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

¶Of the felde that the duke of yorke toke att Drenched in kent / & of the byrch of prynce Ed¦warde / & of the fyrste bataylle at Sayne Albōs where the duke of somerset was slayne.

IN the .xxx. yere of the kynge / the duke of yorke came out of the Marche of walys with therle of Deuenshyre & the lord Cobham and grete puyssaunce reformacyon of certayne Iniurys and wrōges / and also to haue Iustice vpon certayne lordes beynge about the kynge & toke a felde at Brentheth besyde Detford in Kente. whiche was a stronge felde for whyche cause the kinge wyth all his lordes went vnto blacke heth. wyth a grete and a stronge multy∣tude of peple armyd / and ordeyned for the war¦re in the beste wyse. And whan they hadde mu¦stre on the hethe / certayne lordes were tho sen∣te vnto hym. for to treate and make apointmēt with hym. whiche were the bysshop of Ely. the bysshop of wyncestre / therles of Salysbury & of warwyk / And they concluded that the duke of Somerset sholde be had to warde. and to an¦swere to suche artycles as y^e duke of yorke shol∣de put on hym And then the duke of yorke shold breke his felde / & come to y^e kyng. whiche was all promysed by the kynge. And soo the Kynge commaunded. that the duke of Somerset shol¦de he hadde in to warde. And then̄e the duke of yorke brake vp his felde and came to y^e kynge And whan he was come contrarye to the pro∣myse afore made / the duke of Somerset was presēte in the felde / awaytynge and cheyf abou¦te the kynge / And made the duke of yorke ryde before as a prysoner thrughe london. ¶And after they wolde haue put hym in holde. But a noyse arose that therle of Marche hys sone. was comynge with .x. thousande men to Lon¦don warde wherfore the kynge and hys coun∣seyll feryd / And then̄e they concluded that the duke of york sholde departe att his owen wyll. ¶Abowte this tyme began grete dyuylyon ne Spruce bytwene the greate mayster and the Knyghtes of the duchye ordre whyche were lor¦des of that coūtree. For the comyns & townes rebelled ayenst the lordes and made soo greate werre / y^e at y^e last they called the kyng of Pole to be theyr lorde / the whiche kynge came and was worshypfully receyued / And besyeged the castell / of Mar••engburgh / whiche was the che¦yf castell of strength of all the londe. An•• wa••¦ne it / & droue out the mayster of Da••ske •• and all other places of that londe & so they that had ben lordes many yeres. loste all theyr seygnou¦rye and possessyons in tho londes. ¶And in the yere of the Incarnacyon of oure lorde .M.CCCC.liii. on saynte Edwardes daye. quene. Margarete was delyuerde of a fayre prynce whyche named was Edward. That same day Iohan Norman was chosē for to be Mayer of London. And the daye that he sholde take hys othe att westmynster / he wente thyder by wa∣ter wyth alle the craftes / where afore tyme tho

