[MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 207a] Nicholaus Wotton, Maior. Walterus Chertsey, Robertus Large, Vicecomites. anno ix^o [A.D. 1430-1.]

And in this yere, and in the yere of grace M^l cccc xxx^ti, John Ostillere, at the Crowne in Franchirchestrete of London, debadet with the ambassitours of Spayne, and rered blode of oon of theym þat was a gentleman; wherfor the hosteler was arested and brought to the Countoure, and his wife bothe, for she beganne the debate; and then the Kyng and his consayle remeved hym from the Countoure, and brought hym in the Flete prison. And on the Monday next after, the Maire and bothe the Shirreffes of London, by the comaundment of the Kyng and his consayle, brought hym fro the Flete, fetered, colered, and manacled with yron strongly, thurgh the Cite till they come to Leden-hall, for he shuld haue goon to the Toure to abyde his Iugement for the grete offence þat he had doon, brekyng of the Kynges sauf-condite, ayenst his peas and comaundment. And there these ambassiatours of Spayne mette withe the Maire and his company in Greschirchstrete, as they were goyng toward the Toure, and prayed the Maire of grace for the man; and so he was brought ageyne þat same nyght [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 207b] to Flete prison.

And in this same yere, on Seint Gregoryes day, a preste of Essex was brought to London afore the clergye at Seint Paules, and there he was conuicte in heresy and false Lollardy, þat he mayntened and helde ayenst holy chirche; and so he was brent in Smythfeld for his heresy.

And in this same yere, on the Tuesday next after Palme Sonday, all the prisoners þat were in Ludgate were brought into Newgate prison by Waltere Chirtesey & Roberte Large, shirreffes ofPage  457 London; and the Friday, the xiij^th day of Aprell then next folowing, the same shirreffes fette oute of Newgate, by the false suggestion and compleynt of oon Iohn Kyngescote, Gaolere of Neugate, .xviij. presoners of fremen. And the oon half of these xviij. presoners were ledde to the oon Counter, and þat oþer half to þat other Compter, by malice and compleynt of þe seid Iohn Kyngescote. And these were ledde to the Compters, braced as though they had be felons and theves, openly in euery mannys sight.

And in this same yere, vpon þe Whitsonday, a man of the towne of Abyngdon þat is in Oxenfordshire, þat called hym-self Iak Sharp, was take, with oþer mo of his company, for risers and distourbours of þe Kynges peple, and for his false ymaginacion and treson þat he began to make and werk in that Cuntre aboute; and þerfore he was drawe, and hanged and quartered at Abyngdon, and his hede smyten of, and set vpon London Brigge, by the comaundement of the Duke of Gloucestre, Lieutenaunt of England, an[d] by alle the good and worthy lordes of the Kinges Consayle beinge that tyme in the Reame.

And in this same yere, the xvj. day of Iune, the preson of Ludgate was made, and opened ageyn for fremen þat be presoners for dette. And the same day they entred in first ageyn by ordynaunce and comaundment of the Maire, aldermen [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 208a] and comyners. And Henry Dene, Tayloure, was made keper of Ludgate prison, by the Maire and all the communialte in the Guyldhall.

And in þis same yere, the xiij. day of Iuyll, John Russell, wollepakkere, was dampned at Westmynstre, and brought to the Kynges Benche, and leyde on a hirdell, and drawen thurgh the Cite of Tybourne, and quartered; and his quarters set vpon dyuers gates of London, and his hede set vpon London Brigge.

John Welles, Maior. Stephanus Broun, John Athirley, vicecomites anno x^o. [1 Sept. 1431 to 31 Aug. 1432]

And þen Kyng Henry was brought from Caleys, þurghPage  458 Normandy, to þe Cite of Roan, with strenght of his lordes, and with men of armes and archers; and there the kyng abode, and rested hym in the Castell and the Cite of Roan, from Seint Iames tyde the Apostell, vnto the secund day of Decembre. And when he come first into Rone, he was receyued and welcomed for theire liege lord and Kyng, with all reuerence, solempnite, gladnesse and worship, þat myght be ordeyned and made; and also they presented hym with ryche and roiall giftes, and thanked God of his comyng. And in the tyme of his abidyng in þe Cite of Roan, there were many iourneyes done in dyuers partyes of Fraunce and Normandy, which be not titled in this boke; for y haue not full conusuaunce of theym, how, ne in what place nor where they were doon.

Here is the begynnyng of Kyng Herries comyng the Sext, from Roan to Parys; and how worthely they of Parys receyued the Kyng in his first comyng thider.

And when Kyng Henry the Sext was goon from the Cite of Roan toward þe Cite of Parys, and first to Seint Denys the .ij. day of Decembre; and þere he was worthely receyued as euer was any kyng to any Cite; and þe village cleped 'Chapell,' betwene Seint Denys and [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 208b] Parys, there mette with the Kyng and his lordes, the Provost of Parys, with the Marchauntez, and iij. other estates with hem, clothed in oon sute, in rede fyne saten crymsyn furred with Martrons, and with blewe hodes, to a grete notable nombre. And whan the Kyng was passed the village, þere mette with hym the Provost of Parys aforeseid, in a blewe gowne of velwet, and the .iij. Maisters of the chastlet with theym, alle clothed in blewe with blak hodes; and next after theym come the ix worthy Emperoures, with Kynges and Quenes, and iche of them armed, sauf the Quenes, and theire horses trapped with theire armes, and the quenes hors trapped with theire armes; and then come the Maister of the Chamber, with the acomptes all clothed in violet, ermyn, scarlet hodes, a notable nomber; and after come the President, with alle the maysters of þe parlement, all clothed inPage  459 scarlet, with furred hodes, and round standynge cappes of Trype; and these were the iiij estates with alle the ix worthies.

And at comyng to þe gate of Seint Denys of Parys, there was afore the fronte of the gate þe armes of the towne in gowles, a chieff of asure, with the flourdelice of gold in asure; and also þer was a verrey shippe, with alle the appurtenaunceȝ þerto belongyng, couered with siluer foyle, and certeyne persones standing þerin. And at the Kynges comyng to the gate, they henge ouer the shippe borde iij. blody hertys like vnto mennys hertys, bot þey were gretter. And as the Kyng come to the gate, these thre hertes opened; and oute of hem flewe white dovys and oþer briddes, and certeyn scriptures made, shewyng vnto the Kyng þat they receyued hym with alle hertys, and for theire souereyn Lorde and Kyng. And at the comyng in of the gate was ordeyned a clothe of gold, and vj men beryng it vpon vj. spere-shaftes, and eche of the men bare heded; and on theire hodes, garlaundes of gode foyle, and they clothed in blewe. And in the same strete was a condit, and iij. meremaydes swymmyng aboue on the water; [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 209a] and oute of the condite come rennyng dyu[er]s wynes; oon ypocras; the second rede wyne, the thridde, with mylke. And euery Englissh man þat wold drynk ypocras, had ynough; and alwey men redy to serue theym with cuppes and pecis. And iij wodewoses playing vpon the toppe of þe condyte; and other wodewoses benethe, playing to kepe this condite.

And then in the same strete was made a scaffold; and þerupon men disgysed after the weddyng of oure Lady, and of the birthe of oure Lorde Ihesu Crist, fro the begynnyng to the ende. And þere was neyder man nor childe þat any wight myght perceyue, þat euer chaunged any chere or countenaunce alle the tyme duryng; bot held theire contenaunce, as they had been ymages peynted; so þat all peple þat sawe hem, seyd þat they sawe ncuer in þeire lyves suche a-noder sight.

And after that, comyng in at þe Inner gate of Seint Denys wh[e]re þat he was in Chatere, there was made the life of Seint Denys, and of many other dyuers persons in grete estate aboue hym,Page  460 bothe spirituell and temporall, after Cristen men and hethen, as they were in theyre tyme þat is passed. And so comyng to the founteyn of Seint Innocentȝ, there was made a hegge of grene holme-busshes; and þerout stert an hert, and houndes rennyng after hym, couered in þe armes of England and Fraunce. And at þe Chastelet, þere was made a stately ordynaunce of scaffoldes, hanged with clothes of golde and with arras, with the Kinges armes of England and of Fraunce; and a man lykened to þe Kyng sittyng in a sete, kepyng a state in scarled with a furred hode and with .ij. buylhons made with the armes of England and of Fraunce; and vpon the right hande, knelyng, my Lord of Bedford, my Lord of Gloucestre, my Lord Cardynall, and many oþer lordes [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 209b] of England, iche man after his degre, armed with his cote of armes vpon hym; and then the Duke of Burgoyne, knelyng on the lifte hande, offeryng vp the armes of Fraunce, and alle the other lordes of Fraunce in theire degre, knelyng, and offeryng vp their armes; and dyuers scriptures made, þat all they requyre the Kyng of rightwisnesse. And after was presented to þe Kyng a wylde hert, trapped with the armes of the towne.

And so þe Kyng rode forth to oure Lady Chirche, and made his offryng. Alle the stretes from Seint Denys Gate were hanged with cloþes of arras and with clothes of tapissery werk; and for þe most party all the stretes were couered with lynnen clothes.

And so from thens the Kyng that same tyme went to Tourney, and because it was ill ridyng, for the grete froste þat was that tyme in the towne, and the stretes were strawed thurghout for slidyng of theire horses vnto þey come to Tourney; and there the Kyng souped with my Lorde of Bedford, and lay there all nyght, and dyned there on the morowe ere [he] passed any ferther.

