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 â–ª 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 EnglaÌ„de 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 PouÌ„tfrete 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 HeÌ„ry 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 wynchelsâ—e 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 chauÌ„celer of EnglaÌ„de Than forfaytes tynes were gathered into the kynges treasoury without sparyng of pryui leged places or other so that what myght be fouÌ„de 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 dnÌ„i 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 parlyameÌ„t 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 dnÌ„i xiii C.xxii.  Anno dnÌ„i 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 diâ—erse 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 RychemoÌ„de 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 dnÌ„i M.CCC.xxiii  Anno dnÌ„i 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
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 ê‘lyament 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 HolaÌ„de 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 strauÌ„gers retourned to their couÌ„treys with many ryche gyftes Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxix  Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxx Grocer IohnÌ„ walcot  wyllyam Uenour  Anno. xiii  IohnÌ„ Loueneâ— Â 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 haÌ„ged for hys vntrouthe Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xc  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xci  IohnÌ„ Fraunces  Adam Bamme  Anno. xiiii  Thomas vyuent  IN thys .xiiii. yere of kyng Rychard syr IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„t duke of Lancastre wyth a goodly coÌ„pany of men of armes sayled into Spayn to clayme suche landes as he there shulde haue in the ryght of dame CoÌ„staunce 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 CoÌ„stauÌ„ce and that done he shulde gyue vnto y e duke in recoÌ„pensacyon 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 dnÌ„i M.CCC.xci  Anno dnÌ„i 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
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 procuremeÌ„t 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 couÌ„sayll 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 couÌ„sayl 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 dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xiiii  Anno dnÌ„i 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 coÌ„cernyng his warre to be made vpon the Frenche kyng he wyth hys lordes honourably accoÌ„panyed 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 wasasseÌ„tyng 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 coÌ„strayned to draw towarde Pycardy so passe by y e ryuer of PeronÌ„ wherfore the FreÌ„chmeÌ„ 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 BlaÌ„gy 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 loÌ„ge 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 HeÌ„ry 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
he entēded 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 strōge 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. dn̄i M.iiii C.lxiii  Anno dn̄i 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 Iohn̄ 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 Exhm̄ 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 Exhm̄ 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 wētworth syr Edmond Fiz knyghtes Blacke Iaquis Iohn̄ Bryce Thomas Hunt were also put to deth at Exhm̄ 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 strēgth 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 mā to helpe the preeste synge After whyche spousayles ended he wēt 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 Graston̄ 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 paūe 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 dn̄i M.iiii C.lxiiii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxv.  Iohn̄ Tate  Rauffe Iosselyne Draper  Anno .iiii.  Iohn̄ 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 secōd 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 thā was fyne gulde auaūsed frō 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 solēpnytie At the whyche season at the towre the nyghte before the coronacyon amonge many knyghtes of the bathe there made was as of that cōpany syr Thomas Cooke syr Mathewe Phylyp syr Rauffe Iosselyne and syr Henry wauyr cytezyns of Lōdon thanne and there made knyghtes Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxv.  Anno dn̄i 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 chāber 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
of hys brotherne to come to gyue attendauÌ„ce vppon hym wyth certayne comeners of the cytye where when they were comâ—â— the kynge caused the game to be brought before them so y t they sawe course after course and many a derâ— bothe rede falowe to be slayne before them And after that goodly dâ—spoâ—tâ— was passyd the kynge commaunded hys offycers to brynge the mayre and hys company vnto a pleasauÌ„t lodge made all of grene bowys and garnysshed wyth tables other thynges necessary where they were set at dyner and serued wyth many deynty dysshes and of dyuers wynes good pleynty as whyte rede and claret and caused them to be set to dyner or he were seruyd of hys owne ouer that caused the lorde chamberlayn wyth other lordes to hym assygned to chere the sayde mayre and his company sondry tymes whyle they were at dyner at theyr departynge gaue vnto them of venyson greate pleynty And in y e moneth of August folowynge the kynge of hys greate bounte sente vnto the mayresse and her systers aldermennes wyfes two hartes and .vi. buckes wyth a tonne of wyne to drynke wyth the sayd venyson The whyche venyson wyne was hadde vnto the drapers halle to whych place at a day assygned the mayre desyred the aldermeÌ„ and theyr wyfes wyth sondry comoners and there the venyson wyth many other good dyshes were eryn and the sayd wyne merely dronken The cause of whyche bounty thus shewed by the kynge was as moste men toke it for that that the mayre was a marchauÌ„t of wonderous auentures into many and sondry countrees By reason wherof the kynge had yerely of hym notable summes of money for hys customes besyde other pleasures y t he hadde shewed to the kynge before tymes Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxiii  wyllyam whyte  Edmonde Shaa Goldsmyth  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Mathewe  THis yere that is to meane of y e mayre and begynnynge of the xxiii yere of the kynge at westmynster vppon the .ix. daye of Apryll dyed the noble prynce Edwarde the iiii late kynge of Englande whose corps was after conueyed wyth due solemnyte vnto wyndsore and there honourably buryed when he hadde reygned to reken hys begynnynge out of the lande with all other tyme full .xxii. yeres and as moch as from the .iiii. daye of Marche vnto the .ix. daye of Apryll leuynge after hym .ii. sonnes that is to say prynce Edward hys eldest sonne and Rycharde duke of yorke and .iii. doughters as Elysabeth that after was quene Cecyle and Katheryne Edwarde the .v. EDward the .v. of that name sonnÌ„ vnto Edwarde y e iiii beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of EnglaÌ„d y e .xi. day of Apryl in the beginnyng of the yere of our lord god M.iiii C.lxxxiii and the .xxiiii. yere of the .xi. Lewys than kynge of Fraunce Anone as kynge Edward the .iiii. was dede grudge and vnkyndnesse beganne to take place bytwene the kynges and the quenes allye For y e lorde marquys of Dorset brother vnto the quene and other of hys affynytye hadde then the rule kepyng of thys yonge kynge whyche at the tyme of hys fathers deth was of the age of .xi. yere or there about and so beyng in hys guydyng in y e Marche of walys coÌ„ueyed hym toward London and there to make prouysyoÌ„ for hys coronacyon and for other necessary thynges for hys weale But the duke of Glouceter brother vnto Edward the .iiii. entendynge otherwyse as after shall appere wyth a competent noÌ„ber of gentylmeÌ„ of the North all clad in blacke met with y e kynge at Stonyngstratforde there after dyssymuled countenaunce made bytwene hym the forsayd Marquys dischargyd him of the rule of y e king and toke vpon hym the rule so froÌ„ thens beynge accompanyed with the duke of Buckyngham broughte the kynge with all honour toward LondoÌ„ wherof heryng quene Elysabeth moder vnto the kyng feryng the sequele of thys besynesse went or toke sentwary within westmynster wyth her yonger sonne Rycharde the duke of yorke And the kynge drawynge nere vnto the cytie vpon the .iiii. day of Maye was of the mayre and hys cytesyns mette at Harnesey parke y e mayre and hys bretherne beynge clothed in scarlet the cytesyns in vyolet to the noÌ„ber of .v. hondred horses and than from thens conueyed vnto the cytye the kynge beynge in blewe veluet and all hys lordes and seruauÌ„tes in blacke clothe and so after coÌ„ueyed vnto the byshoppes palays of London and there lodgyd And shortely after the sayd duke of Glouceter inueleged so the archbisshop of CauÌ„terbury named Bowchyer that he went wyth hym to the quene Elysabeth and there made suche assured promyse to the sayde quene that she vppon the sayd archbyshoppes promyse delyuered vnto them her yonger sonne duke of yorke And than the sayde duke caused the kynge to be remoued vnto the towre and hys brother with hym But the quene for all fayre promyses to her made kept her and her doughters wythin the foresayde seyntwary and the duke lodged hym selfe in Crosbyes place in Bysshoppesgate strete Than prouision was made for the kynges coronacyoÌ„ In whyche passe tyme the duke beynge admytted for lorde protectour caused syr Antony wydyuyle called lorde Scalys brother vnto y e quene a vertuous knight wyth the lorde Rycharde the quenes sonne syr Rycharde Hawte and syr Thomas UaghanÌ„ knyghtes to be beheded at Pountfreyt more of wyll than of iustyce Than the lorde Protectour in furtheryng of his purpose and cuyll entent sente for the more partie of the nobles of the laÌ„de and behaued hym so couertly in all hys matyers that fewe vnderstode hys wykked purpose And so dayely kepynge holdynge the lordes in counsayll and felynge theyr myndes sodaynly vppoÌ„ the .xiii. daye of Iuny beynge wythin the towre in the counsayll chambre wyth dyuerse lordes wyth hym as the duke of Bukkyngham the erle of Derby the lord Hastynges thaÌ„ lord ChaÌ„berlayne wyth dyuerse other an owte crye by hys assent of treason was made in the vtter chambre wherwyth the sayd lorde Protectour beyng warned roose vp and yode hym selfe to the chaumber dore and there receyued in such persones as he before had appoynted to execute hys malycious purpose The The whych incontynently set hande vpon the forenamed lord Chamberlayne and other In the whyche styrrynge the erle of Derby was hurt in the face and kept a whyle vnder the holde Than by coÌ„maundemente of the sayd lorde Protectour the sayde lord Chamberlayne in all haste was ladde in the court or playn where the chapell of the towre staÌ„deth there wythout iugemeÌ„t or loÌ„ge tyme of coÌ„fessyon or repentauÌ„ce vpoÌ„ an ende of a loÌ„ge great tymber logge whyche there laye wyth other for the repayrynge of the sayd towre caused hys hedde to be smyten of and all for he knewe well that he wolde nat assente vnto hys wycked entent whose body wyth the hed was after caryed vnto wyndesore
Guyldhall or other places symple and vndyscret persons shuld haue the voyce and the worshypfull meÌ„ lytell or nothyng regarded wherof ensuyd dayly myche vnhappynes and sorow as after shall appere The Barons then to obteyne the more fauour of y e cytye wyllyd them to shewe yf they hadde any of theyr libertyes wythdraweÌ„ that they myght agayne to theym be restored and also to dyuyse some new to theyr weale and profyte and they wolde laboure to the kynge that they myghte haue theym graunted For the whych comforte of the lordes the mayre called the commons to the Guyldhall and shewed to them the beneuoleÌ„ce of the sayd lordes willed them that euery ofâ—ycer for hys offyce to deuyse such thynges as myght be benefycyall for the cytye wheruppon they counsaylled to gyther and made a note in paper of dyuers statutes prouysyons and ordynaunces to be graunted whyche myght more properly be named abhomynacyons For they were deuysed to theyr synguler profyte to y e great hurt of all other marchauÌ„tes commynge to the citye and to all other fayres and markettes of Englande and also preiudycyall to the vnyuersall weale of the realme The whyche when they were ouersene by the heddes of the cytye yt was shewyd vnto the sayd coÌ„mons that theyr ordynaunces were not lefull nor charytable orderyd and therfore they knewe well they shulde not be admytted wyllyng theÌ„ to deuyse other But all was in vayne By meane wherof both those other that were ryght necessary for the coÌ„mon weale of the cytye were reiected put of Then y e Barons vpon the morowe folowynge saynt Iamys daye departed from London towarde wyndesore to se the gydynge of the castell where at theyr commynge they putte out the foresayde allyauntes before set in by syr Edward the kinges son the whyche assocyat wyth other yode vnto Fulham where the kynge then lay and shewyd to hym that the Barons had spoyled them of suche goodes as they hadde and that wythout cause But the kynge put them of for that season and warned them to sue to hym agayne about Mychelmasse when more of his couÌ„sayll was with hym then they shuld haue iustyce Uppon the second daye folowyng the feaste of saynte Mathew or the xxiii daye of september the kynge the quene with his sonnes and other nobles of thys land toke shyppyng and sayled into Fraunce to be present at the Frenche kynges parlyaament then holden at Bonony And the morow after the octabis of saynt Mychaell he landed agayne at Douer And the frydaye folowynge he came vnto London And vppon the tuesday folowyng passed a queste of .xii. knyghtes of Mydd sworne vpon a iury betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cytye for certayne pryuyleges that the cytesyns of London claymed wythin westmynster where by the sayde iurye it was founden before Gylbert of Prestone then chefe Baron of the kynges excheker that the sâ—ryues of London at those days myght lawfully enter into the town of westmynster and all other tenemeÌ„tes that the abbot then hadde wythin Myddelsex vnto the gate of the sayd abbay and there to make summons and dystrayne for lacke of apparaunce all and eueryche tenaunte of the sayde abbot About the quindena of saynt Mychaell the fourmer complaynt of the allyauntes and other whyche as aboue ye haue harde was shewed before the kyng and y e lordes in the parlyament holden at westmynster where lastely yt was sentencyd that the Barons shulde restore all suche goodes as they and theyr companye hadde taken from all suche persons before that daye as well to allyauntes as other both spyrytuall and temporall and also that suche menyall seruauntes as shulde be dayly in the kynges house and about his person shulde be suche as the kynge wolde chose and admyt hym selfe the whyche ii artycles the Barons vtterly denyed wherfore the olde rancoure toke place and dyssencyon kyndled his fyre of malyce agayn betwen the kynge and his lordes feruently Anno domini M.CC.lxii  Anno domini M.CC.lxiii  Robert Moumplere  Thomas fyz Thomas  Anno .xlvii.  Robert de Suff.  IN thys .xlvii. yere by procurement and styrynge of the Barons the commons of the cytye of London chase vnto theyr mayre for that yere Thomas fyz Thomas and wythout counsayll of the aldermen sware at Guyldehall vppon the day of Symon and Iude and made no presentement of hym vppon the morowe folowynge nother to the kyng nor yet to the Barons of the kynges excheker as they of ryght ought to haue done For the whych presumpcyon the kynge was greuously dyscontentyd agayne the cytye Soone after the kynge aduertysynge well y t the citye wolde take the Barons partye and causyd syr Edwarde his son to take the castell of wyndesore by a trayne wherof when he knewe that he was in possessyon the kynge erly in a mornynge a lytell to fore Crystemas departed from westmynster rode vnto the sayde castell whyther shortely after came also many of the lordes that were vppon the kynges partye And as faste the lordes and knyghtes whych helde wyth the erle of Leyceter drew them toward Lonlon so y t on eyther partye was mych people assembled In the whyche passe tyme some well dysposyd laboryd a concorde betwene the kynge hys lordes By whose meanes fynally yt was agreed by bothe partyes that all maters concernynge the fore sayde artycles of statutes and ordynauÌ„ces made at Oxenford and after by the .xii. Perys that the Frenche kynge shuld deme and iudge whych shulde be holden and whyche not And as he demyd both partyes promysed assuredly to abyde Upon whiche agrement copyes were made of the sayde statutes and wyth letters shewynge the effecte of the fourmer agrement sent vnto the sayde kynge of Fraunce then beynge saynt Lewys And in the Crystmas weke folowynge the kyng toke shyppynge with syr Edward his son and other of his counsayll and sayled into Fraunce for the foresayde cause And for the partye of the sayd Barons was sent ouer syr Peter de Mountforde and other Then before Lewys kynge of Fraunce those statutes were sore argued vppon both parties How be yt in the ende the Frenche kynge callynge before hym both parties vpon the day before y e conuersyon of saynt Paule or the .xxiiii. daye of Ianuary syttynge in iudgement gaue expresse sentence that all and eueryche of the sayde statutes and ordynaunces shulde be from y e daye foreward vtterly foredone and set at noughte and all suche bandes and promyses that the kyng or any other had made for the mayntenaunce of the same shulde be adnulled cancellyd and the kynge and all other for any mater concernynge those statutes set at lybertye After whyche sentence thus gyuen the kynge retourned into Englande so that he came to London the .xv. daye of Februarye But the Barons beynge sore amoued wyth this sentence notynge greate parcyaltye vnto the Frenche kynge departed from London westwarde so into the marchys of walys
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 theÌ„s 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 dnÌ„i 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 dnÌ„i 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 couÌ„tre 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 couÌ„tre 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 haÌ„ged quartered so he was shortly after at y e sayde towne of Shrewysbury hys hede sent to LoÌ„don 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 saiÌ„t Mark or y e .xxv. day of April This yere also one LaureÌ„ce Duket a cytezyn of LoÌ„doÌ„ was fouÌ„de 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. ê‘sons 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 attaiÌ„t for the same cause But they were repryed and sent vnto the toure of LoÌ„don where they remayned loÌ„ge 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.  Iohn̄ 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 gyuē so great charge y t Pyers of Gauestone shuld no more come into Englande sawe the rule of the lāde 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 Iohn̄ Baptyste called saynt Iohn̄ of Hierusalē 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 relygyō also was greatly preferryd by the fall of the templers whose possessyons and lādes 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 dn̄i M.CC.xi  Anno dn̄i M.CC.xii.  Symon Merwode  Iohn̄ 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 occasyō 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 Lācastre 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 dn̄i xiii C.xii.  Anno dn̄i xiii C.xiii.  Iohn̄ Lambyn  Iohn̄ Pontenay  Anno .vi.  Adam Lutekyn  IN thys .vi. yere the kyng held hys great court or counceyl of parlyamēt 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 attēpted 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 Scotlāde that he in shorte processe was agayne made kynge of that realme and warred strongely vppon the kynges frēdes and wanne from theym castelles and strōge holdes and wrought vnto Englysshe men moche sorowe and
at his sendyng to come in all spedy wyse But so soone as the sayde syr Godfrey was nere vnto the towre a busshment of sawdyoures were sente out at a possterne the whiche closed hym and his Frenchemen vpon all sydes slewe of them many Amonge the whiche syr Henry de Boys knyght with syr Gautyer de Ualence and syr Robert of Beuuays knyghtes were slayne And the sayd syr Godfrey taken sore wounded and the lorde of Mountmorency escaped with great dauÌ„ger the whithe gaue warnynge vnto the other company and returned theym into Fraunce Than the sayd Godfrey de Charney was layde vpon aborde and so presented vnto kynge Edwarde the whiche had suche pyte of hym that he coÌ„maunded his owne surgyons to loke vnto hym and to cure hym in theyr best maner And whaÌ„ he was somdeale cured he was sente as a prysoner with other into Englande In this yere also the kynge caused to be coyned grotes halfe grotes the whiche lacked of the weyght of his former coyne .ii. s. vi d. in a li. Troy And aboute the ende of August sessed the mortalyte or dethe in London y e whiche was so vehemet and sharpe within y e sayd cytie that ouer the bodyes buried in churches and churcheyerdes monasteries and other accumed buryeng places was buryed that same yere in the charterhouse yerde of London .l. M. persones and aboue This yere also was y e yere of Iubile or clene remyssyon whiche is kept at Rome at euery .l. wynter ende lyke as the yere of Iubile or grace is contynued at Cauntorbury And thys yere by the laboure of two cardynalles sent from pope ClemeÌ„t the .vi was a peace coÌ„cluded bytwene the two kynges of Englande of FrauÌ„ce for a yere nere vnto the owne of Caleys wherefore the stablysshynge of the sayde peace for the sayde yere assembled the two sayde cardynalles And for the kynge of Englande the bysshoppe of Norwyche than treasourer and chyefe chanceller of the kynge with other vnto hym by the kynge assygned And for the Frenche kynge was there the bysshop of Laone and the abbot of saynt Denys wyth other And the .xxiii. daye of the moneth of Auguste In thys yere and yere of our lorde .xiii. hundreth and fyfthty dyed Phylyppe de Ualoyes kyng of Fraunce Anno domini M.CCC.xlix  Anno domini M.CCC.l.  IohnÌ„ Notte  Rycharde Kyllyngbury  Anno .xxv.  wyllyam worcestre  IN thys .xxv. yere about y e feast of the decollacyon of saynte IohnÌ„ Baptyste in the latter ende of August a noble man of Spayne called syr Charles to whome kynge Iohan of Fraunce had newely gyueÌ„ the erledome of Angolesme entendynge to wynne some honoure vpon the Englysshemen wyth a stronge nauy of Spaynardes entrede y e Englysshe stremys and dyd moche harme vnto kynge Edwardes frendes So that the kyng about the season abouesayde mette wyth the sayde nauy vpon the cooste of wynchelsee where betwene the kynge and them was a longe and mortall fyghte to y e greate losse of moche people vppon bothe partyes But in the ende god sente vnto the kyng vyctory so that he chased hys enemyes and wanne frome theym .xxii. of theyr shyppes after moost wryters wyth many prysoners And thys yere syr Thomas of Agorne whiche as in the .xxii. yere of thys kyngê reygne toke prysoner syr Charles de Bloys and other was slayne by chaunce medle of a knyght of Fraunce or Brytayne called syr Rauffe de Caours And thys yere were solempne messangers sente vnto Rome for to conclude and parfyte the peace betwene the two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce So that kynge Edward shulde resygne and gyue vp all hys tytle and clayme that he made vnto the crowne of Fraunce the French kynge shulde clerely gyue vnto hym all the duchye of Guyan wyth all suche landes as at any tyme before were taken by any of hys progenytoures from it And that kyng Edwarde and hys heyres kynges shuld freely holde and occupye the sayde duchye wythout doynge of homage to any Frenche kyng after that day But the conclusyon of thys matyer was so prolonged and deferred by y â— pope and such delayes as dayly ben vsed in the courte of Rome that the erle of Derby wyth other whyche were appoynted for the kynge of Englande retourned wythoute spede of theyr cause wherfore kynge Edwarde made new prouisyoÌ„s to warre vpon kyng IohnÌ„ of Fraunce Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.li  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lii  IohnÌ„ wrothe  Andrewe Awbry  Anno .xxvi.  GybbonÌ„ Stayndrope  IN thys .xxvi. yere the castel of Guynys was yolden vnto the Englysshmen dwellynge in Caleys whyche as testyfyeth the French cronicle was done by treason of a FreÌ„ch man named Guyllyam de BeaucoÌ„roy For the whyche treason the sayd Guyllyam was shortely after put in execucyon in the towne of Amyas And about the myddell of August vppon the euyn of our Lady assumpcyon syr Guy de Neale than marshall of Fraunce wyth a stronge coÌ„pany gaue bataylle vnto the Englysshemen than beynge in Brytayn in the whych the sayde syr Guy with the lord of Brykebet and the Chaste leyne of Beaunais with many other noble men were slayne many takeÌ„ prysoners Anno domini M.CCC.li  Anno domini M.CCC.lii  IohnÌ„ Peche  Adam Fraunceys  Anno .xxvii.  IohnÌ„ Stodeney  THe somer of thys .xxvii. yere was so dry that it was many yeres after called the drye somer For from the latter ende of Marche tyll the latter ende of Iuly fyll lytell rayne or none by reason wherof many inconuenyences ensued And one thynge whyche is specyally noted corne the yere folowynge was scante whereof the pryce thys yere began to enhaunce greatly and beuys and mottons were also dere for scantnesse of grasse and pasture and that aswell was expert in Fraunce as in the I le of EnglaÌ„de Anno domini M.CCC.lii  Anno domini M.CCC.liii  IohnÌ„ welde  Adam Fraunceys  Anno .xxviii.  IohnÌ„ Lytell  IN thys .xxviii. yere kynge Edwarde holdynge hys parlyament at westmynster amonge other thynges there enacted soone after Pentecoste created the erle of Derby duke of LaÌ„castre â—yr Rauffe Stafforde was created erle of Stafforde Than thys duke of Lancastre was sent agayne ouer the see wherein the ende of this yere as witnesseth IohnÌ„ Froysarde he was appealed of the duke of Bryswyke a duke of the couÌ„tre of Almayne of certayne wordes contrary hys honoure for the whych he waged batayll with the sayd duke in the court of the Frenche kyng Than thys Henry whych of some wryters is named Henry Bolyngbroke duke of Lancastre purchased hys sauffe conduyte of the Frenche kyng and kepte hys day appoynted for that bataylle in a felde called in Frenche La preauxclers where for them was ordeyned a place lyested and cloosed in goodly wyse kynge Iohan beynge presente wyth the more parte of hys nobles of FrauÌ„ce And there came in fyrst into that feld the
