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

RIcharde the fyrst of that name, and seconde sonne of Henry the second / beganne hys rey∣gne ouer Englād in the moneth of Iuly, and yere of our lorde .x. hundred .lxxx. and .x / and the .xi. yere of the seconde Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce.

Thys Rycharde prouyded besely to sette good rule in Normādy, when he hadde harde of hys fathers deth, and after spedde him into England / where he was ioyously receyued / & in the moneth of September folow¦ynge and thyrde daye, he was crow∣ned at westmynster of Baldwyn arch¦byshoppe of Caunterburye. Uppon the whyche daye the Iewys of En∣glande, and specyally suche as dwel¦lyd within London and nere about / assembled of them a certayn nomber, and presumyd farther then requyred for theyr authoryte. For whyche pre∣sumpcyon they were fyrste rebuked, & after one of thē strykē. which thyng sene of the cōmon people, supposyd that to be done by the kynges com∣maundement. wherfore in a fury as those that they hated as the deuyll for theyr vsury & other vnhappy con¦dycyons, they fell vppon theym, and chased them to theyr houses, & them robbed and spoyled wythout pytye, and brent some of theyr housis / wher of the rumour ranne to westmynster to y^e kynges audyēce. wherfore in all haste he sent downe / gyuyng strayte cōmaundement that they shuld cease of that ryot. But the people were in suche ire and wodenesse, that they re¦frayned not for all the kinges sonde, tyll they hadde executed the fyne of theyr malyce. And all be yt that thys ryot was after greuously shewyd a∣gayne the commons of the cytye / yet yt passed vnpunyshed, for the great nomber of the transgressours.

And the sayde daye of coronacyon / all prysoners that lay in any pryson aboute London at the kynges sute, or for other small or fayned accyons, were frely delyueryd.

Soone after the kynge gaue ma∣ny dygnytyes / and to hys brother Iohn̄ he gaue the prouynces of No∣tyngham, Deuonshyre, and Corne∣wall / and creatyd hym erle of Lan∣caster. And then the kynge ordeyned the cytye of London to be ruled by two baylyues whose names were as foloweth.

Anno domini .M.C.xc.		Anno domini .M.C.xci.
	Henry of Cornehyll
Balliui		Anno primo.
	Rycharde fyz Ryuer.

IT was not longe after that y^e the kynge hadde thus exalted hys brother Iohn̄ as before is shew∣wyd / but that he also preferryd hym to the maryage of the erle of Glouce¦ters doughter / by reason wherof he

was lorde of that erledome. These great auaūcementis made him after vnkynde to his broder / and by pryde therof to coueyt afterwarde the hole kyngdome.

Thys yere kynge Rycharde was as∣soyled of the offence that he had vsyd in rebellyon agayne hys father. In recompēsacyon wherof as testyfyeth the authour Guydo / he voluntaryly toke vppon hym and promysed to warre vppon Crystes enymyes. All be yt that other wryters shewe, that yt was for that that hys father had so wylled hym by hys lyfe. But for what cause, so yt was, preparacyon and prouysyon for that iourney was made from that daye forthwarde.

Thys yere also the kynge enlarged Elyanoure hys moder / whyche long before at the commaundement of his father her husbande, was as a pryso¦ner kepte in secrete kepynge. After whych enlargyng, y^e land was mych guydyd by her counsayll. And thys yere, as sayth Ranulfe / kynge Ry∣charde gaue ouer the castellis of Bar¦wyke and Rochysburghe to y^e Scot∣tyshe kyng, for the summe of .x. thou¦sande pounde, for the exployte of his voyage. And farther more he sold to the olde byshoppe of Durham hys owne prouynce for a great summe of money, and creatyd hym erle of the same. wherfore the kynge sayde af∣ter in game, I am a wonders crafty man / for I haue made a new erle of an old byshop. By suche meanes the kyng emptyed many byshoppes and ryche prestys bagges and fylled hys cofers. And ouer that he graunted oute annuytyes and fees oute of the crowne, as though he roughte no∣thynge of hys retournynge. For this dede some of hys famylyers as they durste blamed hym. But he sayde to thē y^t in tyme of nede, it was good po¦lycy for a man to ayde hym wyth his owne. And more ouer he ioyned ther to, that yf London were hys / at that tyme of nede he wolde sell yt, yf he myght gete a conuenyent marchaūt that for yt were able to paye.

An other waye he hadde also to ga∣ther money / for he hadde lycence of pope Innocent the thyrd of that na∣me, to dyspence wyth suche as hym lyked wythin his realme for takyng vppon theym the crosse.

Anno domini .M.C.xci.		Anno domini .M.C.xcii.
	Iohn̄ Herlyon.
Balliui		Anno secundo
	Roger duke.

IN the seconde yere in the mo∣neth of October / kynge Ry∣charde betoke the guydynge of the lande vnto the byshoppe of Ely then chaunceller of Englande, and sayled into Normandye / where settynge the coūtrey vnder sadde guydyng, short¦ly after mette with the Frenche kyng Phylyp the second / the whych ioynt∣ly yode to Turon, and there ouer pas¦syd the shortnesse of wynter. In why¦che passe tyme makynge eyther wyth other assuraunce for contynuaunce of so great a iourney / at the sprynge of y^e yere these two princes toke theyr voyage towarde the holy lande / that is to meane kyng Rycharde by y^e see, and knnge Phylyppe by the lande / and appoynted to mete agayn in the land of Scicilia or Scycyll. In this meane tyme, in England the Iewes in dyuers places of y^e realme, as Lyn¦colne, Staunforde, and Lynne were robbed and spoyled / and at yorke, to

the nomber of foure hundred & mo, cutte theyr mayster veynes and bled to deth.

The two kynges accordynge to theyr appoyntemēt met in Scycyll / where grudge beganne to kyndle be¦twene theym for correccyon of theyr souldyours. Then the French kyng departyd agayne from kynge Ry∣charde / the whyche there made cer∣tayne ordynaunces for warre, as a towre or castell of tymber whyche he named Mategryffons / and also pro¦uyded for vytayll for both hostes.

In thys tyme also the kynge of Cyprys hadde taken two shyppes of kynge Rycharde, and denyed the de∣lyuery of theym. wherfore the sayde Rycharde entryd the land of Cypris makynge therin sharpe warre / & cha¦syd so the kynge from cytye to cytye, that lastely he yelded him vnto kyng Rycharde, vppon condicyon that he shulde not be throwen in bondes of iron / wherof kynge Rycharde in ke∣pynge of hys promyse caste hym in bondes of syluer.

when kynge Rycharde hadde dwel¦lyd there vppon two monethes, and hadde taken his pleasure of that coū¦trey, and taken amendes at his own wyll for hys shyppes / then he depar∣ted from the sayde yle of Cypris, and sayled towarde Acon or Acris. In whyche course so kepynge towarde Acris / he encountred a great shyppe of the Soudans of Sury, fraughte wyth great ryches, and toke yt / and so came at length to y^e cytye of Acris, where at that tyme lay before y^e sayd towne the Frenche kynge wyth hys hoste / and had lost a lytle before two thousande of hys men, whyche were partyd from hys hoste to haue done an enterpryse vppon the Turkes / but they were layde for & dystressed.

Then as testyfyeth Peter Dysroy, kynge Rycharde was ioyously recey¦ued of the Frenche kynge. After whose commynge yt was not longe that the sayd cytye was gyuen vp by appoyntement as foloweth, and as affermeth the sayde Peter, and also the cronycle of Fraunce. Fyrste that the Sarasyns shulde departe out of the cytye / leuynge behynde theym horse, harneys, vytayll, and all other thynge belongynge to warre. Also they shulde cause to be restoryd all such prysoners of crystē men as they had vnder theyr kepyng, wyth other couenauntes whyche I passe ouer. And thus was the cytye of Acris yel¦den into the crysten mennes handes, in the moneth of Auguste, & the yere of our lorde .xi. hundred .lxxx. and, xii. But when yt came to the partyng of the praye of the cytye / there beganne malyce to kyndle hys bronde, whych was not lyghtly after quenchyd.

Of thys varyance betwene these two kynges of England & of Fraūce dyuers maners are shewyd. For Po¦lycronica sayth that yt beganne by reason that kynge Rycharde denyed vnto kynge Phylyp halfe hys wyn∣nynges in Cypris, accordyng to the couenauntis betwene theym assured at Turon. But kyng Rychard sayd that the cōuencyon there made / stret¦ched no forther then to suche goodes as was wonne wythin the lymytes or boundes of the holy lande. An¦other grudge was, by reason that the French kyng ayded not y^e erle of Champeyne beynge in dystresse of nede. wherfore the sayde erle beynge discontent sayde to the Frēche kyng. Syr hytherto I haue done accor∣dynge to my dutye / but hereafter I shall do as I am compellyd be nede. For your grace hath hytherto cherys¦shed me but for myn / but now I shal go to hym y^t is more redy to gyue thē to take / and so departed to kyng Ry¦charde, of the whyche he had all hys

pleasure. The thyrde cause was as sayth Ranulph, for as mych as kyng Rycharde at hys begynnyng in Scy¦cyll maryed the syster of the kynge of Nauerne / where before he hadde promysed to mary the syster of the sayde kynge Phylyppe. But of these artycles speketh nothyng the french cronycle / all be it he layeth greate de¦faute vnto kynge Rycharde / sayeng in sedycyous and vyle wordys, that kyng Rycharde falsly brake hys ap∣poyntmentes, and kepte no promesse that by hym was made. Moreouer the sayd cronycle sayth that he solde the ile of Cyprys vnto the Templers for .xxx. thousande marke / and after toke it agayne frō them by strength, and delyuered it vnto Guy de Le∣sygnan that was the laste crystened kynge of Hierusalem. And ouer this the sayde frenche cronycle sayth, that he toke from a knyght of the duke of Ostrych the sayd dukes banner / and in despyte of the sayde duke trade it vnderfote, and dyd vnto it all the de¦spyte he myghte. And ouer all thys, where as Conradus Markes of Ty¦re was traytorously slayn by two of his owne seruauntes / that kyng Ry¦charde shulde laye the charge therof vnto the frenche kynge.

For these grudges and sykenesse, wyth also fere of treason to be wrou∣ght bytwene Saladyne the Soudā, and kynge Rycharde as affermeth or allegeth the foresayde authoure / kynge Phylyppe wyth a small com∣pany of shyppes departed from Acō or Acris, & sayled to Puyll or Poyll / and there restynge hym a season, cō∣tynued hys iourney vnto Rome, and so lastely into hys owne prouynce of Fraunce.

Anno domini .M.C.xcii.		Anno domini .M.C.xciii.
	wyllyam Hauershall.
Balliui		Anno .iii.
	Iohn̄ Buknot.

IN the thyrde yere and moneth of Nouember, when the Fren∣che kynge was thus departed / kyng Rychard with the duke of Burgoyn whom the French kynge hadde lefte behynde hym to haue the rule of the Frenche hoste lafte and remaynyng in Acre and the countre there about, called before hym dyuers persons or pledges of Turkes, for the perfour∣maunce of certayne appoyntemen∣tes taken wyth them at y^e wynnynge or gyuynge vp of the sayde cytye of Acris. wherof one especiall couenaūt was, that by a certayne daye than ex∣pyred, they shulde cause y^e holy crosse to be restored vnto the crysten pryn∣ces. The whyche for he saw well that they wolde not or myghte not per∣fourme / he therfore put in execucyon of Turkes ouer the noumber of .v. thousande as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle. But that agreed not all of the beste wyth the former sayeng / cō∣syderynge the cytye was delyuered by appoyntement, there shulde not so many Turkes remayne there. But Peter Dysroye sayth, that for bre∣kynge of thys appoyntement, kynge Rycharde put to deth all suche Tur∣kes as were than wythin the cytye of Acris / whyche maye be ment by the hostages or pledges.

It was not longe after that ty∣dynges were brought vnto kyng Ry¦charde, that the cytye of Hierusalem was wythout any greate strength of Soldyours, and that it myghte be wonne wyth easy labour. wherfore kyng Rychard assembled the lordes

to haue theyr coūsayll / where it was cōcluded that euery capyteyne shuld prepare hym to go thyther. Uppon whyche agrement, the crysten hoste sped them in such wyse, y^t they were within .v. myles of y^e sayd city of Hie¦rusalem / where they toke a new coū¦sayll how they shuld order them and theyr people to lay theyr syege about the cytye. In whyche coūsayll it was concluded, y^t kynge Rycharde wyth hys Englyshe men shulde haue the vawewarde / and the duke of Bur∣goyne the rere warde. After whyche conclusyon taken / the kynge spedde hym vppon his waye towarde the cy¦tye. But by what myshappe or mys∣fortune I can not saye / so soone as the kynge was departed, the duke called the lordes of Fraunce before hym / and sayde, yt is euydent vnto you, that all be yt our hedde and so∣uerayne lorde is absent, the floure of the chyualry of Fraūce is present. And yf any thyng be done to the ho∣nour of the Crysten, and reproche of infydels / yt is most lykely to be done by vs, consyderyng y^t insuffycyencye of Englyshemen and other. yet ne∣uerthelesse, what someuer honoure grow by our dedis to y^e cristen hoste / yt shall be accompted vnto kyng Ry¦charde because of hys presence / so y^t we shall haue all the payne and tra∣uayll, and Englyshemen shall haue the honour. wherfore if ye wyll do by my counsayll / we wyll returne vnto Acrys, and there tarye tyll we se far∣ther. Some agreed to this counsayll and the more in nomber / & the other spedde them in all haste after kynge Rycharde, and shewed to hym of the dukes returne / wherof he beynge so enfourmed returned also vnto Acris.

It was not longe after that the sayd duke was taken wyth greuous sykenesse and dyed. And about that tyme also dyed Baldewyn archbys∣shoppe of Caunterburye / whyche a∣monge other lordes of Englande, accompanyed the kynge in that iour¦ney.

Anno domini .M.C.xciii.		Anno domini .M.C.xciiii.
	Nycholas Duke.
Balliui		Anno quarto.
	Petyr Nowlay.

ABout the season of Mychel∣masse, in y^e .iiii. yere of the rey∣gne of thys sayde Rycharde / tydyn∣ges were brought to hym y^t the town or castell of Iapheth was besyeged of Salādyne / and lykely to be soone wonne, wythout the crysten were the sooner ayded. wherfore kynge Ry∣charde, whych Peter Dysroy calleth the good kynge Rycharde / sped hym thyther with his army by water, and sent a nother hoste of Frēchemen and other by lande. But so yt was or the cristen myght wynne thyther / y^• sayd towne and castell were wonne / and the prysoners therin taken, were sent by water towarde such prysones as Salandyne hadde appoynted them vnto. wyth the whyche of good for∣tune kynge Rycharde mette, & them rescowyd. And that done, wyth the Turkes whyche theym conueyed he put in sure holde / and helde on hys iourney to Iapheth / and there by strength rescuyd the towne & castell, ond restoryd the crysten to theyr for∣mer possessyon, and left wyth theym more strength of knyghtes. And for to be the more feryd of the myscreaū∣tes / kynge Rycharde caused hys pry¦soners to hym belongynge to be slayne, where other solde theym to

theyr great auaūtage / by mean wher of he was hadde in wonderfull fere of the Turkes.

Then kynge Rycharde after thys victory hadde at Iapheth / wonne .ii. strong holdes callyd Daron and Ga¦dres, and strengthyd them wyth cry¦sten knyghtes. And wyth such goo∣des as he there wāne of the Turkes, he repayred the castel of Ascalon and other, that greatly was impayred by the warre of the Turkes.

In thys season and tyme y^e kyng Rycharde was thus occupyed in the holy lande / the byshoppe of Ely as before is sayde hauynge the rule of Englande, dyd many cruell dedys / and oppressyd the clergy and also the lay fee. He wolde cōmenly ryde with a thousande horse / and greued ab∣beys by meane of hys gestys or lod∣gynge wyth theym. Also he helde in hys handes the see of yorke for longe season. And after y^e deth of Balwyne dede as before is shewed in the holy land / he also toke the see of Caunter¦bury vnder hys rule. Then he pry∣ued Geffrey that was chosen to the ••ee of yorke of hys mouables / & caste him as prisoner in y^e towre of Lōdon. And soon after called a counsayll at westmynster as the kynges procura¦tour, and as legate of the pope then Innocent the .iii. At thys counsayll Hughe Nouaunt then byshoppe of Chester, & great famylyer of the sayd byshoppe of Ely / putte forth a com∣playnt agayne y^e munkes of Couen¦tre, that they hadde shed the sayde Hughys blood before the hygh aul∣ter of theyr chyrche. For whych cause the byshoppe of Ely demyd, that the sayde munkys shulde be putte from theyr sayde abbey, & clerkes shuld be set there for thē / so that by myght the munkes were put thens and dysper¦bled about in sondry placis, and cler¦kes wyth prebendys set in theyr stal∣lys. For thys dede sayth Guydo and other, that thys Hugh byshoppe of Chester hadde thus causyd the mun∣kes of Couentre to lose theyr lande and house / he toke therfore so great repentaunce, that vppon hys deth bed he axed of god that for a due and conuenyent penaunce, he myght re∣deme that offence by the lyeng in the fyre of purgatory from y^e daye of his deth vnto the generall day of dome.

Also the forenamed byshoppe of Ely called in proper name wyllyam de longe shampe / contynuynge hys tyrannyes, pryuyd Hugh byshoppe of Durham of all maner worshippe / and greued the byshoppe of wynche¦ster, and wretched nygh all the lande. But so faste as thys innaturall or euyll dysposyd man besyed hym to vex and greue the crysten men in En¦gland / so fast besyed this good kyng Rycharde to vexe & dere the infydels of Sury. So y^t dayly he wanne of theym / or at the leste putte theym from the wynnynge of suche townes and holdes, as they by theyr great strength entendyd to haue wonne.

Anno domini .M.C.xciiii.		Anno domini .M.C.xcv.
	Roger Duke.
Balliui		Anno quinto
	Rycharde fyz Aleyn.

IN the ende of September and begynnynge of the fyfte yere of kynge Rycharde / Guy de Lesyn∣geman laste crysten kynge of Hieru∣salem dyed / & Choras a noble Cry∣sten man captayne of a towne called Sur, was shortly after slayne by the Turkes, whose wyfe for as mych as

she was ryghtfull enherytour of the crowne of Hierusalē / the kyng gaue her in maryage vnto y^e erle of Cham¦payne. And for kynge Rycharde per¦ceyued well ȳe cristen hoste mynyshed dayly, as well by infyrmytyes as lacke of vytayll and otherwyse / he sought meanes of a peace or trewce for a tyme, and had yt graunted for thre yeres. The whyche peace sta∣blyshed and proclaymed in the hoste and countrey nere about / kynge Ry¦charde betoke the rule and guydyng of the Cristen vnto the erle of Cham¦payne / promysynge hym or y^e trewce were endyd to come wyth a stronger hoste, and wyth goddes myght to set hym in possessyon of the cytye of Hie¦rusalem as the ryght of his wyfe.

Then Hubert byshop of Salysbu∣ry yode forth hym selfe from y^e kyng to the holy citye / and offeryd there an hoste, and retourned agayne to the kynge. After whose returne, y^e kynge takynge leue of the erle of Cham∣payne and other / toke his shyppyng at Acrys or Acon, whyche ys named Tholomayda also / and so returned to the yle of Cypre or Cyprys.

Thens the kynge sent the quene hys wyfe and her syster wyth y^e more parte of hys people vnto Scycyll / and he wyth a small company for he myghte not endure the softenesse of the see, toke his shyppynge in the mo¦neth of September, and sayled wyth a stronge wynde towarde a coūtrey callyd Histria. But he was dryuen by force of wederynge betwene Ue∣nyse and Aquinilia or Aquilegia, and houyd there a season, and costed hyther and thyther / so that lastely he was espyed and taken of the duke of Ostrychys men.

Anno domini .M.C.xcv.		Anno domini .M.C.xcvi.
	wyllyam fyz Isabell.
Balliui		Anno sexto.
	wyllyam fyz Arnolde.

ABout the moneth of Octo∣ber & .vi. yere of hys reygne / thys good kynge Rycharde was ta∣ken in fourme folowynge. As he lay thus as before is sayde, betwene Ue∣nyce and Aquilegia a {pro}uynce of the duke of Ostrych / one Meynart of Gorezeyn ruler of that countrey vn∣der the foresayde duke, made out cer¦tayne souldyours for to haue taken hym. But he by hys prouydence and manhode escapyd y^e sayd Maynarde or Maynart / how be yt that some of hys knyghtes were there takyn. Then kynge Rycharde passed y^e coū∣trey secretly, tyll he came to a towne named Frysake. In thys towne was then prouoste or ruler a knyght cal∣led Frederyk de saynt Soom / y^e why¦che also dyd hys deuoure to take the kynge, and toke .vi. of his knyghtes prysoners / but hym selfe wyth the remenaunt of hys company escaped. Then the kynge seynge that he was in daunger of hys enymyes / drewe more into the way towarde Almayn. But thys was soone knowen of hys enymyes / so that by the meanes of one called Duke of Lymple and co∣syn to the emperoure / all the wayes were closyd in suche wyse, that in the ende kynge Rycharde was taken by the seruauntes of the sayd duke, nere vnto a citye or towne called Menne or Meune, wythin the lande or ter∣rytory of the emperoure / and after brought vnto the sayde duke Lym∣ple, or after some to the duke of Ost∣riche / y^e which spoyled hym of all y^t he hadde, and after caste hym in prison,

and there streyghtely kepte hym by the space of a moneth / and at the mo¦nethes ende sente hym vnto Henry the .vi. of that name, or after some wryters the .v. sonne of the fyrst Fre¦deryke then emperour of Almayne / the whyche helde hym in more vyle pryson from that tyme tyll lent after and couenauntyd wyth the duke of Ostryche to haue the thyrde parte of the profyte that came of kynge Ry∣charde. About the sonday of Pal¦mys the emperour brought forth the kynge before the lordes of Almayne, there to gyue answere vnto suche thynges as shuld be layde vnto hym. where he came forth wyth so good a coūtenaunce, & also answered so dys∣cretely and dyrectely to all maters layde vnto hys charge / that the em∣peroure was not alonely bende to shewe to hym mercy, but also he dyd to hym honour and worshyppe / and helde hym at more libertye after that daye.

It is redde of thys Rycharde, that durynge the tyme of hys imprysone∣ment he shuld sle a lyon, and tere the harte oute of hys bodye, where tho∣rough he shulde deserue the name of Rycharde Cure de Lyon / and y^t he shuld wyth a stroke of his fyst sle the emperours sonne, and also deflorysh the emperours doughter. But these are fablys ymagined by englysh tale tellers, to auaunce theyr kynge Ry∣charde / as the Brytons by theyr fay∣ned talys auaunced theyr kynge Ar∣ture. In this passetyme wyllyam Longeshamp byshop of Ely, conty∣nuynge his crudelyte and tyrannye wythin Englande / was lastely by strength of the lordes put oute of the lande. Then he came to the kynge be¦ynge prysoner, & shewyd for hym self the beste he coude. But when he saw he myght not begyle the kynge wyth his sugryd wordes, he hadde small truste of the kynges fauour / & retur∣ned into Fraunce, to tarye there the kynges commynge.

Thys yere Iohn̄ the kynges bro∣ther by excityng of the French kyng, when he harde of the takyng and im¦prisonynge of hys brother / began to make warre within y^e lande / & toke by strength y^e castelles of wyndesour and of Notyngham & other. And the frenche kyng vpon his partye made strong warre in Normādy, as it is be¦fore shewed in the story of the second Phylyppe than kynge of Fraunce.

Anno domini .M.Cxcvi.		Anno domini .M.C.xcvii.
	Robert Besaunt.
Balliui		Anno .vii.
	Iokell Iosne.

IN the .vii. yere of kynge Ry∣charde / Hubert byshoppe of Salysbury, the whych hadde accom¦panyed the kynge in that voyage, and was sente wyth the quene into Scycyll, retourned or came to the kyng where he was prysoner. whom the kynge sente soone after into En∣glande, to haue the guydynge ther∣of, and also to treate wyth the lordes and commons of hys realme, howe he myghte be sette at lybertye.

It was not long after the cōmyng home of this Hubert, but the mūkes of the house of Cristes chyrch of Caū¦terburye chase hym to the archebys∣shoppes see / and hadde the palle, and was stallyd soone after. This was easy to the mūkes / how well y^e sharp∣nes of Baldwyne had somdeale gre¦ued theym. And though thys Bald¦wyne were a good man & holy in his

lyuynge / yet one thyng he dyd to the derogacyon of the munkes of Caun¦terburye / for he purposyd to put the prerogatiue of the eleccyon of the archbishoppe from the munkes. And because therof, he beganne to buylde great houses nere vnto the munkes chyrche, by fauour of the kynge Hen¦ry the seconde (but not wythout she∣dynge of blood) and there entendyd to haue set in secular chanons with prebendys and suffraganes of bys∣shoppes for to treate wyth the sayde chanons of the foresayde eleccyon, & to put by the mūkes clerely. But the munkes when they sawe they myght no lenger resyst Baldwyn, they then appealed to the pope Innocent the thyrde / by whose cōmaundemēt that worke ceasyd, and so stode vnfynys∣shed tyll the sayde Baldwyne was dede. After whose deth the munkes made that worke playne wyth the grounde. Treuisa translatoure of Policronycon, sayth yt was won∣der that Baldwyn wolde in that ma∣ner deale wyth the munkes / consyde¦ryng he was fyrst archdeacon, & then white munke, and then abbot, & after byshop of worceter, and last archbys¦shoppe / & to brynge men of more im∣perfyte lyfe, into y^e place of men more perfyte, & to chaunge religyous men for seculer men. But yet the sayde Treuisa allowyth Baldwynes dede or entent for good. For he sayth that Criste was the hedde of holy chyrch, and callid and made his apostles bys¦shoppes / but none of them was mun¦ke or yet frere. wherfore Baldwyne dyd better to preferre the relygyon whyche Cryste made, then the rely∣gyon whyche was instytuted and or∣deyned by man.

Anno domini .M.C.xcvii.		Anno domini .M.C.xcviii.
	Gerarde de Antiloche.
Balliui		Anno .viii.
	Robert Duraunt.

IN in the moneth of Ianuary, and .viii. yere of the reygne of kynge Rycharde, when the sayde Ry¦charde had sufferyd harde prysone∣ment vppon the terme of a yere and thre monethes / he was deliuered out of Pryson for the summe of an hun∣dred thousande pounde of sterlynge money.

For pledge wherof he lefte in the kepynge of the emperoure the bys∣shoppes of Roan and of Bathe. But not for all / for a great parte was pay¦ed or the kynge were delyueryd.* 1.1 For payment of whyche raunsom all the wolle of whyte munkes & chanons was taken and solde, & rynges and crosses of prelates, wyth vessels and chalyces of all chyrches thorough y^e land / & ouer that .xxvii. shrynes were scraped or spoylyd of y^e gold & syluer that vppon theym before tyme was layd / for no pryuylege of holy chyrch nor other persone at that season was sparyd. Then kynge Rycharde came vnto Swyne in Flaūdres, and taryed there two monethes / other to abyde the wynde, or ellys to make prouysyon for thynges whych he ne∣ded. There the emperours men had almost taken him agayn. So the em¦perour forthought y^e deliuery of king Rychard, as Pharao forthought the delyuery of the chyldren of Israel.

Then the kyng toke shippyng, and lāded in y^e ende of Marche at Sand¦wyche / & from thens came streyghte vnto Lōdon, where he was receyued wyth all ioye and honour. And when he had a season rested hym there / he wyth a certayn nomber of knyghtes rode to Nothyngam, & wan y^e castell

and after the castell of Tykhyll by force of armes, and set the wardeyns of theym in warde. And that done he called a counsayll of hys lordes at wynchester / where by authoryte of the sayd coūsayll, he depryued Iohn̄ hys brother then beynge in Fraunce of all honour / and toke from hym al suche landes as he before had gyuen to hym / & crowned hym soone after agayn kyng of England in the sayd cytye of wynchester. After the whych coronacyon he called a parlyament / by vertue wherof he resumyd all pa∣rētes and annuytees, fees and other grauntes before hys voyage by hym solde and graunted / and caused the partyes to be contentyd wyth such re¦uenous and profytes as they had re¦ceyued of the sayde offyces or landes in tyme of hys absence / and sparyd not any persone for any sufficience of wrytyng y^t to hym before was made.

when kynge Rycharde hadde by these foresayd meanes gaderyd some money / he then in the moneth of Iu¦ly sayled into Fraunce, and besegyd a castell callyd Arques, and spedde there as wytnessyth Polycronyca dy¦uersly. whyche worde dyuersly may well here be spoken. For who so re∣dyth the frenche cronycle / he shall fynde that the Frenche kynge was vyctor. But and he rede the englyshe boke / than shall he fynde kynge Ry∣charde vyctour. wherfore me thyn∣keth Ranulphe sayde well / when he sayde they spedde dyuersely. For yt is so dyuerse by the reporte of wry∣ters, that the certayntie to whom the honoure shulde be gyuen is harde to be knowen. All be yt that in the coun¦trey of Bloys, as wytnessyth y^e sayde frenche cronycle / kynge Rycharde scaryd the Frenche hoste, and toke the kynges somer horse, wyth parte of hys treasour. But in shorte whyle after / a trewce was concludyd be∣twene these two kynges for a yere.

Then Iohn̄ whyche hadde tour∣ned to the Frenche kyng agayne his owne brother, seynge that the fame and honoure of hys brother, & feble∣nesse of his own power, made mea∣nes to Elyanoure hys mother / by whose medyacyon he was recōcyled to hys brother the kynge, & after be∣came hys trew knyght.

when the kynge and hys brother Iohn̄ were thus agreed / they rode ouer the lande to vysyte y^e countreys and se howe they were guyded by the offycers of the kynge. Amonge other two there were, whyche shewyd that they wolde do many thynges to the kynges profyte, the one was abbot of Cadonence wythin Normandye / and that other was named wyllyam wyth the longe berde. The abbot warned the kynge of the fraude of hys offycers / wherby he thought by the ponyshement of hys offycers, he shulde wynne great fauoure of the people. Then thys abbot gate a war¦rant of the kynge / and at London callyd dyuerse offycers before hym, for to yelde to hym theyr accompte. But he dyed shortly / so that hys pur¦pose came to small effecte. And wyl¦lyam wyth the longe berde shewyd to the kynge the outrage of the ryche men / whych as he sayd sparyd theyr owne and pyllyd the poore people.

It is sayd that this willyam was borne in London / & purchasyd that name by vse of hys berde. He was sharpe of wytte and somedeale let∣tred, a bold man of speche and sadde of countenaunce, and toke vppon hym greatter dedes then he coulde welde / and some he vsyd cruelly, as apperyth in appechynge of hys own brother of treason the whyche was a Burges of London, and to hym hadde shewed great kyndnesse in his youthe.

This willyam styred and excyted the cōmon peple to desyre & loue fredom̄ and lybertye / and blamed the excesse and outrage of ryche men. By suche meanys he drew to hym many great companyes / and wyth all hys power defended the poore mennys cause a∣gayne the ryche / and accused dyuers to the kynge, shewyng that by theyr meanys the kynge loste many forfay¦tes & escheatys. For this, gentylmen and men of honour malygned agayn hym. But he had such cōforte of the kynge, that he kepte on his purpose. Then the kynge beynge warned of the congregacyons that thys wylly∣am made / commaūded hym to cease of such doynges, y^t the people myght exercise theyr artes & occupacyōs / by reason wherof it was left for a while. But it was not long or the people fo¦lowed hym as they before that tyme had done. Then he made vnto them colacyons or exhortacyons / and toke for hys anteteme, Haurietis aquas in gau∣dio de fontibus saluatoris. That is to mean, ye shall drawe in ioye waters of the wellis of our sauyour. And to this he added, I am sayde he the sauyour of poore men: ye be poore, and haue assayed y^e harde handes of riche men. Now draw ye therfore holefull wa∣ter of lore of my wellys, & that wyth ioy / for the tyme of your vysytacyon is comen. I shall (sayde he) departe waters from waters / by waters I vnderstande the people. Then shall I departe the people whychis good and meke, from the people that ys wycked and prowde / and I shall dys¦seuyr the good and the ylle, as the lyght is departed from y^e darkenes. when thys came to the knowlege of the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury / he by counsayll of the lordes of the spyrytualty sent vnto this wyllyam / commaundynge hym to appere be∣fore the lordes of the kynges coun∣sayll, to answere vnto suche maters as there shulde be layde vnto hym. At whyche daye thys wyllyam appe∣red, hauyng wyth hym a multytude of people, in so myche that the lordes were of hym adrad. For the whyche cause they remyttyd hym wyth ple∣saunt wordes for y^e time / & commaun¦dyd certayne persones in secrete ma∣ner to espye when he were voyde of hys company, and then to take hym, and to put hym in sure kepyng. The whyche accordynge to the commaun¦dement at tyme conuenyent as they thought sette vpon hym and to haue taken hym. But he wyth an axe resy¦sted theym and slewe one of theym / and after fled to saynt Mary Bowe chyrche of Chepe, and toke that for his sauegarde / defendynge hym by strength and not by the suffrages of the chyrche, for to hym drew shortley great multytude of people. But in shorte processe by meane of the hed∣dys and rulers of the cytye the peo∣ple mynyshed / so y^t in shorte tyme he was lefte wyth few personys, & after by fyre cōpellyd to forsake the chyrch and so was taken, but not wythoute shedynge of blood. After whyche ta∣kynge he was areygned before the iudges / & there wyth .ix. of his adhe∣rētes caste and iudged to dye, & was hanged & they wyth hym the day fo∣lowynge. But yet the rumour seased not / for y^e cōmon peple reysed a great cryme vpon the archbyshop of Caun¦terbury & other / and sayd y^t by theyr meanes willyam, whych was an in∣nocēt of such crymes as were obiecte & put agayne hym, & was a defendor of the poore people agayn extorcyo∣ners & wronge doers, was by theym put wrongfully to deth / approuyng him an holy mā & martyr by this tale folowyng / sayeng y^t a man beyng sy∣ke of the feuers, was cured by vertue of a cheyn whych this wyllyam was

bounde wythin tyme of his dures of imprysonement / which by a preste of the allye of the sayde wyllyam was openly declared & preached. wherby he brought the people in suche an er∣rour, that they gaue credence to hys wordes / & secretly in the nyght cōuey¦ed away the iebet that he was hāged vppon, & scraped away y^e blood that was shed of him when he was taken or ellys when he was hedded & quar¦teryd, so y^t they made there an holow place by fetchyng away of that erth / and sayde y^t syke men & women were cured of dyuerse sykenesse by vertue of that blood & erth. By these means and blowynge of fame / y^e place was the more vysyted by women & vndys¦crete {per}sones, of the whych some wat¦ched there the hole nyght in prayer / so that the lenger thys cōtynued, the more dysclaunder was anotyd to the iustyces, and to suche as put hym to deth. Not wythstandyng in processe of tyme, when hys actes were publys¦shed, as the sleynge of a man wyth hys owne hande, and vsynge of hys concubyne wythin saynte Mary chyrche in tyme of hys there beynge, as he openly cōfessed in the houre of hys dethe, wyth other detestable cry∣mes: somwhat keled the great flame of the hasty pilgrymage. But not cle¦rely / tyll the archebyshoppe of Caū∣terbury accursed y^e preste y^t broughte vp the fyrste fable / and also causyd that place to be watched, that suche idolatry shuld there no more be used

Anno domini .M.C.xcviii.		Anno domini .M.C.xcix.
	Roger Blount.
Balliui		Anno .ix.
	Nycholas Duke.

IN the moneth of Apryll and ix. yere of kynge Rycharde, when he had prouided to sende forth xx. thousand poūde to the emperour, for full payment of hys raunsome / the pledges whyche had lyen for the same, came sodeynly into England / and shewed vnto the kyng that after his departynge, the emperour sente them vnto the duke of Ostrych, to re¦mayne with him tyll the money were payde. And forther there they shewed that the sayd duke was accursed of y^e pope y^t then was Innocent y^e thyrde, by reason of his wronge done to the kynge / & that his prouynce was gre¦uyd wyth many myscheues. And as the duke rode forth on a daye in hys disport beyng saynt Stephans day, he hurte his fote in such wyse wyth a thorne or other venym / whyche ran∣cled & grewe so sore, y^e lastly he shuld dye or cutte yt of. But in hope of re¦couery he contynued tyll in the ende he was warned that he shulde dye. Then he sent for his byshoppes, and axyd to be assoyled of the sentence of the chyrche whyche he stode in. The whyche was denyed hym / excepte he wolde swere to stande and abyde the ordynaūce and dome of holy chyrch, touchynge the wronge that he hadde done to kynge Rycharde. The duke sware, and was assoyled / and short∣ly after the two byshoppes pledgys for y^e money were delyuered at theyr lybertye. Then kynge Rycharde callyng to mynde that the vttermost daye of the trewes takē betwene hym and the Frenche kynge approched / made hym redy and sayled into Nor¦mandye, where before his commyng the Frenche kynge by occasyon of the Normannis as sayth the frenche boke, was entred the coūtrey of Bur¦gys / towarde whom kyng Rycharde

sped hym wyth all possyble spede / so that both hostes laye partyd wyth a ryuer called Osson or Ossyne.

Then to folowe the sayenge of the frenche boke, for so myche as the en¦glyshe cronycle spekyth lytle or no∣thynge of thys acte / lette wyse men that here thys cronycle, constrew yt after theyr dyscrecyons. For all be yt the Frencheman wrote yt to the ho∣nour of Frenchmen / yet to other that shall rede or here yt, because yt soun∣dyth so nere vntrouth, yt shal rather redounde vnto theyr dyshonour. For the Frenche cronicle sayth, that these two hostes thus as aboue is sayde lyenge to gyther wythout skyrmshe or assaute / kynge Rycharde contra∣ry the opinyon and mynde of hys lor¦des, wyth a few accompanyed and vnharnaysed, shuld come to y^e Frēche kynges tente / and there in presence of hys lordes shulde do homage to the Frenche kynge for the duchye of Normandye and coūteys of Angeou and of Poytyers, and there swore to the kynge to kepe peace duryng his lyfe / and after .viii. dayes met agayn and fynyshed the sayde peace, wyth assuryd othe vppon eyther partye / and after departed as frendes eyther resortyng into theyr owne countrey. But yt semed a feynte peace. For within foure monethes or lesse folow¦ynge / kynge Rycharde wyth hys hoste entred the prouynce of Berry / and layd syege to the castell of wyer¦soune, and gate yt by strength / and after yode to the castell of Noryn∣courte / the whyche was delyueryd to hym by appoyntement.

when kyng Phylyppe harde of the wynnynge and ouerthrowe of the ca¦stell of wyersoun / he in damagynge of kynge Rychard layde syege to the castell of Aubeuyle, and yt assayled egerly. Buy yt was so stronge and so well defendyd by the Normannys, that the Frenche kynge was holden of. when kynge Rycharde had gar∣nyshed and fortifyed the castell of Noryncourte wyth all thynge neces∣sarye to the warre / he drewe hym to∣warde Aubeuyle to remoue kynge Phylyppe from that syege, and fell vppon the Frenche men vnwarely. But the Frenchemen quyt theym so knyghtly, that they chased kyng Ry¦charde and hys people / and toke a Norman knyghte named Guy de Thonars a man of great hardynes. And then kynge Phylyppe returned to the castel and towne of Aubeuyle / and assauted it more sharpely, so that in the ende y^e souldyours of the town yeldyd yt wyth the castell for a cer∣tayne summe of money. And when he hadde possessyon of the towne / he threw downe the castell playne wyth the ground, and after strengthed the towne wyth Frenche men / and then yode to the castell of Gysours / and from thēs resorted to the forenamed castell of Noryncourte, and assayled yt in so cruell maner, that shortely he wanne yt / and toke therin .xv. knygh¦tes and .xxiiii. yemen, wyth plente of vytayll and armour. In thys tyme and season kynge Richarde gadered newe strength, and allyed hym wyth Baldwyn erle of Flaūdres and with Renolde erle of Dampmartyn and of Boleyne. By whose meanes as wytnessyth the frenche boke, kynge Rychard wasted sore the countrey of Fraunce / and brent therin some tow¦nes and vyllages, and toke therein many ryche prayes.

Anno domini .M.C.xcix.		Anno domini .M.CC.
	Constantyne fyz Arnolde.
Balliui		Anno .x.
	Robert le Beawe.

ABout the begynnynge of the moneth of October, and .x. ye¦re of Rycharde / the sayde Rycharde entryd the countrey of Unequecyne wyth a stronge hoste / and made ther∣in cruell warre, in destroyenge of the countrey / and assauted the castell of Gysours / and threwe to grounde a stronge holde called Courcellys, and brent there about many vyllages. wherwyth kynge Phylyppe was so greuousely amouyd / y^t wyth a small noumber of knyghtes he percyd the hoste of Englyshemen, and entryd the castell or towne of Gysours. But of his men were taken a certayn nō∣ber / as Alayne de Russy, Mathewe de Melly, Guyllyam de Mello, and many other. wyth the whyche pry∣soners and many riche prayes, kyng Richarde then departed, leuynge the Frenche kynge wythin Gysours.

It was not longe after that kynge Rycharde was thus departed / but that kyng Phylyp callyng to mynde the great losse and dishonour that he had receyued by that warre of kynge Rycharde, assembled a great army, and entred the duchy of Normandy / and wasted the coūtrey from Nues∣bourth to Beawmōt le Rogyer. And that done he returned into Fraunce / and lycēcyd hys knyghtes to go eche man into hys owne countrey.

when kynge Phylyppe hadde thus fynyshed hys warre in Normandye / kynge Rycharde then wyth hys ar∣mye entred the forenamed countrey of Unequecyn, and also Beawuoy∣syn / and toke wythin theym as he be¦fore had done ryche & many prayes / and with theym departed. whom the byshop of Beawuays beyng a good knyghte and hardy of his handes, wyth a companye of knyghtes, and other / folowyd to haue rescowyd the prysoners that kynge Rycharde had taken. But they were taken / and a certayne of hys company slayne.

Then the erle of Flaundres by the ayde of the Englyshe men, toke the towne of saynt Omer from y^e Frēche men.

In this season Innocent the Pope before named, sente a legate into Fraunce named Peter de Capys, to refourme the warre betwene the two prynces. The whyche at that tyme was in such dysioynte that he coulde not brynge yt to any frame / and spe∣cyally as sayth the Frenche boke, be∣cause kynge Richarde wolde not de∣lyuer hostages & gagys as y^e Frēche kynge wolde.

Then kynge Rycharde after Crist∣mas besyeged a castel nere vnto Ly∣mogys. Thys castell in y^e Frēche cro¦nycle is called Chalons / & in the en∣glyshe boke yt is named Gayllarde. The cause of this syege as saith most wryters, was for certayne ryche trea¦sour founden wythin the lordshyppe or sygnyory of kynge Rycharde / the whyche one wydomer vycounte of Lemonke hadde founden and wyth helde from kynge Rycharde / and for hys sauegarde fledde vnto the fore∣named castell / and defendyd yt man∣fully from the fyrste weke of lent, tyll the .vi. daye of Apryll. Uppon the whyche daye kynge Rycharde wal∣kynge vnwysely about the castell to espye the feblenes therof / one named Betrāde Guedon markyd the kynge and wounded him in the hedde, or af¦ter some writers, in y^e arme with a ve∣nemous quarell. After which woūde receyued by the kynge, he commaun¦ded sharpe assaute to be made / in the whyche assaute the castell was won. Then he made enquery who yt was that so had wounded him / the which was brought vnto the kynges pre∣sence, and named hym self as aboue is sayde, or after some writers Peter Basyle. Then the kynge demaūded

of him why he shuld so lye in a wayte to hurte hym, rather then any of his felowys. For thou slew my father & my bretherne sayde he / wherfore I entendyd to auenge theyr deth, what someuer became of me. Then y^e kyng forgaue hym his offence and sufferyd him to go at lyberte. And the other of y^e soudyours taken in that castell, the kynge commaunded to be hanged. But Polycronycon sayth, that after kynge Rycharde was dede / the duke of Braban whych then was present, causyd the sayde Bartrande to be ta¦ken and flayne quycke and after han¦ged. Then kynge Rycharde dyed the .iii. daye after, that is to say, the ix. daye of Apryll / and was buryed at Fount Eborard at the fete of hys father. Howe be yt some wryters say that his harte was buryed at Roan, his body as before is sayde, and hys bowellys at Carleyll in Englande / when he hadde reygned .ix. yeres .ix. monethes and odde dayes, leuynge after hym none yssue. Of thys Ry∣charde a metrycyan made these ver∣sys folowynge.

Christe, tui calicis praedo fit praeda caducis & re breui reiecis, qui tollit aera crucis. Viscera Carleolum, corpus fons seruat Ebardi. Et cor Rothamagū magne Richarde tuum In terra diuiditur, vnus quia plus fuit vno. Non superest vno gratia tanta viro.

The which versys may be englys¦shyd as foloweth.

Cryste, of the these whyche on the ryght hande was, And axyd mercy, to vs thou made a praye / That we lyke wyse shulde for our trespasse, Axe of the mercy and shewe no delay, Nor for erthly thynges caste our self away. For who of thy crosse accompteth lyt¦tell store / The meryte of thy passyon he losyth euermore.

Thys manfull knyghte thys prynce vyctoryouse, whyche toke thy crosse on hym wyth great payne / He folowed the thefe and axyd mer∣cy thus. For hys offence he warred thy foes agayne / And shadde theyr blood on hyll and eke on playne. And all for loue good lorde he hadde to the. wherfore swyte Iesu on hym thou haue pytye.

Of whom the bowellys at Carleyll / and the trunke At fount Ebrarde full rychely ys dyght. The harte at Roan into the erthe ys sunke Of the worthy Rycharde. And so in thre is twyght, That more than one whylom was in myght. In erthe is separate that lyuynge more then one was, and of grace founde lyke to hym none.

IOhn̄ brother of y^e aboue named Ry∣charde, & yongeste son of Henry the se¦conde / was ordey∣ned or proclamed kyng of England, the tenth day of Apryll in the begyn∣nynge of the yere of our lorde .xi. hun¦dred .lxxx. & .xix / and the .xx. yere of the seconde Phylyppe then kynge of Fraunce. Thys Iohn̄ at the daye of his brothers deth was in Norman¦dy / where at Chynon as soon as his brother Rycharde was dyseasyd, he

possessyd hym of hys brothers trea∣sour / and sent Hubert archbyshoppe of Caunterbury into Englande, to make prouisyon for his coronacyon. And vppon Ester daye folowyng he was gyrde with the sworde of the du¦chy of Brytayne / & sayled soon after into Englād. where he was crowned kynge at westmynster vppon holy thursday next folowynge of the fore∣named Hubert. After whyche solem∣nitye done / he ordeyned the same Hu¦bert chaunceller of Englande.

In thys whyle the Frenche kynge helde a counsayll at Cenomannia in Turon / where to the derogacyon of kynge Iohn̄, Arture the son of Gef∣frey Plantagenet and neuewe to the sayde Iohn̄, was made duke of Bry¦tayne. whyche incontynently after wyth a great army entryd the coun∣trey of Angeou, and toke possessyon therof. And kynge Phylyppe wyth hys people entryd the duchy of Nor¦mandy, and layde syege to the cytye of Euroux / and wanne yt, wyth all the stronge holdes there about / and stuffyd theym wyth vytayll, & streng¦thed them with his owne knyghtes / and that done wasted & spoyled the the countrey tyll he came to the cytye of Meaus. where met wyth hym the forenamed Arture / & dyd to hym ho∣mage for the countrey of Angiers.

In the moneth of May, Elyanour somtyme wyfe of Henry the seconde, and mother to kyng Rycharde, came into Fraunce / and so to the kynge to Meaus foresayde, and made to hym homage for the coūtrey of Poytiers, as her enherytaunce. And soone af∣ter the kinge retourned into Fraūce / and the duke of Britayne wyth hym whyche as yet was within age.

Kynge Iohn̄ heryng of this warre in Normandy, and losse of the coun¦treys aboue named / assembled a coū¦sayll and axid ayde of his lordes and cōmons, to wynne agayne y^e foresayd landes / & had it graunted after some wryters .iii.s. of euery plough land thorough Englande, besyde y^e subsy¦dy of y^e spyrytuall landes. And when he hadde made redy for that belon∣ged to hys voyage / he about heruest sayled into Normandy / where he ta∣ryed tyll Octobre folowynge, spen∣dynge the tyme to hys losse and dys∣honoure.

Anno domini .M.CC.		Anno domini .M.CCi.
	Arnolde fyz Arnolde.
Balliui		Anno primo
	Rycharde fyz Darty.

AFter Mychelmas in the mo∣neth of October, and fyrste yere of the reygne of kynge Iohn̄ / a trewce or peace was concluded be∣twene the two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce, from that daye tyll mydsomer nexte folowynge / and in lyke wyse betwene the French kyng, and Baldwyne erle of Flaundres. And thys yere was made a deuorce betwene kynge. Iohn̄ and hys wyfe the erle of Glocetyrs doughter, be∣cause of nerenesse of bloode. And af∣ter was he maryed vnto Isabell the doughter of the erle of Engole∣sym in Fraunce, and had by her two sonnys Henry and Rychard, and .iii. doughters Isabell, Elyanoure, and Iane.

Thys yere dyed at London blessyd Hugh byshop of Lyncoln̄ / and was conueyed to his owne chyrch & there enterryd. For whom god hath shew∣yd many myracles, so that at thys daye

he ys authorysed by the chyrche for a saynte. At mydlent after, kyng Iohn̄ sayled agayne into Normandy. And after Ester he mette with kynge Phy¦lyppe betwene Uernon and the yle Audeley / where the peace betwene both realmes was stablyshed and cō¦fermed for terme of theyr two lyues / and the landes deuyded betwene the two kynges, as eyther of them shuld holde theym contentyd for theyr ly∣ues after. And in shorte tyme after, Lewys the eldest son of kynge Phy∣lyppe, maryed dame Blanch dough¦ter to Alphons kynge of Castylle, and neuewe to kynge Iohn̄. To the whyche Lewys / kyng Iohn̄ for loue of that woman shewyd to hym great bountye / and gaue vnto her many ryche gyftes.

In the moneth of Iuly folowyng kyng Iohn̄ rode into Fraūce, where he was receyued of the Frēche kynge wyth myche honour / and so cōueyed into saynte Denys, where he was re¦ceyued wyth processyon. And vppon the morow the Frenche kyng accom¦panyed hym vnto Parys / where he was receyued of the cytezens wyth great reuerēce / and presentyd by the prouoste of the towne in name of the hole cytye wyth ryche presentis. And there kynge Phylyppe festyd hym in hys owne paleys / & gaue vnto hym and hys lordes and seruauntes ma∣ny ryche gyftes / and after conueyd hym forth of that citye, and toke leue of hym in moste louynge wyse. And when kynge Iohn̄ hadde spedde his maters in Normandy / he then retur¦ned into Englande.

Anno domini .M.CCi.		Anno domini .M.CCii.
	Roger Desert.
Balliui		Anno secun.
	Iamys fyz Barth.

IN y^e moneth of december and seconde yere of kynge Iohn̄ / Ranulphe erle of Chestre by the ex∣ample afore shewed by kynge Iohn̄, lefte hys owne wyfe named Constaū¦ce and countesse of Brytayne, whych before he had maried by counsayll of kynge Henry the seconde / & wedded one Clemens. One cronycle sayth he dyd so, because he wolde haue yssue. But the sayd authour sayth that af∣ter hys opynyon, he dyspleased god so greatly that god wolde suffer hym to haue none yssue / but the rather for that dede dyed wythout.

About thys tyme after opynyon of moste wryters / the people or nacyon callyd Tartares beganne theyr do∣mynyon. These men dwellyd vnder the hyllys of Inde, y^t belonged to pre¦ster Iohn̄ / & chase of them self a capi¦tayn of low byrth called Dauid / & so wyth wyues and chyldren passed the next countreys wyth robbynge and spoylyng, and grew shortly in great strength / and after subdued the par∣tes & many other vycyne countreys / and grewe lastely vnto great domy∣nyon and lordshyppe in the eest par∣tes of the worlde / so that lately theyr prynce or souerayne ys called the great Cahan.

In this yere as wytnessyth Poly∣cronycon, the kynge of Scottys dyd homage to kynge Iohn̄ at Lyncoln̄, and sware vpon the crosse of Hubert archbishoppe of Caunterbury, in the presence of a legate of Rome, & .xiii. byshoppes, to be trew lyege man to hym and to hys heyres kynges.

And in this yere one Estate called abbot of Flay, came into Englande /

and amonge other myracles by hym shewyd, he blessed a well besyde the towne of wye in kent / so y^e men and women drynkyng of that water were curyd of dyuerse maladyes. But last¦ly he dyspleasyd so the byshoppes of England, y^t he was glade to leue the lande, & after sayled into Normandy

Anno domini .M.CC.ii.		Anno domini .M.CC.iii.
	Arnolde.
Balliui		Anno .iii.
	Rycharde

About the moneth of Decem∣ber, in y^e thyrd yere of Iohn̄s reygn in the prouynce of yorke, were sene .v. moonys. One in the Eest, the seconde in the weste, the thyrd in the North, y^e fourth in the South, and the fyfte as it were set in the myddes of the other / and yode .vi. tymes in compassynge the other, as yt were by the space of an howre / and vanyshed away soone after. Thys yere in the moneth of February / kynge Phylyp callyd a parliamēt at Uerdon / where yt was amonge other maters conclu¦ded, that kynge Iohn̄ as hys lyege man shulde appere at his parlyamēt holdē at Paris wythin .xv. dayes of Eester next folowynge. But for so myche as kynge Iohn̄ nor none for hym apperyd to shewe some lawfull impedymēt / the Frenche kynge ther¦fore entryd the duchy of Normandy, and toke the castellys of Bounte, of Gentelyne, and Gurnay / and seased into hys handes all suche landes as Hugh de Gurnay held, & gaue them vnto Arture foresayde duke of Bry∣tayne. And more ouer he gaue to the said Arture y^e coūtye of Angeou, with two hundred prysoners, and a cer∣tayne of money to defende the sayde countrey agayn kynge Iohn̄.

when kynge Iohn̄ had vnderstan∣dynge of all the cruell dealynge of kynge Phylyppe / he callyd a coun∣sayll and there asked ayde, and was graunted a new ayde to wythstande the Frenche kynges malyce. And a∣bout Lammasse after, the kyng with a fayre cōpany sayled into Norman∣dye / and so spedde hym into the coun¦trey of Angeou, for so myche as he was enfourmed that Arture hys ne∣uew and duke of Brytayne warryd wythin the same / and toke hym pry∣soner with certayne other knyghtes, as syr Hugh le Bruns, syr Godfrey de Losyngham, wyth dyuerse other. At whych tyme kynge Phylyppe lay at the syege of the castell of Arques / and herynge of thys dyscomfyture, brake vp hys syege to the entent to haue rescowyd the sayde duke. But when he was warned that he shulde come to shorte / he then chaunged his purpose and went vnto the cytye of Towrys, and wanne yt by strength. And after for that wynter drew nere, he returned into Fraunce. In which season also kynge Iohn̄ retourned wyth his prysoners into Englande.

In this yere by counsay••l of the burgeysys of the cytye of London / were chosen .xxxv. of the moste sub∣stancyall and wyseste myn / whyche after some were called the counsayll of the cytye. Of the whych yerely the bailyuys were chosen / and after the mayre and shryues were taken of the same nomber.

Anno domini .M.CC.iii.		Anno domini .M.CC.iiii.
Balliui	Normand Blondell	Anno .iiii.
	Iohn̄ of Ely.

IN thys fourthe yere of kynge Iohn̄, were sene many wonder¦full tokens. For ouer the wynter, the whyche passyd in length and harde∣nesse many yeres before gone / won∣derfull wederynge, as of excedynge lyghtenynges, thunders, and other stormes of wynde and rayne appe∣tyd / and therwyth hayle of the byg∣nesse of hennes egges, the whyche pe¦rished frute and corne / besydes other hurtes and harmes done vppon hou¦ses and yong catell goynge a brode. Also spyrites were sene in the ayer in lykenesse of foulys, berynge fyre in theyr bylles / the whych sette on fyre dyuerse houses. And soone there af∣ter dyed Hubert archbyshop of Caun¦terbury. In whose place was chosen cōtrarye to the mynde of y^e kynge, by the more partye of the couent of Caū¦terburye, mayster Stephan Lang∣ton. All be yt some there were that ac¦cordynge to the kynges pleasure, na¦med the byshoppe of Norwyche, and some other. For thys eleccyon the kynge was greuousely amouyd a∣gayne the munkes / and wolde in no wyse alowe or admyt theyr eleccyon. wherfore they sent theyr eleccyon vn¦to pope Innocynt the thyrde / y^e why∣che admytted the sayde mayster Ste¦phan and refused the other, and sa∣cryd hym at Uyterb a citye of Italy / and sent hym after with letters of co¦mendacyon vnto kyng Iohn̄ to take the possessyon and frutes of his bene¦fyce. Kynge Iohn̄ wyth thys was sore amouyd / in so myche y^t he war∣ned hym his lande and dyuers of the munkes of Caunterbury that fauo∣red hys cause.

Aboute Ester kynge Iohn̄ sayled into Normandye / for the Frenche kynge had recommencyd his warre in the countye of Guyan, and wanne therin dayly dyuerse stronge holdes and castellys / and alleyd wyth hym the erle of Alenson / and hadde great ayd of the Portuyns and Brytons. And when he had brought that coun¦trey vnder his subieccyon / he then re¦tourned by Normandye and wanne Conket, the vale of Ruell, and the yle of Audeley. In this season the forenamed pope sente the abbot of Casmer into Fraunce, to refourme these two prynces. with whome was also accompanyed the abbot of Cres¦sons / the whyche endeuored theym so, that they were nere agreed of a peace. But for they wolde that the Frenche kynge shulde repayre and amēde suche houses of relygyon, as he had hurte & ouerthrowen in Guy∣an and other places belongynge to the crowne of Englande / therfore he forsoke the peace / not withstandyng that kynge Iohn̄ in lyke wyse shuld haue repayred all lyke houses apper¦teynynge vnto y^e crowne of Fraunce.

Then the Frenche kynge in the ende of Auguste layde syege to the castell of Raydepount / & assauted yt by the terme of .xv. dayes contynual¦ly. But the soundyours wythin defen¦dyd yt so manfully, that they slewe many of theyr enymyes / so y^e kynge Phylyppe was fayne to gyue backe, tyll he hadde deuysed newe engynes after the warre fassyon. By reason wherof he lastely wanne the sayde castell / and toke there .xx. knyghtes, and an hundred and .vii. yomen and other, and .xxi. arblasters. And when he hadde fortefyed that castell wyth Frenche men / he then yode to the ca¦stell of Gaylarde, and layde hys or∣dynaunce to that, as he hadde done to that other. But he laye there a mo¦neth or he myghte do to yt any hurte or harme. In all whych season kyng Iohn̄ warryd vppon the Borderers of Fraunce / but of hys vyctoryes I fynde lytle wryten.

Anno domini .M.CC.iiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.v.
	water Browne.
Balliui.		Anno .v.
	wyllyam Chaumberleyn.

IN this yere, that is to saye the .v. ye¦re of kynge Iohn̄ / by reason of the vn¦reasonable wede∣rynge, that in the last yere fell / whete was solde for .xv.s. a quarter.

Kyng Iohn̄ in the somer folowyng maryed hys bastarde doughter vnto Lewelin prīce of walys / & gaue with her the castell and lorshippe of Elyn∣gesmere, beynge in the marches of South walys.

In Morgans land in walys soon after a knyght apered after his deth to one callid master Moris / to whom by hys lyues tyme he hadde ben spe∣cyall louer and frende. The whyche knyght by his dayes was well lette∣ryd / and vsyd for hys recreacyon to make versys wyth this mayster Mo¦rys, so that the one shulde begynne the metyr and the other shulde ende yt. At whyche tyme of his apperaūce the knyght sayde to mayster Moris, mayster Morys I woll y^t thou ende thys verse, Destruet hee regnum rex regum. Nay sayd mayster Moris, ende thou yt / for thou haste all moste made the hole thy selfe. Then sayd the knyght for that I se now thou arte olde and slow, I wyll ende yt my sefe.

Destruct hoc regnum, rex regum dupliciplage.

The whyche verse maye be englys¦shed as foloweth.

The kynge of kynges that lorde that ruleth all, And in whose power all thynges is conteyned / Thys realme for synne he destroye shall wyth dowble plage, be therof ascertayned / Excepte the people here after be refrayned From synne, and them to vertuous lyfe alye, And vyce before vsyd utterly renye.

Thys yere the pope sente letters of recommendacyon vnto kynge Io¦han / shewynge that he hadde fauo∣rablye harde hys proctours for all suche maters as they hadde layde agayne the archebyshoppe of Caun¦terburye and some of hys munkys, that he shulde not of ryght be admyt¦tyd to that see.

But for the sayde maters of ob∣ieccyon were by hym and hys courte thoughte insuffycyent / he there∣fore exorted and wyllyd hym to ac∣cepte the sayde archebyshopppe to hys grace, and suffre hym to enioye the frutes of hys benefyce / and the munkes by hym exyled, to retourne vnto theyr proper abbay.

But the more hys lordes and fren∣des aduysed hym to folowe the po∣pes mynde, the more was he mo∣uyd to the contrarye / in suche maner

that the popes messengers returned wythoute spede of theyr message.

yet haue ye harde before, how the Frenche kynge laye about the castell of Gayllarde / and myght not wynne yt by the space of a moneth. wherfore he after sente for newe ordynaunce, and assayled yt so fyersly, that wyth∣in .xx. dayes after he wanne the sayd castell, to the great losse of men on partyes / and toke prysoners there wythin .xxxvi. knyghtes, besyde the other nomber of yomen and arblas∣ters / and that done seasyd the coun∣trey there about, and strengthed the sayde castell wyth hys owne men / and then wyth great pryde returned into Fraunce.

Anno domini .M.CC.v.		Anno domini .M.CC.vi.
	Thomas Haueryll.
Balliui.		Anno .vi.
	Hamonde Bronde.

ABout that season after My∣chelmas, in the vi. yere of the reygn of kyng Iohn̄ / came downe a streyght commaundement from the pope, that excepte the kynge wolde peasybly suffer the archbyshoppe of Caunterbury to occupy hys see, and the munkes theyr abbay, thay y^e land shulde be enterdyted / chargynge these foure bishoppes folowyng, that is to saye wyllyam then byshoppe of London, Eustace byshoppe of Ely, walter byshoppe of wynchester, and Gylys byshoppe of Herforde, to de∣nounce the kynge and his lande ac∣cursyd, yf he y^e cumaundement dyso∣beyed. Then these foure byshops wyth other to thē assocyate / made in∣staunte labour to the kynge, for the obseruynge of the popes commaun∣dement, and to exchewe the sen∣sours of the chyrche. But all was in vayne. wherefore the .iiii. sayed bys∣shoppes accordyng to the popes wry¦tynge to them sent / the morow folow¦ynge our ladye day annūcyacyon, or the .xxvi. daye of Marche, denoun∣cyd kynge Iohn̄ wyth his realme of Englande accursyd / and shyt faste the dores of the chyrches and other places where dyuyne seruyce before was vsyd, fyrste in London, and af∣ter in all placys as they wente tho∣rough the lande. The kyng for thys dede was so amouyd wyth the sayde foure byshoppes, that he seased all the temporalties to them belongyng into hys handes / and put theym in such fere, that they forsoke this land, and sayled to the archbyshop of Caū¦terburye.

In thys yere at Oxēforde in Suff. was taken a fyshe in y^e see of forme lyke to a man / and was kepte .vi. mo¦nethes after vpon lande wyth rawe fleshe and fyshe / and after for they coude haue no speche of yt, they caste yt into the see agayne.

Anno domini .M.CC.vi.		Anno domini .M.CC.vii.
	Iohn̄ walgraue.
Balliui.		Anno .vii.
	Rycharde of wynchester.

IN the moneth of nouēber and vii. yere of the kynge / one na∣med Hugh Oysell for treason at Lon was drawen and hanged. And thys yere in y^e moneth of May, the French kynge entryd into Normandy wyth

a strōge power / and wanne there the castellys of Faloys, and Dafyount or Danffrount and after seasyd all the landes to the sayde castell belon∣gynge, and so tyll he came to a place called saynte Mychaell in the parell of the see.

when the Normannes sawe that kynge Phylyppe thus subdued the stronge holdes of Normandye, and that kynge Iohn̄ to the countrarye made no defence / y^e capytayns of Cō¦staunce, of Bayoux or Bayon, of Lyseux, of Anreuches, and Enroux yelded them all to the French kyng, and became hys lyege men / so that he was in possessyon of the substaū∣ce of the duchye of Normandye, ex∣cepte Roan and other few castellys.

Then kynge Phylyppe seynge these stronge holdes thus yeldyd vn¦to hym / layed hys syege to the cyty of Roan. where after he hadde lyen a season / the capytayne of the towne desyred a respyte of .xxx. days, gyuynge pledges and hostages, that yf the cytye were not by kynge Iohn̄ or hys assygnes rescwyd wyth in the foresayde terme, they wolde yelde the cytye vnto the French kyn∣ge. And in lyke wyse was appoynte∣ment taken for the castellys named Arquys and Uermeyll. In whyche tyme for that no socoure came / both cytye and castellys were delyueryd into the Frenche kynges handes. And thus hadde thys seconde Phy∣lyppe the possessyon of Normandye / whyche no Frenche kynge hadde sen the tyme of Charlys the symple, why¦che gaue the same duchye to Rollo leder of the Normannys, wyth Gyl∣la hys doughter in maryge / synne the whyche tyme hadde passed ouer iii. hundred yeres.

when the Frenche kynge had thus brought into his subiccyon y^e duchye of Normandye / he then about saynt Laurence tyde yode into the countye of Guyan, and wanne there the cy∣tye of Poytyers, wyth all the castel∣lys and townes to the sayde cytye be¦longynge. and when he hadde sette that countrey in an order and rule / he spedde hym into Fraunce wyth great pompe and glory.

It ys affermed of some authours, that the Frenche kynge made thys warre vppon kynge Iohn̄ by excy∣tynge of the pope, for hys contuma∣cye agane the chyrche.

In thys yere also was a com∣munycacyon of a peace to be hadde betwene kynge Iohn̄ and the arche∣byshope of Caunterbury / and was dryuen to a nere poynte of accorde, except restitucyon that kynge Iohn̄ shulde haue made to the archebys∣shop and other bishoppes, the which his offycers hadde taken in the tyme of theyr absence. To the whych resty¦tucyon kynge Iohn̄ in no wyse wold be agreable / wherfore the sayd com∣munycacyon toke none affecte. After thys communycacyon / kynge Iohn̄ was so frette wyth malyce, that in a fury he let proclayme in sondry pla∣cys of hys realme, that all suche per∣sonys as hadde landes and possessy∣ons wythin Englande spyrytuall or temporall, that they shulde returne into Englande by Mychelmas next folowynge / or ellys to be clerely ex¦cludyd from all suche landes. And ouer that streyght commaundement was gyuen to eueryche officer in his countrey, to make besye serche, yf any wrytynges were broughte from the courte of Rome, to any prelate of thys realme / and yf any suche were founden, to brynge hym and his wry¦tynges to the kynges presence. And more ouer that they shuld sease to the kynges vse, all suche landes as to any person were gyuen by the sayde archbyshoppe or by the pryour

of Caunterbury, syn the tyme of elec¦cyon of the sayd archebyshoppe / and the woodes of the same to be fellyd and solde in all haste.

Anno domini .M.CC.vii.		Anno domini .M.CC.viii
	Roger wynchester.
Balliui.		Anno .viii.
	Edmunde hardell.

UPpon the fyrste daye of the moneth of October, and .viii. yere of y^e reygne of the kyng / his fyrst sonne Henry by name was borne of dame Isabell his second wyfe in the cytye of wynchester. And thys yere re¦bellyd the Iryshemē, and dyd myche harme in that countrey. whych rebel¦lyon after some wryters was, for so myche as the kynge wolde haue le∣uyed of thē greuous taskys to haue made warre wyth vppon the French kynge. But at lengthe they greuyd or dyspleasyd the kyng in such wyse, that he was fayne to sette a taske tho¦rough hys land to oppresse theyr ma¦lyce. And ouer that he asked of the whyte munkes of England .vi. thou¦sande marke. But they excused them by theyr generall hedde / so that the kynge toke wyth theym great dys∣pleasure. By reason wherof after his retourne oute of Irlande, he vexyd theym sore / and gatheryd of theym more then before he hadde desyred / and caused some abbottys to forsake theyr houses.

Then he wyth a puyssaunte armye wente into Irelande, and shortely subdued theym / and after he hadde sette the countrey in a rule, he retour¦ned into Englande.

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,* 1.2 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.

Anno domini .M.CC.ix.		Anno domini .M.CC.x.
Primus maior.
	Peter Duke.
Henry fyz Alwyn.		Anno .x.
	Thomas Neell.

IN the daye of saynte Mychael the archaūgell, and .x. yere of kynge Iohn̄ / Henry the sonne of Al¦wyne was sworne & charged as fyrst

mayre of London / and Peter duke, wyth Thomas Neell sworn for shry¦ues / and the name of bayllyues was after this daye clerely auoyded wyth in the sayde cytye from that daye fore¦warde. Also where before thys tyme the brydge ouer Thamys at Lōdon, was made of tymber, and was ruled guydyd, or repayred by a fraternyte or college of prestes. This yere by the great ayde of the cytesyns of Lon∣don and other passyng that way, the sayde brydge was begonne to be edy¦fyed of stone. And in thys yere y^e mo¦nastery of saynte Mary Ouereys in South warke, was begonne of to be buylded. And in thys yere the pope sente two legates, or after some writers one legate named Pan¦dulphus / the whyche in the popys name had many sore wordes of mo∣nycyon of obedience to kynge Iohn̄ / and charged hym to suffre the arche¦byshoppe of Caunterburye wyth the pryour and munkes of the same, to enioy theyr ryghtes and possessyons wythin Englande / and taryed here a certayne of tyme to brynge hys pur∣pose aboute. But all was in vayne / for he yode agayn to Rome wythout releasynge of the enterdytynge.

