte tyme after y e erle of FlauÌdres by meanes of the FreÌch kyng left the doughter of kynge Edwarde and was maryed vnto the doughter of y e duke of Brabant In the .xx. yere of Phylyp y e town of Calays was goten lyke as the circumstauÌce thereof is declared in the xxii yere of kyng Edward the thyrd And in the same yere the mortalite or sykenes whych after reygned in Englande reygned nowe feruentely in Fraunce and moste specially in the cytye of Auynyon by force wherof y e thyrde parte of the people of y e cytye dyed And frome thens it came vnto saint Denys and so vnto Parys In which coost it was so feruent y t there dyed in those .ii. townes ouer the noÌbre of .lvi. M. within y e space of .xviii monethes And in thys yere the dolphyne of Uyen named syr ymberte solde hys dolphynage vnto the FreÌch kyng became a freer at Lyon vpoÌ the rosne of the ordre of the freer prechours or blacke freers In the .xxi. yere of thys Phylyp Charles the fyrste begotten sonne of IohnÌ duke of NormaÌdy eldest sonne of thys Phylip toke possession of the sayd dolphynage of Uyen And in the moneth of August folowyng dyed y e duchesse of NormaÌdy and mother of the sayd Charles And in the moneth of Decembre folowynge dyed dame Iane quene of FrauÌce doughter of Robert duke of Burgoyn And in thys yere was the treason wroughte by syr Godfrey de Charny to haue agayne wonne the towne of Calays lyke as I to you before haue shewed in the .xxiiii. yere of kyng Edward y e iii. And in y e moneth of Ianuary next ensuynge .ix. day of the same kyng Phylyp spoused hys .ii. wyfe BlauÌche somtyme y e doughter of y e quene of Nauerne lately dyscesed whyche was syster vnto the erle of Foyze whyche espousayles were secretely done in the manour of Robert erle of Bray And so the sayde kyng Philip was wydowe frome the .xii. daye of Decembre to the nynthe daye of Ianuary whyche was by the space of xxviii dayes And vpon the .ix. day of the moneth of February IohnÌ duke of Normandy eldeste sonne of thys Philippe spoused hys seconde wyfe Iohanne Countesse of Boloygne at a towne called Miriaux nere vnto Meulene And so he morned for hys wyfe whych was named y e good Duchesse of Normandy by the terme of vi moneths .ii. dayes lackynge In the .xxii. yere of kyng Philip moneth of Iuly syr Thomas de Agorne befornamed was by chauÌce medly slayne of a BrytoÌ knyght called syr Raufe de Cuours And vpon the .xxiii. daye of August folowynge dyed syr Phylyp de Ualoys kyng of FrauÌce whaÌ he had reygned ouer y e FreÌchmen in great vexacioÌ trouble by the space of .xxii. yeres lackynge v. monethes odde dayes and was after enterred at saynt Denis by his fyrste wyfe left after hiÌ IohnÌ duke of Normandy for hys heyre ¶ Of kynge IohnÌ IOhnÌ the fyrste of that name sonne of Phylype de Ualoys began to raygne ouer the FrenchmeÌ in the moneth of August yere of our lord M.CCC and .l .xxiiii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. than kyng of Englande was crowned at Raynes the xxvi day of Septembre folowynge wyth dame Iohanne hys wyfe In tyme of the whych solempnite kyng IohnÌ dubbed hys eldeste sonne dolphyne of Uyen and Lowys hys .ii. sonne erle of AleÌson knyghtes with other noble men And vpon the .xvi. daye of NoueÌbre folowynge syr Rauffe erle of Ew and coÌstable of Guynes whaÌ it was Frenche the whych was newly commen out of Englande where he had ben longe prysoner was accused of treason and so commauÌded vnto pryson at Parys within whyche pryson he was shortly after byheded in y e presence of the duke of Burgoyne and other nobles In the thyrde yere of kyng IohnÌ viii day of Ianuary Charles kyng of Nauerne caused to be slayne with in the towne of Aygle in Normandy syr Charles de Spayne coÌstable of FrauÌce For the whych murdre sourdyd great warre betwene kynge Iohan the sayde kynge of Nauerne whych contynued many yeres after natwithstaÌdyng that the sayd kynge of Nauerne had maryed the doughter of y e sayd kyng IohnÌ ThaÌ by meditacioÌ of frendes a peas was dryueÌ betwene theym so that kyng Iohan shuld gyue vnto y e kyng of Nauerne for conteÌtacyon of certayne summes of money yet owynge vnto hym for the dower of hys wyfe certayne landes within the duchy of Normandy and ouer that the FreÌche kyng shuld pardone all suche persones as were consentynge to the deth of the constable before murdred After whych treaty thus concluded the kynge of Nauerne vnder assuraunce of hostage came vnto kyng IohnÌs presence at Parys And after he had taried there a season he departed with dyssymulacion on eyther partye vsed as after shall appere In the .iiii. yere of kyng IohnÌ syr Godfrey de Harecourt whych wyth hys sonne other hadde ben consentynge vnto the deth of the constable of Fraunce were reconsyled agayne to the kynge The whyche ensensed hym agayne the kynge of Nauerne by meanes of theyr sinister report so that the peace betwene theym before coÌcluded was dysapoynted brokeÌ And soone vpon thys syr Robert de Loryze that was chamberlayn vnto kynge IohnÌ auoyded the courte for fere leste the sayde syr Godfrey hadde shewed of hym any thynge to the kynge and so yode vnto the kynge of Nauerne in Normandy After whose commyng the kynge of Nauerne departed
shewed in the .xxx. yere of kyng Edward the thyrde And in the .vii. yere of kyng IohnÌ begynnyng of the same was the batayll of Poytyers In y e whych kyng IohnÌ was taken prysoner of prynce Edwarde many of hys lordes takeÌ and slayne as before in the .xxx. yere of the foresayd Edwarde is declared at leÌght After the which scomfyture the duke of Normandy whyche hardly escaped from the sayde batayl entred the cytye of Paryz the .xxix. daye of Septembre called there a great couÌsayll of y e thre astates of y e realme and the .xv. daye of Octobre next ensuynge there to be asseÌbled At which daye the sayde duke wyth the sayd .iii astates of the realme beyng in y e parlyament chambre Peter de la Forest archebysshop of Roan and chauÌceler of FrauÌce declared there the greate mysfortune that to the lande was lately falleÌ by the takyng of theyr hed and prynce and exorted theym by a loÌge oracioÌ to ayde assiste euery maÌ after hys power for the redeliuery of theyr prynce agayne whereunto it was answered for theyr clergy or spyrytual by the mouth of mayster IohnÌ de Carone thaÌ archebysshop of Raynes and for the nobles or y e Cheualty of FrauÌce by the mouth of syr Phylype duke of Orleaunce and brother vnto kynge IohnÌ for the commoÌs of the good townes of FrauÌce by the mouthe of Stepyn Martell burgeys of Parys and prouost of the same that eyther of them shulde helpe to the vttermost of theyr powers prayed that they myght haue conuenient leyser to couÌsayll and commoÌ for prouycioÌ of the the same the whyche to theym was graunted Than the sayde thre astates helde theyr couÌsayll at the fryer mynours or gray fryers in Parys by the space of .xv. dayes In whyche season they appoynted amonge theym to the noÌbre of .l. persones to take a vyew and make serche of certayne thynges thaÌ myslad and euyll gyded within the realme The whyche .l. persones whaÌ they had appoynted .vi. of them selfe to go vnto the duke they in y e names of y e other made request vnto y e duke that he wolde kepe secrete such thynges as they entended to shewe vnto hym which request he grauÌted ThaÌ they shewed vnto the duke that the realme before tyme hadde ben mysseguyded by offycers and excepte that remedye for it were shortlye fouÌden it shulde staÌde in greate parell to be loste wherfore they besought hym to dyscharge all suche as they wolde name vnto hym ouer y t to forfayte theyr goodes vnto the kynges vse And fyrst they named mayster Peter de la Forest archebisshop of Roan chauÌceler of FrauÌce syr SymoÌde de Bucy chyfe counceloure of the kyng and chyefe presydente of the parlyament syr Roberte de Loryze that before tyme was chaumberlayne vnto the kynge syr Nycholas Brake knyghte and mayster of the kynges paleys Engueram of the Celer Burioys of Parys and vndre tresourer of FrauÌce IohnÌ Pryll burioys also soueraygn mayster of the money and mayster of thaccomptys of the kyng and IohnÌ ChaÌnean de Charters treasourer of the kynges warres All whyche offycers the sayde persones wolde that they shuld be dyscharged of all royall oâyces for euer Also the sayd constytuted persones wolde y t the kynge of Nauerne were delyuered free froÌ pryson also that he hym selfe wolde be coÌtented to be aduertysed and couÌceyled by suche as they wolde appoynte vnto hym that is to saye .iiii. prelates xii knyghtes and xii burioys The whych .xxviii. persons shuâd shulde haue auctoryte to rule and ordeyne all thynges necessarye for the realme and to set in and put oute all offycers apperteynyng to the realm wyth dyuerse other requestes whych vnto the duke were nothyng agreable Upon the whyche requestes the duke gaue answere y t he wolde gladly fele the opynyon of hys couÌceyll vpon that shape vnto them some reasonable answere But fyrste he desyred of them to knowe what ayde the iii. astates wolde gyue vnto hym for the delyuery of hys father wherunto it was answered that the clergy had grauÌted a dyme a halfe to be payed in a yere wyth that that they maye haue licence of the pope and y e lordes asmoche to be leuyed of theyr laÌdes and y e comoÌs the .x. peny of theyr mouable gooddes ThaÌ vpoÌ the morne folowynge within y e palays of Louure y e duke assembled hys couÌsayl there shewed vnto them the desyre requeste of the .iii. astates wherupon were made many reasons and many messages sent betwene the duke and them to refourme some parte of the sayde artycles But it was fermely answered by theym that excepte he wolde reforme the sayde defautes coÌferme hym vnto theyr myndes for the comoÌ welth of all the lande they wolde nat ayde hym with theyr gooddes lyke as they had to hym shewed wherfore the duke by secrete meanes sent letters vnto his father shewyng vnto hym the circumstauÌce of all hys matter the whyche wrote vnto hym agayne that in no wyse he shulde be agreable vnto the sayde requestes ThaÌ the duke to y e ende that he wolde nat y â these maters shuld be towched in the open parlyameÌt sent for suche persones as were the chyefe rulers of the sayde .iii. astates so that to hym came for the clergy the archebysshoppes of Raynes and of LyoÌs and the bisshop of LaoÌ for the lordes came syr warayne de LuceÌbourgh syr Iohan de ComflaÌs Marshall of Champeyne and syr IohnÌ de Pygueny thaÌ ruler or gouernoure of Artoys for the comoÌs Stephan Martell than prouost of the marchauÌtes of Parys Charles Cusake with other of other good townes Than the duke shewed vnto them of certayne newes that he had lately receyued from the kynge hys father and that done he asked theyr aduices whether it were beste y e daye to shewe theyr requestes openly in the parliament chaumber or elles to deferre it for that daye And lastlye after many reasons made it was agreed that it shulde be deferred tyll the .iiii. daye after at the whyche .iiii. daye y e duke wyth the other assembled in the parlyament chambre At whyche season the duke sayd that he myght nat entende that day to here and argue the sayd requestes for certayn tydynges that he had lately receyued from his father and from his vncle the Emperour of Almayne of the which he thaÌ shewed some opeÌly and after dyssolued for that daye the counsayll In the moneth of Octobre y e .iii. astates of the prouynce of Languedocke by the auctoryte of the erle of Armenake thaÌ lieutenauÌt for y e kyng assembled for to make an ayde for y e kynges delyuerauÌce And fyrste they agreed to puruey at theyr propre costes .v. C. meÌ of armys wyth a seruyture to eueryche spere and ouer that a M. sowdyours on horsebacke and a M. of arblasters wyth .ii. M. of other called pauÌsyers in Frenche all whiche to be waged for an hole yere The speres
to the value of a M. marke sterlynge Upon a tuysdaye beyng the fyrste day of Iuly was foughten a batayll at Parys betwene two knyghtes wherof the appellaunte was named syr Foukes Dorciat and the defendauÌt syr Maugot Mawbert whych appellauÌt was sore vexed with a feuer quarteyne by reason wherof and of the great hete that y e day appered after longe fyght the sayd appellauÌt lyght from hys horse for hys refresshemeÌt wherfore hys frendes of hym were in great doute But his enemye was also so sore trauayled y t what for hete laboure he was also ouercome was lykely to haue fallen froÌ hys horse and or he myght be taken downe he swowned dyed whan syr Fowkes was ware of y e feblenesse of hys enemye anon as he might he dressed hym on fote toward hys aduersary fande hym starke dede whyche by lyceÌce of the kynge was after had out of the feelde and secretlo buryed the sayde syr Fowkes for feblenesse was by hys freÌdes ladde vnto hys lodgyng In the .xii. yere of kynge IohnÌ xxi day of Nouembre Phylyp duke of Burgoyn erle of Artoys of Aluerne and of Boloyngn a chylde of the age of .xiiii. yeres or lesse dyed at a town nere vnto Rome called GuyoÌ By reason of whose deth kyng IohnÌ as nexte heyre had after possession of al the sayd laÌdes toke possioÌ therof shortly after In the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng IohnÌ thyrd day of Ianuary he for specyall causes hym mouyng as for the enlargyng of his sonne the duke of Orleaunce other yet pledges for hys rauÌsome toke shyppyng at Boloyne so sayled into EnglaÌd and arryued at Douer the .vi day of the sayde moneth and after yode to Eltham and from theÌs was coÌueyed vnto LoÌdon as before is shewed in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edward In tyme of whose there beyng syr BarthraÌ de Glaycon made warre vpoÌ the kynge of Nauerne wan from hym the towne of Maunt in Normandy And by the duke of NormaÌdy soone after was wonne from the sayd kyng the towne of MeÌleÌce within y e which were taken dyuers Parysyens that shortly after for theyr infidelite were put in execucioÌ at Parys And thus the warre betwene the kynges of FrauÌce Nauerne was newly begoÌ Than kynge IohnÌ beyng as before is sayde in Englande a greuous malady toke hym in the begynnynge of Marche of the whyche he dyed at London vpoÌ the .viii. daye of Apryll folowynge so wyth great honoure and solempnyte coÌueyed to the sees syde and there shypped thaÌ in processe caryed into Fraunce where vpon the .vii. day of May and yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxiiii he was solempnely enterred in the monastery of saynt Denys whaÌ he had reygned .xiii. yeres .vii. monethes and odde dayes leuynge after hym thre sonnes that is to say Charles whych was kyng after hym Lewys and Phylyp CArolus or Charles y e .vi. of that name or .v. after som writers y e eldest sonne of kyng IohnÌ beganne hys reygne ouer the realme of FrauÌce the .ix. day of Apryll in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde god M.CCC.lxiiii and the .xxviii. yere of Edwarde the the .iii. than kynge of Englande and was crowned with dame Iane hys wyfe at Raynes the .xix. day of May folowynge In thys fyrste yere syr Barthran de Glaycon lyeutenaunt of the sayde Charles in NormaÌdy fought with a capytayne of the kynge of Nauerne named le Captall de Bueffe nere vnto a place called Cocherell nere vnto the crosse of saynte Lyeffroy in whiche fyght the sayd Captall was scomfited and great noumbre of his people taken and slayne hym selfe chased taken for whome the frenche kynge gaue after vnto the sayde syr BarthraÌ the Erledam of Longeuyle And whaÌ he had receyued him he sent him vnto a stroÌge pryson called the Merchy in Meaux At Myghelmas folowynge the duke of Brytayne syr Charlys de Bloyes and syr IohnÌ de MouÌtfort sonne and heyre to the fore named sir IohnÌ Mountforde before dede whiche by a longe season bothe father the sonne had holden warre with the sayd syr Charles met in playne batayle in y â which as before is shewed in the .xxxviii. yere of king Edwarde the sayde syr Charles was slayne dyuers noble men of Fraunce with him In the moneth of Iuny and seconde yere of this Charlys an other accorde was yet concluded atwene this Charles and the kynge of Nauerne By reason of whiche accorde the Captall of Bueffe was clerely delyuered and Maunt and Menlene agayne also to the kynge restored And ouer that to the kynge of Nauerne was geuyn for a recompensement the Erledome of Longeuyle whiche as aboue is sayd the frenche kyng had gyuen vnto syr Barthran de Glaycon for to haue the Captall to his prisoner And also to the sayde kynge of Nauerne was gyuen the lordshyppe of Mountpyller And in the moneth of February began the warre in Spayne where prince Edwarde ayded Peter kyng of y e lande as before is shewed iÌ the .xl. and .xlii. yeres of kynge Edwarde In the .iiii. yere the peace atwene the kynges of Englande of FrauÌce began to breke by meanes of the erle of Armenake other as in the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde is before shewed And in the moneth of Decembre and the sayd yere the quene was lyghted of a man Chylde in the Hostell of saynt Paule the whiche was after christened with excedynge solempnyte ouer other before passed in the churche of saint Paule in Parys the .vi. day of Decembre of the cardinal of Parys To whome were godfathers the erles of Mountmerency and of Dampmartyn godmother Iane quene of Euroux and bare the name of Charlys after the erle of Mountmerency In the .v. yere of this Charlys he called his counsell of parlyament at Parys Durynge the whiche the appellacyons of the erle of armenake and other purposed ageyne prynce Edwarde were publysshed and radde the answeres of the said prince vpon the sayd appellacyons made whiche I ouerpasse for length of the mater But the conclusyon was that the prince had broken the peas and couenauntes of the same as they there demyd wherfore all suche townes holdes as the frenche kyng had gotten he shulde them retayne make warre vpon the kynge of Englande for the recouery of the other where vpon kynge Charles in the moneth of Iuly folowyng rode vnto Roan and there rygged his nauye entendynge as sayth the frenche historye to haue made warre vpon EnglaÌd and to haue sent thyther his yongest brother Philippe than duke of Burgoyne with a stronge armye But whyle he was there besyed about his purpose the duke of Lancastre arryued with a strong power at Caleys and so passed to Tyrwyn so vnto Ayr. wherfore kynge Charlys then chaunged his purpose and sent his sayde brother into those êties Then by that season that y e sayd duke was prepared with hys people the englysshemen were
