his Christmas at Bermonsey where hauing conference Geruasius Doro. with his Nobles for the state of the Kingdome he 1155 promised to banish all Strangers Wherevpon William of Ipres and all the Flemings that had flocked into England fearing the indignation of the newe King departed the land And the Castels that had bin builded to pill the riche and spoyle the poore were by the Kings commandemente and counsell of his Chancellor throwne downe In March Quéene Elianor did beare a sonne at London called Henry after his father King Henry was sonne to Mawde the Empresse whose Line of the Saxons restored Gerua Doro. Radulphus de decâ—te mother was Mawde Quéene of England wife to King Henry the first and daughter to Margaret Quéene of Scottes who was daughter of Edward which he begat of Agatha the sister of Henry the Emperoure Edwarde was the sonne of King Edmond named Ironside whose father was King Etheldred whose father was the peaceable King named Edgar the sonne of Edmond the son of Edward the seigniour the sonne of Alured c. A counsell was holden at Wallingford where the Nobles Anno reg 2. Ger. Dorobor were sworne to the King and his issue King Henry went ouer into Normandy where with long 1156 Anno reg 3. séege he tooke diuers Castels of Mirable Chinon and other and obteyned the homage and pledges of all Aquitaine and Gascoyne William the Kings eldest sonne died and was buryed at Reding King Henry returned into England and then with an armie 1157 King Henry vvent against the VVelchmen Reedifyed Castels Henry of Essex went against the Welchmen where he felled their wods fortified the Castell of Rutland and recouered many strong holdes He reedifyed the Castell of Basingwirke c. but he lost many of his men for Henry of Essex that bare the Kings Standerd as he was assayled amongst his enimies let fall the Standerd to the ground which encouraged the Welchmen and put the Englishmen in feare supposing that the King Iocelyn of â—racland had bin slayne The King notwithstanding got of a certayne King of Anno reg 4. Wales and other Barons homage and hostages and so rereturned Quéene Elianor brought forth a sonne named Richard at Oxford in the Kings Pallace there William Earle of Glocester was taken by the Welchmen Giraldus Cambre in the Castell of Cardife On Christmas day King Henry ware his Crowne at 1158 Winchester where after celebration of diuine seruice he set his Crowne vpon the Altar and neuer ware it after King Henry went into France and at Paris was ioyfully receyued of King Lewes who required to haue his daughter Margaret to be maryed to his sonne Henry which suite he obteyned and King Henry obteyned that as Seneshall to the French King he might enter into Britaine and call afore him suche as made warre one against another to appease them whereby he brought the Citie of Naunts to his dominion An Earthquake happened in many places Earthquake through England and the Riuer of Thamis was dryed vp that at London men might walke ouer the same dryshod Quéene Elianor brought forth a sonne named Geffrey Anno reg 5. Ypodigma A new Coyne was made in England King Henry tooke esâ—uage of the Englishmen the summe 1159 Geruasius whereof grew to 12400. pounds of siluer Of other Countreys subiect to him he gathered also an infinite exaction then passed towards Tholouse with an huge army and beséeged that Citie from Midsomer til Hallontide There were with him Malcoline King of Scottes and a certaine King of Wales and all the Earles and Barons of England Normandy Aquitaine Angeow Gascoyne but Lewes the French King so defended that Citie that the Kings purpose was frustrate and the séege raysed King Henry returned from Tholouse and Henry y â— King Anno reg 6. 1160 of Englands sonne not seauen yeares olde maried Margaret the French Kings daughter that was not yet thrée yeares Gerua Dorâ— Anno reg 7. 1161 Anno reg 8. Thomas Wikes â—â— Beuâ—â—la old Mathew Earle of Bolonia married Mary Abbesse of Rumsey daughter to King Stephen Theobald Archbishop of Canturbury deceassed and the Churche of Canturbury was voyde one yeare one moneth and fourtéene dayes King Henry caused all his subiects to sweare fidelitie to 1162 Mathew Paris his sonne Henry concerning his inheritance Thomas the Kings Chancellour tooke his othe first sauing his fidelitie to King Henry the father so long as he liued This Thomas was elected Archbishop of Canturbury and when he was consecrated he forthwith refused to deale any more with matters of the Court renouncing the Chauncellorship c. There came into England xxx Germaynes as well men as women who called themselues Publicanes their head and Wilbel Nouobur Ralphe Cogshall ruler named Gerardus was somewhat learned the residue very rude They denyed Matrimony and the Sacraments of Baptisme and the Lords Supper with other Articles They being apprehended the King caused a Counsell to be called at Oxford where the sayd Gerard answered for all his fellowes who being pressed with Scriptures aunswered concerning their faith as they had bin taught and woulde not dispute thereof After they coulde by no meanes be brought from their errors the Bishops gaue sentence against them and the King commanded that they should be marked with an whote Iron in the forehead and whipped and that no man should succour them with houserome or otherwise they tooke their punishment gladly their Captayne Publicans vvhipped going before them singing Blessed are ye when men do hate you they were marked in the forehead and theyr Captayne both in the forehead and the chinne Thus being Anno reg 9. whipped and thrust out in the winter they dyed with cold no man reléeuing them Robert de Mountfort accused his néere kinsman Henry 1163 Iocâ—lin of Bracland of Essex of high treason before the Nobilitie affirming that he in an expedition into Wales in a narrow and hard passage at Colleshele most fraudulently threwe away the Kings Standard and with a lowde voyce pronounced him to be dead and turned backe those that came to y â— Kings succour Indéede the foresayde Henry of Essex was perswaded that King Henry was slayne whiche vndoubtedly had come to passe if Roger Earle of Clare had not with quicke spéede come to with his retinue and raysed agayne the Kings Standarde to the encouraging of the whole army Henry withstoode the foresayd Robert and denyed all his accusations whereby in processe of time the matter came to be tryed by Combate They met at Reding to fight in an Iâ—e Combate at Reading néere to the Abbey Thither also came much people to sée what ende the matter woulde come to And it chanced that when Robert had manfully powred out many and heauie strokes Henry turning reason into rage tooke vpon him the part of a challenger and not a defender who whilest he
manfully stroke was more stoutely striken agayne and endeuoring to conquer was conquered himselfe he being ouercome fell downe for dead and when he was thought to Henry of Essex ouercome haue bin slayne at the instance of suche of the nobilitie as were of kinne to him it was granted vnto the Monks there Flores HistoriaruÌ„ that his body should be buryed but afterward he reuiued and hauing recouered his health became a Monke in that place London Bridge was new made of timber by Peter of Colechurch Anno reg 10 London bridge made of Timber 1164 Geruasius Do. a Priest Chapleyne Malcoline the Scottish King and Resus Prince of Southwales and other did homage to King Henry and his sonne Henry at Westminster A Counsayle was holden at Claringdon in presence of the King and the Archbishops Bishops Lordes Barons c. wherein was recognised and by their othes confirmed many ordinances too long héere to recite Thomas Archbishop of Canturburie being sworne to the same shortly after sore repented and â—â—ed the Realme went to the Court of Rome The six and twentith day of January was a great Earthquake Anno reg 11 1165 An Earthquake Mathew Pariâ— Gerua Doro. Anno reg 12. in Eely Norffolke and Suffolke so that it ouerthrewe them that stoode vpon their féete and made the Belles to ring in the Stéeples The King seased into his handes all the Archbishops goodes and rents and banished all his kindred The King led an innumerable army against the Welchmen Radul Cogshal of Flemings Scottes Pictes Aniowans and other but with so great a multitude he could not ouercome them The Welchmen tooke the Castell of Cardigan In a certayne asséege at Bridgenorth againste Hugh de Mortimere when the King was shotte at by one of the enimies a valiant man Hubert de Saint Clere Constable of Colchester did thrust himselfe betwixte the King and the danger of the stroke and so receyued death for him whose only daughter the King taking into his custodie he gaue hir in mariage to William de Languale with hir fathers inheritance who begate on hir a sonne bearing the name and surname of his Grandfather Quéene Elianor brought forth a sonne named Iohn The King passed ouer into Normandy and there holding 1166 a counsell appoynted a collection to be made through all his Countreys two pence of the pound of mouable goodes A Taxe for the first yeare and one penny the pound for foure yeares after Robert sonne to William Earle of Glocester deceassed Anno reg 13 1167 The warre was renued betwixt the King of Englande and the French King for the Citie of Tholose and Mathewe Earle of Bulloigne brother to Philip Earle of Flanders manned sixe hundred Shippes to haue come into Englande but by such preparation as Richard Lucy gouernour of England made he was stopped well ynough Mawde King Henries daughter was maryed to Henry Anno reg 14 1168 Iohn Taxtor Gerua Doro. Ypodigma Duke of Saxon. Conan Earle of little Britaine dyed and left for his heire a daughter named Constance which he had by the King of Scottes sister which Constance King Henry marryed to his sonne Geffrey Robert de Boscue Earle of Leycester dyed He foundeâ— Anno reg 15 1169 Sca. Cron. Gerendon Leycester and Eaton Sca. Cro. the Monasteries of Gerendon of Monkes of Leycester called Saint Mary de Prate of Channons regular and Eaton of Nunnes was founded by Amicia his wife daughter of Ralph Montforde King Henry caused the Castell of Warwike to be builded Deruntius the sonne of Morcardus called Mack Murgh Giraldus Cambr. King of Leynster being expelled out of his kingdome came into Guyen to King Henry hnmbly requiring 〈…〉 â—â—r his restitution who vnderstanding fully the cause â—â—ereof gaue frée licence to all Englishmen that woulde to â—â—â—â—e the sayde Deruntius wherevpon he returning into Englande couenanted with Richard Earle of Chepstow to gâ—â—e him his daughter in marriage and with hir the succession of his Kingdome so that he would help him in the recouery of it and shortly after he promised to Robert Fitâ— Stephen and Mawrice Fitz Gerald large reuenues in Ireland for the like helpe King Henry helde his Court at Naunts where the Bishops Anno reg 15. 1170 and Barons of Britayne being present sware their fidelitie to the King and to his sonne Geffrey and then the King sayled into England but many of his company were Giral Cambr. drowned by the way Robert Fitz Stephen first of all Englishmen after the Conquest Englismnen transported into Ireland entred Ireland the first day of May with 390. men and there tooke Wexford in the behalfe of Deruntius King Henry caused his sonne Henry borne at London Henry the kings sonne Crovvned to be Crowned by the handes of Roger Archbishop of Yorke as he thought to the great quietnesse of himselfe and hys Realme but it proued farre otherwise Thomas Archbishop of Canturbury by the mediation of Pope Alexander and Lewes the King of France was restored to his Sea of Caunturbury In September Richard Earle of Chepstow surnamed Gualteruâ— Couen Strongbow sayled into Ireland with a thousand two hundred men of warre and by force tooke Waterford and Dubâ—â—â— and marryed Eue Deruntius daughter Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canturbury the xxviij of Anno reg 17 1171 December was slayne by William Tracy Baron of Braynes Reignolde Fitz Vrse Hugh Moruilt and Richarde Briton Knightes There was séene at S. Osythes in Estsex a Dragon of a Chro. Colchester maruellous bignesse whyche by mouing burned houses Ex Record King Henry returned from beyond the Seas and landed at Portesmouth in the moneth of August Nicholas Break espeare an Englishman borne at Langley in the County of Hartford sonne to Robert a yonger brother Pope Adrian an Englishman of the house of Breakespeares whiche Roberte after the death of his wife professed himselfe a Monke of Saint Albons leauing his sonne to prouide for his owne preferment this yong man passed into France was shorne a Monke and after chosen Abbot went to Rome was consecrated Bishop of Alba made Cardinall sente Legate to the Norwayes where he reduced that nation from Paganisme to Christianitie and after returned to Rome When Anastasius was dead he was chosen Pope by y â— name of Adrian the 4. During his Popedome he granted the regimente of Ireland King Henry Lord of Ireland Gesta Abbat Sancâ—â— Albani Regiâ—truÌ„ mâ—n Sancti Albani Iohn Bale Cimphriuâ— Anno reg 18. Giralduâ— Cambr. Radul Cogshal Geruasius Dâ—â—â— to the King of England wherevpon King Henry hauing caused Richard Earle of Chepstow to giue into his handes all the land which he had conquered in that Realme toke Shippe at Penbroke and sayled thither where the King of Conach Deruntius King of Corke Morice King of Methe the King of Vriell Duvenald King of Ossery Duvenald King of Limerike Machachelin Ophelon Machaleny Othneâ—hely
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
e rest were committed to seueral prisons Anno reg 50 Sherifes Maior 1266 Pierce Longtofe Robert Brune Edward Blund Peter Aunger the. 28. of September Thomas Fitz Thomas Fitz Richard the. 28. of October King Henrie came to Westminster and there gaue vnto diuerse of his housholde seruauntes aboute the number of thrée score housholdes and houses within the Citie so that the owners were compelled to agrée redéeme theyr houses and goods or else to auoyde them then he made Custos of the Citie sir Othon Conestable of the Tower who chose Baylifes to be accomptable to him Iohn Adrian and Walter Haruy. After this the King toke pledges of the best mens sonnes of the Citie the whiche were put in the Tower of London and there kept at the costes of their parents By great labour and sute made al the foresayde persons whiche were in Windsor Castell eight only except were deliuered and the king agréed with the Citizens for twentie thousand markes to be payd for the leauying of which fine were taxed as wel seruauntes as housholders and many refused the liberties of the Citie to be quit of the charge The Castell of Douer was yéelded to Edward the kings sonne into the which he put Guy de Mountfort to be kepte The Countesse of Leicester wife to Simond Mountfort yéelded the Castel of Pemsey to K. Henrie hir brother who forthwith banished hir the realm of England for euer About Alhalowntide the Quéene of England returned from beyonde the Seas with hir came a Legate named Othobone who shortly after his comming in counsel holden at Northampton accursed al the Bishoppes and Priests that had ayded Earle Simon against the King especially he cursed by name Walter of Worcester Henrie of London Stephen of Chichester and the Bishop of Lincolne Worcester shortly after deceased the other â— of Glocest ther thrée went to Rome and were assoyled The Legate also published the Popes Bull for the tenthes of Churches to bée payde to the king for the next yeare Sir Simond the yonger fled from Kenilworth Castel to the disherited Knightes who then were in the I le of Oxholme wher he remayned not loÌ„g for through messengers with faire promises and hostages giuen by Edward the kings sonne he forsaking them went to London to the king his nobilitie but being priuily warned of their guile he made an escape got ouer into Fraunce The kéeper of Guy Mountfort about Easter being brybed let him go went with him into Fraunce this Guy weÌ„t into Tuscane and serued Earle Rufus in whose war waxing famous he obtained to haue his daughter in mariage Robert Ferters Earle of Darby Henrie Hastings Baudewinde Battaile of Chesterfielde Wake Iohn Derâ—â—le and other with theyr power being in the Towne of Chesterfielde in Darbishire there came against them Iohn Earle Waren sir Henrie of Almaine sir Waren of Basingborne and manye other Knightes who on Whitson euen met without the town on hunting sir Baudwyn Wake sir Henâ—y Hastings sir Gregory Caldwel sir Iohn Clynton sir Roger Maundeuil sir Richard Caldwel and to y â— number of xxij Knightes al vnder one speare al which they chased and put to flight wherof when sir Iohn Danuil being in the towne had vnderstanding he with a small companye rode out pierced through the hoste wounding many and escaped Erle Waren entring the towne slew many a man and toke the Erle Ferrers who was sicke of the goute and had that day bene letten bloud him they sente to the Tower of London from whence but lately he had bin deliuered Henrie Hastings and his company comming to Kenilworth founde there sir Iohn de Eynuile and many other valiant Knights Sir William de la Knowe and sir Iohn de la Ware had well stored y e Castel of all things necessarie King Henrie hastyng Kenilvvorth Castel besieged thyther beganne his siege the morrowe after Midsommer daye whiche siege continued til Christmasse after for they within the Castell not fearing his force which was great set open theyr gates and neuer closed them daye nor night come who so would they came to theyr cost so that many a man was slaine on both sides and manye were taken and raunsomed At length the Legate the Archbishop two other Bishops came to make accorde betwéene the king and the disherited and also them of the Castle but the disherits nor they of the Castel would grant to the Kings will wherfore the legate a coursed them and all that were of theyr accord but they of the Castell not regarding the Legate nor his cursing in mockage therof clothed a priest their surgeon Phillip Porpeis in a cope of white setting him on the Castel wal as a white Legate against the red made him to accurse y e K. the Legate al their partakers Whiles this businesse lasted at Kenilworth the disherites toke y e I le of Ely strengthned it in such wise that they helde it long they robbed Norffolk Suffolke Cambridgeshire they spoyled y e Citie of Norwich ransomed y e rich men at their pleasure At Bartholmewtide y â— K. held a Parliament at Killingworth wherein by his Barons were chosen vj. persons whiche being sworne chose to theÌ„ other vj. these xij to make an accord betwéen the K. and the disherits y e first vj. were Walter Gefford Bishop of Bath Nicholas of Ely Bi. of Worcester Walter B. of Excester Roger de Sumerey Roberte Walronde Alayne de la Souch BaroÌ„s these vj. chose to them Gilbert E. of Glocester Humfry Erle of Hereford the B. of S. Dauids sir Iohn Bailiol sir Phillip Basset and sir Warayn de Basingborne if these xij could not agrée the Legate Henrie son to Richard King of Almaine shold be Umpiers these met and agréed at the last Anno reg 51 Sherifes Maior Iohn Hinde Iohn Walrauen the. 28. of September William Richards the. 28. of October By the kings coÌ„mandement y e Bishops Abbots Priors Erles Barons knights of y e realme were asseÌ„bled at Northampton on y â— twesday next before Alhalownday ther to vnstand and to confirme by statute what the forenamed twelue stats had deeréed for the state of y e kingdome which was for y â— Barons y â— none should be disherite but y e Mountfort the Ferrers y â— other should redéeme their lands w t money at the hands of theÌ„ who had y â— same in possession of the Kings gift so y â— none payde aboue vij yeres value nor vnder iij. yeares value which was the lest this shal be assessed according to y e quaÌ„tity of their trespasse The siege of Kenilworth yet continuing they within the Castel began to be sore troubled with y e flixe and also wer without hope of succour to come to theÌ„ whervpoÌ„ on S. Thomas day before Christmasse they yéelded Kenilvvorth Castel ye elded y â— Castel to the K. with conditioÌ„ to depart w t life
