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.xi.		Anno domini .M.CC.xii.
	Adam whetley.
Henry fyz Alwyne.		Anno .xii.
	Stephan le Graas.

IN this .xii. yere of kyng Iohn̄ the pope sente agayne Pan∣dulphe his legate / and monyshed the kynge in sharpe maner that he shuld receyue mayster Stephan Langton to hys benefyce of the see of Caunter¦bury, and the pryour wyth hys mun¦kes vnto theyr abbay. Then y^e kyng callynge to mynde the daūgers whi∣che he was wrappyd in, both wyth∣in hys owne realme and also in Nor¦mandy, and the hurtes whyche day∣ly grew to hym by the same / made a promyse by othe that he wold be obe¦dyent vnto the courte of Rome, and stande and obey all thynge, that the same court woll adiudge hym. Upon whyche promyse so made / the legate sent knowlege vnto the pope, & had commaundement from hym that he shulde bynde the kynge to these arty¦cles folowynge. Fyrste that he shuld peasybly suffer y^e forenamed mayster Stephan Langton to entre his land and to enioye the archebyshopryche of Caunterburye, wyth all profytes and frutes belongynge to the same. Secondaryly, that he shulde in lyke maner and forme receyue the pryour of Caunterburye and hys munkys, wyth all other before tyme exyled for the archbyshoppes cause / and not at any tyme here after vex or punyshe any of the sayde persones spyrytuall or temporall, for any of those causes. Thyrdely that he shulde restore vnto the sayd archbyshop & to all y^e other, all such goodes as were before tyme taken from any of them by hys offy∣cers, syn the tyme of thys varyance growynge. And fourthly y^• he shulde yelde vp into the handes of the pope, all his ryght and tytle that he hadde vnto the crowne of Englande, wyth all reueneus, honoures, and pro∣fytes belongyng to the same, as well temporall as spyrytuall / and to hold yt euer after both he and hys heyres of the pope & his successours as feo¦daryes of the pope. And when these artycles were graunted, and the lor∣des of the lande sworne to the mayn∣tenaunce of the same / the kynge kne¦lyng vpon hys knees toke the crown from hys hedde, and sayde these wor¦des folowynge to the legate delyue∣rynge hym the crowne. Here I re∣sygne vp the crowne of the realme of Englande and Irlande into the po∣pes handes Innocent the thyrd / and put me holy in hys mercy and ordy∣naunce. After rehersall of which wor¦des, Pamdulphe toke the crowne of the kynge, and kepte the possessyon therof .v. dayes after, in token of pos¦sessyon of the sayde realme of En∣gland. And whē y^e sayd .v. days were expyred / the kyng resumyd y^e crowne of Pandulphe, by vertue of a band or instrument made vnto the pope, y^e whyche at length is sette out in the cronycle of Englande and other pla¦ces. wherof the effecte is, y^t the sayde kynge Iohn̄ & his heyres, shuld euer after be feodaryes vnto the forena∣myd pope Innocent and to hys law∣full successours popys of Rome / and to pay yerely to the chyrche of Rome a thousande marke of syluer that ys to saye for Englande .vii. h••ndred marke, and for Irlande .iii. hundred marke. And yf he or hys heyr fayled or brake that paymēt / that then they shulde fayle of theyr ryghte of the crowne. But Polycronycon sayth vii. hūdred marke for Englande and

two hundred marke for Irlande. For the whyche summes after the af¦fyrmaunce of that authour Guydo, the money called Peter pens are at thys daye gatheryd in sondry places of Englande.

Notes

• Peter pen••.