A chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483; written in the fifteenth century, and for the first time printed from mss. in the British museum: to which are added numerous contemporary illustrations, consisting of royal letters, poems, and other articles descriptive of public events, or of the manners and customs of the metropolis.
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A chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483; written in the fifteenth century, and for the first time printed from mss. in the British museum: to which are added numerous contemporary illustrations, consisting of royal letters, poems, and other articles descriptive of public events, or of the manners and customs of the metropolis.
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London,: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green [etc.]
1827.
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"A chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483; written in the fifteenth century, and for the first time printed from mss. in the British museum: to which are added numerous contemporary illustrations, consisting of royal letters, poems, and other articles descriptive of public events, or of the manners and customs of the metropolis." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/CME00006. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2025.
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John Chichestr', m', goldsmyth. John Pyell. Hugh Holbech.
Ao. xliiijto.
In this yere was so gret derthe of corne in Engelond that a busshell of whete was worth xl d. And in this yere was the [j bus' whete xl d.] grete vyage into Fraunce be Sr. Robert Knolles. And in this yere Mortherer of Pembrok in Cristemasse weren at the count∣esse hous; and the same Mortherer sclewen of men, women, and children in the cradell, xiij; and this was don be a fyssh∣mongre that the countesse hadde founde to scole and brought up of a child. And in this yere, the day of the assumpcion of oure lady, the yere of oure lord a ml ccclxix, deyde dame Philip quene of Engelond.
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