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

¶Of kynge Henry the thyrde that was crowned at Gloucetree

ANd after this kynge Iohan regned his sone Henry / & was crowned at Glou∣cette whan he was .ix. yere olde / on saynt Sy¦mondes daye & Iyde of Swalo the Legate of Rome thrugh counseyll of all the grete lordes that helde with kynge Iohan hys fader that is to saye / the erle Radulf of Chestre. wyllyam erle Marshall erle of Penbroke. Wyllyam y^e Brener erle of Feries. Serle y^e manly baron. And all other grete lordes of Englonde helde with Lowys the kynges sone of Fraūce. And anone after whan kynge Henry was crowned Swalo the Legate helde his counseyll at Bry∣stowe at saynt Martyns feest. And there were xi. byssops of Englonde & of walys / and of o∣ther prelates of holy chyrche a grete nombre / and erles & barons / & many knyghtes of Eng¦londe. And all tho that were at that counseyll swore feawte vnto Henry the kyng that was kynge Iohn̄s sone. ¶And anone after the Le¦gate enterdyted walys / for cause that they hel∣de with the barons of Englonde. Also all tho that holpe / or yaue ony counseyll to meue war¦re ayenst the newe kynge Henry he accursyd them. And at the begynnynge he put in the sen¦tence the kyng{is} sone of Fraunce Lowys. And neuertheles the same Lowys wolde not spare for all that. But wente and toke the caastell of Barchamstede / & aleso y^e castell of Hirtfo•• And from that daye afterwarde / the Barons dyde there so moche harme thrughout all En∣glonde. And pryncypally y^e frensshemen that were with kynge Lowys. wherfore the grete lordes / and all the comyn people of Englonde lete them dresse / for to dryue Lowys & his com¦pany out of Englond / but some of the barons and Frensshemen were gone to the cyte of Ny¦choll / & toke the towne & helde it to kynge Lo∣wys profyte. But thyther came kyng Henry¦es men with a grete power / that is to saye the erle Radulf of Chestre / & Wyllyam erle Mar∣shall / & Wyllyam the Brenererle of Feryers &

many other lordes with them / & yaue batayll vnto Lowys men. And there was slayne the erle of perchees & Lowys men were fowle dys¦comfyted. And there was taken Serle erle of wynchestre / and Humfroyde. Boune erle of Hertforde / & Robert the sone of walter / & ma∣ny other that began warre ayenst the kynge / there they were taken & ladde vnto kyng Hen∣ry / that was kynge Iohn̄s sone. ¶And whan the tydynges cam to Lowys of the dyscomfy¦ture / y^t was the kynges sone of Fraūce. He re∣meued fro thens & wente vnto London / and lete shytte the yates faste of the cyte. And ano∣ne after the kynge sente to the Burgeys of Lō¦don / that they sholde yelde them vnto hym / & the cyte also. And he wolde theym graunte all theyr fraunchyses that euer they were wonte to haue before. And wolde conferme them by his grete newe chartre vnder hys brode scale.

¶And in the same tyme a grete lorde that was called Eustace the monke came oute of Fraunce wyth a grete company of Lordes / & wolde haue come in to Englonde / for to haue holpen Lowys the kynges sone of Fraunce. But Hubert of Brugh / & y^e fyue por••es wyth .viii. shyppes tho mette with them in y^e hyghe see •• & assaylled them egerly / & ouer came them with strength / & smote of Eustace the monkes heed. And toke also .x. grete lordes of Fraunce & put theym in to pryson. And slewe almoost all the men that came with theym / and anone drowned the shyppes in the see.