syr Symonde Burley knyghte syr Iames Bernes and syr Robert Belknappe knyghtes and a sergeaunt of armes called IohnÌ Uske the whyche by auctoryte of the sayde parlyamente were conuycte of treason and for the same put to execucyon at Tybourne and at the Towre hyll And IohnÌ Holt IohnÌ Locton Richarde Gray willyam Burgth and Roberte Fulthorpe iustyce with the other foresayd lordes whiche as before is said voyded the lande were by auctoryte of the sayd court of parlyamente banysshed exyled the lande for euer Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxviii  Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxix Goldesmythe Thomas Austeyne  Syr Nycholas Twyfforde  Anno. xii  Adam Cathyll  IN the .xii. yere and moneth of Nouembre yet durynge the êlyament was executed in Smythefylde of London a marcyall Iustes and tournement where as all suche persones as came in vpon y e kynges partye theyr armour and apparayle was garnysshed with whyte hertes crownes of golde about their neckes And of that shorte were .xxiiii. with .xxiiii. ladyes also apparayled as aboue is sayd ladde with .xxiiii. cheynes of golde the horses of them and so conueyed them thoroughe the cytie vnto Smythefelde frome the Towre of London where the king the quene and many other great estates beynge present after proclamacions by the herroddes made many goodly and marcyall actes of warre were there put in vre to the great recreacion and comforte of the kynge and quene and all other beholders of the same To this dysporte came many straungers Amonge the whiche the erle of saynt Poule the lorde Ostreuaunt sonne and heyre vnto y â duke of HolaÌde and a yonger sonne of the erle of Ostryche were greatly commended And whan this Iustes had contynued by sondrye tymes by the space of .xxiiii. dayes to the great comforte and recreacyon of many yonge and lusty bachellers desyrous to wynne worshyppe and to the kinges great honoure that by all that season kepte open housholde for all honeste comers it was fynysshed the strauÌgers retourned to their couÌtreys with many ryche gyftes Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxix  Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxx Grocer IohnÌ walcot  wyllyam Uenour  Anno. xiii  IohnÌ Loueneâ  IN thys .xiii. yere of kynge Rychard an esquier of y e prouince of Nauerne by Fraunce accused an Englysh esquyer called IohnÌ welshe of certayne poyntes of treason For the tryall wherof a day of fyght was betwene them taken to be foughten in the kynges palays at westmynster where eyther of theym kept hys daye fought there a stronge fyght But in the ende IohnÌ welshe was vyctoure and constrayned that other to yelde hym where after he was dyspoyled of hys armoure and drawen to tyburne and there haÌged for hys vntrouthe Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xc  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xci  IohnÌ Fraunces  Adam Bamme  Anno. xiiii  Thomas vyuent  IN thys .xiiii. yere of kyng Rychard syr IohnÌ of GauÌt duke of Lancastre wyth a goodly coÌpany of men of armes sayled into Spayn to clayme suche landes as he there shulde haue in the ryght of dame CoÌstaunce hys wyfe whyche was the doughter of Peter ryghtfull kynge of Spayne as in the .xl. yere of kyng Edward the thyrde is more playnly declared whan the sayde duke was vpon that other syde of the see there came vnto hym the kynge of Portyngale wyth a stronge army and so entred the terrytory of Spayne But whether it were of the Englishe men longe or of the Portyngaleys moche harme was done to the Spanyardes in robbynge and pyllyng of the countrey whyche was cause of grudge betwene the kyng of Portyngale and the duke and caused many Spanyardes whyche oughte to theÌ good wyll to wythdrawe and depart from them In reformacyoÌ of which ille certayn persones aswel English as Portyngaleys that were founde gyltye of suche robbery were putte vnto deth by meane whereof the other fered so that where by that meane the kynge and the duke were before put to great afterdeale by reasoÌ of reformacyon of that ille they gat dayly vppon theyr enemyes so that in processe of tyme folowyng y e kyng of Spayne was dryuen of necessyte to treate wyth the duke of a peace concorde Of the whyche peace as wytnesseth Polycronycon in hys last boke and .vii. chapyter the condycioÌ was that fyrste for a fynall concorde the kynge of Spayne shuld marye y e duke eldest doughter name CoÌstauÌce and that done he shulde gyue vnto y e duke in recoÌpensacyon of hys costes so many wedges of golde as shulde charge or lade .viii. charettes and ouer that yerely durynge the lyues of the sayde duke and hys wyfe he shuld at hys propre coste and charge delyuer to the dukes assygneys .x. M. marke of golde wythin y e towne of Bayon And after thys peace was stablysshed and suertyes taken for the perfourmaunce of the same the duke departed wyth the kynge of Portyngale To whome shortelye after he maryed hys second doughter named dame Anne In thys yere also for cruel warre whyche the Turkes made agayne the Ianueys or men of Ieane they requyred ayde of the kynges of Englande and Fraunce For whyche cause oute of Englande was sente a noble warryour called erle of Alby wyth two thousande of archers and out of Fraunce the duke of Burbon and the erle of Ewe wyth .xv. C. speres The whych kept theyr iournay tyll they came vnto a cytye in Barbary named Thunys somtyme belongynge to the sayde Ianuays where the sayd Englyshe Frenchemen bare them so manfully wyth the ayde of y e Ianuayes that in proces of tyme they wanne y e sayde cytye froÌ the Turkes and put y e Ianuayes agayne in possessyon therof toke of theym many prysoners the whyche were exchaunged for chrysten prysoners before taken and ouer that forsed the sayd Sarazyns to yelde vnto the Ianuayes .x. M. ducates of gold for confyrmacyon of a peace for a certayne tyme. But the French cronycle sayth that for so moche as the duke of Burbon hadde vnderstandynge y t the duke of Lancaster made warre vpon kyng IohnÌ of Spayn he therfore lefte thys iournay and ayded hiÌ agayne the sayde duke of Lancaster to hys lytle honour But howe so euer it was many of the EnglyshmeÌ were loste in those countreys by reason of the flyxe and other sykenesses Also Antoninus sayeth that the Sarazyns at thys iourney were nat dyspossessed of the cytye of Thunys but for a trewes to be hadde for two yeres they graunted vnto the chrysten men a certayne summe of money and restytucyon of many chrysten prysoners Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xci  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xcii  IohnÌ Chadworth  Draper   IohnÌ Heende  Anno. xv  Henry Uamere  IN thys .xv. yere of kynge Rycharde he kepynge hys Crystmas at hys manour of woodstocke the erle of Penbrooke beynge yonge of age was desirouse to lern to iuste and requyred a knyghte named syr IohnÌ saynte Iohan to renne wyth hym certayne courses At
golde garnysshed wyth stone perle vppon the kynges hede as he passed by And that done he rode to Paulys and there offered and so rode vnto westmynster where the mayre and hys company takyng theyr loue returned vnto London Uppon the morowe whyche was the fyftene daye of the moneth of the sayde mayre and hys bretherne yode vnto westmynster presented there y t kynge wyth two guylte basyns and in theym two thousande nobles of golde besechynge hym in moste humble wyse to be good and gracyouse lorde vnto the cytye The whyche he accepted ryghte fauourably and gaue vnto theym many comfortable wordes And the thyrde daye folowynge they receyued a newe confyrmacion of all theyr olde Fraunchyses and lybertyes wherfore by counsayll of theyr frendes they ordeyned an aulter table of syluer and ouer gylte therein ymagery grauen enameled moste curiously of the story of saynte Edwarde the whiche was valuyd at a M. marke presented that also gaue it vnto the kynge the which he shortely after offered to the shryne of saynte Edwarde wythin the abbay where yet it staÌdes at thys daye And for the great zele loue whych y e fore sayde bysshop of LondoÌ ought vnto the cytye that by hys meanes theyr lybertyes were agayne restored they therfore of theyr owne goodly dysposycion after hys decease accustomed them and yet at thys daye done to go yerely vpoÌ the feestfull dayes folowynge y t is to say fyrst the morow after SymoÌde Iude whych daye the mayer taketh his charge at westmynster to Paulys there to saye in the west ende of y e churche where he lieth grauen Deprofundis for hys soule and all crysten in lyke maner vpoÌ Alhalowen daye Crystmasse daye ii the nexte days folowyng Newe yeres daye Twelf day and CaÌdelmas day wyth also the morowe after Myghelmasse day vpon the whyche the shyryfes yerely takeÌ theyr charge at westmynster All whych .ix. days nat all onely the mayer hys bretherne vse thys progresse and kepe thys obsequy but also all the craftes of the cytye in theyr lyueryes vse the same yerely And whan the kyng had wythdrawen as aboue is sayde hys displeasure froÌ the cytye thanne at Hyllarye terme folowyng y e feest of Cristmas all the kynges courtes and plees of the crowne wytl other retourned froÌ yorke to westmynster Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xciii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xciiii Grocer Drewe Barentyne  IohnÌ Hadley  Anno. xvii  Rycharde whytyngton  IN thys mayers begynnyng xvii yere of kyng Rycharde y t is to meane the moneth of NoueÌbre certayn gentylmen of ScotlaÌde entendynge to wynne honoure chalenged certayne poyntes of armes As fyrste the lord Moryf chalenged the erle of Nothyngham marshall of Englande syr wyllyaÌ Darel knyght chaleÌged syr Peter Courtnay knyght Cokborne esquyer chalenged syr Nycholas Hawberke knyght which feates of armes were done in smythfelde of London But Marse was so frendely vnto the Englyshmen that the honoure of y e iournay went wyth them in so moche that the erle marshall ouerthrewe hys appellaunte so brused hym that in his returne towarde Scotlande he dyed at yorke And syr wyllyam Darell refused his appellaÌt or they had ronne theyr full courses And the thyrde of them that is to wyt Cocborne was throwen at the secoÌd copyng to grouÌd horse and man And vpon the .vii. day of Iuny folowyng dyed y t gracyouse woman quene Anne and lieth now buryed at westmynster by hyr lorde kynge Rycharde vpoÌ y e southsyde of saynt Edward shryne to whose soul al cristeÌ our lord be mercyfull And thys yere in the moneth of Septembre as witnesseth the Frenche cronycle by meanes of the erle of Derby and other whych than were in Fraunce for the kynge of Englandes partye and the duke of Burbone the erle of Ewe vpon the French partye wyth other a trewes was concluded at saynte Omers for .iiii. yeres But nat wythstandyng that peace the Frenchmen and Englyshemen ranne togyther sundry tymes whanne the one espyed to haue any auauntage vppon that other Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xciiii  Anno dnÌi M.CCC.xcv Mercer wyllyam Brampton  IohnÌ Frenshe  Anno. xviii  Thomas Knolles  THys .xviii. yere of kynge Rycharde he shortly after Crystmas wyth a strong army sayled into Ireland The whych iournay was more to hys charge than honoure For the maner wherof syn it souÌded to no honoure of the prynce myne auctor therfore lyste nat in his boke to make any loÌge processe of y e mater In this yere also or about this tyme began the heresy of IohnÌ wycclyffe to sprynge in Englande the whyche was greatly auaunced by meane of the scysme in the churche hangynge at those dayes betwene two popes sittynge at ones the whyche began as before is shewed in the .xxiiii. yere of Charles the .vi. thaÌ kyng of FrauÌce Urban the .vi. and Clement the syxt contynued vnder Bonyface the .ix. and Benet the .xiii. Of whyche erronyouse oponyons of the sayd heresy who so is desyrouse to se the contentes of them let them serche cronica cronicarum and there he shall se theÌ brefely set out In thys yere also was wonderful teÌpest of wynde by the space of Iuly August specially SepteÌbre by violence wherof in sundry places of this lande greate and wonderfull hurte was done bothe of churches and houses Thys yere dyed Constance secoÌd wyfe to IohnÌ duke of LaÌcastre and lyeth buryed at Leyceter Anno domini M.CCC.xcv  Anno dnÌi M. CCC.lxcvi Uyâtener Roger Elys  wyllyam more  Anno. xix  wyllyam Sheryngham  IN the begynnynge of thys mayres yere and .xix. yere of kynge Rycharde and .xviii. daye of Nouembre as affermeth y e Frenche cronycle kyng Rycharde beynge thaÌ at Calays spowsed or toke to wyfe wythin the churche of saynt Nycholas Isabel the doughter of Charles the .vi. than kyng of Fraunce whych lady Isabell as wytnesseth the sayde Frenche story at the day of hyr marryage was wythin .viii. yeres of age And as it is regestred in one of y e bokes of guyldehalle of London the Frenche kynge in propre persone came downe wyth a goodly companye of lordes and knyghtes vnto a towne called Arde whyche standeth vppon the vtter border of Pycardy where wythin hys owne domynyon a ryche and sumptuouse pauylyon was pyght And in lyke maner a litle beyonde Guynys wythin the english pale was another lyke pauylyon pyghte for kynge Rycharde so that betwene the two sayde pauylyons was a distaunce of .lxx. pace And in the mydway atwene bothe was ordained y e thyrde pauylion at y e which bothe kinges coÌming from eyther of theyr tentes sondry tymes there met had communicacion eyther with other the wayes or distaunce atwene set with certayne persones apoynted standynge in arme .ii. and .ii the one syde beynge set with Englysshemen and that other with Frenche And a certeyne distauÌce from eyther of the ii first sayde pauilyons stode
