of y e bayly of the castell of wyndesore iiii onely except that is to saye Rycharde Bonauenture SymoÌ„ de Hadisstok wyllyam de Kent wyllyam de Grouceter all the other LoÌ„doners xxxiili sâ— noÌ„ber were delyuered came to erondon the Thursday folowynge the feast of saynte Luke in y e xxi day of Nouember the other .ix. were kepte styll in the toure of wyndesore Then dayly suyte laboure was made vnto y e kynge to haue hys gracyous fauour and to know hys pleasure what fyne he wolde haue of the cytye for theyr transgressyons displeasure by theym to hym done For the whyche the kynge asked .xl. M.li and fermely helde hym at .l. M. marke But the cytye layde for them that the poore commons of the cytye whereof many were auoyded were the trespassours and ouer that the best men of the cytye by these ryotous ê‘sones were spoyled and robbed and by the rouers also of the see as the wardeynes of y t .v. portes and other in thys troublous seasoÌ„ they had lost a great part of theyr substance For the whych coÌ„syderacyons and many other whyche were tedyous to wryt the cytezeyns besought the kynge of hys most gracious fauour and pyte and to take of theym as they myght bere Thys matter thus hangyng the kynge vppon seynt Nycholas euyn departed from westmynster towarde Northampton And lytell before hys departynge ordeyned syr IohnÌ„ lynd knyght and mayster IohnÌ„ waldren clerke to be gardeynes of the cytye toure the whyche were named in the kynges writtynge Senesshalles or stewardes of the cytye Uppon the daye folowynge that the kynge was ryden these .ii. forenamed stewardes sent for .xxiiii. of the mooste notable men of the cytye and warned theym to apere the day folowynge before y e kynges counsayle at westmynster where at theyr apparaunce was shewed vnto them by syr Roger Leyborne that the kynges mynde was that they shulde haue the rule of the cytye in hys absens vnder the foresaid Senesshalles for to se good rule kept wythin y e cytye they shuld be sworne there before hys counsayle The which there were then sworn countermaunded vnto the cytye And alwaye labour was made vnto the kynge for the fyne of the cytye so that in the Crystmas weke an ende was made wyth the kyng by labour of suche frendes as the cytye had about hym for the summe of .xx. M. marke for all transgressyons and offences by them before done certayne persones excepted whyche the kynge had gyueÌ„ to syr Edwarde hys sonne beynge as before is sayde in the tour of wynsore For the paymeÌ„t of which summe at dayes by agremeÌ„t set syr Roger Leyborne mayster Roberte wareyn clerke were assigned to take the suertyes for y e same After whych suertye by theym receyued and sente vnto the kynge to NorthamptoÌ„ the kynge sent immedyatly after vnto y e cytezeyns a charter vnder his brode seale whereof the effecte ensueth HEnry by the grace of god kiÌ„g of Englande lord of Irlande and duke of Guyan to al men helth Knowe ye that for the fyne of .xx. M. marke the whyche our cytezeyns of London to vs made for the redempcyon of the transgressions and trespaces to vs to our quene to our noble brother Rycharde kynge of Almayne and to Edward our fyrst begoteÌ„ sonne done we remytte and pardone for vs and for our heyres to the sayd cytezeyns and they re heyres as moche as in vs is so that they haue and enioye all they re former grauntes and lybertees rentes and profittes from the feste of Crystmas laste paste and also that the sayde cytezeyns haue to theym all forfaytes of all malefactours of y e cytye which in the parturbauÌ„ce before made were endyted or for the same be yet for to be endyted Excepte the goodes and catalles of theym of the whyche we haue gyuen the bodyes vnto our forsayd sonne Edwarde and except the rentes and tenemeÌ„tes of all those cytezeyns whyche now be and shal be our eschete by reason of the forsayde transgressyons And that all prysoners whyche now in our prysons remayne be freely delyuered excepte those ê‘sones whose bodyes we haue gyueÌ„ to Edwarde our sonne And y t the sayd cytezeyns be as fre as they before the sayd transgressyons were in all partes and costes of thys our landes In wytnes whereof we haue made these letters patentes wytnesseth my selfe at Northampton the .x. day of Ianuarii the yere of our reygne .xlix. After whyche pardone by the cytezeyns receyued all pledges for them beyng in the toure of LondoÌ„ And also .iiii. of them that were in the toure of wyndesore that is to say Rychard Bonauenture SymoÌ„ de Hadistoke wyllyam of Kente and wyllyam of Glouceter were delyuered Thanne also was dyscharged the forenamed stewardes syr IohnÌ„ Lynde mayster IohnÌ„ waldreÌ„ and the cytezeyns of them selfe chose for mayre wyllyaÌ„ Fyz Rychard and for shyreffes Thomas de la fourde Gregory de Rokkysley Than for leuyng of this fyne were set as well seruauntes couenaÌ„t men as housholders many refuced the lyberties of the cytye for to be quyt of that charge whyle the kynge lay thus at Northampton syr SymoÌ„ de Mountford put hym vpon the dome of the Popes legat Octobonus y t before was come into thys laÌ„de to refourme thinges in the chyrche of Englande and also to set vnyte reste betwene the kynge and hys lordes To whose do me also of the kynge of romayns the forsayde syr Symond had bounden hym to stande Upon whych promyse and bande he was lybertied to be at large in the kynges courte and so contynued a season But in y e ende when the kyng was commeÌ„ into LoÌ„don he departed sodaynly out of the courte rode vnto wynchelsee where he accompanyed hym with the rouers of the see and after some pryses taken departed from theym and so sayled into Fraunce and put hym in seruyce with holy Lowis than kyng of that prouynce Thys yere also vppon the euyn of saynt IohnÌ„ baptyst the kynge begaÌ„ hys syege about the castell of Kenelworth with a mighty power But syr HeÌ„ry Hastynges with suche as were within it defended it so stroÌ„gly that the kynge and all hys power myght nat wynne the sayde castell of a loÌ„ge tyme as after in the nexte yere shall appere It is before shewed howe y e quene by her purueiauÌ„s had caused an host of straungers to prepare them to come into Englande for to ayde her lorde the kynge agayn the barons She had also purchased a curse of y e Pope to acurse all the sayde barons and all they re ayders helpers and had commyssioÌ„s dyrected to certayn bysshoppes of Englande to execute the same as of London and of wynchester and of Chychester the which for fere of the barons than denyed deferred the execucyon and sentence of the sayd curse wherfore the quene made newe laboure to the pope than Urban the .iiii. and had it grauÌ„ted that the sayde
cytye And in the same moneth syr Godfrey de Harcourte whych as before is sayde alyed hym with kynge Edwarde and wolde nat apere after certayne sommons was now opeÌ„ly banysshed as traytour enemy to y e crowne of Fraunce And in the same moneth was syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„tforte delyuered out of pryson vppon such condicions as before is rehersed in y e xiii yere of this kyng And soon after were put vnto deth at Parys syr Iohan de Malestreet syr Godfrey de Malestreet the father the sonne syr IohnÌ„ de MouÌ„talbone syr wyllyam de Bruys syr IohnÌ„ de Cablat syr IohnÌ„ de Plessys knyghtes esquyres IohnÌ„ de Malestrete neuew to y e forsayd knyghtê GuyllmÌ„ de Bruze Robert de Bruys IohnÌ„ de Senne and Dauy de Senne And shortely after at Parys were put in execucion thre Norman knyghtes for affynyte or fauour whych they had borne towarde syr Godfrey de Harecourt and theyr heddes sent vnto saynte Loup in Constantyne a cytye of NormaÌ„dy whych sayd knyghtes were called sir wyllyam Bacon syr Roulande de la Roche tessone and syr Rycharde de Percy IN the .xvii. yere of thys Philip one mayster Henry de Malestrete clerke deakeÌ„ brother to the aboue named syr Godfrey before put in execucion whych sayd mayster HeÌ„ry was mayster of the requestes with kyng Philip for so moch as he after y e deth of hys sayd brother yode vnto kyng Edward and couÌ„sayled hym agayne kyng Philip after by assygnemeÌ„t of kynge Edwarde was set in great auctorite wythin the towne of Uannys in Brytayne whych towne was after goten by the FrenchmeÌ„ he therin as one of the chefe capytaynes of the same taken was imprysoned within the castell of Parys Out of the whyche at thys season he was taken thens and set in a tumbrell thereunto fastened wyth chaynes of yren and so coÌ„ueyed bareheded with dynne and crye thorugh y e hygh stretes of Parys tyll he came vnto y e bysshoppes palays of Parys and there deliuered vnto the bisshop And soon after by vertue of a commissyoÌ„ purchased by kynge Philip of the pope to haue the sayd mayster Henry dysgraded he was depryued of all degrees and ordres of the churche and thaÌ„ deliuered vnto the execucioners The whyche by .iii. days coÌ„tynuall a certayn season of y e day set hym vpoÌ„ a ladder in y e syght of all people to y e enteÌ„t that euery man chyld might throwe at hym all fylth ordour of y e strete the whiche was done without all compassion and pyte in so cruell wyse that by the thyrd dayes ende he was dede and after buryed