townes and stronge holdes in Brytayne Anno domini M.CCC.lviii  Anno domini M.CCC.lix  Symonde wymondham  Symonde Doffelde  Anno .xxxiiii.  Iohn̄ Chychester  IN thys .xxxiiii. yere or more veryly in the moneth of Nouembre ende of the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Edwardes reygne he wyth prynce Edward and the duke of Lancastre wyth a puyssant army landed at Caleys and from thens passed by lande vnto Artoys by Uermendoys to y e cytye of Reynes and layde hys siege about that cytye and beclypped it in suche wyse that no man might entre or go out of the cytye without lycēce of the Englysshemen whan kynge Edwarde had lyen xl dayes at the siege of reynes without great dere or hurt vnto it doyng he remoued hys syege passed by the countre of Champayne tyll he came to a towne called Guyllone where y e kynge rested hym a season In which tyme came vnto hym certayne mē of the duchye of Burgoyne as lordes of dyuers holdes and townes within that duchery gaue vnto hym to y e entent he shuld nat molest or hurte y e countre ii C.M. floryns of golde whyche is to the value of sterlynge money of .xxxv. M. li. And ouer that the sayd Burgonyons couenaunted wyth hym that they wolde mynystre to hym and his hoste all such vytayles as was in y e countre plentuously for hys money And that done he departed frome thens yode vnto Neuers and passed there the ryuer of Dyon or Ion̄ and yode to Colāges vpon Ion̄ And from thens in the moneth of Marche and begynnynge of hys .xxxiiii. yere of his reygn he yode by the countre of Gastenoys toward the cytye of Parys And prynce Edwarde with hys company passed by Moret tyll he came to an hold which Englysshmē than kept called Tournelles or Cournelles before y e which towne or holde lay at that season certayne Frenchmen in a stronge bastyle assayled the Englyshmen dayly and remoued nat thens all be it they were monysshed of the prynces commynge They trusted so moche in the strength of theyr bastyle whyche thē disceyued for wythin .v. dayes of the princes commyng theyr bastyle was goten and many of them slayne and to the nombre of .xlvii. persones of y e company taken prysoners Amonge the whyche were .iiii. men of name y e is to saye the lorde of Bouyle or Bonile the lorde of Daygreuyle or of Aygreuyle syr Iohn̄ de Barres and syr wyllyam de Plassyes Thus kynge Edwarde wyth hys people spedyng hys iourney toward Parys vppon the tuysdaye beynge the laste daye of Marche in the weke before Easter came vnto a place called the hostell of Chastelon betwene Moūtlehery and Chastes lodged hym wyth a certayne of hys people there And y e prince with other lordes of hys hoste were lodged in the townes thereabout from thens vnto the towne of Corueyll an other towne called longe Iumell Thanne Charles eldest sonne of kynge Iohn̄ and that day regent of Fraunce made meanes of treaty whyche was laboured by a freer called Symonde de Langres prouyncyal of the freers Iacobynes legat of the pope By whose meanes a day of treaty was appoynted to be holdē vppon good fryday in the maledery of le longe Iumel where at the same daye and place apered for kynge Edwardes partye the duke of Lācastre the erles of warwyke of Northāpton wyth syr Iohan de Chande syr waltyer de Manuy and syr wyllyam Cheyny knyghtes And for the regēt apered there the lorde of Fewe than constable of Fraunce the lorde Bocy quant than marshall of Fraunce the lord of Sarancyers the lord of Uyg nay of the coūtre of Uyenne syr Symond Bucy syr Guychard of Auglye knyghtes whyche treaty came to none effecte wherfore kynge Edwarde vpon the tuysdaye folowynge Easter daye remoued frome the sayd hostell and lodged hym nere vnto Parys at a place named Chastellone nere vnto Mountrouge And the residue of his hoste was lodged at Uauuys at Uaugerart at Gētylly and other townes there about Thā vpō frydaye folowynge beynge the .x. daye of Apryl by meanes of y e abbot of Clugny which newly was sent from the pope Innocēt the .vi the forsayd lordes knyghtes agayne assembled at a place called the Bālyē to treate of an accorde betwene the kynge the regent But theyr labour was spent in vayne as it before had ben Uppon the sondaye nexte folowynge a parte of y e kynges hoste came before the towne of Parys and enbataylled theym in a felde faste by saint Marcelles and taryed there frome the mornynge tyll thre of the clocke at after noone to abyde batayle of the Frenchemen The whyche made none yssue oute of cytye natwithstandynge that as testifyeth the Frenche boke within Parys at that daye were greate plentye of Sowdyours ouer and besyde the greate foyson of the enhabytauntes of the same whanne the Englysshemen perceyued that they shulde haue no batayll of the Parysyens they aboute thre at after noone departed the feld and toke theyr waye towarde Chartres and so vnto Bōneuale nere vnto Chaceadon Than kynge Edwarde was lodged at a place calle Dones To the whych place came vnto hym out of Parys the byshoppe of Beauuayes than chauncellour of Normādye with other and so behaued them vnto the kynge that a new daye of treaty was appoynted to be holden at Bretynguy within a myle or lytell more of Chartres fore sayde vppon the fyrste day of May next ensuyng AT whyche daye of apoyntemente the foresayd duke of Lancaster wyth the sayde erles of warwyke and Northampton and other at the sayde place apperyd for kynge Edwarde And for the regent appered there the forenamed byshop wyth many other lordes and knyghtes and spyrytuall men to the nomber of .xxii. persons whose names I ouer passe for lengthynge of tyme. The whyche so dylygently behaued hym that in the space of .viii. dayes they agreed vpon an vnyte peace the whyche was comprysed in .xli. artycles as at length is rehersed in the Frenche cronycle wherof the effecte is thys Fyrste the kynge of England and hys heyres kynges wyth all the landes as he than hadde in Gascoyne Guyan shulde haue to hym and hys heyres for euer the cytye and castell of Poytyers wyth all the appertenaūces to that lordshyp belongyng Also the cytye of Lymoges wyth all the lādes of Lymosyne and all other theyr appertenaūces The cytye and castell of Perygorte wyth all the landes and reuenues to that lordshyppe belongynge The erledome of Bygorre wyth all thynges to that lordshyppe belongyng The erledome of Poytyau wyth all the appertenaunces The sygnorye of Beleuyle The lordshyp of Exanctys Exaucdoure and Exancon̄ The cytye of Agen the cytye of Agenoys the cyty of Caours and lordshyppe of Caoursyn The cytye of Tarbe the cytye and countre of Gaure Angoulesme of Rodes and of Rouern̄ The lordshyppe of Mostruell wyth all reuenues therunto belongynge The sygnorye of Caleys of Marquell of
or stroÌ„ge holde gotten with great difficulte by maÌ„hode of your noble progenitours To this y e kyng with chauÌ„ged countenauÌ„ce 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 marchauÌ„t or fole to sell my laÌ„de by saynt IohnÌ„ baptist nay But trothe it is y t our cosyn the duke of Brytaine hath rendred vnto vs al such suÌ„mes 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 ê‘sone arested his vncle syr Thomas of woodestoke at Plasshy in Essex as sayeth the Englysshe cronycle All be it an other wryter in laâ—yne saythe that kyng Rycharde in propre persone rode vnto the Manoure of Grenewyche in the nyghte tyme there toke hym in his bedde commauÌ„ded hym vnto the Towre of LoÌ„don 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 iugemeÌ„t 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 coÌ„maunde 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 bounâ—ie 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 HeÌ„ry of Bolygbrooke sone and heyre of IohnÌ„ of Gaunte duke of LaÌ„castre was created duke of Herforde The secoÌ„de 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
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 â—efautes 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 diffâ—ered and put of whyche artycles for that that they wolde aske longe tyme to wryte also wolde to some reders â—e 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 â—ere open sentence to the kynges deposicyon whervpon the sayde commyssyoners leynge there their hedes together by good delyberacion good couÌ„sell 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 EnglaÌ„de 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 coÌ„mytted pronounce discerne and declare the same kynge Rycharde before thys to haue be to be vnprofytable vnable vnsufficyent and vnworthy to the rule and gouernauÌ„ce 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 â—ifynityfe 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 obedyeÌ„te 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 pauâ—e 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 â–ª 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 Uâ—â— 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
repeÌ„ted hym of that hasty iugement without auctoryte of the churche And soone after god shewed many myracles for the sayde bysshop whyche called the kynge vnto the more repentaunce Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.v  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.vi  Henry BartonÌ„  IohnÌ„ woodcok Mercer  Anno .vii.  wyllyam Crowner  IN thys yere dame Lucye the duke of Myllanys syster came into Englande and was maryed vnto syr Edmunde Holande erle of Kent in the churche of saynte Mary ouerey in Southwarke vppon the xxiiii daye of Ianuary where the kyng was present and gaue her that daye vnto the preest And after the solempnyzacion of the maryage was fynysshed she was wyth greate honour conueyed vnto the bysshoppe of wynchesters palays there fast by where that daye for her was holden a sumptuous and pumpous feaste And in the same yere and moneth of May dame Phylyppe the yongeste doughter of kynge Henry accompanyed wyth dyuers lordes spyrytuall and temporall was shypped in the Northe and so conueyed into Denmarke where in a towne or cytye called London she was maryed vnto y e kynge of the sayde countre In thys yere also syr Thomas RamstonÌ„ than constable of y e towre by ouersyghte of hys botemen as he wold haue passed the brydge toward the sayde towre was drowned And in the same yere for the greuous coÌ„playntes that before tyme hadde ben shewed and euydently proued before the kynges counsayl and also before the mayre and hys bretherne of the great dystruccion of frye and yonge fysshe by reason of werys standynge in dyuers places of the ryuer of Thamys wherby the fysshe of the sayde ryuer was greately mynysshed and wasted and that also yf the sayd werys so contynued the sayde ryuer shuld in shorte processe be dystroyed wherfore the mayre hys bretherne the aldermen as conseruatours of y e ryuer made suche laboure vnto the kynge and hys counsayll that they opteyned commyssyon to pull vp all the werys that stode betwene LondoÌ„ and .vii. myles beyoÌ„de KynstonÌ„ and in lykewyse for suche other as stode betwene London and Grauysende aswell crekes or seuerall groundes and other the whyche commyssyon by the sayde mayre and hys offycers was thys yere putte in execucyon And in thys yere syr Robert Knolles knyght the whyche in Fraunce and Brytayne hadde before tyme done so many victorious actes as in y e .xxxiii yere of Edward the thyrde and other yeres of hys reygne is somdele towched made an ende of hys werke at Rochester brydge and chapell at the sayde brydge fote and dyed shortely after whanne he hadde newe reedyfyed the body of the whyte fryers churche standynge in Fletestrete done to that house many notable benefytes where after he was buryed in the body of the sayde churche whyche churche and place was fyrste founded by the auncetoures of the lorde Gray Cotnore Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vi  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vii  Nycholas wotton  Rycharde whytyngtonÌ„ Mercer  Anno. viii  Godfrey Brook  IN thys yere moneth of Nouembre one named the walche clerke apeched a knyghte called syr Perâ—yuall Sowdan of treason for tryall wherof daye was gyuen to theÌ„ to fyght in smythfylde the day aboue sayde At whych daye eyther apered and there faught a season But in the ende the clerke was recreauÌ„t wherefore immedyately he was spoyled of hys armour layde vpoÌ„ an hardyl and so drawen to tyborne and there hanged And in thys yere also syr Henry erle of Northumberlande the lorde Bardolf commyng out of ScotlaÌ„de wyth a stronge company to the dyspleasure hurt of the kynge as they entended were met and encountred wyth the gentylmen and comons of the northe and foughten wyth and dystressed and after strake of theyr heddes and sente theym to London whyche thanne were pyghte vppon the brydge amonge many other Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.vii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.viii.  Henry Ponfreyt  wyllyam StondonÌ„ Grocer  Anno. ix  Henry Halton  IN thys yere and moneth of Decembre begaÌ„ a frost the which contynued by the space of .xv. wekes after or therupoÌ„ so that byrdes were woÌ„derly famysshed and dystressed by violence of the same And in the same yere syr EdmoÌ„de of Holande erle of Kente was by the kynge made admyrall of the see The which scowred skymmed y e see ryght well and manfully lastly landed in the coost of Brytayne besieged there a castell named Briak and wan it by strength But in the wynnyng therof he was so dedely wounded wyth an arowe in the hede that he dyed shortly after And than hys corps was brought agayn into EnglaÌ„de buryed amoÌ„ge his auÌ„cetours And in the begynnyng of thys yere was slayne murdered the duke of OrleauÌ„ce in Parys lyke as before it is more at leÌ„gthe shewed in y e .xxviii. yere of Charles y e .vii. kyng of frauÌ„ce Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.viii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.ix.  Thomas Duke  Drewe Barentyne Goldsmyth  Anno. x.  wyllyam NortonÌ„  IN thys yere the seneshal of Henaude came into thys lande wyth a goodly companye of Henauders other straungers for to do parfourme certayne faytes of armes agayne dyuers nobles gentylmen of thys laÌ„de And fyrste the sayd Seneshall chalenged the erle of Somerset and other of hys company other geÌ„tylmen of thys laÌ„de as after shall apere For executyng of whyche dysporte the place of smythfelde by the kynge was appoynted and barred fensed for the same entent and daye set for euery maÌ„ to be redy by the .xi. daye of At whych daye the seneshall as chalenger entred y e felde pompously And after with a goodly company of men of honour was the erle of Somerset broughte into the same where they ranne togyder certayne courses and executed other faytes of armys wherof the pryse honour was gyuen by the herawdes vnto the erle so that he wanne that day great honour Than the seconde daye came in a knyght Henauder as Chalengeoure To whome as defendaunt came syr Rycharde of Arundell knyghte the whyche ranne certayne courses on horsebak after went togyder with axes on fote where syr Rychard was putte to the worse for the Henauder brought hym vpoÌ„ hys kne Than the thyrde daye came in an other knyght of Henaude ChaleÌ„ger To whome as defendaunte came in syr IohnÌ„ Cornewayl knyght and so well bare hym that he put the straunger to the worse Upon the .iiii. daye came into the felde an esquyre Henauder Agayne whome ranne the sonne of syr Iohan Cheyny The whych at the seconde course sette hys stroke so egerly that he ouer threw the Henauder horse and maÌ„ for whyche dede y e kyng dubbed hym forthwith knight Upon the .v. day played togyder an Henauder and a squyre called IohnÌ„ Stewarde whyche daye also the Englyssheman wan the worshyp Upon the .vi. daye skyrmysshed there togyder an Henauder and an Englysshe esquyer named wyllmÌ„ Porter the whyche gatte suche
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 parliamēt of Henry the archebysshop of Caunterbury of Thomas duke of Exceter of Iohn̄ duke of Northfolk Thomas bysshop of Durhm̄ of Phylype bysshop of worceter or Iohn̄ bysshop of Bathe of Humfrey thā 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 frēdly louyng wordes none hauyng amēdes of other except the bysshope had wordes of submyssyō 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. dn̄i M.iiii C.vi  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.vii.  Iohn̄ Arnolde  Iohn̄ Raywell Fysshmonger  Anno .v.  Iohn̄ Hyghthm̄  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 solēpnyte 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 Alēson 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 Amē 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 Fraūce And all be it that somewhat they gate after yet for one that they wanne they loste thre as after shall appere Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xxvii  Anno dn̄i 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 cōmynge into this lāde 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 pēs after y e rate of eyght pens euery mā 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 Septēbre 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 cōueyed 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 cōstables they slewe hym there out of hande Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.xxviii  Anno dn̄i 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
prynce Humfrey duke of Glouceter Than of thys grudge ensued rebellyon of the coÌ„mons in so moche that they assembled theym in sondry places made of them selfe capytaynes and named them Blewe berde and other counter fayte names and so enteÌ„ded to haue gadered more company But anone as the kynges counsayll was thereof warnyd they were layde for and taken and putte to dethe Thanne the foresayde parlyamente was adiourned vnto Leyceter whether came the kynge and wyth hym the duke of Suffolke Than the commons of the common hous made requeste to the kyng that all suche persones as were consentynge and laboured for the gyuynge ouer the duchye of Angeou and erledome of MaynÌ„ myght be punisshed Of whiche offeÌ„ce to be gyltie they accused the foresayd duke of Suffolke the lorde Sey the bysshop of Salysbury and one Danyell a gentylman with Treuylyan other Than to appease the coÌ„mon hous the duke was exyled for .v. yeres and the lord Sey as tresorer of Englande and y e other were put a parte for a whyle were promysed to be sent vnto the kynges gayoll or warde Than the duke in obeynge y e sentence foresayde sped hym towarde y e sees syde in the moneth of Apryl and toke his shyppynge in Northfolke enteÌ„ding to haue sayled into FrauÌ„ce In kepyng of whiche course he was mette with a shyppe of warre named Nicholas of the Tower the whiche toke his shyp And whaÌ„ y e capytayne was ware of the duke anone he toke hym into his owne shyp and so kept his course towarde Douer And whaÌ„ he was comen vnto the rode anone he caused hym to be confessed of his owne chaplayne and that done shypmeÌ„ put hym in a shypbote and there vpon the syde of the bote one strake of his hed whiche hed with the body was soone after conueyed to the laÌ„de of Douer and there lefte vpon y e sandes and the sayd shypmen returned to the see agayne And thus one myschefe ensued vpon an other to the dystruccyon of the nobles of this laÌ„de And so vpon the fyrst daye of May was this deed corps fouÌ„de vpon Douer sandes and after conueyed to his restynge place to This yere also beynge the yere of our lordes in carnacyon .xiiii. C. and .l. was the Iubile or the plenary pardon at Rome whiche of Englysshmen is called the yere of grace And this yere a towne in NormaÌ„dy named Uernoyll was taken by y e treason of a Frenche baker the maner wherof were loÌ„ge to wryte But fynally it came to y e possession of Floquet before rehersed to the great dystruccyon of Englysshmen For now was y e trewes ended mortal warre was executed vpon both ê‘tyes the EnglysshmeÌ„ vnto y e FreÌ„che wrought moche myschyef dyuers wayes whiche were loÌ„ge to wryte But as to fore I haue shewed to you sondry tymes the most losse turned euer last warde vpon y e Englyssh ê‘tie For this seasoÌ„ also were y e townes of NogeÌ„t pouÌ„t Andenere wonne by the erle of saynt Paule other And in y e moneth of Iuny this yere y e coÌ„mons of Kent asseÌ„bled theÌ„ in great multitude chase to them a capitayee and named hym Mortymer and cosyn of the duke of york but of most he was named Iak Cade This kept y e people wonderously togyder made suche ordenauÌ„ces amonge theÌ„ y t he brought a great noÌ„bre of people of theÌ„ vnto y e Blak hethe where he deuysed a byll of peticioÌ„s to y e kyng y e couÌ„sayll shewed them what iniuryes oppressioÌ„s the poore coÌ„moÌ„s suffred by suche as were aboute y e kynge a fewe ê‘sones in noÌ„bre all vnder coloure to come to his aboue The kynges couÌ„sayll seynge this byll dysalowed it couÌ„sayled the kynge whiche by the .vii. day of Iuny had gathered to hiÌ„ a stroÌ„ge hoste of people to go agayne his rebelles to gyue vnto them batayll Than the kynge after the sayd rebelles had holdeÌ„ theyr felde vpon blak hethe .vii. dayes made towarde theÌ„ wherof heryng the capytayne drewe backe with his people to a vyllage called Seuenok there enbatayled â–ª theÌ„ ThaÌ„ it was agreed by y e kynges counsayll that syr Humfrey Stafforde knyght with wyllyam his brother and other certayne gentylmen shulde folowe the chase and the kyng with his lordes shuld retourne vnto Grenewyche wenynge to them that the rebelles were fledde gone But as before I have shewed whan syr Humfray with his coÌ„pany drewe nere vnto Seuenok he was wared of y e capytayne that there abode with his people And whan he had counsayledde with the other gentylmen lyke a manfull knyghte set vpon the rebelles and fought with them loÌ„ge But in the ende the capytayne slewe hym his brother with many other and caused the rest to gyue backe Al whiche season the kynges hoste laye styll vpon Blakhethe beyng amoÌ„ge them sondry opinions so that some and many fauoured the capytayne But fynally whan worde came of y e ouerthrowe of the Staffordes they sayd playnly and boldly that excepte the lorde Saye and other before rehersed were coÌ„mytted to warde they wolde take the capytaynes partye For the appeasynge of the whiche rumour the lorde Saye was put into y e tower but that other as thaÌ„ were not at hande Thanne the kynge hauynge knowlege of the scomfyture of his men and also of the rumour of his ostynge people remoued frome Grenewyche to London and there with his hoste rested hym a whyle And so soone as Iak Cade hadde thus ouercomen the Stafforde he anone apparayled hi with y e knyghtes apparayll and dyd on hym his bryganders set with gylte nayle and his salet and gylte spores And after he had refresshed his people he returned agayne to Blakhethe and there pyght agayne his feld as here tofore he had done and laye there from the nyne twenty daye of Iuny beynge saynte Peters daye tyll the fyrste day of Iuly In whiche season came vnto hym the archebysshop of Cantorbury and the duke of Bukkyngham with whome they had longe coÌ„munycacyon and fonde hym ryghte dyscrete in his answeres How be it they coude not cause hi to lay downe his people and to submyt hym vnto the kynges grace In this whyle the kynge and the quene herynge of the encreasynge of his rebelles and also the lordes ferynge theyr owne seruauÌ„tes lest they wolde take the capytaynes partie remoued frome London to Kyllyngworth leuynge y e cyte without ayde excepte onely the lorde Scales whiche was lefte to kepe the tower and with hym a manly warly man named Mathewe Fowth Than the capytayne of Kente thus houynge at Blakhethe to the ende to blynde the more the people and so brynge hym in fame that he kepte good iustyce be heded there a pety capytayne of his named Parys for so moch as he had offended agayne suche ordynauÌ„ce as he had stablysshed in his hoste herynge y t the kynge and all his lordes were thus departed drewe hym
fyersly vpon the cytezyns that he draue theÌ„ backe from y e stulpes iÌ„ Southwarke or brydge fote vnto y e drawe brydge In defendynge wherof many a man was drowned and slayne Amonge y t whiche of men of name was Iohan Sutton aldermaÌ„ Mathewe Gouth gentylman and Roger Heysande cytezyn And thus contynued this skyrmysshe all nyght tyll .ix. of the clocke vpon the morne so that somtyme the cytezyns had the better thus soone the Kentysmen were vpon the better syde But euer they kepte them vpon the brydge so that the cytezyns passed neuer moche the bulwarke at the byrdge fote nor y e KentysshmeÌ„ moche ferther thaÌ„ the drawe brydge Thus coÌ„tynuyng the cruel fyght to the dystruccyon of moche people on bothe sydes lastly after the Kentysshmen were put to the worse a trewe was agreed for certayne houres Duryng the whiche trewe the archebysshop of Cantorbury than chaunceler of Englande sent a generall pardon to the capytayne for hymselfe and an other of hys peple By reason wherof he hys company departed the same nyght out of Southwarke so retourned euery man to hys owne But it was nat longe after that the capytayne wyth hys coÌ„pany was thus departed that proclamacyons were made in dyuers places of Kent of Southsex and Sowtherey that who myghte take the foresayde Iak Cade other on lyue or dede shulde haue a M. marke for hys trauayle After whych proclamacion thus publisshed a geÌ„tylmaÌ„ of KeÌ„t named Alexander IdenÌ„ awayted so hys tyme that he toke hym in a gardyn in Sussex where in the takyng of hym the sayd Iak was slayne so beynge dede was brought into Southwarke the daye of the moneth of there left in the kynges benche for that nyght And vpon y â— morowe the dede corps was drawen thorugh the hyghe stretes of the cytye vnto New gate there heded and quartered whose hede was than sent to LondoÌ„ brydge his .iiii. quarters were sent to .iiii sondry townes of Kent And thys done the kyng sent hys commissions into Kent rode after hym selfe and caused enquery to be made of thys riot in Caunterbury where for the same .viii. men were iuged put to deth And in other good townes of Kent Southsex dyuers other were put in execucyon for the same ryot In thys yere also in the west couÌ„tree was slayne the bisshop of Salysbury by the commons of that couÌ„tre wherfore after the kyng had sped his besynesse in Kent Sussex he rode thyder to se also those malefactours punysshed Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.l.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.li.  IohnÌ„ Myddylton  Nycholas wyfforde Grocer  Anno .xxix.  wyllyam Dere  IN thys .xxix. yere vpoÌ„ sait Leonardes daye or the .vi. daye of Nouembre began the parlyamente at westmynster And the fyrste day of DeceÌ„bre folowyng the duke of Somerset whyche newly was commyn out of Normandy was putte vnder arest and his goodes by the coÌ„mons were fowly dyspoyled borne a waye out of the blak fryers For at this season was moche people in the cytie by reason of the parlyament specially of lordes seruauntes whyche were awaytynge vppon theyr lordes and maysters in great multytude For ye shall vnderstande y e temporall lordê in those dayes kepte other maner of housholdes other maner of reteyndour of housholde seruauntes and other nombre ferre excedynge that the lordes at these dayes done wherefore at parlyament tymes and other great counsayles the cytyes or townes where they assembled were hougely stuffed wyth people Than after thys ryot thys commytted vpon the morowe folowynge proclamacyon was made thorugh the cytye that no man shulde spoyle or robbe vppon payne of dethe And the same day at the staÌ„darde in Chepe was a maÌ„ beheded for brekyng of the sayd proclamacioÌ„ And thus begoÌ„ rumour malyce to spryng betwene y e lordê of the laÌ„de And specially y e duke of Somerset other of y e quenes couÌ„sayll were had iÌ„ great hatered for y e losiÌ„g of NormaÌ„dy wherof y e chief citie of RoaÌ„ was lost or gyue vp by apointemeÌ„t y e yere precedyng as witnesseth Gaguynus vpon coÌ„dycyon that the duke of Somerset with his wyfe and Englyssh sowyours shulde with suche goodes as they myghte cary departe frely from y e cytie For whiche fre passage he shulde pay vnto y e Frenche kynge lvi M. scutes which amouÌ„te to .xiiii. M. marke sterlyng And also he was bounde to delyuer into the Frenche kynges possession all townes and castelles that at that daye were in the possessyon of Englysshemen within the duchy of Normandy For performaunce of whiche couenauntes the lorde Talbot was set for one of the pledges and so by one Floquet before named all the sayd townes and castelles were by hym to the Frenche kynges vse receyued Harflete onely excepted wherof y e capytayne named Cyrson or Curson denyed the delyuery with assystence of one named syr Thomas Auryngham The whiche in despyte of all the Frenche kynges power layde bothe by see and lande helde it from the begynnynge of Decembre tyll the moneth of Ianuary and than for lacke of rescouse gaue it vp by appoynment in y e begynnynge of this mayres yere For this yeldynge vp of Normandy moche dyspleasure grewe vnto the quene and her counceyll in so moche y t the duke of yorke father vnto kyng Edwarde the .iiii. with many lordes with hym allyed toke partye agayne hyr and her counsayll so that mortall warre therof ensued as here after in this story wall appere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.li.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lii  Mathewe Phylyp  wyllyam Gregory skynner  Anno .xxx.  Chrystofer warton  IN thys .xxx. yere .xvi. daye of February the kynge beyng accompanied with the duke of Somersette and many other lordes toke theyr iournay towarde the marchys of walys for so moche as he was credibly assertayned y t the duke of york assysted with dyuers other lordes meÌ„ of name had in those partyes gathered great strengthe of people and with them was entrynge the lande and so helde on his iourney towarde hym But whan y e duke had wytyng of the kynges great power he swaued the way from the kynges hoste and toke the way towarde London And for he had receyued knowlege from the cytie y t he myght not there be receyued to refresshe hym and his people he therwith went ouer Kyngstone brydge and so into Kente and there vpon an hethe called Brente heth he pyght his felde wherof the kynge houynge knowlege sped hym after and lastly came vnto Blacke hethe there pyght his felde where bothe hostes beynge thus enbatayled meidacioÌ„ was made of peace by twene both hostes For furtheraunce wherof to the duke were sente y e bysshoppes of wynchester and of Ely with the erles of Salysbury and of warwyke To whome it was answered by the sayd duke y t he nor none of the company entended none hurte vnto the kynges persone
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 raÌ„cour malyce whyche neuer was clerely cured anon begaÌ„ to breke oute in so moche that the quenes couÌ„sayll 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 couÌ„sayll 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 stroÌ„g 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 stroÌ„ge 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 wouÌ„ded 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 ê“uyded nat shortly for remedy for them selfe they shulde all be destroyed And for that they by one assent gathered to them a stroÌ„ge 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 coÌ„myssyons to gather the people so that in shorte whyle the kyng was strongely accoÌ„panyed 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 stroÌ„ge 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 couÌ„sayll 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 ruÌ„nynge wyth all spede towarde euery cooste to take these lordes but none myght be fouÌ„de 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 loÌ„ge after Anno. dnÌ„i M. CCCC.lix  Anno dnÌ„i 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 laÌ„ded at Calays and there were at a posterne by theyr freÌ„des 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 pateÌ„tys wyth many other strayght commauÌ„dementes 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 laÌ„ded some of the shypmen which had brought hym thyther for good wyll that they owed vnto the erle of warwyke coÌ„ueyed 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 EnglaÌ„de 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 EnglaÌ„de 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