And so vpon the morowe the Kyng went to speke with his grandmoder, þe Quene of Fraunce. And there she made hym chere, and welcomed hym with all the dalyaunce, countenaunce, and chere þat she coude or myght; and seid þat 'she was neuer so gladde as she was then, sith she sawe þe Kynge of Fraunce inPage  461 good plyte.' And so from the Quene he rode streight to Boys in Vyncent; and there he rested hym vnto þe tyme of hys Coronacion, þe which shuld be holden and doon on þe Sonday, the .viijth day afore Cristmasse, by the grace of God.

And þen the Saterday, the xv. day of Decembre, the Kyng come on the after-none from Boys in Vyncent vnto þe palays of Parys; and he rested hym there all þat nyght. And þe next morowe, the Sonday, was he brought worthely from the palyce to the Chirche of oure Lady in Parys; and there he was crowned Kyng of Fraunce by the Cardynall, þe Bisshop [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 210a] of Winchestre and oþer Englissh Bisshoppes, and by .vj. of þe worthiest Bisshoppes of Fraunce. And this coronacion was worthely doon, with all the solempnite þat myght be doon and ordeyned.

And when the Kyng was crowned, and the seruice doon, then the Kyng was brought ageyn to his palyse, and there set to mete with all delicacye of metes and drynkes þat myght be ordeyned, and open fest to all men þat wold com, bothe pore and riche. And after his coronacion at Parys, the Kyng come doun to þe Cite of Roan. And so, by candelmasse next, the Kyng came to Caleys. And the Marchauntes of the Staple, with the peple of the towne, welcomed hym with all reuerence and honoure, and presented hym with giftes.

And within .xiiij. dayes after, the Kyng come ouer the see into England, and landed at the towne of Dover in Kent; and there were redy the Burgeys of the .v. Portes, and bare the Kyng on lande. And then come moche peple of Kent and Sussex, of good gentelmen and yomen on horsbak and in good aray, and they welcomed the Kyng, and brought hym to Caunterbury; and þere þe Kyng rested hym a day. And then the peple of all the Cuntre aboute come on horsbak and good aray to þe Kyng, and welcomed the Kyng with all theire hertys, and brought the King fro Caunterbury vnto his Maner of Eltham þat is .v. myle oute of London. And there the Kyng rested hym .v. or .vj. dayes, vnto his comyng to the Cite of London.

And in this same yere the xxj^th day of Februare, Kyng Henry the .vj. come from his Maner of Eltham toward the Cite of London; and the Maire and aldermen, with the comynalte ofPage  462 London, roode ayenst the Kyng on horsbak, in the best aray þat they myght, in the reuerence of the Kyng and in worship and gladnesse of the worthy name of the Cite of London, thurghout the world in worthynesse commended and praysed. For the Maire hym-self was clothed in rede Crymsyn velwett, and a grete velwet hatte furred royally, and a girdell of gold aboute his mydell, and a bawdrik of gold aboute his neck, trillyng doun behynde hym; and his .iij. hensmen on [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 210b] .iij. grete Coursoures foloyng hym, in oon sute of a good aray, in rede, all spangled in siluer; and then all the Aldermen in gownes of scarlet, with sangwyn cappes. And all the communialte of the Cite were clothed in white; bot euery crafte with dyuers devices enbrowded vpon the white gownes, þat euery craft myght be knowen, oon from a-nother, with scarlet hodes or cappes. And all they hoved still on horsbak on the Blak-Heth in Kent, on both sides, as a strete, vnto the Kynges comyng.

And when they sawe the Kyng come, the Maire with the aldermen rode to the Kyng, and welcomed hym with all reuerence, honour and obeysaunce. And the Kyng thanked hem, and he come ridyng thurgh all the peple; and they obeyed, and seid, "Welcom oure liege and Kyng! welcom! and thanked be God in all his giftes, þat we se you in good quart!" and so the Kyng rode streight the high wey to London.

And when the Kyng had riden thurgh Suthwerk, and come to the stuples without London Brigge, þere stode a gyaunt in a toure, with his swerd drawe in his hande, shewed with countenaunce, doth manace all foreyn enemys to the death without mercy, þat seith or doth ayenst the Kynges right. "And y, the Kynges Champyon, in full myght and power."

And then the Kyng come to London Brigge; and there was made a roiall hevenly toure; and therin was shewed .iij. ladyes as Emperice, worthely apparaylled in theire aray, which were called by name 'Nature, Grace, and Fortune.' And theire girdelles were blewe, shynyng like to sapheres, which shewed to the Kyng, in his comyng, all goodnesse and gladnesse in vertuous lyvyng; and with oþer .vj. virgynes celestial, in tresses of gold, and withPage  463 coronalles on theire hedes, all clothed in white, as virgines, with sonnys of golde on theire garmentes, shewyng as hevenly creatures, mekely salewyng the Kyng, and gaf hym .vij. giftes, þat were toknes of oure Lord God of heven, þat were white dowves, betokenyng the giftes of the Holy Gost, a spirite of intelligence, a spirite of sapience, and a spirite of strenght and of connyng, and of consayle, pite, drede, and lowlynesse. And on the lifte side of these .iij. Emperresses, were .vij. oþer virgyns, clothed all in white, with sterres of gold on theire garmentes, with coronalles on theire hedes, which presented the Kyng with [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 211a] royall giftes: first, they endewed the Kyng with the crowne of glorye, and with the septre of mekenesse and of pite; a swerd of myght and victorie, a mantell of prudence, a shelde of feith, a helme of helth, a girdell of love and of parfite peas. And all these ladyes and virgines welcomed the Kyng with all honoure and reuerence.

And then the Kyng procedyng forth to the Condyte in Cornhill; and þere was made in serkelwyse of Trone; and in the myddes sittyng, a yonge child arayed as a kyng, whom to gouerne were .iij. ladyes, Mercy, Trouthe and the Lady Clennesse; and .ij. Iuges of lawe, and .viij. sergeauntes, to shewe the kyngdom lawe and right. And then the Kyng rode forth, and entred into Chepe, and come to the grete Conduit, þat ranne plente of good wyne, bothe white and rede, to all peple þat wold drynk. And aboue, ouer the Condite, was a royall toure likned to Paradyse, with many dyuers trees beryng eueryche dyuers frutes. And in this same gardeyn was dyuers welles of dyuers wynes, with bokettes; and .iij. glorious virgines wounde vp the wyne, proferyng the Kyng there full habundaunce, fulsomnesse, and high plente. And the names of these virgines been 'Mercy, Grace, and Pite.' And in the ende of this gardeyn þere appered to the Kyng .ij. olde men,—þat oon, Enok; and þat oþer, Ely,—þat shewed the Kyng chere and grete preysing ministryng his gouernance.

And the Kyng passed forth, and come to the Crosse in Chepe;Page  464and there was made a castell roiall; and on the Est syde stode .ij. grene treeȝ, which bare the armes of England and of Fraunce, the libardes and the flouredelice, which been the Kinges right and trewe armes be lyne. And vpon this castell, toward Seint Paules, there was the tree of Iesse, with all the braunches, shewyng the kynrede of oure Lorde Ihesu and of our Lady, Seint Marye, to the comfort of the Kyng, and for the grete solempnite of þe worthy cite of London.

And then they passed forth from þe Castell and come toward Seint Paules at the Litell Conduit; and þere was made an heven indivisible of the Trinite; and a trone compassed his roiall See with a grete multitude of angellys hym aboute, with dyuers melodyes and songe, to hertly ioye and [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 211b] comfortyng of the Kyng and all his peple. And whan he was come to Seint Paules, there he alight doun of his hors; and þere come þe Archebisshop of Caunterbury, and the Archebisshop of York, and þe Bisshop of Lincoln, and the Bisshop[es] of Bathe, Salesbury, Norwich, Ely, and Rochestre, and the Dene of Paules with his couent, in procession, in theire best araye of holy Chirche, and met with hym, and did hym obseruaunce as bylongeth to hym, and censed hym at his comyng in; and so brought the kyng to the high autere, with roiall songe. And there the kyng offred; and then he come oute ageyn, and toke his hors, and come to Westminster; and thider brought hym the Maire, Aldermen, and all the communialte of the Cite of London.

And when the kyng was come to Westminster with all his peple, the Abbot and all the Couent come oute, coped roially, in procession, with high solempnite and gladnesse. And the Abbot brought to the Kyng, Seint Edwardes septre; and so he come into the Abbay with all solempnite, ioye and songe, and offred to Seint Edward; and then come oute ageyne, and went to his palace. And then the Maire and Aldermen, with all the communialte of London, toke theire leve of the Kyng and of the lordes, and thanked God highly of his welfare and comyng.

And on the Seturday next suyng, the Maire and þe Aldermen come ageyn to Westminster to the palays, with a riche hanaper of gold, and presented in to the Kyng, and a M^l .li. of gold therin, toPage  465 his bien venewe and welcom hoom; and prayed hym of his high myghty grace, lordship and love to his Chambre.

And þen anon after Ester next folowyng, the Kyng held his parlement at Westminster; and it lasted till seint Jametyde þe Appostell. and at þe begynnyng of the parlement, the Cardynall, the Bisshop of Wynchestre, come ouer the see into England, and so to London to þe Kyng, to excuse hym of the offenceȝ and blames þat were put vpon hym for thinges doon in Fraunce, by the compleynt of certeyn lordes; wherof he hath worthely excused hym to the Kyng and to his consayle; and so he was fully excused, and the parties at oon.

And also to this parlement come Frenssh lordes, bothe spirituall and temporell and ambassatours of Spayne, and oþer diuers lordes of dyuers [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 212a] landes, to trete for peas and other certeyn maters. And the xxvj. day of Juyn come the Dukes son of Bretayn ouer the see into England, and so to London to the Kyng; and with hym come a Bisshop of that lande, and certeyn knyghtes and Squyers and theire meny.

