He was a man of excellent modestie and temperaunce and aduaunced suche parsons to hyghe dignities as dyd moste passe other in integrytye and innocencie of lyfe In feates of armes he was verye experte as the noble Prowes by him atchiued do well declare as Froysart and other wryters do declare at large Of his lyberality and clemency he shewed many gret examples brefelye in all Pryncely vertues he was so excellente that few noble men before his time maye be to hym compared At his begynnynge he was chefelye ordered by syr Roger Mortimer and his mother Isabell In the fyrst yere of his reygne The scottes entered englād the Scottes entered into England and the kynge with a greate powre came to them at the Parke of stanhope and beset them rounde about but by the treason of Syr Roger Mortimer the Scottes escaped without battayle wherby the king lost that voyage al his charges Shortly after at yorke the kinge maryed Phyllip the earles doughter of Henaude The king maryed Then the kynge made peace with the Scottes and released to them theyr homage and delyuered vnto them their charter or indenture called Ragman Peace with the Scottes as it was sayde by the counsel of the old Quene and syr Roger Mortymer which anone after was made Earle of Marche And the old quene he toke vpon them the rule of the whole realme whereby manye thynges grewe oute of order Th erle of kente beheaded About the thyrde yeare of this kynge the Earle of Kente the olde kynges brother supposyng his brother had bene alyue deuysed certayne letters for the deliueraunce of his brother wherfore he was accused and by aucthoryte of parlyament condempned and therefore was beheaded Prince edwarde borne In this yere was borne at Wedstocke Prynce Edwarde whiche in processe of tyme grewe to a noble and famous man and was in his dayes counted the floure of Chiualry throughoute all the worlde Syr Roger mortimer beheaded In the fourthe yeare of kinge Edwardes raigne syr Roger Mortymer was accused for dyuerse poyntes of treason and namelye that he was ouer famylyar with the olde quene Isabell the kynges mother for whiche accusacions he was shortly after beheaded In the .vi. A voiage into scotlande yeare king Edward went into Scotlande with a great power and at a place called Haldowne hyll gaue the Scottes batayle wherin he optayned a tryumphant victory So that he slewe of them .viii. Earles ix.c knyghtes and baronettes cccc esquiers and xxxiii m cōmon soudyers And of the Englishe men were slayne onelye .xv. persons at the same voyage he wan the towne of Edenbrough and Barwycke with manye other castels and gaue the gouernaunce of Scotland to Edwarde Baylol betwene whome and the Scottes were foughten manye batayles with greate dyuersite and chaunge of fortune After this time the Scottes so often rebelled Scotland suffered muche penury that kynge Edward made .iii. voyages into that lande within the space of .iiii. yeares And with great manhode alwaye vanqueshed his enemies and caused them to swere to him feautlie and homage In these battayles were slayne wel nere all the nobylyty of Scotlande with infinite nombre of the common people Warre betwene englande and Fraunce In the .x. yere king Edward claymed tytle to the crowne of fraunce wherfore open warre was proclaymed betwene Englād and fraunce good they vitels in England Aboute this time as Fabyan wryteth by reason of scarsite of Mony was such plentie of vitayles in Englande that the lyke had not bene sene For a quarter of wheat was solde for .ii. s. a fat gose for .ii. d. a pygge for a peny a fate Oxe for .vi. s. viii d. a fat shepe for vi d. or .viii. d. vi Pygions a peny In the .xii. yeare king Edward prepared stronglye to make warre in to Fraunce King Edward wēt to Antwarpe where he was proclaymed vicar generall of the empire and for sure stablishmente of Amite betwene hym and the Holenders Selanders Erabanders sayled to Antwarpe wher he concluded the matter with hys alies and by the consent of the Emperour Lewes was proclaymed vicer geneneral of the Empyre In the .xiii. The king held a parliamente