¶Of the quinzeme of goodes that were graunted for ye newe chartre / and of the purueaunce of Oxforde.
ANd thus it befell that ye lordes of Eng¦londe wold haue some addycyous moo in the chartre of Fraunchyse that they had of the kynge / & spake thus bytwene them. And ye kynge graunted them all theyr axenge. And made to them two chartres / that one is called the grete chartre of fraunchises / & that other is callad the chartre of forest. And for the graunt of these two chartres / prelates / Erles and Ba¦rons / and alle the comyns of Englonde / yaue to the kynge a thousande marke of syluer. ¶Whan kyng Henry had be kynge .xliii. yere the same yere he and his lordes / Erles and Ba¦rons of the reame wente to Oxforde / and or∣deyned a lawe in amendemente of the reame. And fyrst swore the kyng hymself / & afterwar∣de alle the lordes of the londe / that they wolde holde that statute for euermore / and who that them brake sholde be deed. But the seconde ye∣re after that ye ordynaunce / the kynge thrugh counseyll of Edward his sone / and of Rychar¦de his brother / that was erle of Cornwaylle / & also of other repented hym of that othe that he made for to holde that lawe and ordynaūce· And sente to ye courtre of Rome to be assoylled of that othe. And in the yere next comynge af∣ter / was the grete darth of corne in Englonde For a quarter of whete was worth .xxiiii. she∣lynges. And the poore people ete netles and o¦ther wedes for hūgre. And deyed many a thou¦sande for defawte of mete. ¶And in ye .xlviii. yere of kynge Henryes regne began warre & debate bytwene hym & his lordes / for by cause he had broken the couenauntes that were ma∣de bytwene them at Oxforde. ¶And ye same yere was the towne of Northamton taken / & folke slayne that were wythin / For by cause that they had ordeyned wylde fyre for to bren∣ne the cyte of London. ¶And in the monethe of Maye that the next after / vpon saynt Pan∣cras daye / was the Batayll of lewes / that is to saye / the wenesday before Saynt Dūstans daye. And there was taken kynge Henry hym self / and syr Edwarde his sone / and Rychar∣de his broder erle of Cornewaylle / and many other lordes. And in the same yere nextse wyn∣ge syr Edwarde the kynges sone brake out of the warde of syre Symonde of Mountforth / erle of Leycetre at Hertforde / and wente vn∣to the barons of the Marche / and they rceey∣ued hym with moche honour. ¶And the same tyme Gylbert of Claraunce erle of Glocetre that was in the warde also of the forsayd Sy¦mon de thorugh the commaūdement of kynge Henry / that wente fro hym wyth grete herte / for cause that he sayd / that ye forsayd Gylbert was a foole / and helde hym with kynge Henry ¶And on the Saterdaye nexte after the myd¦des of August / syre Edwarde the kynges sone dyscomfyted syr Symonde de Mountforth ac Kelyngworth / but the greate lordes that were there with hym were takē / that is to saye. Bal¦dewyne wake. And Wyllyam de Mouchentye and many other grete lordes. And the Tewys¦daye next after was ye batayll done at Eusbā. And there was slayne syr Symonde de Moūt¦forth. Hugh the Spenser / & Mountforth that was Raufe Bassectes fader of Drayton and other many greate lordes / And whanne thys batayll was done / all the gentylmen that had ben with the erle Symonde were dyshery••ed / and ordeyned togyder and dyde moche harme to all the londe. For they destroyed theyr enmy¦es in all that they myght.