Johannes Parneys, Maior. Johannes Olney, Johannes Paddesley, vicecomites anno xj^o [A.D. 1432-3.]

And this same yere, the Lord Camoys, Sir Waltere Hungerford son, went ouer the see into Normandy, with knyghtes, squyers, men of armeȝ and archers, to the Nombre of xvc. peple and mo, by ordynaunce of the Kyng and his Consayle of the Reame, in strengthing and helpyng of the Duke of Bedford, Regent in tho partieȝ, and of all the Kynges liege peple, and for keping of the Kynges title and right.

And in þis same yere the Kynges sonne of Naverne, with oþer dyuers peple with hym, come in ambassiatry to the Kyng and to his Consayle.

And in þis same yere the Kyng let intere the Duchesse of Bedford, which deyed in Fraunce, at Seint Paules in London, with moche royalte and solempnite as myght be doon in holy Chirche.

And in this same yere, anon after Cristmasse, þe Bisshop of Acres in the land of Navern, come to the Kyng in ambassiarty.

Page  466And in þis same yere on Seint Wolstans day, Sir Robert Fitȝhugh was stalled Bisshop of London in the see of Seint Paules.

And in this same yere, anon after Cristmasse, the grete conuocacion and consayle of all the landes in Cristendom, and also of all oþer seculer lordes, and Clerkes,—þat is to say, Bisshoppes and other consayle began in the Cite of Basyle in Duchelande, for to make vnite and peas emong all Cristen peple, and for to destroye heretikes and erresye þat then reigned emong the peple.

And in this same yere, anon after Ester, þe Archebisshop of Caunterbury and oþer Bisshoppes with othere clergy, and the Duke of Gloucestre with oþer lordeȝ, knyghtes and squyers, went ouer the see to Caleys, for trety, and made þere a [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 212b] consayle betwene þe Frenssh and þe Englissh. And þider come out of Fraunce þe Duke of Bedford, Regent, with many other Frenssh lordes, bothe spirituall and temporall; and also þider come þe Cardynall, þe Bisshop of Wynchestre.

And in this same yere, the xxij^th day of Aprell, the Erle of Huntyngton, with other dyuers lordes, knyghtes and squyers, with men of armes and archers, shipped at Hampton, and went ouer the see into Normandy and so to Fraunce, for to mayntene, kepe and gouerne the right of oure Kyng and þe parties of Fraunce and Normandy.

And in this same yere, Herry Beauford, Cardynall, Bisshop of Wynchestre, come ouer the see into England, and so to London, the x^th day of Iuyn, to his Maner of Seint Mary Ouerey in Suthwerk.

And in this same yere was the Clipse in þe after-None, þat Asshewell þe white frere, and oþer clerkes, spake of longe tyme before; which all peple dowted and were sore aferd of, thurgh the speche of þe seid frere. And this clipse was the xvij. day of Iuyn.

And in this same yere come Iohn, Duke of Bedford, with hisPage  467newe wedded wife, þe Erles doughter of Seintpoule; and they come from Fraunce ouer the see into England, and so come to London, the xxiij^th day of Iuyn, þat was Mydsomer Even. And þe Mayre and aldermen, with many worthy comouns of London, brought theym from the Blak-Heth in Kent, and so to London into Fletestrete, vnto þe Bisshoppes Inne of Salesbury, with all honoure and reuerence.

John Brokley, Maior. Thomas Charlton, John Lynge, vicecomites Anno xij^o [A.D. 1433-4.]

And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M^l ccccxxxiiij^ty, þe viij. day of Iuyn, Iohn, Duke of Bedford, and his lady þe Duchesse, went ageyn ouer þe see to Caleys, and so into Normandy and Fraunce, with a grete nombre of peple, in strengthing and mayntenyng of oure Kynges right in [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 213a] Fraunce and Normandy.

And in þis same yere was a grete pestilence in London, bothe of men, women and childern; and namely of worthy men, as aldermen and oþer worthi communiers; and also thurgh England þe peple deyed sore, bothe pore and riche, which was grete hevynesse to all peple.

Robertus Otley, Maior. Thomas Bernewell, Symon Eyre, vicecomites anno xiij^o [A.D. 1434-5.]

And in this yere, and in þe yere of grace M^l. cccc. xxxv^ty, þe xxijth day Nouember, the grete and hard frost bygan; and it endured vnto the fest of Candelmasse next, which distroyed þe olde peple, bothe men and women, and also yong childern. And also in that same tyme deyed many bay trees, and rosemary, Sauge, tyme, and many oþer herbes.

And in this same yere, Sir Herrye Beauford, Cardynall, Bisshop of Wynchestre, and Maister Iohn Kemp, Archebisshop of York, and the Erle of Huntyngton, with oþer lordes, knyghtes, and Squyers, and Clergye, went ouer the see into Fraunce, to þe Cite of Reynes, to trete for a fynall peas betwene England and Fraunce. Bot it was sone disquat, for þe grete highnesse, pride, and couetyse of þe Frenssh party. For oure Englissh peple abode there from Midsomer till it was nygh Michelmasse. And so they departed from hem, and come ageyne into England in saufte, thanked be God!

Page  468And in this same yere, anon after these lordes comyng out of Fraunce from this trety of peas, Iohn, Duk of Bedford, was seke, and deyed in the Roan in Normandy; and there he is buryed: vpon whos soule, God haue mercy! amen!

Henricus Frowyk, Maior. Robertus Clopton, Thomas Catworth, vicecomites anno xiiij^o [A.D. 1435-6.]

And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M^l ccccxxxvj^ti, Kyng Henre þe vj^th held his parlement at Westmynster. And in þis parlement was graunted a [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 213b] disme for holy chirche, and a xv^th thurghout the Reame, to mayntene þe Kynges werres and to deffende oure Enemyes. And also they graunted to þe Kyng in this parlement, of all peple, pore and riche, both of spirituell and temporell, to pay of theire landes and rentes, and of all freheld þat they haue within this Reame of England, vj d. of þe pound; and þis treuly to fecche and geddre, to help in þe Kynges nedes as at this tyme.

And anon, in the begynnyng of Lent next folowyng, þe King, with his conseyle, borowed a somme of gold þurghout þe Reame, of temporall peple, þat amounted a c. M^l marc of money, to sende his peple ouer the see; to kepe, mayntene, and gouerne his landes byyonde the See: of which somme, the peple of London lent x M^l marc in olde and in newe, þat is to sey, .iiij. M^l v^c marc of olde, and iiij M^l v^c marc of newe prest. So these ij. sommes drawen x M^l marc and more, ouer the good peple of þe Cite of London, þat is to sey, certeyn craftes found both men of armes and archers to Caleys, forto kepe the towne in saufgarde from oure enemys, þat is to say, the Duke of Burgoyne and his strenght. And also the Cite of London sent stuff to Caleys, as Gonnes, Gonnepouder, with other commoditees for the werre, to kepe þat place sauf, to þe worship of oure Kyng and of þe Reame, and to þe welfare and profite of all England.

And this same yere, deyed iiij bisshoppes in England, þat is to say, the Bisshop of Ely, the Bisshop of London, the Bisshop of Lincoln, and the Bisshop of Bangore, and oþer mo prelatȝ of worthynesse and state, in dyuers partyes of the Reame of England.

And in this same yere, the Erle of Morteyner went ouer þe see to Caleys with a grete peple of men of armes and archers, in þe Passion Weke, in the defence of oure Kyng, and to destroye oure enemys.

Page  469And in this same yere, the iiij^th day of Maye, the Erle of Salesbury, and his broder the Lord Faukonberge, went ouer the see into Normandy with a fayre company of knyghtes and squyers, with men of armes and archers, in defence of þe Kyng and of þe Reame of England, for to destroye oure enemys.

And in this same yere, in þe Moneth of Maye, the Duke of York and þerle of Suffolk, with oþer lordes, [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 214a] knyghtes and squyers, men of armes and archers, and all oþer stuff and necessaryes þat perteyneth to werre, went ouer the see into Normandy and Fraunce, as lieftenaunt vnder the Kyng of England, forto gouerne and kepe þe landes of Fraunce and Normandy ageyns the Kynges enemys, and in saluacion of the Kynges peple.

And in this same yere aboute Midsomer, the Duke of Burgoyne, with all his pusance of peple, bothe of Fraunce and of Flaundres, and of oþer dyuers contreys, come and byseged þe towne of Caleys, and þe garrysons þat belongen þerto. And þere they destroyed both Mark and Oye, and of þe Kynges peple many oon. And þey come thider with so grete strenght and ordynaunce of werre, þat it was impossible any creatures to conquere theym, sauf þe grace of God oonly; wherfore þat the Kyng of England, with his consayle, let ordeyn and send ouer þe see to Caleys, for þe Rescues therof, and for his peple lying þere, and for his right, his vncle þe Duke of Gloucestre, the Duke of Norffolk, þe Erle of Warwyk, and þe Erle of Stafford, and þe Erle of Ewe, his broder, and þe Erle of Huntyngdon, and þe lord Fawnehope, Sir John Cornwayle knyght, and many oþer lordes, knyghtes and Squyers, and many oþer men of armes and archers, to þe nombre of Lx. M^l peple, with many dyuers wepenys þat belongeth to batayle. And then come the Navy of Spayne, with oþer dyuers shippes, which were grete vessels, and stronge and well-manned, and byseged þe towne of Caleys by water. Then come þe Erle of Devenshire with his Navye out of the west costes, and with oþer dyuers shippes of England well-manned; and they herd of his commyng, and they voided, and went theire wey thens, and wold no lenger abide. And then the Erle of Morteyner and þe Lorde Camoys, with a certeyn of theire peple, issued oute of Caleys, and brake the sege þat the Duke of Burgoyne had ordeyned ayenst the towne of Caleys, and come to þe Bastyle of strength, and slewe þe most party þat were þerin, and destroyed moche peple, and toke his ordynaunce, andPage  470 the remenaunt fledde away. And this was doon ere the Duke of Gloucestre come ouer þe see to Caleys [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 214b] with his Navye and people.