kyng Hēry shuld cōtynue reygne as kynge durynge hys naturall lyfe after hys deth hys sonne prynce Edwarde to be sette a parte the duke of yorke hys heyres to be kynges incontynentely the duke to be admytted as protectour and regēt of the lāde And yf at any tyme after the kynge of hys owne free wyll and mynde were dysposed to resygne gyue vp the rule of the lāde that thā he shulde resigne vnto the duke yf he than lyued and to none other to hys heyres after hys dayes wyth many other maters and cōuencyōs whyche were tedious to wryte All whyche conclusyons as than by mannes wytte myght be assuryd for the parfourmaunce of theym whanne tyme requyred parfyghted the kynge wyth the duke many other lordes thā there present came that nyght to Poulys there harde euynsong vppon the morow came thyther agayn to masse where the kyng yode in procession crowned wyth great royalte so lay styll in y e bysshoppes palays a season after And vppon the saterdaye folowynge beyng the .ix. daye of Nouember the duke was proclaymed throughe the cytye heyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englāde all hys progeny after hym Than for as moche as quene Margarete accompanyed with price Edwarde hyr sonn̄ the dukes of Somerset of Excetyr and diuers other lordes helde hyr in the northe as aboue is sayd and wolde nat come at the kynges sendyng for therefore it was agreed by the lordes thā at London presence that the duke of yorke shulde take wyth hym the erle of Salysbury wyth a certayne people to fetche in the sayde quene lordes abouesayde The whyche duke erle departed from Londō with theyr people vpon the secōde daye of December so spedde theym northwarde wherof the quene with hyr lordes beynge ware and hauyng wyth theym a greate strength of Northernemen mette wyth the duke of yorke vppon the .xxx. daye of December nere vnto a towne in the northe called wakelfeld were betwene them was foughten a sharpe fyght In the whych the duke of yorke was slayne wyth hys sonne called erle of Rutlande and syr Thomas Neuyll sonne vnto the erle of Salysbury wyth many other and the erle of Salysbury was there taken on lyue wyth dyuerse other whanne the lordes vppon the quenes partye had gotten thys vyctory anone they sente theyr prysoners vnto Pountfreyte the whyche were after there behedyd that is to meane the erle of Salysbury a man of London named Iohn̄ Narowe and an other capytayne named Hāson whose heddes were sente vnto yorke and there sette vppon the gates And whan the quene hadde opteynyd thys vyctory she wyth her retynewe drewe toward London where at that tyme duryng this troublous season greate watchys were kepte dayely and nyghtelye and dyuerse opynions were amonge the citesyns For the mayre and many of the chefe comoners helde vppon the quenes partye but the comynaltie was with the duke of yorke hys affynyte whanne tydynges were broughte vnto the cytye of the commynge of the quene wyth so greate an hoste of Northernemen anone suche as were of the contrary partye broughte vp a noyse thoroughe the cytye that she brought those Northernemen to the entente to ryfle and spoyle the citye where thoroughe she was encreasyd of enemyes But what so hyr entente was she wyth hyr people helde on hyr waye tyll she came to saynte Albons In the whyche meane tyme the erle of warwyke and the duke of Northfolke whyche by the duke of yorke were assygned to gyue attendaunce vppon the kynge by consent of the kynge gathered vnto theym strengthe of knyghtes and mette wyth the quenes hoste at saynt Albons foresayde where betwene them a strōge fyght was foughten vppon shroue tuysday in the mornyng At y t whych the duke of Northfolke the sayd erle in the endewere chased and kyng Henry takē efte vpō the felde brought vnto the quene And y e same after noone after some wryters he made his sonn̄ price Edward knyght whych than was of the age of .viii. yeres wyth other to the noubre of .xxx. persones whan quene Margaret was thus commen agayne to hyr aboue anon she sente vnto the mayre of London wyllyng commaundynge hym in y e kynges name that he shuld in all spedy wyse sende to saynt Albonys certayne cartes wyth lentyn stuffe for y e vytaylyng of her hoste whyche commaundement the mayre obeyed and wyth great dylygence made prouysyon for the sayd vytayll and sent it in cartys towarde Crepylgate for to haue passed to the quene where whā it was cōmyn the commons many there beynge whych had harde other tydynges of the erle of Marche as after shal be shewed of one mynde with stode the passage of the sayd cartes sayde it was nat behouefull to fede theyr enemyes whyche entended the robbyng of the cytye And nat wythstandynge that the mayre wyth hys bretherne exorted the people in theyr best maner shewyng to theym many great daungers whyche was lyke to ensue to the cytye yf the sayd dytayll went nat forthe yet myghte he nat tourne them from theyr obstynat errour but for a cōclusyon was fayne to apoynt the recorder wyth hym a certayne of aldermē to ryde vnto the kynges coūsayll to Barnet and to make requeste vnto theym that the Northē mē myght be retorned home for fere of robbynge of the cytye and ouerthys other secrete frendes were made vnto the quenes grace to be good gracyouse vnto the cytye Duryng whych treaty dyuers cytesyns auoyded the cytye and lande Amōge the whych Phylip Malpas whych as before is shewed in the .xx. and .viii. yere of thys kynge was robbed of Iacke Cade whyche Malpas other was mette vpō the see wyth a Frēchman named Columpne and of hym takē prysoner after payed .iiii M. marke for hys raunsome Thus passyng the tyme y e tydynges which before were secrete now were blowē abrode and openly was tolde that y e erles of Marche of warwyke were mette at Cottyswolde and had gathered vnto thē great strength of Marchemen were wel spedde vpō theyr waye to warde London For knowelege whereof the kynge and y e quene wyth theyr hoste were retourned Northwarde But or they departyd from saint Albonis there was beheded the lord Bonuyle syr Thomas Teryll knyghet whyche were taken in the forenamed felde Thā the duchesse of yorke beyng at Lōdon herynge the losse of thys felde sent hyr two yonger sonnes that is to meane George whyche after was duke of Clarēce and Rychard that after was duke of Glouceter into Utrych in Almayne where they remayned a whyle Thā the foresayd erles of March and of warwyke sped them towarde Londō in suche wyse that they came thydervpon the thursday in the fyrst weke of lent To whome resorted all the gētylmen for the more partye of the south eest partye of Englād And in thys whyle that they thus rested at London a great coūsayl was called
before hym all the cunnyng maysters of musyke wythin hys realme that by the melodyous souÌ„de 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 commauÌ„ded 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 lâ—ye 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 EnglaÌ„d 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. thaÌ„ne 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 theÌ„s 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 LoÌ„don expyred and Hughe wyche mercer was admytted for the yere folowynge Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxi.  Anno dnÌ„i 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 TodeÌ„hamÌ„ willyaÌ„ Tyrell other brought vnto the towre of LoÌ„don 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 TodeÌ„ham wyllyaÌ„ Tyrell and IohnÌ„ MoÌ„gomory 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 conteÌ„tacyon of the sayd money But howe it was that there be faÌ„de 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 denouÌ„ced 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 EnglaÌ„d came out of FrauÌ„ce iÌ„to ScotlaÌ„d froÌ„ theÌ„s iÌ„to Englande wyth a strength of FreÌ„ch men Scottes wherfore the kynge sped hym into the north wyth a stroÌ„g hoste wherof herynge the quene brake hyr araye and fled and toke a caruyle therein entended to haue sayled into FrauÌ„ce But suche tempest fell vpon the see that she was coÌ„strayned to take a fysshers bote and by meane therof landed at Barwyke so drewe hyr vnto the Scottysshe kynge And shortly after her laÌ„dyng 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
that tyme. Anno domini M.iiii C.lxvi  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxvii  Iohn̄ Browne  Syr Iohn̄ yonge Grocer Henry Bryce Anno .vi.  Iohn̄ Stokton  IN thys yere and moneth of dyed the forenamed Hēry Bryce and for hym was chosen immedyatly a sheryfe for thys yere Iohn̄ 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 vpō 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 strokē 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 Iohn̄ 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. poūde whyche he payde euery peny Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxvii  Anno dn̄i 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 ensuīg 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 ◠xi Lowys kyng of Fraūce After whose departure syr Thomas Cook late mayre which before was peched of treason by a seruaūt 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 cōmytted 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 bēche in Southwark where he laye wythin the sayd prysō tyll hys freendes agreed wyth syr Iohn̄ Brandon than kepar of y e sayd prysō 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 Iohn̄ 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 poūd 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 dn̄i M.iiii C.lxviii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxix  Symonde Smyth  wyllyam Taylour Grocer  Anno .viii.  wyllyam Haryot  THys yere and .xxi. day of Nouēbre 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 drawē west ward to tyborne and there whā 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 cōpany were pardoned of the kyng In the which rumour and styrryng the lord Ryuers and syr Iohn̄ hys sonn̄ that before had maryed the old duchesse of Northfolke lyenge at a place by Charynge crosse called the Muys were taken by Lyncoln̄shyre men and brought vnto Northamtō 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 proclamaciōs were made
in hys .xx. yere reygned after .xv. yeres they haue accoūted the .xv. yere whyche he reygned as crysten kynge and haue lette passe the other .xx. yere And so is it to be thought that the forsayd auctour Peter pictauiens dyd whych reason beynge alowed the sayde table maye agre wyth the sayd Peter wythoute any greate dyfference whyche testyfyeth y e sayd Lucius to reygne .lxxvii yere as kynge After whose deth in so moche that he dyed wythout any lawfull heyre a great contēcion sprange amonge the Brytons that endured by .xv. yeres as shall apere by the sequel Trouth it is after all histories that Seuerus a Romayne succeded Lucius in Brytayne But because y e tyme is nat certaynly sette whan the sayd Seuerus subdued the Brytōs therfore it is to noted that whanne it was shewed to the Romaynes of the sedicion and discorde of the Brytōs of the sleyng of the Romayns than beyng in Brytayn the senate sentte thyder the forsayd Seuerus wyth .ii legions of men whych bare thē selfe so manfully that in shorte whyle he compelled the Brytons to obey to the senate whyche Policronicon affermeth to be about the yere of our lord C.xcv. In whyche yere as hath Iacobus Philippus the sayde Seuerus began to raygne ouer the Romayns But that dysagreeth from other Cronycles For Eutropius Matheolus the forsayde Iacobus Philippus sayth that whan the sayde Seuerus had subdued the Arabyes Parthys and Gallys after many battayls he came into Brytayn where he beynge troubled wyth dyuers chaunces at laste died in y e towne of yorke where by it is to be supposed that in y e ende of hys reygn he came hether about the .xii. yere of hys reygne ouer the Romayns which was the yere of our lorde .ii. C.vii. and that after he reygned ouer the Brytons .v. yere wherefore it euydētly apereth that the forsayd dyscord dured .xv. yeres whych tyme Brytayne was wythoute a kynge Thus endeth the thyrde parte which conteyneth CC.lvi yeres SEuerus emperour of Rome as before is shewed in the .xii. yere of hys empyre and yere of oure lord .ii. C. .vii beganne hys reygne ouer the Brytōs and yere of y e world and reygned as kynge yeres .v. The fyrst persecucyon of the chrysten men was vnder this Seuerus about the yere of our lord .ii. C.x ca. lxi fo xxii Bassianus the sonn̄ of Seuerus began hys reygne ouer the Brytons in the yere of our lorde .ii. C.xii the yere of the worlde and reygned yeres .vi. ca. lxii folio xxii Carassius a yonge and lusty Brytayne of vnknowē blode by meanes as in hys story sheweth began hys domynyon ouer the Brytons in the yere of our lorde .ii. C. and .xviii. and yere of the worlde ruled yeres .viii. ca. lxiii fo xxiii Here agayn authours forget y e yeres of the kynges folowyng Of whyche I nat greatly maruyll For in thys tyme muche discencyon was among the Romayne prynces also amonge the Brytons cyuyll warre ceased nat For they were so styrred wyth dyscencyon and warre y t none coulde occupy the kyngedome any determynate tyme. For whyche cause and suche lyke authours coude nat assyne any certeyne tyme to the prynces as me semeth But that we maye come to some knowlege Policronicon sheweth that constantius y t was father to Constantine the great was sente by the senate into Brytayne about the yere of our lord .ii. C.lxxix and in the seconde yere of Probrus emperour that he shuld subdue to y e Romayns Coelus than there kyng From the whych tyme of the coming of the sayde Constantius vntyll the last yere of Bassianus accountynge bakwarde there passed .lxi. yeres In the tyme of whych yeres there reygned in thys Ilelande these .iiii. kynges that is to say Carassius Alectus Asclepiodotus and Coelus Allectus a duke or senatour of Rome began hys domynyon ouer the Brytons in the yere of oure lorde .ii. C.xxvi of the worlde reygned yeres .vi. ca. lxiiii fo xxiii Asclepeodotus or after the Englysshe boke Asclepades began hys reygne ouer the Brytons in the yere of our lorde god CC.xxxii And the yere of the worlde and reygned yeres .xxx. The syxt persecucyon of crysten men was about the yere of our lorde CC.xxxviii vnder Maximian The .vii. persecucyon was in y e yere of oure lorde CC.lv. vnder Decius In y e whych pope Fabyan was martyred The .viii. persecucion was in the yere of our lord CC.lx. vnder Ualeryan whych was the .xviii. yere of thys Asclepiodotus ca. lxv folio xxiiiii Coelus or Coyll erle of Colchester by exytyng of the Brytōs was made kyng of Brytayne in the yere of oure lord CC.lxii reygned yeres .xxvii. Thys kyng after most wryters made the towne of Colchester in Essex ca. lxvi fo xxiiii Constancius a senatoure of Rome by reason of maryage knyt wyth Eleyn doughter of Coelus beganne to reygne as kyng of Brytayne in y e yere of our lord CC.lxxxix and of y e worlde and reygned yeres xxx The .ix. persecucyon of the crystēmen was vnder Aurelianus Saint Albon prothomartyr in the tyme of thys Constancius as some haue in y e x. persecucyō whych was vnder Dioclesian and Maximian was martyred ca. lxvii fo xxiiii Constancius surnamed the great sonn̄ of Constancius and of the holy Heleyne began his reygne ouer Brytayne in the yere of oure lorde .iii. C.xix and of the worlde and reygned as kyng yeres .x. ca. lxviii folio xxv Octauius duke of Iesses or Iewesses and after named westsaxōs by extorte power began hys reygne ouer the Brytons in the yere of oure lorde .iii. C. .xxix. and of the worlde and reygned yeres .liiii ca. lxxi fo xxvii Of thys kynge folowynge called Maximius or after some Maximianus wryters dyuersly speke so that some say he raygned few yeres But in the concordaunce of cronycles it playnly apereth that the sayd Maximis began to reygn ouer the Brytōs in the yere of our lord .iii. C.lxxxii that he was slayn of Theodosius the elder in the thyrd yere of his reygne whych began to reygne in the yere of our lord .iii. C.lxxxviii And so it appereth playnly that he reygned ix yeres Maximius or Maximianus the son̄ of Leonyne brother to Trahern̄ vncle to Helcyne began hys reygne ouer Brytayn in the yere of our lord iii. C.lxxxii and reygned yeres .ix ca. lxxii fo xxvii Saynt Ursula wyth her felowes in thys kynges tyme were martyred of Enanus and Melga Gracianus an offycer or feede knyght of Maximius began to oppresse the Brytons in the yere of our lorde .iii. C.xc and tyrannysed yeres iiii ca. lxxiiii fo xxviii The storyes agre that after that Gracian was slayne Brytayne was vexed a longe whyle wyth oftē dyscēsions cyuyll warre But how longe thys dyscord dyd last authours trete diuersly for some say it lasted .l. yere some .xl. some .xxx. Therfore to know y e certeynty it is requisite that we dylygently serche howe many yeres passed frō the
fo c.xiiii Lotharius the eldest sonn̄ of y e .v. Lowis was anoīted king of Fraūce in the yere of our lord .ix. C. .xl and viii yere of Edwardus thā kynge of Englād reygned yeres after moste wryters .xxxix. ca. c.xc fo c.xiiii Edwynus y e eldest son̄ of Edmoūd brother of Ethelstane was enoynted kyng of Englāde in the yere of oure lord .ix. C.lvi the secōd yere of Lothayre thā kyng of Fraūce reygned yeres .iii. ca. c.xcii fo c.xvi Edgarus the secōd sonn̄ of Edmoūd brother of Edwyn begā to reygne ouer Englād in the yere of grace .ix. C. .lx y e .v. yere of Lotharius than kyng of Fraūce reygned yeres .xvi ca. c.xciii fo c.xvi Edward the son̄ of Edgare surnamed the Martyr begā hys reygne ouer the I le of Englād in the yere of our lorde .ix. C.lxxvii the .xxii. yere of Lothayre yet kyng of Fraūce and reygned yeres .iiii. ca. c.xcvi fo c.xix. Egelredus y e sonn̄ also of Edgare was made kyng of Englād in y e yere of grace .ix. C.lxxx one the .xxvi. yere of Lothayre yet king of Fraūce and reygned yeres .xxxvi. ca. xcvii folio c.xx. Lowys y e .vi. of y e name sonne of Lothayr begā his reygn ouer Fraūc in y e yere of our lord .ix. C.lxxxvi the v. yere of Egelbertus thā king of England reygned yeres .iii. In thys kyng endeth the lyne of Pepyn ca. cc.i. fo c.xxiiii Hugt Capet y e sonn̄ of Roberte y e tyraūt descended of Hugh le graūde begā to take vppō hym or vsurpe the crowne of Fraūce in the yere of oure lord .ix. C. .ix and y e .ix. yere of Egelrede and ruled yeres .ix. ca. cc.ii. folio c.xxvi Robert the sonn̄ of Hughe began to reygne ouer the Frēchmē in y e yere of our lord .ix. C.lxxx and .xviii. yere of Egelredus than kyng of Englād and reygned yeres .xxx. ca. cc.iii folio c.xxvii Edmoūde Ironsyde the sonne of Egelredus with also Canutus y e son̄ of Swanus begā to reygn ouer Englāde in the yere of our lord M. and xvii y e .xix. yere of Robert thā kinge of Fraūce reygned one yere ca. cc.iiii fo c.xxvii Kanutus which in y e Englysh boke is named Knougth begā after the deth of Edmoūd to reygn alone ouer Englād in the yere of grace M. and xix the .xx. yere of Robert thā kyng of Fraūce and reygned yeres .xix. ca. cc.v fo c.xxviii Hēry the sonn̄ of Robert begā hys domynyō ouer Fraūce in the yere of our lord M. .xxix the .x. yere of Canutus thā king of Englād reygned yeres .xxxi. ca. cc.vii fo c.xxx Harolde surnamed Harefote y e son̄ Canutus began to reygne ouer England in the yere of our lorde M. and xxxix the .x. yere of Henry thā kyng of Fraūce and ruled yeres .iii. ca. cc.viii fo c.xxxi Hardikynitus or Hardiknought y e son̄ of Canutus of Emma was made king of Englāde in the yere of our lord M. .xli the .xii. yere of Hēry thā kyng of Fraūce and reygned yeres .ii. In this kyng ended the line of the Danes that had cōtynued in thys lāde in great persecuciō aboue ii C.l. yeres ca. cc.ix. fo c.xxxii Edward the holy cōfessour son̄ of Egelredus and of Emma his laste wyfe begā hys reygn ouer the realm of Englād in the yere of oure lorde a M. and .xliii the .iiii. yere of Henry thā kyng of Fraūce and reygned in vertue and holynes yeres .xxiiii. In this kynges tyme the chapell of walsynghm̄ was fyrst bylded in y e yere of our lord M.lxi. ca. cc.x. fo c.xxxiii Philippe the fyrst of y e name and son̄ of Hēry begā to gouerne y e Frēch mē in the yere of our lord a M.lxviii and the .xvi. yere of Edward the confessour thā kynge of Englande and reygned yeres .xlviii. Godfrey of Bulyō nat Boleyn̄ ī this Philippes tyme gat by strēgth the citie of Hierusalē was crowned king of y e same in the yere of our lord M.xcix. ca. cc.xv. fo c.xxxviii Harolde y e eldest son̄ of erle Goodwyn begā to reygn ouer Englyshmē in the yere of our lord M.lxvi and y e viii yere of Philippe than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres .ix. ca. cc.xvi fo c.xxxviii Thus endeth the .vi. parte that conteyneth .iii. C.lxxxi yeres WIllyam duke of Normādy the bastarde sonne of Robert the .vi duke of the sayd prouynce begā hys reygne ouer the realme of Englande in the .xv. day of Octobre and yere of our lord M.lxvii y e .ix. yere of y e fyrst Philipe yet kyng of Fraūce reygned yere vpō .xxii. In the .xx. yere of thys kyng the church of saint Poule wyth a great parte of Lōdon was burned Thys kyns foūded the monasteryes of Batell and Barmūdesey ca. cc.xix fo c.xlii wyllyam surnamed the Rede and sonne of wyllyam Cōquerour began hys reygne ouer Englād in the moneth of Iuly yere of our lord a M.lxxx .ix .xxxi. yere of Philippe forenamed yet king of Fraūce reygned yeres .xii. ca. cc.xxiii fo c.xlvii Henry surnamed Beawclerke and thyrd son̄ of wyllyam Conqueroure begā hys reygne ouer Englād in the yere of our lord M.C. one and in the .xliii. yere of the foresayd Phylyp yet kyng of Fraūce reygned yeres xxxv ca. cc.xxvi fo c.l. Lowys surnamed the greate and sonn̄ of y e fyrst Philippe was enoynted king of Fraūce in y e yere our lord M.C. .vii and y e .vi. yere of the first Henry than kynge of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xxix. capi cc.xxx folio c.lv. Stephan erle of Boloyng sonn̄ vnto the erle of Blesens of the wyues syster of Hēry the fyrst begā hys reygne ouer Englāde in the yere of grace M.C. .xxxvi and the last yere of Lowys the great reygned yeres xix ca. cc.xxxii fo c.lvii Lowys the .viii. of y e name and son̄ of Lowys the great begā his reygne ouer Fraunce in the yere of our lord M.C.xxxvi the fyrste yere of Stephan than kyng of England reygned yeres .xliii. ca. cc.xxxiiii folio c.lx. Henry the seconde of that name sonne of Geffrey Plantaginet and of molde the emperesse begā hys reygn in Englande in the yere of our lorde M.C. and .lv and the .xix. yere of Lowys the .viii. than kyng of Fraunce and reygned yeres .xxxv. Saynt Edwarde the confessour was trāslated in the .ix. yere of thys kyng And about the .xvi. yere of hys reygne saīt Thomas of Caunterbury was martyred cap. cc.xxxvi folio c.lxii Philippe the second of that name surnamed a Deu don̄e sonne of the viii Lowys beganne hys reygne in Fraunce in the yere our lord a thousande C. and .lxxix and .xxiiii. yere of Henry the seconde than kyng of Englande and reygned yeres .xliii. ca. cc.xli fo c.lxviii Thus endeth the table of the fyrste volume FOR
In this season was Caius Iuliê° the whyche is moste commonly called Iulius Cesar sente by the senate of Rome as felowe and consull wyth Lucius Bubulus into Gallia nowe called Fraunce for to subdue them vnto the empyre of Rome The whyche Iulius beyng vppon the see syde after he had ouercome the Gallis and beholdyng the whyte clyues or rockes of Brytayne enquyred of the countre and what people dwelled therin And when he was suffycyently enfourmed of all the commodytyes therof he had great wyll to brynge the sayde countre vnder the yocke of the Romaynes for so mych as at those dayes a great parte of the worlde was tributary to Rome But as sayth myne authour fyrste he exorted the Britons by writyng messagers to gyue trybute vnto Rome wherfore Cassybellan hauynge indygnacyon wrote vnto hym sharpe short answeres shewyng that he and euery noble man was bounde specyally to kepe his couÌ„tre from seruage and to kepe his subiectes that they myght enioy lybertye and franchise The whyche to obserue he wold do the vttermost of his power myght wyth the which answere Iulius beynge nothynge coÌ„tentyd in all hast made redy his nauy and people and sayled towarde Brytayne And wheÌ„ the Romaynes were comyn nere the land of Brytayne shuld haue landed y e Brytons pyght sharpe stakes and longe vppon the bankes which causyd theym to wynne lande wyth great daunger And not longe after theyr landynge Cassibellan wyth a stronge hoste of Britons encountred the Romaynes gyuynge or yeldyng to them suche fyght and batayll that they were fayne to resorte to theyr shyppes for theyr suertye Not wyth standyng y e as witnesseth Gaufride and other Iulius after he hadde renewed his knyghtes and also ryggyd his nauye he came agayne the seconde tyme entendynge to subdue the land to the empyre of Rome But as before tyme he was by the manhode of the kynge and his Brytons manfully and knyghtly wythstaÌ„den and chasyd so this seconde tyme he was in lyke wise ouercome and compelled to flee wythout honoure For whych vyctory thus twyes obteyned by the Brytons Cassibellan entendynge to gyue thanke vnto his goddes and rewarde to hys knyghtes in goodly haste caused an assemble to be made of his lordes knyghtes at the cytye of Caerlud or London where after dew obseruaunces done to theyr goddes after y e vse of theyr pagan lawes a great and solemne feste was holden by the kynge to all that wolde come wyth moste lyberalytye and plentye in all that was necessarye to such a feste And the more to encrease the kynges honoure and to the more comforte and dilectacion of his lordes and other there beynge present there was all maner kynê of games that at those dayes were exercysed and vsed Contynewynge whyche feste two noble and yonge knyghtes amonge other hapened to assey eyther other in wrastlyng wherof that one was neuew to kyng Cassibellan named Hirelda and y e other named Euelinus was allyed vnto Androgeus erle or duke of London By meane of this wrastlynge dyuysyon or vnfyttynge wordes fyll betwene the two yonge knyghtes y t after wordes ensued strokes by meane wherof partyes were takeÌ„ on eyther syde whyche ranne to gyder in great â—re and malyce so that on eyther part many and diuers were hurte wounded Among whome Hirelda neuew to the kynge was slayne whych caused great dysturbaunce in the courte and amonge the lordes when the knowlege of the deth of Hirelda was brought vnto y e kyng he was therwyth greatly amoued entendynge dewe iustice to be hadde mynystred by thaduyce of his Barons causyd the forenamed cosyn of Androgeus Euelinus to be sommoned for to appere before hym hys counsayll and there to acquyte hym of suche cryme as to hym was layde for the deth of Hirelda before slayne But Euelinus by couÌ„sayll of Androgeus wythstode that commaundement and shortly after the sayde Androgeus and Euelyne departed the courte wythoute takynge leue of the kynge The kynge dysdaynynge this demeanure of Androgeê° after dyuers monycyons to hym gyuen gathered his knightes and made warre vpon Androgeus wherfore he coÌ„syderyng after many ways meanes thought y t he was not of power to wythstand the kynges great indignacyon sent his letters vnto Caius Iuliê° Cesar shewynge to hym the circumstaunce of the mater and aduoydynge hym of all gylt besought and prayed him in moste humble wyse that he wolde shortly retourne wyth his army into Brytayne he wyth his hole power shuld be redy to ayde and helpe hym agayne the Brytons Of this message was Iulius very glad and in all haste made towarde Brytayne wyth a great power To whom y e wynde was so fauourable y t in short tyme after this message he drew nere y e land But as affermeth myne authour Gaufryde or he wold lande ferynge the treason of Androgeus he receyued froÌ„ hym in hostage his sonne named Scena wyth .xxx. other of the moste noble of his lordshyppe that done he landed wyth the helpe and ayde of Androgeus wherof when Cassibellan hadde warnynge in all haste he made towarde the Romaynes and in a valey nere vnto Dorobernia now named Canterbury there he fouÌ„de the hoste of y e said Iuliê° lodged with him Androgeê° with all his power After whych knowlege had eyther of other wyth theyr habyllemeÌ„tes of warre eyther greued other tyll at leÌ„gth both hostê mette hande for hand and faught vygerously in such wise that many fell on eyther partye But when the Brytons as sayth Gaufryde hadde longe foughten knyghtly defended the Romaynes Androgeê° with his peple came by a wynge of the Brytons and them so sharpely assayled that they were constreyned to forsake the feld and place y t they before had kepte The whiche flyght dyscoÌ„forted so the other that fynally all fledde and gaue place to the Romaynes the which pursued slewe them withoute pytye So that Cassibellan wyth his Brytons that were lefte were fayne to gette them to a place of suerty there to reste tyll they myght newly prouyde to wyth stande theyr enemyes But fynally as all wryters agre Iulius helde the kyng so shorte that for an vnytye and concorde he was fayne to become trybutary to the Romaynes and to paye to them yerely a certayne trybute whych Gaufryd affermeth to be .iii. thousande pouÌ„d And when the sayde trybute was set in a suertye so that the sayd Romaynes were wyth yt contented and Iulius hadde accomplyshed his wyll pleasure in thynges to hym thought necessary he with Androgeus departed the lande and so spedde hym towarde Rome where soone after he was agayn by the will of y e most of y e senatours made emperour And this tribute thus was grauÌ„ted when Cassibellan hadde reygned as kynge of Britayne fully .viii. yeres and more THE XLIX CHAPITER THis begynnynge of this trybute payde by Cassibellan vnto the Romayns shuld seme by most concordaunce of wryters to be vpon xl and .viii. yeres before Crystes incarnacyon or