yeare kynge Edward returned into England and called his parliament at Westminster and there by the aduyce of the whole realme toke vpon hym the tytle to be kynge of Fraunce and ioyned the armes of Englande to the armes of Fraunce and bare thē quarterlye as they yet continue at which parliamente was graunted greate sommes of mony to mayntayne hym in his warres In the .xiiii. A batel on the sea yeare of king Edwardes raygne he saylyng toward Flaunders nye to the hauen of Scluce met with the French kynges nauye where was foughte a cruell batayle whereof the kyng of England had the victory and the frenche fleete that was in nombre cccc sayle was wel nere all destroyed and the Soudiers taken slaine and drowned so that of .xxxiii. M. there escaped not one A yeare for one yeare Shortlye after kynge Henry with a myghty army both of Englande and of the Empyre entered fraunce and beseiged Torney but shorlty after by the meanes of the countes of Henand mother to the Quene of Englande and syster to the french kyng a peace was made for .xii. monethes and kynge Edward returned into England The scottes trobeled Englande In this tyme the Scottes by the settynge on of the frenche men recouered a great part of that land and in moste cruell wyse vexed the Englyshe garysons In the .xviii. yeare The order of the garter fyrste ordained kinge Edwarde enuented and ordained first the order of the garter at Winsoure Aboute this time the Earle of Darby was sente into Gascoyne where he wonne dyuers townes Castels Gascoine wonne and before Anberoche the Earle of Darby by polecy of syr Walter of Manni with a M. englishemen discomfited and slewe .x. M. frenchmē and Gascoines and toke prysoner the Earle of Lay their chefe capitayne with dyuers other nobles subdued the coūtre In the .xx. yeare king Edward with his sonne Prynce Edwarde sayled into Normandy and ouerrode and spoyled the countre euen to Paris and gathered wonderful rychesse and prayes which he sente into Englande Shortlye after he encountred the Frenche kynge nye to the forest of Cressy The battayle of Cressy wher betwen them was foughte a cruel batayle and kinge Edwarde obtayned the victorye In that battayle was slayne the floure of the Chiualrye of Fraūce That is to say the king of Boheme with ten other greate Princes foure score barons xii.c knyghtes and mo than .xxx. M. of the common Soudiers Callys wonne After thys victorye the kynge wente towarde Calys and beseged the towne the space of .xi. monethes during which sege the french kyng came to rayse the sege but shortlye after he departed without battaile wherfore they of Callys yelded vp the towne to kinge
a voyag into Normandy and wonne Caen with the castell and in conclusyon what by force rendering vp wan almost all the holdes in Normandy ¶ Anno domi M. cccc.xviii anno vi henrici quinti Richarde Morlowe yremōger mayre Hēry Rede Ihon Gedney shyrefes In this yere syr Ihon Oldcastel knyght lorde Cobham was hāged in cheines and after brente In this yeare the laste daye of Iuly the cytie of Roan was beseged bothe by water and by lande The citie of Roan beseged insomoche that by reason of famin they were cōpelled to fall to treatie and so the xix daye of Ianuary the cytie was yelded to the kynge And immeniatly after all Normandy yelded them selues also ¶ An. do M. cccc.xix an septimo henrici quinti Wylliā Seuenoke grocer mayre Ihon Parues Rauf Barton Ihon Bryan shyreffes In the tyme of thys warre in Fraunce there was great variaūce betwene the nobles of Fraūce and specially betwene the Dolphin variaūce betwene the lordes of fraūce the Duke of Burgon and the Duke of Orliaunce with other and there was a place appoynted to mete to treate for a peace and thether came the Dolphin the Duke of Burgonne and the sayd Duke kneling on his knees tellyng his tale to the Dolphin one Tavagny du chastel smote the Duke on the heed with a hachet so moste shamefully was mordered A communycatyon for a peace In this yeare there was a communycatyon for a peace betwene England and Fraunce but it toke small efecte wherfore