Of y^e maner of this enterdyccyon of this lande, haue I sene dyuerse opy∣nyons. As some there be y^e saye, that the lande was enterdyted thorouly / and the chyrches, and housys of rely¦gyon closyd, that no where was vsed masse nor dyuyne seruyce. By which reason none of the .vii. sacramētes in all this terme shulde be minystred or occupyed, nor chylde crystenyd, nor man confessyd, nor maryed. But yt was not so streyghte / for there were dyuerse places in Englande whyche were occupyed wyth dyuyne seruyce all that season, by lycence purchasyd then or before. Also chyldren were crystyned thorough all the land, and men houselyd and anelyd / excepte suche persones as were excepted by name in the bull, or knowē for may∣teyners of the kynges yll entent.

Anno domini .M.CC.x.		Anno domini .M.CC.xi
	Peter yonge
Henry fyz Alwyn.		Anno .xii.
	wyllyam Elande.

IN this yere whych was the .xi. yere of kynge Iohn̄ after myd∣somer, or the terme of the trewce were fylly runne / kynge Phylyppe wyth a stronge hoste entryd the countye of Guyan, and made newe warre vpon the vycounte of Thonars / and toke hys castell called Parteny, wyth dy∣uerse other stronge holdes to y^e sayd vycounte belongynge, and mannyd theym wyth Frenche men / and ordey¦ned one Guyllyam de Roches mar∣shall of Fraunce chefe ruler of that countrey / and after retourned into Fraunce. But yt was not longe af∣ter the kynge was departed / but that the sayd vycount of Thonars made sharpe warre vpon the Frenchemen, with such power as he myght make / and recoueryd a parte of hys lande. But one daye when he hadde wonne a lytle holde, and taken therin a cer∣tayne of prysoners / in his retourne towarde hys holde where he lodged, he was supprysed wyth the forena∣med Guyllyam de Roches & a great multytude of Frenchemen / of y^e why¦che after longe fyght he was fynally taken, wyth syr Hyugh Thonars hys brother, syr Aymery de Lesyng∣nam sonne of the erle of Poytyers, & to the nomber of .l. persones of his cōpany / y^e whyche were all as pryso¦ners, then sent vnto y^e Frenche kyng.

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 * 1.3 Peter pens are at thys daye gatheryd in sondry places of Englande.

Anno domini .M.CC.xii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xiii.
	Iosne fyz Pet.
Henry fyz Aleyn.		Anno .xiii.
	Iohn̄ Garlonde.

IN this .xiii. yere of kyng Ihon̄ and moneth of February / may¦ster Stephan Langton archebyshop of Caunterbury, wyth the other exy∣lys landed in Englande / and after in processe of tyme met wyth the kynge at wynchester. where the kyng recey¦uyd hym with a ioyouse coūtenaūce, and after there was assoyled of the sayde archebyshop. But yet was not the interdiccyon of the land releasyd / for so myche as the kyng at that day hadde not made restitucyon vnto the archbyshope and other, accordynge to the thyrde artycle before rehersyd. For the whych as testyfyeth the En∣glyshe boke, he payed vnto the arch∣byshoppe thre thousande marke / and to the other by partyculers .xv. thou∣sande marke. After whyche thynges performed and done / the interdyccy¦on was adnullyd and fordone, in the moneth of Iuly, and yere of our lord xii hundred and .xii / when yt had stan¦den in force full .vi. yeres, & as mych as from the .xxvi. daye vnto the mo∣neth of Iuly, whyche is vppon .iii. monethes and odde dayes.

Anno domini .M.CC.xiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xiiii.
	Raufe Eylande
Henry fyz Alwyn.		Anno .xiiii.
	Constantyne le Iosne.

IN thys .xiiii. yere of the kyng / for that he wolde not holde the lawes of saynte Edwarde, and also for displeasure that he bare to diuers of them, for they wolde not fauoure hym agayne the pope / and for other causes whyche here be not manyfes∣tyd / the kyng fell at dyssencyon with hys lordes, in so mych that great peo¦ple were reysyd on eyther partyes. But for the kynges partye was the stronger / the erle of Chester with the other lordes toke the cytye of Lon∣don, and helde them therin a certayn of tyme. The whych cronycle of Cax∣ton wyth other, sayen that a great parte of this varyaūce betwene kyng Iohn̄ and his barons was, for be∣cause the kynge wolde wythout skyl¦full dome haue exyled the sayde erle of Chester / whyche to hym hadde no cause, but for so myche as before sea¦sons he hadde often tymes aduysed the kynge to leue hys cruelnesse and his accustomed auowtry, the whych he exercysyd wyth his brothers wyfe and other. But by the meanes of the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury and other prelatys / a peace was taken for a whyle.

In this yere vppon the daye of the translacyon of saynt Benet, or y^e .xi. day of Iuly / a great parte of the Bo¦rough of Southwarke was brent And in the moneth of Auguste nexte folowynge, was great and myche harme done in London by fyre.

Soone after to stablyshe the peace

betwene the kynge and hys lordes, an assemble was made on Berham downe / where the kynge and the lor¦des mette wyth great strenght vpon eyther syde. where a charter or wry∣tyng was dyuysed and made, & there sealyd by the kynge / so that the ba∣ronye was wyth yt contentyd, and departyd in peasyble wyse eueryche man into hys countrey.

Anno domini .M.CC.xiiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xv.
	Martyne fyz Alys.
Roger fyz Aleyn.		Anno .xv.
	Peter Batte.

IN thys .xv. yere of the kynge / the peace whych in the laste ye¦re was betwene kyng Iohn̄ and his baronyes agreed, was by the kynge vyolate and broken. wherfore the lor¦des assembled to them great powers & made sharpe & cruell warre vppon the kynge / in so myche that he was constrayned to sende into Norman∣dye for ayde and socoure, & into other places. Then shortely after came in∣to Englande a Norman knyghte, whyche brought wyth hym a compa¦nye of Normannes, Flemmynges, & Pycardes. This knyght or capitayn was named Foukes de Brent / y^e whi¦che wyth his company was so cruell, that he destroyed as well relygyous houses as other, and wrought mych harme to the lande, and putte the lordes to the worse. Then the kynge made Foukes and other of hys com¦pany wardeyns of castellys & strūge holdes in Englād. The lordes seyng the kynge perseuer in hys wronge, and wolde in no wyse be enduced to holde his owne grauntes / but to exe∣cute all thynge after pleasure, and nothynge after lawe or iustyce: cast in theyr myndes howe they myghte brynge the lande in a better rule or state / and by one aduyse and consent wrote vnto Phylyp kyng of Fraūce, that he wolde sende some noble man into Englande / and they wolde ren∣dre y^e lande vnto hym. In this whyle kyng Iohn̄ causid to be drawen and hangyd at London one Pyers of Pomfrette / for the sayde Peter had monyshed dyuers mysse happes that shulde come to hym for his vycyous lyfe / and also for he had often war∣ned kynge Iohn̄ that he shuld reygn but .xiiii. yeres / the whyche he ment wythout payenge of trybute. For af¦ter he was become feodary to the po∣pe / he thought the pope reygned as pryncypall lorde of the land and not he. For the whyche and for other ma¦lyce he putte that vertuous man to deth. Of whom in y^e .xxxiii. chapiter of the .vii. boke of Policronycon are ma¦ny vertues shewed / the which I ouer passe for lengthynge of the tyme.

Anno domini .M.CC.xv.		Anno domini .M.CC.xvi.
	Salomon Basynge.
Roger fyz Aleyn.		Anno .xvi.
	Hugh Basynge.

UPpon saynt Andrewes euen or the .xxix. daye of Nouem∣ber, in the .xvi. yere of hys reygne / kynge Iohn̄ after he had lyen a cer∣tayne of tyme wyth hys ordynaunce aboute the castell of Rouchester in Kent, he wanne the sayde castell, and toke therin certayne gentylmen that

hadde conspyred agayne hym, the whyche he sente to dyuers prysons. And the barons helde theym to gy∣ther at London, abydynge the com∣mynge of Lewys son to the Frenche kynge, the whyche nere about ascen∣cyon tyde landed in Englande wyth a stronge armye / and so came to Ro∣chester, and layd syege to the castell, and wāne yt wyth lytle payne, for so mych as yt was greatly febled wyth the assaurys lately made by kynge Iohn̄, and syn that tyme not suffy∣cyently repayred. And when he had wonne the sayde castell, he caused all the straungers therein taken, to be hanged / and after came to London, where certayne allyaunces and coue¦nauntes were stablished betwene the lordes & hym, and receyued of them homage as affermeth Policronicon. And after theyr maters betwen them there fynyshed / he with the lordes de¦parted from London, and gatte the castellys of Rygat, of Gylforde, and and of Frenham / and from thens to wynchester, where the cytye was yel¦den vnto them, wyth all the holdes and castellys there about, as wolne∣sey, Odyham, and Beawmere. And about saynte Margaretes daye, he wyth the lordes came agayne to Lon¦don / at whose commynge the towre of London was gyuen vp to theym by appoyntement. And where Roger fyz Aleyn hadde tyll that tyme rulyd the cytye of London as mayre / he for so myche as he was accusyd to the lordes to be fauorable to the kynges partye, was then dyscarged of that offyce / and one called Serle Mercer was chosen in hys place, and so cōty¦nued tyll Mychelmas folowynge.

In thys passe tyme kynge Iohn̄ beynge thus ouer sette wyth hys lor¦des, sent messengers to y^e pope / shew¦ynge to hym the rebellyon of hys lordes, and how they laboryd hys de¦struccyon. wherfore the pope in all haste sent a legate into Englande na¦med Gualo or Swalo / the whyche after hys commynge, commaunded Lewys to returne into Fraunce / and laboryd to the vttermost of his pow∣er, to appease the kynge and hys ba¦ronye. But all hys laboure was in vayne.

Anno domini .M.CC.xvi.		Anno domini .M.CC.vxii.
	Iohn̄ Trauers.
wyllyam Hardell.		Anno .xvii.
	Andrewe Newlande.

IN thys .xvii. yere of kynge Io¦han / the warre betwene hym and his lordes styll contynuynge, he dyed of the flyxe, as testyfyeth Poly∣lycronycon, at the towne of Newer∣ke, vppon the daye of saynte Calyxte the pope, or the .xiiii. day of October. How be yt the Englyshe boke or cro∣nycle sayeth, that he dyed at Seby∣nyshede an abbay aboute Lyncoln̄, by the impoysonynge of a munke of the same house, the daye after saynte Luke or the .xviii. daye of October / and was buryed at the cytye of wyn∣chester. But the authour of Policro¦nycon sayth he was bowelled at Crongthon abbaye / and buryed at worceter in the myddle of the quyer of munkes, when he hadde reygned xvi. yeres .vi. monethis & .iiii. dayes / leuynge after hym two sonnes, Hen∣ry and Rycharde, wyth sondry dou∣ghters.

Of thys Iohn̄ yt is redde, that he founded the abbay of Belewe in the new forest / in recompensacyon of the

pa••ysh chyrches which he there ouer turnyd to enlarge that forest / and an abbay of blacke munkes in the cytye of wynchester, where after y^e sayeng of the englyshe cronycle he shulde be buryed.

This kynge Iohn̄ also after some wryters, maryed one of hys dough∣ters vnto Otto the fourth of y^e name emperour of Almayne and duke of Saxony / the whyche helde warre a∣gayne kynge Phylyppe of Fraunce, as in the .v. chapyter of the storye of the sayde Phylyp before is declared. whyche Otto for hys rapyne and ex∣torcyon done to the chyrch of Rome, was accursyd / and the sayd Phylyp and also kynge Iohn̄ for theyr dyso∣bedyence to the chyrche were also ac¦cursyd / the whyche warred eyther wyth other / so that eyther of thē gre∣uyd and vexid other, to the great hyn¦deraūcis of them and eyther of them. For the whyche consyderacyon a me¦trycyan made these balades of them as foloweth.

O quam mirabilia, good lorde thy workes been In punyshement of synners by thy myght wondersly / As by old storyes yt is playnely seen. One synner the other hath correcte vtterly. As Alexander, wyth Iulius, Pom∣pey, and Tholomy, And many other whych as thy scour¦gys were, To punyshe synners and theym self also dere.

In lyke wyse nowe reader, yf thou lyste take hyde, And well reuolue in mynde thys hystorye Of these thre prynces, and loke well on theyr dede / Thou shalte conceyue that they dyd wyckydly. I meane kynge Iohn̄, Phylyppe, and Ottony / whyche vnto synne made them selfe so thrall, That of pope Innocent they were ac¦cursyd all.

wherfore god sufferyd that one the other to greue, And warre & chase wyth dedely hate and stryfe. Glad that one the other to mischeue / Manassynge eche other wyth spere, sworde, and knyfe / wyth cruell batayll durynge theyr synfull lyfe. wherfore I maye conclude, in factis horum, That multa sunt flagella peccatorū.

HEnry the thyrde of y^e name, & el∣dest son of kyng Iohn̄, a chylde of the age of .ix. yeres / beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of En¦glande, the .xx. daye of the moneth of October in the yere of our lorde .M. two hundred and .xvi / and the .xxxvi. yere of the seconde Phylyp yet kyng of Fraunce.

ye haue before harde of the cruell warre, whyche Lewys son vnto the Frenche kynge wyth the ayde of the baronys of Englande, maynteynyd agayne kynge Iohn̄. The whyche after the deth of the sayde Iohn̄ con∣tynued / for as mych as then some of the lordes that before hadde mayn∣teyned the quarell of Lewis now for¦soke hym, & toke parte with this Hen¦ry as theyr naturall and souerayne lorde. wherof the chefe were the erles of Penbroke & of Chester / the whych wyth theyr retynewe helde sharpe

warre wyth the sayde Lewys & his affynyte, the whych entēdyd to haue ben kynge of Englande, by reason of couenaūtes made wyth certayne lor¦des of the lande, when he was fyrste sent for by them. wherfore the forsayd erles wyth the other of theyr partye, to make theyr partye the strōger / pro¦claymed the sayde Henry kynge of Englande, vppon the foresayde .xx. daye of Octobre thorough the cytye of London / and in all possyble haste after made prouysyon for hys coro∣nacyon / so that vppon the daye of Symonde and Iude next ensuynge, he was crowned at Glouceter, of Peter then byshoppe of wynche∣ster / Lewys the Frenche kynges son beynge then at Lyncolne. In which yere stode styll as gouernoure of the cytye of London tyll Mychelmas nexte folowynge.

Anno domini .M.CC.xvii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xviii.
	Iohn̄ Trauers.
wyllyam Hardell.		Anno .i.
	Andrewe Newlande.

SO soone as the kynge was crowned / cōmyssyons where sent ouer in his name into all places of Englande, to gather strength of men to wythstand the forenamed Le¦wys / & to put hym wyth his Frenche men and other allyaunces out of the land, whych then hadde vnder theyr rule and custodye the castellys of Berkhamsted, of Hertford, & dyuers other. And for thys Lewys wold not sease of hys warre and retourne into Fraunce / therfore the foresayd Gwa¦lo or Swalo the popys legate, accur¦syd hym fyrste by name, and after all such as hym maynteyned or fauored in thys warre agayne kynge Henry. Then the forenamed erlys accompa¦nyed wyth wyllyam erle Marshall of Englande, wyllyam le Bruyz erle of Ferrys, wyth many other yode to Lyncolne / and wanne that town vp∣pon the straūgers. where was slayne a French man called erle of Perches wyth many other souldyours. And there was takē of Englyshmē Serle erle of wynchester, and Hū••ryde Bo∣hum erle of Herforde, wyth dyuerse other of name. And in thys whyle Lewelyn prynce of walis, for that he ayded the partye of Lewys was ac∣cursyd, and his lande enterdyted.

After the towne of Lyncolne was thus wōne from the Frenchmen, Le¦wys wyth other parte of his souldy∣ours drewe towarde London / for so myche as word was brought to hym that his fader had sent to hym a new company of souldyours, the whyche shulde lande in Englande shortely. Trouth yt was that such an ayde of souldyours was made by the Frēche kyng, & cōmyttyd to a capytayn why¦che in the cronycle is named Eustace the mūke / the whych was encoūtryd vpon the see with a capytayn or may¦ster of the .v. portis called Hubert at Burgh, & gaue to hym batayll, and scomfyght hym at length / & sent the hed of y^e sayd Eustace vnto y^e kynge. when Lewys harde of these tydyu∣ges, and consydered howe dayly his strength mynyshed / he was more in∣clynable vnto peace / so y^e in cōclusion he toke money as sayth Policronica & yelded vp his castellis & strengthis which he held / & after was assoyled, & so returned into Fraūce. But of this money y^e Lewis receyued, ben diuers opinyons / for the englyshe boke na∣myth yt a thousande marke, and the frenche boke sayth .xv.M. marke.

Anno domini .M.CC.xviii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xix.
	Thomas Bokerell.
Robert Serle.		Anno .ii.
	Rafe Gylande.

IN thys seconde yere of kynge Henry, when the lande was voyded of the stran̄gers / then inquy¦sycyons were made to knowe what persones hadde fauored the partye of Lewys agayne the kynge / of the whyche the kynge pardonyd many of the lay fee. But y^e spyrytuall were put to suche fynes, y^e they were com∣pellyd to laye that they myghte to pledge to please the kynge / and ouer that to sue to Rome to be assoylyd. And thys yere Ranulphe erle of Che¦ster, for consyderacyons hym mo∣uynge / toke hys iourney into the ho¦ly lande. But one cronycle sayth he toke that iourney vppon hym, for so myche as hadde contrarye hys alle∣geaunce, made homage vnto Lewis aboue named / and for malyce whych he bare towarde kynge Iohn̄, enten¦dyd at the tyme of that homage do∣ynge to haue made the sayde Lewys kynge of Englande.

Anno domini .M.CC.xix.		Anno domini .M.CC.xx.
	Benetle Ceytur.
Robert Serle.		Anno .iii.
	wyllyam Blounde.

IN thys thyrde yere of kynge Henry, a parlyament was hol¦den at London / by vertue wherof was graunted to the kynge .ii.s. of euery plough lande thorough En∣gland / whych was for y^e charge that he before had wyth Lewys warre. Al¦so this yere saynt Thomas of Caun¦terbury was trāslated in the .vii. day of this moneth of Iuly / the whyche was done wyth so great a charge vn¦to mayster Stephan Langton then archibishop of Caunterbury, that the charge therof was not contented ma¦ny yeres after y^e deth of the said Ste¦phan. And thys yere as wytnessyth Polycronycon, kynge Henry began the new worke of the chyrche of west¦mynster / whyche after that sayenge shuld be in the .xii. yere of hys age.

Anno domini .M.CC.xx.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxi.
	Iohn̄ wayle.
Robert Serle.		Anno .iiii.
	Iosnele Spycer.

IN thys yere Alexander kynge of Scottes, maryed dame Ia¦ne or Iohan the syster of kynge Hen¦ry. And this yere was great harme done in Englande by vyolence of a whyrlewynde / and fyry dragons, and spyrytys were sene fleynge in the ayer. And this yere were procla¦macyons made in London and tho∣rough out Englande, y^e all straun∣gers shuld auoyde the lande by My¦chelmasse next folowyng / except such as came wyth marchaūdyse, and to make sale of them vnder the kynges saufe cōduyt. which was chefely ma∣de to auoyde Foukes de Brent and his complycys, whyche kepte the ca¦stell of Bedforde agayne the kynges

wyll and pleasure. And in thys yere was kynge Henry secondaryly crow¦ned at westmynster the .xvii. daye of May. And thys yere the cytye called Damas in the holy land, was by cry¦sten men gotten from the Turkys. And thys yere came out of the holy lande into Englande Ranulphe erle of Chester, and beganne to buyld the castellys of Charteley & of Bestone / & after he buylded the abbay of De∣lartesse of y^e whyte o••der. For charge and coste of whyche sayde castellys & abbay / he toke toll thorough all hys lordshyp, of all such as passyd y^e way wyth any chafire or marchaundyse.

Anno domini .M.CC.xii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxii.
	Rycharde wymbeday.
Robert Serle.		Anno .v.
	Iohn̄ wayell.

IN thys .v. yere of kynge Hen¦ry / at Oxenforde was holden a generall coūsayll of the byshoppes and clergye of thys lande. In tyme of whyche counsayle a man was ta∣ken, the whyche shewyd hym selfe to be Cryste, and preached many thyn∣ges of errour, whyche the clerkes at those dayes vsyd. And to approue that he was Iesus the sonne of god, and that he was comen to refourme those errours and other / he shewyd the carectys and tokens of woun∣des in hys bodye, handes, and fete, like to Iesus that was nayled on the crosse. Then he was apposyd and approuyd a false dyssymuler. wher∣fore by dome of y^e counsayll he was iudgyd ••o be nayled to the crosse, and so delyueryd to the executours / the whyche at a place callyd Albur∣burye nayled hym to a crosse tyll he was dede.

Also this yere the kynge layde sye∣ge vnto the castell of Bedforde that Fowkys de Brent hadde so longe holden by strength. Thys syege be∣ganne vppon the euen of the Assen∣cyon of our lorde / and so contynued tyll our Lady daye assumpcyon. In whyche passetyme many stronge as∣sautys were made, to the great losse of men on bothe partyes. But fynal¦ly aboute thys foresayde daye of as∣sumpcyon, yt was taken by fyerse assaute. wherein was taken the fore∣named Fowkys de Brent, and vpon the nōber of .lxxx. souldyours, wher∣of the more parte were put to deth: and the sayde Fowkys after he had lyen a certayne of tyme in pryson, was for his fynaunce delyueryd and flemyd the lande. And in this yere came the frere Mynors fyrst into En¦glande. These are graye freres of the order of saynte Fraunces / whych yf that be trewe, they shulde come in to Englande vppon .vi yeres before the deth of saynt Fraunces. For af∣ter affyrmaunce of the authoure of Cronica cronicarum, Iacobus Phi¦lippus and other / saynte Fraunces dyed in the yere of grace .xii. hūdred and .xxvii. And that order was fyrst confyrmed of Honorius the thyrde of that name pope of Rome, in the yere of grace .xii. hundred and .xxiiii. Thys order fyrste beganne vnder a fewe nomber of frerys at the cytye of Caunterbury / and after came vnto London, and restyd theym there tyll they hadde an house there foundyd by Isabell wyfe of Edwarde the se¦conde, as after shall be shewyd in the storye of the sayde Edwarde / all be yt the sayde house was begonne of Margarete the wyfe of Edwarde the fyrste.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxiii.
	Rycharde Renger.
Robert Serle.		Anno .vi.
	Ioseus le Iosne.

IN thys .vi. yere of the reygne of kynge Henry, a conspyracy was made by one Constantyne the sonne of Arnulphe wythin the cytye of London / for the whyche he was drawen and hāged the morow folow¦ynge our Lady daye Assumpcyon. This conspyracy was dysclosed by a cytezyn named walter Bokerell / and was so heynous & greuous to y^e king that he was in mynde & purpose to haue throwen downe y^e wallys of the cytye. But when he had well concey¦ued that the persones whych entēded this cōspiracy were but of the rascal∣lys of the cytye, & that none of y^e hed∣dys or rulers of the same were ther∣unto consentynge / he aswagyd hys ire and greuouse dyspleasure, whych he entendyd towarde the cytye.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxiiii.
	Rycharde Iyoner.
Robert Serle.		Anno .vii.
	Thomas Lamberde.

IN this seuenth yere / Iohan kynge of Hierusalem came in∣to Englande, and requyred ayde of kyng Henry to wynne agayne that holy cytye / but he retourned wyth small comforte. And about this tyme Iohn̄ the sonne of Dauid erle of An¦gwyshe in Scotland, and nere kyn∣nesman vnto Ranulphe of Chester, maryed the doughter of Lewelyn prynce of walys / as yt were for a fy∣nall accorde betwene the sayde Lewe¦lyne and Ranulphe euer after to be contynued.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxiiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxv.
	wyllyam Ioynour.
Rycharde Reynger.		Anno .viii.
	Thomas Lamberte.

IN thys .viii. yere of kyng Hen¦ry / a parlyament was holden at where among other thyn∣ges / the lordes and baronye of the lande graunted vnto the kynge and to his heyres kynges,* 1.4 the warde and mariage of theyr heyres / which dede was after of lerned men called Initi¦um malorū, that is to meane the be∣gynnynge of yllys or of harmes.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxv.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxvi.
	Iohn̄ Trauers.
Rycharde Renger		Anno .ix.
	Andrew Bokerell.

IN thys .ix. yere of kynge Hen∣ry / Frederyke the seconde of that name, & emperour of Almayne, for his contumacy agayn the chyrch of Rome was accursyd of the .ix. Gre¦gory then pope. wherfore soon after

he toke two cardynallys and dyuers prelatys as they were goynge to a generall counsayle kepte by the sayd pope, at a place callyd Spolete a cy∣tye of Italye.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxvi.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxvii.
	Roger Duke.
Rycharde Renger.		Anno .x.
	Martyne fyz wyllyam.

IN thys .x. yere of the reygne of kynge Henry / the plees of the crowne were pletyd in the towre of London. In this yere also as wyt¦nessyth the Frenche cronycle, dy∣uerse souldyours, whyche as to thys daye kepte certayne castellys in the countye of Poytiers, as the castell of Monstruell the castell of Nyort, and the townes of Angely and of Rochel were by the Frenche kynge so assau∣tyd, that they were constrayned to gyue them ouer to the Frenche kyng then beyng Lewis the nynthe of that name / or after some writers the .viii, and sonne of Phylyppe the seconde.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxvii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxviii.
	Stephan Bokerell.
Roger Duke.		Anno .xi.
	Henry Cobham.

IN thys .xi. yere of thys kynge Henry / the shyrywyke of Lon∣don and of Mydd. were lettyne to ferme for the summe of .iii. hundred poūde, by yere to the shryues of Lon∣don. And the .xviii. daye of February the same yere, was graunted by the kynge that all werys in Thamys shulde by plucked vppe and destroy∣ed for euer. And the .xvi. daye of Marche folowynge, the kynge graū¦ted by hys charter ensealyd, that the cytyzens of London shulde passe toll free thorough all Englande. And yf any cytezyns were cōstrayned in any cytye, borough or towne in England to paye any toll / y^t then the shryues of London to attache any man com∣mynge to London of the sayde cytye borough or towne where suche toll was payed / and hym and hys goo∣dys to wythholde and kepe, tyll the cytesyners of London be restoryd of all suche money payed for the sayde tolle, wyth all costes and damagys sustayned for the same. And the xviii. daye of Auguste folowynge, the kyng graūted to y^e sayd cytesyns of London wareyn / that is to mea∣ne that the cytesyns haue free lyber∣tye of huntynge certayne cyrcuyte aboute London. And in thys yere the towne of Lymosyn wyth dyuers holdes in Pyerregot and Aluerne in the countye of Guyan, were ge∣uen vppe to the forenamed Lewys the Frenche kynge. wherfore the kynge sente ouer hys brother Ry∣charde erle of Cornewayll shortely after / whyche landed at Burdeaux wyth .iii. hundred saylles.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxviii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxix.
	Stephan Bokerell.
Roger Duke.		Anno .xii.
	Henry Cobham.

IN the begynnyge of thys .xii. yere of kynge Henry / mayster Stephan Langton archbyshoppe of Caunterburye dyed / and the great deane of Paulys mayster Rycharde wethyrshed was hys successour. And in thys tyme the fraunchyse and ly∣bertyes of the citye were by the kyng confyrmyd / & to eueryche of y^e shery¦ues was graūted to haue .ii. clerkes & .ii. officers wythout mo. And to the citesyns of Lōdon was also graūted thys yere, that they shuld haue & vse a common seale. And in this yere Ry¦charde erle of Cornewayll besyeged the town of saynt Machayre in Guy¦an. And whan he hadde wonne yt by strength / he then layed hys syege to y^e town of Rochell, tyll yt was resto∣ryd by the marshall of Fraunce.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxix.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxx.
	walter wynchester.
Roger Duke.		Anno .xiii.
	Robert fyz Iohn̄.

In this xiii. yere of kynge Hen¦ry / vppon Trynyte sondaye, or after an other authour vpon whyt sondaye, whyle the byshoppe of Lon¦don was at the hygh masse in saynte Paulys chyrch of Lōdon, fell sodeyn¦ly suche thyckenesse of darkenesse of cloudes, and therwyth suche stenche and tempeste of thunder and lyghte∣nynge, that the people there assem∣blyd voyded the chyrche / and the vy∣caryes and chanons forsoke theyr deskys, that the byshoppe remayned in great fere alone / excepte a fewe of his menyall seruauntys and suche as attendyd vpon hym at the aulter.

Also in thys yere the fame of that blessyd woman Elyzabeth doughter of the kynge of Hungarye beganne to spredde. The whyche before and after the deth of her husbande Lan∣graue duke of Thorynge in Al∣mayne, shamyd not for Crystes sake to weshe the sorys and bylys of la∣zars and of other poore men, be∣syde other manyfolde dedes of cha∣ryte. By vertue of whyche blessyd and vertuouse lyfe / she by her lyfe thoroughe the power of god shewed many and dyuerse myracles. Among the whyche by her prayer .xvi. men were from deth to lyfe arreryd / and a man borne blynde, to syght resto∣ryd. wherfore by Gregorye the .ix. of that name and pope of Rome / she was amonge the college of the bles∣sed nomber of sayntes ascrybyd and alowed / and commaunded her feast to be halowed the .xiii. kalendas of December.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxx.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxi.
	Rycharde fyz wyllyam.
Roger Duke.		Anno .xiiii.
	Iohn̄ wodbourne.

IN this .xiiii. yere of the kinge was ordeyned by the mayre, and rulers of the cytye of London, that no shryue of that cytye shulde cō¦tynew lenger in offyce then one yere. wherof the cause was, that dyuerse of theym by contynuaunce of theyr offyce dyd dyuerse extorcyons, and toke brybys of vytellers wyth other defautys / whyche were founde and prouyd preiudycyall & hurtefull to the common weale of the sayde citye.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxi.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxii.
	Mychaell of saynte Elene.
Roger Duke.		Anno .v.
	walter Denfelde.

IN this .xv. yere, the kynge had graūted tyll hym a quindecim or fyftene of the temporaltye / and a dyme and an halfe of the spyrytual∣ty, to recouer hys lādes loste in Nor¦mandy, Guyan, and Poyteau. And in this yere Huberte of Burgth, y^t at this daye was chefe iustyce of En∣glande, hadde greuyd or dyspleased the kynge in suche wyse, that he was compellyd to fle the kynges syght. But he was so strayghtly pursued, y^t he was taken in a chapell of Brent∣wood in Essex / and so cast in pryson at the kynges commaūdement. But after by labour of the blessyd byshop Edmunde of Pountenay, he was re¦cōcylyd to the kynges fauour / when he had ben prysoned vppon .iiii. mo¦nethes, and exyled vppon .xiii. mo∣nethis. And this yere was done grete harme in London by fyre / the whych beganne in an house of a widowe na¦med dame Iane Lambert.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxiii.
	Henry Eldementon.
Andrew Bukerell.		Anno .xvi.
	Gerarde Batte.

IN this .xvi. yere / kynge Henry vppon complaynt brought be¦fore hym, by the frendes of Lewelyn prynce of walys, y^e willyam le Bruce or Brunze shuld cōspyre agayne the kynge / or after some, for he kepte vn∣lawfully the wyfe of the forenamyd Hauylyn: he was after longe pryso¦nement hanged. And this yere dyed Ranulphe erle of Chester, Lyncolne, & Hūtyngedon. And his systers son named Iohn̄, sonne vnto the erle of Angwyshe as before in y^e .vii. yere of this kyng is declared was his heyre, and helde that lordshyp after hym. This Iohn̄ of moste wryters is cal∣led Iohn̄ Scot / for so myche as his father was a Scotte. This foresayd Ranulphe hadde no chylde, all be yt he hadde .iiii. systers. The eldeste hyght Molde or Mawde / and was maryed to Dauid erle of Angwyshe, and was moder to y^e foresayde Iohn̄ Scot. The seconde was named Ha∣wys, and was maryed vnto the erle of Arundell, The thyrd Agnes, was ioyned to the erle of Derbye. And the fourth named Mabely, was ma¦ryed vnto the erle of wynchester cal∣led Robert Quynacye. Thys Ra∣nulphe dyed at walyngforde / and was buryed in the chapter house of the munkys at Chester / and ordey∣ned the forenamed Iohn̄ Scotte to be hys heyre, for that he wolde not haue so noble a lordshyppe runne a∣monge or to be dyuyded betwene so many dystanys. And thys yere dyed mayster Rycharde wethyrshed arch∣byshoppe of Caunterburye / whose successour was blessyd Edmunde of Pountenay.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxiiii.
	Symonde fyz Marre.
Andrew Bukerell.		Anno .xvii.
	Roger Blounte.

IN this .xvii. yere of the reygne of kyng Henry / the forenamed Edmunde of Pountenay or of Abyn¦don, was sacred archebyshop of Caū¦terburye. He was named of Pounte¦nay, for so myche as he was buryed at Pountnay in Burgoyne. And he was named Edmunde of Abyndon by reason he was borne ī Albyndon. Thys blessyd man as before in the xv. yere is shewyd / reconcylyd Hu∣bert of Burgth to the kinges grace, and causyd hym to be restored to his former offyce, as chefe iustyce of this lande. In thys yere also the kyng beganne the foundacyon of the ho∣spytayll of saynte Iohn̄ wythout the Eestgate of Oxenforde. In whyche yere also fyll wonderfull wether, as thunder and lyghtenynge vnlyke vnto other.* 1.5 And theruppon folowed an erthquake, to the great fere of the inhabytauntys of Huntyngdon, and nere there aboute.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxiiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxv.
	Rafe Aschewy.
Andrew Bukerell.		Anno .xviii.
	Iohn̄ Norman.

IN thys .xviii. yere of kynge Henry / the Iewys dwellynge at Norwyche were broughte to fore the kyng at westmynster, to answere to a complaynte made agayne them by one callyd Iohn̄ Toly of the sayd towne of Norwyche, that they shuld stele a chylde, and yt cyrcumcysyd of the age of a yere, and after kepte the same chyld secret to the entent to crucyfye yt, in despyte of Crystes re∣lygyon. But howe the mater was fo¦lowed, or howe so the Iewys acquy¦tyd theym selfe by theyr answere / trouthe yt is that they retourned vn∣punyshed. And in thys yere Frede∣ryke the second of that name, and em¦perour of Almayne / maryed the sy∣ster of kynge Henry named Isabell, as testyfyeth Policronica.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxv.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxvi.
	Gerarde Batte.
Andrew Bukerell.		Anno .xix.
	Robert Ardell.

IN thys .xix yere. the morow af¦ter saynte Hyllary, or the .xiiii. daye of Ianuary / Edmunde archbys¦shoppe of Caunterburye spowsyd the kynge and Eleanoure the dou∣ghter of the erle of Prouynce in his cytye of Caunterburye. And in the vtas of the sayde Hyllary / she was crowned at westmynster as quene of Englande. where in the felde by westmynster lyenge at the weste ende of the chyrche, was kepte royall solempnite and goodly iustes, by the space of .viii. dayes. And the same yere the statute of Merton was enac¦ted / whych is to meane certayn actes made by acte of parlyament, holden by the kynge & his lordes & cōmons at y^e towne of Merton.* 1.6 where among other actys was ordeynyd a remedy for wydowes that were defrauded of theyr dowers / & also how heires with in age shuld be intreated / & remedies for such as were stolen or with holdē cōtrary y^e gardeyns willis. But more certaynly yt was ordeyned at a {per}lya¦mēt at Merton foresayd, which was holdē the .xxx. yere of this kyng, in y^e morowe folowyng the daye of saynt Martyn, or the .xii. day of Nouēber.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxvi.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxvii.
	Henry Cobham.
Andrew Bukerell.		Anno .xx.
	Iurden Couentre.

IN this .xx. yere of kynge Hen∣ry / Iohn̄ Scot before named erle of Chester, dyed wythoute yssue male. whefore the kynge cōsyderyng the great prerogatyues belongynge to that erledome, gaue vnto his dou¦ghters other possessyons, & toke the erledome into hys own hand. Thys Iohn̄ dyed at Dorondale / and was buryed amonge hys antecessours at Chester, as affyrmeth Policronycon. And also he sayth that he dyed wyth¦out any chylde / and that the foresayd exchaunge was made wyth the fore∣named systers of Ranulphe, before expressyd in y^e .xvi. yere of this kyng.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxvii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxviii.
	Iohn̄ Thesalan.
Andrew Bukerell.		Anno .xxi.
	Gerarde Cordwaner.

IN this .xxi. yere, Octoboon a legate of the .ix. Gregory and pope, came into Englande / and or∣deyned many good ordynauncys for the chyrche. But not all to the plea∣sure of the yonge clergy of England. wherfore as he one daye passed tho∣rough Oxenford, the scolars sought occasyon agayn his seruauntes and fought wyth them, & slew one of the same / and put the legate in suche fere, that he for his sauegarde toke y^e bel¦fray of Osney / and there helde hym tyll the kynges mynysters cōmynge from Abyndon wyth strength, mede∣lyd with fayre wordes deliueryd him and conueyed hym after wyth a com¦petente companye vnto walyngford. where he accursyd the misdoers, and punyshed theym in suche wyse, that the regentes & maysters of that vny∣uersyte were lastely compellyd to go barefote thorough Chepe to Paulys at London, and there to aske of hym forgyues, and hadde that trespace wyth great dyffyculte forgyuen.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxviii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xxxix.
	Iohn̄ whylhale.
Rycharde Renger		Anno .xxii.
	Iohn̄ Goundresse.

IN thys .xxii. yere / a false clerke of the foresayde vnyuersyte of Oxenforde, whyche feyned hym selfe madde, and beforetyme had espyed the secret places of the kinges court / came by a wyndowe towarde the kin¦ges chamber at hys maner of wood∣stoke, entendynge to haue slayne the kynge. But he was espyed by a wo∣man and taken / and so conueyed to Couentre, and there arreygnyd of that dede. where after lawfull pro∣uys of hys malycyous entent made, he for the same was there drawen & hanged. And in thys yere vppon the euen of saynte Botolphe / or the xxvi. daye of Iuny, was borne at westmynster Edward that after was surnamed Longeshanke. This after his father was kynge.

Anno domini .M.CC.xxxix.		Anno domini .M.CC.xl.
	Remonde Bengly.
wyllyam Ioynour.		Anno .xxiii.
	Rafe Aschewy.

IN this .xxiii. yere of kyng Hen¦ry / before the tyme of the elec∣cyon of the shryues of London, one Symōde fyz Mary, whych before in the .xvii yere of the kynge had ben in that offyce, had purchased a cōmaun¦dement of the kynge dyrected to the mayre and rulers of the cytye, y^t they shulde cause hym to be electe to that offyce for that yere folowynge. But the mayre wyth the heddes of the cy∣tye, consyderynge that commaunde¦ment to be a derogacyon vnto the ly¦bertyes of y^e cytye, wythstode yt / and chase the forenamed Rafe Ashwy, & put the sayde Symonde by / for the whyche he complayned hym to the kynge. Then the kynge sente for the mayre and the rulers of the city / and hadde vnto theym many wordes of dyspleasure, for the dysobeyenge of his cōmaundement / and fardermore discharged willyam Ioynour which that yere was agayne chosen newely to be mayre for the yere folowynge / and chargyd the cytesyns to procede to a newe eleccyon for theyr mayre. whyche then to satysfye the kynges pleasure, chase Gerarde Batte. By whose meanys and good polycye the sayde mayr wyth the cytesyns demea¦ned theym so well to the kynge, that they obteyned hys gracious fauour, and causyd the forsayde Symonde to fayle of his purpose / and was not after admyttyd to that offyce, tyll he hadde submyttyd hym to the rule of the mayre and rulers of the same cy∣tye. The whyche Symonde beha∣ued him so well after, that he was ad¦myttyd for an alderman. But in short processe after he demeanyd him so yll, and so contraryously vnto the weale and good order of the cytye / that he was dyscharged of hys alder¦manshyp, and dyschargyd from all rule and counsayll of the cytye, as in the .xxxiiii. yere of thys kynge fo∣lowynge is touched.

Anno domini .M.CC.xl.		Anno domini .M.CC.xli.
	Iohn̄ Gysors.
Gerarde Batte.		Anno .xxiiii.
	Mychaell Tony.

IN thys .xxiiii. yere of kynge Henry / saynte Paulys chyrch of London was newely halowyd. And the great Chaan of Tartarys before in the seconde yere of kynge Iohn̄ myndyd or touched of theyr be¦gynnynge, in thys yere after he had from the Turkys wonne myche of the Eest landes, he sent an hoste into the lande of Hūgary / the whych held the people of that countrey so shorte, that as witnessyth the authour of Po¦licronica and other, they were con∣strayned of necessyte to ete theyr own chyldren and other vnlefull metys. But the authoure of Cronica croni∣carum sayth, that this mysery fell to the peple of Hungary, in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .xxi. whyche after that sayenge shulde be in the fyfte yere of thys kynge.

Anno domini .M.CC.xli.		Anno domini .M.CC.xlii.
	Iohn̄ Uyoll.
Remonde Bengley.		Anno .xxv.
	Thomas Duresyne.

IN this .xxv. yere of kynge Hen¦ry / Gerarde Batte was agayn chosen mayre for this present yere. And after whose eleccyon, he was by the worshipfull of the citye conueyed vnto woodstoke, and presentyd after the custome vnto the kynge. But the kynge enfourmed of hys laste yeres dealynge, by suche as ought to hym no good wyll / sayde that he wolde not admytte hym to that offyce, tyll such tyme as he came to westmynster wyth whyche answere the sayde Ge∣rarde wyth his companye returned vnto London. It was not longe af∣ter or the kyng came to westmynster / where accordynge to theyr dutye the cytesyns of London agayn awayted vppon the kynge to know his plea∣sure.* 1.7 where the kynge callyd before hym the sayde mayre / and after cer∣tayne questyons to hym put, he cau∣sed hym to be sworne in his presence. After whyche othe to hym geuen / the kynge charged hym by vertue of the same, that he shulde not take of the bakers and bruers and other vytel∣lars of the cytye .xl. pounde, whyche other of his predecessours, and also he that laste yere hadde taken. And also that he incontynently after hys commynge to London, shuld restore vnto the sayd vytellars and other cy¦tesyns, all suche money as he hadde wyth wronge in that precedyng yere taken of the comynaltye of the citye. But for the sayde Gerarde allegyd for hym certayne consideracyons, be sechynge the kynge to pardon hym of that restytucyon / the kynge in dys¦pleasure swore a great othe, that he shulde not that yere be mayre, nor at any tyme there after. And so the com∣mons certyfyed of the kynges plea∣sure, chase in his place or stede / Rey∣ner de Bungaye. And this yere the kynge yode into walys. wherof he∣rynge Dauid then prynce of walys, mette wyth the kyng at Ruthlande / and submyttyd hym to the kynges grace. Also this yere the blessyd Ed∣munde archebyshoppe of Caunter∣bury, beynge at Pountnay in the pro¦uynce of Burgoyne dyed / and there was buryed / & was after translatyd into y^e same place within .x. yeres af¦ter his deth, by commaundement of Innocent the fourthe then pope of Rome / because of his manyfolde my¦racles whyche god shewyd for hym after hys deth. All be yt in hys legen¦de yt is shewyd that he dyed twentye myle from Pountnay called Soly / and was after buryed and transla∣ted at Poūtnay. Of this blessed man Polycronycon shewyth many ver∣tuyes in the .xxxv. chapiter of his .vii. boke, whyche here I ouer passe for lengthynge of the tyme. And thys ye¦re one wyllyam of the Marshe, was at London for treason drawen and hanged. * 1.8 Thys yere also were alder men fyrste chosen wythin the cytye of London / whyche then hadde the rule of the cytye and of the wardes of the same / and were then yerely chaū¦gyd, as now the shryues be chaūged.

Anno domini .M.CC.xlii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xliii.
	Iohn̄ fyz Iohn̄.
Remonde Bongley.		Anno .xxvi.
	Rafe Ashewy.

IN this .xxvi. yere of kyng Hen¦ry / Bonyface was sacryd arch¦byshoppe of Caunterbury. And this yere the kyng wyth a fayre company saylyd into Normandy. whyche vy∣age as sayth y^e frenche cronycle was made by the styrynge of a Frenche man named erle of the Marche / for so myche as y^e sayd erle refusyd to do homage vnto Alphons brother vnto Lewys the .x. of that name, and sur∣named saynte Lewys then kynge of Fraunce. Thys Lewys the yere be∣fore hadde maryed his sayde brother vnto the doughter of the erle of Tho¦louse / and hadde gyuen to his sayde brother the erledome of Poyteau, wyth all the landes of Aluerne.

By reason wherof he wold haue cau¦syd the sayd erle of Marche, to haue done homage vnto the sayde Alphōs for such landes as the sayd erle held of the sayde erledome of Poytyers. But for y^e sayd erle of Marche knew well that the ryght of Guyan belon∣gyd to the kinge of England / he ther¦fore, and for other allyaunces made bewene kynge Henry and hym, refu∣syd the doynge of that homage / and after came to kynge Henry, and excy¦tyd hym to make warre vppon the Frenche kynge. By reason wherof the kynge made prouysyon, and so landed with a stronge power at Bur¦deaux. After the affyrmaunce of the frenche boke, this erle of the Mar∣chis had maryed the mother of kyng Henry.

Then it folowyth in this whyle the Frenche kynge warryd vppon y^e lan¦des of the erle of Marche / and hadde wōne .ii. castellys of his named Foūteneys and Uyllers, wyth dyuerse other whych I passe ouer. And when he had beten downe some of them, & some storyd with new soudyours / he then went vnto a castel named Mau¦coune, and brake a brydge after him, for so myche as he was warned that the kynge of Englande was nere vn¦to hym. At the sayd brydge was a lyt¦tell skyrmyshe / but lytle harme was there done. Then the Frenche kynge toke the way ouer the ryuer of Tha∣rent towarde Taylbourgh, wastyng and destroyenge the countrey as he went / and so forth towarde the town callyd Saynces. And kynge Henry wyth hys hoste made towarde hym in al that he myght. In kepyng this course / the vawarde of the kynge en¦countryd wyth the erle of Boleyne, whyche was vppon the Frenche kyn¦gys partye. That season the erle of Saynces bare the banner of y^e erle Marches, beyng in y^e vaward of the kynge. Betwene these two erles was sore fyght / so that many a man vp∣pon both partyes was slayn / among the whych the sayde erle of Saynces was slayne. Then came on bothe strengthes vppon eyther syde, so that both kynges fought in that batayll / and great slaughter of men was vp¦pon both sydes. But in the ende the Frenche men were vyctours, & toke prysoners .xxii. men of name, as kny∣ghtes and of hygher degre, and .iii. clerkes of great fame and ryches, be¦syde other to the nomber of .v. hūdred of meane people as wytnessyth the frenche boke. But of these men of na∣me, nor yet of the ryche clerkes, none is named, nor yet shewyd what good they payed for theyr raōsome. wher∣fore me lyste to wryte no farther of this great victory / all be it y^t the sayd boke sayth farther, that kyng Henry for fere tourned backe vnto Burde∣aux / and there made meanes to the kynge of Fraunce for a peace. But of all thys fynde I no worde in the englyshe cronycles.

Then the erle of Marches by mea∣ne of his sonne, was reconcyled vnto the Frenche kynge, amd restoryd to

hys landes / excepte thre castellys, whyche were named Mespyne, Cre∣taye, and Estardye / the whyche the Frenche kynge retayned in his owne possessyon. And soone after came vn¦to the Frenche kynge the lordes of the castellys of Myrabell, & of Mor∣taynge / submyttynge theym also vn¦to the kynges grace / besechyng hym of pardon, that they hadde so to his hygh dyspleasure fauored hys enymy the kynge of Englande. And after came in dyuerse other lordes & capytaynes / so that he was in posses¦syon of all the countrey of Guyan & Poyteau, vnto y^e ryuer of Gyroūde.

I haue rehersyd the more of thys cronycle of Fraunce / to the entente that the reders may well apperceyue the pryde and boste of the Frēchmen. For in all theyr wrytynge, when they come to any mater that soūdyth any thynge to theyr honour / yt is wryten in the lengest and most shewyng ma¦ner to theyr honour and worshyppe. But as I haue sayde before in the v. capyter of the storye of the .ii. Phy¦lyppe kynge of Fraunce / yf yt sound any thynge to theyr dyshonour, then shall yt be abreuyatyd or hyd, that the trouth shall not be knowen. And that appereth well here by theyr own wrytynge. For in y^e .vii. yere of kyng Iohn̄, yt is shewyd howe Phylyppe the seconde then kynge of Fraunce had wonne all Normandy and Guy¦an. And yet at thys daye thys kynge Lewys warryd agayne in the same countrey / so that they euer tell of the wynnyng, but they touche nothynge of the agayne losynge.

Then yt folowyth in the storye / when kynge Henry hadde as before is sayde, concludyd the foresayde peace, of the which by myne authour is no terme sette / the kynge retour∣ned into Englande.

Anno domini .M.CC.xliii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xliiii.
	Hugh Blount.
Rafe Ashewy.		Anno .xxvii.
	Adam Basynge.

IN this .xxvii. yere, the kynge returned from Burdeaux into Englande. And thys yere the plees of the crowne were kept in the towre of London. And thys yere Gryffyth, whych was sonne of Lewelyn lately prynce of walys, entendyng to haue broken pryson / fell ouer the wall of the inner warde of the towre of Lon¦don and brake hys necke.

Anno domini .M.CC.xliiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xlv.
	Rafe Spycer.
Mychael Tony.		Anno .xxviii.
	Nycholas Batte.

IN thys .xxviii. yere of kynge Henry as testyfyeth Polycro∣nycon / a Iew dygged the grounde in a place in Spayn called Tholeet, to the entent to make him a more lar¦ger vyne yerde. where in tyme of his dyggynge he fande a stone closyd on all partyes. But for he perceyued yt to be holowe he brake the stone / and founde therein a boke as bygge as a sawter, wyth leuys all of tree. This boke was wryte in nthre dyuers lan∣guagys, in greke, in ebrewe, and in latyne / and the mater therof was of

thre worldes that shuld come. Of the whyche he poyntyd the commynge of Cryste to the begynnynge of the thyrde worlde, whyche was expressyd in thys maner of wyse. In the begyn¦nynge of the thyrde worlde, goddes son shall be borne of a mayde. when the Iewe had well beholden the con∣tentys of the boke, and sawe that yt conteyned so longe tyme as from A∣dam to Anticriste, and shewyd many prophecyes that were fulfyllyd and paste / he anon renouncyd hys iuda∣isme or Moysen lawe, and was cry∣styned, and lyued after as a crysten man.

Anno domini .M.CC.xlv.		Anno domini .M.CC.xlvi
	Robert Cornehyll.
Iohn̄ Gysors.		Anno .xxix.
	Adam Bewly.

IN thys .xxix. yere / Nycholas Batte contrary the ordynaūce before in the .xiiii. yere of thys kynge made, was agayne chosen shryue of London. For the whych he was con¦uycte of periurye / and so dyscharged and punyshed. And for y^t Mychaell Tony, whych for this yere also was chosen mayre, was by deposycyon of the Aldermen founde gyltye in the sayde cryme of periurye: therfore he was deposyd from his offyce & punis¦shed. And for hym was chosen mayre Iohan Gysours / and for Nicholas Batte was chosen shryue Robert of Cornhyll. In this yere also as te∣styfyeth Ieffrey of Monmouth / Ro∣bert Grosehed thē byshoppe of Lyn∣colne, wyth other prelatys of y^e land, complayned theym vnto the kynge of the waste of the goodes and patry monye of the chyrche, whyche dayly was wasted and mysspent by the aly∣aunt byshoppes and clerkes of this lande. Of the whych straungers one named mayster Martyne, and nere kynnysman of Innocent the thyrde late pope was one. The whyche the kynge by helpe of the Englyshe bys∣shoppes auoyded, wyth other lyke offendours out thys realme. Also in thys yere the patryarke of Hierusa∣lem, sente vnto the kynge a neume of bloode / whych was kepte at saynt Thomas of Acris in Lōdon tyll the yere folowynge.

Anno domini .M.CC.xlvi.		Anno domini .M.CC.xlvii.
	Symonde fyz Mary.
Iohn̄ Gysors.		Anno .xxx.
	Lawrence Frowyke.

IN this yere theneume of blood sent before to the kynge / was wyth moste solemne processyon, the kynge wyth great noumber of hys lordes beynge presente, conueyed from saynt Thomas fore sayd vnto westmynster, in ryght solemne wyse wyth processyon & other acccordyng obseruaunces to suche a relyke ap∣perteynynge. And in this yere dyed Frederike the emperour of Almayn / whyche as before is touchyd in the xviii. yere of this kyng, maryed Isa∣bell syster vnto the kynge. The why¦che for his rebellyon agayn y^e chyrch of Rome, was accursyd fyrste of the ix. Gregory / and lastely of Innocēt the .iiii. he was agayne cursyd and depryued of his imperyall dygnyte / gyuynge commyssyon & lycēce to the

electours of the emperoure, to chose a new. The whyche were of so many myndes in theyr eleccyon, that some chase the duke of Thoryng, some the erle of Holande, and some chase the kynges brother Richarde erle of Cor¦newayll, whyche causyd stryfe that enduryd longe after / so that the one∣ly emperoure of Almayne was not of all men alowyd, tyll Radulphus duke or erle of Habspurghe in Al∣mayne, was chosen by one assente to that dygnyte / and therunto admit¦tyd by Gregory the .ix. of that name, in the yere of our lorde .xii. hundred and .lxxiii. And so that varyaunce en¦duryd vppon .xxvii. yeres, to y^e great impoueryshyng of Italy, and the lan¦des of the empyre. Then as before is sayd this Frederyk dyed vnassoyled, & was buryed in a cytye called Feren¦ciola, wyth thys superscrypcyon vp∣pon hys toumbe.

Si probitas, sensus, virtutis gratia, census, Nobilitas orti, possent refistere morte: Non foret extinctus, Fredericus qui iacet intus.

whyche versys are thus myche to meane in Englyshe.

If excellente of wytte, or grace of good vertue, Or nobylnesse of byrth myght vnto deth resyste / Then shuld thys Frederyke mortall fate exchewe, whych hym hath closyd here now in hys chyste. But none of these maye erthly man assyste To stryue wyth deth / but all muste pay hym dette, Noble and innoble there nothynge maye lette.

An other versyfyoure made these .ii. versys folowynge, of the interpreta∣cyon of this name Frederyke.

Frefremit in mundo, de deprimit alua profundo. Re res rimatur, cus cuspide cuncta minatur.

The whyche may in this maner of wyse be englyshed.

Fre fretyth thys worlde / and de con∣foundyth all, Hyghe thynges of honoure, into de∣penesse darke. R••sercheth besyly y^e goodes generall Of thys worlde both of the laye and clerke. Makynge no questyon in hys moste cruell werke, And cus with sworde all thyng doth manace. And thys is Frederyke all deuoyde of grace.

Anno domini .M.CC.xlvii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xlviii.
	Iohn̄ Uoyle.
Pyers Aleyne.		Anno .xxxi.
	Nycholas Batte.

IN thys .xxxi. yere of the reygn of kyng Henry / Lewys which is surnamed saynt Lewis then kyng of Fraunce, with a conuenyent hoste sayled into the holy lande / and there warred vpon Crystes enymyes, and wanne the cytye of Damas at hys fyrste landynge / & after taryed there frō y^e begynnynge of y^e moneth of Iu¦ny, to the .xxii. day of Nouember / and after departyd thens towarde Baby¦lon, entendynge to haue layde syege to the cytye. But fortune was to him so cōtrarye, that by sykenesse & other casueltyes he loste myche of his peo∣ple / and in the ende was hym selfe ta¦ken prisoner of the Turkis, as more playnely shall be shewed in the story of the sayde Lewys folowynge.

And in this yere was a myghty erth¦quake in Englande, that the lyke to yt was not sene many yeres before.

Also thys yere the kynge seasyd the fraunchyse of the cytye of Lon∣don vppon the euen of saynte Bar∣tholomew, for a iudgement that was gyuen by the mayre and aldermen agayne a wedowe named Margaret Uyell / and commyttyd the rule of the cytye to wyllyam Haueryll and Edwarde of westmynster, tyll our ladye daye nexte folowynge. At whyche season the mayre and shry∣ues were agayne to theyr offyces ad∣myttyd.

Anno domini .M.CC.xlviii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xlix.
	Nycholas Ioy.
Mychaell Tony.		Anno .xxxii.
	Geffrey wynton.

IN thys .xxxii. yere of the kyng the wharfe of London callyd quene hythe, was taken to ferme by the comynaltye of the cytye, to paye yerely therefore .l. pounde. The why∣che was then commytted to the shry∣ues charge / and so hath contynuyd euer sen that tyme to thys daye. whereof the profytys and tollys are so sore mynyshed, that at thys daye yt is lytle worth ouer .xx. marke or xv. pounde one yere wyth a nother. And thys yere fell great dystempe∣raunce of wether, in suche wyse that the grounde was bareyne vppon the same / and other myshappys folow∣yd anon theurppon. And thys yere when the mater aforenamed of Mar¦garete Uyell wydow was well exa∣myned / the iudgement therof was founden good and trewe. wherfore the cytezens enioyed the lybertyes wythoute interrupcyon / all be yt the kynge was wyth theym some what agreuyd, for so myche as they at his requeste wolde not exchaunge wyth the abbot of westmynster, suche lyber¦tyes as they hadde in Myddelsex of the kynges graunte, for other to be hadde in other places.

Anno domini .M.CC.xlix.		Anno domini .M.CC.l.
	Rafe hardell.
Roger fyz Roger.		Anno .xxxiii.
	Iohn̄ Tosalane.

IN the .xxxiii. yere of kyng Hen¦ry in the moneth of October dyed Robert Grosthede byshoppe of Lyncolne. He was the maker of the boke callyd Pety Caton and ma∣ny other.

This Robert for so mich as y^e .iiii. In¦nocent pope, greuyd y^e chyrch of En∣glāde with taskis & paymētes agayn reason / he therfore sente vnto hym a sharpe pystle. This pope than gaue vnto a chylde a neuew of hys, a cha¦nonry whych fell voyde in the chyrch of Lyncolne / and sent the chylde vn∣to the byshoppe, chargynge hym to admytte the sayd chylde, and to sette hym in hys place. But thys bys∣shoppe boldely denyed the resceyt of the chyld / & wrote vnto the pope y^t he wold not nor shuld receyue such to y^e cure of soule, y^t could not rule the self. Therfore this Robert was somoned to apere before y^e pope,* 1.9 & therupon ac∣cursyd. Thē he appealyd frō Innocē¦tis courte vnto Crystes owne trone. Then after the deth of thys Robert as the pope laye in hys bedde at hys reste / one aperyd to hym in clothyng

of a byshoppe, and sayde to hym a∣ryse wretche and come to thy dome / and after smote hym wych hys crosse vpon the lefte syde. Upon the morne after, the pope was foūden dede, and hys bedde all blody. But of thys is nothynge in the cronycle or storye of Innocent.

After that sayenge of Polycrony∣con, this byshoppe Grostehede shuld dye in the .xxxvii. yere of thys kynge Henry / the whyche sayenge agreeth better with the storye, except that the sayde pope lyued after the deth of the sayde byshoppe .vi. yere.

Anno domini .M.CC.l.		Anno domini .M.CC.li.
	Humfrey Basse.
Iohn̄ Norman.		Anno .xxxiiii.
	wyllyam fyz Rycharde.

IN this .xxxiiii. yere was an ex∣cedynge wynde, the whyche in sondry places of England dyd great harme / whyche was in the begyn∣nynge of this yere vppon the daye of Symon and Iude. About thys tyme in the duchy of Burgoyne as testy∣fyeth Fasciculus temporū and other an hyll remouyd from hys proper place, and glode by many a myle / and lastely ioyned hym vnto other hyllys. In the whyche glydynge or ronnynge, the sayde hyll oppressyd or slewe v. thousande people. And thys yere Symon fyz mary alder∣man of London / for hys dysobedy∣ence and euyll counsaill that he gaue vnto Margarete Uyell, before in the xxxi. yere of thys kynge touchyd, wyth other secret labours and ma∣ters entendyd by hym to the hurte of the cytye, was dyschargyd of hys al∣dermanshyppe, and put oute of the counsayll of the cytye.

Anno domini .M.CC.li.		Anno domini .M.CC.lii.
	Laurence Frowyke.
Adam Basynge.		Anno .xxxv.
	Nycholas Batte.

IN thys .xxxv. yere of kynge Henry, beganne the frere Au∣gustynes to buylde or inhabyte them in walys, in a place callyd wood∣house.

And in this yere maryed kyng Hen¦ry his doughter Mary, or after some wryters Margarete, vnto Alexan∣der kynge of Scottys at the cytye of yorke / and dyd receyue homage of the sayde Alexander for the kynge∣dome of Scottes, or for the prouyn∣ce of Scotlande, in lyke maner as many of his progenytours had done dyuerse and many tymes before / as in this worke both before thys tyme and also after is shewyd.

Anno domini .M.CC.li.		Anno domini .M.CC.lii.
	wyllyam Durham.
Iohn̄ Toleson.		Anno .xxxvi.
	Thomas wymborne.

IN thys .xxxvi. yere, the kynge graunted vnto the shryues of London, that they shulde yerely be alowyed of .vii. pounde, for certayne pryuyleges or grounde belongynge to saynte Paules chyrche / the whych at this daye is allowyd by the Ba∣rons of the kynges excheker, to eue∣rey shryue when they make theyr ac∣compte in the offyce of the pype. Also thys yere was graūted by the kynge for the citesens more ease / that where before tyme they vsyd yerely to pre∣sent theyr mayre to y^e kynges presen∣ce, in any such place as he then were in Englande, that nowe from thys tyme forthwarde they shulde for lac∣ke of the kynges presence beynge at westmynster, presente theyr mayre so chosen vnto the barons of hys Excheker / and there to be sworne & admyttyd as he before tymes was before the kynge.

Anno domini .M.CC.lii.		Anno domini .M.CC.liii.
	Iohn̄ Northampton.
Nycholas Batte.		Anno .xxxvii.
	Rycharde Pycarde.

IN thys .xxxvii. yere / the water of the see aboute the daye of saynte Paulyn in the moneth of Ia∣nuary rose of suche heyghte, that yt drowned many vyllagys and hou∣sys nere vnto yt in dyuerse places of Englande. And thys yere the kynge, the quene, and syr Edwarde his son, wyth Bonyface archebyshoppe of Caunterburye, and dyuerse other no¦bles of the realme / sayled into Nor¦mandye and taryed at Burdeaux a certayne of tyme. But of theyr dedys or cause of theyr saylynge thyther, is no mencyon made in the cronycle of England. How be yt in the Frēche boke yt is shewed, y^t the cause was to ioyne Edwarde the kynges sonne vnto the syster of y^e kyng of Spayne by maryage.

This yere also the water of Tha∣mys sprange so hygh, that yt drow∣ned many housys about the waters syde / by meane wherof myche ma••∣chaundyse was peryshed and loste. And thys yere the cytezyns hadde graunted of the kynge, that no cyte∣syns shulde paye scauage or tolle for any bestes by them brought, as they before tymes hadde vsyd.

Anno domini .M.CC.liii.		Anno domini .M.CC.liiii.
	Robert Belyngton.
Rycharde Hardell.		Anno .xxxviii.
	Ranfe Aschewye.

IN thys .xxxviii. yere, by procu¦rement of syr Rycharde erle of Cornewayll, for dyspleasure whyche he bare towarde y^e citye for exchaūge of certayne grounde to the same be∣longynge / the kynge vnder coloure that the mayre hadde not done due execucyon vppon the bakers for lac∣kynge of theyr syzys, seased the lyber¦tyes of the cytye. That ys to be vn∣derstanden, that where the mayre and comynaltye of the cytye, hadde by the kynges graunte the cytye to ferme wyth dyuerse customys and offyces, for astynted and ascertay∣ned summe of money / now the kyng sette in offycers at hys pleasure, the whiche were accomptable vnto hym

for all reuenues and profytes that grew wythin the sayde cytye. But wythin foure dayes folowynge the feste of saynte Edmunde the byshop, or by the .xix. daye of Nouember / the cytesyns agreed wyth the sayde erle for .vi. hundred marke. After whych agrement wyth hym concluded, they soone after were restoryd vnto theyr lybertyes.

This yere syr Edward the kynges sonne and heyre was maryed vnto Eleanour y^e kinges sister of Spayn. And in the Cristmas weke, the kyng landed at Douer, and y^e quene wyth hym, wyth many other lordes. when the kynge was comen to London, he was lodgyd in the towre / where he sent for to come vnto hym the mayre and the shryues, wyth whom he re∣soued greuously for the escape of one callyd Iohn̄ Gate. This Iohn̄ had murderyd a pryour allyed vnto the kynge. The mayre layde the charge of this mater from hym vnto y^e shry∣ues, for so myche as to theym belon∣ged the kepynge of all prysons wyth in the cytye / so that the mayre retur∣nyd home, and the shriues remayned there as prisoners by y^e space of a mo∣neth after or more. And in theyr pla∣ces and for theym were chosen Ste¦uen Oystergate & Henry walmoode. But how the old shryues passyd out of the kynges daunger I fynde not.

Anno domini .M.CC.liiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lv.
	Stephan Oystergate.
Rycharde Hader.		Anno .xxxix.
	Henry walmoode

IN this .xxxix. yere in the feaste of saynte Etheldrede / dame Eleanour wyfe vnto the kynges son syr Edwarde, came vnto London / where she was honorably receued of the cytesyns, and the cytye rychely curteyned and garnyshed wyth dy∣uerse ryche clothes / where the kynge was present at her commynge. And she was honorably cōueyed through the cytye to saynte Iohn̄s wythoute Smythfelde, and there lodgyd for a whyle. But after she was remouyd vnto Sauoy.

It was not longe after y^t the kyng seasyd the lybertyes of the cytye, for certayne money whyche y^e quene clay¦med for her ryght of the cytesyns / so that about saynte Martyns tyde in Nouēber, they gaue vnto his grace iiii. hundred marke, and then were re¦storyd to theyr sayde lybertyes / and the kynges vnder treasourer dischat ••yd, the whych for y^e tyme was made custos or keper of the cytye. In the feast of saynte Scycyle, or the .xxii. daye of nouember ensuynge, were brought vnto westmynster .lxxx. and xxii. Iewes from Lyncoln̄ / the which were also accusyd of the crucyfyenge of a chyld at Lyncolne in the despyte of Crystes relygyon / whyche Iewes were after sent vnto y^e towre of Lon∣don. Of the whyche in processe of tyme after, xviii. were conuycte and hangyd / & the tother remayned long after in pryson. In the vygyll of saynt Andrew syr Edwarde the kyn¦ges sonne came to London from be∣yonde the see. And the kyng of Scot¦tys with the quene hys wyfe came in the somer season vnto the kynge to hys maner of woodstoke / where he dysportyd hym a season, and after re∣turned into Scotlande / leuynge his wyfe wyth her mother tyll she were lyghted of chylde. And vppon y^e day of the decollacyon of saynte Iohn̄ /

the kynge, the quene, and the quene of Scottes came to London / where they were honorably receyued, and so conueyed vnto westmynster.

Anno domini .M.CC.lv.		Anno domini .M.CC.lvi.
	Mathew Bokerell.
Rycharde Hardell.		Anno .xl.
	Iohn̄ Mynoure.

IN thys .xl. yere, entryd y^e land dyuers lordes of Almayne / the whych in Crystmas weke vppon the day of y^e Innocentes, made homage vnto syr Rychard erle of Cornewayl & brother to the kynge / the whych as then stoode kyng of Almayne and of Romayns. And the thursdaye nexte folowynge he departed from the kyn¦ges courte, and spedde hym wyth his wyfe and syr Henry his sonne vnto the see syde / and after toke shyppyng in Iarnesay the .xxvii. day of Apryll, and landed at Dordreth in Holande the fyrste daye of Maye nexte en∣suynge. And vppon assencyon day after, he was crowned kynge of Ro∣mayns in the citye of Aquisgranum.

Thys yere vppon the fyrste daye of Auguste / the kynge toke hys iourney towarde walys, for to sub∣due Lewelyn the sonne of Gryffyth the whyche wyth his welshemen re∣bellyd agayne the kynge, for so mych as syr Edwarde hys son to whom he hadde lytle before geuē the erledome of Chester, wolde haue chaunged some of theyr skyttyshe condycyons. And for to bryng hys purpose the bet∣ter aboute / he sente for an armye of souldiours into Irlande, and taryed for theyr commynge at hys castell of Genocke. But the yere passed farre on or hys people were gatheryd / so that by the aduyse of hys lordes he strengthyd there a certayne castellys and returned for that yere into En∣glande.

And aboute the feaste of the Naty∣uyte of our ladye / a concorde and a peace was cōcluded betwene y^e Lon∣dyners & the abbot of the holy crosse of waltham / the whych hadde ben in suyte many yeres before, for cer∣tayne dystresses takē by the abbottis offycers of the Lōdoners, when they came wyth theyr mercymonyes vnto the fayre of waltham / where as now yt is agreed that all suche dystressys shulde be restoryd / and yf any were peryshed or loste for longe kepynge, that then the abbot to contente and pay to the partyes the value in mo∣ney, of suche distressys so peryshed or loste / and that the cytesyns shulde enioy the lybertyes of that fayre euer after, wythoute payenge of any tol∣lage or toll.

