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A13043 The chronicles of England from Brute vnto this present yeare of Christ. 1580. Collected by Iohn Stow citizen of London.; Annales Stow, John, 1525?-1605. 1580 (1580) STC 23333; ESTC S117590 888,783 1,248

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himselfe so neare y ● with the heate of his harneys he got a disease to the encrease of his sicknesse Also the kings horsse leaping ouer a ditch did burst the inner parts of the K. with the pain wherof he was sore afflilcted and retourned to Roane wher shortly after he ended his life The. ix day of Septem in the yere of King VVilliam dyed our Lord. 1087. when he had rained xx yeres xj monthes lacking fine days his body being brought w t great solēnitie in Cane in Normandie there to be buried in a Church whiche he had founded a certaine knight boldly forbod the burial of W. Malme him in that place affirming that by title of inheritaunce the ground was his that king William ought not to be buried Burial forbiddē to VVilliam Conquerour in the ground which by violence he had obtayned wherfore by consent of Henry his son this reproch was appeased with the payment of an hundred pounde of siluer He had issue by Matild his wife daughter to Baldwin Erle of Flaunders Robert Curthose vnto whom he gaue Normandie Richard that Issue of VVilliā Conquerour dyed yong William Rufus vnto whom he gaue England and Henry to whō he gaue his wiues inheritance treasure hée had daughters Cicily Abbesse of Cane Constance marryed to Alane Earle of Brytain Adale wife to Stephen Earle of Bloyse Margaret promised to Harold king of Englād Alianor betrothed to Alfonse King of Galicia King Williā commanded all prisoners to be released his tresure to be distributed vnto churches ¶ King William Rufus WIlliam le Rovvse or Rufus the thirde sonne of William Conquerour beganne his raigne the Anno reg 1. ninthe daye of September in the yeare of our Lorde 1087. and was crowned at Westminster by Lanfranke Archbishop of Canturburie y ● first day of October He was variable inconstant couetous cruel hée burdened his people with vnreasonable taxes pylled the ryche and oppressed the poore and what he thus got he prodigally spent in great banqueting and sumptuous apparel for he woulde neyther eate drinke or weare any thing but W. Malme Robert of Glocest S. Albons Cronicl that it coste vnmeasurably déere As for example it was in those dayes written and for vs now to be noted that in a mornyng hys Chamberlayne bringing him a newe paire of hosen he demaunding what they coste and the Chamberlaine The best paire of hose three shillings answering thrée shillings the king being wroth said away begger that thou art are those méete hose for a King to weare bring me a paire of a Marke or thou shalte sore repent it then his Chamberlaine fette another paire that were much worse than the first and sayd ●h●y cost a Marke wherewith King William was well pleased Thus farre haue I noted the saying of King William bycause it importeth the simplicitie of apparell in those dayes vsed so farre different from the excesse of this present time Odo Bishop of Bayon and Earle of Kent with his brother 1088 The Nobles ●ebes● Robert Earle of Mortaigne and Hereford and almost all the Nobles of England raysed warre against King William and would haue had Robert his eldest brother to be King but King William by f●irs words pacifying some of the principall conspirators beséeged the residue in the Castell of Rochester W. Malme and with muche labour lastly ouercame them An Earthquake ouerturned many houses and churches An Earthquake in England Lanfranke Archbishop of Canturbury deceassed He renued Anno reg 2. 1089 the great Church of Canturbury restoring xxv manors to the same He repaired the walles of that Citie builded two Hospitals the one of Saint Iohn the other at Harbaldowne Hospitall of Saint Iohn and Harbaldovvne He restored the Church of Rochester from four secular Clarkes to fiftie Monkes He alwayes attended his booke and trauelled to correct the corruption of Writers When Lanfranke was dead King Wilham kept in his owne hands the Churches and Monasteries of England after Mathew Paris G. Lilly their pastours were dead making great spoyle and lotting them out to ferme King William making warre against his brother Robert Anno reg 3. 1090 King VVilliam made vvarre on his brother Duke of Normandy tooke the Castels of Wallarroke and of Albemarle making great spoyle in his brothers Countrey but at length agréemente was made betwéene them that Robert should giue vp into the Kings hands the Castels that he had gotten of him and the King shoulde helpe him to get all that his father had England only excepted and also if one of them dyed without issue the other should succéede in the inheritance to which couenant were sworne twelue Princes of the Kings side and twelue Barons on the Dukes side Malcoline King of Scottes did homage and fealtie to King of Scots did homage Mathew Paris Great tempest King William of England A great tempest sell on Saint Lukes day in ●imdry places of England specially in Winchcombe where a great part of the Stéeple was ●uerthrowne with thundering and lightning and in London the winde ouerturned 606. houses and 606. houses ouerturned the rou●e of Bow Church in Cheape wherewith some persons were slayne foure of the ●afters of 20. foote in length were with such violence pitched into the strée●e that scantly Wil. Malme Gualter Couen foure foote of them remayned aboue grounde whiche were fayne to be ●●t euen with the same grounde bycau●e they could not be plucked out About this time one Iustinus sonne to Gurguntus Earle Anno reg 4. of Glamorgan and Morgannoke refusing to obey Rhesus sonne to Theodore Prince of south-South-wales sente Aeneas The vvinning of Glamorgan and Morganoke out of the VVelchmens hands sonne to Gedi●orus sometyme Lorde of Deme●ia into England to take muster of Souldioures and there receyued a great Armie vnder the conduct of one Robert Fitzhamon and ioyning with other tables out of Went and Brecini● met with Rhesus in Blacke h●ll and there ●●ewe him and s● paying the Englishmen their wages discharged them But they taking regard vnto the goodnesse of the soyle and the great variance which was then amongst the Welchmen as in foretime the Saxons had done they turned their force of armes against those which had entertayned them and soone displaced them wholly of all the Champion and the best of the Countrey which Robert Fitzhamon diuided amongst twelue Knightes whiche he broughte with him reseruing the better parte to hymselfe who building there certayne Castels and ioyning their power togither defended their Farmes and Lordships whiche they had taken and possessed whose heires peaceably enioy the same vnto this day but Iustinus scarsely reserued to himselfe and his the hilly Countrey The names of the twelue Knightes were these 1 William Lowdon 2 Richard Granuille 3 Paganus Turberuille 4 Robert Saintqui●ti●● 5 Richard Siward 6 Gilbert Vmfreuill 7 Roger Berkerowle 8 Reynald Sully 9 Peeter Soore
Castel on the fiftéenth of August on which daye hée caused to be hanged to the number of 8● men of armes and other souldiours Falcatius de Brent who was fledde into Wales hearing that the Castel was taken and his men slain vnder the conduct of the Byshoppe of Couentrie came to Bedforde and fel at the kings féete requiring mercy The Kyng deliuered him to Eustace Bishop of London and the Castell was made an heape of stones There was graunted to the King throughout Englande two shillings for euery carucat of land Caruage grāted Gray Friers Registrum fratrumminoram The Friers Minours first arriued at Douer nine in number fiue of them remayned at Canturburie and did there build the first Couēt of Fries Minours that euer was in England the other foure came to London and lodged at the preaching Friers the space of fiftéene daies and then hyred an house in Cornhil of Iohn Trauers one of y t Sherifes they builded there little Celles wherein they inhabited The deuotion of the Citizens towardes them and also the multitude of Friers so encreased that they were by the Citizens remoued to a place in Saint Nicholas Shambles whyche Iohn Iwyn Citizen and Mercer of London appropriated vnto the comunaltie of the Citie to the vse of the sayde Friers and became himselfe a lay brother Anno reg 9. William Ioynar builded their quire Henrie Wales sometime Maior of London the body of the Church Walter Potter Alderman the Chapterhouse Gregorie Roksle the Dortar Barthelmew of the Castel made the Refertorie This yeare the King graunted to the comunaltie of the the Citie of London to haue a common seale Iohn Trauers Andrew Bokerel the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1225 Fifteene Great charter confirmed Richard Renger the. 28. of October The xv part of al mens goods mouable within y ● realm as wel of the Cleargie as of the Laitie was granted to the King to ayde him in his right beyond the Seas and the king granted to the Barons and people the liberties which they long time had sued for he caused charters to be made and sent into euery Country twaine one of the common Liberties and the other of the Forrest Richard the kings brother and his vncle William Earle Gascoin subdued Anno reg 10. of Salisburie and many other were sent into Gascoigne who subdued the same and recouered Poyters Roger Duke Martin Fitz William the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1226 Free vvarren free toll Anno reg 11 Richard Renger the. 28. of October The King graunted to the Citizens of London frée warren that is to say frée libertie to hunt a certain circuit about the Citie And also that the Citizens of London shoulde passe toll frée throughout all England and that al weres in Thamis should be plucked vp and distroyed for euer Roger Duke Martin Fitz William the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1227 Richard Renger the 28. of October The King blaming the Citizens of London bycause they hadde giuen to Lewes the Frenche King nowe deceased at his departure out of England 500. markes he compelled them to pay the like summe to him beside the xv parte of theyr moueables and of the Burgeses of Northampton hée toke 1200. markes In a Counsell at Oxforde the King proclaymed that Charters canceled for as much as he was nowe of lawfull age he woulde rule hymselfe at hys pleasure and forthwith made all y e charter of y e Liberties Forrests to be frustrate alledging that they were graunted whiles he was vnder warde of other and had not power of his owne bodie so it followed y t who so woulde enioy the liberties afore graunted muste renewe their charters of the kings new seale with such a price as the Justiciar awarded them Richard the Kings brother returned into Englande was made Earle of Cornewal at Westminster Hubert de Burgo was made Earle of Kent Shortly after the Barons declared vnto the king that except he would restore the Charter of liberties of the Forest which lately he had canceled at Oxford they would compel him by the sworde Anno reg 12 Sherifes Maior 1228 Anno reg 13 Stephen Bokerel Henrie Cocham the. 28. of September Roger Duke the. 28. of October The King corrected the measures and weyghtes and made them bigger In the Sommer was often greate thunder and lightning which brent many houses and slew both men and beastes Stephen Bokerell Henrie Cocham the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1229 Anno reg 14 Roger Duke the. 28. of October Robert Lingham Bishop of Salisburie by the Kings help prosecuted the building of the newe Churche at Salisbuburie which his predecessour Richard did translate William Winchester Robert Fitz Iohn the. 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior 1230 Mathew Paris Darkenesse in Paules Churche Roger Duke the. 28. of October Upon the day of Saint Paules Conuersition when Roger Niger Bishop of London was at Masse in the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paule a greate multitude of people being there sodainely the weather waxed darke that one coulde scantly sée another in the Churche and sodainely an horrible Thunder clappe lighted on the Churche that the same was shaken as though it shoulde haue fallen and out of a darke cloude came such lightning that all the Churche séemed to be on fire and such a stincke that all men thought they shoulde haue died Thousandes of men and womenne ran out of the Churche and being astonied fell vppon the grounde voyde of al vnderstanding none of al the multitude taried in the Churche saue the Bishoppe and one Deacon which stoode stil at the high Alter awayting the wil of God Anno reg 15 King Henrie with a great army sayled into Brytaine wher after spoylyng the Countrey a peace was concluded Anno reg 15 Iohn Beuer. Sherifes Maior 1231 Gilbert of Clare Earle of Glocester dyed in Brytaine Richard Walter Iohn of Woborne the. 28. of September Roger Duke the. 28. of October Richard the Kings brother married Isabel Countesse of Glocester late wife to Gilbert Earle of Glocester lately deceased and sister to William Marshal Earle of Penbroke and the marriage being scantly finished the sayde William died and was buried in the new Temple at London by his father His brother Richard succéeded him in the Earledome Leolin Prince of Wales spoyled the lands of the Barons Nicho. Triuet Anno reg 16 that were on the borders of Wales wherefore the king gathered a great power at Oxford and went against the Walshmen and builded the Castell of Matilde which before hadde bene destroyed The Jewes builded a Sinagoge at London very curiously Ievves sin●goge Iohn Shepeshed but the Christians obtayned of the king y t it should be dedicated to our blessed Lady Michael of Saint Helen Walter de Buffel the. 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior 12●2 Andrew Bokerel Peperer the 28. of October Ranulph Earle of Chester and Lincoln dyed at Walingford and was
he was forsaken of them that when King Edward wasted France the French King had not men to encounter him but fledde before him as he followed brenning his owne Townes and destroying victuals that the King should find neyther harborough nor meate After the moneth of August the King of England and the Duke of Lancaster with seauen thousand armed men and their retinue entered France and by the space of nine dayes iourney as they went wasting all by fire that came in their way and returning to Caleis the King heard that the Scots entred by stealth and had taken the Towne of Berwike the Bervvike taken by the Scottes Baron of Graystoke being in the armie with the King to whome the charge of that Towne had bin committed wherevpon the King hasted vnto Berwike and within fiftéene dayes recouered the Towne againe being deliuered Bervvike taken by the Englishmen vnto him life and libertie to depart being giuen vnto them that were found therein After this he passed through Scotlande vnto the Scottish Sea but bycause victuals fayled for his armie the King giuing them licence they all returned towarde Englande There followed on the tayle of the armie by the space of twelue miles Robert Herle Almerike de saint Edmond Robert de Hildesley and other whome the Scottes in the night season found asléepe and at rest doubting nothing of any misaduenture wherefore they gaue a cruell assault vppon them with an hideous noyse and cry where after long resistance Robert de Hildesley and Iohn Brancester Knightes were taken prisoners Robert Herle and Almerike hauing much ado to escape for the said Knightes perceyuing the Scottes to be too strong for them thought with themselues that their Lords being Barons of whome they held in fée would redéeme them and so wylie withdrawing deliuered them from the Scottes captiuitie The Duke of Lancaster being appoynted chiefe Admirall of the English Nauie landed it at Hogges about the feast of Saint Barthelmew and from thence rode towards Normandie being accompanied with Philip brother to the King of Nauarre who desired aide of the sayd Duke and requested him to come to help him At this season the French King hauing the King of Nauarre Geffrey Harecourt and diuers other noble men in greate suspection touching the Realme and Kingdome bidde them all to a feast where he tooke the saide King of Nauarre and cast him in prison and murthered the rest of the noble men sauing Geffrey Harecourt whome he caused to be beheaded with an axe The King of Nauarre being thus emprisoned his brother Phillip seased many Castels and holdes into his hāds which were in Normandy and there about strongly fortifying them with men and victualles through the help of the Duke of Lancaster being manned as well with Englishmen as with the men of the same Countrey to withstande the Frenchmen Walter Forester Thomas Brandon the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Simon Frances Mercer the 28. of October The same time when the King passed ouer to Caleis and France his eldest sonne Prince of Wales hauing with him the Earles of Warwike Suffolke Salisburie and Oxforde tooke shipping in the beginning of October at Sutton Hauen in Deuonshire and luckely sayled and landed at Burdeaux where he was honourably receyued by the Bishop and Cleargie being accompanyed with all the common people in the first Sonday of that moneth The Monday following the Prince going out lodged two miles from Burdeaux in the Castell of Vrnoun On the nexte daye he passed through a streight woodde and so through the middle of the Towne of Lougan sometimes walled but nowe defaced and so passing on a long iourney he lost many Horsses and came at length to the strong Castel of Dandert On Thurseday he came to the Citie of Besas hauing in it a Cathedrall Church and a couent of Friers Minors On Friday Proclamation was made in the armie that euery man should beare the armes of Saint George and it was said that his enimies bare the same also On Saterday he passed to the Castell of Nan where stand thrée Castels of thrée Lordes whereof one sheweth a farre off On Friday the twelfth of that moneth his armie passed the lands of Wordiux whiche are belonging to the Earle of Flux this dayes iourney being long and tedious he lost many of his Horsses in the wast grounde called the Laundes Two miles from the Towne of Areule he displayde his Banners and deuided his armies into diuers troupes In the vaward wherein was thrée thousand men of armes were the Earle of Warwike high Connestable Reignold Cobham Lord Marshall Lord Beawchamp a Somersetshire man the Lord Clifford and the Lord Thomas of Hampton belonging to the Auntients and with them seauen Barons of Gascoigne In the middleward wherin were seauen thousand men of armes besides Clearkes and Pages there was the Prince himselfe with a double Auntient the Earle of Oxford the Lord Barthelmew Burwash the Lorde Iohn de Lile the Lorde Wilowby the Lord Le Ware y e Lord Maurice Barkeley son to Thomas Lord Barkeley then liuing very old the Lorde Iohn Boursers Lord Iohn Rose the elder of Burdeaux Captayne de la Busch the Lord Camount the Lord Mountferraunt with their Auntients In the rerewarde was foure thousand mē of armes cōmitted to the charge of the Earle of Suffolke the Earle of Salisburie and the Lord Nemers who led the Bernences In the whole armie was of mē of armes Clearkes Pages Archers Brigants other aboue 60000. men and this day was Ienken Barefort and diuers other made Knightes and the village of Aurule with thrée other villages wherof Wil. Lord Raymond was Captaine were deliuered vp vnto y e Prince wherin he lodged his armie resting there two dayes as many as would wer suffered to go out tooke victuals and brenned their enimies coūtrey On Tuesday they lodged in y e towne of Mount Clere where y e Castel belonging therevnto was giuē vp to the Prince after he left it againe to the Frenchmen by the reason of fire which brake vp in the towne wherevpon the Prince went out into the field lodged in his tentes euer after refusing to lie in any towne This day hauing taken thrée Townes brenning them he made Knightes Gilotus de Straton and diuers other Also Iohn de Lile stricken with a Quarell at Austage died On Wednesday Thurseday he lay stil on Friday he came before the strōg town of Loegeron where he lodged in his tentes On Saterday he came before Placence a very faire towne a strong the inhabitants whereof fled away into y e Castell where the Earle of Molesni and many Knightes were takē by Captaine de la Bouch and the Lord Mountferrant de Loachis who was y ● day made Knight On Sonday S. Lukes day they staid at Ewant taking the fort of Galian by force they set it on fire brent it On Monday casting fire in the townes of Placence they passed along leauing
fifth of May and the. 24. of Maye entred London with them where he was receyued with greate honour of the Citizens and so conuayed to the kings pallaice at Westminster where the King sitting in his estate in Westminster Hall receyued them and after conueyed the French King to a lodging where he lay a season and after the sayde French King was lodged in the Sauoy which then was a pleasant place belonging to the Duke of Lancaster In the Winter following were gret and royal iustes holden in Smithfielde at London where many knightly sights of armes wer done to the gret honour of the king realm at the which were present the Kings of England Fraunce and Scotlande with many noble estates of all those Kingdomes wherof the more part of the strangers were prisoners Henrie Picarde Uintener Maior of London in one day dyd sumptuouslye feaste Edwarde King of Englande Iohn King of Fraunce the King of Cipres then arriued in England Dauid king of Scottes Edward Prince of Wales wyth many noble men and other and after the sayde Henrie Picarde kepte his Hall against all commers who soeuer that were willing to play at Dice and Hazard In like maner the Lady Margaret his wife did also kéepe hir Chamber to the same intente The King of Cipres playing wyth Henrie Picarde in hys Hall dyd wynne of hym 50. markes but Henrie being verye skilfull in that arte altering hys hande did after win of the same king the same 50. markes and 50. markes more which when the same king began to take in ill parte although he dissembled the same Henrye saide vnto him my Lord and King be not agrieued I couet not your golde but your play for I haue not bid you hyther that I might grieue you but that amongst other things I might trie your playe and gaue hym his money agayne plentifully bestowing of his owne amongst the retinue besides he gaue many riche giftes to the King and other Nobles and Knightes whiche dyned wyth hym to the greate glorie of the Citizens of London in these dayes Stephen Candish Barthelmew Frostling the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Stody Vintener the. 28. of October This sir Iohn Stody gaue vnto the Uinteners of London all the quadrant wherein the Uinteners Hal now standeth with the tenements round about from the lane yet called Studis Lane where is founded thirtéene houses for xiij poore people whiche are there kept of charitie rent frée About Halowntide Dauid le Bruce king of Scots was deliuered from the long imprisonmēt of a. xj yeres in the castel of Oldiham his raunsome being set a 100000. markes to be payde the next ten yeares following Normandie and Brytaine were soare spoyled and wasted Tho. Walsing Anno reg 32 Rob. Knovvles by Phillippe the King of Nauers brother Iacob de la Pipe and Roberte Knowles wyth manye other Englishe menne whyche were Captaynes of that companye who raged in warlike sorte in these Countryes the space of thrée yeares and more contrarye to the Kyng of Englandes pleasure Thys Roberte Knowles béeyng a meane man of birth became Captaine of many souldiours and did manye maruellous actes Isabel daughter to Phillippe the fayre king of Fraunce 1358 now wife to King Edward the second deceased apnd Risinges Registrum fratrum minorum iuxta London the. xxij of August and was buried in the Grey Friers Quire at London in a Tombe of Aliblaster Iohn Barnes Iohn Buris the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 33 Iohn Louekinstoke Fishmonger the 28. of October Iohn of Gaunt the Kings sonne by dispensation tooke to wife Blaunch dauhter of Henry Duke of Lancaster his kinswoman The French King vnder coulour of peace offered to King Edward Flanders Picardie Aquitayne and other lands which the Englishmen had ranged through and spoyled for the perfourmāce wherof messengers were sent into France but the Frenchmen would not perfourme the offer wherfore King Edward being angrie with a Nauie of Shippes passed the Sea to Caleis wherefore deuiding his armie into thrée partes committed one companie vnto Henry Duke King Edvvarde inuaded Burgundie of Lancaster another to Prince Edward and the third he reserued to himselfe and so passed into Burgundie In the meane season the Normans with a small Nauie 1359 Frenchmen arriued at VVinchelsea arriued at Winchelsey and partly brent the Towne and slew such as did withstand them wherefore the Prelates of England assembled from all partes in armour to withstande them but when they had prepared themselues to battayle the French were gone Simon of Benington Iohn of Chichester the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Anno reg 34. 1360 Simon Dolseby Grocer the 28. of October King Edward with his power rode through France by Picardie Artois Roan Champaine and so to Briteine destroying the Countrey before him And héere is to be noted that the fourtéenth day of Aprill and the morrow after Easter day King Edward with his host lay before the Citie of Paris which day was full darke of mist and hayle and so bitter colde that many men died on their Horsse backes with the cold wherefore vnto this day it hath bin called the blacke Monday The King of Nauarre vexed sore the marches of Normandie Thus was the Realme of France miserably beset on all sides At the last a finall peace was concluded on Peace vvith France this condition that King Edward should haue to his possession the Countreys of Gascoine Gwyen Poytiers Limosin Baleuile Exantes Caleis Gwisnes and diuers other Lordships Castels Townes and all the Landes to them belonging Tho. Wals without knowledge of any soueraigntie or subiection for the same This peace being confirmed by writing and by oth King Edward came into England and so streight to the Tower to sée the French King where he appoynted his raunsome to be thrée millions of Florences and so deliuered French King releassed him of all imprisonment and brought him with great honor to the Sea who then sayled ouer into France Iohn Denis Walter Berney the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Wroth Fishmonger the 28. of October King Edward the 24. of Januarie beganne a Parliament at Westminster where the forme of the agréement was redde and allowed of all estates where the King on the last of Januarie caused his Nobles to sweare to holde and Anno reg 35 1361 kéepe the sayde agréement especially those as well Prelats as other that were not at Caleis where he sware and other that were there with him A great dearth pestilence hapned in England which was called the second pestilence in which died Henry D. of Lancaster The seconde mortalitie in March at London and was buryed at Leycester in the colegiate Church which he had founded with a Deane twelue Chanons Prebendaries as many Uickers and other ministers accordingly There dyed also Reginald Lord Cobham and Walter Lib. Lichfield Fitz Waren valiant and famous
Battayle on the Sea Flemings and tooke fiue and twenty ships laden with salt The Frenchmen beséeged Rochell to the remouing whereof was sent the Earle of Penbroke with a number of men of armes vpon whome fell the Spanish Nauie in the Hauen of Rochell who slew and tooke the Englishmen and burnt their Nauie The Earle and many noble men were caried into Spayne togither with the Kings money King Edwarde with a great Nauie entred the Seas towardes Rochell to haue rescued the same but the winde being contrary with heauie chéere he returned agayne hauing spente in thys preparation as it was sayde nine hundred thousande pound Iohn Philpot Nicholas Brember the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 47 1373 Iohn Piel Mercer the 28. of October Iohn Duke of Lancaster entred France with a strong power and passed through the Realme without battayle but in the Deserts and Mountaynes of Aluerne for lacke of victualles many of his armie dyed from thence he went to Burdeaux and brought scantly fortie horsses backe with him it was commonly talked that he lost thirtie thousande Horsses in that vnluckie voyage It was a great miserie ●bo Walsing to sée the poore state of the men of warre suche as were Knightes of great wealth in their Countrey hauing lost men and Horsses were glad to begge from dore to dore and found no reliefe for the Countrey was destroyed and not manured by reason whereof such dearth was in that Countrey that victualles could scant be gotten for any money The Duke yet wintered The tenth of Aprill following a day of battayle was appoynted betwixte him and the Duke of Aniow at Tholouse In the meane time truce was taken till the twentith of May next following but the King of England knew nothing of it When the day came a great power of armed men for the French appeared the which the Duke of Aniow had assembled but yet that daye passed without battayle to the great shame and reproch of the English for the Frenchmen sayd they were ready in fielde the day appoynted to looke for their comming that came not at all wherefore they spake many reprochfull wordes against the Englishmen calling them false cowards and ha●● lesse And such was the end of that iourney Iohn Northwold Mercer of London was slayne at the Blacke heath for whose sake began great debate among the Craftes of London at the White Friers in Fléetestréete for him and Sir William of Windsore Lib. Maior vic Lon. The Cleargie granted to the King tenthes and th● Laytie a fiftéenth Iohn Awbrey Iohn Fished the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 48 1374 Adam of Bury Skinner the 28. of October Iohn Duke of Lancaster came againe out of Gascoigne after whose departure almost all Gascoigne fell from their allegeaunce which they had couenaunted with the King ●● England sauing Burdeaux and Bayon Iohn Duke of Lancaster William Earle of Salisbu●●● Reignold Lord Cobham with Simon Sudbery and other assembled at Brudges to treate a peace betwéene y ● Real●●● of England and France where mette with them the Duke ● Aniow and many other Nobles of France This treatie continued almost two yeares and ended without conclusion of peace but on a truce Richard Lions William Woodhouse the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 49 1●75 Iohn Walworth Fishmonger the 28. of October The sixtéenth of Aprill died Iohn Hastings Earle of Penbroke comming into Englande after he had raunsomed himselfe for a great masse of money which he neuer payde The Isle of Constantine was deliuered to the French King to the great detriment of Englande for whiche cause afterward Sir Iohn Ansley appeached Thomas Catrington of Trenson A great heate was in England so that many both A ho●e sommer men and women died thereof Iohn Hadle William Newport the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 50 Good Parliament Iohn Ward Grocer the 28. of October A Parliament commonly called the good Parliament was holden at Westminster in the which when a Subsidie was demaunded answere was made by Peter de la Mare Proloc●tor of the Parliamente that the King néeded not the substance of his poore Subiects if he were well and faithfully gouerned which he offered to proue effectually and promised that if it were found that the King had néede his subiects should be readie most gladlye to help him according to their power The Knightes required to haue the Lord Latimer with 1376 other remoued from about the King whome they sayd did giue him euill counsell whiche being done certaine Prelates Earles and other were ordeyned to gouerne the King who then was an olde man but this endured not long The commons also requested to haue remoued out of the Kings house a certayne proude woman called Alice Perce who by ouermuch familiaritie that she had with the King was cause of muche mischiefe in the Realme she excéeding the manner of Women sate by the Kings Justices and sometimes by the Doctours in the Consistories perswading and disswading in defence of matters and requesting things contrarie to law and honestie to the great dishonor of the King Also Richard Lious and Adam of Bury Citizens of London Adam Bury late Maior Richard Lions late Sherife a Goldsmith were accused by the commōs of diuers fraudes and deceipts which they had done to the King Richard Lions for money did wisely compoūd and escaped the other conuayde himselfe into Flanders but Sir Peter de la Mere who tolde the troth was at the instance of Alice Pierce condemned to perpetuall prison at Notingham The eyght day of June Prince Edward departed out of Blacke Prince deceassed Adam Meri●o this life who was in his time the floure of Chiualrie he was buried at Canterbury and then King Edwarde created Richard sonne of Prince Edward Earle of Chester Duke of Cornewall and Prince of Wales and bycause the King waxed féeble and sicklie he betooke the rule of the lande to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster The Earle of Warwickes men made a great spoyle of the Euisham spoyled Abbey of Euisham and the tenementes thereto belonging beating and sleying many of the Abbots men but by the King an agréement was made betwixt them but no full satisfaction Iohn Northampton Robert Laund the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Adam Staple Mercer the 28. of October In a Parliament at London there was granted suche a taxe as neuer was heard of before to wit of euery Lay person A great taxe both man woman aboue the age of fourtéene yeares four pence and of euen Religious person both man and woman that had any Ecclesiasticall promotion twelue pence and of them that had no promotion four pence except the four orders of begging Friers and also the Statutes of the good Parliament were disanulled and the abiured persons restored The Londoners at S. Iohns Inne of Ipres being stirred vp The Londoners meant to haue
to be set vp a royall chayre in purpose to chose a new king neare to the whiche the Prelates were set and on the other side sat the Lords and after the commōs in order first sat the Duke of Lancaster then the Duke of Yorke the Duke of Aumerle the Duke of Surrey the Duke of Excester and a Marques then in order the Earles of Arundale Norfolke March Stafford Penbroke Salisburie and Deuonshire the Erles of Northumberlande and Westmerlande sat not but went vppe and down and oftentimes knéeled as it fell in doing theyr offices The Archbishop of Canterburie made a Sermon and toke for his Theame Habuit Iacob benedictionē a prē suo which sermon being ended in latin a Doctour of the law stoode vp and red an instrument in the which was contained that K. Richard had by his owne confession disabled himselfe to be worthy to raigne and that he woulde resigne the crowne to such a one as was sufficiente to rule this instrument being red the Archbishop perswaded thē to procéede to the election of a new K. perceyuing they were al cōtented for ther wer not past four persons that wer of king Richards part they durst say nothing he asked each of thē whō they wold haue to their King whether the Duke of Yorke or not and they aunswered no he asked if they would haue his eldest son the D. of Aumarle and they sayd no he asked if they would haue his yongest son and they sayd no and so of diuerse other thē staying a while he asked if they wold haue the D. of Lancaster and then they aunswered they would haue none other This Diamounde being made thrice they drew certain instruments and charters and red them in presence of all that were there Thē y e Archbishops cōming to the Duke fell on theyr knées declaring to him how he was chosen King and willed him to take regarde if he would consent thereto thē the D. being on his knées rose declared y ● he accepted the realm sith it was ordayned by God Thē y e Archbishop red what y t new K. was bound vnto with certain ceremonies signed him with the crosse thē he kissed the Achbishop and they toke the ring with which the Kings be wedded to the realme and bare it to the Lord Percy that was Conestable who receyuing it shewed it to al the assembly and then put it on the kings finger the King then kissed the Conestable and then the Archbishops led him to the 〈◊〉 Royal and y ● K. made his prayers on his knées before it and after spake vnto them all first to y e Prelates then to the Lords al other so set him down in the seate thus he was inuested and K. Richard put down he sat a good while kept silence and so did all the rest for they were in prayer for his prosperitie in his gouernement when they had ended wher the offices were voyde the K. created the Lord Percy Conestable and toke him the staffe Then was chosen Ralph Earle of Westmerland Marshal Iohn Skirley Chanceller sir Richard Clifforde kéeper of the priuy seale many other officers were newely confirmed After this the Arcbishoppe spake certayne things in latin praying for y ● Kings prosperitie and the realmes and after spake in English exhorting all other there present to pray the like and then euery man sat down Then the king rose made his eldest son Prince of Wales then the Lords were sworne to be true to the Prince as before they had done to his Father hys seconde sonne was there made Duke of Lancaster Thus was king Richard deposed when he had raigned two and twenty yeres thrée monthes and odde dayes ¶ Henrie of Bolengbroke HEnrie the fourth son to Iohn of G●unte Duke Anno reg 1. of Lancaster was ordayned king of Englād more by force than by lawfull succession or election he began his raigne the 29. of September in the yere of our Lord God 1399. And was crowned at Westminster the xiij of October by Thomas Arundale Archbishop of Canterburie The Dukes of Yorke Surrey Aumarle and the Earle of Glocester bare the Canapie ouer him sir Thomas Dimmocke was champion and rode thrée times about the Hall This was a noble valiaunt Prince and after the Ciuill warres were appeased shewed himselfe louing to his subiectes He made Henrie his sonne Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwal Erle of Chester and heyre apparaunt to the crowne William Waldren William Hyde the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Knowles Grocer the. 28. of October After the solemnitie of the coronation the Lords commons streight procéeded to the Parliamēt In which it was inquired out of the death of the Duke of Glocester how hée had bin murdered at Caleis by the Duke of Norsfolke vpon y ● Kings commaundement King Hent●e created hys eldest s●●ne Prince of Wales Duke of 〈…〉 and Earle of Chester duke of Aquitaine In this Parliament it was ordained that the statutes made in the Parliament holden in the 21. yere of king Richard at Westminster and after proroged vnto Shrewesburie with all the circūstances to be adnulled reuoked made voyde and vtterly blotted out Also that the Parliament holdē at Westminster in the xj yere of K. Richard be holden firme and stable Also that the Lords other persōs which were iudged forth in the Parliament holden the 21. yere of King Richard their heires that be deade shoulde be wholy restored to their possessions without any ●uing liuèrie thereof to be made excepted that the Lords and other shal haue nothing of y e issues receiued in y e mean time The ● gaue to the E. of Northumberland y e I le of Man to be holdē of the K. by seruice to beare the sword w t which he entred into England And to the ● of Westmerland he gaue the Coūtie of Richmond Also Judgement was giuen against the Appellauntes of the Duke of Glocester in this maner The Lords in this present Parliament by she Kings assent iudge that the Dukes of A●●erle Surrey and Excester now present and were appellantes shal lo●e thryr names of Dukes and h●nors from hēceforth togither with the dignities of Dukes that the Marques Dorset that is present lose hys name of Macques the E. of Glocester which is presēt lose his name for him and his heires as y e aboue named persons do theirs that al● the castels possessions or manor's which they had of thē that belonged to those whom they appelled frō y e day of y ● arrest of the D. of Glocester the other Lords or after at any time simply without fauour or mercie they shal lose thē that al other castels possessiōs manours Lordships liberties which they helde of the Kings gift that day or after sh●ld rest in the kinge grace from y e h●●re and that all letters patents and Charters whiche they or
cast hym a lande beside Saint Marie Oueries When Quéene Margaret heard that the king was takē she wyth hir sonne and eight persons fled to the Castel of Hardlagh in Wales and was robbed by the way in Lancashire of all hir goodes to the valewe of ten thousande markes from thence she went into Scotland The tenth of August Iames King of Scottes besieging the Castle of Rockesborough was slaine with a Gun that brake in his Campe. The one and twentith of September the Duke of Somerset came from Gwines into England Anno. reg 39 Sherifes Maior Richard Flemming Iohn Lambert the 28. of September Richard Lee Grocer the. 28 of October The vitj. of October a Parliamēt was begun at Westminster vnto the which came Ri. duke of Yorke that a little before Parliament was come out of Irelande and being lodged in the Pallaice the Kyng being there he brake vp the dores of the Kyngs Chamber so that the King giuing hym place tooke an other Chamber Then the sayde Duke as right heyre by lyneall descent from Richard the seconde chalenged the realme purposing to haue bin crowned on Alhallown day next following and herevppon sente to the Parliament in wryting hys sayde clayme title and pedigrée The whych clayme after diligent deliberation had and approued by the sayde Parliamente peace and concorde betwéene the king and Duke on the Uigil of Alhalow was established and cōcluded as in Articles followeth BLessed be Iohn in whose handes and bountie refieth The Articles betvvixt King Henrie the Duke of Yorke and is the peace and vnitie betwixte Princes and the Weale of euerye Realme I knowe by whose direction agréed it is appointed and accorded as followeth betwixte the moste high and moste mightis Prince King Henrie the sixth King of England and of Fraunce and Lord of Irelande on y ● one party and the right high and mightie Prince Richard Plātagenet Duke of Yorke on that other party vpon certain matters of variaunce moued betwixt them and especially vpon the clayme and title vnto the Crownes of England and of Fraunce and Royall power estate and dignitie appertayning to the same and Lordship of Irelande opened shewed and declared by the sayde Duke afore all the Lordes spirituall and Temporall being in this present Parliament First where the saide Richarde Duke of Yorke hath declared and opened as aboue is sayde title and clayme in maner as followeth That the right noble and worthy Prince Henrie Kyng of Englande the third had issue and lawfullye got Edwarde his first begotten sonne borne at Westminster the xv Kalendes of July in the yeare of our Lord 12●9 and Edmond his second sonne which was borne on Saint Marcels day the yeare 1200. the whiche Edwarde after the death of Kyng Henrie hys Father intituled and called Kyng Edwarde the firste had issue Edward his first begotten sonne called after the decease of his Father Kyng Edward the seconde the whiche had issue Edward the thirde which Edward the third had issue Edward Prince of Wales William of Hatfield hys seconde sonne Leonel the thirde Duke of Clarence Iohn of Gaun● fourth Duke of Lancaster Edmond of Langley fifth Duke of Yorke Thomas of Woodstocke the sixth Duke of Glocester W. of Windsor the seuenth The said Edward Prince of Wales which dyed in the life time of hys Father had issue Richard which succéeded Edwarde the thirde his grandsire Richarde dyed without issue William of Hatfield the second sonne of Edwarde the thirde dyed without issue Leonel the thirde sonne of Edwarde the thirde Duke of Clarence hadde issue Phillip his daughter and heyre whych was coupled in matrimony vnto Edmond Mortimer Earle of Marche and had issue Roger Mortimer Earle of Marche hyr Sonne and heyre which Roger had issue of Edmond erle of March Roger Mortimer Anne and Elianor which Edmonde Roger and Alianor dyed without issue And the sayde Anne coupeled in matrimony to Richard Earle of Cambridge the sonne of Edmond of Langley the fifth sonne of Henrie the third and had issue Richard Plantagenet commonly called Duke of Yorke Iohn of Gaunt the fourth son of Edward the yonger brother of the sayde Leonel had issue Henrie Earle of Darby whiche incontinent after that King Richard resigned the Crownes of the Realmes and Lordship of Irelande vnrighteously entred vppon the same then being aliue Edmonde Mortimer Earle of Marche sonne to Roger Mortimer Earle of March sonne and heyre of the saide Phillippe daughter and heyre of the sayde Leonel the thirde sonne of the sayde King Edward the thirde to the whiche Edmonde the right and title of the sayde Crownes and Lordship by lawe and custome belonged To the whiche Richard Duke of Yorke as sonne to Anne daughter to Roger Mortimer Earle of March sonne and heyre of the sayd Phillip daughter and heyre of the sayde Leonell the third sonne of Kyng Edwarde the thirde the righte title dignitie Royall and estate of the Crownes of the Realmes of England and Frāce and the Lordshippe of Irelande pertayneth and belongeth a fore anye issue of the saide Iohn of Gaunt the fourth sonne of the same King Edwarde The sayde title notwithstanding and without preiudice of the sayde Richarde Duke of Yorke tenderly desiring the wealth reste and prosperitie of this land and to set apart all that might be trouble to the same and consyderyng the possession of the sayde Kyng Henne the sixth and that he hathe for hys tyme bene named taken and reputed for Kyng of Englande and of Fraunce and LORDE of Irelande is contented agréede and consenteth that hée bée hadde reputed and taken for Kyng of Englande and Fraunce wyth the Royall estate dignitye and preheminence belonging therevnto and Lorde of Irelande during hys naturall lyfe And for that time the saide Duke without hurte or preiudice of his saide righte and title shall take worshippe and honor him for his soueraigne Lorde Item the saide Richard Duke of Yorke shall promis and binde him by his solempne othe in maner and forme as foloweth In the name of God Amen I Richarde Duke of Yorke The othe of Richard Duke of Yorke promise and sweare by the faith and truth that I owe to Almightie God that I shal neuer consent procure or stirre directly or indirectly in priuie or aperte neyther as much as in me is shall suffer to be done consented procured or stirred any thing that may sound to the abridgement of the natural life of King Henry the sixth or to y ● hurt or diminishing of his raigne or dignitie royall by violence or anye otherwise againste his fréedome or libertie but if anye person or persons wold do or presume any thing to y ● contrary I shal with all my might power withstande it and make it to be withstoode as farre as my power wil stretche there●herevnto so helpe mée GOD and his holie Euangelistes Item Edward Earle of March and Edmund Earle of Rutlande sonnes of the saide Duke of Yorke shall make like
that theyr youth without recreation and play cannot endure nor any straunger for the coniecture of their both ages and estates so méetely in that poynt for any of them as eyther of them for other My Lord quoth the Quéene I say not nay but y ● it were The Queen●● aunsvver● ●ery conuenient y ● this Gentleman whom ye require were in company of the King his brother and in good fayth mée thynketh it were as great commoditie to them both as for yet a while to bein the custodie of their mother the tender age considred of y ● elder of them both but specially y ● yonger which besides hys infancie that also néedeth good looking to hath a while béene so sore diseased vexed with sikenesse and is so newlye rather a little amended than well recouered that I dare put no person earthly in trust with his kéeping but my selfe onely considering that there is as Phi●●tions say and as we also finde double the perill in the recidiuation that was in the first sicknesse with which disease Nature beyng sore laboured forewéeried and weakened wa●eth the lesse able to beare out and sustaine a newe surfette And albeit there myght be founde other that would happily doe their beste vnto hym yet is there none that eyther knoweth better how to order hym than I that so long haue kept hym or is more tenderly lyke to cheryshe hym than hys owne mother that bare hym No man denyeth good Madame quoth the Cardinall but that your grace were of all folke most necessarie about your chyldren so would all the Counsel not onely be content but glad that ye were if it myght stande wyth your pleasure to be in such place as myght stand wyth their honour But if you doe appoynt your selfe to tarrie héere then thynke they it more conuenient that the Duke of Yorke were wyth the King honorably at his lybertie to the comfort of them both than héere as a Sanctuarie man to their both dishonour and obloquie sith there is not alway so great necessytie to haue the Chylde to bée with the Mother but that occasion may sometime bée such y ● it should be more expedient to kéepe him elsewhere which in this well appeareth that at such time as your déerest sonne then Prince and nowe King shoulde for his honour and good order of the Countrey kéepe housholde in Wales farre out of your company your grace was well content there with your selfe Not very well content quoth the Quéen And yet the case is not like for the one was then in health and the other is now sicke In which case I maruell greatly that my Lord Protector is so desirous to haue hym in his kéeping where if the chyld in hys sickenesse miscarrie by nature yet myght he runne into sclaunder and suspition of fraude And where they call it a thing so sore agaynst my childes honour and theyrs also that he bydeth in this place it is all their honors thereto suffer him bide where no man doubteth he shall be best kepte and that is héere whyle I am héere which as yet intende not to come forth and ieoperd my selfe after other of my friendes which would God were rather here in suertie with me thā I were there in ieoperdie with them Why Madame quoth an other Lord know you any thing why they should be in ieoperdie Nay verily sir quoth shée nor why they shoulde be in prison neyther as they now bée But it is I trowe no great maruell though I feare least those that haue not letted to put them in duresse without colour will let as little to procure theyr destruction without cause The Cardinal made a countenaunce to the other Lorde that he shoulde harp no more vpon that string then said he to the Quéene that he nothing doubted but that those Lordes of hir honorable kynne which as yet remayned vnder arrest shoulde vppon the matter examined doe well ynough and as towarde hir noble person neyther was nor coulde be anye manner ieoperdie Whereby shoulde I trust that quoth the Quéene in that I am gyltlesse as though they were giltie in that I am with their enimyes better loued than they when they hate them for my sake in that I am so ●éere of kynne to the Kyng and howe farre they be of if that would helpe as God send grace it hu●● not and therefore as for me I purpose not as yet to depart hence And as for this Gentleman my sonne I mynde that he shall bée where I am tyll I sée further for I assure you for that I sée some men so gréedie without any substantiall cause to haue hym this maketh me much the more fearder to delyuer him Truely Madame quoth he and the fearder that you be to deliuer him the feader bin other men to suffer you to kéepe him least your causelesse feare might cause you farther to conuey him and many be there that thinke he can haue no priuiledge in this place which neyther can haue wyll to aske it nor malice to deserue it and therefore they recken no priuiledge broken though they fetche him out which if ye finally refuse to deliuer him I verily thinke they will So much dread hath my Lorde his Uncle for the ●ender loue he beareth him least your grace shoulde hap to send him away A Syr quoth the Quéene hath the Protector so tender The Queene zeale y t he feareth nothing but least he shoulde escape him Thinketh he that I woulde send him hence whych neyther is in the plyght to send out and in what place coulde I recken hym sure if he be not sure in the Sanctuarie whereof was there neuer Tyraunt yet so diuellyshe that durst presume to breake And I trust God is as strong now to withstand his aduersaries as euer he was But my sonne can deserue no Sanctuarie and therfore he can not haue it Forsooth he hath founde a goodly glose by which that place that may defend a Théefe may not saue an Innocent But he is in no ieoperdie nor hath no néede thereof would God he had not Troth the Protector I pray God he may proue a Protector troweth he that I perceyue not where vnto hys paynted processe draweth It is not honorable that the Duke byde here It were comfortable for them both that he were with his brother bycause the King lacketh a play-fellowe be ye sure I pray God send them both better play-fellowes than hym that maketh so high a matter vpon such a tryfelyng pretext As though there coulde none be founde to play wyth the King but if hys brother that hath no luste to play for sickenesse come out of Sanctuarie out of his safegarde to play with him As though Princes as yong as they he could not play but ●●rth their Peeres or children coulde not playe but with their kinred with whom for the more part they agrée much worse than with straungers But the childe can not require the priuiledge who tolde him
foughte on the euen of Saint Simon and Iude but as God woulde there fell suche rayne the nighte before that the two Armyes coulde not méete wherevppon they desyred the Duke of Northfolke to sue vnto the Kyngs Maiestie for theyr pardon and that they myghte haue their liberties c. whyche the Duke promised and rode poste to the Kyng then lying at Windesore to know his pleasure and so appeased them Sir Robert Aske Commotion appeased that was chiefe of this Rebellion came to London and was not only pardoned but rewarded with great giftes Sir Ralph Euers kept Skarbrow Castel in the North béeing Sir Ralph Euers his good seruice in the North. sixe wéekes beséeged by the Rebelles twentye dayes whereof he and all his companye whiche were his onely friends seruants and tenants and serued for good will to him were forced to susteyne themselues with bread and water and yet kept the same safe to the end of the sayd Rebellion and so deliuered it to King Henry who sente hym soone after to serue in the bordures against Scotland where in great credite he continued his seruice kéeping the Scottes without doing hurt to England and with such obedience of them as within twentie miles of the bordures of Scotlande fore against him there was not a Scotte but at his commandement and so continued till he was killed in Anno 1545. Robert Paget Mer. Taylor William Bowyer the 28. of Se. Sherifes Maior Sir Ralph Warreine Mercer the 28. of October The xij of Nouember Sir Thomas Newman Priest bare a faggot at Pawles Crosse for singing Masse with good ale Penaunce at Paules crosse The xiij of Nouember Maister Robert Pagington a Mercer of London was slaine with a gunne as he was going to Robert Pagington murthered morrow Masse to Saint Thomas of Akers nowe called the Mercers Chappell but the murtherer was neuer openly knowne till by his owne confession made when he came to the Gallowes at Banbery where he was hanged for felonie The 22. of December the Thames being frozen the king and Quéene Iane rode through London to Greenewich The third of February was Thomas Fitzgarret sonne The Barle of Kildare and fine of his Vnckle 's executed and heire to the Earle of Kildare beheaded and fi●e of hys Unckles drawne hanged and quartered at Tiborne for Treason In the same moneth Nicholas Musgraue Thomas Gilby and other stirred a new Rebellion and beséeged the A nevv commotion in Yorkeshire Another conspiracie Citie of Carelile from whence they were driuen and many of them taken and put to death Also the same moneth Sir Francis Bigot Sir Robert Constable and other beganne● conspiracie and for the same were attaynted The xxix of March were twelue men of Lincolne drawne 1537 to Tiborne and there hanged quartered fiue were priestes and sea●en were lay men one was an Abbot a Suffragan Lincolneshir● men executed Doctor Mackerell another was the Uicar of Louthe in Lincolneshire and two Priests In Aprill through certayne commissions sent into Sommersetshire Anno reg 29 A commotion in Sommersetshire to take vp Corne the people began to make an insurrection which was by Mayster Pawlet and other alayed the beginners to the number of thréescore were condemned whereof fourtéene were hanged and quartered one of them was a woman In June the Lord Darcy the Lord Hussey Sir Robert Constable Sir Thomas Percy Sir Francis Bigot Sir Stephen Hamelton Sir Iohn Bulmer and his wife William Lomley Nicholas Tempest Esquier Robert Aske William Thurst Abbot of Fountaynes Adam Sodbury Abbot of Ger●ax the Abbot of Riuers William Wold Prior of Birlington were all put to death Sir Robert Constable at Hull ouer the gate called Beuerley gate Aske hanged in chaynes on a Tower at Yorke Margaret Cheyny otherwise Lady Boulmer burned in Smithfield Lorde Darcy beheaded at Tower hill Lord Hussey at Lincolne and the other sixe in number suffered at Tiborne The xxvj of August the Lord Cromwell Lorde priuie Seale was made Knight of the Garter The xij of October about two of the clocke in the morning Prince Edvvard borne was borne at Hampton Court Prince Edwarde and Quéene Iane his mother left hir life the xiiij of October The xviij of October y e Prince was made Prince of Wales Duke of Cornewall and Earle of Chester Edward Seymour Lord Beauchamp the Quéenes brother was made Earle of Hertford and Sir William Fitz William Lord Admirall was made Earle of Hampton and Mayster Pawlet was made Uiztreasurer Sir Iohn Russell Comptroller of the kings house Mayster Henedge Maister Long Mayster Kneuet of the Kings priuie Chamber Knightes Mayster Coffin Mayster Listar and Mayster Seimour the Quéenes brother Knightes Iohn Gresham Thomas Lewen the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Richard Gresham Mercer the 28. of October The xviij of October Edward Uiscount Beauchamp was created Earle of Hertford and Sir William Fitz william States created Lord Admirall was created Earle of Southampton at Hampton Court The same day and in the same place were made these Knightes Sir Thomas Hennedge Sir Thomas Seymer Sir Richard Long Sir William Coffin Sir Michaell Listar and Sir Henry Kneuet On Alhallowen euen Lord Thomas Howard brother to Lord Thomas Hovvard deceassed the Duke of Norffolke dyed prisoner in the Tower of London and was buryed at Thetford and then the Lady Margaret Dowglas was pardoned and releassed out of the Tower The xij of Nouember the corpse of Quéene Iane was with great solemnitie conuayde from Hampton Court toward Windsore and there buryed The xxiiij of February being Sonday the Roode of Roode of grace shevved at Povvles Boxley in Kent called the Roode of Grace made with dyuers vices to moue the eyes and lippes was shewed at Powles Crosse by the Preacher which was Bishop of Rochester and there it was broken and plucked in péeces The xxv of February Sir Iohn Allen Priest and also an Irish Gentleman of the Garets were hanged and quartered at Tiborne The second of March the Image of the Roode called Saint Sauiour at Bermondsey Abbey in Southwarke was taken down Saint Sauiour in Southvvarke by the Kings commandement The xxj of March Henry Harfam Customer of P●●m●●●●● Thomas Ewell were hāged quartered at Tiborne The xxij of May Frier Forest was hanged by the midle in a chaine of Iron and then brent in Smithfield for denying 1538 Anno reg 30 Frier Forest brent the King to be supreme head of the Church c. with hym was brent the Image of Daruell Gatherine of Wales and the next night following the Roode at Saint Margaret Paitins by Tower streete was broken all to p●eces with his Tabernacle that he stoode in The xxvij of May was a great fire in Saint Margaret Fire in R●●d● Lane Patins Parish among the Basketmakers where were brent and perished in thrée houres aboue a dozen houses and nine persons cleane brent to death Battayle Abbey