vnreuerently In the sayde .xvii. yere of kynge Philippe also as before is shewed in the .xix. yere of kynge Edwarde the thyrde Iaques de Artyuele whych was especiall promoter of the sayde kyng Edwardes causes came vnto y e towne of Gaunt and shewed vnto theym dyuers apoyntmentes to be holde betwene theym and other townes of FlauÌ„dres where vpon the .xv. day of Iuly by diuers coÌ„spiratours of the sayd towne of Gaunte he was pursued from one house to an other and lastly slayne murdred by them to the kynges of Englande great displeasure hurt wherefore the sayde kyng Edwarde was fayne to retourne into Englande wythoute spede of hys purpose lyke as before in y e sayd xix yere of his reygne is declared In thys yere also and the moneth of Decembre dyed syr IohnÌ„ erle of MouÌ„tfort which as before is sayd claymed the duchy of Brytayn and lefte after hym a sonne named also syr IohnÌ„ erle of MouÌ„tfort the whyche in lykewyse claymed the sayd duchy of Brytayn maynteyned the warre agayn syr Charles de Bloys as hys father before had done In the .xviii. yere of kyng Phylyp fyrste daye of Iuly at Parys was than putte to deth by cruel execucioÌ„ a cytezyn of CompeynÌ„ named Symonde Poylet a man of greate ryches The whych for he had sayd in open audience that the ryght of the crowne of Fraunce belonged more ryghtfully vnto kyng Edward than to kynge Philip he was fyrste hanged vpon a tree lyke as an oxe is haÌ„ged in the bochery there dismembred as fyrst the armys and after y e legges cut from hys body and lastly hys hede stryken of and the trunke of hys body hanged by chaynes vpoÌ„ the commoÌ„ gybet of Parys And vppon a saterdaye beynge the .xxvi. day of August in the foresayde .xviii. yere of kynge Philippe was foughten at Cressy the batayll before expressed in the .xxi. yere of kynge Edwarde the thyrd where the floure of the chyualry of FrauÌ„ce was slayne taken prysoners Than soone after kyng Philippe for the defence of the charge of hys warres asked a subsidie of the monkes of saynt Denys And amoÌ„g certayne iewelles of that place to be had he demauÌ„ded the greate crucyfyx of golde standynge ouer y e hyghe aulter of that monastery wherunto the monkes answered y t they mighte nat departe with that crucifyxe for Eugenius the thyrde of that name pope accursed al them that layd any hande vpon that crucifyxe to the entent to remoue it from that place as it appereth by wrytynge set vnder y e fote of the sayd crosse by whyche answere the kyng was pacifyed And in the moneth of DeceÌ„bre syr Godfrey de Harecourte wyth a towell double folden about hys necke came vnto y e presence of kyng Philip and yelded hym holy to hys mercy and grace the whyche graunted vnto hym hys pardon And in shorte whyle after all the Lumbardes vsurers wythin y e realm of Fraunce were taken and sente to dyuers prysons And all suche persones as stode bouÌ„den vnto them for any bargeyn or lone of money by way of vsury it was ordeyned that y e sayd persones beyng dettours to the sayd vsurers shulde paye the pryncypall dette vnto the kynge at theyr dayes of payment the resydue whyche remayneth to the vsurer for hys lucre of gayne for the lone of hys money shulde be pardoned to the dettour And after the sayd Lumbardes vsurers were delyuered from pryson by payenge of greate and greuous fynaunce In the .xix. yere of thys Philippe for so moche as wytnesseth the FreÌ„ch cronycle that y e Flemynges by great manacis and perforce had constrayned theyr erle to be assured by bonde of assuraunce vnto the doughter of kyng Edward contrary hys voluÌ„te and wyll the sayde erle nat wyllyng to accomplysshe that maryage in the Easter weke by a cautele deê‘ted out of FlauÌ„dres and came to y e Frenche kyng to Parys of whome he was honourably and ioyously receyued And in the same yere one named Gawyn de Belemount an aduocate of the spirituall lawe entendynge to betray y e cytye of LaonÌ„ acqueynted hym with a poore maÌ„ than dwellyng in that citie of Meaus named Colyn Tomelyn y e whych before tyme was fled the cytye of Laon was thaÌ„ for lacke of substauÌ„ce comyn to Meaus there mayntened
shortly thens and sped hym towarde Auynyon It was nat longe after that the kyng of Nauerne was departed out of NormaÌ„dy but that kyng IohnÌ„ sped hym thider seased all the landes that the kyng of Nauerne had wythin that duchy and putte offycers and rulers in hys castelles townes suche as hym lyked and dyscharged the other excepte .vi. castelles that is to saye Euroux le PouÌ„t Audemer Chirebourt Ganeray Auranches Martaygn the whych were holden by the seruauÌ„tes of the kynge of Nauerne men of Nauerne borne In the moneth of Ianuary folowynge syr Robert de Loryze abouenamed vnder safe conduyte came vnto kyng IohnÌ„ to Parys and there was to hym in proces reconsyled And in thys yere were the artycles of peace betwene the kynges of EnglaÌ„de of FrauÌ„ce prolonged tyll the feaste of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst next ensuynge as before in y e ende of the .xxviii. yere of kyng Edwarde is more at length declared In thys .v. yere of kyng Iohan moneth of Apryl he sent syr Charles hys sonne dolphyne of Uyenne into Normandy to aske ayde of the Normannes agayne the kynge of Nauerne The whyche graunted vnto hym iii. M. men at theyr charge for .iii. monethes And in the moneth of August folowynge the kynge of Nauerne accompanyed with .ii. M. sowdiours came vnto the castell of ConstaÌ„tyne there taryed with the sayd people wyth whose coÌ„mynge the sowdiours of the forenamed .vi. castelles were so well comforted that they robbed and pylled al y e couÌ„tre about theÌ„ And som of the sayde sowdiours came vnto a castell of y e FreÌ„ch kynges named CoÌ„ket waÌ„ it by streÌ„gth after vytayled maÌ„ned it in moste warly wyse dyd many other thynges to y e FreÌ„che kyngs great displeasure The which warre thus coÌ„tynuyng by medyacioÌ„ of freÌ„des the kynge of NauarnÌ„ rode vnto y e dolphyn to a towne called the Uale de Rueyll where they metyng and eyther to other shewyng louyng couÌ„tenaunce vpoÌ„ y e .xviii. day of SepteÌ„bre they togyder toke theyr way toward Parys where the kyng of Nauarne was brought vnto the French kynges presence where he excused hym of all trespasses done agayn the kyng syne y e tyme of y e last accord besechyng y e kyng to be good and gracius lorde vnto hym and he shulde be to hym as a sonne oughte to be vnto the fader as a trew man vnto hys soueraygne lorde And after the kyng by y e meanes of y e duke of Athenesse forgaue vnto hym hys offeÌ„ces and promysed to staÌ„de hys good and gracyous lord and so eyther deê‘ted from other in louyng maner And soone after kyng IohnÌ„ gaue vnto y e dolphyn of Uyen syr Charles hys eldest sonnÌ„ y e duchy of NormaÌ„dy for y e whyche he dyd vnto hys father homage in y e house of mayster Martyn ChanoÌ„ of Parys in y e cloyster of the mynster called Noterdame And by auctoryte of a parlyameÌ„t holdeÌ„ in the citie of Parys was grauÌ„ted vnto kyng IohnÌ„ of the thre astates of hys realme y t is to meane the spiritualte the lordê and nobles and y e hedes or rulers of cytyes and good townes of hys realme that he shulde haue .xxx. M. meÌ„ waged for a yere for to defeÌ„de hys auncyent enemye the kynge of England For puruyauÌ„ce wherof certayne persones of the sayd .iii. astates asseÌ„bled shortly after to prouide for y e leuieng of that great suÌ„me of money After whyche prouysion or sessing agreed or concluded by the sayde persones and commyssyoners sente out to dyuers coostes and good townes for the leuyeng of the sayde money in the towne of Arras fyll a dissencyoÌ„ betwene the ryche the poore of that towne the poore sayeng that the ryche men had layde all the burthen vpon the poore men them self bare lytell charge or none For thys fyrst began great altercacion of wordes after enâ—uyed strokes stripes so that of the hâ—des and chyef burgeses of the towne were .xvii. men slayne And the day folowynge they slewe .iiii. mo banysshed dyuers y t at that tyme were absent out of the towne And so the towne of Arras rested as than in the gydynge of the poore artyfycers of that towne IN the .vi. yere of the reygne of kynge Iohan and moneth of Marche â–ª he beynge accoÌ„panyed with a secret meny before y e daye departed from the towne of Manuyle rode streyghte he hys lordes beyng armed vnto the castell of Rouan entred sodaynly into the same where he fande in the chyefe hall of the castell syr Charles hys eldest sonne duke of Normandy Charles kynge of Nauerne syr IohnÌ„ erle of Harecourt y e lordes of Preaux and of Grauyle the lorde of CleremouÌ„t syr Lowys syr Guylliam de Harecourt brethern of the foresayd erle syr Fryquet de Fryquante the lorde of Tournebu syr Manbuc de Mamesmares with Colinet Doubliec and IohnÌ„ de PouÌ„talu esquyres The whych lordes and knyghtes the kyng toke at dyner within y e sayd halle them toke sodaynly diuers of them put vnder sure kepyng And as soone as the kyng had there takeÌ„ a small and short repaste he with his sonnes other nobles in hys coÌ„pany toke theyr horse rode into a felde vppon a baksyde of the castell whether shortly after were brought in