And after this, aboute our Lady Day þe assumpcion, the Duke of Gloucestre, the Duke of Norffolk, with Erles and lordes, with all theire oþer people and ordynaunces, come vnto Caleys forto rescue it, and forto destroye the sege; bot it was doon and ended ere they come, thanked be God of his grace! And þen þe Duke of Gloucestre, with all his peple, abode in Caleys till he had take his consayle what was best to doon. And þen he toke all his peple and went into Flaundres, and slowe and brent all þat they myht, and toke .ij. townes, Poperyng and Bell. And anon whan this was doon, he comanded all his peple to turne ageyn to Caleys, vpon peyn of deth, in all haste. And so þey taryed not longe there, bot come ageyn in all hast into England.

And in þis same yere, whils all this doyng was at Caleys and in Flaundreȝ, the Kyng of Scottes come with an huge powere of peple and ordynaunce, and biseged þe towne of Berwik, and after, the Castell of Rokesburgh, and did moche harme þere as he come. And þen come þe Erle of Northumberland and þe Erle of Westmerland, with lordes and peple of the Cuntrees, and distroyed and brake his seges; and he fledde with his peple, and turned ageyn into Scotland.

Johannes Mychell, Maior. Thomas Mustum, Willemus Gregory, Vicecomites Anno xv^o [A.D. 1436-7.]

And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M^l CCCC. xxxv^ti the grete, hard, bityng frost bygan the vij. day of Decembre, and endured vnto þe xxij. day of Feuerere next, which greved þe peple wonder sore; and moche pepel deyed in þat tyme, for colde and for skarcite of wode and cole. And tender herbes were slayne with þis frost, þat is to say, Rosemary, sauge, tyme, and many oþer herbes.

And in þis same yere deyed good Quene Kateryn, þat was moder to Kyng Henre the Sext, and wife to Kyng Henre the .v^th, the þursday þe .iij. day of [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 215a] Ianuare, in þe Abbey of Bermondesey without Suthwerk, in þe counte of Surre. And the Friday, the viij. day of Feuerere next after, the body of the Quene was brought to Seint Kateryns beside the Toure, and so thurgh London to Seint Paules, with lordes and ladyes, and with the Maire and Aldermen,Page  471 and the Craftes in London and with all the religious peple, as chanons, prestys and freres; and there was a solempne dirige and masse on the morowe. And from thens she was brought to Westmynstre, and þere was hir terement holden and doon rially; and þere buryed in the Chapell of oure Lady, on whos soule, God haue mercy! Amen!

And in this same yere, duryng the hard frost, þe Monday the xxiij. of Ianuare, the gate of þe Cite at London Brigge ouer-threwe and fell doun into Tamys to þe hard ground, and drewe the houses after hym, bothe within and without, to grete harm to þe Cite and to þe brigge.

And in this same yere, the walles of chirches, howses, and of Selers, þat were made of chalke, broke in many places, and fell in smale pecys to the grounde as dust.

And in this yere þe Kyng held his parlement at Westmynstre; and it byganne at þe Fest of Seint Hillary, and ended at Ester next folowyng. And in þe begynnyng of Lent, tydynges come to þe Kyng and to the Reame, how þat þe Kyng of Scottes, Sir Iames Steward, was slayn at Seint Johnes Towne with treson, by a Squyer of Scotland. And to this parlement come many dyuers straungers, somme of Aragon in Spayne, somme of Spruce, somme of Beam, and somme of Fraunce and Normandy. And þe Bisshop of Tyrwyn, with dyuers knyghtes and Squyers, come to this same parlement.

And in this same yere, the ix^th day of Iuyll, deyed Quene Iohan in the Maner of Haueryng-at-Bour in Essex, which was wife to Kyng Henry the iiij^th; and from thens she was brought to Caunterbury, and there is she buryed: on whose soule, God haue mercy! Amen!

And in this yere, anon after Midsomer, the Lord Willoughby, and other lordes with hym, knyghtes and squyers, men of armes and archers, were sent ouer the see into Fraunce, forto strenght, mayntene, and kepe the Kynges title and right þat he hadde in Fraunce and Normandy.

And in this same yere, at þe Natiuite of oure Lady Seint Mary, þe Erle of Warwik was ordeyned [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 215b] and comaunded ouer the see into Fraunce and Norma[n]dy, forto be lieftenaunt and gouernour in the Kynges name, with strenght of all þe partyes and landes þat the King hath byyonde the see, as in Fraunce, Normandy, andPage  472 Gascoyne. And then the Duke of York come hoom ageyn, þat longe tyme had been there; and so the same tyme he toke his iourney with lordes, knyghtes and squyers, men of armes and archers, a royall and a worthy company, and toke with hym þe lady his wife, and the yonge Lord Spencer, his sonne and his heire, and shipped in Goddes name, and toke the see. And when they were forth in the see, there arose grete tempestes, stormes and wyndes; and then they stode in perill of deth; and so, as God wold, he was dryven ageyn into England costes, and were saved; and so, at Allhalowentyde next, the good Erle of Warwyk toke his shippyng ageyn, and passed ouer the see, and come with his peple to Roan in saufte, thanked be God!

Willelmus Estfeld, Maior. Willelmus Hales, Willelmus Chapman, vicecomites anno xvj^o [A.D. 1437-8.]

And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M^l CCCC xxxviij, a woman of Highgate, þat was a tayllours wife, lete sle hir husbond; and þerfore she was Iuged to be brent at the Toure hill, þe Monday þe xxvij^th day of Ianuare.

And in this same yere, on Esterday, a gardyner þat wonned at Seint Mary at Nax in London, receued þe glorious sacrament oure Lordes body, and toke it oute of his mouth, and hidde it in a clowte, and wold haue brent it. And the parson took the sacrament, and receyued it reuerently, and brought it to þe high auter ageyn, and sent þe gardyner to prison. And þe Bisshop of London and oþer Bisshoppes and clergye sate vpon hym, and Iuged hym, for lollardry and erresye, to be brent in Smythfeld.

And in this same yere, the xiij. day of Iuyn, .v. men of the Cuntre of Tynderden in Kent, were founden and taken for heresyes and destroyers of the Kinges peple; and so they were brought to [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 216a] Maidston in Kent, and there Iuged to deth, to be drawe, hanged, quarterd, and theire hedes smyten of.

And in this same yere, the Erle of Morteyn went ouer the see into Fraunce by the Kynges comaundment and consayle, forto strenght and kepe in the Kinges name certeyn partyes in Fraunce and Normandy, with knyghtes, squyers, men of armes and archers.

And all this yere duryng, was grete scarcite of corn; for a busshell whete was at xx d. and ijs., and in the last ende of the yere at xxvj d. þe busshell; and a busshell of rye was xvj d. andPage  473 xviij d., and barly at x d. and xij d.; and then was right feble brede made for þe comon peple; and a galon of rede wyne at x d., and all oþer swete wynes at xvj d., as Romney, Malvesyne, Clarry, Tyre; and flessh and fyssh was longe tyme at an high price, which was grete charge to all the comons þurghout þe Reame. And in all þe North Cuntre a busshel of whete was at xl d. the most part of þe yere. And moche worthy peple deyed in the yere of pestilence, and of oþer commune peple of men, women and childern, thurghout þe Ream, and principally at York and in the North Cuntre; on whos soules God haue mercy! amen!

And in that same yere, in the Moneth of Iuyll, were made .vij. Sergeaunteȝ of Lawe; and they held theire generall fest the day of the Translacion of Seint Thomas, in the Bisshoppes Inne of Ely in Holbourne.

Stephen Broun, Maior. Hugo Dyke, Nicholaus Yoo, vicecomites anno xvij^o [A.D. 1438-9].

And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M^l CCCC xxxix^ti, on Seint Clementes day, betwene .iij. and .iiij. after None, þer fell such wedring of wynde and rayne, thondyr and lightnynges; and a grete smoke of the lightnynge, þat all peple were sore agast þerof, for þe hydous noyse þat was herd in the Reame. And þerwith an erthquake, þat shoke all the grounde.

And in this yere on Seint Georges Even, [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 216b] the holy Martir, from .ij. after mydnyght vnto .v. of the clok in þer mornyng, þer was so huge and so grevous wedryng of thundir and lightnyng, hale, wynde and Rayne, þat the peple were hugely agast and dred of it; bot oure Lord God and his blessed Moder, oure Lady Seint Marye, saved and kept all his hande-werk at all tymes,—blessed myght He and she be! amen!

And in this same yere, on the Monday next after Trinite Sonday, the Erle of Huntingdon, with oþer lordes, knyghtes and Squyers, men of armes and archers, went out of London toward the see for to gouerne and kepe the Cite of Burdeux, and also the Cuntreyes of Gascoyne and Guyan, to the profite of oure liege Lorde the Kyng, and to the welfare of the Reame of England.