and retourned vnto Rome where after he had a season restyd he was by the senate of Rome assygned for his sternesse vnto the rule of Brytayne wyth the ayde of .iii. legyoÌ„s of knyghtes And so beynge garnyshed wyth all abyly mentes of warre entred this yle of Brytayne and wyth great trauayle subdued them to the empyre and so contynued the lyues tyme of the emperour Bassianus But so sone as he was assertayned that y e emperour was slayne at Edessa as before in the story of Bassianê° is shewed thynkynge that amonge the Romaynes shuld growe stryfe dyssencyon for the electyon of a new emperour by reason of whych stryfe he myght the rather lyue so farre froÌ„ them wythout any correctyon confederyd wyth the Scottes and certayne other of the Britons and slew many of the Romaynes suche of theÌ„ as he thought wolde not consent to his treason and by that meane fynally was made kynge of Brytayne And so contynued as affermeth the sayde authour to accompte from his fyrst hauyng rule vnder the Romaynes vnto the tyme y t he was slayne of Alectus .viii. yeres not wythout exercysynge of his olde accustomed tyrannyes and other vnsyttynge condycyons THE LXIIII. CHAPITER ALectus a duke or consull of Rome sent as before is sayd from the senate begaÌ„ne to rule the Brytons in the yere of our lorde .ii. hundred .xxvi. This in the englysh cronycle is named Allec whych wheÌ„ he had restoryd the lande to the subieccyon of Rome he theÌ„ pursued certayne of the BrytoÌ„s that had fauoured Carassiê° agayne the Romayns And in that doynge vsed and exercysyd many tyrannyes and exaccyons by reason wherof he fyll in greate grudge of y e Brytons wherfore they entendynge to oppresse and subdue the power of the Romaynes purchasyd and excyted a noble man of y e Britons called Asclepiodotus and duke of Cornewayle The whyche gatheryd a great hoste of the Brytons and made warre vppon the Romaynes and chasyd them from couÌ„tre to couÌ„tre from towne to towne and lastly Alectus wyth his Romayns drew hym to London and there kept hym for his most suertye wherof beynge warned Asclepiodotus he with his Brytons came nere vnto the sayde cytye where by meanes of prouocacyon on eyther partye vsed lastely y e Romaynes issued oute of the cytye gaue batayll to the Brytons In the which fyght many fyll on eyther partye but y e more on the party of y e Romaynes amonge the whyche was also slayne Alectê° wherfore a captayn of the Romaynes called Liuius Gallus aduertysynge this myschyef the great dauÌ„ger that the Romayns were in drewe backe into the cytye with the Romaynes that were lefte on lyue and defendyd yt wyth theyr powers Thus then appereth that Alectus was slayne of the Brytons whyche was by most accorde of writers wheÌ„ he had ruled this lande vnder y e Romaynes by the terme of .vi. yere THE LXV CHAPITER ASclepiodotus duke of Cornewayle as sayth Gaufryde but after the sayeng of Eutropius and Beda he was presydente of the Pretory of Rome began his domynyon ouer the Brytons in the yere of our lorde two hundred and .xxxii. The whych as before is sayde wyth his Brytons gyrt the cytye of London wyth a stronge syege and kepte the forsayde Liuius Gallus and his Romayns in streyte holde finally as affermyth myne authour Gaufride with knyghtly force violeÌ„ce entred the sayde cytye and slewe y e forenamyd Liuius Gallus nere vnto a broke there at that daye rynnynge and hym threwe into the sayd broke By reason wherof long after yt was called Gallus or wallus broke And at this day y e strete where some tyme ranne the sayde broke is nowe called walbroke And after he hadde thus venquyshed the Romayns he helde this lande a certayn of tyme in peasyble wyse and ruled the BrytoÌ„s wyth good iustyce in rewardynge exaltynge the good men and punysshynge of the euyll In this whyle by styrynge of dysclaunderous dyuylyshe persons a grudge was arreryd attwene the kynge and a duke of his land called Coill or Coillus the whyche was duke or erle of Kaercolym or Colchester wherof the cause is not apparaunt But how it was great people were assembled on both parties and fynally mette in the feld where was faughteÌ„ a great and stronge batayll In the whyche Asclepiodotus was slayne when he had reygned to the concordaunce of other histories and after the affermaunce of the olde cronycle by the space of .xxx. yeres THE LXVI CHAPITER COelus erle of Colchester began hys domynyon ouer the Brytons in the yere of the incarnacyon of Cryste .ii. houÌ„dred .lxii. This in the englyshe boke is called Coyll the whiche guyded the lande to the pleasure of the Brytons a certayne tyme. But as wytnesseth Gaufryde when the senate of Rome had vnder standynge of the deth of Asclepiodotus they were ioyous of the deth of hym for so myche as he hadde euer ben an enemye to y e empyre But for so mych as at that dayes was great dyssencyon amonge them selfe as wytnesseth y e cronycle of Rome they coude not conuenyently sende any armye of knyghtes for to warre vppon this Coelus wherfore he contynued y e longer in reste good peas After the cronycle regestred within the monastery of saynt Alboon the sayd holy martyr suffered his passyoÌ„ in the yere of our lorde .ii. houndred lxxx .vi whych shulde be the .xxiiii. yere of this present kynge But thys dyscordeth from suche wryters as affermen the holy man to be martyred in the .x. persecucyon vnder Dioclesian and Maximian emperours Neuerthelesse at length was sente from y e senate a noble wyse man called Constancius the whiche as affermeth the forenamed auctour had before tyme subdued to the empyre a great part of the couÌ„tre of Spayne But that sayenge dysagreeth to the wrytynge of Eutropius For the couÌ„tre of Spayne was not subdued by hym tyll after y t he was emperour Than it foloweth whan this Constancius was arryued in Brytayne with his army anone Coelus assembled his Brytons But for he dredyd the strength and fame of thys ConstaÌ„cius he sent to hym an enbassad affyrmynge vnto hym coÌ„dycyons of peace wyth graunte of paymentes of the trybute whych before was denyed or ellys as meaneth Polycroniâ—a wythin a moneth after the landynge of this Constancius Coelus was dede wherfore the Brytons to haue the more peace wyllyd this knyghte to take to wyfe Heleyn the doughter of Coelus wyth the possessyon of the lande of Britayne which by hym was graunted Then as before is sayde Coelus dyed when he had ruled the Brytons after most accorde of wryters .xxvii. yeres THE LXVII CHAPITER COnstancius a senatoure of Rome as sayth Policronica beganne to rule the Brytons in the yere of oure lorde two hundred .lxxx. and .ix. This as before is shewed maryed Heleyn the doughter of Coelus last kyng of Brytayne But ye shall vnderstande that this Constancius was fyrste maryed vnto Theodora
that he shuld neuer after clayme any part of the empyre And also for the brekynge of this othe he was after chalengyd or blamed of saynt Martyne byshop of Turon To whom he answered that he was compelled of his knyghtes to take vppon hym as emperour or ellys he shuld of theÌ„ haue ben slayne Neuerthelesse the sayde byshoppe shewed vnto hym that for his vntrouth he shuld not longe prospere or reygne After that worde was brought vnto the emperours that Maximianê° had wyth harde bataylles thus subdued Gallia and Germania Gracianê° wyth a great hoste came down to resyste hym But when he harde of y e marciall dedes of Maximianê° he was a drade and fled backe to the citye of Lugdun or LyoÌ„s in FrauÌ„ce where after the sayde Gracianê° was slayne and his brother Ualentinian was compelled to flee to Constantyne the noble Then Maximianê° to haue the more strength to wythstaÌ„de his enimyes made his sonne named Uictour felowe of the emperour In this whyle that Maximianê° warred thus in Italy Conan Meryadoke to whom as before is sayde Maximianê° had gyuen the land of lytell Brytayne for so mych as he his knyghtes had no wyll to mary the doughters of Frenschmen but rather to haue wyues of theyr owne blood therfore this Conan sent messagers vnto Dionotus then duke of Cornewayll and chyfe ruler of Brytayne wyllynge hym to sende his doughter Ursula wyth a certayne nomber of virgyns to be coupled to hym to his knightes in maryage The which soone after prepared accordyng y e request of Conan the foresayd Ursula accoÌ„panyed wyth .xi. thousande vyrgyns and were sent by her sayde father towarde lytell Brytayne as witnesseth the englyshe cronycle Gaufryde and also Policronica But yt shuld appere by the sayeng of Antoninus Iacobê° Philippus and other writers that this Ursula with her company shulde not be sent forth of mych Brytayne nor maryed aboute this tyme but in the tyme of Marcianus beynge emperoure the whyche began his empyre after most accorde of wryters in the yere of our lord .iiii. hundred .li. Of the martyrdome of these maydens dyuers authours wryte dyuersly wherfore I remytte them that wyll haue farther vnderstaÌ„dyng in this mater vnto y e legende of saynts redde yerely in the chyrche where they maye be suffycyenly taught and enformed THE LXXIII CHAPITER ANd as before is shewed Maximianê° beynge occupyed in warres in Italy two dukes named Gwanus and Melga the whych as Gaufryde testyfyeth and other were sent from Gracian and Ualentinian emperours to punyshe and subdue the Brytons that fauoured the party of Maximianê° warred sore vpon the costes of great Brytayne and occupyed a great parte of Albania wherof when Maximianê° had knowlege he sente into great Brytayne a knyght and captayn named Gracianus or Gracyan The whyche wyth two legyons of knyghtes bare hym so knyghtly that in shorte processe he chasyd the sayd .ii. dukes into Irlande helde the lande of Brytayne in good peace to the behalfe of Maximianus In this whyle Maximianê° contynuyng his warre agayn the empyre entendynge to be emperour Theodocius named the elder then emperour of the eest parte of the world herynge of the deth of Gracyan chasynge of Ualentynyan wyth a great power spedde hym towarde the sayd Maximianê° And shortely after at a citye in Italy named Aquilia toke the sayde Maximianê° and hym behedded when knowlege of the deth of Maximianê° was comen to Gracyan that then had the rule of mych Brytayn he seasyd the land made hym selfe by strength kynge of Brytayne wheÌ„ or after that Maximianê° had gouerned the same by most accorde of wryters by the space of .viii. yeres THE LXXIIII CHAPITER GRacianus the whych of Gaufryde is called Municeps y t maye be taken for an hyred or waged knyght or for y e keper of gyftes or berynge the chyef rule of a cytye beganne to rule the Brytons in the yere of oure lorde .iii. hundred .lxxx. x. The whych exercysyd all tyranny and exaccyon vppon his subiectes for the which he was had in wonder full hatered amonge the Brytons and amonge them cast and sought many wayes and meanes for hys destruccyon but he by dyuers meanes escapyd theyr daungers and punysshed greuously all suche fautours wherfore lastly as sayth Gaufryde they fyll vpon hym of an hole assent and kylled hym when he had reygned or more verely vsurped by the terme of .iiii. yeres THE LXXV CHAPITER AFter that Gracian was thus slayne of the Brytons the forsayd Gwanus and Melga knowynge the Brytons to be wythout hed or ruler assembled also people and retourned into mych Brytayne wastynge and brennynge on euery syde and destroyed greate plenty of Brytons as wytnessyth Gaufryde and other But Policronica sayth that whan the Romayns knewe of the deth of Gracyan they sent a knyght called Constantyne to haue the rule of Brytayne and other countrees there about But he was after demed an enemye to the empyre for harme and sâ—athes by hym done in Fraunce wherfore by commaundement of Honorius then emperour a knyght or erle called Constancius was sente agayne the forenamed Constantine and slewe hym at a place or towne called Arelet After thys the BrytoÌ„s were agayne vexed by the Pictes other straunge nacyons By reason wherof they were coÌ„strained to sende agayne to Rome requyrynge them of ayde vppon condycyon that they shuld alway be subiecte vnto Rome The whyche request and promesse thus herde of the senate Honorius aforenamed was sent into Britayne wyth a legyon of knyghtes whyche is .vi. thousande .vi. houndred .lxvi. The which legyon with helpe of the Brytons chasyd y e foresayde Pictes and other enemyes and taughte the BrytoÌ„s to make a walle ouerthwart the lande from see to see that ys to meane from the water of Humber to the Scottyshe see and ordeyned theÌ„ wardeynes and kepars of the wall and after retourned to Rome Thys wall as testyfyeth Policronica was made of turuys and strechyd from PemiltonÌ„ or PenultonÌ„ vnto y e citye of Acliut or Acliud But for thys wall was of small strength the enemyes before named dystroyed certayne partyes of this sayd wall and ouerrode the countre and toke grete prayes dayly dyd as myche harme as they had done before tyme. wherfore the Brytons were constrayned to seke for newe socour to the Romayns Then dyd Foloaynes sende an other legion the whyche agayne chased the sayd Pictes and other enemyes and made than a wall of stone of the thycknesse of .viii. fote and in heyght .xii. fote in the selfe place where before Seuerus had made a dyke and wall of turfes And y t done the Romaynes comforted and exorted the Brytons to be manly and corageous to wythstande theyr enemyes shewyng to them forther that they shuld truste to theyr owne strengthe for so myche as the Romayns beynge so ferre from theÌ„ myght not lyghtly come from so ferre wyth an armye of knyghtes also not wythout great coste and trauayle After whyche monycyon and
spere vpryghte in hys hande and that the kynge of Gothys shuld throwe or lay so mych syluer as shulde in processe couer the poynt of the sayd spere whyche sentence as testyfyeth mayster Robert Gagwyne the Gothis despysed sayenge that they had not suffycyent syluer wythin theyr land to perfourme the sayd sentence And for despyte of the same certeyne Gothys espyenge a prynce of FrauÌ„ce named Paterne beynge assocyate wyth some dyuerse Frenshmen in a lofte or chamber the whyche Paterne had ben solycytour for the Frenshe kynge in y e foresayd mater the sayde Gothys by crafty and false meanes caused the floorth of the sayd chamber to falle by whyche meane the sayde Paterne was greuously hurte and many of the other in lykewise some slayne wherof whan Clodoueus had wrytynge he beynge therwyth greatly amoued and also bycause y e Gothys dysobeyde the foresayd awarde he gadered shortly after a greate hoste And after certeyne offerynges done to saynt Martyn wyth also passyng the ryuer of Uian by myracle and ledynge of an harte he lastly came to the syghte of hys enemyes Thenne Clodoueus lodged hys hoost nere vnto the monastery of saint Hillary where in the nyght before y e batayle he receyued tokens of vyctory the whyche I passe ouer And vppon the morne he set hys people in araye and made towarde hys enemyes and mette wyth them in a felde called NoglodienÌ„ nere vnto y e ryuer of Cleue or Clyue where after sore and longe fyght he slewe the abouesayde Alaricus kynge of Gothys as sayth myne authour wyth hys owne hande But here shulde seme some discorde of tyme wyth other wryters For Cronica cronicarum Iacobus Philippus and other testyfye that thys Alaricus was dede many yeres before For he shulde be kynge of Gothys by theyr sayenge in the tyme y t Honorius brother vnto Archadius was emperour whyche was aboute the yere of our lord .iiii. huÌ„dred .ix. that he began hys empyre wherfore mayster Robert Gagwyne meaneth some other kynge of Gothys than Alaricê° For the sayd authours also affyrmen that this Alaricus dyed of sodayne sykenesse at a cytye named Cesancia whaÌ„ he had reygned after moste wryters .vi. yere Then it foloweth in y e story whan Clodoueus had thus opteyned vyctory of the Gothys and set the countre of Guyan in order he sped hym agayne into Fraunce And when he was comen into the countre of TuronÌ„ he was encouÌ„tred wyth embassadours of themperours Anastasius and presented from the sayd emperour wyth gyftes greate pryce and honour and also admytted for a consull of Rome whyche at that dayes was a dygnyte of moste honour whyche done he remytted the sayd embassade wyth great gyftes This sayenge is affyrmed of the other wryters the whych shewe this honour to hym to be done for as mych as he had ouercomen the Gothys enemyes of Crystes fayth But they name not the kynges name that then reygned ouer the Gothys Thys besynesse ouerpassed Clodoueus contynued hys iourney tyll he came to the monastery or chyrche of faynt Martyn where wyth great deuocyon accordyng to hys former promysse he offered his stede that he occupyed that iourney agayne the Gothys And after for that he entended to occupye the sayd hors yf he hadde lyke nede he redemed hym wyth a competent summe of golde But yet the hors myghte not be remoued Then y e kyng added to an hundreth pecys of golde which at those dayes were named golden shyllynges and so receyued hys stede wherfore the kynge sayd after in game that saynt Martyn was a good helper at nede but he was costelewe Thus thys noble and fyrste crysten prynce coÌ„tynued hys lyfe in noble and marcyall dedys in augmentynge hys kyngdome by knyghtly batayles and other worldy prouysyons and lastly dyed of goddes visytacyoÌ„ with all stedfastnes of fayth whan he hadde reygned .xxx. yeres leuyng after hym .iiii. sonnes of Clotylde hys wyfe that is to saye Clodomyrus Chyldebertus Theodoricus and Clotharius or after some Latarius and was buryed in y e monastery that he before nere vnto Parys hadde buylded wyth suche epytaphy or superscripcyon vppon hys tumbe as after shal be shewed But or I procede to the declaryng of the foresayd epitaphy for so mych as I haue hard dyuers hold an opynyon that the fayth of Cryste was receyued in Fraunce or it were receyued in this lande of Brytayne therfore I shall note here the tyme that this Clodoueus fyrst toke baptyme whyche was as Ranulphe monke other testyfye in the .xv. yere of hys reygne or nere about whyche was y e yere of our lord .iiii. C.lxxx .xix. wherby yt apperyth consyderynge the tyme of Luciê° fyrst crysteÌ„ prynce that euer was of Brytayne as before is shewed that Cristes fayth was by a longe tyme honoured in Brytayn or it were honoured in Fraunce excepte that suche as holde the forsayd opynyoÌ„ accompte the fyrste comyng of Crystes fayth into Brytayne at y e fyrste conuersyon of the Saxons whenne yt was prechyd by the holy monke saynt Augustyne and hys felowes whych is not to the purpose Than to the foresayde epitaphy or superscrypcyon as foloweth Diues opum virtute potens clarusque triumpho Condidit haue sedem rex Clodoueus idem Patricius magno subsimis fulsit honore Pfemis amore dei contempsit credere nusso Lumina qui varijs horrent potenta figuris Mox pur gatus aquis Christi fonte renatus Fragrantem gessit infulso crisinate crinem ExempluÌ„'que dedit sequitur quod plurima turâ—a Gentisis populi spretoque errore suorum Doctorem cultura deum verumque parentem Hijs felix meritis superauit gesta priorum Semper concilio castris bellisque tremendus Hortatu dux ipse bonus ac pectore fortis CoÌ„structas acies formauit in a gmine primus The whyche verses maye be thus expouned in our moder tuÌ„ge as here after foloweth Riche of goodes stronge in vertue in triumphe re shynynge Kyng Clodoueus this temple buyste of stone Fader of comon profete clad with his honour excellynge Replenyshed with goddes loue despysed hys olde foon And hys pagaun lawe wyth the straunge fygurs echone Purgid with holy water by cristes font born new And holy crisine enointed floured with vertue dew Example gyuyng hym foloweth many a man Forsakyng theyr errour and theyr fals goddes all And by his techynge honour but one god than Thus by his merytes he excelled his parentall And thorough his couÌ„sayle made citye and castell thrall He was a noble duke therwith of grete might And in front of batayle was euer the fyrst knyght Anglia THE C. CHAPITER VTer the laste or yongest sonne of CoÌ„stantyne and brother of Aurelius was made kyng of Britayn in the yere of our lorde .v. huudred euen and the .xvi. yere of Clodoueus than kynge of Fraunce Thys as before ys touched was surnamed PendragoÌ„ The cause therof was as wytnessyth y e Englysshe cronycle for so mych as Merlyn lykened hym
of hys moder Brunechyeldis for that he knewe in her so great vntrouthe subtylty and also of Gyllon the bysshoppe the whyche he also sayde he was not to be trusted when he had thus aduertysed hys neuewe they both retourned vnto the place of couÌ„sayll where by them and theyr counsayllys certayn thynges concernyng the comone wele were sette in an order And that done the sayde counsayll was fynyshed and purueyauÌ„ce for theyr dyner pronyded the prynces wyth theyr baronye went vnto dyner In the season of whych dyner the sayde Gunthranus sayde vnto y e great nomber of lordes beynge presente ye my lordes and nobles of Fraunce the whych to me haue euer more ben true and dere here is myn neuew the whyche as myne heyre I haue allowed and ordeynyd whome I praye you to honoure and wyth true fayth be vnto hym obedyent as to your kyng For of y e great worthynesse that of hym is to come I am in great hope whyche is allyed wyth myght and vertue And to the augmentacyon of these wordes shortely after restored to hym all such cytyes as Chilpericus by hys lyfe had with holden from hym And soone after eyther from other in moste humble louynge maner departyd Of thys peace betwene these two prynces thus stablysshyd the fame ranne wyde wherfore certayne lordes beyng vppon the partye of Gundoaldus refused hym and went vnto the party of Gunthranus Soone after wyth hys people GuÌ„doaldus resortyd vnto a cytye ouer the ryuer of Gerounde named Conuena where for the strength therof he thought to abyde hys fortune wherof when Gunthranus was warned he in goodly spede made thyder warde and layd hys people nere vnto the sayde cytye But when he had espyed the streÌ„gth therof and knew well yt was daungerous for to obteyn he theÌ„ vsyd gyle where streÌ„gth myghte not preuayle and deuysed or forged certayn letters in the name of Brunechyeldys wherin was fayned that the sayde Brunechyeldys shulde desyre Gundoaldus in all hasty wyse to resorte vnto the cytye of Burdeaux Of whyche fraude Gundoaldus no thynge suspectynge commaundyd hys treasoure wyth other hys stuffe vnder saufe gydynge thyderward to be conueyed wherof the knightes of Gunthranê° hauyng knowlege with a stronge coÌ„pany made ouer the fore sayd water of GerouÌ„de layde such watche for them that they encountred the sayde people that caryed the sayde treasure and stuffe and parforce toke it from the knyghtes of Gundoaldus and presentyd it vnto Gunthranus Lyke as before ye haue harde that certeyne lordes of the hoste of Gundoalde fled vnto the hoste of Gunthranus so in thys passe tyme .iiii. capytaynes or rulers of the hoste of Gunthranus fled vnto Gundoalde y t whych myne authour nameth Desiderius Mommolus Bladascus and Sagyttaryus whyche .iiii. after theyr comynge to Gundoalde stode in such fauour that he was by theyr counsayle myche what aduysed and gyded It was not longe after that y e knyghtes of Gunthranus had thus wonne y e foresayd treasoure stuffe that Gundoald was so sore pursued that he was fayne to close hym wyth in a stronge cytye the whyche Lendegylsus mayster of the hoste of GuÌ„thranus assayled by dyuerse feates of warre to wynne But whaÌ„ he saw hys labour lost than he cautelously fande y â— meane to speke secretly with one of the foresayde .iiii. capytaynes named Mommolus and wyth hym treatyd of the betrayenge of y e cytye The whyche after many and longe exhortacyons wyth the assurauÌ„ce of theyr lyues and other grauÌ„tyd vnto the sayd treason whereof the maner shulde be thus Thys sayd Mommolus wyth the forenamed Bladascus and other of that affynyte shulde set a fyre an olde temple wythin y t citye And when the people of y e citye were besyed to quenche the fyre the sayde Mommolus wyth hys adherentes to open the gates so to let in Lyndegylsus and hys knyghtes But yet thys treason set a parte MoÌ„molus goeth to GoÌ„doalde and sheweth to hym the greate daunger that he standeth in of his enemyes wherfore he counsayled hym that he wyth the other rulers about hym go vnto the tentys of Gunthranus and yelde them all vnto hys grace and mercy And also to the entent that he shuld there shewe and proue that he was the indubytate son of the fyrste Clothayre the whyche to the kynge and all his hoste was very doutfull and the more bycause he so fled from them whan Gundoaldus had at ley soure harde the counsayle of Mommole gyuynge to hym credence for so mych as by hys counsayle before tymes he had fortheryd hys causes and also by comfort that he reportyd to haue by meanes of Lyndegylsus before named he settyng a parte all fere wyth certayne nomber in peasyble wyse issued the cytye And whan he had a lyttell space gone ii erles of Gunthranus hoste named Bole and Boson receyued hym and delyuered hym to the power of Lyndegylsus and Mommole retourned wyth the other of his confederey vnto y e citye and closed faste the gates bytwene y e citye and the pauyllyons of GuÌ„thranus where was a lytell coppyd hyll to the heyght whereof whan Gundoalde was comen the sayd BosoÌ„ hym sodeynly threwe downe And as he was rollynge downe the hyll with a great stone he strake him on the hed by vyoleÌ„ce wherof he was forthwith slayne or dede And Mommole the whych as before is towched was re-entred the citye fyrste dyspoyled the goodes of the sayd Gundoalde and after fell vpon the citesyns and robbed and spoyled them in lyke maner not sparynge prestes nor other and after brente chyrches temples and houses without pytye whyche done he sped hym vnto the tentys of Lyndegylsus But he not beynge sure of the sauegarde of the sayde MoÌ„mole and hys coÌ„pany from the murmoure of hys knyghtes or more veryly for he wolde not be a knowen of the prouyded deth of theym commaunded the sayde MoÌ„mole wyth hys adherentes to tary without not to come in the prese of hys knyghtes tyll he had somedele pacyfyed them whiche was done but not all without strife for some there were that beganne to quarell wyth hym and hys But wheÌ„ Lyndegylse sawe that this MoÌ„mole and his company were somdele withdraweÌ„ froÌ„ his pauylyon he made a token to hys knyghtes whereby they knowyng his mynde fell vpon him slewe hym Sagyttarius one of the foresayde .iiii. of that company the whyche myne authour reporteth to be a byshoppe fledde to haue sauegarded hym self but in his flyght he was slayne And wheÌ„ these enymyes where thus brought out of lyfe Gunthranus commauÌ„ded the goodes of the sayde Mommole to be broughte vnto hys tresorye whyche were of great valure and after were egallye deuyded betwene hym and Childebert hys neuewe It was not longe after but certayne tokens fygures appered in the fyrmament the which by astronomers were iuged the fyne of some prynce whyche after a yere shewyd to be true For the sayd
bare hym so well that he causyd his enimyes to lese grounde and at length put them to flyght the whyche he foloweth to the gates of Parys to the great damage of y e people of Lothary In this chase was taken Meroneus the sonne of Clotharye wyth many other but Laundry was goten wythin the cytye And when Theodobert had thus goten the vyctory of hys enemyes he lyste no lenger to tary about them at that season but shortly after retourned to hys countre In the court of Theodorich broder of this Theodobert was at this day dwellynge an Italian named Prothadiê° the whyche as myne authour sayth was paramour vnto Brunechyeld before sayd The which Brunechyeld by hyr meanes had exalted from poore estate vnto hyghe authoryte the whyche was of a subtyle far castynge wytte and therwyth excedynge couetous and in greate fauour of the kynge but to all hys lordes odyous hatefull for the which vnlefull meanes by hym to the nobles and comons of the lande vsed for the yll condycyons and bad counceyll that Brunechyelde thys Prothadiê° vsed within y e court of Theodobert he bannysshed them both as well of hys lande as of hys courte wherfore euer after they malygned agayne Theodobert And for the execucyon of theyr malicious purpose they tolde vnto Theodoryche that hys enemy and not brother Theodobert had wythdrawen from hym the chefe of hys faders treasoure alledgyng also that he was not the sonne of Chyldebert hys fader but gotten of a gardener and wyllyd hym therfore to sende vnto hym and to aske restytucyon of the sayde goodes By the whyche wycked counceyle Theodoryche was so lad that he sent vnto hys brother and in suche wyse so vexyd and styryd hym that dedely malice was kyndelyd betwene them In so myche that eyther of them assembled great hostes and lastely met nere vnto a towne named Carysse where the sayde hostes beynge redy to haue runne togyders the lordes of Theodoberte so demeaned them vnto hym that by theyr wyse counsayle he agreed to sende to hys brother and to haue a coÌ„municacyon of peas And whan the embassade was comen to the pauylyon of Theodoryche and there had shewyd the vnkyndnesse of thys warre wyth the ieopardy that myghte ensue of the same anone the foresayde Prothadius toke vppon hym the answere sayd it is not requysyte so lyghtly to graunte peas but necessary it is to attempte the wyll of our enemye by batayle whether he woll be agreable to condescende to our desyres The whyche wordes thus expressyd of hym anone the more party of the lordes dysdayned it and conspyryd wythin them selfe howe they myghte putte hym to deth And forthwyth arose amonge them such a murmur that y e kynge apperceyued well that they entendyd some harme to Prothadius For the whyche he called vnto hym a knyght named Uselyne chargynge hym to go vnto the lordes commaundynge them that they in no wyse shulde do any harme to Prothadius The whyche Uselyne beynge of the mynde of the other sayd that the kynge wolde that they shulde slee Prothayde After whyche message done they ranne in all haste and hym slewe as he sate playenge at dyce or tables wyth one Peter a physicyon and that done all hoolly ranne vnto y e kynges tent besechyng hym to take no dyspleasure of y e deth of so euyll a man that as well was knoweÌ„ was enemye to all frendshyp and peas But for Theodoryche apperceyued well that he cowde not reuenge hys deth wythout ponyshemeÌ„t of a multytude he therfore toke pacience and suffred the offence to passe vnpunysshed After whyche man thus murdered bothe prynces without notable acte deê‘ted eyther into hys countree THE CXXV CHAPITER TO thys daye Theodoryche had taken no wyfe all be yt of hys concubyne he receyued two sonnes He therfore by thaduertysement of hys frendes set hys mynde to mary some noble woman soone after sent certeyne ambassadours vnto Berthricê° then kyng of Spayne wyllyng to grauÌ„te vnto hym Memberge his doughter in mariage The whiche vppon certeyne condicyons was perfourmed and wyth greate ryches to hym shortly after sent and maryed â— by a certayn tyme well entreated cheryshed But that season roÌ„ne spent Brunechyeld so turned the kynges mynde from the quene that lastely he wyth suche treasoure and iewellys as he of her receyued sent her home agayn The whych iniury Berthricus her father toke at herte greuously shortly after sente hys messengers vnto Clothary kyng of Soysons requiryng hym of ayde to warre vppon Theodoriche which hadde done vnto hym great dyspleasure and the rather for y e warre that the sayde Theodoryche wyth his brother lately made agayne hym the whyche wyth both theyr strengthes they myghte then well reuenge To whome Clotharius grauÌ„ted And to haue hys party the stronger he sente vnto hys neuewe Theodobert and brother to Theodoriche to styre hym agayne hys sayde brother wherof when Berthricus hadde receyuyd knowlege of hys sayde messengers he theÌ„ sent vnto Agon king of Longobardys or more veryly Adoaldus the .v. kynge after Alboynus requyryng hym in lyke maner And he desyrous of wreche made faste and sure promyse to gyue ayde to the vttermoste of his power when Theodoryche was warned of the coÌ„spyracy of these .iiii. kynges that entendyd to warre ioyntly vppon hym he was therwyth greatly amoued and prouyded for hys defence in his bestâ— maner Then Theodobert trustyng the appoyntmeÌ„t before made assembled a great hoste and made spede fyrst toward y e place bytwene theym appoynted whyche was nere to y e castell of Salas. But or any preparacyon was made towarde batayle a meane was founde that the forenamed two bretherne shulde mete eyther wyth other accoÌ„panyed wyth .x. thousand knyghtes But Theodobertus enterâ—â—ynge to dysceyue hys sayd brother to force hym to grauÌ„te to his pleasure broughte wyth hym ferre aboue y e noÌ„ber wherfore Theodoricus beynge ouersette wyth strength graunted all his brothers wyll whych was that ouer certeyne thynges and appoyntementes concluded bytwene Berthricus and hym Theodobert shulde holde to hym and his heyres two lordshippes called Champayne and Turon whych conclusyon fynysshed eyther takynge leue of other departyd vnto theyr countreys but not wythout greate vnrestfulnesse of the sayde Theodorych berynge in mynde the wronge doynge of hys brother wherfore he shortly after made meanes to hys neuewe Clothayre desyrynge hym that he wolde not assyste hys brother agayne hym but to suffer hys quarell to be demyd by dynt of swerde bytwene theym two This requeste Lothayre by the aduyse of saynte Columbane munke of Irelande than beynge in those costes graunted And the french cronicle sayth that he was warned of thys foresayd holy munke and abbot that he shulde not medle bytwene the sayd two bretherne for so myche as yt was prouyded of god that he shuld be heyre to them bothe whan Theodorych had receyued thys answere he gaderyd his streÌ„gth and spedde hym vppon hys iourney to the cytye of Langresse and