Scotlande where most victoriouslye he conquered it and the same Ile being called the I le of Man the kyng gaue it to the Conquerour franckelye and fréely to be possest and caused hym King of Man to be called and crowned king of that I le Then King Edward returning towards the south parts kept solemn torneymentes at Dunstable beyng accompanyed wyth 230. Knightes The same yeare was a Parliamente at Westminster wherein the Archbishoppe of Canterburie was reconcyled to the King before whom the Archbishoppe sware that althoughe the Kyng by hys counsell and consente hadde done homage to the French King for the Dukedome of Aquitaine and the Earledome of Poytowe yet he neuer consented therto as to be anye hurte or preiudice to the Kyng or that by hys counsel he myghte incurre fauoure or séeke to please the French King but for that presente tyme he thoughte it beste to be done both for the obtayning of peace and also for the profit of the Kyng and Realme After this Parliament the king commaunded Florences of golde to be made at the Tower of London that is to saye the peny of the value of sixe shillings eight pence the halfe penye of the value of thrée shillings foure pence a farthing worthe twentye Florences of golde Sherifes Maior Anno reg 17 pence Iohn Louekyn Richard Rifling bury the. 28. of Septem Simon Fraunces Mercer the. 28. of October In a Parliament at Westminster in the moneth of May the religious men that were possessours of Lands graunted to the king towards the maintenaunce of his warre al their iewels and plate as wel siluer as gold horsses carts wagons whervpon the kings treasure was notably enriched The same yeare auctoritie was giuen to the kings escheters 1343 to enquire and certifye the Counsell of al such persons which helde of the King any landes in Capite or by any A general suruey of the vvhole realme of England other fée to the value of one hundred shillings and that the names of all suche shoulde be enrolled and giuen vp for recorde Also certaine other were put in aucthoritie to signifie howe many sufficient and able bow-men were in euerye shire also what other sufficient men were able to beare armour for the defence of theyr Country and to sée them practised with suche kinde of weapon wherein they had beste skill and being thus assembled in all parts of the Realme speciallye suche as were of lawfull age commaundemente was giuen out that they shoulde be readye at the Kyngs commaundemente to fyghte agaynste theyr enimies King Edwarde and his nobles perceyuing the derogation Ro. de Auesbury Gual Homingford that was done to the realme by such reseruations prouisions and collations of benefices as the Pope practised here in England wrote to him requiring him that sith the Churches of Englande had bene founded and endued by noble and worthy men to the ende the people might be instructed by people of their owne language and that he beyng so farre off coulde not vnderstande the defaultes yet hys predecessours and he more than had bene vsed by diuerse reseruations prouisions and collations made to diuerse persons some straungers yea and some enimies to the Realme whereby the money and profits were carried forth theyr cures not prouided for according to the founders mindes they therefore vpon due considerations therof signifyed to him that they coulde not suffer such enormities any longer and therefore besought him to reuoke such reseruations prouisions and collations wholy to auoyde suche slaunders mischieues and harmes as mighte ensue and that the cures might be committed to persons méet for the exercises of the same beséeching him further wythout delay to signify his intention sith they ment to bestow their diligence to remedie the matter and sée that redresse might be had Giuen in ful Parliament at Westminster the xviij of May in the yeare 1343. Iohn Steward Iohn Aylesham the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Hamonde the. 28. of October Many being called to ayde the King against the Scots but not being ready they contributed their money wherewith the king might hyre souldiours in place of them that remayned at home King Edward caused to be called togither a great many Anno reg 18 Tho. Walsing 1344 Round Table at VVindsore of Artificers to the Castell of Windsore and began to builde an house whiche was called the Rounde Table the floure wherof from the Center or midde point into the compasse was an hundred foote and the whole Diameter 200. foote the Circunference thereof is 600. foote and thrée quarters The same time Phillip de Valoys king of Fraunce buylded Round Table in Fraunce Scala Croni a Rounde Table in his Countrey to the ende he mighte allure the menne of Warre of Germanie and Italie and so to kéepe them from the Kyng of Englandes Rounde Table Kyng Edwarde in succour of Iohn Mountfort Duke of Th◠de la More Brytaine and of his wife and children who then remayned in the kings custodie sent the Earles of Northampton and of Oxforde Hugh Spencer and Richard Talbot Knightes and maister William Kilesby Clearke euerye one of them hauing vnder them many mē of armes and archers into Britaine who entred there-into in despight of al theyr enimies whych resisted them making many conflictes They toke as well walled Townes as other with diuerse Fortresses and Castelles both by assaulte and surrender by whiche meanes they had the whole Countrey vnder theyr subiection conquering till they came to the Towne of Morleis where Charles de Bloys mette them wyth a greate armye Therfore in the Champion grounde nygh vnto Morleys the Battayle as Morleys two armyes made greate and moste stoute battayle wherin the worthinesse of both sortes dyd full well appeare for they fought so stout on both sides that in the first conflict it chaunced as the like had not bene séene for the chiefe Captaines Charles de Bloys to whom the Frenche king hadde giuen the Dukedome of that Countrey and William de Bohune Earle of Northamton who for the defence of y e right of Iohn de Mountfort naturall heire and Duke of that lande the king of Englande had made a generall ouer the army of the English men who foughte so long wyth hande strokes in the fielde that daye that no manne but a lyar coulde giue more prayse to the one than to the other Thrée tymes that daye they beyng wearied on both sides wythdrewe themselues to take breathe and then fell to it again with Speare and shielde and sworde and Targe but in y e ende the right worthy and stoute Charles de Bloys his men fléeing away was also forced to flée himselfe wherevppon after many slaine on both sides the victorie fell to the Englishmen Geffrey Wichingham Thomas Legge the. 28. of Sep. Sherifes Maior Iohn Hamond the. 28. of October King Edwarde sente ouer Henrie Earle of Darbie son to the Earle of Lancaster his cousin
vnto faithbreakers faith shoulde be broken againe and that a chosen power should be sent thither forth of Englande vnder the leading of Thomas of Woodstoke to Thomas of VVoodstocke sent against the Scottes wéete a thousand Launces and two thousand Archers to restreyne their attemptes These things being knowne the Scottes being afrayde of themselues in the ende of the Parliament came and were desirous to entreate of peace or truse but the Englishmen hauing tried their falsehoode so often times woulde neyther treate nor compounde with them but commanded them to returne home and warned them to saue their heads as well as they might and to defend their rightes The Scottes being returned the Lordes of the North tooke vpon them to defende the Countrey till Thomas of Woodstoke Earle of Buckingham were readie to come with a greater power The King tooke the temporalities of the Bishop of Norwich Temporalties of the Bishop of Norvvich seased into his hands bycause he was disobedient to his commandement when he sent to haue stayde him from his iourney into Flanders and the Knightes that were ouer with him were put in prison till they were redéemed with gold King Richard held his Christmas at his Manour of Eltham and with him his Quéene Anne After Christmas Iohn Duke of Lancaster which before Christmas went ouer into France to treate of peace betwixt the Realmes returned into England bringing with him an abstinence of warre till the feast of Saint Iohn Baptist at 1384 what time he was to returne to treate againe and to confirme the peace if it might be agréed vpon betwixt y e Kings The night of the Purification of our Lady great Lightning and Thunder happened that put men in great feare and shortly after Iohn NorthamptoÌ„ otherwise called Combartowne that had bin the yeare before Maior of London that with his seditions had filled the Citie full of comber attempted new troubles for in contempt of the Maior that was elected for that yeare Sir Nicholas Brembar Knight he went vp and down with a multitude of seditious people to gard him not once but oftentimes to the terrour of manie and when the said Brembar Maior woulde haue withstanded his attemptes the fauourers of the said Iohn Combertowne were turned into suche a furie that a Cobler which in his owne estimation séemed to be Maior required the voyces of the communalty for which cause by the counsell of Sir Robert Knowles Knight he was drawne out of his house and committed to prison as a stirrer of insurrection which acte for that time staide the commotion of the commons that were sayd to haue conspired at that time to haue murthered the elect Maior and many other worthie men When Lente aproched Iohn Duke of Lancaster with his brother Thomas of Woodstoke Earle of Buckingham and an innumerable number of Knightes Esquires and Archers went toward Scotland but stayde in the North till all the victualles in the Countrey were consumed he did more hurt to the inhabitants than the Scottes had done before at length about the feast of Easter he entred Scotland but did little good The custodie of the Castell of Douer was vacant by the death of Robert Ashtonwald then was made Connestable thereof Simon Burley After Easter the Nobles came to a Parliament at Salisburie Parliament at Salisburie whither a certaine Irish Frier of the order of the Carmelites or white Friers a Batcheler of Diuinitie named Iohn Latimer hasted and accused the Duke of Lancaster Duke of Lancaster accused that he had deuised the Kings death which Frier was committed to Sir Iohn Holland Knight till a day that was assigned him to make proofe of that he had sayde but the night before the day giuen to the Frier the sayde Sir Iohn A Frier tormeÌ„ted to death Holland and Sir Henry Greene Knightes put a corde about the Friers necke and with the same corde tying him by the stones hanged him vp from the grounde laying à stone of great weight vpon his bellie till they by tormente had made an ende of his life The morrow after they â—aâ—sed the Friers body to be drawne through the Towne as a Traytor that they might put away all suspection that he were put to death wrongfully but it is to be wondred at that neyther Esquire Yeoman nor Grome or any other of meane estate would harme the Frier but the Knightes did it themselues they were Judges Officers and Executioners and this was the fruite of this Parliament excepte that the King asked and had of the Laitie halfe a fiftéenth and of the Cleargie halfe a tenth About this time bycause the Scottes ceassed not to do diuers Anno reg 8. domages to the Northumbers the Earle of Northumberland Henry Percy prepareth to inuade Scotland and to requite domage for domage which enterprise accomplished the Earle was no sooner returned and sent home his army but that the Scottes came againe and heaped vp domage vpon domage in the Countrey This Sommer Sir Iohn Philpot Knighte and a most Sir Iohn Philpot deceassed noble Citizen of London that trauelled for the commoditie of the Realme more than all other and both with expences laide forth and good affection borne had oftentimes reléeued the King departed this life leauing none behinde him his like in good affections About the beginning of August the Duke of Lancaster went into France to treate with the Frenchmen of peace or else of truce to be had the Duke with his company of noble men remayning long there when it was thought that he should haue brought glad and ioyfull newes to his Countrey he returned with knowledge of warres to followe the beginning of the next Sommer the truce to endure butâ—â—â— the first day of May and so he returned after he had spente 500000. Markes of Siluer Many of the Nobles assembled at Reading to represse the Iohn Northampton conuict and committed to perpetuall prison seditious sturres of Iohn Northampton late Maior of London that attempted greate and heynous enterprises of the whiche he was conuict hys owne Chapleyne vttering manye thynges that hée wente aboute and hadde deuised as well to the hinderance and harme of the King as of the Citie of London and when sentence shoulde haue bin pronounced against him the King being presente the wicked man made exclamation and mainteyned that such iudgemente ought not to passe in absence of his Lorde the Duke of Lancaster but yet the Justice vsed such words Iohn sayth he the naughtie déedes that are obiected agaynste thée thou oughtest to refell by battayle or else by the lawes of the land to be drawne hanged and quartered and when he stoode mute nor would vtter one word it was déecréede that he should be committed to perpetuall prison and his goodes to be confiscate to the Kings vse and that he shoulde not come within one hundred miles of London during his life he was sente therefore to the Castell of Tintagell in the confines of
Cornewall and in the meane space the Kings seruants spoyled his goodes Iohn More Richard Northbery and other were likewise there conuict and condemned to perpetuall prison and their goodes confiscate to the King for certaine congregations by them made against the Fishmongers in the Citie of London Nicholas Exton Iohn French the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Nicholas Brembar Grocer the 28. of October About the feast of Saint Martine a Parliament was holden at London in the whiche nothing was done worth the memorie but that which still was in hand and exacting of money of the Cleargie and common people to mainteine the men of warre And besides this there was a Combate fought in listes betwixte an Esquire of Englande and one of A Combate fought Nauarre that had accused the English Esquire whose name was Iohn Welch of Treason to the King and Realme but the effect was that when he was Captayne of Cherbrugh he forced the wife of this Nauaroys as the sayde Nauaroys being afterward ouercome and being readie to suffer death did â—penly confesse for the which cause by the Kings iudgemeÌ„t he was drawne and hanged although the Quéene and many other did make earnest intercessioÌ„ to haue his life saued The Parliament was not yet ended when newe â— came Bervvike lost and vvoâ—â—â— againe out of the North of the taking of Berwike Castell by the Scottes the custodie whereof the Earle of Northumberland Sir Henry Percy did possesse by right of his predecessors The Scottes by mediation of money got entrance into that Castel by one that was put in trust with kéeping of it The Duke of Lancaster that loued not the Earle was glad of this happe when he knew it It came to passe therefore by the Dukes procurement that the Earle was condemned by iudgement of the Lords there present the which execution was within a short while after releassed The Earle of Northumberland through the Kings fauour restored to his life and possessions without any long delayeâ— prepareth al furniture of warre to beséege and winne the sayd Castell of theÌ„ that were within it and after he had gathered a mighty armie he sodeinly beséeged it and after he had layne about it a certaine time it was compounded betwixt them without and them within that they within should forsake the Castell and haue their liues and moueable goodes and for surrendring the Castell they should haue of the Earle two thousand markes of English money and by this meanes did the Earle recouer the Castell foorth of the Scottishmens hands Through certaine yong men brought vp with the King Tho. Walâ— there arose great dissention betwixt him and the Duke of Lancastâ—r who departed from the Court and wente to his Castell of Pomfret whiche he had fortified but by meanes of the Kings mother this discorde was appeased for a time The third of May was an Earthquake 1â—85 The King entred Scotlande King Richard with a great armie entred Scotlande but the enimies would not shew themselues wherfore he brent the Countrey and returned The eightéenth of July there was an Earthquake Sir Iohn de Vienne that serued the French King was sent into Scotland with a great multitude of Shippes and men of warre that ioining with the Scottes they might inâ—eâ—t all England and that whilst they mightâ— draw the power of this Realme that way forth the Frenche King with his Nauie and army might the more at liberty enter other partes of the Realme few or none being left at home to prohibit them their entrie The arriuall of the sayd Iohn being knowne in England the King with all the Nobilitie prepared themselues to make a iourney thither The King maketh a iourney into Scotland there came flocking vnto the King such a number of Knightes Esquires and Archers as the like had not bin heard of in those dayes in so much as the number of Horsses amouÌ„ted to thrée hundred thousand as they were iudged The King reioyced héereat as well he might but the reioycing was shortly darkened at Yorke by fiercenesse of Sir Iohn Holland the Kings brother that slew the Lord Ralph Stafford Ralph Stafforde â—ayne sonne to the Earle of Stafford in the way as he went to the Quéene whose seruant of houshold he was and greatly in faâ—eur with hir and he was no lesse beloued of the King as he that had bin brought vp with him and bin his play-fellow from his tender age where the King taking greate indiguation determined to pursue the sayd Sir Iohn Holland he caused therefore his goodes to be coÌ„fiscate But Sir Iohn Holland fledde to Beuerley there to enioy the libertie of the Church The Lady Iane the Kings mother sente to intreate him for hir other sonne and his brother but when the messengers were returned to Wallingforde and that the mother could perceyue no hope of grace to be gotten in that behalfe of the King she tooke it heauâ—â—ie and fell sicke and Queene Iane the Kings mother dyed within foure or â—â—ue dayes departed this life hir body being seared and closed in Leade was kept at Wallingford till the Kings returne forth of Scotland then to be buried at Stanford in the Church of the Friers Minors In the moneth of August the King of England with a mightie power entred Scotland to whose force the Scottes and Frenchmen perceyuing themselues not able to matche they séeke to get them into the wooddes places where they might be out of the way The English army then the which there hath not bin séene a fairer stronger or greater rideth through the Countrey that was destitute of inhabitantes â—â—yd of Cattell wanting victualles for the land was left desolate as our men confessed that they saw not so much as a bird Owles only excepted They found gréene Corne on the grounde very faire and plentifull whiche they eyther eate vp with their Horsses or treade downe with theyr féete but the enimies fléeing battayle our men did nothing to be accompted of but brent the Abbey of Melroys and the Meltoys and Edenborough brent Towne of Edenborough with such houses as they found by the way When our armie was come to Edenborough and that victualles fayled them many of them beganne to ware sicke and some to die for hunger wherevpon the King returned with his armie into England While King Richarde was in Scotland the Scottes and Frenchmen entred into Englande brenning Townes taking spoyles and leading away many prisoners returned home into their Countrey Iohn Organ Iohn Churchman the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Nicholas Brembar Grocer the 28. of October The Souldiers of Caleis went secretly forth into France and got a bootie of four thousand Shéepe and thrée hundred head of great beastes which they draw to their holdes About the feast of Saint Martine there was a Parliament at London in which the Laytie granted to the King a fiftéenth and a halfe with coÌ„dition that the Cleargie should giue a tenth
