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

¶How thre was lyke to haue be a gret fraye bytwene the Cardynall and the duke of Glou¦cestre. And of the coronacyon of Kynge Henry the syxte both in Englonde and in / fraunce.

IN the fourth yere the same nyghte that the mayer of London Iohan Couentre had taken his charge / was a greate watche in London for a fraye y^t was bytwene y^e bysshop of wynchestre. & the duke of Gloucestre protec¦tour &c̄. For the mayer wyth the peple of y^e cy¦te wold abyde by y^e duke of Gloucestre as pro¦tectour & defendour of the reame but by labou¦re of lordes that went bytwene / and in especy¦all by the labour of the prynce of Portyngale / there was a poyntement taken that there was no harme done. ¶And after y^e batayll of Ver¦nayll in Perche the duke of Bedforde came o∣uer in to Englonde. And on wytsondaye thys same yere at Leycestre he dubbed kynge Hen∣ry knyght. And forth with the sayd kyng Hen∣ry dubbed all these / knyghtes whos names of lowen / that is to wyte syre Rycharde duke of yorke / also the sonne and heyre of the Duke of Nurthfolk / the erle of Oxforde / y^e erle of west merlonde / the sone and heyre / of y^e erle of Nor¦thumberlond / the sone and heyre of the erle of Vrmonde / the lorde Roos / syr Iamys bottelar the lorde Martrauas / syr Henry gray of Tan¦keruyle syr wyllyam Neuyll / lorde Fawcon∣brydge / syr George Neuyll lord Latymer the lorde wellys / the lorde Barkle / the sone. & hey∣re of the lorde Talbot / syr Raufe gray of wer∣ke / syr Robert veer syr Rychard gray / syr Ed∣monde hongerforde syre Iohan bottelar / syre Raynolde Cobham syr Iohan passheley / syre Thomas tūstall. Iohan Chydyok / syr Raufe langeforde / syr wyllyam drury / syre wyllyam thomas / Rycharde Carbonell / syr Rycharde wyde wyle / syr Iohn̄ shrydelow syr wyllyam Chayne / syr wyllyam Badyngton. syr Iohnn Iune / and syr Gylbert beauchampe. ¶Item in the fyfth yere the duke of Bedford wyth the duchesshe hys wyfe wente ouer see to Calayes & a lytell before wente ouer see Henry bysshop of wynchestre. And on our ladyes daye Annū¦cyacyon in our lady thirche at Calays the bys¦shop of wyncestre as he had sōgen masse was made Cardynall and he knelyge before the hy¦ghe awter the duke of Bedforde set the hat vp¦pon his heed / and there were hys bulles redde as well of hys charge as of y^e reioysynge of his benefyces spyrytall and temporall. And thys same yere was grete habundaunce of rayne / that the substaūce of heye / & also of corne was dystroyed / for it rayned almooste euery other daye. ¶And this same yer y^e good erle of Sa∣lesbury syr Thamas of Mountagu layd syege vnto Orlyaunce at the whyche syege he was slayne wyth a gonne that come out of the tow∣ne on whos soule god haue mercy. Amen. For sythe that he was slayne Englysshe men ne∣uer gate ne preuayled in Fraunce / but euer af¦ter began to lese lytyll tyll all was loste. ¶Also this same yere a Bryton murthred a good we¦dowe in hyr bedde without Algate whiche we∣dowe foūde hym for almes / and he bare away all that she and. And after this he toke the gyr¦the of holy chyrche at saynt George in South∣warke / & there he toke the crosse and for swore this londe. And as he wente it happened that he came by the place where he dyd this cursyd dede in the subarbes of London and the wo∣men of y^e same parysshe came out with staues and canell dounges and slewe & made an ende of hym there. Notwithstandynge the conesta∣bles & many other men beynge presente for to kepe hym for there were so many women and had no pyte. ¶Also this same yere the duke of Northfolk with many gentylmen and yomen toke his barge / the .vii. daye of Nouembre att Saynt Mary oueres for to haue gone thrughe London brydge. And thrughe mysgydynge of the barge it ouerthrewe on the pyles and ma∣ny men drowned / but the duke hymselfe wyth two or thre leped vppon pyles and soo were sa∣ued wyth helpe of mē that were aboue the bryd¦ge with castynge downe ropes / by the whyche popes they saued them self. ¶This same yere on saynt Leonardes day kyng Henry beynge vii. yere of age was crowned at westmynster / at whoos coronacyon were made .xxxvii. kny∣ghtes. ¶This yere on saynt Georges daye he rassed ouer see to Calays to warde Fraunce. ¶About this tyme and a fore the reame beyn¦ge in grete mesery and trybulacyon. the Dol∣phyn with his partye begā to make warre and gate certayne places and made distresses vpon the Englysshmen by the meane of hys Capy∣tayns. y^t is to saye la heer & poton de sayntrayl∣les / and espycyal. a mayde whiche they named la pucelle de dicu. This mayde rode lyke a mā and was a valyaunt Capytayne. amonge thē and toke vpon hyr many grete enterpryses in so moche that they had a byleue for to haue re∣coueryd all theyr losses by hyr. Notwithstan∣dynge at the laste after many grete f••autes / by