so sharpely that he was constrayned to leue the countrey and sayled into Fraunce and lefte the nuÌ„ne behynde hym the whych the kynge caused to be restoryd agayn to the house y t she was taken fro The nexte yere folowyng the sayd Clito wyth his coÌ„pany landed in eest Englande gaderyd to hym y e Danys of that countrey and with theyr ayde destroyed and pylled the countrey about Crekynforde Criklade And then passed y e ryuer of Thamis spoyled the land to Bradenestoke and so froÌ„ thens retourned into eest Anglia y t is Norffolke Suffolke The kynge folowed his enymyes and spoyled of theyr landes whyche they helde by composycyon from the ryuer of Owse to the bordure of saynte Edmundus lande commaundynge hys knyghtes of hys hoste that none shulde dragge or tarye after hys hoste for fere that they were not beclyppyd of theyr enmyes But the Kentyshe men whych trusted to myche in theyr owne strength dysobeyed that commaundement wherfore the Danys awaytynge theyr praye fyll vppon them by bushementes and slewe the more partye of theym wherwyth the kyng was sore dyscontentyd Soone after bothe hostes mette where after longe fyght Clyto wyth many of the Danys was slayne and the remenaunt constrayned to seche peace the whyche was graunted vppon certayne condycyons that they shulde holde theym wythin the boundes to theym lymytted and ouer that paye yerely a certayne money in waye of trybute After whyche peace wyth them stablyshed he repayred cytyes townes and castellys that by the sayde Danys were shatered and broken And about the .viii. yere of his reygne kynge Edwarde repayred the wallys and also the cytye of Kaerlyon that now is called Chester To the whych were great helpers Etheldredê° duke of Mercia Elfleda his wyfe doughter of Alurede as before is shewyd suster of this kynge Edwarde And that done the kynge buylded a stronge castell at Herforde in y e egge of walys And he enlarged so greatly y e walles of Chester y t the castell whych before tyme was wyth out the wall is now wythin And the .ix. yere of his reygn Etheldredê° duke of Mercia by couÌ„sayll of his wyfe traÌ„slated y e bones of y e holy kyng Oswald froÌ„ Bradony to Gloucestre there buylded a fayre monastery in the worshyp of saynt Peter In the .xii. yere of kyng Edwardes reygne the Danes repentynge them of theyr couenauntes before made myndyng enteÌ„dyng y e breche of the same asseÌ„bled an hoste met with y e kynge in Staffordeshyre at a place called Toten halle and soone after at wodenesseylde At whyche .ii. places the kynge slew two kynges two erlys and many thousandes of the Danys that then occupyed the countrey of Northumberlande And soon after dyed the noble man Etheldredus duke or erle of Mercia or myddell Englande After whose deth the kynge for so myche as he hadde often prouyd her wysedome he toke the rule of that countrey to hys wyfe Elfleda London alonely exceptyd the whyche he toke vnder his onwe rule THE CLXXX CHAPITER OF this noble woman Elfleda yf I shulde shewe all the vertues yt shuld aske a long tyme and leasure But amonges other of her noble dedes she buylded and newly repayred many townes cytyes and castellys as Tomworth besyde Lychefeld Stafforde warwyke Shrowesbury watrysbury Eldysbury in the forest besyde Chester that nowe is ouer tourned and destroyed Also she buylded a cytye wyth a castell in the Northe ende of Mercia vpon y t ryuer Merce that in those dayes was named RuncofanÌ„ but now yt is called RuncornÌ„ And she also buylded a brydge ouer the ryuer of SeuernÌ„ whyche is or was named Brymmysburye brydge This stronge virago fauour of cytezeyns and fere of enymyes halpe myche the kyng her brother in gyuynge of counsayll buyldynge of cytyes Of her is told that when she hadde ones assayed the wo and sorowe that women fele and suffer in berynge of a chylde she hated the enbrasynge of her husband euer and toke wytnesse of god and sayde that yt was not coÌ„uenyent or semely to a kinges doughter to vse such flesshely lykynge wherof suche sorowe shuld ensue or folowe In the .xiii. yere of the reygne of this Edwarde a great nauy of Danys whych in tyme of Alurede were driuen into Fraunce now retourned agayn and sayled about the west couÌ„trey and landed in dyuers places toke prayes and went to theyr shyppes agayn And at one time amoÌ„ges other they robbed and spoyled at a place called Irchynfeylde and toke a Brytyshe byshop and caryed hym to theyr shyppes and fynally raunsomed hym at .xl. pounde But as soone as kynge Edwarde had knowlege of theyr beyng he assembled his knyghtes and sped hym westwarde by lande and sent a nother hoste by shyppe to encounter the Danys vppon the see wherof heryng the sayd Danys fledde into Irlande and by that course voyded the land and handes of the kynge Then the kynge for strengthynge of the countrey made a castell at the mouth of the water of Auene and a nother castell at Bokyngham and the thyrd faste therby y t is to meane vpon eyther syde of y e ryuer of Owseone And after retourned into Northamtonshyre and Bedfordshyre faughte there wyth the Danys of these couÌ„tres and at length subdued theâ— wyth theyr leder or duke called Turketyllus About the .xvii. yere of this kynges reygned Elfleda lady of Mercia before mynded gaderyd her knightes And where the Brytons or walshe men brake into the lande about Brekenoke she wyth her people wythstode theym and amonge other prysoners prayes toke there the quene of walshemen And the yere folowynge kynge Edwarde buylded or newly reedyfyed the townes of Towsetour and wygmore and destroyed the castell that the Danys hadde made at Temesforde And that yere the noble Elfleda wanne the towne of Derby from the power of the Danys where they put her in such adueÌ„ture that foure knyghtes whyche were called Gardeyns of her corps were slayne faste by her And y e .xviii. yere of his reygne dyed that noble pryncesse Elfleda in the moneth of Iune and was buryed in the monastery of saynt Peter which her lorde and she before tyme hadde buylded wythin the towne of Gloucetour as aboue is touched ouer the bones of that holy kynge saynte Oswalde whyche monastery was after throwen to grounde by the Danys But Aldredus byshop both of yorke of worcetour made there an other whyche is now chefe house or abbay of that towne or cytye when Elfleda was deed her doughter named Elswyna helde the lordeshyppe of Mercia a season But for the kynge coÌ„sydered yt to be to great a thynge for her to rule he therfore dyscharged her therof and ioyned it to his kyngedome but not all wythout stryfe For dyuers townes kepte of the kyng for a tyme as Snotyngham or Nothyngam Tomworth Derbye and other supposynge the doughter wold haue defended them as the mother by her lyfe had done But finally they came to the
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 straūge 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. hūdred 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 poūde 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 Iohn̄ 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 cōcluded 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 cōtynued therin by a certayn of time wyth perfyte charitable deuocyon In tyme of whyche sayde abstynence a vysyon was shewed vnto Ethilstane cōfortyng hym also cōmaundyng 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 graūted y e kyng to fullfyll his request and cōmaundement 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 cōueyed 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 cōmaunded 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 cōsyderyng 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 cōclude the kyng wyth a certayne of his lordes conueyed this sayd pylgryme vnto the townes ende And when he was thyther cōmen 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
he toke a myghty and stronge captayn of the sayde erle Guy named Hombolde the whyche he sente to the castell of Stampes there sauely to be kepte Durynge whyche warre Philyppe the kynge sykened and dyed the yere of grace M. a hundred .vi when he hadde rygned full .xlviii. yere and was buried at saint Benet sur Loyt THE CCXVI CHAPITER HArolde y e second son of erle Goodwyne and laste kynge of Saxons began to rule the realme of Englande y e v. daye of Ianuary and the yere of our lorde M. and .lxvi and the .viii. yere of Phylyp the fyrst then kynge of Fraunce This as moste myghty for so myche as the blessyd kynge Edwarde dyed wythout yssue not myndyng the promysse of hym before made vnto wyllyam duke of NormaÌ„dy as before I haue shewed toke vpoÌ„ him as kyng and was crowned of Aldredus then byshoppe of yorke All be yt as affermeth Guydo and other some of the lordes entended to haue made Edgare Adelynge kynge whyche Edgare as affermeth y e sayde authours was sonne to Edwarde that was the sonne of Edmund Ironsyde and named of some Edwarde the outlawe But for this Edgare was yong and specyally for Harolde was strong of knightes and rychesse he wanne the reygne Howe be yt Marianus sayth that kyng Edwarde ordeyned before his deth that Harolde shuld be kyng after hym By reason wherof the lordes crowned hym therupppon at westmynster Anon as he was crowned he beganne to fordoo euyll lawes and customes before vsed and stablysshed the good lawes and specyally suche as were for the defence of holy chirch and punyshed the euyll doers to the fere and example of other In shorte tyme after that Harolde was thus made kynges Tosty or Costy hys brother whyche as before is sayde was of the Northumbers chased into Flaundres made hym a nauy of .lx. small sayles and sayled about the I le of wyght toke prayes wythin the sayd yle and other places of Kent And from thens he sayled in to Lynsey dyd there myche harme both with fyre and sworde But soon after he was chased thens by EdwynÌ„ and Malcharus erles of Mercia of Northumberlande And then he sayled into Scotland taryed there tyll the somer after when Tostius was thus wyth hys robbers chased then Harolde Harfagar kynge of Northganys or Norways wyth a great nauy of .iii. hundred shyppes or mo entred y e mouth of the ryuer of Tyne Thys Harolde Harfagar as sayth Guyde was the sonne of Canutus and kyng of Denmarke and of Norway The whych heryng of the deth of holy Edward purueyed y e sayd great armye to wyn Englande as his ryghtfull enherytaunce when Harolde was warned of thys great flote of Danys he sent vnto the forenamed erles or dukes of Mercia and of Northumberland commaundyng them to wythstande theyr landrynge whyle he gadered hys strength Then the foresayde dukes spedde theym towarde the Danys and gaue vnto them a sharpe stronge fyght But in conclusyon the Englyshemen were put to the worse and were fayne to gyue backe so y t the enymyes entred farther into the lande The kyng herynge of the scoÌ„fyture of hys people made the more haste towarde hys enymyes so that the .vi. day after he came to Stemysforde brydge In thys whyle was Tostius before named come oute of Scotlande and gone to the partye of the Danys agayne hys owne brother In thys foresayde place bothe hostes ioyned and faught then there a sharpe cruell batayll wherin fyll many a sturdy knyght vppon the englyshe partye but mo vppon the Danys syde so that in the ende Harolde theyr kynge was slayne and that of the hande of Harolde kynge of Enlande as sayth Guydo and Tostius was also slayne in the same fyghte Olanus broter to the sayth Harolde Harfagar with Paulus duke of the yles of Orkeys were there taken prisoners The whyche the kynge caused to hym to be sworne to kepe such promises as they to hym there made and toke good pledges for performaunce of the same and after suffred theym to retourne from thens they were comen It ys also specyally remembred of the sayd authour that one knyght stode vppon the foresayde brydge and wyth his axe defended the passage maugre the hole hoste of y e Englyshemen and slew .xl. Englyshmen or mo wyth hys axe and myght not be ouercomen tyll an Englysheman went vnder the brydge and stycked hym vpwarde wyth hys spere thorough an hole of the brydge For thys vyctory Harolde was suppressed wyth pryde and also wyth couetouse so that he dyuyded not the prayes of hys enymyes amonge hys knyghtes but kepte theym to hym selfe or gaue parte vnto suche â—nyghtes as he fauoured and spared to them that had well deserued by reason wherof he loste the fauour of many of hys knyghtes In thys passetyme the doughter of duke wyllyam the whych Harold shuld haue maried dyed within age wherfore Harold thought hiÌ„ y e more discharged of his ê“mise before made to her fader But duke willyam warned Harolde of couenauntes broken and medled menasses wyth prayers by sondry tymes wherunto Harolde answered that a nyce folyshe couenaunte ought not to be holden namely y e behest of other mennys ryght and kyngdome wythout the hole assent of the senatours of y e same land And farthermore a lewde othe might and ought to be broken and specyally when yt is compelled to be sworne for nede or for drede Uppon these answers receyued by duke wyllyam from Harolde in the whyle that messangers went came duke wyllyam gadered hys knyghtes and prepared his nauy and all other thinges necessary to the warre had assent of the lordes of his land to ayde and assyste hym in his iourney And ouer that he in such wise enformed the pope then beynge named Alexander the second y t he coÌ„formed hym in takynge of that vyage and sent vnto hym a banner the whyche he willed hym to bere in the shyp that he hym self shuld sayle in And so beynge purueyed of all thynges concernyng his iourney he sped hym to the see syde toke shyppynge in the hauen of faynt Ualery where he taryed a longe tyme or he myght haue a couenable wynde For y e whych his soldyours murmured grudged and sayd it was a woodnesse great dyspleasynge to god to desyre an other mannâ—s kyngdome by strength namely when god wythsayde yt by the workynge of his element At the laste when duke wyllyam had longe bydden and houed for the wynde he commaunded to brynge forth y e body of saynt Ualery and to be sette vppon the see stronde The whyche done the wynde shortely after came about and fylled the sayles Then wyllyam thanked god saynt Ualery and toke shortely after shyppynge and helde his course to warde Englande vppon thys grounde tytle folowynge The fyrste and pryncypall was to chalenge his ryghte and to haue the domynyon of the lande that to hym was gyuen as he affermed of kyng
Edwarde the confessoure and hys neuewe The seconde was to take wreche of his deth cruell murdour of hys neuew Alfrede and brother of y e blessyd kynge Edwarde that was slayn of erle Goodwyne and his adherentes as before ye haue harde in the storye of Hardykinitus the whyche dede he ascrybed chefely vnto Harolde And the thyrde was for to auenge the wronge done vnto Robert archebyshop of Caunterburye whych as he was enformed was exiled by the meanes and labour of Harolde in the tyme of Edwarde the coÌ„fessour as before is shewed THE CCXVII CHAPITER DUke wyllyam kepynpe hys course landed in processe of tyme at Hastynge in Sussex in a place called Peuenessey And in hys goynge oute of his shyp and takyng the land hys one fote slode and that other stacke faste in the sande The whych espyenge one of his knyghtes y t was nere vnto hym cryed alowde and sayd now syr duke thou holdest Englande and thou shalte soone be tourned from a duke to a kynge The duke of this made game and entred further into the lande and made his proclamacyons and cryes that no man shuld take any prayes or do any force to the people For he sayde that yt was reasonable that he shuld spare that thynge that shulde be hys owne Harolde in thys whyle was in the North partes of Englande and had wittynge of the landynge of the Normayns and sped hym towarde them in all that he myghte and gatheryd his strength by the countreys as he came But the duke made so good spede that he came to LoÌ„don before the kynge where he was holden out tyll he had made good suertye that he and hys people shulde passe thorough the cytye wythout taryenge The whyche was obseruyd And so he passyng the cytye passed the bridge and went ouer into Sussex Kynge Harolde entendynge to know the streÌ„gth of his enmyes sent espyes into the dukes hoste the whyche made reporte vnto the kynge that all duke wyllyams soldyours were prestes For they had theyr ouer lyppes and chekes shauen and the Englyshmen at these dayes vsed the here of theyr ouer lyppes shadde and not shauen But Harold to that answered and sayde they be no prestes but are stalworth and sturdye knyghtes Then Gurth or Surth one of the yongeste bretherne of Harolde counsayled hym that he shulde stande a parte and suffer hym wyth other of hys lordes to fyght with y e NormaÌ„s for so myche as he was sworne to the duke and they were not aledgynge furthermore that yf they were ouerthrowen y t yet he myght defende hys quarell and fyghte for the countrey In this meane tyme wyllyam sent a monke vnto Harold and proferred to hym thre maner of wayes and to chose one of the thre The fyrste that accordynge to his othe he shulde render the lande or delyuer yt vnto the possessyons of wyllyam And y e done to take yt agayne of hym and hold yt of hym as in fee so to reygne vnder hym for terme of hys lyfe and after his deth to retourne yt to the sayd wyllyam or to suche one of his sonnes as he wolde assigne it vnto Or secondly leue the kyngedome without more stryfe Or thyrdely in exchewynge of shedynge of the more plenty of Crysten meÌ„nes blood that he wold defende his quarell in hys owne persone agayne the duke and they two onely to trye the mater by dynte of sworde But Harolde refused these offers and sayde he wolde trye his quarell by dynt of swordis and not by one sworde and that he and hys knyghtes wolde defende theyr couÌ„trey agayn all strauÌ„ge nacyons prayenge to god to deme the ryghte betwene them twayne when duke wyllyam hadde receyued this answere from Harolde and same well that there was no meane but fortune in batayll he charged his people y t myght watche to occupye theym in prayer and specylly the prestes and the religious people where the Englyshemen gaue them all to drynke and songe Then vppon the morowe beynge saterdaye and the .xiiii. daye of Occtober and the daye of saynte Calyxte the pope bothe hostes assayled other in that place where as nowe standeth the abbay of Batayll in Sussex In the begynnyge of thys batayll a banner or a banneret called Thylfer a Norman splayed before the hoste of Normans and slewe an Englysheman or knyghte that came agayne hym and after that one other and so the thyrde and was slayne at the laste Then the seltrons smote to gyther wyth a great noyse and crye and faughte sore a longe season And the Englyshmen defended them manfully and the better for that that they kepte theym hole to gyther wythoute scaterynge or spryngynge a brode The whyche when wyllyam apperceyued he gaue a sygne vnto hys knyghtes that they shulde gyue backe and make countenaunce as they dyd flee Then the Normans imbatelled the fote men and sette horse men for wynges on euery syde By the whyche wyle the Englyshemen were descueryd and soone oute of araye and the Normans tourned agayne vpon y e Englyshemen and slewe theym downe on euery syde Thys batayll was sore foughten of the Englyshemen that duke wyllyam was thryse felled that day by reason that thre horse were that daye slayne vnder hym Lastely Harolde was wounded in the eye wyth an arowe and fyll to the grounde and was slayne and hys people scatered so that well was hym that myghte saue hym selfe by fleynge Then duke wyllyam buryed hys men that there were slayne and fuffred hys enymyes to do the same Of the deth of thys Harolde ys dyuersly wryten For Geraldus Crambrens in hys boke called Itinerarius sayth y t after Harolde had receyued many woundes and loste hys lefte eye he fledde from that felde to the countrey of Chester and lyued longe after an holy lyfe as an ancre in the selle of saynte Iamys faste by saynt IohnÌ„s chyrch made there an holy ende when y e deth of Harold was knowen to the erles of Mercia and of Northumberlande the whyche for streytnesse of waye myght not bryng theyr people to that felde or ellys for that that they wylfully wythdrew theym selfe from Harolde bycause he none otherwise departed y e prayes amonges them and theyr knyghtes at the former feld of Norgaynes then they drewe the next waye to London and take Agatha Haroldê wyfe and sent her to Chester And they and Aldredus byshoppe of yorke with the Londoners agreed and promysed eyther vnto other that they wold make Edgare Athelynge kynge and defende hys ryghte to the vttermoste of theyr powers But that promyse not wythstandynge when they harde of the great strength that dayly fell to duke wyllyam and of hys prouysyons they were fayne to breke that appoyntement And the sayd erles submytted them and gaue vnto hym pledges and became to hym his lyege men by homage and feautye And thus when Harolde hadde ruled the lande from the .v. daye of Ianuary to the .xiiii. daye of October he was slayne when he had reygned ix
abbot and to haue the rule of so holy a charge and so he gaue vnto hym that benefyce wythout takynge any peny Thys kynge wyllyam vsed alway lemmans wherfore he dyed without yssue legyttymat when he had reyned as before is sayde fully .xii. yeres and odde dayes THE CCXXVI CHAPITER HEnry the .iii. son of wyllyam Cōquerour fyrste of y t name whyche for his connynge was surnamed beuclerk began hys reygne and domynyon as kynge of Englande the .v. daye of August in the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred one and the .xliii. yere of the fyrste Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce was crowned at westmynster ryght shortly after of Thomas archebyshoppe of yorke and Morys byshoppe of London This Henry in his youth plyed him to such studye that he was instructe in the .vii. artes lyberall Anon he made holy chyrche free vsed saynt Edwardes lawes wyth the amendemēt of them He put out of his courte nyce and wāton men and closed Ranulphe byshoppe of Durham in the towre of Lōdon y e which as ye before haue harde was so great wyth wyllyam his brother and sent for Anselme archebyshoppe of Caunterburye whyche before was fledde fro the tyranny of wyllyam Rufus This Henry chastysed the olde vntrewe mesure and made a yerde of y e length of hys owne arme wyth dyuers other thynges reformyng that longe before his days had ben mysse vsed and abhorred excesse of metys and drynkes vsed to fyght more wyth coūsayll then wyth sworde In the seconde yere of his reygne Robert hys brother that by all thys season hadde ben occupyed in warres vppon Cristes enymyes hauyng worde of the deth of hys brother wyllyam and howe his brother Henry hadde taken vpon hym as kynge returned into Normandy and there made preparacyon for to come into Englande In this season also was brokē out of pryson Ranulfe byshoppe of Durham and comen to the sayde Robert into Normandy The whych excyted duke Robert in all that he myght to warre vppon hys brother Henry so that he assembled a stronge armye of knyghtes and toke shyppynge and landed in processe of tyme at Portysmouth But by medyacyon a peace was made and that in suche condycion that he shuld haue .iii. thousand markes yerely as before was promysed vnto hym by willyam Rufus his brother wyth other condycyons of successyon and other thynges the whyche I ouerpasse for length of tyme. Thus Robert beynge contented contrary to the myndes of his lordes after he a season hadde dysported hym in Englande retourned into Normandy where of his lordes he was for thys other dedes before done as after is shewed lytle or lesse and lesse setby For all be yt that by hys fathers lyfe he hadde vyctorye and vtterly dyspleased hym as some deale before ys touched yet by hys manhode and manfull dedes he fell into the fauoure of the people and dyd many and great notable actes and specyally at the wynnyng of the cytye of Acon vppon the myscreauntes and turkes For the whyche dedes yt apperyth by the sequele of the storye that he was also in the fauour of god For when the eleccyon shuld be made for the kynge of Hierusalem and certayne prynces and prynces peeres by ordynaunce made stode wyth theyr tapers abydynge the dyuyne purueyaunce that whose taper were fyrst wyth heuenly fyre lyghtened shulde be admytted for kynge the taper of thys duke Robert was fyrste onely wherfore by dyuyne purueyaunce he was then chosen kynge of Hierusalem The whyche he refused for the payne and trauayle that he shuld haue wyth all also for the couetyse of the crowne of Englande For as soone as he hadde knowlege of the deth of his brother willyam anon he parted the coūtrey and sped hym homewarde in all that he myght For the whych dede as affermeth myne authour he spedde the worse in all his dedes after Thys Robert was wyse in counsayll stronge in batayll and also ryght lyberall and in hys retourne from Hierusalem maryed the doughter of wyllyam de Auersana lorde of Apulia wyth whome he receyued grete sōmes of money for her dower the whych by meane of his liberalyte he spent shortly after Then fortune beganne to frowne vppon duke Robert and sette his owne lordes so agayn hym that they sent vnto kyng Henry hys brother wyllynge hym to come into Normandye and they wolde delyuer the coūtrey vnto him and holde hym for theyr chefe lorde and ruler wherunto as sayth the englyshe cronycle kynge Henry soone cōsented But or euer thys warre betwene the sayde duke Robert kyng Henry beganne thys Henry maryed Mawde or Molde the doughter of Malcolyne kyng of Scotlande and of Margarete hys wyfe doughter of Edwarde the outlawe as in the begynnyng of wyllyam Conqueroure is thouched Of the whyche Molde thys Henry receyuyd after some wryters two sonnes and .ii. doughters y t is to saye wyllyam and Rycharde Mawde Mary And also the sayd authour wyth other saye that Robert duke of Normandye came into Englande in the fourth yere of the reygne of kynge Henry and hadde good chere of his brother and syster For the which he at the request of his sayde syster released to his brother y e forenamed trybute of .iii. thousand markes But by yll tale tellers couetous of signory this broderly loue was after dissolued in such wise that the kynge with a strong army sayled into Normandy and held his broder Robert with so sharpe warre that he chased hym from one countrey to another and wanne from hym Roan Caan Faloys and all the good townes of Normandye and lastely constrayned hym to aske helpe of Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce after of the erle of Flaūdres but he fayled helpe of them both Then wyth such power as he could make he gaue batayll vnto his brother kynge Henry In the whyche he was taken and sent ouer into England and put into the castell of Cardyffe in walys where he remayned as prisoner whyle he lyued And when he was dede he was buryed at Glowcester In this tyme and season as it were in y e .iii. yere of kyng Henry y e chyrch of saynt Barthelmew in Smythfeld of London was begonne to be founded of a mynstrell of this kyng Henry named Rayer and after perfourmed and ended by good and well disposed cytezens of the citye of Lōdon This place of Smythfelde was at y e day a lay stowe of al ordure or fylth and the place where felons and other transgressours of the kynges lawes were put to execucyon THE CCXXVII CHAPITER SO as kynge Henry hadde fynyshed his warre in Normandye was returned into Englande Robert de Bolesyn which was the eldest sonne of Roger de mount Gomeryk erle of Shrewesburye arose agayne the kynge and manned his castellys of Shrewesbury of Brugg◠of Arundell and of Tekynhyll and incoraged the walshmen agayne the kyng But the kyng pursued so cruelly the sayd Robert y t wythin .xl. days he wan all thoses castellis