bothe hoostes of bothe prynces or suche coÌpanyes as before either of them was appointed to bryng Here if I shuld brynge in the dyuers metynges of y e sayd princes and the curyous seruices that eyther caused other to be fed serued within eyther of theyr tentes or of theyr dalyaunce or pastymes continuynge the season of their metynges and the dyuersyte of the manifolde spices and wynes whiche there was ministred at y e said season with all y e ryche apparell of the sayde pauilyons cupbordes garnysshed with plate rich iewels it wold aske a loÌge tracte of tyme. But who y t is desirous to knowe or here of the cyrcumstauÌce of all y e premysses let him rede y e worke of maister IohnÌ Froysarde made in Frenche and there he shall se euery thynge touched in an ordre And here I shall shortly touch the giftes y t were gyuen of eyther of y e princes of their lordes And fyrst king Rychard gaue vnto y e Frenche kynge an hanap or basyn of golde with an ewer to y e same ThaÌ againwarde y e FreÌche king gaue vnto him iii. staÌding cuppes of golde with couers garnisshed with perle stone a shippe of golde set vpon a bere rychely garnysshed with perle stone Than at theyr seconde meting king Rycharde gaue vnto him an ouche set with so fyne stones y t it was valued at .v. C. marke sterlynge where agayne the Frenche king gaue vnto him .ii. flaggons of golde a tablet of golde and therein an ymage of saint Mychaell rychely garnisshed Also a tablet of gold with a crucifixe therin well and rychely dyght Also a tablet of golde with an ymage of the Trynite rychely set with perle and stone Also a tablet of gold with an ymage of saynt George in likewise set with perle and stone whiche all were valued at the summe of .xv. C. marke Than king Richarde seyng y e bouÌte of the Frenche kinge gaue to hym a bauderyke or coler of golde set with greate dyamantes rubyes and balessys beyng valued at .v. M. mark the whiche for the preciosyte thereof that it was of such an excellency and fynesse of stuffe the Frenche kynge therfore ware it aboute his necke as often as the king and he mette together Than the Frenche kyng gaue vnto hym an ouche a spyce plate of golde of great weyght and valued at .ii. M. marke Many were the ryche gyftes that were receyued of lordes and ladyes of bothe prynces Amonge the whiche specially are noted .iii. giftes whiche kyng Richarde gaue vnto the duke of OrleauÌce for the which he receyued agayne of the duke trebyll the value For where his were valued at a M. marke the dukes were valued at thre thousaÌde marke Finally whan y e said princes hadde thus eyther solaced with other concluded all maters concernynge the abouesayde maryage the Frenche kyng delyuered vnto kyng Rycharde dame Isabell his doughter sayenge these wordes folowynge Ryght dere beloued sonne I delyuer here to you the creature y t I most loue iÌ this worlde next my wife my sonne besechynge y e father in heuen that it may be to his pleasure and of the weale of you and youre realme and that the amyte atwene the .ii. realmes in auoydyng of effusyon of chrysten mens blode maye be kepte inuyolet for the terme atwene vs coÌcluded whiche terme was .xxx. wynter as expresseth the Frenche Cronycle After whiche wordes with many thankes giuen vpon eyther parties preparacyon was made of deêtinge And after kynge Rycharde had conueyed the Frenche kynge towarde Arde he toke his leaue and returned vnto his wyfe The which was immediatlye with great honoure conueyed vnto Caleys and there after to the kyng spoused as before to you I haue shewed After the which solempnisacion with al honour ended the kynge with his yonge wyfe toke shyppyng and so within short whyle landed at Douer and from thens sped hym towarde London wherof the cytezens beynge warned made out certayne horsemen well appointed in one lyuetye of coloure with a conysaunce brodered vpon theyr sleues whereby euery felyshyppe was knowen from other The whyche with the Mayre and hys bretherne clothed in scarlet met the kynge and the quene vpon the Blacke hethe after due salutacyon and reuerente welcomes vnto theim made by the mouthe of the recorder the sayd cytezens conueyed the kynge vpon his wey tyll he came to Newyngton where the kynge commaunded the Mayre with his company to returne to the cytie for he with hys lordes ladyes was appointed that nyght to lye at Kenyngton It was nat longe after but that she was from Kenington brought with great pompe vnto the Towre of London At whyche season was so exceding prece at London brydge that by reason therof certayne persones were thruste to deth amonge the whyche the pryoure of Typtre a place iÌ Essex was one And vpon the morowe folowynge she was conueyed throughe y e cytie with all honoure that myghte be deuysed vnto westmynster there crowned quene vpon the sonday beynge than the .viii. day of Ianuary In the somer folowynge the kynge by sinistre counsell delyuered vp by a poyntement the towne of Breste in Brytayne to the duke whiche was occasyon of displeasure atwene the kyng and y e duke of Gloucestre hys vncle as in the yere folowyng shal be more clerely shewed Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxvi  Anno dnÌi M. CCC.lxxxxvii Goldesmythe Thomas wylforde  Adam Bame  Anno. xx  wyllyam Parker  IN this .xx. yere of kynge Rycharde and moneth of February the kinge holdynge a sumptuous feest in westmynster halle many of the soudyours whiche were newely comen from the towne of Brest foresayd presed into the hall and kepte a rome together whiche companye whan the duke of Gloucestre hadde beholden and frayned and knowen what men they were and howe the sayde towne was gyuen vppe contrary his knowlege was therewith in his mynde sore discomforted In so moche that whan the kynge was entred hys chaumbre and fewe nere vnto hym he sayde vnto the kynge Syr haue ye nat sene the felawes y t satte in so great noumbre to daye in your halle at suche a table And the kynge answered yes and axed of the duke what coÌpany it was To whom the duke answered saide Sir these ben youre souldyours comen from Breste and as nowe haue nothynge to take to nor knowen at howe to shyfte for theyr lyuynge and the rather for that as I am enfourmed they haue benne before tyme euyll payed Than said y e king it is nat my will but y t they shulde be well payed And if any haue cause to coÌplayne let them shewe it vnto our tresourer and they shal be resonably answered In resonynge of this mater farther the duke said vnto the kyng Syr ye ought to put your body to payne for to wynne a stroÌge holde or towne by feate of warre or ye toke vpon you to sell or delyuer any towne
admytted it were nedefull vnto the realme in auoydyng of all suspeccyon and surmyses of ylle dysposed persones to haue in wrytynge and regestred the manyfolde crymes and âefautes before done by the sayd Rycharde late kynge of Englande to the ende that they myghte fyrste be openly shewed vnto the people and after to remayne of recorde amonge the kynges recordes The whyche were drawen and compyled as before is sayde in .xxxviii. artycles and there shewed redy to be radde But for other causes than more nedefull to be preferred the redynge of the said artycles at that season were diffâered and put of whyche artycles for that that they wolde aske longe tyme to wryte also wolde to some reders âe but small pleasure to rede I haue therfore lefte theym out here of thys worke which at lengthe are sette ouâ in the boke of the Mayres and yere of Drewe Barentyne than mayre of London Than for so moche as the lordes of the parlyament hadde well consydered this voluntary renouncement of kynge Rycharde and that it was behouefull necessary for the weale of the realme to procede vnto the sentence of his deposayll they there appoynted by auctorytie of the states of the sayde parlyament the bisshop of saynte Asse the abbotte of Glastenburye the erle of Gloucester the lorde of Barkeley wyllyam Thyrnynge iustyce Thomas Erpyngham and Thomas Graye knightes that they shulde gyue and âere open sentence to the kynges deposicyon whervpon the sayde commyssyoners leynge there their hedes together by good delyberacion good couÌsell and auysement and of one assent agreed amonge them that the bishop of saint Asse shulde publisshe the sentence for theym and in their names as foloweth In the name of god Amen we IohnÌ bysshope of saynt Asse or Assenence IohnÌ abbot of Glastynbury Rycharde the erle of Glocester Thomas lorde of Berkeley wyllyam Thyrnynge Iustyce Thomas Erpyngham and Thomas Graye knyghtes chosen and deputed specyall commyssaryes by the thre estates of thys present parlyament representynge the hole bodye of the realme for all suche maters by the sayd astates to vs committed we vnderstandynge and considerynge the manyfolde crymes hurtes and harmes done by Rycharde king of EnglaÌde and mysgouernaunce of the same by a longe tyme to the great decaye of the sayde lande and vtter ruyne of the same shortly to haue ben ne had the especiall grace of our lorde god therevnto put y e soner remedy also furthermore auertysinge y t the sayde kinge Rycharde knowyng his owne insufficiencie hath of his owne mere volunte and fre wyll renounced and gyuen vp the rule and gouernaunce of this lande with all ryghtes and honoures vnto y e same belongynge and vtterly for his merytes hath iuged hym selfe nat vnworthy to be deposed of all kyngely mageste astate royall we the premysses well consyderynge by good and dilygente delyberacyon by the power name and auctoryte to vs as aboue is sayd coÌmytted pronounce discerne and declare the same kynge Rycharde before thys to haue be to be vnprofytable vnable vnsufficyent and vnworthy to the rule and gouernauÌce of the foresayde realmes and lordeshyppes all other thappurtenaunces to the same belongynge And for the same causes we pryue him of all kyngely dygnyte and worshyppe of any kynglye worshyppe in him lefte And we depose him by our sentence âifynityfe forbyddynge expressely to all archebysshoppes bysshoppes all other prelates dukes marqueses erles barons and knyghtes to all other men of the foresayd kyngdome and lordeshyppes or of other places belongynge to the same realmes and lordeshippes subiectes and lyeges what so euer they be y t none of them from this tyme forthwarde to the foresaid Rycharde as kynge lorde of y e foresayde realmes lordeshyppes be neyther obedyeÌte nor attendaunt After whiche sentence thus openlye declared the said astates admytted forthwith the same persones for theyr procuratours to resygne and yelde vp vnto kynge Rycharde all theyr homage fealtie whyche they had made oughte vnto hym before tymes and for to shewe vnto hym if nede were all thynges before done that concernyd his deposynge The whych resygnacyon at that tyme was spared and put in respite tyll the morowe nexte folowynge And anone as thys sentence was in thys wyse passyd and that by reason therof the realme stode voyde without hede or gouernoure for the tyme the said duke of Lancaster rysing froÌ y e place where he before sate standing where all myght beholde hym he mekely makynge the sygne of the crosse vppon his forhede and vpon hys breste after sylence by an officer was commaunded sayd vnto the people there beyng these wordes folowyng In the name of the father sonne and holy ghoste I Henry of Lancastre clayme the realme of Englande and the crowne with all the appurtenaunces as I that am dyscended by ryght lyne of the bloode commynge from that good lorde kynge Henry the thyrde through y e ryght that god of hys grace hath sente to me wyth helpe of my kynne of my frendes to recouer the same y t which was in point to be vndone for defaut of good gouernaunce due iustyce After whyche wordes thus by hym vttered he retourned set him down in the place where he before had sytten Than the lordes apperceyuynge and herynge thys clayme thus made by thys noble man eyther of theym frayned of other what he thoughte And after a dystaunce or pauâe of tyme the archebysshope of Cauntorbury hauyng notycyon of the lordes myndes stode vp asked of the commons yf they wolde assente to the lordes whych in theyr myndes thoughte the clayme by the duke made to he ryghtefull and necessary for the welthe of the realme of them all wherunto with one voyce they cried ye ye ye After whyche answere the sayde archebysshop goynge vnto the duke settynge hym vpon hys kne had vnto hym a fewe wordes The whyche ended he rose takynge the duke by the ryght hande ⪠ladde hym vnto the kynges sete wyth greate reuerence sette hym therein after a certayne knelynge and orison made by the sayde duke or he were therein sette And whan the kynge was thus set in hys trone to the greate reioysynge of the people the archebysshoppe of Cauntorbury beganne there an oracion or colacyon in maner as after foloweth Uââ dominabitur in populo primo ReguÌ capitulo .ix. These ben the wordes of the hygh and mooste myghty kynge spekynge to Samuel hys prophete techyng hym how he shuld chose and ordeyne a gouernoure of hys people of Israel whan the sayde people asked of hym a kynge to rule theym And nat wythout cause maye these wordes be sayde here of oure lorde the kynge that is For yf they be inwardely conceyued they shall gyue to vs mater of consolacion and comforte whan it is sayde that a maÌ shall haue lordeshyp and rule of the people nat a chylde For god threteneth nat vs as he sometyme thret the people by I saye sayenge
wysedome the whych forecastynge the great shedynge of chrysten mannes blode with many other inconuenyences lykely to haue ensued of this varyaunce atwene these two dukes made suche affectuous labour that with great diffyculte he pacifyed them agayne for that tyme and brought them to personall communicacyon and lastely to amyable and frendely departynge After whiche concorde and amyte thus agayn concluded the duke of Burgoyne departed into Pycardy leauynge behynde him the fore named Peter Essayr to rule the cytie of Parys The whiche shortely after drewe to hym suche persones as before tyme had vexed and distourbed y e duke of Orleyaunce frendes seruauntes with in that cytie By whose meanes the sayd Peter sought fyrste occasyon agayne a knight named Uenyt Thorney and by false suggestyon smote fyrste of his hede and after dyd hys body to be hanged vpon the coÌmon gybet of Parys in dyspyte of y e sayd duke as testifyeth myne Auctoure wherwith y e duke beynge wondersly amoued resembled his knyghtes spedde hym towarde a towne named And for to strengthe another towne named he sente a certayne nombre of his knyghtes chargyng them with the dwellers to withstande the force of his enemies Of this hearynge the duke of Burgoyne anone gathered vnto him the noumbre of .xvi. M. flemynges and Pycardes and sped hym vnto the sayde towne of And so with his instrumentes of warre assayled the gate of the sayde towne whyche leadeth towarde saynt Quintyne y t in shorte space the sayde Flemynges wan the entre of the towne In whyche meane season the dwellers wyth the other soudyours by a backe way or water wherof the maner by thys auctoure is nat expressyd lefte the towne yode vnto the duke of Orleyaunce beynge as yet at the foresayde towne of whan the Flemynges were entered the towne fouÌde it deserte of people and pillage were it for that they lacked theyr praye or for other cause here nat shewed they toke suche vnkyndenes agayne the duke that for prayer nor yet for manasses they wolde nat with hym any lenger tary but returned them home in all hastely spede towarde theyr owne countrey So that the duke was fayne to withdrawe and for the more suretie to aske ayde and helpe of Englysshemen and so was holpen by the prynces comforte Henrye sonne of Henry the .iiii as after shall be touched in the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry IN the .xxxi. yere of thys kynge Charles whiche was the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry than kynge of Englande the duke of Orleyaunce seynge his enemye was turned from Parys caused suche Brydges as before by his said enemye were broken to be reedyfyed By the whyche he passed the ryuer tyll he came to saint Denys where as than he fande a capytayne a noble man named syr IohnÌ Cabylon of the dukes of Burgoyne there lefte by hym to strength the towne The whiche syr IohnÌ coÌsideryng y e wekenes of y e said towne with also his lacke of streÌgth yelded him the towne vnto the duke swerynge to him by solempne othe that after y e daye he shulde neuer bere armes agayne hym In this pastyme an other capytayne of the Burgonyons called Gancourt secretely by night wan vpon the frenche men the brydge of saynte Clodalde But nat longe after the duke of Orleaunce sent thyther certayne Brytons the whiche agayne recouered the sayde brydge helde it vnto y e sayd dukes vse In whyche tyme and season the duke of Burgoyne recouerynge hys strength passed the brydge of Melent so came vnto the cytie of Parys and the daye folowynge wyth helpe of the cytesyns recouered the abouesayd brydge of saynt Clodald and dystressed vpon a M. Brytons whyche had the warde of the same Then the duke of Orleaunce made out of saynte Denys ouer Sayne brydge towarde Parys wherof that other duke beynge warned refused the cytye and with the kynge than there beynge present remouyd wyth the Dolphyne to the towne called Stamps and sent y e erle of Marche named Iamys wyth a certeyne