Than he made Henry his eldest sone prynce of wales and duke of Cornewayle erle of Chestâ—e And he made syr Thomas of AruÌ„dell Archebysshop of Caunterbury ayen as he was before And syr Roger walden that kynge Rychard had made Archebysshop of Caunterbury be made bysshop of London for that tyme it stode voyde And he made the Erles sone of Arundell that came wyth hym ouer the see frome Calays in to Englonde He made hym erle of Arundell as his fader had beÌ„ and put hym in possessyon of all his londes and he made homage and feaute vnto his liege lorde the kynge as all other lordes hadde don ¶ And than anone deyed kynge Rycharde in the castell of PouÌ„fret in North countre for there he was enfamed vnto deth by hys keper for he was kept there .iiii. or .v. dayes frome meete or drynke so he made his ende in thys world yet moche people in Englonde and in other londes sayde he was alyue many a yere after hys deth But whether he was alyue or dede the people helde theyr fals opynyon byleue that many had moch people came to grete myscheyf foule deth as ye shall here aftewarde ¶ And whan kyng Henry wyst knewe verely that he was dede he lete sere hym in the best manere closed it in a fayre chest wyth dyuerse spyces bawmes and closed hym in a lynnyâ— cloth al sauf his vysage and that was left opeÌ„ that al meÌ„ myghtse his persone from all other men And so he was brought to london with torche lyght breÌ„nynge to Saynt Poules chyrche there he had his masse and dyryge with moche reuereÌ„ce solempnyte of seruyce And whaÌ„ all this was done than he was brought from Saynt Poule into the abbay of westminster ther he had his hole seruyce ayeÌ„ And fro westmynster he was brought to Langley and there he was buryed vpon whoo 's soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in the fyrst yere of kynge Henryes regne he helde his Crystmasse in the castel of wyndesore And oon the .xii. euen came the duke of Awemarle vnto the kynge tolde hym that he the duke of Surri and the duke of Exâ—estre and the erle of Salysbury and erle of Gloucestre and other moo of theyr affynyte werre accorded to make a mommynge vnto the kynge on .xii. daye att nyght there they purposed â—ee thâ— kynge in the reuelynge And thus he the duke of Awemarle warned the kyng And whan the kynge came the same nyght to LondoÌ„ preuely ne all the hast that he myght to gete hym helpe socoure and comforth and couÌ„seyll And anone these other that wolde haue put the kynge to dethe fledde in all the haste that they myght for they knewe well that theyr counseyll was bewrayed And than fled the duke of Surrey and the Erle of Salesbury with all theyr menye vnto the towne of Cycestre And there the people oâ— the towne wodle haue arested them And they wolde not stande to theyr arestynge but stode at defence faught manly But at the last they were ouercomen taken And there they â—mote of the dukes heed of Surrey and the Erles heed of Salybury many other moo these they put theyr quarters in to sackes theyr hedes on poles borne on hyghe and so they were brought thrugh he cyte of London to London brydge and there these hedes were sette vpoÌ„â—â—ghe and ther quarters were sent vnto other gode townes Cytees of Englonde and sette vp there ¶ At Oxforde was taken Blonâ—e knyghte and benet Cely knyght Thomas wyâ—tersell squyre the there by heded and quartred and the knyghtes hedes were set vppon pooles and brought to London and sette vppon London brydge and the quartres sent forth to other good townes ¶ And in the same yere aâ— Pryetell well in a mylle in Estser there syr IohnÌ„ Holonde the duke of Excestre was taken wyth the comynes of the couÌ„tree and they brought hym from the mylle to the Plasshe to the same place that kynge Rycharde hadde restyd syr Thomas of wodstok the duke of Gloucestre ryght there in the same place they smote of the dukes heed of Excestre and brought it vnto London vppon a poole and it was sette vpon London brydge ¶ And in the same yere at Brystowe was taken the lorde Spenser the kynge Rycharde had made erle of Gloucestre the comyns of the towne of Brystowe toke hym and broughte hym into the market place of the towne there they smote of his heed sente it vnto London and ther it was set vnto London brydge ¶ And in this same yere was syr Bernard brokeyns knyght taken and arested and put in the Tour of London syr IohnÌ„ shelly knyght and syr IohnÌ„ Mawdelyn and Syr wyllyam Ferybâ—â—ersones of kyng Rychardes and they were arested and put in to the Toure of London And thyder came the kynges Iustices satte vpon theym in the Tour of London and there they were dampned all foure vnto the dethe and the dome was gyuen vnto Syr Bernarde Brokeys that he shold go on foot from the Toure thrugh the Cytee of London vnto Tyburne and there to be haÌ„ged and after hys heed smyten of and syr Iohan Shelly knyght and syr Iohan Mawdelyn and syr wyllyam Feryâ—e persones were draweÌ„ thrugh out the cyte of LoÌ„don to Tyburne there they were hanged and theyr hedes smyten of and set on London brydge And in this same yere kynge Henry sente quene Isabell home ayen in to Fraunce the whiche was kynge Rycharder wyf and gaaf hyr golde syluer many other Ieweles and soo she was dyscharged of all hyr power sent out of Englond And in the seconde yere of kynge Henry the fourth was syr Roger Claryngton knyghte and two of his men and the pryoure of Launde and ·viii freres mynors some maysters of dyuynyte and other for treason that they wrought ayenst the kynge were drawen haÌ„ged at Tyburne all .xii. persones And there began a greate dyscencyon and debate in the countre of wales bytwene the lorde Grey rythen and Owen of Glendere squyre of wales this Owen arered a greate nombre of walsshmen kepe all that couÌ„cre about ryghte strongly dyde moche harme and dystroyed the kynges townes lordshyppes thrughe out all wales and robbed slewe the kynges people both Englysshe and walesshe and thus he endured a .xii. yere largely And he toke the lorde Grey rythen prysoner and kepte hym fast in holde tyll he was raunsoned of prysoners of the marche and kepte hym longe tyme in holde And at the laste he made hym wedde one of his doughters kepte hym styll with his wyf and soone after he deyed ¶ And than kyng Henry knowynge this mischeyf destruccyon and treason the this Owen had wrought And anone he ordeyned a strong power of meÌ„ of armes archers moche other stuffe the longed to warre for to abate and dystroye the
kyng of Cecyle fro his kyngdome And after he had done many bataylles ayenst men of mysbyleue many trybulacoÌ„ns suffred he decessyd dyd many miracles ¶ Nycholaê° delira a noble douctour of dyuyte was thys tyme at Parys this man was a Iewe of nacyon he was coÌ„uerted myghtely profyted in the ordre of frere Mynours he wrote ouer all the Byble Grelles he was in the yere of our lord M·CCC xxx some man say he was a Braban that his fader his moder were crystne but for pouerte he vysyted the scole of the Iewes so he lerned the Iewes langage or elles thys Nycholaê° was informed of the Iewes in hys yonge aege ¶ Honorius the fourth was pope after Martynê° two yere lytell of hym ys wryten but that he was a temperat man a dyscerte ¶ Nicholaus the fourth was pope after hym foure yere this man was a frere Mynor although he was a good man in himself yet many vnhappy thynges fell in his tyme to the chirche For many a batayll was in the cyte thrugh his occasyon for he drewe to moche to the one parte And after hym thre was no pope two yere and .vi. monethes ¶ How kynge Edwarde that was kynge Henryes sone ANd after this kyng Henry regned Edwarde hys sone the worthyes knyght of the worlde in honour for goddes grace was in hym for he had the vyctorye of hys enmyes as soone as hys fader was deed he came to London with a noble company of prelates erles and barons and all meÌ„ dyd hym moche honour For in euery place the syr Edwarde rode in London the stretes were couered ouer hys heed with sylke of tapiscery and other riche couerynges And for Ioye of his comynge the burgeys of the Cyte caste out at theyr wyndowes golde and syluer hondes full in tokenynge of loue and worshyp seruyce and reuerence And out of condyte of Chepe ranne whyte wyne and reed as stremes both of the water and euery man dranke therof the wolde at theyr owne wyll this kyng Edwarde was crowned and enoynted as ryght heyer of Englonde with moche honour And after masse the kynge wente in to his place to holde a ryall feest amoÌ„ge them that dyde hym honour And whan he was sette to meete The kynge Alexander of Scotlonde came to do hym honour and reuerence with a qâ—eyntesye an hondred knyghtes with hym well horsyd arayde And whan they were alyght of theyr stedes they lete theym go whether they wolde who that myght take them tooke at theyr owne wyll wythout ony chalenge·r And after came syre Edmonde kynge Edwardes brother a curteys knyght a gentyll of renowne the erle of Corne wayllle and the erle of Glocestre And after thenne came the erle of Penbroke the erle of Garenne And eche of them by themself ladde in theyr honde an hondred knyghtes gayly dysgysed in theyr armes And whan they were alyghted of theyr horses they lete them go whether that they welde who that myght them catche them to haue styll without ony chalenge And whan all this was done kyng Edwarde dyde his dylygence his myghte for to amende and dresse the wronges in the beste manere that he myght to the honour of god holy chyrche to mayntene his honoure and to amende the noyannce of the comyn people ¶ How ydeyne that was Lewelyns doughter of walys prynce Aymer that was the erles brother of MouÌ„forde were taken in the see THe fyrste afterwarde the kynge Edwarde was crowned Lewelyn prynce of wales sent in to Faraunce to the erle MouÌ„forde that thorough couÌ„seyl of his frendes the erle sholde wedde his doughter And the erle tho auysed hym vpoÌ„ this thynge and sent vnto Lewelyn and sayd that he wolde sende after hys doughter so he sent Aymer his broder after the damoysell Lewelyn arayed shyphes for his doughter and for Syre Aymer and for her faare company that sholde goo with her And this Lewelyn dyd grete wronge for it was couenauÌ„ted that he sholde yeue hys doughter to no manere man without counsell consente of kyng Edwarde And so it befell that a Burgeys of Brystow came in the see with wyne laden and mette them toke them with myght and power And anone the Burgeys sent theym to the kyng And whan Lewely herde this tydynges he was very wroth and also sorowfull· and gan to warre vpon kynge Edwarde and dyde moche harme vnto Englysshmen and bete downe the kynges castels and began for to destroye kynge Edwardes londe And whaÌ„ tydynges cam vnto the kyng of this thyng he wente in to walys and so moche he dyde thorough goddes grace and his grete power that he drofe Lewelyn vnto grete myschyef that he fledde all maner of strength came yelded hym vnto kyng Edwarde yaue hym .l. marke of syluer to haue peas And toke the damoysell all his herytage made an oblygacoÌ„n to kynge Edwarde to come to his parlyamente two tymes of the yere And in the seconde yere after that kynge Edwarde was crowned he helde a generall parleamente att westmestre there he made the statutes for defaute of lawe by the comune assent of all his baronage and at Ester nexte sewenge the kynge sente by his letter vnto Lewelyn prynce of wales that he sholde come to his parlemeÌ„t for his londe and for hys holdynge in wales as the strenthe of his letter oblygatory wytnessyd Tho Lewelyn had scorne and dyspyte of the kynges commaundement And for pure wrache ayen began warre vpon kyng Edwarde and destroyed his londe And tho whan kynge Edwarde herd of these tydynges he wexed wonder wrothe vnto Lewelyn in hast assembled his people went hym to warde wales And warred so vpon Lewelyn the prynce tyll that he broughte hym in moche sorowe dysease And Lewelyn sawe that is defence myghte hym not auaylle and came ayen and yelded hym to the kynges grace cryed hym mercye and longe tyme kneled before the kynges fote The kynge had of hym pyte coÌ„maunded hym for to aryse And for his mekenes foryaue hym hys wrathe and to hym sayd that yf he trespassed to hym a nother tyme that he wolde dystroye hym for euermore ¶ Dauid that was Lewelyns brother that same tyme dwelled with kynge Edwarde and was a felle man and a subtyll and enuyous and also ferre castynge and moche treason thoughte· and euermore made good semblame and semyd soo true that noo man myght perceyue his falsnes ¶ How Lewelyn thrugh eggynge of his brother Dauyd werryd agayn vpoÌ„ kyÌ„g Edward IT was not longe after that tyme the kynge Edwarde yaaf to Dauyd Lewelyns broder the lordshyppe of Frodesham made hym a knyght and so moche honour dyde he neuer after to maÌ„ of walys by cause of hym kynge Edwarde helde his parlemente at London whan he hadde do in walys that he wolde and chaunged his moneye that was
hym without ony maner defence or dyffyculte ThaÌ„ the kynge of Scotlond that is for to saye syr IohnÌ„ Bayloll consyderynge howe that god dyde many meruaylles and gracyous thynges for kynge Edwarde att his owne wyll fro daye to daye he toke gaaf vp the reame of Scotlonde and the crowne of Scotlond at Rokesburgh in the kynges hondes of Englonde vnder hys patent letter there made And anone after kynge Edwarde in presence of all the prelates and other worthy men lordes that were there lette hym crowne kyng of Scotlond And whan all thinges were done and erdeyned in that countres at his wyll he torned ayen into englonde with a greate worshyppe ¶ And whyle this vyage was in doynge in Scotlonde syre Edwarde prynce of wales as a man enspyred iÌ„ god was in Guyhen in the cytee of Burdeux treatynge and spekyge of the chalenge and of the kynges ryght of Englonde that he hadde to the reame of FrauÌ„ce that he wold be aueÌ„ged wyth stronge honde and to the prelateg peres and myght men of that countree consented welle to hym Than syr Edwarde the prynce wyth a greate hooste gadred to hym the .vi. daye of Iuyll wente frome Burdeux goynge and traueylynge by many dyuerse countrees and he tooke many prysoners moo than ·vi thousande mem of armes by the countree as he wente and tooke the towne of Remorantyne in Saloygne and besyeged the castell .vi. dayes· And att the .vi. dayes ende they yolde the castell vnto hym and there was taken the lorde of crowne and syr Bursygaude and many other knyghtes and men of armes moo than .lxxx. And fro thens by Toren and Peten fast by Chyneney hys noble men that were with hym hadde a stonge batayll with Frensshmen and an hundred of theyr men of armes were slayne And the erle of Daunce and the stewarde of fraunce were taken wyth an hondred men of armes In the whyche yere the .xix. daye of Septembre faste by Pyeters the same prynce wyth a thousande and .ix. hondred men of armes and archers ordeyned a batayll to kynge Iohan of fraunce comynge tho the prynce warde wyth .vii. thousande chosen men of armes and moche other people a greate nombre of the whyche were slayne the duke of Burbon and the duke of Athenes and many other noble men ef the prynces men of armes a thousande and of other the trewe accompte and rekenynge .viii. C. And there the kynge of France was taken and syr Phylyp his yonger sone and many dukes and noble men and worthy knyghtes and men of armes aboute two M. and so the vyctory fell there the prynce and to the peple of Englonde by the grace of god And many that were taken prysoners were sette at theyr raunson and vpon theyr trouthe and knyghthode were charged and hadde leue to goo But the prynce tooke wyth hym the kynge of Fraunce and Philyp his sone with alle the reuerence that he myghte wente ayen to Burdeux wyth a gloryous vyctory the somme of the men that there were taken prysoners and of theym that were slayne the daye of batayll .iiii. M.iiii C.xl. and in the .xxxii. yere of kynge Edwarde the .v. daye of Maye prynce Edwarde with kynge IohnÌ„ of Fraunce and Philyp hys sone many other worthy prysoners arryued gracyously in the hauen of pluÌ„mouth And the .xxiiii. daye of the same moneth aboute thre after none they came to London by LoÌ„don brydge and so wente forthe to the kynges palays atte westmynstre and there came soo grete a multytude