eche of them of other of one wyll and mynde toke shyppyng and sayled to Douer and in all haste spedde theym vnto Caunterburye where the .v. daye of Cristmasse they executed theyr tyrannye and martyred that blessyd archebysshoppe at that aulter of sayne Benet wythin hys owne chyrche in the yere of our lordes incarnacyon a thousande a hundred and .lxx as yt ys wytnessyd by these versys folowyng Anno milleno centeno septuageno Anglorum primas corruit ense Thomas The whych is to vnderstande in our vulgare as thus ¶ The yere to reken from Crystes incarnacyon A thousande an hundred and seuentye therunto The prymate of Englande wyth great abomynacyon was slayne wyth sworde Thomas that wolde not do The kynges hest whyche erred the ryghte fro Of the chyrche and lybertyes of the same wherby of honoure he wanne perpetuall fame After this cruell dede thus by the foure knyghtes done wherwyth the kynge after some wryters was not contented the kynges fortune beganne to decreace and fall so that he hadde after thys many aduersyteys where before he knewe not of lyke trouble In the .xvii. yere of his reygne the kynge made a iourney into Irland where wyth great trauayle he subdued the Iryshe And after wyth helpe of the prymate and byshoppe of Arnache he refourmed the maner of the dwellers and people of that countrey and that in thre thynges specyally Fyrste in rulynge and orderynge of the chyrche by the curates how they shuld order theyr dy uyne seruyce and mynyster the sacramente of matrymonye as yt was in Englande and other crysten regyons The seconde was how that the laye people shuld behaue theym to theyr curates and what wyse they shulde paye and offer to god theyr tythes The thyrde was for makyng of theyr testamentes Thys was ordeyned that euery man shulde make hys laste wyll in p̄sence of his neyghbours or at leste cause yt to be rede in theyr presence And fyrste he shuld reken what he ought and to sette so myche of hys goodes And yf he had a wyfe and chyldren then the resydue of hys goodes hys dettys beyng payde to be deuyded in thre partes one to the wyfe the seconde for the chyldren and the thyrde to be spente for the weale of the soule And yf he hadde no chyldren then the halfe to hys soule and that other halfe to his wyfe And yf he hadde no wyfe nor chyldren then to dyspose hys goodes at hys pleasure In the returne of the kynge oute of Irlande was a wonder thynge shewed vnto hym vppon whytesondaye whyche in the calender is called dominica in Albys whē the kyng shuld take his horse sodeynly appered vnto hym a man of pale wanne colour barefote and in a whyte kyrtell the whyche bodely spake vnto the kynge in the langage of duche and sayde syr kynge Criste greetyth the we le and hys mylde moder mary with also Iohn̄ Baptyst and Peter and commaunde the streyghtly that no Markettes nor seruyle workes be holden vppon the sondaye in the landes of thy lordeshyppe oute take that longeth to dressynge of mete And yf thou do after thys byddynge I assure the that all thynge that thou begynnest to good entent or of good purpose thou shalt bryng yt to good ende The kynge lyked nothynge thys speche and sayd to the knyghte that helde hys brydell Aske of thys chorle whether he haue dremed all thys that he telleth wherunto thys man answered whyther I haue mette thys tale in my dreme or not take thou hede well of my saynge For and thou do not as I haue aduertysed the amende thy lyfe thou shalte shortely here suche thynges that thou shalte be heuy fore to thy lyues ende The kyng toke all in game and the man vanyshed sodeynly that the kyng his knyghtes wonderyd of hys departynge wherof when the kynge was warned both of hys fyrste sodeynly apperynge and of hys departynge the kynge sette yt nere hys mynde and entendyd to do some thynges after that mannys counsayll But how yt was yt had no forwarde After that the blessed man Thomas was martyred the munkes by assent of the kynge chase Rycharde pryour of Douer the whyche was a man of euyll lyuynge and wasted the goodes of y e chyrch inordynatly THE CCXXXVIII CHAPITER ABoute the .xx. yere of the kynges reygne he purchased a dyspensacyon for the vyage that before he hadde solempnely auowed before .ii. cardynallys to go into the holy lande and to ieoperde hys proper persone agaynst Crystes enymyes The whyche dyspensacyon was grauntyd vppon one condycyon that he shulde buylde thre abbays in Englande In fulfyllynge wherof the kynge put oute of the howse of waltham seculer chanons and set there in theyr stede chanons reguler And for the seconde he auoyded the munkes oute of the house of Aumbrysbury and sette there menchons that he hadde brought from beyonde the see And for the thyrde he renewed coursely the charter house of wytham besyde Salysburye By whyche thre dedes he thought hym selfe excused of hys former promyse Then beganne his sonnes to make warre vppon hym the whyche were ayded by the Scottyshe kynge and the two erles of Chester and of Lyncolne The cause of whyche warre was after the declaracyon of some wryters for so myche as the kynge hadde emprysoned Elyanoure hys wyfe and kepte that wenche Rosamounde agayne all good order But other say yt was for certayne landes in Normandye whyche by ayde of the Frenche kynge Rycharde the .iii. sonne of byrthe and seconde then lyuynge wolde haue taken from hys father Of thys warre speketh nothynge the frenche cronycle Then as testyfyeth Ranulfe this innaturall warre endured by the terme of two yeres to the great dysturbaunce of the kynge and of hys realme tyll the kynge wyth great deuocyon vysyted the graue of the holy martyr saynte Thomas After whyche pylgrymage was by hym fynysshed in shorte processe after wyllyam kynge of Scottes and the two forenamed erlys of Chester and Lyncolne were taken at the castell of Anwyke But yet he lefte not the company of the forenamed Rosamunde to the whych wenche he hadde made an house of wonder workyng so that no creature man or woman myghte wynne to her but yf he were instructe by the kynge or suche as were ryght secrete with hym touchynge that mater Thys house after some wryters was named Labyrinthus or Dedalus worke or house whyche ys to meane after moste exposytours an howse wroughte lyke vnto a knot in a garden called a mase But the common fame telleth that lastely the quene wan to her by a clew of threde or sylke and delte wyth her in suche maner that she lyued not longe after Of the maner of her deth spekyth nothynge myne authoure but when she was dede she was buryed at the howse or monasterye of Goddestow besyde Oxenforde with these versys vppon her toumbe Hic iacet in tūba Rosa mūdi sed nō rosa mūda Non redolet sed olet quae redolere
sharpnes of Baldwyne had somdeale greued theym And though thys Baldwyne were a good man holy in his lyuynge yet one thyng he dyd to the derogacyon of the munkes of Caunterburye for he purposyd to put the prerogatiue of the eleccyon of the archbishoppe from the munkes And because therof he beganne to buylde great houses nere vnto the munkes chyrche by fauour of the kynge Henry the seconde but not wythout shedynge of blood and there entendyd to haue set in secular chanons with prebendys and suffraganes of bysshoppes for to treate wyth the sayde chanons of the foresayde eleccyon to put by the mūkes clerely But the munkes when they sawe they myght no lenger resyst Baldwyn they then appealed to the pope Innocent the thyrde by whose cōmaundemēt that worke ceasyd and so stode vnfynysshed tyll the sayde Baldwyne was dede After whose deth the munkes made that worke playne wyth the grounde Treuisa translatoure of Policronycon sayth yt was wonder that Baldwyn wolde in that maner deale wyth the munkes consyderyng he was fyrst archdeacon then white munke and then abbot after byshop of worceter and last archbysshoppe to brynge men of more imperfyte lyfe into y e place of men more perfyte to chaunge religyous men for seculer men But yet the sayde Treuisa allowyth Baldwynes dede or entent for good For he sayth that Criste was the hedde of holy chyrch and callid and made his apostles bysshoppes but none of them was munke or yet frere wherfore Baldwyne dyd better to preferre the relygyon whyche Cryste made then the relygyon whyche was instytuted and ordeyned by man Anno domini M.C.xcvii  Anno domini M.C.xcviii  Gerarde de Antiloche  Balliui  Anno .viii.  Robert Duraunt  IN in the moneth of Ianuary and .viii. yere of the reygne of kynge Rycharde when the sayde Rycharde had sufferyd harde prysonement vppon the terme of a yere and thre monethes he was deliuered out of Pryson for the summe of an hundred thousande pounde of sterlynge money For pledge wherof he lefte in the kepynge of the emperoure the bysshoppes of Roan and of Bathe But not for all for a great parte was payed or the kynge were delyueryd For payment of whyche raunsom all the wolle of whyte munkes chanons was taken and solde rynges and crosses of prelates wyth vessels and chalyces of all chyrches thorough y e land ouer that .xxvii. shrynes were scraped or spoylyd of y e gold syluer that vppon theym before tyme was layd for no pryuylege of holy chyrch nor other persone at that season was sparyd Then kynge Rycharde came vnto Swyne in Flaūdres and taryed there two monethes other to abyde the wynde or ellys to make prouysyon for thynges whych he neded There the emperours men had almost taken him agayn So the emperour forthought y e deliuery of king Rychard as Pharao forthought the delyuery of the chyldren of Israel Then the kyng toke shippyng and lāded in y e ende of Marche at Sandwyche from thens came streyghte vnto Lōdon where he was receyued wyth all ioye and honour And when he had a season rested hym there he wyth a certayn nomber of knyghtes rode to Nothyngam wan y e castell and after the castell of Tykhyll by force of armes and set the wardeyns of theym in warde And that done he called a counsayll of hys lordes at wynchester where by authoryte of the sayd coūsayll he depryued Iohn̄ hys brother then beynge in Fraunce of all honour and toke from hym al suche landes as he before had gyuen to hym crowned hym soone after agayn kyng of England in the sayd cytye of wynchester After the whych coronacyon he called a parlyament by vertue wherof he resumyd all parētes and annuytees fees and other grauntes before hys voyage by hym solde and graunted and caused the partyes to be contentyd wyth such reuenous and profytes as they had receyued of the sayde offyces or landes in tyme of hys absence and sparyd not any persone for any sufficience of wrytyng y t to hym before was made when kynge Rycharde hadde by these foresayd meanes gaderyd some money he then in the moneth of Iuly sayled into Fraunce and besegyd a castell callyd Arques and spedde there as wytnessyth Polycronyca dyuersly whyche worde dyuersly may well here be spoken For who so redyth the frenche cronycle he shall fynde that the Frenche kynge was vyctor But and he rede the englyshe boke than shall he fynde kynge Rycharde vyctour wherfore me thynketh Ranulphe sayde well when he sayde they spedde dyuersely For yt is so dyuerse by the reporte of wryters that the certayntie to whom the honoure shulde be gyuen is harde to be knowen All be yt that in the countrey of Bloys as wytnessyth y e sayde frenche cronycle kynge Rycharde scaryd the Frenche hoste and toke the kynges somer horse wyth parte of hys treasour But in shorte whyle after a trewce was concludyd betwene these two kynges for a yere Then Iohn̄ whyche hadde tourned to the Frenche kyng agayne his owne brother seynge that the fame and honoure of hys brother feblenesse of his own power made meanes to Elyanoure hys mother by whose medyacyon he was recōcyled to hys brother the kynge after became hys trew knyght when the kynge and hys brother Iohn̄ were thus agreed they rode ouer the lande to vysyte y e countreys and se howe they were guyded by the offycers of the kynge Amonge other two there were whyche shewyd that they wolde do many thynges to the kynges profyte the one was abbot of Cadonence wythin Normandye and that other was named wyllyam wyth the longe berde The abbot warned the kynge of the fraude of hys offycers wherby he thought by the ponyshement of hys offycers he shulde wynne great fauoure of the people Then thys abbot gate a warrant of the kynge and at London callyd dyuerse offycers before hym for to yelde to hym theyr accompte But he dyed shortly so that hys purpose came to small effecte And wyllyam wyth the longe berde shewyd to the kynge the outrage of the ryche men whych as he sayd sparyd theyr owne and pyllyd the poore people It is sayd that this willyam was borne in London purchasyd that name by vse of hys berde He was sharpe of wytte and somedeale lettred a bold man of speche and sadde of countenaunce and toke vppon hym greatter dedes then he coulde welde and some he vsyd cruelly as apperyth in appechynge of hys own brother of treason the whyche was a Burges of London and to hym hadde shewed great kyndnesse in his youthe This willyam styred and excyted the cōmon peple to desyre loue fredom̄ and lybertye and blamed the excesse and outrage of ryche men By suche meanys he drew to hym many great companyes and wyth all hys power defended the poore mennys cause agayne the ryche and accused dyuers to the kynge shewyng that by theyr meanys the kynge loste
the Borderers of Fraunce but of hys vyctoryes I fynde lytle wryten Anno domini M.CC.iiii  Anno domini M.CC.v.  water Browne  Balliui  Anno .v.  wyllyam Chaumberleyn  IN this yere that is to saye the .v. yere of kynge Iohn̄ by reason of the vnreasonable wederynge that in the last yere fell whete was solde for .xv. s. a quarter Kyng Iohn̄ in the somer folowyng maryed hys bastarde doughter vnto Lewelin prīce of walys gaue with her the castell and lorshippe of Elyngesmere beynge in the marches of South walys In Morgans land in walys soon after a knyght apered after his deth to one callid master Moris to whom by hys lyues tyme he hadde ben specyall louer and frende The whyche knyght by his dayes was well letteryd and vsyd for hys recreacyon to make versys wyth this mayster Morys so that the one shulde begynne the metyr and the other shulde ende yt At whyche tyme of his apperaūce the knyght sayde to mayster Moris mayster Morys I woll y t thou ende thys verse Destruet hee regnum rex regum Nay sayd mayster Moris ende thou yt for thou haste all moste made the hole thy selfe Then sayd the knyght for that I se now thou arte olde and slow I wyll ende yt my sefe Destruct hoc regnum rex regum dupliciplage The whyche verse maye be englysshed as foloweth The kynge of kynges that lorde that ruleth all And in whose power all thynges is conteyned Thys realme for synne he destroye shall wyth dowble plage be therof ascertayned Excepte the people here after be refrayned From synne and them to vertuous lyfe alye And vyce before vsyd utterly renye Thys yere the pope sente letters of recommendacyon vnto kynge Iohan shewynge that he hadde fauorablye harde hys proctours for all suche maters as they hadde layde agayne the archebyshoppe of Caunterburye and some of hys munkys that he shulde not of ryght be admyttyd to that see But for the sayde maters of obieccyon were by hym and hys courte thoughte insuffycyent he therefore exorted and wyllyd hym to accepte the sayde archebyshopppe to hys grace and suffre hym to enioye the frutes of hys benefyce and the munkes by hym exyled to retourne vnto theyr proper abbay But the more hys lordes and frendes aduysed hym to folowe the popes mynde the more was he mouyd to the contrarye in suche maner that the popes messengers returned wythoute spede of theyr message yet haue ye harde before how the Frenche kynge laye about the castell of Gayllarde and myght not wynne yt by the space of a moneth wherfore he after sente for newe ordynaunce and assayled yt so fyersly that wythin .xx. dayes after he wanne the sayd castell to the great losse of men on partyes and toke prysoners there wythin .xxxvi. knyghtes besyde the other nomber of yomen and arblasters and that done seasyd the countrey there about and strengthed the sayde castell wyth hys owne men and then wyth great pryde returned into Fraunce Anno domini M.CC.v.  Anno domini M.CC.vi.  Thomas Haueryll  Balliui  Anno .vi.  Hamonde Bronde  ABout that season after Mychelmas in the vi yere of the reygn of kyng Iohn̄ came downe a streyght commaundement from the pope that excepte the kynge wolde peasybly suffer the archbyshoppe of Caunterbury to occupy hys see and the munkes theyr abbay thay y e land shulde be enterdyted chargynge these foure bishoppes folowyng that is to saye wyllyam then byshoppe of London Eustace byshoppe of Ely walter byshoppe of wynchester and Gylys byshoppe of Herforde to denounce the kynge and his lande accursyd yf he y e cumaundement dysobeyed Then these foure byshops wyth other to thē assocyate made instaunte labour to the kynge for the obseruynge of the popes commaundement and to exchewe the sensours of the chyrche But all was in vayne wherefore the .iiii. sayed bysshoppes accordyng to the popes wrytynge to them sent the morow folowynge our ladye day annūcyacyon or the .xxvi. daye of Marche denouncyd kynge Iohn̄ wyth his realme of Englande accursyd and shyt faste the dores of the chyrches and other places where dyuyne seruyce before was vsyd fyrste in London and after in all placys as they wente thorough the lande The kyng for thys dede was so amouyd wyth the sayde foure byshoppes that he seased all the temporalties to them belongyng into hys handes and put theym in such fere that they forsoke this land and sayled to the archbyshop of Caūterburye In thys yere at Oxēforde in Suff. was taken a fyshe in y e see of forme lyke to a man and was kepte .vi. monethes after vpon lande wyth rawe fleshe and fyshe and after for they coude haue no speche of yt they caste yt into the see agayne Anno domini M.CC.vi.  Anno domini M.CC.vii  Iohn̄ walgraue  Balliui  Anno .vii.  Rycharde of wynchester  IN the moneth of nouēber and vii yere of the kynge one named Hugh Oysell for treason at Lon was drawen and hanged And thys yere in y e moneth of May the French kynge entryd into Normandy wyth a strōge power and wanne there the castellys of Faloys and Dafyount or Danffrount and after seasyd all the landes to the sayde castell belongynge and so tyll he came to a place called saynte Mychaell in the parell of the see when the Normannes sawe that kynge Phylyppe thus subdued the stronge holdes of Normandye and that kynge Iohn̄ to the countrarye made no defence y e capytayns of Cōstaunce of Bayoux or Bayon of Lyseux of Anreuches and Enroux yelded them all to the French kyng and became hys lyege men so that he was in possessyon of the substaūce of the duchye of Normandye excepte Roan and other few castellys Then kynge Phylyppe seynge these stronge holdes thus yeldyd vnto hym layed hys syege to the cyty of Roan where after he hadde lyen a season the capytayne of the towne desyred a respyte of .xxx. days gyuynge pledges and hostages that yf the cytye were not by kynge Iohn̄ or hys assygnes rescwyd wyth in the foresayde terme they wolde yelde the cytye vnto the French kynge And in lyke wyse was appoyntement taken for the castellys named Arquys and Uermeyll In whyche tyme for that no socoure came both cytye and castellys were delyueryd into the Frenche kynges handes And thus hadde thys seconde Phylyppe the possessyon of Normandye whyche no Frenche kynge hadde sen the tyme of Charlys the symple whyche gaue the same duchye to Rollo leder of the Normannys wyth Gylla hys doughter in maryge synne the whyche tyme hadde passed ouer iii. hundred yeres when the Frenche kynge had thus brought into his subiccyon y e duchye of Normandye he then about saynt Laurence tyde yode into the countye of Guyan and wanne there the cytye of Poytyers wyth all the castellys and townes to the sayde cytye belongynge and when he hadde sette that countrey in an order and rule he spedde hym into
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 coūtenaūce 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 varyaūce betwene kyng Iohn̄ 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 Iohn̄ 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 strūge holdes in Englād 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 Fraūce that he wolde sende some noble man into Englande and they wolde rendre y e lande vnto hym In this whyle kyng Iohn̄ 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 Iohn̄ 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 Iohn̄ 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 wāne yt wyth lytle payne for so mych as yt was greatly febled wyth the assaurys lately made by kynge Iohn̄ 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 cōtynued tyll Mychelmas folowynge In thys passe tyme kynge Iohn̄ 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
chamber at hys maner of woodstoke entendynge to haue slayne the kynge But he was espyed by a woman and taken and so conueyed to Couentre and there arreygnyd of that dede where after lawfull prouys of hys malycyous entent made he for the same was there drawen hanged And in thys yere vppon the euen of saynte Botolphe or the xxvi daye of Iuny was borne at westmynster Edward that after was surnamed Longeshanke This after his father was kynge Anno domini M.CC.xxxix  Anno domini M.CC.xl.  Remonde Bengly  wyllyam Ioynour  Anno .xxiii.  Rafe Aschewy  IN this .xxiii. yere of kyng Henry before the tyme of the eleccyon of the shryues of London one Symōde fyz Mary whych before in the .xvii yere of the kynge had ben in that offyce had purchased a cōmaundement of the kynge dyrected to the mayre and rulers of the cytye y t they shulde cause hym to be electe to that offyce for that yere folowynge But the mayre wyth the heddes of the cytye consyderynge that commaundement to be a derogacyon vnto the lybertyes of y e cytye wythstode yt and chase the forenamed Rafe Ashwy put the sayde Symonde by for the whyche he complayned hym to the kynge Then the kynge sente for the mayre and the rulers of the city and hadde vnto theym many wordes of dyspleasure for the dysobeyenge of his cōmaundement and fardermore discharged willyam Ioynour which that yere was agayne chosen newely to be mayre for the yere folowynge and chargyd the cytesyns to procede to a newe eleccyon for theyr mayre whyche then to satysfye the kynges pleasure chase Gerarde Batte By whose meanys and good polycye the sayde mayr wyth the cytesyns demeaned theym so well to the kynge that they obteyned hys gracious fauour and causyd the forsayde Symonde to fayle of his purpose and was not after admyttyd to that offyce tyll he hadde submyttyd hym to the rule of the mayre and rulers of the same cytye The whyche Symonde behaued him so well after that he was admyttyd for an alderman But in short processe after he demeanyd him so yll and so contraryously vnto the weale and good order of the cytye that he was dyscharged of hys aldermanshyp and dyschargyd from all rule and counsayll of the cytye as in the .xxxiiii. yere of thys kynge folowynge is touched Anno domini M.CC.xl.  Anno domini M.CC.xli  Iohn̄ Gysors  Gerarde Batte  Anno .xxiiii.  Mychaell Tony.  IN thys .xxiiii. yere of kynge Henry saynte Paulys chyrch of London was newely halowyd And the great Chaan of Tartarys before in the seconde yere of kynge Iohn̄ myndyd or touched of theyr begynnynge in thys yere after he had from the Turkys wonne myche of the Eest landes he sent an hoste into the lande of Hūgary the whych held the people of that countrey so shorte that as witnessyth the authour of Policronica and other they were constrayned of necessyte to ete theyr own chyldren and other vnlefull metys But the authoure of Cronica cronicarum sayth that this mysery fell to the peple of Hungary in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .xxi. whyche after that sayenge shulde be in the fyfte yere of thys kynge Anno domini M.CC.xli  Anno domini M.CC.xlii  Iohn̄ Uyoll  Remonde Bengley  Anno .xxv.  Thomas Duresyne  IN this .xxv. yere of kynge Henry Gerarde Batte was agayn chosen mayre for this present yere And after whose eleccyon he was by the worshipfull of the citye conueyed vnto woodstoke and presentyd after the custome vnto the kynge But the kynge enfourmed of hys laste yeres dealynge by suche as ought to hym no good wyll sayde that he wolde not admytte hym to that offyce tyll such tyme as he came to westmynster wyth whyche answere the sayde Gerarde wyth his companye returned vnto London It was not longe after or the kyng came to westmynster where accordynge to theyr dutye the cytesyns of London agayn awayted vppon the kynge to know his pleasure where the kynge callyd before hym the sayde mayre and after certayne questyons to hym put he caused hym to be sworne in his presence After whyche othe to hym geuen the kynge charged hym by vertue of the same that he shulde not take of the bakers and bruers and other vytellars of the cytye .xl. pounde whyche other of his predecessours and also he that laste yere hadde taken And also that he incontynently after hys commynge to London shuld restore vnto the sayd vytellars and other cytesyns all suche money as he hadde wyth wronge in that precedyng yere taken of the comynaltye of the citye But for the sayde Gerarde allegyd for hym certayne consideracyons be sechynge the kynge to pardon hym of that restytucyon the kynge in dyspleasure swore a great othe that he shulde not that yere be mayre nor at any tyme there after And so the commons certyfyed of the kynges pleasure chase in his place or stede Reyner de Bungaye And this yere the kynge yode into walys wherof herynge Dauid then prynce of walys mette wyth the kyng at Ruthlande and submyttyd hym to the kynges grace Also this yere the blessyd Edmunde archebyshoppe of Caunterbury beynge at Pountnay in the prouynce of Burgoyne dyed and there was buryed was after translatyd into y e same place within .x. yeres after his deth by commaundement of Innocent the fourthe then pope of Rome because of his manyfolde myracles whyche god shewyd for hym after hys deth All be yt in hys legende yt is shewyd that he dyed twentye myle from Pountnay called Soly and was after buryed and translated at Poūtnay Of this blessed man Polycronycon shewyth many vertuyes in the .xxxv. chapiter of his .vii. boke whyche here I ouer passe for lengthynge of the tyme. And thys yere one wyllyam of the Marshe was at London for treason drawen and hanged Thys yere also were alder men fyrste chosen wythin the cytye of London whyche then hadde the rule of the cytye and of the wardes of the same and were then yerely chaūgyd as now the shryues be chaūged Anno domini M.CC.xlii  Anno domini M.CC.xliii  Iohn̄ fyz Iohn̄  Remonde Bongley  Anno .xxvi.  Rafe Ashewy  IN this .xxvi. yere of kyng Henry Bonyface was sacryd archbyshoppe of Caunterbury And this yere the kyng wyth a fayre company saylyd into Normandy whyche vyage as sayth y e frenche cronycle was made by the styrynge of a Frenche man named erle of the Marche for so myche as y e sayd erle refusyd to do homage vnto Alphons brother vnto Lewys the .x. of that name and surnamed saynte Lewys then kynge of Fraunce Thys Lewys the yere before hadde maryed his sayde brother vnto the doughter of the erle of Tholouse and hadde gyuen to his sayde brother the erledome of Poyteau wyth all the landes of Aluerne By reason wherof he wold haue causyd the sayd erle of Marche to haue done
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 LoÌ„don 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 InnoceÌ„t the .iiii. he was agayne cursyd and depryued of his imperyall dygnyte gyuynge commyssyon lyceÌ„ce 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 Râ—sercheth 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 coÌ„trarye 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 EnglaÌ„de with taskis paymeÌ„tes 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„ InnoceÌ„tis 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
of theyr pryncys y t is to mene the corps of Lewys and theyr naturall prynce Phylyppe hys son and of the obseruaunces done and great assembles of the lordes spirytuall and temporall to welcome theyr prynce and doynge of theyr duties euery man according to honour But after al these ceremonies in due order fynyshed prouysyon was made for the coronacyon of the kynge The whyche was crowned at the cytye of Raynes vppon the daye of the assumpcyon of our lady in the yere of grace .xii. hundred .lxxi. SHortely after that the solempnyte of this coronacyon was passed kynge Phylyppe for his recreacyon rode into the countrey of Uermendoyse where after he had derestyd hym a season Robert erle of Artoys requyred hym to vysyte hys countrey where he was receyuyd of the burgeysys of Artoys wyth great honour and gladnes and there was feastyd with all disport and gladnes by a certayne of tyme after The whiche expyryd he returned into FrauÌ„ce About the thryde yere of his reygne the erle of Foys contrary y e kynges pleasure toke partye agayn Getarde a knyght lorde of the castell of Casseboun or Tasseboun y e which before had slayn y e brother of the erle of Armenac specyall freÌ„d of the sayd erle of Foyz whyche sayde two erles to reuenge the deth of theyr sayd brother pursued the sayde Gerarde so narrowly that for his sauegarde he refused his owne castell and fled vnto a castell of the kynges and there helde hym wyth his wyfe chyldren and substauÌ„ce But when the two erles were ware therof they sped them thyder wyth theyr powers and layd syege to the castell and in the ende threwe it downe to the grounde and slewe all the souldyours that they there founde as well the kynges seruauntes as other hopynge to haue founde theyr enymye Gerarde the whyche was escapyd thens secretly when the rumour of this dede came vnto the kynge he dysdayned sore that dede and toke yt ryght grevously In so myche that he called hys lordes and by theyr counsayll assembled hys knyghtes and entred wyth force the prouince of the erle of Foyz The whyche herynge of the kynges great dyspleasure fortyfyed hys castell and there helde hym The which was so besette wyth rokkes of stone that the kynge myght not wynne to yt wyth ease wherfore the kynge coÌ„maunded the rokkes to be cutte with masons and other worke men made a solempne othe that he wold not depart thens or he hadde the erle and his castell at his pleasure when the erle hadde beholden the great power of his enymyes and the prouysyon of the kyng to wynne his castell wyth other ieopardyes he made meanes to the kynge for grace and fynally putte hym and his into his mercy Then the kynge commauÌ„ded hym to be bounde and so to be conueyed to the casrell of Beauquesu where he was imprysoned by an hole yere after And the kyngâ—â—eased all hys landes and set a certayne of hys knyghtes to kepe hys castell and caryed hys wyfe and chyldren wyth hym into Fraunce But after a yere runne the kynge was so laboured to by the frendes of the sayd erle that he was eularged from pryson and vppon suertye suffred to serue in the kynges courte where he bare hym so well y t fynally the kyng made hym knyght restored hym to all his laÌ„des But what fyll of y e erle of Armenac the story sheweth not Aboute the .vi. yere of his reygne kynge Phylyppe maryed Mary the doughter of the erle of Burbon or after some the doughter of Iohan the duke of Braban the whych he loued entyerly wherof Peter de Broshe then beynge lorde chamberlayne hauynge enuy and disdayn sought the wayes and meanes to mynyshe the great loue betwene her lord and her and fonde by his meane that a sonne of y e kynges named Lewys was prysoned the whyche dede he by subtyle secrete meanes as though yt had nothyng comen of hym layde yt to y e charge of the quene For this y e kyng made many maner of inquysycyons as well by sorcery as other But in al his workes he found his quene gyltlesse wherfore he sufferyd the mater to passe tyll he myght haue more assured profe in that mater Aboute thys season Ferdinandus kynge of Castyle that before tyme hadde maryed Blanche doughter of saynt Lewis dyed leuyng after hym two sonnes borne of y e sayd Blanch named Ferdinande and Alphons whych by couenaunt at the mariage made shulde be heyres vnto the kyngdome of Spayne and Castyle But the father of this Ferdinande so beynge dede contrary hys honour and promise wrote vnto the lordes of Castyle amonestynge theym that they shulde admytte for theyr kynge hys seconde son named SaÌ„xyon or Sanxio and swere to hym both feautye homage The whyche was all done accordyng to hys commaundement so that Blanche was dyspoynted of her dower and her chyldern of theyr ryght and enherytauÌ„ce For y e which kyng Phylyppe her brother was greuously dysconteÌ„tyd and for reforma cyon therof sente vnto the kynge of Spayn his chefe boteler wyth other desyryng hym to perfourme all such couenauÌ„tes as betwene hym and his fader were coÌ„cluded at the maryage of his syster Blanche or at the laste yf that he refusyd y t to do y t he wold sende hys sayde syster wyth her two chyldern sauely into Fraunce In coÌ„clusyon y e mother wyth her two chyldern were brought by the sayde boteler vnto the kynge wythoute other pleasure other in worde or in dede For the whyche he the yere folokyng gaderyd a stronge hoste and passed wyth theym by Poyteau and Gascoyne tyll he came vnto a towne ioynynge to the border of Spayne named Sainterre where the kyng met another party of his hoste There by counsayll of some of his lordes the kynge concluded to retourne into Fraunce for daunger of wynter that was coÌ„mynge and other hyd causes But the rumour in the hoste went y t some of the kynges counsayll hadde receyued rewardes of the kynge of Spayn By meane wherof the kyng loste that iourney and returned into Fraunce to his great dyshonour and damage In tyme of kynge Phylyppes returne into Fraunce tydynges were broughte to hym that Eustace de Beau Marche whom the kyng had appointed to haue the gydyng of the countrey or kyngdome of Nauarye was besyeged in the citye of Pampulyne wherfore y e kyng coÌ„maunded y e erle of Artoys to spede hym thyder to rescowe the sayde Eustace The whyche behauyd hym so manfully that he rescowed the sayde Eustace and chasyd Garsymerans chefe styrrer of that rebellion and brought the people of that countrey agayne to due subieccyon whyle the erle of Artoys was thus occcupyed in the sayd countrey messangers came to hym from the kynge of Spayne requyrynge hym sene that he was so nere that he was so nere y t he wold come disport him there for a season wher of y e erle of Artoys sent kyng Philip worde hauyng of hym
