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.lxxi. Chapiter.

¶ Howe kyng Robert Bruis toke all the lordes of England, and sleugh many at Stryuelin bridge, & distroied the Marches, and bete doune castelles therin.

KYng Robert Bruys toke Robert Vmfreuile, Erle of Angeos, Henry then lord Percy, Therle of Marche, and also y^e lord Neuile, Acton and Scropen [Scrope.] and also [als.] the lord Lucy At Stryuelyn bridge, fightyng mightely In the vaward of the forsaid battaill, Taken prisoners, and raunsomed for auaill.

¶ Thē kyng Robert y^e Marchis whole distroied, The castelles wanne and bet theim to the ground, And all Scotland, afore that he had noyed, Obeyed to hym and were his lieges bounde, And maintened well thē furth all Scotlād groūd; The bishoprike of Duresme all throughout Nothumberland he brent with hoste full stout.

¶ Two cardinales y^e [B. of Rome] [Pope.] to Scotlād sent, To treate a trewce, a twene the kynges twoo, And for to stall Lewes Beamount [Beaumonte.] present Bishop of Duresme, that then was sacred so, Whose brother was Henry lord Beaumont tho, Licensed and graunted by the kyng of Fraunce, To bee liege menne to Edwardes whole plesaūce.

¶ But sir Gilbert Midelton theim mette, And sir Walter Selby, misruled knightes, A litell fro Duresme their waye [forsett,] [for to lett.] [Fol. C.lxxi.] [Gilbert Mideltē robbed y^e cardi∣nalles.] And robbed theim openly on the [daie.] lightes, And to Midford castell led theim fourth rightes, And held theim ther in mighty and strong hold To tyme thei had their iewels and their gold.

¶ Whiche knightes twoo robbed the lād about, That castell held by force and rebellion, A quarter of a yere, with rebelles stout; But thei were take within that [their.] garison, And to the kyng sent, by that enchesone, That hanged were, as traytours all should been, On galowes hie, that all might theim seen.

¶ Then after soone, sir Gosselyn Deynuile, His brother Robert, with twoo hundred in habite As thei were friers, went about in exile, Robbyng the land in full greate dispite, The bishopes places of Duresme in circuite, Thei spoiled clene, leuyng nothyng in theim But walles bare whiche thei would not claime.