presse of peple abowte theym to beholde and se that wonder and ryall syghte that vnnethes fro maddaye tylle nyghte myghte they not come to westmyster And the kynges raunson of Fraunce was taxed and sette to thre myllyons of scutes of whom two sholde be worthe a nobell And ye shall vnderstande that a myllyon is a thousande thousande and after some mennys raunson was sette att thre thousande thousaynde floreyns and all is one effecte· And this same yere were made Iustê solempne in Smytfende beynge present the kynge of Englonde the kyng of Fraunce and the kynge of Scotlonde and many other worthy and noble lordes ¶ The .xxxiii. yere of his regne the same kynge Edwarde at wynsore as well for loue of knyght hode as for his ownne worshyppe and att reuerence of the kynge of fraunce and other lordes that were there att that tyme he held a wonder ryal and costly feest of saynt George passynge ony that euer was holden afore wherfore the kynge of fraunce in scornynge sayd that he saw neuer ne herde suche a solempne festes ne ryaltes holden ne done wyth taylles wythoute payenge of golde or syluer ¶ And in the .xxxiii. yere of hys regne the .xiiii. kalendas of Iulii Syre Iohan erle of Rychmonde kynge Edwardes sone wedded dame blaunche duke Henryes doughter of Lancastre cosyn to the same Iohan by dyspencyon of the pope And in the meane tyme were ordeyned Iustes atte London thre dayes of rogaâ—yons that is for too saye The Mayer of London wyth his .xxiiii. aldermen ayenst alle that wolde come in whoo 's name and stede the kynge pryuely wyth his foure sones Edwarde Lyonell Iohan and Edmonde and other .xix. greate lordes helden the felde with worshyppe ¶ And this same yere as it was tolde and sayd of theym that sawe it there come blood out of the combe of Thomas somtyme erle of Lancastre as fresshe as that daye that he was done to dethe ¶ And in the same yere kynge Edwade chose this sepulture and hys lyggynge att westmestre faste by the shryne of sayÌ„t Edwarde and anone after the xxvi daye of Octobere he wente ouer see to Calays makynge protestacoÌ„n that he wolde neuer â—â—me ayen into Englonde tyll he had in endes the warre bytwene frauÌ„ce and hym ¶ And soo in the .xxvi. yere of hys regne in the wynter come kyng Edward was trauaylled in the Ryne costes And aboute saynt Hyllarye tyde he departes his host and went to Burgon warde wyth whom than met peasybly the duke of Bourgon behyghtynge him .lxx. thousande floreyns that he sholde spare hys men and hâ—s peple the kynge grauntyd att his requeste And dwelled vnto the .xvii. daye of Marche that whiche tyme come to kynge Edwardes eere that stroÌ„ge theues were on the see vnder the erle of saynt Poule the .xv. daye of Marche â—yggynge a wayte vpon the townes of Rastynge Rye and other places vyllages on the see cost hadden entred as enmyes in to the towne of wynchelle and slewe all that euer withstode them and with sayd theyr comynge wherfore y kynge was gretly meued and wratthed and he torned ayen so warde Parys and coÌ„mauÌ„ded his hoste to dystroye and sle all with strench of swerde that he had before honde spared And the .iii. daye of Apryl the kyng come to Parys there departed his host in dyuers batayls with .iiii. C. knyghtes newe dubbyd on that one syde of hym And syr Henry duke of
conuersyon of Saynt Poule helde parlemente at westmestre in the whyche parlemente was put forthe and shewed the accorde and the treates that was stablisshed and made bytwene the twoo kynges whyche accorde pleased to moche people And therfore by the kynges commaundement there were gadred and come togyder in westmynster chyrche the fyrste sondaye of lente That is to saye the .ii. kal february the forsayd Englysshemen and frensshmen where was songe a solempne masse of the Trynyte of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury mayster Symonde Issepe And whan Agnus dei was done the kynge beynge there with his sones And also the kynges sones of fraunce and other noble and greate lordes wyth candell lyght and crosses brought forth and that were callyd therto that were notte sworne afore swore the same othe that was wryten vppon goddes bodye on the masse booke in thys wyse we N. and N sweren vppon goddes body and on the holy gospels stedfastly for to holde and kepe towarde vs the peas and the accorde made bytwene the two kyÌ„ges and neuer for to do the contrary whan they had thus sworne they toke theyr scrowes that theyr othes were comprehended into the notaryes And in this same yere in the Ascencyons euen aboute myddaye was seen the clypses of the sonne And there folowed suche a drought that for defaute of rayne there was grete brennynge of corne fruyte and hey ¶ And in the same moneth the .vi. kal of Iune there fell a sanguyne rayne almoste lyke blode at Burgon and a saÌ„guyne crosse from morne vnto pryme apered was seen at Bolyn in the heyre the whiche many men saw and after it meued and felle in the myddes of the see ¶ And in the same tyme 〈◊〉 fraunce and Englond and many other londes as they that were in playne countreâ—s and dâ—serte baren withnesse sodeynly there apperyd two castels of the whiche weÌ„te out two hostes of armed meÌ„ And that one hoste was closed in whyte and that other in blacke and whan Batayll bytwene theym was begonne the whyte ouer came the blacke toke herte tho theym and ouer come the whyte and after that they wente ayen in to theyr castels and thaÌ„ the castels and all the hoost vanysshed away ¶ And in this same yere was a grete and an huge pestylence of people and namely of meÌ„ whoo 's wyues as womeÌ„ out of gouernaunce toke husbondes as well straungers as other lewde and symple peple the whyche forgetynge theyr honoure and worshyp coupled and maryed theym with theÌ„ that were of lowe degre and lytyll repuracyon ¶ In this same yere deyed Henry duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ And also in this same yere Edwarde prynce of walys wedded the countesse of Kente that was syr Thomas wyf of HoloÌ„de that whiche was departed somtyme deuorced fro the erle of Salysbury for cause of the same knyght ¶ And aboute this tyme begaÌ„ and rose a grete company of dyuerse nasoyns gadred togyder of whom theyr leders gouernours were Englysshe people they were called a peple wyth out ony hede the whyche dyd moche harme in the partye of fraunce· ¶ And not longe after there arose an other company of dyuerse nacyons that was called the whyte company the whiche in the partyes and countrees of Lombardy dyde moche sorowe ¶ This same yere syr Iohan of Gaunt the sone of kyng Edwarde the thyrde was made duke of Lancastre by reason cause of his wyf that was the doughter the heyre of Henry somtyme duke of LaÌ„caster ¶ Of the greate wynde and how prynce Edwarde tooke the lordshyp of GuyheÌ„ of his fader and wente theder· ANd in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edwarde the .xv. daye of Ianyuer that is too saye on saynt Maryes daye about euynsonge tyme there arose come suche a wynde out of the southe wyth suche a fyersnes and strenthe that it brasted and blewe downe to the grounde hyghe houses and stronge buyldynges toures chirches steples and other stroÌ„ge places and all other stronge werkes that stoden stylle were shaken ther with that they ben yet shall euermore be the febler and weyker whyle they stande And this wynde lasted without ony cessynge .vii. dayes contynually· And anone after there folowed suche waters in the hey tyme and in the haruest tyme that all felde werkes were strongely lette and lefte vndoyn ¶ And in the same yere prynce Edwarde toke the lordshyp of Guyhen dyde to kynge Edwyrde his fader homage and feaute therof wente ouer see in to Gascoyne with his wyf chyldren ¶ And anone after kynge Edward made hys sone Lyonell duke of Clarence and syr Edmonde his other sone erle of Cambridge in the .xxxviii. yere of his regne it was ordeyned in the parlement that men of lawe bothe of the chyrche and temporeslawe shold fro that tym for the plete in theyr moder tonge ¶ And in the same yere in to Englond thre kynges that ys to saye the kynge of Fraunce the kynge of Cypres and the kynge of Scotlonde by cause to vysyte and for to speke with the kynge of Englonde And after that they had be here longe tyme two of them went home in to theyr owne countres and kyngodms but the kynge of Fraunce throughte greate sekenesse and malady that he had abode stylle in Englonde And in the .xxxix. yere of his regne was a stroÌ„ge a grete froste that lasted longe that is to saye fro Saynt Andrewes tyde to the .xiii. kal of Apryls that the tylthe and sowynge of the erthe and other suche feld werkes and honde werkes were moche lette and lefte vndoyne for colde hardnes of the erth And at orray in Brytayn was ordeyned a grete dedely bataylle bytwene syre IohnÌ„ of Mountforde duke of Brytayne and syr charles of Bloys but vyctory fell to the forsayd syr IohnÌ„ thrughe helpe and socour of thenglysshmen And there were taken many knyghtes squyres other men that vnnoÌ„bred in the whiche batayll was slayne Charles hymself with all that stode about hym of Englysshmen were slayne but seuen and in this yere deyed at sauoy Iohan the kynge of fraunce whos seruyce exequyes kyng edwarde lete ordeyne dyd in dyuers places worhypfully to be done and at Douer of worshypful men ordeyned hym worthely tho be ledde with his owne costes and expeÌ„ces fro thens was brought to fraunce buryed at saynt Denys ¶ In the .xl. yere of kyng Edwarde the vii kal of Februer was borne Edwarde prynce Edwards sone the whiche whan he was .vii. yere of-aege he deyed· And in the same yere it was ordeyned that saynt Peters pens fro the tyme forthe sholde not be payed the whyche kyng yuo somtyme kynge of Englond of the countre of west saxen that began to regne the yere of our lord god vi· hondred .lxxix. fyrst graunted to Rome for the scole of Englond therto be contynued ¶ And in thys same yere there fell a grete rayne in hey tyme that it
wasted dystroyed both corne hey And there was suche debate fyghtinge of sparowes by dyuerse places in these dayes that men founde innumerable dede in the feldes as they wente And there fell also suche a pestylence that neuer seen suche in noo mannes dayes that than lyued for men that wente to beded hole in good poynt sodenly they dyed ¶ Also the tyme a sykenes that men calle the pockes slewe bothe meÌ„ women thrugh theyr enfectinge ¶ And in the xli yere of kynge Edward was borne at Burdeux Rycharde the seconde sone of prynce Edwarde of Englond the whiche Rychard kynge Rycharde of Amorycan heueden at the fouÌ„â— stone after whom he was called Rychard and this same Rycharde whan his fader was deed kyng Edwarde also he was crowned kyng of Englonde the .xi. yere of his aege thrugh ryghte lyne and herytage also by the comâ—ne assent and desyre of the comynalte of the reame ¶ Aboute this tyme at kyng Edwardes commaundement of Englond whan all the castels townes were yolden to hym that longe were holden in fraunce by a grete company assembled togyder syr Bartram Claykyn a noble knyght and a good warryour wente and purposed hym to put out Pers kynge of Spayne out of his kyngdome with helpe of the mooste partye of the forsayd grete company trustynge also vpon helpe and fauour of the pope for as moche as it come to his eeres that the same pers sholde lede vse a synfull lyf the whiche Pers smyten wyth drede of this tydynge fledde into Gascoyne to prynce Edwarde for to haue socoure of hym And whan he was fledde out of Spayne Henry his broder that was bastarde by assent of the moost party of Spayne thrughe helpe of the ferefull company that I spake of fyrst was crowned kyng of Spayne the nombre of that same coÌ„pany was rekened sette at the nombre of .xl. M. fytynge men ¶ This same yere in the moneth of Iune there come a grete coÌ„pany a nauye of the Danes gadred them togyder in the Northe see purposynge them to come into Englonde to reue and to robbe and also to sle with whom they countred mette in the see maryners and other gode fytynge men oâ— the countre dysperpled theym And they ashamyd went home ayen into theyr owne couÌ„tre but amonge the other there was a boystous vessell and a stronge of theyr nauye that was ouer saylled by the Englysshmen was perysshed drenched In the whiche the Stewarde other worthy and greate men of Denmarke were taken prysoners the kynge of Englonde his couÌ„seyll prysoned them the whiche lordes the Danes afterwarde sought them all about for to haue hadde them ayen wyth theyr goodes that they had lost they not well apayed ne pleased of the answer that they had they torned homwardes ayen leuynge behynde theÌ„ in there Innes preuely writen in scrowes and on walles yet shall Danes wast the wanes Thenne happed there an Englysshe wryter wrote ayenst the Duke in this manere here shall Danes fette theyr banys ¶ And in this time pers the kynge of Spayne with other kynges that is to saye the kynge of Nauerne and the kynge of Malogre beynge meanes wenten bytwene and prayed counseyll and helpe of syr Edwarde the prynce whos counseyll whan he had vnderstandynge theyr artycles and desyre that he was requyred of tho kynges lothe he was and ashamed to saye nay and contrary to them But netheles he was a gast lest it shold be ony preiudyce ayenst the pope and longe tyme taryed them or that he wolde graunte or consente therto tyll he had better counseyl rauysemente with good delyberacyon of kyng Edward his fader But whan they were with hym euery day contynually besechynge of many noble men requyred spoken to with many prayers sente made bytwene them thaÌ„ prynce edward sente to his fader both by coÌ„playnyng letters also by confortable conteynyng al theyr suggestyons causes wyth all the other kynges epystles letters for to haue coÌ„forte helpe of the wronges not only done to the kyng Spayne but also for suche thynges as myght falle to other kynges Also yf it were not the soner holpeÌ„ and amended thrugh the done helpe of knyghthode to theÌ„ that it asked desyred ¶ The whiche letter whan the kynge hys counseyll had seen suche a kynge spoylynge robbynge with moche merueyll And sente ayen comfortable letters to prynce Edwarde hys sone to that other kynges warned them for to arme them ordeyne theym ayenst that misdoer and to withstande them by the helpe of god that were suche enmies to kynges whaÌ„ this noble pryÌ„ce had receyued this letters hym self with that other kynges before sayd all there counseyl called togider or that he wolde vndertake the quarell he bounde knytte sore the kynge that was deposed with a grete o th that is to saye that he sholde euer after mayntene the ryght byleue faythe of holy chyrche and also wyth all theyr mynysters ryghtes libertees to defende from all theyr enmyes all euylles And al that were there ayenst bytterly to punysshe destroble al the ryghtê lybertes preuyleges of holy chirche encrease mayntene amende alle thynges that were wronfully taken withdrawen and boreÌ„ a waye by hym or by ony other by cause of hym hastely to restore ayen to dryue and put oute sarasyns all other mysbyleued people out of his kyngdom wyth all his strenth his power and suffre ne admitte none suche for no manere thynge ne cause to dwelle therin And that whan he had taken a crysten woman he sholde neuer come in to none other womans bedde ne none other mannes wyfe to defoyle ¶ All thyse for sayd thynges trewly for to kepe contynue and fulfyll as alle hys lyfe tyme he was douuden by othe afore notaryes in presence wytnesse of tho kynges wyth other prynces ¶ And than that gracyous prynce Edwarde vndertoke the cause the quarell of the kyng that was deposed and behyghte hym with the grace of almyghty god to restore hym ayen to his kyngdom lette ordeyne gadre togyder forth with in alle haste his nauye with men of armes for to warre and fyght in his for sayde cause ¶ And in this same yere vpon the sande of the Scottes see that many a man sawe it thre dayes togyder there were seen two Egles of the whiche the one come out of the southe that other out of the north cruelly strongly they fought togyder wrastled togyder the south elge fyrst ouercome the north Egle all to rente hym with his bylle his clawes that he shold not reste ne take no byrthe the south Egle fleyth home to his owne costes· ¶ And anone after there folowed was seen in the morne after the sonne rysynge after in the last daye of Octobre sauynge