And in this same yere deyed Sir Richard Beauchamp, Erle of Warwyk, in Normandy; and his bonys were brought into England,Page  474 and buryed at the towne of Warwik: on whos soule, God haue mercy! amen!

And in this same yere, the .v. day of Iuyn, the Erle of Stafford, with lordes, knyghtes, squyers, men of armes and archers, in good aray, went ouer the see to Caleys, for tretice betwene England and Fraunce. And within .ij. dayes after, went ouer the see to Caleys, the Archebisshop of York, þe Bisshop of Norwiche, and the Bisshop of Seint Dauy, with a grete meyne of clerkes, and moche oþer peple with theym, in good arraye, to Caleis, to this same tretice. And the Friday next after that, went the Cardinall, the Bisshop of Wynchestre, with a grete multitude of peple, ouer the see to Caleys, to the same tretice. And the Seturday next, went out of the Cite of London toward Caleis, to that same tretice, the Duke of Norffolk, with oþer grete lordes, knyghtes and squyers, and moche oþer peple with hym, in good araye; And Sir Richard Wodevyle, knyght, and Sir Roger Chamberlayn, knyght; and many oþer worthy states of knyghtes and Squyers, with men of armes and archers, went ouer the see into Normandy, to kepe the Kynges title and right. And þere þe Cardynall and these Bisshoppes, and the Duke of Norffolk, abode þere, and treted with the Frenssh party vnto þe terme of Michelmasse [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 217a] next folowyng.

And in all this yere, all greynes of corne were at an high price; for whete was at xxxij d., barly at xvj d., and rye at ij s., vnto the terme of Michelmasse next; and then was whete at xviij d., barly at x d., and Rye at xiiij d.

Robertus Large, Maior. Robertus Marchall, Philippus Malpas, vicecomites anno xviij^o [A.D. 1439-40].

And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M^l CCCC xl., a seruaunt þat was with a man of Hakney, .ij. myle from London, come with his mayster to London, and bought vitayle and must for deynte, forto sende hoom to his wife, for she was grete with childe. And the fals creature, when he come hoom, slewe þe wife and the child within her, and an oþer damysell and a noþer yong felawe þat was within his hous, and robbed theym of all theire Iewels and tresoure þat they hadde within theym. And so he fledde, and wold haue goon his weye; but God wold not so; for murdour woll com oute; and so he was take and brought to London, and so to Westminster; and þere he had his dome, to be brought to þe Toure ofPage  475 London, and þere leide on a hirdell, and drawen thurgh the Cite to Tyburn, and þere hanged for his falshede.

And anon after in this same yere, þe Cardynall and oþer Bisshoppes, and the Duke of Norffolk, with all oþer lordes, bothe spirituall and temporall, had ended theire trete, and made a trewes betwene England and Fraunce and Flaundres for iij. yere; and thus was this matere ended.

And in this same yere, Pope Eugeny, of the high grace and gifte of God, and of his grete avise and gouernance, conuerted and brought all the land of Grece, and oþer provynces and kyngdoms, into Cristen lawe and feith, and to hold the lawe and feith of Rome and of the Pope, as we doon at all tymes.

And in this same yere, on the morne after Seint Martyns Day, Kyng Henry the Sext held his parlement at Westminster, [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 217b] and it endured there vnto Cristmasse next, and myght not acorde. And the morowe after xij. day, the Kyng and his lordes removed it to þe towne of Redyng; and þere the parlement was holden and ended, to the welfare of the King and of the Reame, as we trust and hope in oure Lord God, in tyme comyng.

And in this same yere, aboute Cristmasse, went the Erle of Somersett ouer the see into Fraunce and Normandy, with a roiall peple of lordes, knyghtes, Squyers, men of armes and archers, forto gouerne there þe Kynges peple and landes, and to strength the lordes and theire peple þat hadde been þere long tyme, savyng and mayntenyng the Kynges right and title.

And in þis same yere, the Duchesse of Clarence deyed in the Abbey of Bermondesey without Suthwerk in Surre. And sho was caried to Caunterbury, and buried beside the Lord Thomas hir husbond, which was Duke of Clarence, on whos soule, God haue mercy! amen!

And in this same yer deyed the Countesse of Warwik, and is buried beside hir lord, Sir Richard Beauchamp, Erle of Warwik: on whos soules, God haue mercy! amen!

And this same yere, in the tyme of Lent, come .vj. persones with theire shippes from byyonde the see, with dyuers fyssh forto vitayle the Cite of London. And when they were delyuerd, and goyng homward, þer come a company of fals men, and pursued theym in a barge, and come vpon theym in the nyght, as þey were aslepe in theire vesseles and rode by anker in Tamys, and slewe allPage  476 þat were there in the shippes, and cutte þeir throtes and cast theym in the water, and after drowned theire shippes.—and the shippes sank in the water,—for no man shuld espye theire falsnesse. And so, within a while after, two of these theves were take and dampned, for theire trespasse, þat they brake the Kynges trewes and peas, to be ledde to Seint Katerins byyonde the Toure of London, and þere a payre of Galowes to be sett vp, and hanged with cheynes and colers of Iron, till they be wasted and spent. And this was doon on a Friday, in the mornyng, þe xixth day of Aprell.

And in þis same yere, [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 218a] a fuller of Shordiche apeched of treson many worthy men of Kent, bothe Squiers, and oþer worthy men of gentelmem; wherof he was atteint, and proved fals of his fals apechement; And so he was brought afore the lawe, and dampned to be drawe and hanged, and his hede smyten of, and sett on London Brigge, and his quarters set on .iiij. gates of London: and this was doon the iiij^th day of Maye.

And in this same yere, Sir Richard Wyche, vicar of Hermondesworth in Middlesex, þat somtyme was vicar of Depford in Kent; and oon Roger Norman, of Normandy born, was take and brought before the Bisshop of London, and tofore the clergie, in the Chapitre hous of Seint Paules; and there they bothe were conuicte in heresye. And then there come a writte from the Chaunceller to the Maire and Shirrefs of London, to do execucion on theym; and so they were brought to the Towre Hill on Seint Botulphes Day, and þere brent, bothe in oon tonne; and thus they ended theire lives in this world. And þe peple þat sawe theym dye, had grete compassion on theym, for the confession and ende þat they made in theire good byleve, and thanked God of his sonde.

And in this same yere, the xij. day of August, þer fell such wederyng of rayn, thunder and lightnyng in þe after None, þat it was hydous, and wonder to se; wherof the peple were sore agast; for the lightnyng fell in Bredstrete, on þe Inne þat is called the Sterre; and there it did moche harme, for it fell in a hey hous where þer was .L. cartfull of heye, and more; and it was all lost and distroyed, and was caried into Chepe; and had not been the high mercy and grace of God, and the grete Rayn, the peple dred it shuld haue brent moche of the Cite and destroyed moche good in that partye.

Page  477Johannes Paddesle, Maior. Willelmus Whetenhale, Johannes Sutton, vicecomites anno xix^o [A.D. 1440-1.]

And in this yere, and the yere of grace M^l CCCC xlj, the iiij^th day of Nouembre, the Duke of Orliaunce went out of the Reame of England to Caleys, and so forth into Fraunce, and was receyued at Seint Omers of þe Duke [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 218b] of Burgoyne and of the Duchesse his wife, and of many oþer lordes, knyghtes and squyers, and of oþer comons of Fraunce; and so he come into his owne lordship.

And in this yere, the xxvj. day of Nouembre, a knyght of Spayne chalenged Sir Richard Wodvyle, knyght, in certeyn poyntes and courses of werre, on foote, within listes, with polaxe, swerd and dagger. And thys feet was doon in Smythfeld betwene these two knyghtes well and worthely, and bothe good men and worthy in their dedys of armes. And so the Kyng, of his roiall mageste, cryed 'hoo,' and toke their quarell into his gracious handes.

And in this same yere, the xvj^th day of Maye, the Duke of York, the Erle of Oxenford, the Erle of Ewe, Sir Richard Wodvyle, knyght, with oþer Barons, lordes knyghtes, and squyers, men of armes and archers, went ouer the See with all good aray, as armoure and all oþer stuff þat belongeth to werre, to gouerne and kepe the Kynges right in Fraunce and Normandy, and in all Cuntrees in those partyes, to the worship and profite of the Kyng and of the Reame of England. And with theym went ouer the see the Duchesse of York, the Duchesse of Bedford, the Countesse of Oxenford, the Countesse of Ewe, amd many oþer mo ladyes with theire lordes, and other gentelwomen and damysels þat bilonged to theym: Almyghty God gouerne theym all, and kepe in his saufgard! Amen!