bandes the foresayde erle of Harecourt the lorde of Grauyle y e foresayd syr MaÌ„bue and Colinet Doubliet whyche iiii were there beheded and after the bodyes of them drawen to the gybet of Roan there hanged and theyr heddes set ouer them vpon the same gybet At the whyche tyme of the execucion of hedyng of the sayd .iiii. persones the Frenche kyng as before is sayde was present in proper person After the whyche execucion y e kynge vpon the morowe folowynge delyuered many of the other prysoners so y t there remayned no mo as prysoners but .iii that is the kyng of Nauerne syr Fryquet de Fryquant IohnÌ„ de Pountalu the whych were sent vnto Parys where the kynge was kepte in the castel of Louure and the other ii in the chastelet In whiche tyme of hys inprysonemeÌ„t syr Phylype brother to the kynge wyth syr Godfrey de Harecourt vncle to the erle lately heded helde certayn castelles in Normandy and came with theyr powers into the countre of Constantyne and helde it maugre the Frenche kynges wyll and pleasure In the moneth of Apryll syr Arnolde de Denham than Marshall of FrauÌ„ce rode by y e kynges sond vnto Arras there without great distourbaunce of the towne toke vpoÌ„ an huÌ„dreth of suche as before had made y e former rebellion within the same And vpon the day folowyng he caused to be heded in the market place vpon .lx. of the same the remenauÌ„t he sent vnto pryson there to abyde y e kynges pleasure In thys tyme and season was the noble prynce Edwarde at Burdeaux warred vpon the Frenche kynges landes lyke as it is before to you
shewed in the .xxx. yere of kyng Edward the thyrde And in the .vii. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ begynnyng of the same was the batayll of Poytyers In y e whych kyng IohnÌ„ was taken prysoner of prynce Edwarde many of hys lordes takeÌ„ and slayne as before in the .xxx. yere of the foresayd Edwarde is declared at leÌ„ght After the which scomfyture the duke of Normandy whyche hardly escaped from the sayde batayl entred the cytye of Paryz the .xxix. daye of Septembre called there a great couÌ„sayll of y e thre astates of y e realme and the .xv. daye of Octobre next ensuynge there to be asseÌ„bled At which daye the sayde duke wyth the sayd .iii astates of the realme beyng in y e parlyament chambre Peter de la Forest archebysshop of Roan and chauÌ„celer of FrauÌ„ce declared there the greate mysfortune that to the lande was lately falleÌ„ by the takyng of theyr hed and prynce and exorted theym by a loÌ„ge oracioÌ„ to ayde assiste euery maÌ„ after hys power for the redeliuery of theyr prynce agayne whereunto it was answered for theyr clergy or spyrytual by the mouth of mayster IohnÌ„ de Carone thaÌ„ archebysshop of Raynes and for the nobles or y e Cheualty of FrauÌ„ce by the mouth of syr Phylype duke of Orleaunce and brother vnto kynge IohnÌ„ for the commoÌ„s of the good townes of FrauÌ„ce by the mouthe of Stepyn Martell burgeys of Parys and prouost of the same that eyther of them shulde helpe to the vttermost of theyr powers prayed that they myght haue conuenient leyser to couÌ„sayll and commoÌ„ for prouycioÌ„ of the the same the whyche to theym was graunted Than the sayde thre astates helde theyr couÌ„sayll at the fryer mynours or gray fryers in Parys by the space of .xv. dayes In whyche season they appoynted amonge theym to the noÌ„bre of .l. persones to take a vyew and make serche of certayne thynges thaÌ„ myslad and euyll gyded within the realme The whyche .l. persones whaÌ„ they had appoynted .vi. of them selfe to go vnto the duke they in y e names of y e other made request vnto y e duke that he wolde kepe secrete such thynges as they entended to shewe vnto hym which request he grauÌ„ted ThaÌ„ they shewed vnto the duke that the realme before tyme hadde ben mysseguyded by offycers and excepte that remedye for it were shortlye fouÌ„den it shulde staÌ„de in greate parell to be loste wherfore they besought hym to dyscharge all suche as they wolde name vnto hym ouer y t to forfayte theyr goodes vnto the kynges vse And fyrst they named mayster Peter de la Forest archebisshop of Roan chauÌ„celer of FrauÌ„ce syr SymoÌ„de de Bucy chyfe counceloure of the kyng and chyefe presydente of the parlyament syr Roberte de Loryze that before tyme was chaumberlayne vnto the kynge syr Nycholas Brake knyghte and mayster of the kynges paleys Engueram of the Celer Burioys of Parys and vndre tresourer of FrauÌ„ce IohnÌ„ Pryll burioys also soueraygn mayster of the money and mayster of thaccomptys of the kyng and IohnÌ„ ChaÌ„nean de Charters treasourer of the kynges warres All whyche offycers the sayde persones wolde that they shuld be dyscharged of all royall oâ—yces for euer Also the sayd constytuted persones wolde y t the kynge of Nauerne were delyuered free froÌ„ pryson also that he hym selfe wolde be coÌ„tented to be aduertysed and couÌ„ceyled by suche as they wolde appoynte vnto hym that is to saye .iiii. prelates xii knyghtes and xii burioys The whych .xxviii. persons shuâ—d shulde haue auctoryte to rule and ordeyne all thynges necessarye for the realme and to set in and put oute all offycers apperteynyng to the realm wyth dyuerse other requestes whych vnto the duke were nothyng agreable Upon the whyche requestes the duke gaue answere y t he wolde gladly fele the opynyon of hys couÌ„ceyll vpon that shape vnto them some reasonable answere But fyrste he desyred of them to knowe what ayde the iii. astates wolde gyue vnto hym for the delyuery of hys father wherunto it was answered that the clergy had grauÌ„ted a dyme a halfe to be payed in a yere wyth that that they maye haue licence of the pope and y e lordes asmoche to be leuyed of theyr laÌ„des and y e comoÌ„s the .x. peny of theyr mouable gooddes ThaÌ„ vpoÌ„ the morne folowynge within y e palays of Louure y e duke assembled hys couÌ„sayl there shewed vnto them the desyre requeste of the .iii. astates wherupon were made many reasons and many messages sent betwene the duke and them to refourme some parte of the sayde artycles But it was fermely answered by theym that excepte he wolde reforme the sayde defautes coÌ„ferme hym vnto theyr myndes for the comoÌ„ welth of all the lande they wolde nat ayde hym with theyr gooddes lyke as they had to hym shewed wherfore the duke by secrete meanes sent letters vnto his father shewyng vnto hym the circumstauÌ„ce of all hys matter the whyche wrote vnto hym agayne that in no wyse he shulde be agreable vnto the sayde requestes ThaÌ„ the duke to y e ende that he wolde nat y â— these maters shuld be towched in the open parlyameÌ„t sent for suche persones as were the chyefe rulers of the sayde .iii. astates so that to hym came for the clergy the archebysshoppes of Raynes and of LyoÌ„s and the bisshop of LaoÌ„ for the lordes came syr warayne de LuceÌ„bourgh syr Iohan de ComflaÌ„s Marshall of Champeyne and syr IohnÌ„ de Pygueny thaÌ„ ruler or gouernoure of Artoys for the comoÌ„s Stephan Martell than prouost of the marchauÌ„tes of Parys Charles Cusake with other of other good townes Than the duke shewed vnto them of certayne newes that he had lately receyued from the kynge hys father and that done he asked theyr aduices whether it were beste y e daye to shewe theyr requestes openly in the parliament chaumber or elles to deferre it for that daye And lastlye after many reasons made it was agreed that it shulde be deferred tyll the .iiii. daye after at the whyche .iiii. daye y e duke wyth the other assembled in the parlyament chambre At whyche season the duke sayd that he myght nat entende that day to here and argue the sayd requestes for certayn tydynges that he had lately receyued from his father and from his vncle the Emperour of Almayne of the which he thaÌ„ shewed some opeÌ„ly and after dyssolued for that daye the counsayll In the moneth of Octobre y e .iii. astates of the prouynce of Languedocke by the auctoryte of the erle of Armenake thaÌ„ lieutenauÌ„t for y e kyng assembled for to make an ayde for y e kynges delyuerauÌ„ce And fyrste they agreed to puruey at theyr propre costes .v. C. meÌ„ of armys wyth a seruyture to eueryche spere and ouer that a M. sowdyours on horsebacke and a M. of arblasters wyth .ii. M. of other called pauÌ„syers in Frenche all whiche to be waged for an hole yere The speres