awter for a peas an vnyte to be had amonge them thrugh the merytees of our blessyn lady ¶ Bonefacias the ·ix was pope after Vrbane .xv yere ¶ This Boneface was chosen at Rome in the stede of Vrbane the stryfe contynued For Benedictys was chosen in Auynyon in the place of clement and was callâ—d Petrus de luna he dured to the counseyll of Constantinus thenne he wolde not obaye but euer abode obstynate And at the laste he decessed in the Kyngdom of Aragon And he commaunded his Cardynals to these an other pope the whyche they dyde anone And they sete vpon an ydoll and named hym Clement but they profyted not ¶ Circa annuÌ„ dmÌ„ M.CCC.lxxx ¶ And after kynge Edwarde the thyrde that was borne in wyndesore regned Rycharde of Burdeux that was prynce Edwardes sone of wales the whiche prynce Edwarde was kynge Edwards sone ANd after the gode kynge Edward the thyrde that was borne at wyndesore regned Rycharde the seconde that was the good syr Edwardes sone prynce of wales the whyche kynge Rycharde was borne in the cyâ—ee of Burdeux in Gascoine was crowned at westmynster in the .xi. yere of hys aege And in the secoÌ„de yere of his regne for the debate that was bytwene the lorde Latymer and syr Rauf Feryers knyght that was ayenst Hawell Sâ—akell squyre for the prysoner that was take in Spayne by these two squyres and the whiche prysoner the lorde Latymer and syr Rouf Feryers wolde haue had the whyche prysoner was the Erle of Dene that they tooke in the batayll of Spayne wherfore these two lordes come into the chyrche att westmynster and they founde thys one squyre to herynge his masse besyde saynt Edwardes shryne there they sawe hym that whiche was called Hawell ¶ And Shakell was arested put into the Toure of London And there he was longe tyme for he wolde not delyuer the erle of Dene his prysoner vnto these two lordes by syr Aleyn Burhyll constable of the Towre and by Syr Raufe Feryes one of hys aduersaryes tyll the kynge had graunted hym grace ¶ In the thyrde yere of kynge Rycharde came the Galays of â–ª fraunce into Englonde vnto dyuerse portes and brent and robbed and slewe moche people of Englonde that ys to saye at wynchelsee Rye Hastinge Portysmouth and Hampâ—on \ Stormore and Grauesende and they dyd moche harme and wente home ayen And in this same yere was a parlement holden at westmynster And atte that same parlement was ordened that euery man woman and chylde that were at the aege of .xiiii. yere and aboue thrugh out all the reame pore folke and other sholde paye to the taâ—age foure pens wherfore came and befel after warde greate myscheyf moche dysease to all the comynalte of the reame ¶ And in the .iiii. yere of kynge Rychardes regne the comynes arose vp in dyuerse partyes of the reame and dyden moche harme the whiche tyme they called the hurynge tyme. ¶ And they of Kent of Estsex made them two cheyftayns for to rule and for gouerne the company of Kente and of Estsex That one was called Iacke strawe and that other watte Tyler and they come assembled theym vppon blacke hethe in Kente And on Corpus chirsti daye after they came downe South werke and taken vp the pryson hous that is to saye the kynges bynche the Marchelsee and delyuerde oute all the prysoners And soo the same daye they came in to London and there they robbed the people and slewe all the alyens that they myghte fynde in the cyte and aboute the cyte and dyspoyled all there gode and made auowe And on the fryedaye next folowinge after that was on the morowe and than they came to the toure of London and the kynge beynge ther in they fette out of the Toure the Archebysshop of Caunterbury syr Symonde Sudbery and syr Robet halys hospyteler pryoure and mayster of Saynâ— Iohans hous and a whyte frere that was coÌ„fessoure vnto kyng Rycharde brought them vnto the Towre hylle and there they smote of theyr heedes and came agayne in to London and slewe in othe people of the Cytye ¶ And thenne they wente vnto the. Dukes place of Lancastre beyonde saynt Mary of the stronde that was called the Sauoy and there they deuoured and destoyed all the goodes that they therin myght fynde and bare them away and than they brente vp the place And than after warde they weÌ„te to saynt IohnÌ„ without smyth felde destroyed the godes there brente vp the hous to the harde grounde and wente to westmynster and saynt Martyns the grauÌ„te made them go out of sent wary all that were with in for ony maner of gylthe And that come vnto the Temple to al other Innes of men of law and dyspoyle theym robbe theym of theyr godes also tooke theyr bokes of lawe thenne they came to London and brake vp the pryson of Newgate drofe out all the prysoners felons and other of bothe countrees and all the people that were wyth in theym and destroyed all the bokes of the counters And thus they contynued both saterdaye sonday vnto the mondaye next after in all their malyce and wyckydnes ¶ And than on mondaye kynge Rycharde with his lorde that were wyth hym that tyme with the mayer of London wyllyam walworth that was that tyme come wythe the aldermen and the comunes of the cyte they come in to South werke to here and to know the entoncyon of these rebelles mysgouered pefple And this Iacke strawe made a crye in the elde that all tke people of accorde sholde come nerer and here his claymours his crye hys wyll And the lordes and the mayer and the aldermen mith the comynaltee hauynge indygnacoÌ„n of his rouetyse falsnes his foule presumpcoÌ„n Anone wyllyam walworth that tyme beynge mayer drewe out his knyfe slewe Iacke straw anone ryght smote of his hede sete it vppon a spere so it was borne thrugh London and sette vpoÌ„ London brydge Anone these rysers mysgouerned peple were vanysshed as it had not be they thenne the kyng of his greate goodnesse by prayer of hys lordes made there .vi. knyghtes of good worthy meÌ„ of the cyte of London that is to say wyllyam walworthe art the tyme mayer slewe Iacke strawe and the seconde was Nycholas brembre and the thyrde Iohan Phylipot the fourth Nycholas twyforde and the fyfte Robert laundes the syxte Robert gayton And than the kynge wyth hys lordes and knyghtes retorned ayen to the tour of London and there he rested hym tyll hys people were better cessed and sette in reste and peas And than by processe of tyme as they myght take and gete these rebelles and rysers they honge theym vppon the nexte galothrugh out euery lordshyp in the reame of EngloÌ„d by .xl. by .xxx. by .x. and by .xii. euer as they myght
lyke wyse as they were woÌ„te for to haue before tymes and by his letters patentes and his chartre confermed And the quene and other worthy lorde and ladyes fell on ther knees and besoughte the kynge of grace to conferme this Than the kynge toke vp the quene graunted hyr all hyr askenge And than they thanked the kynge the quene wente home ayen ¶ And in xvi· yere of kyng Rychardes regne certayn lordes of scotlonde came into Englond for to gete worshyp as by feet of armes this were the persones The erles Marre he chaleÌ„ged the erle Marshall of Englond to Iuste with hym certayne poyntes on horsbak wyth sharpe speres they rode togyder as two worthy knyghtes lordes certayne courses but not the full chalenge that the Scottes erle made for he was calle bothe hors and man two of hys rybbes brokeÌ„ with that falle and so he was borne theÌ„s out of smythfelde home to his Inne And within a lytyll tyme after he was caryed home in a hors lytter and att yorke he deyed ¶ And syr Wayllyam Darell knyght and the kynges banerer of Scotlonde than made an other chalenge wyth syr Peres courtayne knyght and the kynges banerer of Englonde of certayne courses yet on horsbacke in the same felde and whan he had ryden certayne cours assayed he myghte not haue the better he gaaf it ouer wold nomore of his chalenge with syr pers courtayne knyght the kyngê banerer of Englonde torned his hors and rode home vnto hys owne Inne And one Cockeborne a squyre of Scotlonde chalenged syr Nycholl Haberke a knyght of certayn courses yet wyth sharpe speres and roden fyue courses togyder and at euery course the Scot was caste downe both hors man and thus ouer Englysshe Lordes thanked be god hadde the felde ¶ And in the .xvii yere of kyng Rychardes regne deyde the good gracyous quene Anne that was wyt to kyng Rycharde in the manere of Shene in the shyre of Surrey vpon wytsondaye than was she broughte to London and soo to westmynster and there was she buryed and worthely entered besyde Saynt Edwardes shryne on whoo 's sowle almyghty god haue pyte and in hys mercy Amen ¶ How kynge Rycharde spowsed dame Isabell the kynges doughter of Fraunce in the towne of Calays and broughte hyr in to Englond and lette hyr be crowned quene in the abbaye of saynt Peters of westmynstre IN the .xx. yere of kynge Rychardes regne he wente hymselfe ouersee vnto Calays wih dukes erles lordes barons and many other worthy squyes wyth grete araye and comune people of the reame in good araye as longed to suche a kynge and prynce of hys noble of hys owne persone to do hym reuerence and obseruauÌ„ce as oughte to be done to theyr lyege lorde so myghty a kynge Emperoure in hys owne to abyde receyue there that worthy and gracyous Lady that shold be hys wyf a yonge creature of .xix. yere of aege dame Isabell the kynges doughter of FrauÌ„ce and other worthy lordes of greate name bothe barons knyghtes wyth moche other people that camen to the towne of Grauenynge tow dukes of Fraunce that one was the duke of Burgoyn and that other the duke of Barre that wolde no furtherlesse than they hadde pledges And than kynge Rycharde delyuered two pledges for them for to go sauf and come saufe his two worthy vncles the duke of Gloucestre and the duke of yorke these two wente ouer the water of grauenynge abode there as for pledge to the tyme that the maryage was done and thatê these two dukes of Fraunce were come ayen vnto Grauenynge water And than two worthy dukes came ouer the water at Grauenynge so to Calays with this worthypfull Lady Dame Isabell that was the kynges doughter of Fraunce with hyr came many worthy lorde eke lady knyghtes squyres in the beest araye that myght be so brought hyr in to the tâ—wne of Calays· And there she was receyued with all the sole mpnyte worshyp that myght be done vnto suche a lady And that they brought hyr vnto the kynge And the kynge toke hyr welcomed hyr and all hyr fayre company and made there all the solempnyte that myghte be done ¶ And than the kynge his counseyll asked of the Frensshe lordes whether all the couenauntes forwardes wyth the composycyon that wer ordeyned and made on bothe partyes sholde be truely kepte and holde bytwene theym And they saye ye and there they swore and toke theyr charge vpon a boke made theyr othe well truly it to holde in alle maner of poyntes couenauntes wythout contradyccyon or delay in ony maner wyse And than was she brought to saynt Nycholas chyrche in Calays and there she was worthely wedded wyth the moost solempnyte that ony kyng or quene myght be wyth Archebysshops bysshoppes all the mynystres of hooly chyrche And than they were brought too the castell sette to mete And were serued with all delycasye of ryall metes drynkes pleÌ„teuously to al maner of strauÌ„gers aâ— other no creature warned that feest but all were welcome for there were grete halles tentes set vpon the grene wythout the castell to receyue all manere of people And euery offyce redy for to serue them all And thus this worthy maryage was soleÌ„ply done and ended with all ryalte And than these two worthy dukes of Fraunâ—e with theyr people token theyr leue of the kynge and of the quene and wente ayen vnto Grauenynge water And there the Frensshe lordes that is to saye the twoo dukes and all theyr menye were comen ouer the water to Grauenynge they mette wyth our two dukes euery chone toke leue at other and soo they departed and our lordes camen ayen vnto calays and the Frensshe lordes went ouer the water and soo home in to Fraunce ayen ¶ And anone after the kynge made hym redy with the quene all his lordes and ladyes and all theyr people with theim and came ouer the see in to Englonde so vnto London And the mayer and the shreues wyth alle the aldermen and worthy commens roden ayenst them vnto the blacke he the in to Kent there they mette with the kynge the quene and welcomed theym and that in good araye and euery men in the clothynge of his craft and theyr mynstrels before them And so they brought theym vnto saynt Georges barre in South warke there they token theyr leue And the kynge the quene rode to Kenyngton than the peple of London torned home ayen And in tornynge ayen to London brydge there was soo greate presse of people bothe on hors and on foot that there were deed on the brydge .xi. persones of men women and children on whos soules al myghty god haue mercy pyte Amen ¶ And than afterwarde the quene was brought to the towre of London
quyte hym ayenste his aduersary For he caste hors and man into the felde and the kyng for his manhode at that tyme dubbed hym knyght And on the fyfte day there came an other man of armes of the Henaudes partye into the felde and to hym came in Syr Iohan stewarde knyght and manfully he quyt hym in all maner poyntes had the better And on the syxte daye after came an other Henaunde and to hym came Wyllyam porter squyre and manfully he quyte hym and had the better in the felde and the kynge dubbed hym knyght that same tyme. And on the seuenthe day after came an other man of armes of Henaude in to the felde to hym came Iohan standisshe squyre and manfully he quyte hym on his aduersarye and had the better of hym in the felde and there the kynge dubbyd hym knyghte that same daye And on the same daye came an other man of armes of Henaude and to hym came a squyre of Gascoyne and proudely and manly he quyte hym of hys aduersary had the better of hym in the felde and anone the kynge dubbed hym knyght ¶ And on the .viii. daye came into the felde two other men of armes of Henaude and wyth them mette two souldyours of Calays the whiche were two bretheren that were called Burghes they well and manly quyte them selfe vpon theyr aduersaryes and haddeÌ„ the better of theym in the felde and thus ended these chalenges wyth many grete lordshyppes And thenne the kynge att the reuereÌ„ce of these worthy straungers made a greate feest gaafe vnto theym many grete and ryche gyftes and thenne they toke theyr leue and went home ayeÌ„ into theyr owne countree ¶ And in the .xi. yere of kynge Henryes regne the fourthe there was a grete batayl doo in smythfelde bytwene two squyres that one was called Gloucestre that was the parlement And Arthur was the defendaunte and well manly they foughten togyder longe tyme the kyng for theyr manfulnesse and of his grace toke theyr quarel into his honde and made theym to go out of the felde at ones so they were deuyded of the batayl and the kynge gaf them grace ¶ And in the .xii. yere of kynge Henryes regne the fourth Rysdye a squyre of wales that was arybelle a ryseâ— supporter to OmeÌ„ of Glendre that dyde moche dystruccyon to the people of wales was taken and brought to London there he came afore the Iustices and was dampned for his treson and than he was layd on an hurdell soo drawen to Tyburne thrugh the cyte and there he was hanged and lete downe ayeÌ„ his heed smiteÌ„ of and the body quartred sente vnto foure townes and his hede sete on London brydge ¶ And in the .xiii. yere of kynge Henryes regne tho deyed syre Iohan Beauforde erle of Somersette that was Capytayne of Calays and was buryed at the abbaye of the Tour hyll on whos soule god haue mercy Amen And in the same yere the lorde Thomas kynge Henryes sone wedded the Countesse of Somersette ¶ And in this same yere cam the embassatours of Fraunce in to Englonde frome the duke of Burgoyne vnto the prynce of Englonde kynge Henryes sone heyre for to haue helpe and socour of men of armes and archers ayenst the duke of Orlyaunce And tho went ouer see the erle of Arundell syr Gylbert Vmfreuyll erle of Keme and the lorde Cobham syr IohnÌ„ Oldecastelle and many other god knyghtes and worthy squyres men of armes and good archers in to Fraunce and came to Parys to the duke of Burgoyn And there he receyued welecomed these Englysshmen the lordes all other meny And than it was done hym to wete that the duke of OrlyanÌ„ce was comen to Semttlowe fast by Parys wyth a grete noÌ„bre of armes and arbalasters thyder went our Englysshmen foughte wyth them gate the brydge of Semâ—clowe there they slewe mochâ— people of Frensshmen arbalasters the remenaunte fledde wolde not lenger abyde And than our EnglysshmeÌ„ came ayen to Parys there they toke theyr leue of the duke and came ayen in to Englonde in saufte and the duke gaafe them grete gyftes anone folowynge the duke of Orlyaunce sent enbassatours in Englond to kynge Henry the fourth bese chynge hym of hys helpe socure ayenst hys dedely enmye the duke of Burgoyn And than the kynge made Thomas hys sone duke of Clarence And hys other sone IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and hys other sone Humfrey duke of Gloucestre Syr Thomas Beauferd erle of Dorset the duke of Awe marle he made duke of yorke And thaÌ„ the kynge ordeyned his sone syr Thomas the duke of Clarence Thomas Beauforde erle of Dorset syr IohnÌ„ cornwyll with many other lordes knyghtes squyres and men of armes archers for to go ouer see iÌ„ to FrauÌ„ce in helpynge and strengthynge of the duke of OrlyauÌ„ce And these whothy lordes with ther retenue shypped att Hampton saylled ouer the see in to Normandye londed at Hogges And there mette with theym the lorde Hambe at theyr londynge wyth .vii. thousande men of armes of Frensshmen thre Serge auntes of armes with them and all were put to flyght taken of theym ·vii hondred men of armes and .iiii. hondred horses with out tho that were slayne in the felde And so they rode forth thrugh out all FrauÌ„ce and token castels and townes and slewe moche peple of frensshmen that with stode them toke many prysoneere as they roden And so they passed forth tyll they came to Burdeux there they rested theim a whyle set the couÌ„tre in peas reste tyll the wynde was redy for to sayll ¶ And than the duke with his menye come home in to Englonde in saufte thanked god And in the same yere was the kynges coyn chaunged thrugh oute Englonde by the kynge his counseyll that is to saye the noble half noble and ferthynge of golde ¶ And the .xiiii yere of kyng Henryes regne the fourth he lete make Galays of warre for he had hoped to haue passed the grete see so forth to Iherusalem there to haue ended hys lyf but god vysyted hym so soone after with Infyrmytees grete sekenesse that he myght no well endure no whyle so feruently he was taken brought in bedde at westmynster in a fayre thambre And as he laye in his hed he asked hys chaÌ„berlayll what they called that chambre that he laye in he answered sayd Iherusalem And than he sayde that the prophecye sayd that he shold make an ende deye in IherusaleÌ„ And than he made him dyd vnto god dysposed all his wyll And so on after he dyed was caryed by water from westmynster in a barge vnto Feuersham and from thens he was caryed to Caunterbury by londe with moche torche lyght brennynge into the abbaye of Crechyrche and there he was entered buryed besyde saynt
and hys heyers kynges after hym \ and forth with sholde be ê“clamed heyre apparauÌ„t and shold also be protector and regence of englonde duryng the kynges lyfe wyth many other thyngê ordeyned in the same parliment and yf kynge Henry durynge hys lyfe wence frome thys poyntement or ony artycle concludyd in the sayd paylyament he sholde be deposed and the duke sholde take the crowne and be kynge all whyche thynges were enacted by thauctoryte of the same at whiche parlyament the comynâ— of the reame beyng assembled in the comyn hons coÌ„mynyng and treatyng vpon the tytle of the forsayd duke of yorke sodenly feldone the crowne whiche henge thenne in the middes of the sayde hous whiche is the frayter of the abbaye of westmÌ„ whiche was takeÌ„ for a prodice or tokeÌ„ that the regne of kynge Henry was endyd ¶ And also the crowne whiche stode on the hyghest toure of the styple in the castel of douer fell downe this same yere ¶ How the duke of yorke was slayne and of the felde of wakefelde of the seconde Iourneye at saynt alboÌ„s by the queneÌ„ the prince BIcause the quene wyth the Prynce her sone was in the northe and absent her fro the kynge and obeyed not suche thyngê concluded in the parlement was ordeyned that the duke of yorke as ê“tector shold go north ward to brynge in the quene subdue suche as wolne not obey wyth whome wente the erle of salysbury Syr Thomas Neuyll hys sone with moche people And at wakefelde in Crystmas weke they were ouerthrowe and slayne by lordes of the quenes party that is to wyte the duke of yorke was slayne the erle of Rotlonde syr Thomas Neuyll and many moo the Eerle of Salysbury was take and other· As Iohan horowe of london capytayne and Ruler of the fotmen and HauÌ„son of hull whiche were brought to pouÌ„fret and there be heeded there heedes sente to yorke sette vpon the yates And thus was the noble prynce slayne the duke off yorke on whos soule god haue Mercy thys tyme therle of Marche beyng in Shorwesbury herynge the deth of his fader desyred ayde of the towne to auenge his faders dethe frothens wente to walys and at Candelmasse after he had a battayll at Martymers Crosse ayenste therle of Penbroke of wylshyre where the erle of marche had the vyctorye Then the quene with those lordes of the north after that they had dystressyd and slayne the duke of yorke and his felysshyp came south warde with a grete multytude of people for too come to the kynge and defecte suche conclusyons as had be take before by the parlyameÌ„t ayenst whos comyng the duke of Northfolke the erle of warwyeke wyth moche people ordynaunce wente to saynt albons ladde kynge Henry wyth theym there encouÌ„tred to gyder in suche wyse and faught so that the duke of Northfolke Th erle of werwyke wyth many other of ther party â—â—edde loste that Iourneye where that kynge HeÌ„ry was takeÌ„ with the quene prynce Edwarde his sone whiche two had got on that felde The quene hyr partye beynge at her aboue seÌ„te anone to LoÌ„don whyche was on an Asshe wenesdaye the fyrst daye of lente for vytayl ¶ For whiche the Mayre ordeyned bi thaduys of the aldermeÌ„ the certen cartes lade wyth vytayll sholde be sente to saynt Albons to theÌ„ whaÌ„ tho cartes came to Crepell yate the comiÌ„s of the Cyte that kept the gate toke the vytayles fro the cartes and wolde not suffre it to passe TheÌ„ne were there certayn AldermeÌ„ comyns apoynted too goo vnto bernet to speke wyth the quenes coÌ„seyll to entreate thou the northren men sholde bee sente home ayen in to theyr contree for the cyte of London drad to be dyspoyled yf they had come And duryng this treatyse tydynges came that the erle of warwyk had met with the Erle of Marche on Cotteswolde comyng oute of walys wyth a greate menye of welsshemeÌ„ and that they bothe were comynge vnto LoÌ„don warde Anone as these tytynges were knowe the tratyse was broke for the kynge Quene Prynce the other lordes that were with theym departed fro saynt AlboÌ„s north ward with al ther people yet or they departed thens they beheeded that lorde Bonuyll Syr Thomas Kryell whiche were takeÌ„ in the Iourney done on shrewe toursdaye ¶ Thenne the Duchesse of yorke beyng at london herynge of the losse of the felde of saynt Albons sente ouersee hyr twoo yonge sones George Rycharde whiche wente to Vtrech and Phylyp malpas a ryche marchauÌ„t of LondoÌ„ Thomas vaghan Squyre mayster wyllyam Haâ—clyf and many other ferynge of the comynge of the quene to London toke a shyp at Anwerpe to haue gone in to zelande on that other coste were taken of one Colompne a Fransshman a shyppe of werre And he toke theym prysoners broughteâ— them in to fraunce where they payed grete good for theyr raunson and there was greate goode rychesse in that shyppe ¶ Of the deposinge of kynge HeÌ„ry the sixte how kynge Edwarde the fourth tooke possessyoÌ„ â–ª and of the batayll on Palm sondaye and how he was crowned THen whan the Erle of warwyke hadde wette to gader on Cotâ—yswolde in contynent they concludyd to go to london and sente worde anone te the Mayre to the Cytie that they wolde come anone the cytie was gladde of theyr comynge hopynge to be releuyd bi theÌ„ so they came too london whaÌ„ they were come had spoke with the lordes estates beynge there coÌ„cluded for as moche as kynge HeÌ„ry was gone with theÌ„ north warde that he hadde forfeyted his crowne ought to be deposed accordyng vnto the actes made passyd in the laste parlemeÌ„t And so by the aduys of the lordes spyrytuall teÌ„porall thenne beyng at london the er of Marche Edwarde by the grace of god eldest sone of the duke Rychard of yorke As ryghtfull heyre and nexte enherytour to his fader the fourth daye of Marche the yere of our Lorde god M. CCCC.lix toke possessyon of the Reame at westmÌ„ in the chyrche of the abbaye and offred as a kynge wyth the ceptre ryall To whome all the lordes spyrytuall and temporall dyd homage as to theyr souerayn lorde and Kyng And forth wyth it was proclaymed thrugh the Cyte kynge Edwarde the fourthe by name anone after the Kynge rode in his ryalle estate north warde wyth all hys lordes to subdue his subyectis that tyme beynge in the northe for to auenge his faders deth And on Palme sondaye after he had a grete bataylle in the northe couÌ„tree at a place called Towcon not fer from yorke where wyth the helpe of god he gate the felde and hadde the vyctorye wher were slayn of his aduersaryes .xxx. thousaÌ„de meÌ„ and moo as it was sayde by theym that were thereâ— In whiche batayll was slayne the Erle of North thumberlande the lorde Clyâ—â—orde syr Iohan Neuyll the Erle of
grete lyghte and bryghtnesse hath ben shewed vpon EnglysshmeÌ„ sythe they fyrst torned to ryght byleue So that of no men in ony prouynce ben founden so many hole bodyes of men after her dethe in sykenes of euerlastyngnes that shall be after the daye of dome as it well semeth in these hooly Sayntes as Edeldrede Edmonde the kynge Elphege Edgar Cutberde saynt Edwarde many other I trowe that it bedoo by a specyall grace of god almyghty for the nacyon that is set as it were without the world take hede to buryeÌ„ge of bodyes without corrupcyoÌ„ and rotynge and ben the more bolde stedfaste for to trust on the fynall arysynge of dede dodyes for to laste euermore after the daye of dome ¶ Of the chyef partyes of the same lond ca. v. AFter the fyrst Brutes tyme the ylonde of Brytayne beganne for to haue the pryncypall partyes that ben Loegria Cambria that is that wales And Albania that is now Scotlonde Loegria hath that name of Locrinus that was Brutes oldest sone and heet loegria as it were Locrinus londe but now Loegrin is called EngloÌ„de The bouÌ„des and Markes were ther of somtyme the Frensshe see boothe by eest by southe ¶ Beda li.i ca. ii And by north two armes of the see that breketh ferre in to the londe eyther ayenst other But they reche not togyder The eest arme of thylke tweyne begynneth about a two lytell myle fro the mynstre of Ebburcurynge In the weste syde of Penulton in that arme is a towne that is called Guydy the west arme of thylke tweyne hath in the ryght syde a stronge Cyte that heet Alclyued whiche in theyr laÌ„gage is called Clint stone stondeth vpon a ryuer that is called Clynt also ¶ R. Some men wolde mene that Loegria endeth at Humbre stretcheth no ferther north warde The seconde partye of Brytayne is caleo Albinia that is Scotlonde hathe that name of Albinactus Brutes sone stretcheth fro the forsayd two armes of the see northe warde vnto these of Norwaye Neuertheles the south partyes of Albania where as pyetes dwelled somtyme that lyeth frome the water of twede vnto the Scottesshe see All that longed sometyme to the kyngedome of Northumberlonde Brenycorne the north sade of Northumberlonde fro the fyrst tyme of Englysshe kynge to that tyme whan Kynadius kynge of Scotlonde that was Alpinus sone dyd a way the Pyctes and so Ioyned that countre to the kyngdome of Scotlonde TheÌ„ thyrde partye of Brytayne is wales walia that heet Cambria also hath that name Cambria of Cambre Brutes sone for he was prynce of wales In the eest syde Seurnee departed some tyme bytwene Englonde wales But in the north syde the Ryuer of Dee atchestre and in the southe the Ryuer that is named Vaga at the castel of Srygelyn departeth Englonde and wales All so kynge Offa for to haue a dystynccyon for euermore bytwene the kynges of EngloÌ„de and of wales made a longe dyche that dretched for the out of the southe syde by Brystowe vnder the hylles of wales Seuerne and Dee almoste to the heedes and vnto the mouthe of the Ryuer of Dee beyonde Chestre faste by the castell it reenneth bytwene Colehyll and the mynstre of Basyngwercke into the see This dytthe is yet in many places seen In saynt Edwardes tyme walsshmen sholde not passe that was att Erle Haroldes procurynge as it shall be sayde here after but now in eyther sydes both ayonde half a thys half the dyche and specyally in the shyres of Chestre of Shrowesbury and of Herforde in many places been Englysshemen and walsshmen medled togyders ¶ Of the ylondes that ben therto adiacent Capitulo vi BRytayne hathe thre ylondes that ben nyght and longynge therto all without the ylondes Orcades as it were answerynge to the thre chyef partys of Brytayne For the yle of wyghte longeth lyeth to Leogrya that is Englonde The ylonde Mon that is called Angleseya also longeth to wales and the ylonde Enbonia that hathe two other names and is called Meneuia and Man also whiche longeth to Scotlonde And all these thre ylondes wyght Mon and Man ben almoost alyke moche and the quantyte of the whyche thre all arowe foloweth our speche ¶ Beda li.i ca. iii· Claudius sent Vespasianus and Vespasianê° waÌ„ne wyght And wyght stretcheth out of the eest in to the west .xxx. myle long And out of the south in to the north .xii. myle and is in the eest syde .vi. myle fro the south clyfe of Brytayne And thre myle fro the west syde ¶ Beda li.iiii ca. v. The mesure of this ylonde as Englysshmen gesse is a thousande heusholders and two hondred ¶ Gir. in itinere mon that is called Angleseya also his departed from north wales by a shorte arme of the see as it were two myle brode In Mon ben thre hondred townes lx.iii And ben accompted for CaÌ„dredes that ben .iii. hondredes The ylonde is as it were .xxx. myâ—e longe and .xii. myle brode Candredus is so moche londe as conteyneth an hondred townes that name candredus is made out of two langages of Brytysshe and of Irysshe In praysynge of this ylonde walsshmen were wonte to saye a prouerbe and an olde sawe Mon Mankembri that is to saye in Englysshe that londe is so good that it semeth that it wolde fynde corne ynough for all the men of wales Therfore Virglys verses maye be accordynge therto as moche as guawes bestes longe Inneth dawes So moche efte bryngeth colde dewe in a nyghte ¶ In that arme of the see that departed this londe and north wales is a swolowe that that draweth shyppes to it that sayleth by and swoloweth them in ryyght as dothe Cylla and Carybdis that ben two peryllous places in the see of myddel erthe Therfore men maye not sayll by this swalowe but slyly at ful see ¶ R. Of the merueylles and wondres of the ylonde of Mon thou shalt fynde in the chapytre of wales Gir. in itinere The thyrde ylonde that is called both Eubonia Meneuia that is Manstondeth in the myddell bytwene the Irysshe vlstere and the Scottesshe galle waye as it were in the nauell of the see ¶ Beda .iiii. ca. ix This ylondes The fyrste is southe warde the more condtree And the better corne londe and conteyneth .ix. hondred and â—x housholdes· The seconâ—e conteyneth the space of CCC moo as Englysshmen gesse Gir. in â—op Somtyme was stryf whether this ylonde Man sholde longe to Brytayne or to Irlonde and for as moche as venemous wormes that were broughte thyder lyâ—ed there It was Iuged that the ylonde of Man sholde longe to Brytayne ¶ R. In that ylonde is â—ortylege and whyche crafte vsed Fer women there selle to shypmeÌ„ wynde as it were closed vnder thre knottes of threde So that more wynde he wyll haue the moo knottes he muste vndo Chere often by daye tyme men of that londe seen men that beÌ„ deed to fore honde byheded or
