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NOMI'A MAIOR' ET VICECOMITU' LONDON' TEMPORE REGIS HENR' T'CIJ, QUI CORONATUS FUIT APUD GLOUCESTR' IN DIE S'C'OR' SIMONIS ET JUDE ANNO D'NI MILL'MO CCm xvj, ET ANNO ETATIS SUE NONO.
Jacob' Alderman maior p' p'te anni, et Sa∣lamon Basyng p' re∣siduo. Benet Seynturer, goldsmyth. Will's Blounitners.
Ao. po.
In this yere Walys was entirdited: also Eustache the Monk wyth manye Frensshemen as he was comynge into Engelond ward, for to helpe Lowys the kynges sone of Fraunce, was taken in the see be Hubert of Burgh and the V portes; and Eustache heed was smeten of, and the schippes drowned. And in this yere Lowys retorned home ayene with his meyne, and he hadde a ml' mark of sylver.
Cerle, merc', maior. Thomas Bokerell. Rauf Guylond.
Ao s'c'do.
In this same yere the barons were take at Lincoln [[See note D.]] .
Id'm maior. John Vyell. John Spyc'.
Ao. t'cio.
This yere the kyng hadde of every plough land in Engelond [Translacio' s'c'i Thome archie'pi Cantuar'.] ij s. And in this yere seynt Thomas of Canterbury was trans∣lated the l yere after his martirdome.