le Beawe then kynge of Fraūce The whyche Margarete whyle the kyng was in Scotlāde 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 Brothertō and the seconde Edmūde wodestoke Anno domini M.CC.xcix  Anno dn̄i M.CCC  Iohn̄ 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 Scotlāde 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 strōg 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 cōmaūded proclamacyons to be cryed that yf the scottes by a certayn day wolde yelde that castell to the kynge they shuld haue lyfe lym̄e And yf nat but that he wanne it by strength as many as were within the sayd castel shuld be hāged 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 cōsydered 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 allegeaūce 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 daūgerous 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 cōueyed vnto London Agayne whom the cytezyns vpon the nombre of .vi. C. rode ī 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 ◠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 Troilbaston̄ 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 foūdē 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 Fraūce and Scotlande as before is shewed this yere also the kynge for cōplaynt that was brought vnto hym by mayster walter Langton bysshop of Chester of syr Edwarde his eldest sone for that he with Pyers of Gaueston̄ 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 son̄e with his complyces And in processe of tyme after when the kynge was thorughly enformed of y e lassiuyous wantō disposiciōs of the sayd Pyers of Gaueston̄ for that he shulde nat enduce the forenamed syr Edwarde to be of lyke dysposycyon he therfore banysshed the sayd Pyer of Gaueston̄ 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 dn̄i 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 coūtre 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 dn̄i M.CCC.i  Anno dn̄i M.iii. C.ii.  Robert Caller  Iohn̄ 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  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxi.  Symon Parys  Anno domini .xiii. C.iii.  Anno domini .xiii. C.iiii.  wyllam Combmartyn  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxii.  Iohn̄ de Burfforde  Anno domini M.CCC.iiii  Anno domini M.CCC.v.  Rogyer Parys  Iohn̄ Blount  Anno .xxxiii.  Iohn̄ Lyncoln̄  IN this .xxxiii. yere wyllyā 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 takē at the town named saint Domynyk in Scotlād 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 hāged vpon the gates of certayne townes of the lāde 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 Iohn̄ of
wyth many great enormyties And in that that ye thynke to haue the Flemynges in your ayde we thynke vs to be assured that the good townes and the commons wyll behaue theym in suche wyse agayne vs and agayne our cosyn the erle of Flaunders that they wyll saue theyr honoure and trouthe And in that that they haue mysse done tyll nowe hathe ben by euyll counsayl of suche people which regarde nat the common weale of the people but of theyr owne profyte onely Gyuen in the feelde of the pryory of saynt Andrew besyde Ayre vnder the seale of our secrete sygnet in absence of oure greate seale the thyrty day of the moneth of Iule It was nat longe after that the Frenche kynge hadde thus rescribed vnto kyng Edwarde but that a messynger came vnto hym frome Tourney for hasty rescouse for the towne was dayly and sharplye assauted of the Englysshe hoste wherefore in all haste he sente thyther the duke of Athenesse the vycounte of Thonart the vycount of Dannaye with dyuerse other to y e nouÌ„ber of .xv. men of name with great nouÌ„ber of peple The whych sped theÌ„ streyght vnto y e mount of Cassyle But or they came the sayd mount was gotten by y e Flemynges so that of theyr lodgynge they were dyspoynted By reason wherof they fered to set vpon the Englysshe hoste or yet to trauayll for y e remouyng of the sayd syege of Tourney but toke theyr counceyll swarâ—ed from Cassyle and entred y e lande of the erle of Barry and dyd moche harme therein And when they hadde there executed theyr pleasures they retourned vnto the Frenche kynge In thys meane whyle kyng Philip counsayled with hys lordes whether it were better for hym to drawe towarde Tourney to remoue y e siege or to go into Flaunders and to make warre vpon the townes that helde with kyng Edwarde By whych couÌ„sayll it was thought moste honorable that he shulde endeuer hym selfe to remoue y e sayd syege After whiche conclusioÌ„ so taken he with hys hoste drewe towarde Tourney and in the ende lodged hym and hys people at a place or towne called at that daye Bowyns within .iii. myles of Tourney in whose coÌ„pany was y e kynge of Nauerne the kynge of Bohemy or Beame the dukes of Normandy of Loreyne of Athenesse or AtheÌ„s the erles of Alensone of Flaunders and of Sauoy with other to the nouÌ„bre of .xiiii. erles besyde vycountes baronettes and knyghtes to a great noumbre And with kynge Edwarde were these lordes folowynge the erle of Herford the erles of NorthamptoÌ„ of Derbye of SouthaÌ„pton of Oxynforde of Henawd of Harflete and of rondell Also of straungers the duke of Geldre and of Sclauonye Brabant with many other vycountes banerettes and knyghtes whych I passe ouer And thus laye these two prynces with two great and myghty hostes within fyue myles withoute great batayll or fyghte a certayne of tyme. But euer in meane whyle the towne of Tourney was assayled of y e Englysshe men and Flemynges the whych defended them manfully and well In the whyche passe tyme the countesse of Henaude whyche was mother vnto the quene of EnglaÌ„de and as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle syster vnto the Frenche kynge a woman of passynge discrecyon and eloquency with y e ayde of other prynces as the kyng of Beame and other laboured suche a meane of treaty y t a daye of dyet was betwene the two kynges appoynted all be it that dyuerse of kyng Edwardes counsayll were sore agayne it and specyally Iakes de Artyuele Than for kyng Edwardes party was assygned the bysshoppe of Lyncolne syr Geffrey Scrope syr IohnÌ„ of Henaude brother to the erle syr wyllyaÌ„ Cheyny wyth other And for the FreÌ„che kyng was assygned the kynge of Beame the erles of Armenake of Sauoy syr Lewys de Sauoy and other And to the ende that thys appoyntement myght take the better effecte a daye of trewce was concluded tyll mydsomer folowynge But moste wryters testyfyen that kynge Edwarde lefte the syege before Tourney for defaut of money and neglygeÌ„ce of his slowe procuratours in EnglaÌ„de that sped nat hys nedes there as they shulde For that one cause and for that other the kynge with hys hoste departed thense vnto Gaunt and taryed there a certayne of tyme. In whych season the fore named lordes and knyghtes met at Tournay and there debated the maters of chalenge of kynge Edwarde and certayn artycles concernynge the countrey of Flaunders In whyche counsayll it was grauÌ„ted by the Frenche kynges partye that y e Frenche kynge shulde frely departe towarde the maryage of kynge Edwardes chyldren with the hole seygnoryes of Gascoyn and Guyan and the erledome of Poytyers in so fre maner that no offycer of the French kyng shuld medle or haue to do with in any parte of those lordshyppes And for FlauÌ„ders it was by the sayd lordes graunted that the commons of that couÌ„trey in all customes and lawes shuld be iuged ruled as they of olde tymes had vsed and also that all bondes and oblygacyons that in tymes passed the chyefe townes had made to the Frenche kynge for any cause shulde be cancelled and delyuered And of theyr erle they shulde be acquyted in lyke wyse for all offeÌ„ces done before that day Also all censuryes or curses y t they before were wrapped in shulde be clerelye adnulled reuoked with other coÌ„clusions and offers whych I passe ouer Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xl  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xli  Rycharde Berkynge  Iohan Oxynforde  Anno .xvi.  Iohan Rokyslee  IN thys .xvi. yere kynge Edwarde vpon saynt Andrewes euyn came to the towre of London and sent for suche lordes as before he hadde made hys procuratours to leuye hys money in hys absence and for theyr negligeÌ„ce mysdemeanure cast theÌ„ in prysoÌ„ But in this voyage that the kyng passed from that other syde of the see into England he had excedynge tempest of wether so that he passed with great fere and dauÌ„ger whych tempest after the opynyon of some wryters was rered by the negromauncers of the French kyng to the ende to haue peryshed the kyng or els to gyue hym the lesse courage to take the see agayne In thys yere also were sent from y e .xii. Benet thaÌ„ pope two cardynalles to treate of a peace betwene the kynges of Englande of Fraunce The whych concluded a peace betwene the sayd two kynges aswell for them as for other countreys whych to theÌ„ were allyed for the terme of .iii. yeres and more In whyche tyme it was agreed that bothe the sayd kynges by theyr proctours shulde publysshe declare before the pope theyr claymes and causes to the ende that by hym and his couÌ„sayl a fynall dyreccion coÌ„corde myght be set betwene theym whych agremente of the sayde cardynalles was thus concluded in the towne called Malestrete aboute the feaste of saynte Gregory in lente beynge there presente for the kynge of Englande the erles of
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 EnglaÌ„de ayded y e party of the erle of Mountforde and the FreÌ„ch 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 dnÌ„i M.CCC.xli  Anno dnÌ„i 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 dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliii  IohnÌ„ Stewarde  IohnÌ„ Hamonde  Anno .xviii.  IohnÌ„ AyleshmÌ„  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 ordynauÌ„ces 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 coÌ„myssyons 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 HeÌ„ry 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 coÌ„playnt 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 dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliii  Anno dnÌ„i 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 strauÌ„gers 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 coÌ„spyracy 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 MouÌ„tforde 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 stroÌ„g army into GuyaÌ„ for to ayde the erle of NorthaÌ„pton whome y e kynge before had left there at Burdeaux to streÌ„gth that couÌ„trey 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
about Dunkyrke they gaue vnto hym suche assaute that he was constrayned to gyue backe And for the said shippes and goodes shulde nat come vnto the possessyon of his enemyes he sette them on fyre within the hauen and so was wasted bothe shyppes and goodes And all be it that after this mysse happe he recouered his strengthe layed syege vnto y e towne of Ipre and wrought the flemynges moche care and trouble shortely after suche syckenesses fell amonge his people as the flyre and other that his souldyours dyed of them great noumbre for the whiche he was compelled to leaue hys iourney and to retourne into EnglaÌ„de In this yere also was a batayle or feates of armes done in the kynges palays of westmynster atwene one called Garton Appellaunt and syr IohnÌ„ Ansley knyght defendauÌ„t of whiche fyght at length the knight was vyctor and caused his enemye to yelde hym For the whiche the sayd Garton was from that place drawen vnto Tyburne and there hanged for his false accusacyon and surmyse Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxiiii Grocer Symonde wynchecombe  Nycholas Brembre  Anno. vii  IohnÌ„ more   Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxiiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxv  Nycholas Exton  Nycholas Brembre  Anno. viii  IohnÌ„ Frenshe  THis yere king Rycharde holdynge his Christmas at Eltham thyther came vnto hym the kynge of Ermony whiche was chased out of his lande by the Infydels and Turkes and required ayde of y e kynge to be restored vnto his dominyon The kynge fested and comforted him according to his honour after couÌ„sell taken with hys lordes concerninge that mater he gaue vnto him great sommes of money and other ryche gyftes with the whiche after he had taryed in Englande vpoÌ„ ii monethes he departed with glad countenaunce And soone after Ester the kynge with a greate armye yode towarde ScotlaÌ„de But whan he drewe nere vnto the borders such meanes were sought by the Scottes that a peace was concluded atwene bothe realmes for a certayne tyme. After whiche conclusion so taken the kynge returned vnto yorke and there restyd hym a season In which tyme varyaunce fell atwene IohnÌ„ HolaÌ„de brother to the erle of Kent and the erles sonne of Stafforde by reason of whiche varyaunce in conclusion y e sayd sonne of the erle was slayne of the hande of the same syr IohnÌ„ HolÌ„ade for the whiche dede the kynge was greuously amoued departed shortely after with his company toward London Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxv  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxvi Grocer IohnÌ„ Organ  Nycholas Brembre  Anno. ix  IohnÌ„ Chyrcheman  THis yere kynge Rycharde assembled at westmynster hys highe court of parliameÌ„t Durynge the whiche amonge other many actes in the same counsell concluded he created .ii. dukes a marques and .v. erles Of the whiche firste syr Edmonde of Langley the kynges vncle and erle of Cambrydge was created duke of yorke syr Thomas of woodstoke his other vncle erle of Buckyngham was create duke of Gloucester syr Lyonell Uere y t was erle of Oxenforde was made marques of Deuelyn sir Henry Bolingbrooke sonne and heyre of IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„t duke of Lancastre was made erle of Derby syr Edwarde sonne heyre vnto the duke of yorke was made erle of Rutlande syr IohnÌ„ Holande brother to the erle of Kent was made erle of Huntyngdone syr Thomas Monbraye was made erle of Notyngham and Marshall of Englande and syr Mychaell de la Poole was made erle of Suffolke ChauÌ„celler of EnglaÌ„de And by auctoryte of the same parlyamente syr Roger Mortymer erle of the Marche and sonne and heyre vnto syr Edmonde Mortymer and of dame Philyppe eldest doughter and heyre vnto syr Lyonell y e seconde sonne of Edward the thyrde was soone after proclaymed heyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englande The whiche sir Roger shortely after sayled into Irelande there to pacifye hys lordeshyppe of wulster whiche he was lorde of by his foresayde mother But whyle he was there occupyed aboute the same the wylde Irysshe came vpon hym in noumbre and slewe him and moche of his company This sir Roger hadde Issue Edmonde and Roger Anne Alys and Elynoure that was made a nunne The .ii. foresaid sonnes died without issue and Anne eldest doughter was maryed to Rycharde erle of Cambrydge whiche Rycharde was sonne vnto syr Edmonde of Langley before named The which Rycharde hadde issue by the sayde Anne Isabell ladye Bouchier Rycharde that after was duke of yorke father to kynge Edwarde the .iiii. whiche sayd Richarde erle of Cambridge was put to deth by Henry the .v. as after shall appere In this yere also syr HeÌ„ry Bolingbroke erle of Derby maryed the Countesse doughter of Herforde by whome he was lorde of that countrey And by her he had issue Henry that after him was kynge Blaunche duches of Barre and Philippe that was wedded to the kynge of Denmarke Also Thomas duke of Clarence IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde Humfrey duke of Gloucester Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxvi  Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxvii Goldesmythe wyllyam Stondon  Nycholas Exton  Anno. x.  wyllyam More  IN this .x. yere the erle of Arundell was sent into the duchye of Guyan for to strengthe suche soudyours as the king at that tyme had in those parties or after some wryters to scoure the see of rouers enemyes The whiche erle in kepynge his course or passage encountred a myghtye flote of Flemynges laden with Rochel wyne set vpon them and distressed them theyr shyppes and so broughte them vnto dyuers portes of EnglaÌ„de By reason wherof the sayde wyne was so plenteous in Englande that a tonne thereof was solde for a marke and .xx. s. the choyse And amonge other in that flote was taken the Admyralle of Flaunders whyche remayned here longe after as prysoner Anno domini M.CCC.lxxxvii  Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.lxxxviii Goldesmythe wyllyam Uenour  Nycholas Exton  Anno. xi  Hughe Fostalfe  THis .xi. yere of kyng Rycharde syr Thomas of woodstocke duke of Gloucester the erle of Arundell with the erles of warwyke of Derby and of Notyngham consyderynge howe the king and hys lande was mysse ladde by a fewe persones aboute the kynge entendyng reformacion of the same assembled them to haue a counsell at Radecoke brydge and after arrered great people so with a stronge power came to London there caused y e king to call a ê‘liament wherof herynge maister Alexander Neuyle than archebysshop of yorke sir Lyonell Uere marques of Deuelyn and syr Mychaell de la Poole Chaunceller and erle of Suffolke fearyng punisshement fledde the lande and so died in straunge countreys Than the kynge by counsell of the other aboue named lordes durynge the parlyament caused to be taken syr Roberte Treuylian chefe Iustyce of Englande syr Nycholas Brembre late mayre of the cytie of London sir IohnÌ„ Salysbury knyghte of housholde sâ—r IohnÌ„ BeauchaÌ„p stewarde also of the kynges house
y t whiche shortely after was vsed thoroughe all countreys of Englande Anno domini M. CCC.lxxxxviii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCC.lxxxxix Goldesmythe IohnÌ„ wade  Drewe Barentyne  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ warner  IN this .xxii. yere of kynge Rycharde y e coÌ„mon fame ranne y t the kyng had letton to ferme y e realme of Englande vnto sir wyllyam Sâ—ope erle of wylshyre than treasourer of EnglaÌ„de to sir IohnÌ„ Busshey syr Iohn Bagot and syr Henry Grene knightes y e whyche returned shortly after to their great coÌ„fusyoÌ„s 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 CauÌ„terbury so contynued with him in the cytie of Colayne than beynge In this pastyme great purueyaunce was made for y e kynges iourney into IrelaÌ„de 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 couÌ„trey 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 IrelaÌ„de behynde hym moche ordenauÌ„ce 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 GauÌ„te 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 coÌ„forte so that he was shortly after taken and presented vnto the duke The whyche put hym vnder safe kepynge shortly after spedde him toward LoÌ„don And whaÌ„ he came nere vnto y e cytie he sente king Rycharde with a secret coÌ„pany 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 ê‘lyament was begone vpon the .xiii. day of y e moneth of Septembre Endurynge whiche ê‘lyament 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 voluÌ„tarely as it shuld seme by y e copy of an instrumeÌ„t 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 accomâ—te 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 coÌ„mons of the same the ryght honorable and dyscrete ê‘sons 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
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 coÌ„mon 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 fouÌ„de 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„ coÌ„sideryng y e wekenes of y e said towne with also his lacke of streÌ„gth 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 OrleauÌ„ce 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 ê“mysed fell vpon a towne called and it ryffled therin toke as prysoners the abbot of that monastery wyth other and coÌ„ueyed 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 disceÌ„cyon contynued in longe stryfe wherof the cyrcuÌ„staunce 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 coÌ„tencyoÌ„ 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 HeÌ„ry after some deale dothe appere By reason of whyche warre the cyuyle batayle or stryfe y e longe whyle had coÌ„tynued 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 HeÌ„ry 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 seruauÌ„tes 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 ê‘sone 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 FrauÌ„ce Graunâ—pre with many other And for to haue the more assystence of the coÌ„mon 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 coÌ„pany wolde wherfore the Dolphyn feryng to fall in the daunger of so wylde a coÌ„pany yode to Meldune or and there called to hym suche as then were lefte on lyne to withstaÌ„de 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 stroÌ„ge 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 EnglaÌ„de 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 accoÌ„panyed with .x. lordes onely without mo At whyche day the sayd prynces with theyr assygned lordes beynge assembled many reasons and argumeÌ„tes 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 OrleyauÌ„ce 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 ê‘tie 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 inherytauÌ„ce 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 LaÌ„caster 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 westmerlaÌ„de 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 CauÌ„torbury 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 CauÌ„torbury with .iii. other prelates were set at the same table vppon the ryght haÌ„de of the kyng the archebysshoppe of yorke wyth other iiii prelates was set vpoÌ„ that other haÌ„de of the kyng HeÌ„ry the kynges eldest sonne stoode vppoÌ„ the ryghte hande wyth a poyntlesse
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 OrleauÌ„ce 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„  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 chaÌ„bre 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 HeÌ„ry that was kyng Thomas y e was duke of Clarence IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and HuÌ„frey 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 â–ª 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 ê‘sones 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 coÌ„staÌ„t vertue And for he wolde coÌ„tinewe 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 dnÌ„i M. CCCC.ii  Anno dnÌ„i 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 LaÌ„gley 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 coÌ„ueyed vn to westmynster vppon the southe syde of saynt Edwardes shryne there honourably to be buryed by quene Anne his wyfe â–ª whyche there before tyme was enterred And after a solempne interment there holden he prouyded that .iiii. tapers shulde breÌ„ne 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 coÌ„mitted 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 dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xiiii  IohnÌ„ SuttonÌ„  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. HeÌ„ry was agayne mynded In fere wherof lest the kyng wolde thereunto gyue any coÌ„fortable audyence as testyfye some wrytters certayne bysshoppes and other hede men of the churche putte
CCCC.xxxv  Thomas Bâ—rnwell  Robertr Oâ—lay grocer  Anno .xiii.  Symonde Eyre  IN this .xiii. yere and euen of saint Katheryne began a frost that endured vnto the feast of saynt Scolastica or the .x. daye of February the whiche frase the Thamys so feruently that shyp nor bote myght come with vytayle to London wherfore suche shyppes as came this yere to Thamys mouthe from Burdeux were dyscharged there and the wyne and other marchaundyse by theym brought caryed by laÌ„de to the cytie And in the latter ende of Decembre this yere ended the parlyamente holden at westmynster begon at Myghelmas terme before passed This yere also by meanes of the pope than Eugeny the .iiii at Aras in Pycardy was holden a great couÌ„sayle for to conclude an vnyon and peas atwene the two realmes of Englande and Fraunce To the whiche couÌ„sayle by the sayd popes coÌ„mauÌ„dment came as a persone indyfferent Nicholas cardynall of y e holy crosse with syxe Romayne bysshoppes to hym assygned And for the kynge of Englandes partye was there assygned the cardynall of wynchester the archebysshop of yorke the erles of HuntyngdonÌ„ and of Suffolke with dyuers other And for the Frenche kynge was there the duke of BurbonÌ„ the erle of Rychemount y e archebysshop of Raynys chaunceler than of FrauÌ„ce the deane of Patys with many other whiche I passe ouer There were also as fortherers of the matyer the cardynal of Cyprys And for the duke of BurgoynÌ„ was there the bysshop of Cambray and Nycholas Raulyn the sayd dukes chaunceler with dyuers erles and barons of that duchy And for the duke of Brytayne were ther the erles of Alenson and of Barre with other ouer and aboue dyuers oratoures appoynted for the countye of Flaundres At whiche assemble and counsayll thus holden as testifieth dyuers wryters many great offers by meane of y e aboue named cardynal of holy crosse or â—aiÌ„â— crosse to the Englysshe lordes were offered But as sayth Gaguinus the EnglysshemeÌ„ were so obstinately set on warre y e reason myght not coÌ„teÌ„t By reason of whiche obstinaci y e couÌ„sayll was deferred tyll an other day At whiche day the Englysshemen entendynge the coÌ„tinuaunce of warre absentyd theym selfe wherwith the sayd cardynall beynge dyscontented made meanes of an entreaty of peas atwene Charles that toke vpon hym as Frenche kynge and Phylyp duke of Burgoyn wherof the sayd Charles was so fayne y e for stablysshynge of the peas and to satysfye hym for y e murther of his father he gaue vnto hym all the vtter boundes of ChampeynÌ„ marching vpon Burgoin with dyuers cyties as seynt Quyntyne Corbie PeronÌ„ Abbeuyle and other with the countie of Poytyaw lordshyp of MaconÌ„ And as wytnesseth y e foresayde Gagwyne many mo thynges were vnto the duke by the sayde Charles ê“mysed whiche after theyr bothe dethes were broken and stode for nought After whiche peas thus atwene them confermed and proclaymed the sayd duke became vtter enemye to the kynge of Englande as after shall appere And soone after the sayd duke began his ordre of the lyle and the golden flese and ordeyned certayne knyghtes of that ordre and made therunto many statutes and ordenaunces wherof dyuers were lyke vnto the statutes of the garter And in the ende of this yere and .xiiii. day of Septembre at RoanÌ„ in Normandye died the noble prynce IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and regent of Fraunce and was after with great solempnytie buryed within the churche of notir Dame of the same cytie where for hym are founded wonderfull thynges after some meÌ„nes reporte But for I fynde therof in wrytynge nothynge I passe it ouer Anno. dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxv.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxvi  Thomas Catworth  Henry Frowyk mercer  Anno .xiiii.  Robert CloptonÌ„  IN the .xiiii. yere begynnynge of the same the duke of Barre accompanyed with BurgonyoÌ„s and Frenchemen wanne y e towne of Harflewe with dyuers other vyllages And in Apryll folowynge the sayde duke accompanyed with y e lorde Teruan and the mayster of the kynges chyualry toke the towne of saynt Denys and slewe therin aboue .iiii. C. Englysshemen toke prysoner Thomas Beleamounde theyr capytayne with many other And than y e FreÌ„che men assawted a towre therby called Ueuen and toke it by appoyntment ThaÌ„ one named Notyce a knyght of OrleauÌ„ce with a streÌ„gth of Knyghtes drewe hym nere the cytie of Parys and there at a house of relygyon of y e charterhouse ordre lodged hym beyonde saynt Denys ouer the water of SaynÌ„ and coÌ„federed with certayne cytezen of the cytie named Michaell Laylery Iohan Frountayne Thomas Pygacen Iohan de saynt Benoit Nicholas LorueynÌ„ and Iaques Bergery for to betraye the cytie to brynge it out of y e Englysshe possessyon The whiche persones beynge hedes of the cytie coÌ„ueyed theyr purpose in suche wyse that they turned the coÌ„mons of the cytie vpon the Englysshe men and sodeynly arose agayne them and by force slewe of them a great nombre and there they dyd take many prysoners And as the Englysshe men fledde or faughte by the stretes the women and other feble persones cast vpon them stones and hoâ—e lycoures to theyr great confusyon so y t the Englysshe men were in passynge mysery and desolacyon In this tyme of persecucion the bysshop of Morâ—â— whiche than was named chaunceler of Englysshe men in those partyes with other hardly escaped and toke the towre of saynt Denys whiche as yet rested in the Englysshe possessyon Than the other hoste of Frenchemen herynge of this rumour in the cytie anone drewe nere entred by saynt Iames gate without moche resystence and so enioyed the cytye at theyr pleasure Than the Englysshemen beynge in the towre of saynt Denys feryng that they myght not longe holde the sayd place agayne theyr enemies fyl to a treaty and coÌ„dyscended to passe fre with theyr lyues The which whaÌ„ they shuld passe vpon theyr iournay were diâ—ided and scorned of y e FreÌ„chenacyon out of all mesure And whan the cytye of Parys was thus subdued to the Frenche dominion anone y e Englyssh people that there abode vnder fyne and raunsom were sworne to Charles the seuenth than takynge vpon hym as Frenche kynge And anone after were wonne from y e Englyssh power the holdes named Creoll and saynt Germayne In whiche passe tyme and season for to streÌ„gthe and haue the gydynge of NormaÌ„dy the duke of yorke encompaned with the erle of Salysbury and the lorde of FawcouÌ„brydg sailed into FrauÌ„ce And the erle of MorteynÌ„ beynge thaÌ„ at Calays made a vyage into Flaundres and skyrmysshed with them y e bordred vpon Pycardy and slewe of them ouer CCCC and gate a great droue of beestes and brought them vnto Calays And for that certaynte was had that Phylyp duke of Burgoyn enteÌ„ded to lay his syege aboute Calays therfore London and all the good townes of EnglaÌ„de were charged to sende thyder certayne men wel and suffycyently