one many sterres gaddred togyder on an hepe felle downe to the erthe leuynge byhynde them fyre bemes in maner of lyghtnynge was flammes brent coÌ„sumed mens clothes mens heer wallyng on the erth as it was sene knoweÌ„ of many a man ¶ And yet that northern wynde that is redy destymate to alle ylle fro saynt Katherynes eue tyll thre dayes after loste grete good without nobre ¶ And in this same dayes ther fell also come such lyghtnynge thondre snowe hayll that it wasted and destoyed men bestetes howses and trees ¶ Of the batayll of Spayne besyde the watre of Naxers that was bytwene prynce Edwarde and syr Henry bastarde of Spayne IN the yere of our lord a M.CCC.lxvii and of kynge Edwarde .xlii. the thyrde daye of Aprylle there was a stronge batayll a grete in large felde called Pryazers faste by the water of Nazers in Spayne bytwene syre Edwarde the prynce syr Henry the bastarde of Spayne but the vyctory fyll to prynce Edwarde by the grace of god ¶ And this same prynce Edwarde had with hym syr IohnÌ„ duke of LaÌ„castre his broder other worthy men of armes about the nombre of .xxx. thousand ¶ And the kynge of Spayne had on hys syde men of dyuers nacyons to the nombre of an hondred thousande moo wherfore the sharpenesse and fyersnesse of hys aduersary wyth his fyll boystous and grete strenthe made and dryue the ryghtfull partye a backe a grete waye but thrugh the grace of almyghty god passynge ony mannes strenth that greate hoste was dysparpled myghtefully by the noble duke of Lancastre and his hoost or the prynce Edwarde came nyghe hym And whan Henry bastarde sawe that he torned with his men in so grete haste and strenth for to flee that a gret company of them in the for sayd flood of the brydge ther of fellen dowen perysshed And also there were taken the erle of Dene syr Bartram Cleykyn that was cheyfmaker and cause of the warre also cheyftayne of the vauntwarde of the bataylle wyth many other greace lordes and knyghtes to the nombre of two thousande of whome two hondred were of Fraunce and many also of Scotlonde ¶ And there were felled in the felde on oure enmyes syde of lordes knyghtes wyth other meyn people to the nombre of .vi. thousande and moo and of Englysshmen but a fewe And after this the noble prynce Edward restored the same Peers to this kyngdome ayen the whiche Peers afwarde thrugh trechery and falsnes of the forsayd basterd of Spayne as he satte at his mete he was strangled deyed But after this vyctorye many noble men of Englond also hardy in Spayne thrug the flyx dyuers other sekenes toke theyr dethe ¶ And also in the same yere in the Marche was seen stella Come ta bytwene the north costes the west whoo 's bemes stretched towarde fraunce ¶ And in the next yere folowynge of kyng Edwardes regne xliii in Apryll syr Lyonell kynge Edwardes sone that was duke of Clarnece wente to warde Melayne with a chosen meyne of the geÌ„tyls of Englonde for to wedde Galoys doughter haue hyr to hys wyfe by whom he sholde haue half the lordshyp of Melayne but after that they were solemply wedded and about the Natyuyte of our lady the same duke of Melayne deyed And in the same yere frensshmen brake the peas the trewes rydynge on the kyngê grounde lordshyp of Englond in the shyre countre of PuuÌ„tyfe token helde castell townes bere the Englysshmen on honde falsly subtyll that they were cause of brekynge of trewes in thys same yere deyed the duches of LaÌ„castre and is buryed worshypfully in saynte Poules chyrche ¶ The .xliiii. yere of kyng Edwardes regne was the gretest pestylence of men and of grete bestes by the grete fallynge of waters that felle at that tyme there fell grete hyndrynge destroyenge of corne in so moche that the next yere after a busshell of whete was solde for xl.d ¶ And in thys same yere about the laste ende of Maye kynge Edwarde helde tho his parlement at westmyster in whiche parlement was treated spoken of the othe trewes that was brokeÌ„ bytwene hym and the kynge of fraunce how he myght be auenged vpon his wronge ¶ In this same yere in the AssumpcyoÌ„ of our lady deyed quene Phylyp of Englonde a fulle noble gode lady at westmyster full worshyp fully is buryed and entered And aboute mydsomer the duke of Lancastre the erle of Herforde with a grete company of knyghtes wente into fraunce where as they gate them but lytel wroshyp name for there was a grete hoste of the frensshenmen vppon Calkhull brydge and an other hoste of Englyssemen faste by the same brydge that loÌ„ge tyme had lyued there And many worthy grete men of Englonde ordeyned yaf counseyll for to fyght yaf batayll to the frensshemen but the forsayd lordes wolde not consent therto for no maner thynge ¶ And anone after it happened that the erle of warwyke come thyderwarde for to warre and whan the frensshmen herde of his comynge of that he came fully to londe they left theyr tentes pauylyous wyth all theyr vytayls fledde went a waye pryuely And whan the erle was comeÌ„ to londe wyth his men he went in all hast towarde Normandy destroyed the yle of Caux with strenthe of swerde and thrugh fyre But alas in his retornynge to Englond warde home ayen at Calys he was taken with sykenes of pestylence deyed not leuynge behynde hym after his dayes soo noble a knyght of armes ¶ In whyche tyme regned warred the noble knyght syr IohnÌ„ Hawkewod that was an Englysshman borne hauynge with hym at his gouernaunce the white coÌ„pany that is a forsayde that whiche o tyme ayenst holy chirche an other tyme ayenste lordes warred ordeyned grete batayls and there iÌ„ that same couÌ„tre he dyde many merueyllous thynges ¶ And aboute the coÌ„uercyon of saynt Poule the kyng whan he had ended done the entrynge exequyes wyth greate costes and ryaltes about the sepulture of buryeng of quene Phylyp his wyf he helde a parlement at westmyster in whyche parlement was axed or the clergye a thre yeres dyme that is for to saye a grete dyme to payed thre yere durynge the clargye put it of and wolde not graunte it vnto Ester next comynge than they graunted wel that in thre yere by certayne termes that dyme sholde be payed and also of the laye fee was a thre yere .xv. graunted to the kynge ¶ How syr Robert Knolles with other certayne lordes of the reame went ouer see in to frauce and of theyr gouernaunce ANd in the .xlv. yere of kynge Edward in the begynnynge kynge Edwarde with vnwyse counseyll vndyscrete borowed a grete soÌ„me of golde of the prelates marchauntes other ryche men of his
the castell of Reygate in Soutsex and there he stale hym a waye and came to Calays and there he was keped well worthely tyll these other two lordes were comen to Calays ¶ And than this worthy duke syr Thomas of Arundell Archebysshop of Caunterbury shypped in the hauen of Calais and drewe theyr cours norwarde and aryued in yorke shyre at Rauensporne faste by wydlyngton and there came and enâ—red fyrste the londe and two lordes with hym and theyr nauye And so than moche people of the reame that whan they herde of his comynge and knewen where that he was and anone they drewen vnto hym and welcomed these lordes and soo gaaf theym courage in all manere thynge and so passed forthe into the londe and gadred moche people to them ¶ And whan kyng Rycharde hede and wyste that these twoo lordes were comen ayen in to Englond also were loÌ„ded Than the kynge lefte his ordynaunce in Irlonde and come into Englond warde in all the haste that he myght and come the castell of Flynte and there he abode to take his counseyl and what myghte he done But to hym come none And thanne syr Thomas Percy erle of worchestre that was the kynges stewarde wist and knewe all this anone he came into the halle amonges all the people he brake the yerde of the ryall kynges housholde and anone euery man was dysparple and wente hys waye forsoke theyr mayster and souerayne lord and lefte hym allone And thus Kynge Rycharde broughte downe destroyed and stode hymself allone wythout comforth or socoure or yf ony good counseyll of ony maÌ„ alas for pyte of this ryall kynge And anone came worde that syre Henry of Bolyngbroke was vp with a stronge powre of people and that all the squyres of Englonde reyson vp the shyres in strenthynge of hym ayenst kyng Rycharde ¶ And thus sone he was come out of the North countre to Brystowe and there he met with syr wyllyam Sâ—rope erle of wyltshyre tresourer of Englonde with syr IohnÌ„ Busshe and syr Henry grene and IohnÌ„ Bagot but he escaped frome theym and wente ouer see in to Irlonde the sethre knyghtes were taken theyr hedes smyteÌ„ of thus they dyed theyr for fals couetoyse ¶ And than was kynge Rycharde taken and brought vnto the duke and anone the duke put hym in fast warde and stronge holde vnto hys cominge to London And than was there a rumore in London and a stronge noyse that kynge Rycharde came to westmynster and the peple of London ranne thyder and wolde haue done moche harme and hurte in there woodnesse had not the myyer and the alder men and other worthy meÌ„ cessed them wt fayr wordes and torned theym home agayne vnto LoÌ„don And there was Syr Iohan Slacke dene of the kynges chapell of westmynster taken broughte to London and put in pryson in Ludgate And Iohan Bagot was taken in Irlonde and so brought to London and put in pryson in Newgate there to be kepte and abyde hys answere ¶ And soone after the duke brought kynge Rycharde pryuely vnto London and put hym in the toure vnder sure kepynge as a prysoner And than came the lordes of the reame with all theyr counseyll vnto the Toure to kynge Rycharde and sayd to hym of his mysgouernaunâ—e and extorcyon that he hadde done made and ordeyned to opresse all the comyne peple and also to all the reame wherfore all the comyne people of the reame wolde hym haue deposed of all his kyngdom· And so he was deposed at that tyme in the Toure of London by all his lordes counseyll and comune assent of alle the reame And than he was put frome the Toure vnto the castell of Ledes in Kente ther he was kepte a whyle And thanne he was had frome thens vnto the castell of Pounfret in the North countree to be kepte in pryson ryght soone after there made his ende ¶ And than whan kinge Rycharde was deposed and had resygned his crowne and his kyngdom was kept fast in holde than all the lordes of the reame with the comyns assent by accorde chosen this worthy lord syr Henry of Bolyngbroke erle of Derby duk of Herforde duke of LaÌ„castre by ryght lyne herytage for hys ryghtfull manhode that the people fouÌ„de in hym before alle other they chose hym and made hym kynge of Englande amoÌ„nges theym INnocencyus the .vii. was chosen at rome and lyued but two yere than Gregory .xii. was after hym .xii. and euer was debate Than was Alexander chosen in the couÌ„seyll of Pysan and he was called fyrste Petrê° de Candyda and so was put stryf to stryf euerychone of those thre sayd he was pope Than was there a counseyl at Pysan where they began to make a cuÌ„corde and there they deposed the two and thyrde stode and so was worse deuysyon made than before For that they ordeyned preuayled not ¶ Robert was Emperour after wenselaus iâ— yere thys man was duke of Bauary and Erle of Palatyn a Iuste man and a good and was crowned of Bone face the .ix. This man entrde ytaly wyth a greate hoost of Almayns ayenste Iohan the duke of Galyas but with an heuy hoowe he torned ayen and was had de worthy to suffre for his ryghtwysnes ¶ Iohan the .xxiii. succeded Alexander .iiii. yere and fyrste he began well for an vnyte and he was in the counseylle aâ—te Constantis and offred hym to resygne the popehode and after secretly and worthely he feldde awaye but it profyted hym notte for he was taken and constreyned to peas and was made a Cardynall and buryed atte Florens ¶ Sygysmundus was Emperoure after Roberte .xxvii. yere and he was sone too Karolus and kynge of Vngarye and moost crysten prynce And was soo deuoute to god that he deserued to be canonysed This man holpe the chyrche thrughe hys merueylous prudence and wytte for he spared no laboure ne no thyynge that he hadde tyll he hadde made a ful peas amonge the clergy ¶ And he hadde .ix. Batayls ayenst the Turke And euer he had the vyctorye and what more alle thynge that euer was wryteÌ„ in louynge to Constantyne Theodosio Karolo Otto maye truely be wryten of hym And he was crowned in Vngarye and decessed a blessed man ¶ Circa AnnuÌ„ dmÌ„ M. CCCC.vii ¶ Of syr Henry of Bolynbroke Erle of Derby that regned after Kynge Rycharde whiche was the fourthe Henry after the conquest ANd after Kynge Rycharde the seconde was deposed and out of hys kyngdom the lordes and the comynes all wyth one assente and all other worthy of the reame chosen HeÌ„ry of Bolyngebroke Erle of Derby sone and heyre of Iohan the duke of Lancastre for his worthy manhode that ofte tyme had be founde in hym and in dedes preued vppon Saynt Edwardes daye the confessour he was crowned kynge of Englonde at westmynster by assente of alle the reame nexte after the deposynge of kange Rycharde
enoynted sacred anone sodaynly he was chaunged into a newe man set all his entent to lyue vertuously in mayntenynge of holy chyrche destroyenge of heretykes kepynge Iustyce defendynge of his reame subgettes ¶ And for as moche as hys fader had deposed by hys labour the good kyng Rycharde pyteously made hym to deye for the offence done to hym ayenst his legaunce he had sent to rome for to be assoyled therof For whiche offeÌ„ce our holy fader the pope enyoyned hym to make hym to be prayed for perpetually and lyke as he had done to be takeÌ„ from hym his naturall lyf therfore he shold do fyside four tapers to breÌ„ne perpetually about his body that for the extynccoÌ„n of his bodely lyf his soule may euer be remembred and lyf in heueÌ„ in spyrytual lyfe And also that he sholde euery weke on the daye as come aaboute of hys deth haue a solempne masse of requieÌ„ on the eueÌ„ afore dyryge wyth .ix. lessons a doole to poore peple alwaye on that daye of a xi shellynges .vii. pens to be deled peny mele and ones in the yere at his annyuersary his termeÌ„te to be holden in the most honest wyse â— bedeled the daye .xx. pouÌ„de in pens to poore people And to euery monke .xx. shellynge whyche alle these thynhes performed thys noble kynge for his fader for kyng Henry the fourth his fader performed it not durynge hys lyf of whome as it is sayd that god dyd touche hym was lepreor that he deyed ¶ And also thys noble prynce lette do calle all the abbottes pryours of saynte Benets order in Englond had all them into the chapytre hous of westmynster for the reformacyon of theyr order wherin he had comunycacyon and also wyth bysshops and meÌ„ of the spyrytualte in so ferre forth that they doubted sore as that he wold haue had the temporaltes out of theyr hondes wherfore by the aduyse labours and procurynge of the spyrytuallyte encouraged the kyng for to chalenge Normandye and his ryght in Fraunce to that entente to set hym a warke there that he shold not seke none occasyons for to entre into suche maters And than all his lyf tyme afterwarde he laboured was besy in the warre in conquerynge a grete parte of the reame of fraunce and so afterwarde that by the grement of the Kynge Charles he had the gouernaunce the rule of the reame of fraunce and he was proclamed regnet heyre of fraunce ¶ And so notwithstandynge for alle this grete warre that he had neuertheles yet he remeÌ„bred his soule also thought that he was mortall nedes must deye for whyche cause he ordeyned by hys lyfe tyme the place of his sepulture where as he is buryed and hath euery daye thre masses perpetually songen in a chapell our his sepultur of the whiche the myddyll masse the fyrste and the laste masse shall be as it is assygned by hym as it apperyeth by these verses folowynge Henrici misse quinti sunt hic tabulate Que successiue sunt per monachos celebrate ¶ De dmÌ„ca Prima sit assumpre de festo virginis alme Poscit postremaÌ„ cristus de morte resurgens ¶ Feria secunda Prima salute de festo virginis extat Nunciat angelicis laudeÌ„ postrema choreis ¶ Feria tercia Esse deum