Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen

Anno domini .M.CC.viii.		Anno domini .M.CC.ix.
	Serle the mercer.
Balliui.		Anno .ix.
	Hugh of saynt Albon.

IN this .ix. yere the kyng consy¦derynge the great losse whych he had susteyned by the Frēche kyng in Normandy, & also in Angeou and Poyteau / made {pro}uysyon of all thyn¦ges belongynge to the warre / and af¦ter about mydsomer sayled ouer the see, and landed at Rochell in Poyte¦au wyth a myghty hoste. At whyche season the Frenche kynge was at Thymon and fortyfyed yt / wyth al∣so the castellys of London and My∣rable, and y^e town of Poytyers why∣che lytle before he had wonne / and af¦ter wythoute taryenge returned into Fraunce. Then kynge Iohn̄ he∣rynge of the Frenche kynges depar∣tynge / sped him to Angiers & wanne that towne wyth lytle payne, and de¦stroyed y^e sayd towne. Thyther came to hym the vycoūt of Thonars, why∣che before was for drede become the Frenche kynges man / & by his ayde kynge Iohn̄ then recoueryd some parte of that countrey.

In thys meane whyle kynge Phy∣lyppe gatheryd a new hoste / and he∣rynge of the vnstedfastnes of the vy¦coūt of Thonars, entryd y^e landes of the sayde vycounte, and wasted and spoyled the countrey withoute pyty. Then kynge Iohn̄ spedde hym to∣warde the Frenche kynge / so that in shorte processe of tyme the two ho∣stys were wythin lytle dystaunce. But by what meane of fortune I can

not saye (for the meane therof ys not expressyd) the two kynges there toke peace for two yeres folowynge / and after eyther of theym retourned into his owne countrey.

In this yere the pope beyng ascer∣teyned of y^e cruelnesse of kyng Iohn̄ executed agayne the whyte munkes of hys lande / and also of his obstyna¦cye that he perseuered in agayne ho∣ly chyrche: sent done a new commys¦syon / by vertue wherof the curse of enterdytynge was newly denoūcyd and manyfestyd in sondry places of England. And ouer that the pope by authoryte of the sayde bulle, assoyled or acquyted all the lordes of Englād as well spyrytuall as temporall, of all homage and feauty that they of ryght owyd to the kynge / to the en∣tent that they shulde aryse agayne hym, and depryue hym of all kyngly honour. But all this myght not mo∣ue the kynge from hys errour.

ABout the feast of saynt Me∣dard, in the moneth of Iuny and later ende of this foresayd .ix. ye¦re / the forenamed bayllyues were ad¦mytted to y^e offyce / and the olde, that is to meane Roger wynchester and Edmunde Hardell were dischargyd, for so myche as they wythstode the kinges purueyour of whete, & wold not suffer him to conuey certayn me∣sures of whete oute of the cytye tyll the cytye were storyd. For thys the kynge toke such dyspleasure, that he sent downe streyght cōmaundement vnto the .xxxv. heddes or rulers of the cytye, that they shulde dyscharge the sayde two bayllyuys, and to put theym in pryson tyll they knewe the kynges further pleasure. wherfore the sayd .xxv. persons toke aduyse / & appoynted a certayne of theym selfe wyth other, and rode to the kynge then beynge at Langley, to empeter grace for the sayde bayllyues / shew∣ynge forther that at that season such dystresse of where was in y^e cyty, that the common people were lyke to ha∣ue made an insurreccyon for the sa∣me. By whyche meanes and frende∣shyppe whyche they had in the court, the kynge was so satysfyed that he releasyd theym from pryson. And in short tyme after, the cytesyns of Lon¦don made such sute to the kyng, that they had graunted to them by y^e kyn∣ges letters patentes,* 1.1 that they shuld yerely chose to them self a mayre and two shryues. After whyche graunte to theym confermyd / they amonge them self ordeyned, that the two shry¦ues shulde be chosen yerely vppon saynte Mathewes daye .ix. dayes before Mychelmas, and vppon Mi¦chelmas daye to take theyr charge / and the mayre to be chosen vppon the same daye, and chargyd wyth the other vppon the sayde daye of Mychelmas / all be yt that now yt is otherwyse orderyd.

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