the Kynge went forward with his conquest sent an armie to Ponthoyse with forse wanne it Pōthoise wonne to the great feare of the parisience and all Fraunce ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xx anno viii henrici quinti Richard whitinghā mercer mayre Robert whitingham Ihon Butler shyreffes A peace concluded betwene Fraūce England In this yeare in Maye was cōcluded a peace betwene the Kynge of Englande and the French kyng so that king Henry did mary lady Katheryne the Frenche kynges doughter at Troye in Chāpaigne after which mariage kynge Henry was proclamed heyre and regente of Fraunce In this yeare at Christmas the kyng of Englād kept such a noble house in Roan as Regē of Fraūce that to his courte all men resorted and fewe to the Frenche kynges courte and after Christmas he ordeaned his brother the Duke of Clarence his leuetenaūt generall both of Fraunce Normandy and on the morow after candelmas daye the kynge and the quene toke shippyng at Calis landed at Douer and on saynte Mathues daye folowynge the quene was crowned at westminster the kynge returned into Englande ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xxi an ix henrici quinti Wylliam Cambrydge grocer mayre Ihon Butler William weston shyreffes In this yere the Duke of Clarence made a rode into Aniowe where by a lūbard he was betraied and so was slayne with dyuers noble men more the death of the duke of clarence A voiage into fraūce Also in this yeare in Maye the kynge passed the sea with a noble army into Fraūce and pursued the dolphin on such wyse that he coude scant fynde any place to hyde himselfe in In this yeare the kyng beseged the cytie of Meaux in brye during whiche syege was borne at Wynsore the kynges sōne named Hēry the byrth of Kynge Hēry the syxte ¶ Anno do m. cccc.xxii an x. henrici quinti Robart Chychelye grocer mayre Rychard Iostlyn williā weston shyreffes The deth of Kynge Hēry the fyfte In this yeare kynge Henry the fyfte dyed the xxi daye of August In the yeare of oure Lorde next aboue mencioned whan he had reigned .ix. yeares and fyue monethes and xxiiii dayes and lyeth buryed at Westmynster ¶ Henry the syxt HEnry the vi began his reigne the fyrst day of Septembre in the yere of our lorde next aboue mencioned was crowne at Westmynster in the eyght yeare of hys reygne all whiche tyme before for insufficiency of age he was admitted to the rule of his vncles the Duke of Bedforde and Glocester he was of the age of viii monethes odde dayes and not aboue ¶ Anno domini m.cccc.xxxiii anno primo Henrici sixti Wyllyam walderne mayre William Estfeld Robert Tatersale shyreffes Thys yeare was the Duke of Glocester made protectour of Englande and the Duke of Bedforde regēt of Fraūce which Regent like a noble capitayne maytayned the warre against the Dolphin so longe as he lyued ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxiiii anno secondo Henrici sixti Wyllyam Crowner drapen Mayre Nicolas Iames Thomas wadford shyref In this yere the Duke of Bedford Regēt of Fraūce The battayle of vernoyle made warre vpon the Dolphyn of Fraūce and vnto Englishemen fell the victory at the battayle of vernoyle where were viii M. Frenchmen slayne Also in this yeare was Iames Steward kynge of scottes delyuered which was prisoner in Englād long time before The king of scottes deliuered who for the realme of Scotlād did omage to the king of Englande and maryed the lady Iane doughter to the Erle of Somerset and cosyn to the kynge ¶ Anno domini M.ccc.xxv an tercio Henrici sixti Ihon Michell Mayre Symon Seman Ihon Bythwater shyreffes In this yeare the Duke of Glocester protecter of Englande sente vnto hys brother the Regente of Fraunce .x. M. men to mayntayne warre agaynst the Dolphin A voiage into fraūce In this yeare also was a battayle at vernoyle in perch betwene the Regēt the Duke of Alaūson The battayle of Vernocle in Perch the victory fell to the Englshe men where were slayne of Frenchmen Scottes .ix. thousand and vii C. and of Englyshemen xvi C. ¶ Anno domini M. cccc.xxvi anno quarto Ihon couentre marcer