knyghtes to a towne named to strength it ageyne the duke of Orleaunce The whyche of the sayde dukes knyghtes was encountred with and taken and so sent to pryson wherof herynge the duke of Burgoyne in shorte processe after retourned vnto Parys wyth the kyng and dolphyne and the duke of OrleauÌce yode to a towne called Seyntclowe And in the .xxxii. yere of thys sayd kynge Charles by counceyll of the duke of Berry and other seyng that the sayde cytye of Parys was so let agayne hym wyth also the kynge the dolphine sent a noble man of his hoste named Alberte vnto Henry the iiii yet kynge of Englande to requyre hym of ayde to withstande the tyrannye of the duke of Burgoyne that wyth hys complyces entendyd to subuerte the realme of Fraunce To this requeste kynge Henry gaue good eare and lastely graunted to hys petycyon sent thyder as sayth the Frenche cronycle Thomas hys sonne duke of Clarence also y e duke of yorke wyth IohnÌ erle of Cornewayle accompanyed wyth .viii. C. knyghtes and sowdyours a thousande archers The whych company when they were landed in Fraunce herde y t the French lordes were in treaty of peace no man to theÌ gaue wages as they tofore were êmysed fell vpon a towne called and it ryffled therin toke as prysoners the abbot of that monastery wyth other and coÌueyed theÌ to Burdeaux and after into Englande where for theyr fynaunce other money due of olde by the Frenche kynge as affermeth Gagwyne they remayned many yeres after And that the Englysh men were thus departed albeit that in the Englysshe cronycle and .xiii. yere of the forenamed kynge Henry of them is other report made the lordes of Fraunce retourned to theyr olde disceÌcyon contynued in longe stryfe wherof the cyrcuÌstaunce were longe and tedyouse to tell to shewe the vnstablynesse of them how some whyle the duke of Orleaunce was fauoured of the kynge and the dolphyne and there agayne the duke of Burgoyne cleyne out of conceyte The which coÌtencyoÌ thus enduryng kyng Henry y e iiii dyed and Henry his son y e .v. Henry was admitted for kyng of Englande after hym that shortly after sent his ambassadours vnto the Frenche kynge arynge of him his doughter Katheryne in maryage as affirmeth the frenche boke But dyuers other wryters shewe y t he asked the hoole landes due to him within the realme of FrauÌce by reason of the composicion made in tyme passed atwene his progenytour Edwarde the thyrde IohnÌ than king of Fraunce And for he was dysdeynously answered he therfore made vpoÌ them sharpe warre as in the .iii. yere of y e sayd HeÌry after some deale dothe appere By reason of whyche warre the cyuyle batayle or stryfe y e longe whyle had coÌtynued amonge the frenche men than dyd aswage For in the .iii. yere of this Henry whiche was the .xxxv. yere of this Charles the said Henry inuaded y e
realme of Fraunce had at Egyncourte a tryumphant victory as in the sayde thyrde yere of HeÌry the .v. is more at lengthe declared Than it foloweth in the story after many townes and stronge holdes by the englysshe men in sondry places of FrauÌce opteined in y e .xxx. .viii. yere of this Charles a frenche man named y e lorde of the I le of Adam IohnÌ Uyllers in proper name gatheryng to hym a company of tyrauntes to the nombre of CCC or mo wherof many were old seruauÌtes of the kynges housholde than put out by y e Dolphyn other that than had the rule of the kynge by treason of a clerke opteyned the keyes of one of the Gates of Parys and so entred the cytie by nyght by a watche worde amonge them deuysed assocyate to them many Burgonyons and so beynge stronge yode where the kyng was and gate y e rule of his êsone And that done all suche as they myght fynde that than bare any rule they slewe by one meane other so that vpon y e day folowyng was nombred of dede corfes wythin the cytie vpon .iiii. M. Amonge the whiche of noble men was Henry de Marle than Chaunceller of FrauÌce Graunâpre with many other And for to haue the more assystence of the coÌmon people the sayd Uyllers set y e kyng vpon an horse and ladde hym about the cytie as he that had small reason to guyde hym selfe so ruled all thyng as he his coÌpany wolde wherfore the Dolphyn feryng to fall in the daunger of so wylde a coÌpany yode to Meldune or and there called to hym suche as then were lefte on lyne to withstaÌde these tyrauntes and y e duke of Burgoyne than beynge within the cytie compasser of all thys myschefe as some construed and demed After whyche company to hym gathered he returned to the cytie of Parys and assayled one of the gates But whanne he sawe y e cytezens toke partye agayne hym he thoughte his trauayle loste wherfore without great assaute makyng he called thence his knightes and so departed agayne to the place whiche he came fro and from thens vnto Thuron in appeasynge the countreys townes as he went whiche at those dayes were farre out of frame And than in the .xxxix. yere of the sayd Charles king Henry the .v. landed with a stroÌge power at a place called Touke in Normandy and after layde syege to manye stronge holdes and townes them wanne as Cane Phaleys Roan and other as in the .vi. yere of the sayd Henrye folowynge is more at lengthe declared In tyme of whyche warre thus made by kynge Henry the Dolphyn and the duke of Burgoyne eyther of them prouyded to defende the malyce of the other in so moche that as testyfyeth the frenche cronycle the duke was aduysed to haue taken partie with the Englisshemen This sayeng as wytnesseth an auctour named Floure of hystoryes which toucheth in laten many gestes dedes done by kynges of EnglaÌde sayeth that the Frenche men bryng in that for to excuse theyr infortune cowerdyse by reason whereof they loste nat all onely theyr lande but also the honoure name of the same Than lastely the duke beynge of mynde by exortacyon of Phylyppe Iosquyne and IohnÌ de TolongnÌ with also a lady called the countesse of Grat the duke was reconsyled vnto the Dolphyne and a day of metynge apoynted at Monstruell where eyther of them shulde be accoÌpanyed with .x. lordes onely without mo At whyche day the sayd prynces with theyr assygned lordes beynge assembled many reasons and argumeÌtes were layde and replyed vpon bothe sydes By occasyon wherof one of the Dolphyns company sodainly drewe hys knyfe and strake the duke vnto the harte so that he dyed soone after whyche murder was supposed to be done by a knyght called Tanguyde de Chastell whyche oftyme passed had ben famylyer seruaunt with the duke of OrleyauÌce before slayne by meanes of the sayde duke of Burgoyne After whiche murder thus commytted the lande of Fraunce was broughte in moche more stryfe varyaunce in so moche that Phylyppe the sonne of the sayde IohnÌ duke of Burgoyne beynge than in Parys hauynge the rule of y e kynge and the cytie toke partie with the Englysshe men agayne y e Dolphyn By reason wherof as sondry wryters agre king Henryes êtie was greatly augmented holpen so that fynally kynge Henry opteyned moche of his wyll shortly after maryed dame Katheryne doughter of Charles kynge in the .xli. yere of his reygne with assuraunce promyse of the inherytauÌce of the realme of Fraunce to him and his heyres after the dethe of the said Charles as to you more plainly shal be shewed in the .viii. yere of the said Henry the fyfte After whyche maryage concluded and fynysshed yet y e Dolphyn ceased nat to make newe mocyons sterynges Durynge the whiche kynge Charles dyed in Octobre and was buryed at saynt Denys whan he had reygned in greate trouble vpoÌ the poynt of .xlii. yeres leauyng after hym as is affirmed by the forenamed auctour Gaguyne a sonne Dolphyn of Uyenne called Charles whiche after was kyng of Frenchemen and was named Charlys the .vii. or the .viii. after some wryters Henry the .iiii. Anglia HEnry the .iiii. of that name and sonne of IohnÌ of Gaunte late duke of LaÌcaster toke possessyon of the domynion of y e realme of Englande as before in the ende of the story of the seconde Rycharde is shewed vpon the laste daye of Septembre in the yere of our lorde a M. CCC.lxxxxix and in the .xix. yere of Charles y e .vii. than kyng of FrauÌce After whyche possessyon so by hym taken anone he made newe officers As the erle of Northumberlande he made Constable of Englande the erle of westmerlaÌde was made Marshall syr IohnÌ Serle Chaunceller IohnÌ Newebery esquyer tresorer and syr Rycharde Clyfforde knyght keper of y e priuey signet And y t done prouysyon was made for hys coronacyon agayne the day of translacyoÌ of saynt Edwarde the confessour nexte than commyng And the parlyament was prolonged tyll the tuysdaye folowynge the sayd daye of coronacyoÌ Than vpoÌ the euyn of the sayd daye of coronacyon the kynge wythin the towre of LondoÌ made .xli. knyghtes of the bate wherof .iii. were hys owne sonnes .iii. erles .v. lordes And vpon mondaye beynge the sayd daye of saynt Edwarde the .xiii. daye of October he was crowned at westmynster of the archebysshop of CauÌtorbury After whych solempnyte fynysshed an honorable feest was holden wythin the greate halle of westmynster where the kyng beyng set in the mydde see of the table the archebisshop of CauÌtorbury with .iii. other prelates were set at the same table vppon the ryght haÌde of the kyng the archebysshoppe of yorke wyth other iiii prelates was set vpoÌ that other haÌde of the kyng HeÌry the kynges eldest sonne stoode vppoÌ the ryghte hande wyth a poyntlesse
y e kyng in mynde to clayme his right in Fraunce And for the exployte thereof they offcede vnto hym great and notable summes By reason whereof the sayde byll was agayne put by and the kynge set hys mynde for the recouery of the same so that soone after he sente hys letters vnto the Frenche kynge concernyng that mater and receyued frome hym answere of dirision as affermeth the Englysshe boke And Gaguynus sayeth in hys Frenche cronycle that kynge Henry sente hys oratours vnto Charles the vii thanne kynge of Fraunce for to haue dame Katheryne hys doughter in mariage with other requestes touchynge hys ryght and enherytaunce whereunto it was answered by the counsayll of Fraunce that the kyng hadde no leyser to entende suche idelnesse wherupon kynge Henry made quycke prouision for to warre vpon the Frenche kynge as after appereth In thys yere also by procuremeÌt of Sigismunde thanne Emperour a greate counsayll or synod of bysshoppes were assembled at a cytye in hygh Almayne called constaunce for the vnion of the churche And for to auoyde the Scisme whyche began in the .xiiii. yere of Charles the .vi as before in the sayde .xiiii. yere is touched In the sayd synode or generall counsayll was the .xxiii. IohnÌ than pope put downe or resygned by hys volunte And by auctoryte of y e same couÌsayll the opynyons and heresy of wyklyf were vtterly anulled dampned and two of hys disciples there presente named IohnÌ Hus or Husse and Ierom the herytyke were there brente And many notable actes for the we le of y e church there were enacted And fynally whan the sayde couÌsayl had endured nere vpon the terme of iiii yeres they there by an hole asset chase a newe pope and named hym the .v. Martyne whyche occupyed Peters chayre .xiiii. yeres and odde monethes as indubitat pope and so other after hym Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.xiiii  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.xv  IohnÌ Mychell  Thomas Fawcomer Mercer  Anno .iii.  Thomas Aleyn  IN thys yere after the kynge had made suffycient prouision for all thynges coÌcernyng his warre to be made vpon the Frenche kyng he wyth hys lordes honourably accoÌpanyed rode thorugh London vpon the .xviii. daye of Iuny towarde the porte of SouthamtonÌ where he had appoynted hys hoste to mete wyth hym And whyle the kyng there was shyppynge of hys people dyuers of hys lordes that is to say syr Richard erle of Cambrydge and brother vnto y e duke of yorke whyche syr Rychard beryng the name of Langley hadde wedded dame Anne the doughter of syr Roger Mortymer erle of March and wolster by whome he had yssue Isabell whyche after was maryed vnto the lorde Boucher erle of Essex Rycharde whyche after was duke of yorke father to kynge Edward y e iiii To whome also wasasseÌtyng syr Rycharde Scrop than treasourer of Englande and syr Thomas Graye knyght were there arrestyd for treason and areygned and so examyned vppon the same that the .xxix. day of Iuly folowynge they were all thre behedyd After whyche execucyon so done the kynge vpon the morowe or shortely after wyth hys lordes toke shyppynge there landed at a place called Kydcaus in Normandy And the .xvi. daye of Auguste he sayde syege vnto the towne of Harflew assayled them by land and by water and contynued so hys syege vnto the xxii daye of September At whyche daye as sayth the French Gaguinê° it was delyuered by Albert thaÌ there capytayne vppon condycyon that kynge Henry myghte sauely wynne or passe to Calayes and so he beyng there the towne to be yolden vnto hym But the Frenche wryter Gaguinus vpholdeth the honour of the Frenchemen in all that he maye and boroweth of hys conscyence for sparynge the trouth in reporte of many thynges For after moste wryters y e sayde towne after sondry appoyntementes of rescouse was delyuered vnto the kynge wythout any condycyon the daye aboue sayde where after the kynge had ordeyned syr Thomas Beauforde hys vncle and erle of Dorser capytayne of that towne he spedde hym towarde Calays Than the dolphyn with other lordes of Fraunce whyche at that tyme hadde the realme of Fraunce in gouernaunce for so moche as the Frenche kynge was vysyted wyth suche malady as before I haue shewed brake the brydge to let y e kynge of his passage ouer y e water of Sum. wherfore he was coÌstrayned to draw towarde Pycardy so passe by y e ryuer of PeronÌ wherfore the FreÌchmeÌ beynge ware assembled and lodged theÌ at certayne townes named Agyncourt Rolandcourt and Blangy wyth all the power of Fraunce And whan kyng Henry sawe that he was so besette wyth hys enemies he in the name of god saynt George pyght hys felde in a playne betwene the sayd townes of Agyncourte and BlaÌgy hauyng in hys companye of hoole men that myght fyght nat passyng the nombre of .vii. M. But at those dayes the yomen hadde theyr Lymmes at lybertye for theyr hosyn were than fastened wyth one poynt and theyr iackes were loÌge easy to shote in so that they myghte drawe bowes of great strength shote arowes of a yerde longe besyde the hedde Than the kyng consyderynge the great nombre of hys enemyes that the acte of FrenchmeÌ standeth moch in ouer rydyng of theyr aduersaryes by force of speremeÌ he therfore charged euery boweman to ordeyne hym a sharpe stake to pytche it a slope before hym and whaÌ y e sperys came somdeale to drawe bak so to shote at the horsemen And at the proper requeste of the duke of yorke he ordeyned hym to haue y e vawewarde of y e felde And whaÌ kyng HeÌry had thus prouydently ordered for hys batayll ouer night vpon the morowe beyng the .xxv. daye of Octobre and y e daye of the holy martyrs Cryspyne Cryspinian the kyng caused dyuers masses to be songen And where that nyghte before the Englysshe hoste was occupyed in prayer and confessyon he thanne caused the bysshoppes and other spyrytuall men to gyue vnto theym generall absolucyon And that done wyth a comfortable chere ordered hys people as they shuld fyght hauyng vnto theÌ good comfortable wordes so abode y e commynge of theyr enemyes whych of dyuers wryters were and are remembred to be about .xl. thousande fyghtynge men The whyche aboute .ix. of y e cloke in the mornynge wyth greate pryde set vppon the Englysshe hoste thynkynge to haue ouer ryden them shortely But the archers lyke as before they were taught pyght theyr sharpe stakes before them And whan they sawe the French galantes approche they a lytell yode backe receyued them as here after ensueth The batayll of Agyncourt THat is to meane they shotte at theym so feruently y t what wyth the shotte and goryng of theyr horses wyth the sharpe stakes they tumbeled one vpon an other so that he or they which ranne formest were the confusyon of hym or them that folowed so y t in a shorte