conueyed theÌ„ vnto the gate of saynt Honoure and so sent theym vnto theyr other felysshyp than beyng at saynt Denys Of whome they were ioyously receyued and welcomed specyally of the kynge of Nauerne at whose requeste as the comoÌ„ fame went y t prouost wyth the other rulers of y e town them delyuered Thus more more cyuyle dyscorde began to encreace wythin the cytie so that the rulers of y e cytye were now in as great dought and fere of theyr neyghbours as before tyme they were of the regeÌ„t his knyghtes So that vpoÌ„ the tuysdaye folowynge beynge the last daye of Iuly y e prouost wyth other of hys company beyng in harnesse as dayly they were vsed went to dyner vnto the bastyle of saynt Denys And there beyng at dyner the prouost coÌ„mauÌ„ded to such as thaÌ„ kept the keyes of that bastyle that they shuld delyuer theym vnto Geffrey de MastoÌ„ than tresourer of the warres of the kyng of Nauerne But the porters denayed y e commauÌ„demeÌ„t sayde presysely y t they wolde nat delyuer the keyes to hym nor yet to any strauÌ„ger For the whyche answere many hawte wordes were blowen on eyther partye so that people gadered about them wherof heryng one named IohnÌ„ Maylart to whom beloÌ„ged the watche of a quarter of y e cytye wherein in whyche quarter the sayde bastyle stode drewe nere gaue ere vnto the wordes shortly after in bolde maner sayd vnto y e prouost that the keyes shulde remayne styll with the sayd kepers nat to be takeÌ„ out of theyr possessioÌ„ By meane of whych wordes the prouoste wyth hys company were encensed wyth more malyce vttered many hyghe and dysdaynous wordes to fere the sayd IohnÌ„ Maylart and the other wherfore the sayde IohnÌ„ Maylart feryng the prouost lest he shuld shortly call hys streÌ„gthe to hym by meane thereof put hym and other to an afterdele sodenlye gate hym on horsebacke berynge a baner of y e French kynges in hys hande cryed wyth alowde voyce Mon ioye saynte Denys au Roy et a duke whaÌ„ the people sawe hym thus ryde aboute and cryed ioye to the kynge the duke anone moche people folowed hym cryed in the same wyse And in lykewyse dyd the prouost his company whyche toke the waye towarde the bastyle of saynte Anthony And the sayde Maylarte rode towarde the market place there houed wyth his company In whyche tyme season one called Pepyn de Essars nat knowynge of the feat of IohnÌ„ Maylart in lyke maner gathym on horsbacke and berynge a baner of the armes of FrauÌ„ce rode about cryeng y e forsayd crye so lastly came vnto the other whyle the commoÌ„s were thus assembled in the market place the prouost came vnto the forsayd bastyle of saiÌ„t Anthony where it was reported to y t kepers of that bastyle that the prouost hadde lately receyued letters froÌ„ the kynge of Nauerne whyche they desyred to se wherof the prouoste denayed the syghte specyally one named Guyffarde wherefore after som wordes of dyspleasure one strake at the sayd Guyffarde throughe hys harnesse wouÌ„ded hym where with y e prouost beyng amoued made resysteÌ„ce agayn the sayd kepers so y t eyther ranne at other wyth theyr wepyns In whych stryfe the sayd Guyffarde was fyrst slayne after the prouoste wyth one of hys coÌ„peres named SymoÌ„de Palmeyr wherof heryng y e fore sayd IohnÌ„ Maylart hys coÌ„pany in all haste sped theÌ„ thyder pursued vpoÌ„ other y t thaÌ„ were fled for fere so streightly serched y t they foÌ„de one called IohnÌ„ of y e Ile Giles Marcell vnder the prouoste of marchauntes whych they also slewe without pytie And after at y e bastyle of saynt Martyne they fouÌ„de one called IohnÌ„ Paret the yoÌ„ger whome they slew also And soone were they spoyled of all y t they had and layd naked in the open strete for all men to loke vpon And whan they .vi. corpsys had so lyen by a certayne tyme they were than put in a carte drawen vnto a house of saynt Katheryne and there buryed vnreuerently And vpon the morowe folowyng were taken Charles Cusake Iosseron or Geffrey Maston and put into the chastelet and there kept in strayte pryson And thus seased thys ryot wythin the cytye of Parys that had contynued for the more partye by y e space of a yere .ix. monethes as from the begynnynge of the moneth of Nouember in the .vii. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ vnto th ende of y e moneth of Iuly in the .viii. yere of thys sayd kyng or from the takyng of the duke in hys chauÌ„bre to the deth of y e prouost by the space of .vi. monethes After whyche persones thus slayen the sayd IohnÌ„ Maylart sent vnto y e regent requyrynge hym y t he wolde spede hym vnto y e citie in y e meane whyle to sende some noble man to haue the rule of the same And in that whyle the comoÌ„s made serche toke many of the former rulers as Petyr Gylle grocer which as before is said was capytayne vnto theÌ„ y t were sent vnto Meaus And wyth hym was taken syr Pyers Caylart knyghte and wardeyne of the castell of Louure Also one called IohnÌ„ Prenost wyth Petyr Blount Also a vocate named mayster Peter Puyssour a felowe of hys named mayster Iohan Godarde All which ê‘sones were shortly after put to deth by sundry tymes theyr bodyes cast in to a ryuer called Bone Uoycyne And vppon the .xii. daye of August the regent was receyued into Parys with all honour and gladnesse whereof heryng the kynge of Nauerne of the puttyng to deth of Iossâ—ran hys tresourer sente vnto the regeÌ„t wordes of defyauÌ„ce letting hym to vnderstande that he wolde be reuenged of that wronge and other UPon the .xiiii. day of August the regent caused to he assembled within the commoÌ„ hall of Paris the cytezyns to whom he made a loÌ„g declaracion of the treasons ryottes done by these persones put to deth by the bysshop of Laon other yet leuyng whych enteÌ„ded as he sayde to haue made y e kyng of Nauerne kyng of FrauÌ„ce to haue yelden the cytye of Parys into the power of Englysshemen ThaÌ„ the kynge of Nauerne with the Englyshmen yode vnto Meloon where they by fauour streÌ„gth occupyed y e yle all y t couÌ„trey whych stretched toward Byer warred vppon the countrey toward Gastenoys dyd therin moche harme aswell by fyre as otherwyse And shortly after syr IohnÌ„ Pyquegny syr Robert his brother whych were capytaynes vnder the kyng of NauernÌ„ made warre vpoÌ„ the towne of Turnay and other townes of Pycardy and slewe many of the common people and toke prysoners of the gentylmen of that countrey to the noumbre of an hundreth aboue Amonge the whyche the bysshope of Noyen was takeÌ„ and wyth the other ladde vnto a castell or towne called Creeyll wherof the foresayde syr
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
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
Henry the sonne of Alwyne was sworne charged as fyrst mayre of London and Peter duke wyth Thomas Neell sworn for shryues and the name of bayllyues was after this daye clerely auoyded wyth in the sayde cytye from that daye forewarde Also where before thys tyme the brydge ouer Thamys at LoÌ„don was made of tymber and was ruled guydyd or repayred by a fraternyte or college of prestes This yere by the great ayde of the cytesyns of London and other passyng that way the sayde brydge was begonne to be edyfyed of stone And in thys yere y e monastery of saynte Mary Ouereys in South warke was begonne of to be buylded And in thys yere the pope sente two legates or after some writers one legate named Pandulphus the whyche in the popys name had many sore wordes of monycyon of obedience to kynge IohnÌ„ and charged hym to suffre the archebyshoppe of Caunterburye wyth the pryour and munkes of the same to enioy theyr ryghtes and possessyons wythin Englande and taryed here a certayne of tyme to brynge hys purpose aboute But all was in vayne for he yode agayn to Rome wythout releasynge of the enterdytynge Of y e maner of this enterdyccyon of this lande haue I sene dyuerse opynyons As some there be y e saye that the lande was enterdyted thorouly and the chyrches and housys of relygyon closyd that no where was vsed masse nor dyuyne seruyce By which reason none of the .vii. sacrameÌ„tes in all this terme shulde be minystred or occupyed nor chylde crystenyd nor man confessyd nor maryed But yt was not so streyghte for there were dyuerse places in Englande whyche were occupyed wyth dyuyne seruyce all that season by lycence purchasyd then or before Also chyldren were crystyned thorough all the land and men houselyd and anelyd excepte suche persones as were excepted by name in the bull or knoweÌ„ for mayteyners of the kynges yll entent Anno domini M.CC.x.  Anno domini M.CC.xi  Peter yonge  Henry fyz Alwyn  Anno .xii.  wyllyam Elande  IN this yere whych was the .xi. yere of kynge IohnÌ„ after mydsomer or the terme of the trewce were fylly runne kynge Phylyppe wyth a stronge hoste entryd the countye of Guyan and made newe warre vpon the vycounte of Thonars and toke hys castell called Parteny wyth dyuerse other stronge holdes to y e sayd vycounte belongynge and mannyd theym wyth Frenche men and ordeyned one Guyllyam de Roches marshall of Fraunce chefe ruler of that countrey and after retourned into Fraunce But yt was not longe after the kynge was departed but that the sayd vycount of Thonars made sharpe warre vpon the Frenchemen with such power as he myght make and recoueryd a parte of hys lande But one daye when he hadde wonne a lytle holde and taken therin a certayne of prysoners in his retourne towarde hys holde where he lodged he was supprysed wyth the forenamed Guyllyam de Roches a great multytude of Frenchemen of y e whyche after longe fyght he was fynally taken wyth syr Hyugh Thonars hys brother syr Aymery de Lesyngnam sonne of the erle of Poytyers to the nomber of .l. persones of his coÌ„pany y e whyche were all as prysoners then sent vnto y e Frenche kyng Anno domini M.CC.xi  Anno domini M.CC.xii.  Adam whetley  Henry fyz Alwyne  Anno .xii.  