Theodalde Guyllyam Rychauyll knyghtes The whyche rescous nat wythstandynge the sayde lorde Talbot well maÌ„fully coÌ„tynued hys syege assawted the towne in ryght cruell maner so that they were fayne to call for more ayde whereof the lord Talbot beyng ware thynkynge that shortly the Frenchmen shuld be constrayned to gyue ouer the towne left the gydyng of the syege vnto syr wyllyam Poyton syr IohnÌ„ RyppelaÌ„d or Tryppelande knyght after departyd After whose departyng with in short whyle y e Dolphyn of UyeÌ„ne Lowys by name and sonne vnto the forenamed Charles Frenche kynge accompanyed wyth the erle of saynte Paule other to the nombre of .xvi. C. knyghtes came vnto the rescous of the sayd towne And after he had a day rested hym and hys sowdiours he sente the forenamed Theodalde wyth a strength of .iiii. C. men for to assayle the forsayde towre of tymbre but lytell hurt dyd they therunto Than the sayd Dolphyn sente an other strength of .vi. C. men to assayle it but the Englyshemen quyt theym so manfully that they slew .viii. score Frenchmen wouÌ„nded ouer .iii. C. wherwyth the Dolphyn beynge greuously amoued assembled the vttermost strength he myght make aswel of the towne and other and set vpon the Englysshe men whiche were â—ore brused with dayly fyght and fewe in nombre and fynally scomfited them and slewe of theym vpon CCC and toke y e rest prysoners Amonge y t whiche the foresayd two Englysshe capitaynes were taken and a kynnesmaÌ„ of the lorde Talbottes or more veryly one of his baste sones And thus was Depe rescowed the Englysshmen dyscomfyted after they had maÌ„fully maynteyned that syege by the space of .ix. wekes and odde dayes Also this yere in y e moneth of August was a great affray iÌ„ Fletestrete atwene the getters of the ynnes of courte and the inhabytauntes of the same strete whiche affray began in y e nyght and so contynued with assawtes and small by kerynges tyll y e next day In whiche season moche people of the cytie thyder was gadered and dyuers men of bothe partyes were slayne and many hurte But lastly by the presence dyscrecyon of y e mayer and shyreffes this affraye was appesed Of the whiche was chyfe occasyoner a man of Clyfforde ynne named Herbotell In this yere also by certayne ambassadoures y t were sente out of EnglaÌ„d into Guyon a maryage was coÌ„cluded in the begynnynge of the yere folowynge atwene the kynge and y e erles doughter of Armenak whiche conclusion was after dysalowed and put by by the meanes of the erle of Suffolke whiche kyndled a newe brande of brunynge enuy atwene y e lorde protectour and hym and toke fyre in suche wyse that it lefte not tyll bothe partyes with many other were consumed and slayne wherof ensued moche myschefe within the realme and losse of all Normandy as after to you shall appere Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xlii.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C. xlili  Thomas Beaumount  IonÌ„ Athyrley Irenmonger  Anno .xxi.  Rycharde Nordon  IN thys .xxi. yere the foresayde erle of Suffolke whych as before is touched had fordon the coÌ„clusyon of the maryage takeÌ„ by the ambassadours betwene the kyng and y e erle of Armenakes doughter wente ouer hym selfe wyth other vnto hym assygned there in FrauÌ„ce concluded a mariage betwene the kyng and dame Margarete the kynges doughter of Cecyle and of Hierusalem as sayth the Englyshe cronycle And for that mariage to brynge about to the sayd kyng of Cecyle was deliuered y e duchye of Angeou and erledome of Mayne whych are called the keyes of Normandy But the FreÌ„che wryter Gaguyne sayth in hys latyne cronycle y t about thys tyme the erle of Suffolke came vnto Charles the Frenche kyng to a towne in Lorayn named Naunce or NauÌ„t axed of hym his doughter to be quene of England but he gyueth to her no name The whyche request of the sayd Charles to the sayde erle was grauÌ„ted Also he affermeth lytel tofore that season a peace betwene bothe realmes was concluded for the terme of .xxii. moneths whych peace endured but a whyle after And thys yere vpon Candelmas euyn the steple of sait Poules church in LondoÌ„ was set on fyre by tempest of lyghtnynge and lastly queÌ„ched by greate dylygence and laboure of many persones But of all that there laboured the morowe masse preeste of Bowe church in chepe was moste commended and noted Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xliii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xliiii  Nycholas wyfforde  Thomas Catworthe Grocer  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Norman  THys .xxii. yere y e erle of Stafforde was made or created duke of Bukkyngham the erle of warwyke duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marques of Dorset and the erle of Suffolke marquys of Suffolke The whyche marquys of Suffolke soone after wyth hys wyfe and other honourable personages aswell of men as of women with great apparayl of chayres and other costyous ordenaunce for to conuey the forenamed lady Margarete into England sayled into FrauÌ„ce where they were honourably receyued and so taryed there all thys mayres yere In thys yere was also an acte made by auctoryte of the common couÌ„sayll of London that vppon the sondaye shuld no maner of thynge with in the fraunchyse of y e citie be bought or solde nother vytayll nor other thynge nor none artyfycer shulde brynge hys ware to any man to be worne or occupyed that daye as tayllours garmentes or cordewayners shoys and so in lykewyse of all other occupacyons The whyche ordenaunce helde but a whyle Anno dnÌ„i M.CCC.xliiii  Anno dnÌ„i M. CCCC.xlv  Stephyn Foster  Henry Frowyke Mercer  Anno .xxiii.  Hughe wyche  THys .xxiii. yere and moneth of the foresayd lady Margarete came ouer into EnglaÌ„d and in the moneth folowynge she was maryed vnto kyng HeÌ„ry at a towne called Sowthwyke in the countre of Hamshyre And froÌ„ thens she was honourably conueyed by the lordes and estates of thys laÌ„d whyche mette wyth her in sondry places wyth greate retynewe of men in sondry lyueryes wyth theyr sleuys browdered and som betyn wyth gold smythes werkes in moste costly maner And specyally the duke of Glouceter mette wyth her wyth fyue hundreth men in one lyuerey And so she was conueyed vnto Blacke heth where vppon the .xviii. day of May she was mette with the mayre aldermen and sheryfes of the cytye and the craftes of the same in brown blewe wyth brawderyd sleuys That is to meane euery mystery or crafte wyth conysaunce of hys mystery and red hoodes vppon eyther of theyr heddes and so the same daye broughte her vnto London where for her were ordeyned sumptuous and costly pageÌ„tes and resemblauÌ„ce of dyuerse olde hystoryes to y e great comforte of her and suche as came wyth her y e maner whereof I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. And so wyth great tryuÌ„phe she was broughte vnto westmynster where vppon the
of yorke beynge in the Marches of walys called to hym y t erlys of warwyke of Salysbury wyth other many honorable knyghtes and esquyres gathered a stroÌ„ge hoste of people and than in the moneth of Apryll toke his iourney towarde London the kynge there thaÌ„ beynge wyth a greate retynewe of lordes wherof when the quene and the lordes were aduertysed that the duke was comynge with so greate power anone they cast in theyr myndes that it was to none of theyr profytes And for y t in all possyble haste as they myght they gathered by the authoryte of the kynges coÌ„myssyons such strength as they coulde haue entended to haue conueyed the kyng westwarde and not to haue encountred the duke of yorke And for the execucyon of this purpose the kynge accoÌ„panyed with hym the dukes of Somerset of Buckyngham y e erlys of Stafforde of Northumberlande with the lorde Elyfforde and other many noble men of the realme departed vpon the .xx. daye of Maye from westmynster and so helde hys iourney towarde saynte Albonys Then the duke of yorke hauynge knowlege of the kynges departynge from London costed the countrees and came vnto the ende of saynt Albons vppon the .xxiii. daye of Maye foresayde then beyuge the thursday before whytsondaye where whyle meanes of treaty and peace were comonyd vppon that one party y e erle of warwyke wyth his Marche men entryd the towne vppon that other ende foughte egerly agayne y e kynges people so contynued the fyght a longe season But in conclusyon y e vyctory fell to the duke of yorke and his party in so myche that there was slayne that duke of Somerset the erle of Northumberlande and the lorde Clyfforde wyth many other honoâ—â—ble men of knyghtes esquyers whose names were tedious to write After whyche victory thus opteyned by the duke he with honour and reuerence vpon the morne folowynge conueyed the kynge agayne to London and there lodged hym in the bysshoppe of Londons palays And soone thereupon was called a parlyament and holden at westmynster by authoryte wherof y e duke of yorke was made protectour of Englande the erle of Salesbury chauncellour and the erle of warwyke capytayne of Caleys And all suche persons as before were in authoryte and nere aboute the kynge were clerely amoued and putte by and the quene and hyr counsayle that before dayes ruled all vtterly sette a parte concernynge the rule of the kynge and of y e lande whych contynued for a whyle as after shall apere In this yere also as affermeth the Frenche cronycle this mysery and vnkyndnesse thus reygnynge in Englande the lord Talbot than beyng in Normandy and in defendynge of the kynges GarysoÌ„s was beset with French men at a place named Castillyon and there strongely assayled where after longe and cruell fyghte he with hys sonne and to the nomber of .xl. men of name and .viii. huÌ„dreth of other Englysshe soudyours were myserably slayne and many mo taken prysoners Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.liiii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lv.  IohnÌ„ Felde  Stephan Forster  Anno .xxxiii.  wyllyam Taylour  IN thys .xxxiii. yere of Henry y e vi certayne euyll dysposed persones beynge sentuary men within saynt Martens the graunde issued out of y e sayde place and frayed with some cytesyns and of them hurt and maymed and that done reentred the seintuary wherewyth the commons beyng amoued with certeyne rulers of the cytie entred the sayd sayntwary by force and pulled out the occasyoners of the sayde fraye and commytted them to prysone Of this mater by the deane of saynte Martens and suche as fauoured hym was a greuous complaynt made vnto the kynge and hys counsayle of y e mayre and the cytesyns For dyscharge wherof the recorder of the citie wyth certeyne aldermen to hym assygned were sente vnto the kyng then lyeng at y e castell of Egle in Herford shyre where after the mater duly debated before y e kynges couÌ„sayll they were with letter of commendacyon retournyd vnto the mayre wyllynge hym to kepe the sayde persons sauely tyll the kynges comynge to London at whyche season he entended to haue y e mater more clerely examyned Anno domin M.iiii C.lv.  Anno domini M.iiii C.lvi. Grocer IohnÌ„ yonge  wyllyam Marowe  Anno .xxxiiii.  Thomas Dulgraue  IN this yere moneth of May an Italyans seruaunt walked thorough Chepe wyth a dagger hangynge at hys gyrdell wherof a mercers seruaunt that before tyme had ben in Italy and there chalengyd or punysshed for werynge of a lyke wepen chalenged the straunger questioned with him how he was so bold to bere such a warrely wepyn consyderynge he was a straunger and out of his natyue countrey also knowynge that in his countre no straunger shuld be suffered to bere any lyke wepyn To whyche questyon suche answere was made by the Italyan that the mercer toke his dagger froÌ„ hym and brake it vppon his hede The strauÌ„ger thus beyng delte with complayned hym vnto the mayre y t whiche vpon the morowe folowyng kepynge a court at the Guyldhall sent for the yonge man and after his answere made vnto this complaynt by agrement of a full courte of alder men sent the sayde mercer vnto pryson And after thys court was fynysshed for rumour that he harde of to be amonge the seruauntes of y e mercery he with the two sheryffes toke his way homeward thorough chepe But whan he was nere vnto th ende of saint LawreÌ„ce lane toward chepe he was met wyth suche a multytude of mercers seruauÌ„tes and other that he coulde not passe for ought that he myghte do or speke tyll he hadde coÌ„trarye hys wylle and mynde delyuered the yonge man that before was commytted by hym and his brethern to warde and so was he forthwith delyuered Thys thus done rumour sprange therof lyghtely aboute the town in so mych that amonge many cytesyns it was construed that thys was done by the assent of the maysters and housholders of the mercery to y e enteÌ„t to haue the straungers punysshed for so myche as they toke from them greate lyuynge by reason of theyr vtteraunce of cloth of golde and sylkes to the estates and lordes of the realme But how so it was vnto men of honeste to vacaboÌ„des and other that loked for pylfry and ryfflynge it was a great occasyon and styrynge And that appered well for the same afternone sodeynly was assembled a multytude of rascall and poore people of the cytye whyche wythout hede or guyde ranne vnto certayne Italyans places and specyally vnto the Florentynes Lukessys and Uenicyans and toke and spoyled what they in theyr places myghte fynde and dyd greate hurte in sundry places but moste in .iiii. houses staÌ„dyng in Bredstrete ward wherof thre stode in saynt Barthelomewys parysshe the lytle and one in saynte Benettes parysshe and moch more wolde haue done had not bene the spedy ayde of the mayre and aldermen and worshypfull comoners
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 agremeÌ„t 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 maÌ„ned 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 coÌ„cerning 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 couÌ„tesse of Salysbury also kepte hys course tyll he came into the west couÌ„trey where at that tyme was the duke of Gretyr as admyrall of the see wyth a competeÌ„t nouÌ„ber of shyppes well maÌ„ned in so moche that the erle of warwyke prouyded to haue gyuen batayll vnto â—he sayd duke yf he hadde made any couÌ„tenaunce toward him But the duke harde suche murmure speche amoÌ„ge hys owne company whych fouÌ„ded 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 ruÌ„neth vppoÌ„ which were loÌ„ge 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 couÌ„sayll was holdeÌ„ at Couentre By auctoryte whereof the duke of yorke and all the other foresayde lordes wyth many other were attaynted and theyr laÌ„des goodes seased to the kynges vse And for the more surer defeÌ„ce that they shuld nat efte lande in KeÌ„t prouisioÌ„ was made to defende the haueÌ„s portys vppon the sees syde And at Sandwyche was ordeyned a new streÌ„gthe wyth a capitayn named syr SymoÌ„de MouÌ„forde And ouer thys prouision was ordeyned that no marchauÌ„t passyng into the costys of FlauÌ„ders 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 EnglaÌ„d Than these lordes herynge of all thys prouysyon made vppoÌ„ the sees syde to wythstaÌ„de theyr laÌ„dynge sent out an other company vnto SaÌ„dewyche the whych there skyrmysshed wyth the sayd syr SymoÌ„de Mountforde in the ende toke hym broughte hym vnto Ryse Banke there smote of hys hede The foresayd lordes than coÌ„syderynge the strengthe whych they had wyth them and manyfolde frendes hartys which they had in sundry places of EnglaÌ„d condysceÌ„ded for to sayle into Englande so to bryng about theyr enteÌ„t purpose whych was as the coÌ„mon fame went to put a parte frome the kynge all suche persones as were enemyes to the coÌ„mon weale of the laÌ„de And thys to bryng aboute after they had set the towne of Calays in an order sure kepyng they toke shyppynge so sayled into EnglaÌ„de landed at Douer and from theÌ„s 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 laÌ„dynge 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 AmoÌ„ge the whyche was the duke of Buckynghan the erle of Shrowsbury y e vycouÌ„t BeaumouÌ„d the lorde EgremoÌ„de 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 IrelaÌ„de a parlyameÌ„t 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 enherytauÌ„ce 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 couÌ„sayles 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 couÌ„trey 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 dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lx.  Anno dnÌ„i 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
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 vnderstaÌ„den 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 coÌ„syder 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 couÌ„sayls 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 couÌ„sayls 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 comoÌ„s 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 mysgouernauÌ„ce 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 ê“genitours 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 agremeÌ„t 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 MouÌ„talbone 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 coÌ„moued 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
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 RychemouÌ„t 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 dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xcviii  Anno dnÌ„i 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 coÌ„pany toward westmynster And vppon shroue tuysdaye was put in execucioÌ„ at saynt Thomas warrynge a strepelyng of .xx. yeres of age whych had auauÌ„ced 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 dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xcix  Anno dnÌ„i M.v. C.  Iamys wylforde  Nycholas Alwyn  Anno .xv.  Rychard Brond  IN this yere the .xvi. day of NoueÌ„ber 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 breÌ„t And in Iuly was an olde heretyke breÌ„t 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. dnÌ„i M.v. C.  Anno dnÌ„i M.v. C.i.  IohnÌ„ Hawys  wyllyam Remyngton  Anno .xvi.  wyllyam Stede  IN this yere the .xxi. daye of DeceÌ„ber in the nyght was an hydyous thuÌ„der And this yere was the name of the kyngê palays of Shene chauÌ„ged called after y e day RychemouÌ„t And this yere in August departed secretly out of this laÌ„de the duke of Suffolke And the .iiii. daye of October laÌ„ded 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 ErkeÌ„waldes day was my lord prince maryed to the kyng of Spaynes doughter And this season the duke of Bukkyngham wyth other was chief chaleÌ„geour at a royall iustyce turney holdeÌ„ in the palays of westmynster And thys yere came a greate ambassade out of ScotlaÌ„d by reason wherof coÌ„clusion 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 â—olowyng 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. yoÌ„gmen for defamyng of y e kynges couÌ„sayll and there erys cut of Also aboute thys tyme y t gray fryers were coÌ„pelled 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 haÌ„ged quartered And soone after a purseuauÌ„t named Curson a yoman called Mathew Ionys were put in execucioÌ„ at Guynys all was for aydyng of syr EdmoÌ„d De la pool Also thys yere about mydsomer was takeÌ„ a felowe whych hadde renewed many of RobiÌ„ hodes pageÌ„tes 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 SymoÌ„d Iude was shewed a bull by vertue wherof were denouÌ„ced at Poules crosse as accursed syr EdmoÌ„d 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 leÌ„t was solemply accursed at Poules crosse wyth bel candell syr EdmoÌ„d de la pool syr Robert Curson other all y t the ayded agayn the kyng And in th eÌ„de of the moneth of marche was y e pryour of y e Charterhous at Shene sinfully murdered wyth an other muÌ„k of the same house by synyster meanes of a munk of the same place named Good wyne other mischeuous ê‘sones And this yere the felisshyp of tayllours of LoÌ„don purchased a grauÌ„t of the king to be called marchauÌ„t 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 wellysâ—orfi 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. dnÌ„i M.v. C.iii.  Anno dnÌ„i M.v. C.iiii. Draper Chrystoffer Hawys  Syr wyllyam Capell Robert wattes Anno .xix.  Thomas Granger  IN thys yere the .xiii. day of NoueÌ„ber in the palays of y e archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury at LaÌ„behyth was holdeÌ„ the sergeauÌ„tes feest And the .xxi. day of NoueÌ„ber 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 coÌ„sumed wyth fyre agayn saynt Botulphis churche in Thamys strete UpoÌ„ the .xxv. daye of Ianuary begaÌ„ a parliameÌ„t at westmynster And y e .xxvii. day of March was an house breÌ„t agayn saynt Mattyus le grauÌ„t And the same day was hurt
Englande Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xl.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xli  Iohan Sutton  Iohan Paddysley goldsmythe  Anno .xix.  Wyllyam wetynhale  THis .xix. yere began murmure grudge to breke at large that before had ben kepte in mewe atwene ê‘sones nere aboute y e kyng and his vncle the famous Humfrey duke of Gloceter and protectour of the lande Agayne whome dyuers coÌ„iectures were attempted a farre whiche after were sette nere to hym so y t they lefte not tyll they had broughte hym vnto his confusyon And fyrste this yere dame Eleanoure Cobham whom he was familier with or she were to hym maryed was arested of certayne poyntes of treason and therupon by examynacion conuict and lastly demed to dwell as an outlawe in the yle of Man vnder the warde of syr Thomas Stanleye knyghte And soone after were arested as ayders and councelers of the foresayd duchesse mayster Thomas Southwell a Chanon of saynt Stephyns chapell at westmynster mayster Iohan Hum a chaplayne of the sayde duchesse and mayster Roger Bolyngbroke a man experte in nygromancy a womaÌ„ called Margery Iourdemayne surnamed the wytch of Eye besyde wynchester To whose charge it was layde that these iiii persones shulde at the request of the duches deuyse an ymage of wax lyke vnto y e kyng the whiche ymage they delte soo with that by theyr deuyslysshe incantacyons and sorcery they entended to brynge out of lyfe lytell and lytell the kynges person as they lytell and lytell consumed y e ymage For the whiche treason and other fynally they were coÌ„uycte and adiuged to dye But mayster Thomas Southewell dyed in the towre of London the nyght before he shuld haue ben iudged on the morne as in the nexte yere folowynge shal be declared ye haue in y e preceding yere herde how the towne of Pountlarge was wonne by Charles y e toke vpon hym as kyng wher as mani EnglysshmeÌ„ were taken prysoners and sente to a castell named Coruyle where they so beynge in pryson laboured vnto the ruler of that holde that one of them myght be sette at large to laboure to theyr freÌ„des for theyr raunsom The whiche persone whan he was at his lybertye went vnto a strength thereby wherof an aragon knyght was a Capytayne vnder the duke of yorke and shewed to hym that the castell of Coruyle was but sklenderly maÌ„ned and that it myght be wonne by polycy and strengthe wherupon the sayd capytayne named Frauncys in the nyght folowynge sette a busshmente nere vnto the sayd castell and in the daunynge of the mornynge arayed iiii of his sowdyoures in husbandmeÌ„nes aray and sent them with sakkes fylled with dyuers fruytes to offer to sell to the occupyers of the castell The whiche whan they were comyn to the gate by theyr langage taken for Frenchemen anone without suspicion were taken in and seyng that fewe folkes were styrryng held y e porter muet whyle one gaue the foresayde bushmente knowledge so that shortly they entred and toke the capytayne in his bedde and after spoyled the castell and delyuered the Englysshe prysoners and coÌ„ueyed the FreÌ„chemeÌ„ with all the goodes y t they myghte cary out of the castell vnto RoanÌ„ Upon the day of the translacyon of saynt Edward or the twelfe day of Octobre vpon whiche daye the mayre is named by the mayre and his bretherne for y e yere folowynge that day whan the comons of the cytye after theyr auncyeÌ„t custome had chosen two alderineÌ„ suche as before had ben shyreffes of London and of myddelsex that is to wete Roberte Clopton Draper and Rauffe HolaÌ„d tayllour and them presented by name vnto the mayre and hys brother than syttynge in the vtter chambre where the mayres courtes ben kepte to the entent that the sayde mayre hys brother myghte chose one of the sayde two suche as they thoughte moste necessary and worshypfull for the rome the sayde mayre and hys brethern chase there Roberte CloptoÌ„ and broughte hym after downe vppon hys ryght hande towarde y e hall whereof whanne certayne tayllours there beynge were ware and sawe that Rauffe HolaÌ„de was nat chosen anone they cryed naye naye nat this but Rauffe Holande wherewyth the olde mayre beynge astonyed sâ—ode stylle vpon the stayer and commaunded them to kepe silence after helde on his waye to the eest ende of y e hall and there set hym downe and his brethern about hym In whyche meane tyme the sayde tayllours had contynued theyr crye and encensed other of lowe felysshyppes of the cytye as symple persones to take theyr parte and to crye as faste as they wolde nat cease for speche of the mayre nor oyes made by the mayres sergeaunt of armes wherefore the mayre to appese the rumour sente downe the shyreffes and commaunded them to take the mysdoers and to sende theÌ„ vnto pryson The whych precept obserued and a twelf or syxten of the chiefe of them sent vnto Newgate the sayde rumour was anone ceased Of the whyche prysoners some were after fyned and some punysshed by longe inprysonemente Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xii.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xlii.  wyllyam Cumbys  Robert Clopton  Anno .xx.  Rychard Ryche  IN thys .xx. yere and in the moneth of folowyng the partyes before in that other yere arrested for treasoÌ„ were brought vnto the guyldhall of London and there arreygned of such poyntes as before ben reherced and for y e same fynally mayster IohnÌ„ Hum and mayster Roger Bolynbroke were iudged to be drawen hanged quartered the wytche to be brent But mayster Thomas Sothwell dyed in the towre y e nyght before y t he shuld haue be iudged ThaÌ„ accordyng to the sentence of the courtâ— before passed mayster Roger was drawen to tyborne and there hanged quartered the which at y e season toke vpon hys deth that he was nat gylty of y e treason that he was put to iuged for And the next day folowyng was the wytch brente in Smythfelde and mayster Iohan Hum was pardoned suyd oute hys charter This yere also y e lord Talbot layd syege before an hauen towne in Normandy named Depe set hys ordynaunce vpoÌ„ an hylle called Poleet where amonge other engynes and instrumentes of warre he hadde deuysed a myghty towre of tymbre out of the whyche he shotte hys gunnes and other ordynaunce and therewyth brosyd and crasyd the wallys and wrought therby greate dyspleasure vnto the towne of Depe In thys towne was capytayne Charlys Mareys a Frenche knyght knyght the whyche manfully defended the towne tyll vnto hym wyth rescous came IohnÌ„ Notice of Orleaunce knyght wyth a coÌ„pany of M. sowdyours And there after came to the rescous of the sayde towne .ii. other knyghtes named Arthur de LoÌ„geuyle and syr Thomas Droynon wyth .vi. C. meÌ„ And after thys Charles whyche named hym selfe FreÌ„che kyng sent thyder the thyrde rescous of .v. C. men of armys and a M. of other sowdyours vnder .ii. leders called