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¶How the duke of Lancastre with a grete hoost wente into / flaundres & passyd by Pa∣rys thrugh Burgon & thrugh all fraūce tyll he come vnto Burdeux.

SOone after in the .xlviii. yere of the reg¦ne of kynge Edwarde the duke of Lan¦castre with a grete power went into / flaundres & passed by Parys thrugh Burgon & thrughe all / fraunce tyll he came vnto Burdeux with∣out ony maner wythstandynge of the / frensshe¦men \ and he dyde them but lytell harme saufe he toke & raunsoned many places & townes & many men & lette theym go after frely. The sa¦me yere the kyng sent certayne embassatours to y^e pope prayenge hym that he sholde leue of & medle not in his court of the kepīge and reser∣uacyōs of benefyc{is} in Englonde. And that tho that were chosē to bysshoppes sees & dignetees frely & wyth full myght Ioy & haue & be confer¦med to the same of theyr metropolytans & Ar∣chebysshops as they were wonte to be of olde tyme Of these poyntes and of other touchynge the kyng & his reame / whan they had theyr an¦swer of the pope / the pope enioyned them that they sholde certefy hym ayen by theyr letter of y^e kynges wyll & of hys reame or they determy∣ned ought of the forsayd artycles In this same yere deyed Iohan the Archebysshop of yorke / Iohan bysshop of Ely / wyllyam byssop of wor¦cestre. In whoos stedes folowed & were made bysshops by auctoryte of pope. master. Alexan¦der Neuyll to the Archebysshop of yorke. Tho¦mas of Arūdell to the bysshopryche of Ely. and syr Henry wakfelde to the bysshopryche of wor¦cestre. In the whiche tyme it was ordened in y^e parlement that all Cathedrall chyrches shold Ioy & haue theyr eleccōns hole & y^t the kyng fro that tyme afterwarde shold not wrytte ayenst thē that were chosen / but rather helpe them by his letters to theyr confyrmacyon & this statu¦te dyd moche profyte. ¶And in this parlemēt was graūtyd to the kynge a dyme of the clergy & a .xv. of lay fee. ¶In the .xlix. of the regne of kyng Edward deyed Mayster wyllyam wyt∣lesey Archebysshop of Caunterbury & the mō¦kes of the same chirche asked and desyred a car¦dynall of Englonde to be Archebysshop. & ther¦fore the kyng was agreued & ment & purposed to haue exyled the mōkes of the same. and they spended moche good or they myght haue y^e kyn¦ges grace ayen & his loue but yet wold the kyn¦ge not consent ne graunt to theyr eleccōn of y^e Cardynall ne of the pope also ne his Cardynal¦les. ¶And at the begynnyge of August it was treated & spoken at Bruges of certayne poyn∣tes / and artycles hangynge bytwene the pope and the kynge of Englond / this treates lasted almoost too yere. And at the laste it was accor¦ded bytwene theym that the pope fro that ty∣me forth sholde not vse ne dele wyth the reser∣uacyons of benefytes in Englonde / and that

the kynge sholde not graunt ne lette no benefy¦ces by hys wrytte y^t is called (Quare impedyt) But as touchynge the eleccion abouesayd the¦re was noo thynge touched ne done. And that was wyted and put vpon certayne clerkes the whiche rather supposed and hoped to be auaū¦ced & promoted to bysshhpryches whiche they desyred and coueyted by the court of Rome ra¦ther than by ony other eleccyons / ¶This sa∣me yere about Candelmasse there mette togy∣der att Bruges many noble & worthy men of bothe sydes and reames to trete of peas bitwe¦ne tho two kynges. And this tretes lasted two yere with grete costes & large expensens of bo∣the partyes. And at the laste they went & depar¦ted thens without ony accorde or effecte. The next yere after the .l. yere of kynge Edward y^e .iiii. Non̄ of May beynge yet voyde & vacaunt the Archebysshopryche of Caunterbury may∣ster Symonde sudbery bysshoppe of London was made Archebysshop & mayster wyllyam courteney that was bysshop of Herforde was than made bysshop of London / & the bysshop of Bangor was made bysshop of Herforde. ¶And this same tyme in a certayne treates & spekynge of peas trewes was taken bytwene them of Fraūce & Englonde fro mydsomer to mydsomer come ayen an hole yere & about the begynnyng of Aprell y^e duke of brytayne wyth many erles barons and worthy lordes & men of Englond went ouer see in to Brytayn whe¦re he hathe had all his luste desyre & purpose ne had the for sayd trewes be soo soone taken the whiche letted them. ¶This same tyme the yle of Constantyne where that the castell of saynt Saueour is in. that longe tyme was foughten at & besyeged of the Frensshmen than yelde to the Frensshmen with al the apportenaūtes in to grete harme & hyndrynge of y^e reame of En∣glonde And thys same yere there were so grete and so passynge hetes & ther with all a gret pes¦tylence in Englonde & in other dyuerse party∣es of ••he worlde y^t it destroyed & slewe vyolent¦ly & strōgly both men & wymen without nom∣bre. Thys same yere deyed syr Edwarde y^e lor¦de spencer a worthy knyghte & a bolde & in the mynster of Teukesbury worshipfully is bury¦ed. And lastynge this pestilence the pope at the instaunce and prayer of an Englysshe Cardy∣nale graunted to all people that deyed in Eng¦londe that were sory & repentaūt for theyr syn¦nes and also shryuē full remyssyon by two bul¦les vnder lede .vi. monethes than next to last. ¶In this same yere the erle of Penbroke was taken & raūsoned bi Bartram Clayken bytwe¦ne Parys & Calays as he come towarde Eng∣lond vpon saynt Atheldredes day y^t whiche sa¦ynt as it was sayd the erle oftentymes had affē¦ded / and within a lytyll whyle after he deyed. ¶And in Nouembre next after there mette at Bruges the duke of Lancastre and the duke of Angoy with many other lordes and prelates of bothe reames for to treate of peas.