Anno domini .M.CC.lvi.		Anno domini .M.CC.lvii.
	Rycharde Ewell.
Rycharde Hardell.		Anno .xii.
	wyllyam Ashewy.

IN this .xli. yere & begynnynge of the same, was founden in the kynges warderobe at wyndesore a byll or rolle closyd in grene waxe, and not knowē from whens yt shuld come / in the whyche rolle was cōtey¦ned dyuerse articles agayne y^e mayre and rulers of the cytye of London, and that by theym the comynaltye of the cytye was greuously tasked and

wrongyd. whyche byll was presen∣tyd at length to the kynge. wherup∣pon he anon sent Iohn̄ Mancell one of his iustycys vnto London / and there in the feaste of the conuersyon of saynt Paule by the kynges autho¦ryte, callyd at Paulys crosse a Folk∣mot / beynge there presente syr Ry∣charde de Clare erle of Glouceter, & dyuerse other of the kynges coun∣sayll. where the sayde Iohn̄ Man∣cell causyd the sayde rolle to be redde before the comynaltye of the cytye / & after shewyd to the people that y^e kyn¦ges pleasure and mynde was, that they shuld be rulyd with iustyce / and that the lybertyes of the cytye shuld be maynteyned in euery poynte. And yf the kynge myghte knowe those persones that so hadde wrongyd the cominaltye of the citye / they shuld be greuously punyshed to the example of other. And that done, the sayde Iohn̄ Mansell chargyd the mayre, that euery Alderman in hys warde shulde vppon the morowe folowyng assemble hys wardemote / & that all those wardemotys shuld assemble in one place, and chuse of theym selfe wythout any counsayll or aduyse of any of theyr aldermē .xxxvi. persons, and them to present before the lordes and hym, at the same houre of y^e next day in the byshoppes paleys at Pau¦lys. Then vppon the morow all thynge was done accordynge to hys commaundement. And when y^e sayd xxxvi. persones were presentyd be∣fore the sayde Iohn̄ Mansell, Henry Baa iustycys & other / the sayd Iohn̄ sayde vnto theym, that they vppon theyr othe shuld certyfye all such per¦sones as they knewe gylty in the ar∣tycles before vnto the comynaltye shewyd. wherunto the sayde .xxxvi. cy¦tesyns answeryd, y^t yt was contrary theyr lybertyes to be sworne so ma∣ny, for any mater of trespas betwene the kynge and any of hys cytezyns / wherfore they requyred a sparynge. wyth whych answere the sayd Iohn̄ Mansell beynge dyscontentyd / war∣nyd theym to appere before the kyn∣ges coūsayll at y^e Guyldehall vppon the morowe folowynge / where they kepte theyr daye. And thyther came the sayde iustycys Iohn̄ Mansell, & Henry Baa, syr Henry wengham chaunceller of Englande, Phylyppe Louell vndertreasorer, and dyuerse other of the kynges counsayll.

Then the sayde Iohn̄ Mansell exor¦tyd the sayde personys to be sworne by many meanys, as he the other daye hadde done. But all was in vayne / for they excusyd theym alway that yt was contrary theyr othe and lybertye of theyr cytye. wherfore the kynges counsayll departed from the hall in partye dyscontentyd, & shew∣yd vnto the kynge the demeanour of the sayde cytesyns.

Uppon the euen of y^e Purificacyon of our lady, y^t mayre beyng warned y^t the kyng shuld come to westmynster / he wyth the more parte of the Alder∣men rode vnto Knyghtbrydge, and houyd there to salute the kynge, and to knowe his forther pleasure. But when the kynge came nere that place and harde of theyr beynge there / he sent vnto them a squyre of houshold and chargyd theym that they shulde not presume to come in hys syght. wyth whyche message they beynge greatly dyscōfortyd, retourned home to the cytye. Afterwarde in the Octa¦uys of the puryfycacyon of our La∣dye, returned from the courte My∣chaell Tony and Adam Basynge / the whyche before were sente by the mayre to such frendes as they had in the courte, to knowe the cause of the kynges hyghe dyspleasure. The whych brought worde that the kyng was well mynded vnto the citye / but

he was in full purpose to haue suche persones chastised that hadde oppres¦syd the comynaltye of the same. Up∣pon the morow folowynge, came vn∣to y^e Guyldhall Iohn̄ Mansell wyth other of the kynges counsayll / the whych to the people there assembled, shewyd many fayre & plesaunt wor∣des. Amonge the whych he declared that the kynges mynde & wyll was, to correcte all suche persones as had oppressyd the comynaltye of that his deryste belouyd cytye / and asked of the commons whyther they wolde be agreable vnto the same. The whych incontynently many suche as knewe litle what the mater ment, cryed with out dyscrecyon, ye, ye, ye, nothynge re¦gardynge the lybertye of the cytye. And after y^e graūt thus had of the cō∣mons / the sayde Iohn̄ Mansell dys∣chargyd the mayre, shryues, & cham∣berleyn of theyr offyces / and delyue∣ryd the custodye therof vnto the con∣stable of the towre / and putte in the rome of the shryues Mychaell To∣ny and Iohn̄ Audryan. And ouer that, all rollys of tollys and talla∣ges before made, were delyueryd vn¦to the sayd Iohn̄ Māsell / the whych he there sealyd and redeliueryd them vnto the chamberleyne. when the cō∣mons hadde beholden all thys besy∣nesse, they retourned vnto theyr hou¦sys all confusyd.

This mater thus orderyd / the sayd Iohn̄ Mansell wyth dyuerse of the kynges counsayll kept theyr courtes dayly the sondayes excepte, tyll the fyrste sondaye of lent, the whych that yere was the .xxv. daye of February / callyng before hym .xii. wardes, of y^e cytye. Of the whyche .xii. wardes of eueryche of them was takē thre men, so▪ that of those .xii. wardes .xxxvi. mē were impanellyd and sworne, for to enquyre of the foresayd artycles, and what personys of the cytye had offen¦dyd in them. This courte thus kept and holden at Guyldehall / no man was callyd to answere, nor no ques∣tyon put vnto any person by the sayd enquest or by any other. Uppon the sayd sonday of lent, the mayre, alder¦men, and shryues, wyth the sayd en∣queste, & foure men of euery warde, were chargyd to appere at westmyn∣ster before the kynge / at whych appe∣raunce they were coūtermaūdyd tyll vppon the nexte morowe. At whyche season they commyng into the kyn∣ges exchekyr / fonde syttyng there the erles of Glouceter, and of warwyke, Iohn̄ Mansell, Henry Baa iusticys, the cōstable of the towre, the custos of the cytye, and dyuers other of the kynges counsayll. Then was callyd by name Rafe hardell that yere may ••e, Nycholas Batte, Nycholas fyz Iosne, Mathew Bokerel, Iohn̄ To¦lesham, and Iohn̄ le Mynoure alder¦men. Then sayde Iohn̄ Mansell, y^t the kynge by his lawes and inquysy¦cyon of the cytesyns of the cytye, had founden theym culpable, that they had wronged and hurte the comynal¦tye of hys cytye by dyuers meanes, as by the sayde inquysycyons appe∣ryd / and forthwyth causyd yt to be redde before them. And whē the more parte therof was redde, he sayd vnto theym: thus may you se that the co∣mynaltye of the sayde cytye hath ben by you greuously oppressyd / and by your meanys and counsayll the com¦mon weale of the same dystroyed, as by alterynge of the tollys and other good auncyent customys, turnynge them to your synguler auauntage & lucre. All whyche maters the sayde Rafe and his company denyed / and that the commons was not by any suche meanys by them nor none of them greuyd or hurte / and that they offryd to be iustyfyed and iudged by the lawe and customys of the cytye.

Then Henry Baa iustyce, askyd of them whyther they wolde byde the aduenture of the enquery that they hadde harde redde before / or ellys stande vppon the sayeng of the other wardes, that yet had not ben sworne, but they kepte theym to theyr fyrste answere. Then Iohn̄ Mansell fray¦ned of y^e mayre what was theyr lawe and custome. The mayre answered and sayde, that for trespace of a cyte∣syn done agayne y^e kynge, he shulde defende hym by .xii. of the sayde cyte∣syns / and for murder or sleynge of a man by .xxx. cytesyns / & for trespace agayn a straunger by the othe of .vi. and hym selfe. Then after many rea¦sons made by the sayde Iohn̄ Man∣sell, and also by the mayre and his al¦dermen / daye was gyuen to them to appere vppon the morow before the kynge and his counsell.

Uppon the day folowynge y^e kyng wyth many of his lordes syttynge in the sayde exchekyr, the foresayde in∣quysycyon was redde. And that done the mayre and aldermen were called in by name / and two aldermen more whyche before were not callyd / that is to saye Arnolde Thedmare & Hen¦ry walmode. when Rafe Hardell had harde the kynge speke in the mater / he toke suche fere that he and Nycho¦las Batte wythout farther answere, put them in the kynges grace / sauyd to theym theyr lybertyes and fraun∣chyses of the cytye. But the other .vi. besought the kyng of his ryght wyse¦nes that they myghte then be demyd after the lawes and customys of the cytye. Then was layde vnto theyr charge that ouer many wronges by theym done to the kynge and the co∣mynaltye of the cytye, they had alte∣ryd y^e kynges beame, and orderyd it to the aduauntage of them selfe and other ryche men of the cytye. wherun to the partyes answeryd, and sayde that the alteracion of the beame was not done by them onely / but by y^e ad∣uyce and consente of .v. hundred of the beste of the cytye. For where be∣fore tyme the weyer vsyd the lene hys draught towarde the marchaundyse so that the byar hadde by that meane x. or xii. pounde in a draught to hys aduauntage, and the seller so myche dysauauntage / nowe for indyfferen∣cye and egalytye of both personys or marchaūtys, was ordeyned that the beame shulde stand vpryght, y^e cle••••e therof enclynynge to neyther partie / as yt doth in weyenge of golde and syluer / and the byer to haue alowed of the seller for all thynges .iiii. poūde onely in euery draught.

After these reasons and other by theym made / the kynge commaun∣ded that vpon the mornynge folow∣ynge, a folkmoot shulde be callyd at Paulys crosse / & so that courte was dyssoluyd, and the mayre & the other returned to London. Uppon the mo∣rowe the folkmoot beynge at Paw∣les crosse assemblyd / these .vi. alder∣men heryng the murmuracion of the common people, and knowynge that the aldermen nor the worshypfull of the city shuld haue litle or no sayeng in thys mater, ferynge theyr cause yode into a chanons house of Pow∣lys / where at that tyme the sayde Io¦han Mansel and other sent from the kynge taryed the assemblynge of the people / and shewyd vnto theym that they entedyd not any lenger to plede wyth the kynge, but were contentyd to put them fully in the kynges gra∣ce and mercy / sauyng alway to them and all other cytesyns theyr lybertye and fraunchyse of the cyte. After whyche agrement the sayde. Iohan Mansell wyth the other came vnto the courte of Folkmoot / where vnto the people was rehersyd a fayre and a pleasaunt tale, promysyng to them

that theyr lybertyes shulde be hooly and inuyolatly preseruyd by y^e kyng, wyth many other thynges to y^e great comforte of the common people. And lastely was axyd of them wheter the law and custome were such as aboue is rehersyd or no. wherunto lyke vn∣dyscret and vnlerned people they an¦sweryd & cryed rabbyshely nay, nay, nay / not wythstādynge that the sayd law and custome hadde before tymes ben vsed tyme oute of mynde. But to thys was nother mayre nor alder∣men nor other of the great of the cy∣tye that myghte impugne or make any reason, for the vpholdynge of theyr auncyent lawys or customys.

And no wonder though the kynge were thus hedy or greuouse to the cy¦tye / for by suche euyll dysposyd and malycyouse people as he had aboute hym, the lande was yll rulyd, & mych myschefe was vsyd. wherof ensuyd myche sorow after, as ye shall here in the sequele of the storye. Then Iohn̄ Mansell callyd the mayre and alder¦men before hym / and chargyd them to be at westmynster the morowe fo∣lowynge, to gyue attendaunce vp∣pon the kynges grace. Uppon the morow the mayre and aldermen ta∣ryenge the kynges commynge in the great hall at westmynster / lastely the kynge came into saynte Stephaus chapell. where a season he helde a coū∣sayll wyth his lordes / and after yode into the chekyr chamber, & there sat hym downe and hys lordes aboute hym. Anon after the mayre and alder¦men were callyd into the sayde cham¦ber, and soone there after callyd by name, and commaundyd to stande nere to the barre. Then Henry Baa iustyce sayde vnto the mayre and the vii. aldermen, that for so myche as by fourme of the kynges lawes, they were founde culpable in certayne ar∣ticles touchynge trāsgressyon agayn the kynge / therfore the courte awar¦dyd that they shulde make fyne and raunsome after the dyscrecyon of the sayde courte. But for they hadde put theym in the kynges grace and mer∣cy / the kynge hath commaundyd the fyne to be put in respyte, that ye be not payned so greuously as ye haue deseruyd. After whyche iudgement gyuen, they kneled downe / and then the mayre wyth wepynge terys, than¦ked the kynge of his bountye & good¦nesse, and besought hym to be good and gracyous lorde vnto the cytye, and vnto them as hys faythfull sub∣iectys. whereunto the kynge made none answere, but rose streyght vppe and so yode hys waye leuynge them there. Anon as the kynge was depar¦tyd, they were all arestyd and kepte there, tyll they had founden suerty / and eueryche alderman of theym dys¦charged of his warde & offyce y^t they had wythin the cytye. But shortly af∣ter they put in suertyes, and so retur¦nyd heuely to London And shortely after was wyllyam fyz Rycharde by the kynges commaundement made mayre, and Thomas fyz Thomas and wyllyam Grappysgate shryues. After this, daye by daye the chamber¦layn was callyd to accōpte before the sayde Iohn̄ Mansell, of all suche tol¦lys as were gadered in tyme of the mayraltie of Iohn̄ Tolesham and of Rafe Hardell / beynge present to here the sayde accompte dyuerse of the co¦mynaltie of the cytye, but none of the heddys. By the whyche accompt no defaute myght be arrectyd vnto any of the forenamed persones conuycte afore the kynge. By reason wherof dyuerse of theym were admyttyd to the kynges fauour shortly after, and restored to theyr offyces agayne / but not wythout payeng of money, wher of the certaynte is not knowen. And in this yere whete was so scāte,

yt was solde at London for .xxiiii.s. a quarter. And scanter shulde haue ben, yf plenty hadde not come out of Almayne / for in Fraunce and Nor∣mandye yt fayled in lykewyse. By meane of this derth & scarcytie, mych poore people dyed for hunger / and many of dyuerse countreys of En∣glande came vnto the citye, and nere there aboute for comforte of vytayll / for yt then was better chepe in Lon∣don then in many shyres of England there aboute. And soone after was the forenamed Iohn̄ Mansell made knyghte & chefe iustyce of England.

IN thys .xli. yere also / y^e kynge about the feast of saynt Barna be in the moneth of Iuny, kepte hys hyghe courte of parlyament at hys towne of Oxenforde. Thys of some wryters is named insane parliamen¦tum) that is to meane the woode or madde parlyament. For at this coun¦sayll were made many actys agayne the kynges prerogatyue & pleasure, for the reformacion of the state of the lande / whyche after prouyd to the cō¦fusyon and hurte of the lande, & deth and destruccyon of many noble men / so that by occasyon therof began the famouse stryfe callyd at thys day the Barons warre. wherof ensued mych myschefe as hereafter shalbe shewyd and declared more at large.

Then as aboue is sayde, to auoyde the enormytes and to refourme the euyll rule then vsyd in the lande, by suche personys as dayly were about the kynge / many and dyuerse ordy∣naunces were made, wherof the te∣noure is sette oute in the ende of this boke. wherunto the kynge somdeale agayne hys wyll, wyth syr Edwarde hys sonne and other agreed. And for these actys shulde be holden ferme & stable / at thys parlyament was cho∣syn .xii. Perys, whyche were named Douze Peris / to whō authorite was gyuen by strength of this parliamēt. to correcte all such as offendyd in bre¦kynge of these ordinaūces and other, by the sayd twelue Perys after to be deuysed and orderyd, touchyng and cōcernynge y^e same mater & purpose. Of whyche .xii. Perys the names en¦sue. Fyrste the archebyshop of Caun¦terburye, the byshoppe of worceter, syr Roger Bygotte then erle of Norf¦folk and marshall of Englande, syr Symonde de Moūtforde erle of Ley¦ceter, syr Rychard Clare erle of Glou¦ceter, syr Humfrey Bothum-erle of Herforde, of warwyke, and of Arun¦dell, syr Iohn̄ Mansell chefe iustyce of Englande, syr Roger Mortymer, syr Hugh Bygraue, syr Petyr de Sa¦uoy, syr Iamys Audeley, and syr Pe¦ter de Mountforde. And for the kyn¦ges brother vppon the moders syde, that is to saye syr Eym erle of wyn∣chester, syr wyllyam de Ualaūce, syr Godfrey de Lindesey, and syr Guyde Lyndesey, wold not assente vnto the foresayde ordynaunces / they wyth∣drew them toward the see syde wyth suche stuffe as they hadde, and wold haue departyd y^e land yf they myght then haue had shyppynge / for lacke wherof they were fayne to retourne, and so yode vnto wynchester. But yt was not longe after that they were lycensyd to departe the lande wyth a certayne companye, and a certayne summe of money to paye for theyr co¦stys / and theyr daye sette by Bartyl∣mew tyde to auoyde vppon payne of prysonement, whyche daye by them was kepte.

It was not longe after the fynys∣shynge of this parlyament, but that stryfe and varyaūce began to kyndle betwene the kynge and the erlys of Leyceter and of Glouceter, by meane of such offycers as the sayd erles had remouyd and put other in theyr ro∣mys.

Amonge the whyche Iohan Māsell was dyscarged of his offyce. and syr Hugh Bygotte then admyt∣ted for hym. And for the foresayde Pyers harde of the murmure in the courte, ferynge that the kynge shuld be aduertysed shortely to alter from his promyse / therfore they entēdyng to make theyr partye the strōger, vp∣pon the morowe folowynge Marye Magdaleyns daye / the kyng beyng at westmynster, the erle Marshall, the erle of Leyceter, wyth dyuerse other came vnto the Guyldehall of Lōdon, where the mayre, aldermen, and comynaltye of the cytye were as∣sembled / where the sayd lordes shew¦yd an instrument or wrytynge, at the whyche hynge many labellys wyth sealys, as the kynges seale, syr Ed∣warde hys sonnes seale, wyth many other of the nobles of the lande, the whyche was the contente of the arty¦cles whych were ordeyned and made at Oxenforde / wyllynge the mayre and aldermen (cūsyderynge the sayd actys were made to the honoure of god, fydelyte vnto the kynge, & pro∣fyte of the realme) that they wold al∣so in vpholdynge of the same, sette theyr common seale of the cytye. Af∣ter which requeste thus to the mayre and the cytesyns made, after aduyse and counsayll amonge theym selfe taken / they desyred a sparyng of the lordes, tyll they myght speke wyth y^e kyng and know his pleasure in that behafe. But fynally no sparynge at that tyme myghte be graunted / so that in the ende by the laboure that the lordes made, wyth helpe of suche solycytoures as they hadde wythin the cytye, the common seale was put to, and the mayre and dyuerse of the cytye sworne to maynteyne the same / theyr allegeaunce sauyd to the kyng wyth preseruacyon of the lybertyes and fraunchyses / and so departed.

Then daye by daye after the sayd douze Perys assemblyd at the newe temple in where they kept theyr counsaylys and courtes for the reformacyon of the olde greuys / and remoued from the kynge dyuerse of hys menyall of houselde, and sette in theyr places and offycys suche as lyked theym.

And vppon the .ix. daye of August / proclamacyon was made in dyuerse accustomyd places of the sayde cy∣tye, that none of the kynges takers shulde take any thynge wythin the cytye wythout the wyll of the owner, excepte two tunne of wyne, whyche the kyng accustomably hadde of eue¦ry shyppe commynge from Burde∣aux, payenge but .xl.s. for a tunne. By meane of whyche proclamacyon nothynge was taken by the kynges offycers, but yt were streyght payed fore wythin the cytye and lybertye of the same / whyche vsaunce conty∣nued but a whyle.

Anno domini .M.CC.lvii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lviii.
Draper.	Thomas fyz Rycharde.
Rycharde Hardell.		Anno .xlii.
	Robert Catelyon.

IN this .xlii. yere / the kyng held one parlyamēt at westmynster and a nother, or ellys prorogyd the same to wynchester. And in this ye∣re, syr Hugh Bygotte iustyce, wyth Roger Turkelay and other kept his courte at saynte Sauyours / and helde there the plees callyd Itinerii,

The wyche is to meane the trauay¦lynge or the waye plees. For ye shall vnderstande that at those dayes they were kepte in dyuerse places of En∣glande, whyche nowe ben holden at westmynster / and iudgys ordeyned to kepe a cyrcuyte, as now they kepe the syzys in tyme of vacacyō. At this sayde courte these iudges ponyshed sore baylyes and other o••ycers, that before theym were conuycte for dy∣uers trespassys / and specyally for ta¦kynge of merceamentes otherwyse then the lawe theym commaundyd. For the whych the sayd chefe iustyce prysoned them / and after sessyd them at greuous fynys. Also he somonyd the cytesyns of London to come vn∣to the sayde courte, for tollys that they hadde taken vppon the farther syde of the water. But yt was answe¦red that the tollys that they there to∣ke were takē lawfully, as they were redy to proue in places and court cō¦uenyent to the same, whyche was wythin the precyncte of theyr lyber∣tye. But not wythstandynge that an¦swere, the sayde syr Hughe chargyd vppon queste .xii. knyghtes of Su∣rey, to enquyre of that mater and other / the whych acquyted the sayde cytesyns, and shewyd that the sayde tolle belongyd to them of ryghte.

In processe of tyme after, the sayd syr Hugh wyth other came to Guyld hall, and kepte hys courte and plees there, wythout all order of lawe, and contrarye to the lybertyes of the cy∣tye / and there punyshed the bakers for lacke of syze by the Tumberell, where before tymes they were punys¦shed by the pyllory / and orderyd ma∣ny thynges at hys wyll, more then by any good order of lawe.

Thys yere vppon Candelmasse e∣uen came vnto Lōdon from beyonde the see Rycharde kynge of Almayne and erle of Cornewayll, wyth hys wyfe and chyldren / whyche had ben there and taken possessyon of that kyngedome as before is shewyd. Agayne whose commynge the cytye of London was rychely hāged wyth clothes of sylke and aras / & ioyous∣ly he was receyuyd of the cytesyns.

Anno domini .M.CC.lviii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lix.
Peperer.	Iohn̄ Adryan.
Iohn̄ Gysours.		Anno .xliii.
	Robert Cornehyll.

IN thys .xliii. yere, the frydaye folowynge the feaste of Sy∣monde and Iude, in the parlyament holden at westmynster / were radde in presence of all the lordes and co∣mynaltye at sondry tymes, all the ac∣tys and ordynaūces before made in y^e parliament holden at Oxenforde, wyth certayn other artycles by y^e fore sayd xii. Peers there vnto added. Af∣ter redyng of which articles, there be¦ynge reuested the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury, wyth dyuerse other to the nomber of .ix. byshoppes, besyde abbotes & other / denouncyd all them accursyd that attemptyd in worde or dede to breke the sayd actes or any of them. * 1.10 In this parilamēt also was graunted vnto the kynge a taske cal¦lyd the Scutage / that is to meane xl.s. of euery knyghtes fee thorough Englande / the whyche extendyd to a great summe of money. For after dyuerse writers, there be in Englāde in possessyon of the spyrytualtye and of the temporaltye, or at that dayes were, ouer & beyonde .lx M. kyngh∣tes fees. whych after y^• rate shuld ex∣tēde vnto .vi. score .M.li. & more. And yf it shuld be gadered of y^e tēporal mē

onely / than yt shulde not amounte ouer the summe of .lxiiii. thousande pounde. The kynge vppon the daye of saynte Leonarde, or the .vi. daye of Nouember came vnto Pawlys, where by his commaundement was assembled the courte of Folkmoot / where the kynge accordynge to the former ordynaunces made, axyd ly∣cence of the comynaltye of the cytye for to passe the see / & promysed there in the presence of a great multytu∣de of people, that he wolde be good and gracyous lorde vnto the cytye, by the mouth of syr Hugh Bygotte hys chefe iustyce, and to maynteyne theyr lybertyes vnhurte. For y^t why∣che the people for ioye made an exce∣dynge showte.

Uppon the .viii. day of Nouember the kynge rode thoroughe the citye to¦warde the see syde. And vppon the daye of saynte Bryce or the .xiii. daye of Nouember he toke hys shyppe, and so sayled vnto Burdeaux. where when he had taryed a season, he rode vnto the Frenche kynge then beyng holy Lewys or the tenth Lewys vn∣to Paris. Of whom he was honora∣bly receyued, and lodged hym in his own paleys by y^e space of an hole we∣ke makynge to hym great feast, & gy∣uynge to hym and hys ryche & many gyftes. And from thens kynge Hen∣ry rode vnto saynte Denys / where of the abbot and conuent he was re∣ceyued wyth processyon, and taryed there by the space of a moneth. In whyche season a maryage was con∣cludyd betwene Iohn̄ duke of Bry∣tayne and one of his doughters. And at hys departynge he gaue to the ab∣bot a cuppe of golde, & a basyn wyth an ewer of syluer. And for hys more consolacyon / kyng Lewys assygned vnto hym a certayne lordes & other noble men of Fraunce to gyue atten¦daunce vppon hym, and to conuey hym, and to shewe hym a parte of Fraunce, wyth all dysporte and hun¦tynge and haukynge and other ma∣ny pleasures of the countrey. In whych passe tyme the Frenche kyng assembled hys parlyament at Pa∣rys / where he shewyd vnto hys lor∣des that hys conscyence was grud∣gyd, wyth y^e withholdyng of all such landes as Phylyppe the second wan from kynge Iohn̄ in Normandye / vpon y^e whych he desyred theyr fayth¦full and frutefull counsayll. where after many reasons and argumen∣tes made, yt was concludyd for a fy∣nall concorde to be hadde betwene kynge Henry and hym, that yf kyng Henry wyth the agremente of hys lordes wolde resygne into the Fren∣che kynges handes, all suche tytle and ryghte as he hadde in the hole duchye of Normandye, of Ange∣ou, poyteau, and Mayne, for hym and for his heyres for euer / that then the Frenche kynge of his great boun¦tye and grace, shulde gyue vnto the kynge of Englande and to hys hey∣res kynges, the lordshyppe of Guy∣an, Angeou, and Mayne / and byryghtfull tytle callyd euer after duke of Guyan / and ouer that he shulde be admyttyd for a Pere of Fraunce. to all whyche condycyons as affyr∣myth and wytnessyth the Frenche cronycle, kynge Henry at hys retour¦ne from hys dysporte was agreable / and wyth consente of hys baronye, and in theyr presence, wyth also the baronye of Fraunce, dyd hys ho∣mage vnto the sayde Lewys for the duchye of Guyan, and after made hys othe accordynge to the same. And after great gyftes receyued on eyther syde / kynge Henry retourned vnto Burdeaux.

Of thys peace and concorde speketh a cronyculer named Guydo or Guy / & sayth that kyng Henry sayled into

Fraunce, and asked restytucyon of the forenamed Frenche kyng, of all suche landes as hys ayle Phylyppe the seconde had wyth extorte power taken from kynge Iohn̄ hys father. But for he fande the Frenche kynge straunge in his answere, & also had lytle truste in hys lordes for to haue theyr ayde / he fell to agrement wyth the Frenche kynge, and solde to hym all his tytle that he had in Norman¦dye, Gascoyn, and Guyan / y^• whych extendyd to the yerely value of .xx. thousande pounde / takynge for the same tytle .iii. hūdred thousand poūd of small Turon money, whereof a pounde is in value after sterlynge money but .ii.s.iii.••. or there about / so that he shulde after that rate haue for his sayde tytle after the value of sterlynge money .xxxiii. thousand se∣uen hundred and .l. pounde.

In the season and tyme that kyng Henry was thus occupyed in Fraun¦ce / dyssencyon fell in Englande be∣twene syr Edwarde the kynges son, and syr Rycharde erle of Glouceter. For appeasyng wherof a parleamēt, whyche is to meane a counsayll of hys lordes was callyd at westmyn∣ster / whyche contynued by the space of .iii. wekes and more. To the why∣che counsayll the lordes came wyth greate companyes / and specyally the sayde syr Edwarde, and the erle of Glouceter, the whyche entendyd to haue lodged within the city. wher¦fore the mayre yode vnto the byshop of worceter, and syr Hugh Bygotte, and syr Phylyppe Basset, to whome the kynge wyth the archbyshoppe of Caunterburye had taken the rule of the lande in hys absence / the whyche all went vnto the kynge of Almayne to haue hys aduyse in that mater. where it was concludyd, that nother the sayde Edwarde nor the erle shuld come wythin the cytye then there to be lodgyd, nor none that helde vp∣pon eyther of that partyes. And for∣ther yt was prouyded, that all suche wythin the cytye as were of the age of .xv. yeres and aboue, shulde be in harnes to watche and kepe the cytye bothe daye and nyght / and that the gates shulde be kept shyt vppon the daye, and a certayne men in harneys to kepe euery gate of the cytye. And soone after for the sauegarde of the cytye, and sure kepynge of the peace wythin the same / the kynge of Ro∣maynes wyth the sayde syr Hughe and syr Phylyppe, came into the cy∣tye and there were lodged with theyr companyes / and suche other as they wolde assygne to strength the cytye yf nede requyred.

Then aboute the feaste of saynte Marke the kynge came to London from beyonde the see, and was lod∣gyd at the byshoppe of Londons pa∣leys. After whose commynge by his assygnement, the erle of Glouceter was then lodged wythin the cytye, and syr Edwarde hys sonne was lod¦gyd in hys owne palays at westmyn¦ster. And soone after the kynge com∣maunded hym to be lodgyd at saynt Iohn̄s / and all the other lordes were lodgyd in other places wythoute the cytye. And the kyng of Romayns re∣moued agayne to westmynster. In whych tyme a direccyon was takē be¦twene the sayd {per}tyes, & a new assem∣ble and parlyament assygned to be kept at westmynster in the quindena of saynt Iohn̄ Baptyst. And for that then all thynge myght not be sette in an order, yt was prorogyd vnto the feast of saynt Edwarde / at the which season all thyng was put at reste for a whyle. In this yere also fell that happe of the Iewe of Tewkysbury / whyche fell into a gonge vppon the saterdaye, and wolde not for reue∣rēce of his sabbot day be plucked out

wherof heryng the erle of Glouceter, that the Iewe dyd so great reuerence to hys sabbot daye / thought he wold do as myche to his holy daye whych was sondaye / and so kept hym there tyll monday, at which season he was founden dede.

Anno domini .M.CC.lix.		Anno domini .M.CC.lx.
	Adam Brownynge.
wyllyam fyz Rycharde.		Anno .xliiii.
	Rycharde Couentre.

IN this .xliiii. yere, soone after the feast of Symonde and Iu∣de, the kynge kept a royall feaste at westmynster, where he made dyuerse knyghtes. Amonge the whych Iohn̄ duke of Brytayne, whyche had ma∣ryed one of the kynges doughters was there made knyght. And soone after was syr Hughe spencer made chefe iustyce.

After y^e feast of Cādelmasse, y^e kyng commaūdyd a folkmoot to be called at Paulys crosse / where he in proper persone, wyth the kynge of Almayn, the archebyshoppe of Caunterbury, and many other nobles came. where the kynge commaundyd vnto the mayre, that euery strypelynge of the age of .xii. yeres and aboue, shuld be before his aldermā be sworn the day folowynge, to be trew to the kyng & to hys heyres kynges of Englande / and that the gates of the cytye were kepte wyth armyd men as before by the kynge of Romaynes was dyuy∣syd. This yere also at a fayre kept at Northampton, varyaunce fell be∣twene the Lōdoners and men of the towne / so that betwene the cytesyns and them contynued longe sute and plee, for a mā of Northampton that then was slayne, to the great vexa∣cyon & trouble of both partyes. But in the ende the cytye had the better.

This yere also aboute Eester, the Barons of the lande, wyth the con∣sente of the Perys / dyschargyd syr Hugh le spencer, and admyttyd for hym syr Phylyp Basset in his rome of chefe iustyce vnwittyng the kyng. For whych cause and other, grudge and dyspleasure beganne of newe to kyndle betwene the kynge and hys lordes, whyche encreasyd more and more. But by polycy of the kynge of Almayne and some prelatys of the land, yt was set in quyet for a whyle, hardely to the ende of that yere.

Anno domini .M.CC.lx.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxi.
	Iohn̄ Northampton.
wyllyam fyz Rycharde.		Anno .xlv.
	Rycharde Pycarde.

IN this .xlv. yere, shortely after Alhalowyn daye, the Barons admyttyd and made shryues of dy∣uerse shyres of Englande, and dys∣chargyd suche as the kynge before had admyttyd / and named them Gar∣dayns and kepers of the countyes & shyres. And ouer that the Barons wolde not suffer the iustyce that the kynge hadde admyttyd, to kepe the plees & lawes callyd Itinerarii / but suche as were of theyr admyssyon. wherwith the kynge was greuously dyscontented / in so mych y^e after that season he laboured that he myght do dysanull the former ordynaunces &

statutes, and to cause them to be bro∣ken / in so myche that vppon the se∣conde sondaye of lent folowynge, the kynge commaundyd to be redde at Paules crosse, a bull of the graunte of pope Urban the .iiii. of that name, as a confyrmacyō of an other bull be¦fore purchased of hys predecessoure Alexander the .iiii, for to assoyle the kynge and all other that before had sworne to the mayntenaunce of the foresayde artycles made at Oxen∣forde / and after causyd the sayde ab∣solucyon to be shewyd thorough the realme of Englande, walys, and Ir¦lande / gyuynge streyghte charge to all his subiectys, that none be so har¦dy to wythstāde nor dysobey the sayd absolucyon. And yf any were foūden dysobedyent to his commaundemēt, that he were streyght put in pryson, and not to be raunsomyd nor delyue¦ryd tyll y^e kynges pleasure were for∣ther knowen.

About the feast of saynt Albon, in the moneth of Iuny / the kynge of Almayne toke shyppyng and sayled into Almayne. And the kynge at a folkmoot holden vppon the sonday after saynt Peters daye in y^e moneth of Iuly, hadde lycence to sayle into Fraunce. And the morowe after he departyd from London towarde the sees syde, wyth the quene and other lordes / hys two sonnes syr Edward and syr Edmunde beynge at that sea¦son in Guyan. when the kyng hadde ben a season in Fraunce, he returnyd vnto Burdeaux, where he fell syke / by occasyon wherof he taryed in tho∣se partyes tyll saynte Nycholas tyde nexte folowynge. And in thys yere dyed Rycharde Clare erle of Glow∣ceter / and syr Gylbert de Clare hys sonne was erle after hym. To whom the father gaue great charge that he shulde vpholde the forenamed ordy∣naunces.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxi.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxii.
	Phylyppe walbroke.
Thomas fyz Thomas		Anno .xlvi.
	Rycharde Tayloure.

IN thys .xlvi. yere in the feaste of saynte Martyne, or the .xi. day of Nouēber / a Iew fell at vary∣aunce wyth a crysten man in Col∣chyrch in the warde of Chepe / & woū¦dyd the crysten man within the same chyrche, wherfore the people of the citye in a fury pursued the sayd Iew to hys house, and there slew hym / & after fell vpon the other Iewes, and robbyd and slew many of them.

And the euen of saynte Thomas the apostle folowynge, the kyng lan∣ded in Englande at Douer / & came to Lōdon the wednysdaye before .xii. day. This yere y^e froste began about saynt Nycholas daye / and so conty∣nued by y^e space of a moneth & more, so feruently that Thamys was ouer froren, that men passed ouer on hors¦backe. And in the same wynter y^e kyn¦ges lytell halle at westmynster, with other houses adioynyng to the same were peryshed wyth fyre, by the ne∣glygence of a seruaūt of the kynges.

In this yere also vnkyndnesse be¦ganne to growe betwene the Londo¦ners and the Constable of the towre / for that he cōtrary the lybertye of the cytye toke certayne shyppes passyng by the towre wyth whete and other vytayll, and toke yt into the sayde towre, makynge the price at his plea¦sure. wherfore great harme had en∣sued, had not ben the polycy of wyse men. whyche was shewyd vnto the

kynges counsayll / by whose dyreccy on the matter was cōmytyd vnto syr Phyllyppe Basset then chefe iustyce and other, to set an order and rule be¦twene the sayde partyes. Then be∣fore hym were brought all euydēces and pryuyleges for the aduauntage of both partyes / where fynally after longe plee & argument, yt was fyr∣mely demyd and adiudgyd, that yf the constable or any other offycer of the towre wold at any tyme take any whete or other vytayll to the vse of the kyng or of y^e towre, that he shuld come vnto the market holden wyth in the cytye, and there to haue yt .ii.d in a quarter wythin y^e mayres pryce / and other vitayll after the same rate. And if he or any of his offycers wold do contrarye to that ordynaūce / that then the shryues shulde make report vnto the kynges counsayll, and to wythstāde hym in all that he myght / so that the kynges peace were kepte.

In this yere also many murmures and grudgis were tolde in many pla¦ces of the land / supposynge y^e warre shulde in shorte processe haue ensued betwene the kyng and his lordes, for the bull of dyspensacyon before in that other yere shewyd. But by help and mediacyon of good & wyse men / these murmures & grudges were so appeasyd, that the kynge agreed a∣gayn to the mayntenaūce of the sayd statutes / & sent hys wryttes, wherin the sayde artycles were comprysed, into all shyres of England / gyuynge streyght commaūdement to all men to obserue and kepe the same, and suche other as were to theym ioyned by the dyscrecyon of the erle marshall the erle of Leyceter, syr Phylyp Bas¦set, syr Hugh Bygot, and other / the whyche shortely after was reuoked and denyed. wheruppon the archbys¦shoppe of Caunterbury, feryng that after myght ensue, made hym an er¦rande to Rome / and so by lycence of the kyng and of the lordes departed the lande, and so kepte hym out tyll the trouble was appeased and seased Then vppon mydlent sondaye, the mayre and the commons beynge pre¦sent, at a folkemote holden at Pau∣lys crosse before syr Philyppe Basset and other of the kynges counsayll / the mayre was sworne to be trewe to the kynge and to his heyres kynges. And vppon the morowe at Guylde hall, euery alderman in presence of the mayre toke the same othe. And vppon the sondaye folowyng, euery strypelynge of the age of .xii. yeres & aboue, before hys alderman in hys warde was newly charged wyth the same othe. Then the dyspleasure be∣twene the kynge and hys Barons be¦gan to appere and dysclose, whyche longe whyle hadde ben kepte secret / in so myche that dyuers of theym as∣sembled in the marches of walis, and gatheryd vnto them stronge power / and sent a letter vnto the kynge vn∣der the seale of syr Rogyer Clyfford, besechynge hym to haue in remem∣braunce the othe & manyfolde pro∣myse that he hadde made, for the ob∣seruynge of the statutes made at his towne of Oxenforde, wyth other or∣dinaūces made to the honour of god, for fayth and allegeaūce to hys per∣sone, and weale & profyte of all hys realme / wyllyng hym farder to with stande and defye all suche persones, as wyll be agayne the sayde actes, sa¦uynge the quene and her chyldern.

After the whyche letter thus sent, and receyuynge of yt none answere / the sayde Barons wyth banner dys∣played wēt agayn such as they knew y^t helde agayne the sayd actys. And fyrste at Herforde they toke the bys∣shoppe of that see, and as many of hys chanōs as were allyaūtes born / and toke such treasour, and catell as

they there fande, and bare yt wyth theym. And after yode and sent vnto suche maners as the sayde byshoppe and chanons hadde, and them spoy∣led and robbed / and some of theym threw to the grounde and consumed wyth fyre / and put the sayde byshop and chanons in sure kepyng, and set other in theyr places / and after went vnto the other costes where they sup¦posyd to fynde of theyr enymyes / ke¦pynge theyr course toward London, berynge before them a banner of the kynges armys / & so holdynge theyr iourney, myche people drewe vnto them. In the whyche progresse euer as they fande any that they knew to be agayne the mayntenaūce of y^e sayd actes / they imprysoned thē & spoyled theyr places, were they spyrytuall or temporall men. And in dyuers of the kynges castellys they set in such per∣sones as to them lyked, and put out suche as there were set in by y^e kyng / and gaue vnto theym an othe that they shulde be trew and faythfull to the kyng, and kepe those castelles to hys vse and weale of the realme.

About mydsomer when they drewe nere to London / they sent a letter vn¦to the mayre and aldermē, vnder the seale of syr Symonde Mountforde / wyllynge to know of theym whyther they wolde obserue the actys and sta¦tutes made in the parlyament of Ox¦enforde or not, or ellys they wolde ayde and assyste such persons as en¦tendyd the breche of the same / & sent vnto theym a copye of the sayd actes with a prouiso, that yf any that there were specyfyed were to the hurte of the realme or common weale of the same, that they then by dyscrete per∣sones of the lande, shulde be alteryd and amendyd. The whych copye the mayre bare vnto the kynge then be∣yng at the towre, accompanyed with the quene and the kynge of Almayne whyche lately was retourned from beyonde the see, and syr Edward his son, wyth other of his counsayll.

Then the kynge entendynge to knowe the mynde of the cytye, axyd the mayre what he thoughte of those ordynaunces and actes / knowynge well that before hys commynge thy∣ther, he hadde counsayled wyth the aldermen and some commons of the cytye. The mayre then abashed with that questyon / besought the kynge y^t he myght comon wyth his bretherne the aldermen / and he shuld shew vn¦to hym his and theyr opinyons. But the kynge sayde he wolde here his ad¦uyse wythout more counsayll. Then the mayre boldely sayde, that before tymes he wyth his bretherne and co∣mynaltye of the cytye, by hys com∣maundement were sworne to mayn∣teyne all actys made to the honoure of god, to the fayth of the kynge and profyte of the realme / whyche othe by hys lycence and moste gracyous fauour they entended to obserue and kepe. And more ouer to auoyde all occasion that might grow of grudge or varyaunce betwene his grace and his Barons wythin the cytye / they wolde auoyde all allyauntes & straū¦gers out therof, yf his grace were so contentyd. whych answere the kyng shewyd as he were therwyth pleasyd so that the mayre with his fauour de¦parted, and sente answere to the ba∣rons to the same accordynge / theyr ly¦bertyes alway vpholden and saued.

Then shortely after, for so myche as dyuerse noble men of the lande whyche helde agayne those statutes, were ryden towarde Douer, & there entēdyd to haue taken shyppyng for¦fere of the barons / the kynge sent af¦ter them diuers persones of his hous¦holde, and of the cytesyns of Lōdon, to refourme and enduce theym to re∣tourne, and to tarye wyth the kyng.

And in that season all allyauntes, the whych were taken suspecte of a∣ny fauour owynge to that one parte or to that other, were auoyded the cy¦tye. But yt was not longe after that syr Edwarde the kynges sonne, sette them or many of them in offices with in the castell of wyndesore. Than watche was kepte dayly wythin the cytye / and in the nyghtes a certayne were assigned to ryde about y^e town, wyth a certayn fotemen assygned to theym, to serche all the towne ouer. But of that insued harme. For while the rydyng watche was in one place of the cytye / some euyll dysposyd per¦sones vnder colour of watche men, and to seche for straungers, robbed and spoyled many houses within the citye. For remedy wherof a standyng watche was ordeyned in euery ward. And the kynge herynge of the Ba∣rons nere commynge vnto the cytye / departed thens shortely after.

Then the Barons entryd the cytye the sonday before saynt Margarets daye. And shortely after the kynge re¦turned to westmyster, with the quene and other of his counsayll. And soon after by the consent of the kynge and the Barons / syr Hughe le Spenser was made chefe iustyce and keper of the towre.

Uppon the morow folowynge Ma¦ry Magdaleyne daye, a wryt was di¦rected vnto y^e mayre and aldermen / chargynge them y^t the kynges peace were fermely kepte wythin the citye. For in the same wryt yt was also ex∣pressyd, that the kynge and hys Ba∣rons were louyngly agreed. Farther more was by the sayd wryt cōmaun∣dyd, that yf wythin the precyncte of theyr fraūches, were any persone or persones knowen, that wolde wyth∣stande the foresayde ordynaunces & statutes / that all such shulde be at∣tached and put in pryson, and theyr goodes attached for the kynge tyll they knew his forther pleasure.

ye shall vnderstande that whyle y^e lordes laye thus wythin the cytye / dy¦uerse conuenticulis and gaderyngis were made of the citesyns and other, that robbed in dyuerse places of the cytye, and dyd myche harme. The whyche was smally corrected / they were so borne oute and maynteyned by theyr maysters. And the commōs of the citye were farre oute of rule by insensyng of ryotouse {per}sons / that in assembles and courtes that thē were kepte at Guyldhall or other places, symple and vndyscret persons shuld haue the voyce, and the worshypfull mē lytell or nothyng regarded / wher¦of ensuyd dayly myche vnhappynes and sorow, as after shall appere.

The Barons then to obteyne the more fauour of y^e cytye / wyllyd them to shewe yf they hadde any of theyr li¦bertyes wythdrawē, that they myght agayne to theym be restored / and al∣so to dyuyse some new to theyr weale and profyte, and they wolde laboure to the kynge that they myghte haue theym graunted. For the whych com¦forte of the lordes, the mayre called the commons to the Guyldhall, and shewed to them the beneuolēce of the sayd lordes / & willed them that euery of••ycer for hys offyce, to deuyse such thynges as myght be benefycyall for the cytye. wheruppon they counsayl¦led to gyther, and made a note in pa¦per of dyuers statutes, prouysyons, and ordynaunces to be graunted / whyche myght more properly be na∣med abhomynacyons.* 1.11 For they were deuysed to theyr synguler profyte, & to y^e great hurt of all other marchaū¦tes commynge to the citye, and to all other fayres and markettes of En∣glande / and also preiudycyall to the vnyuersall weale of the realme. The whyche when they were ouersene by

the heddes of the cytye / yt was shew¦yd vnto the sayd cōmons, that theyr ordynaunces were not lefull nor cha¦rytable orderyd, and therfore they knewe well they shulde not be ad∣mytted / wyllyng thē to deuyse other. But all was in vayne. By meane wherof both those & other that were ryght necessary for the cōmon weale of the cytye, were reiected & put of.

Then y^e Barons vpon the morowe folowynge saynt Iamys daye, depar¦ted from London towarde wynde∣sore, to se the gydynge of the castell. where at theyr commynge they putte out the foresayde allyauntes before set in by syr Edward the kinges son / the whyche assocyat wyth other yode vnto Fulham, where the kynge then lay / and shewyd to hym that the Ba¦rons had spoyled them of suche goo∣des as they hadde, and that wythout cause. But the kynge put them of for that season, and warned them to sue to hym agayne about Mychelmasse when more of his coūsayll was with hym / & then they shuld haue iustyce.

Uppon the second daye folowyng the feaste of saynte Mathew, or the xxiii. daye of september / the kynge, the quene, with his sonnes and other nobles of thys land / toke shyppyng and sayled into Fraunce, to be pre∣sent at the Frenche kynges parlya∣ament then holden at Bonony. And the morow after the octabis of saynt Mychaell, he landed agayne at Do¦uer. And the frydaye folowynge he came vnto London.

And vppon the tuesday folowyng, passed a queste of .xii. knyghtes of Mydd sworne vpon a iury, betwene the abbot of westmynster and the cy∣tye / for certayne pryuyleges that the cytesyns of London claymed wyth∣in westmynster. where by the sayde iurye it was founden before Gylbert of Prestone then chefe Baron of the kynges excheker, that the s••ryues of London at those days myght law¦fully enter into the town of westmyn¦ster, and all other tenemētes that the abbot then hadde wythin Myddel∣sex, & vnto the gate of the sayd abbay and there to make summons and dy¦strayne for lacke of apparaunce, all and eueryche tenaunte of the sayde abbot.

About the quindena of saynt My∣chaell / the fourmer complaynt of the allyauntes and other, whyche as a∣boue ye haue harde, was shewed be∣fore the kyng and y^e lordes in the par¦lyament holden at westmynster. where lastely yt was sentencyd, that the Barons shulde restore all suche goodes as they and theyr companye hadde taken from all suche persons before that daye, as well to allyaun∣tes as other both spyrytuall and tem¦porall / and also that suche menyall seruauntes as shulde be dayly in the kynges house and about his person, shulde be suche as the kynge wolde chose and admyt hym selfe / the why∣che ii. artycles the Barons vtterly denyed. wherfore the olde rancoure toke place / and dyssencyon kyndled his fyre of malyce agayn, betwen the kynge and his lordes feruently.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxiii.
	Robert Moumplere.
Thomas fyz Thomas		Anno .xlvii.
	Robert de Suff.

IN thys .xlvii. yere, by procure¦ment and styrynge of the Ba∣rons, the commons of the cytye of London, chase vnto theyr mayre for

that yere Thomas fyz Thomas, and wythout counsayll of the aldermen sware at Guyldehall vppon the day of Symon and Iude / and made no presentement of hym vppon the mo∣rowe folowynge, nother to the kyng nor yet to the Barons of the kynges excheker, as they of ryght ought to haue done. For the whych presump∣cyon the kynge was greuously dys∣contentyd agayne the cytye. Soone after the kynge aduertysynge well y^t the citye wolde take the Barons par¦tye / and causyd syr Edwarde his son to take the castell of wyndesore by a trayne. wherof when he knewe that he was in possessyon / the kynge erly in a mornynge a lytell to fore Cryste∣mas departed from westmynster, & rode vnto the sayde castell / whyther shortely after came also many of the lordes that were vppon the kynges partye. And as faste the lordes and knyghtes whych helde wyth the erle of Leyceter, drew them toward Lon¦lon / so y^t on eyther partye was mych people assembled. In the whyche passe tyme some well dysposyd, labo¦ryd a concorde betwene the kynge & hys lordes. By whose meanes fynal∣ly yt was agreed by bothe partyes, that all maters concernynge the fore sayde artycles of statutes and ordy∣naūces made at Oxenford, and after by the .xii. Perys / that the Frenche kynge shuld deme and iudge, whych shulde be holden and whyche not. And as he demyd / both partyes pro¦mysed assuredly to abyde. Upon whi¦che agrement copyes were made of the sayde statutes / and wyth letters shewynge the effecte of the fourmer agrement sent vnto the sayde kynge of Fraunce / then beynge saynt Lew∣ys. And in the Crystmas weke folow¦ynge / the kyng toke shyppynge with syr Edward his son and other of his counsayll / and sayled into Fraunce, for the foresayde cause. And for the partye of the sayd Barons, was sent ouer syr Peter de Mountforde and other. Then before Lewys kynge of Fraunce those statutes were sore ar∣gued vppon both parties. How be yt in the ende, the Frenche kynge cal∣lynge before hym both parties vpon the day before y^e conuersyon of saynt Paule, or the .xxiiii. daye of Ianua∣ry / syttynge in iudgement gaue ex∣presse sentence that all and eueryche of the sayde statutes and ordynaun∣ces, shulde be from y^e daye foreward vtterly foredone and set at noughte / and all suche bandes and promyses that the kyng or any other had made for the mayntenaunce of the same, shulde be adnulled & cancellyd / and the kynge and all other, for any ma∣ter concernynge those statutes set at lybertye. After whyche sentence thus gyuen the kynge retourned into En∣glande / so that he came to London the .xv. daye of Februarye. But the Barons beynge sore amoued wyth this sentence, & notynge greate par∣cyaltye vnto the Frenche kynge / de∣parted from London westwarde, & so into the marchys of walys, where they drew to them great power, and warred vppon the landes and castel∣lys of syr Roger Mortymer, & threw some of them vnto the grounde, and spoyled of hys what they myghte fynde / and ouer that brent of hys ma¦nours and houses. In whose ayde syr Edwarde the kynges sonne com∣mynge, hys people were dystressyd and he almoste taken. For redresse of whyche maters, a newe parlyamēt was appoynted to be holdē at Oxen¦forde in the quindena of Eester nexte folowynge, whyche came neuer to ef¦fecte. All be yt an other cronicle sayth that from this parlyament then hol∣den at Oxenforde, the kynge and his lordes parted all dyscorded. Then

the barons drewe towarde London / & the kynge remayned at woodstok. And then newe assuraunce by wry∣tynge endentyd was made betwene the comynaltye of the cytye and the Barons, wythoute consent of many of the rulers of the sayde cytye. wher¦fore the commons as men enraged made of theym self two capytaynes, whych they named constables of the cytye / y^t is to say Thomas de Pywel¦don & Stephan Bukerel. At whose commaundement by tollynge of the great belle of Paules, all the cytye shulde be redy shortely in harnes, to gyue attendaunce vppon theyr sayd capytaynes.

About the begynnynge of lent / the constable of the towre, syr Hughe le Spenser, came wyth a fayre compa¦ny of men of armys before hym into the cytye, and desyred assystence of the forenamed constables. The why∣che commaunded the sayd belle to be ••olled. By meane wherof the people shyt theyr shoppes, and came out in harneys in great multytude. The whyche after proclamacyon made, that they shulde ••olowe theyr capy∣taynes, wythout knowlege what to do or whyther to go, folowed theyr sayde capytaynes / and so yode vnto Thystelworth vppon two myles be∣yonde westmynster, & there spoyled the manour of the kynge of Romay∣nes, and sette yt after vppon a fyre. And that done, hys water mylles & other commodities that he there had put theym to vtter ruyne. And after wyth great noyse and crye, returned vnto London.

This dede as sayth myne authour was cause of the mortall warre fo∣lowynge. For where before tyme the sayde kynge of Romaynes hadde ben for allyaunce that was betwene hym and the erle of Glouceter, a trea¦tye of peace to be hadde betwene the kynge and his Barons / after that dede done he was enymy vnto them to the vttermoste of his power.

The kynge herynge of thys ry••••∣gaderyd vnto him great power. And for he harde that syr Peter de Moūt forde was at Northampton, gathe∣rynge of people to strength the Ba∣rons partye / he spedde hym thyder, and wanne the towne vppon hym by force, and slewe many of hys men / and fynally toke hym & syr Symon the son of the erle of Leyceter, wyth dyuers other on lyue / the which with many burgeyses of that towne that hadde take theyr partyes, the kynge sent vnto dyuers prysons / and some he closyd wythin the castell of y^e same towne.

In thys passe tyme on Palmeson∣daye weke all the Iewes in London were spoyled and robbed / & the nom∣ber of .v. hūdred of them were slayn, and dyuers of theyr mansyons brent and destroyed / and suche as of them were saued, were conueyed for great mede vnto the towre / and there kept from the fury of the commons. wher¦of the occasyon was, for so myche as a Iewe wolde haue forced a crysten man to haue gyuē to hym more then ii.d. for the vsure of .xx.s. for a weke. For ye shall vnderstand that at those dayes, by lycence graunted vnto the Iewes of the kynge. they myght ta∣ke by vsury of euery man y^t of theym wolde borowe money .ii.d. of a poūd for a weke lendyng / and so of greter & of smaller summes after that rate. And soon after the Iewes were thus punyshed / many houses of relygyon wythin y^e citye and nere there about, were serched for goodes of alliaūtis / and myche founde. wherof a parte was brought vnto the lordis / but the more parte was stolen and brybed, In whyche season the kynge passed by diuers coūtreys / and lastely came

into Southsex with a strong power. wherof herynge the lordes made pre¦paracyon to go towardes hym. In all whyche tyme the wardeyns of the v. portes kepte the see wyth shyppes, that no straungers shulde entre the lande to ayde the kynge agayne the Barons.

Then in the ende of Apryll the Ba¦rons wyth a multytude of the cytye, whyche they put in vawarde / depar∣ted from London, takyng theyr iour¦ney towarde the kynge. And when they were well onwarde vpon theyre way / worde was brought vnto them that the kynge wyth an huge power was at Lewys.

wherfore they by an hole assent dy∣uysed a letter / and sent yt in y^e name of all the Barons vnto the kynge, whose names here vnder folowe but not all.

• Syr Symonde de Mounforde erle of Leyceter, and hyghe stewarde of Englande.
• Syr Gylbert de Clare, erle of Glou∣ceter.
• Syr Robert Ferres, erle of Derby.
• Syr Hugh le Spenser chefe iustice / and syr Henry de Mountford son and heyre to the erle of Leyceter.
• Syr Rycharde Gray.
• Syr Henry Hastynges.
• Syr Iohn̄ fyz Iohn̄.
• Syr Robert de Uenpount.
• Syr Iohn̄ Gyuyle.
• Syr Robert Roos.
• Syr wyllyam Marmyon.
• Baldwyne wake.
• Syr Gylbert Gyfforde.
• Syr Nycholas de Megraue.
• Syr Godfrey de Lucy.
• Syr Iohn̄ de Ueysy.
• Syr wyllyam de Mounthdesey.

whyche letter sealed wyth the sea∣les of the sayde erle of Leycester, and of Glouceter conteyned as foloweth

TO the most excellent lord the kynge,* 2.1 Henry by the grace of god kynge of Englande, lorde of Ir¦lande, and duke of Gwyan / the Ba∣rons & other faythfull your seruaun¦tes, theyr fydelyte and othe to god and to you coueytynge to kepe, sen∣dyng to you due salutyng with all re¦uerence and honour, vnder due obey¦saunce. Lyketh yt youre hyghnes to vnderstāde, that many beyng about you haue before tymes shewyd vnto your lordshyppe of vs many euyll & vntrewe reportes / and haue founde suggestyons not alonely of vs, but also of your selfe to brynge this your realme vnto subuersyon. Know your excellency, that we entende nothyng but helth and suerty to your person, to the vttermoste of our powers / and not onely to our enmyes, but also to yours and of all this youre realme, we entende vtter greuaunce and cor¦reccyon. Besechynge your grace her after to gyue vnto theym lytell cre∣dēce / for ye shall fynde vs your trew and faythfull subiectes to the vtter moste of our powers. And we erle of Leyceter, and erle of Glouceter, at the request of other and for our selfe, haue put to our seales / the .x. day of the moneth of May.

The answere vnto this fore∣sayde letter.

HEnry by y^e grace of god, kyng of Englande, lorde of Irland and duke of Guyan / to Symonde de Mountforde, & Gylbert de Clare, & theyr cōplyces. where as by warre & generall {per}turbaūce in this our real¦me by you begon & contynued, wyth also brennynges, and other hurtes and enormytyes that euydently ap∣peryth that your fydelyte to vs due, ye haue not kept, nor y^e suerty of our person ye haue lytell regarded / for so mych as our lord{is} & other our trusty

frendes whyche dayly byde wyth vs ye veryn and greue, and theym pur∣sue to the vttermost of your powers / and yet dayly entēde, as ye by the re∣porte of your letters haue vs ascer∣tayned: we the greue of them admyt & take for our owne, specyally when they for theyr fydelyte whyche they to vs dayly impende, stande and a∣byde by vs to oppresse your ifidelyte and vntrouthe. wherfore of your fa∣uoure or assuraunce we sette lyttell store / but you as our enymyes we vt¦terly defye, wytnesse our selfe at our towne of Lewys, the .xii. daye of this moneth of May.

And ouer this the kyng of Romay¦nes, syr Edwarde the kynges sonne, and the other lordes beyng thē with the kynge / sente vnto them a nother letter, wherof the tenour ensuyth.

RIcharde by the grace of god kynge of Romaynes alwaye Augustus, and Edwarde the noble fyrst begotten son of the kyng of En¦gland, all other Barons fermely stan¦dynge and abydynge wyth our soue¦rayne lorde the kynge, to Symonde be Moūtford, Gylbert de Clare, and all other theyr false felowes. By the letters whych ye sent vnto the kynge our moste souerayne lorde; we vnder stande that we are defyed of you. Ne¦uerthelesse this worde of dyffyaunce apperyd vnto vs suffycyently before, by the depredacyon and brennyng of our manours, and carienge away of our goodes. wherfore we wyll that ye vnderstande, that we defye you as our mortall & publyke enmyes. And when so euer we may come to reuēge¦ment of the iniuryes y^t ye to vs haue done / we shal acquit it to y^e vttermost of our powers. And where ye put vp¦pon vs, that nother trewe nor good counsayll to our souerayne lorde the kynge we gyue / ye therin say falsely and vntrewly. And yf y^e saieng ye syr Symonde de Mountforde and syr Gylbert de Clare wyll iustifye in the courte of our souerayne lord / we are redy to purchase to you suerty & safe commynge, that there we may proue our trew and faythfull innocencye, & your false and traytorouse lyenge. wytnessyd wyth y^e seales of Rychard kynge of Romaynes, & syr Edwarde forenamed. Gyuen at Lewys the .xii. daye of May.

WHen the Baronys had receyued these letters from the kyng and his lordes / they perceyued well that there was none other mean, but defēde theyr cause by dynt of sword. wherfore they puttyng theyr trust in god / spedde theym forth toward the kynge. And vppon a wednysday be∣ynge then the .xxiiii. daye of May, er¦ly in the mornynge both hostes met. where after the Lōdoners had gyuen the fyrst assaute, they were betyn bac∣ke / so that they began to draw from the sharpe shot and strokes, to the dis¦comforte of the Barons hoste. But y^e Barons encoraged and comforted theyr men in suche wyse, that not alo¦nely the freshe and lusty knyghtes fought egerly, but also suche as be∣fore were scomfyted, recoueryd theyr vertue & strength, & fought wythout fere, in so myche that the kynges va∣ward lost theyr places.* 4.1 Then was the felde coueryd wyth dede bodyes / & gaspynge & gronyng was hard on euery syde. For eyther was desyrous for to bryng the other out of life. And the fader sparyd not the son, nor the son y^t fader. Allyaūce at y^e tyme was turned vnto dyffyaunce / and crysten blood that daye was shad wythoute pytie. Thus duryng the cruell fyght by the more parte of y^e day, lastely the victory fyll to the Barons / so y^t there was taken the kynge, & the kynge of Romayns, syr Edwarde the kynges

son, wyth many other noble men to the nomber of .xxv. Barons and Ba¦nerettes / & people slayn a great mul∣tytude ouer .xx. thousande as sayth myne authours.

when the Barons had thus obtey∣ned vyctorye, prouysyon was made for y^e saufe kepyng of the prysoners / so that all were sent vnto dyuers ca∣stellys and prysons, except the kyng, his brother the kynge of Almayne, & syr Edwarde his son / the whych the Barons helde wyth theym tyll they came to London.

Then a new graunte was made by the kynge, that the foresayd statutes shuld stande in strength. And yf any were thought vnreasonable / they to be corrected and amendyd by foure noble men of the realme / that is to meane .ii. of the spyrytualtye, and .ii. of the temporaltye. And yf those .iiii. myght not agree / that then the erle of Angeou and duke of Burgoyn to be iudges of that mater. And this to be fermely holden and obeyed by the kynge and hys brother / the kynges graunted that theyr sonnes & heyres shuld remayne wyth the Barons as prysoners, tyll all thynge were fynys¦shed accordynge to the former agre∣ment. And vppon thys was a parly¦ament appoynted, to be holden at London at Penthecoste folowynge / but that came neuer to purpose. Thē the tuesday before the Assencyon day peace was proclaimed in London be¦twene the kynge and hys Barons. And vppon the daye folowynge, the kynge & the Barons came vnto Lon∣don / with the kynge of Romayns, & syr Edwarde the kynge sonne. Then syr Edward as pledge for the kyng, and syr Henry sonne vnto the kynge of Almayn were sent vnto the toure, and there lodged / and from thēs vn∣to Douer castell. And the kyng was lodged in the byshoppes palays by Paules / and the kynge of Almayne with dyuers other within the towre. Then yt was agreed by the kynge, that for his more suertye, and for the weale of the lande / that the erle of Leyceter shuld be ressyaūt in the kyn¦ges courte. Uppon the whyche agre¦ment & other, many of the prysoners were set at large.

In this passe tyme before the felde of Lewys / y^e quene & the kyng of Ro∣mayns had sent ouer y^e see for souldy ours, to ayde the kynge agayne the Barons / whych now were comen in great nomber vnto Douer, & there houed in y^e see to haue lāded. wherof herynge the Barons sent the kyng of Romayns to the castell of Berkham stede as prisoner, tyll the sayde ally∣auntes were retourned / and caused kynge Henry wyth a great power to ryde thyder, and force the sayde hoste of straungers to retourne into theyr owne countreys.

And when the kynge had returned the sayde straungers / he shortly after wyth agrement of the barons sayled ouer into Fraunce, and retourned a∣gayne wythin short terme.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxiiii.
	Osbert wynter.
Thomas fyz Thomas.		Anno .xlviii.
	Phylyppe Taylour.

IN this .xlviii. yere / the lordes of the marches about the feast of Crystmasse, assembled theym in those costes, and dyd myche harme vppon the lordeshyppes and ma∣nours of the erlys of Leyceter and of Glouceter standynge in the mar∣ches of walys. wherfore the kynge

rode shortely after to Glouceter, and called there a counsayl of his lordes. By authoryte of whych counsayll yt was enacted, that as many of y^e sayd lordes as came not in by the octauis of saynte Hyllary nexte folowynge, & yelded them vnto the kynges grace, shuld be exyled. And by the sayd coū¦sayll was also agreed, that in y^e sayd octaues shulde a parlyament be hol¦dyn at westmynster. At whyche daye the kyng wyth his lordes spyrytuall and temporall and commons of hys lande, beganne his forsayde parlya∣ment. Durynge the whyche yt was there shewed the kynge beynge pre∣sent, that he nor syr Edward his son nor none of theym, shulde after that daye greue or cause to be greuyd, the erles of Leyceter and of Glouceter, y^e Barons, Banerettes or knyghtes, the citesyns of London and Barons of the .v. portes / nor none other {per}sons or persones of hyghe or low degree, that was vpon the partye of the sayd erles, for any mater of dyspleasure done agayne the kynge and the sayd syr Edwarde his sonne, at any tyme before that day. And that to vphold / the kynge before hys lordes was sworne. And after that was shewed and rad a charter of pardon concer∣nynge the sayde cause / and a confyr∣macyon of the statutes of the foreste, wyth many other actes and statutes before graunted of the kynge. Then in the feaste of saynt Gregory folow∣ynge, or the .xii. daye of Marche / syr Edwarde the kynges son, y^t beforne was also sworn to performe such pro¦myses as the kyng had made before in the parliament, was delyueryd at lyberte / & also syr Henry the kynges son of Almayne, the whych had ben kept as pledge as ye before haue har¦de vppon the terme of .ix. monethes & odde dayes / vpon assuraūce made, that y^e sayd syr Edwarde shuld dwel and abyde in the kynges courte, and not to departe from thens wythoute lycence of the kyng and of a certayne of the Barons. After this many in∣strumentes & bandes were made by the kynge and syr Edwarde his son, for the performaunce of couenaunts & paccyons made betwene the kynge and the Barons, whyche shortly af∣ter came to small effecte.

In the season betwene Easter and Penthecoste, for orderynge of the a∣foresaid statutes made at Oxenford, fell deffencyon betwene the erles of Leyceter & of Glouceter / so that wor¦des of dyspleasure was vtteryd be∣tweene them, the kynge and they also beynge then at Glouceter. Then the kynge and his Barons had laboure to set theym at vnyte and reste.

And vppon the see the Barons of the .v. portes robbed and spoyled all men that they myght take / sparynge nother Englyshe marchauntes nor other. Of whych prayes as y^e cōmon fame then went, some of the Barons of the lande hadde good parte.

In the whytson weke folowynge, y^e kynge wyth the erle of Leyceter, and syr Edwarde hys sonne, wyth many other lordes beynge at Herforde in y^e edge of walys / the sayd syr Edward secretly and wythout lycence depar∣ted from the courte, and yode vnto Chester / where he accōpanyed to him the erle of Glouceter and y^e lordes of the Marches, the erle of warēne, syr Roger Mortymer and other / & from thens went vnto Glouceter, breking the brydges as he went, to the entent that he were not folowed tyll he had assembled his power.

when knowlege of thys came vnto the erle of Leyceter / he in al hast sent vnto syr Symōde his son, y^t he shuld gather his knyghtes vnto hym. The which accordyng to y^e cōmaundemēt assembled vnto hym myche people, &

with them drew toward wynchester / so that he came before the cytye vp∣pon the euyn of the translacyon of saynte Swythyn, or the .xiiii. daye of the moneth of Iulye. where he was shyt out, for so mych as the cytesyns knewe not whyther he came as the kynges frende or not. And also lytell before they hadde receyued a letter from syr Edwarde, wyllynge theym to holde theym out of the cytye. For these causes the citesyns closed theyr gates agayn the sayd syr Symonde and hys companye. But yt was not longe or the cytye was yelden. Then they spoyled the town / and slewe the more partye of the Iewes that dwel∣lyd wythin the same. And that done, layd syege vnto the castell and assau¦ted it. But for tydynges were fayned of the cōmynge of syr Edwarde with hys power / they departyd shortely thens, and so yode vnto Kenelworth.

Uppon the laste daye of Iuly / syr Edwarde wyth hys hoste came vnto Kenelworth foresaid, and fyll sodayn¦ly vppon the hoste of the forenamed syr Symonde, and wyth shedynge of lytell blood, toke there prysoners the erle of Oxenforde, wyllyam de mount Canyse, Adam de Newmar∣ket, syr Balwyne wake, and Hughe Neuyle, wyth dyuers other / and syr Symonde fledde into the castell and so escaped. Then these forenamed prysoners were all sent vnto Glouce¦ter / and there putte in suer kepynge.