and Katherin and of the Duke of Burgoigne departed from Troys and toke his iourney to Paris and from Paris not many dayes after they all went to laye siege to the Citie of Sens whiche was to them contrarie but before the whole hoste were setled in their places the Captaine Citizens and Garisons submitted their bodyes and Citie with all that they had to the King Then they hasted to Monstrean which Towne they toke by force On the xv of July they went to the Citie of Melune and inuironed the same with a strong siege for there were the Kings of Englande of France and Scotlande the Duke of Burgoigne Tho. Wals Bauier Clarence Bedforde and Excester the Earles of March Warwicke Huntington and Somerset c. This siege coÌ„tinued xiiij wéekes and odde dayes from the feast of Mary Magdalen to the feaste of All Saintes not without in a maner euery day a conflict and sore skirmishe but at length for wante of victualles the besieged yéelded themselues to the Kyngs of Englande and Fraunce from whence the forsayde Kyngs with a greate parte of theyr armye wente to Paris Iohn Butler Iohn Wels the. 28. of September Sherifes Maior William Cambridge Grocer the. 28. of October King Henrie kept hys Christmasse in the Citie of Paris in the Castle of Saint Anthony And after he had holden a Parliamente there he went to Roane and therewith hys Titus Liuius Normans and Englishmen helde a Parliament And theÌ„ when he had established sure guarde for this Realme of Fraunce Dutchie of Normandie he passed throughe Picardie to Caleis and so to Douer where with his Quéene he landed on Candlemasse day The fourtéenth of Februarie Quéene Katherin was Crowned at Westminster vnto whom the King assigned to hir dowrie 10000. markes also he consented to the deliuerie of the King of Scots who had bin long prisoner in Englande with condition that before his departure out of Englande he shall take to wiâ—e the Duke of Somersets sister niece to the Cardinal of Winchester Anno reg 9. 1421 The. xxij of March the duke of Clarence with many other Lords were slaine beyond the Water of Leire in Fraunce many Lords were taken prisoners of the which the Earle of Huntington and the Earle of Somerset were principal In a ParliameÌ„t at Westminster it was ordayned that no man should profer gold in payment but if it helde waight wherfore was ordayned Balances and weightes The king suppressed the French houses of religious Monkes and Friers and such like in Englande bycause they thought ill of the Conquest ouer Fraunce theyr lands were giuen by him and Henrie the sixth to Monasteries and Colledges of learned men In this Parliament was demaunded subsidie The Bishop of Winchester lent the king â—0000 pounde to straine y â— matter The King hauing disposed all thing in order coÌ„cerning the realme of England and the wars in Scotland leauing in Englande his Quéene with a greate power to the number after Enguerant of thirtye thousande returned into Fraunce where after he hadde visited the King and Quéene of Fraunce at Paris he tooke the Castell of Dâ—wex by assault And when he heard that his enimies prepared themselues to battaile he approched the floude of Loyre aboute whyche Titus Liuius floud it was said his enimies were but against him came no man Wherfore the Kyng ledde his hoste to laye siege to the City of Sens commonlye called the Kings new Town whiche Towne for lacke of victualles yéelded themselues and the Town to the King Iohn Mortimer brake foorthe of the Tower of London and beyng afterwards taken hée was drawen and hanged Richarde Gosselin William Weston the 28. of Septemb. Sherifes Maior Sir Robert Chicheley Grocer the 28. of October This Syr Robert Chicheley when he deceased in Anno 1439. willed in his Testament that vppon his mind day a competent dinner should be ordained for 2400. pore men housholders of the Citie and twenty pounde in mony to be distributed amongest them whyche was to euery man two pence He also with his brother William Chicheley Alderman of London gaue liberally to the Almes houses founded by his brother Henrie Chicheley Archebyshop of Canterbury at Higham Ferrers in Nothamptonshire in whych Towne they were borne In the Moneth of October when King Henry had deliuered Tiâ—us Liuius the Citie of Paris from all annoyaunces he with his hâ—ste went to besâ—ege the Citie of Meaulx in Brye to whych City nigh adioyning is a place called y â— Market of Meaulx betwixt which two places floweth the riuer of Marne whiche also enuironeth bothe the same places Thys Citie was besieged all the Winter wherein were so manye and so greate stormes and flouds of raine that the kings host was often annoyed with huÌ„ger colde The sixth of December Lady Katherine Quéen of Englande broughte forth hir firste begotten sonne in the Castell of Windsore and his name was gyuen him Henry for there receyued hym at the Fonte Iohn Duke of Bedford hys vncle Lord Warden of England and Henrie the Kings vncle B. of Winchester and Iaquelyn dutches of Holland that remained then in England Henry Archbishop of Canterburie doing the office of Baptisme In the moneth of Februarie the Knights that were in Garison and the principall of y â— Citie of Mealx perceyuing that the Sommer comming shoulde cause the siege to be more light and lesse painefull to the Englishmen and difficil vnto themselues departed the Citie and wente into that Anno reg 10 1422 place that is called the Market of Mealx as to the more defensible holde after whose departing the coÌ„mon people hauing none ability to resist the Kings power yéelded themselues and the Citie to the King After this in the moneth of May when the King had sore beaten the forsayd Market of Meaulx he constrayned the Frenchmen that were besieged to condescende vnto certaine couenauntes and to deliuer the place vnto him and shortly after were deliuered to the King the towne of Orepy in Valois the Castle of Pier Pountmeralaw OffemouÌ„t and many others After the rendering of these Townes and Castles the King returned to Paris In the moneth of Aprill Katherin Quéene of Englande shipped at Hampton and sayled ouer into Fraunce with a strong power vnder the conducte of Iohn Duke of Bedforde y â— kings brother Humfrey Duke of Glocester being appointed Warden of England in the Duke of Bedfordes place wheÌ„ the comming of Quéene Katherin was knowne to Kyng Henry hir husband and to Charles king of France both these Kings and with them the Quéene of Fraunce accompanyed with many great Lordes and estates as well of Englande as of Fraunce went to méete hir at Boys de Viscenne wher she was ioyfully receyued of them as if she had bin an Angell sente from God The. xxx day of May the two Kings of Englande and Fraunce with theyr Quéenes departed from Bois de Viscenne and went to Paris the king of
Burgoigne with many other great Lordes alied with hym sought to conquere all for the yong King Henry of Englande who claymed then to be King of France and likewise in all Henry King of England and of France the money that was coyned the Axmes of both Realmes were quartered The Crownes that were stamped in the tyme of Charles and all other money more were forbidden to be currant and called to the Minte King Henry caused a péece to be stamped called a Salus worth two and twentie Shillings and Blans of eyghtpence a péece and so in no place of France where King Henry was obeyed any other money was receyued but suche as had the Armes of France and England stamped on it Charles Duke of Tourayne the Dolphin sonne to King Charles le biew ame clayming to be right inheritor to the Dolphin of France proclaymed King of France Realme of France by the auntient Edictes and customes of the sayde Realme as was alledged proclaymed himselfe King after the deceasse of hys father notwithstanding by the agréement made at the marriage of his Sister to the King of England it was otherwise concluded as before is recited and so there were two Kings in France Henry and Charles both which striuing for the Crowne the Realme Tvvo Kings of France Henry and Charles was in way of perdition A Parliament at London began the ninth of Nouember Parliament at London wherin was granted to the King a subsedie for thrée yeares fiue nobles of euery sacke of wooll that should passe out of the land This yeare the Weast Gate of London sometime called Nevvgate of London nevv builded Aâ—i S. Paul Lon. 1423 Chamberlaine Gate was begon to be new builded by the executors of Sir Richard Whitington late Maior of London King Charles of France began now to aduance himselfe into the D. of Burgoignes lands and the Connestable of Scotland accompanied with many Lords and men of war of K. Charles side layd séege to the towne of Carnens but the Marshall of Burgoigne assembled men of warre to raise the séege with whome went the Earle of Salisburie a valiant maÌ„ and The Earle of Salisburie vvan diuers holds in France and rased them now being come togither fought with their enimies wan the field tooke the Connestable whose sonne was slayne in the field Many of K. Charles men were slayne and taken to the number of tenne or twelue hundred good men of warre After whiche victorie the Earle of Salisburie layde séege to Montaguillon in Champeigne and continued there an eyght monethes before he could haue it rendred and then caused the same to be rased and throwne downe Then the Earle of Salisburie beséeged the Castell of Monnes which at length Anno reg 2. was yéelded to him this Castell he also rased bet downe which was the strongest place in all Champaigne it was after repaired by King Charles Nicholas Iames Thomas Wanford the 28. of Septemb Sherifes Maior Duke of Bedford married the Duke of Burgoignes daughter William Crowmar Draper the 28. of October About the same time the Duke of Burgoigne gaue his sister the Lady Anne in marriage to the Duke of Bedford and so the alliance was made more strong betwixt the English the Burgonians Phillip de Comines writeth that Iohn D. of Bedford was Phi. Comi Regent in France for the Englishmen his monethly allowaÌ„ce in that office amounting to 20000. Crownes at the least Also y â— Dukes of Burgoigne Bedford Britein met in y e town of Amiens there was also the Earle of Richmont brother to the Duke of Briteine and many other great Lordes whiche Earle of Richmont had married the Duke of Briteines eldest sister Margaret sometime wife to the Duke of Guyen and Dolphin of France These thrée Dukes were fiue or sixe dayes togither in Amiens in great friendship and reuerence each to other promising perpetuall amitie to continue After this the Duke of Briteine returned into his Countrey the Duke of Bedford Regent of France to Paris and the D. of Burgoigne to Arras but within a while after the Earle of Richmont reuolted to King Charles vpon some misliking he had conceyued against the Duke of Bedford King Charles receyued him ioyfully made him Connestable of France About the same time the Duke of Bedford caused Crotoy to be beséeged both by water and by land which after foure or fiue monethes séege was both Towne and Castell deliuered to the Duke where he ordeyned Ralph Butler to bée Captayne At that time the Duke of Bedford was obeyed as Regent in all places through Vimeu Pontieu and Picardy from Paris to Reins Chalons Troyes vp to the water of Loyre About the feast of Saint Andrew the Captaynes of King Charles assembled their forces about Le Fere and Nelle and tooke by night the Towne of Campeigne and spoyled the inhabitants of all their goodes Shortly after came the Duke of Bedford to Mondidier with twelue hundreth fighting meÌ„ and requested the Lord of Sanenses to lay séege to Campeigne and he woulde finde him men and money to wage them wherevnto he graunted and after fiftéene dayes séege had the same deliuered In the moneth of February Iames Steward the yong King of Scottes who was taken by the Englishmen in the King of Scottes releassed of imprisonment eyght yeare of King Henry the fourth and had remayned in England prisoner till this time was now deliuered and married in Saint Mary Oueryes Church in Southwarke to the Lady Iane daughter to Iohn Earle of Somerset Cousin to King Henry Sir Iohn Mortimer Knight was drawne to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered but his body was buryed in Saint Iohns Church at Clarkenwell King Henryes people beséeging the Castell of Dinry in 1424 the marches of Normandy they within compounded to yéeld at a day assigned if the Englishmen were not fought withall before the same day by the Frenchmen wherevpon as well King Charles as the Duke of Bedford made great leuies of men to kéepe the day appoynted and héerewith they drew both towards Yury but when King Charles heard how the The Battell of Vernole in Perche Duke of Bedford was comming towardes him with such a puissance he was counselled to draw backe and so he did towards Vernole in Perche whome the Duke of Bedford followed so that he found his armie néere to Vernole And when eyther armie was in sight of the other they put themselues in order of battell and the Englishmen made an hedge of their Horsse behind their battell bycause the French shoulde not strike in among them on the backes and the Frenchmen ordered themselues in battell array making a great battell of footemen in the which they put the floure and chiefest men They appoynted their Horssemen to set on the Englishmen a trauerse the battayles on foote came vpon and ioyned where was a sore fight betwixt them continuing two houres togither that no
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 Nieâ—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 iâ— 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 sâ—yl his â—onted dissimulation The King of Englande reioycyng at thys message sente by the Conestable departed from Peronnâ— 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 Artillâ—â—â—e shotte and the Souldiâ—urs â—â—â—ed for the 〈…〉 he 〈…〉 she bothe on horsâ—e backe and on foote so that two or three Englishe menne were slayne and some taken â— 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 onelyâ— 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 bettâ—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 oâ— 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 saâ—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 Admâ—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 Calâ—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. xviâ—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 Neuibâ— 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
any necessary or honorable charge So y t there was dayly pilled froÌ„ good meÌ„ and honest great substance of gods to be lashed out among vnthrifts so farre forth that fiftenes sufficed not nor any vsuall manner of knowne taxes but vnder an easye name of beneuolence and good will the Commissioners so much of euery man tooke as no man coulde with his good will haue giuen As though that name of beneuolence had signified that euery man shoulde pay not what himselfe of his owne good will lyst to graunt but what the King of his good will lyst to take Which neuer asked little but euery thing was hauÌ„sed aboue the measure amerciaments turned into fines fines into raunsoms small trespasses in misprision misprision into treason Whereof I thinke no man looketh that we shoulde remember you of examples by name as though Burdet were forgotten that was for a word spoken in hast cruelly beheaded by the misconstruing of the lawes of this Realme for the Princes pleasure wyth no lesse honour to Markam then chiefe Justice that left his office rather than he woulde assent to that iudgement than to the dishonestie of those that eyther for feare or flatterie gaue that iudgemeÌ„t What Cooke your owne worshipful neighbour Alderman and Maior of this noble Citie who is of you eyther so negligent that he knoweth not or so forgetful that he remembreth not or so hard hearted that he pitieth not that worshipfull mans losse what speake we of losse his vtter spoyle and vnderserued destruction onely for that it happened those to fauour him whom the Prince fauored not We néede not I suppose to rehearse of these any mo by name sith there be I doubt not many here present that eyther in themselues or in their nigh friendes haue knowne as well their goods as their persons greatly endaungered eyther by feyned quarels or small matters agréeued wyth heynous names And also there was no crime so great of which there could lacke a pretext For sith the King preuenting the time of his inheritaunce attayned the Crowne by battayle it sufficed in a riche man for a pretext of treason to haue bene of kindred or aliaunce neare familiaritie or longer acquaintaunce with any of those that were at anye tyme the Kings enimies which was at one time and other more than halfe the Realme Thus were neither your goods in suertie and yet they brought your bodyes in ieoperdie beside the common aduenture of open warre which albeit Open vvarre that it is euer the will and occasion of much mischiefe yet is it neuer so mischieuous as where any people fall at distaunce among themselues nor in none earthly nation so deadly and so pestilent as when it hapneth among vs and among vs neuer so long continued dissention nor so many battayles in that season nor so cruell and so deadly foughteÌ„ as was in that Kings dayes that deade is God forgiue it his soule In whose time and by whose occasion what about the getting of the garland kéeping it leasing and winning againe it hath cost more English bloud than hath twice the winning of Fraunce In which inwarde warre among Ciuill vvarre our selues hath bene so great effusion of the auncient noble bloud of this Realme that scarcely the halfe remayneth to the great enféebling of this noble land beside many a good towne ransacked and spoyled by them that hath bene going to the fielde or comming from thence And peace long after not much surer than warre So that no time was there in which riche men for their money and great men for their landes or some other for some feare or some displeasure were not out of perill For whom trusted he that mistrusted his owne brother whoÌ„ spared he that kylled hys owne brother or who coulde perfitly loue him if his owne brother could not What manner of folke he most fauored we shall for his honour spare to speake of howbeit this wote you well all that who so was best bare alway least rule more sute was in his dayes vnto Shores wife a vile and an abhominable strumpet than to all the Lordes in Englande except vnto those that made hir their protector which simple woman was well named and honest tyll the King for hys wanton lust and sinful affection bereft hir from hir husband a right honest substantiall yong man among you And in that point which in good fayth I am sorie to speake of sauing that it is in vaine to kéepe in counsell that thing that all men knowe the Kings gréedie appetite was insatiable and euery where ouer all the Realme intollerable For no woman was there any where yong or olde â—iche or poore whom he set his eye vpon in whom he any thing liked eyther person or fauour spéeche pace or countenaunce but without any feare of God or respect of his honor murmure or grudge of the worlde he would importunely pursue his appetite haue hir to the great destruction of many a good woman and great dolor to their husbande and their other friendes which being honest people of themselues so much regarde the cleannesse of their house the chastitie of theyr wiues and their children that them were leauer to lease al that they haue beside than to haue such a villanie done theÌ„ And all were it that wyth this and other importable dealyngs the Realme was in euery part annoyed yet specially ye here the Citizens of this noble Citie as well for that amongest you is most plentie of all such things as minister matter to suche iniuryes as for that you were nearest at hand sith that neare here about was commonly his most abyding And yet be ye the people whom he had as singular cause wel and kindly to entreat as any part of his Realme not onely for that the Prince by this noble Citie as hys especiall Chamber and the speciall well renowmed Citie of London the Kings especiall Chamber hys Realme much honourable fame receiueth among all other nations but also for that ye not without your great coste and sundrie perils and ieoperdies in all his warres hare euen your speciall â—auour to his parte whyche youâ— kinde myndes borne to the house of Yorke sithe hée hathe nothyng worthyly acquited there is of that house that now by Gods grace better shall which thing to shewe you is the whole summe and effecte of this our present errande It shall not I wote well néede that I rehearse you againe that ye haue alreadie hearde of hym that can better tell it and of whom I am sure ye wyll better beléeue it And reason is that it so bée I am not so proude to looke therfore that yée shoulde recken my wordes of as greate aucthoritie as the Preachers of the worde of God namely a man so cunning and so wyse that no man better woteth what he shoulde saye and thereto so good and vertuous that hée woulde not saye the thing which he wyst he should not saye in the Pulpet namely