CCCC.xxvi  wyllyam Mylrede  IohnÌ Couentre Mercer  Anno .iiii.  IohnÌ Brokle  IN thys yere the .xxix. daye of Octobre and selfe same daye that the mayre for the yere folowyng yerely at westmynster taketh hys charge at suche tyme as he was holdynge hys great dyner he was by y e lorde protectour sent for in spedy maner And whan he was comyn to hys presence he gaue to hym a streyghte commaundemente that he shulde se that the cytye were suerly watched in that nyght folowyng and so it was Than vpon the morowe folowynge about .ix. of the clok certayne seruauÌtes of the forenamed bysshope wolde haue entred by the brydge gate But the rulers therof wolde nat suffre theÌ in so great nombre but kepte theym out by force lyke as before they were commaunded wherwyth they beyng greuously dyscontented gaderyd to them a more nombre of archers and men of armys and assauted the gate wyth shot other meanes of warre In so moche that the commoÌs of the cytye herynge thereof shytte in theyr shoppes sped them thyder in great nombre And lykely it was to haue ensued great effusyoÌ of blode shortly therupon ne had ben the dyscrescion of y e mayre and hys brethern that exorted y e people by all polytyke meane to kepe the kynges peas And in this passe tyme the archebysshop of CauÌtorbury wyth the prynce of Portyngale and other toke greate laboure vpon them to pacyfye thys varyauÌce betwene the lord protectour and the bysshope in so moche that they rode betwene theym .viii. tymes or they might brynge them to any resonable conformyte Than lastly they agreed to staÌde to the rule of the regeÌt or of suche as he wolde assygne wherupoÌ y e cytye was set in a more quiete ThaÌ the bisshop of wynchester wrote a letter vnto y e duke of Bedforde or lord regeÌt wherof y e tenure ensueth RIght hyghe and myghty price ryght noble and after one leuest erthly lord I recommaunde me vnto your grace wyth all myne hert And as ye desyre the welfare of the kyng our soueraygne lorde of hys realmes of Englande of Fraunce your owne weale wyth all yours haste you hyder for by my trouthe ye tary longe we shall put thys laÌde in ieopardy wyth a felde such a brother ye haue here god make hym a good man For your wysdome knoweth well that the profyte of FrauÌce standeth in the welfare of England Ryght hygh myghty prynce I beseche you holde mayster Iohan Estcourt your couÌcellour excused of hys taryeng for it is moche agayne hys wyll But the counsayll here hath made hym do coÌtrary hys mynde And that it may lyke you to gyue credeÌce vnto your chamberlayne syr Robert Boteler And the blessed Trinite kepe you wryten in great haste at LoÌdon the laste day of Octobre UpoÌ the .x. day of Ianuary nexte ensuynge y e sayde duke of Bedforde wyth hys wyfe came vnto London And with theÌ came also the sayd bysshop of wynchester And the mayre the cytezyns receyued hym at Merton coÌueyed hym thorugh y e cytye vnto westmynster where he was lodged in y e kyngê palays the bysshop of wynchester was lodged wythin y e abbottes lodgynge Than vpoÌ the morow folowynge or y e .xi. day of Ianuary y â mayre presented the regeÌt wyth a payere of basyns of syluer ouer gylte in them a M. marke of golde But the bisshop had so incenced hym agayn the cytye that they receyued but a small thaÌke for all theyr labour and coste Upon y e .xxi. day of February thaÌ began a great couÌsayl at saiÌt Albonys and after it was adiourned vnto Northampton But for due conclusyons myghte nat be dryuen by the sayde counsayll therfore vppon the xxv daye of Marche ensuynge was called a parlyament at Leyceter the whyche endured tyll the xv daye of Iuny folowynge Thys was cleped of the comon people the parlyament of battes The cause was for proclamacyons were made that men shuld leue theyr swerdes other wepyns in theyr innys the people toke great battes stauys in theyr neckes and so folowed theyr lordes maysters vnto the parlyament And whan y e wepyn was inhybyted them thanne they toke stones pluÌmettes of lede and trussed them secretly in theyr sleuys bosomys Durynge the parliament amoÌge other notable thynges for the weale of the realme the varyaunce that was betwene the forsayd lordes was herin debated argued In so moche that the duke of Glouceter put in a byll of coÌplaynt agayn the bysshop conteynyng .vi. artycles wherof the fyrst was that where the lorde protectour wolde haue had his lodgynge wythin the towre of London he was by the comforte ayde defended let of the bysshop and of Richard wydeuile esquyer thaÌ being Lyeutenaunt of the same The secoÌd was for that that the bysshop wolde haue remoued y e kyng from ElthmÌ haue sette hym at hys gouernauÌce without the aduyce and counsayle of the lorde protectour The thyrde was that whan the duke was enformed of the bysshoppes entent and he entendynge accordynge to his offyce and duetie in peasyble wyse to haue rydeÌ to y e kyng to haue gyueÌ vpoÌ him attendaunce y e bysshop enteÌdynge y e distruccioÌ of y e duke asseÌbled a great multytude of men of armes and archers in Southwarke ther drewe the cheyne at the brydge fote and set vp pypes other engynes to stoppe the kynges hye way ordeyned meÌ to stande in chambres and solers to throwe stones and by theyr ordenauÌces and pollycy to haue destroyed y e duke and his company The .iiii. artycle was that kynge Henry the fyft shulde by his lyfe tyme shewe vnto y e sayde duke that by the openynge of a spaynell a man was taken behynd a tapet in one of the kynges chaÌbres The whiche man after examyned by the erle of Arundel confessed that he was sent thyther by y e sayde bysshop to the ende to murther kynge Henry the forth After whiche coÌfessyon the sayd erle let sakke that man and so cast hym into the Thamys The fyft was that the sayd Henry the fyft beynge prynce and heyre parant to the crowne the sayd bysshop shuld come vnto hym and say that for somoche as his father was vexed with greuous sekenes was not apte to come in conuersacion of the people nor myght not conueniently gyde the realme that he therfore shulde take vp on hym the rule and gouernaunce of the same and put his father from all kyngly power The .vi. and last artycle was that sediciously the sayd bysshop hadde by his letters sent lately vnto the duke of Bedforde wrongfully accused hym in that he shulde areyse the kynges people and iuparde this lande by a felde contrary to the kynges peas and comon wele of this lande All which articles were by y e bysshop wele and suffycyently answered and replyed so y t he layde from hym the blame
And fynally by the prouydent counsayle of the lorde regent al the sayd artycles and matiers of varyaunce atwene the sayd two lordes hangynge were put to the examynacyon and iudgmente with the assystence of y e lordes of the parliameÌt of Henry the archebysshop of Caunterbury of Thomas duke of Exceter of IohnÌ duke of Northfolk Thomas bysshop of DurhmÌ of Phylype bysshop of worceter or IohnÌ bysshop of Bathe of Humfrey thaÌ erle of Stafforde of Rauffe lorde Cornewell of mayster wyllyam Alnewyke than keper of the preuy seale The whych lordes wyth assystence of the other lordes of the parlyament made a decre and a warde so that eyther party toke other by the hande wyth freÌdly louyng wordes none hauyng ameÌdes of other except the bysshope had wordes of submyssyoÌ vnto the duke in requyryng hym of hys fauoure good lordshyp And y e accorde thus fynysshed the parlyament was adiourned tyll after Easter Uppon whytsondaye folowynge was a solempne feest holden at Leyceter forsayde where the regente dubbyd kynge Henry knyghte And than forthwyth the kynge dubbyd Rycharde duke of yorke that after was father to kynge Edwarde Also he dubbyd knyghtes the sonne and heyre of the duke Iohan duke of Northfolke and the erles of Oxenforde and westmerlande wyth other lordes and gentylmen to the noumbre of .xxxiiii. And after that feeste wyth all honour was endyd the kynge wyth the regente and other of hys lordes drew towarde London And so the regente contynued wyth the kynge in Englande by the full terme of thys mayres yere Anno. dnÌi M.iiii C.vi  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.vii.  IohnÌ Arnolde  IohnÌ Raywell Fysshmonger  Anno .v.  IohnÌ HyghthmÌ Â IN thys .v. yere and moneth of February the regent with hys wyfe housholde meyny passed the see vnto Calays and so thorugh Pycardy into Fraunce But or he departed thens that is to meane vpon the daye of annuncyacion of our Lady the bysshop of wynchester within the churche of our Lady of Calays was created cardynall by auctoryte of y e bulles of pope Martyne the .v. of y e name And after that soleÌpnyte don the regente toke hym on hys ryghte hande so conueyed hym vnto hys lodgynge Thys yere was vnresonable of wederyng for it reyned moste part contynually frome Easter to Myghelmasse where thorugh hay and corne was greatly hyndered And in thys yere the duke of AleÌson that before was taken prysoner at the batayll of Uernell in Perche was delyuered for a raunson of .ii. C M. scutes of golde as testyfyeth Gaguinus whyche is fyfty M. marke sterlyng money In thys yere also the erle of Salysbury whych of dyuers wryters is named the good erle accompanyed wyth the erle of Suffolke the lorde Talbot and other layde a stronge syege vnto the cytye of Orleaunce helde the cytezyns very streyght and maugre the duke of Orleaunce and the Marshal of Fraunce thanne named Boussaak the Englysshemen wanne from theym dyuers stronge holdes adioynynge to the cytye and forced them to brenne a greate parte of the subbarbes of the cytye But sorowe it is to tell and doolfull to wryte whyle one day the sayd good erle syr Thomas Mountagu rested hym at a bay wyndow and be helde the compas of the cytie and talked with his familiers a gonne was leueyled out of the cytie from a place vnknowen whiche brake the tymbre or stone of the wyndowe with suche vyolence that the pecys therof all to quasshed the face of the noble erle in suche wyse that he dyed within thre dayes folowyng Upon whose soule all crysten Ihesu haue mercy AmeÌ This after dyuers wryters was initium malorum For after this myshappe the Englysshmen loste rather ther than wanne so that lytell and lytell they loste all theyr possessyon in FrauÌce And all be it that somewhat they gate after yet for one that they wanne they loste thre as after shall appere Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xxvii  Anno dnÌi M. iiii.xxviii  Henry Frowyk  Iohan Gedney draper  Anno .vi.  Robert Otley  IN this .vi. yere begynnynge of the same the kyng helde his parlyament at westmynster By auctoryte wherof was graunted to hym a subsydye in maner as foloweth Fyrst of euery tonne of wyne y t came into this lande from y e feest of saynt Ambrose or the fourth day of Apryll tyll the ende of that yere the kynge shulde haue .iii. s. belongynge to a denyzyn or the kynges lyege man Also of all marchaundyse passynge or coÌmynge into this laÌde shypped by denyzon the kynge to haue of euery xx s. .xii. d. excepte woll fell clothe Also to hym was graunted that of all parysshens thorughout his realme beynge the benefyce of the valewe of .x. marke that .x. of the sayde parysshons shulde paye of theyr mouables syxe shyllynges eyght peÌs after y e rate of eyght pens euery maÌ And of all benefyces that were of .x. li. x parysshons to paye .xiii. s. and iiii d. all cytyes and borowes to be excepted And so rate rate lyke from the lowest benefyce to the hyghest And for the inhabytauntes of cyties boroughes it was enacted that eueman beynge it valewe of .xx. s. aboue his stuffe of houshold his apparayl and his wyfes shulne paye iiii.d so after the rate vnto the rychest In this yere also and day of saynt Gyles or the fyrste day of SepteÌbre the cardynall of wynchester was met by the mayre and his bretherne and certayne cytezyns on horse backe without the cytie and so broughte vnto his palays in southwerke Aboute the same tyme a Bryton that a good wydow and honeste woman hadde cherysshed and brought vp of almes dwellynge in whyte chapell paresshe without Algate murdred the sayde woman in a nyght slepynge in her bedde and after conueyed suche iewelles and stuffe as he myght carye But he was so pursued vpon y e for fere he toke a churche in Estsex there forsware y e kynges lande And y e constables caused hym be brought to London and so entended to haue coÌueyed hym westward But so soone as he was commen in to the parysshe where before he had commytted the murther the wyfes caste vpon hym so moche fylthe and ordure of the strete not withstandynge the resystence made by the coÌstables they slewe hym there out of hande Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xxviii  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xxix  Thomas Dushous  Henry Barton skynner  Anno .vii.  Raffe Holande  THis yere vpon the .viii. daye of Nouembre the duke of Norffolke accompanyed with many gentylmen toke his barge at saynt mary Ouereys entendynge to haue passed thoroughe the brydge and so vnto Grenewytche But by the mysgydynge of the sterysman he was set vpon the pyles of the brydge and y e barge whelmed so y t all were drowned excepte the duke and a fewe persones that lepte vpon the pyles whiche after were drawen vp with ropes and so
Fraunce And in thys tyme and season one Rychard Hounden wolle pakker of London was conuycte of heresy and brent at towre Hylle Than kyng HeÌry thus lodgynge at Calays was asserteyned of the takyng of the foresayd woman by the letters of y e duke of Burgoyne And after he toke hys small iournayes tyll he came into Fraunce and so vnto Parys Of whose cytezyns he was honourably receyued taken for the soueraygne kynge and there so taryed all thys mayres yere In whych seasoÌ as wytnesseth Gaguynus the Frenchemen wan dyuers holdes of Englyshemen and BurgonyoÌs in the countrey of Brye And a capytayne named Barbasan scomfited .viii. M. EnglyshmeÌ and BurgonyoÌs at a place called in latyne Cathalamencis as affermeth the foresayd auctour Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xxx  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.xxxi  water Chertsey  Nycholas wotton  Anno .ix.  Robert Large  THys .ix. yere aboute mydlent a preest named syr Thomas Bagley and vycar of a vyllage in Essex called Manueden a lytell frome walden was detect of heresy Uppon the whych he was degrated and thaÌ brent in the place of Smythfelde And soone vpon Easter folowynge the lorde protectour was warnyd of an assemble of heretykes at AbyndoÌ wherfore he sent thyder certayn persones or rode thyder him self as som wryters afferme there arrested the baylly of that town named wyllyam Maundeuyle a weuer the whyche was appoynted for a capytayne of y e sayd heretykes And for to drawe the people vnto hym he chaunged hys name called hym self Iak Sharpe of wygmorys lande in walys But after he was examyned he confessed to haue wroughte moch sorow agayne preestes so that he wolde haue made theyr heddes as chepe as shepe heddes so that he wolde haue solde .iii. for a peny or .x. after some wryters And the same season were takeÌ many of hys complycys which were sent vnto dyuers prysons And the sayd Iak Sharpe was for his offence drawen hanged and hedyd at the forenamed towne of Abyndon vpon the tuysday in whytson weke and hys hede was sent to London there pyght vppon the brydge And the other of hys fawtours were put in execucyon in dyuers places and countrees to the terrour of other And vppon the .xiiii. daye of Iuly that yere was one named Rycharde Russell a wolle man drawen hanged and quartered at tyborne for treason And thys yere the kynge beynge styll in Fraunce the erle of Arundell accoÌpanyed wyth .ii. M. of Englyshe sowdyours sente a certayne of hys companye vnto a town called Beale Mount to prouoke the Frenchemen to issue out of the towne whyche smal company whan Bossycant and Seyntrales thaÌ capytaynes beheld anone they wyth theyr sowdyoures of that towne spedde theym forthe to take the sayde Englysshemen The whyche lytell and lytell gaue bake tyll they had tolled the Frenchemen a good space from the town and thaÌ sette vppon theym wyth a sterne courage and helde theym on hande tyll the sayde erle wyth hys company rescowed theym Than betwene theym was a cruell fyghte But in the ende the Frenchemen were chased and y e sayde Seyntrayle wyth many foote men of the sayde towne were slayne at that iournay And shortly after the duke of Burgoyne wyth ayde of the Englysshemen at a place called Barre scomfyted a greate company of Frenchemen and toke .ii. capytaynes belongyng to the duke of Barre the whyche were named Renat and Barbazan for whose raunsome the duke had yelded to hym the Uale of Cassyle in Flaundres Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.xxxi  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.xxxii  IohnÌ Adyrlee  IohnÌ welly Grocer  Anno .x.  