In this meane whyle syr Symon∣de erle of Leyceter, toke leue of the kynge / whyche then from Herforde passed the ryuer of Seuerne, and so yode vnto worceter. And y^e erle with great payne passed the brydges be∣fore by syr Edwarde broken, and pas¦sed the coūtreys in gaderynge of peo¦ple as he went / so y^t in processe he had wyth hym stronge power. wherof he¦rynge syr Edwarde, costed towarde hym / and the .vi. daye of August met wyth hym at Euysham in worceter shyre / where betwene theym was foughten a cruell fyght. In y^t whych at length was slayn the sayd syr Sy¦monde, and syr Henry his sonne and heyre, syr Hughele Spenser, syr Pe¦ter de Mountforde, and many other noble men that helde vppon the Ba∣rons partye.

After whych scomfyture, some ma¦lycyous dysposed persons, in despyte of the erle cut of his hode & his dimys¦saryes, and fastyned them vppon ey¦ther syde of hys nose / and after made a present therof vnto the wyfe of syr Roger Mortymer. Hys fete also and his handes were cut from the body, and sente to sondry places / and the trunke of hys bodye buryed wythin the chyrch of Euysham. Of this erle speketh Ranulphe mūke of Chester in his boke of Policronycon, and cal¦leth hym Symon the ryght wise / say¦ynge that god wrought for hym my¦racles after his deth, the whyche for¦fere of the kynge and syr Edwarde his sonne were kept close and secret, so that no man durste speke of them. Soone after this victory thus obtey¦ned by syr Edward, y^e kyng & he met / by whose authorytyes all prysoners thē which were in hold in dyuers pla¦ces, by y^• cōmaundemēt of y^e sayd syr Edward, were set at lybertie / & many other dayly accused & set in for them. And about the natyuyte of our lady, a parliamēt was holdē at winchester where by authoryte of y^e same, all sta¦tutes & ordinaūces before made by y^e Barons at Oxenforde in the .xli. yere of y^e kyng, were vtterly fordone & set at nought / and all bondes & wrytyn¦ges made by the kyng or any other for the obseruynge of the same, were cancellyd and broken. Also at thys coūsayll was ordeyned, that all such as had fauoured the Barons, were

they in pryson or at large / shulde be disherited. And then y^e kyng resumed into his hande, all grauntes before made and gyuen to any person. And for syr Symounde de Mountforde myght not agree wyth the kynge at the parlyament / he was restored to the castel of Kenelworth, as he before was assured / the whyche he wyth syr Henry de Hastynges and other kept longe after.

when the parlyament was ended / the kyng came vnto wyndesore with a great power, entendynge as the fame then went to destroye the cytye of London, for the great ire and dys¦pleasure that he hadde vnto yt. wher¦of heryng the mayre and aldermen, were striken in a wonderfull fere / all be yt many of the rabbysh and wylde cōmoners, were in full purpose to haue defended the cytye agayne the kynge. And thus amonge them were dyuers and many opinyons. And no wonder / for at those dayes the cytye was inhabyted with many maner of nacyons, whyche then were admyt∣ted for cytesyns.

LAstely by grace and sad coun¦sayll of the beste of the cytye / they condescended to make a supply¦cacyon to y^e kynge, & send yt by some religyous person. Of the which they made dyuers, and sent them by son∣dry persones / but all auayled ryght nought. For the kynge was so gre∣uously encensyd by some of his coun¦sayll agayne the cytesyns, y^t he wold not loke vppon none of theyr supply¦cacyons. And yf any man spake / for theym / he soone wold make such coū¦tenaunce, that men whyche were in his fauoure feryd to speke for them. Then the cytesyns were counsayled by theyr frēdes, y^t they shuld make a writyng, and seale yt with theyr com¦mon seale / by vertue whereof they shulde offer theym selfe to put theym holly in the kynges grace and mer∣cy touchynge theyr lyues & goodes. Accordynge to the whyche counsayll they deuysed a wrytynge, and sealed yt wyth theyr cōmon seale / and that done chose .viii. persons of the cytye such as had frēdes in the courte, and sent them toward wyndesore the .vi. daye of October. Uppon whych day they encountered beyonde Colbroke a knyght of the kinges callyd syr Ro¦ger Leyborne, the whych turned the sayde .viii. persones vnto the cytye / and he also rode wyth theym tyll he came nere vnto the cytye, and there departed from them, and rode vppon the backe syde of the towne vnto the toure. But at his departynge he wyl led them to warne the mayre wyth a certayne of the cytye, to mete wyth hym vppon the morow at Berkynge chyrche, whyche standeth nere vnto the towre. Uppon the morow when the mayre and the sayde syr Roger were met / he after a longe processe made, shewed to them of the kynges greuous displeasure whyche he bare towarde the cytye / and the meanes that hadde be vsed by theyr frendes and louers, to obteyne grace for the cytye. Lastely he expressed y^t no grace for them myght be had / excepte they wolde by theyr common seale bynde theym selfe fully and holly to stande at y^e kynges grace, and to put in his mercy theyr lyues and goodes. wher¦unto in the ende the cytesyns graun∣ted, and delyueryd the forsayde wry¦tynge vnto the foresayd Roger / pray¦enge hym to be good meane for them to y^e kynge. The whych departyd to∣warde y^e kyng vpon the morow, and returned agayne the .vi. daye after / and wylled the mayre and aldermen to mete wyth hym agayne at the fore¦sayd chirch. where he shewyd to them that the kynge by great instaunce of

theyr frendes hadde receyued theyr wyrtynge / and wold fyrste for the be¦gynnynge of cōtentacion of his myn¦de, that all the chaynes / whych stode in euery strete and lanes ende wyth¦in the cytye, shuld be lousyd frō theyr postes, and the post also drawen out of the erthe, and all to be brought vn¦to the towre / and that done, that the mayre wyth a certayne of y^e cytesyns to the nomber of .xl. persones, shuld the daye folowynge be at wyndesore to comferme the graunt of theyr wry¦tyng. And y^t they shuld go & come in safe & suer wise / he delyuered to them the kynges letter & seale for y^e terme of foure dayes. whyche all was done accordynge to theyr former deuyse / and the mayre wyth the foresayd per¦sones was redy at wyndesore vppon the morow beynge sondaye by one of the clocke / and there taryed tyll .iiii. of the same daye. At whyche season the kynge commynge from his dys∣porte, entred the castell wythout con¦tenaunce or castyng his eyen vppon the Londoners. And when the kyng and his peole was entred the castell / the Londoners wolde haue folowed. But they were warned to abide with out. Then short tyme after the kyng causyd a proclamacyon to be made, that no man of hygh or low degre, to the Londoners shulde make any say¦ynges of dyspleasure, or make to thē any quarell. And in the euenynge came vnto them the foresayd syr Ro¦ger & syr Robert waleys knyghtes, and brought theym into the castell / and sayde the kynges pleasure was not to speke wyth them that nyght. And after the sayde knyghtes dely∣ueryd them vnto the cōstable of y^e ca¦stell / which closyd them all in a large toure, where that nyght they hadde small chere and worse lodgynge.

Then vppon the morowe beynge mondaye towarde nyght / they were taken oute of that toure, and delyue¦ryd vnto y^e baylly of the sayd castell, and lodged by his assygnement / ex∣cept .v. persons, that is to mene Tho¦mas fyz Thomas then mayre, My∣chaell Tony, Stephan Bukkerell, Thomas Pywellyson, and Iohn̄ de Flete. The whyche .v. persones the kynge hadde gyuen to syr Edwarde his sonne / at whose commaundemēt they remayned styll in the saide tou∣re longe after, not wythstandynge the kynges saue conduyte to theym as before is shewed, made. when ty¦dynges hereof came vnto the cyte of London / all be yt that for fere many before were auoyded, then there a∣uoyded many mo / & conueyed theyr goodes in secrete wyse, into dyuers countreys of Englande, so that ma∣ny of them neuer returned after.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxiiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxv.
	Thomas de la Fourdeous.
Thomas fyz Thomas.		Anno .xlix.
	Gregory Rokkylse.

IN thys .xlix. yere, vppon the daye of saynt Leonarde or the vi. daye of Nouember / y^e kyng came vnto westmynster. And shortly after he gaue vnto diuers of his houshold seruaūtes, vpon thre score houses & housholdes wythin the citye / so y^t the owners were compellyd to agre and redeme theyr houses and housholde wyth all goodes as in them were, or ellys to auoyde, and suffer such per∣sons to enter as y^e sayd houses were gyuē vnto / & not alonely that, but al¦so all suche landes and tenementes,

goodes & catalles, as the sayde cyte∣zeyns had in any other places of En∣glande. And than he made custos or gardeyn of the cytye, syr Othon con¦stable of the toure / whych syr Othon chase to be bayllyues vnder hym, and to be to hym accomptable to the vse of the kyng, Iohn̄ Adrian, & wal¦ter Heruy cytezeyns of the same cy∣tye. And after thys the kynge toke pledges of the best mēnes sonnes of the cytye, that hys peas shulde be su∣rely kepte within the same. The whi¦che were put in the toure of Londō, and there kepte at the coste of theyr parentes. And shortly after by great laboure & suyte made / all the forsayd persones which were in the kepynge of y^e bayly of the castell of wyndesore iiii. onely except, that is to saye Ry∣charde Bonauenture, Symō de Ha∣disstok, wyllyam de Kent, & wyllyam de Grouceter / all the other Lōdoners xxxiili s•• nōber, were delyuered & ca∣me to erondon the Thursday folo∣wynge the feast of saynte Luke, in y^e xxi. day of Nouember / & the other .ix. were kepte styll in the toure of wyn∣desore.

Then dayly suyte & laboure was made vnto y^e kynge to haue hys gra∣cyous fauour / and to know hys plea¦sure what fyne he wolde haue of the cytye, for theyr transgressyons & dis∣pleasure by theym to hym done. For the whyche the kynge asked .xl.M.li and fermely helde hym at .l.M. mar¦ke. But the cytye layde for them that the poore commons of the cytye, whe¦reof many were auoyded were the trespassours / and ouer that the best men of the cytye by these ryotous {per}∣sones, were spoyled and robbed / and by the rouers also of the see, as the wardeynes of y^t .v. portes and other, in thys troublous seasō they had lost a great part of theyr substance. For the whych cōsyderacyons and many other whyche were tedyous to wryt the cytezeyns besought the kynge of hys most gracious fauour and pyte, and to take of theym as they myght bere.

Thys matter thus hangyng / the kynge vppon seynt Nycholas euyn departed from westmynster towarde Northampton. And lytell before hys departynge / ordeyned syr Iohn̄ lynd knyght and mayster Iohn̄ waldren clerke, to be gardeynes of the cytye & toure / the whyche were named in the kynges writtynge Senesshalles or stewardes of the cytye. Uppon the daye folowynge that the kynge was ryden / these .ii. forenamed stewardes sent for .xxiiii. of the mooste notable men of the cytye, and warned theym to apere the day folowynge before y^e kynges counsayle at westmynster / where at theyr apparaunce was she∣wed vnto them by syr Roger Leybor¦ne, that the kynges mynde was, that they shulde haue the rule of the cytye in hys absens vnder the foresaid Se∣nesshalles & for to se good rule kept wythin y^e cytye / they shuld be sworne there before hys counsayle.

The which there were then sworn & countermaunded vnto the cytye. And alwaye labour was made vnto the kynge for the fyne of the cytye / so that in the Crystmas weke an ende was made wyth the kyng, by labour of suche frendes as the cytye had a∣bout hym, for the summe of .xx.M. marke, for all transgressyons and of¦fences by them before done / certayne persones excepted whyche the kynge had gyuē to syr Edwarde hys sonne, beynge as before is sayde in the tour of wynsore. For the paymēt of which summe at dayes by agremēt set / syr Roger Leyborne & mayster Roberte wareyn clerke, were assigned to take the suertyes for y^e same. After whych suertye by theym receyued, and sente

vnto the kynge to Northamptō / the kynge sent immedyatly after vnto y^e cytezeyns, a charter vnder his brode seale, whereof the effecte ensueth.

HEnry by the grace of god, kīg of Englande, lord of Irlande and duke of Guyan / to al men helth. Knowe ye that for the fyne of .xx.M. marke, the whyche our cytezeyns of London to vs made, for the redemp∣cyon of the transgressions and tres∣paces to vs, to our quene, to our no∣ble brother Rycharde kynge of Al∣mayne, and to Edward our fyrst be∣gotē sonne done / we remytte and par¦done for vs and for our heyres to the sayd cytezeyns and theyre heyres, as moche as in vs is / so that they haue and enioye all theyre former graun∣tes and lybertees, rentes and profit∣tes, from the feste of Crystmas laste paste / and also that the sayde cyte∣zeyns haue to theym all forfaytes of all malefactours of y^e cytye, which in the parturbaūce before made were endyted, or for the same be yet for to be endyted / Excepte the goodes and catalles of theym, of the whyche we haue gyuen the bodyes vnto our for∣sayd sonne Edwarde / and except the rentes and tenemētes of all those cy∣tezeyns, whyche now be and shalbe our eschete by reason of the forsayde transgressyons. And that all pryso∣ners whyche now in our prysons re∣mayne, be freely delyuered / excepte those {per}sones whose bodyes we haue gyuē to Edwarde our sonne. And y^t the sayd cytezeyns be as fre as they before the sayd transgressyons were, in all partes and costes of thys our landes. In wytnes whereof we haue made these letters patentes / wytnes¦seth my selfe at Northampton, the .x. day of Ianuarii, the yere of our reyg¦ne .xlix.

After whyche pardone by the cyte¦zeyns receyued / all pledges for them beyng in the toure of Londō, And al∣so .iiii. of them that were in the toure of wyndesore, that is to say Rychard Bonauenture, Symō de Hadistoke, wyllyam of Kente, and wyllyam of Glouceter, were delyuered. Thanne also was dyscharged the forenamed stewardes syr Iohn̄ Lynde & may∣ster Iohn̄ waldrē / and the cytezeyns of them selfe chose for mayre wyllyā Fyz Rychard, and for shyreffes Tho¦mas de la fourde, & Gregory de Rok¦kysley. Than for leuyng of this fyne were set as well seruauntes couenāt men, as housholders / & many refu∣ced the lyberties of the cytye for to be quyt of that charge.

whyle the kynge lay thus at Nort¦hampton / syr Symō de Mountford put hym vpon the dome of the Po∣pes legat Octobonus, y^t before was come into thys lāde to refourme thin¦ges in the chyrche of Englande, and also to set vnyte & reste betwene the kynge and hys lordes. To whose do me, & also of the kynge of romayns, the forsayde syr Symond had boun∣den hym to stande. Upon whych pro¦myse and bande, he was lybertied to be at large in the kynges courte, and so contynued a season. But in y^e ende when the kyng was commē into Lō∣don, he departed sodaynly out of the courte & rode vnto wynchelsee, whe∣re he accompanyed hym with the ro∣uers of the see / and after some pryses taken, departed from theym and so sayled into Fraunce, and put hym in seruyce with holy Lowis than kyng of that prouynce.

Thys yere also vppon the euyn of saynt Iohn̄ baptyst / the kynge begā hys syege about the castell of Kenel∣worth with a mighty power. But syr Hēry Hastynges, with suche as were within it, defended it so strōgly, that the kynge and all hys power myght

nat wynne the sayde castell of a lōge tyme, as after in the nexte yere shall appere.

It is before shewed, howe y^e quene by her purueiaūs had caused an host of straungers to prepare them to co∣me into Englande, for to ayde her lorde the kynge agayn the barons: She had also purchased a curse of y^e Pope, to acurse all the sayde barons and all theyre ayders & helpers / and had commyssiōs dyrected to certayn bysshoppes of Englande, to execute the same / as of London, and of wyn∣chester, and of Chychester / the which for fere of the barons than denyed & deferred the execucyon and sentence of the sayd curse. wherfore the quene made newe laboure to the pope than Urban the .iiii. and had it graū∣ted, that the sayde Bysshoppes for theyr dysobedyence shulde be correc∣ted. And for thys, Octobon the fore∣sayde legate, thys yere at a counsayl holden by hym and the clergy of En∣glande at Paules chyrche in Londō suspended the sayde Bysshoppes, & theym sente vnto Rome to be assoy∣led of the pope, beynge at thys daye Clement the .iiii.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxv.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxvi.
	Edwarde Blont.
Thomas fiz Thomas.		Anno. .l.
	Peter Aunger.

IN thys .l. yere vppon the euyn of saynt Thomas the apostle before Crystmas, was yelden by ap∣poyntement the castel of Kenelworth At the whyche the kynge with hys power had lyen as before is sayd, frō mydsomer tyll that day / and thā gy∣uen ouer by syr Henry Hastynges & hys complyeys, vppon condycyon y^t he and all the other shulde haue lyfe and lym, and horse & harneys, with all thynges within the castell to thē belongynge / and a certayne tyme of leyser to cary a way the same. And in thys yere in the tyme of Lent / were y^e wardeyns of the .v. portes recōcyled to y^e kynge, by fauour of syr Edward the kynges sonne. And natwithstan∣dynge the greate harmys they had done by rouyng vppon the see, aswel to Englysshe marchauntes as to o∣ther / they had to them confermed all theyr fourmer pryuyleges. And ouer that to theym was graūted, y^t yf any man Englysshe or other wolde sewe for restitucyon of good by thē before taken, or for the deth of any of theyre frendes before slayne / that all suche complayntes shuld be sued & shewed in theyr court{is} / & there to haue theyr maters determyned & nat ellys whe∣re. But what the cause was of thys ende thus made atwene y^e kyng & thē it is nat shewed. But y^e cōmon fame at y^t day ran y^t the sayd wardeins of y^e v. portes had at thys day y^e dominiō of the see. wherfore y^e kyng was fayn to folowe theyr pleasures.

About the feast of Philip & Iacob y^e kyng helde hys parlyamēt at Nort hāpton. At y^t whych were cōfermed y^e olde fraunchyses & lybertyes, by the kyng{is} progenytours before graūted vnto the cytye of Lōdon, with a new graūt for y^e shyre of Middelsex. And at thys parlyament were dysheryted many noble men of the lande, y^t befo∣re tyme had taken the barons partie. For whyche cause they accompanied theym togyder, & robbed and reuyd in diuers coostes of the lande / & toke the towne of Lyncoln̄ & spoyled it, & after raunsomed many of the ryche burgeyses of the towne / and toke the ile of Ely, & strēgthed it in suche wyse that they helde it longe after.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxvii.
	Iohn̄ Adryan.
willm̄ Fiz Rycharde.		Anno .li
	Luke Badecot.

IN thys .li. yere / at the chosyng of the mayre, certayne con∣trauersies fyll attwene the rulers & the commons of the cytye of Lon∣don. wherfore by aduice of the mayre and aldermen / syr Roger Leydorne with other came vnto y^e Guylhalle, beyng harnesed vnder theyr gownes and vppon the fryday folowyng Al∣halowyn called the commons to the eleccion of the new mayre / where the best of the cytye gaue y^e nominacyō vnto Alei sowch / & diuerse of y^e other cryed vpon Thomas fyz Thomas, whych at that tyme was prysoner in wyndesore castell / wherfore the sayd Roger with y^e assystence of the mayre and other, toke the sayde Rascal and euyll disposed persones, and sent thē vnto dyuers prysons. Thys yere al∣so the gentylmen that helde the Ile of Ely brake oute sondry tymes and dyd moche harme in Northfolke, & in Suffolke, and Cambrydgeshyre / and toke the cytie of Norwyche / and after the spoylynge thereof, caryed awaye with theym many of the cyte∣zeyns beynge ryche, and fynaunced theym at great summes of money / & lyued therein that Ile lyke vnto out lawes. By thys and other, many hur¦tes in dyuers places of the lāde was done, by theuys and other yll dyspo∣sed people / whereof the charge was euer layde vnto the fore name gentil¦men. Thē the legate laboured vnto the kynge, that the sayde disheryted gentylmen myght purchase theyr lā¦des of hym by fyne and raunsome. By whose laboure the kynge lastly agreed, that the sayd gentylmē shuld haue theyr landes agayne by fynes of .v. yere value of theyr lande. As he that myght dyspende .xx.li. by yere, shulde paye an. C.li. and so other af∣ter that rate, except syr Robert ferers Erle of Derby, syr Iohn̄ de la warre and hym that strake of y^e fyste of the kynges purseuaūt. And some other persones whyche were of small ha∣uoure, shulde be fyned by discrecyon of the kynges counsayll / but this to∣ke no conclusyon.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxviii.
	Thomas Basynge.
Aleyn South.		Anno .lii.
	Robert de Cornehylf.

IN thys .lii. yere, for what hap is nat expressed, syr Gylbert de Clare erle of Gloceter refused y^e king and in the marche of walys gadered vnto hī a stronge power. To whome also drewe syr Iohn̄ Eyuile & other of the company disherited. And after the feest of Crystmasse, with a greate hoost came nere vnto London / that tyme the Popes legate Octobonus beynge lodged at the toure of Lōdō.

whan the mayre and aldermen of the cytye were ware of the erles com¦mynge, with so stronge a power, nat knowynge whether he were the kyn∣ges frende or nat / shytte the gates a∣gayne hys fore ryders. And for the kynge nor none of hys coūsayll was than nere vnto the cytye / the mayre and aldermen went vnto the legate,

and requyred hys counsayl, whether they shulde suffre the erle to entre īto the cytye or nat / wherunto the lega∣te answered that he thought nat the contrary / for he knewe wele that he was the kynges trewe subyect & frē∣de. It was nat lōge after that a mes∣sanger came from the erle vnto the mayre, wyllynge to haue lycence to passe thorugh the cytye into South∣werke, where he entendyd to lodge hym and hys people / whyche was graunted / and so the erle passed tho∣rough the cytye, and was lodged in South werke. To whō came shortly after by Southerey, syde syr Iohn̄ Eyuile with a greate company.

Than the mayre kepte the gate of y^e brydge shyt, and watched it dayly with a certayne of armyd men, and euery nyght caused the draw brydge to be drawen, & the waters syde day∣ly and nyghtly to be watched with many armyd men. In lytell processe of tyme after / the legate and the erle agreed in suche wyse, that the erle by hys aduyce was suffered with a cer∣tayne of hys people to be lodged within y^e cytye. By reason wherof he dayly drewe more & more of hys peo∣ple into the cytye / so that fynally ma¦ny thynges were ordered by hym, & many of the commons toke hys par∣tye agayne the mayre and aldermen.

Then in the Easter weke he toke y^e keyes of the brydge and of the gates from the offycers of the cytye, and de¦lyuered them to such as pleased hym and receyued into the cytye many of the dysherited persones, and gaue to them fre lybertye to passe the brydge by all houres of the daye & y^e nyghte. The mayre of all thys sente worde vnto the kynge, whych than was ga¦deryng of hys power in Northfolke, and made hasty spede towarde Lon∣don. In whyche meane tyme the erle with hys company made bulwerkes and barbycanys atwene the toure & the cytye, and caste dykes & trenches in some places of y^e cytye, & fortyfyed it wonderously.

Then many of y^e cytezeyns feryng a newe insurreccyon, voyded the cy∣tye as secretly as they myght / whose goodes the erle seased to hys owne vse: or suffred hys men to spoyle thē at theyr pleasure. Than the commōs of the cytye forgat theyr late punyssh¦ment / and as men without drede of god or of theyr kynge, toke certayne of the aldermen & caste theym in pry¦sone, and sequestred theyr goodes, & dyspoyled moche therof. And ther∣vppon ranne to the Guyldhalle, and there chose for theyr mayre or for cu∣stos or ruler of the cytye syr Rychard de Culworth knyght, and for bayly∣ues Roberte de Lynton and Roger Marshall / and dyscharged the olde mayre and sheryffes. And that done, all suche prysoners as were in New∣gate, Ludgate, and Crepylgate, or in any other prysons within the cytie for bycause of the barons warre be∣fore passed / they were delyuered & set at lybertye.

whan the legate beheld all thys re¦belliō and dyscorde / he repented hym of hys fourmer counsayll gyuē vnto the mayre. And for he sawe he might nat refourme the erle of hys errour / he thretened hym wyth the censurs of the chyrch, and to accurse hym as the dysheryted were. And vpon thys he commaunded the deuyne seruyce to be sayd without note, & the chyrch dores to be shytte in tyme of the serui¦ce doynge, & that no belle were ronge vnto the sayde seruyce / and all to the entent y^t the disheryted, whych stode accursed shuld nat entre y^e churches to here the deuyne seruyce of god.

Then vpō .iii. wekes after Easter / the kynge came to Ham̄ .iii. myles from London, and was lodged hym

selfe in the abbaye of whyte monkes of Stratforde. whyther came vnto hym the legate soone after, and was lodgid also in the same abbay / where for streyghtnes of lodgyng his horse and mules were sette wythin the clos¦ter of the sayde abbay. Then the kyn¦ges hoste made dayly assautes vpon the cytye / and gunnes and other or∣dynaunces was shot into the cytye, whyche lytell or nothynge hurte the towne, yt was so strongly fortyfyed.

In this season y^e legate vpon his partye, and the kynge of Romaynes vppon the other partye, for allyaūce that was betwene hym and the erle of Glouceter / labored so to the kyng that a reformacyon of peace was spo¦ken of. Durynge whyche treaty the souldyours lyenge in Southwerke, made many robboryes in Southery and other places / and rowed ouer to westmynster, and spoyled there the kynges paleys, and deuoured hys wyne, and brake y^e glasse of the wyn∣dowes / and all other necessaryes to that paleys they destroyed & wasted / and somtymes came in lyke wyse in∣to Lōdon and robbyd there also. Of whyche there was taken .iiii. y^t bare the Conysaunce of the erle of Der∣by / the whyche the erle caused theyr handes and legges to be bounden, and then put into a sacke, and so cast into the Thamys.

About the feast of saynt Barnabe / the peace betwene the kynge and the erle of Glouceter was concludyd.

After the whyche conclusyon ta∣ken / the erle remouyd out of the cy∣tye, & was lodged agayne in South werke. And the kyng entryd the citye the sondaye before mydsomer daye. And forth wyth the kynges procla∣macyons were made through the cy∣tye, of the peace betwene the kyng & the erle. And after was gyuen liberte to y^e dysheryted persons y^t they shuld haue .xi. dayes respyte to shyft for them selfe / that is to meane other to auoyde to suche places where they myght be in some suertye, or ellys to agre to the former composycyon ma∣de by the legate, and to paye the .v. parte of the slynte of theyr landes / certayne persones to be exceptyd, as before is rehersyd. And as touchyng to the erle and suche other as before were not dysheryted, wyth also the cytesyns of London, to be clerely for¦gyuen and pardoned.

And then was restoryd to theyr of∣fyces Aleyn Sowch for mayre, and Thomas Basynge and Robert de Cornehyll for shyreffes. And the al∣dermen whych before were deposyd, were agayn restored to theyr wardes and offyces.

Uppon the wednysday folowynge, the legate interdyted all the cytye. which endured from .vi. of the clocke in the mornyng, tyll .iii. of the clocke the next day at after none / and then yt dyschargyd, vppon the othe of .ii. commons sworne in the name of all the cytye, that the cytye shulde stande to the ordynaunce and iudgement of holy chyrche. But an other cronycle sayth, that this interdyccyon shulde haue contynued longer, ne had ben the sterenesse of the Londoners / why¦che helde the legate so streyght, that they enforced hym to wythdraw that sentence vppon the foresayde condy∣cyon. Then after this, all the bul¦werkes and barbycans made by the erle in the cytye were plucked clene vppe / and the dyches fyllyd, that no parte of theym was sene. when the cy¦tesyns shulde haue theyr newe par∣don graūted / an obstacle was made, for so myche as they as yet hadde not recompensyd the kynge of Ro∣maynes for the subuersyon of his ma¦nour of Thystylworth. For the why∣che was axed .vi. thousande marke /

so that fynally wyth great laboure and frendshyppe, thy agreed to gyue vnto hym for amendes a thousande marke, to be payed in two yeres.

It was longe after the kynge acce∣ptyd to his grace syr Iohn̄ Eyuyle, syr Nycholas de Segraue, syr willy¦am Marmeryn or Mermyon, syr Ri¦charde Gray, syr Iohn̄ fyz Iohn̄, and syr Gylbert de Lucy, with other. And accorde was also made betwene syr Edwarde the kynges sonne, and the forenamed erle of Glouceter. And then was all fortresses and other de∣fences which before tyme were made in Southwerke and in other places ioynynge to the same, pulled vp and destroyed / and the erle and all other souldyours clene voyded. And after all thynges set in order and reste, ex∣cepte such as yet kept the yle of Ely / the kynge rode to Shrowysburye, where he taried a season, for to cōmon of maters betwene hym and Lewe∣lyn prynce of walys.

The kynge thus beyng at Shrow¦ysbury / a wrytte was dyrectyd to syr Aleyn Souch mayre of Lōdon, viii. dayes before Mychelmas from the kynge / chargynge hym that the cy∣tesyns shuld not procede to eleccyon of newe shyreffes tyll his commynge to London, but to suffer the olde to abyde styll in offyce.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxix.
	wyllyam de Durham.
Aleyn Souch.		Anno .liii
	walter Henry.

IN this .liii. yere in the moneth of Nouember, fyll a varyaūce betwene the felyshyppes of goldsmy¦thes and tayllours of London. why∣che grew to makynge of partyes / so that wyth the goldsmythes toke par¦tye the felyshyp or craft of / & wyth the tayllours helde y^e craft of stayners.* 4.2 By meane of thys myche people nyghtly gaderyd in the stre∣tes in harneys. And at length as yt were prouyded, y^e thyrd nyght, of the sayde partyes met vpon the nomber of .v. hūdred men on both sydes, and ran to gyther wyth such violence, y^t some were slayn and many woūded, Then outcrie was made / so y^t the shy reffes with strength of other cōmons came to the ryddynge of theym, and of theym toke certayn persones / and sent them vnto dyuers prysons / and vppon the morowe suche serche was made, that the moste of the chefe cau¦sers of that fray were taken and put in warde.

Then vppon the freday folowyng saynt Katheryns day, sessyons were kepte at Newgate by the mayre and Laurēce de Broke iustyce and other / where .xxx. of the sayd persones were arregned of felony, and .xiii. of them caste and hanged. And for one God∣frey de Beuerlay holpe to arme one of the sayd persons, he was also caste amonge the other. In lent folowyng the kynge beyng at westmynster com¦maūded the mayre of London to pre¦sent vnto hym .vi. persones such as were able to be shyriffes. Of the why¦che .vi. so presented, y^e kyng chase .ii. for to be shyreffes / that is to say wyl∣lyam de Durham and walter Hen¦ry / and then caused theym to be sworne, that they shulde gader the profytes of the cytye, and to gyue a trewe accompte before the Barons of the excheker.

And the morow after saynt Iamis daye, or the .xxvi. daye of Iuly / the kynge dyscharged syr Aleyn Souch

mayre, and made Stephā Edworth constable of the toure, and custos of the cytye of London. Of these rulers of the cytye after the yere that Tho∣mas fyz Thomas was mayre are dy¦uers oppynyons. For after some wri¦ters, from that yere, whyche as the xlviii. yere of kynge Henry tyll the lviii. yere, of hys reygne, in the why∣che yere Iohan Adryan draper was mayre / were all custodyes and gar∣deyns and no mayres / and who to y^e was then constable of the towre of Lōdon, was also custos of the cytye.

About this tyme also by medyacy on and meanes of syr Edwarde / all suche dysheryted persones as kepte the yle of Ely, were reconcyled vnto the kynge / and all fortresses and de∣fences therin by theym made, pluc∣ked away and destroyed.

And in thys moneth of Iuly, Oc∣tobonus the legat after he had made many good rules in the chyrche, not wythoute great charge of dymes le∣uyed of the same / toke his leue of the kynge, and rode towarde the see syde with great treasour, and so returned in processe of tyme to Rome. where after Innocent the fyft, about the ye¦re of our lorde .xii. hundred & .lxxvi. he was chosen and created pope, and then named Adryan y^t .v. of y^t name, and dyed wythin .l. dayes of his ele••y¦on. This yere also, for so myche as many of the cytesyns of London for the great imposycyon & charge that they were sette at, towarde the fyne of .xx. thousande marke forenamed wyth other charges, voyde the cytye wyth theyr housholdes and goodes, & enhabited them in dyues places of the lande, thynkynge therby to be ac¦quited of the sayd sessyng or charge / the other of the cytye whych remay∣ned, made instant laboure to y^e kyng and had yt graunted, that all suche as for the sayde cause hadde voyded theyr goodes out of the cytye, shulde be distrayned by the shyryff of y^e shyre where they then dwelled, and forcyd to paye all suche summes as they be∣fore were assessyd at.

And in the moneth of September, the forenamed .v. cytesyns whych re¦mayned prysoners in the towre of wyndefore, that is to saye Thomas fyz Thomas, Mychaell Tony, Ste∣phan Buckerell, Thomas Pywelys¦don and Iohn̄ de la Flete, as before in the ende of the .xlviii. yere is expres¦syd / made at thys season theyr ende wyth syr Edwarde the kynges sonne for great summes of money, & were delyueryd.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxix.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxx.
	wyllyam Haddystoke.
Thomas fiz Thomas.		Anno .liiii.
	Anketyll de Aluerne.

IN this .liiii. yere, beganne an harde froste about the feaste of saynt Andrew, and enduryd tyll yt was nere vnto Candelmasse. The whych was so feruent, that Thamys aboue the bridge betwene London & westmynster was so harde frosyn, y^e men and bestes passed ouer on fote from Lambhyth to westmynste / and so vpward in dyuers places to Kyng¦stone / and marchaundyse was cary∣ed from Sandwych & other hauens of the see vnto London by lande, for that shyppes at y^e season myghte not entre into the ryuer of Thamys.

And about the feaste of saynte Ue∣dast fyll suche plent of water, y^e Tha¦mys flowed and rose so hyghe, y^• the lyke therof was not sene by men then lyuynge wherof ensued mych harme

about London / for the selers by the water syde were all drowned, and in theym great plente of marchaundyse peryshed and loste.

In this yere in the begynnynge of lent / y^e kynge gaue vnto syr Edward his son the rule of the cytye of Lon∣don, with all reuenues and profytes to yt belongynge. After whyche gyft y^e sayd syr Edwarde made syr Hugh the son of Othon cōstable of y^e towre and custos of the cytye.

And vppon the .ix. daye of Apryll ensuynge / syr Edmunde the kynges other sonne surnamed Crouch bake, maryed at westminster the doughter of the erle of Aumarle. For solemp∣nyte wherof, the kynge kept there in y^e great hall a great honorable feaste the sondaye folowynge.

And vppon the daye of saynte Er∣kenwalde, or the laste daye of Apryll nexte ensuynge / syr Edwarde y^e kyn¦ges sonne commaunded the citesyns of London to presente vnto hym .vi. persones able to be shyreffes of Lon¦don. Of the whyche he admytted to that offyce wyllyam de Hadestoke & Anketyll de Aluerne / & sware them to be accomptauntes as theyr prede∣cessours were. And the .vi. daye of May folowyng p̄sentyd at y^e Guyld hall, and there chargyd of new.

At these dayes a newe custome or toll was vsed to be payed by the cyty¦syns of London vnto the kynge / whych toll syr Edwarde then hadde letten so ferme to a marchaunt straūger for .xx. marke by yere. wherfore the cytesysn not wyllynge to be vn∣der the rule of a straūger, made grete suyte vnto the sayde syr Edwarde / and lastely agreed wyth hym to bye the sayde tolle free, for the summe of two hundred marke.

And in the ende of this yere, that is to meane the .xiii. daye of October / the kynge lette translate wyth great solemnytye, the holy body of saynte Edwarde kynge and confessour, that before laye in the syde of the quere where the monkes nowe synge, into the chapell at the backe of the hyghe aulter of westmynster abbay / & there layde yt in a ryche shryne. And in this yere the kynge hadde graunted vnto hym towarde his vyage purpo¦syd by hym into the holy lande, the xx. peny of euery mannes substaunce mouable thorough out hys lande of the lay fee / and of the spyrytualty by assent of y^e .x. Gregorye then pope .iii. dysmes, to be leuyed in thre yeres.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxx.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxi.
	walter Porter.
Iohn̄ Adryan Uyntyner.		Anno .lv.
	Iohn̄ Taylour.

IN thys .lv. yere, the kynge of Romains cōcludid a couenaūt betwen y^e kyng & syr Gylbert de Cla∣re erle of Glouceter, for a vyage to be taken into the holy lande by the sayd erle for the kynge. For the whych vy∣age the saide erle shuld haue toward his charge .viii thousand mark, and at the takyng of his shyppyng other iiii. thousande marke, and to be redy by the fyrst daye of May next folow∣ynge / and yf the erle were not redy at the see syde at that day with his com¦pany to take his shyppynge, he shuld then forfayte to y^e kyng .ii.M. marke. For suertie wherof y^e sayde erle shuld delyuer into the kynges possessyon his castell of Henleger standynge vp¦pon y^e marche of walis. But this cam after to no purpose, wherfore y^e cause

is not shewyd. But y^e iourney was perfourmed by syr Edwarde the kyn¦ges sonne, as after shall be to you de¦clared. In this passe tyme the cy∣tesyns of London contentyd so well syr Edwardes mynde, that he labou¦red so for them to the kynges grace, that they had then theyr chartour so cōfermyd, that they shuld after theyr auncyent lybertyes chose of them self a mayre and two shryues / and y^e sayd shryues to haue the offyces therun∣to belongynge to ferme, as they to fore hadde / excepte that wheretofore they payde for the fee ferme .iii. hun∣dred and l. punde, nowe they shulde pay .iiii. hundred and .l. poūde. After whyche confyrmacyon thus graūted and passed by y^e kynges brode seale / the cytesyns vppon the .xiiii. daye of Iuly assembled at the Guyldhall, & chase for theyr mayre Iohn̄ Adryan draper / and for shyreffes walter Por¦ter and Iohn̄ Tayller. And vppon y^e xvi. daye folowynge syr Edwarde be¦ynge present, presented them vnto y^e king at westminster / where they were admitted & sworne. And then was syr Hugh of Othon dyschargyd of that rule of the cytye.

Then the citesyns of theyr fre wyll gaue vnto the kynge an .C. marke / & to syr Edwarde .v. hūdred marke / whyche gyft the kyng well accepted. And soone after they receyued theyr chartour of confyrmacyon, berynge date the .xxi. day of Iuly, and yere of the kynges reygne .lv.

And for the former conuencyon be¦twene the kyng and the erle of Glou¦ceter was not holden / syr Edwarde toke vppon hym the kynges crosse. To whom the kynge gaue all suche money as was graunted of y^e lay fee as before is shewyd, & then toke his leue of the kyng / and after toke shyp¦pynge at Douer the .xx. daye of Au∣gust, and so sayled to Burbeaux with his wyfe and other noble company. And for that holy Lewys then kyng of Fraunce was gone, he taryed at Burdeaux a certayne season / and af∣ter sped hym with his forsayd compa¦ny toward y^e cytye of Thunys, where y^e Frenche kyng was. But or he came thyder saynt Lewys was dede. And y^e peace cōcluded betwene Phylyppe hys son and the kynge of Thunys. wherfore syr Edwarde entendynge to greue goddes enmyes, wyth some knygtes of Fraunce whych entēded the same / toke leue of the Frenche kynge and of syr Charl••s hys vncle then kynge of Scycyle / & sayled fur∣ther into the holy lande, and arryued at a porte of Acris or Acon. For at y^e daye in the holy lande was no mo cy¦tyes in the possessyon of cristen men, but that and the cytye of Tyre / wyth certayne castellys, wherunto the cry¦sten fled often for socoure agayne the Sarazyns.

when syr Edwarde was comē to y^e cytye of Acon / y^e crysten knyghtes re¦ceyued hym with gret honour & glad¦nesse, and lodged hym in theyr beste maner. where he taryed by the space of a yere after, as aftermeth y^e french cronycle. For yt was not longe after his commynge thyder, but that the Soudane of Sury (the whych had wonne al the countreys there about) came thyther wyth a great power of Sarazyns, and assauted the towne vygurously. But syr Edwarde with the ayde of crysten men bare hym so knyghtly, that he defended the cytye and the castellys to the same belon∣gynge, & terrytores of the same / that the Soudane for all hys great mul∣tytude and power gate there lyteil honoure / notwytstandynge that he hadde in hys hoste, as affyrmeth the frenche cronycle, ouer an hundred thousande Sarazyns. And more af∣fyrmeth the sayde cronycle, that syr

Edwarde in his polycyes and man∣full actes so honorably behauyd him that he neuer dyd such acte in all his lyfe folowynge / all be it that after he dyd many of grete honour. But none that was lyke vnto the actes that he there accomplyshed and brought vn¦to ende. By reason wherof his name amonge infidelys was had in memo¦ry many yeres after.

Of the honoure of thys marcyall knyght I haue shewed the lenger re∣hersall, for so myche as I fynde yt te¦styfyed of the French men / the which I knowe well by theyr other crony∣cles that they make of Englysh pryn¦ces must be of great authoryte, or el∣lys by them yt shuld not so specyally haue ben noted. And more ouer I am assured, that yf a Frenche prynce had deseruyd suche a generall pryce / yt shulde haue ben set out and artycu¦led euery acte thereof, that yt shulde haue conteyned a large worke, & the specyaltyes therof declared to theyre moste laude and honour. Then thys noble prynce beynge thus in Acon, and dayly puttynge the Suryens to shame and great damages / they se∣ynge they might not preuayle agayn hym by strength of vatayll, cast how they myght destroy hym by treason / and sente vnto hym a Sarazyne in name of a messanger, the whyche in tellynge of hys fayned message, woū¦ded hym wyth a knyfe enuenomyd / of the whyche wounde he laye longe or he were therof cured. But after confessyon made by the Sarazyn of all hys cōpassed treason, he was put vnto cruell deth.

In thys yere also fyll downe the steple of saynt Mary Bow in Chepe of Lōdon, & slew women & chyldren.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxii.
	Gregory Rokkysle.
Iohn̄ Adryan wyntener		Anno .lvi.
	Henry waleys.

IN this .lvi. yere, in the moneth of Nouember at the parliamēt holden at westmynster / the marchaū¦tes of Lōdon and other places of En¦glande, complayned them to y^e kyng that the countesse of Flaundres had taken from them certayne gooddes amountynge to a great summe. Up∣pon whych complaynt the kyng sent to her to make restytucyon. But for no••e was had / the kyng cōmaunded that all men born in y^e partyes in En¦glande shulde be arrested, and they & theyr goodes to be vnder suer ke∣pynge. By the whych meane in con∣clusyon she sent ouer embassadours, and besought the kyng that his mar¦chaūtes myght vse theyr entercourse into Flaūdres as they before tymes had done, & such lossis as before was by theym susteyned, shulde be recom¦pensyd. And so soone after, an amy∣tye betwene the kynge and her was concluded.

✚ 4.3 In this yere about y^e ende of Mar¦che dyed Rychard kynge of Almayn and erle of Cornewayle brother to the kynge / and was buryed at Hay∣lys an abbaye of whyte monkes by hym before tymes buylded, after he hadde ben kynge of Almayne by the terme of .xv. yeres. But after the re∣hersall made before in the .xxx. yere of this kyng Henry, he shuld reygne xvi. yeres.

In the moneth of Iuny, y^e monaste¦ry of y^e Trinite in y^e citie of Norwiche was consumed wyth fyre / by reason of a fraye made betwene seruauntes of the abbaye and some of the cyte∣zeyns

of the cytye / whyche grewe to a great skyrmysshe. For the pryour of the same and other of the monkes purueyed sowdyours, and helde y^e belfray and the chyrch by force of ar∣mys / and threwe out stones & dartes and shotte many arrowes, by reason wherof many of y^e towne were bothe wounded & slayne, whyche broughte the comons and yonge men in suche a furye and madnesse, that they fyrid the gates / and after forced the fyre with rede and drye woode, that the chyrche wyth the bookes & all other ornamentes of the same, and all hou¦ses of offyce belongynge to the same abbey, were clene brent and throwen downe / so that nothynge was preser¦ued / excepte a lytell Chapell. whā ty∣dynges of thys ryot came to y^e kyng{is} knowlege / he was therwith greuous¦ly dyspleased, so that he rode thyder soone after / and there commaunded questes to be charged of knyghtes & esquyres that dwelled in the countre aboute / and to endyte all suche per∣sones as were occasyoners and exe∣cutours of that dede. By reason of whyche enquery, fynally were caste and iuged vppon the nombre. of .xxx. yonge men of the towne / the whyche were after drawen to the place of exe¦cucyon and there hanged and brent to the great dyscomfyture & sorowe of the cytezeyns. For they thought y^e pryour of the place was the occasyo∣ner of all that myschyef / whych was borne out & defended by the bysshop of Norwyche than beyng named Ro¦ger. And this yere were diuers prody¦gies & straūge tokens sene in dyuers places of Englande amōge / y^e whych at Grenewyche besyde London a lā∣be was yenyd,* 4.4 hauynge .ii. perfyte bo¦dyes wyth all membres, and but one heed.

Anno domini .M.C.lxxii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxiii.
	Rycharde Parys.
Syr walter Henry.		Anno .lvii.
	Iohn̄ Bedyll.

IN thys .lvii. yere of kynge Hēry and begynnynge of the same, the kynge sy¦kened / so that he was forcyd to kepe his bed at westmin¦ster, where he called before hym syr Gylberte de Clare erle of Glouceter and caused hym to be newly sworne to kepe the peas of the lande, to the behofe of Edwarde hys sonne / and than dyed vppon the daye of saynte Edmunde the bysshoppe, or the .xvi. day of Nouembre / and was buryed vppon the southesyde of saynte Ed∣warde in westmynster, whenne he had reygned .lvi. yeres & .xxviii. days leuynge after hym syr Edwarde be∣forenamed for hys heyre, & Edmūde Crowchbak. In a table hāgyng vpō the tombe of the sayd Henry are writ¦ten these verses folowynge.

Tercius Henricus iacet hic, pietatis amicus Ecclesiam strauit istam, quam post renouauit Reddat ei munus, qui regnat trinus & vnus.

The whyche may be Englysshed as foloweth.

The frende of pyte and of almesse dede Henry the thyrde whylome of Eng∣lande kynge. who thys chyrch brake, & after hys mede Agayn renewed into this fayre buyl¦dynge

Nowe resteth in here, whyche dyd so great a thynge He yelde hys mede, that lorde in deyite That as one god reygneth in perso∣nes thre.

Francia.

LOwys the .ix. of y^e name and sonne vnto the seconde Phylyp, begā his reygne ouer the realme of Fraūce in the yere of our lorde .xii.C.xxiii. and the .vii. yere of the thyrde Hēry then kynge of Englande. Thys Lo∣wys was crowned at Raynes vpon the daye of saynt Sixtus the pope or the .vi. day of August. By the meane of thys Lowys as testifieth the frēshe cronycle, retourned the blode of Pe∣pyn to the enherytaunce of the crow∣ne of Fraunce, whose name was Isa¦bell doughter of Bawdewyn erle of Henaut / whych Bawdewyn was dis¦cendyd of Ermengaunte, somtyme countesse of Namoure, whyche was doughter to Charles duke of Lo∣rayne / the whyche Charles was ly∣nyally dyscended of Charles the Cō∣querour that was sonne of Charles Martellus the sonne of Pepyn.

whan thys Lowys had passed the solempnytye of hys coronacyon / he made a vyage into y^e countre of Poy∣tiers, and there wanne from the En∣glysshe men certayne castelles & tow¦nes, as before in the .x. yere of Henry the thyrde is touched. The whyche vyage by hym fynysshed / he at y^e con¦templacyon and prayer of kyng Io∣han kynge of Hierusalem, toke vpō hym the crosse to warre vpō the Tur¦kes / and after all thynges for that vyage made redy, passed with hys hoost by Burgys & Neuers, and so to Lyon / and from Lyon to Auygnd the whyche for dysobedyence to the chyrche of Rome had stande accursed vppon the terme of .vii. yeres. But where as kynge Lowys supposed he shulde haue passed with hys people as he had passed the other cytyes / y^e cytezeyns closed the gates agayne hym, & wolde nat suffre hym nor hys to come within the cytye.

wherfore the kynge commaunded assaute to be made / and so continued there hys siege tyll the myddell of Au¦gust, the whyche was begon aboute the ende of Nouēbre / and loste there many of hys men / amōge the whych Guy erle of saynte Paule a man of great fame was one, with y^e bysshop of Lemeryk and other, to the nōbre of .ii.M. or theraboute. wherewith thys Lowys was so amoued, that he made a solempne othe, that he wolde nat departe thens tyll he had wonne the towne.

when that the rulers of the towne had knowlege of the kynges a••owe and promesse that he had made / they toke aduysemente / and shortly after sent vnto the kynge .ii. noble men of the cytye to entreate and common of peas. But peas was to them vtterly denyed / except they wolde submytte theym hooly to the correccyon of the pope. For the offence done to god & hys chyrch of Rome / & after to stāde to the kynges dome, for dysplea∣sure done agayne hym. In the ende thoughe thys condycyon were great¦ly agayne theyr mynde / it was lastly agreed vnto, and the kynge with his people was receyued into the cytye. And after he had restyd hym there a season, that the cytezens had agreed theym with the popes legate, and re∣ceyued of hym absoluciō / with a new bysshop named Peter Corbio of the popes eleccyon than Gregory the .ix. with other thynges done accordinge

to the sayd popes commaundement: Then kynge Lowys commaunded fyrste the dyches of the towne to be fylled playne with the grounde. And that done, he caused to be caste vnto the erthe .iii.C. of y^e fayrest houses of the cytye. And after certayne sūmes of money by hym receyued towarde hys charge / he departed thens to∣warde Tholowse / & there by aduyce of hys barony, for so moche as wyn∣ter was towarde he retourned into Fraunce / & so sped hym on hys iour∣ney, that vppō the euyn of all Sain¦tes he came to a place called Moūte Pauncer in the prouynce of Aluerne where he was takē with stronge sy∣kenesse, and dyed within .iiii. dayes after, whose corps with grete honour was conueyed vnto saynt Denys, & there buryed by hys father / when he had reygned .iii. yeres / leuynge after hym a sonne, the whych is nowe na∣med saint Lowys, and was than of y^e age of .xii. yeres or nere thereaboute.

LOwys the .x. of that name sur¦named saint Lowys, and son of the .ix. Lowys laste kynge / began hys reygne ouer the lande of Fraūce in the moneth of Nouember, and ye∣re of grace .xii.C. & .xxvi. and y^e .x. ye∣re of Henry the .iii. then kynge of En¦glande. The whyche for hys tender∣nesse of youthe, was thought insuffi∣cyent to take so greate a charge / and specyally of y^e duke of Brytayne thā named Peter Mancler, the whyche encensed and styred many noble men agayne the sayde Lowys. But at length by prouysyon of quene Blan¦che hys mother and other lordes, he subdued hys enemyes / & at Raynes was crowned in the moneth of Decē∣ber folowyng, of the bysshop of Soy sons, for so moche as at that tyme y^e see of Raynes was voyde.

The .iiii. yere of hys reygne and of hys age .xvii. he buylded the house of relygyon called Royan mount / & set∣therin monkes of Cysteauxe ordre whyte monkes, and endewed theym with ryche possessyons.

It was nat longe after that great varyaunce fyll betwene the vnyuer∣sytye or studientes of Parys and the cytezeyns of the same / in suche wyse that the studyentes were in purpose to haue lafte y^e cytye, & to haue kepte theyr study ellys where. Of y^e whych stryfe the frenche boke expresseth nat the cause / but saythe that the kynge made good spede to agree theym, for so moche as kyng Hēry of Englande had made laboure to the sayde stu∣dyentes to come into hys countre, & to enhabyte theym there with many great pryueleges. But in cōclusion y^e frenche kynge so entreated thē, that they agreed to reste there styll. And that of a congruēce / for they myghte dwell in no lande, where they shulde more surely be defended.* 4.5 For y^e kyng of Fraunce bereth the floure de Lyce for one of that causes, that is to saye for to defende the clergy. And the fayth of Chryste betokeneth the myd¦dle leef. And the thyrde betokeneth Chyualry. So that by the chyualry the clergy is defended, whych may••¦teyne the faythe of the holy chyrche. Aboute thys season kynge Lowys maryed to hys fere Margarete the doughter of the erle of Prouynce. Soone after y^e matrymony was so∣lepnysed / Frederyk the secōde before in y^e story of Hēry the .iii. mynded Em¦perour of Almayne, set vnto Lowis requyrynge hi y^e he wolde mete hym at a place called Ualcolour, to y^e en∣de that he myght commō with hym: whyche request kynge Lowys accep∣ted / & with a goodly company kepte there hys daye of metynge. But whan the Emperour was ware that he was commen thyder wyth suche a company / he fayned hym syke,

and broke hys appoyntement. wher∣fore the frenshmen construyed, that yf the kynge had comen thyder with a small or weke company / he wolde haue conueyed hym into hyghe Al∣mayn, and there to haue kepte hym tyll he had of hym hys pleasure, con∣cernynge the warre betwene kynge Henry and hym, or in other thynges. But when kynge Lowys espyed the delucyon of the Emperour / he then retourned into Fraunce. It was nat longe after that y^e kynge was enfour¦med of the obstynacy of the Albygen¦sis / the whyche of longe tyme had bē effected with dyuers poyntes of hery¦sy, and many tymes recōcyled by the kynges of Fraunce and other / & yet fallen agayne to the sayde errour / wherfore the kynge sent vnto syr Io¦han Beawmount the whych ioyned vnto theym / chargynge hym to en∣uade that countre, and to waste and distroy it, tyll he had forced theym to restore to the chyrch suche goodes as they before had taken frome it / and ouer that to cause theym to make a∣mendes to the good chrysten people, whyche they had harmed by meanes of theyr rapynes and exorcyōs. Upō whyche commaundement thus frō y^e kynge receyued / the sayde Iohan with a competent nombre of knygh∣tes entred the sayd coūtre, and layde syege to a strōg castell named Moūt Royall. And after many forte as∣sautes wanne the sayd castell & man¦ned it with Frenchemen. And than yode to an other stronge holde than named Saygos / and there lykewyse ordered the same. And after wastyng the countre, wan̄e from theym many townes & holdes / so that in the ende he forced the chyefrules of that pro∣uynce to obey theym to all hys hest{is} / and delyuered to hym suertyes or ho¦stagys for the perfourmaunce of the same. So y^t he retourned into Frāce with greate pompe and honour / and receyued of the kyng at hys home cōmynge great thanke, with many ry∣che gyftes. Aboute the .xv. yere of kynge Lowys / the warre was quyc∣kened betwene thys Lowys & Hēry the .iii. than kynge of Englande, for causes before shewed in the .xxvi. ye∣re of the sayde Henry. And after that warre as there is shewed ended / the kynge, whyche was towarde the cy∣tye of Lyon to haue vysyted the po∣pe Innocent the .iiii. whyche thyder was fled for fere of Frederik the fore named Emperour / was taken with a sykenesse named dyssenterya of the flux. wherwith he was so greuously vexed, that he laye longe at a towne called Poyntoyse / and was in great ieopardy of lyfe / where lastly after many pylgrymages for hym done, with prayers and other obseruaun∣ces longe to accompt / lastly it came to hys mynde, that yf it pleased god to restore hym to hys helth, he wolde make a vyage into the holy lande, & there warre vpon Chrystes enemyes After whyche promyse solemply auo¦wed / he mended dayly, and was sone after restored vnto hys helthe. whan the kynge was recouered and retor∣ned vnto Parys / he called a coūsayll of spyrytuall and temporall, & there shewed vnto theym of the promesse whyche he had made / requyryng thē of theyr assystence and ayde / wherin he fonde hys lordes were agreable.

And in the tyme and season y^t pro∣uysyon was made for that iourney / the kynge wyth a goodly company rode vnto the abbey of Cluny, to vy∣syte the foresayd pope / and he taryed with hym .xv. dayes. And after hys matter with hym sped, wyth playne remyssyon to hym graunted, and all other that kept with hym that vyage he retourned into Fraunce. And vpō wytsondaye folowynge / he kepte a

great courte of hys landes at Meleō where in presence of them, he called before hym Beatryce doughter vnto the erle of Prouince and syster to the quene hys wyfe / and there gaue her in maryage vnto Charles hys bro∣ther, and made hym there knyghte, with many other for hys loue. And y^e day folowyng he gaue vnto the sayd Charles the erledome of Amo•• with y^e lordshyp of Mayn. And soone after he rode to Paris, where he assembled many of his lordes to hold with hym hys iourney.

THe fryday folowynge y^e feaste of Penthecoste, in the yere of our lorde .xii.C. and .xliiii. & the .xxii. yere of the reygned of y^e sayd Lowys he with many of his lordes departed from Parys vppon hys iournay to∣warde the holy lande. In which was croysed also y^e archbyshops of Bour¦ges, and of Raynes, the bysshoppes of Laon, of Orleaunce, and of Beau¦uais, y^e erles of Artoys, of saynt Pau∣le, of Bloy, of Barre, of Marche, and of Moūtfort, with many other noble men whyche were longe to reherce. with the whyche company the kyng passed thorugh Burgoyn̄ / and so to Lyō the vttermost border of Fraūce where the kynge fonde at y^e tyme the forenamed pope, which there taryed for fere of the Emperour Frederyke.

whan the kyng a season had there taryed with the pope / he sent forth y^e bawe warde of hys host towarde the place called Aque Mort. And shortly after folowed hym selfe with the rest of hys people. But certayn of hys va¦warde passynge by a castell called y^e Roche of Clin / were spoyled and rob¦bed, and some slayne. wherof y^e kyng beyng enformed, charged hys knygh¦tes to assaute the sayde castell. The whych was done / and the Souldy∣ours hanged, and the castell made playne with the grounde. And after he helde on hys way tyll he came to the forsayd porte of Aque Mort or y^e deed see / where he toke shyppynge, & so sayled forthe vppon Bartylmewe euyn or the .xxiiii. day of August / and lāded after in the prouynce of Cipre / where he taryed all the wynter folo∣wyng, for some parte of his host that as yet was behynde. wherof y^e kynge he was ioyously receyued / and at his departynge thens, kept cōpany with hym in the same iourney. But there fortune began to frowne vpon kyng Lowys. For in the tyme of hys there taryenge moche of hys people syke∣ned and dyed. Amonge the whyche, passed to god these men of name folo¦wynge / the bysshop of Bauuais, the erles of Mountforde, of Barre, and of Uendosme, with dyuers other to y^e nombre of .ii.C.xl. whan kynge Lo∣wys not all without troubles, as dys¦cencions amōge his people, and daūger of takynge of the see, had passed the wynter and a parte of the begyn¦nynge of the yere / lastly aboute Try¦nyte sondaye he toke shyppynge at the porte of Cypre then named Dom¦meton or Dōmeson, and landed nere vnto the cytye of Damasse or Da∣myet the frydaye after. whan the cry∣sten host were comyn nere vnto the porte of Damasse / the kynge caused theym to be shypped in small vessels and so in ordre to sayle or rowe to∣warde the cytye. But the Sarazeyns beynge ware of theyr commynge, is∣sued oute of the cytye, and defended the porte vygorously / so that many a crysten man was slayne at that re∣counter. But in the ende the dys∣comfyture tourned vpon the Sara∣seyns. For the chyefe capytayne of the towne wyth .ii. Admyralles were there slayne, & many of theyr knygh∣tes. Then they gaue backe vnto y^e towne, and suffered the crysten to lande. The kynge then pyghte hys

pauylyons, and strengthed hys felde for sodayne brekynge out of the Tur¦kes / and so rested hym and hys peo∣ple the sonday and mōday folowing. As faste as the crysten made prouy∣syon to ordre for theyr suer lyenge in the felde, so faste the Turkes within the towne made purueyaunce to con¦ueye suche goodes as they myghte out of the cytye / and lastly sette the houses on fyre, & voyded vnknow∣ynge to the crysten hoost. Anone as the flambe of the fyre appered / the cri¦sten men without resystence entred y^e cytye and quenched the fyre, & after possessed the cytye. Here I passe ouer certayne legaciōs and messages sent fro a prynce of the Oryēt vnto kynge Lowys / wherin appereth more fame of wordes than of thynges of trouth Then the temples and synagoges of the cytye were hallowed & occupyed to crysten mennes vse. And there the kynge with hys hoost rested hym tyll the moneth of Nouēber folowynge / in the whych season came vnto hym the erle of Poytyers with a fayre cō∣pany. Then kynge Lowys with hys people departed from Damasse y^e .xx. day of Nouembre, by the ryuer of Ni¦lus, passynge with small vesselles to¦warde a stronge holde called Maf∣four / whyther at lengthe they came with greate daunger. How be it they myght nat come nere vnto the towne to laye theyr syege therunto, bycause of a ryuer there rūnyng named Tha¦noys or Thanoes. wherfore y^e kyng pyght hys Pauylyons betwene the sayd ryuer and the ryuer of Nylus.

In thys whyle y^e the crysten hoost was thus lodged / worde was brou∣ghte to the kynge that the Sowdan of Babylon was dede, the whych be∣fore hys deth had prouyded a greate host to be sent into Egypte to wyth∣stāde the crysten hoost / & had commit¦ted the rule therof vnto an hardy and valiaūt Turke named Saphardyn. The whyche wyth a greate people came downe to thys towne of Maf∣four or Macour, & there dayly made assautes vpon the crysten hoost / so y^t betwene theym were had many by∣kerynges & skyrmysshes to bothe damages. Lastly the kynge aduerty synge in hys mynde that he myghte nothynge dere the Sarazeyns, with oute he myght passe y^e ryuer of Tha¦noys / cōcluded by aduyce of hys ma¦ryners to make a brydge of shyppes so that fynally he cheyned and faste∣ned hys shyppes togyder, in suche wise that a passage was made for his knyghtes.

whan the Turkes espyed thys or∣denaūce / and apperceyued well that yf the crystē hoost had passed that ry∣uer, it shulde be to theyr greate dys∣auaūtage, anone with all ordenaūce and shot that they myght make, they dyd the vttermest of theyr powers to let the perfytyng of thys brydge and passage of the crysten hoost. And to thys fyll an other contraryte to the crysten. For the water of that ryuer whyche was brode and depe was so troublous of wawe, that the brydge therwith was all to shaken / & daun∣gerous to stande on.

But these Turkes entendynge to damage the cristen / left a certayne to defende the passage, whyle the other by a forde or passage vnknowen to y^e crysten men, came ouer the ryuer / & assauted the Frenchmen egerly / so y^e there was betwene theym foughten a cruell batayle. Howe be it thorugh dyuyne power of god, the Turkes were ouerset, and many of thē slayne and taken. The whyche batayll was foughten vpon the daye of saynt Fa¦byan and Sebastyan, or the .xx. daye of Ianuarii. But yet myght nat the crystē wyn ouer the ryuer. For dayly the strength of the coūtres there nere

came downe and fortefyed the hoost of the Sarazyns more & more.

The day folowynge the Puryfyca¦cyon of our Lady, blewe suche a tem¦pest of wynde, y^• it dyd moche harme bothe to the shyppes, and also to the tentes and pauylyons of the cry∣sten host. And with that scarcite of vi¦tayle began to appere / so y^t the kyng determyned to retourne agayn vnto Damasse.

WHen the Turkes espyed the re∣tourne of the Frenchemen / they ordeyned .iiii. barges or suche lyke vessayles / and stuffed them with pytche, rosyn, grece, and other ly∣quet and brēnyng stuffe / and in the nyght sodaynly brought thē a borde where the crysten flote lay / and then cast on them Grekysh fyre, y^e whyche anone set them in a lyghte fyre. By reason wherof the crysten flote was in great ieopardy, and with great la∣boure preserued from brēnyng. For thys despyte that the Sarazyns had done to the crysten / the kyng was so therwyth amoued, that he sayde and promysed that he wolde nat departe thens tyl he had done to the Turkes some dyspleasure. And vpon enquy∣sycyō made / he was enfourmed of a passage or foorde, that was within .iii. myles of hys pauylion▪ wherupō he called a counsayll of hys lordes, & shewed to them his purpose / gyuyng vnto the erle of Artoyes the ledynge of hys forewarde / & charged hym y^t whan he were passed the foorde, that he shuld tary there tyll y^e other deale of the host were ouer passed. whan al thynges was ordered to the kynges mynde / the sayd erle with hys com∣pany set forthwarde, and passed the sayd foorde wythout daunger / and there forgettynge what▪ to hym was before commaunded of the kynge, set forth incontynētly towarde the Tur¦kes, whyche he weale knewe kepte y^e place where the brydge was before made. And there faughte with theym which were al vnpurueyed, & vnkno¦wynge of hys sodeyne commynge. wherfore he slewe many of theym / & after chased the other, whyche for so∣coure fledde vnto the cytye of Maf∣sour foresayd / whome he folowed so egerly, that in y^e entryng of the cytye he entred with theym, and there was slayne with a certayn of hys knygh∣tes. By reason wherof y^e Soldyours of the towne were so encoraged, that they issued out vpon the crysten and draue them backe tyll they sawe the kynges power come / & then retour∣ned to the cytye & shytte with strēgth theyr gates. Thā kyng Lowis being ascertayned of the sayd erles dethe, made for hym great dole. And after prouysyon made for the lodgynge of hys people / he thē made dyuers bryd¦ges & passages ouer y^e ryuer of Tha∣noyes. And for the crysten host shuld be assured frō the sodayne & vnware assautes & reprochys of y^e infydelies / therfore he closed theym wythin a strength of a dyche & pale, that theyr enemyes myght no waye haue waye into them / & named that strengthe a park. In the whyche the crysten host there lodged all the season of Lent.

In y^e whych tyme y^e yōge Sowdā came downe wyth a great host of peo¦ple. And for he myght nat lodge hys people within the towne / therfore he made an other lyke parke vnto the cristen men, & there closed hys peple / so that betwene the crysten and them was many conflyctes and assautes / somtyme to the losse of that one, and eft to the losse of that other. But the Sowdane made all the meanes he myght to kepe vytayll frome the cry∣sten hoost / & stopped all the passages betwene Damasse & them, that from thēs they myght haue no socour. By meane wherof dysseases & sykenesse

fyll amonge the crysten, so that they dyed hougely.

when kynge Lowys was ware of these miseries on euery syde, he sente to the Sowdane to haue a truce for a certayne tyme. But in conclusion none wolde be to hym graūted. wher¦fore of necessyte he was forced to bre¦ke hys felde, & wyth as good polycy as he myght drewe hym to the ryuer of Nylus / & so by shyp passed downe by the sayd ryuer towarde Damasse. But he passed nat ferre or y^t he was assauted on euery syde / so y^t the fight contynued styll without seasynge, to the great losse of the crysten host.

Then lastly came the Sowdane with a fresshe cōpany / & beset y^e kyng so about, that in the ende he was ta∣ken, wyth hys .ii. bretherne Charles & Robert, the erle of Poytyers, y^e erle of Angeou, the erle of Flaunders, the duke of Brytayne, the erle of Soy∣sōs. And in y^e fyght was slayne / y^• bys¦shoppes of Langrees, & of Soysons with many other of whome y^e names be nat put in wryttynge.

when kyng Lowys was thus takē he was syke. wherfore with all dyly∣gence the Sowdan cōmaunded hym to be conueyed vnto Massoure / and after caused all the other of hys men to be slayne as many as were woun∣ded or syke, excepte they were men of great fame, by whome great aduaun¦tage myghte ryse by reason of theyr raunsome. And thus was the cristen host takē & spoyled of the Sarazyns the thursday next folowyng the feast of Easter, in the yere of our lord .M.ii.C.l. and the .xxiiii. yere of y^e reygne of thys kynge Lowys. The whyche after wyth the other of the nobles of Fraunce were sent vnto Babylon or Cayer / & there kept in sōdry prysōs.

IN processe of tyme it was a∣greed, that kyng Lowis shuld be delyuered fro pryson & conueyed saufly into the handes of crystēdome vpon condycyon that he shulde fyrst render and gyue vp into the Sow∣dans power the cytye of Damasse, wyth all suche prysoners as he had of Turkes and Sarazyns at that daye in hys power / and ouer that he shulde yelde by a certayne daye a cer¦tayne summe of besauntes, whyche after the frenche boke shulde be .viii.M. Besauntes Sarazyn. But Peter Dysroy sayth .iii.C.M. Besauntes.

Of these Besauntes I haue ler∣ned there shuld be .ii. That one is cal¦led a Bezaunde Imperyall, and the other a Bezaunte Ducall. The Be∣zaunde Imperyall is worth .l. duca∣tes, & the Ducal Bezaunde is worth xx. ducates. A ducate whyche is na∣med a ducat de camera, is worth .iiii.s.viii.d. A ducat Papall & Uenyziā be of lasse value, as .iii.d. or .iiii.d in a pece. Then yf hys raunsome be este∣myd after y^e imperyail Bezaunde, he payde after the rate of .iiii.s.vi.d. the ducate / and after the summe of .viii.M. Bezaundes in sterlynge money lxxxx.M.li. And for thys the Sow∣dane promysed to delyuer all suche prysoners as he had in hys prysons of crystē men. But in y^t he brake pro∣myse / for of .xii. thousande he deliue¦red scarsly .iii. In thys tyme of ta∣kynge of the Frenche kynge / a com∣pany of yonge men assembled theym togyder in Fraūce / and vnder theyr capytayne, whyche toke vppon hym lyke a bysshoppe, passed by Parys & Orleaunce and other good townes of Fraunce, sayeng that they wolde restore the kynge to hys lybertye. But lastely whan they drewe nere to the porte of the deed see, where they shulde haue taken shyppynge / there they fyll to all thefte and auou¦try. wherfore the people of that coū∣tre sette vppon theym, and slewe

theyr capytayne and the more parte of theyr cōpany where thorugh that symple feleshyp whyche named them selfe Shepherdes, was dysseuered & sparkelyd. whan thys blessed kyng Lowys was delyuered from the daūger of hys enemyes, & was broughte out of Egypte into Syrye / he there executed many dedes of charyte and of mekenes, and repayred the cytye of Ioppen and other standyng vpon the see syde / and from thens went on pylgrymage vnto Nazareth, and to the mount of Thabor. And when he was retourned vnto Ioppen / he re∣ceyued there tydynges of the deth of dame Blāch his mother. where after dyuers obseruan̄ces & prayers done for the soule of hys mother / he toke there shyppynge and sayled towarde Fraunce. And nat withoute trauayle and trouble of the see, at the ende of xii. wekes he landed in the Hauen of Marcyll or Martyll / and so sped his iournay that he came to Parys, in y^e yere of our lorde .xii.C. and .liiii. and the .vi yere after that he toke vppon hym the voyage / where of the cyte∣zeyns he was receyued wyth mooste honoure and gladnes. And there cal∣lynge a coūsayl / he refourmed many thynges for the weale of hys realme, & made one lawe whych is specyally remēbred / that is that no man beyng in auctorytye of any hygh offyce, as Prouost, Pretour, or any lyke office, shuld bye any landes or rētes within that lordshype y^t he had rule of. And for that cause that he shuld nat extort or wronge, or bye suche landes y^e bet¦ter chepe by reason of hys myghte or power.