mayer / alderme and the craftes rode on hors¦backe the whiche was neuer vsyd after. For syn that tyme they haue euer goon by water in botes and barges. ¶ye haue well vnderston∣de before how that contrary to the promyse of the kyng & also the conclusyons take bytwene the kynge & y^e duke of yorke att Brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to warde but abo¦de about the kynge / & had grete rule / And ano¦ne after he was made Capytayne of Calays. & ruled the kyng & his reame as he wolde / wher¦fore the grete lordes of the reame / & also y^e co∣myns were not pleased: For whyche cause the duke of yorke / the erle of warwyke / the erle of Salysbury with many knyghtes and squyres and moche other people came to remeue y^e say¦de duke of Somerset and other fro the kynge / And the kyng herynge of theyr comynge / thou¦ghte by hys coūseyll for to haue gone westwar∣de & not for to haue mette with them. And had with hym the duke of Somerset y^e duke of Bo¦kyngham the erle of Stafforde the erle of Nor¦thumberlonde \ the lorde Clyfforde / & many o∣ther. ¶And what tyme that the duke of yorke and his felyshyppe vnderstonde / that the kyng was departed wyth the lordes from London / anone he chaunged hys way / & costed the coū∣tre and came to saynt Albons the .xxiii. daye of May. & there mette with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayne lordes / & desyred them to kepe the peas / and departe: But in conclu∣syon why••e they treated on that one syde / the erle of warwyk with the Marche men & other entred in to the twone on that other syde / and fought ayenst the kynge and his party / and so began the batayll and fyghtinge whiche endu¦red a greate whyle / But in conclusyon the du∣ke of yorke obteyned. and had the vyctory of y^e Iourneye / In whyche was slayne the duke of Somerset / the erle of Northumberlonde. the lorde Clyfforde. and many kynghtes and squy¦res / and many moo hurte / And on the morne after they brought the kynge in grete astate to London / whyche was lodged in the bysshops palays of London. And anone after was a gre¦te parlemēt at London / in whiche parlement the duke of yerke. was made protectour of En¦glōde / & the erle of warwyk Capytayne of Ca¦lays / the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of En¦glonde. And all suche persones as had the rule before aboute the kynge were set a parte / and myght not rule as they dyd before. ¶And this same yere deyed pope Nycholas y^e fyfte. & after hym was Calixt the thyrde. This Calixt was a Catalane / & the actes of hym shal be shewed here after folowynge· ¶In this same yere fell a grete affraye in Lōdon ayēst the Lūbardes. the cause begā / bycause a yonge man toke a da¦ger frome a Lūbarde & brake it. wherfore the yōge mā on the morne was sēte fore to come be¦fore the Mayer & the aldermē & there for offēce He was cōmytted to warde. And thēne y^e may¦er departed fro the yelde halle / for to goo home to his dyner But in Chepe the yonge mē Mer¦cerye for the moost partye prentyses. helde the Mayre & the Shyrefs styl in Chepe. And wolde not suffre theym to departe / vnto the tyme that theyr felowe / whyche was commytted to war∣de / were delyuered / and so by force they resco∣wed theyr felowe from pryson. And that done the Mayre departed and the Shrefes also. and the prysoner deliuered. whiche yf he had be put to pryson. He had be in Ieoperdye of his lyfe. And thene began a rumoure in the cyte ayenst the Lōbardes. And the same euenynge y^e hond crafty men of the towne arose / and rāne to the Lumbardes houses and dyspoyled and robbed dyuers of them. wherfore the Mayre and the Aldermen came with the honest people of the cyte. And droue them thens / and sente some of theym that had stolen to Newgate. ¶And the yonge man was rescowed by his felowes / sa∣we this greate rumoure. affraye & robbed / en∣sewed / of hys fyrste meuynge to the Lumbar∣de / departyd and wente to westmynster to sa∣ynt wary. Or elles it hadde coste hym hys lyfe. For anone after came downe an Oyer deter∣myne. for to do Iustyce on all theym that so re¦belled in the Cytee ayenste the Lumbardes / On whyche satte wyth the Mayre that tyme wyllyam Marowe / the duke of Bokyngham And many other lordes / to se execucyon done / But the comynes of the Cytee secretely made them redy and dyde arme them in theyr how∣ses and were in purpoos to haue rongen the comyne belle / whiche is called bowe belle but they lete by syde men / whiche came to y^e know¦lege of the duke of Bokyngham and other lor∣des. ¶And in contynente they arose / for they durste noo lenger abyde / for they dowted that the hole Cyte sholde haue rysen ayenst theym. But yet neuerthels two or thre of the cyte we¦re

Iuged to dethe for this robbery / were han∣gyd at Tyborne ¶And anone after the kynge & the quene / & other lordes rode to Couētre and withdrewe theym fro London. for this cause. And a lytyll before the duke of yorke was sent for to grenewych. And there was dyschargyd of the protectourshyppe. And the erle of Salys¦bury of his Chaūchelershyppe. And after thys they were sente fore by preuy seale for to come to Couētre where they were almoost disceyued & the Erle of warwyke also and shold haue ben dystroyed yf they had not seen well to. ¶How the lorde Egremōde was take by y^e Erle of Sa¦lysbury sōes / & of y^e robbynge of Sandwytche