Stephan le Graas  IN this .xii. yere of kyng IohnÌ„ the pope sente agayne Pandulphe his legate and monyshed the kynge in sharpe maner that he shuld receyue mayster Stephan Langton to hys benefyce of the see of Caunterbury and the pryour wyth hys munkes vnto theyr abbay Then y e kyng callynge to mynde the dauÌ„gers whiche he was wrappyd in both wythin hys owne realme and also in Normandy and the hurtes whyche dayly grew to hym by the same made a promyse by othe that he wold be obedyent vnto the courte of Rome and stande and obey all thynge that the same court woll adiudge hym Upon whyche promyse so made the legate sent knowlege vnto the pope had commaundement from hym that he shulde bynde the kynge to these artycles folowynge Fyrste that he shuld peasybly suffer y e forenamed mayster Stephan Langton to entre his land and to enioye the archebyshopryche of Caunterburye wyth all profytes and frutes belongynge to the same Secondaryly that he shulde in lyke maner and forme receyue the pryour of Caunterburye and hys munkys wyth all other before tyme exyled for the archbyshoppes cause and not at any tyme here after vex or punyshe any of the sayde persones spyrytuall or temporall for any of those causes Thyrdely that he shulde restore vnto the sayd archbyshop to all y e other all such goodes as were before tyme taken from any of them by hys offycers syn the tyme of thys varyance growynge And fourthly y â— he shulde yelde vp into the handes of the pope all his ryght and tytle that he hadde vnto the crowne of Englande wyth all reueneus honoures and profytes belongyng to the same as well temporall as spyrytuall and to hold yt euer after both he and hys heyres of the pope his successours as feodaryes of the pope And when these artycles were graunted and the lordes of the lande sworne to the mayntenaunce of the same the kynge knelyng vpon hys knees toke the crown from hys hedde and sayde these wordes folowynge to the legate delyuerynge hym the crowne Here I resygne vp the crowne of the realme of Englande and Irlande into the popes handes Innocent the thyrd and put me holy in hys mercy and ordynaunce After rehersall of which wordes Pamdulphe toke the crowne of the kynge and kepte the possessyon therof .v. dayes after in token of possessyon of the sayde realme of England And wheÌ„ y e sayd .v. days were expyred the kyng resumyd y e crowne of Pandulphe by vertue of a band or instrument made vnto the pope y e whyche at length is sette out in the cronycle of Englande and other places wherof the effecte is y t the sayde kynge IohnÌ„ his heyres shuld euer after be feodaryes vnto the forenamyd pope Innocent and to hys lawfull successours popys of Rome and to pay yerely to the chyrche of Rome a thousande marke of syluer that ys to saye for Englande .vii. hâ—ndred marke and for Irlande .iii. hundred marke And yf he or hys heyr fayled or brake that paymeÌ„t that then they shulde fayle of theyr ryghte of the crowne But Polycronycon sayth vii huÌ„dred marke for Englande and two hundred marke for Irlande For the whyche summes after the affyrmaunce of that authour Guydo the money called Peter pens are at thys daye gatheryd in sondry places of Englande Anno domini M.CC.xii.  Anno domini M.CC.xiii  Iosne fyz Pet.  Henry fyz Aleyn  Anno .xiii.  IohnÌ„ Garlonde  IN this .xiii. yere of kyng IhonÌ„ and moneth of February mayster Stephan Langton archebyshop of
pryson at the kynges commauÌ„dement But after by labour of the blessyd byshop Edmunde of Pountenay he was recoÌ„cylyd to the kynges fauour when he had ben prysoned vppon .iiii. monethes and exyled vppon .xiii. monethis And this yere was done grete harme in London by fyre the whych beganne in an house of a widowe named dame Iane Lambert Anno domini M.CC.xxxii  Anno domini M.CC.xxxiii  Henry Eldementon  Andrew Bukerell  Anno .xvi.  Gerarde Batte  IN this .xvi. yere kynge Henry vppon complaynt brought before hym by the frendes of Lewelyn prynce of walys y e willyam le Bruce or Brunze shuld coÌ„spyre agayne the kynge or after some for he kepte vnlawfully the wyfe of the forenamyd Hauylyn he was after longe prysonement hanged And this yere dyed Ranulphe erle of Chester Lyncolne HuÌ„tyngedon And his systers son named IohnÌ„ sonne vnto the erle of Angwyshe as before in y e .vii. yere of this kyng is declared was his heyre and helde that lordshyp after hym This IohnÌ„ of moste wryters is called IohnÌ„ Scot for so myche as his father was a Scotte This foresayd Ranulphe hadde no chylde all be yt he hadde .iiii. systers The eldeste hyght Molde or Mawde and was maryed to Dauid erle of Angwyshe and was moder to y e foresayde IohnÌ„ Scot. The seconde was named Hawys and was maryed vnto the erle of Arundell The thyrd Agnes was ioyned to the erle of Derbye And the fourth named Mabely was maryed vnto the erle of wynchester called Robert Quynacye Thys Ranulphe dyed at walyngforde and was buryed in the chapter house of the munkys at Chester and ordeyned the forenamed IohnÌ„ Scotte to be hys heyre for that he wolde not haue so noble a lordshyppe runne amonge or to be dyuyded betwene so many dystanys And thys yere dyed mayster Rycharde wethyrshed archbyshoppe of Caunterburye whose successour was blessyd Edmunde of Pountenay Anno domini M.CC.xxxiii  Anno domini M.CC.xxxiiii  Symonde fyz Marre  Andrew Bukerell  Anno .xvii.  Roger Blounte  IN this .xvii. yere of the reygne of kyng Henry the forenamed Edmunde of Pountenay or of Abyndon was sacred archebyshop of CauÌ„terburye He was named of Pountenay for so myche as he was buryed at Pountnay in Burgoyne And he was named Edmunde of Abyndon by reason he was borne iÌ„ Albyndon Thys blessyd man as before in the xv yere is shewyd reconcylyd Hubert of Burgth to the kinges grace and causyd hym to be restored to his former offyce as chefe iustyce of this lande In thys yere also the kyng beganne the foundacyon of the hospytayll of saynte IohnÌ„ wythout the Eestgate of Oxenforde In whyche yere also fyll wonderfull wether as thunder and lyghtenynge vnlyke vnto other And theruppon folowed an erthquake to the great fere of the inhabytauntys of Huntyngdon and nere there aboute Anno domini M.CC.xxxiiii  Anno domini M.CC.xxxv  Rafe Aschewy  Andrew Bukerell  Anno .xviii.  IohnÌ„ Norman  IN thys .xviii. yere of kynge Henry the Iewys dwellynge at Norwyche were broughte to fore the kyng at westmynster to answere to a complaynte made agayne them by one callyd IohnÌ„ Toly of the sayd towne of Norwyche that they shuld stele a chylde and yt cyrcumcysyd of the age of a yere and after kepte the same chyld secret to the entent to crucyfye yt in despyte of Crystes relygyon But howe the mater was folowed or howe so the Iewys acquytyd theym selfe by theyr answere trouthe yt is that they retourned vnpunyshed And in thys yere Frederyke the second of that name and emperour of Almayne maryed the syster of kynge Henry named Isabell as testyfyeth Policronica Anno domini M.CC.xxxv  Anno domini M.CC.xxxvi  Gerarde Batte  Andrew Bukerell  Anno .xix.  Robert Ardell  IN thys .xix yere the morow after saynte Hyllary or the .xiiii. daye of Ianuary Edmunde archbysshoppe of Caunterburye spowsyd the kynge and Eleanoure the doughter of the erle of Prouynce in his cytye of Caunterburye And in the vtas of the sayde Hyllary she was crowned at westmynster as quene of Englande where in the felde by westmynster lyenge at the weste ende of the chyrche was kepte royall solempnite and goodly iustes by the space of .viii. dayes And the same yere the statute of Merton was enacted whych is to meane certayn actes made by acte of parlyament holden by the kynge his lordes coÌ„mons at y e towne of Merton where among other actys was ordeynyd a remedy for wydowes that were defrauded of theyr dowers also how heires with in age shuld be intreated remedies for such as were stolen or with holdeÌ„ coÌ„trary y e gardeyns willis But more certaynly yt was ordeyned at a ê‘lyameÌ„t at Merton foresayd which was holdeÌ„ the .xxx. yere of this kyng in y e morowe folowyng the daye of saynt Martyn or the .xii. day of NoueÌ„ber Anno domini M.CC.xxxvi  Anno domini M.CC.xxxvii  Henry Cobham  Andrew Bukerell  Anno .xx.  Iurden Couentre  IN this .xx. yere of kynge Henry IohnÌ„ Scot before named erle of Chester dyed wythoute yssue male whefore the kynge coÌ„syderyng the great prerogatyues belongynge to that erledome gaue vnto his doughters other possessyons toke the erledome into hys own hand Thys IohnÌ„ dyed at Dorondale and was buryed amonge hys antecessours at Chester as affyrmeth Policronycon And also he sayth that he dyed wythout any chylde and that the foresayd exchaunge was made wyth the forenamed systers of Ranulphe before expressyd in y e .xvi. yere of this kyng Anno domini M.CC.xxxvii  Anno domini M.CC.xxxviii  IohnÌ„ Thesalan  Andrew Bukerell  Anno .xxi.  Gerarde Cordwaner  IN this .xxi. yere Octoboon a legate of the .ix. Gregory and pope came into Englande and ordeyned many good ordynauncys for the chyrche But not all to the pleasure of the yonge clergy of England wherfore as he one daye passed thorough Oxenford the scolars sought occasyon agayn his seruauntes and fought wyth them slew one of the same and put the legate in suche fere that he for his sauegarde toke y e belfray of Osney and there helde hym tyll the kynges mynysters coÌ„mynge from Abyndon wyth strength medelyd with fayre wordes deliueryd him and conueyed hym after wyth a competente companye vnto walyngford where he accursyd the misdoers and punyshed theym in suche wyse that the regentes maysters of that vnyuersyte were lastely compellyd to go barefote thorough Chepe to Paulys at London and there to aske of hym forgyues and hadde that trespace wyth great dyffyculte forgyuen Anno domini M.CC.xxxviii  Anno domini M.CC.xxxix  IohnÌ„ whylhale  Rycharde Renger  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Goundresse  IN thys .xxii. yere a false clerke of the foresayde vnyuersyte of Oxenforde whyche feyned hym selfe madde and beforetyme had espyed the secret places of the kinges court came by a wyndowe towarde the kinges