At thys day the Prouosty or chyef rule or offyce was in the handes of y^e cytezeyns of Parys, by reason of a seale therof made to theym by the kynges progenytours. By meane wherof many iniuryes and wronges were done vnto the common people, and many theuys and other trans∣gressours by fauoure and money pas∣sed vnpunysshed. wherof thys bles∣sed kynge Lowys beyng enfourmed vpon suffycyent profe made, dyschar¦ged the cytezeyns therof / and assyg∣ned a man named Stephan Boyle in that offyce / assygnynge to hym ye¦rely a certayne stipend for executyng of that office / and ordeyned that euer after, the Prouost of Parys shuld be named by the kynge and hys heyres kynges.

He also made ordenaunces to a∣uoyde strumpettes out of the cytye, and punysshement for all accustoma¦ble great swerers / wyth many other good ordenaunces and lawes, the whyche I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme.

In this tyme and season were aby¦dynge in Fraunce in a place called saynt Nicholas de Boys .iii. chyldrē borne in Flaundres / the whych were sent thyder to lern y^e maner of fraūce & also to teche y^e chyldrē of a knyghte named syr Guyllm̄ de Brunz to shot. These chyldrē vpon a season passed the boūdes of the abbey groūde & en∣tred the warrayn of a lord of Fraūce called Enguerran lorde of Coucy, & there chased and shote at Conyes for theyr disport. The whych were there takē of the seruaūtes of the sayd En∣guerran, & presented to theyr lorde / y^e whych of hasty cruelnesse caused the iii. chyldrē with out pyte to be hāged. wherof heryng y^e Abbot of saint Ny¦cholas, cōplayned hym with the assy¦stēce of y^e fornamed syr Guillm̄ vnto the kyng. The whych incōtynētly sēt to the sayd Enguerrā, charging hym to apere before hys barony, to answe¦re to such matters as there shuld be layd vnto his charge. wher in y^e ende after many reasōs for hym layde / he by great instāce of hys frendes was

pardoned of y^t greuous offence wyth cōdicion folowyng / that is to meane fyrst he shuld pay vnto the kynge .x.M.li. of Parys money, whych is to meane .xii.C. & .l.li. sterling. And ouer that he shuld warre vpō goddes ene∣myes in Syria by the space of .iii. ye¦res contynually, vpon hys owne cost and charge. And thyrdely he shulde buylde a chapel wherin two preestes shuld synge for euer, for the soules of the sayd infauntes. Or after mayster Gagwyne, with the forsayd .x.M.li. & other ayde of the kynge / the hospy∣tall in Parys named y^e house of god in Pontoyse, with the frayter of the freer minors or gray freers in Paris were made and repayred.

Than after many dedes of charite done by this vertuous prince / as ma¦kynge of dyuers houses of relygyon seruyng of the poore people with his owne handes, with fastinges & other infynyte dedes of pytye: he lastly in the .xxxiii. yere of hys reygne honou∣rably receyued Hēry the .iii. thā kyng of Englande / and stablyshed with hym a peas as before in the .xliiii. ye∣re of the reygne of the sayd Henry is declared.

And that done / he in the .xxxvi. yere of hys reygne, maryed hys eldest son Phylyp vnto Isabell the doughter of Iamys kyng of Aragon. By rea∣son of whyche maryage / the frenshe kyng gaue ouer to the sayd Iamys, all suche ryght as he had in the lord∣shyppes of Besac, Dampierre, Rous¦selion, and Barsellon. And the sayde Iamys acquyted & gaue ouer to Lo¦wys, all suche ryghte and tytle as he had in the lordshypes of Carcasson, of Bygorre, and of Anilly.

And soone after he sente Charles hys brother at the request of the .iiii. Alexaundre than pope, into Cicilia with a great power, to withstande y^e vyolence of Manfrede sonne of Fre∣deryke the second than Emperoure / the whych agayne ryghte withhelde that kyngdome frome the chyrche of Rome. whome Charles after longe fyght, at a place named Boneuente slewe in batayll / and after was made kyng of the sayd countre by auctory∣tye of the sayde pope Alexaunder / payenge yerely vnto the chyrche of Rome .xl.M. ducates, which is moch lyke after the rate of sterlyng money viii.M.vi.C.lxvi.li.xiii.s.iiii.d. euery ducat accōpted at .iiii.s.iiii.d.

IT fyll so after, that in the .xlii. yere of kynge Lowys / Pope Clement the .iiii. of that name, sent a legate vnto Lowys, requyryng hym to ayde the crysten whyche in Siria were greuously warred with y^e Tur∣kes and Sarazyns. At whose request the kyng called a counsayll / wherin it was agreed y^t socour shuld be made wherfore the kynge with hys .iii. son¦nes, Phylyp, Iohn, & Peter, toke on them the crosse. And in the fyrste day of May, the yere of hys reygne .xliii / he with hys sayde sonnes and many other lordes of Fraunce as well spi∣rytuall as temporall, departed from Parys / and frome thens rode vnto Cluny, where he rested hym .iiii. days And from thēs sped hys iourney tyll he came to the forenamed porte of y^t deed see. where mette with hym a car¦dynall and legate of Rome, with dy∣uers other bysshoppes of Fraunce, the kyng of Nauarne, the dukes son of Brytayn, Alphōs erle of Poytiers the erles of Artoys and of Flaūdres, with many other.

And whyle the kynge wyth hys hoost laye at the sayde porte taryeng a conuenable wynde / a dyssencyon fyll betwene the Catholeynes and the men of Prouynce / so that a∣monge theym was foughten suche a skyrmysshe, that betwene theym

was slayne vpon a hondreth men / and many mo wounded or the stryfe myght be all seased.

Soone after the kynge wyth hys lordes toke shyppynge / and sayled with great daunger of tempest, tyll lastly he came to the ile of Sardynes where the crysten host rested theym a season / and after kept theyr cours til they came to the porte of Thunys or Cartage, the .xviii. day of the moneth of Iulii / where they rested in theyr shyppes that nyght. Upō the morne whan they shuld lande / all the porte was beset with Turkes and infyde∣les, whych shotte dartes and kast sto¦nes, to the greuaunce of the crysten host / so that they wanne lande wyth great dyffyculte & payne.

whan the kynge was landed, he lodged hys people / and after sent to serche for fresshe water to refresshe with hys hooste. In whyche meane whyle the Admyrall of the kynges nauy came vnto the kynge / requy∣ryng hī to haue a certayne of knygh∣tes assygned vnto hym / trustynge in god to wyn shortly the towne. And so sped hym, and assauted the towne. But anone as the capytayne of the towne was ware of theyr commyng / he with a great company issued oute of the towne, and forced the crysten hoost to gyue backe. wherfore kynge Lowys sent the Marshal of hys host with a certayne nombre of knyghtes to socoure the sayd Admyrall / and in tyme of the fyght gatte betwene the Sarazyns and the towne / so that whyle some faught with the Turkes the other wanne the towne / wherof the Turkes beynge ware fled soone after / but nat without great slaugh∣ter of thē. For after that fyght, many of theym whyche escaped frō the ba∣tayll, were after slayne in cauernys and holes where they hyd theym in the grounde. whan the towne of Car¦tage or Thunis was by y^e cristē thus wonne / anone the kynge commaun∣ded the dede bodyes to be caste out, & the towne to be clēsyd of all ordours and fylthes. And when all was done as the kynge had commaunded / he then entred the towne, and lodged within as many as the towne wolde holde. And y^e other he fortyfyed with dyches and other strengthes, to pre∣serue them from theyr enemyes / and so taryed there the cōmyng of Char∣les hys brother and kyng of Cycilia. It was nat lōge after that the cytye or towne was wonne, but y^t the kyng of Thunys with a great host of Tur¦kes came nere to the towne, & made showys & offers / but they abode not therby. One day the erle of Artoys in one company, and a knyghte called syr Peter Cabellane in an other com¦panye / gatte betwene the see and the Turkes that they were compelled to fyght / so that betwene theym was a cruell fyghte, & many slayne vppō both sydes. But in the ende the Tur¦kes were scomfyted & chaced to theyr shyppes. In thys fyghte were slayne ii. cristen knyghtes, named le Chaste¦layn and syr Iohn̄ de Ronssoylyers. After thys batayll or fyght / the Sa∣razyns made no great assautes. But thē by reason of the unholsomnes of that countre, sykenes fyll amonge y^e crysten hoost / so that the people dyed faste. And shortly after the kyng was takē with suche a flixe, and therwith an agu that he kept hys bedde. And after the ryghtes of the chryche takē, and certayne monycyons gyuen to hys sonne Phylyp how he shulde be¦haue hym in gydynge of the realme of Fraunce / knowynge the houre of dethe approched, charged suche as were aboute hym that they shuld lay hym vpon a bed of asshes & powdre. where he so lyeng a season in prayer expyred, the day folowyng saint Bar¦tholomeus

tholomeus day, or the .xxv. day of Au¦gust, when he had reygned .xliiii. ye∣res lackynge .ii. monethes / leuynge after hym the .iii. forenamed sonnes Phylyp, Iohn̄, & Peter. Thē the Bowellys were buryed in Cecilia / and the body enbawmed with ryche oyn∣tementes, was recaryed vnto saynte Denys of Fraūce, & therwith greate reuerence entered. The whych after for hys myracles, of y^e .vii. Bonyface was sette amonge the nombre of sayntes.

PHylyp the thyrde of that name, and sonne of saynt Lo¦wys / beganne his reygne ouer the realme of Fraūce the .xxvi. daye of y^t moneth of September, in the yere of our lord .xii.C.lxx. and the .liiii. yere of Henry the .iii. than kynge of Eng∣lande / and began than as before is shewed in Affrica, at the towne or cy∣tye of Thunys or Cartage / accōpa∣nyed with Charles hys vncle kynge of Cycyll, the whych came to y^e porte of Thunys the same day that kynge Lowys dyed / & after taryed there & had many conflictes wyth the Tur∣kes / and bare hym so manfully, that in the ende he forced y^e kynge of Thu¦nys to seche to hym for a peas. The which was cōcluded for .x. yeres with certayne condycyōs of payeng of cer¦tayne money for y^e kynge of Fraūces costes, and certayne trowages of old tyme due vnto the kyng of Cycyll ye rely to be payde / with many other ar∣tycles concernynge the same peace whyche I passe ouer.

After whyce peas concluded and assured / the kynges of Fraunce and Cycyll toke shyppynge at the sayde porte of Thunys, & sayled towarde theyr countrees with great daunger of tempest of the see / & in processe of tyme landed in Cycyll, where Philip with greate reuerence & obseruaūce in mount Royall buryed y^e bowelles of his father. And y^t done he toke his iourney towarde Fraunce thorughe Italy. In whyche iourney dyed Isa¦bell hys wyfe, & y^e kyng of Nauerne & Mary hys wyfe, with many other to the nombre of .iii.M. and mo.

Lastly the kyng came vnto the cy∣ty of Uiterbe / where the cardynalles & other spyrytuall men were in coun¦sayll for the chosyng of a newe pope. For at y^e tyme the see was voyde by the deth of Clement the .iiii. But that eleccion was so dyuers, that .ii. yeres expyred or they myght agree vpon a new pastor. And thā they agreed vpō Theobalde archidiacon of Landēsse named after the .x. Gregory.

Frō Uiterbe the kyng rode to the moūt of Flaston̄, & so ouer to the coūtre of Tuscayne, & so to the mount of Bergue, & then to y^e cytye of Florēce & from thens to Boloyng le Greysse and frō thens to Cremoygū, where y^e kynges officers were nat all well en¦treated. In recōpensement wherof / y^e mayre & burgeyses of that towne pre¦sented the kyng with .vii. stedes trap¦ped in cloth of sylke & other presētes whych the kyng with curteys & thāk¦full wordes refused. Then frō thens the kyng departed to Milan, & from Milan to Annergeaux, and so to Su¦sane a cytye of Sauoy / and after pas¦sed the moūtaygnes, & so into the va¦lys of Moryen / and frō thens tour∣ned towarde the cytye of Lyōs vpon Rosne, and so to the cytye of Mastō in Burgoyn̄ / and passed y^e coūtre tyl they came to the abbey of Cluny, and frō thens into the coūtre of Chāpayn & so to the city of Trois / and frō thēs passed the countrees, tyll he came to the lordshype of Parys, and so into the cytye of Parys.

Here I passe ouer the great prouy¦syon made by the cytesyns of Parys for the receyuynge of theyr pryncys / y^t is to mene, the corps of Lewys, and theyr naturall prynce Phylyppe hys son / and of the obseruaunces done, and great assembles of the lordes spi¦rytuall and temporall to welcome theyr prynce, and doynge of theyr du¦ties euery man according to honour. But after al these ceremonies in due order fynyshed / prouysyon was ma∣de for the coronacyon of the kynge. The whyche was crowned at the cy¦tye of Raynes, vppon the daye of the assumpcyon of our lady, in the yere of grace .xii. hundred .lxxi.

SHortely after that the solemp¦nyte of this coronacyon was passed, kynge Phylyppe for his re∣creacyon rode into the countrey of Uermendoyse. where after he had de¦restyd hym a season / Robert erle of Artoys requyred hym to vysyte hys countrey. where he was receyuyd of the burgeysys of Artoys wyth great honour and gladnes / and there was feastyd with all disport and gladnes by a certayne of tyme after. The whi¦che expyryd, he returned into Fraūce

About the thryde yere of his rey∣gne / the erle of Foys contrary y^e kyn¦ges pleasure, toke partye agayn Ge¦tarde a knyght & lorde of the castell of Casseboun or Tasseboun / y^e which before had slayn y^e brother of the erle of Armenac specyall frēd of the sayd erle of Foyz. whyche sayde two erles to reuenge the deth of theyr sayd bro¦ther, pursued the sayde Gerarde so narrowly, that for his sauegarde he refused his owne castell, and fled vn¦to a castell of the kynges / and there helde hym wyth his wyfe, chyldren, and substaūce. But when the two er¦les were ware therof / they sped them thyder wyth theyr powers. and layd syege to the castell / and in the ende threwe it downe to the grounde, and slewe all the souldyours that they there founde, as well the kynges ser∣uauntes as other, hopynge to haue founde theyr enymye Gerarde, the whyche was escapyd thens secretly.

when the rumour of this dede came vnto the kynge / he dysdayned sore that dede, and toke yt ryght grevous¦ly. In so myche that he called hys lordes, and by theyr counsayll assem¦bled hys knyghtes, and entred wyth force the prouince of the erle of Foyz. The whyche herynge of the kynges great dyspleasure / fortyfyed hys ca∣stell and there helde hym. The which was so besette wyth rokkes of stone, that the kynge myght not wynne to yt wyth ease. wherfore the kynge cō∣maunded the rokkes to be cutte with masons and other worke men / & ma∣de a solempne othe, that he wold not depart thens or he hadde the erle and his castell at his pleasure.

when the erle hadde beholden the great power of his enymyes, and the prouysyon of the kyng to wynne his castell, wyth other ieopardyes / he made meanes to the kynge for grace and fynally putte hym and his into his mercy. Then the kynge commaū¦ded hym to be bounde, and so to be conueyed to the casrell of Beauque∣su, where he was imprysoned by an hole yere after. And the kyng•• ••ea∣sed all hys landes, and set a certayne of hys knyghtes to kepe hys castell / and caryed hys wyfe and chyldren wyth hym into Fraunce. But after a yere runne / the kynge was so la∣boured to by the frendes of the sayd erle, that he was eularged from pry¦son, and vppon suertye suffred to serue in the kynges courte. where he bare hym so well, y^t fynally the kyng made hym knyght, & restored hym to all his lādes. But what fyll of y^e erle of Armenac the story sheweth not.

Aboute the .vi. yere of his reygne / kynge Phylyppe maryed Mary the doughter of the erle of Burbon, or af¦ter some the doughter of Iohan the duke of Braban / the whych he loued entyerly. wherof Peter de Broshe then beynge lorde chamberlayne, ha¦uynge enuy and disdayn / sought the wayes and meanes to mynyshe the great loue betwene her lord and her / and fonde by his meane that a sonne of y^e kynges named Lewys was pry∣soned, the whyche dede he by subtyle & secrete meanes, as though yt had nothyng comen of hym, layde yt to y^e charge of the quene. For this y^e kyng made many maner of inquysycyons as well by sorcery as other. But in al his workes he found his quene gylt∣lesse. wherfore he sufferyd the mater to passe, tyll he myght haue more as∣sured profe in that mater.

Aboute thys season Ferdinandus kynge of Castyle, that before tyme hadde maryed Blanche doughter of saynt Lewis, dyed / leuyng after hym two sonnes borne of y^e sayd Blanch, named Ferdinande and Alphons / whych by couenaunt at the mariage made shulde be heyres vnto the kyng¦dome of Spayne and Castyle. But the father of this Ferdinande so be∣ynge dede / contrary hys honour and promise, wrote vnto the lordes of Ca∣style / amonestynge theym that they shulde admytte for theyr kynge hys seconde son named Sāxyon or San¦xio, and swere to hym both feautye & homage. The whyche was all done accordyng to hys commaundement / so that Blanche was dyspoynted of her dower, and her chyldern of theyr ryght and enherytaūce. For y^e which kyng Phylyppe her brother was gre∣uously dyscontētyd / and for reforma cyon therof sente vnto the kynge of Spayn his chefe boteler wyth other, desyryng hym to perfourme all such couenaūtes as betwene hym and his fader were cōcluded, at the maryage of his syster Blanche / or at the laste yf that he refusyd y^t to do, y^t he wold sende hys sayde syster wyth her two chyldern sauely into Fraunce. In cō¦clusyon y^e mother wyth her two chyl¦dern were brought by the sayde bote¦ler vnto the kynge, wythoute other pleasure other in worde or in dede. For the whyche he the yere folokyng gaderyd a stronge hoste, and passed wyth theym by Poyteau and Gas∣coyne, tyll he came vnto a towne ioy¦nynge to the border of Spayne na∣med Sainterre / where the kyng met another party of his hoste. There by counsayll of some of his lordes, the kynge concluded to retourne into Fraunce, for daunger of wynter that was cōmynge and other hyd causes. But the rumour in the hoste went, y^t some of the kynges counsayll hadde receyued rewardes of the kynge of Spayn. By meane wherof the kyng loste that iourney, and returned into Fraunce to his great dyshonour and damage.

In tyme of kynge Phylyppes re∣turne into Fraunce / tydynges were broughte to hym, that Eustace de Beau Marche, whom the kyng had appointed to haue the gydyng of the countrey or kyngdome of Nauarye / was besyeged in the citye of Pampu¦lyne. wherfore y^e kyng cōmaunded y^e erle of Artoys to spede hym thyder, to rescowe the sayde Eustace. The whyche behauyd hym so manfully, that he rescowed the sayde Eustace / and chasyd Garsymerans chefe styr∣rer of that rebellion, and brought the people of that countrey agayne to due subieccyon. whyle the erle of Ar¦toys was thus occcupyed in the sayd countrey / messangers came to hym from the kynge of Spayne / requy∣rynge hym sene that he was so nere,

that he was so nere, y^t he wold come & disport him there for a season. wher of y^e erle of Artoys sent kyng Philip worde / & hauyng of hym lycēce yode vnto the sayd kyng of Spayn, as to his nere kynnesmā / & there disported him a certayn of tyme to his great cō¦solaciō. In which season diuers let¦ters came out of Fraūce frō some of y^e kinges coūsall. By reason wherof y^e kynge of Spayne was informed of mych of the Frēche kinges coūsayll. which letters he shewed vnto y^e erle of Artoys / sayēg y^t he was not without frēdes in Fraūce. But he wold not dis¦close what {per}sons they were. whē the erle had taryed in Spayn a cōpetent seasō / he toke leue of y^e king, & de{per}ted with great giftes / & so sped hym, y^e in {pro}cesse of tyme he cam vnto y^e king of Fraūce / & at cōuenient leyser shewed vnto hym of the letters shewed vnto him by y^e kyng of Spayn / wherof the king was not a litle ameruayled. It was not lōge after y^t a currour or mes¦sanger, which vsed to bere letters frō Pet de Brosh vnto y^e king of Spayn fyll syke at an abbay. where when he knew he shuld die / were it by exortaci¦on of his gostly fader or otherwyse, he called to hym y^e abbot or hed of y^e house / chargyng him y^t he wold dely¦uer such letters as he there had vnto y^e Frēche kyng{is} own {per}son / & after dy∣ed. After whose deth y^e said religyous man in cōuenyet hast sped hym vnto y^e kinges court, & presented him with the said letters / shewyng vnto him y^e mynde of y^e sayd messanger. which let¦ters when the kyng had vnclosyd / he anon knew y^t his chāberlayne Peter de Broshe was the discloser of all his coūsaylles. wherfore forthwith he cō¦maūded y^e said Peter to be had vnder saufe kepyng. wherof heryng the bys¦shop of Bayon fled streyght y^e lande, & so yode vnto Rome. The kynge thē yode vnto Paris / where he called a coūsayl of his lordes to examyne y^e sayd Peter. where finally he was iud¦ged to be hāged. After which iudge∣mēt he was cōmytted vnto ward, tyll y^e morow folowyng. At which season long before the son rysyng / y^o duke of Burgoyn, the duke of Braban, the erle of Artoys, with y^e prouost of Pa¦ris, came vnto the gayole, & there re¦ceyued the said Peter, & saw him han¦ged or the sonne were vp.

IT was not long after y^e Peter was thus put to deth, but mea¦nes were made betwene these .ii. kyn¦ges / so that a day of metyng was ap¦poynted, y^t the said kyng, shuld mete to haue cōmunycacion, for the mater cōcernyng the wrōges done to dame Blanche & her .ii. chyldren beforena∣med. wherfore y^e king of Spayn cam vnto y^e citie of Bayon / & king Philip to a town in ȳ prouynce of Tholouse named Moūt marchaūt. where these two princes beyng in cōmunicacyon of y^e foresayd mater / certayn messan∣gers cam to thē frō y^e pope then Man¦tyne y^e .iiii / chargyng them vpō payn of fallyng into y^e cēsures of y^t chirch, that they agree & fall vnto accorde, that warre betwen theym be not exer¦cysed. By reason wherof kyng Phy¦lyp remitted the mater to y^e pope, & re¦turned vnto Tholouse. where mette him the kyng of Aragon named Pe¦ter. The which after he had there ta∣ryed with kyng Philip a tyme at his pleasure / he toke his leue of y^e kynge & after went into Catholoyne, where he met with Cōstance his wife & dou¦ghter of Manfred somtyme kyng of Scycyll / y^• which was pryued of his lyfe & kyngdome by Charles broder of saint Lewis, as before in y^e .iiii. cha¦pyter of the storye of saynt Lewys is shortly touched. This Cōstance in all y^t she might exorted her husbād to¦gader his people, & to enter y^e land of Scicill, ascertainyng him y^t y^e Scicil¦lyens

wolde take his patye agayne Charles, for so myche as they well knew that she was rightfull heyre to that kyngdome.

In thys tyme and season whyche was the .x. yere of kynge Phylyppe / the ryuer of Sayne rose of suche an hyght, that yt compassed the cytye of Parys in suche wyse, that no man myght come thyther wythoute bote or barge. And the water passed wyth suche vyolence, that yt brake vi. arches of the great brydge of Pa¦rys, and one of the small brydges.

Then let vs turne to y^e kyng of Ara¦gon, whych by incensyng of his wyfe gadered his peple / and vnder colour that he wold haue gone agaynste the Turkes, hadde graunte of the pope to receyue y^e dymes of his owne land for certayne yeres. whyle this was in doynge / he sent certayne persones into Scycyle to see the state of that countrey. The whyche made confede¦racyes wyth dyuers great men of Scycylyens / and ouer that brought wyth theym dyuers of the rulers to the presence of y^e kynge. wyth whom the sayd Peter made certayn appoyn¦tementes / and after retourned them into Scycyle. where after theyr re∣turne, they cousayled so wyth theyr rulers of Palermo, and Messene, & of other cytyes, that in one nyght all the Frenche men in Scycylle were slayne / and after in most cruell wyse slewe the women as wel those y^t were wyth chylde as other, and lefte few or none of the Frenche men in all the chefe cytyes or townes of Scicyll on lyue. whē tydynges of this myschyef was brought vnto Charles beynge then in the countrey of Angeou / he sent messangers vnto the pope Mar¦tyne the .iiii / requyrynge his ayde to defende his enymyes. The whych in all hast sent vnto Palermo y^e byshop of saynte Sabyne, to charge the cy∣tesyns vppon payne of cursynge, to obey vnto Charles for theyr kyng & to none other. But the rulers of Pa¦lermo and also of Messene wold not suffer the sayd byshoppe to passe any farther. And also sayde that Peter was entred the countrey, of whome they wolde holde and on none other / wyth whyche answere he was fayne to retourne.

In this whyle Charles hadde sent vnto his neuew Phylyppe kynge of Fraūce / the whyche wyth his power to reuoke Peter from Scycyll, ente∣ryd the lande of Aragon by Purpu∣nyan / and toke the cytye of Ieane. In whyche passe tyme Charles en∣tred Scycyl, and besyeged Messene. But the towne was so strongely for∣tyfyed, that he loste there his labour. wherfore he left that syege, and yode into the playnes of saynt Martyne / and there taryed the cōmynge of hys son then prynce of Salerne. The pope thē accursed Peter, for as much as certayne worde was broughte to hym that he hadde proclaymed hym selfe kynge of Scycyll. And to the en¦tent to styre the more people agayne hym / he gaue his lande of Aragon vnto Charlys erle of Ualoys & son of kynge Phylyp of Fraunce.

when Phylyppe as before is sayde kynge of Fraūce had won Ieane / for as myche as the ways towarde Ara¦gon were harde to passe, as well for prouysyons made by the enmyes as otherwyse / the kyng therfore sought great aduyse how he myght with lest daunger wyn to his enymyes. And after many meanes sought / a Russy¦lyan was broughte vnto the kynges presence / the whyche assured y^t kyng to gyde him away into Aragon with out the daunger of his enymyes. wherof the kynge beynge glad pro∣mysed to the sayde Russylyan fredo∣me and lybertye with other great re∣wardes,

whyche then stode as pryso¦ner to the Frenche men. After whych promyse made / the kyng put hym & the more parte of his hoste vnder the ledynge of the sayd Russylyan. And for to blynde y^e more his enymyes / he sent a parte of his hoste towarde the mountaynes, to make a shewe as though all the hoste hadde passed the same waye. when kynge Phylyp had orderyd all thynge after his mynde, he cōmaunded the forewade of hys people to folowe the sayd Russilyan / the whyche brought theym a strayte and narrow way, all to growen with wood & busshes to the kynges great trauayle and all hys. But fynally he brought them into the playns where theyr enmyes lay, so that they made prouysyon in orderynge of theyr peo¦ple to set vppon the Aragons. wher∣of the Aragons beynge ware / suppo¦synge the Frenche men myght not so lyghtly haue wonne vnto theym, be∣ynge then oute of aray and dyspur∣ueyed to fyght, fled vnto the next hol¦des / leuyng to y^e Frenche men mych of theyr vytayll and harneys.

when kynge Phylyp had sene that his enmyes had forsaken theyr feld / he restyd him there a season after his trauayle / and after yode to a towne named Pyerlaat and besyeged yt. wherof the soudyours after they had a season defended that towne / in the deade of the night fyred y^• sayd town And departed when they had done. But the Frenche men wan shortely into the town and quenched the fyre. and after the kyng had manned and vytaylled yt / he then went to a town named Goron, and layde his syege there about / where he lay long after.

YE haue harde in the precedynge yere, howe Charles kynge of Scy¦cyll laye in the playnes of saynte Martyne, there abydynge the com∣mynge of his son the prynce of Sa∣lerne. whyther lastely cam vnto him his sayde son, the duke of Burgoyn, the erle of Alanson, Peter brother to kyng Phylyp, Robert erle of Artoys the erles of Dampmartyne, & of Bo¦lygygne, wyth the lorde of Mounte Morency, and many other nobles of Fraunce and Burgoyne. After com∣myng of which lordes / Charles with baner dysplayed sped hym towarde his enymyes, and so passed the lande of Calabre wythout fyght / and sente his son to Naples with a part of his hoste / and hym selfe kept on his iour¦ney tyll he came vnto Prouynce. where he heryng of the great puruey¦aūce that Peter kyng of Aragon had made of shyppes, to sayle toward the lande of Naples / sent certayn letters vnto the prynce his sonne, that in no wise he shuld set vppon his enmyes / but kepe hym within the cytye of Na¦ples, tyll he sent vnto hym such shyp¦pes and galeys as he then had redy māned to be sent vnto hym from the hauen of Marcylle. whych messan∣ger & letters were taken wyth y^e Ara¦gons / by reason wherof they knewe myche of kynge Charles consayll.

It was not longe after or the na∣uaye of the kynge of Aragons wyth great tryumphe and pryde came vn∣to Naples / & prouokyd so y^e Frenche men to fyght,* 4.6 that lastely the prynce wyth suche shyppes and companye as he myght make, made out vppon them, and fought wyth them a long fyghte. But in the ende the Frenche men were betyn and ouercomen, and the prynce wyth the more partye of his shyppes taken, and sent to Con∣stance quene of Aragon / and remay∣ned longe after vndelyueryd wyth many other prysoners.

wythin a short season after this scō¦fiture Charlys cam vnto Naples / by

whych tyme myche of the town was tourned agayn hym, so that the most parte of the French soudyours were slayne and fled the towne. wherfore after that Charlys was entred he pu¦nyshed them ryght cruelly, by diuers maner of tourmentes. And when he hadde done there his wyll, he retour¦ned into Calabre / where mette wyth hym Robert erle of Artoys. where they toke theyr counsayll howe they might passe the water of Phaar, and to laye theyr syege vnto the cytye of Messene. But for dyuers causes he was counsayled to the contrarye / so that he toke shyppynge at an hauen called Brandyse. But or hys people were all shyppyd / such a sykenesse toke hym, that he was hadde agayn to lande and dyed shortely after, not wythoute suspeccyon of venyme. whose corps was then conueyed to Naples, and there buried, in the yere of our lorde .xxii. hundred & .lxxxiiii, and the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of Phylyppe his neuewe then kynge of Fraunce. Of whyche tydynges Pe∣ter kynge of Aragon reioysed not a lytell, when word therof to hym was broughte / the whyche before that ty∣me had betaken the rule of the lande of Scycyll to Constaunce hys wyfe then beynge in the citye of Palermo. And he hym selfe wyth a stronge na∣uye sayled into Aragon for to rescow the cytye of Geron, whych was besye¦ged of kynge Phylyppe as ye before haue harde. And when he wyth hys people were there landid / he toke his counsayll how he myght most greue the Frenche hoste. Fynally he conclu¦ded that he wolde make a busshemēt wyth a certayne nomber of his kny∣ghtes / and lye in awayte to take the vytayll that was brought to the host from the porte of Russylyan / whyche porte was foure myles frō the Frēch hoste. Uppon whyche conclusyon so taken / he wyth two thousande cho∣sen mē, lodged them where the pray shulde passe, and was espyed of the Frenche men. wherof beynge war∣ned the constable of Fraūce, & syr Io¦hon Harcourt thē marshal of y^e hoste toke wyth them the erle of Marches wyth dyuers other knyghtes to the nomber of .v. hundred speres, wyth a certayne of fotemen, and went to∣warde theyr enmyes. But when they came nere vnto theym, and saw they were so many in nomber / they feryd to set forthwarde, tyll they were com¦forted by the wordes of a knyghte in theyr companye called Mathew de Roya sayeng as foloweth.

O ye noble knyghtes, beholde in your syghtes the enymyes whych ye haue farre sought. Lette vs now re∣member that thys is the daye of the assumpcyon of our blessed Lady / and truste we in her that she wyll help vs agayne them y^t ben putte out of holy chyrche by cursyng. For lyke meryte shall to vs grow to reuenge y^e iniuri∣es done vnto the chyrche, as though we faught agayn the enmyes of Cry¦stes fayth.

By meane of whyche wordes they were so encouraged, that wythoute fere they sette vppon theyr enymyes, so that betwene them was cōmensed a sore and cruell fyght, cōtynuyng a longe season or yt myght be knowen whyche parte hadde the auaūtage of the other. At the laste the kyng was drawen from his horse, and cōstray∣ned to fyghte wyth the other on fote so that he was in great ieoperdye to haue ben taken. But by his owne knighthode & good helpe of his men he recoueryd his horse agayne. when y^t French men were ware y^e the kyng was there in hys owne persone / they were the more egre vppon the Ara∣gons, to the entente to haue taken or siayne theyr kynge. So that fynally

they compelled theym to forsake the felde, & to saue them selfe by flyght, by reason wherof the kynge with the more parte of his knyghtes were sa∣ued from the daūger of theyr enemy∣es. But in this fyght Peter kyuge of Aragone was so hurte that he dy∣ed shortly after. whan these foresayd knyghtes with theyr prysoners were returned vnto the Frenche kynge, & had shewed vnto hym of that vycto∣ry, he reioyced therof greatly / & more wolde haue done, yf he had knowen how sore his enemy Peter was woū∣ded. But to brynge to fyne his pur∣pose, he dayly more and more assau∣ted the towne.

In y^e tyme that Gereonde or Gy∣rōde was thus besyeged of y^e Frēche kynge / the erle of Foyz, that to the capytayne of the towne ought great fauour, many tymes by lycence of y^e kynge yode into the towne, and had dyuers comunycacyons with hym / so that he lastly knowynge the sayde towne to be bare of vytayle, shewed to the kynge that he wolde laboure the sayde capytayne named syr Ray∣mōde de Cerdon, y^t the towne myght be gyuē vp into the kynges handes / so that soone after y^t sayde capytayne desyred a respyte of .viii. dayes, to send vnto y^e king of Aragō to knowe whether he wolde rescowe the towne or nat. Upon y^• whiche graūte made / the messangers were sente, and retur¦ned with a certaynte of the kynges dethe. Upon whiche knowledge had / the sayde capytayne agreed to dely∣uer the towne, vpon cōdicion to haue with thē suche mouables as he with y^e cytezyns & sowdyours had within the towne. All whiche condicions as∣sured / the kynge receyued the towne of Geronde into his possessyon. The whiche whan he had manned with knyghtes of his owne / he the by cou∣sayle, whiche tourned after to his harme, diuided his nauy / and sente a parte of them into Fraunce, and the other into Tholous, wher the kynge entended to tary the wynter folow∣ynge. But so spone as his nauy was thus deuyded / the Aragons mette with them that rested in the hauen of Russilian / and gaue to them suche ba¦tayle, that they toke many of them / and slewe the kynges admyrall, and many other noble men of Fraunce / and helde the Frenchemen so shorte, that for so moche as they wolde nat that so good shyppes shulde come to the handes of theyr enemyes, they set fyre vpon the remenaūt & brent thē / and after resorted vnto the kynge.

whē kynge Phylyp was ascertay∣ned of the losse of his nauy / he toke it greuously / in somoche that for that and other thynges that he myght not brynge to his purpose, he fyll into a feuer & was therwith greatly anoy∣ed. Than for strengthe of his enemy∣es, whiche kepte the passage of the mountaynes called in latyn Mōtes Pireni / and for wekyng of hym selfe by reason of his sekenesse / he passed by the strayte places, tyll he came to Parpynyan, where his sekenes en∣creased so sore, that he dyed in shorte tyme of his thyder cōmynge in y^t mo∣neth of October, whā he had regned xv. yeres lackynge certayne dayes. whose bowelles were buried at Ner∣bon, and his body at saynt Denys.

This Phylyp had .ii. wyues. By the fyrst Isabel by name / and dough¦ter of the kynge of Aragon, Iaques or Iames by name, he had .iii. sōnes / Lewes whiche was poysoned, Phy∣lyp whiche for his beaute and fayre shappe was named Phylyp le Beau or Phylyp the fayre, & Charles the Ualoys. And by Mary his wyfe and doughter of the duke of Braban / he had Lewes, Margaret, & Blaūche / whiche Margarete was after mary∣ed

to Edwarde the fyrste than kynge of Englande.

Thus endeth Phylyp the .iii. of Fraunce.

Anglia.

EDwarde y^e fyrst of that name, & sone of Henry y^e thyrde, surna∣med lōge shāke / begā his reygne ouer Englāde, in the moneth of Nouember / and .xvii. day of y^e same, and the yere of our lorde .xii.C.lxxii. & seconde yere of the thyrde Phylyp than kynge of Fraunce. This Ed∣warde as before is shewed, in the .lv. yere of his father, was in y^e holy lāde whan his father dyed / & there at the cytie of Acon or Acris he dyd many feates of warre / wherof the cronycle maketh certayne mencyon. where he beynge so exercysed in Marciall ac∣tes / tidīges was brought vnto hym, that his father was deed. wherfore in all hast he spedde hym into Englād / so that he came to London the secōde day of August, and was crowned at westmynster the .xiiii. day of Decem∣ber folowyuge, whiche was in the be¦gynnynge of the seconde yere of his reygne.

Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxiii.
	Iohan Horne.
Syr walter Heruy.		Anno primo.
	walter Potter.

IN this fyrst yere of kynge Ed∣warde the fyrst / vpon the daye of Symon and Iude, were certayne attemptes made by some of the cyty¦zyns to haue made suche a mayre as they had lysted / but for they were dys¦poynted of theyr accessaryes, they let for that tyme / whiche in the yere fo∣lowyng vpon the same day toke fur∣ther effecte, as in the begynnynge of the nexte yere shalbe towched. In y^e ende of this yere and seconde day of Auguste / kynge Edwarde came to London from his great iourney of y^e holy lande. where of the cytezyns he was receyued with all ioy & honour, and so conueyed vnto westmynster / where he kepte great obseruaunces for his father by a certayne tyme af∣ter.

Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxiiii.
	Nicholas wynchester.
Henry waleys.		Anno .ii.
	Henry Couentre.

IN thys seconde yere of this kynge / and daye of Symon & Iude / whan Phylyp le Tayloure / which before was chose to be mayre, shulde as that daye haue taken his charge in the Guyldehall of Londō / dyuers cytezyns put hym besyde the mayres seet / and set therin syr walter Heruy, that the yere before had been mayre. For the whiche great rumour and grudge arose amonge the cyte∣zyns / wherfore the mater was after brought before the kyng / the whiche herynge the reasons of bothe party∣es / for somoche as he coude not agre theym / he putte bothe the sayde syr

walter and the sayd Phylyp asyde / and chase Henry Forwyk for custos of the cytye / the whych so contynued tyll Cādelmas after. At whych tyme by dyscrete and wyse peasyble mea∣nes / the forenamed syr walter Heruy was set in auctorite as mayre, and so contynued the full of the yere after.

Thys yere vppon the .xiiii. daye of Decembre / was the kynge crowned at westmynster, of mayster Roberte kylwarby than archebisshop of Caū¦terbury. For Bonyface hys predeces∣sour dyed the yere that kynge Henry dyed. At thys coronaciō was present Alexandre kynge of Scottes / the whyche vpon the morowe folowyng dyd homage to kyng Edward for the kyngdome of Scotlande.

After the Solempnytie of the coro¦nacyon was ended / the kyng heryng of the rebellyon of Lewelyne prynce of walys, that dysdayned to come to hys coronacyon / anone gathered a stronge power, & wēt into y^t prouince & subdued y^c sayd Lewelyn. And after retourned, & ordeyned certayne newe lawes for y^e welth of y^c realme, whych are to lōge here to reherce. Amōg the whych one was, y^t bakers makinge brede lackyng the weyghte assygned after the pryce of corne / shuld fyrst be punysshed by losse of hys brede, and the seconde tyme by prysonemente, and the thyrdly by the correccyon of the Pyllory / and millers for steling of corne to be chastised by the tūbrell. And thys to be put in execucyon, he gaue auctorytie to all mayres, baylif¦fes, and other offycers thorugh Eng¦lande / and specyally to the mayre of London.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxv.
	Lucas Patencourt.
Gregory Rokkisle.		Anno .iii.
	Henry Frowyke.

IN the thyrde yere / the kyng cō¦fermed the lybertyes of y^c cytie of London, and graunted to thē som newe. And thys yere he helde hys great court of parlyamente at west∣mynster / and gaue monycyon to Le∣welyn prynce of walys to come vnto the same / the whyche presūptuously that denyed. wherfore the kyng after Easter entred agayue into walys / & so warred vppon Lewelyne, that he was cōstreyned to submyt hym vnto the kynges grace / and opteyned it wyth greate difficultye. Then kyng Edwarde buylded the castel of Flynt / and strenghthyd the castell of Rutlande and other with Englysshe men, to kepe the walshemem in due obedyence / and toke of theyr prynce a greate summe of money / whych of some wryters is named .l.M.••i. and of some .l.M. marke, & of some other lasse / & so retourned into Englande.

In thys yere one water Haruy, whych the fyrste yere of thys kynge, after longe contrauersie and stryfe y^t he had kept with y^e aldermen of Lōdon / at a folkmote kepte at Poules crosse was made mayre of London / and so contynued to the hurte of the cytye that yere: thys yere was he ac¦cused of dyuers periuries & other de∣testable dedes cōtrary hys othe. For the whyche, & for makynge of assem∣bles of the commons whiche fauou∣red hym in hys yll dedes, he was de∣pryued of hys aldermanshyppe and counsayle of the cytye for euer / & foūde suertye of twelf honeste persones, that he shulde be good of berynge, for kepyng of y^e kynges peas within the cytye for terme of hys lyfe after.

Anno domini .xii.C.lxxv.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxvi.
	Iohn̄ Horne.
Gregory Rokkysle.		Anno .iiii.
	Rauffe Blount.

IN thys .iiii. yere of kynge Ed∣warde Michael Tony, whych in tyme of warre had wyth the walsh men demeaned hym otherwyse than stode with his trouth and alegeaūce, was accused of treason, and therof ar¦reygned, iuged, and dāpned / & after was drawen, hanged, & quartered.

* 4.7And thys yere was the statute of Mortmayne enacted fyrste / whyche is to meane that no man shulde gyue into the chyrch, any landes or rētes wythout a specyal lycence of y^e kyng / whyche acte syne that tyme hath ben more strongly enacted, and deuysed wyth many addycyons thereunto augmented or annexyd.

Anno domini .xii.C.lxxvi.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxvii.
	Robert Bracy.
Gregory Rokkisle.		Anno .v.
	Rauffe Fenour.

IN this .v. yere. of the reygne of kyng Edwarde / pope Nycho∣las the thyrde of that name, made doctour Robert kylwarby than be∣ynge archebysshop of Caunterbury a cardynal of Rome / and admytted to that see a frere named doctour Io¦han Pekham.

And in thys yere the kyng gaue vnto Dauyd brother to Lewelyne prynce of walys, the lordshyppe of Froddesham. The whyche Dauyd dwelled in the kynges court, and dyd vnto hym plesaunte seruyce, to the entent to spye the kynges secret coū∣sayll. And yf any thynge were spo∣ken or done to the hurte of hys bro∣ther, that he therof myghte gyue to hym warnynge, as after by hys dede appered.

Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxviii.
	Iohan Adryan.
Gregory Rokkysle.		Anno .vi.
	walter Langely.

IN thys .vi. yere the kyng com¦maunded the courtes of his la¦wes, as y^e kniges bēche, y^t chaūcery, y^c comō place, & the excheker, to be remo¦ued vnto Shrewysbury / where My∣ghelmas terme was holdē & kept, but agayne Hillary terme, y^t bokes & offi∣cers was cōtermaūded agayn to west mynster to be there holdé. In whych caryeng of y^e recordes to & fro / they by reason of great plēte of rayne whi¦che in y^t season fyl, caught great hurt & were fore defaced / in so moche y^t the bokes were greatly imperysshed, & y^e clerkes had great laboure to brynge them to theyr former state.

Anno domini .xii.C.lxxviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxix.
	Robert Basynge.
Gregory Rokkysle.		Anno .vii.
	wyllyam Mazerer.

IN this .vii. yere, the kyng held hys parlyament at London / whyche was chefely set for the refor∣macion of the kynges coygne, which was clypped in suche wyse, that yt was therby wonderfully mynyshed and empayred.

In the season of this parlyamēt, ma¦ny of the Iewes of Lōdon and other places were taken and put in holde for money clyppyng. And in Decem¦ber folowyng certayn enq̄stes were charged in Lōdon to enquyre of the sayd Iewes and other that so hadde blemyshed the kynges coygne. By the whyche enquestes the Iewes of the cytye wyth dyuerse goldesmy∣thes that kepte exchange of syluer, were indyted.

And the mondaye folowynge the Purifycacion of our lady / the mayre wyth dyuers iustices of the lande sat at London / where before them was caste .ii. hundred .lxxx. and .xvii. per∣sones. Of the whych but .iii. englysh men / and all the other were Iewes and Iewes borne, all be yt that ma∣ny of theym were borne in England, and therfore of some wryters they be named Englyshe Iewes / the why∣che were all at sondry times & places put in execucyon.

In this yere also began the foun∣dacyon of the chyrche of the freer pre¦chour or blacke freres by Ludgate, by theyr founder.

And in this yere the town, of Bosten was greatly blemyshed wyth fyre.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxix.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxx.
	Thomas Box.
Gregory Rokkysle.		Anno .viii.
	Rauffe More.

IN thys .viii. yere / the kynge caused in syluer the halfe pe∣ny to be coygned / where before tyme other coygnes of metall rāne among the people, to theyr great noyaunce and losse / and farthynges of syluer were also coygned the selfe tyme.* 4.8 And the wynter folowynge, aboute the daye of saynte Denys, or the .ix. daye of October / fell suche plence of snowe, that thereof ensued myche harme.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxx.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxi.
	wyllyam Faryngdon.
Gregory Rokkysle.		Anno .ix.
	Nycholas wynchester.

IN thys .ix. yere of kynge Ed∣warde / Dauid the brother of Lewelyn prynce of walys, the whych as ye before haue harde dwelled in the kynges courte to knowe the kyu¦ges counsayll, and therof enforme his brother / whē he had that he way¦ted for, he secretly gat hym into wa¦lys to his brother, and hym excyted agayn the kyng in all that he myght and caused his brother to man and vytayll dyuers castelles within wa∣lys / & specyally the castell of Swan∣don, wherin he mych trusted / and ga¦theryd vnto hym the walshemen by gyftes and other meanes, so that he was very stronge.

wherof when the kynge was infor¦med / he wolde therunto gyue no cre¦dence, tyll he had sent thyther and re¦ceyued from thēs the certaynte. But for so myche as wynter was toward,

and he myghte nat conueniently go thyder wyth any power / he therfore prouyded to send men and vytayl, to strength the castelles of Flynt & Rut¦lande, and other holdes, whyche he there had / and wyth prouysyō made to warre vppon theym in the begyn∣nynge of the nexte yere, suffered that wynter to passe.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxi.		Anno dn̄i. xii.C.lxxxii.
	wyllyam Mazerer.
Henry waleys.		Anno .x.
	Nycholas wynchester.

IN thys .x. yere / y^e kyng heryng more and more of the vnsted∣fastnes of the walshe men / for to let them of theyr purpose to greue hys holdes beforenamed, he sente thyder with a crewe of sowdyours, the erles of Northumberland and of Surrey. with whome amonge other went syr Rogyer Clyfforde, syr wyllyam Lyn¦desey, syr Rycharde Tanny, & many other noble knyghtes and squyres. The whyche with greate corage en∣trede into walys, and made with the walshemen many skyrmysshes / tyll lastly vpon Palme sondaye, Dauyd with a great power of walshmē met with the sayde lordes & knyghtes at a place nere to a towne called Hanar¦dyne / where betwene thē was a sore fyght. But in the ende the losse fyll to the Englysshmen. For there were slayne syr wyllyam Lyndesey, syr Ry¦charde Tanny, with many other / and syr Rogyer Clyfforde was taken. After whyche ouerthrowe of the En∣glysshmen / the sayde Dauyd layde syege vnto the castelles of Flynt and of Rutlande. And his brother in that season warred and occupyed the lan¦des of syr Edmunde Mortymer / and wanne the towne called Lambatre vaure / and there threwe the walles therof downe to the grounde. Thys towne is also called Abreswith. It was nat longe after or the brute of thys ouerthrowe of the Englysshmē came vnto y^e towne. wherfore he sped hym the faster thyderwarde.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxxiii.
	Rauffe Blunt.
Henry walys.		Anno .xi.
	Hawkyn Betnell.

IN thys .xi. yere vppon the day of saynte Leonarde or the syxt daye of Nouembre, whyle kynge Edwarde was thus occupyed in re∣scowynge of hys men, whyche were besyged of Dauyd / syr Rogyer Clyf¦forde wyth other, whyche entended to make a reysynge vppon the walsh men, was drowned by foly vppon a brydge made of bargys and plankes to haue passed a water, betwene Snowdon and Anglyssey. And the thyrde daye of Decembre folo∣wynge / was Lewelyne prynce of walys slayne by syr Edmunde Mor¦tymer and hys company / and hys hed sente vnto the kynge thā beyng at Rutlande. The whyche he sent vnto London / chargynge that yt be¦set vppon the toure of London. Of thys Lewelyne a walshe metrycian made these foure verses folowynge.

Hic iacet Anglorum tortor, tutor venedorum. Princeps wallorum, Lewelinus regula morum, Gemma ceuorum, flos regum preteritorum, Forma futurorum, dux, laus, lex, lux populorum.

whyche verses are thus to meane as foloweth.

Of Englysshmen the scourge, of walshe the prote∣ctoure, Lewelyn the prynce, rule of all vertue, Gemme of all lyuers, and of all other the floure, whyche vnto dethe hath payde hys dette due, Of kynges a mirrour that after hym shall sue, Duke and prayse, and of the lawe the ryght, Here in thys graue, of people lyeth the lyght.

But an Englysshe metrician wrote other .iiii. verses in dyspraysynge of the sayd Lewelyn as foloweth.

Hic iacet errorum princeps, ac predo virorum, Proditor Anglorum, fax liuida secta reorum, Numen wallorum, trux, dux, homicida piorum, Fex troianorum, stirps, mendax, causa masorum.

The whyche maye in thys wyse be Englysshed.

Here lyeth of errour the prynce yf yewyll ken, These, and robbour, & traytour to Englysshmen. A dym bronde, a sect of doers yll, God of walshmen, cruell without skyll In sleyng the good / and leder of the badde. Lastly rewarded as he deserued hadde. Of Troyans blode the drastes, and nat sede. A rote of falshode, and cause of many yll dede.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxiiii.
	Iordan Goodchepe.
Henry waleys.		Anno .xii.
	Martyn Box.

IN thys .xii. yere, the kynge be∣ynge stylle in walys, pursued Dauyd the brother of Lewelyn from towne to towne / so that lastly he was taken and broughte vnto the kynge aboute the natyuyte of saynt Iohn̄ / and so holden in warde tyll the kyng had there sped hys nedes. Then the kyng had all the countre at hys wyl, and gaue vnto Englyssh lordes tow¦nes in the myddes of walys / and de∣uyded the coūtre into shyres / and or∣deyned there shyryfes and other offy¦cers as then were vsed in Englande. At Aberconow he made a stronge ca¦stell, where before was a house of whyte monkes. The whych he remo¦uyd thens, and ordeyned for them in some other place. He also made than the castel of Carnaruā fast by Snow¦don, and repayred agayne the towne of Lambatre or Abreswyth which Le¦welyn had before betyn downe. Also he garuysshed the castelles and hol¦des standyng vpon the see syde with Englysshmen / and made Englysshe¦men lordes of the groundes belon∣gyng to the same. And whan y^e kyng had set that coūtre in rule / thē about Mychelmasse he retourned so Shre¦wysbury, where he set a parlyament. In the tyme wherof the forsayd Da¦uyd as chyef styrrer & begynner of al thys warre / was there deinyd to be drawen, hāged, & quartered / & so he was shortly after at y^e sayde towne of Shrewysbury, & hys hede sent to Lōdon, & set by the hed of hys brother Lewelyn.

And thys yere was the fyrste son of kyng Edwarde borne, whyle the kyng was in walys at y^e castel of Car¦naruan. By reason wherof he was after named Edward of Carnaruan. He was born vpō y^e day of saīt Mark or y^e .xxv. day of April. This yere also one Laurēce Duket a cytezyn of Lō∣dō, was foūde dede & hanged within sait Mary bow chyrch of chepe. For y^e which enqueres were made, & lastely for y^t dede were ataynted these .vii. {per}¦sons folowing, y^t is to say, Reygnold

of lancaster, Robert Pynnot, Paule of Stepynhith, Thomas Cordway¦ner, Iohn̄ Tolanson, Thomas Rus¦sell, and Robert Scotte / the whyche were all for that dede drawyn & han∣ged. And a woman for the same dede was also brent. And Rauffe Crepyn, Iourdan Good chepe, Gilbert Clerk and Geffrey Clerke, were also attaīt for the same cause. But they were re∣pryed and sent vnto the toure of Lō∣don / where they remayned lōge after and lastly delyuered. And in thys ye∣re the greate conduyte standynge a∣gayne saynte Thomas of Acres in Chepe, was begon to be made. In this yere also stryfe and vnkindenes beganne to kyndelle betweene the kynge & the erle of Leycester / whych after grewe to the great dysturbaūce of dyuers townes of Englande, and specyally of the cytye of London as after some dele shall appere.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.lxxxv.
	Stephen Corn̄hyll.
Gregory Rokesle.		Anno .xiii.
	Robert Rokesby.

IN thys .xiii. yere vpon the day of the conuersiō of saynt Pau¦le or y^e .xxv. day of Ianuarii / y^e kynge ceased the fraunchese and lybertyes into hys handes,* 4.9 and discharged the mayre of London thā beyng Grego∣ry Rokkisle / & admytted for custos or gardeyn of the cytye Stephā Sā¦dewyche. The whyche contynued in that offyce tyll the mōday folowyng the puryfycacyon of our Lady. At whyche season the sayd Stephā was dyscharged / and syr Iohn̄ Breton̄ knyght charged for the resydue of y^e yere. The cause of thys dyspleasure that the kyng had vnto the cytye is nat shewed of no certaynte. But in an olde panflete it appereth, that the sayd Gregory Rokkisley toke cer∣tayne brybes of the bakers, and suf∣fered them to sell brede lackynge .vi. vnces / or .vii. oz in a peny lofe, for y^e whyche the kynge shuld be sore dys∣pleased. But yet to me it semeth no conuenyent cause, to sease the lyber∣tyes of the cytie for the offence of one man. wherfore it is to presuppose, y^t it was for a more greuous cause. And in this yere was fully fynisshed and ended the new werke of y^e chyrch of westmynster vnto the ende of the quere, begonne as before is shewed / in the thyrde yere of the .iii. Hēry. By whyche reason it shuld apere, y^t thys chyrche shuld be in edyfyenge vpon lxvi. yeres. Of the fyrste fundacyon of thys chyrche are dyuers opiniōs. For as before is shewed in y^e thyrde Chapytre of the story of Carce, and v. parte of thys werke / thys chyrche was fyrste founded by a cytezeyne of Londō, and after reedyfyed by saynt Edwarde, and lastly by kynge Hēry the .iii. But in the same abbey of west mynster, where of lykelyhode y^e most certaynte is to be had / it is regystred that thys sayd chyrche was a temple of the Brytons longe or they recey∣ued the fayth of Chryste. And in the tyme of theyr crysten kynge Lucius, it was hallowed of Augustyne & hys felowes. And secundaryly it was re∣edyfyed by Sebertus than kynge of Estsaxons or Essex, aboute the tyme whan Ethelbert kyng of Kent buyl∣ded saynt Paules chyrch of Londō. whyche was after the tyme that Lu∣cyus receyued the fayth of Chryste, vppon .iiii.C. yeres. Than thyrdly it was buylded by saynt Edwarde the

confessoure / whiche reygned vpon CCCC. and .xl. yeres after the sayde Sebertus. And fourthly or lastly by the foresayd Henry y^e thyrde, whiche began his reygne after the dethe of saynt Edwarde .C.l. yeres.

Anno domini .xii.C.lxxxv.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxvi.
	walter Blount.
Rauffe Sandewyche.		Anno .xiiii.
	Iohan wade.

IN the .xiiii. yere of kynge Ed∣warde, at a parliament holden at westmynster were made y^t statutes called Additamenta Gloucestrie / whiche is to meane addiciōs of statutes, made and put to suche as before tyme were made at y^e parlyamēt holdē at Glou∣ceter. The which statutes were made to refourme suche {per}sones as mysu∣sed the landes and tenementes com∣mynge to them by reason of y^e dower or landes of theyr wyues / so that the the chyldren of the seconde husbande putt by y^e ryghtfull enherytoures / or suche as were nexte alyed vnto the fyrst donours. By reason of whiche statutes and addicions now in this parliamēt made, suche mysorder was refourmed.

In this yere or nere there aboute, in a towne of Almayne called Tra∣iect / many men and women (as wyt∣nesseth y^e auctour of Cronica cronicarum) were daūsyng vpō a brydge / whiche lay ouer a ryuer called Moose. In whiche tyme of theyr dysporte & daū∣synge, came by a preest berynge the sacramēt towarde a seke man / wher∣of the sayd men and women beynge in reuell toke no regarde vnto the sa¦crament, nor dyd to it any honour & reuerence. But were it by the wreche of god or otherwyse / shortly after the preest was passed ouer, the brydge brake, by meanes wherof, nere vnto the nombre of .CC. persones were drowned. And aboute this same sea∣son in the coūtre called in Englysshe the Swetezers / a woman was dely∣uered of a chylde, that from y^e nauyll vpwarde had .ii. complete bodyes, as iiii. armes, and two hedes, with two bodyes to the wast / and downeward but .ii. legges / the whiche with y^e fore sayd armes be clypped eyther others body. And an other woman bare a chylde or a monstre / wherof the heed and the face was lyke vnto a man, & all the body lyke vnto a lyon / with tayle and fete and all other fetures accordynge to the same.

In this yere also a cytezyn of Lon¦don named Thomas Pywylesdon, y^t whiche in y^e tyme of y^e barons warre before in the story of kynge Henry shewed, had ben a capytayne / and a great styrrer of the commons of the sayd cytie, for to maynteyne the ba∣rons partie agayne the kynge / was newly accused, that he with other of euyll dysposycyon, shulde make con∣uentycles and assembles to the newe dystourbaunce of the cytie. wherof re¦porte was made vnto the kynge / the whiche remytted the enquery therof vnto syr Rauffe Sandewyche than custos or gardeyne of the cytie. Thē the sayde Thomas with other was putte in sure kepynge tyll the mater were duly enquyred of. After whiche inquysycyon made and founde, re∣porte was made vnto the kynge. Then the kyng sent downe a wrytte / and commaunded it to be proclay∣med shortly after within the boun∣des of the cytye / wherof the effecte was thus, that the sayde Thomas

Pywelysdō, wylyam de Heywoode, Rycharde de Coundris, Rycharde le Cofferre, Robert de Derby, Albyne de Darby, wyllyam Mayo Mercer, and Iuo Lyng Draper / with diuers other to y^e nōbre of .l. persones, shuld be banysshed out of y^t cytye for euer. And if any of the sayd .lviii. persones were at that tyme of the proclamaciō voyded y^e cytye for fere or otherwyse / that they shuld so remayne, and nat to retourne vnto the cytie vpō payne of lyfe losynge.

In thys yere also, where as of olde tyme longe before thys season, y^e mar¦chauntes straūgers commynge with theyr marchaundyse, were lodged within cytezeyns of the cytye of Lon¦don, and solde all theyr marchaundy¦ses by the procuryng of hys host / for the whyche hys sayd hoost had a cer∣tayne of euery .li: by meanes of the sayd marchauntes straūgers it was at thys daye brought to passe, y^t they myght hyre to thē houses for to dwel in, and for stowage of theyr wares so that no cytezeyne shulde entermedle hym with the sayd straūgers nor yet theyr wares / by meane whereof they vsed many disceytes, bothe i vtteraū¦ce of false wares, and also by theyr weyghtes whyche they vsed in theyr owne houses, to the great hurt of the hole realme of Englande. wherfore sodaynly serche was made, and theyr weyghtes founde and proued false. And ouer y^t all suche wares as they shuld have weyed at the kynges bea∣me / they weyed moche therof in theyr sayd houses, to the hynderaunce of y^e kynges custome. For whyche offēces agayne theym proued / to the nombre of .xx. of the sayd straungers were ar∣rested, and sent vnto the toure of Lō∣don, and theyr weyghtes brent & con¦sumed in westchepe of London, the thursdaye before the feast of Symon and Iude. And fynally the sayd mar¦chauntes were delyuered by fyne ma¦kynge to the kyng of a thousande .li, when they had suffered by a season harde & vyle prysonement.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxvi.		Anno dn̄i. xii.C.lxxxvii.
	Thomas Crosse.
Syr Iohn̄ Bryton.		Anno .xv.
	wyllyam Hawteyn.

IN thys .xv. yere, the Iewes of Englande were sessed at great summes of money whych they payd vnto the kyng. But of one other au∣ctour it is sayd, that the commons of Englande graunted to the kyng the v. parte of theyr mouables for to haue the Iewes banysshe out the lā∣de. For whiche cause the sayd Iewes to put the commons from theyr pur∣pose, gaue of theyr free wylles great summes of money to y^e kyng. whych sayeng appereth to be trewe / for the sayd Iewes were exyled within few yeres after.

Thys yere about the begynnynge of May the kynge sayled to Bur∣deux / and frome thens he rode into Fraunce, where as witnesseth y^e frēsh boke he was honourably receyued of Phylyp le Beau or Philyp the fayre than kynge of Fraunce / and after re¦ceyued homage of the sayd Edward for the duchy of Guyan. And when kynge Edwarde had taryed a season in Fraunce, he retourned vnto Bur∣deux / whyther came vnto hym a cer∣tayne ambassadours from the kyng of Spayne, with the whych he helde longe dalyaunce. wherfore of y^e frēsh kyng he was suspected, that he shuld allye hym with the kyng of Spayne

agayne the Frenche kynge.

And thys yere as testyfyeth Poli∣cronycon, the somer was so excedyng vote, that men dyed for hete.

And thys yere whete was so plen¦tuous, that it was solde at London for .xl.vi. a quarter.

Anno domini .xii.C.lxxxvii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxviii.
	wyllyam Herforde.
Rauffe Sandewyche.		Anno .xvi.
	Thomas Stanys.

IN thys .vvi. yere of kynge Ed¦warde / saynt Thomas of Her∣forde was translated. And thys yere fyll dystaūce betwene syr Payne Tip toft wardeyn of certayn castels in wa¦lys, & a walsh knyght called syr Ries ap Mordek. So y^t sundry skyrmys∣shes were foughten betwene them, & many men slayne vpon bothe sydes, to the great dystourbaunce of all y^e countre.

Thys yere vpon saynt Margaretes euyn, or the .xix. daye of Iulii / fyll wonderfull great hayle, that the lyke therof was nat of men than lyuynge seen. And after that ensued cōtynuell rayne / whyche dystēperyd the groūd in such wyse, that the yere folowyng whete was sold for .xviii.d. a busshel, and thys yere for .xiiii.d. And so en∣creased yerely after duryng y^e reygne of the kynge, and after in hys sōnes days, tyll it was lastly solde for .xl.s. a quarter and aboue.

Anno domini .xii.C.lxxxviii.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxix.
	wyllyam Betayn.
Rauffe Sandewyche.		Anno .xvii.
	Iohn̄ of Caunterbury.

IN thys .xvii. yere, the warre be¦fore in the yere laste paste, be∣twene syr Payn Typtoft syr Ryes contynuynge / to the entente that the sayd Ryes myght reuenge hys cause agayne the sayd syr Payne, he arre∣cyd a greate multytude of walshemē and brent and wasted dyuers fow∣nes in walys / so that the kynge then beynge in Normandy, sente 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the ••tle of Cornewayll then beynge the kynges lyeu tenaunte in Englande, that he shuld sende thyder an army of knyghtes to withstande the maly¦ce of the walshmen. The whych pre∣paryd shortly an army, & yode with them into the borders of Northewa∣lys. where he with hys cōpany bare hym so knyghtly, that in the ende the sayd Ryes was takē & brought vnto porke / where he was after drawen, hanged, and quartered.

Anno domini .xii.C.lxxxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xc.
	Full 〈◊〉〈◊〉 saynt Edmunde.
Rauffe Sandewyche.		Anno .xviii.
	Salaman Langforde.

IN thys .xviii. yere vppon once Lady cuyn Assumpcion / kyng Edwarde was honorably receyued of the cytezeyns of London, and so conueyed vnto westmynster / where shortely after were broughte before

hym many greuous complayntes of dyuers of hys iustyces; as syr Tho∣mas weylande, Adam Stretton and other. The whych the kynge caused streyghtly to be examyned / and lastly were founde gylty, of such trespasses and causes as they were accused of. wherfore some of theym were outla¦wed and loste suche goodes as they hadde / and the other punysshed by longe enprysonemente, and lastely delyuered by payenge of greate fy∣nes.

Anno domini .M.CC.lxc.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxci.
	Thomas Romayn.
Rauffe Sandewyche.		Anno .xix.
	wyllyam de Lyre.

IN thys .xix. yere, the kynge or∣deyned y^t all woll whych shuld be sold vnto straungers, shulde be brought vnto Sandewyche / where the staple therof longe after was, as it is now at y^e towne of Caleys. And thys yere were the Iewes banysshed the lande, for the whych cause the cō∣mons gaue vnto the kyng a quinde¦cym or fyftene.

Thys yere also syr Gylbert de Cla∣re erle of Glouceter, maryed dame Iane doughter of kyng Edwarde. Thys was called Iohanne of Acrys for she was born at Acrys, whē kyng Edwarde was there vpon hys great iourney. And soone there after in the same yere, the duke of Brabannys sonne wedded Margarete the syster of the sayd Iohanne.

Anno domini .xii.C.lxci.		Anno domini .M.CC.lxcii.
	Rauffe Blount.
Rauffe Sandewyche.		Anno .xx.
	Hamonde Boxe.

IN thys .xx. yere & begynnynge of the maryes yere, and also of the kynges .xx. yere / that is to meane vpon the euyn of saynt Andrewe or the .xxix. day of Nouēbre / dyed quene Elyanore the kynges wyfe, and was buryed at westmynster in the chapel of saynt Edwarde at the fete of Hēry the thyrde. where she hath .ii. were ta¦pers brennyng vpon her tumbe both daye and nyght / whyche so hath con∣tynued syne the day of her buryenge to thys present daye. Thys gentyll woman as before is towched in the xxxviii. yere of kyng Henry the third, was syster vnto the kyng of Spayn By whome kyng Edwarde had .iiii. sonnes / that is to saye, Iohn, Henry, Alphons, and Edwarde. whych Ed∣warde succeded his father, by reason that the other .iii. died before theyr fa¦ther. Also he had by her .v. doughters The fyrste Elyanore, was maryed vnto wyllyam erle of Barre / the se∣conde Iohan of Acrys, was maryed as before is sayde vnto the erle of Glouceter / the thyrde Margarete, was maryed to the dukes sonne of Brabāt / the .iiii. Mary by name, was made a menchon at Ambrysbury / & the .v. named Elyzabeth, was maried vnto the erle of Holande / and after hys deth she was maryed vnto Hum¦freye Boherum erle of Hereforde.

And thys yere dyed also the olde quene Elyanore wyfe vnto Hēry the thyrde and mother to thys kyng Ed∣warde / whose herte was buryed at

the graye freres in London, and her body at Ambrysbury in the house of Nunnes.

Anno domini .M.CC.xcii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xciii.
	Henry Bale.
Rauffe Sandewyche.		Anno .xxi.
	Elys Russell.

IN thys .xxi. yere, the kyng hel∣de hys great courte of parlya∣ment at London / to the whyche with dyuers lordes of that prouince came the kyng of Scottes. And after he had contynued there a conuenyente season / he was cōueyed with dyuers lordes ferre vpō hys iourney towar∣de hys owne countre.

And in thys yere, as one Rychard Bagle offycer of the sheryfes of Lon¦don, was ledynge a prysoner towar∣de the Gayole, the whyche he before had arrested / thre men rescowed the sayde prysoner, and toke hym from the offycer. The whych were pursu¦ed and taken / and by iugemente and lawe than vsed broughte into west∣chepe, and there had theyr ryghte handes smyten of by the wrestes.

Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xciii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xciiii.
	Robert Rokysley.
Rauffe Sandewyche.		Anno .xxii.
	Martyn Awbry.