the helpe of prudence of syr Iohn̄ Lukembur∣ghe the whiche was a noble Capytayne of the duke of Burgon & many Englysshemen Py∣cardes and Burgonyons whiche were of oure partye before the towne of Company the .xxiii daye of Maye the for sayde pucelle was taken in y^e feld armed lyke a man & many other Capy¦taynes with hyr & were all brought to Rone & there she was put in to pryson. And there she was Iuged by the lawe to be brent. And than she sayd that she was wyth chylde / wherby she was a whyle respyted Butte in conclusyon yt that founden that the was not wyth chylde / & than she was brent in Rone / and the other Ca¦pytayns were put to raunsome & entreted as men of warre ben acustomed. ¶And this sa∣me yere about Candemasse Rycharde hunder a wulle packer was damned for an heretyke & brent at Tourhylle. ¶And aboute mydlēten syr Thomas Baggely preest & vycarye of the Mauen in Estsex besyde walden was dysgra∣ded and dampned for an heretyke and brente in smythfelde / ¶And also in thys same yere whyles the kynge was in Fraunce there were many heretykes and lolardes that had purpo∣sed make a rysynge and caste hylles in dyuerse places but blessed be almyghty god the Capy∣tayae of theym was taken whoos name was wyllaym Manndeuyll a weuer of Abendon & balyf of the same towne· whiche named hym∣self Iacke Sharpe of wygmoreslonde in wa∣les. And after warde he was beheded at the for¦sayd Abendon in the wytson weke ī the tewes∣daye. ¶This same yere the .vi. day of Decem¦bre kynge Henry the syxth was crowned kyn∣ge of Fraunce at Parys in the chirche of oure lady with grete solempnyte / there beynge pre¦sente the Cardynall of Englonde the duke of Bed fordt and many other lordes of Fraunce and Englonde. And after thys coronacyon & grete feest holden at Parys the kyng retorned from thens to Rone and so to warde Calays / and the .ix. daye of Feuerer londed att Douer / whom all the comunes of Kent mette at Ber∣amdon bytwene Caunterbury and / Douer al in reed hodes. and so come forthe tyll he came to the blacke hethe where he was mette wyth the mayer Iohn̄ wellys with all the craftes of London clothed all in whyche / & so they brou∣ghte hym vnto London the .xxi. daye of the sa∣me moneth. And this same yere was a restra∣ynt of the wulles of Caleys made by the sou∣dyours bycause they were not pay••d of theyr wages. wherfore the duke of Bedford regned of Fraūce beynge than Capitayns came to Ca¦lays the tewsday in y^e ester weke. And than on y^e morne after many soudyours of y^e towne we¦re arested & put in warde. And in the same we∣ke he rode to Terewyn / & by the meane of the bysshop of Terewyn he wedded the Erles dou¦ghter of Saynt Poule & came ayē to Calays / And than the .xi. daye of Iune on saynt Berna¦beys daye there were foure soudyours of cal••is that were the chyef causers of the restraynt of the wulles byheded / that is to wyte Iohn̄ Ma¦deley / Iohn̄ Launday / Thomas Palmer / and Talbot / & an hondred and .x bannysssed out of the towne that same tyme / and before were ba∣nysshed an hondred and .xx soudyours. And on mydsomer euē after came the lorde regēce and his wyfe to London.