Glastenburie brent Pag. 213 Gorbodug king Pag. 24 Gorbomanus king Pag. 29 Gorbonian king Pag. 30 Gospell preached in England Pag. 57 Godwin Sands Pag. 173 Good Parliament Pag. 467. euil Parliament Pag. 519. lay mans Parliament Pag. 559 Golden Rose sent from Rome Pag. 933 Gold enhaunsed Pag. 941 Grantham builded Pag. 29 Grantbridge or Cambridge Pag. 122 Grey Friers in England Pag. 259 Grifithe of Wales brake his necke out of the Tower of London Pag. 269 Grauesend Bishop of London Pag. 315 Groates halfe groates coyned Pag. 420 Grey Friers in Londō an Hospital Pag. 1053 Great and wonderful tempestes Pag. 1106 Gardner made Lord Chauncellour Pag. 1071 deceased Pag. 1099 Great Hary a slip brent Pag. 1071 Great seale taken from the Lord Riche page Pag. 1050 Greenewich Towne builded Pag. 240 Giles Church brent Pag. 1032 Great flouds Pag. 1099 Great fishes Pag. 1053 Great muster in London Pag. 1015 Gwindolen Queene Pag. 19 Gurgustus king Pag. 23 Gurgustius King Pag. 28 Guinthelinus king Pag. 28 Gurguinus king Pag. 30 Guinouer wife to Arthur Pag. 81 Gurmondchester builded Pag. 88 Guy Earle of Warwicke slew Colbronde Page 131 Guisnes gotten by the English Pag. 421 Gunnes muented Pag. 480 Guilde Hall in London builded Pag. 573 Gunne shot at the Preacher Pag. 1091 H. HAdrianus a Romaine Pag. 54 Hadley in Essex Pag. 124 Harold a Dane King Pag. 141 Hardicanutus king Pag. 142 Harold king Pag. 146. slaine Pag. 147 Hartes leapt into the Sea Pag. 240 Hales Owen reedified Pag. 251 Halfepence and farthings round Pag. 299 Handes of men cut of for rescuing of a prisoner Pag. 306 Hastings brent Pag. 472 Harlow Castel wonne Pag. 721 Hayle stones Pag. 18. ynches about Pag. 870 Hayle in Northamptonshire did muche harme Pag. 1174 Hailestones figured like mē heads Pag. 103 Hangman hanged Pag. 1013 Helius king Pag. 31 Helen mother to Constantine Pag. 69 Hengest Saxon. Pag. 80. king of Kent Pag. 83 Hengest first king of Kent Pag. 190 Hereforde Bishoppes Sea founded Pag. 106 Hereford brent Pag. 164 Hen●ie the first Pag. 176 Hereford brent Pag. 189 Henrie the seconde king Pag. 200 wenteagainst the Welchmen Pag. 201 Hergelius Patriarke Pag. 214 Hedges burned Pag. 237 Henrie the third King Pag. 252 Herdesmen go toward Ierusalem Pag. 340 Hugh Spencer executed Pag. 349 350 Henrie Percy created Erle of Northumberland Pag. 471 Henrie bastard of Spaine Pag. 475 Herfleete besieged Pag. 589 Henrie sonne to Iohn of Gaunt created Duke of Hereforde Pag. 527 accufeth the Duke of Norffolke Pag. 528 banished Pag. 529 returneth into Englande Pag. 532. chosen king Pag. 540 crowned ●42 conspiracie againste him Pag. 544. entreth Scotlande Pag. 547. in great daunger Pag. 549 marieth the dutches of Brytaine Pag. 553. conspiracie against him Pag. 563. writeth to the Pope Pag. 571. ended his life Pag. 576 Henrie Beauchamp created duke of Warwicke Pag. 648 Henrie Lord Bourcher made Earle of Essex Pag. 713 Henrie son to Henrie the seauenth borne Page 865 Henrie sonne to Henrie the fourth made prince of Wales Pag. 541. his demean of at his fathers deathe Pag. 576. crowned king Pag. 583. entreth Normandie Pag. 588. Pag. 599. returneth home Pag. 597. deceased Pag. 614 Henrie the sixth borne at Windsor Pag. 612 King of England and of Fraunce Pag. 618 crowned Pag. 633. at Paris Pag. 635. fled into Scotlande Pag. 712. disherited Pag. 713 taken Pag. 717 ●estored Pag. 725. sent to the Tower prisoner Pag. 727. murdered Pag. 729. his cōmendation Pag. 730 his Colledge Pag. 731. his death Pag. 756. buried at Windsor Pag. 84● Edward Prince borne in Sanctuarie Pag. 726 Pag. 807. King of Englande Pag. 7●● his aunswere to his mother Pag. 805 murdered Page 828 Henrie Earle of Richmonde landed at Mylford hauen Pag. 851. proclaymed king Pag. 858 drowned Pag. 861. besieged Buloigne Pag. 866 builded a Chapple at Westminster Pag. 875. Hospitall of the Sauoy Pag. 891. deceased ibidem his sepulchre Pag. 892 Hingwer the Dane slayne Pag. 123 Honorius Emperour Pag. 73 Hokenorton a towne Pag. 129 Houndsdich Pag. 139 Hofen a payre for a king three shillings Page 168 Howses blowne down in Cheape Pag. 170 Hospital of Saint Leonard at Yorke foūded Pag. 175 Hospitall of Saint Giles Pag. 183 Hospital of Saint Crosse builded Pag. 185 Hospital of s Thomas in Southwark Pag. 244 Hospitall at Oxford Pag. 263 Hospital of Saint Marie at London Pag. 265 Hospital at Lecester founded Pag. 365 Hogges in Normandie brent by Edward the third Pag. 394 Hospitall at Kingston founded Pag. 461 Housekeeping of the Earle of Warwike Page 722 House at London bridge fell into the Thames Pag. 748 Humber a Riuer Pag. 18 Humfrey Duke of Glocester chalengeth to cōbat with Philip D. of Burgoign Pag. 625. marieth Elianor Cobham Pag. 631. dyed at Bury Pag. 650. debate betwene the D. of Glo. and the Bi. of Winchester Pag. 627 I. I Ago King Pag. 23 Saint Iames in Bristowe builded Pag. 181 Iames Churche at Garlike Hithe builded Pag. 349 Iaqueline Dutchesse of Henalt Pag. 623 married to the Duke of Gloucester Pag. 624 Iames son to the King of Scottes taken Pag. 567. released of his imprisonment Pag. 629 Iacke Cade a rebel Pag. 652. Pag. 653 entred London Pag. 659. pardoned Pag. 661. beheaded Page 663 Iames house purchased by the king Pag. 798 Ida firste King of the Northumbers Pag. 107 Iewels hāged and left in the high wayes not touched but of the owners Pag. 127 Iewes robbed Pag. 220. imprisoned Pag. 238. spoyled Pag. 246. their Synagogue Pag. 262 Iewes borne in Englande Pag. 273. hanged Page 275 Iewe drowned Pag. 277. Iewes spoyled Pag. 278 Iewes executed Pag. 298. their Synagogues destroyed Pag. 301. banished Pag. 304 Iewes and Leapers poysoned waters Pag. 341 Iedworth in Scotland brent Pag. 933 Iewels and Church Plate called into the Kings hande Pag. 10●7 Ioseph of Aramath ●7 Iohn the Kings sonne made Lord of Irelande Pag. 294 Iohn the Kings brother rebelled Pag. 221. 223 Iohn King Pag. 230. diuorced Pag. 231. sommoned to the Frenche Courte Pag. 232. resigned the Crowne and absolued Pag. 243. crossed to Hierusalem Pag. 245. fled Pag. 249. hys treasure drowned Pag. 250 Iohn Eure helde landes in Scotlande Pag. 319 Iohn Kirby hanged Pag. 480 Iohn Ball hanged Pag. 489 Iohn Wraw hanged Pag. 491 Iohn Philpots worthiness● Pag. 476. Pag. 479. deceassed Pag. 495 Murder in Westminster Church Pag. 477 Iohn Northamptons sedition Pag. 493 Iohn Holand created Erle of Huntingtō Page 507 Iohn Duke of Lancaster entreth Spaine Pag. 500. made Duke of Aquitaine Pag. 510 marryeth Katherine Swinford Pag. 518. dyeth Pag. 530 Iohn Gower Pag. 548 Sir I. Oldeastel cōuict Pag. 584. executed Pag. 599 Iohn Beaufort made Duke of Somerset Page 647 Iohn Dauy loste hys hande in Cheape Page 713 Iohn Duke of Bedford regent of France married Anne daughter to the Duke of Burgoigne Pag. 619 Saint Iohns in Smithfielde suppressed Page 1019 Ione Butcher brent Pag. 1047 Ile of Shepey Pag. 115 Ile of Wight
that is to say y e Fleete of Wepped where they slew xij Dukes or Captaynes of the Britaines with many other where as on the part of y ● Saxons there was one only man slaine whose name was Wepped The fourth battell was fought by Hengest Eske against the Britaines who obtaining the victory gote an innumerable spoile in whiche battell the Britaines fledde from the Angles VOrtiger obteined againe the Kingdome and shortly after 460 Hengest which was chased into the I le of Thanet entred the land with a number of Saxons but when he hearde of the great assembly the Britaines had made against him he treated W. Malme for peace which in fine was cōcluded Shortly after Hengest by a guile which before he had deuised bid his son in law iij. C. of his Nobles vnto a feast or banquet where when he The Barons of the Britaine 's slaine at a banquet had ouerlaid his guests with ouermuch Wine he fel to quarelling with taunting talke pinched euery one of thē and straight fel to fighting wherthrough the Britaines were slaine euery one The King was taken prisoner and forced to giue The King taken prisoner for his ransome Kent Sussex Suffolke Northfolke This murther of the Britans was on y t plaine of Salesbury Then Hengest began his dominion ouer Kent Vortiger fled into Wales Hengest King of Kent builded there a Castel of which building lōg let of y e same and of his Prophet Merlin Geffrey Monmouth and others speake many things Great cōpanies of y e Saxōs dayly flocked Beade into this Iland grew so strong y ● the people of y ● Countrey which sent for thē stoode in great feare of their puissance for those Saxons had taken league with the Picts began to turne their force vpō the Britaines and to be short the fire once kindled A miserable state of the Britaynes in y t lands of the Paganes there tooke iust reuenge of y ● wickednes of the people raging first vpō the Cities Countrey next adioyning after from the East sea to the Weast ouerwhelming all the whole Iland without resistance both publike priuate houses were ouerthrowne to y e groūd the Priests were slaine standing at the altare the Bishops with their flocke were murthered without respect of their dignity nor there was any that woulde bury the slaine some of the miserable leauings being takē in the hilles were there killed other being sterued with hunger were faine to créepe out of their caues buy their victuall at their enimies hāds with sale of their libertie for euer if yet they were not killed out of hand other fled ouer the Seas with an heauie hearte other tarying stil in their coūtrey in feare of death lacke of foode liued ful miserably in y e Mountaines woods Cliffes Aurelius Ambrose and Vther bréethren of Constantine y t was before slaine in France landed with a Nauie of Ships at Totnes made war vpon Vortigerne and buried him in his Castell in Wales when he had secondly raigned vj. yeares AVrelius-Ambrose was ordeined king of Britaine in whose time the Britaines by little little began to take strength 466 Beade Wil. Malme and courage vnto thē comming out of their caues in whiche they lucked before and with one consent calling for heauēly help that they might not for euer be vtterly destroyed they had then for their Captaine a Romane called Ambrosius Aurelius a gentle natured man which only of all the bloud of the Romanes remayned then aliue his parents being slayne whiche bare the name of King of the Countrey This man being their Captayne they assembled themselues togither and prouoking the victors to the fighte through Gods assistance atchieued the victorie and from that day forward now the men of the Countrey now the enimie had the victorie vntill the yeare that Bathe was beséeged where they gaue their enimies a greate ouerthrowe which was about the xliiij yeare of their comming into the land but of this we shall speake more héereafter This Ambrosius caused the Churches to be repaired Brute Booke whiche had bin spoyled by the Saxons He caused the greate Stonehenge besides Salesburie Gadeasins Tilberiensis stones to be sette on the playne of Salesburie whiche is called Stonehinge in remembrance of the Britaines that were slaine and buryed there in the time of Vortiger at the banquet and communication of Hengist with the Saxons A Saxon named Cella with his thrée sonnes and a company Kingdome of the South Saxons Agar●a Scot. Brute Booke of Saxons landed in the South part of Britaine A Saxon named Porth landed with his two sonnes Byda and Meagla at an Hauen in South-hamptonshire after whome the Hauen is named Portesmouth The third Kingdome of the East Saxons began in Britain Kingdome of the East Angles vnder Duke Vffa Aurelius Ambrosius being poysoned dyed when he had raigned 32. yeares and was buryed at Stonehinge called Chorea Gigantum VTher Pendragon so called for that he caused alwayes a 498 Gafrid Arbor Succes Dragon to be borne before him in his battels was crowned King of Britaine he vanquished Otta and Oza at Windgate by Coquet Riuer He was enamored vppon Igren the Dukes Wife of Cornewall and to obtayne his vnlawfull lust made warre vpō hir husband Goilen and slew him in battell at Duvilioc On hir he begat Arthure He raigned eyghtéene yeare and was buryed at Stonhinge ARthure the sonne of Vther borne in Cornewall at the age 516 of fiftéene yeares was crowned King of Britaine as some say at Caerleon other at Winchester one old namelesse pamflet saith at Cilicester by Dubritius Archbishop of Legions Nene●iu● This Citie of Cilicester in British is called Caier segent and was scituate néere Reading It was so called for that Constantius the sonne of Constantine the great dyed Sea Cr● there his Sepulture might once haue bin séene there besides the Citie as the Letters engranen on it in stone did declare He tooke to Wife Guinouer Cousin to Cador Duke of Cornewall and Daughter to the King of Biscay Of this King there be many fabulous reportes but certayne Wil. Malmesbery he was a Prince as Malmesberie saith more worthy to haue aduancement by true Histories than false Fables being the only proppe and vpholder of this his Countrey In the beginning of his raigne Lotho and Conradus his Aurea Histor allies enuying his prosperitie made Warre against him but he valiantlye vanquished them with their Pictes and Scottes at his pleasure and appoynted them a Gouernoure Sea Cr● Neni●● named Anguisell He fought twelue fieldes against the Saxons and alwayes bare away the victorie of whiche the last was fought at Bath where by his owne prowesse and manhoode he vanquished nine hundred Afterward he raysed the Malmesberie séege which the Saxons had planted about Lincolne and slewe them in great numbers Thus hauing abated the
hys Dominion He granted the Priuiledge vnto Saint Edmund in which the limits of the Towne of Edmundes Burie are conteyned On Saint Austins day in the kings town named Puckelchurch W. Malme the King whilest he woulde haue saued his Sewar from the handes of a wicked théefe called Leofe was slayne when he had raigned fiue yeares and. vij monthes and was buried at Glastenburie ELdrede succéeded Edmunde his brother for hys sonnes 946 Sp● Histo Rich. Ciren Edwyne and Edgar were thoughte too yong to take on them so great a charge He tooke on him but as protector but afterwardes he was crowned at Kingstone This Eldred had the earnest fauour of the commons bycause he was a great maintayner of honestie and also most abhorred naughty and vnruely persons for his expertnesse in feates of armes he was much commended whereby he quieted and kepte in due obeysaunce the Northumbers and Scottes and exiled the Danes He placed the Bishoppe of Cornewal at Saint Germaines where it continued tyll the time of Edward nexte before the conquest in whose time it was translated to Excester In the yere 951. he committed to prison Wolstan Archbyshoppe Ma●●●nus Canturb recordes of Yorke in Luthaberie bycause he often had bene accused to haue commaunded manye Citizens of Thetforde to be slaine in reuenge of the Abbot Adelme vniustly by them slaine he was a yeare after released and restoared to hys sea King Eldred builded Mich at Abindone gaue gret lāds Asses and confirmed them Charters with seales of golde He raigned ix yeares and was buried in the Cathedrall Church at Winchester in the old Monasterie EDwyn succéeded his vncle Eldred in the kingdome He 955 was crowned at Kingstone of whom is left no honest memorie for one heynous acte by him committed in the beginning of his raigne In the selfe daye of hys coronation he sodainely wythdrewe A vicious king W. Malme Speculum Hist ●i Cirecest himselfe from his Lordes and in the sight of certaine persons rauished his owne kinswoman the wife of a noble man of his realme and afterwarde slewe hir husband that he might haue the vnlawfull vse of hir beautie For whyche acte and for bannishing Dunstane he became odible to hys subiectes and of the Northumbers and people of middle Englande that rose against him was depriued when he had raigned The king depriued four yeres He dyed and was buried in the new Abbey of Winchester EDgar the peaceable brother to Edwyne was crowned at 959 King Crovvned at Bathe Bathe He was so excellent in iustice and sharpe in correction of vices as wel in his magistrates as other subiects that neuer before his dayes was vsed lesse fellonie by robbers or extortion or briberie by false officers He chastised y e Alfridus Beuerla great negligence couetousnesse and vicious liuing of the clergie and broughte them to a better order Of stature hée was but little yet of minde valiaunt and hardie and verye Marinus Alredus Riual expert in martial pollicie He prepared a gret nauie of 3600. ships which he deposed in thrée parts of his realme and had souldiours alway prest and readie against the incursions of forrain and strange enimies King Edgar hauing restored new founded xlvij Monasteries which before his time had bin destroyed and intending to continue that his intent tyll the number of 50. were accomplished he confirmed the Monasterie of Worcester whiche Oswalde then Bishop of Worcester VVorcester nu●ster restored Ex charta regia by the kings consente and leaue had enlarged and augmented and made it the Cathedrall Churche of that shire The Princes of Wales payde to him yearely in name of Tribute VVolues destroyed 300. Wolues by meanes whereof within thrée yeres in England and Wales might scarcely be found one Wolef The Danes and all other people in England vsed the vice Against qua●●ing of great drincking The king therefore put downe many alehouses and would suffer but one in a village or Towne except it were a great borough he ordayned certaine Cuppes Lavvs against dronkardes with pinnes or nayles and made a lawe that who soeuer dranke paste that marke at one draughte shoulde forfayte a certaine payne Alwynus Alderman earle of East-angle kinsman to king Edgar founded the Abbey of Ramsey King Edgar confirming Ramsey fon̄ded Ex charta regia the same on Christmasse daye 974. in the presence of all the Nobilitie The same yere was an Earthquake through al England Edgar being at Chester entred the riuer of Dee hée tooke Eight kings rovved K. Edgar Horiacensis Iohn Pike Eulogium W. Malme Alfridus Beuerla Speculum histo the rule of the Helme and caused eyght kings to rowe hym vnto Saint Iohns Church and from thence vnto hys Palaice in token that he was Lord and King of so many Prouinces The names of the eight Kings were Rinoch king of Scottes Malcoline of Cumberland Macone king of Man and of many Ilands Dufnal King of Demecia or South Wales Siferth and Huwall kings of Wales Iames king of Galaway and ●i Cir●●●st Rog H●●ed Flores Historiarū R●y●●lf Hygden Hērie Bradshaw Edmerus 〈…〉 Osbernus Autonius Archi. Marianus Scotus Iukil of Westmerlande King Edgar raigned sixetéene yere was buried at Glastenburie By his first wife Egelslede as some doe write or by a religious votarie as some other doe write he hadde issue Edward surnamed the martyr who succéeded after his Father Of his wife Elfrith daughter to Ordgarus Duke of Deuonshire he receyued another son named Ethelrede a daughter named Wolfrith EDward the sonne of Edgar was crowned at Kingstone by y ● 975 The king crovvned at Kingstone Iohn Pike W●l Malme Alfridus Peuerl Speculum histo Ri. Ciren Flores Historiarū The king murthered by his step mother handes of Dunstan Archbishoppe of Canturburie and Oswalde Archbishoppe of Yorke This man might well be compared to his Father for his modest●e and gentlenesse so that he was worthyly fauoured of all men except onely of hys stepmother and other of hir aliaunce whyche euer bare a grudge against him for so muche as she desired to haue y ● gouernaunce of the realme for hir owne sonne Ethelred This Edward while he was hūting in a forest by chāce lost his companie and rode alone to refresh himselfe at the Castell of Corffe where by Counsayle of his stepmother Elfrede he was traytorouslye murthered as he satte on hys horsse when he had raigned thrée yeares He was buried at Warham and after at Shaftesburie Elphred did after take great penaunce and builded two VVarvvel and Almesbury built monasteries of Nuns Almesburie Warwel in which Warwel the after liued a solitarie life till she dyed ETheldrede commonly called Unready the sonne of King 978 W. Malme Speculum Hist Ric● Ciren Edgar by his seconde wife Elphrede was crowned at Kingstone But bycause he came to the Kingdome by wicked meanes and by killing his brother he coulde neuer
There was also a yong man and two women broughte before them the yong man would not come in any Church nor be partaker of the Sacraments but had suffered himselfe to be crucified in whom y ● scars of al y e woūds were to be séene in his hāds head side Radulphus Cog. f●et he reioiced to be called Jesus of these women other One of the women being olde was accused for be●●● ching Radulphus Cog. Wal. Couentren Nicholas Triues the yong man vnto such madnesse and also altering hir owne name procured hirself to be called Mary the mother of Christ They being cōuict of these crimes and other were adiudged to be closed vp betwéene two wals of stone where they ended their liues in miserie The other woman Counterfaite Marie and Christ being sister to the yong man was let go bycause she reue●led the wicked fact On Saint Iames day the Citizens of London kept game● of defence and wrestling néere vnto the Hospital of Matild VVrestling Mathew Paris where they got the maisterie of the menne of the Suburbes The Baylife of Westminster deuising to be reuenged proclaymed a game to be at Westminster vppon Lammas daye wherevnto the Citizens of London repayred and when they had played a while the Baylie with the men of the suburbs harnised themselues and fell to fighting that the Citizens being foully wounded were forced to runne into the Citie where they rang the common Bel and assembled the Citizens in gret number and when the matter was declared euery man wished to reuenge the fact The Maior of the Citie being a wise man and a quiet willed them firste to moue the Abbot of Westminster of the matter and if he wold promise to sée amendes made it were sufficient but a certaine A tu●ult in London Citizen named Constantine Fitz Arnul●e willed that all houses of the Abbot and Baylie should be pulled downe whiche word being once spoken the common people issued out of the Citie without anye order and fought a ciuil battaile for Constantine the firste pulled downe many houses and of●times with a loude voyce cryed in prayse of the sayd Constantine the ioye of the mountaine the ioy of the mountaine God helpe and the Lord Lodowike A fewe dayes after this tumult the Abbot of Westminster Cro. D●n Abbot of VVestminster pat to his shifts came to London to Phillip Dawbney one of the kings counsel to complaine of the iniuries done to him which the Londoners perceyuing beset the house aboute and tooke by violence twelue of the Abbots horsses away cruelly beating of his men c. But whiles the foresayde Daubney laboured to pacifie the vprore the Abbot gotte out at a backe dore of the house and so by a boate on the Thamis hardlye escaped the Citizens throwing stones after him in great aboundāce These things being thus done Hubert de Burgo Justiciar Chief Iustice en tred the Citie of London vvith an army of England with a great armye of men came to the Tower of London and sent for the Maior and Aldermē of whom he enquired for the principal aucthours of this faction Then Constantine who was constaunt in the sedition was more constante in the aunsweare affirming that he had done it and that he hadde done muche lesse than he ought to haue done The Justiciar tooke him and two other with him and in y ● morning earely sent them to Falcatius by water with a gret number of armed men who brought Constantine to the gallowes Cōstātine vvith other hanged and when he sawe the rope about his necke he offered for his life 15000. marks but that would not saue him so he was hanged with Constantine his nephew Galfride that proclaymed his proclamation on the sixtéenth of August Then the Justiciar entring the City with a great army Mathew Paris Feete handes of many cut of caused to be apprehended as many as he coulde learne to be culpable whose féet and hands he caused to be cut off which crueltie caused many to flée the Citie The King toke of the Citizens 60. pledges which he sēt to diuers Castelles he desposed the Maior appointing a Gardien or kéeper ouer the Citie and caused a greate gybet to be made and after heauie threatnings the Citizens were reconciled paying to the king manye thousande Anno reg 7 Tempestes and dearth markes On holy Rode daye was great Thunder and lightning throughout all England and such great flouds of water followed with great windes and tempest which continued tyll Candlemasse that the yeare following wheate was sold for xij shillings the quarter Richard Renger Thomas Lambert the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Searle Mercer the 28. of October On Saint Andrewes daye a great Thunder ouerthrewe Great tempests Churches Castels and houses so that scantly any body escaped frée from harme by this Tempeste A Knight and hys wife and eyghte menne of hys housholde with the fall of his house were slaine in Pilardestune a villedge of Warwickeshire In a Counsel holden at London the Archbishop of Canturburie 1223 and other the nobilitie and Barons of the Realme required the king to confirme the liberties for the whiche the warre was moued against his Father and that himselfe at the departing of Lewes out of Englande sware to obserue where vppon forthwith the King sente his letters to all the Sherifes of the realm commanding them to inquire by the othes of twelue lawfull men in euery Countie what liberties were in England in the time of King Henrie his grandfather and to send the inqusition so made to London fiftéene dayes after Easter Iohn de Brennes king of Ierusalem and chiefe maister of K. of Ierusalem the Hospital there came into England and required ayde to winne Ierusalem but he returned with smal comfort Leolyn Prince of Wales founded the Castell of Mountgomerie Tho. Wikes and therewith certaine Englishmen in despighte of the King attempted to constraine William Marshall Earle of Penbroke and other to yéelde to them but the whole Countrey Anno reg 8. Sherifes Maior 1224 Mathew Paris rose in armour and ouercame them Iohn Trauers Andrew Bokerel the. 28. of September Richard Renger the. 28. of October The Earle of Chester and other rose against the king and hys Justiciars for the custodyes of the Castelles and landes whyche the Kyng demaunded of them Wherefore the Archbishop of Canturburie and the Byshops excommunicated al the perturbers of the king and the Realme The Earle of Chester and his complices perceyuing that the King had a greater number of men of armes then they and also fearing the excommunicatiō came to the king at Northampton yéelding their castels honors which appertayned to the Crowne Then the king layed siege about the Ral. Cogshall Bedford castel besieged Castel of Bedforde that Falcatius had long kepte by strength which siege he continued by the space of eight wéekes and toke the
buried at Chester Through manye complaintes made against Hubert de Burgo chiefe Justice of Englande the sayde Hubert fled to the Chappel of Brendwood in Essex wher he was taken and the king sent him to the tower of London The morrow after Saint Martins day began Thunders very horrible which lasted xv dayes Greate harme was done in London by fire which began firste in the house of Dauid Ionet Lumbard Historia A●rea Anno reg 17 Ela Countesse of Salisburie widowe founded the Monasterie of Chanons at Lacok in Wilshire for William Longspeye hyr late husbande and William theyr sonne and heyre Henrie of Edmonton Gerard Bat. the. 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Andrew Bokerel Peperer the 28. of October The King remoued all his officers and counsellers as 1233 Pictauians placed about the King Mathew Paris The likenesse of fiue Sunnes well Bishops as Erles and Barons and sent for Pictauians whome he retained into his seruice and committed to them the kéeping of the Castels and his treasures The vij of April there appeared as it were foure sunnes beside the naturall sunne of a red colour and a great Circle of Cristal colour from the sides whereof went out halfe cyrcles in the deuisions whereof the foure Suns wente forthe There followed that yeare greate warre and cruell bloudesheds and generally great disturbance throughout England Wales and Ireland In the moneth of June in the South part of Englande by Dragons the Sea cost were séene two great Dragons in the ayre flying and fighting togither an whole daye the one chasing the other to the déepe Sea and then were no more séene The King being at Oxforde Robert Bacon openly preached Robert an I Roger Bacon against Peter Byshoppe of Winchester for that he euilly counselled the king to spoyle the Realme with Pictauians Also Roger Bacon his brother both earnestlye and pithelye perswaded the king to leaue the counsell of the sayde Peter Also the Barons sent messengers to the king requesting y ● The Barons threat the King he woulde put from him Peter Bishop of Winchester and the Pictauians or else they wold depose him from his kingdome and create a newe The King builded a faire Church and many houses adioyning House of conuerts therevnto in the Citie of London not farre from the Olde Temple In the whiche house all the Jewes and Infidels that did conuert to the faith of Christe might haue vnder an honest rule of life sufficiente lyuing whereby it came to passe that in shorte tyme there was gathered a great number of Conuertes whiche were baptised and instructed in the lawes of Christ and did liue laudably vnder a learned man appointed to gouerne them He also builded Hospitall at Oxford Histo Aurea Anno reg 18 Io. Rouse the Hospitall of Saint Iohn without the East gate of Oxforde for sicke folke and straungers to be relieued in Simon Fitz Marie Roger Blunt the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Andrew Bokerell Peperer the. 28. of October Richard Marshal and Leolyne Prince of north-Northwales with a great force inuaded the Kings landes and destroyed the 1234 Salisburie brent same wyth fire and sword from the coastes of Wales to Salisburie which town also they set a fire By the perswasion of Edmunde Archbishop of Canturburie the king commaunded Peter Bishop of Winchester to go to his Bishopricke and also expulsed all the Pictauians into theyr owne Countrey and The Pictaulans expelled making peace with Richarde Marshall and Lewyn Prince of Walles he called againe his naturall subiectes and submitted himselfe to their counsel Richard Marshal in Ireland raising a warre there by Geffrey Nicholas Triuet de Marisco was slaine and buried at Kilkeny Gilbert his brother succéeded him in the Earledome This yere was a great dearth and pestilence so that many Mathew Paris Couetous Archbishop poore folke dyed for want of victuals and the rich menne were stricken with couetousnesse y ● they would not reticue them amongst whom is to be noted Walter Gray Archebishop of Yorke whose corne being fiue yeares olde doubtyng the same to be destroyed by vermine commanded to deliuer it to the husbande men that dwelte in hys manors vppon condition to paye as muche newe corne after haruest and would giue none to the poore for gods sake And it fortuned that when men came to a greate stacke of corne neygh the towne of Ripon belonging to the sayde Archbishoppe there Corne ful of vermine appeared in the sheues all ouer the heades of Wormes Serpentes and Toades and a voyce was hearde out of the Corne mowe saying laye no handes on the Corne for the Archebyshoppe and all that hée hathe is the Diuelles to be shorte the Baylifes were forced to builde an highe Wall rounde aboute the corne and then to sette it on fire leaste the venomous Wormes shoulde haue gonne out and poysoned the Corne in other Anno reg 19 places Ralph Ashwe Iohn Norman the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1235 Andrew Bokerell Peperer the 28. of October The Jewes at Norwich stale a boy and circumsised him minding to haue crucified him at Easter for the which facte they were conuicted both bodyes and goodes at the Kings pleasure Frederike the Emperour maried Isabell the kings sister Walter Brune a Citizen of London and Rosia his wife Saint Mary Spittell Anno reg 20 founded the Hospitall of our Lady without Bishops gate of London a house of suche greate reliefe to the néedie that there was found standing at the suppression 180. beddes for the poore Gerard Bat. Robert Hardell the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1236 Mathew Paris Histo Aurea Wil. Packington Andrew Bokerell Peperer the 28. of October King Henry tooke to wife Elianor daughter to Raymond Earle of Prouince she was maried at Canturburie and crowned at Westminster the twentith day of January To this Coronation resorted so great a number of all estates that the Citie of London was scarce able to receyue them The Citie was adorned with Silkes and in the night with Lampes Cressets other lightes without nūber besides many Pagentes and strange deuises which were shewed The Citizens rode to méete the King and Quéene béeing clothed in long garments embrodered about with gold and silke of diuers couloures their Horses finely trapped in array to the number of 360. euery man bearing golden or siluer cuppes in their hands and the Kings Trumpetters before them sounding The Archbishop of Canturburie did execute the office of Coronation The Citizens of London The Citizens of London Butlers did minister Wine as Butlers The Citizens of Winchester tooke charge of the Kitchen and other Citizens attended their charges Ioane the Kings sister wife to Lewlin Prince of Wales died at Hauering in Essex and was buried at Tarent in Dorset About this time fell suche abundance of rayne the space High VVater of two monethes that the Thamis ouerflowed the banckes so that in the greate
he forthwith fell on the Subprior and smote him on the face with his fiste saying indéede indéede doth it become you English Traytors so to answere me Thus raging with othes not to be recited he rent in péeces the rich Coape of the Subprior trode it vnder féete and thrust him against a Piller of the chancell that he had almost killed him but y e Chanons séeing that their Sub-prior was almost dead they ranne and plucked off the Archbishop with such a violence that they ouerthrew him backwards whereby they might sée that he was armed and prepared to fight The Archbishops men séeing their mayster downe being all Strangers and their maysters countreymen borne in Prouance fell vpon the Chanons beate them tare them and trode them vnder their féete at length the Chanons getting away as well as they could ranne bloudy and mirie rent and torne to the Bishop of London to complayne who bade them go to the King at Westminster and tell him thereof wherevpon foure of them went thither the rest were not able they were so sore hurt but when they came at Westminster the King woulde neyther heare nor sée them so they returned without redresse In the meane season the whole Citie was in an vprore and readie to haue rong the common bell and to haue hewed the Archbishop into small péeces but he was secretly gotte away to Lambeth The Friers of the order of Preachers through Christendome and from Hierusalem were by a common conuocation assembled togither at their house in Holborne by London to entreate of their estate to the number of foure hundreth The King taking inestimable summes of money of all the rich mē in his Realme tooke of one Aaron a Jew borne in Yorke 14000. markes for himselfe and 10000. markes for English Ievves A marke of gold or of siluer vvas eight ounces the Quéene and before he had taken of the same Jew so much as amounted altogither to 30000. markes of Siluer and two hundred markes of golde to the Quéene In October the Sea flowing twice without ebbe made Tempestes so horrible a noyse that it was heard a great way into the land Besides this in a darke night the sea séemed to be on a light fire and the waues to fight one with another so that the Mariners were not able to saue their Shippes and to omitte to speake of other in one Hauen called Hureburne besides small vessels thrée noble and famous Ships were swalowed vp of the waues And at Winchelsea besides cotages VVinchelsea drovvned for salte fishermens houses bridges milles aboue 300. houses in that Towne with certayne Churches through the violent rising of the Sea were drowned A great Earthquake at Saint Albons on Saint Lucies day Anno reg 35 Sherifes Maior 1251 Maior of London svvorne Anno reg 36 Humfrey Beas William Fitz Richard the 28. of Septem Iohn Norman the 28. of October King Henry granted that where before time y e Citizēs of London did present their Maior before the King wheresoeuer he were so to be admitted now he should come only before the Barōs of y e Eschequer they should admit him Lawrence Frowike Nicholas Bat the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Adam Basing the 28. of October A great drought from Easter to Michaelmas for from the first of March til the Assumption of our Lady there fell Nicho. Triuet not so much as one drop of raine The Shepeheards of France England tooke their iourney towards the holy land 1252 Shepheards assembled W. Packington Anno reg 37 Sherifes Maior 1253 Iohn Taxtor to y e nūber of 30000. but their nūber vanished in short time King Henry made Alexander King of Scottes Knight at Yorke and gaue him his daughter Margaret to wife William Durham Thomas Wymborne the 28. of Sept. Iohn Toloson Draper the 28. of October The King tooke 40. s of euery Knightes fée to make his eldest son knight He purchased the tenthes of all spirituall liuings at the Popes hands for fiue yeares as it had bin in ayd of the holy land but in déede it was to make his sonne Edmond King of Naples and Sicill The Liberties of London were seased by the meanes of Richard Earle of Cornewal who charged the Maior that he looked not to the Bakers for Liberties of London seased their sises of bread so that the Citie was forced to please the Earle with 600. markes and were restored The King emprisoned the Sherifes of London in the Tower a moneth and more and after deposed them of their office bycause of the escape of Iohn Offrom that was vnder their warde in Newgate for the death of a Priour that was the Kings ally Ypodigma A great Floud hapned in Holland Lindsey and Holdernes Great floud Anno reg 38 Countreys of England the tenth of October which came vnto Alnigham where through a great portion of land with houses and people were drowned Robert Grosted Bishop Robert Grostede of Lincolne in Gréeke Latin and other languages did by an Epistle reproue Pope Innocent affirming that the Nicholas Triuet W. Sheepeshed Preaching Friers minorite Friers were infected with heresies This Robert Grostede borne in Suffolke this yeare deceased he gaue al his bookes to y e friers Minors at Oxford Iohn Northampton Richard Pickard the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior 1254 Edvvard prince of VVales Richard Hardell Draper the 28 of October Edward y t Kings eldest sonne wedded the Kings daughter of Spayne Elianor his father gaue him the Earledome of Chester and the gouernance of Guyen and Ireland The Bishop of Hereford in the Court of Rome feigning himselfe Procuratour for the Cleargy of England bound the small houses of Religion in 100. or 200. markes the péece Rodul de Diceto the greater houses in 300. or 500. markes the péece Saint Edmondsburie was bound in 700 markes to be paide to certayne Taxtor Anno reg 39 Merchant strangers and all this money was collected to expulse Manfred out of Naples Ralph Ashwye Robert of Limon the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1255 Mathew Paris Anno reg 40 Ievves hanged Nicholas Triuet Richard Hardell Draper the 28. of October Cxlij Iewes were brought to Westminster which were accused of y e crucifying of a child named Hugh at Lincolne xviij of thē were drawne through the stréetes at Lincolne and after hanged y e other remained long prisoners The Earles Barons of England with assent of the Prelates caused proclamatiō to be made through all England that the Charters of liberties forests should be kept at their instance Boniface Archbishop of Canturbury accursed all those that shuld breake thē Lewlin Prince of Wales gathering a mighty ●ād of mē inuaded Cheshire which y e King had lately giuē to his son Edward and destroyed all things with fire sword till he came to the gates of the Citie of Chester to represse whose violēce a valiant
and so to the Castel and cast him in prison whereof whē the Barons vnderstoode they sent Roger Clifford and Sir Iohn Gifford with a great power to Glocester who beséeging the Castell Clocester Castell taken by the Barons brent the bridge and entred at the last where they tooke the said Macy with all his company and for that a Carpenter frō the Castell with a quarell had slaine an Esquier of the Barons partie Sir Iohn Gifford made the same Carpenter to leape from the top of the Castell where-through he was crushed to death Sir Roger Clifford tooke the kéeping of that Castell vpon him and sente Macy into the March Sir Iohn Gifford tooke all Macies goodes at Sherestone and elsewhere Peter de Egblonuch a Frenchman Bishop of Hereford Bishop of Hereford a French man was drawne out of his Cathedrall Churche by Thomas Turberuill and other and sent to the Castel of Erdesley where he and Sir Macy were both committed to safe ward his treasure was spoyled and his Chanons sent to prison and thus were Frenchmen serued through the Land where they mought be founde by them that were on the Barons part Simon de Mountfort with the Barons pitched theyr Tents in Istleworth Parke The Manor of Istleworth belōging Tho. Wikes to Richard King of Almayne was burnt by y ● Londoners They also burned another house of his néere to Westminster In this meane while the King and Quéene remained The Queene chased Nicho. Triuet in the Tower of London and when y ● Quéene would haue gone by water vnto Windesore the Londoners getting them to the Bridge in great numbers vnder the which she must passe cried out on hir vsing many vile and reprochful words threw durt and stones at hir that she was constreyned to returne againe to the Tower The Citizens fortified the Citie with iron Chaynes drawne ouerthwart their Streetes of Lōdon chayned Annales of Hyde stréetes munited the Citie and did maruellous things There was a peace concluded betwixte the King and the Barons with these conditions that Henry sonne to the Kyng of Almayne that tooke the Barons parte and was in prison shoulde be deliuered that all the Kings Castels through England should be put into the Barons hands that the prouisions of Oxford shoulde be kept and that all Strangers within a certaine time should depart the land those except whose abode the faithfull persons of the Realme with one assent shoulde accept lastly that the Englishmen borne and such as were faithfull men to the Kingdome shoulde order and rule the businesse of the land vnder the King But this notwithstanding certayne Knightes of the Kings part fortified the Castel of Windesore with vittayles and armour Edward the Kings sonne came to Bristow where discorde rose betwixte his Knightes and the Townesmen so that the Townesmen were minded to haue beséeged the Castell whiche when Edward vnderstoode he sent for Walter Bishop of Winchester that tooke the Barons part that in his company he might go to the Court of his father promising to perswade his father to peace Héerevpō going forth with y ● Bishop til they came to Windsore he entred the Castell to the great misliking of the Bishop but Edward shortly returned and wente to méete Simon Earle of Leicester that he with his adherents were cōming to beséege Windesore Castell Edward the Kings sonne met with y ● sayd Simon about Kingston and offered meanes of peace but Simon trusting to Bishop Walters counsell deteyned Edward with him and woulde not suffer him to depart till the Castell was yéelded they that were within hauing libertie to departe whither they woulde and the Strangers that minded to passe the Seas had safeconducts granted them Lewlin Prince of Wales confederate with Earle Simon in the meane time wasted the Countrey of Chester and the Marches of the same and ouerthrew to the grounde the Castles of Diffard and Gannoke After this a Parliament was holden at London in the which many that had held with the Earle went to the Kings part as Henry of Almaine sonne to Richard King of Romaynes and other The Kings partie being encreased he wente to Douer and endeuoured to haue gotte that Castell out of the Earles Anno reg 48 hands but he trauelled in vayne Robert Mountpiler Osbert Suffolk the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1264 Thomas Fitz Thomas Fitz Richard the. 28. of October Lewes King of Fraunce throughe procuring of Boniface Archbishop of Canturburie who in politicke Sermons at Paris as well at the Friers Prechers as Minors declared the doings betwixt the King of Englande and the Earle of Leicester toke vpon him to make a peace betwixte them wherevpon the King of Englande with his sonne Edwarde and diuerse other of the English nobilitie came to Paris aboute the xxij of Januarie but the Earle of Leicester fearing y e French Kings displeasure for his mothers sake or some other cause not knowen stayed at home in England and procéeded in hys businesse wherefore Roger Mortimer began to destroye the possessions which the Earle uf Leicester helde againste whō the Prince of Wales went and besieged the Castel of Radnore and brought it to yéelde Edward the Kings sonne after his returne from Paris about Lent toke his iourney toward the March and passing The Schollers and Burgesses of Oxforde the one spoyle the other by Oxford the Burgesses shut vp their gates againste hym whereby he was forced to lye at the kings Hall without the towne till the next morrowe and then departed The schollers of Oxford being shut within the Towne brake vppe the gate that leadeth toward Bea●monte for which déede the Maior sent some of them to prison and not long after whyle the Schollers were at dinner the Maior and Commons wyth banners displayde thoughte to haue spoyled the Clearkes ere they had bin aware but being espied the Schollers ran togither and with bowes and other weapons slewe and wounded the Burgesses and Commons brake vp manye houses spoyling the goods and set the houses of the Portriues William Spicer and Geffrey Hencley on Fier on the South side of the towne Moreouer bycause the Maior Nicholas Kingstone was a Uintener they brake vp the Uintry Clarkes of Oxforde banished dranke the Wines and spoyled them for the which facte the King caused the Clearkes and Schollers to be banished the Uniuersitie Edward the kings sonne toke the Castels of Hay Huntington belonging to the Earle of Hereforde and the Castel of Brecon being also rendered to him he deliuered to Roger Mortimer to kéepe with the teritorie adiacent Robert Ferrers Earle of Darbie who toke part with Erle Simon besieged VVorcester besieged Worcester and entring by the olde Castel spoyled the Citizens of their goods and compelled the Jewes to be christened Glocester besieged The towne of Glocester that before was taken by the Barōs was now assailed by Edward the kings son who entred y e castel by great force in the
next morning by meanes of the Bishop of Worcester and Reignald Abbot of Glocester a truce was taken betwixt the Barons in the town and the Kings sonne in the Castell but shortly after the Barons fled and the Burgesses submitting themselues were some of them hanged the residue cast in prison grieuously raunsomed and the towne destroyed from whence the Kings sonne departed spoyling and wasting the Country contrarie to his othe made to the Barons till he came to Oxforde where he lodged in the house of the Frier Prēchers and ioyned his power with the King his Father who was lately come thyther to make his offering to Saint Friswide not fearing the superstitious opinion y t if any King entred y e town the Uirgin there would be auenged on him The Kyng hauing now with him his brother Richard king of Almaine his sonne Edward William de Valence his brother on the mothers sidē and Iohn Cumyn of Scotland with a multitude of Scottishmen Iohn de Bailliol Lord of Galoway Robert le Bruse lord of Anandale Roger de Clifford Phillip de Marmiō Iohn de Vallibus Roger de Laborne Henrie Percy Phillip Basset Roger de Mortimer with an army went and besieged Northampton Nothamton besieged and the fourth of Aprill breaking the Wall toke y e towne and in it fiftéene Knightes bearing Banners Simon Mountfort the yonger William de Ferrers Peter de Mountfort Baldwine Wake Adam de Newmarche Roger Bartrandi Simon Fitz Simon Berengario de Wateruile Hughe Cubion Thomas Maunsell Roger Bonteuileyne Nicholas Wake Robert de Newenton Phillip de Derby Grimbald de Paunsevent of whom Simon the yonger was sent to Winchester the residue to other places to be safely kepte Other Knightes of meaner degrée were taken to the number of xl and not a fewe Esquires from thence the king wente towardes Notingham wasting with fire and sworde the maner places of the Barons and there he gathered his Lordes and great men Earle Simon went to London and from thence to Rochester Rochester besieged whiche Iohn Earle Warren defended the bridge and first gate wherof when he had wonne being informed that the king was comming towards London he lefte the siege went backe to méete hym but the king turning his waye from London toke the Castel of Kenington Kingston which was Castel at Kingstone taken the Erle of Glocesters then going to Rochester chased away some that remayned at the siege but slewe many moe from thence he went to Tonbridge the Castel whereof he toke and the Counties of Glocester within it leauing a garrison there Castel of Tonbridge taken he went to Winchester where he receiued thē of the v. Portes to his peace passing further to Lewes was receiued into y e Priory his son into the Castel wher whiles he remained the Barons writ to him letters as ye may read in Mathew Paris Nicholas Triuet but they taking no effect y e Barons in armes approched towards Lewes inuading y e kings people Battel at Levves y ● wer gone forth for forrage wherof the king being warned he goeth forth to méete thē with his army deuided into thrée sorts The first was led by Edward the kings son hauing with him William de Valence Erle of Penbroke Iohn de Waren Earle of Surrey and Sussex The seconde was guided by Richard K. of Almain w t his son Henrie The third the K. himself had in gouerning The Barons army was deuided into four wardes The first led Henrie de Mountfort w t the Erle of Hereford The seconde led Gilbert de Clare wyth Iohn Fitz Iohn Williā de Moūtchance The third in which the Londoners were Nicholas Segraue The fourth Erle Simō himself led with Thomas de Pelueston Edwarde the Kings sonne with hys battayle brake on his enimies that he made them to giue backe of whom many were drowned The Londoners were put to flyghte whom whilest the kings sonne pursued for the space of foure miles he made great slaughter but being separate frō the rest of the army he weakened his part sore In the meane time manye of the Kings battayle were slaine and the King of Almaine taken in a Windmil by Syr The King of Almaine taken Iohn de Beuis so was Robert le Bruis and Iohn Commyne which had brought the Scottes King Henrie also hauing hys horsse slaine vnder him yéelded to the Earle of Gloucester King Henrie taken who sent him prisoner to the Priory Edward returning is receyued with sharpe battayle and the Earle Waren William de Valence Grey de Lesmute the Kings halfe brethren Hugh Bigod with mē of armes to the nūber of 400. Haberions gotte then the Castel of Pemsey and when many were slayne on eyther side the Lorde Edwarde ryding aboute the towne sound his father in the Priorie In the meane time an assault being giuen to the Castle which was valiauntly defended the Barons withdrew thē wherevpon the Lord Edward being greatly incouraged and hauing gathered his people about him woulde haue made a new battayle so that the Barons sued for peace whiche by y e meanes of the Friers Preachers and Minors was brought to passe that on the Friday following the Lords Edwarde Henrie for theyr Fathers of England and Almayne kings deliuered themselues to Earle Simon vpon hope of quietnesse Edvvard the Kings son taken and peace that might be concluded On the Saterdaye the king licenced them that were aboute him to depart to theyr houses writ vnto thē that were in Tonbridge Castel that they shoulde not molest the Barons as they returned homewardes but they notwithstanding being in armes when they heard that the Londoners which were fled from the battaile were receiued into Croydon they hasted 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 the kings sonne was deliuered There was slain in the battayle at Lewes which was fought on the xij of May aboute Robert of Glocest VVestchepe in London brent 4500. men About that time a gret part of Westcheape in London was brent by treason Erle Simon led the K. his son Edward about with him W. Pakenton Chro. Glaston till he had gotte all the strong Castels of the lande into hys hands and then put Richard King of Almaine in y e tower of London and Edwarde the Kings sonne in Douer Castle In the mean time Roger Mortimer Iames Audeley Roger Leyborne Roger Clifforde Haymo Lestrange Hugh de Turberuile with many other rose against Simō who to restrayne theyr boldnesse associating to him the Prince of Wales entred the Castell of Hereforde and caused Edward the Kings sonne to be brought thyther from Douer after thys he wanne the Castell of Hey whiche belonged to the Earle of Hereforde and toke the Castel of Ludlow and after wastyng y e Castel of Ludlovv taken landes of Roger Mortimer goeth towardes Mountgomerie there taking pledges of peace of y e sayd nobles he turneth to the south parts to méete thē power which was sayd to come
out of Fraunce to the kings ayde Pope Vrbane sent a Legate and Cardinall the Bishop of Sabrine into Englande but they might not enter the realm the fiue Ports prohibiting them wherevpon they called certain English Bishops first to Amience and after to Bulloigne to whom he committed the sentence of excomunication to be pronounced against the Citie of London the fiue Portes and al those that troubled the King of Englāds peace but the Byshops dissembled the matter This yeare about the 20. of June a notable blasing starre appeared such a one as had not ben séene in that age which rising from the East with gret brightnesse vnto the midst of Blasing starre Nic. Triuet Rober of Glocester Anno reg 49 Sherifes 〈…〉 the Semisperie drew his streame it continued till after Michaelmas Gregory Rokesley Thomas of Deford the 28. of Septem 〈…〉 〈…〉 arose for that Simond not only kept the king other as prisoners The Earle of Glocester forsoke the Earle Leicester but also tooke to himself the reuenewes of the kingdome c. which should haue bene equally deuided amongst them so y ● Gilbert of Gloncester departing ioyned to him in league the noble Knights of the Marches whō Erle Simond had commanded to auoyde the Realme but Iohn de Waren Earle of Surrey and Sussex William de Valēce Erle of Penbroke had brought a great power by sea in the Weast parts of Wales and arriuing at Penbroke Earle Simon leading the king with him went to Hereforde where he gathered a great power to oppresse the sayd knights but while the Prelates laboured for peace Edward the kings son being in y e Castel of Hereford is permitted to exercise himselfe on horssebacke Edvvard the kings son taken from his keepers in a medowe without the Citie by his kéepers where after he had wearied diuerse horsses and mounting on a fresh appointed for that purpose he rode quite away and passing the riuer of Wey with two Knights and foure Esquires was folowed hard by his kéepers but when they were aduised of the standarts of Roger Mortimere and Roger Clifford comming to his reliefe they returned he escaped to Wigmore And this chaunced in the Whitson wéeke Lord Edward being thus escaped gathereth an army confederateth and submitteth to him the Countreys of Hereford Worcester Salop Chester with the townes Cities and Castelles he also winneth by force the Citie of Glocester whiche Earle Simon had lately fortifyed the townes men ●led to the Castel who xv dayes after yéelded it and departed The Earle of Leicester wan the Castle of Monmouth and layde it flat with the grounde and entring into the lande of the Earle of Glocester called Glomorgan méeting with the Prince of Wales Castel of Monmouth raced comming to his ayde they destroyed al with fire and sword Edwarde the Kings sonne hearing that manye of Earle Simonds partakers were come to the Castel of Kenilworthe takyng with him the Erle of Glocester he departed from Worcester and came vpon them at a sodaine where he toke the Earle of Oxford sir William Mountchalsie sir Adam Newmarch sir Walter de Solenle and other and Simon the sonne of Earle Simon hardly escaped in the Castell The Earle of Leicester hauing the King with him returned out of South-Wales and on Lammas daye came to Kemsey a place of the Bishop of Worcester and there tarried the next day Edwarde the Kings son returned from Kenelworth to Worcester whose returne being knowne Erle Simon departing from Kemsey by vnhappy chaunce stayed in the towne of Euesham for on y e morrow being the ij of August Edward the kings son departed from Worcester passing the riuer neare to the towne called Cliue closed vp the passage betwixt Earle Simon and Simon his son who was at Killingworth In the next mornyng Lord Edward approched néere to Euesham on the one side and Battaile of Euesham Gilbert Earle of Glocester on the other side and Roger Mortimer on the two other sides whereby Earle Simon was so enclosed that he must eyther fight or yéelde on Friday therfore was the fifth daye of Auguste theyr armies encountred ech other in a large fielde without the towne where the Earles part hadde the worste the Earle was killed in the fielde and Henrie sonne to Earle Simon Peter de Mountfort Hugh Dispencer Justice of England William de Mandeuile Ralph Basset Walter Greping William de Yorke Robert de Tregoze Thomas de Hostile Iohn de Be●●ocampo Guido de Baylolle Roger de Roulens with sir Iohn de Saint Iohn sir William de Verence sir Iohn de Inde sir William Trossel sir Gilbert Einefielde and other of meaner sorte in great number especially of Walshmen for almost none of thē escaped thence but they were slain at Tewkesburie Lords taken Lords taken Liber Euesh at Euesham sir Vmfry de Boune sir Iohn Sainte Iohn sir Simons sonne sir Guy sir Baudwin Wake sir Iohn Vessy sir Henrie Hastings sir Nicholas Segraue sir Perce sir Roberte Mountfordes sons many other Simon de Mountfort y e son cōming too late to méete his Father at Euesham turned backe again to Kenilworth Castel the sixth of September he released King of Almain deliuered the King of Almain his mothers brother sir Reimond Fitz Pierce and many other A Parliament was holden at Winchester where all the A Parliament at VVinchester statutes made at Oxforde were disanulled and all the goods of them that were againste the king seased London was in great danger to haue bin destroyed by the king for displeasure he had conceyued against y e Citizens but the Citizens wholly submitted both liues and goods vnto him Eight persons carrying the same submission toward Windsor met Sir Roger Leyborne knight at Colbrooke who turned them backe againe and after they had discoursed the whole matter with him he willed them to deliuer to him their submission and he woulde moue the King in it whiche thing they did After sixe dayes thys Knight returned to the Citie and sayde the king had receyued their writings willing them first to take away all the chaines that were in the stréetes of the Citie and pull the postes out of the grounde that the same were fixed in and bring both chaynes and postes to the Tower of London then the Maior with fortie Citizens should the nexte day following attende vpon the king at Windsor to confirme theyr wryting and they shoulde goe and come safe in witnesse whereof he deliuered them the kings letter and seale for the space of foure dayes The next daye the Citizens being at Windsore attended at the gate vntill the king came from hunting at whiche time he woulde not once looke on them After the King was entred they woulde haue followed but they were forbidden shortly after they were called into the Castell where they were locked vp in a Towre with homely entertainment the nexte day the king gaue vnto Prince Edwarde the Maior and foure Aldermen y