IN the .xxii. yere of kynge Ed∣warde, vpon the daye of saynt Tyburce and Ualeryan, or the .xiiii. daye of May / fyll a wōderfull snow and therwith and excedynge wynde. By vyolence wherof greate harme was done in sundry places of Eng∣lande. In remembraunce whereof a Metrycyan made these verses folow¦ynge.

Crastino Tiburci sanctorum Valeriani, Nix cadit immanis, ventus vehemens boriasis, Euulsit siluas, vulsit quas reperit herbas, ••des dampnose detexit & impituose, Quas clam prostrauit / sic plurima dāpna para••it.

The whyche verses may thus be En¦glysshed as here after foloweth.

The morow folowynge Tiburce & Valerian The blessed sayntes / of snow fyll suche plentie, That at that day was no lyuyng man, That myght remembre of so great quantyte. The Northyn wynde blewe wyth such fyerste, That houses, trees, with herbys it ouer cast. And many other harmes by sande & eke by see, Of that wynde came, the whyse that it dyd laste.

IN thys yere also about y^e ende of the moneth of Iulu, dyed freer Pekham than archebysshop of Caunterbury. In whose see was af∣ter stalled mayster Robert of wyn∣chester.

And aboute the myddes of Sep∣tembre folowynge / the erle of Barre a frenche man, maryed Elyanore y^e kynges doughter in y^e towne of Bry¦stowe. And about the ende of thys ye¦re dyed Alexandre kyng of Scottes / where soone after ensuyd great war∣re and trouble, for the enherytaunce of that lande, as in some parte shall after appere.

And thys yere whete was solde at London for .ii. s. a busshell. In this yere also as wytnesseth the Frenche cronycle Phylyp le Beawe thā kyng of Fraunce made warre in Gascoyne

and Guyau, for the cause as there is shewed / sayeng that kyng Edwarde vnder coloure to haue made a vyage into the holy lande, gathered a great army, and sodeynly entred into Nor¦mandy bothe by lande and water, & dyd moche harme in spoylynge and takyng dyuers shyppes of Fraunce, and brynnyng and spoylyng diuers townes of the same / and after came vnto the towne of Rochell, where to it the Englysshemen made dyuers as¦sautes, wherby the dwellers & also the towne susteyned moche harme.

wherof the kynge of Fraunce be∣ynge enfourmed / sent vnto kyng Ed¦ward, monisshing hym to come vnto hys parlyamente, & also to make sa∣tysfaccyon for suche harmys as hys people had done within hys domy∣nyon of Fraunce and Normandy. But for that kyng Edwarde refused that to do / therfore y^e sayd Phylyp le Beawe sent Rauffe de Neell thā cō∣stable of Fraunce into Gascoygne with a greate & myghty power / the whyche made sharpe warre vppon y^e Gascoynes. But the Gascoines with helpe of the Englysshemen defended theym in suche wyse, that great hurt was done vpon bothe partyes. Thā fynally as testifyeth the sayd frenche cronycle, to the entent that kyng Ed¦warde myghte make the better clay∣me to al the hole duchy of Normādy / he sent the Frenche kynge worde, y^t he wolde gyue ouer into hys handes the duchye of Guyan & holde no lan∣de of the kyng of Fraunce.

Anno domini .M.CC.xciiii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xcv.
	Henry Boxe.
Syr Iohn̄ Bryton.		Anno .xxiii.
	Richarde Glouceter.

IN thys .xxiii. yere / the walshe∣men by styrryng of one named Madok, rebelled agayne the kynge. wherfore he in all haste spedde hym vnto westchester / and about the feast of saynte Nycholas, wan frome the walshmen the ile called Anglesya or the ile of Manne, and buylded newe the cytye & castell of Beau Maryse / and broughte the vnstedfast walshe∣men to newe reclayme / & then caused the woodes of y^e countre to be hewyn downe, wherein before tymes they vsed to hyde theym as a cony dothe in hys claper / and repayred so the ca¦stelles and stronge holdes with buyl¦dynge of some newe,* 4.10 that he caused the walshmē to thryue agayne theyr wylles. For by the strengthe of those castelles, they were kepte from theyr olde accustomed rauyns and stelyn∣ges / and put so in execucyon by the rulers of the sayd castelles & stronge holdes, that they fyll vnto occupa∣cyon and to byenge and sellyng and gathered treasoure, and beganne to lyue after the maner of Englisshemē, so that more and more that coun∣tre grewe to more restefulnesse and peace.

In thys yere also the frenchemen arryued at Douer wyth a certayne of shyppes, beynge vnder the rule of syr Mathew de mounte morency and of syr Iohan Harcourte knygh¦tes / and spoyled that towne, and brent a parte of yt.

In whych skyrmysshe was slayne or martyred an holy man named saynte Thomas of Douer. And in this yere as testifieth y^e frenche croni¦cle / Charles de Ualoys brother vnto

kyng Phylyp of Fraunce, was sent by hys sayd brother into Gascoygne with a greate hooste. The whyche Charles layde hys syege vnto the ca¦stell of Ryon / wherin at that tyme were syr Iohan Seyn Iohn̄, & Iohn̄ de Brytayne / the whych manfully & vygorously defendyd the sayd castel agayne the Frenchmen all that yere and more, as in the next yere shall ap¦pere.

Anno domini .M.CC.xcv.		Anno dn̄i. xii.C.xcvi.
	Iohn̄ Dunstable.
Syr Iohn̄ Bryton.		Anno .xxiiii.
	Adam Halyngbery.

IN this .xxiiii. yere / the kyng for the great warre y^t he had wyth the Frenche kyng and els where, cō∣maunded a new subsidie to be leuied vpon all the sarplers of wolle goyng out of Englande, with all fellys and hydes in lyke maner. And ouer that, all suche money as before was graū¦ted by the clergy of Englande towar¦de the defence of the holy lande / the kyng then for reporte that he hadde from Rome of the popes maners thā Bonyface the .viii, cōmaunded it to be brought vnto hys tresoury. And by a cōuocaciō made of the sayd cler∣gye / he had graunted towarde hys nedes halfe of theyr spyrytuall & tem¦porall landes, begynnyng at .xx. mar¦ke benifice, & so ascendyng vpward / the whych was nat payd in one yere, but by deuided porcions in .iii. yeres ensuyng. And of the lay fee or tem∣porall men of Englāde, he had graūted to hym the .x. peny of theyr moua¦bles / the which was payd in .ii. yeres next ensuyng. And thys yere in y^e mo¦neth of Marche, was drawen & han∣ged at London for treason done in Fraunce, a knyghte called syr Tho∣mas Turbeuyle. And aboute y^e tyme of Easter whan Charlys de Ualoys as ye before in that other yere haue harde, had lyen longe at the castell of Ryon, & myght nothyng wynne vpō the Englyshmen, but dayly loste of the best of hys knyghtes / he sent for more ayde and socoure. At whyche tyme came vnto hym syr Rauffe Ne∣le constable of Fraunce with a fressh company, and thā assawted it of new But whan they had lyen there a sea∣son, & sawe they preuayled nothynge agayn theyr enemys / they yode vnto an holde there by named Poudency, and it assauted for so moche as the more nombre of the sowdyours there were Normans / and after .viii. days by appoyntemente or otherwyse gat the sayd holde, so that all the Englis¦shemen had theyr lybertye & goodes and the Normans taken as pryso∣ners / the whyche they brought after vnto the castell of Ryon, and there in syghte of the sowdyours, hanged al or the more partye of the sayde Nor∣mans.* 4.11 whan the Gascoynes beynge wythin the towne and castell of Ry∣ons, sawe then theyr cosyns and coū¦trey men hanged before theyr eyen / they caste in theyr myndes that yt was done by treason of the Englyssh¦men, and that they wolde at length deale wyth them in lyke maner. By reason wherof stryfe and varyaūce arose betwene the Englysshemē and the Gascoygnes / so that eyther of theym feryd the treason of the other. For the whyche cause, syr Iohan Seyn Iohan, syr Iohn̄ de Britayn, syr Robert Typtoft, syr Rauffe Tā¦ny, syr Hugh Bardolfe, & syr Adam Cretynge, with dyuers other fledde

by see and in that maner saued them selfe / and soone after the sayd towne and castell of Ryons was wonne by the Frenchemen, and the inhabytaū∣tes of the same sworne vnto the frēch kynge.

ye haue harde before in the .xxii. yere of thys kynge, howe after the dethe of Alexander kyng of Scottes many questyons fyll amonge y^• sayd scottes, who by ryght of enherytaūce shulde be kynge of that lande / consy¦derynge that the sayde Alexander had lefte after hym thre doughters, the whyche lyuyng theyr father were maryed. The fyrste to syr Iohan Bayloll, the seconde to Roberte le Bruze, and the thyrde to one named Hastynges. Many of the lordes of Scotlande wolde haue crowned syr Iohan Bayloll, by reason that he maryed the eldest of the doughters. But the frendes of Robert le Bruze withstode it with all theyr power. And other there were that he••de with Hastynges / so that after greate stryfe and longe varyaunce, the mat¦ter was broughte before kynge Ed∣warde as chyef lord and soueraygne of that lande / promysinge to hym to abyde all suche determynacyon and iugemente as he shulde sette therin. Than kynge Edwarde to the ende that the scottes shulde knowe perfy∣tely, that the kyng of Englāde ought of ryghte to be there chyefe hede and soueraygne / shewed vnto theym suche olde wrytynges as he lyttell tofore had caused to be serched and founde / in the whyche it was contey¦ned by the auctorytye of olde crony∣cles and wryters, as Maryanus y^e scotte, wyllyam of Malmesbury, Roger of Huntyngdon, and other, that in the yere of our lorde .ix.C.xx, kynge Edwarde the elder made sub∣get vnto hym the kynges of Cum∣brys and scottes.

Also in the yere of grace .ix.C. and xxi. the foresayd scottes & Cumbrys, chase the sayd Edwarde the elder to be theyr chyefe lord and patron. And in y^e yere of our lord .ix.C.xxvi. Ethel¦stane than kynge of Englande sub∣dued constantyne than kyng of scot¦tes / and after admytted the sayd Con¦stantyne to reygne as kynge vnder him, by othe of obeysaūs, with feaute and homage. Also Edredus brother to the sayde Ethelstane, subdued of newe the scottes with the Northum∣brys / and receyued of them agayne othe and homage. And ouer that it is founde in the sayd cronycles, that Edgar ouercame Alphunius the son of Kynadus kynge of Scottes, and receyued of hym feawty & homage / and helde hym vnder hys obeysaūce as he had done hys father Kynadus before tyme. Moreouer it is there wytnessed / that Canutus in the .xvi. yere of hys reygne. subdued Malco∣lyne than kyng of scottes, and recey¦ued of hym feawty and homage. Furthermore wyllyam Conquerour in the .vi. yere of his reygne, subdued Malcolyne kyng of Scotlande / the whyche before tymes had receyued the sayde kyngdome of the gyfte of Edwarde kynge and confessoure. And wyllyam the rede dyd in lyke∣wyse vnto the sayde Malcolyne, and vnto hys two sonnes that reygned in Scotlande the one after the other. Also Dauyd kynge of scottes dyd homage vnto Stephane than kyng of Englande.

And wyllyam kynge of scottes dyd homage vnto Henry the thyrde, at the tyme of hys coronacyon / and after came vnto hys father Henry the seconde, whan the forenamed Hē¦ry was deed in Normandy, & made hys homage to hym agayne.

Thys Henry that was sonne vnto Henry the seconde is of many

wryters named Henry the thyrd, for so moche as he was the .iii. kyng that was crowned of that name. But for he dyed before hys father, hys dedes ben lytell spoken of / so that of some wryters he is nothyng mynded. And it foloweth in the story, howe that Alexādre kyng of Scottes in y^t .xxxv. yere of Hēry the thyrd, or son of kyng Iohn̄, maryed at yorke Margarete doughter of the sayd Henry / and dyd vnto hym homage for the realme of Scotlande / and boūde hym and hys heyres kynges of Scotlande by hys letters patentes, to be trewe vnto the sayd Hēry, & vnto his heyres kynges of Englande, lyke as before tyme wyllyam kyng of Scottes had obly¦ged hym vnto the seconde Henry / as before in the .xxii. yere of hys reygne is more manyfestly shewed.

And more to them was shewed y^• popes bulles, the whych were sent be¦fore tymes into Scotlande / by aucto¦ryte wherof the kynges of Scotlāde were accursed for they wolde nat be obedyent to theyr lordes kynges of Englande.

WHan all these presedentes were sene by y^e Scottes / a day was as∣sygned of metyng at Norhm̄ in the marches betwene Englande and Scotlande, whyther vnto the kyng, came the chief rulers of the Scottes. where they excused them to be boūde vnto the kyng for the obseruynge of the kynges ordenaunce, for so moche as they lacked a kynge & an hede, by whome all suche ordenaunces shuld be maynteyned and holdē. But after by aduyce of bothe parties / agremēt was made by the scottes, that they shuld be bounde to obey the kynges iugement. wheruppon bondes were made vpon bothe partyes / that is to meane the kyng was bounde to thē in an hondreth thousande pounde, y^t within .ii. monethes after he had re∣ceyued the possessyon of the lande, he shulde gyue it vnto hym that was thought most ryghtfull enherytour. And the scottes were agayne boūde vnto hym, that they shuld holde fer∣me & stable all suche decre and iuge∣ment as the kyng shuld gyue in that mater / and also that they shulde vp∣holde & maynteyne for theyr kyng & ruler, hym that the kynge shulde ad∣mitte & chose, and none other, After whych bondes made and delyuered vpon bothe sydes / the scottes seased kyng Edwarde, and delyuered vnto hym by theyr chartours the possessiō of Scotlande, with castelles, with rightes, with customes, and al other appertynaūces to that kyngdome be¦longynge / and sette wardeynes in the townes, maners, and castelles, that shuld saue to hym that the kyng admytted, al aduauntages and pro∣fytes, of the sayde townes and other in that meane whyle growyng.

And whan all assuraūce was ma¦de and fynysshed to the agrement of bothe parties / the kyng called before hym and hys counsayll all those par¦tyes that made clayme vnto y^e kyng∣dome of Scotlande. And after theyr reasons were wele and suffycyently argued and debated vpon al sydes, by aduyce aswell of some of the lor∣des of Scotlande as by hys owne counsayll he fynally admytted for kynge syr Iohan Bayloll as moste ryghtefull enherytour to the crowne of Scotlande. The whych receyued it of hym thankefully / and for the same in presence of the barony of En¦glande and of Scotlande, dyd vnto the sayde kynge Edwarde hys ho∣mage, and sware vnto hym feawty. And that done the scottes with theyr newe kynge retourned into Scot∣lande.

And thys yere was takē the fore∣named

Madok or Meredok / whych as ye before haue herde in the .xxiii. yere, caused the walshemen to rebell and was drawyn and hanged at London.

Anno domini .xii.C.cxvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.cxvii.
	Thomas de Suff.
Syr Iohn̄ Bryton.		Anno .xxv.
	Adam de Fullam.

IN thys .xxv. yere the kyng com¦maunded in dyuers shyres of Englande, great quantyte of whe••e to be gadered, & sent it into Gascoyne and Guyan, to the nombre of an. C.M. quarters after some writers / and soone after sent thyder syr Edmunde hys brother erle of Lancastre, syr Hē¦ry Lacy erle of Lyncolne, & syr wyl∣lyam Ueysy barō, with diuers other lordes & knyghtes, to strength suche people as he there had redy, whyle he prepared an other army to haue a¦gaynst the scottes.

ye haue herde in the precedynge chapytre, howe syr Iohan Bayloll kyng of scottes made othe & homage vnto kyng Edwarde for y^e kyngdom of Scotlande. Of the whych othe he shortly repēted hym after, by meane of coūsayll of the abbot of Menros as sayth Polycronycō. All be it that it shuld seme to be as wel by the coū∣sayll of the kyng of Fraūce, by wor∣des that ben wrytten in the frenche cronycle. But how so it was by one or by both / full vntrewly he forsoke hys former othe & promyse, & arrered warre agayne the kynge. wherfore kyng Edward sped hym thyder with a great hoost / & in processe layde hys syege vnto the towne of Berwyk. But the scottes defēded it egerly, & bete the Englysshe men backe, and brent some of the Englyssh shyppes. wyth the whyche enterpryse they were so enflamyd wyth pryde, that in derisiō of the kyng, they made this mokkysshe ryme folowyng.

¶what wenys kyng Edwarde with hys longe shankys, To haue wonne Berwyke / all oure vnthankys. Gaas pykes hym And whan he hath it Gaas dykys hym.

WHan kynge Edwarde herde of y^e pryde of the scottes, and knewe of theyr scornefull ryme / he was somdeale amoued / & encouraged his knyghtes in suche wyse, that they wanne the dyche of the towne / & after in processe with greate laboure and daunger, the Bulwerkes / so that they came vnto the gates, and made there so stronge assawte, that in the ende they wanne the towne, & slewe of the scottes as wytnesseth dyuers wryters ouer the nombre of .xxv.M. and tooke prysoners syr wyllyam Douglas, syr Symon de Freysell, the erle Patryk, & syr Robert Bruze, wyth dyuers other / and in shorte tyme after the wardeyn of the castell of Berwyke seynge that to hym was sent no socoure / yelded vp the sayd castell by appoyntement. And whā the kyng had possession of the towne and castell of Berwyke / he than strengthed theym wyth Englysshe men. And after wanne the holdes of Tyndall of Exham, of wyerbyrd, and of Lamerstoke, wyth dyuers other.

And whyle y^t kyng Edwarde was thus besyed about the wynnyng of these forsayd holdes / he sēt syr Hugh

Spencer. with syr Hugh Percy and other noble men, with a parte of his host, to laye siege vnto Dunbarre. where whē they had layne a certayne of tyme, an host of Scottes came thy¦der to remoue the syege, with whome the Englysshe men had a fyers / and cruel batayle. But in y^e ende by helpe of god and saynt George, the En∣glysshe mē had the vyctorye / & slewe of the Scottes aboue the nombre of .xx.M, and lost of the Englysshe com¦pany a very fewe in nombre. wher∣fore the Englysshe mē in reproche of the Scottes, made this ryme folow∣ynge.

These scaterande Scottes Holde we for sottes Of wrenches vnware Erly in a mornynge In an euyll tymynge Came they to Dunbarre.

ANd after this vyctorye, the towne & castell of Dunbarre was wonne / in the whiche were takē prysoners thre erles, vii. barons, and xxvii. knyghtes, with dyuers men of the churche. Than the kynge spedde hym to Edenborow, and in processe of tyme wanne the towne with the castell. In the whiche were founde y^e regalyes of Scotlāde, y^t is to meane the crowne with the septre & clothe of astate / the whiche after were offe∣red by kynge Edwarde at the shryne of saynt Edwarde vpon the morowe after the feast of saynt Botholfe, or y^e xviii. day of Iunii, in the yere folow∣ynge. And when the kynge had thus subdued the Scottes, and set the coū¦tre in a rule / he retourned with many prysoners into Englāde. In whiche tyme and season the Englysshemen susteyned many harde shoures in Gascoyne & Gyan. Among y^e whiche one is remembred in the Frenche cro¦nycle / sayenge that Edmunde duke or erle of Lancastre, dyed at Bayon. After whose dethe whyle the towne and other stronge holdes prepared them to withstande the Frenchemen Robert erle of Artoys, whiche a lytel tofore had encoūtred with syr Iohn̄, & had ben of hym ouerset, resembled his cōpany / and made hym an other skyrmysshe. In the whiche he slewe vpon an hundreth Englysshmē and Gascoynes, and toke prysoners the forenamed syr Iohan Seyn Iohan, syr wyllyam Mortymer, and other, to the nombre of .lxx, y^• whiche were sente into Fraunce vnto dyuers pry∣sones.

Anno dn̄i. xii.C.xcvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xcviii.
	Iohn̄ de Stortforde.
Syr Iohn̄ Bryton.		Anno .xxvi.
	wyllyam de Stortforde.

IN this .xxvi. yere / kynge Ed∣warde with a pusaunte armye in the moneth of August, toke shyp∣pynge at douer, & sayled into Flaun∣ders, to ayde and to helpe Guy than erle of Flaunders agayne y^e Frenche kynge. The which at that tyme was sore warreyd of the Frenche kynge, in somoche that he hadde wonne the towne of Margquet and the countre theraboute. And for to put the sayde Guy vnto the more trouble / the sayd Frenche kynge caused Robert erle of Artoys to inuade the coūtre of Flaū∣dres toward Pycardy / & encountred with y^e sayd Guy nere vnto a towne called Furnes. wher atwene y^e said .ii. erles was foughtē a sharpe bata••l / so

that many men were slayne vpon bothe partyes. After whiche fyght the Erle of Flaunders spedde hym towarde Gaunt, where as kynde Ed¦warde than soiourned / & the erle of Artoys drewe hym towarde y^e Frēche kynge, the whiche shortly after was receyued into the towne of Bruges. In whiche tyme and season whyle y^e sayd .ii. kynges laye thus at eyther towne, a meane of peas was there treated of / so that fynally a peas was cōcluded atwene the .ii. kynges, and atwene the Frenche kynge and Guy erle of Flaūders, vnto the feest of all sayntes than next ensuenge. And frō that day, vnto the feast of all sayntes thā .ii. yeres folowyng. After whiche peas so stablysshed / kynge Edwarde departed from the towne of Gaunte & yode to Burdeaux. And y^e Frenche kynge retourned into Fraunce. And prysoners were delyuered on bothe partyes.

* 4.12In this tyme and season whyle kynge Edwarde was thus occupy∣ed in Flaūders / the Scottes by the entysement of the Frenche kynge, to the entent to cause kynge Edwarde to kepe his countre, & that he shulde nat ayde the erle of Flaunders, be∣ganne to make warre vpon the kyn∣ges soudyours, whiche y^e kynge had lafte there in dyuers holdes. And al∣so entred vpon y^e borders of Northū∣berlande, & made sharpe warre vpon the inhabytauntes of that countre. And for that syr Iohn̄ Bayloll theyr kynge, after some wryters, was at y^• tyme prysoner in the towre of Lon∣don, or els voyded the coūtre for fere of the kynge of Englande: therfore the sayde Scottes made them a ca∣pytayne / the whiche was named wyl¦lyam waleys a man of vnknowen or lowe byrth, to whom they obeyed as vnto theyr kynge. Anone as y^e kynge herde of the rebellyon of the Scot∣tes, which to hym was no great won¦der consyderynge theyr greate vn∣stedfastnesse / he wrote his letters vnto syr Hēry Persy erle of Northū∣berlande, to syr wyllyam Latymer, and to syr Hugh Cressyngham than tresourer of Englande, and to other, that they in all goodly haste shulde make prouysyon to withstande the Scottes. The whiche persones after receyte of the kynges letters, spedde them all in spedy maner / so that they entred Scotlande shortly after, and cōpelled y^e Scottes to returne backe vnto a towne named Streuelyn, where ī a skyrmyssh foughtē atwene the Englysshe and the Scottes, syr Hugh Cressyngham forenamed with dyuers Englysshemen was slayne. But yet the Scottes were holden so strayte of the Englysshe hoost, that after that skyrmysshe they wolde nat of a certayne tyme come in playne felde, but kepte theym within theyr castelles and strōge holdes. And this yere atwene Easter and wytsontyde certayne {per}sones of Londō brake vp the tunne in the warde of Cornhyll, and toke out certayne persones that thyder were commytted by syr Iohn̄ Bryton, then custos or gardeyn of the cytie, for nyght walkynge. For y^• whiche ryot, the sayde persones, that is to meane Thomas Romayne and viii. other, were afterwarde greuous¦ly punysshed / as fyrst by prysonmēt, and after by fynes. And this yere the kynge in y^e moneth of October came into Englāde, and so to wynchester / where the cytezyns of London made suche laboure vnto his grace, that shortly after they opteyned graunte of theyr lyberties and fraunchyses, that had in some parte be kepte from them by y^e terme of .xii. yeres & more. So that vpon the daye of the trans∣lacyon of saynt Edwarde kynge and confessour next folowyng, they chase

them a mayre of them selfe / where by all the foresayd tyme theyr custos or gardeyn was appoynted by y^e kyng, or by suche as y^e kyng wold assygne. But ye shall vnderstande that this was not redemed without great sum¦mes of money. For after some wry∣ters the cytezyns payde for it to the kynge .iii M. marke.

Also this yere kyng Edwarde put out of his proteccyon certayne Aly∣auntes, whiche were rychely benefy∣ced in England. The cause was for the sayd alyauntes wolde nat ayde y^e kynge with theyr goodes, as y^e other of his lande dyd / but purchased an inibicyon of pope Boniface the .viii, that they and theyr goodes shulde be fre from all the kynges dymes or taskys. Therfore y^e kyng ceased theyr temporaltyes, and suffered thē with theyr spyritualtes tyl they were agre¦ed with the kynge.

Anno domini .M.CC.xcviii.		Anno domini .M.CC.xcix.
	Richarde Reffham.
Henry waleys.		Anno .xxvii.
	Thomas Sely.

IN this .xxvi. yere after Chryst∣masse, certayne persones made a dyggyng and a serche in y^e churche of saynt Martynes le graūde in Lō∣don, for certayne tresoure that there shulde be hydde, as it was reported of a gardiner. But theyr labour was in vayne, for nothynge was there founde. For the whiche dede y^e deane of Poules the seconde sonday of lent folowynge, denounced all thē accur∣sed that were at that dede doynge, or consentynge to the same.

In this yere aboute y^e begynnyng of Aprell, the kynge rode towarde Scotlande / and appoynted his lor∣des with theyr companyes to mete with hym at yorke. where with hym met a great hoost, y^t whiche he ladde into Scotlande, and brent and spoy¦led the countre as he went / and tary∣ed a season at Barwyke. And from thens he spedde hym in wynnynge of the townes and castelles as he went, tyll he came nere to a towne named Fawkyrk or Fankyrk. where vpon y^e day of mary Magdaleyne, or y^e .xxii. day of Iulii, met with hym y^e power of Scotlande, and gaue vnto hym a sore fyght. But in the ende the vycto¦ry fyll vnto the Englysshmē / so that of the Scottes were slayne in y^e felde as affyrme dyuers wryters, ouer the nombre of .xxxii.M. and of Englyssh¦men but barely .xxviii. persones. Af∣ter whiche scomfyture the Scottes yelded to the kynge the more partye of the stronge holdes & castelles, that they tofore had holden agayne hym, and made vnto hym newe othe and promysse, and yelded them selfe vnto his grace and mercy. And whan he had set that countre in an ordre and rule / he thā retourned into Englāde, and so to Lōdon. where by y^e aduyce of some of his counsayll, he sodeynly dāpned certayn coynes of money cal¦led pollardes, crocardes, & rosaries / & caused thē to be broughte to newe coynage to his great aduaūtage.

ye haue before herde in that other yere, how that a truce or a peas was stablysshed at wene the kynge and y^e kynge of Fraunce, for the space of .ii. yeres and more / the whiche fynally was concluded this yere, that kynge Edwarde for a peas to be had by∣twene both regyons, shulde take vn∣to wyfe Margarete the suster of Phi¦lip le Beawe / then kynge of Fraūce.

The whyche Margarete whyle the kyng was in Scotlāde was brought vnto Douer, and so vnto Caunter∣bury / where the kyng spoused her in the moneth of Septembre as wyt∣nesseth the Frenche cronycle / and re∣ceyued of her in processe of tyme folo¦wyng two sonnes named Thomas and Edmunde, and a doughter na∣med Margarete. The fyrste of the sonnes was surnamed Thomas of Brothertō, and the seconde Edmūde wodestoke.

Anno domini .M.CC.xcix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.
	Iohn̄ Armenter.
Elys Russell.		Anno .xxviii.
	Henry Fryngeryth.

IN thys .xxviii. yere / the kynge herynge of the vntrowth and rebellyon of the scottes, made the .iii. vyage into Scotlāde / and bare hym so knyghtly, that in shorte processe after hys commynge he subdued the more parte of the lande. And after he sped hym vnto the castell of Estryue¦lyn, wherin were many of the greate lordes of Scotlande / and enuyro∣ned the sayd castel with a strōg siege. But he laye there somwhat oftyme without wynnynge of any great ad∣uauntage, or hurte doynge vnto the scottes. wherfore of polycy he caused to be made .ii. payre of galowes in y^e syght of the castell / and after cōmaū∣ded proclamacyons to be cryed, that yf the scottes by a certayn day wolde yelde that castell to the kynge, they shuld haue lyfe & lym̄e. And yf nat, but that he wanne it by strength / as many as were within the sayd castel, shuld be hāged vpon those gybettes, none astate nor persone to be excep∣ted. In processe of tyme whan y^e scot¦tes had well dygestyd thys proclama¦cyon, and sawe the strength of theyr enemyes, & cōsydered theyr owne fe∣blenes & lak of socoure / they assented fynally to yelde theym & theyr castell vnto the kyng / whyche shortly after was done. wherof kyng Edwarde be¦yng possessed, stuffed it with Englissh knyghtes / & after toke a newe othe of the lordes and capytaynes the whyche he founde closed within that castell, of trewe & feythfull allegeaū∣ce / & after sufferyd them to go where theym lyked.

And whan wyllyam walys, whych as before is sayd pretended the rule & gouernaunce of Scotlande, harde tell that the stronge castell of Estry∣uelyne was yelden vnto kynge Ed∣warde / & that lordes and knyghtes therin founden in whyche he moche affyed, were sworne to the kynges al¦legeaunce: he feryd sore leste y^e sayd company wolde betray hym, & bring hym vnto y^e kyng. wherfore he with hys adherentes withdrewe hym into the mareyses & other daūgerous pla¦ces, where he thoughte he was in suertye for pursuynge of the kynges hooste.

Then the poore commons of the lande presented theym by great com¦panyes, and put theym holy in the kynges grace & mercy / so that the kynge thought then that he was in peasyble possessyon, or in a greate suertye of the lande. wherfore after he had caused to be sworn vnto hym the rulers of dyuers borughes cy∣tyes, & townes, with other offycers of the lande / he retourned vnto Ber¦wyke, & so into Englande, and lastly vnto westmynster.

In thys tyme & season that y^e kyng

was thus occupyed aboute his war∣res in Scotlande / the quene was cō∣ueyed vnto London. Agayne whom the cytezyns vpon the nombre of .vi.C. rode ī one lyuerey of rede & whyte, with the conysaunce of dyuers my∣steryes brodered vpon theyr sleues, and receyued her .iiii. myles without the cytie / & so conueyed her thorugh y^• cytie, whiche then was garnysshed and behanged with tapettes & arras and other clothes of sylke and ryches in most goodly wyse, vnto westmyn∣ster, and there lodged.

whan the kynge this yere re∣tourned out of Scotlande / he caused shortly after an * 4.13 inquysycyon to be made thorugh his lande / the whiche after was named Troilbaston̄. This was made vpon al offycers, as may∣res, shyreffes, baylyffes, excheters, & many other that had mysborne them in theyr sayd offyces, and had extor∣cioned or mystreated y^e kynges lyege people otherwyse than was accor∣dynge with the good ordre of theyr sayd offyces. By meane of whiche in∣quisicyon many were accused, and redemed theyr offyces by greuous fynes, to the kynges great lucre and auauntage. Other meanes were foū∣dē, also, as forfaites again y^e crowne / the whiche broughte great summes of money to the kynges cofers, to∣warde the great charge of his war∣res y^t he susteyned in wales, Fraūce, and Scotlande, as before is shewed. this yere also the kynge for cōplaynt that was brought vnto hym by may¦ster walter Langton bysshop of Che∣ster, of syr Edwarde his eldest sone, for that he with Pyers of Gaueston̄ and other insolent persones had bro∣ken the sayde parke of the sayde bys∣shop, & ryottously destroyed y^e game within it: he therfore inprysoned the sayd syr Edwarde his son̄e with his complyces. And in processe of tyme after, when the kynge was thorugh∣ly enformed of y^e lassiuyous & wantō disposiciōs of the sayd Pyers of Ga∣ueston̄ / for that he shulde nat enduce the forenamed syr Edwarde to be of lyke dysposycyon: he therfore banys∣shed the sayd Pyer of Gaueston̄ out of Englande for euer. But after the dethe of kynge Edwarde y^e banyssh∣mente was soone denulled by Ed∣ward his sone / wherof ensued moche harme and trouble, as after shalbe shewed.

Anno domini .M.CCC.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCi.
	Luke Hauerynge.
Elys Russell.		Anno .xxix.
	Rycharde Champeis.

IN this .xxix. yere of kynge Ed∣warde / dyed Edmunde erle of Cornewayle, the sonne of Rycharde somtyme erle of the sayd coūtre and kynge of Almayne, without yssue. wherfore that erledome retourned agayne to the crowne of Englande.

And in this yere the kynge gaue vnto syr Edwarde his sone the pryn∣cypate of wales / and ioyned there vn¦to the sayd erledome of Cornewayle.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.i.		Anno dn̄i. M.iii.C.ii.
	Robert Caller.
Iohn̄ Blount.		Anno .xxx.
	Peter Bosham.

IN thys .xxx. yere / the kyng hel¦de hys greate counsayll of par¦lyamente at hys cytye of Caunter∣bury.

Anno domini .M.CCC.ii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.iii.
	Hugh Pourt.
Iohn̄ Blount.		Anno .xxxi.
	Symon Parys.
Anno domini .xiii.C.iii.		Anno domini .xiii.C.iiii.
	wyllam Combmartyn.
Iohn̄ Blount.		Anno .xxxii.
	Iohn̄ de Burfforde.
Anno domini .M.CCC.iiii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.v.
	Rogyer Parys.
Iohn̄ Blount.		Anno .xxxiii.
	Iohn̄ Lyncoln̄.

IN this .xxxiii. yere / wyllyā wa¦leys that vnto the kyng hadde done so many dyspleasures and trea¦sons, agayne the trouth and allege∣aunce of hys othe, as some deale be∣fore is shewed / was takē at the town named saint Domynyk in Scotlād, and sent vnto London, and there ar∣raygnyd / and vpon the euyn of saynt Bartylmewe, drawen, hanged, and quartered / and hys hedde set vppon London brydge, and hys .iiii. quar∣ters sent into Scotlande, & there hā¦ged vpon the gates of certayne tow∣nes of the lāde. And at Myghelmas folowynge, the kynge holdynge hys parlyament at westmynster / thyder came out of Scotlande the bysshop of saint Andrewes, Robert le Bruze, syr Symon de Frysell erle of Dun∣barre, syr Iohn̄ of Cambrees erle of Atles, and syr Iohn̄ Comyn with o∣ther / the whyce voluntarylye were sworne in presence of the kynge and hys lordes, that they shuld be trewe vnto the kynge of Englande, & kepe the lande of Scotlande to hys vse a∣gayne all other persones. And yf any rebell or other malycyous persone di¦stourbed the lāde, or breke y^e kynges peas / they shulde cause hym to be ta¦ken, and sent vnto the kynge / wyth many other articles cōcernyng theyr allegeaunce, the whyche full falsely they brake and contraryed shortely after.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.v.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.vi.
	Raynold Doderell.
Iohn̄ Blount.		Anno .xxxiiii.
	wyllyam Cansyn.

IN thys .xxxiiii. yere / Robert le Bruze contrary hys othe to kynge Edwarde before made, assem∣bled the lordes of Scotlande / and by the coūsayll of thabbot of Stone and other that fauoured hys vntrouthe, he sent vnto the pope than Clement the .v, for a dyspensacyō of hys othe before made vnto kynge Edwarde / and surmysed to hym that kyng Ed∣warde vexed and greuyd the realme of Scotlande wrongfully, whereupō

the pope wrote vnto kyng Edwarde to leue of suche doynges.

And whyle thys matter was thus complayned on vnto the pope / y^e sayd Robert le Bruze made all the labour he myght vnto y^e lordes of Scotlāde that he were admytted for kyng of y^e regyon / so that vpon the daye of the concepcyon of our Lady, or the .viii. day of Decembre, a great assemble of the lordes was made at the abbey of Stone. And vpō the day folowyng, by the meanes of the abbot of y^t place many of the sayd lordes assented to y^e wyl of the sayd Robert, except syr Io¦han Comyn onely. The whych in de∣fence of hys trouthe and othe before sworne vnto kyng Edwarde, many reasons & excuses made / and fynally sayd that he wolde nat false hys othe for no man. For thys the sayd syr Io¦han Comyn had great maugre of syr Robert le Bruze, & many of y^e nobles of Scotlande. But he helde hys op∣pynyon so fermely, that other began to take hys parte / that in that coun∣sayll rose suche contrariete of opy∣nyons and reasons, that the sayd coū¦sayll was dyssolued, and a newe sette at the graye freers of Dunfrize after Candelmas next ensuyng. At whych daye of assemble whenne the cause of theyr meting was by Robert le Bruze denoūced and shewed / & many of the great lordes of the land had graūted to hym theyr aydes & assistence: the forenamed syr Iohn̄ Comyn & other sat styll and sayd no worde. whyche Robert le Bruze marked well, and to hym sayd: And you syr Iohn̄ I trust for defence and weale of thys realme ye wyll nat be behynde. wherunto he answered, syr I wolde that ye and al my lordes here present knowe well, that for the weale and defence in the ryght of thys lande, I wolde stande with it to the vttermost of my power. But for I se that ye entēde rather the subuercyon than the weale therof / I wyll therfore ye know, I shal nother ayde you with counsayll nor yet with strength.* 4.14 Some other also there were whose names the auctoure myndeth nat, whyche allowed the sayenge of the sayde syr Iohn̄ / and in some wor∣des admytted hys sadde and trewe answere. For the whyche Roberte le Bruze was so amoued, that when syr Iohn̄ Comyn with syr Rogyer hys brother was departed from the coun¦sayll, and was comyn into the chyrch of the freers / Robert le Bruze hym fo¦lowyd and wounded to the deth with his swerde / and after slew syr Rogier hys brother, whyche wolde haue de∣fended the foresayde syr Iohn̄. After whose deth lytell or no resystēce was made agayne the vntrewe meane & dedes of the sayd. Robert le Bruze / so that he at saynte Iohn̄s towne was crowned kynge shortly after.

It was nat longe after that kyng Edwarde was monysshed of all this vntrouth of the scottes / wherfore he prepared hym to wende thyder. And at Penthecoste he helde a great feaste of hys barony at westmyster / & du∣rynge that feast made a greate nōbre of knyghtes ouer .CC. after mooste wryters. And that feast ended / he sēt with a fayre company of knyghtes syr Aymer de Ualaunce erle of Pen∣broke, and syr Henry Percy erle of Northumberlande into Scotlāde / & sped hym selfe wyth hys hoost soone after.

Than about the feast of the assūp¦cyon of our Lady / the kyng faughte with the sayd Robert le Bruze and al the power of Scotlande,* 4.15 in a playne nere vnto saynt Iohn̄s towne. And after lōge fyght and great slaughter of the scottes to y^e nombre of .vii.M, he chased the scottes. In whyche cha¦se syr Symon de Fryseyll erle of Dū∣barre was takē, with also the bishop¦pes

of saint Adrews and of Bastoon, the abbot of Stoon or Scoon, & syr Iohn̄ Chambres erle of Atles. which bysshoppes and abbot kyng Edward sent after vnto innocēt the .v. thā po∣pe,* 4.16 with reporte of theyr {per}iury, & how they were taken armed in the felde to shede the blode of cristē men. And y^e tē¦porall lordes he sent into Englāde, & so vnto the towre of Londō. And Ro¦bert le Bruze after thys scomfyture & losse of hys chyef frēdes, feryng lest y^e scottes with suche Englysshmen as kyng Edward laft there wolde aryse agayne hym / all comfortles fledde vnto the kynge of Norwaye, & there abode duryng whyle kyng Edwarde lyued.

whan thys noble prynce Edward had thus subdued y^e scottes / he yel∣ded thankes to god of hys vyctorye. And whē he was ascertayned of the auoydyng of Robert le Bruze, & had set y^e lāde in a quiet & ordre / he retour¦ned into Englande.

In thys passetyme were y^e forena∣med lordes of Scotlāde areygned at Londō / & vpō the euyn of the Naty∣uyte of our Lady put to deth, & theyr heddes after set vpō Londō brydge. And shortly after was Iohn̄ waleys brother vnto wyllyā waleys (whych for lyke treason was put to deth in y^e preceding yere) taken & hāged & quar¦teryd. And some scottes that were ta∣ken as prysoners, remayned lōge in Englāde or they myght acquite theyr fynaunce.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.vi.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.vii.
	Symon Bolet.
Iohn̄ Blount.		Anno .xxxv.
	Godfrey de la Conduyt.

IN thys .xxxv. yere y^e kynge for certayne causes hym mouyng, retourned agayne into Scotlande. Or after some wryters he taryed at Berwyke, & helde hys Crystmasse & Easter in those partyes / & came nat into Englāde after he had scōfyted y^e scottes. In the season of somer as he was retournyng into Englāde / a sy¦kenes toke hym so feruētly, y^e he knew wele he shuld dye. wherfore he beyng at Burgthe vpō the sande beyonde Carleyll / called to hym syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Pēbroke, syr Henry Percy erle of Northūberlande, syr Hē¦ry Lacy erle of Lyncoln̄, & syr Robert Clyfforde barō / & caused them to be∣sworne before hym, y^t they shuld crow¦ne hys sonne Edwarde in as conue∣nyent tyme after hys dethe as they myght / and kepe the lande to hys vse tyll he were crowned.

And that othe by the sayd barons takē / he called before hym hys sonne Edwarde, and charged hym with dy¦uers poyntes vpon the charge of his blessynge. Amonge the whyche one specyall was, y^t he shuld neuer after that daye suffre Pyers of Gaueston to retourne into Englande / & so lyke a good crysten prynce dyed shortly af¦ter, vpon the day of the translaciō of saynt Thomas of Caunterbury, or y^e vii. day of the moneth of Iulii / whan he had reygned .xxxiiii. yeres, vii. mo∣neths & odde days / & after with great solēpnite cōueyed vnto westmynster, & there buryed in y^e chapell of saīt Ed¦warde vpō the southsyde, in a playne tombe of marble at the hed of hys fa∣ther. This noble mā had .ii. wyfes / by the whych as before is shewed in the xx. & .xxvii. yeres of his reygne, he had issue as in the sayd yeres appereth. Of thys noble prīce a vercifyer made these .ii. verses folowynge.

Dū viuit rex, & valuit sua magna potestas, Fraus latuit, pax magna fuit, regnauit honestas.

whych verses maye be englysshed in thys maner folowynge.

¶whyle lyued thys kyng / By hys power all thynge was in good plyght. For gyle was hydde, Great peace was kydde, And honeste had myghte.

An other vercifyer also of him made these verses folowynge / and cau∣sed them to be hanged ouer the place of hys sepulture.

Mors est mesta nimis, magnos quia iungit in imis. Maxima mors minimis, cōiungēs vltima primis. Nullus in orbe fuit homo viuens, ne valet esse, Qui non morte ruit, est hinc exit necesse. Nobilis & fortis, tibi tu confidere noli. Omnia sunt mortis, sibi subdit singula soli. De mundi medio, magnum mors impia nouit. Anglia pre tedio satis anxïa plangere nouit. Corruit Edwardus vario veneratus honore, Rex nuper & nardus fragans virtutis odore, Corde leopardus, inuictus & abs{que} pauore, Ad rixam tardus, discretus & eucharis ore, Viribus armorum quasi gigas, ardua gessit Colla superborum prudens per prelia pressit, Inter Flandrenses fortuna sibi bene fauit, Vt quo{que} Wallenses, & scotos subpeditauit. Rex bonus abs{que} pare, strenue sua regna regebat, Quod natura dare potuit bonitatis habebat, Actio iusticiae, pax regni, sanctio legis, Et fuga nequicie, premunt preconia regis. Gloria tota ruit, regem capit haec modo fossa. Rex quando{que} fuit, nunc nil nisi puluis & ossa. Pilius ipse dei, quem corde colebat et ore, Gaudia donet ei, nullo permixto dolore.

The whych verses, to the entent y^t they shuld be had in mynde, & also y^t the reder myght haue y^e more desyre to ouer rede thē / I haue therfore set them out in baladde royall, after my rude makynge as foloweth.

This sorowfull deth whiche bryngeth great full lowe, And mooste & leest he ioyneth into one / Thys man to whome hys pere was nat knowe, Hath now subdued / nat sparyng hym alone, whyche of all other thys worlde to ouergone, None was to be spared / of so great equytie As he, if any, for noblesse spared shuld be.

Therfore thou noble or myghty, truste none other grace, But thou shalt pay to deth thy naturall dette And lyke as he from thys worlde dyd chace Thys myghty prynce, & from his frendes fette, For whome all Englande loude mourned and grette: So shalt thou & other in dethes snare fall None shall escape, to rekyn kyndes all

Edwarde with many & dyuers graces endowed / And lyke as Nardus moost swetest of odoure, In smellynge passeth, and moost he is allowed, Of all swete odours / so dyd thys knyghtly floure, By vertuous actes surmount in honoure, All other princes / whose herte was lybarde lyke, And without fere, were he hole or syke.

This prynce was slowe to all maner of stryfe, Discrete, & wyse, and trewe of hys worde, In armys a geaunt / terme of all hys lyfe Excellyng actes doyng by dynt of the sworde, Subduyd the proude, of prudence he bare the horde, Of Flaunders by fate he had great amyte And Walshe, and Scottes, by strength subdued he

Thys good kyng perelesse, hys landes fermly gyded. what nature myght gyue, he fayled it nothynge / No parte of bounte frō hys was discided / He was iustice and peace, & of law stablysshynge, And chaser of iniquyte by hys vertuous lyuyng, In whome these graces with innumerable mo, Fermly were roted, that deth hath tane vs fro.

That whylom was a kyng, now is but duste & bone. All glorie is fallen, & thys pytte kepeth the kynge. But he that yeldeth all thyng by hys one, The sonne of god, to whome aboue all thynge with herte and mouth he dyd due worshyppyng / That lorde of hys ioy perdurable to laste, Graunt hym sorowlesse euermore to taste.

PHylyp the .iiii. of that name & sonne of the thyrde Phy¦lyp, whyche was surnamed Philyp¦le Beawe or Phy∣lyp the fayre / begā hys reygne ouer y^e realme of Fraunce, in the yere of gra¦ce .M.CC.lxxxvi, & the .viii. yere of y^e fyrste Edwarde thā kyng of Englād. Thys for warre that he had with the duke of Gelderlande / arreryd greate imposycyons thorugh hys lāde, both of the spyrytualtye and also of the tē¦poraltye.

About the .iiii. yere. of hys reygne / the prynce of Salerne, that long had ben holden in pryson by the kynge of Aragon, was delyuered vpon a hard condycyon as foloweth, fyrst that he shuld to the vttermoost of hys power labour a concorde and peas betwene the chyrch of Rome and the Aragōs / & that done to set a peas betwene the Frenche kyng & hym. And ouer that to paye in the ende of .xv. monethes nexte ensuynge, an .C.M. Floryns for hys raunsome. A Floryn is in va¦lue after sterlyng money .ii.s.x.d, & so he shuld pay after y^e value of englis¦she money .xvii.M. & .v.C.li. And y^• after that day he shuld neuer bere ar¦mys agayne the kyng of Aragō. And yf within the terme of .iii. yeres nexte ensuyng, he myght nat conclude the foresayd peas / she shuld then retourn and yelde hym selfe prysoner as he before was. All whyche couenauntes fermely to be holden, he fyrst made so¦lempne othe / & after delyuered to the kynge certayne hostages and so de∣parted.

But thys composycyon or agre∣ment was thoughte so vnresonable vnto hys frendes, that he was coun∣sayled by them that he shuld sue vnto the pope for a dyspensacyon of hys othe / & y^• had, they wolde helpe hym to recouer hys foresayd hostages. Af¦ter whose coūsayl he y^• yere folowyng made suche labour vnto Honorius y^e iiii. of y^e name thā pope, that he alone¦ly opteyned nat soluciō of hys othe, but also by hī he was declared kyng of Scicill / & of pope Nycholas y^e .iiii successoure of the foresayd Honorius after confermyd. Thys prynce of Sa¦lerne as ye before haue herde in y^e sto¦rye of Phylyp the thyrde and .iii. and iiii. chapyters of the same, was sonne vnto Charles brother of saynte Lo∣wys & kyng of Scicill. And the fore∣named kynge of Aragō that hym vp¦pon the abouesayd cōdiciōs thus de∣lyuered, was sonne vnto Peter kyng of Aragō, whych as before in the sto∣rye of y^e foresayd thyrd Philip, helde warre with hym & with y^e sayd Char∣les. This prince of Salerne was also named Charles after the name of his father / the whych after hys admyssiō of y^e pope, was crowned kyng of Sci¦cil in y^e cytie of Palermo soone after / & defended the lāde knyghtly agayne the Aragōs, with helpe of the Frēche men by the terme of .v. yeres after. At whych termes ende Alphōs thā kyng of Aragō dyed / & Iaques or Iames, to whome the foresayd Alphons had be take the rule of Scicill, & held war¦re with the forenamed Charles, was as brother & next heyre vnto the crow¦ne of Aragō, admitted kynge of y^e re∣gyon. After whych admissiō, he short¦ly after cōcluded a peas with y^e sayde Charles / & redelyuered vnto hym all suche hostages & pledges as hys bro¦ther Alphōs had before tyme of hym receyued, for kepyng of the former cō¦uencions. And for a more stablysshe∣mēt of the same peas / y^e sayd Iames toke to wyfe one of the doughters of the sayde Charles.

About the .vi. yere of the reygne of this Philip / certayne sowdyours of

Fraunce to the nombre. of .xv. hon∣dreth, whyche were sent by the procu¦rement of pope Nycholas the fourth vnto Acrys, to fortifye that towne cō¦trary the truce betwene the crysten & the Sowdan before concluded for y^e terme of .ii. yeres / brake oute of the towne and castelles adioynant, and spoyled and robbed suche Sarazyns as to that towne were dwelling nere and dyd vnto them all the sorowe & shame that they myght. wherof the Sowdan hauynge knowlege, was therwith greatly amoued. But yet or he wolde attēpte any warre agayn the crysten / he sent vnto the captayne of the cytye of Acone, & wylled hym to sende vnto hym suche persones as had broken the peace, and done that iniurye to hys people. And yf he it re¦fused, he sente them worde he shulde nat blynne tyll he had dystroyed thē / as lately before he had done the inha¦bytauntes of the cytye of Tryple. But they sette hys manace at nou∣ghte, for so moche as they thoughte them able to withstande hys malyce. Upon whyche answere, the Sowdan made great prouysyon to besiege the sayd cytye.

In whyche passe tyme in Fraūce was borne of dame Iohāne or Iane than quene of Fraunce, Lowys the kynges eldest sonne, that after his fa¦ther was kyng of Fraunce.

when the Sowdan had prepared all thyng necessary for that iournay / he sped hym wyth an innumerable multytude of Sarazyns towarde y^e cytye of Acon or Acris. In whyche iournay he was taken with so gre∣uous sykenesse, that he knew well he shulde shortly dye. wherfore he cal∣lynge before hym hys admyralles / charged a certayne of theym to kepe forthe theyr iourney towarde Acon, whyle the remenaunt retourned into Egypt / & there to create hys sonne Sowdan. After whyche creacyon he charged them that they shulde cause hys sayde sonne to haste hym vnto y^e sayd siege / & soone after dyed.

Then all thynges was ordeyned as he before had deuysed / and y^e cytie was besegyd with a stronge hoost of Sarazyns, the whyche assauted yt cruelly by the space of .vi. wekes. In whyche season the crysten defended it so manfully, that the Sarazyns myght therof gette none aduaūtage At the ende of thys .vi. wekes, came the yonge Sowdan wyth a fresshe hoost / the whyche made such a dynne and noyse wyth theyr tabours & hor¦nys and other mynstrelsy that they at those dayes vsed, that it was hy∣dous & ferefull to here. And after they had rested theym .ii. dayes, and prepared for the ryggynge of theyr ordenaunce / they assauted the cytye xiiii. dayes contynually. In whyche season moche people was slayne vpō bothe partyes / but the more nombre of the cytye. For by the vyolence of theyr ordenaunce they ouer threwe moche housynge within the cytye / where with moche people were op∣pressed and slayne aswell mā as wo∣man & chylde.

At the ende of thys .xiiii. dayes, when the rulers of the cytye had seen the harme that they had receyued by thys fyers and cruell assaute / aswell in losse of theyr sowdyours, as of the great enpeyrynge of theyr wallys & other defences of theyr cytye / they fe¦ryd sore, for y^• whych they of one assēt cōdyssēded & sent soone after by theyr shyppes, a great nōbre of olde men & womē & chyldren vnapt for y^e warre, with y^e reliques & treasours of y^e cytie into Sicill. It was nat lōge after or y^e Sarazyns made a newe assaute y^• cōtinued .iiii. days / by meane wherof the cytye was sore defaced. Then the kyng of Cyprys, whych at y^• day was

there as one of the chyef rulers in the cytye, fayned hym lyke. wherfore in y^e nyght folowyng desyryng a knyght of the cytye to kepe hys watche / he co¦wardly & shamefully with .iiii.M. mē toke shipping & sayled thens / leuyng the cytye in all daunger. Uppon the morowe whan the certaynte of thys was knowē / the patryarke of Hieru∣salem with other there laft to the nō∣bre of .vii.M. or therupō, sent vnto y^e Sowdā for a trewce for .ii. moneths But none they myghte purchase / & therfore they defendyd them in y^e best maner they myght. But shortly after for lak of defēce vpon the wallys, the Sarazyns fylled the dykes / & so soon after upō the .xxv. day of May {per}force entred in the cytye, & slewe such peo∣ple therin as they there foūde. Than the Sowdan gaue the pray of y^e cytie vnto hys knyghtes / & after spoylyng of the same,* 4.17 caused the wallys & tou∣res to be rased vnto the groūde / & the houses, aswell churches, temples, & all other, were clerely brēt & distroyed And thus was y^e noble cytie of Acris, whych is also called Tholomayda, subuerted / the whyche was the chyef porte or hauyn towne for crystē mē to lande at, when any hoste or power of them shuld entre into the holy lāde / & had cōtynued for the more partye in the possessiō of cristē mē, by the terme of .C.lx. yeres and aboue.

IN the .vii. yere of thys kynge Phylyp / the erle of Armenake was accused of certayne poyntes of treason, by syr Raymonde Barnade erle of Foyz. where vpon, a day of ba¦tayll betwene these .ii. erles was ap∣poynted to be foughten at Gysours, in the kynges presence and of hys ba¦rony. But after by the great instaūce & laboure made by syr Robert erle of Artoys, y^e batayll was fordone.

In the .vii. yere of hys reygne, he gadered a great talke of his cōmōs. And in the yere foresayde, at a feaste holden at Cōpeyne, he made aboue vi. score knyghtes.

And in the .x. yere / y^e glorious con∣fessoure saynt Lowys, grandfather vnto this Philip, was the day folow¦ynge saynt Bartylmew the apostle, translated into a ryche shryne in the monastery of saynt Denys / y^e whych the yere before of Bonyface the .viii. thā pope, for hys great myracles was wrytten in the Cathologe or nombre of sayntes.

In the .xi. yere of hys reygne / syr Robert of Artoys entred the towne of saynt Omers, & toke therin many Burgonions & other as prysoners / & soone after mette wyth Guy duke of Burgoyne at a towne called Furnes where betwene theym was foughten a stronge fyghte, and many men slayne vppon eyther syde. But lastly the victorye fyll to syr Robert of Ar∣toys / so that he put the duke to flight & toke there prysoners Henry erle of Dabencourt, & syr Guyllyam de Uyl¦lers, & other. After whyche vyctorye by hym thus opteyned / y^e sayd towne of Furnes was yolden vnto hym, & a greate parte of the vale of Cassyle.

In thys yere also the warre be∣twene thys kynge Phylyp and Ed∣warde the fyrste than kynge of Eng∣lande, was put in vre, for so moche as the sayde Edwarde toke partye wyth the sayde duke or erle of Flaun¦dres / as it is at length sette out in the xxii.xxiiii.xxvi. yeres of the sayde Ed∣warde, wherefore here nowe I passe it over.

In the .xiii. yere of thys Phylyp, whā the trewce before sette betwene kyng Edwarde & hym and the erle of Flaūdres was expired / he sēt syr Char¦les de Ualoys his brother with great power into Flaūdres, y^e whych made sharpe warre vppon the Flemynges,

and toke from theym the townes of Douay and Bethune / & after yode towarde the hauē towne of Dam or Dan \ where he was encoūtred of Ro¦bert sonne vnto y^e erle, where atwene them was foughten a cruell fyght, to the great scathe of bothe partyes / for eyther departed from other without great auaunte or bost. Thā the sayd Robert with his company drewe to∣warde Gaunt / and the sayd syr Char¦les after the departynge of the sayde Robert, layd hys syege vnto the fore¦sayd towne of Dāme.

In this passe tyme the archebys∣shop of Orleaunce was slayne by a knyghte called syr Gautier / for so∣moch as the sayd bysshop, as y^e fame than went, had dyfflorysshed a may∣den and doughter of y^e sayd syr Gau∣tier. And for hym was chosen to that dygnyte mayster Barthrāde doctour of diuinyte.

Than to retourne where we lafte of the foresayd warre of Flaundres / the sayd syr Charles so sharpely as∣sauted the towne of Dam, y^t in short proces after it was yoldē vnto hym. And than he prepared hym to lay his syege aboute the forenamed towne of Gaunt. wherof whan Guy erle of Flaunders was ware, consyderynge he myght nat shortly be ayded of the kynge of Englande, whiche thā war¦red vpon the Scottes, as ī the .xxvii. yere of Edwarde the fyrst it doth ap∣pere / he than made meanes vnto the sayd syr Charles de Ualoys, that he woldc be a meane to the kynge, that he myght be accepted vnto his grace and mercy. So that by his meanes, the sayde syr Guy with Roberte his sonne, vpon certayne conuencyons in shorte tyme after was reconcyled vnto the Frenche kynge. But whyle these conuencyōs were perfourmed / the sayde erle with his sonne Robert were kepte in a lyberall pryson. And the countye of Flaundres by the as∣sygment af the kynge, for the whyle was commytted vnto the rule of Ia∣ques de saynt Paule knyghte. The whiche entreated y^e cōmunes of that lāde sternly, & oppressed thē with im∣posycyons & taskes / in so moche y^t in y^e .xvi. yere of the kynge, a certayne of y^e towne of Courtray in Flaundres after certayn skyrmysshes & loueday made, the cōmune people in a nyghte slewe y^e foresayd syr Iaques, and as many Frēchmē as they myght fynde within the towne. After whiche mur∣der was knowen in Brugys and in other townes of Flaūdres / anone by yll coūsayll they also chased al suche Frēchemē as by y^e foresayde Iaques were put in dyuers offyces within y^e sayd townes / & made them strōge to make defence agayne y^e Frēch kyng.

wherof whā y^e Frēche kynge was ascertayned / he sente thyder with a stronge companye, the erle of saynt Poule, the erle of Boleygne, syr Ro∣bert erle of Artoys, & Robert y^e sonne of the erle of Cleremount, with dy∣uers other noble mē of Fraūce. The whiche sped thē towarde Brugys / & in y^e playnes atwene Courtray and Brugys pyght there pauylyons and tentes. For they myght not come no nere vnto Brugys, for so moche as y^e Flemynges had brokē y^e brydge ouer the ryuer y^t there rūneth / the whiche lastly nat without great slaughter of mē of both partyes was by y^e Frēche mē reedified & made / so y^t the Frēche hoste passed y^e ryuer, & layde theyr or denauce nere to y^e towne of Brugys. But the Flemynges had so garnys∣shed theyr towne with defence of sow¦dyours, that they fered the Frenche men lytell or nothynge. And of one thynge they bare theym the bolder, for soo moche as they hadde within the towne one of the sonnes of Guy theyr erle, the whiche before was

scaped from y^e Frēche kynges prysō

Thus the Frenchemen lyenge be∣fore the towne / many frayes and by∣kerynges were made atwene the Fle¦mynges and them, to theyr both pay∣nes. Lastly a day of batayll by y^e pro∣uocacyon and dyspyteous wordes of the Frenchmē was appoynted to be holden atwene them, vpon the wed∣nysday beynge than the .vii. day of y^e moneth of Iulii. At whiche daye the Flemynges beynge confessed and re∣conciled to god, as they shulde forth∣with haue de{per}ted out of this worlde / in sober wyse, groūdynge them vp∣on a ryghtfull and good quarel, that day to lyue and dye for the defence & ryght of theyr countre, yssued out of y^e town in good ordre / beryng before them certayne relyques of sayntes, in the whiche they had great truste & allyance.

Anone as the nobles of Fraunce behelde the countenaūce of theyr ene¦myes, dysdaynynge them as vylay∣nes & artyfycers / trustynge so moche in theyr strēgthes, that they thought shortly to ouer ryde theym, & bere thē downe with strēgthe of theyr horses / and without ordre ran with great ire vpon theyr enemyes, thynkynge to haue oppressed them at y^e fyrst brōte. But the Flemynges with theyr ar∣balasters and theyr longe mareys py¦kes set aslope before them / wounded so theyr horses, that they lay tumbe∣lynge one in the others necke / so that they were the letters of the other whi¦che were on fote, that they myght not exercyse theyr feat of armes. And al∣so the shotte that was shotte on the Frenche partye dyd asmoche harme to those horse mē as it dyd vnto theyr enemyes. So that in shorte whyle y^e felde was all spred with slayne hor∣ses and clene armed men. wherof syr Roberte Erle of Artoys beyng ware and seynge these noble speres thus slayne vpon the felde / auaūced hym with his company, and slewe & woū∣ded of the Fleminges great nombre, so y^t they fledde before hym as shepe before the wolfe / & put further backe that hoost of Flemynges, than they by the fyrst metyng had auaūced thē self. And yfayde of Guy de Namour sone vnto the erle of Flaunders, had nat the soner been comyn vnto them / the sayde erle of Artoys had that day wonne the renowne of the felde. Thā the sayd Guy with a fresshe compa∣pany of Almaynes and other bolde sowdyours coragyously entred the felde, and bete downe y^e Frenchemen egerly. Than was the medle newe begon, in so feruent wyse that men & horse fyll downe to the grounde won¦dersly thycke. And euer the erle of Ar¦toys where so euer he wente he slewe moche people before hym. But the Flemynges kept them so hole togy∣der, y^t he myght neuer dysseuer them / and slewe of the nobles of Fraunce great plentye. whiche mortalite thus contynuynge, y^e stremes of blode ran wonders to beholde. And alway the Frenche partye weked more & more. Lastly the erles of saynt Poule and of Boleyn, with Robert the sonne of this erle of Cleremounte, and other with the nombre of .ii.M. horsemen, seynge the rage and woodnes of the Flemynges, whiche so cruelly slewe and bet downe the Frenche men / set∣tynge a parte all honour and knyght hode, shamefully fled out of the feld / leuyng the erle of Artoys in y^e myd∣del of his enemyes, whiche lyke vn∣to the lyon rampaunte contynued in one, sleynge & kyllynge the Flemyn∣ges without mercy or pyte. But the Flemynges lyke wood tygres were so enraged vpon the Frenchemen, y^e they wolde neuer leue them, tyll they by pure force draue them into theyr tentes / where they slewe of theym a

a great multytude.

In this batayll were slayne the foresayd erle of Artoys, Godfray de Braban nere kynnesman to the sayd erle & lorde of wyrson, Adam the erle of Dabenmale, Iohn̄ the sonne of y^e erle of Henaut, Rauf de Neell cōsta∣ble of Fraunce, Guy his brother mar¦shal of the hoste, Renolde de Try, Es¦mer chamberlayne of Cancaruyle, Iaques y^e sonne of Godfrey de Bra∣ban, Pyers Floot, & Iohan Bruillis maister of y^e arbalasters knyghtes, & many mo mē of name to the nombre of .CC. and aboue / besyde esquyers and other men of lower degrees, as yomen, gromes, pages, to the nōbre of .xii.M. The whiche after this vyc∣torye the Flemynges dyspoyled, and suffred the caryns of them to lye in y^e felde, that all wylde bestes & fowles myght them perysshe and deuoure.

whan this yonge knyght syr Guy hadde thus opteyned vyctorye of the Frenchmen, he reioyced not a lytle / and soone therafter layde syege vnto the Ile or a castell soo named, and gat it also were it by trecheri or other wyse. Then the townes of Iper, of Gaunt, of Douaye, and diuers other of that countre, obeyed to hym / and cōdyscended and agreed to take par∣tye eyther of them with other agayne the Frenche kynge.

Than kynge Phylyp herynge of the great dysconfyture of his men / made countenaunce of mournynge, and specyally for his true knyght the erle of Artoys.

Kynge Phylyp then after for to reuenge the foresayd dysplea∣sure to hym doone by y^e Flemynges / assembled by our lady day Assumpsi¦on next ensuynge, an excedynge nom¦bre of men of armes / entendynge to haue entred Flaundres, & vtterly to haue destroyed a great parte of that countre / & so drewe towarde his ene∣myes, so that he pyght y^e tētes of his vanward within .ii. myles of his ene¦myes / and there lay to his excedynge charge, cōsiderynge the great multy¦tude of his hoost by all y^e moneth of Septēbre. Of y^e nōbre of this hoost I haue doubte to wryte. For mayster Gagwyn sayth, y^e nōbre was so great y^t it may nat be byleued / & y^t sheweth wel by y^e expressemēt of y^e nōbre made by y^e Frenche cronycle. For he saythe they were an hūdreth tyme an .C.M, & .xl. tymes .xl.M. By whiche sayeng somdele appereth, how y^e Frenchmē cā make men soūge. But how it was for all this great & excedynge nōbre of Frēchmē / y^e Flemynges laye styll vnhurte or assawted. And fynally vp on a great substancyall cause, as ye after shal here, this great hoste was dissolued or returned euery mā to his awne / & kynge Phylyp with smal ho¦nour into Fraūce / wherof y^e Frēchmē sayth y^e occasion or cause was thus.

Kynge Edward of Englāde whi∣che vnto y^e Flemynges bare great af¦feccion, cōsideryng y^e great daunger they were in, and he at y^e tyme myght nat thē ayde nor socour / of a pollicy cast in his mynde / & with an heuy or mornynge coūtenaūce,* 4.18 shewed vnto y^e quene & syster vnto kyng Phylyp, y^e he was very heuy & sorowfull for his brother & hers y^e kyng of Fraūce. wherof, whē & wherfore she had fray∣ned the cause / he answered & sayde y^t he had certayne knowlege y^t at suche tyme as the Flemynges & he shulde mete in batayle that his lordes & cō∣pany shulde leaue hym amonge his enemyes / for he was solde vnto them before hande. wherof whan y^e quene was thus ascertayned / anone in all possible hast she sent letters & messan¦gers vnto the Frenche kynge, coun∣faylynge hym to be well ware of that treason and daunger. To the whi∣che he gyuynge credence / shortely

after sente frome hym the sayd great company of people, and he with a cer¦tayne as aboue is sayd retourned īto Fraunce.

After whyche departynge, the fle∣mynges were so bolde, y^• forthe wyth they entred into Pycardy & the coun¦tre of Artoys, and spoyled & brent dy¦uers townes of the same. But in the yere folowyng as testyfyeth the sayd frēche cronicle / y^e Flemynges of Bru¦ges were foughten with of Otthon than duke of Burgoyn, to whome by reason of maryage the Frenche kyng had gyuen the erledome of Artoys / & he of them slewe with the ayde of the Frenchemen .xv. thousande.

In thys .xvii. yere about mydso∣somer / Phylyp an other sonne of the erle of Flaundres, whyche had by a certayn terme passed ben in the court of Charles de Ualoys, & by hym put in truste to receyue certayne summes of money in Scicill to y^e vse of pope Bonyface the .viii, sodaynely depar∣ted / and with a stronge company of Almaynes came into Flaundres, to ayde & assiste his brother. whome the Flemynges or Brabanders receyued with great ioy / & by the comforte of hym inuaded the borders & landes of the Frenche kyng / & boldly assautyd the castell of saynt Omers. But for they there gat none aduauntage, but loste many of theyr men / they for∣soke that & yode vnto a towne belon¦gyng to the Frēche kyng called Tho¦rouan Moryne / the whyche in pro∣cesse they wanne and spoyled. About thys tyme dyed Bonyface the .viii. of that name than pope,* 4.19 a man of euyll name and fame / the whyche by hys trechery caused hys predecessour Ce¦lestyne the .v. that was a good & holy man, to resygne and leue his papacie And by thys meane, when thys sayd Celestyne had syttē in Peters chayre a short tyme / this Bonyface espyeng hys innocency, whyche was all sette to the seruice of god, as he before had vsed hym ī ledyng of an ankers lyfe, thoughte howe he myght bryng hym in mynde to resigne hys hyghe office to him. And it to bring about he fyrst made hym frendes secretely / & after hyred one of the cubyclers of y^e pope, that he in the dede nyght shuld speke in a rede, and saye, Celestyne yf thou wylt be sauyd & be partyner of blysse renounce thys pōpe of the worlde, & serue me as thou before dyd. Or after the latyn storye, yf Celestynus wyl be sauyd / let hym clerely the papall dyg¦nyte resygne. whych voyce this ghost¦ly mā sundry tymes heryng, thought veryly it had ben a deuyne mocyon. wherfore in all that he myghte, he la∣boured to be dyscharged / so that at y^e ende of .v. monethes he resigned. And shortly after was the foresayd Bony¦face admytted. The whyche nat be∣ynge contented with hys synystre op¦teynyng of thys hygh dygnyte, but y^e he for fere lest y^e sayd Celestyne shuld repent hym of hys insolent dede, and by strengthe of some prynces be resto¦red agayne to hys former dygnite / he therfore wolde nat suffre the sayd Ce¦lestine to retourne to wildernes there to contynewe hys olde accustomed lyfe, but helde hym in a castell as pry¦soner / where for sorowe and euyll ke¦pynge he dyed shortly after.

