The chronicle of Iohn Hardyng. Containing an account of public transactions from the earliest period of English history to the beginning of the reign of King Edward the Fourth. Together with the continuation by Richard Grafton, to the thirty fourth year of King Henry the Eighth. The former part collated with two manuscripts of the author's own time; the last, with Grafton's duplicate edition. To which are added a biographical and literary preface, and an index, by Henry Ellis.

The. C.ii. Chapiter.

¶ Kynulphe, kyng of Westsex, protectoure of Englande, the whiche reigned. xxvi. yere.

KYnulphe succede[d] & had the gouernaunce [Kynulph kyng.] Of Westsex then, with all to it appente, Protectour was by all thordinaunce Of kynges all, and [whereto.] the lordes assent, As his elders afore had regimente, The yere of Christ. vii. hundreth fyfty and seuen, As Bede hath written and accompted [full] euen.

¶ Of all the kynges and lordes of Englande, He tooke feautee and royall hole homage, As soueran lorde honoured in all the lande, And mightly mayntened his heritage, His kynges all, and all his baronage; The peace and lawe he kepte by diligence, Was none that would displease his excellence.

¶ He reigned hole in all kyndes [maner.] suffisaunce, Sixe and twentye yere fully accoumpted, In greate Honoure and myghty great [high.] puysaunce, Was none hym like, nor none hym surmounted; But death alone [to his corps] [that his corse.] amounted, [Fol. C.i.] Dryuyng his soule out fro the worldly nest, To heauens blisse eternally [there] to rest.

¶ At Wynchester he was full fayre buryed, The yere. vii. hundreth foure score and [also] thre, Emong the people highly magnifyed, As to suche [a prince] [prynces ther.] longeth [of] royaltee, [Right well beloued of his lordes and cōmontee:] [With service devoute the soul to remyde.] In whose tyme Offa, of Mers [Merses.] kyng, Vnto the [B. of Roome] [pope.] sent his letters prayeng,

¶ To [Forto.] depriue Lambert [Lambarde.] of Cauntorbury, Of primacy, and also of the palle, Whiche [the byshop Adrian anone] [all the pope Adrian.] hastely Graunted hym then, by bulles written papall, [Lambert depriuyng of his sea primall;] [Wherby Lambarde depriued was ouer alle.] [By whiche] [And.] Aldulphe, byshop then of Lychfelde, Hye primate was, and [and all.] thestate there helde,

¶ The pall he had and all the dignitee: Lambert [Lambarde.] depryued without any delay, Of primacie and of all souerayntee, Of all the churche of Englande hole that day, From Humber South, to Aldulphe did obeye, And Lychfeld then [for] metropolitan sea [cee.] , Was set aboue and had the dignitee.

¶ But Egfryde then, the sonne of Offa, kyng Of Mers, the pall and all [als.] the primacie Did well restore, to Christes hye pleasyng, To Award [Athelarde.] then byshop of Caunterburye, Wher it abode euer [ay.] after worthyly Vnto this daye, with all the dignitee, As of olde right it should haue souerayntee.

¶ This tyme Kynot of Pyghtes [Pietes.] was the kyng Fro Forth to Carleile, and from the Scottishe sea To Tyne, that tyme his lordshyp was & dwellyng; The whichethe helde by homage and feautee, Of the kyng then of Northumberlande in fee, And was his man also in warre and [and als.] peace, As his elders had doen without leace [leese.] .

¶ In whose [tho.] dayes tharchbyshop Egbert Of Yorke, brother was, as I can vnderstande, To the kyng of Northumberlande Edbert, The primacye and pall brought to Yorkes [Yorke.] lande, [By the B. of Rome] [And by the pope.] graunted without gaynstand, Whiche from the death of the good kyng Edwyn, Had ceased [long from the] [and from.] tyme of saynt Paulyn.

¶ About this tyme, as well is [it is.] expressed, Vnguste the kyng of Pyghtes [Pietes.] rode in Englande On [In.] warre, wher then he was full sore distressed By the manly kyng of Northumberlande; Where he auoiwed [auowed.] , yf he came to his lande, A churche to make of full great dignitee, In worship of saynt Andrewe should it bee.

¶ And at his home commyng one Regalo [Regulo.] , Fro Constantyne, by reuelacion, Brought certayn bones of saynt Andrewe tho, To kyng Vngust, where, by his relacion, [Ignoraūce in those dayes.] He founded then a mynster of his fundacion, Of saynt Andrewe, wher his bones shryned been, As there in dede I was, and haue it seen. [ C.ii.]