lims w tout losse of goods or imprisonment and not to be disherited Such of y ● disherited persons as liked not y e ordinaunce of Kenilworth whose Captaine was Iohn Ciuille after they had taken the Citie of Lincoln spoyled the Iewes they fled again to the I le of Ely whose comming abroade when the Kyng with a great army hadde stopped Edwarde the kings sonne with bridges made of Hurdles and bordes in place conuenient as the inhabitaunts thereabout had instructed him he entred vpon the I le some of them within yéelded them to him y ● other being dispersed by flight Whiles these things The Erle of Glocester toke the Citie of London were a doing a newe trouble began for the Earle of Glocester taking part with the disherites came with an army gathered in Wales vnto London the seauenth of April therein he builded Bulwarkes cast ditches and trenches in diuerse places The king gathered an army at Windsor the v. of Maye Annales of Hyde he with an 109. ensignes came towardes London he pitched his tentes at Stratford and tarried there the space of one moneth where many entreated to make peace The vj. of June the Earle of Glocester in peaceable maner rendred the Citie vnto the King againe and then many that were disherited were reconciled at the instance of the Legate and the sayde Erle Foure that bare the cognisaunce of the Erle of Darby were put in sacks and cast in the Thamis Thomas Fitz Theobalde and Agnis his wife sister of Thomas Mercors chapel Becket Archbishop of Canturburie gaue to the master and brethren of the Hospitall called Saint Thomas of Acres beyonde the seas all the lande with the appurtenaunces that sometime was Gilbert Beckets father to Thomas Becket in which land y e said Thomas Becket was borne to make there a Church About Michaelmasse y ● king came to Shrewsburie to passe Nicho. Triue● into Wales there to vanquish y e prince of Wales Lewlyne who hadde ayded Simon Earle of Leicester but he sending to the Peace vvith the prince of VVales Anno reg 52 king granted him xxxij M. l. sterling to haue his peace by the Legats means there was restored to y e prince y ● land of 4 Cantredes which by law of armes the K. had taken from him Iohn Adriant Lucas Batecourt the. 28. of September Baylifes Custos 1268 Alyn Souch the. 28. of October Othobone the Legate calling a counsel at London ordayned many things in reformation of the English Church Uariance fell betwene the felowship of Goldsmiths and A●yot in London Taylors of London causing great ruffling in the Citie and many men to be slaine for which ryot thirtéene of the chiefe Captaines were hanged Parliament at Marleborovve Anno reg 53 Baylifs Custos Sokenreure Liber trinitatis Great Frost 1269 Nic. Triuet The King helde a Parliament at Marleborow in the whiche were made the statutes of Marlebrige Walter Haruey William Duresme the. 28. of September Sir Stephen Edesworth the 28. of October Thomas Wimborne The riuer of Thamis was so harde frozen from Saint Androwes tide to Candlemasse that men and beastes passed on foote from Lambeth to Westminster the Marchandise was caryed from Sandwich and other Hauens to London by lande The 8. day of Aprill Edmund the Kings sonne marryed the daughter of William de Albemarle Earle of Holdernesse named Auelina whyche was heyre to hir father and mother both by reason whereof he was to haue with hir the Countie of Deuonshyre and the Lordshippe of the I le of Wight but he deceassed before both father and mother and loste all Anno reg 54 Sherifes Maior Thomas Basing Robert Cornhil the 28. of Septemb. Hugh Fitz Thomas the 28. of October The Nobles of England by the Kyngs commaundement Anuals of hyde Edmond Campion assembled at London to treate of dyuers matters amongest the whiche one was that all men should before the Justices Tho. Wikes 1270 shewe by what right they held their landes whyche matter did muche molest the people vntill Iohn Warren Earle of Surrey appeared who being asked by what right he helde his landes he drewe sodainely out his sword and sayde by this I holde my Grandfathers lands and with this I will kéepe them Upon multiplying of wordes the Earle slewe Allen de la Zouch Lorde chiefe Justice of Ireland before the other Justices of the Bench. And shortly after the same Iohn Erle of Surrey by the othe of 25 Knights at Winchester affirmed that he did not commit that facte vpon any pretenced malice neyther in contempte of the King and so for the summe of 1200 markes was reconciled Edward the kings sonne with hys brother Edmunde and Anno reg 55 many other nobles sayling into Asia against the infidels by hys policie and manly Actes so demeaned himselfe that oftentimes he put the Turkes to great disworship for dispight whereof they suborned a Sarasine to wounde him with a venemous dart whereof he was long sicke Henrie sonne to Richard King of Almayne as he went through Tuscane at Viterbe was slaine by Guy de Mountfort Walter Potter Phillip Taylour the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1271 W● Rishanger Iohn Adrian Vintener the. 28. of October The stéeple of Bow in Cheape fell downe and slew manye people men and and women The eyghte and twentie of Januarie Richarde King of Almaine and Earle of Gornewall brother to King Henrie deceased in the Castel of Berchamsteede was buried at Hayles an Abbey of his foundation Anno reg 56 Sherifes Maior Gregorie Rokesley Henrie Waleys the. 28. of September Iohn Adrian 〈…〉 the. 28. of October Diuerse ●ournes 〈…〉 breake out of the hollow places Tho. de Wike of the Earth and ouerflowed a great parte of Canturburie Citie the streame wherof was so swift and violent that it bare downe buildings and houses and drowned manye people In June beganne a great ryot in the Citie of Norwiche 1272 W. Rishanger Riot at Norvvich Anno reg 57 through the which the Monasterie of the Trinitie was burned wherevpon the King rode downe and making enquiry for the chiefe doers thereof caused xxx of them to be condemnemned drawen hanged and brent Richard Paris Iohn de Wodeley the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sit Water Haruy the. 28. of October King Henrie being sicke called before hym Gilberte ●iber trinitatis of Clare Erle of Glocester and caused him to be sworn to kepe the peace of the lande to the be house of Edwarde his sonne and then dyed the sixtéench of Nouember in the yere 1272. when he had raigned lvj yeares and xxviij dayes he was buried at Westminster whiche Church he had newly builded he left issue Edward his eldest sonne vnto whom hée hadde I. Treklon giuen the Earledome of Chester who succéeded him in the Kingdome Edmund his seconde sonne vnto whom he had giuen the Earledome of Lancaster and
also after the death of Simond Mountfort and Robert Ferrers the Erledomes of Leicester and Darbie and two daughters Beatrice and Margaret ¶ King Edward surnamed Longshanks EDvvarde the firste after the Conquest son to Henrie the third Anno reg 1 surnamed Longshanke beganne hys raigne the sixtéenth day of Nouember in the yeare 1272. being then in y ● parts beyond the sea towarde 1273 Ierusalem Of stature he was tall and mighty of bodye nothing grosse his eyes soméwhat blacke and in time of anger fierce of suche noble and valiaunt courage that he neuer fainted in most dangerous enterprices of excellent witte and greate towardnesse he was borne at Westminster Iohn Horne Walter Potter the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 2. 1274 Sir Walter Haruy Knight the. 28. of October This yeare fell a great variaunce at Oxforde betwéene the Northren and Irishmen wherein manye Irishmen were slaine The second day of August King Edward came into England from the Holy Lande and on the fiftéenth of Auguste hée with Elianor his wife were Crowned at Westminster by Robert Kilwarby Archbishop of Canturburie At this Coronation fiue hundred great Horsses were turned loase catch them who could Alexander King of Scottes did homage to King Edward The King caused Leolin Prince of Wales to be sommoned to his Parliament at Westminster but he would not come saying he remembred the death of his father Griffen Nicholas Winchester Henry Couentry the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Anno reg 3. Henry Welles the 28. of October On Saint Nicholas euen was great Earthquakes lightnings and thunder with a huge Dragon and a blasing Starre which made many men sore afrayde In a Parliament at Westminster Usury was forbidden Vsury forbidden Io. Rouse to the Iewes and that they might be knowne the King commanded them to weare a Tablet the breadth of a palme vpon their outmost garments He also ordeyned that Bakers making bread lacking weight assigned after the price of Corne should first be punished by losse of their bread the second time by emprisonment and thirdly by the Pillory millers for stealing of corne to be chastised by y e Tumberel A rich man of France brought into Northumberland a Spanish Ewe as bigge as a Calfe of two yeares which Ewe being 1275 First rotte of Sheepe Hen. of Leycester Tho. Walsing rotten infected so the Countrey that it spread ouer all the Realme This plague of moren cōtinued xxviij yeares eare it ended and was the first rot that euer was in England Lucas Batecourt Henry Frowike the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Gregory Rokesley Goldsmith chiefe mayster of y e Kings Mintes the 28. of October King Edward builded the Castell of Flint strengthned Io. Rouse Castell of Flint Anno reg 4. Bocland the Castell of Rutland and other against the Welchmen Amicia Countesse of Deuonshire and Lady of the Isle founded the Abbey of Bocland for Gilbert of Clare Earle of Glocester and Hereford hir Father Isabell hir mother and Baldwine Earle of Deuonshire The eleuenth day of September there was a generall 1276 Earthquake by force whereof the Church of Saint Michael of the Mount without Glastonburie fell to the ground and péeces of many famous Churches in England fell by force of the same Earthquake Gregory Rokesley and the Barons of London granted Canter Record Ex Carta Preaching Friers Church founded by Bainards Castell before vvhiche time their Church vvas in Holborne and gaue to the Archbishop of Canturburie Robert Kilwarby two lanes or wayes next the Stréete of Baynards Castell and the Tower of Mountfichet to be destroyed in the which place the sayd Robert builded the late newe Churche of the Blacke Friers with the rest of the stones that then were left of the sayde Tower for the best and choyse stones the Bishop of London had obteyned of King William Conquerour to reedifie the vpper part of Saint Paules Church that was then by chance of fire decayed Iohn Horne Ralph Blunt the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 5. 1277 Iohn Euersden Sherifes Maior Anno reg 6. 1278 Gregory Rokesley Goldsmith the 28. of October The Statute of Mortmaine was enacted Michaell Tony was hanged drawne and quartered for Treason Robert de Arar Ralph Feuto the 28. of September Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October King Edward gaue vnto Dauid brother to Leolin Prince of Wales the Lordship of Fredisham which Dauid attended in the Kings Court and did him pleasant seruice c. Michaelmas tearme was kept at Shrewsburie Iohn Adrian Walter Langley the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 7. 1279 Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October The King builded a strong Castell in Weast Wales at Llhampaterne vaier Reformation was made for clipping of the Kings coyne Ievves executed for which offence 267. Iewes were put to execution The worthie Souldiour Roger Mortimer at Killingworth Round Table at Killingvvorth Io. Rouse appoynted a Knightly game which was called the Round Table of an hundred Knightes and so many Ladyes to the which for the exercise of armes there came many warlike Knightes from diuers Kingdomes Robert Basing William Mazaliuer the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 8. First halfe pence and farthings round 1280 Pi●rce Longtofe Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October Where as before this time the peny was wont to haue a double crosse with a creast in suche sorte that the same might be easily broken in the midst or into four quarters and so to be made into halfe pence or farthings it was now ordeyned that pence halfepence and farthings shoulde be made rounde wherevpon was made these Uerses following Edward did smite round peny halfepeny farthing Robert Brune The crosse passes the bond of all throughout the ring The Kings side was his head and his name written The crosse side what Citie it was in coyned and smitten To poore man ne to priest the peny frayses nothing Men giue God aye the least they feast him with a farthing A thousand two hundred fourescore yeares and mo On this money men wondred when it first began to go At this time twentie pence wayed an ounce of Troy Regist of E●●ry weight whereby the peny halfepeny and farthing were of good quantitie Thomas Boxe Ralph de Lamere the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 9. Wilhel Rishanger Gregory Rokesley the 28 of October Dauid the brother of Lewlin Prince of Wales rose against the King and in the night season brake into the house of Roger Clifford when he was in his bed a sléepe on Easter day at night and sent him fettered in yrons as a théefe vnto Snowdon to his brother Lewlin He also rased and laid flatte on the grounde the Castell of Flint belonging to the King 1281 Sherifes Maior Anno reg 10 Great Frost and Snovv Liber Roffensis Rochester Bridge and fiue arches of London bridge borne dovvne William
Bella Land Melsa Kyrkested Rupe Rughford Valeden Grendon Stanley in Arden Pipwel Combe Basing werke Crokesden Croyland Werdon Wimondham Wauerley Coertesey Quarrera Lotoley Hyde Wendon Saint Agathe Swineshede Stanley in Wilshire Barons Edward prince of Wales Henrie Lacy Erle of Lincolne Ralph Mounthermer Earle of Glocester and of Hereford Thomas Erle of Lancaster Humfrey Bohum Erle of Hereforde and Essex Iohn Warren Earle of Surrey Edmund Erle of Arundale Iohn Brytaine Earle of Richemonde Guy Bello Campo Earle of Warwike Robert Vere Erle of Oxforde Gilberte Vmframvell Earle of Anegos Henrie of Lancaster Aymer of Valence Iohn Ferrers Henrie Percy Hugh Spencer Robert Fitz Walter William Latimer Robert Clifford Robert mount Alto. Iohn Hastings Iohn le Mare Iohn de Ripaurs Iohn de Mohun Petrus de Malolacu Rupart Fitz Pagani Hugh Curtney Edmund Deycourt Iohn Saint Iohn of Lageham Galfride of Geynual Thomas Furniual Robert Tony. Thomas Berkele William de Bruse Peter Corbet William Martin Thomas Multon Iohn ap Adam Iohn Kyme Iohn Segraue Robert Fitz Roger. Hugh Veer Walter Fauconbridge Ralph Basset of Draiton Roger la Warre Iohn Paynel Alexander Walliclo Hugh Points Roger Montnomere William Rithre Reignald Grey Walter Muncy Robert Scales Adam Welles Almarice de Amando William Cantalupo Iohn Engaigne Gilbert Pechy Iohn Glauering William Leyburne Iohn Bello Cāpo of Somerset William Grandstone Iohn Extuens Iohn de Insula Iohn Sudley Simon Mountacute Walter Tey Edmund Hastings Iohn Lancaster Iohn Saint Iohn Henry Treygoz Iohn Louel of Tichmerch Alan la Zusche Henrie Teyes Nicholas Segraue Fulco Fitz Waren Iohn Fitz Reignald Geffrey Camuile William Vauasor William Ferrer Robert Grendon Edmund Baron of Stafford Ralph Fitz William Thomas de la Roche Theobalde de Verdon the yonger William Tuchet Henrie Huslee In this Parliament many complayntes were made of y ● oppression of Churches Monasteries by the Popes Chapleine named Williā Testa Archdeacon of Araine in y e Church of Couentrie The same Clearke was forbidden to vse any moe suche extortions and diuerse statutes were ordayned touching religious persōs which had theyr principal houses in other Realmes There came to this Parliamente sente from the Pope a Cardinall called Petrus Hispanus to treate a mariage betwixte Edwarde Prince of Wales and the Frenche The course of Fleete dike at London sore decayed vvhich sometime bare ships of smal burden to Holborn bridge to the great commoditie of the Citie in that vvest part kings daughter And amongst many other sutes made ther the Earle of Lincolne complayned that whereas in times past the course of Water running at London vnder Holborne bridge and Fleete bridge into the Thamis hadde bin of suche large breadth and deapth that ten or twelue ships at once with Merchaundises were wonte to come to the forsayde bridge of Fleete and some of them to Holborne bridge nowe y ● same course by filth of the Tāners and such other was sore decayed Also by raysing vp of Wharfes but especially by turning of the Water which they of y e new Temple made to theyr milles without Baynardes Castel and diuerse other perturbations the sayde shippes nowe coulde not enter as they were wont and as they oughte wherefore he desired that the Maior of London with the Sherifes and certain discrete Aldermen might be be appointed to sée the course of the sayde Water and that by othe of honest men all the forsayde hindraunces might be remoued and to be made as it was wont of old time c. Which was aunswered and recorded that Roger le Brabazon the Conestable of the Tower with the Maior and Sherifs are assigned that taking with them other honest and discrete men they make diligente searche and inquirie howe the sayde riuer was in old time and that they leaue nothing that may hurt or stop it and to kéepe it in the same state that it was wont to be King Edwarde remayning all the Winter and Sommer Tho. Walsing at Carlile disposed manye thyngs of Scotlande at hys pleasure but in the meane tyme Robert de Bruis going aboute the Countrey slewe manye that woulde not obey hym and he sente with parte of hys armye two of hys brethren Thomas that was a Knyghte and Alexander a Prieste Deane of Glasco into another parte of the Countrey that they myghte allure the people vnto them by gentle perswasions whyche by comming of Englishmen vppon them they were taken ledde to the Iustices condemned hanged and headed at Carlile Kyng EDVVARDE sente messengers into Englande commaundyng all that oughte hym seruice to bée readye at Carlile wythin thrée wéekes after the feaste of Saint Iohn Baptiste but himselfe being vexed with the bloudye Flixe he sente to his sonne that he shoulde come with spéede to heare hys laste words whome among other thyngs hée counselled to bée mercifull iuste and constante in all hys wordes and déedes hée commanuded hym not to bée too hastye to take on hym the Crowne of Englande tyll hée hadde reuenged the iniuries done by the Scottes but to staye in those partes and to cause hys Fathers boanes beyng closed in a Cheaste to bée borne aboute wyth hym tyll hée hadde gone thorow all Scotlande and ouercome hys aduersaries He also commaunded hym to honoure hys mother and loue hys two brethren THOMAS Earle Marshall and EDMVNDE Earle of Cornewall Moreouer hée charged hym on hys cursse that he shoulde not presume to call home Pierce of Glauaston by cōmon decrée banished without common fauour nor to spende xxxij M. ● of siluer otherwayes than in the businesse of the Holy Land for the whiche purpose he had prepared it and willed his heart there to bée buried The king also called vnto him Henrie Lacy Earle of Wil. Pakington Lincolne Guy Earle of Warwicke Aymerde Valence Earle of Penbroke and Robert Clifford Baron desiring them to bée good to his sonne and that they should not suffer Pierce of Gauaston to come againe into England to set his son in riot the vij of July he departed this life at Brugh vpō y ● sands in the yere 1307. when he had raigned foure and thirtie yeares seauen monthes and odde dayes He was buried at Westminster ¶ Edward of Carnaruan EDvvarde the second sonne Anno reg ● to the firste Edwarde borne at Carnaruan beganne his raigne the vij day of July in the yeare of Christ 1307. he was fair of body but vnsteadfast of maners and disposed Cro. Dun. to lightnesse haunting the company of vile persons and giuē wholy to the pleasure of the bodye not regarding to gouerne his common weale by discretion and iustice which caused great variaunce betwéene him and hys Lords He foke to be of hys Counsell Patricke Earle of Lincolne and Otho de Granson with other He ordayned Walter Reignald to be his Chauncellour and caused Walter Langton Bishoppe of Chester to bring the King his fathers bodye from Carlile to Waltham Crosse and then to be arrested by the Conestable of the Tower and sent to
with more than fiue hundered men of armes amongst whom was the Earle of Ro. Auesbery Anno reg 19. Penbroke and Walter de Many with manye Archers into Gascoigne with Ralph Baron of Stafforde Seneshal of Gascoigne who being come thyther the sayde Earle made fiftie Knightes of his armye and after wanne manye walled Townes and Castelles making many worthy skirmishes and at length won the towne of Dagu●lown by assaulte to the kéeping wherof they appointed Ralph Stafford afterward they appointed thrée iourneys toward other townes as especially to Brigerecke so called for the strength thereof and also called the Chamber of Fraunce and also to y e town of Saint Iohn de Laruel and to many other greate and strong townes well fortified which with great toyles and diuerse daungerous assaultes they wan where the Earle of Darbie and his souldiours vndermining the Towers and Wals of the sayde towne were very sore assaulted by them whiche defended Thus he Conquered Cities Townes Castelles and Fortresses to the number of one hundred and fiftie bringing a greate parte of Gascoigne vnder subiection euen to Tolouse vnto the whiche Citie he did no domage neyther to the inhabitantes therof but that he made them wonderfully afrayde as certaine of them tolde me sayeth my aucthour their fear was such that the religious people were constrayned to beare armour and the Prior of the Carmelite Tho. de la More Friers of our Lady of Tolouse hauyng a Banner of our Ladye in Golde set in a fielde of siluer displayed the same prouoking thereby many to take armour About the second sonday in Lent the Earles being fully fraught with bootie prisoners gold and siluer they returned towardes Burdeaux where Iohn de Valoys eldest sonne to the French king being accompanyed with a great number of hyred Dutche souldiours besieged the Towne of Agnlowne and the Captaines thereof the Earle of Stafforde and other so entrenched the same Towne that without greate daunger the Englishmen coulde haue no accesse vnto them but the Earle of Darby bet awaye them that besieged the Citie and e●t soones new victualled the same notwithstanding they were not able to raise the siege bycause they hadde so entrenched themselues without the towne who refusing to fight in the fielde would aunswere that they came not to pitch a fielde but to besiege a Town wherefore they continued the same siege vntil the decollation of Saint Iohn but vnderstanding then that the King of England chaced his Father Phillip very sore at Grecie and fearing that he shoulde come verye late to the ayde of hys Father he gaue vppe the siege setting all his tentes on fire and fled in the darke but the Earle of Stafforde wyth hys power pursued them cut off theyr tayle tooke a greate manye of theyr horsses and prisoners and retourned After this certaine bowmen are mustered in England appointed to be sente ouer sea who commyng ouer are layde in garrison fordefence of the Countrey Also twenty thousande sackes of Wooll are graunted to the king Moreouer Geffrey de Harecourte a Norman came to the King requiring ayd against the French king who wrongfully withhelde hys landes from him at his first comming he did fealtie and sware homage to king Edward but afterward he reuolted Thomas of Hatfielde the Kings Secretary by meanes of Tho. Walsing the Kyngs letters to the Pope was admitted Byshoppe of Durham and when certaine of the Cardinalles sayde that the sayd Thomas was a light person and a lay man the Pope answered truly if the king of England at this time Ansvvere of the Pope had made his request for an Asse he should haue obteined it The same yeare dyed Adam Tarleton Bishop of Winchester that had bin long time blind after whome succéeded William Edendon Treasourer of England This man founded the Monasterie of Edendon the religious Liber Edendon bréethren whereof were called Bonhomes The same yeare dyed Henry Earle of Lancaster father to Henry Earle of Darby and was buryed at Leycester in the Monasterie of Channons the King and both the olde and yong Quéenes being present with Archbishops Bishops Earles and Barons in manner of all the lande whose sonne was then in Gascoigne doing chiualrous actes This yeare the Scottes to the number of thirtie thousande William Dowglas being their leader entred into Westmerland and brent Carelile Penreth with many other Townes wherefore the Bishop of Carelile with Thomas Lucy Robert Ogle and a great number compassed them in the night season and with lightes and noyse so disquieted them that they neuer durst go out for victuals nor giue their bodyes to sléepe but at the last Alexander Stragan stoutely prepared to go out for victualles whome the Bishop Scots ouercome and Robert Ogle mette and with a speare thrust him through the body so that the Scottes were soone after ouercome and slayne Edmond Hemenhall Iohn of Glocester the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Richard Laget the 28 of October This yeare was the first cōgregating and first Custos or gardian of the fraternitie of the Grocers in the Citie of London elected The Earle of Northampton and the other Lordes in Briteine Anno reg 20 committed certayne Castels wonne by them in Briteine to the safekéeping of faithfull Captaynes and Souldioures and then returned into England King Edward prepared to make a voyage into Normandy 1346 his Nauie being readie to transport him from Portesmonth King Edvvard sayled into Normandy and Porchester with the Earles of Northampton Arundell Warwike Harecourt Huntingdon Oxenforde and Suffolke the Bishop of Durham and Mayster William Killesby Clerke euery one of these leading a great armie of Souldioures well appoynted were embarqued and wayted for the winde from the first of June to the fifth of July and then Tho. de la More Tho. Walsing Ro. de A●esbury hauing a good winde they beganne to make Sayle with the number of one thousande Shippes of burthen and Pinaces and on the thirtéenth day of July they landed at Hogges in Normandy where on the shore of the Sea King Edwarde made his eldest sonne Knighte and also Prince of Wales and immediately the Prince made Knightes Mortimere Montacute Rose and other That night the King lodged in the Towne of Hogges and the next day the Towne was brent by the Armie Hogges in Normandy brent The night following King Edward lodged in Mercels where he stayde fiue dayes during whiche time all the Countrey with the Towne of Barbefleete was by his men consumed with fire From thence they departed to Veloygus which they set a fire then they went to Senet combe de Mount whiche is nigh the Sea and to Garantam thence to Serius and to Saint Lewes passing along vnto the Towne of Turney wasting all with fire and that night the Kyng lodged at Carmalin then to Gerin being a Religious house belonging vnto Cane leauing nothing behinde them vnspoyled Afterward they made an assaulte and entred the Citie Cane
in Normandy beseeged by Edvvard the third of Cane making their entrance by a Bridge whiche was strongly defended There was slayne an hundreth thrée and fortie Knightes among the whiche was the Earles of Ewe and Camberlin de Tankeruill with dyuers other Captaynes whyche were sente into England and the Lady Abatesse of Cane and of them of the Citie were slayne aboue one thousande thrée hundred At this Citie the armie remayned sixe dayes and the spoyle thereof they solde to those Marriners whiche followed the coast as the King went Then they wente to the Monasterie in the Towne of Toward a very strong thyng and well defended Afterwarde they came vnto Argons by nighte burning still as they wente till they came to the Citie of Licens where they founde the Cardinalles of Clarimount and of Naples and one Archbishop who offered the King a treatie of peace and there the King continued thrée dayes refusing to treate of peace Then they wente to Lestentnoland and to the Towne of Briue and lodged at New Burge and after at Selelefe vpon Sayne and there the Welchmen ●●amme through the water of Segan and béeing resisted by the inhabitantes they slewe many of them Then they passed nigh to the Towne and Castell of Pount Darch béeing strong places and not sautable Thys nighte he lodged at Lury vpon Segan nigh vnto the good Towne of Louars whiche they did burne After they passed by the Towne and Castell of Gaylon whiche they tooke and brente and lodged at Lingeuie whiche is nigh the good Towne and Castell of Vernon whiche they touched not and there they first entred into France and the same night they brente the Castell of Roche Blanche whiche standeth on the other side of Segan and lodged at Fremble vpon Segan After that they passed by the Towne de Maunt lodging that night at Oporne On the nexte day they passed to Frigmas and the nexte daye to the good Towne of Poecie where béeyng a Bridge to passe ouer the Riuer of Segan the Frenche had spoyled it but the Kyng caused it to bée reedifyed and the nexte daye they came vnto Amias where were thrée greate Armies appoynted to kéepe the King from passing that way but hée making a greate conflicte with them slewe thrée hundreth of them at the firste charge put the residue to flighte and spoyled their Tentes burning thrée hundreth and two Cartes and Wagons ladē with Crossebowes Quarels Armor victuals the King staying there two dayes they went to Gresile nigh vnto Pountoys then to Antell the next day they passed by the Citie of Wenneys which they touched not and so by Tr●solours at the water of Some where they lodged The next day they wan the Towne of Poys and brent the Castell From thence they went to Aregnus then to Achen where they lodged The next day they came to Noell vpon the Sea side the Frenchmen of Dabuile and the Countrey came to the f●●rdes side to hinder their passage with whome the King had a sore conflict but the enimies were put to the worsse and more than two thousand slayne and the Towne of Croytoy taken and brent and aboue thrée hundred Germanes slayne The next day they followed the King on the Riuer of Some and on the banckes side where the King with his host were lodged came trauelling Phillip de Valoys the French king Tho. de la More with the Kings of Boheme and Malegre leading an army of men innumerable deuided into eight great battels King Edward sent to the French King offering him frée passage ouer the Foorde if he would come and choose a place apt to fight a field in but this Phillip would not fight but went to another place of passage On the morrow King Edward remoued to Cresifield where y e armie of the French King met him The King therefore set his sonne the Prince of Wales to gouerne the vaward The middle warde the Earle of Battayle of Crecy Northampton The third he tooke to guide himselfe The army of the Frenchmen were deuided into nine troupes The vaward was committed to the King of Boheme The French King commaunded his banner called Oliflam The French Banner of oyly flame signifyed no mercy more ●han fire in oyle to be set vp after which time it was not lawfull vnder payne of death to take any man to saue his life This banner that it might differ from his standard had in it Lillies of gold very broade On the other side King Edward commanded his Banner to be erected of the Dragon which signified fiercenesse and crueltie to be turned against the Lillies These armies being thus appoynted stoode in the fielde from one of the clocke vntill the euening Aboute the Sunne setting after the armies had iusted they beganne by sound of Trumpettes to giue signe of battayle but they themselues felt the force of the English Archers and as for their Quarels they fell short a great way Moreouer their footemen being placed among their owne horsemen were by them when they were gaulled with the English shotte of arrowes ouerrunne and troden vpon that a great outcrie was made as it were to the Starres and the whole forme of the array was broken and they fighting with the English armed men are beaten downe with Poleaxes In this so terrible a bickering the Prince of Wales being then but sixtéene yeares olde shewed his wonderfull towardnesse laying on very hotely with Speare and Shield This battell dured thrée partes of the night in the which time the Frenchmen gaue fiue great assaultes againste oure men but at the length they being conquered ranne away On the morrow there came four armies of fresh Souldioures to the French side and making semblant as though their part had suffered no harme they come against the Englishmen and gaue them a fresh battayle On the other side the Englishmen withstoode them very stoutely and after a sharp conflict they forced their foes to flie and in chacing of them togither with them that were slayne in the conflict they slew thrée thousand men in the sayd two dayes There were slayne in the battayle of Crecy the Kings of Boheme and of Maiorica the Archbishop of Zanxinus the Bishop of Noyone the Dukes of Lorayne and Burbon the Earles of Alanson Harecourt Awmarle Sauoy Nois Mountbilliard Niuars and of Flanders with the graund Priour of the Hospitall of France and foure thousand men of armes beside common souldioures without number The third day after King Edward passed by the Abbey of Mounteney and the next day they came to the Towne of Mountney and from thence to the Nunrie of Saint Ioce and after they passed ouer a Foorde and came to Newcastell where they stayde two dayes and from thence they came to Caleis which presently they entrenched to beséege being King Edvvarde beseeged Caleis the fourth day of September Iohn Croydon William Clopton the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Geffrey Witchingham the 28 of October The French King in
of the couenants Embassadoures are sente to the Sea of Rome from eyther Realme On the King of Englands Anno reg 28. behalfe went the Bishop of Norwich the Duke of Lancaster the Earle of Arundell and other knightes who going to Auinion there came to them the Archbishop of Rohan the Duke of Burgoigne Geffrey Charney and other of the French Kings Counsell all these were receyued in great honor many Cardinalles and Bishops met the Duke of Lancaster who brought him for the space of two miles vnto Auinion and to the Popes Pallace at length in the Consistorie of the Pope he with the Cardinalles and Embassadoures being present the causes of their message was declared and the Embassadoures of England requested to haue the couenants cōfirmed which had bin concluded at Caleis to whom the Frenchmē answered that gladly they would haue peace but touching Aquitaine and the foresaid Countreys as they sayde the French King could not nor they might giue their assents that the same shoulde be alienated from the entire body of the Kingdome to the which as well the King as they had taken an oth to maynteyne but yet they could be contented that the profitable dominion of the sayd Duchy and Countreys should be deliuered and come to the King of England as his auncesters had Aquitayne but so yet as the regalitie of the Crowne of France should euer be reserued The Englishmen requested that these sayd dominions should 1354 be absolutely and without any condition restored to the King answere also was made to the reason of the Frenchmen touching the oth of their King and themselues whereby they were bound to conserue the integritie of the honour of their Kingdome to wéete that the Pope for the benefite of peace might assoyle them from the saide othe and this as to certayne articles premitted it shoulde be very well done but yet nothing was done that might be offorce to the furthering of the peace And so the Embassadoures without effect returned home the Bishop of Norwich excepted that deceassed and was buried there to whome succéeded Thomas Percy The King of Nauarre through a brawle raysed slewe Charles de Spayne Marshall of France wherevpon to auoyd the displeasure and punishment of the French King he fled into his owne Countrey sending his Unckle vnto the Duke of Lancaster with Letters humbly besieching him that he woulde come into Normandie to his ayde and defence and to receyue an oth of fidelitie and amitie of hym against all men The Duke therefore getting licence of the King assembled togither a great Nauie at Southampton where when the Duke was readie to haue made Sayle Knightes that he had sente into Normandie came backe to view the truth of this businesse by whome it was notifyed to the Duke that the sayde King of Nauarre hys Cousin was reconciled to the King and so the Dukes voyage was stayde The Friers Augustines Church in London was reedified by Humfrey Bohun Earle of Hereford and Estsex whose Frier Augustines Church in London Ro de Auesberie Dissention at Oxford ●isto Auria body was buryed in the Quire of the same Church A great dissention fell in Oxford betwéene a Scholler and a Uintner for a quart of Wine so that the Scholler poured the Wine on the Uintners head brake his head with the potte by reason whereof a great conflict was made betwixt the Schollers of the Uniuersitie and the Lay men of the Towne in the which many Lay men were woūded and about twentie slaine These troubles continued the space of two dayes and then the Religious men of the Towne labouring to make peace the Lay men pursued a Scholler and wounded him to death yet that day the tumult was appeased but on the morrow the people of the Uillages about Oxford being cōfederate with the Lay men of the Towne came with great force and erected a blacke Banner whervpon the Schollers fled to their Colledges but the Lay mē breaking vp the dores slew many of them and threw them into their priuies they cut and rent their Bookes and bare away what they listed By this meanes the Uniuersitie was dissolued the Schollers sauing of Marton Colledge went to their friends so continued more than a yeare Many both Schollers and Lay men were endited Citizens of Oxford endited by y ● Kings Justices amōgst y ● which four burgesses y ● had bin Maiors of Oxford were sente to the Tower of London William Totingham Richard Smelt the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Thomas Leggy Skinner the 28. of October About the xx of Nouember K. Edward held a Parliamēt Ro. Auesbery at Westminster in the which was granted towards the recouerie of his title in France fiftie Shillings of euery sacke of wooll to be transported ouer the Seas for the space of sixe yeares then next following by meanes whereof the King might dayly dispend during the said sixe yeares more than 1000. markes sterling for by the cōmon opinion ther were more thā an 100000. sackes of wooll yearely into foraigne lands transported so that during those sixe yeares the sayd grant extended to fiftéene hūdred thousand pounds sterling King Edward helde a great Justing at Wodstoke for honour Anno reg 29 Iusting at VVodstock of the Quéene who was then purifyed of hir sonne Thomas After Gaster in a Parliament at Westminster the King 1355 tooke the quarell of Oxford into his hands and sauing euery mans right he forgaue the Schollers all the whole trespasse Ro. de Auesburie so that in the Sommer following the Uniuersitie beganne Vniuersitie of Oxford restored agayne to flourish and the King gaue to the Chancellour of Oxford the only view of the assise of Bread Ale and Wine and all other victualles excluding the Maior vtterly from that office The communaltie of the Towne gaue to the Uniuersitie 250. poundes for amends sauing vnto them neuerthelesse the actions which they had vnto euery singular person of the Towne In this Parliament the processe of the iudgement made against Roger Mortimer Earle of March was reuoked so Ex Recordis that the yong Roger Mortimer sonne to Edmond Mortimer was restored to the title and possessions of the Earledome of March as Cousin and heire to his Grandfather King Edward being about Sandwich on his iourney towardes King Edvvard● sayled into France France and the Prince of Wales at Sutton in Deuonshire on hys voyage towardes Aquitayne looking for a prosperous winde by the space of fortie dayes or more all things else being readie the French King had his armie● deuided in sundrie places about in the Hauens of Normandie and other partes to empeach the landing of the King and Prince and so long they lay there that the Frenchmen with their hired Souldioures did fowly wast their owne Countrey and consumed so many thousands of Crownes out of the French Kings coffers vaynely that in the ende he being néedie payde not his people and so
touching these matters aforesayd and for other considerations also caused a newe coyne of golde to be made in Gascoigne being busied himselfe aboute the repayring of such things as were decayed and throwen downe And in this season there sprang vp a foolish fantasie in the French mens heades that the King of Englande was come into Normandie the cause of which rumour rose vppe for that the Duke of Lancaster after that he had fortifyed the strong places belonging to the King of Nauar whiche were in the I le of Constance and other places did direct his iourney towardes Brytaine whereof he was newly made chiefe Captaine Another cause was this Phillippe brother to 1356 the King of Nauar came into England and earnestly craued ayde of the King against the Frenche King who kept hys brother in prison that he mighte by force of armes restoare all such lands vnto him as were wrongfully withholden from him wherevpon hée offeryng to doe homage and fealtie he hadde of the Kings appoyntmente Miles Stapleton a manne of great integritie and in martiall affayres very skilful him I say the king appointed to be his faithful felow These men with two thousande men well appoynted trauelling throughe Normandie toke townes and Fortresses burning diuerse of them passing along tyll they came to a Castell nine leagues distaunte from the Citie of Paris neyther did they a●lake theyr trauayle vntil they hadde forced theyr enymies to enter into a yearelye truce By this meanes a great report and no lesse fear filled the heartes of all French men whiche report at length came to the eares of the Prince lying at Regla wherefore he gathering all the power he had with him in hys Dukedome to the intent to méete hys Father whiche he muste doe by trauelling through Fraunce he came at length to Brugetat where he was certifyed that the Earle of Armenia woulde after his departure haue spoyled the Countrey and for that intent had prouided a greate bande of men wherefore hée sent backe to the gouernour of Gascoigne vnto Barnarde de Libret and other From thence the prince went into France through the coastes of Barny and Lymon stil encouraging his men against their enimies sending before him Iohn Chandos Iames Dawdeley and other complices to trye out the state of their enimies countrey least perhappes some crafty ambushment might sodainely assaulte our men afore they were ware He himself remouing his campe euery day and now being entred into Pictauia his espies broughte worde that the French king had gathered a greate armye beyng now in Aurelian who also knewe of the Princes comming for he sente out espies to discouer our armye amongst whō Griffin Micco of Chambly petie Captaine of two hundered men méeting with other espies came to his coaste for oure espies toke thirtie of thē and slew the residue so that there was not one of them lefte to carrye worde what was become of theyr fellowes Our espies procéeded towardes Romerentine where méeting with the Lord Crone and Lord Brisgande they sette vppon them and slew them their chief Captaines being forced to flée to a castle and hauing taken their lodging in a town the prince commanded that on the morning a great assault should be giuen to thē of y e Castell The day folowing our men being al armed passed through the ditches came vnto y e wals of the Castel some applied to scale y e wall with ladders some burne the gates and entring slew a gret many of the chief men but y e Lords before named fled vnto the principal tower of y e castel but y e prince determined not to depart til they that were besieged were eyther taken or yéelded at length the Castell being vndermyned the men besieged with all humilitie yéelded vp the Castell After this the spies declared that the Frenche King was come downe to Turon to prouide armies to go against the Prince of the which tydings the Prince being gladde he pighte his tentes againste the Frenche King but could not passe the riuer of Leger by reason of greate floudes and the Frenche King hadde broken all the bridges to the intent there shoulde be no passage betwixte the Prince and the Duke of Lancaster whose armyes might wel euerye nyght perceyue eache others fiers in the Campes but the Prince folowing alongst the riuer of Legers Eastwarde he pyghte hys tentes neare vnto Turon where loking for the Frenche Kyng foure dayes hoping to fighte with him for that hée was distaunte but one league off he vnderstoode that the Frenche King was retyred backe to Blamia ten leagues off passing ouer by a Bridge the Riuer of Legers at a place vsed betwixt two strong Townes and so towarde Poyters This retyring of the Frenche king certifyed the Prince returned backe intending to haue mette him in his waye whych he coulde not doe yet crossing ouer all as he imagined the nerer way he sette vpon the tayle of his enymies and cut frō them the Earles of Inyni and Winters and also the Marshall of Burgonie these being takē died as was thought through the great toyle they had taken night drawing on our men gaue themselues to reste in a wood intending the next day to take theyr iourney towarde Poiters and by the waye they were certifyed that the Frenche King with greate prouision prepared himselfe to battayle and drew nigh to our tents The Batayle of Poyters the Prince therefore committed the vawarde of the armye to the Earles of Warwick and Oxford the middle ward was guided by the Prince and the rerewarde was led by the Earles of Salisburie and Suffolke In all the whole armye of the Prince there was not aboue foure thousande menne of armes one thousande armed souldiours and two thousand Archers The pompous nobilitie of the French men drewe nygh greatly disdayning the small company of the Englishe men for they had in number eight thousande fighting souldiours they had also seuen auntients At this matter a gret many of our men murmured bycause of late a great part of our army was sent to defende Gascoigne There was among the French men a certaine Scotte called William Douglas a man of great force and practise in the Warres this manne did the French king make Knight and bycause he knewe he woulde be a deadly enimie to the English men he gladlye hearkned to his aduices This William was Captain ouer two hundred Scottes these men vnderstoode wel that it was the custome of the Englishe men in those dayes to fighte on foote in which point they followed the Scottes and the Scots also prouoked the French king and other French men to fight in like maner The French king obeying his foolish counsel gladly agréed vnto his sayings wherevpon he sente lighte horssemen into the Cittie that they shoulde suffer no man to make any chase but only 500. horssemen well appointed to come out againste the Archers in the beginning of the conflict and to runne them ouer and to treade them vnder
emptied their quiuers in vain being armed only with swords and Targets are fayn to encounter with them that were laden with armour Then bestirreth hymselfe the worthye Prince of Wales cutting and hewing the French men with a sharp sword In the mean time Captain de la Buch marcheth a compasse about vnder the hangyng of the Hil which he with the Prince a little before forsoke and priuily compassing about the fielde at the length commeth close vnder the place where the Frenche Campe laye from thence he ascended to the toppe of the Hill that waye whiche the French men had beaten with theyr trauayle and so sodainely breaking forth vnloked for and shewing by the ensigne of Saint George that he was our friend the Prince with great courage giueth a freshe charge on the French armye being desirous to breake their ranckes before the captaine aforesayde shoulde set on the side of the battayle The Prince lustilye encountring with his enimies goeth into the middle of the throng and where he séeth most companye there hée layeth aboute hym on euerye side In the meane time on the other side his friends which serued with Captaine de la Buche were at the backes of the enimies beating down and killing without pittie and the Archers also placed for the purpose shot so thick wounding the backes and sides of the French men in suche sorte that the forme of the battayle was quite spoyled neyther could they put themselues in order or array any more This was the courage of the Prince who at the lenghth thrusteth thorough the throngs of them that guarded the Frenche Kyng then shoulde you sée an auntient beginne to nod and stumble the bearers of them to fall downe the bloud of flaues and Princes ran mingled togither into the waters whiche were nigh In like sort the Bore of Cornwal rageth who séeketh to haue none other way to the French Kings standard thā by bloud only but when they came there they met w t a ●ōpany of stout men to withstand them the English mē fight the Frenche men also lay on but at length Fortune making hast to turne hir whéele the Prince preaceth forewarde on his enimies and like a fierce Lion beating down the proud he came to yéelding vp of the French Kyng The French men being scattered abroade in the fieldes of Poycers perceyuing that the standard with the flouerdeluce was beaten down fledde with all spéede towards the Towne which was not farre off the Englishe menne perceyuing them to be fléeing though themselues were eyther sore wounded or wearied followed them in chase euen to the gates of Poyters wher in a great skirmishe and verie daungerous they slewe a great number of French men At the last our mē being called back by retreate with y e sound of trumpet assembling togither there were diuerse Pauilians and tentes set vp in the fieldes and the whole company being throughlye comforted wyth this victorie gaue theyr whole endeauour to prouide for them that were wounded for the quiet rest of them that wer wearied for safe kéeping of them that wer taken prisoners and for the refreshing of them that were almoste famished vntill they had ful vnderstanding who and how many were wanting among them which were founde halfe dead was founde the Lord Iames Dawdeley by reason of his broade bucklet and being caried in the armes of his souldiours was brought to the Princes lodging and the Prince hymselfe rise from his supper and came to him and caused him to be stripped and layd in a soft bedde and being somewhat better come to his remembraunce the Prince comforted him swearing vnto him that he had the Frenche King yéelded vnto him whiche newes when the languishing Noble man hearde he streight wayes reuiued The Prince returning to the French King willed him not to deny that to bée an vnworthy déede of his that rose from his supper to comfort him that was almost deade who spared not hys owne bloude to purchase victorie After that they hauing had some talke concerning the warres whiche Iames Dawdeley made the Frenche king sayde that amongst all other stoute Champions which valiauntly that day behaued themselues he did gretly wonder at the noble déeds of that knight and he spake not muche more in all his supper but what he spake to the Prince who comforted his noble praye Such like wordes it is sayde that the French king spake Although it be our chaunce to fall into an euerlasting sorrowe yet for all that we thoughte it good to refrayne from the same by a kinde of measure for though we be vnder subiection by law and righte of war vnder our noble cousin yet are we not as rascals or faint harted runne-awayes or taken lying hidde close in a corner but after the maner of the fielde by the end and successe of warre where we were as readie to dye as liue for iustice sake And in the same fielde were many richmen taken whose liues were reserued for raunsome the fainte harted and lewde chased away but the worthyest and stoutest were spoyled of theyr liues This battayle of Poyters was fought on the ninetéenth day of September The nexte day after the battayle al the prisoners were numbred to wit the French king also Phillip his sonne the Archbishop of Senon the Erle of Pontue the Erle of Longuile the Earle of Ewe the Erle of Tankeruile the Earle Daunter the Earle of Vendadour the Earle of Slauncer the Earle of Wademount the Earle of Vandome the Erle of Iuyny the Erle Don Martin the Earle of Selabruse the Earle of Sasso Vicount Nerbon the Lord Daubeny Marshal Dawdenam the Lord Guinc●arde de Angle Seneshal de Seintong the Lord Mores Mawnimet the Lord Leonard de Guilhoy the Seneshal of Poyters the Lord great Maister the chiefe maister of the Hospitall of Spaigne the Lorde of Saint Tigre the Lorde Damboyd Seneshal of Annar the Lorde Tower the Lord Dars the Lorde Durual the Lorde of the Towne of Ernell the Lorde Maugeler the Lorde Planke the Vicount de Belimount and the Lorde of Suly there were also the bodyes founde of many that were slayne as the Duke of Burbon the Duke Dasines the Conestable of Fraunce Marshal de Garimount the Lorde Geffrey de Charney the Lorde Pounce y ● Bishop of Chaloner the Lord of Laundas y t Lord Ripemoūt the Lord Chaneny the Lorde Io●e the Lord Nele the Lord Aunger the Lord de Mount Iohn the Lord Dargenton the Lorde Groose the Lorde Ruas the Lord Rochechicheward the Lord de Vilem The Prince bought all the prisoners Captiues of them that kept them and carryed them wyth him to Burdeaux there to remain in safe custodie during his abode there Richard Notingham Thomas Dossel the. 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior ●● 1●57 Anno reg 21 Henrie Picarde Vintener the. 28. of October Edward Prince of Wales returning into Englande wyth Iohn the French King Phillip his son and many other prysoners arriued at Plymouth on the
Knightes and fiue Bishops to wéete Reginald of Worcester Michael of London Thomas of E●lie Iohn of Lincolne and Robert of Cicester To Worcester was preferred Iohn of Barnet to London Simon Sudburie to Ely Simon Langham to Lincolne Iohn Bokingham to Cicester William Linlinere Leonell Earle of Hulster by his wife and sonne to King Edward went into Ireland to recounter the Irishmen that vexed the English Edward Prince of Wales tooke to wife by dispensation the Countesse of Kent daughter vnto Edmond Earle of Kent brother to King Edward the second she had bin before wife vnto Thomas Holland and before that she was wife to the Earle of Salisburie and diuorsed from him A route of the great company of the Englishmen were cōmanded to depart out of France and they discomfited in Anuerne the Frenchmen and tooke diuers prisoners of the nobles of France that had bin afore takē of the Englishmen and there was slayn Iaques de Burbon and the Countie of Salbrig Also a route of Britons part of the great company aforesayd were discōfited in Limosin alias Garet by Wil. Felton knight of England at that time Steward of y e Countrey for K. Edward William Holbech Iames Tame the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Sore rempest of vvinde Iohn Peche Fishmonger the 28. of October The King helde his Christmas at Windsore and the xv day folowing a sore and vehemēt Southweast wind brake forth so hideous that it ouerthrew high Houses Towers Stéeples and Trées and so bowed them that the residue which fell not but remayned standing were the weaker The first fiue dayes of May at London in Smithfield were Anno reg 36 Iusting in Smithfield Justes holden the King and Quéene being present and the most part of the Chiualrie of England and France and of other Nations to the which came Spanyards Cipriets and Armenians Knightly requesting the King of Englands ayde againste the Pagans that had inuaded their confines The 1362 First Staple of vvool at Caleis staple of wools notwithstāding the oth receiued of the King of England and other great men of the land is sent to Caleis In the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paule King Edward at Westminster by his Charter gaue to the Abbot of Westminster and Couent two Stagges of his Uenison yearely to be taken in the Forest of Windsore Edward Prince of Wales about the feast of Saint Margaret Edvvard the Kings eldest sonne Prince of Aquitayne at Westminster in presence of the great men of y e Realme receyued of his father the principalitie of Aquitayne fealtie and homage first made to him but yet he left not the principalitie of Wales the Duchie of Cornewall the Counties of Chester and Kent Simon Islip Archbishop of Canterburie did ordeyne that Priestes became theeues for lacke of liuing ● more should not be giuen to Priestes for their yearely stipend than thrée pound sixe shillings eyght pence whiche caused many of them to steale Iohn of Saint Albons Iames Andrew the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Stephen Candish Draper the 28. of October The sixtéenth day of October began a Parliamente at London which continued till the feast of Saint Brice the thirtéenth Tho. Walsing of Nouember on which day the King was borne hauing now accomplished the 50. yeare of his age wherevppon he pardoned such as were giltie of Treason to his person releassed prisoners reuoked outlawes and at the petition of the commons he commanded pleas to be vsed in English and not in French as they had continued since the Conquest He made Leonell his sonne Earle of Hulster then being in Ireland Duke of Clarence and his son Iohn Earle of Richmond he made Duke of Lancaster and Edmond his sonne he made Earle of Cambridge In the saide Parliamente was granted to the King for Subsedie of vvoolles thrée yeares following sixe and twentie shillings eyght pence of euery Sacke of wooll to be transported beyond the Seas Ioane Quéene of Scottes and wife to Dauid Bruse and sister to King Edward the third dyed and was buried in the grey Friers Church at London by hir mother Sea Cro. A Priest in London was murthered and being cutte in four quarters was cast contemptuouslie in foure partes of y e Citie y ● doers wherof were not knowne what they were Sir Iohn Cobham Knighte founded the Colledge of Cobham Colledge Anno reg 37 1363 Three Kings came into England The French King dieth Cobham in Kent The French King the King of Cipres and the King of Scottes came all into England to speake with King Edwarde who receiued them with great honor and gaue them great giftes the Kings of Cipres and of Scotland returned home shortly but the French King fell sicke at London whereof he shortly after died A Frost in England lasted from the midst of September Great Frost Adam Merim● to the moneth of Aprill Richard Croydon Iohn Hiltoft the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Cro. col reg ●●x● Iohn Not Peperer the 28. of October This yeare the Castell of Quinborough was builded by King Edward The ninth day of Aprill died Iohn King of France at the Anno reg 38 1364 Sauoy beside Westminster through griefe of minde that the Duke of Angiow one of his pledges had deceyued him and came not into England according as he had promised and sworne His corps was honourably conueyed to Douer and so to Saint Denis in France where he was buried Iohn de Mitford Simon de Mordon the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 39 1365 Sherifes Maior Adam of Bury Skinner the 28 of October Ingram Lord of Cowsie married Lady Isabell the Kings daughter at Windsore Iohn Bukulsworth Thomas Ireland the 28. of Septemb. Iohn Loukin Fishmonger Adam of Bury Skinner The 28. of January Iohn Louekin Fishmonger was elected Maior and Adam Bury remoued by the Kings commandement The King commanded that Peter pence should no more Anno reg 40 Peter pence forbidde be gathered nor payde to Rome Saint Peters pence is the Kings almes and all that had twentie peny worth of good of one manner cattell in their house of their owne proper should giue that penie at Lammas The third day of Aprill was borne at Burdeaux Richard 1366 sonne to Edward the blacke Prince who was after King of England by the name of Richard the second Iohn Ward Thomas at Lee the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Louekin Fishmonger the 28. of October This Iohn Louekin Stockfishmonger four times Maior of London twice by election and twice by the Kings appointment Iohn Leyland for that he was borne in the Towne of Kingston Hospitall at Kingston vpon Thamis vpon Thamis he builded there a Chappel called Magdalenes ●o the which he ioyned an Hospitall wherein was a Mayster two Priestes and certayne poore men and for that the Saint Michael● Church in Crooked Lane builded parish Church of Saint