And in this same yere, the xv^th day of Iuyll, Kyng Henry the vjth come oute of Essexe to London, in at the port called Algate, and went ouer London Brigge, and so thurgh Suthwerk to his Maner of Kenyngton. And at his comyng in at Algate, the Maire, Aldermen and Comons, in theire best aray, welcomed the Kyng into the Cite; and made grete Ioye of his comyng. And godely the Kyng thanked the Maire and his brethern and all the Comons. And the Kyng was not so sone passed the Cite, bot þat it hayled, rayned and eke lightned, þat well was hym þat was within house; and so ayenst even it fared in the same Maner, wherof the peplePage  478 were sore agast, and aferd of the grete tempest. And so it was spoken emonges the peple, þat þer were som wikked fendes and spirites arered out of helle by coniuracion, forto noy þe peple in the Reame, and to put theym to trouble, discencion [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 219a] and vnrest. An þen was it knowen þat certeyn clerkes, and women þat ar called 'wicches,' had made theire operacion and theire craft to destroy men and women, or whom they list, vnto deth by theire fals craft and worching. Wherof Dame Alianore Cobham, which was þe Duchesse of Gloucestre, was named pricipally of these actes and fals dedes forto destroy the Kyng, whom God saue and kepe! Bot as God wold saue his hande-werk and seruaunt, made it be knowen openly, all theire fals werkys and tresoun þat they ymagyned and wroght, which was openly shewed afore all peple þat wold com to Seint Paules Crosse on the Sonday, the xxiij. day of Iuyll, by Roger þat was hir Clerk, a Nigromancier, by the deuels crafte and ymaginacion in his worching, which was shewed openly in þe sermon-tyme, the day aboueseyd, to all peple þat wold come to se it, of here scriptures, ymages of siluer, of wexe, and of oþer metalles, and swerdys, with many oþer dyuers instrumentes of this fals craft of Nigromancy and the devels powere. And þere Roger, this Clerk, stode vpon an high stage, with all his Instrumentes about hym, spoyling of his garment; and did vpon hym a surplyce, with a crowne of papir vpon his hede, forto forsake all his fals craft of the devell, and for to relapse all þat he had doon and wrought by the devyll and his powere, in presence of the Archebisshop of Canterbury, the Cardynall, þe Bisshop of Wynchestre, þe Bisshop of London, the Bisshop of Salesbury, and many oþer grete clerkys beyng there present; and of oþer lordes temporalles, therle of Huntingdon, therle of Northhumberland, and therle of Stafford, and moo oþer lordes of the Kynges Consayl, and the Maire and Aldermen, with þe Comons of the Cite of London, and many moo people of dyuers partyes, and straungers of the Reame, and aliens of oþer straunge landes beyond the see, beyng in þe [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 219b] Cite of London þat tyme.

And on þe Tewesday, which was Seint James Day þe Apostell, Dame Alianore Cobham come out of the seintwary at Westminster into the Kinges Chapell which is within the Kinges paleys, to the high autere of the same Chapell, which is of Seint Stephen, before the principall clergye of the Reame which were þere present, þat isPage  479 to sey, the Archebisshop of Caunterbury, primate of all England, the Cardynal of Wynchestre, the Cardynal of York, the Bisshops of London, Bathe, and Salesbury, and of other many principall Clerkes of the Reame which were there present, and examyned Dame Alianore Cobham of xxviij. dyuers poyntes, bothe of felony and of treson, which þey opened and shewed there to hir. And she ansuered to the Clergye, and sayde 'not gilty'; and so they let hir go sauf ageyn to the Seintwary vnto the morowe, þat was Seint Anne day. And thider she come ageyn as she was charged of the Bisshops; and there was Roger hir Clerk, present, and vouched all these poyntes vpon hir þat were shewed the day aboueseyd to hir, wherof she knowleched somme poyntes at that tyme, the nombre of .v.,—and so she went ageyn into Westmynstre for a certeyn tyme tyll þat the Kyng, with his Consayll, wold do correccion and remedy of all this fals actys and dedys, thus ymagyned and doon to his persone, and his lordes and lieges.

And on þe same day the Kyng sent to London to the Maire and Aldermen and Comons of the Cite, and also to therle of Huntingdon, þe Erle of Stafford, therle of Northumberland, the Tresorer of England, Sir Rauf Cromwell, the Lord Fawnehop, Sir Iohn Cornwayle, Sir Walter Hungerford, and oþer knyghtes and Squyers, to fele and see what was to be doon to amende and destroy this fals dede and cursed ymagynacion to the Kyng and to þe Reame. And they, of theire good discrecion and wysedom, as trewe liege peple ordeyned .iiij. enquestes within the Cite, of substantiall peple; to brynge and shewe trewe inquisicion of all crymes and trespasses þat she was accused of. And they found hir gilty bothe [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 220a] of treson and of felony; and so, thurghout Middlesex, the questes were charged at Westminster of knyghtes and Squyers, to brynge in their verdite; and they indited her in the same poyntes, bothe of felony and of treson. And so, the .xj. day of August, Dame Alianore was take into the handes and ward of Sir Iohn Steward and Sir William Wolff, knyghtes, and to oþer persones as the Kyng and his consayle ordeyned and devised to her, and to oþer of hir consayle and affinite, as they haue deserued, after his tyme and leyser; and she to be kept in holde strongly in the Castell of Ledes in Kent, vnto þe wille of the Kyng and of his Consayle, and all þe oþer persones, bothe men, women wicches, and oþer, to be kept in the Toure of London to his likyng, leyser, andPage  480 tym to do to theym as they haue deserued. And so, the .xix. day of Octobre next, by the Kynges comaundment, and his Consayl, Sir Iohn Steward, knyght, with strenght of peple, brought Dame Alianore Cobham from the Castell of Ledes to Westminster, into the Kynges paleys; and there she was put and kept in warde of þe Constable vnto hir answere and examynacion. And the Friday next she was brought into Seint Stephens Chapell, called 'the Kynges chapell,' and 'the Kynges college,' afore the Clergye; and þere was examyned of hir sorcery, and wicchecraft and treson. And so all the poyntes were opened and shewed there to hir by certeyn Bisshops and clerkys, þat is to sey: the Bisshop of London, þe Bisshop of Lincoln, the Bisshop of Salesbury, and the Bisshop of Norwiche, with moo oþer doctours, and maysters of diuinite, beyng þere present. And then she withneyed and withseyd all the poynteȝ þat were put and shewed to hir þat tyme. And than she had respite and day of ansuere till the Monday next. And þere she come ageyn to the same chapell, tofore all the Clergye and Bisshops and doctours, and maystres of diuinite. And then come Roger, hir Clerk, with all his Instrumentes þat were shewed at Seint Paules Crosse aforetyme, and they were shewed to Dame Alianore Cobham; and she withneyed, and seyd 'it was not so; bot þat she did it forto haue borne a child [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 220b] by hir lord, the Duke of Gloucestre,' and þere was Maister Thomas Suthwell, parson of Seint Stephens in Walbroke, and Chanon of þe Kynges Chapell, þat was of hir craft and consayle ayenst hir; and the wicche of Eye, beside Westminster, ayenst Dame Alianore Cobham; and seid þat she was causer and doer of all this werk and dede; And so they were all put vp ageyn as for that tyme. And the xxvj^th day of Octobre next suyng, deyed the seid Mayster Thomas Suthwell, in the Toure of London. And the Friday next, the wicche of Eye was brought from the Towre of London into Smythfeld, and there brent for hir fals beleve and wicchecraft þat she had vsed of longe tyme.

Robertus Clopton, Maior. Willelmus Combes, Ricardus Riche, vicecomites anno xx^o [A.D. 1441-42.]

And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M^lCCCC xlij., the vj. day of Novembre, the Archbisshop of Canterbury and the .ij. Cardynalles of Wynchestre and of York, and þe Bisshops ofPage  481 London, Lincoln, Salesbury and Norwiche, with dyuers doctors and maistres of diuinite, deuorsed and departed the Duke of Gloucestre and Dame Alianore Cobham, as for matrymony made before betwene theym two. And so Dam Alianore Cobham, by ordynaunce and charge of the Archebisshop of Canterbury and his brethern, was Joyned to hir penaunce for þe grete offence and trespasse þat she had doon ayenst God and holy Chirche, and for the fals sorcery and wicchecraft þat she vsed and longe tyme had wrought, þat she shuld go from Westminster to London .iij. market dayes in the weke, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with a taper brennyng in her hande: oon to Seint Paules, and other to Cristchirch, and þe thridde to Seint Michelles in Cornhill. And the Monday, the xiij^th day of Nouembre, Dame Alianore Cobham come by water from Westminster to the Temple brigge, forto do hir charge of penance, on fote thurgh Flestrete [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 221a] to Seint Paules; and þere she offred hir first taper. And the Wednesday next she come from Westminster by Water to the Swanne in Tamystrete, and come on fote with a taper in hir hande, and come vp Tamystrete to Seint Magnus corner, and vp Briggestrete, and Eschepe and Graschirch, and so to the Corner of Leden-Hall, and so to Cristchirch; and there offred the secund taper. And the Friday next, she come from Westminster by water to the Quene-Hithe, and so vp þurgh Bredstrete into Chepe; and thurgh Chepe into Cornhill, to Seint Michelles chirch, and þere offred a taper of a pound wexe; And then was she brought ageyn to Westminster, into the Constable ward.

And the Seturday next, þe xvij. day of Nouembre, Roger Bultyngbrok, Dame Alianore Cobhams Clerk of Nigromancy and sorcery, was brought to the Guyldhall of London, and þere dampned for his fals treson, and for his fals tresoun, and sorcery and Nigromancy ayenst all holy Chirch; wherthurgh he was dampned to deth by landes lawe. And he was ledde to the Toure of London, and leyd vpon a hirdell, and drawen thurgh the Cite to Tybourne galowes, and þere hanged, and let downe ageyne all quyk, and his bowelles cutte out of his body, and brent afore hym. And then was his hede smyten of, and his body quartered; and oon sent to Oxenford, the secund sent to Cambrigge, the thridde to Bristowe, and the fourth to [ ]; and his hede was sent vpon London Brigge: and þus he ended his life in þis world.

Page  482And Dame Alianore Cobham yet kept in warde in þe Constablery of Westminster, vnto the Wednesday, the xxiiij. day of Ianuare; and then she was brought thens to þe Maner of Neyte, which is the Abbotes of Westminster; and þere she was kept Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday till noon. And when she was brought first out of Westminster, þere was such wedryng of thonder, lightnyng, hayll and rayne, þat the peple were sore adredde and agast of the grete noyse and hydous of þe weder, [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 221b] þat sodenly was doon and shewed þere at theire passage at þat tyme. And on the Friday at after-None, she was had at the Kynges comaundment and wille, forth to the Cite of Chestre, in an hors-bere, with strenght of peple; and fro Chestre into þe Ile of Man, to be kept þere in sauf gard, etc.