Stphyn Browne  IN thys .x. yere and .vii. day of DeceÌber kynge Henry the .vi. was crowned in Parys of the cardynall of wynchester At the whych coronacyon was present the lorde Regent the duke of Burgoyne and dyuers other nobles of FrauÌce whose names Gaguinus putteth not in his boke for reproche of the Frenchmen And after the solempnyte of this fest was ended wherof the cyrcuÌstaunce to shewe in order wolde aske a longe leysour the kynge departed frome Parys and so came to Roan where he helde his Crystmas that done he sped hym to Caleys And whan he had soiourned there a season he toke shyppynge and retourned into Englande and landed at Douer the .ix. daye of February Than he was mette vppon Baram Downe or Baram Howth that ys betwene Douer and Cauntorbury wyth a greate company of gentyls comoners of Kent all cladde wyth rede hodes The whyche accompanyed him tyll he came to Blak Heth where he was mette with the mayre and the cytesyns of London vpon a thursdaye beynge the .xxi. day of February the cytesyns beynge cladde in whyte wyth dyuers werkes or conysaunces browderyd vppon theyr sleues after the facultye of theyr mysteryes or craftes And y e mayre and hys brethern were all clothed in scarlet And after due obeysaunce and salutynge of the kynge they rode on before hym towarde the cytye whan the kynge was comen to the brydge there was deuysed a myghty GyauÌt standynge wyth a swerde drawyn hauyng thys speche wryten by hym All tho that ben enemyes to the kyng I shall them clothe with confusion Make hym myghty by vertuous lyuyng His mortall soon to oppresse bere downe And hym to encrease as Christes champion All mischeues from hym to abridge With grace of god at the entry of this brydge ANd whan the kynge was passed the fyrste gate and was comen to y e drawe brydge there was ordeyned a goodly towre haÌged and apparayled with sylke and clothes of aras in moste ryche wyse Out of whiche sodaynly appered .iii. ladyes rychely cladde in golde sylke with coronettes vpon theyr heddes wherof y e fyrst was named dame Nature the seconde dame Grace the thyrde dame Fortune the whiche vnto the kynge had this speche We ladies thre all by one consent Thre goostly gyftes heuynly dyuyne To the sir kynge as now we do present And to thyne hyghnes here we do this tyme Vtterly shewe them determyne As I Grace fyrst at thy comynge Endowe the with scyence and connynge And I Nature with strengthe and fayrnesse For to be loued and drad of euery wyght And I Fortune prosperyte and rychesse The to defende and to gyue the myght Longe to enioye and to holde thy trewe ryght In vertuous lyfe with honour to procede That thy two ceptours thou may well possede There was also in the sayd towre xiiii vyrgyns all clothed in whyte wherof .vii. stode vpon y e ryght haÌde of y e sayd .iii. ladyes .vii. vpon y e left hande The .vii vpon y e ryght hande had bawderykes of saphyr colour or blewe And y e other .vii. had theyr garmeÌtes powdred with sterres of gold ThaÌ the fyrst .vii. presented y e kynge with the .vii. gyftes of y e holy ghost as sapyence intellygence good counsayll strengthe cunnynge pyte and drede of god
Calays for .xviii. M. li. whyche summes of money whan they had receyued y e sayd lordes of one assent made ouer y e forenamed mayster IohnÌ Dynham wyth a stronge company sent hym vnto Sandwyche to wynne y e kynges nauye than there lyenge and other thynges for theyr nedes necessary The whyche sped hym in suche wyse that he toke the lord Ryuers in hys bedde wanne the town toke the lord Scalys sonne vnto the sayd lord Riuers with other ryche prayes and after tooke of the kynges nauy what shyppes them lyked and after retourned vnto Calays nat without consent agremeÌt of many of y e mariners whych owyd theyr synguler fauours vnto the erle of warwyke In thys iourney was the sayde Iohan Dynham sore hurt that he was may med vpon the legge haltyd whyle he lyued after Than after this iourney thus acheuyd the sayd lordes by tayled and maÌned the sayd shyppes sent wyth them as chefe capytayne the erle of warwyke into Irelande to speke wyth the duke of yorke and to haue hys counsayll for maters coÌcerning theyr charge as reentre into this lande and other where whaÌ he had happelye sped hys nedys he retourned towarde Calays bryngyng wyth hym hys mother the couÌtesse of Salysbury also kepte hys course tyll he came into the west couÌtrey where at that tyme was the duke of Gretyr as admyrall of the see wyth a competeÌt nouÌber of shyppes well maÌned in so moche that the erle of warwyke prouyded to haue gyuen batayll vnto âhe sayd duke yf he hadde made any couÌtenaunce toward him But the duke harde suche murmure speche amoÌge hys owne company whych fouÌded vnto the erle of warwykes fauoure that he thoughte it was more vnto hys profyte to suffre hym to passe than to fight with him But were it for thys cause or for other which y e commoÌ fame ruÌneth vppoÌ which were loÌge to wryte certayn trouth it is that the sayd erle passed wythout fyghte came in sauete to Calays In thys passe tyme a parliament or great couÌsayll was holdeÌ at Couentre By auctoryte whereof the duke of yorke and all the other foresayde lordes wyth many other were attaynted and theyr laÌdes goodes seased to the kynges vse And for the more surer defeÌce that they shuld nat efte lande in KeÌt prouisioÌ was made to defende the haueÌs portys vppon the sees syde And at Sandwyche was ordeyned a new streÌgthe wyth a capitayn named syr SymoÌde MouÌforde And ouer thys prouision was ordeyned that no marchauÌt passyng into the costys of FlauÌders shulde passe or go by Calays for fere that any shuld come to y e ayde of the sayd lordes But thys prouysyon natwythstandyng comfort to them was sent dayly out of EnglaÌd Than these lordes herynge of all thys prouysyon made vppoÌ the sees syde to wythstaÌde theyr laÌdynge sent out an other company vnto SaÌdewyche the whych there skyrmysshed wyth the sayd syr SymoÌde Mountforde in the ende toke hym broughte hym vnto Ryse Banke there smote of hys hede The foresayd lordes than coÌsyderynge the strengthe whych they had wyth them and manyfolde frendes hartys which they had in sundry places of EnglaÌd condysceÌded for to sayle into Englande so to bryng about theyr enteÌt purpose whych was as the coÌmon fame went to put a parte frome the kynge all suche persones as were enemyes to the coÌmon weale of the laÌde And thys to bryng aboute after they had set the towne of Calays in an order sure kepyng they toke shyppynge so sayled into EnglaÌde landed at Douer and from theÌs helde on theyr iourney thorughe Kente so that they came to LondoÌ the .ii. daye of Iuly And after they had there refresshed theym and theyr people they departed thense sped theym towarde the kynge which at y e same tyme of theyr laÌdynge was at Couentry and there gathered his people so came vnto Northampton where he pyght hys felde wherof the sayd lordes beynge enfourmed sped them thytherward so that vpoÌ the .ix. day of Iuly bothe hostys there mette foughte there a cruell batayll But after long fyght the victory fell vnto the erle of Salysbury and the other lordes vpoÌ his partye the kynges hoste was sparcled chased many of hys noble men slayen AmoÌge the whyche was the duke of Buckynghan the erle of Shrowsbury y e vycouÌt BeaumouÌd the lorde EgremoÌde wyth many other knyghtes and esquyers and the kyng taken in the felde After whych victory thus by these lordes opteyned they in goodly haste after retourned vnto LondoÌ and broughte wyth them the kynge kepyng hys estate lodged hym in the bysshop of LondoÌ palays And after spedye knowelege sent of all the premysses vnto y e duke of yorke yet beyng in IrelaÌde a parlyameÌt in the name of the kyng was than called holden at westmynster Durynge whych parlyament y e duke of yorke came vnto westmynster vpoÌ the frydaye before saynte Edwardes day or the .x. day of October and lodged hym in the kynges palays wherof anone arose a noyse thorugh the cytye that kynge Henry shuld be deposed the duke of yorke shulde be kynge UppoÌ thys this parlyamente thus contynuynge the duke came one daye into the parlyament chaumber there boldely beyng the lordes present sette hym downe in the kynges sete so there sittynge made a pretence and clayme vnto the crown affermyng it to be hys ryghtfull enherytauÌce had there certayn bolde wordes in iustyfyenge of the same wherewyth all the lordes presente were greatly dysmayed For thys great many opynions were moued among the lordes Howe be it aswell dyuers of hys frendes as other were of the mynde that he shuld nat be admytted for kynge duryng the lyfe of kyng Henry For appeasynge wherof many great couÌsayles were kepte aswell at the blacke freres as at westmynster In all whych tyme and season the quene wyth suche lordes as were of hyr affynyte helde them in the north couÌtrey assembled to theym greate strengthe in the kynges name to the ende to subdue as she sayde the kynges rebelles and enemyes Thus contynuynge thys vnkyndenesse betwene the kynge and the duke all be it that at that season bothe the kynge and he were bothe lodged within the palays of westmynster yet wolde he natte for prayer nor instaunce ones bysyte the kynge nor see hym tyll the counsayll were concluded vppon some fynall ende concernyug thys greate matter the whyche so continued the full terme of this mayres yere Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lx.  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxi. Grocer Rycharde Flemynge  Rycharde Lee.  Anno .xxxix.  IohnÌ Lambarde  THys yere whyche was in the begynnynge of the xxxlx yere of kyng Henryes reygne that is to meane vpoÌ the euyn of all sayntes or the laste day of October it was condyscended by the lordes spyrytuall temporall by the hole auctoryte of the sayd parliament that
that he were shuld vse huÌtyng or hawkynge without special lyceÌce specially for chasynge or huntyng of woluys nor to kepe wyth hym any houndes or other instrumeÌtes wherby the game myghte be destroyed And that done Phylyp foresayd duke of Burgoyne after counsayll to hym gyuen that he shulde forgette and forgyue all dyspleasurs to hym âofore done by any of hys lordes and them to honoure and cherysshe specyally his yonge brother Charlys to norysshe and to departe wyth hym louyngly of hys fathers possessions toke leue of hym and departed After whose deêture he contrary the foresayde counsayll refused the company of hys lordes also theyr counsayll and drewe vnto hym as his chyefe counsaylours vylaynes and men of lowe byrth Of y t whyche the .iiii. pryncypall were named as foloweth IohnÌ de Lude IohnÌ Balna Olyuer Deuyll whoÌ for the odyousnesse of the name the kynge caused it to be chaunged and to be named DaÌman and the fourth was named Stephan and vssher of the kynges chaumber dore the whithe he promoted to greate honour dygnytees Amonge whome Balna beynge a preste was by hys meanes at length made a cardynall of Rome Thus he vsynge the counsayle of these persons murmur and grudge began to sprynge bytwene hym and hys lordes in so myche that fyrst the duke of Brytayne began to estrauÌge hym from the kynge and refused to come vnto hys presence whaÌ he was sente for wherof herynge the erle of Ewe wyth other drewe them vnto y e duke To the whyche party soone after y e kynges brother Charlys with also the duke of Burbon whych had maried the kynges syster with many other noble men of the realme resortyd whan the kynge was ware that hys lordes conspyred agayne hym ferynge the rebellyon of hys comoÌs sent in spedy maner vnto Parys the forenamed IohnÌ Balna wyth other certeyne persons to kepe that cytye in due obeysauÌce toward hym thynkynge that the other cytyes good townes of hys regyon wolde take ensample therof and demeane them as that cytye dyd After whose commynge the rulers of Parys by the amonystement of the sayd IohnÌ ordeyned good and sure watche and so by that meane kept the cytye in good order And in the meane season the kynge gathered to hym great foyson of knyghtes and soudyours that his hoste was nombred at .xxx. thousand men And in lyke wyse the other partye hadde assembled as many or mo And not wythstandyng the assyduat laboure and meanes made by y e duke of Burgoyne and Carlota wyfe to y e duke of Burbon syster to the kyng as is aboue sayde to make an vnyte and peace bytwene Lewys and hys lordes yet fynally the kynge they mette in playne batayll at a place called Chartres where bytwene theym was a longe and cruell batayll to y e losse of moche people on bothe partyes And all be it that the kynge in the begynnynge hadde the better of hys enemyes yet in the ende he was ouercomen his men chaced and he forced to flye to take for hys sauegarde a castell named Mountclere From the whyche he shortely departyd and yode to an other castell called Corboyll and from thens lastly vnto Parys where he entendyd to haue gathered newe people and to haue reuenged hym of hys enemyes But by the wyse and good exortacyoÌ of the bysshoppe of Parys the kyng chaunged hys purpose and all was set in a quyetnesse for that tyme. But how or in what maner or what the condycyons of y e accorde were myne authour dothe not expresse The whyche accorde thus concluded the kynge contynued hys olde maners and delyted hym more to companye with symple and inreuerent parsons to eate and drynke wyth them to the ende that he myghte talke of rybaudry and vayne and vycyous fables than to accompany him with his lordes where he myghte haue wonne hym myche honour Thys Lewys also was of so dyuers and wanton condycyon that he wolde go more lyker a yoman or a seruyng man than lyke a prynce The whyche was for no regardshyp nor sparyng of good for as before I haue shewed also after shall appere he was a prynce of moste lyberalyte and therwith an oppressour of hys subiectes LEwis thus passing his time was dryuen of necessyte for lacke of money to a preste of the cytesyns of Parys The whyche after many excusys by them layd to put it by and myghte not be alowed they lastly denayed the kynges pleasure where wythall he beynge greuously dyscontentyd remoued diuerse from theyr offyces and other whych were of the rychest and hed men of y e cyte he soughte agayne theym surmysed causes without prouys or iustyce put many of them to deth For these foresayde causes many other whyche tedyouse were to expresse the foresayd lordes agayne assembled theyr people enteÌdyng to subdue y e kynge and to set hys brother in hys place or to cause hym otherwyse to rule y e comon weale And to strength the barons party IohnÌ sonne vnto y e duke of Calabre approched to them wyth a good bande of men And to them came also the sonne of the duke of Burgoyne named Charlys All whiche barons of one assent mette at a towne called Stampys where they coÌtynued theyr couÌsayle by the space of .xv. dayes and after that couÌsayle fynysshed toke theyr iournaye towarde Parys In whych passe tyme a spye of the duke of Brytaynes called Peter Gerold was taken in Parys and drawen hanged and quartered and dyuers men and women y t were suspected to owe fauour vnto the lordes were sacked and caste in to the water of Seyn Then for to strength and guyde the cytye of Parys the kynge sent thyder the erle of Donoyse by whose prouysyon all warly ordenaunce for to defende theyr enemyes was there preparyd In the which tyme season y e lordes in .iii. partes enbatayled approched the cytye wherof y e fyrste hoste ladde Charlys brother vnto the kynge the seconde the duke of Brytayne the thyrd Charlys the sonne to the duke of Burgoyne Prouyded that Charlys fyrste named ladde the myddleward whaÌ the sayd erle of Donoyse hadde well consydered the strength of the lordes he sente vnto theym a messanger sayeng that in his mynde he maruayled to see so greate a multytude of people assembled agayne the cytye and comon weale of y e land consyderyng that he was sette there by the kynge as a medyatour and a meane rather to make peace than warre yf they were contentyd that by hym any medyacyon myghte be laboured and hadde But thys came to none effecte so that small assautes and skyrmysshes ensued to the lytell domage of bothe partes In whyche passe tyme the kynge sent by secrete meanes vnto the forenamed IohnÌ sonne vnto the duke of Calabre and hym by many meanes instaunted to leue the company of the lordes But all his offers auayled ryght nought Thenne the foresayde lordes thus lyenge before the cytye of Parys in the playne where standeth
