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

¶Of kynge henry the seconde that was the Empresse sone / in whose tyme saynt Tho¦mas of Caunterbury was Chaunceller.

ANd after thys kynge Ste∣phen regned Henry the Em¦presse sone / and was crow∣ned of the Archebysshoppe Theobaldus the .xvii. daye before Crystemas. And in the same yere Thomas Be∣ket of london Archebysshop of caunterbury was made the kynges Chaunceller of Englonde. ¶The seconde yere that he was crowned / he lete caste downe all the newe castels y^t were lon¦gyngt to the Crowne / the whiche kynge Ste∣phen had yeue vnto dyuerse men / & them hade

made erles & barons / for to holde with hym & to helpe hym ayenst Henry thempresse sone. ¶And the fourth yere of his regne he put vn∣der his owne lordshyp the kyng of walis. And in the same yere the kyng of Scotlond had in his owne honde / y^t is to saye / y^e cyte of Karleyll the castell of Bambrugh / and the newe castell vpon Tyne / and the erledom of Lancastre. ¶The same yere the kyng with a grete power wente in to walys / & lete caste downe woodes and made wayes & made stronge the castell of Rutlonde Basyngwark. And amonge y^e cas¦tels he made an howse of the Temple. ¶And in the same yere was Rycharde his sone bor∣ne / that afterwarde was erle of Oxforde And the fourth yere of his regne / he made Gaufry¦de erle of Brytayne. And in that yere he chaun¦ged his moneye. And the .vi. yere of hys regne he ladde a grete hoste to Tolouse & conquered it. And the .vii. yere of his regne deyed Theo∣baldus the Archebisshop of Caunterbury / and tho almoost al the cyte of Caūterbury through myschyef was brēte. The .ix. yere of his regne Thomas beket that was his Chaūceller was chosen Archebysshop of Caunterbury· And vpon saynt Bernardes daye he was sacred. And in that yere was borne the kyng{is} dough∣ter Eelenore. ¶And in the .x. yere of his regne saynt Edwarde y^e kyng was translated wyth moche honour. ¶And the .xi. yere of hys rgne he helde his parlamēte at Northampton / and fro thens sledde saynt Thomas Archebysshop of Counterbury for the grete debate that was betwixt the kynge & hym. For yf he had be foū∣de on the morowe he had be slayne / & therfore he fledde thens wyth thre felowes on foot oon¦ly / that no man wyste where he was \ & wente ouer the see to the pope of Rome And this was the pryncypall cause. For asmoche as the kyn¦ge wolde haue put clerkes to deth that were a¦taynt of felonye / without ony preuelegye of ho¦ly chyrche. ¶And y^e .xii. yere of his regne was Iohan his sone borne. ¶And the .xiii. yere of his regne deyed Maude y^e Empresse that was moder. ¶The .xiiii. yere of his regne the duke of Saxon spowsed Maude his doughter. And he begate vpon her thre sones / that were called Henry. Othus. and. Wyllyam ¶And in the xv. yere of hys regne deyed the good Erle Ro∣bert of Glocestre / that founded the abbaye of Nonne of Eton. And in the same yere Mar¦ke kynge of Ierusalem conquered Babylon ¶And the .xvi. yere of his regne / he lete crow¦ne his sone Henry at westmestre· & hym crow¦ned Roger Archebysshop of yorke / ī harmyng of Thōas archebysshop of Caūterbury. wher¦fore this same Roger was accusyd of y^e pope.