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
than they by the fyrst metyng had auaūced thē self And yfayde of Guy de Namour sone vnto the erle of Flaunders had nat the soner been comyn vnto them the sayde erle of Artoys had that day wonne the renowne of the felde Thā the sayd Guy with a fresshe compapany of Almaynes and other bolde sowdyours coragyously entred the felde and bete downe y e Frenchemen egerly Than was the medle newe begon in so feruent wyse that men horse fyll downe to the grounde wondersly thycke And euer the erle of Artoys where so euer he wente he slewe moche people before hym But the Flemynges kept them so hole togyder y t he myght neuer dysseuer them and slewe of the nobles of Fraunce great plentye whiche mortalite thus contynuynge y e stremes of blode ran wonders to beholde And alway the Frenche partye weked more more Lastly the erles of saynt Poule and of Boleyn with Robert the sonne of this erle of Cleremounte and other with the nombre of .ii. M. horsemen seynge the rage and woodnes of the Flemynges whiche so cruelly slewe and bet downe the Frenche men settynge a parte all honour and knyght hode shamefully fled out of the feld leuyng the erle of Artoys in y e myddel of his enemyes whiche lyke vnto the lyon rampaunte contynued in one sleynge kyllynge the Flemynges without mercy or pyte But the Flemynges lyke wood tygres were so enraged vpon the Frenchemen y e they wolde neuer leue them tyll they by pure force draue them into theyr tentes where they slewe of theym a a great multytude In this batayll were slayne the foresayd erle of Artoys Godfray de Braban nere kynnesman to the sayd erle lorde of wyrson Adam the erle of Dabenmale Iohn̄ the sonne of y e erle of Henaut Rauf de Neell cōstable of Fraunce Guy his brother marshal of the hoste Renolde de Try Esmer chamberlayne of Cancaruyle Iaques y e sonne of Godfrey de Braban Pyers Floot Iohan Bruillis maister of y e arbalasters knyghtes many mo mē of name to the nombre of CC. and aboue besyde esquyers and other men of lower degrees as yomen gromes pages to the nōbre of .xii. M. The whiche after this vyctorye the Flemynges dyspoyled and suffred the caryns of them to lye in y e felde that all wylde bestes fowles myght them perysshe and deuoure whan this yonge knyght syr Guy hadde thus opteyned vyctorye of the Frenchmen he reioyced not a lytle and soone therafter layde syege vnto the I le or a castell soo named and gat it also were it by trecheri or other wyse Then the townes of Iper of Gaunt of Douaye and diuers other of that countre obeyed to hym and cōdyscended and agreed to take partye eyther of them with other agayne the Frenche kynge Than kynge Phylyp herynge of the great dysconfyture of his men made countenaunce of mournynge and specyally for his true knyght the erle of Artoys Kynge Phylyp then after for to reuenge the foresayd dyspleasure to hym doone by y e Flemynges assembled by our lady day Assumpsion next ensuynge an excedynge nombre of men of armes entendynge to haue entred Flaundres vtterly to haue destroyed a great parte of that countre so drewe towarde his enemyes so that he pyght y e tētes of his vanward within .ii. myles of his enemyes and there lay to his excedynge charge cōsiderynge the great multytude of his hoost by all y e moneth of Septēbre Of y e nōbre of this hoost I haue doubte to wryte For mayster Gagwyn sayth y e nōbre was so great y t it may nat be byleued y t sheweth wel by y e expressemēt of y e nōbre made by y e Frenche cronycle For he saythe they were an hūdreth tyme an C.M .xl. tymes .xl. M. By whiche sayeng somdele appereth how y e Frenchmē cā make men soūge But how it was for all this great excedynge nōbre of Frēchmē y e Flemynges laye styll vnhurte or assawted And fynally vp on a great substancyall cause as ye after shal here this great hoste was dissolued or returned euery mā to his awne kynge Phylyp with smal honour into Fraūce wherof y e Frēchmē sayth y e occasion or cause was thus Kynge Edward of Englāde whiche vnto y e Flemynges bare great affeccion cōsideryng y e great daunger they were in and he at y e tyme myght nat thē ayde nor socour of a pollicy cast in his mynde with an heuy or mornynge coūtenaūce shewed vnto y e quene syster vnto kyng Phylyp y e he was very heuy sorowfull for his brother hers y e kyng of Fraūce wherof whē wherfore she had frayned the cause he answered sayde y t he had certayne knowlege y t at suche tyme as the Flemynges he shulde mete in batayle that his lordes cōpany shulde leaue hym amonge his enemyes for he was solde vnto them before hande wherof whan y e quene was thus ascertayned anone in all possible hast she sent letters messangers vnto the Frenche kynge counfaylynge hym to be well ware of that treason and daunger To the whiche he gyuynge credence shortely after sente frome hym the sayd great company of people and he with a certayne as aboue is sayd retourned īto Fraunce After whyche departynge the flemynges were so bolde y ◠forthe wyth they entred into Pycardy the countre of Artoys and spoyled brent dyuers townes of the same But in the yere folowyng as testyfyeth the sayd frēche cronicle y e Flemynges of Bruges were foughten with of Otthon than duke of Burgoyn to whome by reason of maryage the Frenche kyng had gyuen the erledome of Artoys he of them slewe with the ayde of the Frenchemen .xv. thousande In thys .xvii. yere about mydsosomer Phylyp an other sonne of the erle of Flaundres whyche had by a certayn terme passed ben in the court of Charles de Ualoys by hym put in truste to receyue certayne summes of money in Scicill to y e vse of pope Bonyface the .viii sodaynely departed and with a stronge company of Almaynes came into Flaundres to ayde assiste his brother whome the Flemynges or Brabanders receyued with great ioy by the comforte of hym inuaded the borders landes of the Frenche kyng boldly assautyd the castell of saynt Omers But for they there gat none aduauntage but loste many of theyr men they forsoke that yode vnto a towne belongyng to the Frēche kyng called Thorouan Moryne the whyche in processe they wanne and spoyled About thys tyme dyed Bonyface the .viii. of that name than pope a man of euyll name and fame the whyche by hys trechery caused hys predecessour Celestyne the .v. that was a good holy man to resygne and leue his papacie And by thys meane when thys sayd Celestyne had syttē in Peters chayre a short tyme this Bonyface espyeng hys innocency whyche was all sette to the seruice of
But after they and also y e aduocate mayster Reynolde Dacy were buryed secretelye Uppon the morne folowynge the prouost assembled at the frere Augustynes a great company of the cytye wyth all suche as then were there of the good townes by reason of y e foresayde couÌ„sayll To whych assemble by the mouth of mayster Roberte de Corby a maÌ„ of the cytye was shewed a protestacioÌ„ of all the cyrcumstauÌ„ce of the foresayd mater and howe that by the dukes couÌ„sâ—â—l also by y e thre astates many good â—â—ynges were coÌ„cluded for the deliuery of the kynge shulde or that tyme haue comyn to good effecte ne had ben the enpechement of .iiii. persons the whyche at y t season were nat named Thys busynesse thus coÌ„tynuyng the kyng of Nauarne came vnto Parys the .xxvi. daye of February wyth a good company of armed men and was coÌ„ueyed by the cytezeyns vnto a place of the dukes called the Neell there lodged To whome the prouost with his coÌ„plyces made request that he wolde make allyauÌ„ce with theym and to supporte theym in that y e they hadde done the whyche by hym was grauÌ„ted Than the quene hys syster and other made instante laboure to agree hym and the duke whych in coÌ„clusyon toke such effect y t the kynge shulde haue in recompeÌ„cement of his wroÌ„ges the erledom of Bygorre and the vynery of Ramer with y e erledoÌ„ of Maston and other landes to y e extente of .x. M. li. of Parys money by yere And ouer that hys syster called quene BlaÌ„che shuld haue y e lordshyp of Morette for her Dowry After whyche accorde thus concluded the kynge and the duke kepte together very freÌ„dely and louyng familyarite dyned and souped eyther with other by many and sundry tymes eyther vnto other gaue ryche gyftes AmoÌ„g the whyche one was that the duke gaue vnto the kyng the sayd place of Neell whych he than lodged in Upon the .xii. daye of Marche the duke of