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.xliii. Chapiter.

¶ Henry the thyrde, kynge of Englande, duke of Normandye and Guyen, and earle of Angeou, that beganne to reygne the yere of Chryste a thousande. CC. xxi, and dyed in the yere a thousande. CC. lxxiii. and of his reygne the. lvi. yere. ¶ In his tyme was a batayl at Lincolne, where earle Randolfe of Chester discomfyted Lewys y^e sonne of kyng Philyppe of Fraunce.

HEnry his sonne then was of. ix. yere age, [Kyng Henry y^e thirde.] At Gloucester crowned with [the] dyademe By the legate Gwalo & the baronage, Stephan of Langton helpyng as did [well] seme, Archbyshop then, as [the byshop coulde] [tho the Pope did.] deme: The [That.] same yere then [so.] the kyng w^t Lewys faught, Besyde Lincolne, where Lewys was nere caught.

¶ Foure. C. knyghtes of Lewis there was slaine, Therle of Perche was slayne on Lewis syde, And many fled with Lewys soth agayne; Therle Randolf, of Chester knowen wyde, The felde there gate y^t daye with mikell [ioie and.] pryde, [Fol. C.lii.] And Lewys then all his ryght relesed, And home he went with mony well appesed.

¶ In the seconde yere he wed[ded] Alyanor, Therls doughter of Prouynce, good and fayre, Whose elder syster kyng Lewys wed afore: This earle was then famed amonge repayre The noblest prynce, without any dispeyre, That tyme alyue through all Chrystente, Of all honoure and great nobilyte.

And Iohn, the sonne of Dauyd [of] Huntingdon, That of Huntyngdon & Chester earle had bene, Without chylde dyed; his erldome to the crowne Then sezed were, to tyme y^t it was [were.] sene Howe his systers myght them departe betwene: The parliament graunte[d], y^e wardes to the kyng, That helde of hym by knyghtes seruyce doyng.

¶ To make statutes at Oxenforde & ordynaūce, By whiche there shulde none alyence [aliens.] enheryte, And put the kyng vnder the [in. edit. alt.] gouernaunce Of certayne lordes, wysest & moste parfyte, Whiche after made amonge them great dispyte, And batayles stronge, & greate contrariaunce, Through all the lande, by longe continuaunce.