Michaell by Crooked Lane of London in whiche Parish he then dwelled was a very small and homely thing standing in part of that ground where now of late the Personage house is builded and the groūd therabout a filthie plot by reason of the Butchers in Eastcheape who made the same their Lest haw he on the same grounde builded the faire new parish Church of Saint Michaell now standing and was there buried in the middle of the Quire vnder a faire Tombe of Stone with the images of him and his wife grauen in Allablaster vpon the same Tombe He also as writeth Iohn Leyland founded a Colledge to the same Church néere therevnto adioyning The sayde parish Churche of Saint Michaell hath bin since encreased Eastwarde with a new Quier and side Chappels by Sir William Walworth Fishmonger and Maior of London as shall be shewed in the fourth yeare of King Richard the second Also the Tombe of Iohn Louekin was remoued and a ●lat stone of grey Marble garnished with plates of Latin and an Epitaph was layde vpon him as it yet remayneth Edward Prince of Wales taking compassion vpon Peter Tho. Wall Anno reg 41 The Bastard brother disheriteth the lavvful 1367 King of Spayne who was driuen out of his Kingdome by Henry his Bastard brother entred Spayne with a great puissance and in a battell at Nazers the third of Aprill put to flight the foresayde Bastard ouercame his power and slew sixe thousande of his men where there was taken thréescore persons of name and two thousande of the common Souldioures whiche done he restored the sayde Peter to his former dignitie and returned home with greate triumph and victorie but not long after Henry the Bastarde The Bastard brother murthereth the lavvfull whiles King Peter sate at a Table sodeinly thrust him thorough with a Speare and inuaded the Lande by Treason which by open warre he could not do Iohn Tornegold William Dikeman the 28 of Septem Sherifes Maior Iames Andrew Draper the 28. of October The Frenchmen tooke diuers Townes and Castels in Poytow that belonged to the King of England and to the ende Anno reg 42 they mighte the more effectually deceyue the King of England the French King sent him word that he was readie to pay the residue of his fathers raunsome and to perfourme the conditions of peace Also he sente him Wines out of 1368 Boheme and other presents in token of loue but it fortuned whiles the Embassadors were in the Kings presence the lamentable newes were brought of the forcible inuasion of the Frenchmen in Poytow whiche when the King hearde he Sutteltie of Frenchmen commaunded the Embassadors to gette them home with their deceiptfull presents to their deceiptfull Lord whose mockes he woulde not long leaue vnreuenged The Embassadoures returning home were mette by the menne of Caleis who tooke their Wines and other goodes from them Robert Girdler Adam Wimondham the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Anno reg 43 Third Pestilence Dearth of Corne. 1369 Simon Mordin Stockfishmonger the 28. of October The thirde mortalitie or Pestilence was this yeare whereof dyed Blaunch Duches of Lancaster and was buried in Paules Church at London This yeare was a great dearth of Corne so that a Bushell of Wheate at London was solde for two shillings sixe pence of Barlie twentie pence of Otes twelue pence The xv of August died Quéene Philip wife to Edwarde the third and was buried at Westminster Quenesborough Kingston vpon Hull and Saint Botolphes alias Bostowne made Staples by Parliament The Kings sonne Iohn Duke of Lancaster and Humfrey Bohan Earle of Hereford with a greate Armie wente into France where they little preuayled bycause an huge Armie of Frenchmen had pitched their Tentes vppon the toppe of Chalke hill néere vnto Caleis so strongly that they coulde not be sette on withoute greate losse and dammage but shortlye after Thomas Beawchampe Earle of Warwike arriued at Caleis wyth a number of chosen Souldiers at whose comming the Frenchmenne leauing their tentes and victualles fledde away neuerthelesse he passed forth spoyling and wasting the Isle of Caws with fire and sword but as he returned towarde Caleis he fell sicke whereof he dyed and the other Captayne 's returned without honor Iohn Piel Hugh Holditch the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 44 The King borovved great summes 1370 Iohn Chichester Goldsmith the 28. of October King Edward borowed of the Prelates and other many great summes of money saying he would bestow the same in defence of the Church and Realme but about Midsomer he sente a greate armie into France whereof Sir Roberte Knowles was generall a man who before time had fortunately handled the beyond sea warres so long as they were ruled by his counsell but toward Winter the yong Lords sayde they ought not to be subiect to him who was not so noble of birth as they and so diuiding themselues into diuers companies Sir Robert Knowles departed into Briteine to his owne Castels which he had conquered The Lords being so diuided the Frenchmen set vpon them tooke prisoners whome they listed and slew the residue A great part of Gascoigne fell from the Prince bycause of the strange exactions he layde vpon them also sicknesse encreasing vpon him he returned into England with his wife and his sonne Richard and resigning into his fathers hāds the gouernement of Gascoigne The Monasterie of Abingdon fiue miles from Oxforde was spoyled by them of Oxford togither with the Artificers Mathew Parker of Abingdon William Walworth Robert Gayton the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Iohn Barnes Mercer the 28. of October This Iohn Barnes gaue a Chest with thrée lockes and a thousand Markes to be lent to yong men vpon sufficiente A Chest vvith three lockes and neuer a penie Anno reg 45 1371 gage so that it passed not one hundred Markes and for the occupying thereof if he were learned to say at his pleasure Deprofundis for the soule of Iohn Barnes if he were not learned to say Pater noster but how so euer the money is lent at this day the Chest standeth in the Chamber of London without money or pledges In a Parliament at London the King demaunded of the Great subsedie Adam Meri Cleargie and Communaltie a subsedie of 50000. pounds for the leuying whereof Chauntrie Priestes and small benefited were taxed Also the Bishops were remoued from the offices of Chanceler Treasurer and Priuis Seale and Lay men put in their stéede Robert Hatfield Adam Staple the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Anno reg 46 1372 Iohn Barnes Mercer the 28. of October Iohn Duke of Lancaster and Edmond Earle of Cambridge returning out of Gascoigne brought with them two daughters of Peter late King of Spayne whome afterwards they tooke to be their wiues the Duke maried the elder and from that time wrote himselfe King of Castile The Englishmen fought a battaile on the Sea with the
to pretend some excuse for his going alone after he should méete with the Duke as lacke of victualles or such like and so to take a byway thorough Wales and there to rayse a power he accorded to goe to the Duke and then Masse being celebrate the Earle of Northumberlande sware vpon the host that the Duke should holde all that he had tolde the king The Earle hasted the king forwarde to horssebacke but the King prayed the Erle to go before vnto Rutland there to prepare dinner The erle rode a pace till he came where he mighte sée his people vnder the mountaine whom he muche commended for obseruing his commaundement The King passing the water rode a four miles before he came to the Rock where when he sawe the ambushes was K. R. betraye● sore abashed knowing well he was betrayed by the Earle for he was in such a place as he coulde not escape The Sea beating on the one side and the Rock kéeping him in on the other and if he shoulde haue fled backe they woulde haue caught him or he could haue come to Conway for he had not past thrée and twentie in all of his company The K. dissēding the Rocke the Earle came and knéeling down excused the matter saying he hadde caused those people to come to guarde his person but the king tolde him fewer wold haue serued and that it was contrarie to his othe for he had promised to haue but sixe in his company and sayde therefore that he would goe backe to Conway but the Earle aunsweared that nowe sith he had him he would leade him to the Duke as he had promised ten dayes since and so he caused Breade and Wine to bee broughte and offered the king who durst not refuse it and after leaping on horssebacke againe they rode to Rutlande to dinner and after to Flinte where they lay that night The Morrow being the two and twentie day of August the King got him to the Castell Wals where he beheld the D. with al his host of an hundred thousand men comming by the sands there came before that were departed from the army the Archbishop of Canterburie sir Thomas Percy and the Earle of Rutland from whom the Duke had taken the office of Conestable more for a colour than for displeasure for they bare the Dukes order and not the Harte whyche was the kings the Archbishoppe entred firste and after the other with a great traine they went vp to the dungeon and then the King came downe from the walles vnto whō they did reuerence lowlye on their knées the King toke them vp and drew the Archbishop apart and they two talked lōg togither but the Earle of Rutland kept him aloof They toke horsse againe and rode towards the Duke that now approched neare The Kyng went vp againe to the walles lamēting sore when he saw the Dukes hoste within two bowe shootes of the Castell who compassed it rounde about down to the sea The Earle of Northumberland wente forthe to the Duke who after long talke concluded that the duke should not enter the Castel before the King had dyned for he was fasting so the Earle returned and the King was set to dynner with whome sate his assured friends the Earle of Salisburie and the Bishop of Carlile sir Steuen Scrope and Feribe they sat long and eate little for they had no haste to rise After dinner the Duke entred the Castel all armed his Basenet excepted King Richard came downe to méete the Duke who as soone as he saw the King fell downe on hys knées and comming neare vnto him he knéeled the second time with his hat in his hand and the king then put off his hoode and spake first faire cousin of Lancaster yée are righte welcome The Duke bowing lowe to the grounde answeared my Lord I am come before you sent for me the reason why I wil shew you The cōmon fame among your people is suche that yée haue for the space of twentie or two and twentie yeares ruled them very rigorously but if it please our Lorde I will helpe you to gouerne better The Kyng aunswered fayre cousin of Lancaster sith it pleaseth you it pleaseth mée wel The Duke spake as yée haue heard to the king he spake also to the Bishop of Carlile to sir Stephen Scrope and to Feribe but to the Earle of Salisburie he spake not whereby the Earle perceyued that the Duke hated him deadly The duke with an high sharp voyce bad bring forth the Kings horsses and then two little nagges not worthe fortie franks were brought forth the King was set on the one and the Earle of Salisburie on the other and thus the Duke brought the King from Flinte to Chester where he was delyuered to the Duke of Glocesters sonne and to the Earle of Arundales sonne that loued him but a little for he had put theyr fathers to death who ledde hym strayghte to the Castel The thirde day they went to Nantwich and the next daye to newe Castle and there the Earle of Warwickes son mette thē and so iournying forth the next day they came to Stafford after they departed to Lichfield where the K. thought to haue escaped slypping downe into a Gardaine out of a Windowe of a great Tower but he was espyed and thrust into the Tower againe from Liechfielde the Duke went to Couentrie but before they coulde come thyther the Welchmen did them much harme and slew many of them and the Englishmen when they by great chaunce coulde take anye of the Welchmen they tyed them to their horsse tayles and drewe them after them through ways ful of stones caused them to die miserablye The Duke passed from Couentrie to Deintrie the next day to Northampton from thence to Dunstable then to Saint Albons and a fiue or sixe miles before hys comming to London the Maior and the Companyes in their lyueries with greate noyse of Trumpets mette the Duke doyng more reuerence to hym than to the Kyng reioycing that God had sente them suche a Prince that had conquered the Realme within one monthes space When the Duke came within two miles of the Citie the duke caused the hoste to stay and then said to the commons of the Citie My maisters beholde here youre King consider what yée will doe wyth him They answered they woulde he should be ledde to Westminster wherevppon he was deliuered vnto them and they ledde him to Westminster and from thence by water to the Tower of London The D. entred into London by y e chief gate rode through Cheape to Sainte Paules where he was after lodged in the Bishops Pallace fiue or sixe dayes and after at Saint Iohns without Smithfield where he remained xv days from thēce he remoued to Hertforde where he abonde thrée wéekes and then came backe to London to hold the Parliament that began the firste Wednesday of October in Westminster Hall which they had hung and trimmed sumptuously and hadde caused
England and his Quéen were lodged in the Castell of Lowre and the King of France and his Quéene were lodged in the pallace of Saint Paule King Henrie hearing that the Dolphen with a great power besieged the Towne of Guisney he determined to goe himselfe to the raysing of the siege and so came to the town of Corbeil and so to Senlis where he waxed so sicke that hée was constrayned to tarry and send his brother the Duke of Bedforde to rescue thē of Cosney but the Dolphin raysed hys siege and departed thence King Henrie his disease increasing he departed this life in the Castell called Boyes de Visceme not far from Paris on the last of August in the yeare 1422. when he had raigned nine yeares fiue monethes and odde dayes There was present at his death King Charles of Fraunce and the two Quéenes but before his death this most prudent King disposed the guarde of the yong Prince his sonne and the defence of the realme of Englande to hys brother Humfrey Duke of Glocester but the custodie of the body of this yong Prince the King committed to his vncle the Duke of Excester and the reuenues of the Dutchie of Normandie he bequethed to his brother Iohn Duke of Bedforde for the gouernaunce of the same Dutchy and of the Realme of France In his life time he reedified his royall manour that then was called Shine nowe Richmount hée founded two Monasteries vpon the Thamis not farre from Richmount the one of Carthusians whiche he named Bethlem the other of religious men and women of Saint Bridget and that he named Sion He founded Gartar principal Kyng at armes of all Englishmen and also the brotherheade of Sainte Gyles without Creple Gate of London Shortlye after hys departing his bowels were enterred in the Church of Sainte More de Fosses and his corps well enbaulmed and seared was closed in leade and accompanyed with all the Lords Enguerant estates and commons of England that were there presente with also many Lords and great estates as well of France Normandie Burgondie and Picardie was brought with greate honour to Paris and set in the Churche of our Ladie where were done for him right solemne exequies with distributiō of mony and great almes to the poore From thence he was broughte to Roane where he aboade long When all things necessarie were prepared for the conueyaunce of the deade King into Englande hys body was layde in a Chariot whiche was drawen by foure great horsses and aboue the dead corpes they layde a figure made of boyled hydes or leather representing his person as nyghe to the semblaunce of him as could be deuised painted curiously to the similitude of a liuing creature vpon whose heade was set an Emperiall Diadem of golde and precious stones and in his right hand he helde a Scepter royall and in his lefte hand a ball of gold And in this manner adorned was this figure layde in a bedde in the sayde Chariot with hys vnsage vncouered toward the heauens and the couerture of hys bedde was of red silke beaten with golde and besides that when the body shoulde passe through anye good Town a Canapie of maruaylous great value was borne ouer the Chariot by men of great worshippe In this manner accompanyed of the King of Scottes and of all Princes Lordes and Knightes of hys house he was broughte from Roane to Abeuile where the corpse was set in the Churche of Sainte Offr●ne From Abuile he was broughte to Hedin and from thence to Menstreull so to Bulloigne and to Caleis In all thys iourney were many men about the Chariot clothed al in white which bare in theyr handes torches burning after whom followed al the housholde seruauntes in blacke and after them came the Princes Lordes and estates of the Kyngs bloud adorned in vestures of mourning and after all thys from the sayde Corpse the distaunce of two Englishe myles followed the Quéene of Englande righte honourably accompanyed In thys manner they entred Caleis from whence after a fewe dayes they departed and continued theyr iourneys by water and lande vntyll they came to London where they arriued about the tenth of Nouember so were conuaied by London bridge through Cheap to the Cathedrall Churche of Saint Paule vppon the couering of the for moste of the foure horsses that conuayed the Chariot wer imbrodered the auntient armes of Englād vpon the couerture of the seconde horsse were the armes of England and Fraunce in one shielde quarterly vppon the couerture of the thirde horsse was imbrodered the armes of Fraunce without any maner of difference and on the fourth horsse were the armes of King Arthur When his exequies were solemnized at Saint Paules Church in London hée was brought from thēce to be enterred in the Abbay of Saint Peter at Westminster amongst hys noble auncestoures Thus thys most victorious and renoumed Kyng entred the way decréed for euery creature in the floure most lustie time of hys age to witte but sixe and thirtie yeares olde ⸪ ¶ King Henry of Windsor HEnrie the sixth being an infant of eight moneths old beganne Anno reg 1. Titus Liuius his raigne the last of August in the yeare 1422. Continuing the time of his youth the gouernance of the Realme was committed to y e Duke of Glocester and the gard of his person to the Duke of Excester and to the Duke of Bedford was giuen the regiment of France who right wisely and nobly ruled the same so long as he liued This Henry was of witte and nature simple gentle and méeke he loued better peace than warre quietnesse of mind than businesse of the world honestie than profite rest and ●ase than trouble and care all iniuries that euer happened to him which were many he suffered patiently and reputed them to be worthely sent of God for his offences William Gastfield Robert Tatarsale the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior William Walderne Mercer the 28. of October The xxj of October Charles King of France passed out of this world and was buried at S. Denis in France after he ha● History of Loys Duke of Orleance Charles le bievv King of France dyed bin Crowned King 46. yeares He was greatly beloued of his people all his life time and therefore was called Le Roy Charle le biew ame but yet he had a sicknesse the more part of his raigne that being out of his witte he woulde strike all that came néere him it tooke him first in the Citie of Mans shortly after he had bin in Flanders to reduce the Flemings to obedience There was by reason héereof great trouble in France bycause those that were néere to him in lignage sought euery one to haue the chiefe gouernement in theyr hands When he thus dyed the Realme was left in miserable state for people of each strange nation were gouernoures in the Realme First the Englishmen had conquered a great parte and sought to haue the rest and the Duke of
warde passing their bands and libertie vsed of olde time by diuers subtile and vntrue meanes and actions falselye fained taking great sée at their lust in great hurt of the people on all the Shire of Kent 13 Item the people of the saide Shire of Kent may not haue their frée election in the chosing Knights of the Shire but letters bene sent from diuers estates to the great Rulers of all the Country the which enbraceth their tenaunts and other people by force to choose other persons than the common will is 14 Item where as Knightes of the Shire should chose the kings collectors indifferētly without any bribe taking they haue sēt now late to diuers persons notifying them to be collectors wherevpon giftes and bribes be taken and so the collectors office is bought and sold extortionously at the Knightes lust 15 Item the people be sore vexed in costes and labour called to the Sessions of peace in the sayd Shire appearing frō the farthest vttermost part of the West vnto the East the which causeth to some men v. dayes iourney where vpon they desire the saide appearaunce to be deuided into two partes the which one part to appeare in one place an other part in an other place in releuing of the gréeuaunce and intollerable labours and vexations of the said people The requestes by the Captaine of the great assemble in Kent INprimis desireth the Captaine of the commons the welfare of our soueraigne Lord the King al his true Lords spirituall and temporall desiring of our saide soueraigne Lorde and of al the true Lordes of his counsell he to take in al his demaines that he may raigne like a King royall according as he is borne our true Christian King annoynted and who so will saye the contrarye we all will liue and die in the quarrell as his true liege men Item desireth the said Captaine that he will auoide al the false progenie and affinitie of the Duke of Suffolke the whiche béene openlye knowne and they to be punished after the custome and Lawe of this Land to take about his noble person the true Lordes of his Royal bloud of this his Realme that is to say the high and mightie Prince y e duke af Yorke late exiled from our saide Soueraigne Lordes presence by the motion and stirring of the traiterous and false disposed the Duke of Suffolke and his affinitie the mightie Princes Dukes of Excester Buckingham and Norfolke and all the Earles and Barons of this land and then shal he be the richest King Christen Item desireth the said Captaine commons punishment vpon the false traitors the which contriued and imagined the death of the high mightful excellent Prince the Duke of Glocester the whiche is too much to rehearse y e which duke was proclaimed as traitor Upon the which quarrell we purpose all to liue and die vpon that it is false Item the Duke of Excester our holy father the Cardinal the noble Prince Duke of Warwike and also the Realme of Fraunce the Dutchie of Normandie Gascoyne and Gwi●● Anioy and Mayne were deliuered and lost by the meanes of the sayd traytors and our true Lords Knights and Esquiers and many a good yoman lost and sold ere they wēt y e which is great pitie to heare of the great and gréeuous losse to our Soueraigne Lorde and his Realme Item desireth the sayd Captayne and Commons that all the extortions vsed dayly among the Common people might be layde downe that is to say the Gréene Waxe the which is falsely vsed to the perpetuall destruction of the kings true Commons of Kent Also the kings Bench the which is too gréefefull to the shire of Kent without prouision of our Soueraigne Lord and his true Counsell And also in taking of Wheate and other graynes Béefe Mutton and all other victual the which is importable to the sayde Commons without the briefe prouision of our saide Soueraigne Lorde and his true Counsell they may no longer beare it And also vnto the statute of laborers and the great extortioners the which is to say the false traytors Slegge Crowmer Isle and Robert Este These bylles when the Counsell had well perused they did not onely disalowe and condemne them the authors as proude and presumptuons but also perswaded the King rather to suppresse those rebels by force than by fayre promises Whervpon the King remoued from Westminster vnto Greenewiche from whence he woulde haue sent certayne Lordes with a powre to haue destressed the Kentishmen but the men sayde to their Lordes they would not fight against them that labour to amend the common Weale wherevppon the Lordes were driuen to leaue their purpose And because the Kentishmen cryed out against the Lorde Say the Kings Chamberlayne he was by the King committed to the Towre of London Then went the King agayne to London King Henrie vvent against the Kentishmen vvith a great povver and within ij dayes after went against the Kentishmen with xv thousand men well prepared for the warre but the sayd Kentishmen fled the night before his comming into the wood countrey néere vnto Senocke wherevpon the King returned againe to London and sent sir Humfrey Stafforde Knight with William Stafford his brother and other Gentlemen to follow the Kentishmē who finding them at Senock set vppon the rebels and fought with them a long time but in the ende both the Staffordes were slaine with many other King Henries povver ouercome of their people When Iacke Cade had thus ouercome the Staffordes he forthwith apparelled himself with the knightes apparell and after he had refreshed his people he returned to the Blackeheath and there pight agayne his fielde and lay there from the. xxix daye of June tyll the first day of July in which season came vnto him the Archbyshop of Caunterburie and the Duke of Buckingham with whom they had a long communication and founde him ryght discrete in his aunsweres Howbeit they coulde not cause him to submit himselfe and lay downe his people In the meane while the King and Quéene hearing of the increasing of his rebels and also the Lordes fearing King Henrie vvent to Killingvvorth their owne seruaunts least they would take the Captaines part remoued from London to Killingworth leauing the Citie without ayde except onely the Lorde Scales which was left to kéepe the Towre and with him a manly and warly man named Mathewe Gowghe Then the Captaine of Kent thus houering at Blackeheath to bring himselfe the more in fame that he kept good Justice beheaded there a petie Captayne of his named Paris for so muche as he had offended agaynst such ordinaunces as he had established in Captaine of Kent his K●ttishmen entred the Citie of London his hoste and hearing that the King and his Lordes were thus departed drewe him néere vnto the Cittie so that vppon the first of July he entred the Borough of Southwarke then beyng Wednesday and lodged him there at
Captayneshyp but the Earle for as muche as he was made by Parliament he woulde not obey the Priuie Seale but continued forth in the sayd office The Noble Science of Printing was about this tyme 1459 Printing first inuented founde in Germanie at Magunce by one Iohn Cuthembergus a Knight One Conradus an Almaine brought it into Rome William Caxton of London Mercer brought it into England aboute the yeare a. 1471. And fyrst practised the same in the Abbay of Saint Peter at Westminster after which tyme it was likewyse practised in the Abbayes of Saint Augustine at Caunterburie Saint Albons and other Monasteries of England In a lyttle Towne in Bedfordshire there fell a bloudie It raigned bloud rayne whereof the red drops appeared in shéetes the which a woman had hanged out for to dry In this tyme the Realme of Englande was out of good order as it had bene of long tyme for the King béeyng symple and pitifull was ledde by couetous Counsell The King grewe in debte dayly but payment was not made All the possessions and Lordshippes that pertayned to the Crowne the King had giuen some to Lordes and some to others such as would begge them so that himselfe had almost nothing lefte to lyue on but such impositions as were put to the common people as Taxes Tallages Quinzimes all which was spent in vayne for he helde no houshold nor maintayned no warres for which misgouernaunce the heartes of the people were turned from them that had the Land in gouernaunce The Quéene with such as were of hir affinitie ruled the Realme as hir lyked gathering riches innumerable The Officers of the Realme especially the Earle of Wilshire Treasurer of England for to enriche himselfe pilled the poore people disherited rightfull heyres and did many wrongs The Quéene was defamed and sclaundered that the young Prince was not hir sonne but a Bastard gotten in adulterie wherefore she dreading that he shoulde not succéede his father in the Crowne of Englande allyed vnto hir all the Knightes and Esquiers of Chestershire for to haue theyr fauour she helde open housholde among them and made hir sonne the Prince to giue a liuerie of Swannes to all the Gentilmen of the Countrey and to many other through the land trusting through their strength to make hir sonne King making priuie meanes to some of the Lordes of England for to stirre the King that he should resigne the Crowne to her sonne but she could not bring their purpose about The. xxj day of September Richard Earle of Salisburie hauing An. reg 38. gathered a well appoynted armie for dread of his enemies especially of the Quéene tooke his way towarde Ludlowe where at that time the Duke of Yorke lay to the intent that they both together would haue rydden to the King to Colshull in Staffordshire to haue excused them of certaine articles layd against them by malice of their enemies as they sayd Wherevpon those that were about the King and also the Quéene who laye at Eglishall moued him to assemble a great powre whereof Iames Twichet Lorde Awdley was made chiefe and had the leading of them into the fielde called Bloreheath néere vnto Mucklestone by the which the sayde Bloreheath fielde Duke and the Earle must néedes passe there both hostes mette and fought a mortall battaile wherin the Lord Audley was slaine with Hugh Venables of Kinderton Thomas Dutton of Dutton Richard Mollynes William Trowtbek Iohn Legh del Bothes Iohn Donne of Vtkinton and Iohn Edgerton of Edgerton Knightes Richard Donne of Croton Iohn Duttes Esquiers and many other of Chestershire that had receyued the Princes liuerie of Swannes and there were takē prisoners the Earle of Salisburies ij sonnes Thomas and Iohn and sir Thomas Harington which were sent to Chester but soone after deliuered After this discomfiture the Earle of Salisburie passed forth to Duke Richard to Ludlowe and thether came to them for Calleis the Earle of Warwike which all thrée writ a letter vnto King Henry whereof the tenure is this MOst Christian King right high and mighty Prince our most dread Soueraigne Lord after as humble recommēdations to your high excellencie as will suffice Our true intent to the prosperitie augmentation of your high estate and to the commō Weale of this Realme hath be●●● shewed vnto your highnesse in such writing as wée make thereof And ouer that an Indenture signed by our hands in the Churche Cathedrall of Worcester comprehending y ● proofe of the truth duetie that God knoweth we beare to your saide estate and to the preheminence and prerogatiue thereof we sent vnto your good Grace by the Prior of the sayde Churche and diuers other Doctors and among other by M. William Lynwood Doctor of Diuinitie which ministred vnto vs seuerally the blessed Sacrament of the body of Jesus wherevppon we and euery of vs deposed for our sayde trueth and duetie accordyng to the tenor of the sayde Indenture And sith that time we haue certified at large in writing and by mouth by Garter King of Armes not onely to your said highnesse but also to the good worthie Lordes beyng about your most Noble presence the largenesse of our sayde trueth and duetie and our intent and disposition to serche all the motions that might serue conueniently to the affirmation thereof and to our perfect suerties from suche inconuenient and vnreuerent ieopardies as wée haue béene put in diuers tymes here before Whereof we haue cause to make and ought to make suche exclamation and complaint not without reason as is not vnknowen to all the sayde worthie Lordes and to all his land and wil offer vs to your high presence to the same intent if we myght so doe without sayd suertie which onely causeth vs to kéepe suche fellowshippe as we doe in our léefull manner And hereto we haue forborne and auoyded all thinges that might serue to the effusion of Christian bloud of the dreade that we haue of God and of your Royall Maiestie and haue also eschued to approche your sayde most Noble presence for the humble obeysaunce and reuerence wherein we haue and during our lyfe will haue the same And yet neuerthelesse we heare that we be proclaimed and defamed in our name vnrightfully vnlawfully and sauing your high reuerence vntruely and otherwise as God knoweth than we haue giuen cause knowing certainely that the blessed and noble intent of your said good grace and the righteousnesse thereof is to take repute and accept your true and lawfull subiectes and that it accordeth neyther with your sayd intent nor with your wyll or pleasure that we shoulde be otherwise taken or reputed And ouer that our Lordshippes and tenantes bene of high violence robbed and spoyled agaynst your peace and lawes and all ryghteousnesse Wée therefore as we suffice beséeche your sayde good Grace to take repute and receyne therevnto our sayde trueth and intent which to God is knowne as wée shewe it by the sayde tenor
othe Item it is accorded appointed and agréed that the said Richard Duke of Yorke shal be called reputed from hence forth very and rightfull heire to the crownes royall estate dignitie and Lordshippe aboue saide and after the decease of the saide King Henry or when he will lay from him the saide crownes estate dignitie and Lordshippe the sayde Duke and his heyres shal immediately succéed to the saide crownes royal estate dignitie and Lordship Item the saide Richard Duke of Yorke shall haue by authoritie of this present Parliament castels manors lands and tenementes wyth the wardes marriages reliefs seruices fines amercementes offices anowsions fées and other appurtenaunces to them belonging what soeuer they be to the yearely valewe of tenne thousande markes ouer al charges and reprises where of fiue thousand markes shall be to his owne state thrée thousande fiue hundred markes to Edward his first begotten sonne Earle of March for his estate and one thousande pounde to Edmond Earle of Rutland his seconde sonne for his yearely sustentation in suche considerations and suche intent as shall be declared by the Lords of the Kings Counsell Item if any person or persons imagine or compasse the death of the sayde Duke and thereof probably be attaynte of open déede done by folkes of other condition that it be déemed and adiudged high treason Item for the more establishing of the sayde accorde it is appointed and consented that the Lordes spirituall and Temporall being in thys present Parliament shal make othes to accepte take worship and repute the said Richard Duke of Yorke and hys heires as aboue is rehearsed and kéepe and obserue and strength in as muche as apperteyneth vnto them all the things abouesayd and resist to their power all them that woulde presume the contrarie according to their estates and degrées Item the sayde Richard Duke of Yorke Erles of March and Rutland shall permitte and make other to helpe ayde and defende the sayde Lords and euery of them against althose that wyll quarrell or any thing attempt against the sayde Lordes or anye of them by occasion of agréemente or consenting to the sayde accorde or assistaunce giuing to the Duke and Earles or any of them Item it is agréed and appointed that this accorde and euery Article thereof be opened and notifyed by the kings letters patents or otherwise at such times and places and in maner as it shall be thought expedient to the sayde Rycharde Duke of Yorke with the aduise of the Lordes of the Kings Counsel The King vnderstandeth certainely the sayde title of the sayde Richarde Duke of Yorke iust lawfull and sufficient by the aduise and assent of the Lordes spirituall and Temporall and the Commons in this Parliament assembled by aucthoritie of y ● same Parliament declareth approueth ratifyeth confirmeth and accepteth the sayde title iust good lawfull and true and therevnto giueth his assent and agréemente of his frée will and libertie And ouer that by the sayd aduice and aucthoritie declareth entitleth calleth stablisheth affirmeth and reputeth the sayde Richarde Duke of Yorke very true and rightfull heire to the Corones Royal estate and dignitie of y ● realms of England and of Fraunce and of the Lordship of Irelande aforesaid and that according to y ● worship and reuerence that therto belongeth he be taken accepted and reputed in worship and reuerence by all the states of the sayde Realme of Englande and of all hys subiectes thereof fauyng and ordayning by the same aucthoritie the King to haue y ● saide Corones Realme royal estate dignity and preheminence of the same and the sayde Lordshippe of Ireland during his life naturall And furthermore by the same aduice and authoritie will consenteth and agréeth that after his decease or when it shall please his highnesse to laye from hym the sayde Corones estate dignitie and Lordshippe the sayde Richarde Duke of Yorke and hys heyres shal immediatelye succéede him in the sayde Corones Royall estate dignitye and worshippe and them then haue and inioye any acte of Parliament statute or ordinance or other thing to the contrarie made or interruption or discontinuaunce of possession notwithstanding And moreouer by the saide aduise and aucthoritie stablisheth graunteth confirmeth approueth ratifieth and accepteth the said accorde and al things therein contayned and therevnto fréely and absolutely assenteth agréeth and by the same aduice and authoritie ordayneth and establisheth that if anye person or persons ymagine or compasse the deathe of the sayde Duke and probably be attaynt of open déede done by folkes of that conditions that it be déemed and adiudged highe Treason And furthermore ordayneth and establisheth by the sayde aduice and aucthoritie that all statutes ordinaunces and actes of Parliament made in the time of the said King Hērie the fourth by the whiche he and the heyres of his bodye comming of Henrie late King of England the fifth the sonne and heyre of the sayd King Henrie the fourth and the heires of King Henrie the fifth were or be inheritable to the saide Crownes and Realmes or to the heritage of the same bée adnulled repelled dampned cancelled voyde and of none effect And ouer this the King by the saide aduice assent authoritie ordayneth and establisheth that all other actes and statutes made afore thys time by acte of Parliamente not repelled or adnulled by like authoritie or otherwise voyde be in such force effecte and vertue as they were afore the making of these ordinaunces and that no letters pattents royalx of record nor actes Judicial made or done afore this tyme not repelled reuersed ne otherwise voyde by lawe be preiudiced or hurte by this present acte Also it was ordayned by the same Parliamente that the sayde Richarde Duke of Yorke shoulde be called Prince of Wales Duke of Cornewall and Earle of Chester and protectour of Englande In the moneth of December the Duke of Somerset and the Earle of Deuonshire wente into the Northe Countrey with eighte hundered men and anone after the saide Duke of Yorke the Earle of Rutlande his sonne and the Earles of Salisburie a little before Christmasse with a fewe persons wente into the Northe also for to represse the malice of the Northerne men the whiche loued not the Duke of Yorke ne the Earle of Salisburie and were lodged at the Castell of Sandale and at Wakefielde Then the Lorde Neuill brother to the Earle of Westmerlande vnder a colour of Friendshippe came to the Duke of Yorke requyring of hym a commission for hym to rayse the people for to chastice the Rebelles as he sayde but when he hadde raysed to the number of eighte thousande menne hée broughte them to the Lordes of that Countrey that is to saye the Earle of Northumberlande Lorde Clifforde and the Duke of Somerset that were aduersaries to the Duke of Yorke and on the laste of December they fell on the sayde Duke Richarde killed hym and his Sonne the Earle of Rutland and many other knights and Esquiers to witte the Lorde Harington
King Edward with great triumph rode through the Citie of London 1461 to Bishops Gate and so toke his iourney towarde the Northe where betwéene Shirburne in Elmet and Todcaster all the Northe partye mette hym and on Palme Sondaye the. xxix of Marche fought a greate battaile betwéene Towton and Saxton in which were slaine Henrie Percy Erle of Northumberlande Iohn Lorde Clifforde Iohn Lord Neuil Leo Lorde Welles Ranulph Lorde Dacre and many other on both parties to the number of fiue and thirtie thousand seauen hundred and eleauen persons but King Edwarde gatte the fielde Many of the Bones of these men were buried Iohn Leyland in the Churchyard of Saxton they were firste buryed in fiue pittes halfe a mile off by North in Saxton fielde yet appearing Towton village is a mile from Saxton where a gret Chappell was begonne by Richarde the third but not finished in whiche Chappel were buried also many of the men flaine at Palmsonday fielde This fielde was as muche in Saxton Parishe as in Towton yet it bare the name of Towton The Duke of Excester the Duke of Somerset the Lorde Roos the Hungerford and many other fled to Yorke to king Henrie and then they with the King Quéene and Prince King Henry fled into Scotlande fled towarde Scotlande to Barwicke and so to Edenborough King Edwarde wente to Yorke and then to Durham and when he had quieted the Countrey returned Southwarde Thomas Courtney Earle of Deuonshire was taken and beheaded in Yorke Castell Iames Butler Earle of Wilshire was beheaded at Newcastell the Lord Fitz Walter was drowned at Ferybridge The town of Barwicke was deliuered to the Scots by king Henrie the sixth on Saint Markes daye The. xxvj of June the Mayor of London with the Aldermen in Scarlet and the Commons in gréene broughte King Edwarde from Lambeth to the Tower of London where he made eight and twentie Knightes and on the morrowe he dubbed foure mo and on the eight and twentith of June he was crowned at Westminster with greate solempnitie of Bishops and other temporall Lordes And on the morow after the King was crowned againe in Westminster Abbay in the worship of God Saint Peter and on the next morow he went Crowned in Paules Church of London in the honour of God and Saint Paule there an Angell came downe censed him at which time was so great a multitude of people in Paules as euer was séene in any dayes And soone after his Coronation the King made his States created brother George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence and his other brother Richard duke of Glocester Williā Stafford Esquier Lord Stafford of Southwike sir William Hebert Lorde Herbert and after Earle of Penbroke and the sayd Lord Stafford Earle of Deuonshire After this he made Edward Lord Grey of Ruthen Earle of Kent Henrie Lorde Bourcher Earle of Essex Iohn Lorde of Buckingham Lorde of Mountioy sir Iohn Heyward Lord Heyward William Hastings Lord Hastings and after that great Chamberlaine Richard Woodvile Lord Riuers Denham Esquier Lord Denham c. Not long after Iohn Dauy had his hand striken of in Cheape the Coronation of King Edward one Iohn Dauy had his hand striken off at the Standard in Cheape because he smote a man before the Judges in Westminster Hall contrarie to the Lawe George Ireland Iohn Locke the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Hughe Wiche Mercer the 28. of October The. iiij of Nouember began a Parliament at Westminster wherein King Henrie his Quéene and his sonne were disherited of the Crowne Henrie Duke of Excester Henrie Duke of Somerset Thomas Earle of Deuonshire c. to the nūber of 140. were attainted disherited Shortly the Earle Anno. reg 2. of Oxford and Awbrey his sonne sir Thomas Tudenham Knight William Tirrell and Iohn Mongomerie Esquiers 1462 were detect and at seuerall times beheaded at the Towre hyll and after that many other The. xxvij of Marche King Edward went Northwarde so farre as Stamforde where he was informed that King Henrie had procured the Frenchmen and Scots to enter this land in resisting whereof King Edwarde sent his Priuie Seale through England to moue men to giue him a certaine sūme of money which they graunted liberally The Lord Fauconbridge Earle of Kent was appointed to kéepe the Seas with the Lorde Audeley Lorde Clinton Sir Iohn Heyward sir Richard Walgraue and other to the number of ten thousand which landed in Britaine and wanne the towne of Conqnet with the Isle of Reth c. In Michaelmas Terme king Edward sat in the Kings bench thrée dayes together in open court to vnderstande how his lawes were executed William Hampton Barthelmew Iames the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Thomas Coke Draper the 28. of October Quéene Margaret wyfe to Henrie the sixt landed in the North where hauing but small succour and euill fortune she was faine to take the Sea againe by tempest of weather was driuen to Barwicke where she landed but lost hir shippes and goods In December King Edwarde laide siege to the Castels of Bambrugh Dunstonbrugh Alnewike Henrie Bowfort Duke of Somerset sir Ralph Percie and other yéelded Bambrugh on Christmas euen and were taken to the Kings fauour King Edward graunted to the Duke of Somerset a. 1000. marks by the yéere where of he was neuer paid the Earle of Penbroke sir Thomas Fyndern and other went into Scotland On S. Iohns day Dunstonburgh was yéelded On y ● Twelfe euen Peirs●e Brasile the great warrior of Normandie came to helpe the Quéene Margaret with Frenchmen xx thousande Scots to remoue King Edwardes men from Alnewike siege and the residue of other Castels there By whose comming King Edwardes men were afearde of the Scottes as reculing from the siege and the Scottes afearde of Edwardes men least they had reculed to bring them into a trap And Henries mē issuing out of too much boldnesse gaue Edwards mē opportunitie to enter into the Castle on the morow after the Twelfe day the Earle of Warwike made xv knights Anno reg 3. these iij. Castels were committed to y e kéeping of sir Ralph Grey and after againe King Henrie with his Quéene and 1463 their felowship entred them and kept them About Midsomer the Scots with many French Englishmen laid siege to the Castle of Norham but were forced to leaue it as they found it The Earle of Warwike wan the towne of Barwike where he made fiue Bannertes xxij knights and went into Scotland where he burnt Lawghmaban Iedeworth Galowey and many other Townes and returned to Barwike The Minster of Yorke the stéeple of Christes Church in Norwiche were brent Robert Basset Thomas Muschampe the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Mathew Phillip Goldsmith the 28 of October In the moneth of Aprill King Edwarde made great Anno. reg 4. 1464 preparation against King Henrie and on Saint Markes day Ralph Percie Lorde Hungerforde with a great power purposing
deliuered til he had paid 8000. ● to y e K. 800. ● to y e Quéene In the ende of August the Castle of Harlowe was wonne Harlovv Cas●l● vvonne by the assaulte of the Lorde Herberd the which Castle was one of the strongest holdes in Wales This yéere many murmurous tales ran in the Citie betwene y e Earle of Warwike and the Quéenes blood y e which Earle was euer had in great fauour of the Cōmons of this land by reason of y ● excéeding houshold which he dayly kept in all Countries where euer he soiourned or lay and when Earle of VVarvvike his house keeping he came to London he held such an house that vj. Oxen were eaten at a breakefast and euery Tauerne was full of his meate for who that had any acquaintance in that house he should haue had as much soden and rost as he might carrie vpon a long Dagger Simon Smith William Hanot the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Cordvvainer streete discharged of fiftens Anno reg 19. William Tailour Grocer the 28. of October This W. Tailour gaue to y e Citie of London certaine tenements for the which y e Citie is boūd to pay for euer at euery fiftéene graunted to y e King for all such as shall dwell in Cordwainers stréete warde seised at xij d. a péece or vnder The Duke of Clarence went to Calleis there wedded Isable one of y e daughters to y e Earle of Warwike Sir Iohn Coniers 1469 knight Robert Hiltard who named himselfe Robin of Ridsedale other gathered an host of 20000. mē in y e North Robert of Ridsedale against whō K. Edward sent W. Herbert late made Earle of Penbroke with 18000. Welch men and Humfrey Stafforde of Southroike late made Earle of Deuon w t 6000. good archers which ij Erles falling out for lodging in y e towne of Bābery Edgecote field Hūfrey Stafford departed w t his power wherby W. Herbert Richard Herbert his brother were ouercome taken by thē of the North 5000. saith Hall of the Welchmen slaine in a plaine called Danes more néere to y e towne of Edgecote iij. miles frō Ba●bery y ● 26. of July The men of name slaine of y ● Welch party were sir Roger Vaughā knight Henry ap Morgan Tho. ap Richard Vaughā Esquier W. Herbert of Brecknocke Esquier Watkin Thomas son to Roger Vaughan Inā ap Iohn ap Meridik Dauy ap Iankin ap Limorik Harrisdon ap Pikton Iohn Done of Kidwelly Rice ap Morgā ap Vistō Iankin Perot ap Scots Burg Iohn Euerard of Penbrokeshire Iohn Courtor of Hereford The Northrē men of name slain were sir Henry Latimer sonne heire to y e Lord Latimer sir Roger Pigot Knight Iames Coniers sonne heire to sir Iohn Coniers Knight Oliuer Awdley Esquier Tho Wakes sonne heire to W. Mallerie Esquier Richard Woodvile Lord Riuers w t Iohn his sonne were takē in y ● forest of Dene brought to Northamptō where they with sir W. Herbert Richard his brother were all iiij beheaded by y ● cōmaundement of y e duke of Clarence the Erle of Warwike T. Herbert was slaine at Bristow Humfry Stafford was by the commōs taken at Bridgewater and beheaded King Edwarde was taken at V●nar a village beside Northampton by y e archbishop of Yorke brought to Warwicke Castell thence to Yorke from whence by faire promises he escaped came to London Richard Gardiner Robert Drope the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Richard Lee Grocer the 28. of October The 29. of Sept. Humfrey Neuile Knighte and Charles his brother were taken by the erle of Warwike beheaded at Yorke King Edward being present In the moneth of Anno reg 1● March the L. Willoughby Rich. Lord Wels sir Roberte his son sir Tho. Delaband sir Tho. Dimoke the Kings Champion draue out of Lincolnshire sir Tho. Burgh a Knighte of the kings house pulled down his place and toke al his goods cattels with 30000 of the commons cried King Henrie K. Edward gaue Lorde Wels his pardon sente for him hauing him in custody cōmanded him vpon paine of death to cause the Lincolneshire men i● lay down their hoste and so he wrote but all in vaine Wherevpon the Lorde Wels head was cutte off King Edward sprinkeled the Lincolnshire men with his ordinance and slewe many of them Sir Robert Wels sir Thomas Delaband sir Thomas Dimoke were taken and beheaded beside Stamforde the 13. of March and the 19. day the Lorde Willoughbey was beheaded at Doncacter The Duke of Clarence and the Earle of Warwike fledde into Fr●unce where they made a marriage betwixte Prince Edwarde sonne to King Henrie the sixth and one of the Earle of Warwikes daughters At this marriage was concluded that King Henry shoulde raigne againe and Prince Edwarde after him and for lacke of their heires George Duke of Clarence and his heires ●● The. xiij day of Sept. George Duke of Clarence Iasper Earle of Penbroke Richard Earle of Warwike the Earle of Oxford with the bastard Fawconbridge and many other ariued at Plymmouth and an other sort at Dartmouth of whome the Earle of Penbroke went into Wales the other toward Excester proclaiming in the name of King Henry that all men betwixt the ages of xvj and. lx should be ready to assist the saide Lordes on the behalfe of King Henrie against King Edward Also on the Sonday next after the feast of Saint Michael the Archangell Doctor Godard preaching at Doctor Godard preached at Paules Crosse againste King Edvvarde Paules Crosse declared by the reading of byls and diuers other arguments and proofes that Henrie was true lawfull King of England and not King Edward Moreouer the Marques Mountacute who had gathered a. vj. thousand men in King Edwardes name and was come néere vnto the said Edward he told them how King Edward had serued him first making him Earle of Northumberland and after giuing the same Erledome to T. Percie made him Marques Mountacute allowing him a Pies neste to maintayne it with all wherefore he would leaue to serue him and take part with the Earle of Warwike his brother Whereof when King Edwarde vnderstoode he fled from his host besides Notingham King Edvvarde fled beyond the Seas and the. iij. day of October he with the Lorde Riuers Lorde Hastings his Chamberlaine the Lord Say and other to y e number of vij or viij Earles tooke shipping at Lynne Phil. Kom●in●● sayled toward the duke of Burgoigne his brother in lawe The Quéene had before that to wit on y ● first of October The Queene tooke sanctuary at VVestm●ster stolne secretly in y e night out of the Towre of London by water to Westminster there taken Sanctuary This time was great watch kept in y e Citie of London for the Kentishmen had Kentishmen robbed the Flemings chased ●hem oute of London assembled themselues in
knewe at variaunce himselfe in his death bed appeased he had lefte all gathering of money which is the onely thing that withdraweth the hartes of Englishmen from the Prince nor any thing intended he to take in hande by which he shoulde be driuen thereto for his tribute out of Fraunce he had before obtayned Tribute and the yéere foregoing his death he had obtained Barwike And albeit that all the time of his raigne he was with his people so benigne courteous and so familiar that no part of his vertues was more estéemed yet the condition in the ende of his dayes in which many Princes by a long continued soueraintie decline into a proude porte frō debonair behauiour of their beginning maruellouslye in him grew increased so farre forth that in Sommer the last y ● euer he sawe his highnesse being at Windsor in hunting sent for the Maior and Aldermen of London to him for none other errand but to haue them hunt be merie with him where he made them not so stately but so friendly and so familiar theare and sent venison frō thence so fréely into the Citie that no one thing in many dayes before gat him either ●o heartes or more heartie fauour amongest the common people whiche oftentimes more estéeme and take for greater kindnesse a little courtesie than a great benefite So deceassed as I haue sayd this noble King in that time in which his lyfe was most desired Whose loue of his people and their entire affection towarde him had béene to his noble children hauing in themselues also as many giftes of nature as many Princely vertues as much goodly towardnesse as their age could receiue a maruellous fortresse and sure armour if diuision dissention of their friends had not vnarmed them left them destitute the execrable desire of soueraintie prouoked him to their destruction which if either kind or kindnesse had holden place must néedes haue bene their chiefe defence For Richard the duke of Glocester by nature their vncle by office their Protector to their father beholdē to themselues by othe allegiaunce bounden all bandes broken that binden man man togither without any respect of God or the world vnnaturally contriued to bereue them not only their dignitie but also their lyues But for as much as this Dukes demeanor ministreth in effect all the whole matter whereof this booke shal intreate it is therfore conuenient somewhat to shew you ere we farther goe what manner of man this was that could finde in his heart so much mischiefe to conceiue Richard Duke of Yorke a noble man a mightie began not by warre but by law so chalenge the Crowne putting Richard Duke of Yorke hys claime into the Parliament where his cause was eyther for right or fauour so farre forth auaunced that Kyng Henry his bloud albeit he had a goodly Prince vtterly reiected the Crowne was by aucthoritie of Parliamente entailed vnto the Duke of Yorke and his issue male in remainder immediatly after the death of King Henrie But y e duke not enduring so long to tarrie but intending vnder pretext of dissention and debate arising in the Realme to preuent his time and to take vpon him the rule in King Henrie his life was with many nobles of the Realme at Wakefielde slaine leauing thrée sonnes Edward George and Richard All thrée as they were great states of birthe so were they great and stately of stomack gréedie ambitious of aucthoritie and impatient of partners Edwarde reuenging his Edvvarde fathers death depriued King Henrie attained y e Crowne George Duke of Clarence was a goodly noble Prince and at George Duke Clarence al points fortunate if either his owne ambition had not set him against his brother or the enuie of his enimies his brother against hym For were it by the Quéene and Lords of hir bloud which highly maligned the Kings kinred as women commonly not of malice but of nature hate them whō their husbandes loue or were it a proude appetite of the Duke hymselfe intending to be King at the least wise heinous treasō was there laid to his charge and finally were he faultie were he faultlesse attaynted was he by Parliament and iudged to the death and therevpon hastily drowned in a butte of Malmesey whose death King Edward albeit he commaunded it when he wyst it was done piteously bewayled and sorowfully repented Richarde the thirde sonne of whom wée nowe intreate The discription of Richard the third was in wit and courage egall with either of them in body prowes farre vnder them both little of stature yll featured of limmes crooke backed his left shoulder much hygher than his right hard fauoured of visage such as is in states called warlye in other men otherwise he was malicious wrathfull enuious from afore his byrth euer froward It is for truth reported that the Dutches his mother had so much a doe in hir trauaile y t she coulde not be deliuered of him vncut that he came into the world with the féete forward as mē be borne outward as y e fame runneth also not vntoothed whether mē of hatred report aboue y e truth or else y ● nature chaūged hir course in his beginning which in the course of his life many things vnnaturally committed None euil captaine was he in y e warre as to which his dispotiō was more méetely thā for peace Sundry victories had he somtimes ouerthrows but neuer in default as for his own person either of hardines or politike order frée was he called of dispence somewhat aboue his power liberall w t large giftes he gat him vnstedfast friendship for which he was faine to pill spoile in other places get him stedfast hatred He was close secrete a déepe dissimuler lowly of countenaunce arrogant of heart outwardlye coumpinable where he inwardlye hated not letting to kisse whom hée thought to kill dispiteous cruell not for euill wil alway but ofter for ambition either for the fuertie or increase of his estate Friend foe was much what indifferent where his aduauntage grewe he spared no mans death whose life wythstoode his purpose He slewe with his owne handes King Henry the sixt being prisoner in the Tower as men The death of King Henrie the sixte constantly said that without commaundement or knowledge of the King which would vndoubtedly if he had intended that thing haue appointed that butcherly office to some other than his owne borne brother Some wise men also wéen that his drift couertly conueyed lacked not in helping forth his brother of Clarence to his death which he resisted openly howbeit somewhat as men déemed more faintly than he that were hartily mynded to his wealth And they y ● thus déeme thinke that he long time in K. Edwardes lyfe forethought to be King in case that the King his brother whose life he looked that euill diet should shorten should happen