Normandye was proclamed regent of Fraunce thorough y e cytye of Parys and after thorough all Fraunce And soone after he departed from Parys and rode into y e countre of Champayne where he taryed a season And the kynge of Nauerne retourned to Maunt in Normandye Than the regent drewe vnto hym the nobles of Champayne of Prouynce and began to manace the prouost and other of Parys that before had put hym to dyshonoure and slayne so vylaynously hys trewe counceyllours And after promesse taken of the erle of Brene and other nobles of that countrey y t they shuld ayde hym agayne hys fathers rebelles and hys enemyes he than rode vnto the abbey of Ponley in Monstruell and after yode vnto a castell whych belonged vnto quene Blanche syster vnto y e kynge of Nauerne and wyllyd the Capytayne named Tanpyne to delyuer to hym that castell The whyche after dyuers denayes opened the gates and receyued in the regente and lodged hym therin that nyght Upon the whyche the regent caused the sayd Tanpyne to swere vnto hym y t he shulde kepe that castell to his vse and after made hym styll wardeyne of the same and so departed thens rode to Meaux where hys wyfe laye In thys tyme and season the prouoste of the marchauntes of Parys herynge of the regentes doynge â–ª and of the affynyte that he made with theÌ„ of Champayne fered the sequell therof wherfore by the aduyse of such as fauoured hys cause he yode into the castell of Louure and there toke out artylery gunnys and other abylymeÌ„tes of warre and put them in y e store house of the cytye to be redy whan tyme requered The regent spedyng hys iournay returned agayne to CoÌ„peygn And where as before was appoynted that the .iii. astates shulde y e fyrste daye of May assemble at Parys the regent thaÌ„ sent out hys commyssioÌ„s and charged y e sayd .iii. astates to assemble the thyrde daye of the sayd moneth of May at Compeyngne aforesayde wherewith the sayde cytezyns of Parys were greatly amoued At thys assemble was graunted vnto the regent a subsydy bothe of y e Clergy and also of the laye fee so y t the regent waxed dayly stroÌ„ger and stronger wherof heryng the kyng of Nauerne remoued from a towne called Merlo and with a stronge company came vnto a place or towne named Domage purposely for to treate wyth the regent for the cytezeyns of Parys where in the begynnynge of May y t sayd two prynces met eyther hauynge greate strengthe of men of armys WHan the kynge of Nauerne had by .ii. dayes contynuall made requeste vnto the regent for the cytezyns of Parys and myghte natte spede of his requeste he departed the thyrde daye and rode vnto Parys where he was honorably receyued fested by the space of .x. or .xii. dayes In whyche season he warned theym of the great dyspleasure that y e regeÌ„t bare towarde the cytye and aduysed them to make theym as stronge as they myght In thys passe tyme the bysshop of Laon beynge with the regent at CoÌ„peyne was lyke to haue ben vylonyed by some of the regeÌ„tes counsayll wherefore in secrete wyse he departed vnto saynt Denyse and from theÌ„s he was fette by the kyngê seruauÌ„tes of Nauerne vnto Parys in whome was put great faute of all thys trouble About the myddell of Maye one named Guyllyam Callâ—y gathered vnto hym a company in the prouince of Beauaysyn as of the townes of Cerreux Norecell Cramoysye and other there about The which beyng euyll dysposed slewe dyuers knyghtes and esquyers of that couÌ„trey and theyr wyues and seruauÌ„tes and pylled and spoyled the countrey as they went and threwe downe certayn pyles and other streÌ„gthes and a parte of the castell of BeawmouÌ„t and forced the duchesse of Orleaunce to forsake that castell that than was there lodged and for her saufegarde to go vnto Parys Uppon the .xxx. daye of May the prouost and other gouernours of y e cytye of Parys caused IohnÌ„ Paret mayster of the brydge of Parys and the mayster carpenter of the kynges werkes to be drawen hanged heded and quartered For it was put vpon them that they shuld haue broughte into the cytye a certayne noumbre of of the regentes sowdiours and so to haue betrayed the cytye And the fore sayde people of Beauuaysyne gathered vnto theym dayly more peple as labourers and vylaynes y â— which came into the countrey of Mountmerencie slewe and robbed there y e geÌ„tylmen of that countrey as they had done of other and so passed the countrey without resystence And y e regeÌ„t in thys whyle came to the cytye of Sens in Languedocke where he was honorably receyued all be it y t the comons of that cytye gentyles of that couÌ„trey were greatly lenyng vnto the cytezyns of Parys there taryed a season to expresse to theÌ„ hys mynde In whyche meane tyme a spycer or grocer namer Gylle of Parys wyth one IohnÌ„ Uayllaunt prouoste of y e kynges money
also begynnynge of the thyrde yere of kynge Rycharde and so came to Soysons and passed the ryuers of Oyse and of Marne and other so went before Troys and wanne it and after lodged them atwene newe towne and Sens. And euer as they passed the countreys other they toke great fynaunces or elles fyred the townes as they went And all be it that the Frenche kynge hadde sente agayne them an armye of Frenchemen to withstande them they letted them nothinge of theyr purpose but and they had any skyrmysshes with them the Frenchemen were put vnto the wors so that they bette them toke of them dyuers prysoners and raunsomed them at theyr pleasures And thus holdynge theyr iourneye they passed by the countrey of Gastinoys and so into Brytayne where they were ioyously receyued of syr Iohn̄ de Mountforde duke of that prouince than newly comyn thyther Anno domini M.CCC.lxxx  Anno dn̄i M.CCC.lxxxi Fysshemonger walter Doket  wyllyam walworthe  Anno. iiii  wyllyam Knyghthode  IN this Mayres yere and ende of the thyrde yere of kyng Rycharde towarde the somer season in dyuers places of the lande the commons arose sodainly and ordeyned to them rulers and capytaynes and specially in Kent Essex The whiche named their leders Iacke straw wylwawe watte Tyler Iacke Shepeherde Tomme Myller Hobbe Carter These vnruled companye gathered vnto them great multitude of the commons after spedde them towarde the cytie of London and assembled them vpon Blacke hethe in Kent within .iii. myles of Lōdon And vppon corpus Christi daye beynge thanne the .xi. daye of Iune they entred the Towre of London and there the kynge beynge thanne lodged toke frome thens parforce mayster Sudberye than archebysshoppe of Caunterbury syr Robert Halys lorde or pryour of saynte Iohannes and a whyte frere cōfessour vnto the kynge whiche .iii. persones with houge noyse crye they ladde vnto the Hylle of the sayde Towre and smote of theyr heddes And whan they hadde so done they returned into Suthewarke by botes and barges there slewe and robbed all straungers tha they myghte fynde And that done they wente to westmynster toke with them all maner of Seyntwarymen so came vnto y e duke of Lācasters place standing without y e Temple barre called Sauoye spoyled that was therin and after sette it vpon a fyre and brent it And from thens they yode vnto y e hede place of saynt Iohn̄s in Smythefelde dispoiled that place in lyke wyse Than they entred the citye and serched the temple other Innes of courte and spoyled theyr places brent theyr bokes of lawe and slewe as many men of lawe and questmongers as they myght fynde And that done they went to saynte Martyns the Graunde toke with them all sayntwary men and the prisoners of Newgate Ludgate of bothe counters and distroyed theyr registers and bokes and in like maner they dyd with the prysoners of the Marshalsy and kinges benche in Southwerke whan Iacke Strawe had thus done all thyng at his wyll sawe y t no resistence was made agayne him he was smytten with so houge a presumpcion that he thought no man his pere And so beynge enflamed with y t presumpcion pryde he rode vnto the Towre where y e kyng was beynge smally accompanyed of hys lordes caused hym to ryde aboute some parte of the cytie and so conueyed hym into Smythfelde where in the kynges presence he caused a proclamacyon to be made and dyd full small reuerence vnto the kynge which mysordre presūpcyon whan wyllyam walworthe than Mayre of London behelde of very pure dysdayne that he had of his pryde ran to him sodainly with his swerde and wounded hym to dethe forthwith strake of his hede and areryd it vpō a speres poynte and therewith cryed kynge Rycharde kynge Rycharde whan the rebelles behelde theyr capytaynes hede anone they fledde as shepe Howe be it many were taken and many were slayne and the remenaunt chased that the cytie and subbarbes of y e same was clene voyded of them y t nyght whiche was mondaye and the .xv. day of Iune whan the kyng had beholden the great manhode of the Mayre and assystence of his bretherne the Aldermen anone in rewarde of that dede he dubbed the sayde wyllyam walworthe Nycholas Brembre Iohn̄ Philpot Nycholas Twyfforde Robert Laūdre and Roberte Gayton aldermen knyghtes And in this season also called the hurlynge tyme the cōmons of Norfolke and Suffolke came vnto the abbey of Burye there slewe one of the kynges Iustyces called Iohn̄ Caundysshe and the pryour of the place with other and after spoyled bare awaye moche thyng out of that sayd place But after this aswell the one as the other of these rebelles were taken in dyuers and sondry places and put in execucyon by .x. by .xii. by .xv. and .xx. so that one of them accused y e other to the distruction of a great noumbre of them Anno dn̄i M.CCC.lxxxi  Anno dn̄i M.CCC.lxxxii  Iohn̄ Rote  Iohn̄ Northampton  Anno. v.  