For the whyche thys Bonyface was nat vnpunysshed. For over the sorow & trouble that he durynge the terme of hys papacy suffred, whyche was nat a lytell / in the ende of .viii. ye¦res he was taken by strēgth and put in pryson / where so miserably & cruel¦ly he was entreated, that or he dyed, what for madnesse or for hunger, he ete hys owne handes / & so in mysery ended hys lyfe within .xxiiii. dayes of hys inprysonement.

Than to retourne where I laft, &

to shewe you ferther of the warre atwene Fraūce & Flaundres / trouth it is that the Frēche men with y^e ayde of the Henaudours, made sondry & many tymes assautes vpon the Fle∣mynges. In the whiche dyuers chaū¦ces of y^e warre fyll / so that yf that one had the better at one tyme, that other had as moche aduauntage the nexte tyme. For reformacyon of whiche warre / syr Guy with his son̄e before∣named erle of Flaundres, that by all this season had cōtynued in y^e Frēche kynges pryson, were suffred to go in to Flaunders / vpon condycyon that yf they myght pacyfye the countre to the kynges pleasure, that then they shulde styll enioye theyr lyberte and go at large / or els to retourne againe as prysoners. The whiche erle with his sayd sonne dyd what they cowde to reconcyle the sayde Flemynges. But al theyr trauayle was in vayne / so that by y^• day to them appoynted, they retourned to theyr former pry∣son. wherfore the kynge in the .xviii. yere of his reygne, assembled a mesu∣rable hoste of people. In the whiche were accompted for noble capytay∣nes vnder the kynge, syr Charles de Ualoys brother to the kyng, Lewys erle of Euroux that othe brother to y^e kyng, Guy erle of saint Paule, Iohn̄ erle of Dampmartyn. whiche noble men with many other mette with the kyng at a towne called Mount. And whē they had a season rested there / by meane of messangers goyng atwene kynge Phylyp and the Flemynges, a day of batayll was atwene theym appoynted, to be foughten vppon the .xvi. daye of Auguste in y^e aboue sayd .xviii. yere. At whiche day y^e Fle∣mynges of Brugys and y^e other tow¦nes set forthe theyr ordenaunce, and made them a stronge felde / and en∣batayled them in suche wyse, that the Frenchemen made daūgerous to set vpon them. Then meanes of treatye were offered / so that the daye passed without stroke strykynge.

But in the euenynge / the Flemyn¦ges thynkynge to take auauntage vpon theyr enemyes, came so soden∣ly vpon the Frenchmen, that hardly the kynge myght be armed, or they had slayne two men within his tent. wherfore hasty spede was made, so that the kynge was goten to hors∣backe / and forthwith by his marcy∣all power made waye thorough his enemyes, and slewe theym without mercy. And by the knyghtly example of hym / the remenaunt of his lordes quytte theym so honorably, that the poore Flemynges were layde in the feld bathynge in theyr owne blode to a great nombre / and lastly cōstray¦ned to flee shamefully, and to leue theyr ordenaūce behynde them. And yf nyght hadde nat fallen on / it is to deme that many mo of theym shulde haue ben slayne / consyderynge the great fyersnesse of theyr enemyes, and the excedyng rancour of malyce that the Frenchmen to theym bare. But yet the Frenchemen escaped not without losse of some noble men. For in that batayll was slayne the erle of Ancerre, and dyuers other knyghtes and men of fame. After whiche scom∣fyture and chasynge of the Flemyn∣ges / the kynge for darknesse was set vnto his tentes with torche lyghte. where after he hadde buried the dede bodyes slayne in that felde, and also garnysshedde some stronge castelles with his knyghtes, to the ende that the Flemynges shulde nat breke to∣ferre abrode / knowynge that with his enemyes he shulde that yere haue no mo playne batayles, he retour∣ned agayne into Fraunce.

IN y^e .xix. yere of kyng Phylyp / by meanes of Enguerrā a mā

in especyall fauoure with the kynge, a peas betwene Fraunce and Flaun¦dres was concluded the whych as ye shal after here dured but short whyle Nat withstandynge by the reason of thys peas, Robert de Bethune and wyllyam hys brother / whyche by all thys seasō with theyr father syr Guy erle of Flaundres had contynued in pleasaunt or esy pryson, were now de¦lyuered. But the father was dede in the moneth of February before the cō¦clusyon of thys peas passed / & by licē¦ce of the French kyng caryed to Mar¦quet a town in Flaundres, and there buryed.

* 4.20In the .xx. yere of thys kyng Phil¦lip / a great dyssencyon & stryfe fylle betwene the ryche mē or gouernours of Parys, & y^e comynaltie of the same for heythyng of y^e rent of dyuers hou¦ses aparteynyg to y^e sayd cominaltie. wherfore the sayd comons secretely accōpanyed them in greate nombre / and yode vnto the house of Stephan Barbet that was accused to be occa∣syoner of that dede, & spoyled it. And after that they yode to a maner of his in the counntre named Courtile Bar¦bet, and it in lykemaner spoyled / and that done set it in fyre, and brent it. And the orcharde of the same, whych was passynge commodious and plea¦saunt / they defaced and vtterly dy∣stroyed.

And nat yet with thys beyng con¦tent / they retourned agayne vnto the house of the sayde Stephan / and all such wynes as were within hys sel∣lers, dranke of them tyll they were wood drunkē. And what they myght nat in that wyse deuoure / they bette out the heddes and let the wyne rōne in the strete. And all formys, stolys, & other vtensillis in the house, by them foundyn all to brake in peces / and of federbeddes rypped y^e tykys, & helde theym in the wynde that the fethers myght be blowyn a way and lost for¦euer / and vnrypped the house in dy∣uers places, that the rayne and other wederyng myghte entre, as than fyll about y^e tyme soone after Crystmas. And thus contynuyng in theyr fury and rage / after the dyspoylynge and defasyng of these foresayd houses, as men nat knowynge what they than dyd / yode streyght in greate nombre vnto the place of the templers there nere, where at that season kyng Phi∣lyp with a certayn of hys barōs was than lodged / & there kept the entrees of that place in suche wyse, that no man myghte yssue nor entre but at theyr pleasures / and suche metes as were brought thyder to the kynges vse and hys housholde, they cast it in the myre and fylth of the strete. The kyng and his lordes seynge the rage of thys rude and vnresonable people sent vnto them the prouost of y^e cytie with some of hys lordes / the whyche gaue vnto them so pleasaunt & com∣fortable wordes, that at length he re∣tourned theym in peasyble maner to theyr houses. But vpon the morowe folowynge / the kyng nat forgettyng thys rage and ryot of the people, cō∣maunded many of the sayde comons to be attached, and to be sent vnto dy¦uers prysons.

And vpon Candelmasse euyn folo¦wyng, for the same ryot .xxviii. of thē were hanged at .iiii. entrees of y^e cytie of Parys / y^e is to say .vii. at Louure, vii. towarde the partyes of saynt An¦toyne .vii. at a place toward the roule & other .vii. in a place towarde nostre Dame or notyr Dame. whych execu¦cyon caused the cominaltye of y^e cytie to lyue longe after in great fere.

In the .xxi. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip, whyche maketh the ye∣re of our lorde .xiii.C. and .vii. all be it that other wryters affyrmeth it to be in the yere of grace .xiii.C. and .xi.

all the templers in Fraunce were de¦stroyed, & theyr goodes & possessions thorugh crystendom gyuē (by aucto∣ryte of a synode kept by Clement the v. than pope at the cytye of Narbon in Fraunce) vnto y^e relygyō of knygh¦tes of saynte Iohn̄ Baptyst. Thys ordre of templers was destroyed for theyr detestable heresy, whereof they were cōuyct in .x. artycles expressed in the frenche cronycle at length / which here I passe ouer for lengthe of the matter, & also for the rehersall therof is nat fruytefull to all herers or re∣ders

In the .xxiii. yere of his reygn / this kyng Philippe, for asmoche as he by some of the electours of the Empyre was chosen Emperoure / he therfore with a great army sped hym toward Rome, and passed thorugh Almayne tyll he came vnto the duchye of Qua rantayne. Of whyche duchye the peo¦ple receyued hym with all honoure. And after he passed the mountaynes and so came vnto Padua / where also he was ioyously receyued where he tarienge a season, receyued from My layne ambassadours / the whyche of∣fered to hym that cytye with all coue¦nable seruyce. And after hys people was to hym more plenarli assembled be than departed from Padua & yode vnto Mylayne. whome the lordes of the cytye met vpon the waye, & con∣ueyed hym vnto the mayster paleys of the cytye, and there lodged hym / & within fewe days after brought hym with great solempnyte vnto the ca∣thedrall churche, and there crowned hym kyng of Lōbardy & called hym Augustus.

Thā he departed from Mylayn, and spedde hym to the cytye of Cre∣moyne, & layd siege to the same. But it was to hym shortly yolde. Frō thēs he passed to y^e cyte of Bresse, where he was holdē out a lōge whyle. Thyder to hys ayde came many soudyours of y^e towne of Pyze / & made there ma¦ny sharpe assautes. In whych assau∣tes Guyde Namoure y^t was marshal of the kynges hoost dyed, of hurtes y^t he there toke. In pcesse of tyme short¦ly folowing, y^e rulers of Bres offered meanes of treaty. But y^e kyng was so amoued with y^e dethe of hys mar∣shall, y^t he wolde graūt to thē no cōdy¦cional peas / but to stāde at his grace & mercy. wherefore they fynally seyng no better meane, offered vnto hym y^e keys of the cytye.

Thā kyng Philip for othe before made, or for some other excellēcy / cau¦sed anone y^e part of the towne dyche fore agayn hys pauiliō to be fylled / & & the walle of y^e cytye, with as many houses as stode betwene the walle & the mayster palays of the cytye to be throwyn downe / y^t he with hys hoost myght entre y^e streyght waye, & so to go or ryde vnto the sayd palays. And whē all thyng was ordered to hys de¦uyse, he entred by y^e way the cytye of Cremō, & therin taryed a certayn sea¦son / & toke hys counsayll with y^e Ge∣bellynys, how he myghte the cytye of Rome wynne. And whā he had fynys shed y^e coūsayl / he toke certayn hosta¦ges of thys cytye of Cremō, y^e whych he set vnto Pyze to be kept / & so sped hym towarde Rome, & gettyng many cyties & other holdes by y^e way / lastly he came vnto y^e cytie named Bowlon la Grasse / whyther cam vnto hi a car dynall or legate sent frō pope Clemēt the .v, to treate of y^e state of y^e empyre.

But how it was the cōtynuaūce or fyne of thys iournay tourned nat to the honour & pleasure of the Frēchmē For after the metyng of the kynge & thys legate, y^e matter is no more tou∣ched. For the Frēch kyng was agayn in Fraūce, or the legate myght bryng vnto hym any answere frō the pope. Also it is the more suspect, for of this

matter speketh nothyng mayster Ro¦bert Gagwyne, whyche leueth no∣thynge out of hys boke y^e may soūde to the auauncemēt of the French na∣cyon. In the .xxiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip / was brent in dyuers places of Fraunce vpon .lx. templers for the heresy before rehersed.

And in the yere folowynge, a new rebellyon began in Flaunders. Of the whyche Robert erle of Flaūders was accused / but he acquyt hym self, & after Guy hys sonne was attached for the same and sent to pryson. Fro the whych he after escaped, for fere of profe to haue ben iustyfyed agayne hym / & retourned vnto Gaunt, where he was defēded fro hys aduersaries / so that the Holanders & Brabāders helde theyr partye agaynst the Frēch kyng, & also agayne theyr owne erle / whych so contynued without any no¦tary batayll, tyll the .xxvi. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip. In the which yere, vpon the euyn of mary Mag∣daleyn at the towne of Courtray in Brabande / was by the bysshops and other spyrituall men of Fraunce and Flaundres a peace cōcluded. wherof the condycyons were, y^t the Flemyn∣ges shuld haue pardō & forgyuenesse of all theyr former rebellyon, aswell agayne the kynge as theyr naturall duke. And for thys they shuld paye a certayne summe of syluer, wherof the summe is nat expressed / & ouer that they shulde at theyr proper costes & expenses, bete downe certayne strēg∣thes & holdes as the Frēche kynges depute wolde to them assygne / begyn¦nynge at Gaunt, & so to Bruges, & o∣ther places / & more ouer they shulde yelde vnto Robert theyr erle y^e castell of Courtray, with all abylemētes of warre & other necessaries therūto be∣longyng. Al whych cōdicions to ob∣serue, they shuld deliuer vnto y^e kyng of Fraūce good hostages. But al this came to small effect, as after shal ap∣pere.

IN the .xxvii. yere of thys Phy∣lyp / Iacob the mayster of y^e tē∣plers, with an other greate ruler of y^e sayd ordre whych was named Uisy∣tour of the same, after longe pryson∣ment were brent at Parys.

And in the same yere kynge Phy∣lyp arrered a taxe thorugh Fraunce, whyche before that dayes was neuer herde nor spoken of. Thys was so greuous, that al Normādy, Picardy & Champeygne, allied them togyder & vtterly denayde the paymēt therof. wherof heryng other countrees, toke the same opynyon / so that a greate rumour & murmour was reysed tho∣rugh out y^e realme of Fraūce, in such wyse that the kyng for pacyfyeng of the people was fayne to repeale the sayd taxe.

In the .xxviii. yere of the reygne of kyng Philip, in y^e weke of Easter / the iii. wyfes of the .iii. sonnes of kynge Philip, that is to say Margarete the wyfe of Lowys hys eldest sonne and kyng of Nauerne, Iohanne or Ione the wyf of hys seconde sonne Philip erle of Poytyers, and Blaunche the wyfe of hys thyrde sonne Charles & erle of Marches, were accused of spouse brekyng / and sent frō a place of nunnes where they lay, and con∣ueyed vnto more streyghter kepyng / y^e whych .iii. wyfes were al .iii. dough¦ters vnto the duke of Burgoyn. Thā vppon strayte examynacyon made, Margaret and Iohanne were gyl∣tye of that cryme foūd. wherfore they were sent vnto the castell of Gaylard in Normādy, there to be kept as pry∣soners terme of theyr lyues. And the forenamed Blanche, for so moche as she was foundē gyltles / was agayn restored vnto her lorde Charles erle of the Marches.

And in shorte tyme after, the two

paramours of the sayd Margaret & Iohanne, that is to saye Philip Dā¦noy, and Gautyer Dānoy or waltier Dannoy knyghtes, men of fame and goodly personage & bretherne / at the kynges commaundement were fyrst brent in the vysage with hote irēs, & after drawē to the gybet at Pōtoyse & there hanged. whyche mysfortune the kynge toke so greuously, that he reioysed neuer after.

About the feast of saynte Peter or the begynnyng of August / the kynge herynge of the rebellyon of the Fle∣mynges, by Engwerram hys mooste secrete coūsaylour made an assemble of the cytezyns of Parys / and by the mouth of the saynd Enguerram desy¦ted a subsydye of the sayd cytezeyns, to mayntayne hys warre agayne the Flemynges / the whyche by Stephā Barbet in the name of the hole cytye was graunted. By precidēce wherof, all the great cyties & good townes of Fraūce were charged in lyke maner / whyche caused greate vnkyndnes & grudge of the people towarde y^e sayd Enguerram. Than prouysyon was made for a newe iourney into Flaun¦ders / so that the kynge sent hys twoo sonnes and many other nobles of his lande in the moneth of Septembre folowynge, into the sayd countre of Flaūders. The whyche made good spede, & layde fyrste theyr siege to the castel of the Ile and wanne it / & after that entred towarde other strōge hol¦des. But the flemynges put them of / and gaue vnto the Frenche hoost so sharpe assautes, that in processe they were constrayned to retourne into Fraunce wyth smal honoure. wherof the great defaute was layde vpō En¦guerram, and vpō one of the sonnes of the erle of Flaundres / whych lytel tofore by meanes of y^e sayd Enguerrā was made erle of Neuers. In the mo¦neth of Nouembre folowyng / kynge Phylyp beyng at foūtayne Beliaunt in the prouynce of Gastenoys, was taken with suche sykenesse and dyed shortly after when he had reygned .xxviii. yeres and more / and hys body after caryed vnto saynt Dionise, and there buryed leuing after hym y^e thre forenamed sonnes, Lowys, Philyp, & Charlys / & a doughter named Isa¦bell, whych before tyme was maryed vnto the seconde Edwarde thā kyng of Englande.

Anglia.

EDwarde the se∣conde of y^t name & sōne of Edwar¦de the fyrst, born at Carnaruan in a towne of wa∣lys / beganne his reygne ouer En∣glande, in the moneth of Iulii & .viii. day of the sayd moneth, in the yere of our lord .xiii.C. & .vii / & the .xxi. yere of the .iiii. Phylip than kyng of Frau¦ce. The whych was crowned at west∣mynster the .xiiii. daye of Decembre, after the oppiniō of dyuers wryters. But Ranulph mōke of Chester in his boke of Policronicon sayth, y^t he was crowned in the forsayd monastery of the bisshop of wynchester, the sonday in quinquagesima, whych is the .xiiii. day after the closyng of Alleluya / & of the bisshoppe of wynchester, for so moche as Robert than archebisshope of Caūterbury was than out of Eng¦lande. Thys Edwarde was fayre of body & great of strengthe but vnsted faste of maners, & vyle in cōdicions. For he wolde refuse the company of lordes & men of honour / & haūte hym with vylayns & vyle {per}sones. He also gaue hym to great drynkyng / & light¦ly he wolde dyscouer thīges of great coūsayl. with these & many other dis∣alowable condicions he was exercy∣sed / whych tourned hym to great dis∣honour, & hys lordes to great vnrest,

as by the sequele of thys hys story shall appere.

Anone as hys father was buryed, and hys exequy scantly fynysshed / he forgettynge the hyghe & chargeable commaūdement of hys sayd father, sent in all haste for hys olde compere Pyers of Gau••stone. The whych he receyued wyth all ioy & gladnesse, & auaunced hym to moche honour. And thus passed the season of y^e olde mayre and shyreffes of London / so y^t at the feastes of Myghelmas & Sy∣mon & Iude folowyng, y^e olde mayre and shyreffes, that is to meane syr Io¦han Blount, Symon Bolet & God∣frey at the conduyt were dyscharged, and the newe as vnder foloweth ad∣mytted.

Iuno domini .M.CCC.vii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.viii.
	Nycholas Pygotte.
Syr Iohn̄ Blount.		Anno primo.
	Myghell Drury.

IN thys begynnynge of thys mayres yere, and fyrst yere of y^e kynge / the sayd kynge Edwarde in the moneth of Decembre sayled into Fraūce / and the .xv. day of Ianuarii folowynge, at Boleyn in Pycardy maryed Isabell the doughter of Phi¦lyp le Beaw than kyng of Fraunce / & soon after retourned with her into Englande, & so vnto London / where of the cytezeyns they were ioyously receyued, and so conueyed vnto west mynster / where as before is shewed vpon the sonday in quinquagesima they were bothe solemply crowned. At whyche coronacyon was so exce∣dynge prease, that a knyghte called syr Iohn̄ Bakwell was thrested to deth. Than the kynge gaue shortely after vnto Pyers of Gauestone the erledome of Cornewayl and the lord shyp of wallyngford, & was ruled all by hys wanton counsayll / & folowed the appetite and pleasure of his body nothynge orderynge by sadnesse nor yet by ordre of lawe or iustyce.

In thys yere also floured y^e holy man called Robert a chanon of the house of Brydlyngtone / the whyche of some wrytters is accompted for a prophete, for verses that he made of thynges to come after in Englande, whyche I passe ouer at thys tyme.

Anno domini .M.CCC.viii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.ix.
	wyllyam Basynge.
Nycholas Faryngdone.		Anno .ii.
	Iohn̄ Butler.

IN thys .ii. yere / kyng Edward callynge to mynde the dysplea¦sure done vnto hym and to hys fa∣mulyer Pyers of Gauestone, by the bysshoppe of Chester mayster walter Lanton, as before is towched in the xxviii. yere of the reygne of Edwarde hys father / commaunded hym vnto the toure of London, where he was streyghtely kepte many dayes af∣ter.

Than the lordes of the lande, and specyally syr Henre Lacy, syr Guy, & syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Lyn∣colne, of warwyke, & of Penbroke / to whome y^e noble prince Edwarde y^e .i. had gyuē so great charge y^t Pyers of Gauestone shuld no more come into

Englande, sawe the rule of the lāde, and howe the kynges treafoure by meane of the sayd pyers was wasted assembled them in counsayll / & of one assent with ayde of other lordes of y^e realme spake so with the kynge, that contrary hys pleasure he was auoy∣ded the lande, and banisshed into Ire¦lande for that yere. But the kynge sent vnto hym oftentymes secret mes¦sangers, and comforted hym wyth many ryche gyftes, or made hym hys chyef ruler of the countre.

Anno domini .M.CCC.ix.		Anno domini .M.CCC.x.
	Iamys of saynt Edmunde.
Thomas Romayne.		Anno .iii.
	Roger Palmer.

IN thys .iii. yere / dyuers grud∣ges began to moue & sprynge betwene the kyng and his lordes, for the exilynge of Pyers of Gauestone. wherfore to contente amyte betwene hym & them / the sayd Pyers about y^e feast of the natiuite of our Lady was fette home agayne, and so contynued to the more myschyef of y^e realme.

About thys tyme as testifyeth Cro¦nica Cronicarum & other / the knygh¦tes of the ordre of saynte Iohn̄ Bap∣tyste called saynt Iohn̄ of Hierusalē by theyr knyghtly manhode put out of the ile of Rodes or Rodhis y^e Tur¦kys and infidelis, that to that day oc¦cupyed the sayd ile / & after that wan∣ne vpon the sayd Turkys dayly and yerely / so that at thys day they haue in theyr domynyon moche of the lan∣des,* 4.21 whyche at that day and longe af¦ter / was in the power of the sayd Tur¦kes. Thys relygyō also was greatly preferryd by the fall of the templers / whose possessyons and lādes were to them gyuen, as it is before expressed in the thyrde chapytre, and .xxi. yere of Phylyp the fayre. Thys yere also after some wryters the crowched fre¦res came fyrste into Englande.

Anno domini .M.CCC.x.		Anno domini .M.CCC.xi.
	Symon Croppe.
Rycharde Roffham.		Anno .iiii.
	Petyr Blacnay.

IN thys fourthe yere, the rule and power of Pyers of Gaue stone more and more encreasynge / in so moche that he hauynge the guy∣dynge of all the kynges iewellys and treasoure, yode vpon a day vnto west mynster / and there out of the kynges iewell house, toke a table & a payre oftrestyllys of golde / and conueyed them wyth other iewellys oute of the lande, to the greate inpouerysshyng of the same / and ouer that broughte the kynge by meane of hys wanton condycyons to manyfolde vyces, as auoutry and other.

wherfore the foresayde lordes se∣ynge the myschyefe that dayly en∣creased by occasyon of thys vnhap∣py man / toke theyr counsayll togy∣ther at Lyncolne / and there conclu∣ded to voyde hym agayne out of En¦glande, so that shortly after he was exyled into Flaunders to the kynges great dyspleasure.

Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xii.
	Symon Merwode.
Iohn̄ Gysours.		Anno .v.
	Rycharde wylforde.

IN thys .v. yere vpon the day of saynt Bryce,* 4.22 or the .xiii. daye of Nouembre / was borne at wyndesore the fyrst or eldest sonne of kyng Ed∣warde, y^t after hys father was kynge of Englande, and named Edwarde the thyrde. And this yere was agayn reuoked by the kynge Pyers of Ga∣ueston out of Flaunders / the whych after hys agayne commyng, demea∣ned hym worse than he before dyd. In so moche that he dysdayned the lordes of Englande, and of them had many dyspytous and sclaunderouse wordes. wherfore the lordes of one mynde assented to put this Pyers to deth / & soone after assembled theyr powers, and besyeged hym in the ca∣stell of Scarburgh / & in proces wan that castell, & toke hym and brought hym vnto Gauersede besyde war∣wycke / and there the .xix. daye of Iu¦nu smote of hys hede. wherof whan the kynge hadde knowlege, he was greuously dyspleased agayne the sayd lordes / and made hys auowe y^e hys deth shuld be reuenged. By meane of thys the rancoure that before betwene the kynge and hys lordes was kendeled, now began fur¦ther to sprede / so that after thys day the kyng sought occasyō agayn hys lordes, howe he myght put theym to greuaunce and dyspleasure. In thys whyle dyed syr Henry Lacy erle of Lyncolne / the whych lyeng vpon his dethe bedde, requyred syr Thomas erle of Lācastre that had maryed hys doughter, that he wolde stande with the other lordes in theyr defence for the weale of Englande.

The whyche request the sayd erle graunted / and so fermely kepte or ob¦serued it, that at length he wyth ma∣ny other loste theyr lyues, as after in the story shall be shewed.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xii.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xiii.
	Iohn̄ Lambyn.
Iohn̄ Pontenay.		Anno .vi.
	Adam Lutekyn.

IN thys .vi. yere / the kyng held hys great court or counceyl of parlyamēt with the lordes spirituall & temporall at London. where by the aduyces of theym many good orde∣naunces and statutes were made, to oppresse the ryottouse and other mys¦cheues that at those days were vsed. Than the kyng was sworne to kepe those ordenaunces, and after all his lordes to theyr powers.

After the whyche othe so takyn / Ro∣bert archebysshope of Caunterbury, blessed all theym that vphelde the sayde statutes / and accursed all such as attēpted to breke any of the same. It was nat longe after that worde was broughte vnto the kynge, howe Robert le Bruze was retourned into Scotlande, and hadde caused the Scottes to rebell of newe.

ye haue before harde in the .xxxiiii. yere of Edwarde the fyrste, howe the sayd Edward chased the forenamed Roberte le Bruze oute of Scotland into Normandy. But whenne he had harde of the mysguydynge of the realme of Englande, and speci∣ally of the dyuysyon betwene the kynge and hys lordes / he anone wyth a small ayde of the Norgans or Norwayes retourned into Scot∣lande.

where he demeaned hym in suche wyse to the lordes of Scotlāde, that he in shorte processe was agayne made kynge of that realme / and war¦red strongely vppon the kynges frē∣des,

and wanne from theym castel∣les and strōge holdes, and wrought vnto Englysshe men moche sorowe and tene.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xiiii.
	Adam Burden.
Nicholas Faryngdon.		Anno .vii.
	Hugh Gayton.

IN this .vii. yere, for to oppresse y^e malice of y^e Scottes, y^e kyng assembled a great power / and by wa∣ter entred the realme of Scotlande, and destroyed suche vyllages & tow∣nes as lay or stode in his waye. wher of heryng Robert le Bruze, with the power of Scotlande costed towarde the Englysshe men / and vpon y^e day of the natyuyte of saynt Iohan the Baptyst, mette with kynge Edwarde & his hoste at a place called * 4.23 of Estry∣uelyn, nere vnto a Frēche ryuer that than was called Bannockysbourne / where atwene the Englysshe and the Scottes that daye was foughten a cruell batayle. But in the ende the Englysshe men were constrayned to forsake the felde.

Thā the Scottes chased so eger∣ly the Englysshe men y^e many of thē were drowned in the fore named ry∣uer / and many a noble man of Eng∣lande that day was slayne in that ba¦tayll, as syr Gylbert de Clare erle of Gloucestre, syr Robert Clyfforde, syr Edmunde of Maule the kynges ste∣warde, with other lordes & barones to the noumbre, as wytnesseth Gui∣do de Columpna, of .xlii, & of knygh∣tes and baronettes to the noumbre of .lxvii / ouer .xxii. mē of name which that day, of the Scottes were taken prysoners. And the kynge hym selfe from that batayll scaped with great daūger / & so with a fewe of his hoste y^t with hym escaped came vnto Ber∣wyke, and there rested hym a season. Than the Scottes enflamed with pryde, in derysyon of the Englysshe men made this ryme as foloweth.

Maydens of Englande sore may ye morne For your lemmans ye haue loste at Bannockysborne. with heue a lowe. what weneth the kynge of En∣glande So soone to haue wonne Scot∣lande, with rumbylow.

THis songe was after many dayes songe in daunces in y^e carolles of the maydens & mynstrels of Scotlāde, to y^e reprofe & dysdayne of Englysshe men, with dyuers other whiche I ouerpasse. And whan kyng Edwarde had a season taryed in Ber¦wyke, and sette that towne in suche suerty as he than myght / he retour∣ned with smal honour into Engl̄ade, & came secretely to westmynster vp∣on the daye of saynt Magne or the xix. day of August.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xv.
	Stephan of Abyngdone.
Iohan Gysours.		Anno .viii.
	Hamonde Chykwell.

IN this .viii. yere of kynge Ed∣warde / a vylayn called Iohan Tanner yode aboute in dyuers pla∣ces of Englande,* 4.24 & named hymselfe to be the sonne of Edwarde the fyrst / & sayd y^t by meane of a falce noryce he was stolne out of his cradell, and Edward whiche was a carters sonne was layde in y^e same cradel for hym, & he hym selfe was after hardly fo∣stred and brought vp in the northe par••yes of walys. But whan this by layne was layde for to be taken / for fere he fled to the churche of the frere Carmes or the whyte freres of Oxyn¦forde. where he thynkynge to be in a suertye because kyng Edward y^e fyrst was theyr founder / rehersed agayne the former sayenge / addynge more there vnto, that it appered well that y^e kynge was a carters sonne, for his condycyons were accordynge to the same, as by many famylier examples and customes in hym dayly were ap∣parent. whan he had thus contynued a season not without some rumoure in the lande / lastely he was takē out of that place, & caryed as a felon vn∣to Northampton, and there reygned and iuged for his falsenes, & so draw¦en & hanged. The whiche at y^e houre of dethe cōfessed, that he had a fende in his house in the symylytude of a catte / the whiche amonge other pro∣messys to hym made, hadde assured hym that he shulde be kynge of Eng¦lande. And Guydo sayth that he con∣fessed that he had serued the fende .iii. yeres before, to brynge his peruerse purpose aboute. Thus kynge Ed∣warde beset with many aduersytes / kepte a counsayll at London for re∣formacion of y^e warre in Scotlande, and other thynges for the welfare of Englāde. Thē was syr Peter Spal∣dynge knyght sente vnto Berwyke with a crewe of sowdiours, for to for¦tyfye that towne, for somoche as the kynge had certayne vnderstādynge, that Robert le Bruze entended hast∣ly to laye his syege to that towne.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xv.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xvi.
	Hamonde Goodchepe.
Stephan Abyndon.		Anno .ix.
	wyllyam Redynge.

* 4.25IN this .ix. yere vpon mydlente sonday, was the towne & castel of Berwyke yelden or loste, by trea∣son of the fore named Peter Spal∣dynge as the cōmune fame went, vn¦to Robert le Bruze kynge of Scot∣tes. This yere also the derth of corne that had encreasyd yerely more and more, from the .xvi. yere of Edwarde the fyrste, was this yere at London solde for .iiii. s. a busshell. And ther∣with also fyll suche a morayne of be∣stes, that al vytayle waxed scant and dere, as after shull be shewed.

In this yere also .ii. cardynalles y^t were sent into Englāde from the .v. Clement than pope, to set an vnyon & a peace atwene the kynges of Eng¦lāde and of Scottes / were met with vpon the moore of wygylsdone in yorke shyre, & there robbed of suche stuffe and tresure as they with theym broughte. For the whiche robberye great enquery was made / so y^e lastly a knyght callyd syr Robert Gylbert Myddelton was accused, and sent to prison for that felony, and after at London drawen and hanged for the same, and his heed set vpon Londō brydge. But the cardynalles recey∣ued of the kynge dowble the value of theyr harmes.

In this yere also fyl so excedynge rayne in the monethes of Iulii and August / that husbandes myght not brynge in theyr lytle store of corne that than stode vpon the grounde / so that where before was great scarcyte of whete, now by this was more / and beues and motons were at excedyng pryces, by reason of the morayne be∣fore spoken of.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xvii.
	wyllyam Caston.
Iohan wengraue.		Anno .x.
	Raufe Palmer.

IN this yere y^e Scottes entred the borders of Northumber∣lande, and robbed and brent the coū∣trey moste cruelly / in somoche y^• they brent the howses that women at that tyme laye in chylde bedde, and spa∣red nother man, woman, nor chylde, nother relygyous nor other / and dyd so great harme that y^e countrey by it was greatly impouerysshed. To this myschefe was ioyned another myse∣ry. For as before is sayd, vytayll by reason of the morayne was so scante and dere, and whete and other gray∣nes so hyghe prysed / that poore peo∣ple ete horse flesshe & dogges flesshe, and many other vyle bestes, whiche wonder is to byleue. And yet for de∣faute dyed great multytude of peo∣ple in sundry places of the lāde. And whete was solde this yere and y^e next folowynge, at Londō for .iiii. marke a quarter and aboue. And after this derthe & scaresytye of vytayle, ensu∣ed mortalytye of mē by goddes hāde and punysshment / so that what with warre of the Scottes, and for hun∣gre, and deth by mortalite and sycke∣nesse / the people of y^e lande was won¦derslye wasted and perysshed. But al those monycyons amended not the kynge of his inordynate lyuynge.

Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CC.xviii.
	Iohan Pryoure.
Iohan wentgraue.		Anno .xi.
	wyllyam Furneux.

IN this .xi. yere, y^e kynge assem∣bled a newe host and went into Northūberlāde, to resyste the malyce of the Scottes / whiche dayly made assawtes vpon the bordours, and en¦tred ferre within the lande. wherfore for great dystresse & nede of fyghting men, the kynge had moch people out of y^e southe and east partyes of Eng∣lande. Amonge the whiche contrary to theyr lybertye, the cyte of London was constrayned to fynde at theyr costes and charge .CC. men, and so sent theym to yorke. whan the kynge at yorke hadde receyued his people frome sundry countrees and good townes of Englande / he with a con∣uenyent noumbre rode towarde Ber∣wyke, & so sped his iournayes that at lengthe he came nere vnto Ber∣wyke, and layde his syege aboute y^e fame.

But whyle the kynge was be∣syed in assawtynge of the towne / the Scottes brake ouer the water of Swale in great noumbre / & leuynge the cooste where the kynges people laye, in secrete wyse came downe into

the marchis of yorke shyre, and there slewe the people and robbed them in moost cruell wyse. wherefore y^e arche bisshop of yorke constrayned of pure necessyte to defende that countre, ga¦thered vnto hym an vnredy & dispur¦ueyed hoost for y^e warre, as pryours clerkes, chanons, and other spyrituel men of the churche, wyth husbande men and other vnapte people / and so with great nombre of men and fewe warly or discrete cheuetaynes, yode agayne y^e Scottes / and them encoū∣tred at a place called Mitton vppon Swale, the .xii. day of the moneth of Octobre, and gaue vnto thē batayle. But for lacke of wyse and warely pro¦uysyon, the Englysshemē were beset of theyr enemyes vpon euery side / so that of them was slayne a great mul¦tytude, & the remenaunt shamefullye put to flyghte / by reason wherof the sayde archebisshop with the abbot of Selby and other were preseruyd. And for so many spyrytuell mē were slayne in thys batayl / therfore it was after named of many wrytters the whyte batayll. whan the kynge was enfourmed of this ouerthrowe of the Northyrne men, and for it drewe to∣warde wynter / he therfore brake vp hys siege and retourued vnto yorke and soone after forther into Englād. Than was nothyng done without y^e aduyces and coūceylys of syr Hughe the spēcers, the father and the sonne. By whose entysemēt many thynges were done in Englande, to the great grudge as well of the noble men of the realme as of the commons of the same / so y^t they were had in as greate hatred and indygnacyon, as before tymes was Pyers of Ga••eston. And many euyll reportes and great extor¦cyōs were of thē reported, as lightly men shall do that ben oute of the fa∣uoure of the common people.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xix.
	Iohn̄ Pontenay.
Iohn̄ wengraue.		Anno .xii.
	Iohn̄ Dallynge.

IN this .xii. yere, the kyng helde hys greate counceyll at yorke / where cōtrary the mynde of y^e lordes syr Hughe Spencer the sonne was made hyghe chaumberlayne of Eng¦lāde. By reason wherof he bare hym so hawtely and so prowde, that no lorde of thys lande myght gaynsaye hym in any thynge that he thoughte good. wherof grewe the occasyon of the barons warre as after foloweth. In thys passetyme for asmoche as y^e foresayd cardinalles might nothyng do concernyng the peace betwene En¦glande and Scotlande / the kynge purchased a curse of the .xxii. Iohan then pope, to accurse Robert le Bruze and all suche as wyth hym helde or maynteyned / and it to stande so in strenght, tyll the sayd Robert had re∣compensed kynge Edwarde for all suche harmys as hys lande had by hym receyued / & also tyl he had reedi¦fyed the monasteryes and churches by hym and hys caste downe in Eng¦lande, and restored to them suche spi¦rytuell goodes as the Scottes had reued and taken from them. But all thys auayled nothyng, but putte the kyng and the realme to great coste & charge / so that y^e comons were vexed and trowbled many maner of ways / and theyr possessyons and moueable goodes taken from them, vpon sur∣mysed & feyned causes / so that many were vtterly vndoon, and a fewe syn¦guler

& mysguyded persones auaū∣ced. whan the more partye of the ba∣rones of Englande behelde this my∣sery of the people, how they were pu∣nyshed by the hande of god, and al∣so by the ygnoraunce of the kynge / they in secrete maner assembled them togyder at a towne called Shyrborn̄ in 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and there condiscēded for a reformacyon of this myschefe, to re¦moue from the kynge the sayd Spēsers bothe the father and the sonne. And this to brynge aboute syr Tho∣mas erle of Lancastre, syr Humfrey Bohum erle of Hereforde, syr Iohan Moubray barō, syr Roger Clyfforde barō, syr Goselyn Danyell barō, syr Roger Toket, Roger Benefeelde, syr Roger Mortymer, Syr whyllyā Sul¦lāde, syr wyllyam Elmynbrydge, syr Iohan Gyfforde, and syr Iohan Ty¦ers barons and knyghtes, with dy∣uers other sware eche of thē to stāde by other, tyll they had amended the state of the realme. And soone after by theyr aduyce and agrement, syr Iohan Moubraye, syr Roger Clyf∣forde, and syr Goselyn Danyel, with a stronge company entred vpon the manours and castelles of the sayde Spensers standynge in the marche of wales, and them spoyled and de∣stroyed. Of the whiche ryot the Spēsers complayned them to the kynge. In punysshent wherof, the kynge cal¦lynge to hym dyuerse of his coūceyll at wyndsore / there determyned that the sayde syr Iohan Moubraye, syr Roger Clyfforde, & syr Goselyn Da¦nyell, with other theyr assystentes, shulde appere before the kynges counsayle shortly after / and there to make answere vpon that ryot. And yf they refused that to do / that than they shulde auoyde the lande shortly after as banysshed men. But no day of apparence by theym was kepte. wherfore proclamacyons were made in dyuers placys of the realme, and at London the .xvi. daye of Marche, that the sayde syr Iohan Moubray, syr Roger Clyfforde and other, shuld auoyde the lande within .x. dayes fo∣lowynge vpon payne of dethe. wher∣of herynge y^e lordes and barones be∣fore named, assembled theym a more strenger power / and vpon that sent a messynger vnto y^e kynge, besechynge hym humbly to remoue frome his persone and coūseyle the Spensers, y^e which dayly dyd vnto hym great dyshonour, and to the comune weale of the realme great hynderaūce. The kynge herynge this humble request, nothynge with it beynge contente, but ferynge greatly the destruccyon of his owne persone / assembled his coūfeyle for reformacyon of this ma∣ter. where it was concluded that the kynge shulde call a parlyamente at London, there to be holden in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 folowynge. And that con∣clusyon so there taken by the sayde counseyle / the kynge sent his letters vnto the sayde barones, commaun∣dynge theym to come vnto the sayde parlyament. The whiche at the day aboue sayde, with a great hoste of men of armes came to London / in a sute of iakettes of cotes of demy par∣tye of yelowe and grene, with a bāde of whyte cast ouerthwarte.

For this skyll that parlyamente lōge after of the comune people was called the parlyament of whyte ban∣des.

Than for to se the kynges pease were substancyally kepte within the cytye of London / the mayre caused dayly a thousande men well harnes∣sed to watche in dyuers wardes, and at dyuerse gates of y^e cytye / y^e whiche began at foure of the clocke in the mornynge, and so contynued tyll .vi. at nyghte. At whiche season as ma∣ny were ordeyned too take thanne

the charge of the nyght watche, and so to contynue tyll the houre of .v. in the mornynge. And for thys nyghte watche shuld be surely kept / two al∣dremē nyghtly were assygned to ryde about the cytie with certayne officers of the towne, to see the watchemen wele and dyscretly guyded. And the gates were shyt at .ix. of the clocke, & opened agayne at .vii. on the morow & euery cytezyn warned to haue hys harneys by hym, that he myghte be redy with shorte warnynge when so euer he were called.

Thus in y^e cytye the sayd watche cō∣tynuyng / the foresayde parlyamente was holden at westmynster / where amonge other thynges for the weale of the lande, as that counceyll than coulde thynke determyned / one was that syr Hugh Spenser the father & syr Hughe the sonne, shuld be banys∣shed out of y^t realme of England for terme of lyfe. And soone after that ba∣nysshement was put in execucion / so that they bothe were broughte vnto Douer, there to take shyppynge. where syr Hugh the father made wō∣derfull great moone when he shulde take hys shyp / and cursed hys sonne in presence of suche as had the Guy∣dynge of thē / sayng that by hys mea¦nes he was banysshed from the flour of all landes cristened. Than y^e kyng dyssolued the parlyament, and euery man retourned to hys owne. But yt was nat longe after that worde was broughte vnto the kyng, y^t syr Hugh Spenser the sonne houyd vpon the cooste of Englande, and toke prayes of all marchaūtes that passed by hys course.

But the kyng let as he had knowē of no suche thyng / and suffered that wyth many mo euyl dedes to go vn∣punysshed / the whyche at lengthe he repented full soore, and toke thereof great remors in conscyence, as it ap∣pereth in the ende of hys reygne.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xx.
	Symon Abyngdon.
Hamonde Chykwell.		Anno .xiii.
	Iohn̄ Preston.

IN thys .xiii. yere, the kynge re∣uoked the actes, or withstoode them whyche were made at London in the laste parliament / and called a∣gayne into Englande the Spensers bothe the father & sonne, contrary the wyll of the barons / and set theym in lyke auctoryte as they before had bē to the great dystourbaunce of all the realme. And soon after vnder colour of a tytle made by the quene vnto the castell of Ledys in Kent, whych than belonged vnto syr Barthen de Bla∣dysmore knyght than beynge on the baronys partye / the kynge besyeged the sayd castel / and by helpe of the cy¦tezyns of London lastly wanne it by strength, and spoyled the mouables therof, whych was to a greate value after the sayeng of some wryters. In thys passetyme that the kyng hadde thus called agayne the Spensers, & ruled many thynges after hys sen∣suall apetyte and pleasure, nothyng regardynge the comon weale of the realme / the barons cōsyderyng well that the Spencers shuld in processe bryng the lande in great ruyne, & the kyng to great dyshonoure, entēdyng to refourme the myschyef that therof myght ensu / gadered vnto thē great power. And whyle syr Thomas erle of Lancastre was gatheryng of hys people / y^e .ii. Mortymers, y^t is to say

syr Roger Mortymer of werke, & syr Roger of wigmoore with other, yode into the marche of walys, & toke by strengthe certayne cytyes & townes belongynge to the Spencers / & pur∣suyd also some of the kynges seruaū¦tes. wherfore the kyng herynge of y^t rebellyon of hys lordes, made hasty spede and with a greate hoste came about by Shroysbury, and was nere vnto them or they were ware / so that for fere the sayd Mortymers yelded them vnto the kynges grace & mercy the whiche forthwith were conueyed as prysoners vnto the towre of Lō∣don.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xx.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxi.
	Reynolde at Conduyt.
Hamonde Chykwell.		Anno .xiiii.
	wyllyam Prodham.

IN thys .xiiii. yere, whā y^e kyng had ordered the countre of the marchys foresayd after hys mynde, & had to hym gathered more strength about saynt Chaddys day or begyn∣nynge of Marche, the kyng with hys people came downe to Glowceter / where with hym mette the Spēsers with theyr people. And from thense he yode vnto Lychefeelde / at whyche season the erles of Lancaster and of Herforde were at, and the re¦menaunt of theyr hoste at Burtō vp∣pon Trent / & fortyfyed the brydge y^t the kyng myght nat wynne ouer the sayde ryuer. Than the kynge was brought vnto a foorde, & beganne to set ouer his knyghtes, wherof he••••ng the sayde erles / forsooke the sayde towne of, and yode toward the towne or cytye of. But or they myght passe farre vppon theyr iournay / they were encoūtred of syr Aymer de Ualance erle of Penbroke with the Spensers and other of the kynges hoste, vppon the .xii. daye of Marche / and of them ouerset and cō¦strayned to fle, and so yode in proces of tyme to Poūtfret. In thys meane season, the erle Thomas had sente a knyght of hys named Robert Holād into Lancasshyre, for to arere hys te∣nauntes. But when the sayde syr Ro¦bert herde of that skyrmysshe, and howe hys mayster was fled / he than drewe hym to the kynge, and presen∣ted hym with suche companye as he had thā gathered. And thus y^e kyng{is} power dayly encreased, and y^e batons dyscreased. Thā the baronys heryng of the goyng of syr Robert Holande vnto the kynges pattye, were with it sumdeale abasshed / and tooke theyr counsayll in the freers of Pountfre••. where after many opynyons & rea∣sons amonge them debated & argued yt was fynally by them concluded, y^t they shuld goo vnto the castel of Dū¦stanborough / & there to holde thē tyll they myght purchase the kynges gra¦ce. And so spedyng theyr iournay thy derwarde with suche people as they than had they came in processe of ty∣me to a towne called Burgh brydge. where they were encountred of syr Andrewe of Harkeley knyght, wyth other that were come out of y^e North with a stronge company. The which there nere vnto the sayde towne sette vppon the barones, and in the ende sconfited thē and chased theyr peple. In the whyche fyght was slayne the erle of Herforde, syr Roger Benefeld, and syr wyllyam Sullāde and other and there was taken the erle of Lan¦castre, syr Roger Clyfforde, syr Io∣han Moubraye, syr Roger Tucket∣tes, syr wyllyam Fyzwyllyam, with

dyuerse other, & ladde vnto porke. And thys feelde was foughten as wytnesseth Polycronycon the .xv. daye of Marche, in the ende of y^t yere of oure lorde a thousande thre hun∣dreth & twenty. It was nat longe after that syr Hugh Daniell and syr Barthew de Bladysmoore were ta∣ken. And syr Thomas erle of Lanca¦stre was brought agayn to his owne towne of Pountfret / where he was broughte in iugement before syr Ay∣mer de Ualaunce erle of Penbroke, syr Iohan Brytayne erle of Ryche∣mounde, syr Edmunde of woodstoke erle of Kent, syr Hughe Spenser the father▪ and syr Roberte Malmestorp iustyce wyth other / and before them fynally adiuged to haue hys hedde stryken of. whereof execucyon was done the twelef daye of Aprell, in the begynnyng of the yere of grace after the rekenynge of the chyrche of Eng¦lāde .M.CCC.xxi. Of this erle Tho¦mas are dyuerse opynyons.

For some wryters shew of hym to be a seynt. But Policronicō in y^e .xlii. chapytre of hys .vii. boke sheweth o∣therwyse. But what so euer erthlye men in such thynges deme, it is farre frome the secrete iugemente of god / so that to hym and hys sentence such thynges are to be referred.

From thys tyme forthwarde by y^e terme of .v. yeres ensuyng, y^t fortune of the Spensers hugely encreased, And as faste the quenes dyscreased, tyll she was releued by the kynge of of Fraunce than Charles the .v. of y^e name, and brother vnto hyr, as after shalbe shewed.

Than to retourne vnto oure former mater, vpon the foresayde daye that erle Thomas was thus put in execu¦cyon / syr Roger Tutkettes, syr wyl∣lyam Fizwyllyā, syr waren of Iselde or Isell, syr Henry of Bradborne, & syr willyā Cheyny Barones & knygh¦tes, were drawen & hanged, & theyr hedes smytren of and sent vnto Lon¦don. whyche all were putte to deth at Poūtfrete foresayd, with an esquyre called Iohan Page. And at yorke soone after was drawen & heded syr Roger Clyfford, syr Iohn̄ Moubray & syr Goselyne Danyell Barons. And at Brystowe syr Hēry womyng¦ton, & syr Henry Monforde Baneret¦tes / & at Glowceter syr Iohn̄ Giffard & syr wyllyā Elmyngbrydge knygh∣tes / and at London syr Iohn̄ Tiers or Tryers baron / and at wynchels••e syr Thomas Culpepyr knyght / and at wyndesore syr Fraunceys walden ham baron / and at Caunterbury syr Barthew de Bladismoore, & syr Bar¦tholl de Asbornham baronys. And at Cardeeffe in walys, was putte to lyke execucyon syr wyllyā Flemyng knyght / vpon whose soules and all crysten Iesus haue mercy. whan the kyng had thus subdued his barons / he soone after aboute the feast of the assencyon of oure Lorde, kepte hys parlyamente at yorke. Durynge whyche parlyament syr Hugh Spen¦ser the father was made erle of wyn∣chester, and syr Andrew of Harkeley erle of Carleyle, or after some wry∣ters Cardoyll / and dysheryted all suche as before hadde holden wyth the erles of Lancastre and of Here∣forde, except syr Hugh Dandell and fewe other / the whych syr Hugh was receyued to grace by reason that he had maryed a kynneswoman of the kynges.

There was also ordeyned or soone after, that mayster Roberte Baldok a man of euyll fame shuld be chaūce∣ler of Englāde. Than forfaytes & ty¦nes were gathered into the kynges treasoury, without sparyng of pryui leged places or other / so that what myght be foūde, all was seased for y^e kyng. By reason wherof moche trea∣soure

was brought vnto the kynges coffers, besyde great thynges y^t were brybed and spoyled by the officers of dyuers shyres.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xxi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxii.
	Rycharde Constantyne.
Hamonde Chykwell.		Anno .xv.
	Rychard Hakeney.

IN thys .xv. yere the kyng gade¦red the .vi. peny of temporall mennes goodes through Englande, Irelande, & walys, that to hym was graunted at the foresayd parlyamēt, for the defence of the Scottes. which was payed wyth great murmoure & grudge, consyderyng the manyfolde myseryes that the common people at those dayes were wrapped in. This yere also the sone appered to man∣nes syght as blode, and so continued by the space of .vi. houres / that is to meane in the moneth of Octobre and laste daye of the sayde moneth, from vii. of the clocke in the mornyng tyll one of the same day. After some wry∣ters about thys tyme y^e Scottes en∣tendyng to wynne an enterpryse in Irelande, and for to wynne that con¦trey to theyr obeysaunce / entered it with a stronge hoste vnder theyr ca∣pytayne Edwarde le Bruze brother to the Scottisshe kyng. But howe it was by ayde of Englysshe men or of them selfe / the Irysshe quyt them so well, and bare thē so manfully that they vaynquysshed the Scottes, and chased thē out of that countrey. In y^e whych chase & fyght y^t sayd Edward le Bruze / & many of the noble men of Scotlande were slayne.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xxii.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xxiii.
	Iohn̄ Grantham.
Hamonde Chykwell.		Anno .xvi.
	Rycharde of Ely.

IN this .xvi. yere, y^e kyng made greate prouysyon for to make a voyage into Scotland / so y^t about the begynnyng of August he entred that countrey. But the Scottes con∣syderyng the great multytude of his hoste, drewe them into the mountay¦nes & other places where as the En∣glysshemen myght nat wynne to thē and all to the entent for to wery and tyre the kynges great hoste. Than di¦••erse maladyes fell amonge the En∣glysshmen / so that many of thē dyed and were loste in that iournay, aswel for lacke of vytayl as by infyrmyte & sykenesse / so that the kyng for theyse causes & other, was constrayned to retourne into Englande about y^e na∣tyuyte of our Lady. where of the scot¦tes beynge enfourmed / syr Iamys Dowglas with other capytayns of y^e Scottes, wyth a stronge hooste fo∣lowed or costed y^e kyng, in suche wyse that about the feest of saynte Luke, they had almooste taken the kynge at dyner at an abbey called Bella Launde or Beyghlande. Thant he kynge of pure constraynte defended hym, and withstoode the Scottes as he myghte.

But after shorte and weke fyghte the kynge was compelled to flee, & by that meane to saue hym selfe. In thys skyrmysshe was taken syr Iohan Brytayne erle of Rychemōde and the kynges treasoure was there

spoyled and borne away / and the or∣denaunce belongynge to the hoste, great parte of it was by the Scottes conueyed into Scotlande. Than the Scottes in theyr retournyng home∣warde wan the castell of Norham, & robbed the towne of Northallerton and other. Of thys losse and harmes way syr Andrewe of Harkeley put in wyte by mysledynge of the kynges hoste, as in the nexte yere shalbe she∣wed.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxiiii.
	Adam Salesbury.
Symon Franceys.		Anno .xvii.
	Iohn̄ of Oxynforde.

IN thys .xvii. yere, the kyng be∣ynge enfourmed that he & hys people were so put vnto dyshonoure (as in the precedyng yere is touched) of the Scottes, by y^e vntrouth & trea¦son of y^e fornamed syr Andrew erle of Carleyl or Cardoyll / sent a knyghte named syr Antony Lucy, for to arest the sayd erle, & to brynge hym safely vnto y^e kyng{is} presēce. The which syr Antony sped hym in suche wyse, that vpon the daye of saynt Chadde or y^e seconde daye of Marche, the sayde erle was taken, and so kepte in pry∣son lōge after tyl Octobre folowyng at whych seasō as affermeth Geffrey of Monmouthe, at Cardoyll in wa∣lys the sayd syr Andrew was arreg∣ned, & conuyete that he had takē mo∣ney of the Scottes to betray y^e kyng hys naturall lorde. For the whyche treason he was there, or after other at westchester or at Shrowysbury drawen & hāged / and hys hede sente after to London and sette vpon the brydge.* 4.26

In thys yere the warre begā to Que kyn in Guyan betwene the Englissh men and the Frēche. wherof the occa¦syon was as sayth the Frenche boke, for a bastyle or fortresse made by the lord of Mount Pesayne or Pesart a lord of Gascoyne, vpon the Frenche kynges grounde as the Frenchemen sayd. But the Gascoynes & Englissh men iustyfyed it to be within the ter∣rytorye of Guyan. For thys fyrst be∣gan great wordes, and after Ma••as¦ses / But lastly mortall warre. So y^t the Gascoynes wyth ayde of y^e kyng{is} stewarde of Englande, slewe many Frenchemen that came to ouerturne the sayde bastyle. whan Charles the v. or charles the fayre, whych at that daye was kynge of Fraunce, herde of the ouerthrow of the Frenchemē, and howe the Gascoynes fortyfyed the foresayd Bastyle within hys fyg¦nory as he was enfourmed / he sente in all spede wyth a stronge hoste hys vncle Charles de Ualoys / the which made sharpe and cruell warre vpon the Gascoynys, and wanne frome theym the townes of Angeou and Amyas wyth other / and in processe came vnto the towne or cytye of Ryoll, and laye hys syege vnto the same. But the Englysshe wyth the Gascoynes issued out of the towne, and gaue batayll vnto the Frenche men, and put theym to the worse, & slewe vppon fourtene hundreth of theym. Amonge the whyche a lord called the lorde of saynt Florentyne wyth other noble men of Fraunce were slayne / & the other constrayned to lye forther from the towne. Nowe be it in conclusion the sayd towne by apoyntement was yelden to y^e Frēch men, vpon condycyon that all suche

Englysshemen as were within that town, shuld go frely with theyr good to Burdeaux / or if they wold remayn there styll, thē to be sworne to y^e Frēch kyng, and to dwell there as Frenche men. After whych towne so yelden / syr Edmunde of woodstoke y^e kyng{is} brother than beyng at Burdeaux as the kynges deputye, made suche resi¦stens agayne the sayd Charles de Ua¦loys, that a trewce was taken for y^e yere. Than about mydlent the kyng hauyng knowlege of thys warre in Guyan, and how the Frenche kynge entended to sease all Gascoyne and Guyan, for brekyng of certayn coue¦nauntes before tyme betwene theym made, & nat by kynge Edwarde par∣fourmed / sent ouer the quene hys wyfe the Frenche kynges syster, to cutreate a concorde & peace betwene thē. And in the beginnyng of August folowynge / syr Roger Mortymer of wygmore, by meane of a slepynge poyson or drynke, that he gaue vnto his kepers as the comon fame went, escaped out of the toure of London, and went to the quene into Fraunce. And soone after were taken within y^e castell of wallyngforde, syr Iohan Goldyngton, and syr Edmunde of y^e Beche / the which syr Iohn̄ was sent vnto yorke & there hāged and drawē for the barons quarell, and hys hede sent vnto Londō brydge. And about the feast of y^e natyuytie of our Lady / the kyng sent ouer syr Edwarde hys sonne into Fraūce, for to do homage vnto the Frenche kynge for y^e duchie of Guyan, whome the Frenche kyng Phylip le Beawe receyued ioyously, & caused hym to tary with the quene hys mother in the countre of Pōtyen lenger than kynge Edwarde was pleased.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxv.
	Benet of Fulham.
Hamon Chyckwell.		Anno .xviii.
	Iohn̄ Canston.

IN thys .xviii. yere, kynge Ed∣warde beynge enfourmed that the Frenche kynge had gyuen vnto syr Edwarde his sonne the duchye of Guyan cōtrary hys mynde and plea∣sure, & that also the quene hys wyfe, nor the sayde syr Edwarde made no spede into Englande, nat wythstan∣dyng hys often sendyng for thē / was with hys sayd wyfe & sōne greuously dyspleased / in so moche that procla∣macyons were made at London in y^e moneth of Decembre, y^t yf the quene and her sonne entred nat the lande by the octauys of the Epyphany of our Lord next folowyng in peasyble wyse, that they shuld be takē for ene∣myes to the kyng & hys realme of En¦glande. But for the quene fered the trecherye of the Spēsers and other y^t were nere vnto the kynge, she abode styll in Fraunce. wherfore kyng Ed∣warde after the expyracyon of y^e fore¦sayd day, caused to be seased all such lādes as to hys sayd wyfe and sonne belonged / and the profyttes of them toke to hys owne vse. when this ru∣mour was knowē through the more parte of Englande / dyuerse men of name of the landes, as syr wyllyam Trussell, syr Iohn̄ Cromewell, wyth dyuerse other, departed secretely out of Englande and saylled vnto the quene.

whan kynge Edwarde was ware of thys / he sent vnto the Frēch kyng so sharpe and sore letters, that he mo¦nysshed the quene out of hys lande,

and wolde nother ayde hys nor hyr company / but as sayth Iohn̄ Froy∣zarde y^t made a compendyous werke in Frenche of the hole lyfe or story of the thyrde Edwarde,* 4.27 and therwyth expressed many other storyes and cro¦nycles, as of Fraunce, Flaunders, & other regions / at thys tyme when y^e quene was thus monisshed to auoyd out of Fraūce, syr Iohn̄ de Henawde brother to the erle of Henawde a mā of great fame, was then in the Frēche kynges court. The whych hauynge cōpassyon of the quene & of hyr yōge sonne, requyred her to go with hym vnto hys brothers court foresayde. wherof the quene beyng fayne graū∣ted vnto hys request, and spedde hyr thyther shortly after / where she with hyr company was ioyously & honora¦bly receyued. In the tyme & season y^t the quene with hyr sonne lay thus in the court or countrey of the erle of He¦nawde / by meanes of suche as were about hyr, a maryage was cōcluded betwene syr Edwarde hyr sonne, and Philip the sayd erles doughter, vpō certayne condy••••ōs, wherof one was that the sayd erle shuld at his propre costes set ouer into Englande y^e sayd syr Edward with a crew of .CCCC. men of armys. For the whych, prouy¦syon was made with all dylygence. Of thys, the fame sprange shortly in Englande. wherfore the kynge in all haste made prouysyon to haue y^e ha∣uyns & the portes of hys lāde surely kept, for to resyste the landyng of his enemyes. For subdie wherof / the cyte¦zyns of London were constrayned to fynde at theyr propre costes an hun∣dred men of armys / the whyche con∣trary theyr lybertyes, with a condy∣cyon that after that daye it shulde be no president, they sent vnto Port∣chestre. In thys season & passe tyme the quene with syr Edwarde hyr son with a small company of Englysshe∣men, and a crewe of Henawders, of the whych syr Iohn̄ of Henawde the erles brother was capytayne / toke shyppynge in those partyes / & had y^e wynde so fauorable vnto them, that they landed in Englande at a porte called Orwell besyde Harwyche in Suffolke the .xxv. day of Septēbre, without any resistens of mē of warre agayne hyr made. To whome after hyr landyng, the people of the coūtre drewe by great companyes / & so sped hyr towarde London. At thys tyme of the quenes thus lādyng / the kyng was at hys cytye of Londō. But whē he harde of the great people y^t drewe to hyr out of all countres, he fered. wherfore in safegardyng of hym self he fled wyth a small companye to∣warde walys / & lefte mayster walter Stapyltō bisshop of Exceter behynd hym, to haue the rule of the cytye of London. It was nat longe after the kynges departyng, that y^e quene sent a letter vnto the mayre & comynaltie of the cytye / & requyred of them ayde to subdue the oppressours of y^e comō weale of the realme. But to that let∣ter was made none answere. There∣fore she wrote the secōde tyme / aduer¦tysyng them of theyr landynge, & of the entent that she had to refourme y^e enormytyes & mysgouernaūce of the lande / in admonestyng them of theyr ayde & socoure, as by the tenure of y^e sayd letter more playnly appereth. wherof the circumstaūce I haue left out of thys boke, for so moche as I fynde varyaunce in the contentes thereof / and also for the copyes there of ben sette oute in the cronycles of Englande and dyuers other bokes. Than thys sayde letter was tacked vpon the crosse in Chepe, whyche at that daye was called the newe crosse. In the nyght before the day of saynt Denys or the .ix. day of October. And other copyes of the same were

fastened in dyuerse other places of y^e cytye / wherof one was fastened vpō the mayres gate. After whyche letter thus publysshed in the cytye / the bis∣shop of Exceter, to whome as before is sayd the kyng had commytted the rule of the cytye, sent vnto the mayre to haue the keyes of the gates of the cytye by vertue of hys commission. By the whych he stode so fermely, & vsed so sharpe wordes in the kynges name, that varyaunce grew betwene hym & the cytezyns / so ferfourth that the commons of the cytye in theyr rage toke the sayd bysshop the .xiiii. day of Octobre, and hym with .ii. of hys housholde esquyers beheded vn∣reuerently at y^e standard in weschep. And the same daye was taken for a spye a cytezyn called Iohn̄ Marshal, whych fauoured the Spensers {per}tye & in y^e same place also beheded with∣out processe of lawe. And then the corps of y^e sayde bysshop with hys .ii. seruaūtes, were haryed to Thamys syde where the sayd bysshop had be∣gonne to edyfye a toure / and there in the rubbusshe and sande of the same they buryed or conueyed these thre bodyes. whyche dispyte to hym was done after some auctoures, for so moche as he had vsurped of the comō grounde of the cytie in settyng of the sayd toure. But for what cause was he thus vngoodly & vnreuerentely delte with no mencion is made. And in thys passe tyme the quene easely & a foote space folowed y^e kyng / which by thys season was cōm•• to Brystow hauyng with hym the Spēsers & his dyffamed chaūceller mayster Robert Baldocke, syr Iohn̄ erle of Arundell & other. where by theyr counsayls it was agreed, that syr Hugh Spēser the father shulde remayne there and haue the rule of the towne & castell, whyle the kynge with the other toke shyppynge & sayled frome thens into walys to rayse the walshemen. And so the kyng with syr Hugh Spenser the sonne & the other, toke shyppyng at Brystowe & so sayled into wa••ys. when the certaynte therof came vnto the quene anone she sent to Brystow the erle of Kent the kynges brother, syr Iohn̄ of Henawde wyth dyuerse other, for to take syr Hugh Spenser the father. The whyche put them in suche deuour, that they tooke the sayde syr Hugh, and lefte a certayne to holde the towne & castell tyll the quene with hyr power came thyther▪ In the whyche tyme they sped them into walys / and in processe tooke y^e kynge, hys chaunceller, the erle of Arundell, and syr Hughe Spenser the sonne, and broughte them all to the towne of Hereforde. And in thys whyle the cytezeyns of London wan the towre of Londō and kept it vnto the quenes vse.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xxv.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xxvi.
	Gylbert Moordon.
Rycharde Betayne.		Anno .xix.
	Iohn̄ Cotton.

IN thys .xix. yere and begyn∣nynge of thys mayres charge, vppon the morowe folowynge the feaste of Symon and Iude / the same daye that the mayre rode to westmynster to take hys charge, the same day at Brystow was syr Hugh Spenser the father putte to dethe, and after buryed at wynchestre. And vppon saynte Huys daye folo¦wynge, or the .xviii. daye of Nouem¦bre, was syr Hugh hys sonne drawē,

hanged, and quartered at Herforde, and hys hed sent to London and set amonge other vpon the brydge. The comon fame of hym went, that after he was taken, he wolde take no ma∣ner sustenaūce. wherfore he was the sooner put vnto deth. Of this Hugh a versyfyer made these two verses fo¦lowynge.

Punis cum lignis a te miser ensis & ignis Hugo securis equus abstulit omne decus.

whiche verses to them that vnder stande no latyne, maye in thys wyse be expowned or englysshed.

wyth ropes were thou bounde, and on the galowe honge. And from thy body thyne hed wyth swerde was kytte. Thy bowels in the fyre were throwe and burned longe, Thy body in foure pecys eke wyth an axe was slytte, wyth horse before drawyn fewe men pytyenge it / Thus wyth these turmentys for thy synnes sake, from y^e wretched Hugh, all wordly welthe was take.

In thys meane tyme and season, the kynge was conueyed vnto the ca¦stell of Kenelworthe, and there kepte vnder the garde of syr Henry of Lan¦caster or brother vnto the erle Tho∣mas of Lancaster that was behedyd at Pounfrette. And mayster Robert Baldoke the kynges chauncelloure was sent vnto London, and put into the pryson of Newgate / where after he dyed myserably. The erle Iohn̄ of Arundell was also put to deth at Herforde, wythin foure dayes of syr Hugh the yonger Spenser. Then y^e quene wyth syr Edwarde hyr sonne and with a goodly company of lor∣des and gentylmen retourned vnto London / and there of the cytesyns wyth greate honoure and ioye was receyued, vppon the daye of saynte Barbara, or the .iiii. daye of Decem∣ber / and so conueyed vnto westmyn∣ster. where in the octauys of the Epy¦phanye of our lorde, a parlyament was holden / durynge the whych cer∣tayne solēpne messangers were sent vnto the kynge to the castell of Ke∣nelworthe / that is to saye, thre bys∣shoppes, thre erles, two abbottes, ii. barons, and two iustyces, wyth the procuratoure of that parlyament syr wyllyam Trussell, to depose hym of all kyngly dygnytye, as before was agreed by all the lordes spyrytuall and temporall and comons of y^e sayd parlyament / and they to resygne vn¦to the kynge, all homages and feau∣tyes to hym before made in the name of all the barony of England. Then the forenamed syr wyllyam Trussell vppon the daye of the conuersyon of saynte Poule or the .xxv. daye of Ia¦nuary, by the authoryte of hys offyce in the presence of the foresayd lordes hadde these wordes folowynge vnto the kynge. I wyllyam Trussell, in y^e name of all men of this lande of En∣gland, and procuratoure of this par¦lyament / resygne to the Edwarde, y^e homage that was made to the som∣tyme / and from thys tyme forth, de¦pryue the of all kyngly power. And I shall neuer be attendaunt vnto y^e as kynge after thys tyme. And thus was Edwarde the seconde deposyd and his sonne made kynge / when he hadde reygned full .xviii. yeres .vi. monethes & odde dayes. Than Ed∣warde thus remaynynge in pryson, as fyrst in the castell of Kenelworth, & after in the castell of Barkle / toke greate repētaūce of hys former lyfe, and made a lamentable complaynte for that he hadde so greuously offen∣ded god▪ wherof a parte I haue after set out / but not all, leste it shulde be

tedyous to the reders or herers.

Dampnum mihi con tulit tempore brumali, Fortuna satis aspera vehementis mali. Nullus est tam sapiens, m••tis, aut formosus, Tam prudens virtutibus, ceteris{que} famosus, Quin stultus reputabitur, & satis despectus, Si fortuna prosperos a••ertat effectus.

These wyth many other after the same makynge I haue seen / whyche are reported to be of hys owne ma∣kynge in the tyme of hys enprysone∣ment. The whych for length of tyme I haue lefte out of thys worke / and shewd y^e effecte of them in Englysh as foloweth.

Whan Saturne with his colde isy face, The ground with hys frostys turnyth the grene to whyte, The tyme of wynter which trees doth deface, And causyth all verdure to auoyde quyte / Than fortune, which sharpe was with stormes not alyte, Hath me assautyd with hyr frowarde wyll, And me beclypped with daungers ryght yll.

What man in this worlde is so wyse or fayre, So prudent, so vertuese, or famous vnder thayre / But that for a foose, and for a man dispised, Shalbe take whan fortune is from hym deuided?