the monastery of saynt Antony Charlys brother to the kynge caused .iiii. letters to be deuysed wherof one he sent to the bysshoppes and spyrytuall men within the cytye the seconde to the consulles or hed men the thyrde to y e scolers of the vnyuersyte and y e .iiii. vnto the comynaltye Of whyche letters the entent ensueth that he nor none of hys company was comen thyder as an enemye to the cytye or to make warre agayne it or the comon weale of the land but for the encreace and augmentacyon therof to the vttermost of theyr powers After receyte of whyche letters and the mater in them conteyned well vnderstaÌden and debatyd certeyne oratours for the sayde .iiii. partyes were assygned as thre for the spyrytuall men thre for the consuls thre for the vnyuersyte thre for comynaltye whose names I ouer passe The whyche wyth the bysshop of Parys were sent vnto the barons after longe communycacyon wyth them hadde retourned to the cytie with such report as foloweth Fyrste the lordes wolde that the inhabytauntes of the cytye shulde coÌsyder the condycyons of the kynge y t whyche yerely oppressyth his subiectes with taskes and other greuouse seruagys Secondaryly how he despyseth y e noble blode of hys realme and draweth to hym vylaynes and men of no reputacyon by whose couÌsayls onely all the comon weale of y e land is ruled and guyded Thyrdely how he ruleth hys subiectes by force and wyll wythout mynystracyon of iustyce and hym selfe in all couÌsayls and parlyaments is iudge in all causes and callyth hys selfe counsayls and parlyamentes more for hys synguler weale than for the comoÌ weale of his realme Fourthely how he enhaunsyth men of lowe byrthe vnto greate honours and causyth noble men to be obedyent vnto them entendynge to brynge the same ignoble men for to be egall wyth the prynces of the lande Fyftely how the lawes be delayed and bolstred by suche as stande in his fauour where thorugh as thys daye lawe is wyll and wyll is lawe and no man almoste in any suerty of lyfe or goodes in so moche that dayly many ben banysshed and put to deth for vnlefull causes and also to any noble man at this daye no power or rome of honour belongeth so that to wylde bestes in the forestes apperteyneth more lybertye and suertye than the more partye of the kynges subgettes Syxtly the greate taskes and summes of money whych dayly be leuyed of the comoÌs ben not spent in the kynges honourable nedes and for the comon weale of the realme but are spent nysely ryottously and brybed out of y e kynges cofers For whyche enormytees mysgouernauÌce with many other the sayde lordes were thyder comen in defensyble araye for y e sauegarde of theyr owne persons as to the hed and pryncypall cytie of the realme for to haue ayde and counsayle to refourme the foresayd euyls not with standynge any harme vnto the kynges persone or yet to remoue hym from his regally or kyngly maieste but to enduce hym aduertyse hym to that that shuld be his honour and the weale of hys realme and to lyue in welthe and honour as hys noble êgenitours haue lyued before hym For the whyche causes and consyderacyons wyth many other whych I passe ouer the sayde lordes as y e kynges trewe subeittes and frendes vnto the comon weale of the lande and of that cytye desyre to entre there to refresshe them and theyr people and to pay truely for all thynge that they shulde take wythout doyng harme or vyolence to any persone All whyche requestes and maters of the lordes shewed vnto the inhabytauntes of the cytye by fauour of some frendes that they there had it was with the more partye well acceptyd and thought conuenyent that they sayde nobles shuld be receyued into the cytye How be it that after longe debatynge of thys mater by meane of the forenamed erle of Donoyse a sparynge of thys receyte of the lordes shuld be tyll they had forther knowlege of the kynges pleasure whyche prouysyon the sayd erle fande for so mych as he was secretely warned of the kynges thyder comynge And vpon thys agremeÌt the cytye rested For suertye wherof suche as were within the cytye of the kynges seruauntes and frendes rode dayly nyghtly about y e cyty wyth a stronge company in harneys to se the people kepte in due order Than vppon the daye folowynge came vnto Parys a capytayne of y e kynges named MouÌtalbone and wyth hym a good bend of men the whyche shewyd vnto the cytesyns that the kyng was comyng out of Normandye with a great host of The lordes beynge warned enbatayled them in the foresayde playne of saynte Antoyn to shewe the strength of theyr hoste vnto the cytye or suche as were therin as theyr enemyes where they so lyenge certayne knyghtes of the kynges party diuerse and sondry tymes brake out by sodeyne resys and skyrmysshed wyth the lordes people to the lytell hurte of bothe partyes In the whych passe tyme kynge Lewys comynge out of Normandye was receyued into the cytye where after hys comynge he put in execucyon .v. persons named IohnÌ worter Eustace and Arnolde worter IohnÌ Coart and Fraunceys Hasle The whyche persons were accusyd to hym to be chyefe occasyoners of the legacyon made vnto the lordes Of whyche sayde .v. persons thre as IohnÌ Coart Fraunceys Hasle Arnolde worter were messengers assygned in the sayde legacyon for the consuls of Parys and the forenamed Eustace worter was one of the thre assygned for the clergye The kynge thus beynge in possessyoÌ of the cytye many and dyuers assautes and skyrmysshes bytwene hys knyghtes and the lordes were made but no notary batayle for the kynge was ferre weker And ouer that in thys tyme season the sayde lordes gat vnto them sondry castels and stronge holdes Than at length meanes of a peace was offeryd by y e kynge For concludyng wherofê for the kynge was admytted the erle of Mans with certayne other persons And for the barons was assygned IohnÌ sonne vnto the duke of Calabre Lewys erle of saynt Poule and other the whyche assembled and coÌmoued togyder by sondry tymes .ix. dayes In whyche season came vnto the kynge a newe strength of soudyours out of Normandye the whych the kyng appoynted to kepe the subarbes of saynt Marcell Thys treaty thus hangyng wythout conclusyoÌ or ende takynge vppon the .xiiii. day of October in the .vii. yere of y e reygn of thys Lewys was proclaymed thorough the cytye and also the hoste a day of lenger treuce so that thanne the lordes wythdrewe theym vnto theyr stronge holdes and castels holdynge wyth them many soudyours whyche fyll to robbynge and other vnlefull actes to the greate daunger and hurte of the lande And at suche seasons as the arbytrours met to fynysshe this great mater among other thynges offeryd by the kynge he graunted to gyue vnto hys brother Charlys for hys porcyon all Champayne wyth the lordshyppe
of Brye the cytyes of Melde Monstruell and Meldune therof to be excepted And vnto Charlys sonne of the duke of Burgoyne he was contented to gyue so myche money as he hadde spent in that iournay But all was refused And fynally for obstynacy of bothe partyes the daye of expyracyon of the trewe approchyd wythout hope of accord coÌcludyng wherfore prouysyon for warre vpon bothe partyes was deuysed Than begaÌ grudge and murmure bytwen the cytesyns and the kynges sowdyours wherthorough many of the comons hertes turned to the lordes so that for fere the surer and stronger watches were kepte to the kynges great charge Shortely after tydynges were brought vnto the kynge y t the castell of Gysons was of the lordes vesyeged and that also the prefecte of the kynges paleys in Roan was taken of the cytesyns and holden in prysone And the daye folowynge came an other messengare shewynge vnto the kynge that the duke of Burbone was by the posterne receyued into the castell of Roan and was lykely to haue shortely the rule of the cytye whyche came to effecte in shorte whyle after whan the lordes hadde gotten the castell and cyty of Roan whyche is hed cytye of Normandy as Parys is hed of Fraunce than in maner of derysyon they sent vnto y e kynge sayenge that nother with Champayne nor with Bry hys brother Charlys wold be contented but scantely wyth the hole duchy of Normandy Than kynge Lewys coÌsyderyng the great auauÌtage which y e lordes had of him both by strength and fauour of hys comons whyche dayly drewe vnto them by sondry coÌpanyes in auoydyng of more daunger concludyd a peas For perfourmauÌce wherof he grauÌted vnto Charlys his brother y e hole duchy of Normandy takyng to hym in exchauÌge the county of Berry And to Charlis sonne to the duke of Burgoyne PeronÌ Roya a cytye or towne called in latyne MondideriuÌ and therwith he ioyned Gwynary and y e erledome of Boloyne which lordshyps y e sayd kynge Lewys hadde before tymes bought of duke Phylyp his father To IohnÌ of Calabre he grauÌted all such suÌmes of money as he demaundyd to wage with soudiours to ayde his father agayne Fardynande then kyng of Aragon And to IohnÌ duke of Burbon y t which as before is said had maryed his syster he grauÌted all such dowar as to hym was êmysed at y e tyme of maryage all such pencyon as he was wont yerely to take of the graunte of Charlys last kyng within the realme of FrauÌce To the duke of Brytayne was restoryd the erledome of MouÌtferard with great suÌmes of money which the kyng had receyued of the sayd county And to y e erle of Dampmartyne was restored all suche landes as before by acte of parlyameÌt were forfayted to y e kyng To the erle of saynt Poule was restored the offyce of the constablerye of FrauÌce to other meÌ of name other notable thynges which I passe ouer All whyche grauntes fermely and fastely assuryd proclamacyons were made of thys pease thoroughe the realme of Fraunce And after thys pease was thus concluded the kyng and hys lordes mette To whome he shewed greate semblaunt of kyndnesse and specyally vnto hys brother wherin appered great dyssymulacyon as here after shall appere For thys Lewys was of suche condycion that what he myght not ouer come wyth strength he wold wynne wyth dyssymulacyon and trechety After whyche peace thus concluded and the lordes departed the kynge festyd the rulers and consuls of the cytye of Parys and gaue vnto them due thankes for the greate trouth fydelyte whyche they bare towarde hym duryng that troubelous season and graunted vnto them suche thynges as then they wolde aske for the weale of that cytye IT was not longe after that dyssymulacyon fell bytwene Charlys duke of Normandye and IohnÌ foresayde sonne vnto the duke of Calabre and the erle of Dampmartyne wherof a parte of the cause was that the sayde Charlys after theyr thynkyng hadde not so bounteously rewarded them as they had deserued Of whyche dyscorde kyng Lewys was fayne and in spedy maner rode vnto a towne called Argentyne and there wyth the sayd IohnÌ than beynge duke of Calabre by reason of hys fathers deth helde wyth hym longe and great counsayll to y e entent to dyspossesse hys brother of the duchy of Normandye By reason of whych dyscorde bytwene the sayd two dukes kynge Lewys as ayder of the duke of Calabre made warre in the partyes of Normandye and in processe wanne therin dyuers castels and other stronge holdes and compelled hys brother to holde the cytye of Roan for hys refuge where he so beynge the kyng wanne dayly vppon hym in so myche that dyuers townes and stronge holdes submytted them to his grace wherof hering the cytesyns of Roan made an ambassade vnto the kynge for purchace of grace for theyr duke and for them selfe The whych when the duke vnderstode ferynge leste his owne cytesyns wolde betraye hym fled thens and so yode to Humflewe and from thens to Cadomy In whyche passe tyme y e kynge was wyth due honour receyued into y e cytie of Roan where he remoued many from theyr offices and of his seruauntes or such as lyked hym put in theyr places moch of the ordynaunce and of abylymentes of warre belongynge to y e towne he sent vnto Parys and the prouost of Roan named Gauyne Manuell he put to deth after hys body was cast into the ryuer and his hed sette vppon a pole dyuers of the colege wyth the deane of y e same place were put vnto deth And all whych tyrannye by the kynge executyd and the towne put in suertye by strength of soudyours he after spedde hym vnto Orleaunce where as sayth myne authour he puruayed an honorable ambassade and sent it vnto Edward the .iiii. then kynge of Englande In the .ix. yere of y e reygne of thys Lewys was so greate a mortalyte of men in Fraunce that in Parys dyed that yere ouer .xl. M. people And in thys yere began a grudge to growe bytwene this Lewys and Phylyppe duke of Burgoyne But it was kept vnkyndely duryng y e lyfe of y e duke which dyed shortely after To whom succedyd Charlys his sonne before named which in processe of tyme maryed dame Margarete syster vnto kynge Edward y e .iiii. as after shal be shewyd It was not longe after that thys Lewys assembled a great hoste of people to make warre vpon Charlys duke of Burgoyne Of whyche people he had coÌmytted the rule and charge vnto IohnÌ Balna whych at that daye was preste and cardynall and he as a teÌporall capytayne toke of them the mustyrs other orders where at the teÌporall lordes dysdaynynge the erle of DaÌpmartyne sayd in the names of them vnto the kyng Moste redouted souerayne lorde it hath pleased your hyghnesse to commytte vnto a spyrytuall maÌ y e charge of your puyssaunt hoste he not ferynge god hath taken vpon hym the cure
before hym all the cunnyng maysters of musyke wythin hys realme that by the melodyous souÌde of theyr instrumentes he myghte be eased of his peyne But whan he had assembled of the best an C. and .xx. in noumber a fewe shepardes pypes were to hym more solace than all the other or any parte of them y t whych he helde styll in hys court commauÌded that euery day the sayd shepherdes shulde play a certeyn dystaunce from the place where he laye And ouer thys he sent for all ankers and other relygyous men that were famed for holy parfight men and for them ordeyned places within TuroÌ that by the meane of theyr prayers he myght be released of hys contynuall paynes And to haue lenger contynaunce of lyfe myne auctour sayeth y t thys Lewys had so greate a desyre to haue lengthe of lyfe for so moche as he knewe well that the realme of Fraunce shulde be in great trouble vexacyon shortly after But nat wythstandynge all these prouysyons and ordenaunces wyth many moo whyche longe were to wryte fynally thys Lewys dyed whaÌ he hadde ben kyng of FrauÌce by the terme of .xxvi. yeres or there vppoÌ and after was buryed in the churche of our Lady of Raynes where before tyme he prouyded hys sepulture in tyme of hys sykenesse lâye in it a certayne season whyle that certeyne orysons were ouer hym sayde Anglia ¶ Edwarde the .iiii. EDwarde the .iiii. of that name sonÌ of Rycharde duke of yorke as before is touched began hys reygne ouer y e realme of EnglaÌd the .iiii. daye of Marche in the ende of the yere of grace to reken after the churche of Englande M.iiii C. .lx and the .ii. yere of Lewys the .xii. thaÌne kynge of Fraunce The whych Edwarde after hys possessyon takynge at westmynster gettyng of the feelde at ToutoÌ by yorke was crowned anoynted for kynge at westmynster foresayde the .xxix. daye of Iuny as before is shewyd in the ende of the laste yere of Henry the .vi. After whyche solempnyte fynysshed the kynge in August after rode to Cauntorbury frome theÌs he rode to Sandewyche and from thens a longe by the sees syde to SouthamptoÌ so into the march of walys retourned by Brystowe where he was wyth all honour receyued and after visited sundry parties of hys realme In whych season or soone after the tyme of Rychard Lee mayre of LoÌdon expyred and Hughe wyche mercer was admytted for the yere folowynge Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxi.  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.lxii.  IohnÌ Looke  Hughe wyche  Anno .i.  