natum de virgine prima fatetur CoÌ„memorat natam sic vicima misse mariam ¶ Feria quarta Prima celebretur ad honoreÌ„ neupmatê almi Vltima conceptam denunciat â—eÌ„ mariam ¶ Feria quinta Semper prima colideber de corpere cristi Vltima sit facta de virgine purificata ¶ Feria sexta Concedet vt prima celebretur de truce sanctaÌ„ Atque salutate fâ—et postrema maria ¶ Sabbato Omnes ad sanctos est prima coleda super nos Vltima de requie pro defunctis petit esse Semper erit media de proprietate dâ—ci ¶ And yet the noble Kynge Henry the fyfte founded twoo houses of relygyon on is called Syon besyde Braynforde of the ordre of Saynt Brygfâ—te both of meÌ„ and women and on that other syde of the Ryuer Tamyse an how 's of monkes of Chartrehous in whyche twoo places he is contynually prayed for nyght daye For euer whan they of Syon resten than they of the Chaptre hous do theyr seruyce in lyke wyse whan they of the Chartre hous resten the other gooth to by ryngynge of the belles of eyther place eche knoweth whan they haue ended theyr seruyte whyche be nobly endowed do dayly there grete almes dedes as in Charter hous certayne chyldren be founde to scole at Syon certayn almes geuen dayly And yet besyde all thys he founde a recluse the whyche shall be alway a preest to praye for hym by the sayd Chartre hous whyche preest is suffycyently endowed for hym a seruaunt Lo here may all prynces take ensample by thys noble prynce that regned so lytyll tyme not fully .x. yere dyde so many noble actes as well for his soule to be perpetually remembred prayed for as in his conquestes he beynge in his moste lusty aege dysposyd to eschewe synne was a grete Iusticerâ— in so moche that all the prynces of crystendome dradde hym also of hethenes he had determyned in hymself yf god wolde haue spared hym to haue warred on the Sarasyns for to knowe the ayde of other prynces alle the passages in the Iourneye he sente a knyght of Henaude named Hugh de lanoye vnto Iherusalem but or he retorned he deyed at Boys de vencence in the .xxxvi. yere of hys aege on whos soule god haue mercy Amen FElyx the .v. was pope whaÌ„ Eugenyus was deposed .ix. yere This man Felyx was duke of Sauoyen deuonte prince an olde man and he saw his ckyldes chylde This maÌ„ whan he lyued a holy lyf was chosen pope of the counsell of Basyle and eugeny was deposed and there was stryfe longe tyme. And he had no grete obedieÌ„ce for the deposycyoÌ„ of eugenye And at the laste Eugenye decessed and than felyx â—esygned to Nycholas for fauoure of puas to be had he was made legate of Fraunce Cardynal of Sabyanus This was the xxiii stryfe bytwyxt Eugeny and felyx it dured xvi· yere and thys was a new cause neuer seen before for the counseill of Basyle deposed Eugeny they vere pope and there was noo mo for he obeyed not the decrees of the couÌ„seyl of Constantinople as they sayd ne he charged not to obeye the counsyel of basyle but he sayde rather the countrary sholde be done than as they decreed wherfore there arose a grete alteracyon in the mater for some sayde one waye some an other coude not accorde to thys daye for that one partye sayde that couÌ„â—eyll was aboue the pope an other partye sayde the contrary the the pope was about the couÌ„seyll But they lefte it vndetermyned
And therfore god muste dyspose for the best ¶ Albert was Emperour after Syghysmonde one yere thys Albert was the duke of Austre neuewe to Sygysmonde and therfore he was kynge of Beme and of Vngray for hys doughter for other heyre he left none This man was chosen Emperour of almayne but anon he was poysened and dyed and he was in althynge a vertuous man that all men sayd he was a presydent to alle kynges ¶ Fredericus the thyrde was Emperoure after hym this Frederyk was the duke of Osteryk chosen Emperoure of Almayne but it was longe or he was crowned of the pope for deuysyon And at the last there was made an vnyte he was crowned with a greate honour of the pope in the cyte was a peasyble man a quyete of a synguler pyte he hated not the clergye he wedded the kynges doughter of Portyngale in hys tyme whyles that heregned he made a grete cuÌ„uocacion of prynces in Ratyspona for the Incours of the Turkes shewed vnto them that nowe within this ·xx yere crystendom was made lasse by two huÌ„dred myle and he warned theym that they sholde be redy to resyst hym ¶ And the Imperyal cyte of Constantynople was take at the same tyme of the mysbyleuynge Turkes betrayed by a IanueÌ„s whom for his labour the Turke made a kynge as he promysed hym and the fourthe daye he called hym to hym and dyde hange hym for his dysceyte to his master And there was greate sorowe and wepynge amonge the crysten people for losse of the noble Cyte formany a Crysten man was slayne innumer able were solde and the emperour was slayne for enuye the Turke caused his heed to be smyten of whan he was deed· And almoost all the faythe in the londe of Greke fayled ¶ Nycholaus the .v. a Ianueus was pohe after Felyx .viii. yere This Nycholas was chosen at Rome in the place of Eugenye· and yet the stryfe hen gestyll by a lytyll and a lytyll they obeyed hym all men merueyled that a man of so poore a nacyon sholde obteyne ayenst the duke of Sauoy the whyche was cosyn and alyed all moost to alle the prynces of crystendoome and euerychone lefte hym Than in the yere after there was a peas made felyx resygned for yt pleased our lorde hys name to be gloryfyed by an obiecte of the worlde as that Ianuens was in comparyson of the duke the pope This Nycholas was a mayster indiuynyte and an actyue man a ryche man in conseytes many thynges that were falleÌ„ he buyldyd ayen and al the walles of Rome he renewed for dred of the Turke And there was a verse made of this vnyte publysshed in the cyte ¶ Lux fulsit muÌ„do cessit felix Nychalao And that in the yere of our lord M CCCC xlix The yere of grace with a grete deuocyon was confermed and Innumerable peple went to the appostels setes ¶ How kynge Henry the syxt regned beynge a chylde not one yere of aege and of the batayll of Vernayll in Perche AFter kynge Henry the fyfth regned HeÌ„ry hys sone but a chylde not fully one yere of aege whos regnne began the fyrst daye of SepteÌ„bre in the yere of our lord M. CCCC.xxii This kynge beynge in his cradell was moche doubted and drade bycause of the gret conquest of his fader also the wysdom guydynge of his vncles the duke of Bedford and the duke of Gloucestre ¶ This yere the .xxi. daye of Octobre deyed Charles the kynge of Fraunce lyeth buryed att saynt Denys And than the duke of Bedford was made regne of Fraunce the duke of Gloucestre was made protectour defeÌ„dour of EngloÌ„de ¶ And the fyrste daye of Marche after was syr wyllyam Tayloure preest degarded of hys preesthode on the morne after he was brent in smythfeld for heresye ¶ This yere syr Iames Stewarde kynge of Scottes maryed dame Iane the duchesse doughter of clarence the whyche she had by hyr fyrste husbonde the erle of Somerset at saynt Mary ouerys ¶ Also this yere the xxvii day of August was the bataylle in Perche bytwene the duke of Bedforde regne of fraunce and the duke of AlouÌ„some whiche was a ful grete batayll The duke of bedforde had on hys syde the elre of salysbury mouÌ„tagu and the lorde talbot and all the power that they coude make in NormaÌ„dye and the garnysons kepe also many Capytayns wyth moche people of the duke of Burgoyns And on that other syde was the duke of Ilaunsome The duke of Turon that was the erle of Doughan and the erle Boughan with many lordes of frauÌ„ce and a grete company of Scottes and Armynaxys And than the erle Douglas called the duke of Bedforde in scorne Iohan with the leden swerde And he sente hym worde ayen that he sholde fynde the daye that his swerde was of stele And the batayâ—le Ioyned on bothe sydes faught and loÌ„ge tymeâ— that there wyst no maÌ„ whoo sholde haue the better a grete whyle but att the last as god wolde the vyctory felle vnto the Englysshe partye For there where slayn the erle Douglas whiche alytell before wasse made duke of Turon the erle Boughan the erle Almemere the erle of Tonu at the erle of VauÌ„tedor the vyscounte of Nerbon whyche was one of them that slewe the duke Iohan of Burgoyne knelynge before the Dolphyn many moo vnto the nombre of .x. thousande mo And there was takeÌ„ presoners and duke of AlauÌ„some and many other lordes and gentylles of fraunce But Scottes that daye were slayne downe ryght the substaunce of theÌ„ all ¶ And the thyrde yere of kynge Henry the syxt the duke of Gloucestre maryed the duchesse of HollaÌ„de and weÌ„t ouer see with hyr into henaude for to take possessyon of hys wyue enherytauÌ„ce where he was honerably receyued and taken for lorde of that londe but soone after he was fayne to retorne home ayen into Englonde and lete hys wyf and all his tresoure that he had brought with hym in a towne that is callyd Mounle in Henaude whyche promysed hym to be true to hym Notwithstandynge they delyuered the lady to the duke of Burgoyne whiche sent hyr to Gaunt And from thens she escapyd in a mannys clothynge and came into zelande to a towne of hyr owne callyd Syryer And from thens she went to a towne in Hollonde called the Gowde and there she was stronge ynoughe withstode the forsayd duke of Burgoyne ¶ And soone after the duke of Gloucestree sente ouer see in too zelonde the Lorde Fytzwater wyth certayne men of armes and archers for to helpe and socoure the forsayde duchesse of Hollande whyche londed att a place in zeelande called Brewers hauen where the lordes of the couÌ„tree came downe â–ª and taughte wyth hym in conclusyon he was feyne to wythdraw hym and hys menye to the see ayen But yet he slewe and kylde hutte dyuerse lordes
moche peple of the same couÌ„tre retorned home ayen into EngloÌ„de wyth his meny preuayled noo thynge ¶ And also thys same yeâ—e the erle of Salysbury the erle of Souffolkâ— the lorde wylle by and the lord Scales with their retenue layd syege to the cyte of Manus the whiche cyte was yolde to theym wyth many other strong townes castels to the nombre of .xxxvi. ¶ This tyme all Normandye and a grete parte of â—raunce vnto Orlyaunce was vnder the obeysaunce of the Kynge of Englonde and all the remenaunte of fraunce was in grete tribulacyon and myschyef ¶ How thre was lyke to haue be a gret fraye bytwene the Cardynall and the duke of Gloucestre And of the coronacyon of Kynge Henry the syxte both in Englonde and in fraunce IN the fourth yere the same nyghte that the mayer of London Iohan Couentre had taken his charge was a greate watche in London for a fraye that was bytwene the bysshop of wynchestre the duke of Gloucestre protectour cÌ„ For the mayer wyth the peple of the cyte wold abyde by the duke of Gloucestre as protectour defendour of the reame but by laboure of lordes that went bytwene and in especyall by the labour of the prynce of Portyngale there was a poyntement taken that there was no harme done ¶ And after the batayll of Vernayll in Perche the duke of Bedforde came ouer in to Englonde And on wytsondaye thys same yere at Leycestre he dubbed kynge Henry knyght And forth with the sayd kyng Henry dubbed all these knyghtes whos names of lowen that is to wyte syre Rycharde duke of yorke also the sonne and heyre of the Duke of Nurthfolk the erle of Oxforde the erle of west merlonde the sone and heyre of the erle of Northumberlond the sone and heyre of the erle of Vrmonde the lorde Roos syr Iamys bottelar the lorde Martrauas syr Henry gray of Tankeruyle syr wyllyam Neuyll lorde Fawconbrydge syr George Neuyll lord Latymer the lorde wellys the lorde Barkle the sone heyre of the lorde Talbot syr Raufe gray of werke syr Robert veer syr Rychard gray syr Edmonde hongerforde syre Iohan bottelar syre Raynolde Cobham syr Iohan passheley syre Thomas tuÌ„stall Iohan Chydyok syr Raufe langeforde syr wyllyam drury syre wyllyam thomas Rycharde Carbonell syr Rycharde wyde wyle syr IohnÌ„ shrydelow syr wyllyam Chayne syr wyllyam Badyngton syr Iohnn Iune and syr Gylbert beauchampe ¶ Item in the fyfth yere the duke of Bedford wyth the duchesshe hys wyfe wente ouer see to Calayes a lytell before wente ouer see Henry bysshop of wynchestre And on our ladyes daye AnnuÌ„cyacyon in our lady thirche at Calays the bysshop of wyncestre as he had soÌ„gen masse was made Cardynall and he knelyge before the hyghe awter the duke of Bedforde set the hat vppon his heed and there were hys bulles redde as well of hys charge as of the reioysynge of his benefyces spyrytall and temporall And thys same yere was grete habundaunce of rayne that the substauÌ„ce of heye also of corne was dystroyed for it rayned almooste euery other daye ¶ And this same yer the good erle of Salesbury syr Thamas of Mountagu layd syege vnto Orlyaunce at the whyche syege he was slayne wyth a gonne that come out of the towne on whos soule god haue mercy Amen For sythe that he was slayne Englysshe men neuer gate ne preuayled in Fraunce but euer after began to lese lytyll tyll all was loste ¶ Also this same yere a Bryton murthred a good wedowe in hyr bedde without Algate whiche wedowe fouÌ„de hym for almes and he bare away all that she and. And after this he toke the gyrthe of holy chyrche at saynt George in Southwarke there he toke the crosse and for swore this londe And as he wente it happened that he came by the place where he dyd this cursyd dede in the subarbes of London and the women of the same parysshe came out with staues and canell dounges and slewe made an ende of hym there Notwithstandynge the conestables many other men beynge presente for to kepe hym for there were so many women and had no pyte ¶ Also this same yere the duke of Northfolk with many gentylmen and yomen toke his barge the .vii. daye of Nouembre att Saynt Mary oueres for to haue gone thrughe London brydge And thrughe mysgydynge of the barge it ouerthrewe on the pyles and many men drowned but the duke hymselfe wyth two or thre leped vppon pyles and soo were saued wyth helpe of meÌ„ that were aboue the brydge with castynge downe ropes by the whyche popes they saued them self ¶ This same yere on saynt Leonardes day kyng Henry beynge vii yere of age was crowned at westmynster at whoo 's coronacyon were made .xxxvii. knyghtes ¶ This yere on saynt Georges daye he rassed ouer see to Calays to warde Fraunce ¶ About this tyme and a fore the reame beynge in grete mesery and trybulacyon the Dolphyn with his partye begaÌ„ to make warre and gate certayne places and made distresses vpon the Englysshmen by the meane of hys Capytayns that is to saye la heer poton de sayntraylles and espycyal a mayde whiche they named la pucelle de dicu This mayde rode lyke a maÌ„ and was a valyaunt Capytayne amonge theÌ„ and toke vpon hyr many grete enterpryses in so moche that they had a byleue for to haue recoueryd all theyr losses by hyr Notwithstandynge at the laste after many grete fâ—autes by the helpe of prudence of syr IohnÌ„ Lukemburghe the whiche was a noble Capytayne of the duke of Burgon many Englysshemen Pycardes and Burgonyons whiche were of oure partye before the towne of Company the .xxiii daye of Maye the for sayde pucelle was taken in the feld armed lyke a man many other Capytaynes with hyr were all brought to Rone there she was put in to pryson And there she was Iuged by the lawe to be brent And than she sayd that she was wyth chylde wherby she was a whyle respyted Butte in conclusyon yt that founden that the was not wyth chylde than she was brent in Rone and the other Capytayns were put to raunsome entreted as men of warre ben acustomed ¶ And this same yere about Candemasse Rycharde hunder a wulle packer was damned for an heretyke brent at Tourhylle ¶ And aboute mydleÌ„ten syr Thomas Baggely preest vycarye of the Mauen in Estsex besyde walden was dysgraded and dampned for an heretyke and brente in smythfelde ¶ And also in thys same yere whyles the kynge was in Fraunce there were many heretykes and lolardes that had purposed make a rysynge and caste hylles in dyuerse places but blessed be almyghty god the Capytayae of theym was taken whoo 's name was wyllaym Manndeuyll a weuer of Abendon balyf of the same towne· whiche named hymself Iacke Sharpe of wygmoreslonde in wales And after warde he was beheded at the forsayd Abendon in the wytson weke iÌ„