And in this same yere was batell doon, the xxx^th of Ianuare, in Smythfeld, betwene .ij. worthy men, and bold in armes and fight: þat oon men called Sir Philipe Beef, a knyght of Cateloyne; and on þat oþer party, a Squyere of þe Kynges of England, þat men called Iohn Astley. And at þe comyng to þe feld, eyþer of theym toke theire tent; and then was þe knyghtes son of Cateloyne brought to the Kyng, and the Kyng made hym knyght; and then he was brought ageyn to his faders tent. And then, within a while after, the heraudes of armes called theym bothe oute, to do their fight; and so þey come in bothe armed with all theire wepen about theym; bot the knyght come with his swerd drawe, and the Squyere with his spere. And the Squyer cast his spere to þe knyght; and the knyght avoyded it with the swerd, and cast it to the ground; and the Squyer hent his axe, and went to the knyght at onys, and smote many strokes hard and sore vpon his Basenet and on his hande, and made hym lese his axe. And it fell from hym to þe grounde, and brast vp his vmbrere .iij. tymes, and kaught his daggere, and wold haue smyten hym in the face forto haue slayne hym in the feld. And then the Kyng cryed 'hoo!' and so they were departed; and eyþer of theym went hoom ageyn to his tent. And then the Kyng sent for his squyere Iohn Astley, and made hym to be dubbed knyght, for his worthy and good Iourney þat he did and wrought at þat tyme on his enemy in his noble presence, etc.

And in this same yere, the xviij^th day of Maye, began a huge storme of sodeyn wederyng, anon after .iij. of þe clok at after-None,Page  483 vnto .vj. of the clok, of hayle, rayne, thundre and lightnyng, þat the peple wondred þervpon. And þe hayle bete doun all the blossomes of trees, þat the frute was all goon for this yere, at London and aboute London, for þe multitude of watere [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 222a] þat come of þe hayle and rayne.

And in this yere, the xxv day of Maye, the Lord Talbot toke his iourney fro London toward Normandy and Fraunce, for to help to gouerne and kepe vnder the Duke of York, the partyes byyond the see, with knyghtes, Squyers, men of armes and archers, and all maner stuff þat longed to werre: which, Almyghty God gouerne, save, and kepe, and all þe Kynges trewe peple, bothe in that party and in oures! And er he toke his iourney out of this lande, þe Kyng made the Lord Talbot, Erle of Shrovesbury, and his son and heire Lord Talbot.

Johannes Atherley, Maior. Thomas Beaumond, Ricardus Nordon, vicecomites anno xxj^o [A.D. 1442-44.]

And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M^l CCCC xliij., þe Tewesday the xiiij. day of Maye, oon Botiler Steynour, and a Baker, and two oþer men and a preest, which were strong, errant theves, robbyng and quellyng the Kynges peple, were dampned at Westminster to be ledde in a Cart standyng vpright from the Kynges Benche in Suthwerk, and so thurgh the Cite of London, tyll they come to Tyburn, and there to be hanged. And so they deyed, all .v. persones; and at the comyng of þem into the Cart, þere fell suche wedryng from the skye, þat folke were sore adredde and agast, it was so horrible and grete, what of rayne, thondere and lightnyng and hayll, in theire passage to þe deth. And on the Tewesday next suyng, two strong theves, and a woman thefe, were hanged at Tyborn for theire fals offences and trespasseȝ, and murdryng of the Kynges peple.

And in this same yere, þe Monday next folowyng, the woman of Kent þat met with the Kyng at þe Blak-Heth in Kent, and spake to hym boldly, and reviled hym vngoodly and vnwisely for Dame Alianore Cobham, þat he shuld haue hir hoom ageyn to hir husbond, the Duke of Gloucestre. And with these wordes the Kyng wexe wroth, and toke it to hert; and [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 222b] she was arested and brought into prison by the lawe, and so broght to Westminster afore the Iusticeȝ of the Kynges Benche. And þere she was reprevedPage  484 for hir vngoodly langage, and fole-hardynesse to speke so to hir liege lorde, the Kyng. And she ansuered not, bot asked the Kynges grace. And fro þat day she was put vp ageyn in the Kynges Benche till Wednesday next, and then was brought ageyn to Westminster afore the Iustices. And when she was examyned, she wold not speke ne ansuere; and þerfore þe Iustices gafe hir dome, þat she shuld stand in a cart vpright, from the Kynges Benche, and so thurgh London, þat all peple myght se hir, with a paupire about hir hede, of hir proude and lewed langage þat she had spoke and shewed to þe Kyng. And so she was caryed ageyn þurgh London and Suthwerk, in þe same Cart, tyll she come to þe Blak-Heth þere as she seide these wordes vnto þe King; and then was caryed ageyn to Suthwerk, and delyuerd ageyn to þe kepers of þe Kynges Benche, for to haue hir Iugement as þe Iuge had ordeyned it for her offence, forto lay as moche yron vpon hir body till she be deed: and thus she ended in this world, for hir proude langage to hir Kyng and souerayn lord.

And in this yere the Kyng made the Erle of Somerset, Markes Dorsett, and ordeyned hym with a grete Navy of peple, of lordes, knyghtes, Squyers, men of armes and archers; with all maner stuff of werre, forto gouerne, kepe and mayntene his landes in Fraunce, Normandy, and Guyan. And he abode longe tyme after in England, vpon the coostes, to abide for shipping and peple þat were not come to hym. And so, the xxj. day of Iuyll, he toke his shipping ouer the see into Fraunce and Normandy, with his Retenew in good aray and in good spede, þurgh the grace of God and his Moder, oure Lady Seint Mary, and by the comforth of Seint George. And in this yere, the vj. day of August, Gyles, the Dukes broder of Bretayn, come to London, and so to þe Kyng, as for his souerayn lord and best beloued frende, forto play and sporte hym here in this lande, for a tyme, [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 223a] and bysought þe Kyng of his grace and good lordship at all tymes. And so he and his were loeged at the Crowne in Fanchirch Strete, for the tyme of his abidyng here, and of the Kynges grace and gode wille.

Thomas Catworth, Maior, Nicholaus Wyfold, Johannes Norman, vicecomites anno xxij^do [A.D. 1443-44.]

And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M^l CCCC xliiij^ti, anon after Ester, the Duke of Somerset come out of Fraunce andPage  485 Normandy into England, and deyed at a Maner of his owne in the west cuntre: vpon whos soule, God haue mercy! amen!

And in þis same yere, on the Wednesday in the Whitson weke, þe Kyng made the Erle of Huntyngdon, Duke of Excestre, in the Castell of Wyndesore; and in the fest of the Exaltacion of the Holy Crosse next folowyng, the Kyng made the Erle of Stafford, Duke of Bokyngham, and the Erle of Suffolk, Markeys of Suffolk and of Norffolk.

And in this same yere, the ambassiatours come out of Fraunce, and oþer partyes byyonde the see, vnto the Kyng, for a mariage for hym, which was a worthy Kynges doughter, þat is called Kyng of Cisile and of Ierusalem. And then the Kyng sent his ambassiatours ouer the see, which was þe Markes of Suffolk, with oþer lordes, Clerkys, knyghtes and Squiers, out of England, to knowe of this worthy mariage, and forto make a finall peas betwene the Reames of England and Fraunce.

And in this yere, the xxij^th day of August, Iohn Kerver of Redyng, gentleman, vntruely and vngoodly, and ayenst feith and lawe, depraued the Kyng; wherfore he was take and brought before þe Kynges Consayle, and þere examyned of his vngodely speche and wordes. And he ansuered, and knowleched hym gilty; wherfore the Kynges Consayle Juged hym to deth as a traytour. And this was his full dome: þat he shuld be ledde ageyn to the towne of Redyng, and drawen and hanged, and let downe ageyn all quyk, and then brought ageyn to þe Cite of London, to þe Toure, and from [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 223b] thens drawen to Tyborn galowes, and hanged, and let down ayen all quyk, and then bowayled and quartered, and his bowayls brent, and þen his hede smyt of, and set on London Brigge; and oon quartere to be set vp at Redyng, and the oþer in dyuers townes in þe Reame. And then the Kyng, of his grete grace and mercy, sent in all haste his Charter of pardon of his offence and trespasse þat he had doon ayenst his persone, and so delyuerd hym quyte, and sent hym to Redyng in sauf garde.

