The Brut, or The chronicles of England. Edited from Ms. Raw. B171, Bodleian Library, &c., by Friedrich W. D. Brie, with introduction, notes, and glossary ...

APPENDIX D.

ADDITIONAL MATTER FOR THE PERIOD 1420-28.

[MS. Hh. 6. 9, University Library, Cambridge.]

And þis was doon þe Monday next aftir the Trinity Sonday, In the yere of grace M^l IIII^e XX^ti. And anone aftir this mariage was done, the Kyng hym-self [Henry V], with his Englis lordes and Retenue, and þe Duke of Burgoigne with many grete lordes of Fraunce, with his strength and gouernance of people, leyde sege to dyuers Citees townes & castelles which wer holden of the Dolphynne, with strength of his meyney, And of the Armenakkis and Scottis. And the Kyng with his people gat theme, and had the victorie of his enemyes.

And in this same yere, And in þe yere of grace a M^l IIII^c XX^ti, by-twene Cristemesse and Candilmasse, the Towne of Milloyne was yolden vp to the Kynge; And all þe Chiftains, with þe Souldeours, were take and ledde to þe Cite of Parys, 'in þe Croke of þe mone' þei may say for theme; ffor þer escapede fro thens of þeme but a fewe on lyue, for þei of Paris did theme to dethe.

Willelmus Cambrigge, M[ayor]. Johannes Wellis, Johannes Botiller, draper. vic' VIII^o [A.D. 1420-21].

And in þis same yere [1 Hen. VI] þe Wednysday, þe XXI day of Octobre, in þe first yere of Kyng Henry þe VI, at þe houre betwene VI & VII in þe mornyng, died Charles, þe French Kynge, In his Inne of saint Paules with-Inne þe Cite of Paris, And is buried in þe chirche of Saint Denyse withoute þe cite of Paris: On whos soule, God haue mercie! Amen!

And in þis same yere, in þe moneth of Februarie, James Stewarde, Kyng of Scottes, spousede Dame Joan, the Duchesse Doughter of Clarence, of hir first housbond, Erl of Somersette, in þe churche of Saint Marie Overey in Suthwerk.

And in þis same yere, Maister William Tailour, clerk of Oxenforde, was a-fore the clergie at Saint Paules in London, And þer

he was convicte in heresie; and aftir, by Temporall lawe he was brought into Smythfelde, & there was he brent for his heresie.

And in þis same yere, þe XVII day of Auguste, was done the bataill of Vernoun in Perche, betwene the Duk of Bedforde, þan Regent of Fraunce, & þe Armenakkis with Scottes; but, thanked be God! the victorie fell to þe Englishmen, for þer were slain of our aduersaries the Erle of Bougham, þe Erle Douglas, þe Erle of Morre, þe Erle of Tonnare, þe Erle of Vendoun, the Vicounte of Narbone (þat traiterously slough the Duke of Burgoine knelyng be-fore the Dolphyn of Fraunce at þe towne of Monstrall,) & mony moo, þe nombre of X M^l moo. But þe moste vengeance fell vpon þe proude Scottes, for thei went to Dog-wash the same day, mo than XVII^c of cote Armoures of these proude Scottes; So that they may say wele "In the croke of þe mone went thei thidre warde, And in the wilde wanyende come þei homewarde."

William Crownes, M[ayor]. Nicholaus James, Thomas Wandefford. A^o II. [A.D. 1423-4.]

And in this same tyme the Kynge [Hen. VI], of two Erles made two Dukes: þe Erle of Cambrige he made the Duke of Yorke, & þe Erle Marshall Henaud, þe Duke of Northefolke.

And in þis same yere was Shedeswik draw and hangede & quartered at Tiborne, & his hede smyten of & sett vpon London Brigge, & his quartires vnto dyuers yatis of London, for his treason.

And whilles þe Duke of Bedforde was here in Englande, þe Erle of Warrewik was made Lieutenant of Fraunce & Normandye, for to kepe & garde both in werre and peace vn-to þe comyng of þe Duke of Bedforde again oute of England in-to Fraunce.

Johannnes Reynowell, M[ayor]. Robertus Arnold, Johannes Hyngham. A^o V^to. [A.D. 1426-7.]

And þe Duke of Bedforde & þe Duchesse his wife went vp to Paris, And so to other dyuers partees of Fraunce þer as hym list best to abide; And þan þe Erle of Warrewik come In-to Englande again.