Mayre Wyllyam Mylted Ihon Brokeley shyreffes In thys yeare began a greate variaunce in Englande betwene the noble men of the realme for the Byshop of wynchester dyd enuye Of a noble prelat the lorde protector in so moch that the Lorde Regent of Fraunce was fayne to come into England to set theim at one ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxvii anno quinto Henrici sixti Ihon Raynwell fyshmonger Mayre Roberte Arnold Ihon Heygham shyrefes ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxviii anno sixto Henrici sixti Ihon Godney draper Mayre Robert Ocle Hēry Frowyke shyreffes Orliance beseged In thys yeare was Orlyaunce beseged by the thenglyshe men and as syr Ihon Fastolfe wente frome Parys towarde the army with vytales ther met him an army of frēchemen where after longe conflicte the Englysh men optained the victory where were .xxv. C. Frenchmē slayne and .xii. C. taken prisoners ¶ Anno do M. cccc.xxix anno septimo Henrici sixti Henry Berton skiner Maire Thomas Dushous Raufe Holande shyreffes In this yeare the seage brake vp before Orliaunce and wan many townes as Geneuile Meū Fort with diuers other and as the lorde Talbot was coming to Meū with v. M. men he was incountered with an
Edward The king of scottes taken prisoner In the tyme of the seige before Callys Dauid of Scotlande by the settinge on of the french kinge warred on the borders of England But the quene assembled a strong armye as well of preestes as laye men and nere to Durham toke in batayle the kinge of Scottes prysoner with manye of his greatest Lordes and earles and slew of the common soudiers .xv. M. About the .xxii. A greate derth thorough out all the worlde yeare of kynge Edward the .iii ther was a wonderful famyn and Pestilence raygned throughout all the world In Italye scant the .x. person of an .c. was lefte on lyue In the citie of parys in Fraunce died L.M. and in the citie of London besyde the bodies buried in churches and churcheyardes and monasteryes and other places of buriall there was buryed in the charterhouse churche yerde .l. M. persons and aboue as wryteth Fabian In thys yeare the Captayne of Callys conspyred to betraye it agayne to the Frenchemen calis like to betrayed the historye whereof declareth wonderfully the great manhode pollycie liberalytie gentylnesse of the noble kinge Edwarde reade Frosarde the .c. and .v. Chapter of his fyrste boke The tirany of the byshop of rome c. Aboute this time kinge Edward was elected to be Emperour But he consyderynge the trouble vnquietnesse of the byshop of Rome refused it And then they chose the Marques of Messena whiche also refused it Gines yelded to the englishmeÌ„ In the xxvii yere of king Edwardes raygne the towne and castel of Gines was yelded to the english meÌ„ A voyage into Gascoyne In the .xxix. yeare of kinge Edwardes raygne Prynce Edwarde of Wales with a stronge companye of Soudyers passed into Gascoyne where he made sore warre destroied Castelles and townes before hym with greate successe and toke the Castell towne of Rehemorentyne with other A voyage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce Aboute this tyme king Edward sayled to Calys began to make war vpon frauÌ„ce but shortly after he returned because the Scottes rose inuaded the Englysh borders In the .xxx. The battaile of poytiers yeare of kynge Edwardes raygne prynce Edward of Wales nie to the citie of Poytiers ioyned batayle with king Iohn of fraunce on whome the prynce wan a noble victory In this conflycte kynge Iohn was taken wyth hys yonge sonne Phillippe The fifth king takeÌ„ prysoner there were taken .ix. earles the archebyshop of Sens and many other greate lordes Baronettes and knyghtes meÌ„ of name to the nombre of xvi.c and there were slayne the Duke of Burgoyne the Duke of Athens syr Iohn Cleremond Marshall of Fraunce with many lordes Baronetes knyghtes and menne of Armes to the nombre of xvii.c and iii. M of other meane persones And after this felde thus wonne the Prynce with his prysoners returned to Burdeaux And shortely after they sayled in to Englande