Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...

¶How syr Robert Knolles with other cer¦tayne lordes of the reame went ouer see in to frauce and of theyr gouernaunce.

ANd in the .xlv. yere of kynge Edward in the begynnynge kynge Edwarde with vnwyse counseyll & vndyscrete borowed a grete sōme of golde of the prelates marchaun¦tes & other ryche men of his reame saynge that it sholde despended in defendyn he of holy chyr∣che & of his reame netheles it profyted no thyn¦ge / wherfore aboute mydsomer after he made a grete host of the worthyest men of hys reame Amōges whom were some lordes y^t is to say the lorde Fytzwater & the lord graunson and other worthy knyght{is} of whyche knyght{is} the kynge ordeyned syr Robert Knolles a proude kny••t and a welle assayd in dedes of armes for too be gouerneur / & that thrugh his counseyl & gouer¦naunce all thynge shold be gouerned & dressed And whan they come into / fraunce as longe as they dwelled & helde them hole togyder y^t fren∣shemen durste not fall vpon them. And att the laste about y^e begynnynge of wynter for enuye & couetyse that was amōge them / and also dys∣corde they sondred & parted them into dyuerse cōpanyes vnwysely & folesly. But syr Robert Knolles & hys men wente & keped thym saufe within a castell in Brytayne. And whan the frensshmen sawe y^t our men and felaushyp we¦re diuyded into dyuerse companyes and places not holdynge ne strengthynge thym togyders as they out for to do / they felle fyersly on oure men / & for the moost partye toke them or slewe thē. & tho that they might take ledde with them prysoners. ¶And in y^e same yere pope Vrban•• came fro rome to Auynyon for this cause that he sholde accorde & made peas bytwene y^e kyn∣ge

of Fraūce & the kynge of Englond for euer more. But alas or he began his treates he dey¦ed wyth y^e sekenesse the .xxi day of Decembre / and was buryed as for the tyme in the cathe∣drall chyrche of Auynyon fast by the hygh aw¦ter. and the nexte yere after whan he had lyen so his bones were taken out of the erth & bury¦ed new in the abbay of saynt vyctorye fast by Marcylle / of the whiche abbaye he was somty¦me abbot hymself. And in both places that he was baryed in there he many grete myrcales done & wrough thrugh the grace of almighty god to many mānes helpe & to the worshyp of god almghty. ¶And after whom folowed nex¦te and was made pope Gregorye Cardynalle Deken that before was called Pyers Roger. ¶In the same yere Lymoge rebelled & faught ayenst the prynce as other cytes dyde in Guy∣hem for grete taxes cossages & raunsons y^t they were put and sete to by prynce Edwarde / why¦che charges were importable / wherfore they turned fro hym and fellen to the kynge of Fra∣unce. And whan prynce Edwarde this he was sore chafed & agreued / and in hys tornynge ho¦me warde ayen in to Englonde with sore scar musshes and fytynge and grete sautes fought with theym and toke the forsayd cytee and de∣stroyed it almoost to the grounde and slewe all that he founde in the cyte. And than for to say the sothe for dyuerse sekenes & maladyes that he had and also for defaute of money y^t he my∣ghte not with stande ne tary on hys enmyes he hyed hym ayen in to Englonde with his wyfe and menye leuynge behynde in Gascoyne the duke of Lancastre & syr Edmond erle of Cam¦brydge wyth other worthy and noble men of armes. ¶In the .xlvi. yere of kynge Edward at the ordynaunce and sengynge of kynge Ed¦warde / the kynge of Nauerne come to hym to Claryngdon to treate wyth hym of certayne thynges touchynge his warre in Normandye where kynge / Edwarde had left certayne sye∣ges in his stede tyll he come ayen. But kynge Edwarde myghte not spede of that that he se∣ked hym. And so the kynge of Nauerne wyth grete worshyp & grete gyftes to his leue & wen¦te home ayen. ¶And abowte begynnynge of Marche whan the parlemente at westmyster was begon the kyng asked of the clergye a sub¦sydye of .l.M. poūde the whiche by a good auy¦sement and by a generall cōuocaōn of the cler¦gye it was graunted & ordeyned that it sholde be payed and reysed of the lay fee. And in thys parlement at the request askynge of the lordes in hatred of men of holy chirche. the Chaunce¦ler & the tresourer that were bysshops and the clerke of the pryue sale. were remeued and put out of offyce & in theyr stede were seculer men put in. And whyle thys parlement lasted there come somlepne embassatours fro the pope to treate with the kyng of peas and sayd that the pope desyred to fulfyll his predecessours wyll but for all theyr comynge they sped not.