And then the xxv. day of Maye next suyng, þe Kyng of Cisyll and of Ierusalem, with the Quene his wife, brought with theym Dame Margaret theire doughter, to þe Cite of Toures in Turyn, in Fraunce, and þere met the Kyng of Fraunce and the Quene his wife. And the Kyng of Fraunce toke the Kyng of Cisill and of Ierusalem by the hande; and so they yede forth togeder; and thePage  486 Quene of Fraunce toke the Quene of Cisill and of Ierusalem by the hande, and so they yede forth togeder thurgh the Cite till they come to the chief Chirch of þe Cite of Tours in Tureyn. And then come this Dame Margarete as for Quene of England, and ledde betwene the Dolphyn of Fraunce and an-oþer grete Prince of Fraunce; and they ledde Dame Margaret to þe chief Chirche, which is of Seynt Martyn, with .vij. dukes and .xiiij. Erles, with oþer grete lordes and ladyes folowing theym, into the same Chirche. And þen come þe Markeys of Suffolk, and all þe oþer ambassatours of England. And þere Dame Margaret made suraunce to þe Markeis of Suffolk, and principally to the Kyng of England, and to all these ambassatours; and she was made þere Quene of England. And þe Markeis of Suffolk and þe oþer ambassiatours made surance to Dame Margaret, in presence of þe kynges and quenes, dukes, Erles, lordes and ladyes, and also in presence of a legate of Rome there beyng at þat tyme. And then the Dolphyn and the oþer prince[s] ledde Dame Margerete, as Quene of England, to þe place þat was ordeyned for hyr worship at that tyme, and these kynges, and þese .ij. quenes folowyng theym, with all the dukes, Erles, lordes and ladyes, with þe ambassiatours of England. And þere Quene Margarete was set in þe [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 224a] myddes of the halle, as principall of this fest, and ryally by hir oone, as Quene of England. And these .ij. oþer quenes were at a table togedir vpon the right side of Quene Margarete. And lordes and ladyes were worthely served thurgh all the Court; and all þe peple of comons þat folowed theym had grete chere of mete and drynke; and they made ioye and myrth, and song (all with high voyce) Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! and peas, peas, peas be to vs! Amen!

Henricus Frowyk, Maior. Stephanus Forster, Hugo Wyche, vicecomites anno xxiij^cio [A.D. 1444-45.]

And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M^l.CCCC. xlv., þe vj^th day of Nouembre, whan all maner stuff of ordynaunce was made and doon for the Quenes comyng into England, þat is to sey, mete, hors, harnesse, chares, with all stuff þat belonged to theym,— and þen þe Markeis of Suffolk and þe lady his wife, with oþer ladyes and gentelwomen, lordes, knyghtes and squyers, and all oþer seruitours þat bylonged to theym, and to þe ordynaunce, for oure Kynges honure and worship went out of London to þe see-costes,Page  487 forto shippe theym and all theire ordynaunces, forto mete with Quene Margaret and with hir company, beyng in Fraunce, and condite hir into England in sauf gard to hir lord, Kyng Henry of England and Fraunce, by the gift and grace of oure Lord Ihesu Crist. Amen!

And in this yere, the first day of Februare, was grete wedryng of wynde, hayle, snowe, rayne, thunder and lightnyng, at the after-None; and it endured .iiij. oures; and it did grete harme to þe Cite of London, for it brent Seint Paules grete steple, bothe on þe west syde and on þe south syde. And þe peple espied þe fyre, and come to Seint Paules forto quenche the fyre in þe steple. And goodly they laboured, and quenched þe fyre as ferre as they kouth serche and fynde. And it was quenched with vyneger. And so the Maire herd of this grete hurte, and come with grete peple to Seint Paules, to here and se how it stode there, and to help þem, if nede had been. And þen þe peple withdrowe theym, and went hoom ageyn, and trusted to God it had been in rest and peas.

And then anon after, betwene viij. and ix. of þe clok, þe fyre brast [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 224b] oute ageyn of the steple, more feruent þen it did before, and did moche harme to the lede and tymber of the steple. And anon come þe Mayre and moche peple, and with vynyger, and staunched þe fyre þat was right fervent,—blessed be God of all his giftes! Amen! And þen after, at the Ledenhall in Cornhill of London, a standard of tre was set in myddys of the pavement fast in the grounde, nayled with holme and Ive, for disport of Cristmasse to þe peple of the Cite. And it was þat tyme torne vp and cast downe with þe malign spirite, and the stones of the pavement all about cast in þe strete to dyuers houses, so þat the peple were sore agast of the grete fervent tempestes þat shewed that tyme.

And in this yere, the xviij^th day of Feuerere, þere was a bataylle ordeyned in Smythfeld, and set to fight within lystes for life and deth, betwene Thomas Fitz-Thomas, Pryoure of Kylmayn in Ireland, which appeled Sir Iames Botillere, Erle of Ormond, of treson þat he did in þe Cuntre of Ireland ayenst hym. And this Prioure withdrowe hym, and come not to batayle, where thurgh, as leude, he was convict. And the Erle of Ormond was redy in his tent to ansuere hym; bot the Prioure come not.

And in this yere, the .xxiij. day of Feuerere, the Kyng held his parlement at Westminster, to Archbisshops, bisshops, abbotesPage  488 and Priours, and to dukes, Erles, lordes and Barons, knyghtes, squyers, and to Citezens, Burgeises, and comons. And this parlement endured vnto Palme-Sonday; and then it was adiourned by þe King, and his Consayle of his lordes of the parlement, vnto the fest of Seint George was passed. And then, the .xxix^th day of Aprell, þe parlement bygan ageyn at Westminster with archbisshops and oþer lordes, as is beforeseid.

And in this same yere, about Midlent, they brought Quene Margaret out of high, douce Fraunce, into the partyes of Normandy by hir frendes; and the Frenssh partye was there as well as þe Englissh lordes, and abode hir with theire peple, with all worship and reuerence þat myght be doon in worship and reuerence of oure Kyng. And so þey brought hir into the Cite of Roan in sauf garde; and þere she abode vnto þe fest of Estere and lenger, by .xiiij. dayes, with these lordes and ladys of England, þat is to say, the Duke of York, the Duchesse his wife, þe Markes of Suffolk, the lady his wife, the Erle of Shrovesbury, þe Countesse his wife, with oþer lordes and ladyes þat abode in Fraunce and Normandy, with knyghtes, squyers, men of armes and archers, þat abode þere to kepe [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 225a] the Kynges right in all landes of the partyes in Fraunce and Normandy.

And then, after hir restyng þere in þe Cite, she was conueyed to þe towne of Houndflete by lande, þere to haue shipping to com into England to hir lord þe Kyng, hir husband; and with hir come the Markeys of Suffolk, with lordes and ladys, knyghtes, squyers, and gentelwomen, men of armes and archers, and oþer peple, and brought Margarete sauf into the Reame of England. And she landed at þe towne of Hampton; and þere she was worthely receyued of þe peple of Hampton and of þe peple of the Cuntre aboute, with all reuerence and worship þat they couthe do. And after, oure Kyng come, and met with Dame Margarete, the Quene, and brought hir to an abbey in þe newe Forest, þat men calle þe abbey of [ ]; and there þe Kyng was wedded to Dame Margarete the Quene, with the Bisshop of Salesbury þat men called Maister William Ascu. And then the Kyng and his lordes departed from hir, and then met þe Cardinall of Wynchestre with the Quene, and conueyed hir with all reuerence and honoure þat he kouth do, to a Maner of his; and there she abode all nyght with all hir peple. And there was doon grete chere, with chargeablePage  489 costes, to hir and to all the peple þat come with hir þat tyme, in reuerence and worship of þe Kyng. And so Quene Margaret was conveyed in the Cuntreyes of Sussexe and Surre till she come to þe Archbisshop of Canterburyes Maner in Croydon, in Surre; and there she rested hir all nyght with grete worship and reuerence, and with all the chere þat myght be doon to hir persone as for þat tyme. And on þe morowe after, she went to þe Maner of Eltham; and þere she restid her after hir grete iournay and travayle .viij. dayes, till she wold com to se the Cite of London.

And þe Friday, þe xxvj^th day of Maye, the Mayre of London, with the aldermen and Shirrefs and comons of the Cite rode to þe Blake-Heth in Kent; and þere they abode and hoved on horsbak vnto the Quenes comyng. And so they come with hir to London; and she was brought to þe Toure of London; and þere she rested hir all nyght. And þere the Kyng, at the reuerence of þe Quene, and the first comyng, made .xlvj. Knyghtes of the Bath. And þen on þe morowen at after None, the Quene come from the Toure in a hors-bere, with .ij. stedes trapped all in white damask poudred with gold; and so was the vesture þat she had on; and þe pylowes and all þe bere in oon sute; and hir here combed downe about hir shulders, with a coronall of gold, riche perles and precious stones, with all lordes on horsbak, and ladyes in chares, þat is to sey, xix. chares of ladyes and theire [MS. O 9. 1. Trinity College, Camb. 225b] gentelwomen, and all the craftes of the Cite of London goynge on fote in theire best aray vnto Seint Paules. And by þe wey, as she come þurgh þe Cite, there were shewed and made many devises and storyes, with angeles and oþer hevenly thinges, with songe and melody in dyuers places; and þe condites ran wyne, bothe white and rede, for all peple þat wold drynk. And then she was had oute of þe bere, and went on fote vp to þe high auter of Seint Paules; and þere she offred, and come oute ageyn to the bere at the west dore of Seint Paules; and so she passed forth till she come to Westminster, with lordes and ladys, and with the Maire and Aldermen and Comons of þe Cite of London. And there they toke theire leve, and went hoom ageyn.

And on þe morowe, þat was Sonday, þe .xxx. day of Maye, was þe Coronacion and fest rially and worthely holden at Westminster in þe Kynges palays; and iij. dayes after, hold open Iustes and revell within þe seintwary, of lordes, knyghtes, and oþer þat wold com at þe reuerence of this fest royal.

Page  490And in this yere, þe .xvij. day of Iuyll, come þe ambassatours of Fraunce to London, forto trete for peas betwene England and Fraunce, þat is to say, the Archbisshop of Reynes, þe Erle of Gudoam, with oþer lordes, knyghtes, squyers and clerkes of Fraunce, by the grace of God for a fynal peas.

Simon Eyre, Maior. Johannes Derby, Galfrid Feldyng, vicecomites anno xxiiij^to [A.D. 1445-46.]