should be sente to the Emperour about the matter with whome he was that the King and the Emperour should ioyne in those warres against the French King and that the Duke of Burbon should The Duke of Burbon Champion for the K. of England against the King of France be our Kings Champion and Generall in the fielde who had a great number of good Souldiours ouer and besides the Emperours armie which was not small and that the King should pay vnto the Duke monethly wages both for himselfe and his retinue in so much as Sir Iohn Russell Sir Iohn Russel lay continually beyond the Seas in a secret place both to receyue money of the King and to pay the same monethly to the Duke so that the Duke began the warres with the French King in his owne territorie and Dukedome which the King had confisked in his owne hands being not perfectly knowne vnto the Dukes enimies that he had any ayde out of England and thus he wrought the French King much displeasure in so much as the French King was constreyned 1525 to prepare a puissant Armie and in his owne person to resist the Dukes power and with force the King droue him to take Pauy a strong Towne in Italy with hys host for their securitie whereas the King encamped hym wonderously strong intending to enclose the Duke that he should not issue forth yet notwithstanding the Duke did many times issue forth and skirmished with the King Now let vs returne agayne to the Cardinall Wolsey who séemed to be sodeinly altered and to be more French Anno reg 17 than Emperiall howsoeuer it came so to passe but the French King lying in his Camp sent secretly into Englande a priuie person a very wittie man to treate a peace betwixt the French King and our King this person was named Iohn Iokin who was kept as secretly as might be for he was no Frenchman borne but an Italian a man of no great estimation in France and for his subtile witte elected to entreate of such Embassade as the French King had giuen him in commission This Iokin was secretly conuayde vnto Richmond and there remayned vntill the Cardinall resorted Iohn Iokin messenger from the French King thither vnto him where after Easter tearme ended he kept the feast of Whitsontide very solemnely in which season the Cardinall caused diuers times this Iokin to dine with him Thus continued this Iokin in England long after vntill at the last as it should he brought to passe the matter that he had in commission After this there was sente out immediatly a restreynt to Sir Iohn Russell into those partes where he made his abiding beyond the Seas that he shoulde reteyne that monethes wages still in hys â—ands vntill the Kings pleasure were to him knowne which should haue bin payde to the Duke of Burbon béeâ—ng then wyth hys retinue encamped within the Towne â—â—â—â—â—â— for want whereof at his day the Duke and hys â—â—n were sore dismayde when they saw there was not â—â—â—ey brought as it was wont to be and béeing in so danâ—â—rous a case and where victualles beganne to be sâ—ant â—nd very déere they imagined many wayes what shoulde â—â— the lette some sayde thys and some sayde that so that they mistrusted nothing lesse than the very cause thereof in so much as at the last what for wante of victualles and other necessaries the Souldyoures and Captaynes beganne to grudge and mutter and at last for lacke of victuals were like all to perish The Souldyours being in this extremitie came before their Captaine y â— Duke of Burbon and sayd Sir we must bée of very force and necessitie constreyned to yéelde vs vp to our enimies and better it were for vs so to do than to sterue lyke Dogges When the Duke saw their extremitie he sayde vnto them with wéeping eyes Sirs quoth he yée are both valiant men and of noble heartes who haue serued me héere right worthelie and for your necessitie whereof I am perticipant I doe not a little lament but I shall desire you as you are noble in heart and courage so to take patience for a day or twayne and if succour come not then from the King of England as I doubt nothing that he will deceyue vs I will well agrée that we shall all put oure selues and our liues vnto the mercy of our Lorde wherewith they were all agréeable and tarrying the comming of the Kings money vntill the tearme of two dayes were past the Duke séeing no remedie called his noble Captaynes and Souldyoures before hym and wéeping sayde Yée noble men and Captaynes I sée no remedie in thys necessitie but eyther wée must yéeld vs vnto our enimies or else â—â—mishe and to yéelde the Towne and our selues I know not the mercie of our enimies as for my parte I passâ— not for their cruelties for I knowe very well that â— shall suffer death most cruelly if I come in their handâ—â— it is not for my selfe therefore that I doe lamente 〈…〉 it is for youre sakes it is for youre liues and safegarâ— of youre persons for so that yée might escape the dangâ—â— of oure enimies handes I woulde most gladly 〈…〉 death therefore good companyons and most noble Souldyoures I shall require you all to consider the daungerous miserie and calamitie that wée stande in to sell o 〈…〉 liues most dearely rather than to be murthered lykâ— Beastes if yée wyll bée agréeable wée wyll take vpon vs thys nighte to gyue oure Enimes an assaulte and by that meanes wée maye eyther escape or else gyue them an ouerthrowe and thus it were better to die in the Fielde lyke men than lyue prisoners in captiuitle and miserie to the whiche they all agréed then quoth the Duke yée perceyue that our enimies Campe is strong and that there is no waye to enter vppon them but one and that is so planted wyth Ordinance and strength of men that it is not possible to atteyne to oure Enimies that wayes to fighte wyth them in Campe. And also nowe of late you perceyue they haue hadde but small doubt of vs in so muche that they haue kepte but verye slender watche therefore my deuice shall bée thus There shall issue out of the Towne aboute the dead of the nighte from vs a number of you that bée of the most delyuerest to assaulte theyr Campe and they shall gyue the assaulte righte secretly euen directly agaynste the place of the entrie whyche is very strong and inuincible youre fierce and valiant assaulte shall be to them of the Campe so doubtfull that they will turne their strength of the entrie that lyeth ouer agaynst your assaulte to beate you from youre purpose then will I issue out of the posterne and come to the place of theyr strength newly turned and there or they be ware will I enter and fight with them in theyr Camp and winne their Ordinance whiche they haue newly burned and beate them wyth theyr owne
â—â—ces and then pleased them wonderous well Then â—â—â—pared they all that daye for the purposed deuise â—â— kepte them secret and close without anye noyse or â—â—tte off péeces within the Towne whyche gaue theyr Enimies the lesse â—eare of the assaulte but â—â—â—yghte wente to theyr Tentes and cowched 〈…〉 nothyng mistrusting that afterwarde immediately happened vnto them When the tyme came that all men were at rest the assaylants issued out of the Towne and there according to their appoyntment they gaue so cruell and fierce assault that they in the Camp had as much to do as was possible to resist them and euen as the Duke declared before to his Souldiours they within were compelled to turne their shotte that lay at the entrie against the assaylants With that issued the Duke and with him about fiftéene or sixtéene thousand men or more secretly in the night his enimies being not priuie of his comming vntill he was entred the fielde and at his entrie he tooke all the Ordinance that lay there and slew the Gunners then hée charged the péeces against his enimies and slewe them wonderfully he cutte downe the Tentes and Pauilions and murthered many within them ere they were ware of his comming so that he wanne the field or euer the King French King taken could arise to the rescue in so much as the King was taken in hys lodging or euer he were harnessed his Tentes were robbed and spoyled which were wonderous rith and in the spoyle and search of the Kings coffers the Duke of Burbon found the league vnder the great Seale of England newly made betwéene the King of England and the French King which once perceyued by him began to smell the impediment of his money which should haue come vnto him from the King hauing vpon due search intelligence that all the matter was deuised by the Cardinall of Englande The Duke conceyued suche an indignation héerevpon agaynst the Cardinall that incontinente hée wente vnto Rome and there intended to sacke the Towne and to haue taken the Pope where at the first assaulte of the walles the Duke was the first man that was stayne yet notwithstanding hys Captayne 's continued their assaulte and at the sast wanne the Towne and the Pope fledde Rome sacked the people fled vnto Castell Saint Angell where hée continued long in calamitie All this notwithstanding which yée haue hearâ— when newes was brought into England of the taking of the French King great triumph was made for ioy thereof on the ninth of March. About such time as Cardinall Wolsey was determined Cardinall VVolsey suppresseth Priories to build his Colledges in Oxford and in Ipsvvich to erect his new Colledges in Oxford and Ipswich he obteyned licence and authoritie of Pope Clement the seauenth to suppresse about the number of fortie Monasteries of good same and bountifull hospitalitie wherein the King bearing with all his doings neyther Bishop nor temporall Lorde in this Realme durst saye any worde to the contrarie In the executing of this businesse fiue persons were his chiefe instruments who on a time made a demaunde to the Prior and Couent of the Monasterie of Daintrie for occupying of certayne of theyr groundes but the Monkes refusing to satisfie their requests streightway they picked a quarrell agaynste the house and gaue information to the Cardinall agaynste them who taking a small occasion commaunded the house to bée dissolued and to bée coÌ„uerted to hys new Colledge but of thys irreligeous robberie done of no conscience but to patch vp pride whiche priuate wealth coulde not furnishe what punishmente hath since ensued at Gods hande sayeth myne Authour partly our selues haue séene for of those fyue persons two fell at discorde betwéene themselues and the one slewe the other for the which the suruiuor was hanged the thirde drowned hymselfe in a well the fourth béeing well knowne and valued worth two hundreth pounde became in thrée yeares so poore that hée begged to hys dying day and the fifth called Doctor Allane béeyng thiefe executor of these doyngs was cruelly maymed in Irelande euen at suche tyme as hée was a Bishop the Cardinall falling after into the Kings gréeuous displeasure was deposed and dyed miserably the Colledges whiche hée meante to haue made so glorious a building came neuer to good effect and Pope Clement himselfe by whose authoritie these houses were throwne downe to the ground was after enclosed in a dangerous séege within the Castell of Saint Angell in Rome by the Emperialles the Citie of Rome was pitifully sacked and himselfe narrowly escaped with his life The Tower at Greenewich was this yeare builded Greenevvich tovver builded Creations at Bridewell On the eyghtéenth of June Henry Fitz Roy which King Henry the eyght had by Elizabeth Creations at Bridevvell daughter to Sir Iohn Blunt Knight was created Earle of Notingham Duke of Richmond and Somerset Lieutenant Generall from Trent Northwards Warden of the East middle and West marches fore aneinst Scotlande Henry Earle of Deuonshire was created Marquesse of Exceter Henry Earle of Lincolne Thomas Earle of Rutlande Henry Earle of Cumberland were likewise created Robert Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwater created Uicount Egremunt Thomas Bolleyne Knight Treasourer of the Kings house was created Uicount Rochford Great murmuring was in all partes of the Realme for payment of money and Suffolke men to the number of four thousand rose in a tumult agaynste whome was sente the Duke of Norffolke and other commissioners by whose wisedome they were appeased and diuers executed Iohn Caunton Christopher Askew the 28. of Septemb. Sir Iohn Allen Mercer the 28. of October Sherifes Maior The eleuenth of February four Merchants of y e Stilyard did penance at Pawles Crosse and an Augustine Frier called Doctor Barnes bare a Fagot there was present the Lord Cardinall with eleuen Bishops Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochester made the Sermon which was against Martine Luther of Germany and his doctrine A truce was taken betwéene Englande and France for a certayne space and Embassadors were sent into Denmarke 1526 for restoring of their King but the Danes woulde graunte nothing therevnto they did so deadly hate hym for hys crueltie The xxviij of Aprill came to the Court to Greenewiche Anno reg 18 Peace vvith France Mounsire Briond President of Roane and Iohn Iokin which President before the King and his Nobles made in the Latin tongue a solemne Oration the effect whereof was how dreadfull the warres had bin betwéene the Realmes of England and France He declared further of what power the King of Englande was and what conquest he might haue made in France the French King being prisoner whereof he humbly thanked him of his pitie and compassion that he had on them in their necessitie that he would consente to peace to the which Oration Sir Thomas Moore Chancellour of the Duchy of Lancaster made answere saying that it much reioyced the King that they first considered how by hys power he
being ready to giue battaile the Frenche men made great shew but dallyed out the day and in the night departed The eighte and twentith of July Anthony Parson Robert Testwood and Henrie Filmer were brent at Windsore A greate death of the pestilence was at London and therefore Michaelmasse Terme was adiorned to Saint Albons Iohn Tolous Richarde Dobbes the 28. of September Sherifes Sir William Bower Draper the 28. of October Sir Ralfe Warren the 13. of Aprill Maior At Alhallowntide a roade was made into Scotlande by the garrison there who burned 60. Uillages and tooke great prayes The eightéene of December the Archebyshoppe of Canterburies Pallaice at Canterburie was brent and therein was brent his brother in law and other men The foure and twentith of December William Lorde Parre was created Erle of Essex and sir William Parre was created Baron Parre of Horton at Hampton Court And on the 〈…〉 of January sir Thomas Wriothesley was created Baâ—â—n of Wriothesley at Hampton Courte This yeare chaunced foure Eclipses one of the SuÌ„nne she fourtéenth of Januarie and thrée of the Moone Four Eclypses In the beginning of Lent Lorde Edward Seymer Earle of Hâ—reforde was made Liuetenaunt of the North and sent thâ—ther wyth an army The seauenth of Marche Germaine Gardner and Germaine Gardner and others executed Larke Parson of Chelfea were executed at Tyborne for denying the Kings Supremacie wyth them was executed for other offences one Singleton And shortelye after Ashbey was likewise executed for the Supremacie The xâ—j of Maâ—â—â—sir Ioâ—â— Dudley Lord Lisle Lord Ad 〈…〉 1â—44 with a great naâ—â— de 〈…〉 towardâ— Scotlande oâ—â—â—â—â—â— The 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 Gun poulder house called the House blovvne vppe vvith gunpoulder Blacke 〈…〉 in 〈…〉 Smithfielde was blown vppe and therein burned fiue men a boy and a woman On May euen dyed Lord Thomas Audley Lord Chacelour of Englande After whome succéeded Lorde Thomas Wriothesley The iij. of May sir Iohn Dudley Vicount Lisle hygh Admirall An armye sente into Scotland of Englande â—rryued with his fléete of 200. saile in the Frith of Scotlande where he landed dyuers of his menne and tooke there diuers vessels The iiij of May he landed the residue of his men at Lieth from thence marched forwarde in thrée greate battailes whereof the saide Lorde Admirall led the vawarde the Earle of Shrewsburie the rereward and Edward Seimer Earle of Hertforde Lieuetenant General of the battell Here they found the Scots to the number of 6000 horsemen besides many footemen readye to stoppe their passage who at the firste made as they would haue set on the vawarde but after certaine shotte on both sides they â—â—dainely leauing their artillerie behinde them fled towarde Edenborough the foremoste in fléeing was the Cardinall of Saint Androws the Earle of Huntley Gouernour Murrey and Bothwell and then the Englishmen entred the town of 〈…〉 Lieth taken and spoyled where they found such riches as they thought had not 〈…〉 in any towne of Scotland The nerte day our army went towardes Edenborough and when they approched neare the Prouost of the town with other profered to haue delyuered the same vpon conditioÌ„ that the people might departe with bag and baggage the town to be safe from fire Where vnto our Lieuetenant aunswered that he was sente thither to take vengeance vpon them for their defestable falshoode and that vnlesse they would yéelde vp the town simply wythout condition and cause man woman and childe to departe into the fialdes submitting them to his pleasure he woulde put them to the sworde and their towne to the fire The proudst aunswered that it were better for them 〈…〉 to their defence and so departed and forth with the Lord Lieâ—tenant caused the vaward to marche towards the Towne which they did so couragiously with help of the English gunners that then kept the Scots from their Ordinance and so entred Canie Gaâ—â— and there saw a great number of the Scots Edenborough brent and set fire on the towne which continued thrée 〈…〉 after â—arning Shortly after came to the lord LieutenaÌ„t by and William Lord Eurie WardeÌ„ of the East March of England gouernor of Barwike with his son siâ— Raphe Eurie who also brought with them 1500. light horsmen inhabiters of those two Marches whyche after they were come did suche good seruice that the army sent away their shippes laden wyth spoyle and dislodged their campe out of Lieth settyng fyre in euery house and returned home by lande spoyling euery Uillage and Fortresse as they passed The xvj of May proclamation was made for the enhanring of Golde to xlviij â— and Siluer to iiij sÌ„ the ounce Also the king caused to be coyned base moneys whych was since Base moneys coyned that tyme called downe the fifth yeare of Edwasde the sixth and called in the second of Quéene Elizabeth On the xx day of May passed through the Citie of London in warlike maner to the number of 700. Irishmen hauing for theyr 〈…〉 Darts and Hand guns with Bag pipes 〈…〉 them in Saint Iarâ—es Parke besides Westminster they 〈…〉 before the King In the moneth of June the Letany or Procession was Procession in Englishe â—â— forth in Englishe with commandement by the King to be generally vsed in Parishe Churches The thirtéenth of July King Henrie with a goodlye com 〈…〉 passed into France and encamped on the North fide of King Henrye vvent to Bol. Ioingne 〈…〉 after whose comming the Towne was so sore bat 〈…〉 wyth Gunne shotte aud certaine Towers vnder 〈…〉 and so shaken wyth Gunne powlder that after amoneths siege the Captaine sent worde to the Kyng that 〈…〉 e the 〈…〉 that all 〈…〉 wythin mighte departe â—yth bagge and 〈…〉 King Henrie granted and the Belloâ—ners departed to the 〈…〉 r of 4 454. The fiue and 〈…〉 of September the King with his nobilitie â—â—tred into high Bâ—lâ—ingne and after returned from thence â—â—â—ded at 〈…〉 the first of October The ninth of October in the night the French men came vnwares vpon the English men in base Boloigne and slewe of them a greate number howbâ—it they were shortly after chaced from thence and the base Towne holden after in good quiet Iohn Wilford Merchant Taylour Andrew Iud the 28. of S. Sherifes Maior Prises taken Sir William Laxton Grocer the 28. of October This yeare was taken by the Kings Shyppes of the West Country and of the Englishe coast the number of 300 French shippes and more so that the Grey Friers Churche in London was laide full of Wine the Austen Friers and Blacke Friers were layde full of Hering and other fish that was taken going into Fraunce The King demaunded a beneuolence of al his subiectes A beneuolence demaunded Spirituall and Temporall towardes his warres in France and Scotland And the twelfth of January the Lorde Chauncelour the Duke of Suffolke and other of the Kings Councell began to sit at Baynards
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 â—uncesters remaynigâ— 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 Auguâ—â— were taken of France the chiefest Anno reg Captaynes the Duke of Mouâ—â—â—morency Connestable of France and his sonne Monsieur de Merne the Duke of Monpencier Noble men â— France taken prisoners the Duke of Longâ—lile the Marshall of Saint Andrew the Reinegrâ—â—e â—â—â—â—uell of the Alâ—dayâ—â—s 〈…〉 the Couâ—â— de Roâ—â—â—foucaust the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 the Baron of Curâ—â—â— the Prince of Manâ—â—â— besides many Gentlemen and Captaynes The xviâ— of Auguâ—â— the Towne of Saint Quintins was taken by King Phillip with the help of Englishmen at the séege whereof the Lord Henry Dudley yongestâ— 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 â— 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 â—ye at thrée shillings and four pence so that the pennie wheate loâ—â—e that wayde in London the last yeare but eleuen ounces Troy wayed now sixe and fiftie ounces Troy In the Countrey wheate was â—olde for four shillings the quarter of malt â—ouâ—â— shillings eyght penâ—â— and in so me place a â—â—shell â—â—â—ie 〈◊〉 pâ—oâ—nd of Candles which was four pence The seauenth of September at seauen of the clocke at Iohn Caiuâ— night in a blacke rayny cloude in the West was â—â—ene a Raynebow the Moone in the East risen one hour before and â—aire shilling â—â—â— a 〈…〉 before Richard 〈…〉 Aâ—â—ham the 2â— 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 â—â—ame â—â— â—aâ—â—is with a great Army and within four dayes were maysters thereof Caleis lost by the Englishmen and shortly after wan all the péeceâ—â—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 inâ—aded Flanders spoyled and brente Dunkeâ—kâ—â— 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 Grauelinâ— slew of them a great number The xâ— 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 fâ—â—te into the field writhen like a paire of gloues The Riuer of Trent â—â—â—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 quartâ—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 Priâ—â—â—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 workemeÌ„ and labourers Iohn Halse Richard Campion the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Thomas Leigh Mercer the 28. of October In the beginning of