owne table to the Lord Riuers praying him to be of good cheare all should be well ynough And he thanked the Duke and prayed the messenger to beare it to his nephew the Lord Richard with the same message for hys comforte as one to whome such aduersitie was strāge but himselfe had bin all his dayes in vre therewith therfore could beare it the better But for all this cōfortable curtesie of the Duke of Glocester he sent the Lord Riuers the The death of the L. Riuers and others Lord Richarde with sir Thomas Vaughan into the Northe Countrey into diuerse places to prison and afterwarde all to Pomfraite where they were in conclusion beheaded In this wise the Duke of Glocester toke vppon hymselfe the order and gouernaunce of the yong King whom with muche honoure and humble reuerence hée conueyed vpward toward the Citie But anone the tydings of this matter came hastily to the Quéene a little before the midnighte following and that in the sorest wise that the King hir son was taken hir brother hir sonne and other friends arrested and sente no man wist whether to bée done with God wot what With which tydings the Quéene in great flight and heauinesse bewayling hir childes raigne hir friendes mischaunce and hir owne infortune damning the time that euer she disswaded the gathering of power aboute the Kyng gatte hyr selfe in all the haste possible wyth hir yōger Sonne and hyr daughters out of the Pallaice of Westminster in whiche she then laye into the Sanctuarie The Qu. taketh Sanctuarie lodging hyr selfe and hyr companye there in the Abbots place Now came there one likewise not long after midnighte from the Lorde Chamberlayne vnto the Archbishoppe of Yorke then Chancellour of Englande to his place not far frō Westminster And for that he shewed his seruauntes that hée had tydings of so great importaunce that hys maister gaue him in charge not to forbeare his reste they letted not to wake him nor he to admitte this messenger into his bedde side Of whome he hearde that these Dukes were gone backe wyth the Kings grace from Stonie Stratforde vnto Northampton Notwythstanding Syr quoth he my Lorde sendeth your Lordshippe worde that there is no feare for he assureth you that all shall be well I assure him quoth the Archebishoppe be it as well as it will it wyll neuer be so well as we haue séene it And therevpon by and by after the messenger departed he caused in all the haste all his sernauntes to be called vp and so with his owne housholde about him and euerye man weaponed he tooke the greate seale with him and came yet before daye vnto the Quéene About whom he founde much heauinesse rumble hast and businesse cariage and conueyaunce of hyr stuffe into Sanctuarie chestes coffers packes fardels trussed all on mens backes no man vnoccupied some lading some going some discharging some comming for more some breaking down the walles to bring in the next way and some yet drewe to them to helpe to carry a wrong way The Quéene hir selfe sate alone alowe on the rushes al desolate and dismayde whome the Archebishoppe comforted in the beste manner he coulde shewing hir that he trusted the matter was nothing so sore as she toke it for and that he was putte in good hope and out of feare by y e message sent him from the Lord Chamberlaine Ah wo worth hym quoth she for he is one of them that laboureth to destroye me and my bloud Madam quoth he be yée of good chéere for I assure you if they Crowne any other King than your son whom they nowe haue with them we shall on the morrowe Crowne hys brother whom you haue here with you And here is the greate seale whyche in likewise as that noble Prince your husbande deliuered it vnto me so héere I deliuer it vnto you to the vse and behoofe of your sonne and therewith he betooke hir the greate seale and departed home againe yet in the dawning of the daye By whiche time he mighte in his chamber windowe sée all the Thamis full of boates of the Duke of Glocesters seruauntes watching that no man shoulde go to Sanctuarie nor none could passe vnsearched Then was there great commotion and murmur as well in other places about as specially in the Citie the people diuersly diuining vpō this deling And some Lords Knightes and Gentlemen eyther for fauour of the Quéen or for feare of themselues assembled in sundry companies and wente flockmeale in harneys and manye also for that they reckoned thys demeanour attempted not so speciallye against the other Lords as against the King himselfe in the disturbaunce of his Coronation But then by and by the Lordes assembled togither towarde whiche méeting the Archbishoppe of Yorke fearing that it woulde be ascribed as it was indéede to his ouermuch lightnesse that he so suddainely hadde yéelded vppe the greate seale to the Quéene to whom the custodie thereof nothing perteyned wythout speciall commaundement of the King secretely sent for the seale againe and brought it with him after the customable manner And at this méeting the Lorde Hasting whose trouth toward y e king no man doubted nor néeded to doubt perswaded the Lordes to beléeue that the Duke of Glocester was sure and fastly faithfull to his Prince that the Lord Riuers and Lorde Richarde with the other Knightes were for matters attempted by them against the Dukes of Glocester and Buckingham put vnder arest for their suretie not for the Kings ieopardie and that they were also in safegarde and there no longer shoulde remayne than till the matter were not by the Dukes onely but also by all the other Lords of y e Kings counsayle indifferently examyned by other discretions ordered and eyther iudged or appeased But one thing he aduised them beware that they iudged not the matter too farre forth ere they knew the trueth nor turning theyr priuate grudges into the common hurte yrking and prouoking men vnto anger and disturbing the Kings coronation toward which the Dukes were cōming vp that they might peraduenture bring the matter so farre out of ioynte that it shoulde neuer be broughte in frame againe Whiche strife if it should happe as it were lykely to come to a fielde though both parties were in all things equal yet shoulde the aucthoritie be on that side where the King is himselfe With these perswasions of the Lord Hastings whereof part himselfe beleeued of parte he wist the contrarie these commotions were somwhat appeased but specially by that that the Dukes of Glocester and Buckinghā wer so néere and came so shortly on with the king in none other manner with none other voyce or semblance than to his coronation causing the fame to be blowen about that these Lords and Knights which were taken had contriued the destruction of the dukes of Glocester and Buckingham and of other the noble bloud of the Realme to the end that thēselues would alone demeane
and gouern the King at their pleasure And for the coulourable proofe therof such of the Dukes seruauntes as rode with the cartes of their stuffe that were taken among which stuffe no maruel thoughe some were harneys which at the breaking vppe of the housholde must néedes eyther be brought awaye or cast away they shewed vnto the people all the wayes as they went loe héere be the ●●rels of harneys that these Traytours hadde priuilye conueyed in theyr carriage to destroy the noble LORDES withal This deuise albeit that it made the matter to wise men more vnlikely well perceyuing that the intendours of such a purpose would rather haue hadde theyr harneys on their backes than to haue bound them vppe in barrels yet much part of the commō people were therwith very wel satisfied and sayd it were almoyse to hang them When the King approched néere to the Citie Edmonde Shaa Goldsmith then Maior with William White Iohn Matthew Sherifes and al the other Aldermen in Scarlet with fiue hundered Horsse of the Citizens in violet receyued him reuerently at Harnesey and ryding from thence accompanyed The Kings cōming to Londō him into the Citie whiche he entred the fourth daye of Maye the first and laste yeare of his raigne But the Duke of Gloucester bare hym in open sight so reuerently to the Prince with all semblaunce of lowlinesse that from the great obloquie in which he was so late before he was sodainly fallen in so gret trust y e at the counsel next assēbled he was made the only mā chose and thought most méete to be Protector of y e King and hys Realme so that The protectour made were it destenie or were it follie the Lambe was betaken to the Woolfe to kéepe At whych Counsayle also the Archbyshop of Yorke Chauncelor of Englande whyche hadde delyuered vppe the greate Seale to the Quéene was thereof greately reprooued and the Seale taken from hym and delyuered to Doctor Russell Byshoppe of Lincolne a wise The Bishop of Lincolne made Lord Chauncellour man and a good and of muche experience and one of the beste learned menne vndoubtedly that Englande had in hys time Dyuers Lordes and Knightes were appointed vnto dyuers roumes The Lorde Chamberlaine and some other kepte still theyr offices that they had before Nowe all were it so that that the Protector so sore thirsted for the finishing of that he had begunne that thought euery daye a yeare till it were atchéeued yet durste hée no further attempte as long as he had but halfe hys pray in his hande well witting that if he deposed the one brother all the Realme woulde fall to the other if hée either remaynèd in Sanctuarie or shoulde happily be shortelye conueyed to hys fathers libertie Wherfore incontinent at the nexte méeting of the Lordes at the Counsaile he proposed vnto them that it was a hainous déede of the Quéen The protectours oration and procéeding of greate malice towarde the Kyngs Counsailours that she shoulde kéepe in Sanctuarie the Kings brother from hym whose speciall pleasure and comforte were to haue his brother with hym And that by hir done to none other intente but to bring all the Lordes in obloquie and murmure of the people As thoughe they were not to be trusted with the Kings brother that by the assente of the Nobles of the lande were appointed as the Kings nearest friendes to the tuition of hys owne royall person The prosperitie whereof standeth quoth he not all in kéeping from enimies or ill vyande but partly also in recreation and moderate pleasure whiche he cannot in hys tenuer youth take in the companye of auncient persons but in the familiar conuersation of those that be neither far vnder nor farre aboue his age and naythelesse of estate conuenient to accompanye hys noble Maiestie wherefore with whome rather than wyth hys owne brother And if anye man thinke this consideration whyche I thinke no manne thinketh that loueth the King let him consider that sometyme wythout small things greater cannot stande And verilye it redoundeth greatlye to the dishonour both of the Kings hyghnesse and of all vs that bene aboute his grace to haue it runne in euerye mans mouth not in this realme only but also in other lands as euil words walke far y e the kings brother shold be fain to kepe Sāctuary For euery mā wil wéene y e no mā wil so do for nought And such euil opiniō once fastned in mens hearts hard it is to wraste out may grow to more grief thā any mā can here deuine Wherfore me thinketh it were not worst to send vnto y ● Q. for the redresse of this matter some honorable trustie man suche as both tendereth the Kyngs weale and the honoure of hys counsayle and is also in fauour and credence wyth hyr For all which considerations none séemeth me more méetely than our reuerende Father héere present my Lord Cardinall who maye in this matter doe most good of any man if it please him to take the payne which I doubt not of hys goodnesse he will not refuse for the Kings sake and ours and wealth of the yong Duke himself the kings most honorable brother and after my soueraigne Lord himselfe my most déere nephew considered that thereby shal be ceassed the slaunderous rumor and obloquie nowe going and the hurtes au●yded that thereof mighte ensue and muche reste and quiet growe to all the Realme And if she be percase so obstinate and so precisely set vpon hir own wil that neyther his wise and faithful aduertisement can not moue hir nor anye mannes reason contente hir then shall we by mine aduise by the Kings authoritie fetche him out of that prison and bring hym to hys noble presence in whose continuall companye he shall be so well chéerished and so honorablye intreated that al the world shal to our honor and hir reproche perceyue that it was onely malice frowardenesse or follie that caused hir to kéepe him there this is my minde in this matter for this time except any of your Lordshippes any thing perceiue to the contrarie for neuer shall I by Gods grace so wedde my selfe to mine owne wil but that I shal be readie to change it vpon your better aduises When the Protectoure hadde sayde all the Counsayle affirmed that the motion was good and reasonable and to the King and the Duke his brother honorable and a thing that should cease greate murmure in the Realme if the mother mighte be by good meanes enduced to deliuer him Which thing the Archbishop of Yorke whom they all agréed also to be thereto most conuenient tooke vpon him to moue hir and therin to doe his vttermost deuoire Howbeit if she coulde be in no wise intreated with hyr good will to deliuer him then thought he and such other as were of the Spiritualtie present that it were not in any wise to be attempted to take him out against hir wil. For it would be
the Duke of Clarence were lawfully begotten nor were not the very children of y e duke of Yorke but begottē vnlawfully by other persōs by aduoutrie of the Dutches their mother And that also dame Elizabeth Lucy was verily the wife of King Edward and so the Prince and al his children Bastards that were begottē vpon the Quéene According to this deuise Doctor Shaa y ● Sonday after at Paules Crosse in a greate audience as alway assembled great number to his preaching he tooke for his Theame Spuria vitulamina non agent radices alt as That is to say Bastarde slippes shal neuer take deepe roote Therevppon when he had shewed the great grace that God giueth secretly infundeth in right generation after y ● lawes of matrimonie thē declared he y ● cōmonly those children lacked y ● grace for y e punishment of their parēts were for y e more part vnhappy which wer gottē in base specially in aduoutrie Of which though some by the ignorance of the world and the truth hid from knowledge inherited for the season other mens landes yet God alway so prouideth that it continueth not in their bloud long but y e truth comming to light the rightfull inheritors be restored and the bastard slip pulled vp ere it can be rooted déepe And when he had laid for the proofe and confirmation of this sentence certaine ensamples taken out of the old Testament and other auncient histories then beganne he to descend into the praise of the Lorde Richarde late Duke of Yorke calling him father to the Lorde Protector and declared the title of his heires vnto the Crowne to whom it was after the death of King Henrie the sixt entayled by authoritie of Parliament Then shewed he that his verie right heyre of his body lawfully begotten was onely the Lord Protector For he declared then that King Edward was neuer lawfully marryed vnto the Quéene but was before God husband vnto Dame Elizabeth Lucie and so his children bastardes And besides that neither King Edwarde himselfe nor the Duke of Clarence among those that were secrete in the housholde were reckened verie surely for the children of the noble Duke as those that by their fauours more resembled other knowne men than him From whose vertuous conditions he sayde also that King Edward was farre off But the Lorde Protector he sayd the verie noble Prince the speciall paterne of Knightly prowes as well in all Princely behauiour as in the lineamentes and fauour of his visage represented the very face of the noble Duke his father This is quoth he the fathers owne figure this is his owne countenaunce the verie print of his visage the sure vndoubted Image the plaine expresse likenesse of that noble Duke Nowe was it before deuised that in the speaking of these words the Protector shoulde haue come in among the people to the Sermon warde to the end that those words méeting with his presence might haue bene taken among the hearers as though the holy ghost had put them in the preachers mouthe and shoulde haue moued the people euen there to crie King Richarde King Richarde that it myght haue béene after sayde that he was specially chosen by God and in manner by myracle But this deuise quayled eyther by the Protectors negligence or the Preachers ouermuch diligence For whyle the Protector founde by the way tarying least he shoulde preuent those wordes and the Doctor fearing that he shoulde come ere hys Sermon could come to these wordes hasted his matter thereto who was come to them and paste them and entred into other matters ere the Protector came Whom when he beheld comming he sodainely lefte the matter with which he was in hande and without any deduction thervnto out of al order and out of all frame beganne to repeate those wordes agayne this is the very noble Prince the speciall patrone of Knightly prowes which as well in all Princely behauiour as in the li●iamentes and fauour of his vsage representeth the verie face of the noble Duke of Yorke his father this is the fathers owne figure this is his owne countenaunce the very print of his visage the sure vndoubted Image the playne expresse lykenesse of the Noble Duke whose remembrance can neuer dye whyle he liueth While these wordes were in speaking the Protector accompanied with the Duke of Buckingham went through the people into the place where the Doctors commonly staud in the vpper storie where he stoode to hearken the Sermon But the people were so farre from crying King Richarde that they stoode as they had béene turned into stones for wonder of this shamefull Sermon After which once ended the Preacher gat him home and Preacher neuer after durst looke out for shame but kepte hym out of sight lyke an Owle And when he once asked one that had béene his olde friend what the people talked of him al were it that hys owne conscience well shewed him that they talked no good yet when the other aunswered him that there was in euery mannes mouth spoken of hym much shame it so strake him to the heart that within fewe dayes after hée withered and consumed away Then on the Tuesday folowing this sermon there came into the Guild hall in London the Duke of Buckingham accompanyed with diuerse Lordes and Knightes more than happily knewe the message that they brought And there in the East end of the hall where y e Maior kéepeth the Hustings the Maior and all the Aldermen beyng assembled aboute him all the Commons of the Citie gathered before them after silence commaunded vppon great payne in the Protectors name the Duke stoode vp and as he was neyther vnlearned and of nature maruellously well spoken he said vnto the people with a cleare and a loude voyce in this manner of wise FRiendes for the zeale and heartie fauour that we beare The Duke of Buckinghams Oration you wée be come to breake vnto you of a matter ryght great and weightie and no lesse weightie than pleasing to God and profitable to all the Reame nor to no part of the Realme more profitable than to you the Citizens of this noble Citie For why that thing that we wote wel ye haue long tyme lacked and sore longed for that ye woulde haue giuen great good for that ye would haue gone farre to fetch that thing we be come hither to bring you without your labour paine cost aduenture or ieoperdie What thing is that Certes the suertie of your owne bodyes the quiet of your wynes and your daughters the sauegarde of your goods of all whych things in tymes paste ye stoode euer more in doubte For who was there of you all that woulde recken him selfe Lorde of his owne good among so many grens and traps as was set therfore among so much pilling polling among so many taxes tallages of which there was neuer end oftentimes no néede or if any were it rather grew of royot vnreasonable wast thā
fast vpon the part of King Henrie while that parte was in wealth and naythelesse lefte it not nor forsooke it in woe but fledde the Realme with the Quéene and the Prince whyle King Edwarde hadde the King in prison neuer came home but to the fielde After whiche loste and that parte vtterly subdued the ●other for his fast fayth and wisedome not onelye was contente to receiue him but also woed him to come and hadde him from thenceforth both in secreate trust and very speciall fauour whiche he nothing deceiued For he being as ye haue hearde after King Edwards death firste taken by the tyrante for hys truth to the King founde the meane to set this Duke in his toppe ioyned Gentlemen togither in aide of king Henry deuising first the marriage betwéene him and King Edwardes daughter by which his faith he declared the good seruice to both his masters at once with infinit benefite to the realm by y e coniunction of those two blouds in one whose seueral titles had long enquieted the land he fled the realme went to Rome neuer minding more to meddle wite the worlde till the noble Prince King Henry the seauenth gate hym home agayne made hym Archebyshoppe of Canterbury and Chauncelor of Englande wherevnto the Pope ioined the honor of Cardinal Thus lyuing many dayes in as muche honor as one man mighte well wishe ended them so godly that his death with Gods mercie well changed his life This man therefore as I was aboute to tell you by the long and often alternate proofe as well of prosperitie as aduers fortune hadde gotten by greate experience the verye mother and mistresse of Wisedome a déepe insighte in pollitique worldly driftes Whereby perceyuing nowe thys Duke glad to commune with him fed him with faire wordes and many pleasaunt prayses And perceyuing by the processe of their communication the Dukes pride now and then balke oute a little bredde of enuie towarde the glorye of the King and thereby féeling him easie to fall oute if the matter were well handled he craftely sought the wayes to pricke him forwarde taking alwayes the occasion of hys commyng so kéeping himselfe so close within his bounds that he rather séemed to follow him then to leade him For when the Duke firste beganne to praise and boast the king and shewe howe muche profite the Realme shoulde take by his raigne my Lorde Morton answered Surely my Lord ●ollie it were for me to lye for if I would sweare the contrarie your Lordship would not I wéene beléeue but that if y ● world would haue gone as I wold haue wished K. Henries son had had the Crown not King Ed. But after that God hadde ordered him to loose it and King Edwarde to raigne I was neuer so madde that I woulde with a deade manne striue against the quicke So was I to King Edward a faithfull Chaplaine and glad woulde haue bin that his chylde hadde succéeded him Howbeit if the secrete iudgemente of God haue otherwise prouided I purpose not to spurre against a pricke nor laboure to sette vppe that God pulleth downe And as for the late Protector and now King And euen there he left saying y ● he had already meddled to muche wyth the world and would from that day meddle with hys Booke and his beades and no further Then longed the D. sore to heare what he woulde haue sayde bycause he ended with the King and there so sodainely stopped and exhorted him so familiarly betwéene them twayne to be bolde to say whatsoeuer he thoughte whereof he faythfullye promised there shoulde neuer come hurte and peraduenture more good than he woulde wéene and that himselfe intended to vse his faithfull secrete aduise and counsell whiche hée sayde was the only cause for which he procured of the King to haue hym in his custodie where he might recken himself at home and else had he bin putte in the handes of them with whome hée shoulde not haue founde the like fauour The Bishoppe righte humblye thanked hym and sayde in good faith my Lord I loue not to talke much of Princes as a thing not all out of perill thoughe the worde be wythout faulte for as muche as it shall not be taken as the partie meane it but as it pleaseth the Prince to cons●rue it And euer I thinke on Esops tale that when the Lion hadde proclaymed that on payne of death there should none horned beast abide in that wood one that had in his forhead a bunch of flesh ●led away a great pace The Foxe that saw him run so fast asked him whether he made all that haste And hée aunswered In fayth I neuer wote nor recke so I wer once hence bicause of thys proclamation made of horned beasts What foole quoth the Foxe thou mayst abyde wel ynough the Lion meant not by thée for it is none horne that is in thine heade No marry quoth hée that wote I wel ynough But what and he call it an horne where am I then The Duke laughed merily at the tale and said My L. I warrāt you neyther the Liō nor the Bore shall pike any matter at any thing here spoken for it shal neuer come to their eares In good faith Sir sayde the Bishop if it did the thing that I was about to say taken as well as afore God I meant it coulde deserue but thankes And yet taken as I wéene it woulde might happen to turne me to little good and you to lesser Then longed the Duke yet muche more to witte what it was wherevpon the Bishoppe saide in good faith my Lord as for the late Protector sith he is now King in possession I purpose not to dispute his title but for the weale of this Realme whereof his grace hath now the gouernaunce and wherof I am my selfe one poore member I was about to wishe that to those good abilities whereof he hath alredy righte many little néeding my prayse it might yet haue pleased God for the better store to haue giuen him some of such other excellente vertues méete for the rule of a realme as our Lord hath planted in the person of your grace and there left againe The Duke somewhat maruayling at hys sodayne This that follovveth is abridged out of Edvvard Hall pauses saide my Lorde I note your often breathing and sodayne stoppyng in your communication so that to my intelligence your wordes neyther come to anye perfecte sentence whereby eyther I mighte haue knowledge what your entente is nowe towarde the King or what affection you beare towarde me For the comparison of good qualities ascribed to vs both maketh me not a little to muse thinking y ● you haue some other priuie imagination imprinted in your hearte which you be abashed to disclose and especially to me which on my honor do assure you to be as secrete in this case as the deafe and dome The Byshop being somewhat bolder considering the Dukes promise but moste of all animated bycause he knewe
the Duke desirous to be magnified and also he perceyued the inwarde hatred whiche he bare towarde King Richard hée opened hys stomake to the botome and saide my singular good Lorde sith the tyme of my capti●itie whyche béeyng in your Graces custody I maye rather call it a libertie then a straight imprisonment in au●yding of ydlenesse mother of all vyces in reading Bookes and auncient Pamphlets I haue founde this sentence written that no manne is borne frée and at libertie of himselfe onely for one part of duty he oweth to his parents an other parte to his friends and kinsfolkes but the natiue countrey in the which he firste tasted this pleasaunte and flattering worlde demaundeth a debte not to be forgotten whyche saying causeth me to consider in what case this realme my natiue countrey nowe standeth and in what estate and assuraunce before this time it hathe cōtinued what gouernor we now haue and what ruler we might haue for I plainely perceiue the Realme being in this case must néeds decay be brought to confusiō but one hope I haue that is whē I consider youre noble personage your iustice and indifferencie your feruent zeale and ardent loue toward your naturall country in like maner the loue of your countrey toward you the great learning pregnant witte eloquence which so much doth abounde in your person I muste néedes thinke this realme fortunate whyche hathe such a Prince in store méete and apt to be gouernor But on the other side when I call to memorie the good qualities of the late Protector and nowe called King so violated by tyranny so altred by vsurped authoritie so clouded by blinde ambition I muste néedes say that he is neither méete to be King of so noble a realme nor so famous a realme méete to be gouerned by such a tyrant Was not his first enterprice to obtaine the Crowne begunne by the murther of dyuers noble personages Did he not secondarily procéed againste his owne naturall mother declaring hir openlye to be a woman giuen to carnall affection and dissoulute lyuing declaring furthermore hys two brethren and two nephewes to be Bastardes and to be borne in aduo●trey yet not contented after he had obtayned the Garlande hée caused the two pore innocents his nephewes committed to him to be shamefully murthered the bloude of whiche little babes dayly cry to God from the earth for vengeaunce what sure tie shall be in this realme to any person eyther for life or goodes vnder suche a cruell Prince whych regardeth not the destruction of his owne bloud then the lesse the losse of other but nowe to conclude what I meane toward your noble person I say affirme if you loue God your linage or your natiue coūtry you must your self take vpon you y ● Crown of this Realme both for y e maintenāce of the honour of the same as also for the deliueraunce of your natural Countreymē from the bondage of such a Tyrante And if your self wil refuse to take vpon you y e Crown of this Realme Thē I adiure you by the faith y ● you owe to God to deuise some way how this realme may be brought to some conuenient regiment vnder some good gouernour whē the B had ended his saying the D. sighed spake not of a gret while so y ● night they cōmoned 〈…〉 ore The next daye the Duke sent for the B. vnto whom he sayd my L. of Ely I must néedes in hart thinke and with mouth confesse that you be a sure friende a trustie counsaylour and a verye louer of your Countrey And sith at our last communicatiō you haue disclosed the secrets of your hart touching y e new vsurper of the Crowne and also haue a little touched the ●●auncement of the two noble families of Yorke and Lancaster I shal likewise declare vnto you my priuie entents and secrete cogitations and to beginne when King Edwarde was deceased I then beganne to studye and with deliberation to ponder in what maner this realme shoulde be gouerned I perswaded wyth my selfe to take part wyth the Duke of Glocester whom I thought to be as cleane without dissimulation as tractable without iniurie and so by my means he was made Protector both of the king and realm whiche auathoritie being once gotten he neuer ceased printly to require me other Lords as wel spirituall as temporall that he might take vppon hym the Crowne till the Prince came to the age of xxiiij yeares and were able to gouerne the realme as a sufficient king which thing when he saw me somewhat sticke at he then brought in instrumēts autentike Doctors Proctors and notaries of the law with depositions of diuers witnesses testifying King Edwardes children to be bastards whiche depositions then I thought to be as true as nowe I knowe them to be fayned When the sayde depositions were before vs read and diligentlye hearde hée stoode vppe bare headed saying Well my Lordes euen as I and you would that my nephewes should haue no wrong so I praye you do me nothing but right for these witnesses and sayings of famous Doctours be true for I am onelye the vndubitate heyre to RICHARDE PLANTAGENET Duke of Yorke adiudged to be the verye heire to the Crowne of this realme by aucthoritie of Parliament Whyche thynges so by learned men for veritie to vs declared caused me and other to take him for our lawful vndoubted Prince and Soueraigne Lorde so agayne by my aide he of a Protector was made a King but when he was once crowned King and in full possession of the realme he caste awaye his olde conditions For when I my selfe sued to him for my parte of the Earle of Herefords landes which his brother Kyng Edward wrongfully detained from me and also requyred to haue the office of the highe Conestableship of Englande as diuers of my noble auncestours before this time haue hadde and in long descent continued in this my firste sute hée did not only first delay me and afterward deny me but gaue me suche vnkind wordes as though I had neuer furthered him al which I suffred paciētly but whē I was informed of the death of the two yong innocentes O Lord my heart inwardly grudged in so much that I abhorred y e sight of him I toke my leaue of the Court and returned to Brecknocke to you but in the iourney as I returned I had diuerse imaginatiōs how to depriue this vnnatural vncle Frst I santi●ed y ● if I list to take vpon me the Crowne now was the way made playne and occasion giuen For I sawe he was dysdayned of the Lords temporall and accursed of the Lordes spiritual After diuerse cogitations of this matter As I rode betwéene Worcester and Bridgenorth I encountred with the Lady Margaret Countesse of Richmonde now wife to y e Lord Stanley which is the very daughter and sole heire to Iohn Duke of Somerset my grandfathers elder brother so that she and hir sonne the Garle
familie of Franciscane Friers which are called conuentuals at Canterbury Newcastell and Southhampton This noble Prince King Henry dyed at Richmond the Smart Henry the vij deceassed ●●ij of Aprill when he had reigned thrée and twenty yeares and eyght monethes and was buryed at Westminster in the 〈◊〉 Chappell which he had caused to be builded on the eleuenth of May. He left issue Henry Prince of Wales which succéeded in the Kingdome Lady Margaret Quéene of Scottes and Lady Mary promised to Charles King of Castile The Altare and Sepulture of the same King Henry the Sepulture of Henry the seauenth seuenth wherein he now resteth in his new Chappell at Westminster was made and finished in the yeare of ours Lorde 1519. by one Peter T. a Paynter of the Citie of Florence for the which he receyued one thousande pounde sterling for the whole stu●●e and workemāship at the hands of the Kings exequetors Richard Bishop of Winchester Richard Exequetors to Henry the seauenth Fitz Iames Bishop of London Thomas Bishop of Duresme Iohn Bishop of Rochester Thomas Duke of Norffolke Treasurer of Englande Edwarde Earle of Worcester the Kings Chamberlayne Iohn F. Knighte chiefe Justice of the Kings Benche Robert R. Knight chiefe Justice of the Common Place c. King Henry the eyght HEnry the eyght at the age Anno. reg 1. of eyghtéene yeares begā his raigne the xxij of Aprill Anno. 15●9 Of personage he was tall and mighty in witte and memorie excellent of suche maiestie with humanitie as was comely in such a Prince The The King married The King and Queene crovvned third of June he marryed Lady Katherine his first wife who had bin late the wife of Prince Arthur deceassed The sixth of June Iohn Darby ●owyer Iohn Smith Carpenter Iohn S●mpson ●ulle●●●ingleaders of false ●nes●es in London r●de about the Citie with their faces to the Horsse taytes and papers on their heads and were set ●● the Pillorie in Cor●ehill and after brought agayne to ●awgate where they dyed all within seauen dayes after for very shame On Midsomer day the King and Quéene were crowned ●● Westminster The nine and twentith of June the most noble and verrtuous Princesse Margaret Countesse of Richmond ● Darbye mother to King Henry the seauenth and Grandmother to King Henry the eyght dyed at Westminster whose noble Actes and most charitable déedes all hir life executed can not be expressed in a small volume The seuentéenth of July Edmond Dudley was arraigned at the Guild Hall of London and after Michaelmas Sir Richard Empson was arraigned and condemned at Northhampton and sent agayne to the Tower of London George Monex Iohn Doget Mer Taylor the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Thomas Bradbury Mercer the 28. of October Sir William Capell Draper the 12 of Ianuary Maiors The one and twentith of January began a Parliament at Westminster In February was a great fire in Thames streete néere vnto Wooll Key which began in a Flaxe wiues house and did much harine The xx of Aprill a peace was proclaymed betwixte England and France during the ●●ues of Henry the eyght King of England and Lewes the French King but it lasted not lo●● Doctor Colet Deane of Paules erected a frée Schoole in 1510 Paules Church yard in London and committed the ouersight thereof to the Mayster and Wardens of the Mercers Paules Schoole Anno. reg 2. bycause himselfe was ●o●●e in London and was sonne to Henry Colet Mercer sometime Maior of London On Midsomer ●igh● the King came pe●●●ly into Cheape in one of the ●oates of his 〈◊〉 and on Saint Peters night the King and Quéene came riding royally to the Kings head in Cheape there to behold the watch of the Citie o● Sir Richard Empson Knight and Edmond Dudley ●●●uier Empson and Dudley beheaded Edward Hall who had bin gr●●●● C●●●●ay 〈◊〉 ●● the late Kyng Henry the seauenth were beheaded at the Tower hill the seauenth of August Richarde Empson was buryed at the White Friers and Edmonde Dudley at the Blacke whose attacheme●●●● was thoughte ●● 〈◊〉 procured by the malice of the 〈◊〉 ●h●●wyt● they 〈◊〉 ●●●e were offended or else to shift the noyse of the streight execution of penall Statutes in the late Kings dayes This Edmond Dudley in the tyme of his emprisonmēt in the Tower of London compiled one notable Booke whiche he entituled The Tree of common wealth a coppye whereof The tree of common vvelth a Booke I haue giuen to the right honourable Earle of Leycester now liuing The xx● of September William Fitz Williams Merchāt Election of a Sheriffe Taylor was agayne the seconde time chosen Sheriffe for the yeare following whereof the sayde William hauyng knowledge absented himselfe and woulde not be founde wherevpon the time drawing néere that presentation must be made of the newe Sheriffes they in a full Court of the Maior and Aldermen with assent of the common Counsayle being present in solemne and due forme caused him to be thrice called and commanded to appeare vpon payne that should fall thereof but he would in no wise appeare nor any other for him wherefore in auoyding the ieoperdie of forfeyture of their liberties if they should not prepare an hable man of themselues to be Sheriffe with that other which the Maior yéerely chooseth they called a new assemble of the commons and then chose Iohn Rest Alderman Nevv election of a Sheriffe and Grocer for the other Sheriffe the whiche with Iohn Milborne his fellow before chosen by the Maior was presented before the Barons of the Kings Exchequer and there admitted and shortly after for so much as the sayde William Fitz William would not submit himselfe to the authoritie of the Citie he was disfranchised and dismissed of VVilliam Fitz VVilliams disfranchised his Aldermanship and ●ined at a thousand Markes to bée le●yed of hys goodes and Cattayles within the Citie Iohn Milborne Iohn Rest the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Henry Kebell Grocer the 28. of October The eyghtenth of Nouember was holden the Seriants feast at the Bishop of Elyes in Oldborne the new Seriants Seri●ants Feast were Mayster Newport Newdigate Fitzherbert Iohn Brooke Pigote Cariell Brooke of Bristow Palme Senior and Mayster Roo Henry the Kings first sonne was borne on New yeares Prince borne day but dyed on Saint Mathies day next following In the monethes of June and July the Scottes made sundrye 1511 Anno reg 3. entryes vpon the borderes of England with Shippes well manned and victualled who kept the narrow Seas against the Portingales as they sayd wherevpon Sir Edward Haward Lord Admirall of England and Lord Thomas Haward sonne and heyre to the Earle of Surrey wente to Andrevv Barton a Scottish Pirate the Seas by the King of Englands commaundement wyth certayne Shippes who about the end of July mette with the sayde Scottes and gaue vnto them a sharpe battayle wounded theyr Captayne Andrew Barton
Countesse of Oxforde Widowe and on hyr lefte hande stoode the Countesse of Worcester all the dynner season whyche dyuers tymes in the dynner tyme dyd holde a fyne cloath before the Quéenes face when she list to spitte or do otherwise at hir pleasure and at the Tables ende sate the Archbishop of Canterbury on the right hande of the Quéene and in the middest betwéene the Archbishop and the Countesse of Oxforde stoode the Earle of Oxforde with a white staffe all dynner tyme and at the Quéenes féete vnder the Table sate two Gentlewomen all Dinner tyme. When all these thyngs were thus ordered came in the Duke of Suffolke and the Lorde William Howarde on Horssebacke and the Serieants of Armes before them and after them the Sewer and then the Knightes of the Bath bringing in the first course which was eyght and twentie dishes beside sutelties and Shippes made of Waxe maruellous gorgeous to beholde all whych time of seruice the Trumpettes standing in the windowe at the neather ende of the Hall played When she was serued of two dishes then the Archbishops seruice was set downe whose Sewer came equall with the thirde dish of the Quéenes seruice on his left hande After that the Quéene and the Archbishop were serued the Barons of the Portes beganne the Table on the right hande next the wall then at the Table sate the Maysters and Clearks of the Chancerie and beneath them other Doctors and Gentlemen The Table next the wall on the left hand by the Cupbord was begonne by the Maior and Aldermen the Chamberlayne and Counsell of the Citie of London and beneath them sate substantiall Merchantes and so downeward other Worshipfull persons At the Table on the right hand in the midst of the Hall sate the Lord Chancellor and other Temporall Lordes on the right side of the Table in their Circotes and on the left side of the same Table sate Bishoppes and Abbots in their Parliamente Roabes beneath them sate the Judges Serieants and the Kings Counsell beneath them the Knightes of the Bathe At the Table on the left hand in the middle part sate Dutcheses Marqueses Counteses Baronesses in their Roabes and other Ladyes in Circotes and Gentlewomen in Gownes all whiche Gentlewomen and Ladyes sate on the lefte side of the Table along and none on the righte side and when all were thus set they were incontinent ●er●●d so quickly that it was maruellous for the seruitors gaue so good attendance that meate nor drinke nor anye thing else néeded to be called for which in so great a multitude was maruell As touching the fare there could be deuised no more costly dishes nor suttelties The Maior of London was serued with foure and thirtie dishes at two ●●●rses and so were all hys bréethren and suche as sate a● hys Table The Quéene had at hir seconde course foure and twentye dishes and thirtie at the thirde course and betwéene the last courses the Kings of Armes Crowned 〈…〉 Officers of Armes 〈…〉 ●arges in three partes ●● the Hall and after stoode in theyr place whiche was in the bekens of the Kings ●●n●h and on the right hand out of the Clayste● of Saint Stephons Chappell was made a little close● in which the King with diuers Embassadors stoode to beholde the seruice the Duke of Suffolke and the Lorde William rode oftentimes about y e Hal chéering the Lords Ladyes Maior his brethren After they in the Hall had dined they had Wafers and Ipocrase and then they washed and were commanded to rise and stand still in theyr places before the tables or on the formes till the Quéene had washed When she had taken Wafers and Ipocrase the Table was taken vp and the Earle of Rutland brought vp the surnape and layde it at the boordes ende which immediatly was drawne and cast by Mayster Reade Marshall of the Hall and the Quéene washed and after the Archbishop and after the surnape was withdrawne then she rose and stoode in the midst of the hall place to whome the Earle of Sussex in a goodly spice Plate brought a voyde of spice and cōfections After him the Maior of London brought a standing cuppe of Gold set in a cuppe of Assay of Golde and after that she had drunke she gaue the Maior the cuppe with the cuppe of Assey bycause there was no couer according to the clayme of the Citie thanking him and all hys bréethren of their payne Then she vnder hir Canapie departed to hir Chamber and at the entrie of hir Chamber she gaue the Canapie with belles and all to the Barons of the Portes according to their clayme with great thankes then the Maior of London bearing his cuppe in his hande with his bréethren went through the Hall to their Barge and so did all other Noblemen and Gentlemen for it was sire of the Clocke On Mondaye were the Justes at the Tilt before the Iusting Kings Gate where the Maior and his bréethren had a godly standing but there were sew Speares broken by reaso● the Horsses would not coape On Wednesday the King sente for the Maior and ●●● bréethren to Westminster and there he himselfe gaue 〈…〉 them hartie thankes with many goodly words On Midsommer euen deceassed Mary the French Quéen Mary King Henries sister deceassed ●●●er to King Henrie the eyghte and wife to Charles Duke of Suffolke and she was buryed at Saint Edmondsburie The fifth of July Quéene Katherine was proclaymed Prince Arthures widowe The seauenth of July two Merchants were murthered on the Thamis by one Woolfe and hys wife It was this yeare enacted that Butchers shoulde sell Beefe and Mutton solde by vvaighte their Béefe and Mutton by waighte Béefe for a halfe penny the younde and Mutton for thrée far things whyche beyng deuised for the greate commoditie of the realme as it was thought hath proued farre otherwise for at that time fatte ●ren were solde for sixe and twentie shillings and eighte ●●●ce the péece fatte Weathers for thrée shillings and four pence the péece fatte Calues of the lyke price a fatte Lamb for twelue pence The Butchers of London solde peny péeces of Béefe for the reléefe of the pore euery péece two pound and a halfe sometime thrée pound for a peny and thirtéene sometyme fourtéene of these péeces for twelue pence Mutton eight pence the quarter and an hundred waight of béefe ●● foure shillings and eight pence what price it hathe growen to sence it néedeth not to be sette downe At thys tyme also and not before were forraine Butchers permitted to ●●ll their fleshe in Leaden hall market of London The seauenth of September being Sondaye betwéene Byrth of Lady Elizabeth and hir christning ●●rée and foure of the clocke at afternoone the Quéene was ●●ly●ered of a fayre Lady for whose good deliuerauncē Te 〈…〉 was sung incontinently and great preparation was ●●de for the Christning The Maior and his brethren and ●●●tie of the chiefe Citizens were commaunded to be at the ●hristning the
First children in Christes hospital taken into y e hospital at the Grey Friers called Christes Hospitall to the number of almost foure hundred And also s●eke and pore people into the Hospital of Saint Thomas in Southwarke in whiche two places the children and pore people shoulde haue meate drinke lodging and cloth of the almes of the Citie On Christmasse daye in the afternoone when the Lorde Firste shevve of the children in Christs hospital Maior and Aldermen rode to Paules al the children of Christes Hospitall stoode in array from Saint Laurence Lane in Cheape toward Paules al in on Lyuerie of Russet Cotten the men children with red Caps the women children kerchiefs on their heades all the Maisters of the Hospitall foremost nexte them the Phi●●tions and four Surgeons and betwéen euery twentie children one woman kéeper whych children were in number 340. The King kept his Christmasse with open housholde at Lorde of merry disportes Greenewiche George Ferrers Gentleman of Lincolns Inne being Lorde of the merry disportes all the twelue dayes who ●●●pleasantly and wisely behaued himselfe that the King had greate delight in his pastimes On Monday the fourth of January the saide Lorde of The Sherifes ● of Misrul● mery disportes came by water to London and landed at the Tower Wharffe entred the Tower and then rode through Tower streete where he was receyued by Vawce Lorde of Misrule to Iohn Maina●d one of the Sheriffes of London and so conducted throughe the Citie with a great company of yong Lordes and Gentlemen to the house of sir George Barne Lorde Mayor where he with the chiefe of his company dy●ed and after had a greate banquet and at his departure the Lorde Mayor gaue him a standing Cup with a couer of siluer and guilt of the vale ●●● of ten pounde for a rewarde and also set a Hog●●●ad of 〈…〉 and a Barrel of Béere at hys Gate for his traine that folowed hym the residue of his Gentlemen and s●rn a●ntes dyned at other Aldermens houses and with the Sheriffes and so departed to the Tower Wharffe againe and to the Courte by water to the great commendation of the Maior and Aldermen and highly accepted of the King and Counaell In the moneth of January the King fell sicke of a cough Anno reg 7. at Whitehall whyche gréeuouslye encreased and at the laste ended in a Consumption of the Lights The firste of Marche beganne a Parliament at Westminster A Parliament and all the Lordes Spiritual and temporall assembled that daye in the Whitehall in their Robes where a Sermon was preached in the Kings Chappell by Doctor Ridley Bishoppe of of London and his Maiestie with diuers Lords receyued the Communion Which being done the King with the Lordes in order went into the Kings greate Chamber 1553 on the Kings side which that day was prepared for the Lordes house the King sitting vnder his clo●h of Estate and al the Lordes in their degrées the Bishoppe of Ely Doctor Godrike Lorde Chauncollor made a Proposition for the king whyche being ended the Lordes departed This was done bycause the King was sickly The 〈…〉 after the Burgesses sate in the Common house at Westminster and chose for their Speaker Maist●● Diar one of the late made Sergeants at the lawe The ●1 of Marche being good Friday the Parliament brake vppe and was clearely dissolued at the Kinges Pallaice of White hall at seauen of the clocke at night The thirde of Aprill being Monday after Easter daye the children of Christs Hospitall in London came from thēce thorough the Citie to the Sermon kepte at Saint Marie Spittle all clothed in plonket Coates and red Cappes and the maiden childrē in the same Lyuerie with kerchefs on their heades all whiche with their matron and other 〈…〉 were there placed on a Scaffolde of eight Stages and there sate the same time whiche was a goodly shewe The tenth of Aprill the Lorde Mayor of London was sent Bridevvell gyuen to the Citie of London for to the Courte at White hall and there at that time the Kings Maiestie gaue to him for to be a w●rk● house for the ●●re and ydle persons of the Citie of London ●●●● 〈…〉 of Bridewel and seauen hundred marke land of the Sauoy rents wyth all the beds and bedding of the Hospitall of the Sauoy towardes the maintenaunce of the saide work-house of Bridewell The eleauenth of Aprill the Lord Maior was presented to the King in his Pallaice of White hall at Westminster and was made knight by his Maiesty and the same day the king remoued in the afternoone to Greenewiche In this Moneth of April and in May commissions were Ievvelles and Church plate called into the Kings handes directed throughe Englandes for all the Churche goods remaining in Cathedrall and parishe Churches that is to saye Jewels of Golde and Siluer Crosses Candlestickes Sen●●●● Chalices and all other suche like with their readye money to be deliuered to the Maister of the Kings Jewels in the Tower of London all Coapes and Uestmentes of cloth of Gold cloth of Tissewe and Siluer to the Maister of the kings Wardrobe in London the other Coaps Uestmēts and ornaments to be solde and the money to be deliuered to the Kings Treasurer reseruing to euerie Churche one Chalice or Cuppe with Table clothes for the Communiō board at the discretion of the Commissioners The twentith of May by the encouragement of one Sebastian Voyage to Moscouy Cabotte thrée great ships wel furnished were sette ●●●th for the aduenture of the vnknowen voyage to Musco●●● and other easte partes by the North Seas diuers Merchants and other being frée of that voyage yéelded towards the charges of the some fiue and twentie pounds apéece ●●● George Barnes 〈…〉 William Garrard being y ● principall 〈…〉 there in About the same time two other ships were sent séeke aduentures Southwards Whiles King Edward lay dangerously sicke Lord Gilforde Three notable marriages at D●rham place the Duke of Northumberlandes fourth sonne marryed Lady lane the Duke of Suffolkes daughter whose mother being then ali●e was daughter to Mary King Henries sister whiche was firste marryed to the Frenche King and after to Charles Duke of Suffolke Also the Earle of Pembrookes eldest son marryed Lady Katherine the said Dukes second daughter and the Erle of Huntingtons sonne called Lord Hastings marryed the Dukes yongest daughter King Edward being about the age of sixetéene yeares ended King Edvvarde deceassed his life at Grenewich on the sixth of July when he hadde raigned sixe yeares fiue moneths and odde dayes and was buried at Westminster He was in this his youth a Prince of such towardnesse in vertue learning and al godly gifts as seldome hath bin sée●● the like The eight of July the Lorde Maior of London was sente King Edvvards death opened for to the Courte then at Greenewich and to bring with him fi●e Aldermen as many Merchaunts of the Staple an 〈…〉
Mulmucius King Pag. 24 Muster of horssemen Pag. 1050. agayne Pag. 1052 Muster at Greenewich by Londoners Page 1112 Merchant Taylors freeschoole founded Page 1116 Mary Rose a Shippe drowned Pag. 1032 Men brent in the Hedgehog a Ship Pag. 1031 Mathew Hamont an Heretike brent Pag. 1195 Marmaduke Glouer hanged in Cheape Page 1209 Monstrous child Pag. 1212. 1213 Magdalen colledge in Cambridge Pag. 1220 Merton Colledge in Oxford Pag. 1221 Magdalen Colledge in Oxford Pag. 1217 Magdalen Hall in Oxford Pag. 1223 Mary Hall in Oxford Pag. 1223 Michaell house in Cambridge Pag. 1220 N. NOble men that came with William Conquerour Pag. 153 Names of Chantries taken Pag. 1006 Nero a Romaine Pag. 3● Newcastell vpon Tine founded Pag. 172. the towne drowned Pag. 378 New Abbey by the Tower of London founded Pag. 407 Newgate of London builded Pag. 619. on fire Pag. 1100 New Testament first printed in english Page 967 Newman priest bare a fagot at Paules Crosse for singing Masse with good Ale Pag. 1010 New Coyne Pag. 1072 againe Pag. 1115. agayne Page 1117 Newhauen by Bolleine wonne by the French Pag. 1042 Nightwalkers in London did murther all they mette Pag. 209 Night as light as the day Pag. 1125 Norwich a Bishops see Pag. 173. brent Pag. 208. Pag. 294. citie walled Pag. 315. steeple brent Pag. 715. brent Pag. 890 Notingham brent Pag. 191. beseeged Pag. 198 Nonne Eaten founded Pag. 206 Northampton beseeged Pag. 282 Noble of gold Pag. 574 Newelme hospitall Pag. 652 Nunnes burnt in their Abbey Pag. 121 Nelson executed Pag. 1192 Newport towne ouerflowed Pag. 1209 New Colledge in Oxford Pag. 1217 New Inne in Oxford Pag. 1223 O. OCT auius Augustus a Romane Pag. 34 Order of the Garter founded at Windsore Pag. 415 Ocation made by the D. of Buckinghā Pag. 811. the same Duke of Buckingham beheaded Pag. 845 Otto of Bromswike chalengeth combate with Iohn Duke of Lancaster Pag. 426 Owen Glendouerdew Pag. 551. Pag. 557. his sonne taken Pag. 563 Owen Tewther brake out of Newgate Pag. 640. beheaded Pag. 709 Oxford builded Pag. 20. an Vniuersitie Pag. 127. Castel builded Pag. 163. forsakē Pag. 237. Orial Colledge in Oxforde Pag. 1221 Out●rier and Bell man for the daye Pag. 1123 Owes bridge borne downe Pag. 1126 P. PArkes Pag. 4 Policletus a Romaine Pag. 43 P●te a riuer in Eastsex Pag. 99 Parliamēt at Winchester Pag. 288. at Marleborow Pag. 293. at Westminster Pag. 297. at Barwicke Pag. 306. at Stepen●eth Pag. 309. at Carelile Pag. 319. at Northampton Pag. 326. at Yorke Pag. 343. at Northampton Pag. 358. at Salisburie Pag. 359. at Winchester Pag. 360. at Notingham Pag. 361. at Yorke Pag. 367. at Northampton Pag. 370. at London Pag. 372 Pag. 374. at Westminster Pag. 381. at London Pag. 386. at Westminster Pag. 387. Pag. 420. Pag. 427. Pag. 431. Pag. 458. Pag. 611. at London Pag. 619. Pag. 624. of Battes at Leycester Pag. 629. at Westminster Pag. 631. Pag. 636. at Bury Pag. 650. at Westminster Pag. 664. at London Pag. 679. at Couentrie Pag. 691. at Westminster Pag. 700. Pag. 713. Pag. 718. Pag. 738. Pag. 861. Pag. 86● ●●t the Blackefriers Pag. 932. 968 Paules Church in London founded Pag. 92. brent Pag. 166. repaired ibidem newe work Pag. 276. Pag. 335. weathercocke blowne downe Pag. 878. new Schole Pag. 894. steeple brent Pag. 1116. gates blowne open Pag. 1128. Parson of Saint Mildreds brent Pag. 859 Poultery prised Pag. 310 Pageants new made in London Pag. 930 Parishes in England Pag. 932. in London Page 1120 Paginton slayne with a gonne Pag. 1016 Pallace at Westminster brent Pag. 897 Patrike-Brumpton ouerturned Pag. 1188 Penisellus King Pag. 31 Petronius a Romayne Pag. 44 Pertinax Emperour Pag. 58 Peters Church in Cornehill a Bishops see Pag. 56 Pellagius a Britayne Pag. 73. an heretike Pag. 7● confuted Pag. 78 Peterborow founded Pag. 101 Peterpence payd to Rome Pag. 116 Pestilence great in England Pag. 405 Pestilence Pag. 568 Saint Petro●us at Bodmin in Cornewall Pag. 131 Pestilence Pag. 271. Pag. 478. Pag. 510. Pag. 747. Pag. 166. Pag. 172 Peterborow burned Pag. 182 Peter of Pomfret Pag. 241. hanged Pag. 243 Peter Colledge Pag. 1216 Pierce Plowman his visions Pag. 387 Peterpence forbidden to be payd Pag. 461 Penbroke hall Pag. 1217 Pecocke Bishop of Chichester abiured Page 682 Perkin Werbecke Pag. 825. Pag. 868. Pag. 869. Pag. 871. hanged Pag. 873 Philip king of Castile landed in England Pag. 878 Pictes first inhabit the marches Pag. 28 Pickering builded Pag. 30 Pirthus king Pag. 31 Pilton priorie Pag. 131 Piked shoes forbidden Pag. 717 Pirates hanged Pag. 271 Priuiledges vnto Saint Edmondsbury Page 131 Priests married remoued Pag. 163 Priest at Masse slayne with thunder Pag. 208 Priests became theeues Pag. 460 Prisoners in Newgate and Ludgate dyed Page 586 Porchester builded Pag. 28 Porrex king Pag. 30 Portgreues of London Pag. 218 Porter of the Tower headed Pag. 586 Posterne by the Tower of London fell Page 642 Prodigious signes Pag. 31 Portesmouth Pag. 84 Popes authoritie abrogated Pag. 1003 Powled heads commanded Pag. 1004 Prouosts of London Pag. 218 Prouinciall counsell at Oxford Pag. 255 Proclamation againste the family of loue Pag. 1213 Prince of Wales the kings eldest son Pag. 311 Priuiledge to Clothworkers Pag. 373 Priorie and hospitall of Saint Bartholmew in Smithfield founded Pag. 178 Printing first Pag. 687 Preached at Paules Crosse Doctor Goddard Pag. 724 Prisoners of the Marshalsea brake out Pag. 877 Priests saying Masse apprehended Pag. 1177 Priories suppressed by Cardinall Wolsey Pag. 939 Prince Arthur married Pag. 874. deceassed ibidem Prisoner brake frō the sessiōs house Pag. 959 Prince of Piamont came into England Page 1095 Prince of Orange conducted to the Tower of London Pag. 1095 Publicans whipped Pag. 203 Publicans with their bloudy procession Pag. 409 Plimmouth spoyled Pag. 556 Q. QVatbridge or Catwarbridge in Essex Pag. 126 Quaffing and drunkennes punished Pag. 133 Queeneheth in London Pag. 270 Queenes Attourney slayne Pag. 685 Queeneborough Castell builded Pag. 461 Queene tooke Sanctuary Pag. 724. 767 Queene of England chased Pag. 279 Queenes Colledge in Cambridge Pag. 1217 Queenes Colledge in Oxford Pag. 1221 R. RAmsey founded Pag. 133 Rampire builded at Caleis Pag. 401 Ralph Stafford slayne Pag. 498 Redargius King Pag. 31 Rebellion in Kent and Essex Pag. 480 Recorder of London Fitz William Pag. 817 Register booke in euery Church to bee kept Pag. 113 Religious houses graunted to the king Page 1015 Rimo King Pag. 30 Richborough Pag. 36 Riot and euill life the destruction of the Britaines Pag. 79 Ripendun or Ripon Pag. 122 Richarde the first King Pag. 216. tooke hys voyage to Hierusalem Pag. 220. taken prisoner Pag. 222. builded the walles of Vienna Pag. 223 Riot in London Pag. 292 Risebanke Castell builded Pag. 403 Rye spoyled Pag. 471 Richard Scrope Archbishop of Yorke rebelleth Pag. 563 beheaded Pag. 564 Richard the secōd made prince of Wales Pag. 468. crowned King Pag. 470. married Pag. 489. Pag. 518. entreth Scotlād Pag.