George Irelande  THis yere beyng the later ende of the fyrste yere of Edwarde the .iiii and the begynnynge of thys mayres yere that is to say the fourth daye of September a parlyamente was begonne at westmynster And vpon y e morow folowyng dyed IohnÌ duke of Northfolke the whyche had ben a speciall ayder of the kyng And vpoÌ Alhalowen daye before passed y e kyng created Rycharde hys yonger brother duke of Glouceter the lorde Bowchyer erle of Essex the lorde Fawcumbrydge erle of Kent vpon the .xii. day of February was the erle of Oxenforde wyth the lorde Aubry hys elder sonne syr Thomas TodeÌhamÌ willyaÌ Tyrell other brought vnto the towre of LoÌdon And vpon the .xx. day of the sayd moneth y e sayd lorde Awbry was drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hylle there beheded And vpon the .xxiii. daye of the same moneth syr Thomas TodeÌham wyllyaÌ Tyrell and IohnÌ MoÌgomory were also there beheded And vpon the fryday next ensuynge or the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth the erle of Oxenforde was ladde froÌ westmynster vpon hys feete to y e sayd place of there also beheded whose corps was after borne vnto y e frere Augustynes and there buryed wythin the quyer for that tyme. And in the later ende of the moneth of Iuly was the castell of Awnewyke yelden vnto the lorde Hastynges by appoyntement whan kynge Edwarde was thus stablysshed in this realme great sute and labour was made to hym for the repayment of the foresayd .xviii. M. li. to hym and other delyuered by the stapelers as before in y e .xxxviii. yere of Henry the .vi. to you I haue before shewed wherof was laborer were it by the agrement of the sayd stapelers or otherwyse one named Rycharde Heyron a marchaunt of pregnaunte wyt and of good maner and speche To whome at length was answered by the kynges counsayll that y e sayd xviii M. pounde wyth moch more the whyche was couertly kept frome the kynges knowlege belonged of ryght vnto y e erle of wylshyre which at the tyme of delyuery of the sayde goodes was hyghe tresourer of Englande and after for treason by him done agayne the kyng the sayd erles landes and goodes were forfayted vnto the kynge wherfore the kynge reteyned the sayde .xviii. M. li. as parceyll of hys forfayture wolde reteyne as hys owne Upon whych answere thys heyron seynge that of the kyng he myght haue no remedy and for so moche as moch of the sayd good belonged to hys charge he thaÌ resorted vnto the stapelers for conteÌtacyon of the sayd money But howe it was that there be faÌde no comfort he fynally sued the mayer of the staple and hys company and put them vnto greate vexacyon and trouble And in the ende fande suche fauoure in the courte of Rome that he denouÌced all the merchauntes stapelers accursed Howe be it that soone after they purchased an absolucyon And he in conclusyon after longe beyng iÌ westmynster as a seyntwaryman wythoute recouery of hys costes or dutye dyed there beynge greatly endetted vnto many persones Anno domini M.iiii C.lxii.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxiii  wyllyam Hampton  Thomas Cooke  Anno .ii.  Barth Iamys  THys yere and begynnyge of y e moneth of Nouember Margaret late quene of EnglaÌd came out of FrauÌce iÌto ScotlaÌd froÌ theÌs iÌto Englande wyth a strength of FreÌch men Scottes wherfore the kynge sped hym into the north wyth a stroÌg hoste wherof herynge the quene brake hyr araye and fled and toke a caruyle therein entended to haue sayled into FrauÌce But suche tempest fell vpon the see that she was coÌstrayned to take a fysshers bote and by meane therof landed at Barwyke so drewe hyr vnto the Scottysshe kynge And shortly after her laÌdyng tydynges came to her that her sayde caruyll was drowned wythin the whyche she had greate treasoure and other rychesse And the same daye vpon .iiii. C. of the Frenchemen were dryuen vppon lande nere vnto Bambourth where they for so moche as they myght nat haue away theyr shyppes they fyred theÌ after for theyr sauegarde tooke an ilande wythin Northumberland where they were assayled of one called Maners wyth other in hys company of them slayne taken prisoners as many as there were whan y e kynge was ware of the quenes thus auoydynge
worshype of the same Henauder that the kynge for hys guerdon made hym streyghte knyght Upon the .vii. daye in lykewyse played insemble an Henauder and one IohnÌ StaÌdysshe esquyer y â whyche semblably for hys prowesse manly dealyng was also of y e kyng dubbed knyght And a GascoynÌ that the same day wan y e pryce of an other straunger was immedyatly made knyghte of y e kyng And vpoÌ the .viii. daye or laste day of thys chalenger came into the felde .ii. Henauders Unto whome came .ii. bretherne beyng sowdiours of Calays y e whyche bekered togyder a loÌge seasoÌ so y e eyther êtye receyued plentye of good strokes tyll peas by y e kyng was coÌmauÌded And so thys chaleÌge was fynysshed to y e great honour of y e kyng the whych after feasted these straungers wyth ryche gyftes sente and retourned theym agayne to theyr countrees Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.ix  Anno dnÌi M.iiii C.x.  IohnÌ Lawe  Rycharde Marlowe Irenmonger  Anno .xi.  wyllyam Chycheley  IN thys yere moneth of Marche a tayloure of London named Iohan Badby was brente in Smythfelde for heresy all be it that by meanes of the prynce one mayster Courtnay thanne Chauceller of Oxenforde he was for a whyle reconcyled and promysed to leue that erroure But whan the sacramentâ of y e aulter was brought tofore hym he dyspysed it and wolde in no wyse therein byleue wherefore he hadde as he deserued Of whom a versifier in reproche of hys errour made these ii verses folowynge Hereticus credat vt perustus ab orbe recedat Ne fideÌ ledat sathan huÌc baratro sibi predat The whych verses are thus moch to meane in englysshe The peruerse heretyke though that he do brenne And from this worlde be rased vtterly No force syn that he lyst nât kenne Our sacred fayth but it right perversây âyst of his wyll erroniously to reply What force thought sathaÌ with his eternall payne Do hym rewarde syn he wyll not refrayne IN thys yere also moneth of Apryll wythin the lystes of Smythfeld was foughteÌ a sore fight betwene an esquyre named Glouceter AppellauÌt an other esquyre called Arthur DefendauÌt The whyche acquyted them eyther partye so maÌfully that the kynge of hys especyall grace seyng they were bothe so well fyghtyng men toke the quarell into hys handes pardoned the offeÌce to eyther partye And thys yere the market howse called the Stokes staÌdynge by the churche of saynt Mary wolchurch of London was begoÌ to be edyfyed In thys yere also the kyng helde his parlyameÌt at westmynster Durynge the whych y e coÌmons of thys laÌde put vp a byll to the kynge to take y e teÌporall landes out froÌ spyrytuall meÌnes handes or possessioÌ The effect of whych byll was y t the teÌporaltes dysordinatly wasted by meÌ of the church myght suffyce to fynde to y e kynge .xv. erles xv C. knightes vi M. ii C. esqiers an C. houses of almes to the releef of poore people mo thaÌ at y e days were wythin EnglaÌd And ouer all these foresayd charges y e kyng myght put yerely in hys cofers .xx. M. li. Prouyded y e euery erle shuld haue of yerely reÌt .iii. M. marke euery knight an C marke .iiii. plough lande euery esquyre .xl. marke by yere w t .ii. plough laÌde euery house of almesse an C. marke with ouersyght of .ii. trew seculers vnto euery house And also wyth prouisioÌ y t euery towneshyppe shuld kepe all poore people of theyr owne dwellers whych myght nat labour for theyr lyuyng with coÌdicion y t if mo fell in a towne thaÌ the towne might maynteyn thaÌ the sayd almes houses to releue such townshyppes And for to beare these charges they alledged by theyr sayd bylle y t the teÌporalties beyng in the possessioÌ of spirytuall meÌ amounted to .iii. C. .xxii. M. marke by yere wherof they affermed to be iÌ y e see of CauÌterbury with the abbays of cristes church of saynt Augustyns Shrowysbury Coggeshale saynt Osiys xx M. marke by yere In the see of DurhmÌ other abbeys there xx M. marke In y e see of yorke abbays there xx M. marke In the see of wynchester and abbays there xx M. marke In the see of LoÌdon wyth abbays and other houses there xx M. marke In y e see of LyncolnÌ wyth y e abbays of Peterbourth Ramsay and other xx M. mark In the see of Norwych wyth the abbeys of Bury and other xx M. marke In the see of Hely wyth the abbays of Hely SpaldiÌg other xx M. mark In the see of Bathe wyth the abbay of Okynborne other xx M. marke In the see of worceter with y e abbays of EuishmÌ AbyngdonÌ other xx M marke In the see of Chester with precinct of the same with the sees of saiÌt Dauid of Salysbury and Exceter wyth theyr precinctes xx M. marke The abbays of Rauens or Reuans of fountaynes of Geruons and dyuers other to the nombre .v. mo .xx. thousand marke The abbays of Leyceter waltham Gysbourne HertonÌ Tircetir Osney and other to the nombre of .vi. mo twenty thousande marke The abbays of Douers Batell Lewis Cowentre DaueÌtre and Courney xx M. marke The abbays of NorthamptonÌ Thortone Brystow Kelyngworth wynchescoÌb Hayles Parchyssor Fredyswyde Notley and Grymmysby xx M. marke The whych forsayd suÌmes amouÌt to the full of .iii. C.M. marke And for the odde .xxii. M. marke they appoynted Herdforde Rochester HuntyngdonÌ Swyneshede Crowlande Malmesbury BurtonÌ Tewkisbury DuÌstable ShirbornÌ TauntonÌ and Bylande And ouer thys they alledged by the sayde byll that ouer and aboue y e sayd suÌme of .iii. C. .xxii. M. marke dyuers houses of relygion in Englande possessed as many temporaltyes as myght suffice to fynde yerely xv M. preestes and clerkes euery preest to be allowed for hys stypende vii marke by yere To y e which byl none answere was made but that the kyng of thys mater wolde take delyberacioÌ aduycemente and wyth that answere ended so that no ferther laboure was made Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.ix  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.x  IohnÌ Penne.  Thomas Knolles Grocer  Anno .xii.  Thomas Pyke  IN thys yere asquyer of walys named Ryze ap dee the whych had loÌg tyme rebelled agayn y e kyng and ârotysfyed the partye of Howan of Glendore was takeÌ and broughte to London and there vppon the .ix. daye of Decembre drawen hanged and quartered and hys hed set vpon the brydge amoÌge the other In this yere also was the guylde halle of LoÌdon begonne to be newe edyfyed and of an olde lytell cotage made into a fayre and goodly house as it nowe appereth Anno domini M. CCCC.x  Anno domini M. CCCC.xi  IohnÌ Raynewell  Robert Chycheley Grocer  Anno .xiii.  wyllyam CottonÌ Â IN thys yere and vpon the .xii. day of Octobre were thre flodes in thamys
whyche thynge no man than lyuynge cowde remembre that lyke to be sene And in thys yere was the lorde Thomas sonne to the kynge created duke of Clarence And in thys yere the kynge at the requeste of the duke of Orleaunce sente ouer the forsayd duke his sonne to ayde the sayd duke of OrleauÌce agayn the duke of Burgoyne Of whose actes and hys company I haue before made report in the story of Charles the .vii. kynge of Fraunce And in thys yere the kyng caused a newe coyne of nobles to be made whyche were of lesse value than the olde noble by .iiii. d. in a noble In thys yere also the kynge created IohnÌ hys son duke of Bedforde And hys other sonne Humfrey duke of Glounceter He made also syr Thomas Beauforde erle of Dorset and the duke of Anmarle he created duke of yorke Anno domini M. CCCC.xi  Anno domini M. CCCC.xii  Rauffe LeuenhmÌ Â wyllyam waldrenÌ Mercer  Anno .xiiii.  wyllyam Seuenok  IN thys yere and .xx. daye of the moneth of Nouembre was a great counsayll holden at the whyte freers of London By the whyche it was amonge other thynges concluded that for the kynges greate iournay that he entended to take in vysytyng of the holy sepulcre of our lord certayne Galeys of warre shulde be made and other purueaunce concernynge the same iournay whereupon all hasty possyble spede was made But after the feaste of Crystemasse whyle he was makynge hys prayers at saynte Edwardes shryne to take there hys leue and so to spede hym vpoÌ hys iournay he became so syke that suche as were aboute hym fered that he wolde haue dyed ryght there wherfore they for hys comforte bare hym into the abbottes place and lodged hym in a chambre and there vpoÌ a paylet layde hym before the fyre where he laye in greate agony a certayne of tyme. At length whaÌ he was commyn to hym selfe nat knowynge where he was he freyned of suche as than were aboute hym what place y t was The whych shewed to hym that it belonged vnto the abbot of westmynster and for he felte hym selfe so syke he commaunded to aske yf that chaÌbre had any speciall name where unto it was answered that it was named Hierusalem Than sayd y e kyng Louyng be to the father of heueÌ For nowe I knowe I shall dye in thys chambre accordynge to y e prophecye of me beforesayd that I shuld dye in HierusaleÌ And so after he made hym selfe redy dyed shortly after vppoÌ y e daye of saynt Cuthbert or the .xx. day of Marche whaÌ he had reygned .xiii. yeres v. monethes .xxi. dayes leuynge after hym .iiii. sonnes that is to meane HeÌry that was kyng Thomas y e was duke of Clarence IohnÌ duke of Bedforde and HuÌfrey duke of Glouceter and .ii. doughters that one beyng quene of Denmarke and that other duchesse of Barre as before is shewed whan kynge Henry was deed he was conueyed by water vnto Feuersham and from thens by lande vnto Caunterbury and there entered by y e shryne of saynt Thomas Anglia ¶ Henrici quinti. HEnry the .v ⪠of y e name and sonnÌ of Henry the .iiii begaÌ his reygne ouer this realm of England the xxi day of y e moneth of Marche In the yere of our lorde ende of the same .xiiii. C. xii And in the .xxxii. yere of Charles the .vii. yet kynge of FrauÌce And the .ix. daye of Apryll folowynge whych was that yere passioÌ sondaye beyng a day of excedyng rayne he was crowned at westmynster Thys man before the deth of hys father applyed hym vnto all vyce insolency drewe vnto hym all riottours wyldly dysposed êsones But after he was admytted to y e rule of the lande anon sodaynly he became a new maÌ tourned all that rage wyldnes into sobernes wyse sadnes the vyce into coÌstaÌt vertue And for he wolde coÌtinewe y e vertue and nat to be reduced thereunto by the famylyarytye of hys olde nyse company he therfore after rewardes to them gyuen charged them vppon payne of theyr lyues that none of theÌ were so hardy to come wythin .x. myle of such place as he were lodged after a daye by hym assygned In thys begynnyng of thys kyng Henry the olde mayre and shryues continued theyr offices to the termes accustomed Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.ii  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.iii  Rauffe Leuyngham  wyllyam waldern Mercer  Anno .i.  wyllyam Seuenok  ANone as kynge Henry was crowned and the solempnyte of the feest of Eester was passed he sent vnto the fryers of LaÌgley where the corps of kynge Rycharde was buryed and caused it to be takeÌ oute of the erth so wyth reuerence and solempnyte to be coÌueyed vn to westmynster vppon the southe syde of saynt Edwardes shryne there honourably to be buryed by quene Anne his wyfe ⪠whyche there before tyme was enterred And after a solempne interment there holden he prouyded that .iiii. tapers shulde breÌne day and nyght about hys graue whyle the world endureth and one daye in the weke a solempne Dirige and vppon the morowe a masse of Requiem by note after whyche masse ended to be gyuen wekely vnto poore people .xi. s. viii d. in pens And vpon the daye of hys annyuersary after y e sayd masse of Requiem is songe to be yerely destrybuted for his soule .xx. li. iii. d. And about Heruest tyme was syr IohnÌ Oldcastell knyghte appreched for an heretyke coÌmitted to pryson But howe it was he escaped for that tyme out of the towre of LondoÌ and so yode into walys where he lyned ouer .iiii. yeres after Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.xiii  Anno dnÌi M. CCCC.xiiii  IohnÌ SuttonÌ Â wyllmÌ Crowmer Draper  Anno .ii.  IohnÌ Mycoll  IN thys yere and moneth of Ianuary certayne adherentes of the forenamed syr IohnÌ Oldcastell entendynge the dystruccion of thys lande subuercioÌ of the same assembled them in a felde nere vnto saynte Gyles in great nombre wherof the kynge beyng enfourmed toke y e felde before theym so toke a certayne of them Amonge the whyche was syr Roger ActonÌ knyghte syr IohnÌ Beuerley preest and a squyer called syr IohnÌ Browne The whyche wyth xxxvi mo in nombre were after conuycte of heresy and treason and for the same hanged and brent wythin y e sayd felde of saynt Gyles And in the same yere IohnÌ Claydon skynner Rycharde Turmyne baker were for heresy brente in Smythfelde And thys yere the kyng helde his parlyamente at Leyceter where amonge other thynges the foresayd bylle putte vp by the commons of the lande for the temporaltyes beynge in y e churche as it is before touched iÌ the .xi. yere of y e .iiii. HeÌry was agayne mynded In fere wherof lest the kyng wolde thereunto gyue any coÌfortable audyence as testyfye some wrytters certayne bysshoppes and other hede men of the churche putte