and went on the left hand At this time Vespatian who was after Emperor was sent by Claudius into Brytain wher he fought 30 times with the Brytaines subdued to the Romane Empire two worthy nations aboue 20. townes and the I le of Wight OStorius was appointed lieuetenaunt in Brytaine for the 50 Romans who at his first entry in the beginning of Winter assayleth the Brytaines purposeth to pen them vp and include theÌ„ with riuers fortificatioÌ„s wherfore y e Ioeni made an insurrectioÌ„ which wheÌ„ he had pacified w t some slaughter he marched against y e Gangi for raging al the Cuntries as he passed but was forced by new tumults to tourne from them against y e Brigants whoÌ„ with some slaughter promise of pardon he pacified TheÌ„ he made prouisioÌ„ against y e Silures which inhabited South-wales bearing theÌ„selues bold vpon y e puissaÌ„ce of Caratacus a valiant Brytain who being skilful of y â— Countrey remoued y e war into Shropshire wher he fortified amoÌ„gst craggie mountaynes a place strong by situation where neuerthelesse the Romanes preuayled The wise daughter and brethren of Caratacus were taken and he flying to CartismaÌ„dua a q. ruling in Yorkshire was by hir deliuered captiue to his enemies ix yeares after the warres began who sending him to Rome was ther in open assembly brought before Claudius with his wife daughter brethren and friendes and such spoyles as had bin taken froÌ„ him wher he nothing dismayed in spirit or countenance spake after this sort to Claudius If my moderation of prosperous successes had bin correspondeÌ„t to my state and nobilitie I might haue come to this Citie rather a friende than a Captaine neyther you haue disdayned to admit me into league being descended of noble parentage and soueraigne ouer many nations This present state of mine as it is villanous toward me so it is honorable to you I had horsse men money munition what wonder is there if I had lost them vnwillingly For if you will rule and raigne ouer all of necessitie all must come into slauerie if I had yéelded at the first neyther my fortune nor thy glorie had bin renoumed the obliuion of me had ensued immediately after my execution but if you saue my life it shall be an euerlasting example of your clemency At these words Claudius remitted his offence graunted him life the Senate adiudged In Ostorius time certaine Cities vvere giuen to Cagidunus a Brytish king and a Colonie of Romanes vvas placed here Ostorius worthy to triumph but in the mean time the inhabitaunts of South-wales to reuenge Caratacus captiuitie intercepted discomfited certain bands of y e Romans amidst which new wars Ostorius tired w e trauel departed this life CLaudius sent Didius to supply the place of Ostorius nowe 52 â—acâ—â—us 3. Hâ—sto departed but in the mean time y e Silures fought fortunatly against the legions which was vnder the conduct of Manlius Valens In this time war brake out betwéene Cartismanda Q of the Brigants Venutius hir husband whom she refused matched hir self with Vellocatus his Esquire wherevpon Venutius fauored of the people assayled hir territory and she succoured by y e Romains after she had intercepted by trechery Venutius brother allies fought with him Wher after a sharp fight she by the ayde of y e Romaines preuayled as also Caesius Nasica did w t his legion against the Brytans in an other place for Didius vsed others in these matters bicause he was aged onely kept y â— which others had heretofore conquered CLaudius being now poysned by Agrippina his wife Nero 61 hir son obteyned y e Romain Empire about the. 7. yeare of his raigne Verennus was appointed lieutenant here who died within y e first yere of his gouernmeÌ„t saying y â— he would haue subdued prouinces had he suruiued but. ij yeares but about this time great slaughter was here of the Romaines SVetonius Paulinus was theÌ„ sent hither who at his arriual purposing to subdue Anglesey whither many Brytains had 62 w e drawne theÌ„selues he invessels w t flat kéeles ferried ouer his footmeÌ„ bringing ouer his horsemeÌ„ by some fourdes wher as on y e shores stood closely togither great nuÌ„bers of BrytaÌ„s among theÌ„ women gadding vp down frantickly in mourning wéedes their haire hanging about their ears shaking firebraÌ„ds y e Druydes also casting vp their haÌ„ds toward heaueÌ„ thundred out cruel execrations w t which vncomely sightes y e Romaines at first stoode dismayed but after encouraged by y â— Dion Casstus Generals perswasion they brust in among theÌ„ made greate slaughter got y e possession of y e Ile felled down y e woods coÌ„secrated to supersticious vses two Citties beloÌ„ging to y â— Romains wer takeÌ„ 80 000. of their people slaine the whole IlaÌ„d reuolted to the Romanes reproch the slaughter was coÌ„mitted by a womaÌ„ being foretold theÌ„ by many strange signes tokeÌ„s For in y â— court was heard a noise w t much slaughter In the Theatre a greate tumulte and muche wondering when there was no man ther that either spake or mourned Besides in the riuer of Thames certaine houses or buildings were séen The Image of the goddesse Victoria in the Temple of Camulodunum tourned hir backe as though she had yéelded to hyr enimies the women ranne as madde here and there saying and singing Destruction is at hande Finally betwixt the Iland Fraunce the Ocean sea appeared as it flowed with bloud The occasioÌ„ of this war was a coÌ„fiscation of the Brytains goods which being remitted by Claudius the Emperoure Decianus Catus then Procurator of the I le saide that it ought to haue bene renued To this cause was added that wheras against theyr wils Seneca had lent them fourtie Sestercies vpon great vsurie he now wyth greate force and all kinde of violence compelled them to paye all the whole summe at one payment and also persuaded them to make warre on the Romaines Bunduica of Brytaine a woman of noble byrth not onely wyth muche honour ruled amongst them but also was the soueraigne in theyr wars had in déed a stomack more maÌ„ly than womanlike who hauing gotten togyther an armye of 120000. men gotte hir vpon hyr seate made of Marrishe turues after the manner of the Romaines and being a tall woman of comely shape and seuere countenaÌ„ce sharp voice with yealowe haire hanging downe to hyr skyrtes Ponticus Virunius saith to hir thyghes she ware a great chayne of Ponticus Virunius golde and hadde on hyr backe a coate of sundrye colours a playted Kirtle WheÌ„ she was thus apparelled and had in hir hands a gret speare she spake vnto them to this effect First she commended libertie shewing them how pouertie wyth libertie was farre better than great riches in miserie and bondage on the other side wyth great eloquence shée declared the mischiefes and calamities they suffered at the handes of the Romaines
Brytain impeaching y t gouernement of Emperours and preferring the Senate whervpon Commodus being sharpned againste hym sente Iunius Seuerus to rule héere and shortly after Comodus was slaine slaine PErtinax then was chosen Emperour within iij. months 194 was slaine throughe the perâ—wations of Didius Iulianus who enioyed the Empire two monthes and the practice of Clodius Albinus which then returned into Brytain and as it séemeth recouered his former gouernement SEuerus after the death of Pertinax was saluted Emperor 194 he immediately slewe Didius Iulianus and bycause he feared Clodius Albinus with his Brytain legions he created him Caesar and partaker of the Empire and sente Heraclitus to gouerne this Ile but after he had subdued Niger who also vsurped the Empire he moued warre against Albinus who passing hence into Fraunce with the Brytish army encountered with Seuerus neare Lions and was there slaine Henceforthe Seuerus quietly enioyed the Romaine Empire made sharp wars into the Easterne partes of the world with great glorie But returning to Rome he vnderstoode of a war raysed in 209 Brytaine Wherefore he hasted hyther with his two sonnes Bassianus and Getaâ—at his arriuall peace was offered whithe he refused and leauing his yonger sonne Geta to gouerne the prouince being the hyther part of the Ile he with Bassianus hys eldest sonne entred into the Northe and passed y â— further parte of thys Ilande without any resistaunce yet by ambushes difficultie of the way other inconueniences he lost 50000. men and then returned enforcing the enemies to conclude a league and yéelde some parte of theyr Countrey At conclusion of which league when he and his sonne rid to treate with the Caledontans or Northern Brytains Bassianus his sonne drawing his sworde in the sighte of the enemie was ready to haue slaine him and had done it had not some of the company made an outcry yet this fault was remitted After this league the Brytaines of the North resorted to the Emperours Courte wher Iulia Seuerus wife obiected to a womaÌ„ of Brytaine the wife of Argentorix the Caledonian that the Brytish women accompanyed wyth men dishonestlye yeâ— quoth the Brytishe woman we satisfy the naturall luste in better sorte than you Romaynes for we accompanye our selues openly wyth the beste menne and you committe adulterie closely wyth moste vyle persons But after this league there was a generall reuolte of the Brytaynes againste the Romaines which yet was pacifyed with great slaughter and then he builte a Wall of Turfe to inhibite Sâ—uerus vvall the Northern Brytaines from whence when he retourned at the nexte lodging a blacke Moore that serued him a notable scoffer mette him wyth a Crowne of Cypres hée moued with the colour of the man and the Cypres whiche was then vsed at all burials as with signes of euill lucke commaunded the manne to be sente awaye wherewyth he cryed Thou haste bene all in all and hast banquished all and now of a couquerour be thou a GOD. Then commyng to the Citie of Yorke as it is supposed he was by Spartiaâ—â—â— mistaking brought to the Temple of Bellona blacke beasts also being ordayned for sacrifice followed him home to hys Pallace which things these then dyd accoÌ„pt to be ominons Shortly after he departed out of this life at Yorke partly through sicknesse and partly through griefe conceiued of hys sonnes euill demeanoure At his last gaspe he vttered these words I found the state troublesome euery where and leaue it quiet euen to the Brytaines Herodian writeth that in these wars of Seuerus against y e Herodian North Brytains he founde their Country full of watry Marishes by those marishes did the Britains swim and skirmish with their enemies being couered with water vp vnto the Nauell not caring that men saw the priuie partes of theyr naked bodyes Neyther dyd they knowe the vse of apparel but accustomed to compasse theyr bellyes and neckes onely w t Iron which they estéemed an ornament token of riches as other barbarous people supposed of Gold They paynted their bodyes with diuerse pictures and formes of beastes and therefore ware no garmente leaste the painting should be hidden being a nation very valiaunt and warlyke gréedy of slaughter and content only with a small target a speare and a skayne hanging by their naked sides ignoraunt of the vse of shyrtes of mayle and helmets for they reckned y e same comberous vnto them when they shoulde swimme ouer the lakes c. A gréetious disease came vpon Seuerus being sore appalled with age so that he was constrained to kéepe his chamber and sende Antonius vnto the warres but Antonie not regarding the businesse of Brytaine endeauoured by all meanes he coulde to winne the hartes of the souldiours vnto hym deprauing hys brother to the intente they shoulde only aide him to the attayning of the soueraintie The long maladie of his Father caused him to perswade Phisitions to rid the olde man out of the worlde vntil that Seuerus being consumed ended his life who was the moste famous of all Emperours in war like affayres For none other had obtayned so many victories and conquests either ciuil against his aduersaries or for rayne against the barbarous nations Thus deceased he after he had gouerned the Empire the space of xviij yeares leauing his sonnes for successours in the same vnto whom he left also greate aboundaunce of riches as none of his previcessours had before hym done When Antony had gotten the supreme authoritie he put to death the PhisitioÌ„s bycause they obeyed not his commaundemente in hastnyng hys Fathers deathe and slewe all his owne and brothers bringers vp and instructers for that they wente about to reconcile them leauing none aliue that was eyther of dignity or had reuerenced his Father The Captaines of the army he enticed to perswade the souldiours to proclayme him only Emperour imagining dayly manifold mischiefes against his brother but he could not win the souldiours good willes Wherefore Antony hauing taken truce with the Britans remoued towardes his mother and brother Their mother laboured to bring them to agréement wherein also manye prudente Counsellours earnestly trauelled Antony thereby was enduced rather of force than good will to counterfaite loue After which done the two brethren gouerning y â— Empire with equal honour launched out of Brytaine and sayled with the reliques of theyr Father toward Rome For when they had burned the bodye as was the custome of the Romaines they carryed the ashes intermedled with pleasaunt odours in a Boxe of Alabaster to Rome that it mighte be ther enterred amongst the monuments of other Princes Themselues led thus their army as conquerors of Brytain passed ouer y e Ocean vnto the next coaste of Fraunce and so hasted towards Rome When they were entred into Rome all the people crowned with Laurel receyued and the Senate welcomed them Formost roade the Emperors themselues clothed in Emperial purple And nexte vnto them followed the Consuls bearing the
all Emperoures were Christians In the firste beginnyng of hys raygne hée was worthye to haue bene compared wyth the beste and chiefest Princes of the Romaines that euer were and at the ende thereof to be resembled to such as were of the meaner sort He was much giuen to purchase prayse and fame by feates of cheualrie hée had good fortune in battaile and yet not so good but that his industrye excelled it farre After he had repressed the ciuill warres he vanquished the Gothes in diuerse places and wanne greate memorie of prayse among the Barbarians He applyed himselfe wholly to the studye of the Liberal artes he endeauored to gayne the loue of the people through his well deseruings séeking the same by his great liberalitie The Cittie whiche he builte he made it able to compare in manner with Rome it selfe Constantinople And as he made prepation for battaile against the Parthians he died at Nicomedia Eusebius writeth that Constantine was baptised firste in Eusebius the last dayes of his life in Gracia in the Cittie of Nicomedia of the Bishoppe there Also Sozomenus Theodoritus write that he was baptized Sozomenus in his latter dayes a little before his death when he wist he should dye in the xxxj yere of hys Empire He left behinde him thrée sonnes to witte Constantinus Constans and Constantius to succéede him in the Empire Theodoritus Helen y e mother of Constantine the great at Ierusalem fouÌ„d the Crosse on the which Christ suffered his passion she repaired the Citie of Ierusalem and adorned it with manye fayre Churches She builded walles aboute London and Colchester About this time Octauius whom Constantine had left gouernour Octauius Simon Dunelmensis in this Ilande rebelled against whom Constantine sent Traherne wyth a legion of Romaines who after diuerse conflictes was slaine Gratianus surnamed Funarius was at this time gouernour of the Romaine legions here COnstantinus beganne his Empire and raigne ouer Brytain 337 w t him his Father Constantine had appointed by his laste will that hys two brethren Constans and Constantius shoulde participate and haue theyr portion of the Empyre but not long after when Constantinus attempted warre agaynste hys brother at Aquileia and demeaned hymselfe vnaduisedlye therein he was slayne and then was the Empire reduced vnder the gouernement of the two brethreÌ„ only COnstans then ruled Brytain which he administred with 340 greate iustice but after when he fayled of hys health he associated vnto him in stéede of friendes euil desposed persoÌ„s to assist him throughe whose euill counsell he declyned into horrible vices by meane whereof waxing scant tollerable of the inhabitantes of the prouinces he was slaine by Magnentius who vsurped the Empire in France Spaine Brytaine also as some write COnstantius then had the regiment of Brytaine who sent 353 hither a Spaniarde called Paule a notarie by profession to bring out certaine men of warre whiche had conspired wyth Amianus Magnentius but he vpon false surmises grieuously molested the guiltlesse fettering and manacling whome hée pleased Martinus Wherevpon Martinus then lieuetenant in Brytaine being moued with compassion desired hym to forbeare the harmelesse but he was so rigorous that he also charged Martinus himselfe of conspiracie with Magnentius and was earnest to bring him before the Emperour wherevppon Martinus drawing his sword sâ—it at him and bycause he coulde not slaye him he sodainely slewe himselfe and Paule embrued with bloud haled a gret company linked in chaynes to the Emperours presence which were eyther banished executed or attainted Constantius after this appointed Iulianus to gouerne Amianus Marcellinus Gaule or Fraunce at whiche time greate spoyle was made in Brytaine by the Scottes and Pictes wherefore Iulianus busied with warre against the Almains sente Lupcinus hyther with an armye in whose absence Iulianus vsurped the Empyre whereof when Constantius hearde he retourned from the warre against the Parthians against Iulianus and dyed in the way IVlianus called the Apostata began his raign ouer Brytain 362 the Empire a maÌ„ séen passing wel in the Liberal scieÌ„ces but an earnest aduersarie of Christian religion he banished Ammianâ—â— Marcellinus Palladius a gret and honorable person into Brytain vpon a suspition he sent Alipius who had bin lieuetenaunt of Brytaine to repaire Ierusalem but terrible flashes of fire issuing out of the Earth when they layde the foundations enforced them to leaue theyr purpose This Iulian with great preparations made war vpon the Parthians he spoyled Assiria and retournyng from thence a conqueror he was slaine by hys enimies as he preased vnaduisedly into the battels After him succéeded in the Empire Ieninian and held it ix monthes VAlentinian was then chosen Emperor by the souldiours 365 The Pictes Scottes Attacots and Saxons grieuously molested the Brytaines Nectaridius who had the charge of the Sea Marcellinus coastes here was slaine by them and Bulchobandes a greate Captain was enclosed by them wherfore after diuerse Captaines Theodosius was sent hither who discomfiting the â—â—nimie and recouering the spoyle entred triumphantlye into London and the next yeare weÌ„t into the North suppressed the enemies recouered the prouince and repaired Cities fortresses hée oppressed Valentinus an Hungarian who being banished hither practised new tumults deliuering him to Dulcitus Dulcitus to be executed without any enquirie of his confederats bycause he would not renew the tumult whiche done he returned to Rome Shortly after Valentinian sente hither Fraomarins which he before had ordayned king of the Buccenobats in Germanie to be marshall of the Almaines whiche serued in Brytain And not long after Valentinian dyed GRatian with his brother Valentinian was then created 375 Emporour He to the entent he might better repaire the decayed state of the Empire made Theodotius a copartener with him in it MAximus a valiaunt worthy man was shortly after forced 383 here in Brytain to take the Empire vpon him who passed into Fraunce and immediately al the Germaine legions and Romaine souldiours reuolted vnto hym from Gratian so that hée being destitute of men of warre fledde to Lyons where he was slayne by treason for Maximus gaue out that Gratians wife was comming to hir husbande whiche Gratian intierly louing hys wife lightlye credited and therfore accompanyed wyth a few wente forthe to méete hyr but in the Coache where he supposed to haue founde hys wife was Andragatius a desperate man who leaping out of the Coache killed Gratian. Then Maximus created his sonne Victor a Caesar and Zozimuâ— vsed some crueltie against Gratians Captaines Valentinian being herewith terrifyed sent S. Ambrose vnto him to treate a peace which he accepted and Theodotius permitted him to vse the title of Augustus Then he setled himselfe at Trier in Sigeâ—ertus Germanie empouerished the Countryes rounde about hym executed certaine Hereticks called Priscillianists and then entred into Italie breaking the peace and thought to haue intercepted Valentinian