London and euery good towne of Englonde sent ouer the see to his rescowe certayne peple well arayed of the beste and chosen men for the warre ¶ And the seconde daye of August the forsayd duke of gloucestre aryued at Calays wyth all his army .v. hondred shyppes moo ¶ And the duke of Burgoyne all his hoost that laye in the syege as soone as they aspyed the sayles in the see before they approched Calays haueÌ„ sodaynly in a mornynge departed frome the syege leuynge behynde hym moche stuff and vytayle fledde in to Flaundres and Pycardye And in lykewyse dyde the syege that laye befor Guyâ—es where as they of Gwenes toke gregonne of brasse called Dygâ—on many other grete gonnes serpentes And than whan the duke of Gloucere was aryued wyth hys host He wente in to Flaunders there he was .xii. dayes dyde bute lytell harme excepte that he brente two fayre vyllages Poperynge Bell other houses whyche were of no stronge buyldynge so he retorned home ayen· ¶ And thys same yere the kyng of Scotlonde besyeged Rokesburgh with moche people But syr Raufe graye departed froÌ„ the castell ordeyned for a rescowe But as soone as the kynge of ScotloÌ„de vnderstode hys departynge sodaynly he brake his syege weÌ„te his waye lefte moche ordinaunce behynde hym where he gate hym no worshyp· This same yere the seconde daye of Ianyuer quene Katheryne the whiche was the kinges moder and wyf to kynge HeÌ„ry the fyfte deiÌ„ed departed out of this wolde was brouht ryally thrugh LondoÌ„ soo to westmÌ„ there she lyeth worshypfully buryed in oure ladyes chapel ¶ And also this same yere the fourth day of Ianyuer felle downe the gate wyth the tour on it on LondoÌ„ brydge to warde South warde with two arches al the stone theron ¶ This same yere was a greate treate holdeÌ„ bitwene Grauenynge Calays bytwene the kyng the duke of Burgoyne where was iÌ„ the kynges name the Cardynall of Englonde the duke of Norfolke and many other lordes for the duke of Burgoyne was the duchesse hauynge fulle power of hyr lorde as regnette and lady of hys londes where was taken by thaduyse of bothe partyes an abstynence of warre for a certayn tyme in the name of the duchesse and not of the duke by cause he had gone frome his othe and legaunce that he had made to kynge Henry the fyfte therfore the kynge neuer wolde wryte ne appoynt ne haue to doo with hym after but all in the duchesse name ¶ Also thys same yere quene Iane deyed the seconde day of Iule whiche had ben wyfe to Kynge Henry the fourthe and was caryed frome Bermondsey to Caunterbury where she lyeth buryed by kynge Henry her husbonde This same yere deyed all the Lyons in the toure of London the whiche had not ben seen many yeres before ¶ Howe Owen a squyre of wales that had wedded quene Katheryne was arested and of the scisme bytwene Eugenie Felix IN the .xv. yere of kynge Henry the sixth deyed Sygysmondus Emperour of Almayne and knyght of the garter whos termeÌ„te the kynge kepte at saynt Poules in London tyally where was made a ryall heerse and the Kynge in his astate cladde in blewe was atte euen at dyryge on the morne at masse c. And after hym was electe and chosen Albert duke of Osteryk whiche had wedded Sygysmondus doughter for to be Emperour This man was takeÌ„ receyued to be Kynge of Beme and Vngary by cause of his wyf that was Sygysmondus doughter whiche left none other heyre after hym This Alberte was Emperoure but one yere for he was poysened so deyed some saythe that he deyed of flix but he was a vertuous maÌ„ pytefull moche that all the peple the knew hym sayd that the world was not worthy to hauy his presence ¶ This same yere one OweÌ„ a squyre of wales a meÌ„ of low byrth whyche had many a day befor secretly wedded quene Kateryn had by hyr .iii. sones â— one doughter he was takeÌ„ coÌ„mauÌ„ded to Newgate to prysoÌ„ by my lord of Gloucestre protectour of the reame And this yere he brake the prysoÌ„ by the meane of a preest that was his chapelayn after was takeÌ„ ayeÌ„ by my lorde BomoÌ„de brought ayeÌ„ to Newgate afterwarde deliuered at large And one of his sones afterwarde was maâ—e erle of RychemoÌ„de an othâ—r erle of PeÌ„broke the thyrde a moÌ„ke of westmÌ„ whiche moÌ„ke dâ—yed sone after ¶ This same yere also on Newe yeres daye at Bernardes Castell fell downe a stake of wode sodaynly at after none and slewe thre meÌ„ myschyfly foule hurte other ¶ And at Bedforde on a shyresdai were xviii meÌ„ murdred without stroke by fallynge downe a stayr as they come out of the comune â—alle and manifoule hurte ¶ In the .xviii yere syr Rycharde BeauchaÌ„p the good erle of warwyke deyed atte Rone he beynge the tyme lyuetenate of the kiÌ„ge in Normandye and frome thens his body was brought to warwyke where he lyeth worshypfully in a newe chappel on the south syde of the quere ¶ And also this yere was a grete derth of corne thrughout all Englonde for a bussell of where was worth xl pens in many places of Englonde ¶ And yet they myght not haue ynoughe wherfore Steuen Browne that tyme Mayre of LondoÌ„ sente into pruce and broughte to London certayn shyppes laden wyth rye whiche dyd moche good to the poore people For corne was soo scarse in Englonde that in some places of Englonde poore people made them brede of fern rotes ¶ This yere the generall couÌ„seyll of Basylyde posed Eugeny they chose Felix whiche was duke of sauoy than began the scysme whiche endured vnto the yere of our lorde M. CCCC.xlvii ¶ This felix was a deuoute prynce sawe his sones sone And after lyued an holy lyfe and was chosen pope of the couÌ„seyll of Bysyle Eugeny deposed And so the scysme was longe tyme. thys Felyx had but lyttll obedience by cause of the naturalyte for the moost parte wel nyghe al crystendome obeyed and reputed Eugeny for very pope of theym bothe gor bothe occupyed duryng the lyf of Eugeny This same yere syr Rychard whyche was vycarye of Hermettelworth was degrated of his preesthode at Poules brent at toure hylle as for an heretike on saynt Botulphus daye how well att his deche he deyed a good Crysten man wherfore after his dethe moche people come to the place where he was breÌ„te and offred and made an hepe of stones set vp a crosse of tree helde him for a saynt tyll the Mayre shreues by the kyngê coÌ„maundement of bysshappes dystroyed it made there a douÌ„ge hylle ¶ And also this yere the shreues of London set out of saint Martins the graunte of the sent wary fyue ê‘sones whyche after warde were restored ayen to the sentwary by the kynges
but yf he payed for it And came rydyng thorough the cyte iÌ„ grete pryde smote his swerde vppoÌ„ london stone in Canwycke strete ¶ And he beynge in the cyte seÌ„te to the toure for to haue the lorde Say And so they fette hym brought hym to the yelde halle before mayre chaldermen where that he was examyned And he sayd he wolde ought to be Iuged by his petys And the comyns of Kent toke hym by force froÌ„ the mayre officeâ—â— that kepte hym and toke hym to a prest to shrewe hym And or he myght be half shriueÌ„ they broughte hym to the standerd in the chepe syde and there smote of his heed on whos soule god haue mery Amen ¶ And thus deyed the lorde Saye Tresourer of Englonde ¶ And this they set his heed vpon a spere bare it all about the Cyte And the same daye about Myle ende Cromere was beheded And the daye before at after none the Capytayne with certayne of hys men went to Philyp malpaus house robbyd hym and toke a waye moche good And from thens he wen to saynt Margaretes patens to one Gertis house and robbyd hym and toke away from hym moche good also Att whiche robbyng dyuerse men of London of thier neyghbours were at· and toke part wyth theym ¶ For this robbyng the peples hertes felle frome hym· And euery thryfty men was a ferde for to be serued in lyke wyse ¶ For there was many a man in London that a wayted wolde fayn haue sene a comyn robbery whyche almyghty god forbyd For it is to suppose yf he hadde not robbyd he myght haue goon ferre or he had be wythstonde for the kynge and all the lordes of the reame of Englonde were departed except the lorde Scalys that kept the toure of London And the fyfte daye of Inâ— he dyd do smyte of a maÌ„nys hede in south werke And the nyght after the mayre of London with the Aldermen the Comyns of the cyteâ— concluded to dryue away the capytayne hys hooste And sent to the lorde Scales to the toure to Mathegough a capytayne of NormaÌ„dye that they wolde that nyght assayll the Capytayne with theym of kente And so they dyd come to London brydge in such werke or the Capytayne had ony knowlege therof they fought with theym that kept the brydge And the keÌ„â—ysshmeÌ„ weÌ„t to harnes came to the brydge shote and foughte with theÌ„ gate the bridge made theyÌ„ of LondoÌ„ to flee slewe many of theym thys endured all the nyght to fro tyll one of the clocke of the morowe And at the laste they brente the drawe brydge where many of theym of london were drowned In the whiche nyght satton and alderman of LoÌ„don was slayn Roger heysaunte Mathegough many other And after this the chaunseler of Englonde sent to the Capytayne a pardon generalle for hym an other for his meny and then they departyd fro such werke euery man to his owne hous ¶ And whaÌ„ they were al departed gone ther was proclamacyons made in Kente South sex other places that what man coude take the Capytayn quycke or deed sholde haue a thousaÌ„de pouÌ„de ¶ And after this one Alexander ydeÌ„ a squyer of kent toke hym in a gardeÌ„ in suthsex And in takeÌ„ IohnÌ„ Cade capytayne was slayne and beheded And his heed sette vpon London brydge And anone after the kynge came in to kente and dyd his Iustices sytte at Caunterbury and enquyred who was causers chyef cause of this Insurreccyon And there were .viii. meÌ„ Iugyd to the deth in one daye in other places mo And from thens the kynge went in to Southsex and in the weste countree where a lytell before was slayne the bysshop of Salysbury And this same yere there were so many Iugyd to deth that thre hedes stode vppon LondoÌ„ brydge atte ones ¶ Of the felde that the duke of yorke toke att Drenched in kent of the byrch of prynce Edwarde of the fyrste bataylle at Sayne AlboÌ„s where the duke of somerset was slayne IN the .xxx. yere of the kynge the duke of yorke came out of the Marche of walys with therle of Deuenshyre the lord Cobham and grete puyssaunce reformacyon of certayne Iniurys and wroÌ„ges and also to haue Iustice vpon certayne lordes beynge about the kynge toke a felde at Brentheth besyde Detford in Kente whiche was a stronge felde for whyche cause the kinge wyth all his lordes went vnto blacke heth wyth a grete and a stronge multytude of peple armyd and ordeyned for the warre in the beste wyse And whan they hadde mustre on the hethe certayne lordes were tho sente vnto hym for to treate and make apointmeÌ„t with hym whiche were the bysshop of Ely the bysshop of wyncestre therles of Salysbury of warwyk And they concluded that the duke of Somerset sholde be had to warde and to answere to suche artycles as the duke of yorke sholde put on hym And then the duke of yorke shold breke his felde come to the kyng whiche was all promysed by the kynge And soo the Kynge commaunded that the duke of Somerset sholde he hadde in to warde And thenÌ„e the duke of yorke brake vp his felde and came to the kynge And whan he was come contrarye to the promyse afore made the duke of Somerset was preseÌ„te in the felde awaytynge and cheyf aboute the kynge And made the duke of yorke ryde before as a prysoner thrughe london ¶ And after they wolde haue put hym in holde But a noyse arose that therle of Marche hys sone was comynge with .x. thousande men to London warde wherfore the kynge and hys counseyll feryd And thenÌ„e they concluded that the duke of york sholde departe att his owen wyll ¶ Abowte this tyme began grete dyuylyon ne Spruce bytwene the greate mayster and the Knyghtes of the duchye ordre whyche were lordes of that couÌ„tree For the comyns townes rebelled ayenst the lordes and made soo greate werre the at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be theyr lorde the whiche kynge came and was worshypfully receyued And besyeged the castell of Marâ—engburgh whiche was the cheyf castell of strength of all the londe Anâ— waâ—ne it droue out the mayster of Daâ—ske â— and all other places of that londe so they that had ben lordes many yeres loste all theyr seygnourye and possessyons in tho londes ¶ And in the yere of the Incarnacyon of oure lorde M. CCCC.liii on saynte Edwardes daye quene Margarete was delyuerde of a fayre prynce whyche named was Edward That same day Iohan Norman was choseÌ„ for to be Mayer of London And the daye that he sholde take hys othe att westmynster he wente thyder by water wyth alle the craftes where afore tyme tho mayer alderme and the craftes rode on horsbacke the whiche was neuer vsyd after For syn that tyme they haue euer goon by water
the laste the towne gate the pryson be theym And thenÌ„e they were sore punysshed in ensample of other ¶ In this yere also there was a grete erthquake in Naples in so moche that there perysshed .xl. thousande people that sanke there in to the erthe ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere saynt Osmonde soÌ„tyme bysshop of Salysbury was canonysed att Rome by pope Calyst the .x daye of Iuly he was translated at Salysbury by the bisshop of CauÌ„terbury many other bysshoppes ¶ And in August after syr Pers de brasay seneschal of normaÌ„dye with the Capytayne of Depe many other Capytayns and meÌ„ of werre went to thee see with a greate Nauy and into the downes by nyght And on the more erly before day they londed at Sandwytche bothe bi loÌ„de and water and toke the towne and ryfled dispoyled it And toke many prysoners and lefte the towne all bare whyche was a ryche place and moche good therin And ladde wyth them many ryche prysoners In this same yere in many places of Fraunce Almayne Flaunders Holonde and zeelonde chyldren gadred theym togyder by greate companyes For to goo on pylgrymage to saynt Myghels mouÌ„te in NormaÌ„dye whiche came fro ferre couÌ„trees wherof the people merueyled And many supposed that some wyckyd spyryte meued them to doo so but it dured not longe by cause of the longe waye and also for lac of vytaylle as they wente ¶ In this yere Reynolde Pecok bysshop of Chestre was founde an herytyke and the thyrde day of Decembre was enduâ—ed at Lambeth in presence of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury and many other bysshoppes doctours lordes temporall and hâ—s bokes brent att Poules crosse ¶ And ye haue herde before how certayne lordes were slayne atte Saynt Albons wherfore was alwaye a grutchynge wrath hadde by the heyres of them that soo were slayne ayenst the duke of yorke the Erles of waâ—wyk and of Salysbury wherfore the kyng by the aduys of his counseyll sente for theym vnto London to whyche place the duke of yorke came the .xxvi. daye of Ianueri with four honderd men and lodged hym atte Baynerdes castell in hys owne place ¶ And the .iv. daye of Ianuer came the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men and was lodged in therber of his owne place ¶ And thenÌ„e came the duke of Excetre and of Somerset with .viii. C. men and laye withoute temple barre ¶ And the erle of Northumberlonde and the lorde Egremonde the lorde Clyfforde wyth .xv. hundred men lodged without the towne ¶ And the Mayer that tyme Geffraye Boloyne kept grete watche with the comyns of the cyte rode about the cytee by Holborne and Fletestrete with a .v. thousand men well arayed and armyd for to kepe the peas ¶ And the .xiiii. daye of Feuerer the erle of warwyke came to London fro Calays well beseen and worshypfully with .v hundred men In red Iakettes broudred wyth a ragged staffe behynde before and was lodged at the graye freres ¶ And the .xv. daye of Marche the kynge came to London and the quene And ther was accorded and peas made amonge the lordes and they were sette in peas And on our lady daye the xxv daye of Marche in the yere of oure lorde M. CCCC.lviii· the kynge the quene all the lordes went on processyon at Poules in London anone after the kyng the lordes departed in this yere was a