THis yere were taken four grete fysshes bytwene Ereth & london that one was called Mors Maryne / the seconde was a swer¦de fysshe & the other two were whalys. In this same yere / for certayne affrayes done ī the nor∣the coūtre bytwene lord Egremōde & the erle of Salysbury sones. y^e sayd lord Egremond whō they had cōdempned in a grete som̄e of money to y^e sayd Erle of Salysbury. & therfore he was cōmytted into pryson in Newegate in London where whan he had be a certayne space he bra¦ke the pryson / & thre prysoners with hym / & es¦caped & wēt his waye. Also this yere the erle of warwyk & his wyf wēt to Calays with a fayre felisshyp & toke possessyon of his offyce. about this tyme was grete reformacōn of many mo∣nesteryes of relygyō in dyuerse partyes of the worlde wiche were refourmed after the fyrst Instytutycyon and cōtynued in many places ¶This same yere was a greate batayll in the Marches bytwene the londe of Hūgry & Tur∣key. at a place is called Septedrad where Innu¦merable Turkes were slayne / more bi myracle than̄e by mānes honde / for oonly the honde of god smote theym / saynt Iohan of Capystrane was there presēce. & prouokyd the cristē people beynge thēne aferde for to pursue after y^e Tur¦kys where an Infynyte multytude were slayne & dystryed & the Turkys sayd / y^t a grete nōbre of armyd mē folowed thē that they were aferde to turne ayen & they were holy angelles. This same yere the prysoners of Newgate in Londō brake theyr pryson / & went vpon the sedes and fought ayēst theym of the Cytee / & kepe the ga¦te a longe whyle / But att the laste the towne ga¦te the pryson be theym. And then̄e they were so¦re punysshed in ensample of other. ¶In this yere also there was a grete erthquake in Na∣ples / in so moche that there perysshed .xl. thou∣sande people that sanke there in to the erthe. ¶Also in the .xxxvi. yere saynt Osmonde sōty¦me bysshop of Salysbury was canonysed att Rome by pope Calyst. & the .x daye of Iuly he was translated at Salysbury by the bisshop of Caūterbury & many other bysshoppes. ¶And in August after syr Pers de brasay seneschal of normādye / with the Capytayne of Depe & ma¦ny other Capytayns / and mē of werre went to thee see with a greate Nauy. and into the dow¦nes by nyght. And on the more erly before day they londed at Sandwytche / bothe bi lōde and water / and toke the towne / and ryfled & dispoy¦led it / And toke many prysoners. and lefte the towne all bare / whyche was a ryche place and moche good therin / And ladde wyth them ma¦ny ryche prysoners / In this same yere in ma∣ny places of Fraunce Almayne / Flaunders Holonde and zeelonde / chyldren gadred theym togyder by greate companyes / For to goo on pylgrymage to saynt Myghels moūte in Nor¦mādye / whiche came fro ferre coūtrees wher¦of the people merueyled. And many supposed that some wyckyd spyryte meued them to doo so. but it dured not longe by cause of the longe waye and also for lac / of vytaylle as they wen¦te. ¶In this yere Reynolde Pecok bysshop of Chestre / was founde an herytyke / and the thyr¦de day of Decembre was endu••ed at Lambeth in presence of the Archebysshop of Caunter∣bury and many other bysshoppes doctours & lordes temporall / and h••s bokes brent att Pou¦les crosse. ¶And ye haue herde before how cer¦tayne lordes were slayne atte Saynt Albons / wherfore was alwaye a grutchynge / & wrath hadde by the heyres of them that soo were slay∣ne ayenst the duke of yorke / the Erles of wa••∣wyk and of Salysbury / wherfore the kyng by the aduys of his counseyll sente for theym vn∣to London to whyche place the duke of yorke came the .xxvi. daye of Ianueri with four hon¦derd men and lodged hym atte Baynerdes ca¦stell in hys owne place. ¶And the .iv. daye of Ianuer came the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men and was lodged in therber of his owne place. ¶And then̄e came the duke of Ex¦cetre and of Somerset with .viii.C. men / and laye withoute temple barre. ¶And the erle of Northumberlonde / and the lorde Egremonde

the lorde Clyfforde wyth .xv. hundred men / & lodged without the towne. ¶And the Mayer that tyme Geffraye Boloyne / kept grete wat∣che with the comyns of the cyte / & rode about the cytee by Holborne and Fletestrete / with a .v. thousand men well arayed and armyd. for to kepe the peas / ¶And the .xiiii. daye of Feue¦rer the erle of warwyke came to London / fro Calays well beseen and worshypfully with .v hundred men In red Iakettes broudred wyth a ragged staffe behynde & before. and was lod∣ged at the graye freres / ¶And the .xv. daye of Marche the kynge came to London and the quene. And ther was accorded and peas made amonge the lordes / and they were sette in pe∣as. And on our lady daye the xxv. daye of Mar¦che. in the yere of oure lorde .M.CCCC.lviii· the kynge & the quene & all the lordes went on processyon at Poules in London. & anone af∣ter the kyng & the lordes departed. & in this ye∣re was a grete fraye in Fletstrete bytwene mē of courte & men of the same strete. In whyche fayre the quenes Attourney was slayne