but he with his mother fledde to Theodotius and persuaded him to take reuenge of Maximus In the meane time Maximus came to Aquileia all Italie and Affrica submitted themselues vnto him when sodainelye Theodotius comming from Constantinople moued warre against him corrupted his souldiours with brybes and after one or two skirmishes enforced Maximus to flye to Aquileia where his owne souldiours deliuered him to Theodosius by whose commaundement he was shortly after beheaded Andragatius also who kept the Seas vnderstanding this drowned himselfe and Victor the sonne of Maximus was slaine in Fraunce by Arbogustes The Brytaines which serued him retourned into Fraunce and setled them in the Countrey there which is now called Brytaine so was Brytaine recouered Giraldus againe to the Romaines Empire Saint Vrsula with the 11000. Uirgins whiche were sente The. 11000. Virgins Flores HistoriaruÌ„ into Brytaine to be married to Conon and hys Knyghtes were slaine and martyred of the barbarous people being on the sea But as some write by Attila King of the Huâ—â—es HOnorius the sonne of Theodosius succéeded in the Empire 365 Bede Pelagius Heresie in whose time Pelagius a Brytaine borne disparckled the venome of his faithlesse Doctrine very farre abroade holding that a man might liue well without the help of the grace of God vsing héerein the ayde of Iulianus of Campania who was intemperately stirred with the losse of his Bishoprike to whome Saint Austen and other Fathers also haue answered in most ample maner but yet they would not be amended thereby but being conuicted of their falsehoode they rather would encrease it by defending and maynteyning it than amend it by returning to the truth This time Marcus was chosen Emperoure by the Souldyoures Lâ—ziâ—â—â— in Brytaine fearing the inuasion of the Vandales but immediately they slewe him and elected Gratianus whome also they murthered within foure monethes Then Constantine a Souldiour of base estate onely vpon confidence of his name was elected héere Emperoure who passing hence into France with all the youth of Brytaine gote all the men of warre there to take part with him Honorius sent therefore Sarus to withstand him who in a foughten field slew Iustinian Constantines Captayne and so pursued Constantine that he made him take Valentia wherein he sharply beséeged him vntill Gerentias with his Brytaines and Edebrichus with the francks raysed the séege Then Constantine fortifyed the Alpes and Rhene with Garrisons sent Constans his sonne whome of a Monke he had made a Caesar with a great Armie into Spayne where he tooke and afterward slew certayne noble personages aâ—lyed to Honorius and returning to his Father left Gerontius to gouerne Spayne Constantius himselfe then craued pardon of Honorius for vsurping the Empire saying that he did it by compulsion which when Honorius heard he so wel liked that he sent an Imperiall Roabe vnto him In these troubles Brytaine was greatly endangered by Pictes and Scottes and sued to Honorius for succoure but he sending them only Letters willed them to looke to their owne state Shortly after Constance that was Monke was slayne by Gerontius his owne Captayne at Vienna in France and Constantine himselfe being beséeged at Arles by Honorius Souldiers entred into holy orders and fled into the Church thinking thereby to saue himselfe but was drawen out from thence and slayne Gerontius who had trayterously killed his Maister was besette rounde aboute with Nicephorus Spanyards in his Lodging wherefore he first slew Allanus his tryed friend then Nunichia his wife and lastly himselfe and now Honorius recouered Brytaine In his time saith Beade Beade Rome was destroyed of the Gothes the 1164. yeare after it was buylded after which time the Romanes left to rule in Britaine after almost 470. yeares that Iulius Caesar first entered the sayd I le The Romanes dwelt within y e french which as we haue sayd Seuerus drew ouerthwart y e Iland at y e South part which thing may appeare by y e Cities Temples Bridges paued stréetes to this day remayning notwithstaÌ„ding they had in possession vnder their dominioÌ„ y â— farther parts of Britaine and also the Ilands which are about Brytaine By meanes as is afore sayd y e Romanes had vsed to traÌ„sport with them ouer into France the floure of al the youth of Brytaine to serue theÌ„ in their foraigne warres their men of warre were consumed was not now able to defende theÌ„selues against the inuasions of their enimies wherevpon many yeares togither they liued vnder the oppression of two most cruel Nations the Scottes Pictes which were of y e circuite of Britaine but deuided from the lande of Britaine by two armes of the Sea running betwixt them of the which one from the East Sea the other from the Weast runneth in farre and wide into the land though they may one reake to the other In the middle of the East créeke there is a Citie builded called Guidi Aboue the Weast créeke toward the right hand standeth a Citie called Alcluith which in their language is as Alcluith much to say as the Rocke Cluith for it standeth by a Floud of the fame name The Britaines then being thus afflicted by the said nations sent their Embassadors with Letters vnto Rome with lamentable supplications requiring of them ayd and succour promising them their continuall fealtie so that they would rescue theÌ„ against y e oppression of their enimies wherevpon there was sent vnto them a legioÌ„ of armed souldiers from Rome which comming into the Iland encountring with the enimies ouerthrew a great number of them draue the rest out of the frontiers of the countrey so setting them at liberty frée from the miserie with which they were before so gréeuously ouercharged counselled them to make a wall betwéene the two Seas which might be of force to kéep out their euill neyghbours and y t done they returned home with great triumph But the Britaines building y â— wall which they were bid to make not of stone as they were willed but of turffe as hauing none amoÌ„g theÌ„ that had skil therin made it so slender y â— it serued theÌ„ to little purpose This wall they made betwene y e two said armes or créekes of the Sea many miles long that where the fence of the water lacked there by the help of y e trench they might kéepe their country from y â— breaking in of their enimies of which péece of worke there remayneth euen vnto this day most assured tokens yet to be séene This trench beginneth about two miles froÌ„ the monastery of Abercuring in a place which in the Pictes language is called Penuahil and in English is called Panwell and running Penuahil out Westward is ended by the City of Alcluith But the former enimies wheÌ„ they had once perceiued y t the Romane Legion was returned home againe forthwith being set on land by boates inuaded the borders ouercame y e countrey as it were beate downe
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 â— 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 coÌ„cluded 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 theÌ„ 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 loÌ„g let of y e same and of his Prophet Merlin Geffrey Monmouth and others speake many things Great coÌ„panies of y e SaxoÌ„s dayly flocked Beade into this Iland grew so strong y â— the people of y â— Countrey which sent for theÌ„ stoode in great feare of their puissance for those Saxons had taken league with the Picts began to turne their force vpoÌ„ 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 â— wickednes of the people raging first vpoÌ„ 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 grouÌ„d 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 takeÌ„ 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 haÌ„ds 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 couÌ„trey 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 theÌ„ comming out of their caues in whiche they lucked before and with one consent calling for heaueÌ„ly 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 Agarâ—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 vpoÌ„ 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 Neneâ—iuâ— 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 Crâ— 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 Crâ— Neniâ—â— 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
rage of the Saxons and reduced his Countrey to quietnesse he constituted the order of the Round Table round Table into which order he only receyued such of his nobilitie as were most renowmed for vertue and chiualrie This round Table he kept in diuers places but especially at Cairleon Winchester and Camalet in Somerset-shire There is yet to be séene in Denbigh shire in the parish of Leyland Llansanan in the side of a stonie hill a place compasse wherein be foure and twentie seates for men to sit in some lesse and some bigger cut out of the maine Rocke by mans hand where children and yong men comming to séeke their Cattell vse to sitte and play they commonly call it Arthures round Table So hauing established all things well at home he with his nobilitie made an expedition into Norway where he atchieued Norway subdued sundry notable and maruellous exploytes and subdued the same with all the Regions thereabout to Russia Leges S. Edwardi placing the limite of his Empire in Lapland He caused the people of those Countreys to be Baptised and receyne the Christian Religion He also obtayned of the Pope to haue Norway confirmed to the Crowne of this Realme calling it the Chamber of Britaine Norway the Chamber of Britaine Then sayling into France he forced Frolo Gouernoure there for the Romaynes to flighte and afterward in Combate manfully slew him Shortly after he addressed deadlye Warre againste Gaufridus Lucius Hiberus who claymed a Tribute of Arthure for Britaine and had assembled greate powers to ouercome Arthure but Arthure encountring with him after a long and bloudye fighte discomfited his Armie killed him and sente his body to the Senate of Rome for the Tribute While Arthure was thus valiantly occupyed in his warres beyond the Seas and had conquered thirtie Kingdomes Flores Historiar such as they were in those days Mordred to whome he had committed the gouernement of Britaine confederating himselfe with Cerdicus first King of the Weast Saxons trayterously vsurped the Kingdome of which treason when Battayle at Douer relation came to Arthure he spéedily returned into Britaine and at Richborow néere to Sandwich gaue battell to him and wanne the fielde Anguisell of Scotland Gawin and Cador were there slayne then pursuing him into Cornewall gaue him battell there agayne by the Riuer of Alaune of some histories called Cablan where Mordred was slayne Wal. Conuâ—â— Mordred slayne Ann. Glasco And Arthure béeing deadly wounded was conueyed to Glastenburie where he dyed and is buryed after he had most victoriously gouerned this Realme sixe and twentie yeares COnstantine kinsman to Arthure and sonne to Cador Duke of Cornewall was ordeyned King of Britayne and 542 Bâ—â—te Booke raigned thrée yeares Thys man was by the two sonnes of Mordred gréenouslye vexed for they claymed the Lande by the righte of theyr Father but after many Battayles they fledde the one to London the other to Winchester whyche Cities they obteyned and tooke them but Constantine Mordreds children slayne followed and subdued and tooke the foresayde Cities and one of the yong men hée founde in an Abbey at London and slewe hym néere the Aulter cruelly and buried hym nigh Vter Pendragon at Stonehinge The other Gildas Arbor successio young manne hée founde at Winchester and slewe hym flying into the Churche of Saincte Amphibalus Aurelius Conanus a Britayne raysed mortall warre against Constantine the King and after sore fight slew him in the field when he had raigned thrée yeares and was buryed at Stonehinge A Vrelius Conanus Nephew to Arthure was Crowned 545 King of Britaine He cherished such as loued strife and dissention within his Realme â— and gaue light credence to them which accused other were it right or wrong He emprisoned by strength his Uncle whiche was right heyre to the Crowne He raigned thrée and thirtie Flores HistoriaruÌ„ yeares The Kingdome of Northumberland began first in Britaine The fifth Kingdome of the Saxons 578 Gildas Gaufrid vnder a Saxon named Ida. VOrtiporus the sonne of Conanus was ordeyned King of Britayne a vicious King and cruell tyrant who put from him his Wife and kept hir daughter for his Concâ—bine In diuers battels he discomfited the Saxons He raigned foure yeares MAlgo pulcher Canonus of Northwales beganne his 581 raigne ouer the Britaynes and gouerned them fiue yeares This Malgo was in proportion of body greater than all the Dukes of Brytaine but he delighted in the soule sinne of Sodomie He slewe his first wife and then tooke to wife his Gildas owne brothers daughter CAreticuâ— began to rule the Brytaines This man loued ciuill 586 Warre and was odible both to God and to his subiects They moued the Saxons being accompanied with Gurmunduâ— King of Ireland to make warre vpon Careticus in such wise that he was sayne to take the Towne of Cicester where they assaulted him so sore and fired the Corne by tying fire to the wings of Sparrowes that he with his men fledde from thence into Wales by whiche meanes he lefte a great part of his dominion and ended his life when he had raigned thrée yeares Sea Cro. This Gurmund burned vp the land of Britaine from Sea to Sea and the more part of that I le called Leogrea he gaue to y e Saxons The Britaines gaue place and fled into the Weast parts of Cornewall and Wales Theanus Archbishop of LoÌ„don Thadeocus Archbishop of Yorke wheÌ„ their Churches were al destroyed to the ground they with their Cleargie fledde into Wales many of them into little Britaine This plague came on the Britaines for their couetousnesse cauine and â—echerie Gurmund builded Gurmondchester Gurmunchester buylded 61â— Paulus Diaconus CAdwane Duke of Northwales was made soueraigne of the Britaines who gaue strong battell to Ethelfride King of Northumberland and forced him to intreate for peace After which concord being made they continued al their life time louing friends He raigned xxij yeares The Kingdome of the East Saxons beganne vnder Erchenuinâ—s Sixt Kingdome of Saxons about the yeare of Christ 614. The Kingdome of Mercia or middle England began vnder Seauenth Kingdome of Saxons 635 Penda 626. CAdwalin the sonne of Cadwane raigned ouer y e Britaines he warred strongly vppon the Saxons and made Penda King of Mercia tributarie to him He raigned xlviij yeares and was buryed at London in a Church of S. Martine néere vnto Ludgate whiche Churche was then new founded and buylded by the Britaynes in Anno. 677. CAdwalladar was ordayned king of the Brytaines and 685 ruled only thrée yeares he vanquished and slew Lothier king of Kent and Athelwold king of south Saxons and theÌ„ forsaking his kingly authoritie he went to Rome there to be christened who after became a Monke and was buried in S. Peters Church at Rome He was laste king of Brytain After which time the Brytaines were called Walshmen whiche name was
Base court in the parish of Saint Giles without Cripplegate of Baâ—bican at London London commonly called to this day the Barbicane bycause in old time y e same had bin a Burgekening or watchtower for the Citie The same day the King made twentie Knightes to Wil. Shepeshead wéete Sir Edward Mountacute Thomas Somarton Sir Isle Sir Darcy Richard Sir Damuory Sir Iohn Poultney Sir de Mere Roger Banant Roger Hilary Sir Bolingbroke Sir Butterell Sir Simon Swanland William Scotte William Basset Robert Sodington William Zoustes Sir Cogshall Roger Sangrauile Thomas de la More mine Authoure Tho. de la More and Iohn Strache In the same Parliament it was enacted that no wooll growing within the Realme of England should be transposed VVooll forbidden to be conuayed ouer the Seas out of the same but that it should be made into cloth in England and that all Fullers Weauers and Clothworkers of euery degrée being sufficiently instructed and cunning Priuiledges giuen to Clothvvorkers in their arte from what Countrey so euer they came into England should receyue and enioy certayne priuiledges yea and moreouer should liue at the Kings charges out of the Exchequer vntill they had prouided commodiouslie to liue by their art Although this Statute séemed at the beginning to be nothing profitable yet in short time the arte of clothing increased so much thereby that it was twentie times more vsed than before Also it was enacted that no man should after that time buy any cloth that was made beyond the Sea and that none should weare any Furres but such as might dispend one hundred pound by yeare Iohn Clarke William Curteis the 28 of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iohn Poultney Draper the 28 of October After the feast of Saint Michaell a Parliament was holden Tho. de la More Anno reg 11 1337 at London and a Connocation was assembled by the Archbishop wherein the Cleargie graunted a tenth for thrée yeares and the commons a fiftenth in consideration of the Kings warres which was hote in Scotlande and also to resist the French King who made great bragges and shewed great crueltie for he outlawed slew and emprisoned all Englishmen and confiscated the goodes and Cattayles of all that were found in his Kingdome of France threatning that he would be reuenged for his friendes the Scottes Moreouer he left not so muche as one Towne or Castell in the Counties of Aquitayne or of Poyters that was not seized into his handes wherevpon King Edward sente into Brabant to take vp all the woolles whiche Merchants had brought thither and made sale thereof for readie money He also wrote Letters to the French King exhorting him that he woulde continue his olde amitie Sir Walter Many béeing the Embassadour for the King of Englande and desirous to reuenge the bloud of two Englishmen that were slayne comming a lande for freshe water in a certayne Islande called the I le of Agnes nigh vnto Flanders he caused all that hée founde in the sayde Island to be put to the sworde and tooke prisoner the Earle of Flanders brother who was Captayne of the I le Certayne of the Island men béeing fled into a Church Tho. Walsâ—â—g were brent to the number of thrée thousande with the Church and all by the Welchmen The warres bâ—eing thus as aforesayde begonne betwixte the two Kingdomes the rumour thereof came vnto the Court of Rome wherevpon the Pope sent two Cardinalles for the reformation and ordering of the peace betwixte the two Kingdomes who comming to Westminster declared before the King the cause of their comming wherevnto the King answered that although without all reason they dyd séeme to restreyne hym of right and equitie for that hée ought to succéede into the Kingdome of hys forefathers the whyche hys aduersarie Phillip de Valoys dyd denye hym expelling murthering and emprisoning hys people and taking away the Dukedome of Aquitayne and Earledome of Poyters without cause maynteyning the Scottes and other Rebelles agaynste hym yet these iniuries notwithstanding hée was contented if they coulde take order for the quiet enioying of Aquitayne and other fées belonging vnto hym whiche hys predecessoures did enioy Moreouer for the dismissing of all ayde that the French King shoulde gyue vnto the Scottes at any tyme of Rebellion for the which he offered his money and also the mariage of his eldest sonne and also to resigne all suche rites and interest that he hadde to the Kyngdome of France The Cardinalles béeyng greately comforted with this aunswere departed hoping that all warres were nowe ended They tooke with them Iohn the Archbishoppe of Canterburie Richarde Bishoppe of Durham and Geffrey Lorde Scrope who altogyther wente on message with the Kynges aunswere to the Frenche Kyng hauing full authoritie to treate and conclude à peace These béeing so reasonable offers coulde not pacifye the furious minde of the Frenche King who reposed greate trust in the Scottes hopyng by them and through theyr meanes quite to dispossesse and to disherite the King of England of all the title he had Walter Neale Nicholas Crane the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Henry Darcy the 28. of October The King caused to confiscate all the goodes of the Lonibards and also of the Monkes of the order of Cluny and Cisteaux through the whole Realme The King tooke wooll to a certaine number of Sackes Anno reg 12 at a low price in euery Countrey the number that was set vpon Staffordshire was sixe hundred sackes price nine markes the sacke of good wooll but nothing was payde First the wooll was vniuersally taken Secondly for the halfe in whose hands soeuer it were founde as well MerchaÌ„ts as other And the third time the King tooke a fiftenth of the comminalty to be payde in wooll price of euery stone contayning fourtéene pound two shillings The King appointed also all the Corne and glebe lands 1338 to serue for his warres About Saint Margarets day King Edward with Quéene Ro. Auesbery Philip his wife and a great army passed the Seas with a Nauie of 500. sayle of Shippes into Flanders and â—â— to Cullen The fourth of October fiftie Galleys well manned and South-hampton sacked and breÌ„t by the French â—irats furnished came to Southampton about nine of the clocke and sacked the Towne the Townesmen running away for feare by the breake of the next day they which fledde by helpe of the Countrey there about came againste the Pirats and fought with them in the whiche skirmish were slayne to the number of thrée hundred Pirates togither with their Captayne a yong Souldioure the King of Sicils sonne To this yong man the French King had giuen whatsoeuer he got in the Kingdome of England but he béeing beaten downe by a certayne man of the Countrey cried Rancon notwithstanding the husbandman layde him on with his clubbe till he had slayne hym speaking these words yea quoth he I know well ynough thou art a Franâ—on