where they were of kinge Edwarde noblely receyued In the xxxiii yeare kynge Edwarde with the Prynce his sonne wetne to Calys and so in to frauÌ„ce where he made sharpe warre A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce and burned and destroyed the countre without mercye But shortly after by great entreaty ther was a peace concluded on this condicion that kinge Edward should haue to his propre possession the countres of Gascoyne and Guyan Poyters Lymosyn Beleuile Exanctes Calys Guines and diuers other lordshyps townes Castels and all the landes to them belonging without knowledge of any souerainte The freÌ„ch king raunsomed obeysaunce homage or subiection for the same and that the french kyng shoulde paye for his raunsome .iii Myllons of Scutes whiche amounte to v.c M. li. and so kynge Iohn was delyuered In the .xxxvii. yeare of kinge Edwarde The deth of the freÌ„ch king kynge Iohn of fraunce came into englande of his fre wyll to sporte hym and had greate chere And shortly after dyed at the Sauoy at London In this yeare also Prynce Edwarde toke possessyon of the Duchie of Guyen and Acquitaine and did homage to his father for the same Prince edward made duke of Guyen About the .xl. yeare of king Edward Dampeter of Spayne was expulsed his realme by his basterd brother Henry wherfore he fled to Prynce Edward whych was then at Burdeaux A bataile iÌ„ Spaine But this Peter by the ayde of Prynce Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put him to flyghte and slue .v. M. of his men And restored Peter to dyuerse cities and holdes which he before had loste But not longe after the Prynce returned home and heÌ„ry repayred his army and warred vpon his brother so fearselye that in the end he vtterly vanquished hiÌ„ to deth and then without resistence possessed the kingdom of Spaine In the .xlii. yere of kyng Edward new variaÌ„ce begaÌ„ betwen EnglaÌ„d FrauÌ„ce A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce wherfore the duke of LaÌ„caster was sent with an army into frauÌ„ce nere vnto Arde the Duke of Burgoyne lodged within a mile of the Englysh armye the space of xviii dayes and neuer profered batayle but at the laste stole awaye pryuelye by nyghte and then entered the Duke further into fraunce as Froysar sheweth at large In the .xliii. yeare syr Roberte knolles entered the realme of frauÌ„ce with a stronge army and wasted destroyed the countrie and passed euen by Parys ranged in batayle and without any notable battayle returned About the xlv yeare the french men made sharpe warre in Gyen Great variaunce iÌ„ Gascoine and many dyuers skyrmyshes wer betwene the frenchmeÌ„ and the englysh men but most commonlye alwayes the englyshemen loste and the citie of Lymoge other cities rebelled against Prince Edward Wherfore Prynce Edwarde perceyuinge all this what for lacke of money and what for sykenes maladyes that he had he departed into England leuyng behynd him hys bretheren the Duke of Lancaster and the Earle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyne but sone after they came into Englande In the .xlvi. A baâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 yeare of kyng Edwardes raygne the Earle of Penbroke was sent with a great army to fortefye the towne of Rochell But he was met on the Sea wyth a companye of Spanyardes betwene whome there was a cruell fyghte but the Englishe men were discomfited and the earle of Penbroke was there taken wyth a .c.lx. mo prisoners and the most parte of his men slayne and drowned And sone after the towne of Rochel was yelded to the Frenchmen A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce Also in the .xlvii. yere the duke of Lancaster landed at Calys with a myghtye armye passed throughe fraunce robbyng and spoylyng the countre eueÌ„ to Burdeaux and wer neuer fought with saue onelye at a scirmyshe they loste .l. Speres and xx archers In the .l. yeare of this kynge there was suche syckenes and mortalite A greate deathe as well in Italy as in England the innumerable of people died The deth of Prince Edwarde In the .li.