Off the takyng off Will Wawe; And how he was done to dethe.

And in this same yere was Will Wawe take for an [a]rannt þeef, and was brought to London to þe Kynges Bench, & so brought to Westmynster a-fore þe kynges Justices, & þer Jugede to

þe dethe. And so he was brought again from Westmynster to Suthwerk, & þen he was put in a carte, stanndyng, & faste bounde; & so he was cariede thorugh þe Cite to Tiborne, that all men myght see hym & knowe hym, And so he was caried the thirde day of Juyll, And there hangede for his trespass.

Johannes Gedney, M[ayor]. Robertus Oteley, Henricus Frowik. vic' A^o VI [A.D. 1427-8.]

How that there ffill grete habundaunce off Rayn; And how dyuers sowdiourz went ouer the see.

And in this same yere, & in þe yere of grace M^l IIIIc XXVII, from þe begynnyng of þe moneth of Aprile vnto the feste of All Halowen, was so abundaunce of Rayn that, not only hay was distroied, but Also all maner of Cornes; for it Raynede all-moste euery day, more or lesse, duryng this terme a-for-said.

And anone aftir, as þe Erle of Warrewik, ser Thomas Beauchampe, was sennd oute of Fraunce from þe Duke of Bedforde by all the worthy & discrete counsaill of Englande, he was made maister & gouernoure vn-to the Kynge duryng his non-age, & hym to goueren, teche & norish, as oweth to be done to such a worthy prince, to his lernyng of all maner worthynesse to good gouernance, discretion and reason.

And in þis same yere, an old man, a girdeler of Norwiche, which counterfetede the Kynges grete seale, And esealled charters & protections with þat counterfeit seall, in disseit & preiudice of þe Kynge & of his liege peple, was iugede to þe deth, to be drawe thorugh the Citee of London vnto Tiborne, and þer hangede; & þus he died for his treason.

How that A Breton had mordrede a widdow without Algat. Ca II^c LXII.

And in þe same yere, a fals Breton, betwen Ester and Witsontyde, mordrede a good wedowe in hir bedde, the which hadde found hym, for Almesse, withoute Algate, In the suburbes of London; & he bar a-way all that sche hadde, And after toke girth of holy churche at Saint Georges in Suthwerk; but at þe last he toke the Crosse, & for-suore þe Kyng land. And as he went his way, it

happid hym to come by the same place wher he did that cursede dede; And women of þe same parish come oute to hym with stones & with canell dong & þere made an ende of hym in þe high streit, so þat he went no ferþere, not-with-stondyng þe Constablis & oþer men also, which had hym in gouernaunce, to convey hym forth in his way; for þere was a grete companye of them; & on hym thei had neither mercie nor pite; & thus this fals thefe endede his life in þis worlde, for his falsnesse.

How that An Erityk was take And convicte; And how Kyng Henry ordeynyd to go in to Fraunce, to resceyue þe crown. Ca. II^c LXIII^o.

And in þis same yer, & in þe yer of grace a-foresaid, Richerde Woll-pakker, of Marc Lane, þat was convicte a-for þe clergie, & dampned of heresie, was led to þe Tour-Hill of London; & ther he was brent for his fals & cursed opynions þat he helde & mayntened in presence of þe Duke of Gloucestre, & of þe Duke of Northfolk, & þe Erl of Warrewik, & þe Erle of Stafforde, & oþer lordes & Jentilles, & afore all þe comuners þat were there present of þe roialme a grete multitude.

And in this same yere, þe Satirday, þe XXI Day of Februarie, one Fenables, a Jentilman of Chestre, & Thomas Clement a Draper of London was dampnede atte Westmynster for treason & for þift þat thei had done to þe Kynge & to his liege peple, to be drawe fro þe Toure of London thorugh þe Citee to Tiborne, & þere hangede & quartrede, And there hedes sett vpon London Brugge.

And in þis same day & yere, Embassitoures of Spayne, þat is to say, a Bishoppe, with other grete & worthy clerkis, And an Erl with knyghtes & squyers,—& these people come to þe Kynge in to Westmynstre Hall the day aboue-saide.

And in þis same yere, on Saint Mathie day, Apostill, which was on a Friday, Kyng Henry the Sexte after his coronation & ende of his parlement holden at Westminster, by the advise of all the lordes & comons of England, was ordeyned in þis parlement a-for-said þat þe Kyng shulde wende ouer the see in to Fraunce for to resceyue the Crowne þere.