this meane time sent a number of Genoways and other hired Souldiours vnto Dauid King of Scottes earnestly requesting him that he would inuade England with all his force wherefore about the seauenth of October he with a mightie power entred England passing along by Berwike which was strongly defended by the Englishmen and so ranging ouer the Forrest of Alnewike they wonne a certayne Mannour place called Luden belonging to the Lord Walter Wake who yéelded himselfe on condition Sir VValter VVake and his sonnes cruelly slayne by the Scottes to be ransomed where Selby a Knight béeing desirous by law of armes to saue his life he was taken which when it was knowne to Dauid he commanded him to be slayne but Selby intreated for him that he mought bée brought aliue to the presence of Dauid who hauing obteyned his request he falleth downe before Dauid requesting his life for raunsome but he was agayne adiudged to dye The malice of the Tirant was suche that he commaunded two of the children of the poore Knight to bée strangled in sight of their father and afterwarde himselfe béeing almost madde for sorrow was beheaded From thence the Scottes passed forwarde wasting along the Countrey wherein were many Farmes belonging to the Monasterie of Durham and comming within two miles of Durham they tooke certayne of the Monkes which they kept prisoners for their raunsome making couenant with the residue for a certayne summe of money and corne to redéeme theyr Mannoures from spoyling The Englishmen of the Marches fléeing before the face of the enimie William de la Zouch Archbishop of Yorke Uizegerent to the King in the Marches calling togither the Bishop of Carelile the Earle of Anguise the Lord Mowbrey the Lord Percy the Lord Neuell and other of the North with all their ayde togither with the Archers of Lancashire went towards the armie of the Scottes and on the euen of Saint Luke mette them at a place called Bewre Parke â—éere Neuels Crosse The Scottish Nation not accustomed to flée withstoode them stoutly and hauing Headpéeces on their heads and Targets on their armes preasing sore vpon the Englishmen they abode the brunt of the Archers but the men of armes which were in the forefronts gaue their enimies many deadly woundes The Marshall of the Scottes Earle Patrike who had the charge of the rereward when he perceyued his men to be beaten downe he fledde away with other that were priuie to his cowardlinesse he being fled the residue of the Scottes continuing faithfully with theyr King stoode about him like a round Tower kéeping hym in the middle who so continued till there was scarse fortie of them left aliue of the which not one of them coulde escape away At length Dauid their King béeing taken prisoner by Iohn Copland the residue aboute him béeing taken or slayne the Englishmen pursued the chace after them whiche were fledde slaying and taking them as farre as Prudihow and Corbridge In this great battayle were taken King of Scottes taken Dauid de Bruse King of Scottes the Earle of Mentife the Earle of Fife the Lorde Maleolin Fleming the Earle Wixton William Dowglas William de Lemingstone Walter de Halliburton Iohn Dowglas Dauid de Anade Iohn de Saint Clere William Mowbray Dauid Fitz Robert William de Ramsey Adam Moygne Iohn Stewarde Roger de Kirkpatrike Iohn Hume Wil. Morrey knights Iames Sudelflour Iames Loren Henry Delker Baronets There were slaine in this battell the Earle of Morife the Earle of Straterne also Alex. Stragy Iohn de Haliburton Hen de Ramsey Naso de Ramâ—ey AdaÌ„ Nilkenson Thomas Boid Iohn Stiward Allen Stiward Dauid Delahay Edward Kethe Iohn Crawford Iohn de Kindesey Philip de MaldreÌ„ Hen. Ramsey Alex. Morey Hum. de Boys Gil. Inchmarten Robert Maltallent and his brother Humfrey Kirkepatrike Iohn Strange and Patrike Hearing Knightes There were many slayne in the chase but there were no more coate armours found in the mayne battayle than we haue reckned This battayle was fought on the seuentéenth of October The prisoners were conuayde to London about Christmas Dauid le Bruce except which might not trauell by reason of two deadly woundes in his head with arrowes but the seconde of January he was brought vp and conuayed from Westminster to y â— Tower of London in sight of all the people and there lodged in the blacke nouke of the sayd Tower néere to the Connestables gard there to be kept While these things were done in England the King was Anno reg 21 Tho. de la More busied at the séege of Calleys which Towne is scituated in the marches of Artoys being closed aboute with a double wall and a double ditche hard on the shore of the Englishe Calleis described Sea right ouer against the Castell of Douer And there is longing to the same Towne an Hauen wherein Shippes may lie very safe withoute danger This Towne was sometime with the Castell thereof very strongly built by the force and valiantnesse of the Romanes for after that Iulius Caleys builded by the Romanes Caesar had broughte all France vnder his subiection hée built Calleys in Artoys and the Castell of Chipstowe in Venedocia or Southwales and the Castel of Douer in Kent what time Castels of Chepstovv in vvales and Douer in Kent built by the Romanes he had conquered Britayne King Edward cast a ditch aboute his Camp and layde his Nauie of Shippes against Caleis Hauen to the intente that the Frenchmen should make no inuasions vpon his Souldioures neyther they within receyue any victualles by water The Norman Pirats at sundry times tooke fiftéene of his Shippes whereof some of them they caried away for their owne occupying the other they brent and Sir Thomas Haclut with Sir William Borton Knights as they were sailing into England were taken prisoners on the Sea King Edward hauing fortified the séege lay without giuing 1347 any assault knowing that it was not possible to fight with his enimies without great losse of men considering the deapth of the ditches and heigth of the walles neyther woulde he erect any engins againste the Towne for there wanted firme grounde where vpon to place them Besides that if he should beate downe the walles yet were the ditches so déepe and full of salt water let in on euery side that they were able to withstande all the world with little strength and defence On that side of the Towne on which the Bolloners were wont to victuall Caleis that is along on the Sea side and especially when the Shippes could not be suffered to passe by Sea but alongst the shore with small boates the Earle of Northampton made a Rampire wherewith he kept away A Rampire builded at Caleis and beate backe such boates and afterwarde when the Admirall of France had purposed to come with his Shippes of warre to fight against our English Shippes that lay at the séege thinking that in the meane time whilest they were a fighting the small Boates should passe
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 grouÌ„d 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 â—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 haÌ„ds 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
and a halfe William Courtney Archbishop of Canterbury standing there against said the Church ought to befrée and in no wise to be taxed by the Laytie whiche answere A bill put against the Cleargie for their temporalties so moued the commons that they forthwith presented to the King a bill against the Cleargie of the Realme mouing him to take from them their temporalities and thereby to abate their pride but the King hearing the inordinate cryings out on this side and the iust answeres of the other he commanded that the Bill should be cancelled and such inordinate petitiōs to ceasse saying that he would preserue the Churche during his time in as good state as he found it or in better The Archbishop therefore hauing made the Cleargie priuie wente to the King and declared to him that he with his Cleargie of their whole consents and frée willes had prouided for his vses a Tenth which graunt the King so thankefully receyued that hée openly affirmed that he had rather haue this frée graunt than any other foure times double that were constreyned The eleuenth of Noueinber Robert Vere Earle of Oxford States created was made Marquesse of Diuelin in Ireland Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester and his brother Edmonde Earle of Cambridge Duke of Yorke Michaell de la Poole Chancellour of England was made Earle of Suffolke and had giuē him by the King a thousand markes by the yeare The Earle of March Mortimer was proclaymed heire apparant Lib. Peter col to the Crowne Also King Richarde at the earnest request of the Bishops restored to the Bishop of Norwich his temporalities which he had holden from him manye yeares King Richard with Quéene Anne his wife kept their Christmas at Eltham whether came to him the King of Ermony vnder pretence to reforme peace betwixte the Kings of England but what his comming profited he onely vnderstoode for beside innumerable giftes that he receyued of the King and of the Nobles the King granted to him a Charter of a thousand pounds by yeare during his life He was as he affirmed chased out of his Realme by the Tartarians and for that cause he got great giftes of the Christian 1386 Priuces About the feast of Easter Iohn Duke of Lancaster with a great company of Knightes Esquires and Archers prepareth to go into Spayne which was due to him by the inheritable righte of his wife the Lady Constance daughter sometime to Peter King of Castile and Lion so that now he meant to challenge it eyther with consente of the inhabitants or by law of armes He with a greate power tooke the Seas and landed in Spayne at the Hauen of Greyne on the euen of Saint Lawrence with all his Nauie in safetie At the sute of the King of Spayne King Richard releassed out of prison Iohn Northampton Iohn More and Richarde Norburie The Londoners fearing y ◠comming of the French K. ranne to their walles pulled downe houses néere about y e Citie About Michaelmas the Nobles came to the Parliamēt at London with great numbers of armed men to the ende they might be readie to withstand the Frenchmen who were comming but through contrarie windes returned The King created Robert Vere Marquesse of Irelande Robert Vere Duke of Ireland Duke of Ireland Not lōg after this Michaell de la Pole was by y ◠Knights of the Parliament deposed from his Chancellorship and amerced to pay to the King 20000. Markes but the King caused this to take small effect William Stondon William More the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Nicholas Exton Fishmonger the 28. of October Richard Earle of Arundell and Tho. Mowbray Earle of Notingham went to the Sea of the which the first was made Admiral vpon y ◠Uigill of our Lady the Annuntiation a great Nauie of Flanders France Spayne fraught with mē of 1387 warre diuers engins was discouered with whome the Earles encountred and tooke of them 100. ships and more the which conteined xix M. Tonnes of Wine whiche they Rochell VVine taken brought to diuers parts of England wherby Wine was then sold for thirtéene shillings four pence the Tonne Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland for sooke his wife a yong Lady noble faire borne of the Lady Isabell daughter to y ◠noble K. Edward maried another that came with Quéene Anne forth of Boheme she was called in the vulgar tong of hir Conntrey Lancecrona The Lordes tooke indignation héerewith especially the Duke of Glocester Unkle to y e yong Lady that was forsaken The Duke of Ireland studied how to take the Duke of Glocester out of y e way Easter was now past the time in whiche the Duke of Ireland shoulde haue transported into Ireland but least there shoulde be too muche sturre in the Realme among the Lords the King as it were to bring him to the water side goeth with him into Wales as not to leaue him but there to kéepe him that they might denise how to take away the D. of Glocester the Earles of Arundell Warwike Darby Notingham with other There were with thē the Earle of Suffolke Michaell at Pole Robert Tresilian Justice many other which no more slowly than the D. of Ireland conspired the death of the said noble mē After a great time was passed the King as if the Duke of Irelāds iourney had bin forgotten returned with him and the other forth of Wales to the Castell of Notingham there to treate of Anno reg 11 the death of the said noble men there therfore he sent for diuers from Lōdon whome he knew would be readie to which way soeuer they should be moued he called thither also all the Sherifes and Justices of the Realme and there interdited the Lords of many crimes which the King had imagined against them In the meane time the rumor of this doing came to the Lords eares whervpon first of all y e Kings Unkle the D. of Glocester that he might mitigate the Kings displeasure before the Bishop of London and manye other Nobles swearing vpon the Euangelistes tooke it vpon his oth that he neuer had imagined any thing to the kings hinderance or done any thing to his displeasure except that he had not giuē good countenāce to the D. of Ireland nor would héereafter giue him any who had dishonested his kinswoman the which he firmelie had determined to reuenge William Venor Hugh Forstalfe the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Nicholas Exton Fishmonger the 28. of October The D. of Glocester calling togither secretly the Earles of Arundell Warwike Darby that were in like danger of cōdemnatiō if they prouided not the more spéedily he discouereth to thē the matter they therfore gathering their armies togither determine to talke with the King vpon the premises Contraryly the King for his party did deliberate howe he might take each of thē by themselues out of the way and first he sent to
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 theÌ„ 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 distributioÌ„ 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 Offrâ—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 EnglaÌ„d 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 theÌ„ce 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 â—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 haâ— 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
caused to be written Dextera Domini A notable example exaltauit me that is to say The Lordes right hand hath exalted me Whereby he doing so notable a worke for the common weale also left example to other Citizens comming 1446 Cronicle of Thevvkesbury Iohn Rovvse Duke of vvarvvik King of vvight died after him whoÌ„ God likewise exalteth with such temporall blessings that they be not vnthankfull to God and their common weale wherein they haue receiued them Henrie Duke of Warwike chiefe Erle of England Lorde Spencer and Aburgaueny King of the Isle of Wight Garnsey and Iarnsey and Lord of the Castell of Bristow died without issue and was buried at Tewksburie Iohn Dauid appeached his master William Catur an Armorer CoÌ„bat betvven a master the seruaunt dwelling in S. Dunstones Parish in Fletestreete of treason and a day being assigned them to fight in Smithfield the maister being wel beloued was so cherished by his friends and plied with wine that being therewith ouercome was also vnluckily slaine by his seruaunt An. reg 25. Baylifes Custos Robert Horne Godfrey Boleine the 28. of September Iohn Olney Mercer the 28. of October Pope Eugenius sent a golden Rose to the King of England expressing the propertie and aplicatioÌ„ of the same with the ceremonie that is yéerely vsed on Palme Sonday touching Record Ecclesi Canta the same Rose exhorting the Kyng agaynste the Turkes Which Rose Lodouicus Cordona Doctor of Diuinitie did present to the King in S. Stephens Chappell at Westminster vpon S. Andrewes day in presence of the Dukes of Yorke Excester Cardinall Kempe Archbishop of Yorke Iohn Stafford Archbishop of Caunterburie Chauncellor of England The x. of Februarie beganne a Parliament at Saint Edmondesburie Parliament at Burie in Suffolke at which time al the wayes about the same Towne were kept with armed men both daye and night so that many dyed with colde and waking Humfrey The Duke of Glocester arested sone after dyed Duke of Glocester being at the castell of the Vies in Wilshire came from thence to the Parliament and was lodged in the Hospitall where shortly after he was arrested by Iohn Lord Beaumount high Constable the Duke of Buckingham the Duke of Somerset and other who appointed certaine of the Kings housholde to waite vpon him but on the. xxiiij 1447 day he died for sorrow as some said that he might not come to his aunswere he was buryed at Saint Albons xxxij of his principall seruauntes were arrested and sent to diuers prisons and fiue of them were arraigned at London and condemned v. â—â—n hanged after pardoned whose names were sir Roger Chamberlain knight Middleton Herbert Arteyse Esquiers and Richard Nedam gentleman which were al fiue drawne from the Towre of London to Tiborne and there hanged letten downe quicke stript naked marked with a knife for to be quartered and then a charter shewed for their liues but the yoman of the crowne had their liuelode and the hangman had their clothes Henry Beauford Cardinal of Winchester deceased after him W. Wainflete Prouost of Eaton was made Bishop of Winchester The v. of August died Iohn HollaÌ„d duke of Excester An. reg 16. was buried at S. Catherins nygh the Towre of London William Abraham Thomas Scot the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Gidney Draper the 28. of October This yéere during y â— peace betwéene England Fraunce â— knight of the English part named sir Frances Aragonoyse toke a towne named Fogars vpoÌ„ the borders of NormaÌ„die belonging 1448 to y â— duke of Britaine For the which he complained him to y â— French king he at y e said dukes request sent vnto y â— king of England to aske restitutioÌ„ of the harme The which messengers were answered of y e kings CouÌ„sell that y â— déede was right displeasant vnto y e king that sir Francis Aragon had enterprised y â— feate of his owne presumption WhervpoÌ„ it folowed shortly after that y e French by like policie toke y â— towne castle of Pountallarche after that many other so y â— the taking of y â— foresaid towne of Fogiars by y e English men An. reg 27. was y â— occasion by y e which the French after gat al NormaÌ„dy William Catlow William Marow the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1449 Roane yeelde â— to the French Steuen Browne Grocer the 28. of October This yéere the FrenchmeÌ„ got many townes in NormaÌ„dy out of the possession of y e EnglishmeÌ„ Also y â— citie of Roane was yéelded to the French with condition that the Captaines garrisons might depart with armour goods not long after was rendered with the like coÌ„ditioÌ„ as of Roane the towns of Harflewe Hounflewe A knight of France called sir Lewes de Breyll challenged an Esquier of England named Ralph Chalons of certaine feates of Warre the which to proue a day to them was giuen to méete at a towne in France named Maunce where y â— French king at that day was present But Chalons canne the French knight through the body with his An. reg 28. speare whereof the said Lewes dyed William Hulin Thomas Cannings the 28. of September Sherifes Maior B. of Chichester murdered Thomas Chalton Mercer the 28. of October The 9. of Januarie AdaÌ„ Molins Bishop of Chichester kéeper of the kings priuie seale through y â— procurement of Richard duke of Yorke was by shipmen slaine at Portesmouth The 9. of Februarie Thomas Thany otherwise Blewberd Blevvberd hanged 1450 a Fuller was taken beside Caunterburie for raising a rebellion who was hanged and quartered WilliaÌ„ Delapole duke of Suffolke was banished y e land for v. Duke of Suffolk murdered yéeres to appease y e rumor of y e coÌ„mons of England who taking ship at Ipswich the 3. of May sailed toward Fraunce but was mette on the sea by a ship of warre named Nicholas â—â— the Towre and beheaded and his corps was cast vp at Douer and buried in the Charter house at Hull This William de la pole Duke of Suffolke and Alice his wife daughter to Thomas Chawcer sonne to Geffrey Chawcer the famous Poet translated and increased the manner place of Eweline in Oxfordshire they builded a newe the parishe Churche of Gods house at nevv Evveline in Oxfordshire Eweline a comely péece of worke standing on a hyll and also hard adioyning to the West end of Eweline parishe Church they founded a pretie Hospitall or almes house for ij priests â—iber fundationis and xiij poore men to dwell and be sustained in for euer one of the priestes to be maister of the almes house the other priest a scholemaster fréely to teache the children of the tenaunts of the sayd Lordship of Eweline and other Lordships pertaining to the said almes house their GraÌ„mer eyther of those ij priests to haue x. pound the yeare One of