grete fraye in Fletstrete bytwene meÌ„ of courte men of the same strete In whyche fayre the quenes Attourney was slayne ¶ Howe the kynges housholde made a fraye ayenste the Erle of warwyke and of the Iourneye at bloreheth ALso this same yere as the Erle of warwyk was at counseyll at westmynster alle the kynges housholde meny gadred them togyder for to haue slayne the sayde erle But by the helpe of god his frendes he recouered his barge and escapyd theyr euyll enterpryse how well the cokes came rennynge oute wyth spytes and pestels ayneh hym And the same daye he rode to wardes werwyk and soone after he gate hym a commyssyon and went ouer the see to warde Calays ¶ Soone after thys therle of Salysbury comynge to LoÌ„don was encouÌ„tred at Bloreheth which the lord Audley And moche other people ordeyned to dystroy hym But he hauynge knowlege that he shold be met wyth was accoÌ„panyed with hys two sones syr Thomas syr IohnÌ„ Neuell a grete felyshyp of goodmen And so they faught togyder where the erle of Salysbury wanne the felde And the lorde Audley was slayne many gentylmen of Chesshyre moche people hurt And the erles two sones were hurte goynge homewarde afterwarde they were taken and hadde to Chestre by the quenes menye ¶ After Calixt Pius was pope was chase this yere M. CCCC.lvlii· he was callyd before Eneas an eloqueÌ„te man a poete laureate He was embassatour of the Emperours before tyme. And he wrote in the couÌ„seyl of Basyle a noble treatyse for thactoryte of the same Also he canonysed saynte Katheryne of Senys Thys pope ordeyned grete IndulgeÌ„ce pardonne to theym that wolde go werre ayeÌ„st the Turke wrote a pystle to the greate Turke exhortynge hym to become Crysten And in th end he ordeyned a passage ayeÌ„st the Turke at Ankon to whiche moche people drewe out all partyes of cristeÌ„dome of the whiche people he sente many home ayen by cause they suffyced not anone after he dyed at the sayd AnkoÌ„ the yere of our lord M. CCCC.lxiii the .xiiii. daye of August ¶ How Andrewe Trollop the souldyours of Calays forsoke the duke of yorke theyr mayster therle of warwyk in the weste countre THe duke of yorke the erles of warwyk and of Salysbury sawe the gouernauÌ„ce of the reame stode moost by the quene hyr counseyll how the grete prynces of the londe were not callyd to counseyl but set a parte and not only soo but it was sayd thrugh the reame tho sayd lordes sholde be dystroyed as it openly was shewed at Blorehethe by them that wolde haue slayne the erle of Salysbury Thenne for sauacyon of theyr lyues also for the comynwele of the reame thought for to remedy thyse thynges assembled them togyder with moche people and toke a felde in the west countre to whiche the erle of warwyk came fro Calays with many of the olde Souldeyours as AndreÌ„we Trollop and other in whose wysdome as for the werre he trustyd moche vpon And whan they were thus assembled and made theyr felde the kynge sente out commyssyons preuy seales vnto all the lordes of his reame to come and wayte on hym in theyr moost beste defensable araye And so euery man came in suche wyse that the kynge was stronger and hadde more â–ª peple than the duke of yorke and therles of warwyk of Salysbury for it is here to be notyd that euery lorde in Englonde at this tyme durst not dysobeye the quene so she
daye and ledde them with them into Spayne And of this myscheyf was no grete wonder for this erle was a full ylle lyuer as an open lechoure And also in a certayne parlemente he stode and was ayenst the ryghtes fraunchyse of holy chyrche And also he counseylled the kyng and counseyll that he shold axe mo of men of holy chyrche than other persones of the laye meÌ„ And for the kynge and other men of hys counseyll accepted and tooke rather ylle opynyons and causes ayenste men of holy chyrche than he dyd for to defende and mayntene the ryght of holy chyrche it was after seen many tymes for lacke of fortune grace they had not ne bare awaye so grete vyctory ne power ayenst theyr enmyes as they dyd before ¶ This same yere the kyng with a grete host entred the see to remeue the syege of Rochell but the wynde was euer contrarye vnto hym and suffred hym not loÌ„ge tyme to go fer fro the londe wherfore he abode a certayne tyme vpon the see costes abydynge after a good wynde for theÌ„ yet come in not So at the last he come thens with his meÌ„ to lond warde ayen anone as he was a londe that wynde began to torne was in an other cost than he was afore ¶ How the duke of Lancastre with a grete hoost wente into flaundres passyd by Parys thrugh Burgon thrugh all frauÌ„ce tyll he come vnto Burdeux SOone after in the .xlviii. yere of the regne of kynge Edwarde the duke of Lancastre with a grete power went into flaundres passed by Parys thrugh Burgon thrughe all fraunce tyll he came vnto Burdeux without ony maner wythstandynge of the frensshemen \ and he dyde them but lytell harme saufe he toke raunsoned many places townes many men lette theym go after frely The same yere the kyng sent certayne embassatours to the pope prayenge hym that he sholde leue of medle not in his court of the kepiÌ„ge and reseruacyoÌ„s of benefycê in Englonde And that tho that were choseÌ„ to bysshoppes sees dignetees frely wyth full myght Ioy haue be confermed to the same of theyr metropolytans Archebysshops as they were wonte to be of olde tyme Of these poyntes and of other touchynge the kyng his reame whan they had theyr answer of the pope the pope enioyned them that they sholde certefy hym ayen by theyr letter of the kynges wyll of hys reame or they determyned ought of the forsayd artycles In this same yere deyed Iohan the Archebysshop of yorke Iohan bysshop of Ely wyllyam byssop of worcestre In whoo 's stedes folowed were made bysshops by auctoryte of pope master Alexander Neuyll to the Archebysshop of yorke Thomas of AruÌ„dell to the bysshopryche of Ely and syr Henry wakfelde to the bysshopryche of worcestre In the whiche tyme it was ordened in the parlement that all Cathedrall chyrches shold Ioy haue theyr eleccoÌ„ns hole that the kyng fro that tyme afterwarde shold not wrytte ayenst theÌ„ that were chosen but rather helpe them by his letters to theyr confyrmacyon this statute dyd moche profyte ¶ And in this parlemeÌ„t was grauÌ„tyd to the kynge a dyme of the clergy a .xv. of lay fee. ¶ In the .xlix. of the regne of kyng Edward deyed Mayster wyllyam wytlesey Archebysshop of Caunterbury the moÌ„kes of the same chirche asked and desyred a cardynall of Englonde to be Archebysshop therfore the kyng was agreued ment purposed to haue exyled the moÌ„kes of the same and they spended moche good or they myght haue the kynges grace ayen his loue but yet wold the kynge not consent ne graunt to theyr eleccoÌ„n of the Cardynall ne of the pope also ne his Cardynalles ¶ And at the begynnyge of August it was treated spoken at Bruges of certayne poyntes and artycles hangynge bytwene the pope and the kynge of Englond this treates lasted almoost too yere And at the laste it was accorded bytwene theym that the pope fro that tyme forth sholde not vse ne dele wyth the reseruacyons of benefytes in Englonde and that the kynge sholde not graunt ne lette no benefyces by hys wrytte that is called Quare impedyt But as touchynge the eleccion abouesayd there was noo thynge touched ne done And that was wyted and put vpon certayne clerkes the whiche rather supposed and hoped to be auauÌ„ced promoted to bysshhpryches whiche they desyred and coueyted by the court of Rome rather than by ony other eleccyons ¶ This same yere about Candelmasse there mette togyder att Bruges many noble worthy men of bothe sydes and reames to trete of peas bitwene tho two kynges And this tretes lasted two yere with grete costes large expensens of bothe partyes And at the laste they went departed thens without ony accorde or effecte The next yere after the .l. yere of kynge Edward the .iiii. NonÌ„ of May beynge yet voyde vacaunt the Archebysshopryche of Caunterbury mayster Symonde sudbery bysshoppe of London was made Archebysshop mayster wyllyam courteney that was bysshop of Herforde was than made bysshop of London the bysshop of Bangor was made bysshop of Herforde ¶ And this same tyme in a certayne treates spekynge of peas trewes was taken bytwene them of FrauÌ„ce Englonde fro mydsomer to mydsomer come ayen an hole yere about the begynnyng of Aprell the duke of brytayne wyth many erles barons and worthy lordes men of Englond went ouer see in to Brytayn where he hathe had all his luste desyre purpose ne had the for sayd trewes be soo soone taken the whiche letted them ¶ This same tyme the yle of Constantyne where that the castell of saynt Saueour is in that longe tyme was foughten at besyeged of the Frensshmen than yelde to the Frensshmen with al the apportenauÌ„tes in to grete harme hyndrynge of the reame of Englonde And thys same yere there were so grete and so passynge hetes ther with all a gret pestylence in Englonde in other dyuerse partyes of â—he worlde that it destroyed slewe vyolently stroÌ„gly both men wymen without nombre Thys same yere deyed syr Edwarde the lorde spencer a worthy knyghte a bolde in the mynster of Teukesbury worshipfully is buryed And lastynge this pestilence the pope at the instaunce and prayer of an Englysshe Cardynale graunted to all people that deyed in Englonde that were sory repentauÌ„t for theyr synnes and also shryueÌ„ full remyssyon by two bulles vnder lede .vi. monethes than next to last ¶ In this same yere the erle of Penbroke was taken rauÌ„soned bi Bartram Clayken bytwene Parys Calays as he come towarde Englond vpon saynt Atheldredes day that whiche saynt as it was sayd the erle oftentymes had affeÌ„ded and within a lytyll whyle after he deyed ¶ And in Nouembre next after there mette at Bruges the duke of Lancastre and the duke
of Angoy with many other lordes and prelates of bothe reames for to treate of peas ¶ Of the dethe of prynce Edwarde and of the lorde Latymer and dame Alyce peres thrughe whome and hyr maynteners the Reame many a daye was mysgouerned NOt longe after the .li. yere of Kyng Edwardes regne he lette ordeyne holde at westmynster the grettest parlement that was seen many a yere afore In the whiche parlemente he asked of the comynaltee of the reame as hee had done afore a grete subsydye to be graunted to hym for defeÌ„dynge of hym and of his reame but the comunes answerd that they were soo ofte daye by daye greued charged with so mani talagâ—s subsydyes that they myght no leÌ„ger suffre noo suche burthoÌ„s and charges that they knewe wyst well ynough that the kynge had ynough for sauynge of hym and of hys reame yf the reame were well truely gouerned But that it had bee soo longe euyll gouerned by ylle offycers that the reame myght nother be plenteuous of chaffre marchaundyse ne also with rychesse And in these thynges they profyred themself yf the Kyng wolde certaynly to preue it and stande by and yf it were foundeÌ„ and proued afterwarde that the Kynge had nede they wolde gladly euery man after hys power and state hym helpe and lene And after this were publysshed shewed in the parlemente many playntes and defautes of dyuers offycers of the reame and namely of the Lorde Latymer the kynges chamberlayne bothe to the Kynge and eke to the reame ¶ And also att the laste there was spoken treated of dame Alyce Pers for the grete wronges euyll gouernaunce that was done by hyr counseyl in the reame The whiche dame Alyce pers that the kyng had holden longe tyme to hys lemman wherfore it was the laste wonder though thrugh the frealter of the womans excytynge hyr steringe he consented to hyr lewdnesse euyll couÌ„seyl the whiche dame Alyce also the lorde Latymer other suche the meued the kynge to euyll gouernaunce ayenst his profyte the reame also all the comynalte asked desyred that they sholde be remeued put awaye and in theyr stedes wyse meÌ„ worthy that were trewe wel assaied proued and of good gouernaunce sholde be put in theyr stedes So amonge al other there was one amonge the comunes that a wyse knyght and a trewe and an eloquent man whoo 's name was Pers delamare And this same pers was chosen to be speker for the comunes in the parleament And for this same Pers tolde and publysshed the trouthe and rehersed the wronges ayenste the forsayd dame Alyce other certayne persones of the kynges counseyll as he was bydde by the comyns ¶ And also trustynge moche to be supported mayntened in thys mater by helpe fauour of the. prynce anone as the prynce was dede att the instaunce requeste of the forsayd dame Alyce thys Pers de amare was Iugyd to perpetual pryson in the castell of Notyngham ¶ And in the .vi. kal. of Iule lastynge the same parlemente deyed prynce Edwarde kynge Edwardes fyrst sone that is to saye in trynyte sonday in worshyp of whyche feste he was woÌ„te euery yere where that euer he were iÌ„ the worlde to holde and made the moost soleÌ„pnyte that he myght whos name fortune of knyghthode but yf it had be of an other Ector alle men bothe crysten hethen whyle that he liued was in good poynt woÌ„dred moche and dradde hym wonder soore whoo 's body is worshypfully buryed in Crychyrche at Caunterbury And in this same yere the meÌ„ and the erles tenauntes of warwyk arose malycyously ayenst the abbot couent of Euesham theyr tenauntes destroyed thabbaye the towne wouÌ„ded bete theyr men slewe many of theym wente to theyr maners places dyde moche harme and brake downe ther parkes closes slewe theyr wylde bestes chaced them brekynge theyr fysshe poundes hedes lete the water of theyr pondes stewes ryuers renne out toke the fysshe bare it with them and dyde theym all the sorowe that they myght in so ferforthe that forsoth they had destroyed perpetuall that abbay with all theyr membres apportenaunces but yf the kynge the soner had not holpen it taken hede therto therfore the kyng sent his letters to the erle of warwyk chargyng hym coÌ„mauÌ„dynge hym that he sholde stynt redresse amende tho euyll doers brekers of his peas and so by meanes of lordes other frendes the peas was made bitwene them and for this hurtynge as it is sayd the kynge wolde not be gouerned as that tyme bi his lordes that there were in the parlement but he toke made his sone the duke of Lancastre his gouerneur of the reame the whiche stode soo styll as gouernour tyl the tyme that he dyed ¶ The same yere after caÌ„delmasse or the parlement was done the Kynge asked a subsidye of the clargy of the lay fee it was grauÌ„tyd hyÌ„ that is to say that he sholde haue of euery persone of the lay fee both man and woman that passed fourtene yere of aege foure peÌ„s out takeÌ„ pore beggers that were knowen openly for nede pore beggers ¶ And that he shold haue of euery man of the holy chyrche that was benefyced or promoted twelue pens and all other that were not promoted iiii pens out taken the .iiii. ordres of the frere beggers This same yere after Myghelmasse Rycharde prynce Edwardes sone was made prynce of wales to whom the kyng gaf the duchy of cornewayle with the erldom of chestre And about this tyme the Cardynale of Englond the .iiii. day before mary Mawdalenes day after dyner sodaynly was smyte with the paslye and loste his speche on mary Mawdalenâ—s daye deyed ¶ Of the dethe of Kynge Edwarde how syr Iohan Monster warch knyght was draweÌ„ hanged for his falsnesse Ryght anone after in the .lii. yere of Kynge Edward in the begynnynge of Octobre pope Gregorye the .ix. broughte remeued his courte wyth hym from Auyâ—yon to come ¶ And the .xii. daye of Apryl Iohan Monsterwarthe Knyght att London was drawen hangyd than quartred sent to four cheyf townes of Englond his heed smyten of sete vpon londen brydge for this same IohnÌ„ was full vntrewe to the kynge and to the reame coueytous vnstable for he tooke oftymes grete soÌ„mes of money of the kynge his couÌ„seyll for men of armes wages that he sholde haue paed them tooke it to his owne vse he dradde that att the laste he sholde be shent accused for the same cause and fled pryuely to the kyng of Fraunce was sworne to hym become hys man and behyghte hym a greate nauye out of Spayne in to confucyon destroynge of Englonde But the ryghtfull god to whom no preuyte is vnknowen suffred hym fyrst to