sailed ouer into England was crowned at Westminster on y ● Ascention daye And at Midsomer Ralphe Cogshall he returned again into Normandie with a great army which al the Sommer season contending against y ● French proued the worthynesse of y e enimies to be sufficient ynough Consuetud de Lō for Phillip king of Fraunce in the quarrell of Arthur the son of Geffrey Iohns eldest Brother duke of Brytaine made war vppon King Iohn in Normandie and toke from him diuerse Castels and townes King Iohn granted the Shirifewike of London and Midlesex Sherife vvike of London let to ferme to the Citizens thereof for 300 pound yerely to be paid for that of auntient time it had bene so accustomed to be fermed as king Henrie the first before he had graunted to the same Citizens for 300. pounde yearely Also he gaue them full aucthoritie to chose and depriue their Sherifes at theyr pleasure Sherifes Arnolde Fitz Arnolde Richard Fitz Barthelmew Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne King Iohn made a lawe that no tunne of Wine of Poiters 1200 Price of vvines Gual Couen should be solde dearer than twentie shillings of Anioye foure and twentie shillings and of French wine fiue twentie shillings vnlesse the same French wine were so good that some woulde giue for it sixe and twentie shillings eyghte pence but not aboue A sexter of wine of Poiters no dearer than twelue pence nor white wine aboue sixe pence King Iohn hauing made peace beyonde the sea he required Annoreg 2 Taske aide of his Realme of xxx M. markes wherefore an edict was made that euery plow land should pay thrée shillings which troubled the lande very sore considering the escuage that went afore for euery Knights fée two markes whiche before neuer payde aboue twentie shilling The king being deuorced from his wife Isabel the Earle King Iohn deuorsed Mathew Paris Ypodigma Radul Cogshal of Glocesters daughter he passed ouer the sea paide thirtie M. markes to the French King vanquished his enimies and returned into Englande with Isabel his wife daughter to the Earle of Angolesme and crowned hir Quéene at Westminster on the eight of October Sherifes Roger Dorset Iames Bartelmew Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne King Iohn went to Lincolne where he met with William King of Scottes did homage King of Scottes Rotland Lorde of Galloway and many other noble men who did to him homage on the one and twētith day of Nouember A noble man of Aquitaine named Hugh Brune rebelling 1201 Hugh Brune rebelled against King Iohn inuaded diuers parts of the prouince bicause the King had maried the daughter of the Earle of Angolesme whom the sayd Brune had affied and had in his custodie wherefore the passed ouer and restrained the rebels from their attemptes The 25. of June there arose a cruell Tempest of thunder Ypodigma Annoreg 3. Tempestes lightning and hayle with a vehemente raine that destroyed corne cattell menne and houses by brenning them c. The 10. of July another Tempest much like to the former hapned so that the Medowes could not be mowed and the hay that was downe was carried away by the outragious course of waters that ouerflowed the grounde greate numbers of fishes through the corruption of the waters dyed many bridges borne downe corne and hay caried away many men drowned so that al men thought a new deluge had bene come Sherifes Walter Fitz Alis. Simon de Adermanbury Maior Henrie Fitz Alwyne King Iohn sharplye warred vppon the Earle of March 1202 Radulphu● Cog. Hugh Brune and the Earle of Eue hys brother who béeing not able to resist they complayned to Phillip king of France as to their soueraigne and chiefe Lorde who sent ofttimes to King Iohn mouing him to cease from vexing them but that woulde not serue wherefore he was sommoned by the Annoreg 4. Nobles of Fraunce as Duke or Earle of Aquitaine and Anioy to come vnto the Courte of the Frenche King and to stande to the iudgement of hys Péeres all which Kyng Iohn denyed K Iohn sōmoned to the French Kings Court wherevpon the same Courte adiudged hym to be depriued of all his landes which he or his predecessours helde of the king of Fraunce c. King Phillip forth with assembled an armye and inuaded the Castel of Buteuant in Normandie which King Richard had buylded he rased it to the ground He tooke the land of Hugh Gorney and all the Castels there about He tooke the Castell of Albomarle with the County of Eue and all the land to Arches none resisting him Also Arthure Earle of Britayne being made Knight by the French King whose Arthure Earle of Britayne taken yonger daughter he had fianced he being but sixtéene yeres olde wente to Hugh Brune and Geffrey of Lucingnam and with 250. Knightes beséeged the Castell of Mirable in which Quéene Eleanor his Aunte was enclosed but King Iohn came with a power and deliuered his mother from daunger He tooke there his Nephew Arthure William de Brawsa Geffrey de Lucingham Hugh Brune Andrew Caueny Saluaricus de Mauleon and diuers others Great thunder and lightning with hayle as bigge as Hennes egges c. Sherifes Normand Brundell Iohn de Ely Maior Henry Fitz Alwyne The waters encreased and did much hurt in Englande 1023 Mathew Paris Annoreg 5. Earle of Britaine murthered Radul Cogshal Arthure Earle of Britaine from Falaise was broughte to Roane and put in the Tower vnder the custody of Robert de Veypont where shortly after he was dispatched of his life some say by the hands of his Uncle Iohn The King of France inuaded the Castels of Normandy tooke Lisle Dandely with the Castell and the Vale de Ruell in the whiche were Robert Fitz Water Sayer de Quincy and many other He toke the strong Castell vpon Seyne builded by King Richard which had bin valiantly kept by the Connestable of Chester Sherifes Walter Browne William Chamberlayne Maior Henry Fitz Alwyne King Iohn doubting treason in his owne men in December retourned into Englande where he gathered greate aydes of money Elianor daughter to the Earle of Poyters that had bin 1204 Ralph Cogshal Anno reg 6. wife to Lewes King of France and after to King Henry the seconde of Englande departed this life and was buryed in Westminster King Iohn sente Embassadoures to treate a peace with the King of France but he bycause the worlde wente with him woulde not agrée in any wise except Arthure mighte be deliuered to him aliue or if he were dead he woulde haue his Sister in mariage with all the lands on that side the Seas Shortly after he tooke Falaise Caen and so forth all the Countrey to Barflot Charburgh and Dunfront Roane Vernoll and Arches and so proude Normandy Angiow Briteyne Mayne Poitow and Thoraigne were within a short time deliuered to King Phillip King Iohn marryed Iane hys Bastarde Daughter to Lewlin Prince of Wales and gaue with hir
Pallace of Westminster men did row with wherries in the midst of the Hall and they rode on Horsebacke to their Chambers A Parliament at Marton wherein was made the Statutes Anno reg 21 Statutes of Marton Sherifes Maior 1237 of Marton Henry Cocham Iordan of Couentry the 28. of Septem Andrew Bokerell Peperer the 28. of October By the Kings procurement Octobon a Cardinall came into England as Legate from y e Pope the second day of July This yeare passed a stormie and troublesome weather and very vnhealthfull so that no man coulde remember that euer so many folkes were sicke of the ague Iohn Scot last Earle of Glocester deceassed and the Countrey Anno reg 22 Nic. Triuet Iohn Beuer. Sherifes Maior returned to the King for lacke of heires Iohn Tolason Geruas the Cordewenor the 28. of Sept. Andrew Bokerell Peperer the 28. of October Simon de Mountfort sonne to Simon Earle of Mountford for doubt that Quéene Blanche mother to the French King was offended with him fledde into England and was made Earle of Leycester and Steward of England by King Henry and had the Kings sister Elianor widdow of William Nicholas Triuet Io. Beuerla Marshall giuen him to wife Octobone being lodged in the Abbey of Osney the Schollers 1238 Mathew Paris Ypodigma Legate put to his shiftes of Oxford slew his mayster Cooke who was also the Legates brother and the Legate for feare gate him into the Stéeple of the Church where he held him till the kings officers comming from Abingdon conuayed him to Wallingford where he accursed the misdoers Odo de Kilkenny as Standerdbearer of the Schollers was taken with twelue other and cast in prison and long after went from Saint Paules Church in London to the Legates Scholers did penance at London Iohn Beuer. house which was Durham place vngirded withoute gowne bareheaded and barefooted whereby they asked him forgiuenesse and then the Legate restored them to their Uniuersitie A Scholler of Oxford fayning himselfe madde enterprised to haue slayne the King in his Chamber at Wodstocke King in darge● Anno reg 23 but he was taken and after long emprisonment plucked in péeces with Horsses at Couentrie Iohn Coders Iohn de Wilehale the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Nicho. Triuet 1229 Richard Renger the 28. of October Simon de Mountfort whome the King had made Earle of Leycester after he had agréed with his elder brother Earle Almericus for the same Earledome being also Steward of Gascoine induced the King of England to recognise that he would hold of the King of France the land of the Baseles the chiefe Towne whereof is Bayon and was in times past a Kingdome of it selfe and so by acknowledging to be of the fée of the King of France excluded the King of Castile who chalenged the sayd fée to belong to the King of Spayne The Tower of London was fortified which the Citizens Mathew Paris Tovver of London fearing least it were done to their detriment complayned to the King who answered that he had not done it to their hurt but sayth he I will from henceforth do as my brother Ypodigma Anno reg 24 doth in building and fortifying of Castels who beareth the name to be wiser than I am Quéene Elianor bare a sonne named Edwarde at Westminster the 22. day of June Roger Bongye Ralph Ashwye the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1240 William Ioyner the 28. of October Richard Earle of Cornewall the Kings brother tooke his iourney towardes Ierusalem with many other noble men of England Upon Saint Georges night the stone gate and bulwarke Mathew Paris which the King had caused to be builded by the Tower Bulvvarke by the Tovver of London was shaken with an Earthquake and fell downe but the King commanded the same to be builded againe stronger than before Lewlin Prince of Wales deceased and then betwixt his bastard sonne Griffin his legitimate son Dauid nephew to y e K. of Englād by his sister great gréeuous destructiō rose for the principalitie but at length Griffin being taken of his brother was cōmitted to prison Many strange and great Fishes came ashore whereof xj were Sea Bulles and one of huge bignesse passed vp the Monstrous Fishes Riuer of Thamis through the Bridge at London vnhurt till he came as farre as the Kings house at Mortlake where he was killed Aldermen chosen in London whiche had the rule of the Wards of the Citie but were euery yeare changed Anno reg 25 Aldermen in London Sherifes Maior 1241 Iohn Gifers Michaell Tony the 28. of September Gerard Bat the 28. of October The Jewes were constrayned to pay twentie thousand Markes at two tearmes in the yeare or else to be kepte in perpetuall prison Gilbert Marshall Earle of Penbroke dyed without the Towne of Hereford being brused in Turneament and was Iohn Beuer. buryed at London in the new Temple Walter his brother hardly obteyned the Earledome bycause he procured that Turneament contrarie to the Kings will and pleasure This Walter dying without issue his heritage was diuided Nic. Triuet betwixt the sonnes of his fiue sisters The walles and Bulwarkes that were newly builded about the Tower of London in the building whereof the Bulvvarkes by the Tovver Mathew Paris King had bestowed more than twelue thousand Markes were agayne vnrecouerably throwne downe as it were with an Earthquake for which chance the Citizens of London nothing sory were much amazed for they were threatned that the sayde walles and bulwarkes were builded in despight of them to the end that if any of them woulde presume to contende for the Liberties of the Citie they might there be imprisoned and to the ende that many mighte bée Anno reg 26 layde in diuers prisons many lodgings were made there that no one should speake with another Iohn Viell Thomas Duresme the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1242 Nic. Triuet Ypodigma Roger Bongey the 28. of October King Henry with a great armie sayled into Normandy purposing to recouer Poyters Guine and other Countreys but after many bickerings to the losse of Englishmen he treated a peace Elianor daughter to Geffrey Earle of Briteyne and sister to Arthure ended hir life prisoner in the Castell of Bristow Iohn Fitz Iohn Ralph Ashwye the 28. of September Anno reg 27 Sherifes Maior Roger Bongey the 28. of October Hugo de Albeneto Earle of Arundell dyed and his inheritance was diuided among foure sisters Also Hubert de Burgo Earle of Kent dyed at his Manor of Banstede and was buryed in the Church of the Friers Preachers at London vnto the whiche Churche he gaue his noble Pallace at Mathew Paris Westminster whiche afterwardes the Archbishop of Yorke bought of them and made it his Inne since commonly called Yorke place now White Hall The Thamis ouerflowed the bankes about Lambeth and 1243 Great flouds drowned houses and fieldes the space of
sixe miles and in the great Hall at Westminster men tooke their Horsebackes bycause the waters ranne ouer all Anno reg 28 Richard Earle of Cornewall maryed the thirde daughter of the Earle of Prouence Hugh Blunt Adam Basing the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1244 Miserable death of Griffin Mathew Paris Ralph Ashnye Peperer the 28. of October Griffyne the eldest sonne of Leolin Prince of north-Northwales which was kept prisoner in the Tower of London deuised subtilly how to escape wherefore one night hauing deceyued the Watch made of the hangings shéetes towels c a long line and put himselfe downe from the toppe of the Tower but as he was sliding a good pace with the weight of his body being a very bigge man and a fatte the rope brake and he fell on his necke whose miserable carcase in the morning being founde by the Tower wall was a pitifull sight to the beholders for his head and necke were driuen into his brest betwéene the shoulders the King hearing thereof punished the watchmen and caused Griffins son y ● was imprisoned with his Father to be more straightly kept The King tooke of the Citizēs of London 1500. Markes for that they had receyued into their Citie agayne Walter Bokerell who had bin banished twenty yeares notwithstanding the Citizens had proued that before that time the said Walter and his brother Andrew by their suite to the King had gotten him to be reconciled and restored to the Kings fauour Robert Grosted Bishop of Lincolne with other Robert Grosted Anno reg 29. Prelates complayned to the King of the waste made of the Church goodes by aliant Bishops and Clearkes of this land where vpon they were shortly voyded Ralph Foster Nicholas Bat the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1245 Anno reg 30 Michaell Tonny the 28. of October Quéene Elianor brought forth a sonne named Edmond The King enlarged the Church of Saint Peters in Westminster pulling downe the olde walles and stéeple and caused them to be made more comely Robert Ros being made a Templar died and was buryed at London in the new Temple Robert of Cornehill Adam of Bentley the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior 1246 Iohn Gisers Peperer the 28 of October In the Dioces of Lincolne there was a woman of noble birth welfauoured and beautifull which was maried to a rich man and did beare him children she also got another Monstruous Anno reg 31 Gentlewoman with childe and begat thrée sonnes of hir one after another or euer it was knowen the womens names were Hauisia and Lucia Harold King of Man was made Knight at London Simon Fitz Meger Laurence Frowike the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior 1247 Queene Hyue Customes of London Iohn Gisers Peperer the 28. of October King Henry let to ferme the Queenehiue in London to Iohn Gisers then Maior and his successours and comminaltie of London for euer for the summe of fiftie pounde the yeare to be payde at two payments at Clarkenwell Dated at Windesore the xxxj of his raigne The Church of Saint Mildred in Canturburie and a great Ger. Dorobor part of that Citie was brent A great Earthquake was in many places especially at Earthquake London about the banckes of the Thamis The Coyne was so sore clipped that it was thought good Coyne base to change the same and make it baser A great plague was in England so that in September Pestilence Mathew Pari● there was euery day nine or tenne buried in the Church-yard of Saint Peter at Saint Albons Elianor Sister to Arthure Duke of Briteyne was buryed Anno reg 32 W●l Wasion Sherifes Maior 1248 at Ambresburie among the Nunnes Iohn Viell Nicholas Bat the 28. of September Peter Fitz Alwyne the 28. of October By reason of the embasing of the Coyne a great penurie followed Robert Bacon preaching Frier deceassed at Oxforde The King required a great ayd of money whiche was denyed him whereby through counsell he was forced to The King selleth his Iev vels sell his plate and Jewels to the Citizens of London The Towne of Newcastell vpon Tine was burned bridge Earthquake and all By a strange Earthquake the toppes of houses were Anno reg 33 throwen downe walles did cleaue the heads of chimneys and Towers were shaken but the bodyes and foundations did not moue Nicholas Fitz Iosey Ge●●rey Winchester the 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior 1249 Mathew Paris A Mart at VVestminster Michael Tonney the 28. of October The King deuising how to exact money from the Citizens of London made a mart at Westminster to last fiftéene dayes and cōmanded that all trade of Marchandise should ceasse in the Citie those fiftéene dayes which the Citizens were fayne to redéeme with two thousande poundes Besides this the King tooke victuals and wine wherein could be found and payde nothing for it Two Marchants of Brabant complayned to the King at Mathew Paris Strangers robbed and Pirats hanged Winchester that they had bin robbed by men of that Countrey who had taken from them to the value of two hundred markes which théeues they had séene in the Courte wherevpō such as were suspected were takē to be tryed by y e Countrey but y e Coūtrey purged thē by oth bycause they were for the most part all infected and giuen to théeuerie but the Marchants continuing their suite to the King sayd that if they could not haue iustice they woulde stay so much of Englishe Marchants goodes in Brabant Then the King caused twelue men of Winchester to be chosen who also did quit them that were accused whiche thing when the King did sée he caused those twelue to be imprisoned and sware that in short space they should be hanged as Théeues accessarie and periured and caused other twelue to be empaneled which last quest found and confessed all and appeached many especially of Hamshire which were hanged Great dissention arose in Cambridge betwixt the Schollers Discord at Cambridge and Townesmen so that houses were broken downe and spoyled and many men wounded and slayne In the Moneth of June fell great Raynes especially aboute Anno reg 34 Abingdon whiche caryed away many trées houses beastes milles bridges and one Chappell not farre from Abingdon Richard Hardell Iohn Thollason the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1250 Mathew Paris Roger Fitz Roger the 28. of October The Friers Augustines beganne to inhabit at Wales at Wodhouse Boniface Archbishop of Canturburie in his visitation Mathew Paris came to the Priorie of Saint Barthelmew in Smithfielde where being receyued with Procession in most solemne wise he sayd he passed not vpon the honor but came to visit them vnto whome the Chanons answered that they hauing a learned Bishop ought not in contempt of him to Archbishop of Canturbury visiteth Saint Barthelmevves in Smithfield beateth the Supprior and Channons c. be visited by any other which answere so much misliked the Archbishop that
Farrendon Nicholas Wi●ichester the 28. of Sep. Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October From Christmas till the purification of our Lady there was such great Frost and Snow as the olde men could not remember the like wherethrough fiue arches of London Bridge and all Rochester Bridge was borne downe and caryed away with many Bridges more Men passed ouer the Thamis betwéene Westminster and Lambeth and likewise ouer the Riuer of Medway betwéene Stroude and Rochester drishod Fishes in ponds and birds in woods died for want of foode Pirats of Zeland and Holland about Yarmouth and Donwich 1282 Io. Euersden Yermouth and Donvvich spoyled Sherifes Maior Anno reg 11 Corne sold by vveight did spoyle and robbe whosoeuer they met slew many men and caryed away not a few Shippes with all y e goodes in them William Mazelyuer Richard Chigwell the 28. of Sept. Henry de Waleis the 28. of October This yeare the Bakers of London were first drawne vppon Herdles by Henry Waleis Maior and Corne was then first sold by weight This Henry Waleis Maior of London caused to be erected The Toune in Cornehill Radul Baldoke a certayne house in one of the highest places of London which house was called the Tonne vpon Cornehill to be a prison for night walkers and other suspitious persons He also by the Kings licence caused to be builded an house called the Stockes on the North side of Saint Mary Wolchurch in The Stockes market Customes of Lon. London to be a market for flesh and fish in the midst of the Citie and certayne houses néere vnto Powles Church the profites therof to be receyued by the Maysters of the Bridge of London towards the maintenance of the same Bridge The King entred Wales with an army appoynting his Wil. Rishenger Wil. Packington footemen to occupy the enimies in fight whiles his horsemen in a wing set on the rere battayle himselfe with a power kept his place where he pight his golden Dragon vnto the which as to a Castell the wounded and wéerie might repaire but Dauid fléeing the King with his power followed and as he passed by a wood there issued out of the same a foure thousand Welchmen whiche inuading the Kings armie made great slaughter but at length the King marching through by strong hande entred the Castell of Oxe and tooke Anglesey where he lost William de Awdley Roger Clifford the yonger and twelue other of his chiefest Captaynes Iohn Peckham Archbishop of Canturburie sendeth commandement 1283 to the Bishop of London to destroy all the Sinagogues of the Iewes within his dioces After the Archbishop The Ievves Sinagogues destroyed writeth to him to tolerate them to build one Church in some open place in the Citie of London where the King should appoint so they bestow no great cost nor vse their fond ceremonies Ralph Blound Anketin de Beteuile the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 12 Tho. Walsing 1284 Wil. Rishang Nic. Bromfild Henry de Waleis the 28. of October Leolin Prince of Wales came downe from the Mountayne of Snowdon to Mountgomerie and was at length taken at Bwelth Castell where vsing reprochfull words againste the Englishmen Roger le Strange ranne vpon him with the Sword wherewith he was girt and cut off his head leauing his dead body on the grounde Sir Roger Mortimer caused the head of Lewlin to be set vpon the Tower of London crowned with Yuy King Edward founded the Abbey of Vale Royall in Cheshire Histo Auria Io. Rouse He also remoued the Abbey of Aberconwey to another place and there builded a strong Castell against the Welchmen He gaue diuers Castels of the Welchmen to Englishe Chr. of Dun. Wil. Pakenham Lords and after tooke Dauid Lewlins brother with his wife his two sonnes and seauen daughters at Saint Moris which Dauid was drawne hanged and quartered at Shrewsburie Iordane Godchepe Martin Box the 28. of September Henry Waleis the 28. of October Sherifes Maior Anno reg 13 Edward Prince of Wales borne at Carnaruan in Wales Laurence Ducket Goldsmith and Citizen of London gréeuously wounded one Ralph Crepin in Weast Cheape and then fled into Bow Church after that certaine euill disposed persons friendes to the sayde Ralph entred the Cron. of Dunsta Ducket hanged in bovv Church 1285 Church in the night time and slew the sayd Laurence lying in the Stéeple and then hanged him vp placing him so by the window as if he had hanged himselfe vpon the which déede enquirie being made it was presented that he had hanged himselfe for the which being drawne by the féete he was buryed in a ditch without the Citie but shortly after by relation of a boy who lay with the said Laurence at the time of his death and had hid him there for feare the truth of the matter was knowne for the which Alice a woman that was chiefe causer of the sayde mischiefe and xvj men Murtherers hanged Io. Euersden with hir were then put in prison and afterwardes more who all were drawne and hanged saue the woman who was burnt these were of the poorer sort but the rich of that malicious company escaped for money The Churche was Bovv Church interdicted interdicted by the Archbishop and the dore with the window was stopped vp with thornes then the said Laurence was taken vp and buryed in the Church-yard The great Conduit in Cheape was begon to be builded Stephen Cornehill Robert Rokesley the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 14 Liberties of London seased Gregory Rokesley till the feast of Peter and Paule and that day was the Citie seised into the Kings handes and Ralph Sandwich appoynted Custos vntill Candlemas and then was chosen Iohn Briton vntill Saint Margarets day A Justes was proclaymed at Boston in the faire time 1286 whereof one part came in the habite of Monckes the other in the suite of Chanōs who had couenāted after the Justes Faire at Boston spoyled Histo Aurea Tho. Walsing to spoyle y e Faire For the atchieuing of their purpose they fired the Towne in thrée places It is said that streames of Gold Siluer and other mettall molten ranne into y e sea The Captayne of this confederacie was Robert Chamberlaine Esquier who was hanged but would neuer confesse his fellowes Wheate was solde for xvj pence xij pence y e Quarter Walter Blunt Iohn Wade the 28. of September Sherifes Custos Anno reg 15 Yermouth Donvvich and Ipsvvich perished Iohn Euersden Ralph Sandwich On Newyeares day at night as wel through y e vehemēcie of the wind as violence of y e Sea many Churches were ouerthrowne and destroyed not only at Yarmouth Donwich and Ipswich but also in diuers other places of Englande and other Regions adioyning to the Sea especially in that part 1287 of England which is called Meris land Al the whole prouince was for the most part turned into a standing poole so that intollerable
almoste in sunder yet in suche sort that ●●me● horssemen mighte ryde ouer it and for the purpose he hadde a greate stone whiche was layde vppe in a hole made in forme of an Arche beyng in the foreparte of the Tow●e hangyng ouer the Bridge in whyche hée appoynted a Faythfull Souldiour should bée in the tyme to throwe downe the sayde stone vppon the Bridge that wyth the fall thereof the Bridge beyng halfe cutte in two should be broken in sunder and so that hole where the stone was layde shoulde bée wrought in suche sorte that hée wythin shoulde perceiue throughe the hole howe manye dyd enter in ●●●●●● were made priuie to this practise neyther did many knowe of the kings presence or of the prince of Wales who when they had wroughte thys feate secretely conueyed themselues into the Towne The daye before the tyme of delyuerie of thys Towne Geffrey Cherney ●●●●● fifteene of his faithfullest menne wyth the g●●a●●● parte of the golde whiche was to be payde who shoulde also ●●y● the faythe of Emericus and the order of the Castell who searching euery where in euery Tower and corner whiche they could finde open coulde perceyue nothing contrarie to theyr lykyng wherevpon on the next day in the morning they set vp the French kings standerde in the highest Towre of the Castell and the auntientes also of Geffrey and of other Lordes vpon other Towers and places Then the people of the Town who kept common watch and warde not knowing of this secrete deuice were gretly terrifyed therwith in so muche that they taking weapon in hande beganne to giue a charge against the Castell by and by the French men who hadde entred the day before toke Thomas Kingstone then fléeing awaye quite ignoraunt of that whiche was deuised and forceably they set him in the stockes Then certaine of them being sent out to the French men their companions and maisters who laye without in ambushes shewed them the auntients and standerd set vp and all to be well euen as they woulde haue it hastning them forwarde to come to the defence of the Castell againste the townes men wherfore they rysing from their lorking places aduaunced themselues in pride and bragging and came by heapes in at the gates of the Castell The townes men perceyuing this had muche adoe to forebeare their handes from them had not their chiefe leaders withdrawen them from it least some daunger should haue happened to them that laye hid by and by those that laye hid closed vnder the Arches of the Walles prepared themselues to breake out vpon their enimies In like sorte also he that with the great stone man shut vp in the hole after that he sée so many entred in ●●●éeming that his fellowes were sufficient to ouerthrowe the● with that great stone put to his custodie hée brake the drawe bridge by the whiche the enemies had entred in but being once in coulde not goe that waye out againe when the stone was thus downe and had discharged the thing for the which it was layde vp the French men deceiued by that pollicy they wer enclosed safe ynough At the noyse of this stone and the bridge that brake these armed men of whom before I spake breaking downe their counterfaite wall behinde the which all the deceyte was hyd they presently set themselues in order to inuade the French men bidden to a bitter breakfast The conflict was sharp for a good season but at the length the enimies being ouercome yéelded themselues to the plesure of the conquerours They which were without and had not entred as soone as they perceyued theyr companions to be deceyued fled after whome the king with scarce sixtéene men of armes and as many Archers followed a pace the runnawayes not knowing what company woulde followe them many in thys chase were wearied and many moe slaine and in a small time the king ouercame daungerous and great labours but at length when it was vnderstoode by them that fledde howe fewe there were that chased them fourescore armed men turned them against the king I dare not ascribe thys Tho. de la More boldnesse of the king in chasing of his enimies to hys wisedome but only to the s●outnesse of his minde the whiche is wel knowen through Gods grace to be brought to good effect by his meanes though the daunger were neuer so gret for when he perceyued that the French men had turned thēselues to withstande him he caste away the scaberde of hys sword and comforting his men about him setting them in good order exhorted them to play the men lustily The Archers being placed in the Marche against the sides of the enimies stoode on dry Hilles which were compassed aboute with quag-myers and foggie places that neyther horssemen nor footemen might approch them but they should rather be drowned in mud than come néere to hurt them these also did the king comfort saying to them doe well you Archers play the men lustily and knowe that I am Edwarde of Windsor Then the presence of the king and necessitie of the matter styrred vp theyr hartes to doe well the Archers vncouering theyr heades stripping vp theyr sléeues bente themselues to bestow theyr arrowes in such sort that they might not be loste and as the French men drewe towardes thē they saluted thē after with their arrowes The armed men of both partes stoode in order to fighte vppon a long and narrowe causewaye the bredth whereof was not able to receiue scarce twentie men of armes in a fronte hauing on both sides thereof the Marishe in the whiche the Archers were placed who gauled and wounded theyr enimies on the sides fléeing as thicke as hayle The kyng and his men before wyth the Archers on the side slewe and tooke a greate manye and manye of them stoode stoutlye to it till at the length by the comming of the Prince of Wales the Frenche were putte to flighte after a long chase in pursuing the enimies they returning backe againe to Caleis numbred those which were fledde as well as those whiche were taken and they founde that for the taking of the Castell as the prisoners reported there came a thousand men of armes and sixe hundred armed men but they which serued were aboue thrée thousand among thē which were taken was Geffrey Charney and his sonne Edwarde 1●50 de Renty Robert Danquile Otto de Gulo the Baron of Martingham Baldyne Saylly Henrie de Prees Garinus Baylofe Peter Renel Peter Dargemole Eustace de Riplemount and manye other Lordes Knightes and Baronets who were chased and ranne away with theyr auntientes as the Lorde de Mountmarice also Laundas who maried the Lady Saint Paule Countesse of Penbroke in England also y e Lord Fenas the Lorde Planckes and another Eustace de Replemount There were slaine in the skirmish the Lord Henrie de Boys the Lord Archibalde many others whose names the Conquerors were not able to certifie Thus by pollicie and deuised treason the aucthours
therof came to death and destruction neither Eustachius himselfe escaped scot frée frō the snares for he within a while after being taken by the French men was burned aliue with a hotte yron and degraded frō the order of Knighthood by the cutting off his héeles and depriuing of his tong by alsitiō afterward he was hāged vp and laste of all beheaded and quartered receyuing iust punishment for his treason and false forswearing This yeare the Lord Fur●uall giuing a rash enterprise vpon his enimies was taken prisoner in Gascoign Not long after king Edwarde prepared to make a voyage into France but the Earle of Lancaster returning out of Gascoigne signied that there was a truce taken by him by reason whereof the passage prepared by the king was layde aside This yeare on Saint Georges day the kiug held a great Tho. de la Mor● Great feast at VVindsor of Saint George solemne feaste at his Castel of Windsor where he had augmented the Chappell which Henrie the firste and other hys progenitors kings of England had before erected of eight Canons he added to those eight Chanons a Deane fiftéene Chanons more and. xxiiij poore and impotent Knightes with other ministers and seruauntes as appeareth in his Tho. Walsing Ex charta regia First founders of the noble order of the Garter Records of the Garter Charter Dated the two and twentith of hys raigne Besides the king there were other also that were contributors to the foundation of this Colledge as followeth 1 The soueraigne King Edward the thirde 2 Edward his eldest sonne Prince of Wales 3 Henrie Duke of Lancaster 4 The Erle of Warwicke 5 Captain de Bouch. 6 Ralph Erle of Stafforde 7 William Montacute Erle of Salisburie 8 Roger Lord Mortimer Erle of March 9 Sir Iohn de Lisle 10 Sir Bartholmew Burwash 11 Sir Iohn Beauchampe 12 Sir Iohn de Mahune 13 Sir Hugh Courtney 14 Sir Thomas Hollande 15 Sir Iohn Grey 16 Sir Richard Fitz Simon 17 Sir Miles Stapleton 18 Sir Thomas Walle 19 Sir Hugh Wrothesley 20 Sir Nele Lering 21 Sir Iohn Chandos 22 Sir Iames de Audley 23 Sir Othes Hollande 24 Sir Henrie Eme. 25 Sir Sechet Dabridgecourte 26 Sir William Panell Al these togither with the King were clothed in gownes Tho. de la More of Russet poudered in gartiers blew wearing the like garters also on their right legges and mantels of blewe with First feast of Saint George scutcheons of Saint George In this sort of apparell they being bareheaded heard Masse which was celebrat by Simon Islipe Archbishop of Canterburie and the Bishops of Winchester and Excester and afterwardes they went to the feaste setting themselues orderlye at the Table for the honoure of the feast which they named to be of Saint George the Martyre and the chosing of the Knightes of the Garter In the Sommer following variaunce rysing betwéene the fléetes of Englande and Spaine the Spaniardes besette the Brytaine Sea with foure and fortie great ships of warre with the whiche they sonke ten English ships comming frō Gascoigne towardes Englande after they had taken and spoyled them thus their former iniuries being reuenged they entred into Sluce in Flaunders King Edwarde vnderstanding hereof furnished his nauie of fiftie shippes and Pinaces forecasting to méete wyth the Spaniardes in theyr returne hauing in his companye the Prince of Wales the Earles of Lancaster Northampton Warwicke Salisburie Arundale Huntington Glocester and other Barons and Knightes with their seruauntes and Archers and vpon the feast of the decolatiō of Saint Iohna about Euensong Ro. de Auesbery time the Nauies met at Winchelsea wher the great Spanish vessels surmounting our shippes and foystes like as Castels to cotages sharply as●ayled our men y e stone quarels flying frō the the tops sore cruelly wounded our mē who no lesse busie to fight alofe with launce and sword Battaile on the Sea with the foreward manfully defende themselues at length our archers perced theyr Arbalisters with a further retch thā they coulde strike againe and thereby compelled them to forsake their place and caused other fighting from the Hatches to shade themselues with tables of the ships and compelled them that threwe stones from the toppes so to hyde thē that they durst not shew theyr heads but tumble down then our men enfring y e Spanish Uessels with swords Halberds killed those they met w tin a whyle make voyd y ● vessels furnish them wyth English men vntil they being beset with darknesse of the night could not decern the. xxvij yet remayning vntaken our men cast ancker studying of the hoped battayle supposing nothing finished whilest any thing remayned vndone dressing the wounded throwing the myserable Spaniards into the Sea refreshing themselues with victualles and sléepe yet committing the vigilant watche to the armed bande The night ouerpassed the Englishe men prepared but in vaine to a new battayle but when the sunne began to appeare they viewing the seas coulde perceyue no signe of resistaunce for xxvij shippes fléeing away by nighte lefte xvij spoyled in the euening to the kyngs pleasure but agaynste theyr wil. The King returned into England with victorie and triumphe the King preferred there 80. noble ympes to the order of Knighthoode greatlye bewayling the losse of one to witte sir Richard Goldesborough Knight Thys yeare Phillippe de Valoys Frenche Kyng Phillip the frēch king died deceased and hys eldest Sonne Iohn was crouned Iohn Notte William Worcester the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Richard Killingburie the. 28. of October Two hyred souldiours of the Kyng of Armenia came into Englande into the presence of the King where they shewed the letters of the aforesayde King of Armenia wherein it was signified that the one of them to witte Iohn de Viscount a man borne in Cipres had slanderou●ly charged the other that is Thomas de la Marche a Frenche man borne and bastarde sonne to Phillippe late King of Fraunce saying that the sayde Thomas shoulde haue receyued of the Turkes a certaine some of Golde for the betraying the armye of the Christians vnto the Emperour of the Turkes and for the proofe of this slaunder this Iohn chalenged a combat wyth the sayde Thomas to be tryed by the iudgement of Edward King of Englande and that by him as by a moste worthy Prince all strife shoulde be ended For this therefore were these two worthy souldiours appointed to fight which they performed within the listes of the Kings Pallace at Westminster on Mondaye nexte following after the feaste of Saint Michael where Thomas in declaration of hys innocencie in that he was accused of ouercame his enimye but yet killed him not for he could not bycause he was not able to wounde hym beyng so armed with anye kynde of piercing weapon except it were in hys face whiche was bare For after that they hadde runne at the Tilte and foughte on foote as they were striuing togither on the
grounde wyth certaine prickes bothe shorte and sharpe then called Gadlings being closed in the ioyntes of hys righte Gauntlet the sayde Thomas strucke the sayde Iohn in the face and sore wounded hym but on the other side Iohn hadde no suche shorte kinde of weapon wherewyth hée myght hurte Thomas face and therefore cryed out aloude moste horribly whervpon by the kings commaundemente the combatte was ended and the victorie adiudged to Thomas who gaue the sayde Iohn being thus ouercome to the Prince of Wales for a Captiue and offered by his owne armoure to Sainte George in Sainte Paules Churche at London wyth greate deuotion These matters beyng thus finished the Cipres man is manumitted and fette at libertie as a frée man againe And Thomas thinking boldely to goe into the presence of his brother the Frenche King toke hys iourney thyther and at his comming founde the sayde King and the nobilitie of Fraunce greatlye offended and in indignation against him for that he agréed that the combat shoulde be tried before the King of England Wherefore Thomas thinking secretly with himselfe howe to winne the false friendship of his brother being desirous to shewe that therein hée hadde done well among all other things he greatelye praysed the nobilitie of Edwarde and his worthy fame spredde ouer al the worlde and also the iustice whiche he vsed in iudging not accepting the person of the manne of Cipres yea thoughe he loued the Kyng himselfe verye well neyther suffered him to be preferred before me whiche am a Frenche manne and brother and friende to thée my Lorde Kyng of Fraunce iudge ouer the sayde King Edwarde my aduersarie Also the Earle of Ewe hyghlye praysed the King of England for that hée hadde receyued greate comforte and commoditye at hys handes during the tyme of hys Captiuitie in Englande shewing also howe farre that good Kyng hadde banished enuie and hatred from hys hearte who at a time of iustyng beyng in the fielde at that exercise and the Kyng also was commaunded by the Kyng hymselfe to beare awaye the price and pricke from them all These commendations did the Frenche Kyng enuie at and for indignation he moste wickedlye commaunded the setters forthe of those prayses to be beheaded And for to colour the matter the better he fayned that the Earle vsed too muche familiaritie with the Quéene his wife and that his brother was guiltie of treason againste the king of Fraunce bycause he committed his cause and the combat to be tryed by the iudgement of the king of Englande After he had thus murdered his brother he tormented his wife to death by famine who was daughter of the noble King of Boheme lately slaine in battayle by Geffrey William Edington Bishoppe of Winchester and treasurer Groates and halfe groates Anno reg 25 Tho. Walsing Histo Au●●a of England a wise man caused a newe coyne called a Groate and halfe Groate to be coyned but these were of lesse wayght than the pence called Esterlings by reason wherof victualles and merchandice became the dearer thorough the whole realme After the Octaues of the Purification of our Lady in a Parliament at VVestminster Parliament holden at Westminster Henrie Earle of Lancaster was created Earle of Lincolne Leicester Derby Grosmount and Ferrers and Duke of Lancaster vnto whome also was giuen great priuiledges suche as neuer any Erle had before his time Also Lionel of Antwerpe the kings sonne is made Earle of V●star in Irelande Iohn of Gaunte his brother is made Earle of Richmonde and Ralph Baron of Stafforde is made Earle of Stafforde In the Lent following Walter de Maine and Roberte Herle Captain of Caleis rod into France making gret praes and doing great domage brought away gret store of beasts A fat Covv sixteene pence 1351 shéepe and swine so that at Caleis a fat Cowe was scarcelye solde for sixtéene pence sterling About Easter the Duke of Lancaster departing from Caleis marched alongst the Sea coastes of Artoys and Picardie brent the suburbes of Bulloign but assaulting the Town he preuayled not for that only the ladders were too short Therefore he wasted the Cities of Tirwin and the hauen also the Townes of Fauconbridge and Staples and in the same hauens he brent aboue 120. ships of diuerse moulds After this brenning the Champion Countrey he rode vnto Saint Omers and winning by force manye Fortresses with a great pray and many prisoners he returned to Caleis About the feast of Saint George things prospered wel in Gascoine for the Marshal of France with a greate number of armed men spoyled the Countrey about S. Dangel where Edmond Rose a Norffolke man was Captayne who with the garison valiauntly encountred the enimies flew many of them and toke the sayde Marshal and manye other nobles of Fraunce chasing aboue 400. Knightes The same yeare the Spanish shippes by a treatie of peace came into Englande where the last yeare they were restrayned but nowe a truce was taken for twentie yeares betwixt England and Spaine and a truce betwixt Englande and Fraunce for one yeare whiche the French men brake by reason of taking the Castel of Guisnes as in the next yeare shall be shewed Iohn Wroth Gilbert of Steineshorpe the. 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Andrew Auberie Grocer the. 28. of October About this season the old coine of gold was changed into a new the olde Noble was worth muche aboue the taxed rate of the newe and therfore the Marchauntes boughte the olde and conueyed them out of the Realme to the greate losse of the king and kingdome to the whiche there was a remedie prouided by the chaunging of the stampe About the beginning of Januarie the French men béeing occupied about y ● repayring of y e wals of Guisnes town being afore that time destroyed by the English men some mē of armes of Caleis vnderstanding their doings deuised how they might ouerthrow the work it was done in this sort There was an Archer named Iohn Dancaster in prison in Anno reg 26 the Castel of Guisnes before that time takē who not hauing wherwith to pay his raunsome was let lose with condition that he shoulde worke there amongst the French men The getting of Guisnes by the Englishe This fellow chaunced to lye with a Laundres a strumpet and learned of hir where beyond in the principal ditch from the bottome there was a Wall made of two foote broade stretching from the bottome to the brimme of the ditche within forthe so that being couered with Water it coulde not be séene but not so drowned but that a man going alofte theron shoulde not be wette paste the knées it beyng made for the vse of Fishers and therefore in the middest it was discontinued for the space of two foote and so the Archer hys Harlot shewyng it to hym he measured the heygth of the Wall wyth a thréede These things thus known one day slipping down from the Wal he passed the ditche by that hydden Wall and
set on fire the army passing to the water side wente ouer it in diuers places From thence they went and lodged at the Towne and Castell of Ambion On Wednesday they trauelled an euill iourney and hurtfull to the Horsse for lacke of water On Thurseday Theodorike Dale Porter of the Princes Chamber was made Knight thence the Army passed by a good towne called Vlmes the middleward passed vnto the good Towne of the Earle of Lile called Arnile where they lodged that night The Prince lay at the Friers Minors where was greate abundance of Muskadell béeing prouided for the Countesse of the I le which was all spoyled This daye also the good Towne of Pipions was destroyed with the Castell thereof called Redote On Friday the army passing by a long stonie way lodged at Lamian On Saterday returning backe towarde Gascoigne they lefte on their right hand the great poole of Esbone and Carkason and all the iourney that they wente before and the rereward lodged at a good Towne called Abier and the middleward at Puch●iancies where a Castell béeing defended withstoode them a season but at length was wonne and the Prince lay beyonde the Bridge by a faire running water on both sydes whereof the Countrey was spoyled with fire togither with the good Towne of Pesaunce where the vawarde was lodged y ● night On Sonday they trauelled a long iourney bycause the Prince should be lodged in the great Abbey of our Lady de Prolion where in seuerall Cloysters did liue 100 Predicants wherevnto the Prince was deuoutely receiued In y ● day the army set on fire y e towne of Lemeins where there was far greater Couents of Religions than at Carkason Also they brent the faire Towne called Falanges vnto which towne belonged xxj Windmilles They brent also the townes of Vnlard Serre with all y e whole Coūtrey lying theraboutes On Monday the middleward lodged at the good towne called Dealpuhbon which long time was defended but at length gotten by force the Castell whereof yéelded vnto the which Towne and Castell the Prince cōmanded that no harme should be done by fire On Tuesday earely passing ouer y e riuer of Beseile they entred into a coūtrey which was broade About one aclocke they came before a great Abbey called Bourgbon where the Earle of Fluxens with great ioy receyued the Prince he being newly escaped out of prison from Paris where he had laine by the space of two yeares and the said Earle remained from that time faithful to the Prince This day they rode in the Lordships and seigniories of the same Earle by the Townes of Masell and Colmon and on the right hand they passed by the greate Towne of Saint Canole and the high Castel called Hautripe but on this day they brent nothing for reuerence of the foresaid Earle and his Uineyards but passed agayne ouer the water of Arage leauing also Tolous as they did at the first but then one mile on the left hand and now four leagues on the right and the middle ward was lodged in the great Towne of Mermount which togither with the Castell was brent On Wednesday they passed by the Castell of the Earle of Flux called Mounthane at the foote whereof all the horsemen passed ouer the great water of Geround and there tooke the Towne and Castell of North then leauing the Riuer of Gerond on the left hand and so passed vnto the towne of Marconaw which they tooke then they returned ouer the Riuer againe and tooke the strong Towne of Carbone On Thurseday y e armie rested On Friday word was brought to the Prince that the French were vp and had gathered a great force which they had deuided into fiue great battels being in the field not far from them wherevpō our men set themselues in battayle aray about one mile from the place where they lodged and béeing now readie to fight some one of the Souldioures by chance start a Hare wherevpon a great shout was made which the enimies hearing they sente out fortie light Horsemen to sée what was the cause thereof who drawing nigh to the English armie and perceiuing them to be set in battayle aray returned backe againe and declared what they had séene wherevpon presently the whole armie of Frenchmen fled with great feare The same day Barthelmew Burwash Iohn Chandos and Iames de Audley with xxiiij light horsemē were appointed scoutes comming to y ● tayle of y ● Frenchmen they toke prisoners xxxij Knightes gentlemen amongst whome they toke the Erle of Romeme also they slewe many Carters and Wagoners The Prince lodged in y e towne of Muwose On Saterday they marched to the Castell of Oradrie in which Castell the Prince lodged and in the morning they brent it On Sonday the two and twentith of Nouember about euening they perceyued that theyr enimies were on the other side of y e gret Hil harde by the great towne of Gemount so that the English men being be-nighted sent out lx lyghte horssemen and certaine bowmen vnto the righte hande of the towne called Auremount where finding 400. menne of armes of the Conestable of Fraunce they chased them out of the Towne and slewe and toke many the middle Warde lodged at Auremount and the Uawarde at Colimont Earelye in the morning the Wagoners being commaunded to remayne in the Towne of Auremount all the residue being deuided into troupes went into the fielde wayting for the comming of theyr enimies all in vaine for the Prynce taking the Towne of Gamount was tolde that his enimies fled away at midnight On Twesday the armye lodged in the fielde and for lacke of Water their horsse were faine to drinke Wyne whereof it came to passe that the nexte daye their horsses were so drunke they coulde not goe right forth and many of them dyed On Saint Katherines daye wyth muche a doe they came to Water and leauing the Towne of Florence on theyr righte hande they passed to the greate towne called Silard and the middle warde was lodged at a Towne called Realmount which they toke by maine force and therefore brent it On Thursday they rested On Fryday they trauayled a long iourney by Walled townes and strong Castels the middle warde lodged at Serde On Saterday they passed ouer a certaine Water with great difficultie and through woods till they came to a good Towne called Mesin On Sondaye the Prince rested and toke homage and othes of the Townesmen Monday Sainte Andrewes daye trauelling a long iourney they came to the Towne of Tolows where were thrée Castels On Twesday the prince trauelled to the Castel of Melan wher he lodged On Wednesday the Prince came to Regla wher his horsses and Wagons passed throughe the riuer of Gerond In thys Anno reg 30 towne of Regla the Prince appointed diuerse Barons and suche like to Winter in diuerse places of the Marches to the intente they shoulde kéepe the inland parts of Gascoigne against the French men The Prince of Wales
theyr horsse féete but these performed not that whiche was commaunded them as it appeared by the sequele thereof The armies being set in a readinesse on both sides for to fighte early on Sonday in the morning which was notable fayre beholde there came the Cardinall of Petragoren and charged the prince in the name of God who was crucified that it mighte please him to deferre the warre for a tyme both for ecclesiasticall peace and also for the sparing of Christian bloud and to the ende there might be a treatie had of peace the whiche he promised shoulde be performed wyth great honour on both sides The Prince neyther feared nor refused peace but modestly agréed to the request of this Father All this day nowe being appointed for the obtaynyng of peace the army of the French men encreased by the number of a thousande men of armes and also of other On the morrowe after the Cardinall came againe from the Frenche king in his behalfe to request a truce which should endure for one whole yeare the whiche the Prince denyed yet at the importunate sute of that Cardinal he graunted a truce to continue till Christmasse next comming Therefore the Cardinall returning to the Frenche King requested him of pledges for the truce but the Marshall Dawdenam Geffrey de Charney Douglas the Scot perswaded him that by common reason it coulde not come to passe that the English men shoulde at that time preuayle and especially bycause they were but fewe and in a straunge Countrey wearyed out miserably with their toyle in trauel therefore not ableto indure so great a number of the French men of Fraunce who stood in defence of theyr own lande The Prince of Wales being certified that the Captaines of the French wold haue no kind of peace but such as they could get by force of armes calling his men togither he made to them an Oration first in generall and then to his Archers as followeth your māhoode saith he hath bin alwayes known to me in great dāgers which sheweth y t you are not degenerate frō true sons of English men but to be descended from the bloude of them which heretofore were vnder my fathers dukedome his predecessors kings of Englande vnto whome no labour was paineful no place inuincible no ground vnpassable no Hil wer it neuer so high inaccessible no tower vnscaleable no army inpenitrable no armed souldiour or whole hostes of men was formidable Their liuely couragiousnesse tamed the French men the Ciprians the Siracusians the Galabrians the Plestinis and brought vnder the stiffe necked Scottes and vnruely Irish men yea and the Walsh men also which could wel indure all labour Occasion time and daungers maketh of feareful verye strong and stoute and doeth manye times of dull witted men make wittie honour also and loue of the Countrey and the desire of the rich spoyle of the French men doth stirre you vp to follow your fathers steps Wherefore follow your auntients and wholy be intentiue to follow the commaundement of your Captaines as well in minde as in body that if victorie come with life we may still continue in firme friendship togither hauing alwayes one will and one minde but if enuious Fortune whych God forbidde shoulde let vs at this presente to runne the race of all fleshe and that we ende both life and labour togither be you sure that your names shall not want eternall fame and heauenly ioy and we also with these gentlemen our companions wyll drinke of the same cuppe that you shal doe vnto whom it shal be an eternal glorie and name to haue wonne the nobilitie of Fraunce but to ouercome as God forbid is not to be ascribed vnto the daunger of time but to the courage of the men Hauing spoken these words he perceyued that there was a Hill harde by whiche was planted on the toppe with hedges and ditches the inside whereof was very playne and a pasture fielde on the one side thereof with manye roughe bushes and on the other side it was all planted with vines and the residue was playne in the top wherof he did imagine the armye of the French to lye betwixt our men and the Hil. There was gret and lowe vallyes and a péece of marish ground One company of the Prince finding out a narrowe passage entred the valley and toke the Hyll where among the bushes they hidde themselues taking the aduantage of the place The fielde wherein our men laye to witte the vawarde and middle warde was deuided from the playne where the Frenche armye laye with a long hedge and ditche the one ende whereof dyd reache downe to the Marishe aforesayde that of the Hyll nexte the Marishe the Earle of Warwicke kept Captaine of the vawarde In the vpper part of the hedge toward the hanging of the Hil there was a gret gap from the whiche a stones cast stoode our rereward ouer the whiche the Earle of Salisburie was Captayne Oure enymies perceyuyng oure Princes auntiente to bée displayed and ofttymes to bée remoued from place to place and by reason of the Hill to be some time quite out of sighte they iudged that the Prince fledde yet Douglas the Scotte and Marshal de Clarimount sayde that it was not so but Marshal Dawdenam being deceiued in his owne opinion thought otherwise crying out still to followe and chase the Prince now fléeing and with him also Douglas to the intēt to get preferment and a worthy name of his new warfare but Clarimount to washe awaye the euill opinion whiche was conceyued of him touching his fidelitie was the more vehement to perswade them forwarde for vnto them the charge of the vawarde was deputed before these went out as the fashion was certaine to chase and to iuste againste whom certain that wer vnder the Hill of our vaward came to méete Marshal Dawdenam who staying to sée the end of the iusting kept himselfe from encountring In the meane time Clearimount thinking to come out by the gap in the hedge and so to come at the backe of our vawarde and to compasse them in met with the Earle of Salisburie who perceyuing his comming and purpose suspected his whole intent and so they whiche gouerned our rereward making haste to take the gap and kéepe the enimie from passing that way sustayned the first charge of the battayle Then began a terrible méeting betwixte the armed menne who laide on loade with swordes and speares neyther dyd the Archers slacke theyr duetie but lying in safe trenches start vp aboue the ditche and shot ouer the hedge preuayling more with their arrowes than they did that fought in armes thus our rerewarde slaying the enimies who came stragling to the gap and the vawarde which lay on the hanging of the Hil towarde the Marish being gouerned by the Earle of Warwicke were alwayes readye and met with the French men beating them downe The Archers of the vawarde were placed in the Marishe out of daunger from