October was created Earle of Winchester openly in the Parliament Chamber Iohn Broune Thomas Bledlow the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir William Hampton Fishmonger the 28. of October This Maior aboue al other hys predecessours corrected Strumpets and caused them to ride about the Citie wyth Rey hoodes vppon their heades and after banished them the Citie for euer He also caused a paire of stockes to be set in euery ward of London The sixth of October beganne a Parliamente at Westminster by authoritie wherby an ayde was graunted to the King towards the charge of his Wars whiche was leuied of mens lands as well of Lordes as of other The Duke of Burgoâ—gne hauing greate Warres wyth Anno. reg 13 1473 the French King sente Ambassadours into Englande to require King Edwarde hys brother in Lawe to make Warre on the Frenche Kyng vnto the whiche requeste Kyng Edwarde easily graunted bycause hée wished to be reuenged on the Frenche King as of hys enymie for ayding the Erle of Warwicke Quéene Margaret and hyr sonne Prince Edwarde and their complices wherevpon he promised and also determyned in the beginning of the next yeare to bring a greate armye ouer to Caleis and to inuade the Kingdome of Fraunce And forthwith with all diligence prepared all things readie for hys iourney makyng manye shiftes for the prouision of money to serus hys turne William Stocker Robert Ballisdon the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Iohn Tate Mercer the 28. of October Thys yeare the Duke of Excester was founde deade in the Sea betwéene Douer and Caleis but howe he came there the certaintie coulde not be knowne King Edwarde hauing prepared hys armye ledde the Anno reg 14 1474 same to Douer from thence to crosse the seas to Caleis The force that passed wyth hym at thys presente was the greatest that euer came into Fraunce moste of them beyng Horssemenne all in verye good order well armed All the Nobles of the Realme were there a fewe excepted they were fiftéene hundered menne of armes very well mounted and the moste of them barded and richly trapped after the manner of the Frenche Warres and well accompanyed with horssemenne of theyr retinue they were at the leaste fiftéene thousande Archers on horssebacke and a greate number of fâ—â—temenne and others as well to pitche theyr Tentes whereof they were well furnyshed as also to attende vppon theyr Artylâ—erye and inclose theyr Campe and in all theyr armye they hadde not one pledge Besides thys were thrâ—e thousande Englishe menne appoynted to lande in Brytaine When King Edwarde came to Douer the Duke of Burgoigne to helpe his passage sent 500. boates of Hollande and Seland called Cuttes whiche are flatte and lowe builte verye commodiously for transporting of horsses but notwithstanding all thys helpe they hadde from the Duke and all the Kyng of Englande coulde commaunde hymselfe hée was aboue thrée wéekes in passing betwéene Douer and Caleis one shippe of Ewe tooke two or thrée of his small passengers before Kyng Edwarde embarqued hée sente from Douer to the Kyng of Fraunce one Heralte alone called Gartera Norman borne who broughte a letter of defiaunce from the King of Englande in verye good language and so excellently well penned that myne Aucthour was perswaded it was neuer Englishe mans doyng The contentes whereof were that the Kyng shoulde yéelde vnto hym the Realme of Fraunce beyng hys inheritaunce to the ende he might restore the Cleargye and Nobilitie to theyr auntient libertye ease them of the greate charges they sustayned and deliuer them of the miseries they were in whyche if hée refused to doe he protested what greate mischiefe shoulde ensue thereof in manner and forme as in suche cases is accustomed The Kyng read the letter softlye to himselfe and afterwarde all alone withdrewe hymselfe into a wardrobe and commaunded the Heralte to be brought to hyepresence to whom hée made thys aunswere Fyrst that he knewe well that the King of Englande had not passed the seas of hys owne frée motion but by the perswasion of the Duke of Burgondie and the comminaltie of England Secondelye that the Sommer was nowe almoste paste and that the Duâ—â— of Burgoigne was returned from Nunz as a man discomifited and vtterlye vnfurnished of all things Thirdlye as touching the Conestable of Fraunce he knew wel he sayde y t the intelligence wyth y e K. of England bycause he hadde married hys niece but would deceyue the Kyng his Mayster as he â—ad him notwithstandyng all the great benefits that he had receiued of him which he that rehearsed adding therevnto that the saide Conestable ment to liue in continuall dissimulation and entertaine euerye man to make his profit of him Last of all he alleaged to the Heralte diuerse reasons to perswade the Kyng hys Mastor to peace and gaue hym with hys owne hand 300. crownes promising him 1000. more if the peace were coÌ„cluded further opeÌ„ly he gaue him for a present a goodly péece of Crimson Ueluet of thyrtie Elles The Heralte aunsweared that he woulde trauayle the beste he coulde for peace and thoughte the Kyng hys Mayster woulde easilye be wonne therevnto but he willed the Kyng of Fraunce to sende an Haraulte to the Englishe Campe to demaunde a safeconduite for certaine Ambassadours that he woulde sende to the Kyng of Englande and to directe hys letters to the Lorde Hawarde or to the Lorde Stanley and to hymselfe also to conuene hys Haralte At one tyme in a maâ—oure bothe the King of Englande landed at Caleis and the Duke of Burgoigne departed from before Nunz who in greate haste rydde streyghte to Caleis to the sayde Kyng wyth a verye small trayne for he hadde sente his armye to spoyle the Countrey of Barroys and Loraine The Kyng of Englande departed from Caleis in companye of the Duke and passed through Bolloigne and from thence marched to Peronne where the Duke gaue the Englishe men but colde entertaynemente for he caused the Gates to bée streightly kepte and woulde suffer but fewe to enter so that the greatest parte of them lodged in the fieldes After they were come to Peronne the Conestable of France seÌ„t to y e Duke of Burgoigndie one of his seruants by whom hée â—â—â—used himselfe for the wythholdyng of S. Quintins alleaging that if hée had restored it he could haue stoode hym in â—â— stéeâ—e in the Realme of Fraunce for he shoulde vtterly haue loste hys credite and intelligence but nowe séeyng the Kyng of Englande was come ouer in person he promysed to doe hereafter all that the Duke shoulde commaunde hym whereof the better to assure hym hée sente hym a letter of credite to the declaration of the Duke Further hée gaue the Duke hys Faythe in wryting to serue and sucâ—â—ure hym hys friendes and confederates as well the King of Englande as others against all men none excepted The Duke deliuered the Kyng of Englande hys letter and all the matter of credite adding somewhat thereto of hys owne heade for
receyued by the Lorde Sandes then Capitaine there wyth all the retinue of the same And from thence he rode to Calleis where he tarryed the shipping of his stuffe horses and â—â—aine And in the meane time he stablished there a Marte â—or all nations These things and other for the weale of the Towne and Garrison by him perfecte he tooke shipping â—â—â—â—ued at Douer the xxiiij of September from whence he â—â—de to the Courte the King being in hys Progresse at sâ—â— Henrie Wiats house in Kent he wente immediately to hym with whome he hadde long talke and continued twoo or three dayes there in the Courte and then retourned to hys house at Westminster Such scarcitie of bread was in London and al England that Scarcitie of breads many dyed for default thereof the King of his goodnesse sent to the Citie of his own prouision 600. quarters or else for one wéeke there had bin little breade The bread cartes coÌ„ming froÌ„ Stratford toward London were met at y â— Myle â—nd by the Citizens so that the Maior and Sheriffes were forced to goe and rescue the same Eartes and to fée them broughte to the Markets appointed Wheate was then at fiftéene shillings the quarter but shortly after the Merchants of the Stiliarde broughte from Danske sâ—â—he store of Wheate and Rie that the same was better cheape to be solde in London than in any other part of the Realme besides Iohn Hardie William Hollis the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Iames Spencer Vintner the 28. of October After the beginning of the Terme the Cardinall caused to be assembled in the Starre Chamber all the Noblemen Iudges and Iustices of Peace that were in Westminster hall at that tyme present and there made to them a long Oration Cardinal VVolsey in the Starre Chamber declareth vvhat an honorable peace he hadde concluded declaring the cause of his Embassade into Fraunce and of his procéedings there among the whyche he saide he had concluded such an amitie as neuer was heard in the realm before as well betwéen the Emperour and vs as betwéene the King our Soueraigne and the Frenche King with a perpetuall peace the whyche should be confirmed in writyng sealed in fine Golde affyrming further that the Kyng of Englande should receiue yearly his tribute by that name out of the Dutchie of Normandie wyth all the costes whyche hée had sustained in the warres And also where there was a restraint made in Fraunce of the Frenche Quéenes Dowrie whome the Duke of Suffolke had married for diuers yeres during the wars it was concluded that she should not onelye receiue it againe but also the arrerages that were â—â—payed This peace thus concluded there shoulde be suche an amitie betwéene the Gentlemen of eache realme and entercoâ—rse of Merchants that it shoulde séeme to al men both territories to be but one Monarchie c. The twentith of October were receyued into London certaine Embassadorâ— oute of Fraunce aboute eyghte in number of the moste noble and worthye Gentlemenne in all Fraunce they were lodged in the Bishops Pallaice in Paules Churchyard to whome diâ—ers Noblemen resorted and gaue them dyuers presents especially the Maior of the Citie of London Then they resorted vnto the Courte béeyng at Greenewiche where they were receiued by the King They hadde Commission to establishe the King in the order of Fraunce for whome they broughte for that intente a collar of fine Golde with the Michaell hanging thereat and Robes to the same order appertenant the whiche was of blewe Uelâ—et richly embrodered And the King to gratifie the French â—yng with the semblable he sent a noble man of the order here in Englande with Garter the Harrault into France to establishe the Frenche King in the order of the Garter with â—â—emblable collar wyth a Garter and Robes accordyng to the same The Embassadors remayning here vntil theyr returne â—â— things béeyng concluded concerning the perpetuall peace vppon solempne ceremonies and othes contained in certain Instruments touching the same whych was confirmed by receyuing of the Sacrament in Paules Churche of London by the King and the Graund Maister of France who represented the King his Maister and there the instrumentes were seâ—led with Golde and the King put his hande therevnto and the Graund Maister did the lyke betwéene whome the Cardinall diuided the Sacrament And that done they deâ—â—rted the King rode wyth the Cardinall to Westminster and there dyned wyth all the Frenche men passyng aâ— the day after with consultation of waightie matters touchyng the conclusion of the saide article of the perpetuall peace The King then depaâ—ted againe by water to Greenewich at whose departing it was concluded by the Kings deuice that al the Frenche men shoulde resorte to Richemonde and hunt in euerye one of the Parkes there and from thence to Hampton Courte and there to hunt and the Cardinall to make there a supper or banquet or both to them And from thence they should ryde to Windsore and there to hunt And after to returne to London so to Greenewich there to banquet with the King Then was there made preparation of all thyngs for this greate assemblye at Hampton Court the Cardinall called before him his principal Officers as Stewarde Treasorer Comptroller and Clearke of hys Kitchin to whome he declared his minde touchyng the entertainement of the Frenche men at Hampton Courte his pleasure to them knowne they sent out Caters Purueyors and other the Cookes wrought both night daye in suttleties the Yeomen and Grooms of the Wardrobes were busied in hanging of the Chambers and furnishing the same wyth beds of silke and other furniture there were prouided 280. beds furnished with all manner of furniture to them belonging The daye was come to the French men assigned and 1526 they ready assembled before the houre of their appointmeÌ„t wherefore the officers caused them to ryde to Haâ— orth a place and a Parke of the Kings wythin thrée myles there to hunt spenâ— the day vntill night at whyth time they returned againe to Hampton Courte euery of them conueyed to theyr seuerall Chambers hauing in them greate â—â—ers and wiâ—e for their comforte remayning there vntil the Supper was ready The Chambers where they supped and banqueted were ordered in this sort First the great wayting Chamber was hanged with rich Arras as none were Aâ—â—oreg 20 better than other and furnished with tall yeomen to serue There were sette Tables rounde aboute the Chamber banquet wise couered a Cupborde was there garnished with whyte siluer Plate hauing also in the same Chamber to giue the more light foure plates of siluer sette with greate lightes and a greate fire of wood and coales The nexte Chamber being the Chamber of Presence was hanged with verye riche arras and a sumptuous cloth of estate furnished with many goodly Gentlemen to serue the Tables ordered in maner as the other Chamber was sauing that the highe Table was remoued beneath the
Castell where they firste called before them the Mayor and Alderman c. And bycause Richard Read Alderman would not agrée to pay as they set hym he was commaunded vpon paine to serue the King in hys wars of Scotlande who departed from London the thrée and twentith of January Also sir William Roâ—â—â— Alderman for words â—â— displeasure taken by the Kings Councell was by them sent Sir VVilliam Roche sente to the Fleete to the Fleete where he remayned till Passion Sondaye The sixe and twentith of January there camped on the Weast side of Boloigne beyond the Hauen an army of French to the number of eightéene thousand where they laye tenne dayes and the sixth of February were put to flight by the Earle of Hartford and sir Iohn Dudley Lord Admiral then being Deputie of Boloigne The thirtéenth of February a Priest was set on the Pillorie in Cheape burnt in both chéeks with the letters F A. a paper on his heade wherein was written For false accusing whyche iudgement was giuen by the Lorde Chancelor in the Starre Chamber a notable example of Justice great cause haue I to wishe the lyke to the lyke accuser who neuer yet repented but coÌ„trariwise sweareth and forsweareth that he neuer did any suche acte againste his brother In the beginning of March a roade was made into Scotlande towarde Gedworth by the Englishemen who at the firste gote greate praise but they were so gréedy and went so far that a greate army of Scottes beset them with thrée battels where the Englishemen for the moste part were slaine and taken at Panyer Howghe among whome sir Ralph Eure Lorde Alderman of London taken prisoner Eure and Warden of the East Marches was slayne and Richard Read Alderman of London wyth other taken prisoners by the Scots Trinitie Terme was adiorned bicause of the warres 1545 Anno reg 37 About the xxv of June was great tempest of wind in Darbishire where through trées were ouer-turned and dyuers Churches Chappels and houses were vncouered Also in Hailestones fâ—gured lyke menâ— heades Lancashire there fell hailestones as big as mens fists which had diuers printes in them some like mens faces some like Gunne holes c. The ninetéenth of July the French kings nauy comming Frenchemen arryued in Susseâ— out of Newhauen and Deepe arriued on the coaste of England in Sussex afore Bright Hamsteade where they sette certaine of their souldiours alande to burne but the Beacons were fyted and the men came downe so thicke that the French men fledde and did little hurte The xix of July by misfortune of shooting a Gun in one of Men brent in the 〈…〉 y â— Hedgehogs a ship afore Westminster a â—irken of gun-poulâ—â—â— fyred slew 7. men and the eight leaped into the Thamis and was drowned The xx of July the king being at Portsmouth a goodly ship Mary Rose vvas drovvned of Englande called the Mary Rose with sir George Carrowe the Captaine and manye other Gentlemen were drowned in the middest of the Hauen by greate negligence The xxj of July the French Galleis nauye came afore Frenchmen landed in the I le of VVight Portsmouth Hauen and landed certaine of their army in the I le of Wight at Saint Helens Point there burned encamped about two thousande men but they were soone driuen away with losse of their Captaine many souldiors Within few dayes after the whole fléete remoiâ—ed from the Wight Frenchmen landed at Nevvhauen in Sussex to a place in Sussex called Newhauen four miles from Lewes and there landed many Captaines souldiors who by the valiantnesse of the Gentlemen and Yeomen of Sussex were slaine and drowned in the Hauen a great number of them the reste hardly recouered their shippes and Galleis In the moneth of August deceassed at Guilforde Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke and Lorde greate Maister of the Kings housholde who was honorably buryed at Windsore In August the Earle of Hereforde was sent into Scotland Erle of Herford sent into Scotl. with an armye of 12000. menne where he destroyed dyuers Townes and greatly endaâ—uaged the Scottes The ninth of September sir Iohn Dudley Lorde Lisle Lorde Admirall brene Treyport Lorde Adinirall of Englande landed with 6000. men at Treyport in Normandie and there brente the Towne and Abbey with other houses about it and thirâ—â—e ships with a Barke that laye in the Hauen with losse of fourtéene Englishmenne and so reâ—urned The twelfth of September the Churche of Saint Giles S. Giles churche brent without Criplegate of London was brent The eightéenth of October the Procession was firste begon in Paules Church to be sung in English and so commanded by Iniunction through the whole realme George Barnes Ralphe Allen the 28. of September Sherifes Maior Sir Martin Bowes Goldsmith the 28. of October The xxliij of Nouember began a Parliament wherein was graunted to the Kyng a subsedie of two shillings eight Chauntres Colledges and hospitals giuen vnto the King pence of the pound in goods four shillings of the pound in lands Also at Colledges Chauntries and Hospitalles were committed to the Kings order to alter and transpose whyche he promised to do to the glorie of God and the common profite of the Realme In the latter ends of March the Stewe in Southwarke was put down by the Kings commandement In May the kings 1546 The Stevves put dovvne Anno reg 38 VVilliam Foxley slepte more than fourteene dayes and as many nightes vvithout vvaking ships tooke one of y e French Kings Galleis with gret riches The xxvij of Aprill being Tuisday in Easter wéeke William Foxley Potte maker for the Mint in the Tower of London fell asléepe and so continued sléeping and coulde not be wakened with pricking cramping or otherwise burning whatsoeuer till the firste day of the nexte Tearme whyche was full fouretéene dayes and as many nights or more for that Easter Terme beginneth not afore seauentéene dayes after Easter The cause of his thus sléeping could not be knowen thoughe the same were diligently searched for by the Kings Phisitions and other learned menne yea the King himselfe examining the saide William Foxley who was in all pointes found at his wakening to be as if he had slept but one night and is yet liuing in the Tower of London this present yeare of oure Lorde God 1579. The thirtéenth of June being Whitsonday a peace was proclaymed betwéene the Kings of England and France with a generall Procession in London The seauen and twentith of June Doctour Crome recaÌ„ted at Paules Crosse The xvj of July were burned in Smithfied for the Sacrament Anne Askevve and other brent Anne Askew alias Keime Iohn Lassels Nicholas O 〈…〉 tleâ— Priest Iohn Adlam Tailour and Doctour Shaxton 〈…〉 time Bishop of Salisburie preached at the same fire and 〈…〉 erecanted perswading them to doe the lyke but they â—oulde not The xxj of August came