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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London (England) -- History -- To 1500.
London (England) -- Social life and customs.
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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 June 20, 2025.

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Id'm maior. John Mokkyng. Andr' Aubrey.
Anno vjto.

The same yere kyng Edward beseged the town and the castell [Sege of Berwyk.] of Berewyk: and upon seynt Margeretes even the Scottes in

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wondyr grete noumbre comen for to remove the sege, with whom the kyng faughte and discomfyted them: and there were sclayn of the Scottes viij erles and a ml and ccc knyghtes and squyers, and of footfolke mo thanne xxxv ml; and of En∣glysshmen there were dede a knyght and a squyere and xij footfolke. And so upon seynt Margarete day the town [The yeldyng of the castell of Berewyk and the town.] and the castell were yolde to the kyng, in the yere of oure lord a ml cccxxxj.

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