slayne the Duke of Lancaster with furie sought to kill the D. of Lancaster for a certayne proud word which he spake against their Bishop they had brent his Manour of Suuoy if the B. had not staid their rage this was called the wood Saterday the Duke fledde to Kenington beside Lamheth wher Richard the Prince remayned he made lamentable complaintes vpon the Citizens for The Maior and Aldermen of London deposed the which the King caused Adam Staple Maior to be put downe and in his place Nicholas Brember was elected on the 21. day of March Also the Aldermen were deposed and other set in their places Sir Iohn Minsterworth Knight and other were drawne and hanged About this time rose vp in Oxford a certayne Northren Adam Meri Iohn VVicklefe man called Iohn Wickleffe a Doctour of Diuinitie who in Scholes and elsewhere held certayne conclusions contrarie to the publike state especially against Monkes and other Religious men that had possessions his companions dwelling togither were apparelled in long garmentes downe to the héeles of russet going barefooted c. King Edward ended his life at his Manour of Shene the King Edvvard deceassed Nevv Abbey Iohn Rouse xxj day of June in the yeare 1377. when he had raigned 50. yeares four monethes and odde dayes whose body was buried at Westminster He builded the Abbey of our Lady of Grace by the Tower of London He newly builded S. Stephens Chappell at Westminster the Castell of Windsore and the Nunrie of Dertford He also founded a Masondieu for the poore in the Towne of Caleis ¶ Richard of Burdeaux RIcharde the second borne at Anno reg 1. Burdeaux the sonne of Prince Edward being but eleuen yeares olde beganne his raigne the xxj daye of June in the yeare of our Lord God 1377. and was Crowned at Westminster the sixtéenth day of July by the hands of Simon Sudbury Archbishop of Canterburie Before his Coronation he set agréement betwéene the Duke of Lancaster and the Citizens of London and set at libertie Sir Peter de la Mere who as is aforesayd was by instigation of Alice Perce cast in prison In beautie bountie and liberalitie he farre passed all his progenitours but was ouermuch giuen to rest and quietnesse louing little déedes of armes and for that he was yong was most ruled by yong counsell and regarded nothing the counsels of the sage and wise men of the Realme which thing turned this Land to great trouble and himselfe to extreame miserie as is by these Uerses declared When this King first beganne to raigne the Lawes neglected were Vox clamantis Iohn Gower Wherefore good fortune him forsooke and th' earth did quake for feare The people also whome he pollde against him did rebell The time doth yet bewayle the woes that Chronicles do tell The foolish counsell of the lewde and yong he did receyue And graue aduise of aged heads he did reiect and leaue And then for greedie thirst of Coyne some subiectes he accused To gayne their goodes into his hands thus he the Realme abused The King at his Coronation made foure Earles Thomas Earles created of Woodstocke King Edwardes yongest sonne Earle of Buckingham Northampton To him he gaue 1000 Markes yearely out of his Treasurie til he had prouided him lands to that value Thomas Moubray Earle of Notingham Gifford Angolisme a Gascoigne Earle of Huntington to whome he likewise gaue 1000. Markes the yeare out of his Treasurie till he had prouided him Landes to that value and Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland On S. Peters day the Frenchmen with 50. Ships arriued The Tovvne of Rye spoyled The I le of VVight taken at Rye and spoyled the Towne and brent it The same time the Scottes brent the Towne of Rokesborow In the kalendes of September the Frenchmen tooke the I le of Wight sauing the Castell which Sir Hugh Tirell kept manfully When the Frenchmen had spoyled the Countrey they tooke 1000. Markes of the inhabitants to spare their houses vnbrent After taking of the said I le the Frenchmen entring their The Frenchmen lye before VVinchelsea Galleys againe coasted the Sea strond till they came ouer against the Towne of Winchelsea and vnderstanding that the Abbot of Battaill was come thither to defend it they sent to him that he should redéeme the Towne the Abbot answered that he néeded not redéeme the thing which he had not lost the Frenchmen then requested there might be sente forth to fight mā to man or a more number to trie the matter in view of armes but the Abbot answered he was a Religious man and therefore not lawfull for him to admitte anye suche petition and that he came not thither to fighte but to defend the Towne Countrey These things being heard the Frenchmen supposing that the Abbot and his people wanted courage they assayled the Towne with such instruments of warre as cast forth a farre off whereof they had plentie not ceassing from noone till euening but by the prowesse of y e Abbot and such as were with him the French preuayled nothing In the meane time whilest they were busie thus at Winchelsea they sent part of their company vnto The Tovvne of Hastings brent by Frēchmen Hastings where finding the towne almost emptie they brent it The Frenchmen perceyuing they could do no good at Winchelsea departed from thence and left it as they found it Andrew Pikeman Nicholas Twiford the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Sir Nicholas Brembar Grocer the 28. of October The same yeare the Frenchmen comming vp at y ● towne of Rotingdon in Sussex néere to the Towne of Lewes where Tho. Walsing the Prior of Lewes with a small companie met them and by The Prior of Levves taken by Frenchmen a multitude of Frenchmen that came vpon him he was taken and ledde to their Shippes with two Knightes to wéete Sir Iohn Fallesley and Sir Thomas Cheynie and a Squire called Iohn Brokes There died in this battayle almost an hundred Englishmen the Frenchmen therefore with all their Nauie returned home being 37. Galleys eyght Caruales of Spayne and certayne Barkes streightwayes therefore as they came to land some of them went vnto the séege that was about Arde and by treason which alwayes is familiar to them the kéeper of that Castell being an Almayne to wéete the Lord of Gunney deliuering to them the Towne they streight got the Castell also for the which the same kéeper being taken by Sir Hugh Caluerley kéeper of Caleis was sent into England and committed to prison A Parliament was holden at London which ended about Saint Andrewes tide in the whiche Parliamente Alice Peres was banished the lande and all hir moueable goodes Alice Peres banished being forfeited to the Kings vse There was graunted to the King of the Cleargie two Tvvo tenthes granted by the Cleargie tenthes to be payde that yeare with condition that from thenceforth the King should not extort
houre There were thrée Bishops also of which two did not like good men the Bishop of Lincolne and Saint Dauids but the third continued faithfull that was the Bishop of Carelile He had also two Knightes Stephen Scrope and William Fireby and Ianico a Gascoigne The King rode so warely that he came to Conwey at the breake of the daye Great sorrow and lamentation was made by the King and the Earle at their méeting for that the Earles host was dispersed and gone some to the Duke and some otherwayes The Duke of Aumarle Connestable and chiefe gouernour of the Kings armie at Milford immediately whē the Kings departure was knowne he sayde to the Souldiers let vs shift for our selues maysters for the King is fledde wherevpon euery man trussed and away Sir Thomas Percy Steward of houshold talking with the Connestable also departed and tooke their way through Wales The Welshmen séeing such disorder assembled them togither and spoyled the Englishmen of all their goodes and sent them packing in their dublets with white staues in their hands for there rode héere tenne héere twentie héere fiftie héere an hundred and so the Welchmen comming downe the Mountaynes the English lost that they had The King had many Horsses of beyond the Sea broode and great riches in apparell and iewels which was in the kéeping of Sir Thomas Percy who with the Connestable came to Duke Henry of Hereford and more than fiue hundred of their companye all naked whome the Welchmen had despoyled and beaten well The King being at Conwey in great discomfort sent the Dukes of Excester and Surrey to Henry Duke of Hereford and Lancaster to know what his meaning was himselfe remayning still at Conwey in great perplexitie and with him the Earle of Salisburie the Bishop of Carelile Sir William Ferebe Knight Sir Stephen Scrope mine Author and another Frenchman in all but xvj persons then was newes brought to the King how his Connestable had demeaned him and likewise his Steward that had caused his riches to be brought aland and going through Wales with it the Welchmen had taken it The King then by the aduise of the Earle of Salisburie departed from Conwey vnto Beawmareis a ten miles off and from thence he went to Carnaruan Beawmaris was a strong Fortresse if it had bin manned and victualled Carnaruan is a faire Towne and a strong Castell but these were vnprouided of all things so that for fiue or sixe nightes he lay very hard and base and for victualles there was none wherefore he returned againe to Conwey where he sore lamented his estate The Dukes of Excester and Surrey entring the Citie of Chester which Duke Henry had taken were brought streight to the Castell to the Duke who was glad to sée them and forthwith asked the Duke of Excester what newes who tolde him from poynt to poynt what shame and dishonour it woulde be to him if he dealt so vniustly towardes his Prince and that through him he were deposed hée therefore demaunded an●were with spéede but the Duke of Lancaster was as slow to dispatch him and tolde hym he shoulde not goe for one wéeke and that the King was not well aduised to sende hym and his fellow béeing men of such calling sith he had other ynow of meaner estate to do the message so they remayned to their great discomfort The Duke of Excester Duke Henry still kepte in hys company but the Duke of Surrey was committed to safekéeping within the Castell of Chester There is a Castell sixe miles from Chester called Beston Castell builded on a Rocke verye strong by scituation therein were an hundred men of armes chosen and able men but not diligent for they deliuered it to the Duke where they might well ynough haue kept it the ascending is so stéepe it was victualled for sixe yeares There was founde within it Coyne better than an hundred thousande Markes beside other Jewels which King Richard caused to be kepte to the value of two hundred thousande Markes all which Duke Henry tooke wyth him and returned to Chester and there taking counsell of his friendes what was best to bée done the Archbishop of Canterburie sayde that sith the Kyng was in Wales whych was a Countrey strong by reason of the Mountaynes so that it was impossible for an Armie to passe wyth bagge and baggage hée thought it best to sende vnto King Richarde and to make hym beléeue that hée sought nothing but peace and a Parliamente to bée made wherein those that had offended in putting to death his Unkle the Duke of Glocester shoulde bée punished and so from thenceforth the King and the Duke to be good friendes and that it should be at the Kings pleasure to appoynte the day and place for thys Parliamente for withoute thys shifte it shoulde bée vnpossible for the Duke to gette hym into his handes for hée mighte departe by Sea when hée woulde hauing retayned at Conwey Shippes for that purpose All the other Lords assenting to this counsell the Duke appoynted the Earle of Northumberland to go to the King with four hūdred Launces and a thousand Archers which Earle when he came to Flint Castell had it deliuered to his hands from thence he hasted to Rudland which was also giuen ouer to him then laying vnder a rocke two great embushments of his people with commandemente to kéepe that passage he went with fiue other in his company by the Sea coast till he came before the Towne and then he sent an Herault to the King for a safeconduct to come to his presence to declare his message from the Duke about an agréement which safeconduct being granted he passed the water and entred the Castell of Conwey where he founde the King and the Earle of Salisburie he declared to them that peace woulde be made if he would be a good Judge and a true and cause those that should be named to be tried by iustice at a certayne day of Parliament at Westminster which he and the Duke should holde togither and that the Duke might kéepe his place of high Judge as his father and other auncesters before him had done for the space of one hundred yeares Those that he would haue to be tried by the Law were the Duke of Excester the Duke of Surrey the Earle of Salisburie the Bishop of Carelile and Thomas Marke which fiue had giuen the King counsell to put his Unkle y ● Duke of Glocester to death and then if it should please him to pardon the Duke his wrath he would be readie to come to him on his knées to aske him mercie and so they might goe to London togither or the one one way and the other another The Earle offered to sweare that all this shoulde be perfourmed and that the Duke had assured him by oth to stand to it The King liking that it should be at his libertie to go eyther in companie with the Duke or alone vnto London purposed to take the offer and so
might say The South windes warme did blow with heate pestiferous Pestilence And Pestilence did beare great rule in Cities populous For at London in short while it consumed aboue thirtie thousand men and women and in the Countrey Townes great mortalitie fell among the husbandmen so that great households dyed cleane vp and the houses were emptied About the fiftéenth day of August deceassed Sir Roberte Knowles Knight at his Manour of Sconethorp in Norffolke Sir Robert Knovvles Iohn Leyland he was brought to London and there honourably buried in the white Friers Church which he had newly reedifyed and builded This Sir Robert Knowles had bin a most valiant Captayne in the warres of France during the raigne of Edward the third and Richard the second whose force the Realme of France both felt and feared so did the Dukedome of Briteine Register of Bermondsey and all the people from hence to Spayne Of him in his life were made Uerses in Latin which may be englished thus O Robert Knowles most woorthy of fame Verses by thy prowesse France was made tame Thy manhoode made the Frenchmen to yeeld by dint of sword in towne and field This Sir Robert Knowles founded in the Towne of Colledge and Hospitall at Pontfract Pontfract a Colledge to the honor of the holy Trinitie with an Hospital ioyned therevnto In the which Colledge was placed a Mayster and 6. or 7. Priestes and in the Hospitall 13. poore men and women He was once minded to haue made this Colledge at his Manour of Sconethorp but at the request of Constance his wife a woman of meane birth and somtime of a dissolute life afore hir mariage he turned his purpose and made it in the very place of Pontfraite wher she was borne enduing the same with 180. pound lande by yeare He also builded the faire new greate bridge at Rochester ouer the riuer of Medeway with a Chappel and a chauntrie at the East end therof In the which chappel was sometime a table hanging wherein was noted the benefactours to that Bridge as followeth Sir Roberte Knoles founder of the Trinitie Chappell at Rochester Bridge Constaunce wife to Knowles Sir Iohn Cobham Lord principall benefactour to the making of Rochester Bridge Margaret wife to Cobham Thomas Boucher Cardinall Iohn Morton Archbishop Henrie Chicheley Archbishop Thomas Langley Bishop of Durham Iohn Langedon Bishop of Rochester Thomas Arundale Archbishop Sir Iohn Cornewal Lord Fanhap Richard Whittington William Cromer Geffrey Boleyne Maior of London Iohn Darby Draper Alderman of London William Midleton Mercer of London William Martin Justice Sir Willlam Nottingham chiefe Barron of the Exchequer William Wangforde Iohn Buckingham Bishop of Lincolne Iohn Kempe Bishop of London Sir William Richal Sir Iohn at Pole All these had giuen money or landes towards the building and repayring of the sayde Bridge Iohn Warner a Merchaunt of Rochester made the newe coping of Rochester Bridge and William Warham Archbyshop of Canter burie made the yron pikes and bars aboute the same coaping This sommer Henrie Prince of Wales besieged the Castel of Abrustwich but not long after Owen Glendouerdew Anno reg 9. Sherifes Maior entred into it and placed new kéepers Henrie Pontfract Henrie Halton the. 28. of September Sir William Stondon Grocer the. 28. of October In Nouember a Parliamente being called at London a taxe of money was leuied of the whole Realme This yeare was a sore and sharpe Winter and suche aboundance of Snow which continued December Januarie Februarie and March so that almoste all small Byrdes dyed through hunger and colde Whiles the King helde a great Counsell at London with the nobles of the Realme Henrie Earle of Northumberlande and Thomas Lorde Bardolfe came againe into England who after long iournying when they came to the Towne of Thriske they caused to bée proclaymed that who so woulde haue libertie shoulde take vp armour and weapon and follow them whervpon much people resorted to them but sir Thomas Rockley Sherife of Yorkeshire with other Knightes of that Countrey went against them and at Bramham Moore nere to Hasewold fought with them a great battayle and slew the Earle whose head was streyght wayes cutte off The Lord Bardolph was sore wounded and taken aliue but dyed shortly after This battayle was fought on the xviij day of February The Erles head was put on a stake and caryed openly through the Citie 1408 of London and set on London Bridge The Bishop of Bangor was taken with the Lordes but pardoned of his lyfe bycause he was not founde in armour The King wente to Yorke and there condemned such as transgressed confiscated their goods pacified the Countrey hanged the Abbot of Hayle who had bin in armour and returned to the South partes againe Upon the seuenth of September there were suche flouds of rayne as the olde men of that age had neuer séene before Edmunde Hollande Earle of Kent whilest he besieged the Castell of Briake in Brytaine he was wounded with an arrowe of a crossebowe in the heade notwithstanding he toke the Castel and destroied it to the ground and not long after his braines rotted and he died Anno reg 10 Sherifes Maior Thomas Ducke William Norton the. 28. of September Sir Drew Barentine Goldsmith the. 28. of October Aboute the feaste of Al Saintes the Cardinall of Burges came into Englande being sente from the Colledge of Cardinalles to informe the King and Cleargie of the vnconstaunte dealing of Pope Gregorie as also he had informed the Frenche King and his Cleargie and realme to the end that those two Kings might sette to theyr helping handes to induce the sayde Gregorie to obserue the othe he hadde made and that by the magnificence of those two Kings cōcorde mighte be made in the Church vnto the whiche businesse the Frenche Kyng hadde gladlye graunted and sente messengers vnto Pope Gregorie who notwythstandyng 1409 was obstinate The Kyng of Englande when hée vnderstoode the Cardinalles message hée commaunded that curtesie and gentle entertaymente shoulde be gyuen hym and offered to beare hys charges so long as hée woulde abyde in Englande After the feaste of the Epyphanye the Archebyshoppe of Canterburie caused to assemble at London all the Cleargye of the Realme to chose personages méete to go to the general counsel holdē at Pisa where vnto were chosen Roberte Holam Bishop of Salisburie Henrie Chiseley bishop of Saint Dauids and Thomas Chillingdon Prior of Christes Churche in Canterburie and the Kyng had sente before Iohn Coluile Knighte and mayster Nicholas Rixton Clearkes wyth letters to be giuen to thē And in y e letter to the Pope it was writtē most holy father c. if y e prouidēce of y e Apostolike sea wold vouchsafe to consider how gret harme and danger is sprong vp through out the whole worlde vnder pretence of Scisme and chiefly the destruction of Christian people whiche aboue the nūber as men say of 200000. are perished by the raging
passed ouer to Caleis and streight from thence to L●●● in Artois and so into Henault making no outrage as he passed through Duke Phillips Countreys At their comming into Henault many townes obeyed thē and other refused ●● to do likewise were y ● Nobles diuided The D. of Burgoigne hearing of this was sore offended for the iniurie done to his Cousin of Brabant the dishonor of his Cousin the Duch●● Iaqueline and the euill dealing of the Duke of Glocester A third cause of the amitie to be broken betvvixt England and Burgoigne and the losse of many Tovvnes in France and therefore to ayde the Duke of Brabant he appoynted many of his Captaynes with xij C. fighting mē Pickards to go against the Duke of Glocester The Duke of Brabant was a man but of weake complexion and therefore by the Counsell of Brabant it was ordeyned that his yonger brother Philip Earle of Saint Pol should be chiefe Captayne of the warre against the Duke of Glocester He had a great Armye as the more part of the Nobles of Brabant of Henalt and of Burgoigne in all 50000. Piere de Luxenburge Earle of Conuarson his néere kinsman had the leading of the Armie for himselfe was but yong The Duke of Burgoigne had put of his men in garrison within the towne of Braine in the Countie of Henault who made sore warre to the Countrey about but the Earle of Saint Pol and Conuarson did come and beséege Braine continuing afore it twelue dayes before they within yéelded compounding to departe with bodyes and goodes saued these hauing wonne Braine destroyde it vtterly and that done tooke the Field with all puissance which was great and the Duke of Glocester likewise came into the fielde so that they approched néere togither and the vauntcurrers skirmished but the battayle ioyned not The Duke of Glocester had sent his Heraulte and Humfrey Duke of Glocester chalengeth the Combate vvith Phillip Duke of Burgoigne written to the Duke of Burgoigne calling him Traytor and disloyall to the King of England and France for that he had sente men in ayde against him and offered him the Combate wherevnto the Duke of Burgoine aunswered that hée would accept the Combate denying that euer he had fayled of his promise but that the Duke of Glocester had done great wrong to the Duke of Brabant to haue bereft him of his wife contrarye to the ordinance of God and of holye Church and for other wordes which the Duke had vttered against the Duke of Burgoignes honor he gaue him the lye and so farre the matter went in words betwixt them that the day was appoynted for the Combate and the Duke of Burgoigne chose for Iudge of the Combate the Emperour of Almayne and the Duke of Burgoigne sent the Duke of Glocester a safeconduct to departe safely into England to prepare himselfe of things necessarie for the Combate wherevpon both the Campes brake vp the Duke of Glocester wente to Mons in Henalt to the Duches his wife so tearmed gaue hir to vnderstand that he was desirous to trie the Combate with the Duke of Burgoigne and many other things he told hir which he performed not for within four dayes after he tooke all his power with him and returned into Englād and left the Duches in Mons smally accōpanyed with y e people of that Countrey Shortly after his departure the Duke of Burgoigne sent the Lord Lilladam to the Towne of Mens to receyue Iaqueline the Duches who being deliuered vnto him he conueyed hir to Gaunt where the Duke and she made great semblance of ioy togither she promising to bée gouerned alwayes by his aduise but to goe to hir olde husband the Duke of Brabant she would not and when she espied hir time she stale away into hir Countrey of Holland where she was well receyued of many Lordes and began forthwith to mainteyne warre against Duke Philip of Burgoigne and sent to the Duke of Glocester for ayd who sente to hir a thousand fighting men vnder the conduct of the Lorde Fitzwaters The Duke of Burgoigne fearing least Iaqueline would deliuer the Countrey of Holland into the possessiō of the D. of Glocester he assembled his power and wente into Holland to put the Coūtrey into obeysance At his comming thither Iaqueline accompanyed with many Nobles of the Countrey and the Lord Fitzwaters woulde haue defended his landing but notwithstanding al the defence they could make he entred vpō thē there néere to y e Towne of Brusseils they ioyned in battaile the D. of Burgoigne his people against the Englishmen Hollanders taking y e Duches Iaquelines part there was a fierce battayle on all sides but in the end the Hollanders and Englishmen were all discomfited and there dyed in that place aboue seauen or eight hundred besides those that were taken prisoners the Lord Fitzwater hardly escaped After this battell gote by the Duke of Burgoigne 1425 diuers Townes of the Countrey reuolted to him against Iaqueline the Duches as Dordrecht Sericzee and many other Shortly after the Duke of Burgoigne leauing garrisons in those Townes that obeyed him to make resistāce against the Duches that lay in the Towne of Gaunt hée returned into his Countrey of Flanders and Artoyes there to prepare such abiliments as were necessary for him to vse at the Combate appoynted betwixt him and the Duke of Glocester The Duke of Glocester likewise in England made his pronision of his habilimentes and furniture but the Duke of Bedforde brother to the Duke of Glocester tooke greate paynes to make them friends and also the counsell of the yong King of England were nothing content with this variance doubting least it might be occasion that the Duke of Burgoigne mighte withdrawe himselfe from their amitie whereby their businesse in France should be hindered The Duke of Bedford therefore tooke hys iourney from Paris to Caleis and so into Englande to the ende to agrée the sayde Anno reg 4. Dukes he tooke with him the Duches his wife and not past a four or fiue hundred men About Michaelmasse the Prince of Portugale came into England and was honorably receyued and feasted by the Kings Uncles William Mildred Iohn Brokell the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Rob. Fabian Iohn Couentry Mercer the 28. of October The morrow after Simon and Iudes day when the Maior of London had bin at Westminster to take hys charge as Debate betvveene the Duke of Glocester and the Bishop of VVinchester the custome is at suche tyme as hée was holding hys greate dinner hée was by the Duke of Glocester Lord Protector sent for in spéedie manner when hée came to hys presence he gaue to hym commaundement to sée the Citie were surely watched in the night following and so it was done On y e next morrow about ix of the clock certain seruāts of y ● Bishop of Winchester brother to y e said Protector would haue entred the Citie by the
Bridge but the warders or kéepers thereof kept them out by force as before they were commanded wherwith they being gréeuously discontented gathered to them a greater number of Archers and men of armes and assaulted the Gate with shot and other meanes of warre in so much that the commons of the Citie shut in their shoppes and spedde them thither in great number so that greate bloudshed woulde haue followed had not the wisedome of the Maior and Aldermen stayde the matter in time The Archbishop of Canterbury with the Prince of Portugale and other tooke great labour vpon them to pacifie this variance betwixt the two bréethren the Protector and the Bishop in so muche that they rode betwéene them eyght times ere they might bring them to any reasonable conformitie and lastly they agréed to stande to the rule of the Duke of Bedford Regent of France or of such as he would assigne wherevpon the Citie was set in more quiet and the Bishop of Winchester wrote a Letter to the Duke of Bedford Lord Regent as followeth RIght high and mighty Prince and right noble and after one leuest earthly Lorde I recommende me vnto your Grace with all my heart and as ye desire the welfare of the King our soueraigne Lorde and of his Realies of England and of France and your owne weale with all yours hast you hither for by my troth and ye tarrie long we shall put this Land in ieoperdy with a Field such a Brother yée haue héere God make him a good man For your wisedome knoweth well that the profite of France standeth in the welfare of England Written at London the last of October On the tenth day of January next ensuing the sayde Duke of Bedford wyth hys wife came vnto London with them also came the said Bishop of Winchester and the Maior and Citizens receyued him at Merton and ●on●ayde hym through the Citie vnto Westminster where he was lodged in the Kings Pallace and the Bishop of Winchester was lodged within the Abbots lodging On the morrow following the Maior presented the Regente with a paire of Basins of Siluer and ouer-gilt and in them a thousande Marke of gold The xxj of February began a great Counsayle at Saint Albons which was after reiorned to Northampton but for that no due conclusion mighte be made on the 1426 Parliament at Leycester xxv of March was called a Parliamente at Leycester the which endured till the xv day of June This was called the Parliamente of Battes bycause men being forbidden to bring Swords or other weapons brought great battes and staues on their neckes and whē those weapons were inhibited thē they tooke stones and plomets of Leade During this Parliament the variance betwixt the two Lords was debated in so much that the Duke of Glocester put a Bill of complaynt against the Bishop conteyning sixe Articles all which Articles were by the Bishop sufficiently aunswered and finally by the counsell of the Lord Regent all the matters of variance betwéene the sayd two Lordes were put to the examination and iudgemente with the assistance of the Lordes of the Parliamente Henry Archbishop of Canterburie Thomas Duke of Excester Iohn Duke of Norffolke Thomas Bishop of Durham Philip Bishop of Worcester Iohn Bishop of Bath Humfrey Earle of Stafford Raulph Lord Cornewell and Maister William Alnewike then kéeper of the priuie Seale which Lordes made a decrée and awarde so that eyther party tooke other by the hande with friendly and louing words none hauing amends of other Upon Whitsonday following was a solemne feast holden at Leycester aforesayde where the Regente dubbed King Henry Knight and then forthwith the King dubbed Richard Duke of Yorke that after was father to King Edward the fourth and other to the number of fortie After the Parliamente the Kyng wente to Killingworth Castell Henry Chicheley Archbishop of Canterbury founded a Colledge at Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire of eyght Colledge and Hospitall at Higham Ferrers fellowes foure Clearkes and sixe Choristers He also founded there an Hospitall for poore folke with many preferments to the sayd Towne which house for the poore his Anno reg 5. bréethren Robert and William Chichely Aidermen of London augmented with goodly legacies On Saterday the euen of Saint Michaell the Archangell Iohn Audley An Earthquake during tvvo houres in the morning before day betwixte the houres of one and two of the clocke began a terrible Earthquake with lightning and thunder whiche continued the space of two houres and was vniuersall through the world so that men had thought the world as then should haue ended and the generall dome to haue followed The vnreasonable Beasts rored and drew to the Townes with hideous noyse Also the Foules of the ayre likewise cryed out suche was the worke of God at that time to call his people to repentance Iohn Arnold Iohn Higham the 28. of September Sherifes Maior VVardes in London discharged of fifteenes Iohn Reynwell Fishmonger the 28. of October This Iohn Reynwell Maior of London gaue certayne Lands or tenements to the Citie of London for the whiche the same Citie is bound to pay for euer all such fiftéenes as shall be graunted to the King so that it passe not thrée fiftéenes in one yeare for thrée wardes in London to wéete Reignwels Testament Downegate warde Billingsgate warde and Aldgate warde This yeare the Tower at the Draw Bridge of London Tovver on Lōdon Bridge was begun by the same Maior of London On the Newyeares daye Thomas Beawford Duke of Excester deceassed at Greenewich and was buryed at Sainte Edmonds Burie in Suffolke About the Purification of our Lady the Duke of Bedford Regent of France with his wife and familie passed the seas vnto Caleis and so through Picardy into France but ere he departed from Caleis to wéete vpon the feast day of the Annuntiation 1427 of our Lady the Bishop of Winchester within the Church of our Lady of Caleis was created Cardinall and after the solemnitie done the Regente tooke him on hys righte hande and so conuayed hym vnto hys lodging This yeare was vnseasonable weathering for it reyned most part continually from Easter to Michaelmasse This yeare the Duke of Alanson that before was taken prisoner at the battayle of Vernole in Perch was deliuered for a raunsome of 200000. Scuttes of Golde whiche was Rob. Gagwin 50000. Markes sterling This yeare also the Earle of Salisburie accompanyed with the Earle of Suffolke the Lord Talbot and other layde Rob. Fabian a strong séege vnto the Citie of Orleance and hilde the Citiezens very streight and maugre the Duke of Orleance and the Marshall of France the Englishmen wanne from them diuers strong holdes adioyning to the Citie and forced them to bren a great part of their suburbes but one day as y e sayd Anno reg 6. Earle of Salisburie Thomas Mountagew rested him at a bay window a Gunne was leuelled out of the Citie which all
and his Cardinalles 14●5 after long laboure coulde make no peace betwixte King Henry of England and France and Charles also named King of Fraunce they at length made a peace betwixte the said Charles and Philip Duke of Burgoigne whereby the said Duke of Burgoigne became vtter enimy to the King of England and soone after the said Duke beganne his order of the Lillie and the Golden fléece and ordayned certaine Knightes of that order and made thervnto many Statuts wherof some of them were like vnto the Statutes of the Garter On the fourtéenth daye of September at Roan in Normandy dyed the noble Prince Iohn Duke of Bedforde and Regent of Fraunce and was after with great solemnitie ●●ryed within the Churche of No●ir Dame of the same ●itie Anno reg 14 Sherifes Maior Thomas Catworth Robert Clopton the. 28. of Septemb. Henry Frowike Mercer the 28. of October King Charles of Fraunce recouered the Citie of Paris and at Newyeares tide wanne the Towne of Harflewe and 1436 Sainct Denis and manye other Townes and holdes expellyng and murdering the Englishe people in greate number The nintéenth daye of Julye the Duke of Burgoigne wyth a great multitude of Burgonians and Flemmings appeared Caleis besieged before Caleis and there pight his pauilions and tentes at which season was Lieutenaunt of Caleis Sir Iohn Ratclife Knight and of the Castell was Lieutenant the Baron of Dudley this siege endured about thrée wéekes in whiche season many knightlye actes were done exercised on both partes On the second day of August the Duke of Glocester protectour Robert Fub●●● of Englande with 500. sayles as some write landed at Caleis and entended vppon the thirde day following to haue issued out of the Towne and to haue gyuen battel to the Flemmings but as testifyeth our Englishe writers so soone as the Duke of Burgoigne was ware of the great power of the Lorde Protector he toke with him of his ordinaunce that he might lightly carrye and the other that were cumberous he left behind When the Duke with his host was thus fledde the Lorde Protectour with his people followed hym into the Countrey by the space of eleauen dayes in whiche season he brente the two Townes of Popering and Bell and returned to Caleis and so into England This yeare was the Castel or Towne of Rokesborough in Scotlande besieged by the Kyng of Scottes but when hée Anno. reg ●● hearde that Syr Ralph Graye Knyghte was commyng thyther with a competente number to remoue the siege anone he departed leauyng some parte of hys Ordinaunce behynde hym to hys greate shame and dishonour Thomas Norstede William Gregory the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Iohn Michel Fishmonger the. 28. of October The second of Januarie Quéene Katherin late wife to Henrie the fifth and mother to King Henrie the sixth dyed at Bermondsey and was buried at Westminster but being takē Part of London bridge fel. vp againe in the raigne of Henrie the seauenth when he layde the foundation of his new Chappel there she was neuer buried since but lyeth still aboue ground in a Coffin of bordes behinde the East end of the Friers The. xiiij of Januarie at noone of the day the gate on Lōdon bridge wyth the Tower vpon it nexte to Southwarke fell down and two of the furdest Arches of the same bridge and no man perished Ralph Lord Cromwel erected the Colledge of Ta●eshall 1437 Ta●eshall Colledge in Lincolneshire King Henrie put downe the Maior of Norwich sente the Aldermen some to Linne some to Canterburie toke their frāchises into his hande and appointed Iohn Wels Alderman sometime Maior of London to be Warden of Norwich who so continued eight moneths as I haue red on his Monument in Saint Antholines Churche in London whiche Monument is nowe amongest manye other by lewde persons defaced The ninth of July Quéene Iane wife to King Henrie the fourth dyed at Hauering a Boure and was buried at Canterburie All the Lyons in the Tower of London dyed Anno reg 18 Sherifes Maior William Hales William Chapman the. 28. of Septemb. William Eastfielde Mercer the. 28. of October This William Eastfield Maior of his own costes caused to be builded the Water Conduite in Fleetestreete of London On Easter daye Iohn Gardener was taken conuaying 1438 Gardene●brent the Sacrament from his mouth with a soule cloth after he had receyued the same at the Priests hande in Saint Marie at the Axe Churche of London for the whiche he was brent in Smithfielde the xiiij of May. Owen Tewther ●ouly hurting hys kéeper brake out of Newgate but was againe taken afterwarde thys Owen had priuilye as it was sayde maryed Quéene Katherin late wife to Henrie the fifth and had foure children by hir whiche was not knowen tyll she was dead and buried On the Uigil of Mary Magdalen the town of Nantwich in the Countie of Chester was pitifully consumed with fire A great dearth of corne for wheate was in some places Dearth of corne Anno reg 17 Sherifes Maior solde for two shillings sixe pence the Bushell Hugh Diker Nicholas Yoo the. 28. of September Stephen Browne Grocer the. 28. of October The fiue and twentith of Nouember a great winde dyd Great vv●n●es muche harme in manye places In London it bare muche leade of the Gray Friers Churche and almost blewe downe the one side of the stréete called the Olde Change so that the same was faine to be vnderset with Timber On New yeres day a stacke of woodde fell downe at Baynardes Castell and killed thrée men manye moe were sore hurte By fall of a Staire at Bedforde where the shire daye was kepte eightéene persons were slayne and manye moe hurte Richard Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke dyed at Roane in Normādie the last of May and the fourth of October next folowing his corpse was honourably conueyed as well by water as by land from Roane vnto Warwicke and there worshipfully buried in the Colledge of our Lady Church founded by his noble auncestours Wheate was sold at London for thrée shillings y e bushel Malt at thirtéen shillings y ● quarter Otes at eight pence the bushel which caused men to eate beans pease and barley more than in a hundred yeares before Anno reg 18 Strūpets vvare Raye hoodes Manye Stumpets were sette on the Pyllerye and banyshed the Cytye excepte they ware theyr Raye hoodes Phillip Malpas Robert Marshal the 28. of September Sherifes ●●ior Robert Large Mercer the. 28. of October In a Parliament at Reading it was ordayned that all Marchaunt straungers shoulde goe to host with Englishmen and to make sale of theyr Merchaundises and buy again what they woulde wythin the space of sixe monethes geuing theyr hoste for euerye twentye shillings worth two pence except the Esterlings And that euery housholder that Order for straungers was alien should pay to the King xuj. pence the yeare and euery seruant
after a Chappell was builded The morow after Easter day were y e bodyes of the Earle Iob. Rastall of Warwike and the Marques Mountacute layde naked in Paules Churche in London that all men might sée them King Henrie with the Archbyshop of Yorke were sent to the Towre of London At this time Quéene Margaret and Prince Edwarde hir sonne had lyne on y e sea xvtj. dayes letted with foule weather on Easter day at euen they landed with their Frenche Battell at Tevvkesburie Nauie at Weymouth and so came to Excester from thence to Tewkesburie and pitched his fielde by Seuerne Edwarde the fourth being come from London fought with Prince Edward Liber Tewx at Tewkesburie on the fourth of May tooke Quéene Margaret prisoner with Prince Edward hir sonne whom cruelly he smote on the face with his gawntlet and after his seruants slew him Edmond Duke of Somerset and sir Hugh Courteney fledde from Prince Edward and loste him the fielde There was slaine Courteney Earle of Deuonshire Lorde Iohn of Somerset Lorde Wenlocke sir Edmond Flamdene sir Robert Whittingham sir William Vaus sir Nicholas Haruie sir Iohn Deluis sir William Filding sir Thomas Fizhony sir Iohn Laukenor King Edward entring a Churche in Teweksburie with his sworde drawne a Priest brought the Sacrament against him and woulde not let him enter vntill he had graunted his pardon to these that followe the Duke of Somerset the Lorde of Saint Iohns sir Humfrey Audeley sir Geruis of Clifton sir William Crimeby sir William Carie sir Thomas Tresham sir William Newbrough Knightes Henrie Tresham Walter Courteney Iohn Florie Lewes Myles Robert Iackson Iames Gower Iames Deluis sonne and heire to sir Iohn Deluis all these where they might haue escaped tarryed in the Church trusting in the Kings pardon from Saterdaye tyll Mondaye when they were taken out and beheaded Aboute this time sir Walter Wroitile and sir Geffrey Thomas the Bastarde Gates Knightes gouernours of Caleis sente sir George Broke Knight from Caleis with 300. souldiours to Thomas the Bastarde Fauconbridge Captaine of the Earle of Warwickes Nauie willing him to raise the Countrey of Kente and to goe to London there to take King Henrie out of the Tower and then to goe against King Edwarde The fourtéenth day of May Thomas the Bastarde wyth a ryotous company of shipmen and other of Essex and Kent came to London where being denyed passage throughe the Citie he set vpon Bishops Gate Aldegate London bridge c. along the Thamis side shooting arrows and Gunnes into the Citie fiered the Suburbs and brent more than 60. houses wanne the Bulwarkes at Aldegate and entred the Citie but y e Parcolise being let downe suche as had entred were slaine and then the Citizens pursued the rest as farre as Stratforde and Blacke Wall slaying many and tooke manye prisoners Thomas the Bastarde went from London Weastwarde as farre as Kingstone vppon Thamis to prosecute King Edwarde but the Lorde Scales with Nicholas Faunte Maior of Canterburie by fayre wordes caused Fawconbridge to returne to Blacke Heath in Kent from whence in the night he stale from the hoste with sixe hundred horssemenne to Rochester and so to Sandwiche where he abode the Kyngs comming The one and twentith of May King Edwarde came to King Henrie murdered London with thirtie thousand men and the same nyght king Henrie was murdered in the Tower of London on the morrowe he was brought to Saint Paules Church in London in an open Cophen bare faced where he bled thēce he was carried to the Blacke Friers and there bled and thence to Chersey Abbay in a boate where he was then buryed but since remoued to Windsor where he resteth Thus ended the King his transitorie life hauing inioyed as great prosperity as fauourable fortune coulde aforde and as greate troubles on the other side as she frownyng coulde poure out yet in both states he was patiente and vertuous that he maye be a patterne of moste perfect vertue as he was a worthy example of Fortunes inconstancie he was plaine vpright far from fraude wholye giuen to prayer reading of Scriptures and almes-déedes of such integritie of lyfe that the Bishoppe whyche hadde bene hys Confessour tenne yeares auowched that hée had not all that tyme committed anye mortall cryme So continente as suspition of vnchaste life neuer touched hym and hauyng in Christmasse a shewe of yong womenne wyth theyr bare breastes layde out presented before hym he immediately departed wyth these wordes fie fie for shame forsooth you be to blame before his marryage he liked not that women shoulde enter into hys Courte and for thys respect he committed hys two brethren by the mothers side Iasper and Edmonde to moste honest and vertuous Prelates to bée broughte vppe so farre he was from couetousnesse that when the executors of hys vncle the Bishoppe of Winchester surnamed the rich Cardinall would haue giuen to him 2000. pounde he playnelye refused it willing them to discharge the will of the departed and woulde scarcely condescend at length to accept the same some of money towarde the endowing of his Colledges in Cambridge and Eaton he was religiously affected as the tyme then was that at principall holydayes he would were sackeclothe next his skinne Othe he vsed none but in moste earnest matters these wordes forsoothe and forsooth he was so pityfull that when hée sawe the quarter of a Traytour agaynste hys Crowne ouer Criple Gate hée willed it to be taken awaye wyth these wordes I wyll not haue anye Christian so cruellye handeled for my sake manye greate offences hée willinglye pardoned and receyuing at a tyme a greate blowe by a wicked manne whyche compassed hys deathe he onelye sayde forsooth forsooth yée doe fowelye to smite a Kyng annoynted so another also thruste him in the side wyth a sworde when hée was restoared to hys state and Kyngdome not long before hys death beyng demaunded why hée hadde so long helde the Crowne of Englande vniustlye he replyed my Father was Kyng of Englande quietlye enioying the Crowne all hys raigne and further my grandsire was Kyng of Englande and I euen a chylde in my Cradle was proclaymed and crowned King without anye interruption and so helde fortye yeares well neare all the states doing homage vnto me as to my antecessors Wherefore I may saye with King Dauid The lotte is fallen vnto me in a faire grounde yea I haue a goodlye heritage my helpe is from the Lorde whyche saueth the vprighte in hearte This good King of hymselfe alwayes naturally enclined The Kings Colledge in Cambridge to doe good and fearing leste he might séeme vnthankfull to almyghtye GOD for hys greate benefittes bestowed vppon hym since the tyme he firste tooke vppon hym the regimente of the Realme determyned aboute the sixe and twentith yeare of hys raygne for hys primer notable worke as by the wordes of hys wyll I finde expressed to erecte and founde two famous Colledges in the honoure and
prouosts lodging And at the vpper ende of the Hall the Prouosts lodgins that is to witte moe than the Chambers for him aboue specifyed a Parlour on the grounde contayning sixe and thirtie foote in length and two and twentie in breadth and two chambers aboue of the same quantitie And westwarde closing thereto a Kitchin for him a Larderhouse Stables and other many housings and grounds And westwarde The Bake house and Brevvhouse beyonde these houses and the saide Kitchin ordayned for a Hall a Bakehouse a Brewhouse and other houses of office betwéene which there is lefte a grounde square of foure scoure foote in euery pane for wood and suche stuffe The vvoodyarde The vvater Conduite And in the middle of the sayde large Quadraunt shall bée a Conduite goodly deuised for ease of the same Colledge And I will that the edification procéede in large forme of my sayde Colledge cleane and substancial setting apart superfluitie of too greate curious workes of entaile and busye moulding And I haue deuised and appointed that the precinct The Precinct of the Colledge of my sayde Colledge as well on both sides of the garden from the Colledge to the Water as in all other places of the same precinct be inclosed with a substanciall Wall of the height of fourtéene foote with a large Tower at the principall entrie againste the middle of the East pane out of the highe stréete And in the same Tower a large Gate The vvater Gate and another Tower in the middle of the Weast ende at the newe bridge And the same Wall to bée creasted embattelled and fortifyed with Towers as manye as shall bée thought conuenient therevnto And I will that my sayde Colledge be edified of the moste substantiall and best abyding stuffe of stone leade glasse and Iron that maye beste be hadde and prouided thereto Thus much I haue enlarged by occasion of reading this good Kings Will the cunning deuise wherof I leaue to be considered by such as be experte in Architecture hartily desiring almightie God to putte into the hearte of some notable Prince one day to make perfecte thys princely worke so charitably begonne And nowe to returne agayne to Kyng Edwarde At this hys commyng to London at Bishoppes Gate hée made these Knyghtes of Aldermen Syr Iohn Stocton Syr Ralphe Verney sir Richard Blee sir Iohn Yong sir William Tayler sir George Irelād sir Iohn Stokar sir Matthew Phillip sir William Hampton sir Thomas Stalbroke sir Iohn Crosby sir Thomas Vrswike Recorder of London The foure and twentith of May King Edward with hys hoste rode through Kent to Canterburie and so to Sandwiche where Bastarde Faulconbridge submitted himselfe and all hys to King Edwarde and yéelded to him lvj shippes gret and small whych had bene vnder his leading wherevppon King Edward pardoned him made him Knight and v●zeadmiral of the sea The L. Denhā sir Iohn Fog with others were lefte in Kent to sit in iudgement of the rebels wherof were a greate number punished by the purse Nicholas Faunt Mayor of Caunterburie with other were hanged and headed there the heads of Spicing and Quinton were set on Aldegate of London The fourth of June George Neuill Archebishop of Yorke and brother to the Earle of Warwike was deliuered oute of the Tower of London The firste of July Edwarde the sonne of King Edwarde was made Prince of Wales Duke of Lancaster and Earle of Cornewall In September Thomas the Bastarde of Fauconbridge was taken at Southampton and beheaded at the Castle of Midleham in Yorkeshire hys heade was sette on London bridge Iohn Allein Iohn Shelley the 28. of September Sherifes Maior William Edward Grocer the. 28. of October The xij of Nouember the Ladye Anne the Kings sister was deuorsed from the Duke of Excester by hyr owne sute Kyng Ed. on Christmasse day was Crowned at Westminster and the Quéene also likewise the twelfth day the Kyng was agayne Crowned wente on Procession crowned Anno. reg 12 1472 but the Quéene was not at that time crowned bycause she was great with childe Thys yeare were sente Ambassadours from King Edwarde to the Duke of Burgoigne who landed at Bridges on the seconde of Aprill where they were honorablye receyued wythout the Towne by the Lorde Grantehuse The names of the Ambassadors was sir Iohn Scot Knight Marshall of Caleis Mayster William Hatclofe Secretarie to the Kyng Mayster Iohn Russel Doctour and Archdeacon master Richarde Marten Archdeacon of London sir Iohn Yong Knighte and Merchaunte of London on the fourth of April they were conueyed on horssebacke to the Dukes lodging c. George Neuill Archebishoppe of Yorke being at Windsor with Kyng Edwarde on hunting the King promised the Archebishoppe to come to the More a place in Hartfordeshire whiche the Archebishoppe hadde purchased and buylded commodiouslye there to hunte and make merry with hym wherevppon the Archebishoppe made greate prouision for the Kyng and sente for muche plate that hée hadde hydde ●at the tyme of Barnet and Tewkesburie fields and besides this borrowed muche of hys friendes thys beyng done the King sodaynely sente for the Archbishoppe to come to Windsor where he was arrested of Treason that he shoulde helpe the Earle of Oxforde and so was sente to Caleis and to Hames where he continued long after prisoner In thys meane whyle sir William Parre Knight and sir Thomas Vahan Esquire and other were sente to the More to cease all hys goods for the Kyng which came there to the samme of twentie thousande pounde Kyng Edward at thys time brake the Bishops miter that had many riche stones and made therof a Crowne for himselfe Also the Earle of Oxforde that had withdrawen hymselfe from Barnet fielde first into Scotland after into France then getting muche goods on the Sea landed in the Weast Countrey and entred Saint Michaels Mounte with 397. men the last of September wheron he was by the kings appointmēt besieged by Bodrigan and other but wyth such fauour that the Earle reuictualled the Mount Then was Fortescue sente thyther to continue the siege and King Edwarde sending pardons to the Erles men so long practised with them that at the last if the Earle had not submitted himselfe to King Edward he had bin taken of his own mē so Fortestue entring y ● Mount the fiftéenth of Februarie found victuall ynough there to haue serued them till Mydsommer after Iohn Vere Earle of Oxforde the Lord Beaumonde two brothers of the sayde Earle and Thomas Clifforde were brought prisoners to the King The Earle of Oxforde was sente prisoner to Gwines where he remayned so long as thys Kyng raygned In all whyche tyme the Ladye hys wife myghte neuer come to hym or had anye thyng to liue vppon but what people of theyr Charityes woulde giue hyr or what shée gotte by hyr néedle In the moneth of September Lewes de Bruges Lorde Grantehuse came into Englande from Charles Duke of Burgoigne and on the thirtéenth of