Iohn̄ Hynde  IN this Mayres yere and moneth of Aprell landed in Kent dame Anne the doughter of Charles the .iiii. late Emperour of Almayne lately dede and syster vnto wensyslaus at that day Emperour the whiche of the Mayre cytezyns of London was honorably met vpō blacke hethe and conueyed with great tryumphe vnto westmynster the .viii. day of the moneth of Maye shortely after there solemply maryed vnto kyng Richarde And about the same season or after some wryters in the later ende of Iune was an erthequaue in Englange that the lyke therof was neuer sene in Englande before that day nor sen. Anno dn̄i M.CCC.lxxxii  Anno dn̄i M.CCC.lxxxiii  Adam Bame  Iohn̄ Northampton  Anno. vi  Iohn̄ Sely.  IN this yere mayster Henrye Spencer bisshope of Norwyche with a great power of spirituall men and other croysed by the commaundement of the pope than Clement the .vii. enduryng the scisme before touched in the laste chapyter of Charles y e .vi. than kynge of Fraūce This sayd pope gaue this auctoryte to the sayd bysshoppe to make warre vpon the kynge of Spayne as some wryters haue for so moche as he contrarye the sayde popes commaundement withhelde certayne possessions belongynge of ryght vnto the duke of Lancastre syr Iohn̄ of Gaunte and specially vnto dame Constaūce his wyfe In perfourmaunce of whiche acte the said bysshoppe entryng the countrey of Flaunders fande there y e flemynges with dyuers myscreauntes suche as the foresaid king of the countrey of Spayne had thyther sent makyng resystence agayne hym wherfore he made to thē sharpe warre and wanne vpon them certayne townes as Grauelyng Burburgth and Dunkyrke and wanne great and ryche pyllage so that he his souldyours stuffed and freight with it as testyfyeth Policronycon xli shyppes But soone after the Flemynges assembled wyth suche strength that
his vnstedfastnesse vntroth by hym before vsed as in sundry places before in the storyes of kyng IohnÌ„ Charles hys sonnÌ„ are manyfestly shewed In thys yere also a batayll was done at Parys betwene .ii. knyghtes of the duke of Alenson whereof the cause ensuyeth Thys sayd duke had in hys court two knyghtes whereof that one was named IohnÌ„ CarengoÌ„ or Carongyon and that other Iaquet Gryâ—er whyche were bothe in good fauoure of theyr mayster Thys Carongon were it for delyte to se straunge countreys or cause of other auenture as pilgrymage or other departed out of FrauÌ„ce leuyng hys wyfe in a castel or fortresse of his owne whyche wyfe was goodly and fayer After whose departynge were it for beauty of the womaÌ„ or for euyll wyl that he bare towarde hys felow this Iaquet Gryse entryd the castel berynge hys wyfe on hande that he was comyn to se that house whyche shewed so fayre outwarde The woman castynge no parell acceptynge hym for her husbaÌ„des frende hyrs shewed to him the cyrcuite of y e place But he in contrary awaytynge hys praye whan he sawe the womaÌ„ farre from company forsed hyr in suche maner that contrary hyr wyll he coÌ„mysed wyth her auoutry At whose departyng she gaue vnto hym many rebukeful wordes sayenge playnlye that yf hyr husbaÌ„de euer retourned she wolde of that velany be reueÌ„ged Thys dede was kepte secrete tyll the retourne of hyr husbande At whose home commyng she wyth lameÌ„table countenaunce shewed tyll hyr husbande all the demeanure of the sayd Iaquet After whyche complaynte by hyr husbande well vnderstanden he yode streyght vnto the duke of Alenson requyryng hym to do correccion vpoÌ„ the auoutrer or els y t he myghte trye it with hym in y e felde by fortune of batayll whereof nother the duke wolde graunt but brought the quarell before the kyng By whose agrement and commaundemente a daye by the kynge was sette to fyghte at Parys whaÌ„ the daye of batayll was comen Carogon broughte hys wyfe vnto the place to iustyfye hyr former sayenge After affyrmacyon whereof eyther fyrste ranne at other wyth sharpe speres At whyche course Iaquet wounded hys enemie in the thyghe wyth hys spere But Carongon beynge wyth it nothynge dysmayed lyght from hys horse and bare hym so manfully that he ouercame hys aduersarye caused hym to confesse hys offence for the whych he was streyght drawen vnto the gybet of Parys and there haÌ„ged And to the sayd Carongon the kyng gaue in rewarde a thousande fraÌ„kes or a hundreth pouÌ„de sterlynge money ouer that he gaue vnto hym as an annuall fee or rent two huÌ„dreth frankes whyche is in value of .xx. pouÌ„de sterlynge money In these dayes as wytnesseth Gagwynus an anker berynge in hys hande a rede crosse a man to loke to of goostlye conuersacyon came vnto the FreÌ„che kynges court The which by the housholde seruauÌ„tes or famylyers of the court was loÌ„ge kept froÌ„ hys presence all be it that lastelye he was brought vnto hym To whome he shewed that he was deuynely monysshed that he shulde charge hym to absteyne from hys customable vse in leuyenge so often taskes subsydyes yt he dyd nat he shulde well vnderstande that the wrath of god was nere to hym to punysshe hym yf he refused hys commauÌ„dement The whyche message the kynge toke at small regarde But shortly after the quene was delyuered of a doughter that dyed soone after wherefore the kynge callynge to mynde the ankers wordes for fere of other punysshement refrayned a season frome leuyenge of trybutes and taskes But by the exortacion of hys two vnkylles he in shorte season after tourned to hys former custome Kynge Charles thus passynge hys tyme wyth greate murmure of hys commons rebellyon of the duke of Brytayn wyth many other aduersytyes whych were longe to wryte lastly in the .xiiii. yere of hys reygne or nere about he made warre vpon the people of west Fraunce called in late Cenomanni whan Charles was entred thys countrey whyche was in the domynyon of the duke of Brytayn y e duke sent vnto hym messengers sayenge to hym that he shulde nat nede to inuade hys couÌ„trey wyth so great streÌ„ghte for he and his shuld be hooly at hys commaundement But of thys message y e king toke no regard for as sayth myne auctour he was nat most wysest prynce but was ruled by hys housholde seruauntes and belyued euery lyght tale that was brought to hym and ouer that he was so lyberal that it was of wyse men accompted more prodygalyte than lyberalitye As Charles nat wythstandyng this message of y e duke helde on his iournay commynge nere vnto a woode he was sodeynly mette of a man lyke vnto a begger whyche sayde vnto hiÌ„ whither goest thou syr kyng beware thou go no farther for thou arte betrayed and into the handes of thyne enemyes thyne owne meyny shall delyuer the â–ª wyth thys monyssion of thys poore maÌ„ the kynge was astonyed stoode styl and begaÌ„ to muse In whyche study he so beyng one of hys folowers whyche after hym bare his spere sleped vpoÌ„ his horse backe in hys so slepyng let hys spere fall vpon the helmet of hys felowe â–ª wyth whych stroke the kyng was sodeynly fered thynkynge hys enemyes had commen vnwarely vpoÌ„ hym wherefore he in a gere drewe hys swerde layed about hym at the geynest and slewe .iiii. of his knyghtes or he were refrayned and toke therewyth suche an endelye fere that he fell therwyth dystraughte wherefore he was to a place there by broughte lay there in poynte of deth a longe season after in so moch that the fame ranne that he was ded But by prayers other greate dedes of charyte done for hym lastely he recouered and retourned vnto Parys And for he was nat yet retourned to hys perfyghte helthe his two vncles than beynge that one duke of Berry that other duke of Burgone toke vpon them by auctoryte of the estates of the lande to rule the realm for that season in whyche season diuers officers were altered chauÌ„ged The kyng thus contynuyng his lykenes many interludes and games were deuysed for the kynges recreacyon comforte And vppoÌ„ a season he beynge lodged in the quenes lodgynge in the subarbes of saynte Marcell dyuers noble men of the courte made a dysguysynge and apparayled theym in lynnen clothes glewed vnto theyr naked bodyes wyth pytche florisshed theym wyth dyuerse colours oyles so that they were couered all excepte the faces and thus apparayled with torche lyghte entred the Chaumbre where as the kyng was and there in goodly maner shewed theyr disport so that the kynge was therewith wel contented But were it of rechelesnesse or of some â—uyl disposed person fyre was put to the vestures of the disguysers the whyche anone was vppon suche a flame that no man there coulde quenche it wherfore the sayd disguysers beynge by reason of pytche and oyles greuously turmented ranne into pyttes and
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
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