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

¶Of the dethe of prynce Edwarde and of the lorde Latymer and dame Alyce peres thru¦ghe whome and hyr maynteners y^e Reame ma∣ny a daye was mysgouerned.

NOt longe after the .li. yere of Kyng Ed¦wardes regne he lette ordeyne & holde at westmynster the grettest parlement y^t was seen many a yere afore. In the whiche parlemente he asked of the comynaltee of the reame as hee had done afore a grete subsydye to be graunted to hym for defēdynge of hym and of his reame but y^e comunes answerd that they were soo of¦te daye by daye greued & charged with so mani talag••s & subsydyes y^t they myght no lēger suf∣fre noo suche burthōs and charges & that they knewe & wyst well ynough that the kynge had ynough for sauynge of hym and of hys reame yf the reame were well & truely gouerned / But that it had bee soo longe euyll gouerned by ylle offycers / that the reame myght nother be plen∣teuous of chaffre & marchaundyse ne also with rychesse. And in these thynges they profyred themself yf the Kyng wolde certaynly to preue it and stande by. and yf it were foundē and pro¦ued afterwarde that the Kynge had nede they wolde gladly euery man after hys power and state hym helpe and lene. And after this were publysshed & shewed in the parlemente many playntes and defautes of dyuers offycers of y^e reame and namely of the Lorde Latymer the kynges chamberlayne bothe to the Kynge and eke to the reame. ¶And also att the laste there was spoken & treated of dame Alyce Pers for the grete wronges & euyll gouernaunce y^t was done by hyr counseyl in the reame The whiche dame Alyce pers that y^e kyng had holden longe tyme to hys lemman wherfore it was the laste wonder though thrugh the frealter of the wo∣mans excytynge & hyr steringe he consented to

hyr lewdnesse & euyll coūseyl the whiche dame Alyce & also the lorde Latymer & other suche y^e meued the kynge to euyll gouernaunce ayenst his profyte & the reame also / all the comynalte asked & desyred that they sholde be remeued & put awaye and in theyr stedes wyse mē & wor∣thy that were trewe & wel assaied & proued and of good gouernaunce. sholde be put in theyr ste¦des. So amonge al other there was one amon¦ge the comunes that a wyse knyght and a tre∣we / and an eloquent man whoos name was Pers delamare. And this same pers was cho¦sen to be speker for the comunes in the parlea∣ment And for this same Pers tolde and publys¦shed the trouthe and rehersed y^e wronges ayen¦ste the forsayd dame Alyce & other certayne per¦sones of the kynges counseyll as he was bydde by the comyns. ¶And also trustynge moche to be supported & mayntened in thys mater by helpe & fauour of the. prynce anone as the pryn¦ce was dede att the instaunce & requeste of the forsayd dame Alyce / thys Pers de amare was Iugyd to perpetual pryson in the castell of No¦tyngham. ¶And in the .vi. kal. of Iule lastyn∣ge y^e same parlemente deyed prynce Edwarde kynge Edwardes fyrst sone / that is to saye in trynyte sonday in worshyp of whyche feste he was wōte euery yere where that euer he were ī y^e worlde to holde and made the moost solēpny¦te that he myght. whos name & fortune of kny∣ghthode but yf it had be of an other Ector alle men bothe crysten & hethen whyle that he liued & was in good poynt wōdred moche and drad¦de hym wonder soore / whoos body is worshyp¦fully buryed in Crychyrche at Caunterbury. And in this same yere the mē and the erles tena¦untes of warwyk arose malycyously ayenst y^e abbot & couent of Euesham & theyr tenauntes. & destroyed thabbaye. & the towne & woūded & bete theyr men & slewe many of theym / & wen∣te to theyr maners & places & dyde moche har∣me / and brake downe ther parkes & closes & sle¦we theyr wylde bestes & chaced them brekynge theyr fysshe poundes & hedes & lete the water of theyr pondes stewes & ryuers renne out & toke the fysshe & bare it with them. and dyde theym all the sorowe that they myght. in so ferforthe that forsoth they had destroyed perpetuall that abbay with all theyr membres & apportenaun¦ces but yf the kynge the soner had not holpen it & taken hede therto. & therfore the kyng sent his letters to y^e erle of warwyk chargyng hym & cōmaūdynge hym that he sholde stynt redres¦se & amende tho euyll doers & brekers of his pe¦as. and so by meanes of lordes & other frendes the peas was made bitwene them. and for this hurtynge as it is sayd y^e kynge wolde not be go¦uerned as that tyme bi his lordes that there we¦re in y^e parlement. but he toke & made his sone the duke of Lancastre his gouerneur of the rea¦me / the whiche stode soo styll as gouernour tyl y^e tyme that he dyed. ¶The same yere after. cā¦delmasse or the parlement was done / the Kyn∣ge asked a subsidye of the clargy & of the lay fee & it was graūtyd hȳ / that is to say that he shol∣de haue of euery persone of y^e lay fee both man and woman that passed fourtene yere of aege foure pēs out takē pore beggers that were kno¦wen openly for nede pore beggers. ¶And that he shold haue of euery man of the holy chyrche that was benefyced or promoted twelue pens and all other that were not promoted iiii. pens out taken the .iiii. ordres of the frere beggers This same yere after Myghelmasse Rychar∣de prynce Edwardes sone was made prynce of wales to whom the kyng gaf y^e duchy of cor¦newayle with y^e erldom of chestre. And about this tyme y^e Cardynale of Englond y^e .iiii. day before mary Mawdalenes day after dyner so¦daynly was smyte with the paslye and loste his speche / & on mary Mawdalen••s daye deyed.