ANd than about thys tyme deyed pope Martyn. And after hym Eugen••e••he fourth was pope. This man was peasably cho¦sen in the courte of Rome by the Cardynals & was very and indubytate pope. But within a shorte tyme after he was put & expulced oute of Rome in suche amanere that he was fayne for to flee naked. ¶In this same tyme was the counseyll of Basyle to the whiche coūseyll Eu¦genye the pope was cyted to come. And bycau¦se that he came not they deposed hym / but he rought not ne set not therby but gate the cytee of Rome & abode stylle pope .xii. yere. ¶Thys tyme about wytsontyde the heretykes of Pra¦ghe were dystroyed. for at two Iourneys were dystroyed of theym moo than .xxii. thousande with theyr Capytaynes that is to wete Proca¦pius Saplico & Lupus prespyter. ¶Also the∣re was taken on lyue mayster Pers clerke an Englysshysshe man & an heretyke. ¶And also this same yere was stronge frost & a longe du∣ringe the whiche lasted .xi. wekes / for it began vpon saynt Katherynes euen & lasted vnto sa¦ynt Scolastycus day in Feuer yere / in the why¦che tyme the vyntage that came frome Bur∣deux come ouer shoters hyll. ¶This yere was the counseyll of ara•• & a grete treate bytwene the kynge of Englonde and the kynge of Fraū¦ce where were assembled many grete lordes of bothe partyes. at whyche coūseyll was ossred to the kynge of Englonde grete thinges by the meane of a Legate that came fro Rome y^e why¦che

was Cardynall of saynt Crosse / whiche of ••res were refused by the Cardynal of Englon¦de and other lordes there were for the kynge. wherfore the duke of Burgoyn y^t whiche had ben ••onge Englysshe sworne forsoke our par∣tye & retorned Frensshe by the meane of the for¦sayd Legate. & made a peas with the Frensshe kynge reteyuynge of kynge for recompensyn∣ge of his faders deth the counte of Pon••ui / the lordshyp of Macon with moche other as is spe¦cyfyed in the sayd treaty. And so our embassa∣tours came home ayen in horse caas then they went out For they loste there the duke of Bur¦goyne whiche had ben with hys burgoynons and Pycardes a synguler helpe in all the con∣queste of Normandy & of Fraūce / This same yere was a grete batayl on the see bytwene the Ienewes & the kynge of Aragon of whiche ba∣tayll the Ienewes had the vyctory / for they to¦ke the kynge of Aragon the kyng of Nauerne & the grete mayster of saynt Iames in Galyce wyth thre hondred knyghtes & squyres & mo∣che other peple / & this was on saynt Domyny∣cus daye. And this same yere were seen thre so¦nes atones / & anone folowed the thre folde go¦uernaūce in the chirche / that is to wete of Eu¦genye of the coūseyll and of neutralyte. ¶Also this same yere a .M.CCCC.xxxiiii. was a pas¦synge grete wynde by whiche steples houses & trees were ouerthrowen About this tyme was an hooly mayde in Hollonde called Lyd wyth whiche lyned only by myracle not etynge ony mete. Thys yere the duke of Burgoyn began his ordre at Lyle of y^e gollden Fleys and ordey¦ned certayne knyghtes of the same ordre & ma¦de statutes & ordynaunces moche accordynge vnto the ordre of the garter. ¶Also this same yere the Frensshmen had enter prysed to haue stolen Calays in the fyssynge tyme / for many botes of Fraūce had safecondy••es to come to Calays for to take hetynge. And y^e soudyours of the towne had a custome to come to the chyr¦che dore / whiche staues the Frensshmen that were arayed lyke fysshers had purposed for to haue stolen theyr staues and wepen for to haue wonne so y^e towne. but one of them laye wyth a comune woman the nyght before / & he tolde to hyr theyr coūseyll / and she on the morne tol¦de it to the Lyuerenaunce whiche for the with alle commaunded that euery man sholde kepe hys wepen in his honde the sakerynge tyme & other. And whan the Frensshemen perceyued this y^t they were myspoynted they saylled steey¦ghte to Dere & stale & toke y^e towne. & on New yeres daye / af•• they toke Harslet· And thus the Englysshmē begā to lese a lytyll & lytyl in Nor¦mandye.