he assured the King that the Conestable woulde deliuer into his handes both Saint Quintines and all his other places whiche the Kyng easilye beléeued partly bycause hée hadde marryed the Conestables Nie●e and partlye bycause hée sawe hym in so greate feare of the Kyng of Fraunce that hée thoughte hée durste not fayle hys promise made to the Duke and hym and the Duke beléeued i● also But the Conestable meante nothing lesse for the feare he was in of the Frenche Kyng was not so greate that it coulde force hym thus 〈…〉 but he vsed s●yl his ●onted dissimulation The King of Englande reioycyng at thys message sente by the Conestable departed from Peronn● wyth the Duke of Burgoigne towarde Saint Quintins wherevnto when hée approched a greate bande of Englishe menne ranne before thynkyng that the belles shoulde haue bene rong at theyr commyng and that the Citizens woulde haue receyued them wyth Crosse and Holye Water but when they drewe néere to the Towne the Artill●●●e shotte and the Souldi●urs ●●●ed for the 〈…〉 he 〈…〉 she bothe on hors●e backe and on foote so that two or three Englishe menne were slayne and some taken ● and in thys state returned they in great rage to theyr Campe 〈…〉 againste the Conestable The nexte morning the Duke of 〈…〉 woulde haue taken hys leaue of the King of Englande to departe to hys armye in Barrays promising to do maruayles in hys fauour The Frenche Kyng sente a seruaunte of the LORD Halles in the lykenesse of an Herraulte wyth a coate made of a Trumpets Banner to the Englishe Campe where when hée came hée was broughte to a Tente and after dynner talked wyth the Kyng hys message was chielely grounded vppon the greate desire the Kyng hadde of long time to bée in peace wyth the Kyng of Englande saying further that since hée was Crowned Kyng of Fraunce he neuer hadde attempted anye thyng againste the King of England or his realme Secondly he excused himselfe for the receiuing in times paste the Earle of Warwicke into his Dominions saying that hée dyd it onely● agaynste the Duke of Burgoigne and not him Further he declared that the sayd Duke of Burgoigne had for none other cause called hym into Fraunce but that by the occasion of hys comming hée mighte conclude a bett●r peace for hymselfe wyth the Kyng And if happily anye other furthered the matter it was onely to amende the broken estate of theyr owne affaires and for their owne priuate commoditie but as touching the Kyng of Englandes good successe they were altogither carelesse thereof Hée putte hym also in mynde of the tyme of the yeare alleaging that Winter approched likewise the great charges he sustained Lastlye he sayde that notwithstanding a great number in Englande desyred Warre with Fraunce yet if the Kyng o● Englande inclyne to peace the Kyng for hys parte would condescende to suche conditions as he doubted not but hée and hys Realme woulde allowe of finally he demaunded a sa●e conduite for certaine Ambassadours to come well enformed of his maisters pleasure The King of England and part of his Nobles liking these ouertures very well graunted to the Harrault of Fraunce as large a safe conducte as he demaunded and gaue him foure Nobles of golde in rewarde He also sente an Englishe Harrault with him to bring the like safe conducte And in the nexte morning in a Uillage neare to Amience the Commissioners of both Princes met being these For the King of France the bastard of Bourdon Adm●ral of France the Lord of Saint Pierre and the Bishop of Eureux called Heberge And for the King of Englande the Lord Howard one Chalenger and Doctor Morton Many articles of peace were treated of but the laste resolutions were these That the French King shoulde paye to the King of Englande presently before his departure out of Fraunce 72. thousande crownes that the Dolphine shoulde marrye King Edwardes eldest daughter and that she shoulde haue the Duchie of Guien for hir maintainaunce or 5000. crownes yearly to be paid in the Tower of London the space of nine yeres which terme expired the Dolphine shoulde peaceably enioy the reuenues of the whole Dutchie of Gnien and then the Kyng of France to be clearly discharged of all payments to the King of Englande Further it was decréed that the two Primes shoulde méete togither and be sworne to the treatie which méeting was obserued in a town called Picquigny on the 29. of August The King of England vppon receit of hys money departed towarde Cal●is in great haste fearing the Duke of Burgoignes malice and his subiectes At his departure he lefte for hostages with the King of Fraunce till his returne into England the Lorde Howarde and the Maister of his horse called sir Iohn Cheyney King Edward tooke shipping at Calais and landed at Douer and was receyued on the Blacke-heath by the Mayor of London and his brethren in Scarlet and 500. commoners all clad in Murrey and so conueyed to London through the Citie to Westminster on the 28. of September This yéere was one Iohn surnamed Gose brent on she Towre hill in the moneth of August Edmond Shawe Thomas Hill the 28. of September Maior Sherifes Robert Drope Draper the 28. of October This Robert Drope Maior of London inlarged the Condite vpon Cornehill making an East ende therevnto The. xvi●j of Aprill were inhaunced to the honour of Anno reg 15 1475 Knights made by the King Knighth and after the custome of England in the time of peace his eldest sonne Edward Prince of Wales Duke of Connewall and Earle of Chester his seconde sonne the Duke of Yorke and with them the Earle of Lincolnes sonne and heire the Duke of Suffolke the Lord Thomas Grey y e Quéenes sonne Richard his brother the Earle of Shrewsburie the Earle of Wilshire Master Edward Woduile the Lorde Neuib● the Lorde Barkleys sonne and heire the Lord Awdeleys sonne and heire the Lord Saint Ainand the Lord Stanleys sonne and heire the Lorde Sturtons sonne and heire the Lorde Hastings sonne heire the Lorde Ferrors of Chartleys sonne and heire Master Harbert brother to the Earle of Penbroke Master Vaughon Brian chiefe Judge Litilton one of the Little 〈…〉 Judges of the Common place Master Bodringham Master Brian Stapleton Kneuit Pilkinton Ludlow Charleton c. The same day the King created the Lord Thomas Marques Dorset before dinner and so in the habit of a Marques aboue the habit of his Knighthood he beganne the table of Knights in Saint Edwards Chamber At that time he ordained that the Kings Chamberlaine shoulde goe with the auncient and well nurtred Knight to aduertise and teache the order of Knighthood to the Esquiers being in the bayne The King himselfe came in person and did honour to all y e companie with his noble Counsell and his handes Hugh Brite Robert Colwitch the 28. of Sept. Robert Basset Salter the 28. of October Sherifes Maior This Maior did sharpe correction
to deceasse as in déede he did while his children were yong And they déeme that for this intent he was glad of his brothers death y e Duke of Clarence whose life must néedes haue hindered him so intending whether the same duke of Clarence had kept him true to his Nephew the yong King or enterprised to be King himselfe But of al this poynt is there no certaintie and who so deuineth vpon coniectures may aswell shoote to farre as to short Howbeit this haue I by credible information learned that the selfe night in which King Edward dyed one Mistlebrooke long ere morning came in great hast to the house of one Pottier dwelling in Redcrosse streete without Creplegate in Loxdon and when he was with hastie rapping quicklye letten in he shewed vnto Pottier that King Edwarde was departed By my truth man quoth Pottier then will my Maister the Duke of Glocester be King What cause he had so to thinke harde it is to say whether he being toward him any thing knewe that he had such thing purposed or otherwise had any inkeling thereof for he was not likely to speake it of nought But now to returne to the course of this historie Were it that the Duke of Gloucester hadde of olde foreminded this conclusion and was nowe at erste therevnto moued and putte in hope by the occasion of the tender age of the yong Princes his Nephewes as oportunitie and likelihoode of spéede putteth a man in courage of that he neuer intended certaine is it that he contriued their destruction with the vsurpation of the regall dignitie vpon himselfe And forasmuche as he well wiste and holpe to maintaine a long continued grudge and heart-burning betwene the Quéenes kinred and the Kings bloude either partie enuying others aucthoritie he nowe thought their diuision shoulde be as it was indéede a furtherly beginning to the pursuit of hys intent and a sure ground for the foundation of al his building if he might firste vnder the pretexte of reuenging old displeasure abuse the anger and ignorance of the one partie to the destruction of the other and then winne to hys purpose as many as he coulde and those that could not bée wonne myght be lost ere they looked therefore For of one thing was he certayne that if hys intent were perceyued he should soone haue made peace betwéene the both parties with his owne bloud King Edwarde in his life albeit that this dissention betwéene his friendes somewhat irked him yet in his good health he somewhat the lesse regarded it bicause he thought whatsoeuer businesse shoulde fall betwéene them himselfe should alway be able to rule both the parties But in his last sicknesse whē he perceiued his naturall strength so sore enféebled that he dispaired al recouerie then he considering the youth of his children albeit he nothing lesse mistrusted than that that happened yet well foreséeing that many harmes might growe by their debate while the youthe of his children should lacke discretion of themselues good counsell of their friendes of which either partie should counsell for their owne commoditie rather by pleasaunt aduise to wyn themselues fauour than by profitable aduertisement to doo their children good he called some of them before him that were at variaunce and in especiall the Lord Marques Dorset the Quéenes sonne by hir first husbande William the Lord Hastings a noble man then Lord Chamberlaine againe whō the Quéene specially grudged for the great fauour the King bare him also for that the thought him secretly familiar with the King in wantō company Hir kinred also bare him sore aswell for that y ● King had made him Captaine of Calleis which office the Lord Riuers brother to y ● Quéene claimed of y ● kings former promise as for diuers other great gifts which he receiued y ● they looked for When these Lords with diuers of both the parties were come in presence the King lifting vp himselfe vnderset with pyllows as it is reported on this wise saide vnto them My Lordes my deare kin●men alies in what plight I lie you The Oration of the King in his death bed sée I fée●e By which the lesse while I looke to lo liue with you the more déepely am I moued to care in what case I leaue you for such as I leaue you such be my childrē like to finde you Which if they should that God forbid finde you at variaunce might hap to fall thēselues at warre ere their discretion would serue to set you at peace ye sée their youth of which I recken y ● onely suertie to rest in your concorde For it suffiseth not y ● all you loue them if eche of you hate other If they were mē your faithfulnes happily would suffise but childhood must be maintained by mens aucthority slipper youth vnderpropped w t elder coūsel which neither they cā haue but ye giue it nor ye giue it if ye grée not For where eche laboureth to breake that the other maketh and for hatred of eche of others person impugneth eche others coūsell there must it néedes be long ere any good conclusion go forward And also while either party laboreth to be chief flatterie shal haue more place thā plaine faithfull aduise of which must néedes insue y e euil bringing vp of y ● Prince whose minde in tēder youth infect shal redily fal to mischief riot draw downe with his noble Realme to ruine but if grace turne him to wisdome which if God send then they y ● by euil meanes before pleased him best shal after fal furthest out of fauour so y ● euer at length euil drifts draw to nought and good plaine wayes prosper Great variaunce hath there long bene betwéene you not alway for great causes Sometime a thing right wel intended our misconstructiō turneth vnto worse or a small displeasure done vs either our owne affectiō or euil tongues agréeueth But this wot I well ye neuer had so great cause of hatred as ye haue of loue That we be al men that we be Christen mē this shal I leaue for preachers to tell you yet I wot neare whether any preachers words ought more to moue you thā his that is by and by going to the place that they al preache of But this shal I desire you to remēber y ● the one part of you is of my bloud the other of mine alies ech of you with other either of kinred or affinitie which spiritual kinred of affinitie if the Sacramentes of Christes Church beare that weight with vs y ● would God they did should no lesse moue vs to charitie than y e respect of fleshly consanguinitie Our Lord forbid y ● you loue togither y e worse for the selfe cause y e you ought to loue y e better And yet y ● happeneth no where finde we so deadly debate as among thē which by nature lawe most ought to agrée togither Such
a pestilent Serpent is ambitiō Ambition desire of vaine glory soueraintie which amōg states where he once entreth créepeth forth so farre til w t deuision variaunce he turneth all to mischiefe first longing to be next the best afterward egall with the best at last chiefe aboue y ● best Of which immoderate appetite of worship thereby of debate dissentiō what losse what sorowe what trouble hath w t in these few yéeres grown in this Realme I pray God aswel forget as we wel remēber Which things if I could aswel haue foreséen as I haue w t my more paine thē pleasure proued by godes blessed Lady y ● was euer his othe I would neuer haue won y ● courtesie of mens knées w t y ● losse of so many heads But sithen things passed cannot be gainecalled much ought we the more beware by what occasion we haue taken so great hurt afore that we eft soones fall not in that occasion againe Now be those griefs passed and all is God be thanked quiet likely right well to prosper in wealthfull peare vnder your cousins my children if God send them life and you loue Of which two things the lesse losse were they by whom though God did his pleasure yet should the Realme alway finde Kings and peraduenture as good Kings But if you among your selues in a childes raigne fall at debate many a good man shall perish and haply he to and ye to ere this land finde peace againe Wherfore in these last wordes that euer I looke to speake with you I exhorte you and require you all for the loue that you haue euer borne to mée for the loue that I haue euer borne vnto you for the loue that our Lord beareth to vs all from this time forward all griefes forgotten eche of you loue other Which I verely trust you will if ye any thing earthly regarde eyther God or your King affinitie or kinred this Realme your owne countrey or your owne suertie And therewithall the King no longer induring to sit vp laid him downe on his ryghte side his face toward them and none was there present that could refraine from wéeping But the Lordes recomforting him with as good wordes as they could and answering for the time as they thought to stand with his pleasure there in his presence as by theyr wordes appeared eche forgaue other and ioyned their handes together when as it after appeared by their déedes their hartes were farre a sunder As soone as the King was departed the noble Prince his sonne drew toward London which at the time of his deceasse kept his housholde at Ludlowe in Wales which countrey béeing farre off from the lawe and recourse to Justice was begon to be farre out of good will and waxen wylde robbers and reuers walking at libertie vncorrected And for this encheason the Prince was in the life of his father sent thither to y ● eude y ● the au●thoritie of his presence shoulde refraine euill disposed persons fro the boldenesse of their former outrages To the gouernaunce and orderyng of this yōg prince at his sending thither was there appointed sir Anthonie Wood●ile Lorde Riuers and brother vnto Lord Riuers the Quéene a right honorable man as valiant of hande as politike in Counsell Adioyned were there vnto him other of the same partie and in effect euery one as he was nearest of kinne vnto the Quéene so was planted nexte aboute the Prince That drifte by the Quéene not vnwisely deuised wherby hir bloude might of youth be rooted in the Princes fauor the Duke of Glocester tourned vnto theyr destruction and vpon that grounde sette the foundation of all his vnhappye building For whom soeuer he perceyued eyther at variaunce with them or bearing himselfe their fauour he brake vnto them some by mouth some by writing and secret messengers that it was neyther reason nor in any wise to bée suffered that the yong King theyr Maister and kinsman shoulde be in the handes and custodie of his mothers kinred sequestered in maner from theyr companye and attendaunce of whiche euerye one ought him as faithful seruice as they and many of them farre more honorable parte of kinne than hys mothers side Whose bloud quoth he sauing the Kings pleasure was full vnméetelye to be matched with hys whiche nowe to be as who saye remoued frō the King and the lesse noble to be left about him is quoth he neyther honorable to his maiestie nor vnto vs and also to hys grace no suretie to haue the mightiest of his friends from him and vnto vs no little ieopardie to suffer oure well proued euill willers to growe in ouer great auctority wyth the Prince in youth namely which is light of beliefe and soone perswaded Yée remember I trowe King Edward himselfe albeit he was a manne of age and discretion yet was hée in manye things ruled by the bende more than stoode eyther wyth hys honour or our profitte or with the commoditie of any man else excepte onely the immoderate aduancemente of themselues Which whether they sort thir●ted after their owne weale or our wo it were harde I wene to gesse And if some folkes friendship had not holden better place with the King than any respect of kinred they might peraduenture easilye haue betrapped and brought to confusion some of vs ere this Why not as easilye as they haue done some other alreadye as néere of his royall bloude as wée But our Lorde hath wrought his will and thankes be to his grace that peril is past Howbeit as great is growing if we suffer this yōg king in our enemies hād which without his witting might abuse the name of hys commaundement to any of our vndoing which thing God and good prouision forbidde Of whiche good prouision none of vs hath any thing the lesse néede for the late made attonement in which y ● Kings pleasure hadde more place than the parties willes Nor none of vs I beléeue is so vnwise ouersoone to truste a newe friend made of an old foe or to thinke that an hourely kindenes sodainly contracte in one houre continued yet skant a fortnight should be déeper settled in their stomacke than a long accustomed malice manye yeares rooted With these wordes and writings and suche other the Duke of Glocester soone set a fire them that were of themselues eathe to kindle and in especial twayne Edwarde Duke of Bu●kingham and Wiliam Lord Hastings and Chamberlain both men of honour and of great power The tone by long succession from his auncestrie the tother by his office and the Kings fauour These two not beryng eache to other so muche lone as hatred both vnto the Quéenes parte in this point accorded togither wyth the Duke of Glocester that they would vtterly amoue from the Kings company all hys mothers friendes vnder the name of theyr enimies Uppon this concluded the Duke of Gloucester vnderstanding that the Lordes whyche at that time were about
tempest of wind being at y ● Southwest The King of Castile landed in England which began the xv of January and continued till the sire and twenty of y ● same Phillip King of Castile and his wife were weather driuen and landed at Falmouth in England as Francis Guicciar they were passing on the. xvj of January out of Flanders toward Spayne who were honourably receiued by the Earle of Arundell at y ● Kings appointmēt with thrée C. horses all by torch light This tēpest was strange to many mē bycause y ● VVeather cock of Paules blovvn dovvne violence thereof had blowne downe the Egle of brasse from the spire of Paules Church in London and in the falling the same Egle brake and battered the blacke Eagle whiche hong for a signe in Paules Churchyard that time being but low houses where now is the Schole of Paules About the end of March Edmond de la Poole was taken in Flanders and conneyed through the Citie to the Tower of London and there left prisoner In the beginning of July a Galory newe buylded at Galery at Richmont fell Anno reg 22. Richmond wherein the King and the Prince his sonne had walked not one houre before it fell sodeinly downe aboute midnight but no christian man perished thereby William Copingar Thomas Iohnson the 28. of Septem Sherifes These Sheriffes being on the morrow after Michaelmas day by the Maior and Aldermen presented before the Barons of the Exchequer only William Copingar was admitted and sworne but Thomas Iohnson they woulde not admitte till they knew farther of the Kings pleasure The x. of October a commandement was brought from the King to the Lord Maior that he shoulde cause an election to bée made for a new Sheriffe at which day came into the Guild Hall Mayster Edmond Dudley the Kings President and there shewed the Kings letters that the commons shoulde name for the Kings pleasure William Fitz William to bée Sheriffe for the yeare ensuing which with much difficulty at length was granted which William Fitz Williams kept his feast the sixtéenth day of October Richard Haddon Mercer by the Kings commandemente Maior the 28. of October On S. Thomas day at night afore Christmas was a Bakers house in Warwike Lane brent with the Mistres of y ● house ij women seruants iij. other In Lent the King deliuered all Prisoners in London 1057 Anno reg 23. Sherifes which lay for the debt of fortie shillings or vnder William Butler Thomas Kirkeby Merchant Taylor the 28. of September William Browne Mercer the 28. of Octo. Who deceassed Maior and forthwith Sir Lawrence Aylmer Draper was chosen sworne and went home in a grey cloke with y ● sword borne afore him on the xxvij day of March. Item he tooke his oth at y ● Tower kept no feast William Capell was put in suite 1508 VVilliam Capel sued by the K. Thomas knesvvorth imprisoned by the King for things by him done in his Maioraltie Also Tho. Kneisworth that had bin Maior of London and his Sheriffes were sent to the Kings Bench till they were put to their fine of fouretéene hundred pound In the moneth of June the Citie of Norwich was sore perished and néere consumed Norvvich on ●●re Anno reg 24. with fire that began in a Frenchmans house named Peter Iohnson a Surgeon in the Parish of Saint George Thomas Exmew Richard Smith the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Stephen Genings Merchant Taylour the 28. of October This Stephen Genings Maior of London founded a frée Grammer Schole at Wlfrunehampton in Staffordshire wyth Freeschoole at VVlfrunehampton conuenient lodgings for the Mayster and Usher in the same place where he was borne He gaue Lands sufficient for the mayntenance leauing the ouersight therof to the Merchant Taylors in London who haue hitherto iustly dealt in that matter and also augmented the building there Mayster Nichols who marryed the only daughter and heire of the aforesayd Stephen Genings gaue Landes to maynteyne the pauements of that Towne Also Iohn Leneson Esquier about Anno 1556. gaue Lands where of four pound should be dealt euery yeare on good Friday to the poore people of Wilfrunehampton and sixe and twenty Shillings eyght pence yéerely towards the reparation of the Church there Moreouer aboute Anno 1566. Sir Iohn Lighe a Priest Iohn Ligh of VVlfrunehampton his rare example of Charitie whiche had serued in that Churche there the space of thréescore yeares for fiue pounds sixe Shillings eyght pence the yeare without any other augmentation of his liuing who would neuer take any Benefice or other preferment gaue twentye pounds to purchase twenty Shillings the yeare Lands the same to be giuen yearely for euer to the poore of Wlfrunehampton vpon good Friday and twelue pounds thirtéene Shillings fourpence to purchase a Marke a yeare Lande the same to be giuen to the poore of Chifnall in the Countie of Salope where the sayde Lighe was borne This man liued nigh one hundred yeares He bestowed besides his owne laboure whiche was greate in bearing of stone c. aboue twentye pounde on the high wayes about that Towne of Wlfrunehampton This Towne of Wlfrunehampton is now corruptly called 〈◊〉 for in Anno 996. in King Etheldreds tyme VVlfrunehāpton corruptly called VVolnerhampton who wrote himselfe Rex Angl●rum princops Northumbrerum Olimpiade tertia regni sui for so he wrote the count of his reigne then which was the fiftéenth yeare it was then Ex Carta Regia ●alled Hampton as appeareth by an old Charter written by the Notarie of the sayd King Etheldred whiche Charter I haue séene and read and for that a noble woman named Wlfrune a Widow sometyme wife to Althelme Duke of Northampton did obteyne of the sayd King to giue Landes vnto the Churche there whiche she had founded the sayde Towne tooke the addition of the same Wlfrune for that Charter so nameth hir Wlfrune and the Towne Hampton Sir Lawrence Aylmer and his two Sheriffes were put Sir Lavvrence Aylmer and his Sheriffes to their fine to the King of a thousand pound This yeare was finished the goodly Hospitall of the Sauoy 1509 Smart Hospitall of the Sauoy néere vnto Charing Crosse which was a notable foundation for the poore done by King Henry the seauenth vnto the which he purchased and gaue Lands for the releeuing of one hundred poore people This was first named Sauoy place by Peter Earle of Sauoy Rec. of Canterbury Church Father to Boniface Archbishop of Canterbury about the nine and twentith yeare of King Henry the thirde who made the sayde Peter Earle of Richmond This house belonged since to the Duke of Lancaster and at this tyme was conuerted to an Hospitall still reteyning the first name of Sauoy King Henry also buylded thrée houses of Franciscane Friers whiche are called Obseruants at Richmond Greenewich and Newarke and thrée other of that
●ll the Londoners parte of the Gard and more than thrée ●artes of the retinue wente to the Campe of the Kentishmen where they still remayned At this discomfiture the Duke lost eyght péeces of brasse with all other munition and Ordinance and himselfe with few other hardly escaped The last of January Wyat and his company came to Dertforde and the next day they came full and whole to Greenewich and Depeford where they remayned Thurseday Fryday and the foorenone of Satterday On the Fryday which was Candlemas day the most parte of the housholders of London with the Maior and Aldermen were in harnesse yea this day and other dayes the Justices Sergeants at the Lawe and other Lawyers pleaded in harnesse In this meane time Henry Duke of Suffolke Father to the Lady Iane fléeing into Leycestershire and Warwikeshire with a small companye in diuers places as he went made Proclamation agaynst the Quéenes marriage with the Prince of Spayne c. but the people enclined not to him The first of February Proclamation was made at London that the Duke of Suffolke was discomfited and fled with his two bréethren And also that Sir Peter Carow with his vnckle Sir Gawyn Carow and Gibbes were fledde into France and further that the Quéene did pardon the whole Camp of the Kentishmen except Wyat Harpar Rudstone and Iseley and that who soeuer could take Sir Thomas Wyat except the sayde foure persons should haue an hundred pound Lands to hym and his heires for euer The same day in the afternoone being Candlemas euen the commons of the Citie assembled in their Liueries at the Guild hall whether the Quéene with hir Lords and Ladyes came Queene Mary came to the Guild hall in London riding from Westminster and there after vehement wordes against Wyat declared that she meant not otherwise to marrie than the Counsell should thinke both honourable and commodious to the Realme and that she could continue vnmaryed as she had done the greatest part of hir age and therefore willed them truly to assist hir in repressing such as contrarie to their duties rebelled When she had done vnderstanding that many in London did fauour Wyats part she appoynted Lord William Howard Lieutenant of Lord VVilliam Hovvard Lieutenant of the Citie the Citie and the Earle of Pembroke General of the Field which both prepared all thyngs necessarie for theyr purpose In the meane season to wéete the third day of February VVyat came into Southvvarke about thrée of the clocke in the after noone Sir Thomas Wyat and the Kentishmen marched forwarde from Depeford towards London with fiue Ancients béeing by estimation about two thousand which their comming so soone as it was perceyued there was shot off out of the white Tower sixe or eyght shotte but missed them sometime shooting ouer and sometime short After knowledge thereof once had in London forth with the Draw Bridge was cut downe and the Bridge Gates shutte The Maior and Sheriffes harnessed commanded each man to shutte in their shoppes and windowes and to be ready harnessed at their dores what chance soeuer might happen By this time was Wyat entred into Kentstreete and so by Saint Georges Churche into Southwarke Himselfe and part of hys company came in good aray downe Barmondsey streete and they were suffered peaceably to enter Southwarke without repulse or anye stroke stricken eyther by the inhabitants or of any other yet was there many men of the Countrey in the Innes reysed and brought thither by the Lorde William and other to haue gone against the sayd Wyat but they all ioyned themselues to the Kentishmen and the inhabitantes with their best enterteyned them Immediatly vpon the sayde Wyats comming hée made Proclamation that no Souldyour shoulde take anye thyng but that hée shoulde pay for it and that hys commyng was to resist the Spanish Kyng c. At the Bridge foote he layde two péeces of Ordinance and beganne a greate trenche betwéene the Bridge and hym Hée layde one other péece of Ordinance of Sainte Georges and one going into Bermondsey streete and one other toward the Bishop of Winchesters house On Shroue Tuesday the sixth of February Sir Thomas Wyat remoued out of Southwarke towarde Kingston Bridge which was done vpon this occasion The nighte before hys departing out of Southwarke by chance as one VVyat remoued out of Southvvarke of the Lieutenants men of the Tower named Thomas Menchen rowed with a Sculler ouer against the Bishop of Winchesters place there was a waterman of the Tower staire desired the sayde Lieutenants man to take him in who did so which béeing espyed of Wyats men seauen of them with Harguebusses called to them to land agayne but they would not whereupon each man discharged their péece and killed the sayd waterman which forthwith falling downe dead the Sculler with much payne rowed through the Bridge to the Tower wharffe with the Lieutenants man and the dead man in his boate which thing was no sooner knowne to the Lieutenant but that euen the same night and the next morning he bent seauen great péeces of Ordinance Euluerings and Demi-Canons full against the foote of the Bridge and against Southwarke and the two Stéeples of Saint Oliues and Saint Mary Oueryes besides all the péeces on the white Tower one Culuering on Diueling Tower and thrée Fauconets ouer the Water gate which so soone as the inhabitants of Southwarke vnderstoode certayne both men and women came to Wyat in most lamentable wise saying Sir we are all like to be vtterly vndone and destroyed for your sake oure houses shall by and by bée throwne downe vpon our heads to the vtter spoyle of thys Borough with the shotte of the Tower all ready bente and charged towardes vs for the loue of God therefore take pitie vppon vs at whiche wordes hée béeyng partly abashed stayde awhile and then sayde I pray you my friendes bée contente a whyle and I will soone ease you of this mischiefe for God forbid that you or the least héere should be killed or hurt in my behalfe And so in most spéedye manner hée martched awaye As he marched towards Kingstone he met by chance a Merchant VViat marched tovvards Kingstone named Christopher Dorell whome he called saying Cosen Dorell I pray you commend me vnto your Citizens the Londoners and say vnto them from me that when libertie and fréedome was offered them they woulde not receyue it neyther woulde they admitte me to enter within their Gates who for theyr fréedome and the disburthening of theyr gréefes and oppression by Strangers would haue franckely spente my blond in that their cause and quarrell but nowe well appeareth theyr vnthankefulnesse to vs their friendes which meaneth them so much good and therefore they are the lesse to bée moned héereafter when the miserable tyrannie of Strangers shall oppresse them and so hée wente forwarde This daye by nighte hée came to Kingstone where the Bridge was broken and kepte on the other syde by two
for so much as they had with gret gentlenesse restored him to his honor dignitie that he most ernestly desired to ●ee them restored to the heauenly court vnitie of y e church The nexte day the whole Courte of Parliament drewe out the fourme of a supplication the summe whereof was that they greatlye repented them of that Scisme that they hadde lyued in and therefore desired the King Quéene and Cardinal that by their means they might be restored to the bosome of the Churche and obedience of the Sea of Rome The nexte daye the King Quéene and Cardinall being present the Lorde Chauncellour declared what the Parliament had determined concerning the Cardinalles request and offered to the King and Quéene the Supplication béefore mentioned which being read the Cardinall in a large Oration declared howe acceptable Repentance was in the sight of God c. And immediately makyng prayer vnto God by aucthoritie to him committed absolued them Whē al this was done they wente all vnto the Chappell and there singing Te Deum wyth greate solempnitie declared the ioy that for this reconciliation was pretended The xxviij of Nouember the Lorde Maior of London The Queene bruted to bee vvith childe wyth the Aldermen in Scarlet and the Commons in their Lyueries assembled in Paules Churche at nine of the clocke in the forenoone where Doctoure Chadsey one of the Prebendes preached in the Quéere in presence of the Bishoppe of London and nine other Bishoppes and read a Letter sent from the Quéenes Counsell the tenour whereof was that the Byshoppe of London shoulde cause Te Deum to be sung in all the Churches of hys Diocesse wyth continuall prayers for the Quéenes Maiestie whiche was conceyued and quicke with chylde the Letter being read he beganne his Sermon wyth this Antitheme Ne timeas Maria inuenisti ●nim gratiam apud Deum His Sermon being ended Te Deum was sung and solempne Procession was made of Salue festa dies all the circuit of the Churche The seconde of December Cardinall Poole came from Lambeth by water and landed at Paules Wharffe and from thence to Paules Churche with a Crosse two Pillers and two Pollaxes of siluer borne before him He was there receyued by the Lord Chauncelor with Procession where hée tarryed til the King came from Westminster by lād at eleauen of the clocke and then the Lorde Chauncellour entred Paules Crosse and preached a Sermon taking for his Theame these wordes Fratres scientes quia hora est iam nos de somno surgere c. In the whyche Sermon he declared that the Kyng and Quéene had restored the Pope to his supremacie and the thrée estates assembled in the Parliament representing the whole body of the Realme had submitted themselues to the same The sermon beyng ended the king departed towards Westminster and with him the Lord Cardinall wyth the Crosse onelye borne before hym The xxvij of December Emanuell Philibert Prince of Prince of Piamount Piamont and Duke of Sauoy wyth other Lordes were receiued at Grauesende by the Lorde priuie Seale and other and so conueyed along the riuer of Thamis vnder London bridge to Westminster The ninth of Januarye the Prince of Orange béeing receyued at Grauesend was conueyed along the Riuer of Thamis and landed at the Duke of Suffolkes place The xij of January the said Prince of Orange with other Prince of Orange Lordes was conducted by the Lorde Chamberlaine to the Tower of London where was shewed vnto hym the ordinaunce artillerie munitions and armourie with the mint c. and so was broughte into the white Tower frō whence as he returned throughe the long Gallorie al the prisoners saluted hym vnto whome the Prince said he was sorie for their captiuitie and trusted the King and Quéene woulde be good vnto them at his departing from the Tower he gaue the Gunners ten péeces of Flemish Golde at v. s̄ the péece and the warders other ten péeces as a rewarde The xviij of January the Lord Chancellor the Bishop of Ely the Lorde Treasorer the Earle of Shrewsburie the Comptroller of the Quéenes house Secretary Bourne and sir Richard Southwell Maister of the Ordinaunce and Armorie came to the Tower of London and there sitting in commission discharged prisoners as followeth the Archbishop of Yorke sir Ioh. Rogers sir Iames Crofts sir Nicholas Throck Prisoners discharged morton sir Nicholas Arnolde sir Edward Warner sir George Harper sir William Sentlow sir Andrew Dudley sir Gawin Carrewe Knights William Gibs esquire Cuthbert Vaughan Harington Tremaile and others The fourth of February Iohn Rogers Uicar of Saint Sepulchres Iohn Rogers brent was brent in Smithfielde The seuenth of February the Lord Strange being marryed Iuogo de Can. to the Earle of Comberlands daughter at the Courte the same daye at night was a goodly pastime of Iuogo de Canne by Cresset light The xviij of February Thomas Thurlebe Bishop of Ely Embassadours sent to Rome 1558 Erle of Deuonshyre deliuered and Anthony Lord Montacute with other tooke their iorny towardes Rome Embassadors from the King and Quéene Agaynst Easter the Lord Courtney Earle of Deuonshire came againe to the Courte and about ten dayes after the Lady Elizabeth came likewise to the Quéene both at Hampton Court where the Quéene had taken hir Chamber to bée delyuered of childe but all proued contrarie for she neyther hadde childe nor greate hope to haue anye On Easter daye a Prieste sometime a Monke at Biciter VVilliam Flovver brent at VVestminster named William Branche alias Flower with a Wood knife wounded an other Priest as he was ministring the Sacrament to the people in Saint Margarets Churche at Westminster for the whiche facte the saide William Flower the xxiiij of Aprill had his right hand smitten off for opinions in matters of religion was burned in the Sanctuary nighe to Saint Margarets Churchyarde In May Cardinall Poole the Lorde Chauncellor the Embassadoures sent ouer to Callais Earle of Arundale and the Lorde Paget wente ouer Sea to Callais and neare vnto Marke treated with the Emperors French Kings cōmissioners for a peace to be had betwéen the said Princes Cardinall Poole being president there who returned againe into Englande aboute the middest of June without any agréement making The x. of May William Conestable alias Fetharstone a Millars son about the age ●● eightéene yeres who had published King Edwarde the sixth A Millers sonne fained to bee K. Edvvarde the ●ixte to be alyue and sometime named himselfe to be King Edwarde the sixth was taken at Eltham in Kent and conueyed to Hampton Courte where beyng examined by the Counsell he requyred pardon and saide he wiste not what he did but as he was perswaded by manye from thence he was sent to the Marshalsea and the xxij of May he was carryed in a Cart thoroughe London to Westminster wyth a paper on hys head wherein was written that he hadde named hymselfe to be Kyng
Dimockes house in Fanchurch stréete where he lodged vntill the twelfth of May and then returned to Muscouy The Lorde Sturton and his men cruelly murthered Mayster Argile and his so 〈…〉 he caused them to be striken Lord Sturton executed downe with clubbes then their throtes to be cut and after to be buryed in his owne house fifteene foote déepe for the which he was arraigned and condemned at Westminster and after conuayed from the Tower of London through the Citie and so to Salisburie and there hanged with four of his men seruants the sixt of March. King Philip returned into England and the xxiij of March King Philip returned into England passed through London with the Quéene and Nobles of the Realme The xxiiij of Aprill Thomas Stafford and other Englishmen 1557 Thomas Stafford tooke Scarborough Castell to the number of xxxij persons comming out of France tooke the Castell of Scarborough in the Countrey of Yorke which they enioyed two dayes and then were taken by the Earle of Westmerland and brought to London The last of Aprill Thomas Percy Esquire was made Baron Percy at Westminster and on the next morrow which Percy Earle of Northumberlande was the first of May he was created Earle of Northumberland and the Quéene gaue him all the Lands which had bin his ●uncesters remaynig● in hir handes The eyght and twentyth day of May Thomas Stafford was beheaded on the Towerhill and on the morrow thrée of Thomas Stafford beheaded his company to wéete Streightly or Stretchley Bradforde and Proctor were drawne to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered The seauenth of June open warre was proclaymed against VVario vvith France the French King The sixth of July the King passed ouer to Caleis and so into Flanders where he made great prouision for warre against Englishmen sent to Saint Quintins the French King The same moneth the Quéene sent ouer an Army of one thousand horssemen foure thousand footemen and two thousand Pioners to ayde Kyng Philip whereof the Earle of Pembroke was Generall The Lord Robert Dudley mayster of the Ordinance The xv of July dyed the Lady Anne of Cleeue at Chelsey and was buryed at Westminster The tenth of Augu●● were taken of France the chiefest Anno reg Captaynes the Duke of Mou●●●morency Connestable of France and his sonne Monsieur de Merne the Duke of Monpencier Noble men ● France taken prisoners the Duke of Long●lile the Marshall of Saint Andrew the Reinegr●●e ●●●●uell of the Al●day●●s 〈…〉 the Cou●● de Ro●●●foucaust the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 the Baron of Cur●●● the Prince of Man●●● besides many Gentlemen and Captaynes The xvi● of Augu●● the Towne of Saint Quintins was taken by King Phillip with the help of Englishmen at the séege whereof the Lord Henry Dudley yongest● sonne to Iohn late Duke of Northumberland was slayne wyth a Gunne This yeare before haruest wheate was solde for soure Dearth and plenty Marke the quarter malt at four and fortie shillings y ● quarter beanes and rye at fortie shillings the quarter and pease at sixe and fortie shillings eyghtpence but after haruest wheate was sold for fiue shillings the quarter malt at sixe shillings eyghtpence ●ye at thrée shillings and four pence so that the pennie wheate lo●●e that wayde in London the last yeare but eleuen ounces Troy wayed now sixe and fiftie ounces Troy In the Countrey wheate was ●olde for four shillings the quarter of malt ●ou●● shillings eyght pen●● and in so me place a ●●shell ●●●ie 〈◊〉 p●o●nd of Candles which was four pence The seauenth of September at seauen of the clocke at Iohn Caiu● night in a blacke rayny cloude in the West was ●●ene a Raynebow the Moone in the East risen one hour before and ●aire shilling ●●● a 〈…〉 before Richard 〈…〉 A●●ham the 2● of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas 〈…〉 the 28. of October The thirtith of Nouember Sir Thomas Tressham knyghte receyued the order of the Crosse and was made Lorde of Sainte Iohns of Hierusalem in Englande The first of 〈…〉 the Frenchne ●●ame ●● ●a●●is with a great Army and within four dayes were maysters thereof Caleis lost by the Englishmen and shortly after wan all the péece●●n that side the Sea To many it séemed strange that such a Towne which so many yeares had bin fortified with all munitions that could be deuised should now in so short space be taken of our enimies The Counsell of England reysed great power to haue gone to the defence of that Towne but such tempest of wind arose as the like in many yeares had not bin séene whereby no Shippe coulde brooke the Sea till it was too late for that matter The xviij of January Edward Hastings Knight of the Garter Lord Chamber layne to the Quéene was created Baron Hastings of Lowghborough at Westminster The xx of January began a Parliament at Westminster A Parliament In the moneth of March a prest was graunted to the Quéene by the Citizens of London of twentie thousande A prest to the Queene pound which was leuied of the companyes for the which summe to be repayde agayne the Quéene bound certayne 1558 Lands and also allowed for interest of the money twelue pound of euery hundreth for a yeare The French King in●aded Flanders spoyled and brente Dunke●k●● before King Phillip could come to rescue but before Dunkirke in Flanders brent the Frenchmen returned out of Flanders the Flemings and the English Shippes méeting with them vpon the sands betwéene Dunkerke and Grauelin● slew of them a great number The x● of July within a mile of Notingham was a maruellous Anno reg 6. tempest of thunder which as it came through two Townes beate downe all the 〈◊〉 and Churches the belles were cast to the out side of the Church yardes and some webbes of leade four hundreth f●●te into the field writhen like a paire of gloues The Riuer of Trent ●●●ing betwéene the two Townes the water with the mud in the bottome was caryed a quarter of a mile and cast against the trées the trées were pulled vp by the rootes and cast twelue score off Also a child was taken forth of a mans hands two Speares length hye and carryed a hundred foote and then let fall wherewith hys arme was broke and so dyed Fiue or sixe men there about were slayne and neither flesh nor skinne perished there fell some haylestones that were fiftéene ynches about c. This yeare in haruest time the quart●rne agues continued in like manner or more vehemently than they had done the last yeare passed where through died many olde people and specially Pri●●●es so that a great number of parishes were vnserued and no Curates to be gotten and much Corne was lost in the field for lacke of workemē and labourers Iohn Halse Richard Campion the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Leigh Mercer the 28. of October In the beginning of
when his mother had sayde made hir aunswere The Kings a●svvere to his mother part in earnest part in play merily as he that wyste himselfe out of hyr rule And albeit he woulde gladlye that she should take it wel yet was at a point in his own minde toke she it well or otherwise Howbeit somewhat to satisfie hir he sayde that albeit mariage beyng a Spiritual thing oughte rather to be made for the respect of God where hys grace enclyneth the parties to loue togtiher as he trusted it was in hys than for the regarde of any Temporall aduātage yet naythelesse him séemed that this mariage euen worldly considered was not vnprofitable For he reckened the amitie of no earthly Nation so necessarie for him as the friēdship of his own which he thought likly to beare him so muche the more heartie fauour in that he disdayned not to marie with one of his owne lande And yet if outward aliaunce were thought so requisite he would finde the meanes to enter therevnto much better by other of his kinne where all the parties coulde be contented than to marye himselfe whom he should happily neuer loue and for the possibilitie of more possessions lease the fruite and pleasure of this that he had alredy For smal pleasure taketh a man in all that euer he hath beside if he be wiued against his appetite And I doubt not quoth he but there be as yée saye other y t be in euery point comparable with hir And therfore I let not thē that like them to wedde them No more is it reason that it mislike any man y ● I marry where it liketh me And I am sure y t my cousin of Warwicke neither loueth me so little to grudge at y ● I loue nor is so vnreasonable to looke y t I shold in choyse of a wife rather be ruled by his eie than by mine own as though I were a ward y ● wer boūd to mary by y e appointment of a Gardaine I would not bea K. with y ● cōditiō to forbear mine own libertie in choise of mine own mariage As for possibilitie of more inheritāce by new affinitie in strange lands is oft the occasion of more trouble thā profite And we haue alreadie title by that meanes to so much as sufficeth to get and kéepe well in one mans dayes That she is a Widow and hath already children by Gods blessed Ladie I am a Bacheler haue some to and so eache of vs hath a proofe that nether of vs is like to be barraine And therefore Madame I pray you be contente I trust in God she shal bring forth a yong Prince that shall please you And as for the Bigamie let the Bishop hardly lay it in my way when I come to take orders For I vnderstād it is forbiddē a Priest but I neuer wist it yet y t it was forbiddē a prince The Dutches with these words nothing appeased and séeing the King so sette thereon that she coulde not pul him back so highly she disdayned it that vnder pretext of hir dutie to Godwarde she deuised to disturbe this mariage and rather to helpe y ● he should marie one Dame Elizabeth Lucy whom the King hadde also not long before gotten with childe Wherfore the Kings mother openly obiected against his mariage as it were in discharge of hir conscience that the King was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy and hir husbande Elizabeth Lucy before God By reason of which wordes such obstacle was made in the matter that eyther the Bishops durst not or the K. would not procéed to the solemnizatiō of this wedding til these same wer clearly purged the troth wel and openly testifyed Whervpon dame Eliz. Lucy was sente for And albeit that she was by the Kings mother and many other put in good comforte to affirme that she was ensured vnto the King yet when she was solemnly sworn to say the troth she confessed that they were neuer ensured Howbeit she sayde his grace spake so louing words vnto hir that she verily hoped he woulde haue maried hir And y t if it had not bene for such kinde wordes she would neuer haue shewed such kindnes to him to let him so kindly get hir with child This examination solemnly taken when it was clearly The kings mariage perceyued that there was none impedimente the King with gret feast and honorable solemnitie maried dame Elizabeth Gray and hir crowned Quéene that was his enimies wife many time had prayed ful heartilye for his losse in which God loued hir better than to graunte hir hir bone But when the Earle of Warwicke vnderstoode of this mariage he toke it so highly that his Ambassade was deluded that for very anger and disdaine he at his returning assembled a great puissaunce against the King came so fast vpō him or he coulde be able to resist that he was fayne to voyd the realme and flée into Hollande for succour where he remayned The king fled for the space of two yeres leauing his new wife in The prince borne Westminster in Sanctuarie where she was deliuered of Ed. the Prince of whom we before haue spokē In which mean time the Erle of Warwicke tooke out of prison and set vppe K. Henrie the sixth set vp again King Henrie the sixth which was before by King Edward deposed that much what by y e power of the Erle of Warwick which was a wise man and a couragious warrior Of the Erle of VVarvvicke of such strength what for his lands his alliance fauoure with all people that he made Kings and put down kings almost at his pleasure not impossible to haue atteyned it himselfe if he had not reckened it a greater thing to make a King than to be a King But nothing lasteth alway for in conclusion King Edwarde returned and with muche lesse number than he had at Barnet on the Easterday fielde s●ue The Erle of VVarvvicke ●laine the Earle of Warwicke with many other great estats of that partie and so stablie attayned the Crowne againe that he peaceably enioyed it vntil his dying day and in such plight left it that it coulde not be loste but by the discorde of hys very friendes or falsehoode of his fayned friends I haue rehearsed this businesse aboute this mariage somewhat the more at length bycause it might thereby the better appeare vpon howe slipper a grounde the Protector builded his colour by whiche he pretended King Edwardes children to be Bastardes But that inuention simple as it was it liked them to whom it sufficed to haue somewhat to saye whyle they were sure to be compelled to no larger proofe than thēselues liste to make Now then as I began to shew you it was by the Protector Doctor Shaa● Sermon and his counsaile concluded that this Doctour Shaa should in a sermon at Paules crosse signifye to the people y ● neither king Edwarde himselfe nor
long to liue raigne and rule in the Realme by trayterous tirannie taken depriued of their estate shortly shut vp in prison and priuely slain and murthered their bodies cast God wot where by the cruel ambition of theyr vnnatural vncle and his dispiteous tormentors Whiche things on euery part wel pondered God neuer gaue this world a more notable exāple neither in what vnsuretie standeth this worldlye weāle or what mischiefe worketh the proude enterpryse of an high heart or finallye what wretched ende ensueth such dispiteous crueltie For first to beginne with the Ministers Miles Forrest at Saint Martins peacemeal● rotted away Dighton indéede yef walketh on aliue in good possibilitie to be hanged er● he dye But Sir Iames Tyrell dyed at the Tower Hil beheaded for treason King Richarde himself as yée shal hereafter heare ●laine in the fielde hacked and hewed of his enimies hands caried on Horsseback dead his heare in despight torne and tagged like a cur dog And the mischiefe that hee tooke was within lesse than thrée yeres of the mischief that he did And yet al the mean time spent in much paine and trouble outward much feare anguishe and sorrow within For I haue hearde by credible report of suche as were secrete with hys Chamberlaine that after this abhominable déede done he neuer had quiet in his minde He neuer thought hymselfe sure Where he went abroade hys eyen whirled about hys bodie painely fen●ed hys hande euer vpon his dag●er hys countenaunce and maner like one alwayes readie to strik● againe he toke ill rest a nyghtes lay long waking and musing so●e wearied with care and watche rather slumbred than slept troubled with fearefull dreames sodainely sometime stert vppe lept out of his bedde and ranne about the Chamber so was his restlesse hearte continually tossed and tumbled with the tedious impression and stormie remembraunce of hys abhominable déede Thomas Norland William Martin the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Robert Bylisdon H●berdasher the 28 of October Nowe had he outwarde no long time in rest For herevpon soone after began the conspiracie or rather good confederation betwéene the Duke of Buckingham and manye other Gentlemen against him The occasion where vppon the King and the Duke fell out is o● diuerse folke diuerse wise pretended Thys Duke as I haue for certaine ben enformed as soone as the Duke of Glocester vppon the death of King Edwarde came to Yorke and there had solemne funeral seruice for King Edward sent thyther in the most secret wise he coulde one Persall his trustie seruant who came to Iohn Warde a Chamberer of like secrete truste with the Duke of Glocester desiring that in the most close and couert manner he might be admitted to the presence and spéech of hys maister And the Duke of Glocester aduertised of hys desire caused him in the dead of the night after al other folk auoyded to be brought vnto him in his secrete Chamber whe●● Persall after his maisters recōmendation shewed hym that he had secretly sent to shew him in his new world he would take such partas he woulde and way●e vpon hym wyth ● thousande good fellowes i● néede were The messenger sente backe with thankes and some se●r●ate instruction of the Protectors minde yet mette hym agayne with farther frō the D. his Master within few dayes after at Notinghā whither the Protector from Yorke with many Gentlemē of the Northe Countrey to the number of sixe hundred horses was come on his waye to London warde and after secreat méeting and communication had ●eftsoone departed Whēce vpon at Northampton the Duke met with the Protector himself w t thrée hundred Horses and from thence stil cōtinued with him partner of all his deuises till y ● after hys Coronation they departed as it séemed very greate friends at Gloucester From whēce assoone as the Duke came home he so lightlye turned from hym and so highlye conspired againste him that a man would maruell whereof the change grewe And surely the occasion of their variance is of dyuers men diuersly reported Some ha●e said I heard say y t the Duke a little before the Coronation among other thinges required of the Protector the Duke of Hertford● lands to the which he pretended himselfe iuste inheritor And forasmuch as the title whiche he claymed by inheritance was somewhat interlaced with the title to the Crowne by the line of King Henry before depriued the Protector conceyued suche indignation that he reiected the Dukes requeste with many spitefull and minatorie wordes which so wounded his hart with hatred and mistruste that he neuer after toulde endure to looke a right on King Richard but euer feared his owne life so far forth that when the Protector rode throughe London towarde his Coronation hée fayned himselfe sicke bycause he woulde not ride with him And the other takyng it in euill parte sente him worde to rise and come ride or he woulde make him be carryed Wherevpon he rode on with euill will and that notwithstanding on the morrow rose from the feast fayning hymselfe sicke Kyng Richard said it was done in hatred and despite of him And they saide that euer after continually ●ch of them liued in such hatred distrust of other that y e Duke v●tily loked to haue bin murthered at Glocester From which nathelesse he in faire manner departed But surely some right secrete at that daye deny this and many right wise men thinke it vnlikely the déepe dissembling nature of those both men cōsidered and what néede in that gréene worlde the Protector had of the Duke and in what perill the Duke stoode if he fel once in suspition of the Tyrant that eyther the Protectour woulde giue the Duke occasion of displeasure or the Duke the Protectour occasion of mistruste And verylye men thinke that if King Richard had anye such opinion conceyued he would neuer haue suffered him to escape his hands Uery troth it is the Duke was an high minded man and euill could beare the glorie of an other so that I haue heard of some that say they sawe it that the Duke at such time as the Crowne was first set vpon the Protectors head hys eye coulde not abyde the sight thereof but wryed his heade another waye But men saye that he was of troth not wel at ease and that both to King Richarde well knowen and not ill taken nor any demaunde of the Dukes vncurteously reiected but he both with greate giftes and high behestes in most louing and trustie manner departed at Glocester But soone after his comming home to Brecknocke hauing ther in custodie by the commaundement of King Richarde Doctor Morton Byshoppe of Ely who as yée before hearde was taken in the Counsel at the tower waxed with him familiar whose wisedome abused his pride to his owne deliueraunce and the Dukes destruction The Bishop was a man of gret natural witte very wel learned and honorable in behauiour lacking no wise wayes to winne fauour He had bin