Alas now I crye but no man doth me mooue / For I sue to them that pytye of me haue none. Many with gret honours I dyd whylom auaūce That nowe wyth dyshonoure done me stynge and launce. And suche as somtyme dyd me greatly scere / Me dispise, and let not with sclaūder me to deere

O mercyfull god, what loue they dyd me shewe, And with detraccion they do me hacke and hewe. Alas moste synfull wretche why shulde I thus complayne, If god be please •• that I shulde thus susteyne? For the great offence before by me doone. wherfore to the good sorde I wyll retourne este soone, And hooly cōmytte me thy great mercy vntyll, And take in pacience all that may be thy wyll, And all onely the s••rue with all dysygence / Alas that before this tyme I had not that cence. But now good lord, which a••••e ••mnipotent Behold me moste wretched and greatly p••nitent / And of my trespas forgyuenesse thou me graunt / And by what sorow my carkes is now daunt, Graunte it may be to my sowle remedy, That the sooner I maye attayne it by. For to the swete Iesu I yelde me sore wepynge / And aske of the pardon for my greuous synnynge. Moste blessed Iesu, Roote of all vertue, Graunte I maye the sue, In all humylyte. Sen thou for our good Lyste to shede thy blood And stretche the vpon y^e roode For our iniquyte. And thou most myld mother and virgin most pure That bareste swete Iesu the worlde; redempture, That shynyst and flouryshest as floure moste sine / And lyke as nardus of his swete odoure, Passyth all other, so thou in all honoure Surmountes all sayntes by thy great excellence / Wherfore to praye for my greuouse offence, I the beseche, Moste holsome leche That thou wylt seche For me suche grace. That when my body vyle, My soule shall cryle, Thou brynge in short whyle, It in reste and peace.

Francia.

LEwys the .x••. of y^e name, and sonne vnto Philyppe le Beawe, or y^e .iiii. Philyppe / began his reygne ouer y^e realme of Fraūce in the yere of our lorde .M.iii. hundreth and .xv, and the .viii. yere of the seconde Edward then kynge of Englande. Anone as thys Lewys was crowned / Enguer ra••, whyche as ye haue herde, was chyefe and moste secrete counccy∣loure wyth Phylyppe the .iiii. laste

kynge of Fraunce, was called to ac∣compte by the meane of Charles de Ualoys vncle vnto thys kynge. And for so moche as the sayd Enguerram had gyuen sharpe and hastye wordes vnto the sayd Charles, in affyrmyng that moche of the kynges treasoure remayned in the handes of the sayde Charles / for thys he toke so great dis¦pleasure agayne the sayd Enguerrā, and bare towarde hym suche rācoure and malyce, that he lefte nat tyll he had bereuyd hym of hys lyfe / so that in processe he was accused of .xxxvi. artycles concerning treason & iniury done unto kyng Philip foresayde, & vnto the realme of Fraunce / y^e which articles in ordre are set out in y^e frēch cronicle whych I here overpasse. By force wherof thys Enguerram was lastly conuycte and iuged vnto deth and for the same in the euyn of assen¦cion of our Lorde hanged vppon the gybet of Parys. Thys yere also fell greate scarcyte of corne and frute in Fraunce, by meane of vnsesonable wederynge / as was in Englande in the .ix. and .x. yeres, & before & after of the reygne of Edward the seconde at thys day & then kyng of Englande. By reason wherof great famyne and deth of poore people fell in Fraunce, as it then dyd in Englande.

ye haue before in the .xxvii. yere of Philip father vnto this Lewys hard howe the Flemynges agayne rebel∣led / & howe by the meane of Enguer¦ram, the Frenche hoste was then re∣tourned with dishonour into Fraūce for reuengemēt wherof, thys Lewys assembled a ryght stronge armye of the more partye of all the noble men of Fraūce / & in the moneth of Septē¦bre entred the countrey of Flaūders & so came vnto y^e towne or nere there vnto called Courtray, & lodged hys people nere vnto the ryuer of Lys or Lyse, for so moche as y^e brydges ouer that ryuer by the Flemynges were brokē. where the kyng with hys host so lyēge / the Flemynges vpō y^e other syde laye in howge nombre for to de∣fende the passage of the Frenchmen. In whyche tyme & season fell suche plenty of rayne, that the ways waxed noyous & foule in all that countrey. By reason whereof vytayll whyche thā was as aboue is sayd scant, was than more scars.

And ouer y^e the feelde where the hoste laye was so wete & myry / that men and beastes were to greuously noyed. wherefore in conclusyō y^e kyng consyderyng those great hynderaun¦ces & harmes to hys lordes & comōs, & that he myght in no maner wynne ouer to hys enemyes / he retourned as other before times had done, with lytell honour into Fraūce / to y^e great losse of y^e kynges ordenaūce & other stuffe that myght nat be caryed thēs by reason of depenes of the way. For whych cause & causes, the kyng was so soore displeased / y^t he made then a great othe, that yf he myght lyue tyll the yere folowyng, y^t he shuld be sette so the Flemynges y^t they shuld nat es¦cape hys daūger / & y^t he shuld neuer take treatye nor ende with thē, except they wolde fully & holy put thē in his grace & mercy. But in the yere folow¦ynge about y^e feest of Pentecoste whē the sayd Lewys had scantly reygned ii. yeres, he dyed at Boys in Uyncent & the .vi. daye of Iunii honorablye was buryed at saynt Denyse, leuyng after hym none issue male / wherfore hys brother Phylype succeded hym in the kyngdome.

Francia.

PHylyp the .v. of that name and brother of the forena∣med Lewys, whyche for his heygth was surnamed Phylyp the longe / began hys reygne ouer y^e Frēchmē in y^e yere

of our lorde .M.CCC. and .xvii, and the .x. yere of Edwarde the seconde than kynge of Englande. But fyrste he reygned but as regent of Fraūce, for so moche as Clemence the wyfe of kynge Lewys was left of her sayd husbande with chylde. The whiche in processe of tyme was delyuered of a man chylde named Iohan, that dy¦ed shortly after. After whose dethe y^e sayd Phylyp was forthwith proclay¦med kynge of Fraunce, and crowned at Parys aboute Chrystmas folow∣ynge / al be it y^t the duke of Burgoyn with other for a whyle with sayd that coronacyon / and wolde haue prefer∣red the doughter of Lewys last deed. But other of the lordes and nobles of Fraunce wolde not be agreable, y^t a woman shulde enheryte so great a kyngdome. By meane wherof vn∣kyndnes kyndled atwene the kynge and the sayd duke. But by wyse me∣dyatoures they were after acorded, in suche wyse that the sayd duke ma∣ryed the eldest doughter of y^e kynge.

In this passe tyme suche meanes were made by the Flemynges, that an vnyte and accorde was stablys∣shed atwene Fraunce and them for y^e tyme that it helde. whiche peace as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle, was laboured and ended by a cardynall named Iosselyn, & sent frome y^e .xxii. Iohan than pope / so that by medya∣cyon of the sayd cardynall, the erle of Flaūdres was receyued vnto y^e kyn∣ges grace / and at Parys dyd vnto y^e Frenche kynge his homage, & sware vnto hym feawtye.

In the thyrde yere of the reygne of this Phylyp / the prouost of Pa∣rys hauyng in his pryson a Pycarde a man of great rychesse, whiche for fe¦lony or lyke cryme was iudged to be hanged. The sayd prouoste for great benefyte to hym doone, and payment of great summes by y^e sayd Pycarde, toke an other poore innocent man & put hym to dethe in stede of the sayd Pycarde. Of the whiche offence whā due profe of it was made before the kynges counceyll / the sayd prouoste for the same dede was put vnto lyke iudgment.

In the fyfth yere of the sayd Phy¦lyp, all the lazaryes of the countrey of Langadocke were brente, for so moche as they were accused of theyr owne confessyon proued, that they had poysoned and entended to haue poysoned all the welles of that coun∣trey. And for many Iewes were vn∣to them consentynge / therfore many of them suffered lyke iudgment. In this yere also for somoche as in those dayes in dyuers places of Fraunce, a fonde prophecy was broughte vp amōge the comune people, that shep∣herdes and herdes shulde wynne the holy lande. Than they assembled thē selfe in dyuers places and compa∣nyes, and lastly came togyder at Pa¦rys. where they were so many in nom¦bre, by reason of other of the comune people that fell vnto them, that the Prouost of Parys was not of power to withstande thē / so that they brake prysones and toke out suche perso∣nes as them pleased / and from thens wente beggynge and robbynge tyll they came into Langedocke. where they fel vpon the Iewes, and robbed theym of all suche mouables as they myght fynde, and slewe of theym al∣so. wherfore the other of the Iewes ferynge the sayd comunes / gathered them with theyr wyues & chyldren to the noūbre of .v.C. into a towre, and thought to defende them & theyr wy∣ues and chyldren from the sayd her∣des. But anone as they hadde wyt∣tynge therof / they assawted the sayd towre so egerly, that in the ende se∣ynge they myght not escape, for very despyte they threwe theyr chyldren

downe at theyr hedes / & after slewe eyther other, for they shulde not fall in the handes of theyr enemyes / or elles to auoyde y^e peynes of the fyre, whiche the herdes hadde begunne to fasten vpon the sayd towre. whā the sayd Herdes hadde thus robbed and slayne y^e Iewes of Langdocke / they departed thens and yode towarde a a countrey called Carcasson, enten∣dynge lyke robbery as they before had vsed. wherof y^e countrey beynge warned / stopped & kepte so the pas∣sages, & withstode them with suche power and strengthe, that they dysse¦uered thē selfe by small companyes / so that many of them were taken and hanged, & the other fled in saue gard¦ynge them selfe / and so this folysshe prophecy was ended with synne and shame.

Kynge Phylyppe by meane of yll coūseyle sette a great taske vpon his comunes / that is to meane the fyfth parte of theyr mouable goodes. For the whiche, consyderynge he had no charg of warres ī no place, they mur¦mured & grudged wonder sore. But how it was or this taxe was leuyed / he fell in a feuer quarteyne & a great flyx. whiche sekenesse fell vpon hym by prayer of the comunes after the Frenche boke, for leuyenge of y^e sayd greuous taxe. Than for hym was made many solempne processyons & other prayers. How be it in lōge pro∣cesse he dyed, whan he had languys∣shedde from the begynnynge of Au∣gust tyl the .viii. day of Ianuary. Up¦on whiche day he dyed, whan he had reygned .iiii. yeres & .vii. monethes & odde dayes / leuynge after hym none heyre male / wherfore the crowne dys¦cēded vnto his brother Charles erle of the Marches.

Francia. ¶Charles the fyfth.

CArolus the fyfth or Charles the yong∣est of the thre bre∣therne or sonnes of Philyppe le Bewe begāne his reygne ouer y^e Frenchmē, in y^e moneth of Ia¦nuary & yere of our lorde .M.CCC. and .xxii, and the .xv. yere of y^e secōde Edwarde yet kynge of Englande / & was crowned at Raynes the .xii. day of February nexte ensuynge. After whiche solempnyte fynysshed & en∣ded / he in short proces of tyme after sent vnto the .xxii. Iohan than pope, & assertayned hym of y^e gossyprede y^t was atwene hym and Blanche his wyfe. wherof the examynacyon by y^e sayd pope was commytted vnto the bisshoppes of Paris & of Beauuais, & mayster Godfrey de Blessys pro∣thonotayr of the countre of Rome. The whiche after due and perfyte ex¦aminacyon in that mater made / they founde that Mawde countesse of Ar¦toys and mother to the fore named quene Blanche, was godmother vn∣to kynge Charles her husbande. Of the whiche whan they had made re∣porte vnto the pope / he gaue sentēce that the sayd matrymony was not le¦gyttymat / and cōmaunded a deuorce and a separacyon to be made atwene those .ii. persones. The whiche was shortly after executed. In the se∣conde yere of this Charles, dyed Ro¦bert erle of Flaūdres without yssue. wherfore the sayd erledam fell into y^e Frenche kynges handes / so that of it he was in processe by thagrement of the lordes of the same, put in peasy∣ble possessyon / all be it the erle of Ne∣uers made therunto a pretēce & tytle.

And in this yere kynge Charles about the feest of saynt Mathewe in Septēbre, maryed his seconde wyfe named Mary the syster of the kynge

of Bohemy or Beme, and doughter of Henry erle of Lucenbourgh and late emperoure of Almayne, named in the lyne of the emperours Henry the .viii, or after some wryters y^e .vii. Also in y^• sayd yere one named Iour¦dan of the Ile / a Gascoyne borne, & a man of noble lynage but lowe & vyle of condycyons, to whom the foresaid pope Iohn̄ in maryage hadde gyuen hys nyese for reuerence of his byrth / thys season by the meane of his vyle condycyons and suche dyshoneste cō¦panye as he drewe vntyll hym, he fell into many sclaūderous vyces / so that lastly he was accused of rape & murder and of felony. Of the whych he was at length in .xviii. artycles by due profe made cōuycte by the lawe, and iudged to be hanged. But the kynge at the request of the pope and for the honoure of hys blode / graun∣ted to hym a charter, and pardoned hym of all former transgressyons. But that not wythstandynge he in processe of tyme fell or retourned vn¦to hys olde accustomyd condicyons. And among other greate crymes by hym executed / he slewe a sergeaunt of armys belongynge to the kynge, that to hym was sent in message. For whyche murder and other detestable dedys, he was newely accused / and vppon that somonyd to apere at Pa¦rys before the kynge and hys coun∣sayle. At whych day of apparence he came to the sayde cytye wyth a great companye, and some noble men whi∣che were to hym nere of kynne / and excused him to the vttermost of theyr powers. But agayne hym and to ac∣cuse hym came many other lordes & barons. Of the whyche the marques of Ampton or Dampton wyth hys sonne were chyefe, that put causes of complaynt agayne hym. The which made suche prouys and declaracyōs agayne the sayde Iourdan, that he was cōmytted vnto the chastelet of Parys, & there to remayne as a pry∣soner. And in processe of tyme suche maters and trespaces were prouyd vpon hym, that he by authoryte of a parlyament holden at Compeyng was lastly iudged to dye. And soone after, that is to meane the .vii. day of Maye, he was drawyn to the gybbet of Parys and there hanged. In the thyrde yere of his reygne / thys Char¦lys gaue vnto the erle of Neuers y^t before tyme hadde made clayme to the erledome of Flaunders, y^• sayde erledom / the whyche of the Flemyn∣ges and inhabytauntes of that coū∣trey was wel and ioyously receyued. Than he in shorte whyle after gaue vnto the townes of Gaunt, Brugys, Ipre, and other, dyuers pryuyleges and grauntes to theyr great auaun∣tage & profyte. But it was not longe after that he wanne of them as mych grudge and hatred as he to fore had loue & good wyll. And all for a taxe y^t he set vpon the dwellers of Brugys and the coūtrey nere there vnto / and specyally of them that dwelled in the countrey. For they thought y^t theyr charge exceded farre the charge of y^e dwellers within the towne. wherfore by secrete meanys they appoynted a daye of assemble amonge them selfe / and sodeynly well armed entred the towne of Brugys, and slewe therin dyuers of the erles seruauntes, and some of the borough maysters of the sayde towne, suche as they suspected to be of counseyle of the leuyenge of the sayd taske. In the .iiii. yere of his reygne, thys Charlys after the dethe of Mary hys seconde wyfe, by dys∣pensacion of the pope the .xxii. Iohn̄ / he maryed Iane his cosyn Germayn the doughter of Lewys erle of Eu∣roux, and vncle vnto thys kynge Charlys, or brother to hys father Phylyppe le Beawe.

IN this abouesayd .iiii. yere / the quene of Englande and syster vnto thys kyng Charlys of Fraūce, to treate an vnite and peace bytwene hyr lorde and hyr brother, for the warre made in Gascoyne, as before is towched in the .xv. yere of Edward the seconde hyr lorde and husbande / and there taryed, and retourned, as aboue in the sayde yere is expressed.

In thys yere also the erle of Flaū¦ders fore named, for suspeccyon that he hadde to Robert of Flaūders hys vncle, leste he for hys synguler auaū¦tage wold supplant hym of that erle dome / he made letters vnto the go∣uernours of the towne, where y^e sayd Robert was resyaunt and abydyng, that they shulde put hym to dethe. But by the warnyng of his olde and trusty frende the erlys chaūcellour / he was warned and so auoyded that towne. For thys, greate malyce and rancoure arose bytwene this Robert and the erle, whyche was not short∣ly pacyfyed. But it was not longe after that a nother taske or imposy∣cyon was leuyed of the townes of Gaunt, Brugys, Ipre, and other townys of Flaunders. The whyche taske was leuyed in recompensemēt of suche warres made vpon Flaun∣ders by Phylyp le Beawe / or more dyrectely for paymēt of twelue thou∣sand pownde awardyd by Ioselyn the cardynall, as before is shewed in the seconde yere of the .v. Phylyppe, that the Flemynges shulde paye to the French kyng for byenge of theyr peace. Of thys taske to be leuyers or gaderers was assygned the pryncy∣pall men of the sayde townes / y^t whi∣che by theyr demeanure in the leuy∣enge therof demeaned them in suche wyse, that they ranne in great hatred of the comon people. In so myche that they accusyd theym and sayde that they hadde leuyed or gatheryd moche more than the sayde taske amounted. wherfore they desyred of the erlys counsayle, that the sayde persons myghte be called to accoūpt. But thys requeste myght not be op∣teyned / whyche caused the comons to runne in further grudge and mur∣mure. An other thynge also caused suspeccyon / for the erlys counsayle and the sayde collectours hadde so many secrete assembles. At lengthe whan the erlys counsayle appercey∣ued the murmure of the comons / they wyth the collectours condyscen¦dyd for a trayne, to haue taken cer∣teyne capytaynes of the sayd comōs / and sayde that at Turnaye at a daye assygned, the sayd collectours shuld yelde vp theyr accoumpte. At whych daye the erle in proper persone came vnto the sayde towne of Tournaye. And there whan y^e erle with the other of hys counceyle shulde haue execu∣ted theyr purposed enter / how it was by some warnyng or monycyon that the comons had, they wythstode the erle and hys companye, and in the ende slewe many of theyr enemyes / and toke the erle and putte hym in sure kepynge wythin the towne of Brugys. But in thys skyrmysshe by meane of y^e erlys party, a great part of the foresayde towne was brent. wherfore the towne toke partye with the Flemynges / and were a greate cause that the erle was so taken and putte frome hys entent. Than the foresayde comons to the more dys∣pleasure of the erle / admytted for theyr lorde and capytayne Roberte the vncle of the erle foresayde / and amonge them reputed hym for erle of Flaunders. The whyche for ta∣kynge vpon hym delyuered frō pry∣son hys frende the erlys chauncel∣lour, whyche as aboue is sayde had delyuered hym from former daūger, & made hym chyefe of his counceyle.

But to all thys was the towne of Gaunt repugnaūt / in so moche that mortall warre beganne to sourde be∣twene the sayd towne & the towne of Bruges & other. And so farfourth cō¦tynued / that shortly after the people of Gaunt and of the other townes, met wyth them of Bruges in playne batayll, & fought cruelly. But in the ende they of Gaūt chased thē of Bru¦ges / and slewe of them beyonde fyue hundreth men. But yet the erle was neuer the rather deliuered. After this the Frenche kyng sent vnto them of Bruges, requyryng them in curtoyse maner that they wolde set theyr erle at lybertye. But they sent the messan∣gers agayne wythout spede of theyr message.

In thys whyle dyed Charles de Ualoys brother vnto Phylyppe le Beaw, & vncle vnto this kyng Char¦les / the whych languysshed longe in a consumpcyō or he dyed / in so moch that the opynyon of the people was, y^t he was so punysshed for the iniury & malyce y^t he bare towarde Enguer¦ram / the whyche as ye haue before harde in the fyrste yere of thys kyng, was put vnto deth. And the rather thys fame ran vpon the sayd Char∣les / for so moche as in y^e tyme of hys syckenes, he gaue great almesse. And to suche persones as he gaue or sente hys almesse vnto / he wylled them as well to pray for the soule of the sayde Enguerram as for hys owne hele. Thys Charles de Ualoyes left after hym a sonne named Philipe de Ua∣loyes / the whych Phylip for so moch as thys Charles now kyng of fraūce dyed wythout issue, he by fauoure of the lordes of that regyon was made kyng of Fraunce / & put by the ryght and tytle of Edwarde the thyrde thā kyng of Englande, the sonne of Isa¦bel & doughter of Phylyp le Beawe. whych Isabell by dyssent was right∣ful enheritour of y^e crowne of Fraūce For whyche tytle was after cruell warre betwene the sayd Edwarde & Phylyp, as in the story of the sayde Edwarde after shall appere. In the v. yere of kyng Charles the Burgh∣maysters & skepyns, y^t is to meane the rulers of the towne of Bruges / deliuered theyr erle & set hym at larg vpon certayne condicions folowyng the whych to be obserued they caused hym to be solēply sworne. Fyrste that after that day he shuld nat punysshe nor hurt any of the lande of Flaun∣dres, for any displeasure to hym done or any of hys seruauntes or councel, sen the tyme that he was erle, concer∣nyng any cause of theyr rebellion. Secūdaryly y^t he shuld nat abrydge nor mynysshe any of theyr lyberties that they of olde tyme haue had, or by hym newly to theym graunted. Thyrdely, that in all grose maters that concerned the gouernaunce of hys realme / suche as he knewe well dyuerse of them to be expert therein, that he shulde nothynge conclude or do without theyr aduyces and assen∣tys. And fourthly that after that day he shuld neuer vse the counsayl of the abbot of Uersellay / which they knew for theyr dedely enemy, for so moche as they before tyme had slayne hys father named Petyr Floce or Floze in the batayll of Courtray as in the syxtene yere of Phylyppe le Beawe is before shewed, how be it the name of the sayde Petyr is nat there expres¦sed. After whyche artycles wyth other fermely by the erle promysed to be kept and holden / he was deliue¦red & set at large.

In the syxte yere of the reygne of thys Charles / a greate dyssencyon and varyaunce aroose betwene the Dolphyne of Uyen and the duke of Sauoy / so that mortall batayll en∣sued vppon the same. In the whyche

moche people were slayne vpon both partyes. But in y^• ende the Dolphyn of Uyen had the better / and toke as prysoners in the feelde the duke of Burgoyne and the erle of Ancerne, wyth other noble men. In thys yere also the Gascoynes with y^e Englissh men made warre vppon the borders of Fraunce. Agayne whome kynge Charles sent a cosyn of hys, named syr Alphons de Spayne. But he spēt the kyng greate good, and retourned with lytle worshyppe into Fraunce, where he dyed shortely after. Then the kynge sent agayne the sayd Gas∣coynes the erle of Ewe, & syr Robert Barthram than marshall of Fraūce, with dyuerse other noble men. In whyche season the Gascoynes wyth the sayd Englysshemen had gotten the castell of a towne standynge in y^• coūtre of Poytyew or Poytyers na∣med saynt Oyngne / within whyche towne the sayd erle & other the nobles of Fraūce were lodged / so y^t betwene them dayly cruell assautes were exer¦cysed, to the great hurte of bothe par¦tyes. Lastly betwene thē was a daye of batayll in playne feelde accorded / where the Frenchemen to the entēt to haue the aduaūtage of the sayd feeld & there to enbatayll thē selfe to theyr mooste auaūtage / the day of the sayd appoytemēt issued of y^t towne, & yode to the place assygned, whyche was a good dystaunce frome the foresayde towne, & there taryed theyr enemyes. But the Gascoynes entendyng an other purpose, yode streyght vnto y^t foresayde towne / and knowyng it to be without greate defence, assauted and shortly gatte it and set it on fyre nat sparynge chyrches nor other pla¦ces of relygyon as affermeth y^• frēch boke / and that done retourned vnto the fyresayd castel, and in processe of tyme after retourned agayne into Guyan. whan kynge Charles was assertayned of thys delusion / he was greuously dyscontented agayne the Gascoynes, and manysshed theym very sore. But in the moneth of Decē¦bre shortly ensuynge, he was taken with a greuouse sykenesse / so that he dyed vppon Candelmas euyn folow¦ynge at Boys in Uyncent, and was entered at saynt Denyse whā he had reygned fyue yeres and odde dayes / leuynge after hym none heyre of hys body, excepte the quene was than wyth chylde. whyche chylde dyed soone after y^e byrthe. wherfore some questions for that kyngedome were moued as before touched in the ende of the fourthe yere of thys Charles, & after shalbe forther expressed.

Anglia. Edwarde the thyrde.

EDwarde the .iii. of that name, & sonn̄ of Edward the seconde, and of Isabell y^e alo¦nely doughter & chylde of Phy∣lip le Beawe or Phylyppe the fayre, father to Char∣les laste kynge of Fraunce / beganne to reygne as kynge of Englande his father yet lyuynge, the syx & twenty daye of Ianuary, in the ende of the yere of grace a thousande thre hun∣dreth and syx and twenty, and the fourth yere of Charles the fyfth last kynge of Fraunce / and was crow∣ned at westmynster vppon the daye of the puryfycacyon of oure Lady nexte ensuynge.

In hys begynnynge came forthe plentye and gracyous happes / for the erthe tooke plentye, the ayre tempoure, the see quyetnesse, and to the chyrche grewe peace.

In thys fyrste yere he confermed the lybertyes and fraunchyses of y^e cytye of London / and ordeyned that the mayre for the tyme beyng shuld sytte in all places of iugement within the lyberty of the same for chiefe iustyce, the kynges persone onely excepte / & that euery alderman that hadde ben mayre shuld be iustyce of peace in all London and Myddelsex / & eueryche alderman that hadde not be mayre shulde be iustyce of peace wythin his owne warde. And also he graunted to the cytezyns the fee ferme of Lon∣don for .iii. hundreth pownde / & that they shulde not be constrayned to go out of the cytye to fyghte or defende the land for any nede. Also that after that daye the fraunchyse of the cytye shulde not be seasyd into the kynges handes / but onely for treason or re∣bellyon done by the hole cytye. And Southwerke was admytted to be vnder the correccyon and rule of the citye / and the mayre of London to be baylyffe of Southwerke / and the mayre to chose & ordeyne such a bay∣lyffe of that borough as hym lyked / whiche ordinaunce endureth to this day. In the moneth of Apryll, for so mych as meanes were made by the frere prechours or the blacke freres, for the delyuery of kynge Edwarde the .ii. out of pryson / therfore he was had out of the castell of Kenelworth, & cōueyed vnto y^e castel of Berkeley. where after about saynt Mathewys tyde the sayde Edward by y^• meanes of syr Roger Mortimer was mysera¦bly slayne. Of this Edward are lyke opinyōs as were of Thomas of Lan¦caster, whyche I referre to goddys iudgement. For certayne it is that for hys former wyld and insolent ly∣uynge he toke greate repentaunce. And so he hadde great cause / for du∣rynge hys reygne there was hedyd and put to deth by iugement, vppon xxviii. barons and knyghtes, ouer y^t noble men that were slayne in Scot¦lande by hys infortunyte.

Kynge Edwarde as yet beynge of tender age, not passing .xv. yeres / he∣ryng of the great pryde and presūp∣cyon of the Scottes, and howe they dayly warred vpon the borders, and entryd the lande in brennynge and spoylyng his people / assembled hys people about Easter, & so sped hym toward Scotland. In whych meane tyme the Scottes were entred the land, & were comen as farre as Stā∣hop in Uiridale / and had lodged thē in the woddes of Stanhop parke in dyuers bushementys. wherof y^• kyng beyng enfourmed, made such prouy∣syon that he beset them roūde about, and trusted well to haue brought thē vnder hys subieccyon. But when the kynge thoughte to be of them moste sure / by treason of some of hys hoste the Scottes were clene escaped and retourned into Scotlande. wherof y^e fame ranne vpon syr Roger Morty∣mer. But how so it was y^• kyng loste that iournay, and retourned into En¦glande with lytle worshyppe. And here ye shall vnderstand that to this day the olde mayre and shyry••••es, y^t is to meane Hamunde Chyckwell, Benet Fulham, and Iohn̄ Canston, stode in offyce tyll y^e day folowyng of Symō & Iude, which was almost y^• full of y^e fyrst yere of y^e sayd Edward the .iii. And then for the residue of the fyrst yere, & for the more party of the second yere, was electe and charged the mayre and shyryffes folowynge.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xxvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxvii.
	Henry Darcy.
Rycharde Betayne.		Anno .i.
	Iohn̄ Hawteyne.

IN the ende of the fyrste yere of thys kynge Edwarde, & begyn¦nyng o•• thys mayres yere / the kynge after Crystmas maryed dame Phy∣lyppe y^e erles doughter of Henawde in the cytye of yorke, in the euyn of y^e conuersiō of saynt Paule, or y^e .xxiiii. daye of Ianuary.

* 4.28And soone after the kyng about y^e feast of Pentecoste, helde hys parlya¦ment at Northampton. At the whych parlyament by euyll coūsayl, wherof syr Roger Mortymer & the olde que¦ne bare the blame / the kynge made wyth the Scottes an vnprofytable and a dyshonorable peace. For fyrste he released to theym theyr feauty and homage. Also he delyuered vnto theym olde auncyent wrytyn∣ges sealed wyth the seales of the kynge of Scottes, and of dyuerse lordes of that lande bothe spyry∣tuall & temporall, with many other charters & patentes, by the whyche y^e kynges of Scottes oblyged them to be feordaryes vnto y^t crowne of Eng∣lande. At whyche season also was de¦lyuered certeyne iewelles, whych be∣fore tymes had ben wōne frō y^e Scot¦tes by kynges of England. Amonge the whych the blacke crosse of Scot∣lande is specyally named, a relyke ac¦compted of great preciosyte. And nat alonely the kyng by hys synystre coū¦sayll lost hys tytle and ryght that he had to the realme of Scotlande, as farre as the sayd coūsayl might helpe it / but also all lordes & barones & all other men of England that had any landes or rentes within Scotlande, loste theyr ryghte in lyke maner, ex∣cepte they wolde dwel vpon the sayd landes and becomme the kynge of Scottes lyege men. And soone after was concluded a maryage betwene Dauyd le Bruze sonne of Robert le Bruze, and Iane the kynges syster / whyche of diuerse writers is surna∣med Iane of the towre or Iohan of Towers.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxviii.
	Symon Fraunces.
Hamonde Chyckewell.		Anno .ii.
	Henry Combmartyn.

IN thys yere, whyche at thys daye was the seconde yere of the kyng / Dauyd foresayd the son of Roberte le Bruze thā kynge of Scot¦tes, maryed vppon the daye of mary Magdaleyne at hys towne than of Berwyke, y^e fore named Iane syster vnto the kynge of Englande. But it was nat longe after or the Scot∣tes in despyte of the Englysshemen, called hyr Iane make peace. And also to theyr more derysyon, they made dyuerse truffes, roundes, and songes, of the whyche one is special¦ly remembred as foloweth.

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whyche ryme as saythe Guydo was made by the Scottes, pryncy∣pally for the deformyte of clothyng that at those dayes was vsed by En¦glysshemen. Thanne the kynge at hys parlyamēt holden at Salys∣bury, made syr Roger Mortymer erle of the Marche / and syr Iohan of Elthā hys owne brother he made erle of Cornewayll. where after the sayd syr Roger toke moche more vp∣pon hym than other lordes were cō∣tented

wyth / so that by the kynges mother and hym, all thynge was ru∣led and guyded. And suche lordes as before tyme were assygned to haue the rule and guydynge of the kynge, as the erle of kent, syr Edmunde of wodestock y^e kynges vncle, y^e erle of Lācastre, y^e erle marshal with dyuers bysshoppes & barons & knyghtes to the noumbre of .xii. in short proces of tyme for the more party were set by / so that the allonely rule of the lande rested in the quene and the sayde syr Roger. By meane wherof many and great thynges of the realme grewe out of ordre, whiche were tedyous to reherce.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xxviii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.xxix.
	Rycharde Lazar.
Iohan Grauntham.		Anno .iii.
	Henry Gysours.

IN this thyrde mayres yere / y^• aboue sayde syr Edmunde of wodestoke erle of kente entendynge the reformacion of the mysse ordre of the realme, beynge enfourmed that his brother syr Edward was in lyfe / deuysed certayne letters towchynge the delyuery of his sayd brother, and sent them to his sayd brother, of whi∣che dede he was shortly after accu∣sed / and by auctoryte of a parlyamēt holden at westmynster aboute Pen∣thecost folowynge, he for that dede was iudged to haue his hede smyten of. wherof execucyon was doone the fyue and twenty day of May folow∣ynge in the foresayd cytye of wynche¦ster. And soone after kyng Edwarde sayled into Fraūce, and dyd homage vnto Phylyp de Ualoyes then new∣ly made kynge of Fraūce, for the du∣chy of Guyan in the towne of Amy∣as. After whiche homage so doone he was rychely feasted of the Frenche kynge, and solaced in dyuerse maner of fourmes / as by iustes, huntynge, hawkynge, and many other pleasu∣res / and then in louynge maner toke his leue of the kynge, and so retur∣ned into Englande. The fyfthtenth day of Iune folowynge, was borne the kynges fyrst sonne, and at wode∣stoke crystened and named Edward / whiche in proces of tyme dyd growe to a noble and famouse man, and is moost comunely called in all crony∣cles prynce Edwarde. Of whome in this story some excellente dedes shall be expressed.

In the moneth of Octobre vpon the .xvii. daye & euen of saynt Luke / syr Roger Mortymer before named, bi meanes of syr wylliā Moūtague, syr Rafe Staforde, syr Iohn̄ Neuyle & other, bi a cōpased meane was takē in y^e castel of Notynghā / not withstā¦dynge y^t the keyes of y^e sayde castell were daili & nyghtly vnder his ward and kepynge / the kynge, the quene, the olde quene, with dyuerse other nobles, thā beynge in the same castell lodged. The maner of the takyng of this erle syr Roger Mortymer I passe ouer, for the dyuersyte that I haue sene therof of sundry wryters. But many agreen that he with syr Symonde of Bedforde and other, were in that nyght taken and after sente vnto the towre of London / and there put in strayte kepynge. Then the kynge in shorte processe after cal∣led a parlyament at London, for the reformacyon of many thynges mys∣ordered in the realme, by meane of y^e foresayde syr Roger, as the comune fame went than.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xl.
	Robert of Ely.
Symon Swaylond.		Anno .iiii.
	Thomas Harworde.

IN this .iiii. mayres yere & ende of the thyrde yere of this kyng duryng the foresayd parliamente as aboue is touched at Londō, the fore∣sayd syr Roger Mortymer was accu¦sed before the lordes of the parliamēt of these artycles with other / whereof v. I fynde expressed. And fyrste was layed vnto hys charge, that by hys meanes syr Edwarde of Carnaruan by mooste tyrrannouse deth in the ca¦stell of Barkley was murdered. Se∣cundaryly that to the kynges great dyshonoure & dammage, the Scot∣tes by hys meanes & treason escaped frō the kyng at y^e parke on Stāhope whych then shuld haue fallen in the kynges daūger, ne had ben y^t fauour of the sayd Roger to thē thā shewed. Thyrdely to hym was layed, that he for execuciō of the sayd treason, recey¦ued of y^e capytayne of the sayd Scot¦tes named syr Iames Dowglas, great summes of money. And also for lyke mede, he had to the kynges great dyshonoure and hurte of hys realme, concluded a peace betwene y^e kyng and the Scottes / & caused to be delyuered vnto theym the charter or endenture called Ragman, wyth many other thynges to the Scottes great aduaūtage & inpouerysshyng of this realme of Englād. Fourthlye was layed to hym, that where by sy∣nystre & vnlefull meanes contrary y^t kynges pleasure & wyll, or assente of the lordes of the kynges counsayl, he had gotten into hys possessyō moche of the kynges treasoure / he vnskyl∣fully wasted & mysspent it. By reason wherof the kyng was in necessyte, & dryuen parforce to assaye his frēdes. Fyfthlie, that he also had enpropered vnto hym dyuerse wardes belōgyng to the kyng, to hys great lucre & the kynges great hurt / and that he was more secrete with quene Isabell the kynges mother, than was to goddes pleasure or the kynges honour. The whych artycles wyth other agayne hym proued / he was by auctoryte of the sayd parlyament iuged to dethe. And vpō saynt Andrewes euyn next ensuyng, at London he was drawen & hanged. About the begynnynge of August folowyng syr Edwarde Bay¦loll the sonne of syr Iohan Bayloll some tyme kynge of Scottes, by meanes before purchased, opteyned suche fauoure that wyth the ayde of syr Henry Beawmoūt, syr Dauyd of Stroley, syr Geffery Moubray, and wyth the ayde of .ii.M. Englysshemē entred into Scotlād by water / wher in short space drew vnto thē such mul¦titude of scottes, y^t the sayd Edwarde was lord of a greate hoste / & so kepte on his way tyll he came to a place cal¦led Gledismore, or after some writers Crakismoore. where he was encoun¦tred of y^e power of Scotlād, & fought there a cruell batayl, in y^e which were slayn a great multitude of Scottes. By reason of whych victorie he was crowned kyng of scottes at y^t towne of Scone shortly after. And shortly after he mette wyth kynge Edward at the towne of Newe castell, and there vnto hym made hys homage & feawty for the lande of Scotlāde.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxx.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxi.
	Iohn̄ Mockynge.
Iohn̄ Pountnay.		Anno .v.
	Andrew Awbrey.

IN thys fyfth mayres yere and syx yere of the kynge in the mo¦neth of Iuly, for so moche as y^e Scot¦tes had busyed theym to haue slayne Edwarde Bayloll theyr kynge, and hym had constrayned to auoyde hys lande, or elles to kepe hym in somme stronge holde tyll he myghte by hys frendes or lyeges be socoured / kyng Edwarde for the same entent wyth a stronge power persed the realme of Scotlande, & after layde hys syege vnto the towne of Berwyke. Uppon the .xix. daye of the foresayd moneth of Iuly, the Scottes wyth a greate power purposyng to remoue y^e sayde syege, came towarde the sayd towne. wherof kyng Edward beyng enfour¦med, made towarde thē / & ar a place called Halydone hyll, gaue to y^e sayd Scottes batayll, & of them had triū∣phaunte vyctorye / in so moche that he slewe of them as testifyen dyuerse wryters, viii. erles, ix. hūdreth knygh¦tes & banerettes, iiii.C. esquyres, and vpon .xxxii.M. of the comon people & of Englysshe men were slayne but onely .xv. persones. After whych vic∣tory thus by the kynge opteyned / the capitayne of Berwyke vpō y^e morew folowynge beyng saynt Margaret∣tes day, yelded to the kyng the sayde towne with the castel. And that done kyng Edward betoke the guydyng therof with all other castelles & tow∣nes within that lande, vnto the fore∣named syr Edward Baylol as kyng of Scottes / & shortly after retourned into Englande. Than Dauyd the sonne of Robert le Bruze beynge as before is sayd kyng of Scottes, was constrayned with hys wyfe secretely to sayle into Fraunce / & thyder was brought by a Flemyng named Mar¦cuell as testyfyeth the Frenche crony¦cle. where of Phylyppe de Ualoyes than Frenche kyng / the sayd Dauyd with Iane of the towre his wyfe was receyued. And for theyr comforte the sayde Frenche kyng gaue vnto them the castell of Gaylarde, tyll fortune to them wolde be more frendelye. Thys yere also as wytnesseth y^e sayd frenche cronycle, the Frenche kynge sente vnto the kynge of Englande y^e bysshop of Beauuays and the hyghe constable of Fraūce / whych shewed vnto kynge Edwarde, that theyr so∣ueraygne lorde entendyd a voyage into the holy lāde / and requyred hym of hys ayde and cōpany for perfour∣maunce of the sayd iournay. where∣unto the kynge gaue answere vnto that request, than whan the Frenche kynge had perfourmed all suche con¦dycions as he before tymes had pro∣mysed to do / than he sayd he shuld be contēted to gyue suche answere vnto y^t request by thē in hys name made, as therūto shulde be cōuenient. And more he added to the same, y^t he mar∣uayled greatly that the sayd Frenche kynge entended any suche voyage, tyll he had clerelye acquyted hym of the sayd promysse & couenaunt with whyche answere the Frenche kynge was nothynge contented / so that ma¦lyce and murmour grewe and encrea¦sed betwene them dayly after. And an occasyon of thys sharpe answere was, for so moche as kynge Edward was credyble enfourmed, that the Frenche kynge had vytayll and man¦ned .x. greate shyppes to haue saylled into Scotlande, and there to haue warred / the whyche by tempest were wedyr dryuen into Flaunders, & so sore betyn with the see that after they had sold moch of theyr stuffe at y^e ha∣uyn of Sluce, they were cōpelled of necessyte to retorne without worship into Fraunce. Thys with other kyn∣delyd suche a dedely hate betwene these .ii. crysten prynces, y^• moche cry¦sten blode in {pro}cesse of tyme folowing was for theyr quarelles shadde.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xxxi.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xxxii.
	Nycholas Pyke.
Iohn̄ Preston.		Anno .vii.
	Iohn̄ Husbande.

IN thys .vii. yere in the wynter season, and as sayeth Guydo in the moneth of Nouēbre / the kynge yode agayne towarde Scotlāde and helde hys Crystmas at yorke. And after the solempnytie of that hyghe feast ended, he sped hym into Scot∣lāde / where her layde siege vnto y^e ca¦stel of Kylbrydge, & lastely wan it by strengthe / & set the countrey in some quyetnesse. And after retourned vnto Newe castel vpon Tyne, and taryed there a certayne of tyme, and helde there hys feaste of Pentecoste wyth great royalte. whyther within shorte space after came syr Edward Baylol kyng of Scottes / and vpon the day of saint Geruasi & Prothasi, or y^• .xix. day of Iune, made his homage vnto kynge Edwarde / and in presence of many other noble mē of bothe lādes, sware vnto hym feawty or fydelyte. And y^e done he retourned into Scot¦lande & kyng Edward vnto yorke, & so vnto wyndesore. Thē were al such lordes of Englande as before tyme were in Edward the secondes dayes disseased of suche landes as they had in Scotlād, restored agayne to theyr sayd possessions / & for theym made theyr homage vnto y^e kyng of Scot∣tes, sauynge theyr allegeaunce vnto theyr naturall soueraygne lorde.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxiii.
	Iohn̄ Hamonde.
Iohan Ponteney.		Anno .viii.
	wyllyam Hansarde.

IN thys eyghte yere certayne / ambassadours were sent from Philip de Ualoyes kyng of Fraūce / as the bysshop of Thuroyn, and the lorde of Ferry and Peynguy, for to cōclude certayn artycles of variaūce betwene theyr lord & the kyng of En¦gland. But theyr purpose toke none effecte / except that the kyng graūted to sende vnto the Frēch kyng shortly after, a certayn of hys lordes to haue forther comunycacion with hym tow¦chyng the sayd artycles. The whych promyse he fulfylled as appereth in he next yere ensuyng.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xxxiii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.xxxiiii.
	Iohan. Hynkstone.
Reynolde at Cunduyte.		Anno .ix.
	walter Turke.

IN thys .ix. yere fell excedynge plente of rayne / & therupō en∣suyed great moreyne of beestes. And in the moneth of Decembre the kyng entred agayne into Scotlande, and helde hys Crystmas at the castell of Rokkysborough, the whyche he cau∣sed to be newly repayred. And after thynges there ordered to hys plea∣sure, he retourned into Englande. And soone after he sent the archebys∣shoppe of Cauntorbury, syr Phylip

de Moūtague, & syr Geffrey Scrope vnto the Frenche kynge / to the en∣tent to haue concluded an amyte be∣twene hym and the sayd french kyng whych before was moued by y^e frēch ambassade, as before is shewed in the eyghte yere of hys reygne. But whā these sayde lordes were landed in Fraunce, they were longe delayed or they myghte come to the kynges presence / in so moche that they sayd playnly vnto suche lordes of Fraūce as were assygned by y^e Frenche kyng to passe the tyme wyth theym, that they supposed that it was nat the kynges pleasure to speke with them. By meane of whyche wordes they were shortly after broughte vnto the kynges presence / of whome they were receyued wyth ioyous counte∣naunce, and so contynued by a cer∣tayne of tyme in furtheryng of theyr ambassade / so y^t in processe of tyme a conclusyō of peas to be had betwene Englande and Fraunce was accor∣ded, and so ferfourth spedde, that pro¦clamaciō therof shuld haue bē made in Parys and the countrey there a∣boute vppon the morowe folowynge But how it came in y^e kynges mynde the Englysshe ambassadoures were scantlye retourned to theyr lodgyn∣ges, whan they were agayne sente fore / and farther enfourmed thanne, that the kynges pleasure and mynde was to haue Dauyd late kynge of Scottes to be included wythin the same peace / and that he shuld agayn be restored vnto hys kyngdome. whereunto yt was answered by the Englyssh ambassadours, that theyr cōmyssyon stretched nat so farre / nor that theyr prince had gyuen vnto thē any suche auctoryte. wherefore all y^e former comunycacyō was reuoked & adnulled / & they retourned into En∣glande wythoute any conclusyon ta∣kynge.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxv.
	walter Mordon.
Reynolde at Cunduyte.		Anno .x.
	Rycharde Upton.

IN thys .x. yere, for so moche as no conclusyon of vnyte & peas myght be had betwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce / therfore warre was proclaymed vpon bothe partyes. The whyche warre was greatly procured by the meane of syr Robert of Artoys, as in the story of Phylyp de Ualoyes shalbe after she∣wed. Then eyther prynce sought y^e wayes and meanes howe eyther of theym myghte discontent other / in so moche that the Frenche kynge sente soone after into Scotlande a crewe of Frenchemen, to ayde suche ene∣myes as kynge Edwarde there had. By reason whereof the sayde Scot∣tes made sharpe warre vppon the kynges seruaūtes and frendes, and putte the lande to greate vexacyon and trouble / in so moche that y^e kyng was forced to assemble hys power, & to spede hym agayne thyther. Than about mydsomer the kynge entred Scotlande by the see / & warred vpō the Scottes and Frenchemē. Of the whych no notary batayl is specified, except in that iournay the kyng sub∣dued hys enemyes, & toke there dy∣uerse prysoners. Amonge the which one called erle of Morreta Frenche¦man was chyefe, y^• after was with o∣ther in {pro}cesse of tyme there deliuered in exchaūge for y^e erle of Namur an∣other frēch lord, whych thā was takē by gyle of Scott{is} as he was comyng

towarde saynte Iohfis towne for to ayde the partye of kynge Edwarde. whā kyng Edward had agayn paci∣fyed the Scottes, and takē homage of suche as before rebelled / he than as testyfyeth the Frenche cronicle sta¦blysshed y^e fore named Edward Bay¦loll as kyng of Scottes / & commyt∣ted the rule of the lande vnto hym, as he before tymes had done. Than the Scottes for the greate kyndenesse whyche they had founde in the kyng & in recōpēsemēt of the great charge whych he by sundrye tymes had had in the defendyng of theyr enemyes / graunted & bounde them vnto hym & to hys heyres kynges of England, that they shuld ayde & assyste hym a∣gayne all prynces. And whan so euer he had warre, or any kynge of Eng∣lāde beynge ryghtfull enherytoure, agayn any prynce other wythin hys lande or without / y^e Scottes at theyr propre costes & expenses shuld fynde iii.C. horsemē well armed, and a .M fotemen well & suffycyently arrayed for the warre / the whiche .xiii.C. men the Scottes shulde wage for an hole yere. And yf the kynge of Englande ended nat hys warre within the yere than he to hyre and wage the sayde Scottes as he doth the other of hys souldyours. After whyche grauntes made, & bondes for the suertie therof receyued by y^e kynge, as wytnesseth the Frenche cronycle / the kynge le∣uynge at Edenborough a certayne of hys knyghtes to strength y^t Scot¦tes agaynste the Frenchemē, whych compassed all the wayes they myght to brynge Dauyd the sonne of Ro∣bert le Bruze in possessyon of that lāde / he shortlye after retourned into Englande.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xxxv.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxvi.
	wyllyam Brykelsworthe.
Iohn̄ Pontnay.		Anno .xi.
	Iohn̄ Northall.

IN thys .xi•• yere, y^e kynge remē∣brynge the greate charge y^t he had with the warre in Scotlāde, and also for the charge y^t he dayly had in Guyan, & more contynually shulde haue in defēdyng of y^e frēchmē & wyn¦nyng of hys right / he therfore gathe¦red treasour vpō euery syde / & by dy∣uerse & sundry ways wherof y^e maner is nat expressed. But so great plente came to hys vse, y^t it was scāt thorow out y^e realme. By reason of whyche scarcytie, vytayll & moche other Mer¦cimonies were exceding good chepe. For at Lōdō a quarter of whete was solde for .ii.s, a fat oxe for .vi.s.viii.d, a fat shepe for .vi.d. & .viii.d.vi. pe∣iōs for a peny, a fatte goos for .ii.d, a pygge for a peny, & so al other vytayl after y^e rate. This yere also vpō holy Rode day or y^e .xiiii. day of Septēbre dyed syr Iohn̄ of Elthā erle of Corne wayl & brother vnto y^e kyng without issu / wherfore y^e sayd erldō fell into y^e kynges hāde. This mā lyeth buryed at westmynster vpō y^e right hāde of y^e hygh aulter. In this yere also apered Stella cometa in englysshe named y^e blasyng starre, in an huge stremyng maner / wherof many & dyuerse con∣strucciōs were had amōge the comō people, whych I passe ouer.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxvii.
	walter Neale.
Henry Darcy.		Anno .xii.
	Nycholas Crane.

IN thys .xii. yere y^e kynge helde hys parlyament, at westmyn∣ster about the tyme of lent. Durynge the whych he made of the erled••m of Cornewayle & duchy, & gaue it with the erledam of Chestre vnto Edward hys sonne. And at thys parlyamente were made .vi. erles / that is to say of Derby, of Northampton, of H••̄tyng¦don, of Salysbury, of Glouceter, & of Suff▪ as Henry of Lancastre was created erle of Derby or after somme wryters of Leyceter, wyllyam de Bo¦thum erle of Northamptō, wyllyam de Clynton erle of Hūtyngedon, wyl¦lyam de Moūtague erle of Salysbu¦ry, Hugh of Audeley erle of Glouce∣ter, & Robert of Ufforde erle of Suf∣folke. And in thys parlyamente was an acte enacted, that no man shulde were no maner of sylk in gowne, cote or doublet, but yf he myghte spende of good rente an hundreth ••••, by yere, whyche acte was nat longe holden. In thys yere also the kynge amonge dyuerse pryuyleges graūted vnto y^e cytezeyns of London, that the offy∣cers of the mayres & sheryfes, shulde from that day forthwarde vse marys of syluer parcell gylte.

The kynge of Fraunce thys yere for so moche as he was credybly en∣fourmed, that kyng Edwarde wolde entre the lande of Fraūce, & to make warre vpō thesame, he therfore made great purueyaunce to resyste hym. For the cōmon fame ranne thanne in Fraūce, y^t kyng Edward entēded nat onely to clayme Gascoyne & Guyan, but also all Fraunce as hys propre & rightfull enherytaunce in the ryghte of hys mother. wherefore the French kynge assembled an huge hoste, and commytted the rule of it vnto the kynge of Nauerne, and to the erle of Alenson brother vnto the sayde Frenche kynge▪ whyche sayde capy∣taynes wyth theyr people awayted dayly the kynge of Englandes com¦mynge / whyche theym for that yere dyspoynted. But as testyfyeth the same Frenche cronycle / kynge Ed∣warde in thys whyle sent into Flaun¦ders a knyghte called syr Barnarde de Brette, for to treate of an amy••e betwene hym and the Flemynges. For this cause, the erle of Flaunders whych was very fast with the Frēch kynge, called hys counsayll to hym, to haue theyr aduyce howe he myght beste ordre hym selfe and hys peo∣ple. In whych coūsayll were dyuers opynyons / so that many thoughte it better for dyuerse consyderacyons / whyche were longe to reherce, that the erle shulde rather preferre the amyte of the kynge of Englande thā of the kynge of Fraunce. Of whyche opynyon was a greate furtherer or promoter a knyghte of Flaunders called Countryssye▪ wyth whome the erle beynge for that cause discontent sent hym to pryson. And soone after at the request of the Frenche kynge, whyche layed vnto hys charge that he hadde receyued greate summes of money of the kyng of Englande, for to procure and styre the Flemynges agayne hym / he was behedded, for whyche dede the dwellers of Gaunte and of Bruges were so miscontente, that they vtterly refused y^e erle & hys counsayll, & made theym stronge to withstande hys displeasure. Than y^e erle was constrayned to gather hys lordes & knyghtes, for the more part of y^e cōmons were agayne hym. And in short proces after met in playn ba¦tayll ī a place called Marchie / where after lōge fyghte, the erle & his holte was put to flyghte; & forced for hys safegard to take a castel named Mal or Malet. In which season kyng Ed¦ward beynge enfourmed of y^e amytie y^t the Flemynges bare towarde hym anon sent vnto them a knyght called

syr Galtyer or walter de Magny, with a goodly company of archers well apoynted / the whyche arryued in an ile called than Cazāter. whome the erle of Flaunders with a certayn of hys knyghtes encountred, & gaue vnto the Englysshemen batayl. But in the ende the erle was shamefully chased, and many of hys gentylmen slayne and takē / as syr Iohn̄ Rodes syr wyllyā Gyll, syr Nycholas Chaū¦cy, with many other slayne. And syr Guy bastarde brother vnto the erle, with dyuerse other taken / of y^t which some were sent as prysoners into En¦glande.

whan the Frenche kyng had vn∣derstandynge of the deuysyon that was betwene the erle and hys subiec¦tes, & how faythfull y^e erle was vnto hym, entendynge to wynne by fayre meanes the fauour of y^e Flemynges, whyche he knewe well he myght nat wynne by rygoure. Than he sente vnto Gaūt the bysshop of saynt De∣nys with other / whych made vnto y^e rulers of y^e towne & of Bruges and other townes there assembled, many fayre behestes & promyses. Amōge y^e whych one was, that the Frēch kyng wolde acquyte vnto them & delyuer vnto theyr vse, all suche lordshyppes & seygnoryes as he than withheld of theyrs and hys progenytours before hym. But all was in vayn. For kyng Edward had so sped hys nedes with thē, by the meanes of one named Ia∣ques de artiuele a mā of Gaūt, which was of great substaūce, & passyng o∣ther in boldenes & capacyte of wytte & discreciō y^t the sayd towne of Gaūt with Bruges, Ipre, Courtryke or Courtrey, Cassyle, and other there about, condyssended and promysed ioyntly and hooly, to refuse y^e Frēche kynge, & to take the kynge of Eng∣landes partye / and the rather for the warre whych before tyme Philip de Ualoyes made vpon them in the be∣gynnyng of hys reygne, as in y^e fyrst yere of the story of the sayde Phylyp shall after appere.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xxxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxviii.
	wyllam of Pountfreyt.
Henry Darcy.		Anno .xiii.
	Hugo Marbre.

IN thys .xiii. yere, kynge Ed∣warde with quene Philip hys wyfe, for more assured stablysshemēt of amyte to be had betwene hym and the Holanders, Selāders, & Brabā∣ders, passed the see in the begynnyng of y^e moneth of Iunii / & sayled wyth a goodly cōpany into the coūtrey of Brabāt, the quene thā beynge great with chyld, where of the erle of Bra∣bāt he was Honorablie receyued. In whyche season of hys there beynge, kyng Edwarde gat vnto hym many frendes. Amonge the whych Lewys of Bauyere, whych than toke vpon hym as Emperour, all be that before that tyme he was of the .xxii. Iohan than pope accursed, was one. Thys Lewys had such fauoure vnto kyng Edwarde, that he assygned▪ and or∣deyned hym for Uycayr of y^e empyre, by reason of whyche offyce kyng Ed¦warde made oute hys commaunde∣mentes, & dyd many thynges to hys aduauntage and profyte.

* 4.29In thys season quene Phylyppe lyenge at Andwarpe, was delyue∣red of a man chylde, that was na∣med Lyonell. And Phylyp de Ua∣loys hauynge knowelege of all thys demeanure of kynge Edwarde, ga∣thered vnto hym greate strenthe /

so that he had about hym innumera∣ble people / and taryed with them at Amyas and there about, from y^e ende of August tyll y^e begynnyng of Octo¦bre. And whā he sawe that kyng Ed¦warde came nat / he deuyded y^e great hoste, in retournyng many of theym into theyr owne countreys / and the other he sente vnto stronge holdes & castelles for to let y^t passage of kynge Edwarde and hys hoste into the lāde of Fraunce. And in thys passe tyme the Frenche kynge had sent dyuerse shyppes vnto the see wyth men of warre, for to take englysshe marchaū¦tes & other that came in theyr course. And so befelle that they encountred with .ii. great shyppes of Englande called the Edward and the Cristofer the whiche as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle were freyght with greate ry¦chesse, and also well manned. Anone as eyther was ware of other / gonnes and shot of longe bowes arblasters & were nat spared on nother syde / so that betwene thē was a cruell fyghte but nat egall. For of the Frenchemē were .xiii. sayles great and smal, and of the Englysshe men but fyue that is to meane these two foresayd great shyppes, two barkys, and a caruyll / the whyche thre small shyppes esca∣ped by theyr deliuer saylynge / & the ii. abode and fought beyonde .ix. hou¦res, in so moche that there was slayn vpon both partyes aboue .vi.C. men But in the ende the sayd .ii. shyppes were taken & broughte into y^e Frēch kynges stremes / and many of the En¦glysshemen that were sore wounded were cast into the see. In thys yere also the sayd Frenschemē of that Na¦uy landed at Southāpton sodeynly: and spoyled the towne, and brente a great parte therof. And ouer this the Frenche kynge made warre in Gas∣coyn, and wanne there dyuerse smal pyles and one strōge castell standing in the countrey of Gascoyne called Agenoys, whych castell was named Pēne. But all this season was kyng Edwarde in Almayne, & made ally∣aunce with dyuerse prynces of that coūtrey and other / and toke assuraū∣ces of them that they shulde ayde & assyste hym to wynne hys ryght and tytle y^• he had to y^• crowne of Fraūce, & after returned into Flaūders, wher he taryed all thys mayres yere.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xxxviii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.xxxix.
	wyllyam Thorney.
Andrew Awbry.		Anno .xiiii.
	Roger Forsham.

IN thys .xiiii. yere kynge Ed∣warde spedyng hys busynesse in Almayn & Flaūders, as in y^e pre∣cedynge yere is touched, retourned into Englande, and called hys hygh court of parlyament at westmynster about y^e tyme of lent. In whyche par¦lyamēt / y^• kyng axed of hys cōmons for the mayntenaunce of hys warre, & to recouer hys ryghte in Fraunce y^e .v. part of theyr moueable goodes, y^e custome of wolles for .ii. yeres to be payed afore hāde, & y^t .ix. shefe of eue¦ry mānes corn / y^t which at lēgth was graūted. And for y^e leuyeng therof, he caused y^e lord{is} of euery shyre thorugh hys lāde to answere to hī, euery lorde for y^t cyrcuyte he dwelled nere vnto. But or all thys graūt were gadered & payed / the loue of the poore people tourned īto hatred, & prayer into cur¦syng. And for y^e kyng shuld nede and occupye for hys prouisiōs moche mo¦ney or this graūt myght be leuied / he

therfore borowed many notable sum¦mes of dyuerse cytyes & partyculer persones of thys lande. Amonge the whyche he than borowed of the cytye of London .xx.M. marke, to be repay¦ed of the money cōmynge of the fore¦sayd graunt / the whych foresayd .xx.M. marke was leuied in the wardes of the cytye in fourme as foloweth. The towre warde was sessed at .iii.C lxv.li, wherof wyllyam of Brykles∣worthe lent .C.li / & the resydue was leuyed of .xii. persones of that warde. Byllyngysgate warde was sessed at vii.C.lxiii.li / wherof Iohn̄ de Caw¦ston lent .ii.C.li, & Aleyn Gyll .ii.C.li and the residue was lēt by .xxvi. per∣ones of that warde.

The brydge was sessed at .vii.C.lxv.li.vi.s.viii.d / wherof Iohn̄ Loue∣kyne bare .ii.c.li., Iohn̄ Malwayn / & Rauffe de Lenone .ii.C.li / and the re¦sydue was borne by .xxxiii. persones of that warde. The warde of Dow∣gate was sessed at .vi.C.lx.li.x.s / of y^e whych Henry Pycarde lent two .C. marke, Bartholmewe Freslyng and wyllyam Lēglyshe .ii.C. marke / & the resydue was leuyed of .xxv. persones of that warde. Langbourne warde was sessed at .ccc.lii.li. syxe .s.viii.d / wherof Thomas Horwolde lent .C.li, Iohn̄ Peche .C. marke / & the reste was lent by .xv. dwellers of y^t warde.

walbrooke warde was sessed at .ix C.xi.li, wherof Iohn̄ Adam lent .ii.C li, Iohn̄ de Bery and Symon Py∣stour peperer .ii.C.li, & Adā de Bery and Iohn̄ Not .ii.C. marke / and the rest was leuyed of .xxiii. persones of that warde.

Bysshoppisgate warde was sessed at .v.C.lix.li.vi.s.viii.d / wherof Adā Frauncesse lent .ii.C.li, & Symonde Browne and Iohn̄ de saynt Albone ii.C.li / & the resydue was leuyed of x. persones of that warde.

Lymestrete warde was sessed at .C x.li / wherof Augustyne waleys lente C.li / and .x.li. was leuyed of .iii. per∣sones of that warde.

Cornehyll warde was sessed at .iii.C.xv.li / wherof Iohan Colyng and Robert Manhale drapers bare that one .C.li, and the laste .C. marke and the rest was leuyed of .xx. persones of the sayd warde.

Chepe warde was sessed at .v.C.xvii.li.x.s / wherof Barthilmew Tho¦masyn mercer lent .cc. poūde, Stephā Caundysshe draper, wyllyā Holbech & Iohan Harwarde eyther of theym C. marke, Iohn̄ Dolsoby goldsmyth cc. marke, and Iohan Fawkys & Ia¦mys Naware eyther of theym .C.li & the rest was leuyed of .lxi. persones of the same warde.

Bradstrete warde was sessed at .v C.lxxx. and .viii.li / wherof Thomas Legge skynner lēt .ccc.li, Iohn̄ Har¦warde stoke .cc. marke / and the resy∣due was leuyed of eyght persones of that warde. Uyntrye warde was sessed at .cccccc.xxxiiii.li.xvi.s.viii.d, wherof walter Turke fysshemonger lent .cc. marke, Iohn̄ Stoday vynte¦ner .C.li / Symonde Bolsely & Iohn̄ Rothynge .cc. marke / and y^e rest was leuyed of .xxiiii. persons of y^e warde.

The warde of Bredstrete was ses¦sed at .cccc.lxi.li.xvi.s.viii.d / wherof Adam Brabesone lent .cc.li, and the rest was leuyed of .xxx. persones of y^e warde. The warde of Nuene hyth was sessed at .cccc.xxxv.li.xiii.s.iiii.d wherof Rychard of Kyslyngbury lēt cc.li, & Iohn̄ of Gloucetre .C. marke / and the resydue was leuyed of .xvii. persones of that warde.

Cord wayner strete warde was ses¦sed at two thousande and hundreth lxxx.xv.li.iii.s.iiii.d / wherof Andrew Awbrey grocer lente .viii. hundreth marke, wyllyam de Cawstone .cc.li, Iames Andrewe and Thomas Brā¦don eyther of them .ii. hūdreth marke

willyam of worceter .ii.C. marke, Io¦han Bechamp and the wyfe of Iohn̄ Halle eyther of them .C.li, and Iohn̄ Bulle, Iohn̄ Gonwardby, & wyllyā Hampstede eche of them .C. marke / & the reste whyche is .vi. hundreth .lxi.xvi.s.viii.d, was lent by .xliiii. perso∣nes of that warde.

The warde of faryngedone within was sessed at .vii.C.xxx.li.xvi.s.viii.d. wherof Gylbert Staynedrope lent ii.C.li. & the reste was leuyed of .lxvii persones of that warde.

Faryngdone without the wallys was sessed at .C.xiiii.li.xiii.s.iiii.d. whyche summe was leuyed of .xxi. {per}∣sones of that warde.

Crepulgate warde was sessed at iiii.C.lxii.li.x.s / wherof Rychard La¦zar mercer lēt .ii.C. marke, Symōde de Bedyngton .C. marke / and the re∣sydue was leuyed of .xxxvii. persones of the sayd warde.

Colmanstrete warde was sessed at M.li.li.xvi.s.viii.d / wherof Symō¦de Fraunces lent .viii.C.li, Henry of warre and Iohn̄ Denys .ii. hūdreth marke / and y^e residue was lent by .vi. persones of that warde.

Candelwyke strete warde was ses¦sed at .C.xxxiii.li.vi.s.viii.d / y^t which sayd summe was leuyed of .xxiii. per¦sones of the sayd warde.

The warde of Algate was stynted or sessed at .xxx.li, and leuyed of syx enhabytauntes of the sayd warde.

Portsokyn warde was sessed at xxvii.li.x.s, & was leuyed of .vii. per∣sones of that warde.

Castell Baynarde warde was ses¦sed at .lxiii.li.vi.s.viii.d, and lent by xii. persones of that warde.

Bassyngeshawe warde was sessed at .lxxix.li.xiii.s.iiii.d, and leuyed of syxe persones.

Aldryshe gate warde was sette or sessed at .lvii.li.x.s / and layed oute or lente by .v. persones of that warde. whyche summe totall of the foresayd xxv. wardes, amounteth to the sūme of .xiii. thousande .iii. hundreth .lxxx. & fyue .li.xiii.s. & .iiii.d. whyche summe excedeth the summe of twenty thou∣sand marke .li.li.vi.s.viii..d. And ye shall vnderstāde that he y^• payed leest towarde thys lowne payed .l.s, & soo ascendyng to these summes aboue re¦hersed. wherof many was sessed at .xl li.l.li. & .lx.li, & many other of dyuerse meane summes.

In thys yere also y^e kyng chaūged hys coyne, & made the noble and the halfe noble of y^• value of syx s.viii.d, whyche at thys day is worthe viii.s.ix.d. or .x.d, & the half noble after the rate yf they kepe the trewe weyghte / and prouided dyuerse other thynges for the weale of hys realme & spede of hys iourney into Fraunce.

WHan kyng Edward had set his lande in an ordre, & had all thyng metely proui¦ded for his nede / he than aboute Lam∣messe sayled into Braban, and there helde hys coūsayl with hys frendes / and by theyr aduy¦ces made clayme to y^e hole crowne of Fraunce as hys ryghtefull enhery∣taunce / & for more auctorytye of the same entermedeled the armes of En∣gland with y^e armys of Fraūce, as ye se them at this daye. Then kynge Phylyp beyng of these thynges war¦ned / gathered an howge hoste, & came with them to a towne called Uermen¦doys. And kyng Edwarde with hys people entred y^e coūtrey called The∣resse / & brēt & wasted y^e coūtrey before hym. Thā kyng Philip drew toward the Englisshe hoste, and came vnto a place or towne called in frēch Buyrō Fosse / where he entended as sayth y^• frenche boke to haue set vpon y^e En∣glysshemen.

But by counsayl of hys lordes, for dyuerse causes he was let to hys dyspleasure. For after y^e daye, he myght fynde no conuenyent tyme for to assayle hys enemyes / so that in conclusyon eyther hoste departed frō other without batayll or fyght / and kynge Edwarde toke hys wey to∣warde Gaunt, & kyng Phylip retour¦ned into Fraunce. Than kynge Ed∣warde by meanes of hys frende Ia∣ques de Artyuele, had all hys pleasu¦re of the towne of Gaunt / & receyued of them othe and homage. And after dyuerse conclusiōs with them and o∣ther takē / he leuyng there the quene after the testymony of some wryters, retourned agayne into Enlāde / & left with the quene, which thā was great with chylde, y^e erles of Salysbury & of Oxynforde / whyche in y^e kynges absence ayded well y^e Flemynges a∣gayne the Frēch kyng, & dyd dyuerse marcyall actes / whyche I here passe ouer. But ī {pro}ces y^e erle of Salysbury was takē prysoner / & diuers englyssh men slayne at y^e assaut of a towne cal¦led y^e Ile in Flaūders or of flaūders.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xxxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xl.
	Adam Lucas.
Andrewe Awbry.		Anno .xv.
	Bartholomewe Marres.

IN thys .xv. yere, whyle y^e kyng was busyed in Englande to make prouysyō for mete & money to withstande the Frēche kyng, aswell for the warre that the sayde Frenche kyng made vpō the Flemynges & o∣ther beyng y^e kynges frendes, as for hys owne particuler causes, y^e quene as before is sayd beyng at the towne of Gaunt, was deliuered of a sonne, which after was named Iohn̄, about Crystmas in the begynnynge of thys mayres yere, & ende of this .xiiii. yere. This chyld whā he came to mannes astate, was surnamed Iohn̄ of Gaūt & was fyrst erle of Rychemoūt & after duke of Lācaster. & also fast as kyng Edwarde {pro}uyded for abylemētes of warre in Englāde, so fast & hasty pro¦uysyō made the Frēch kyng to with∣stande kyng Edward both by lāde & by water / so y^t he had a great & strōge nauy vpō & see. Kyng Edward thā in y^e moneth of Iunii, with .ii.C. sayles tooke shyppynge, & sayled towarde Flaūders / & vpō the see met or came vnto hym syr Robert Morley with y^e north nauye of Englāde / so y^t he had in al aboue .iii.C. sayles. And at myd somer vppon saynte Iohn̄s euyn he fought with the frēch kynges nauy, whyche lay in a wayte for hym nere to the towne called the Sluse. Of thys nauy whyche were in noumber by the reporte of the frēche boke vpō iiii.C. sayles, wherof were chyefe ad∣myralles syr Hugh Queret, & syr Ny¦cholas Buchet, & one named Barbe Noyre or in Englysh Blacke berde / the whych capytayns or admyralles anone as they espied y^e englyssh flote they made towarde thē to begyn the fyght .iiii. galeys set vpō a shyppe of auaūtage which sayled before y^e other named y^e ryche Oliuer / the which .iiii galeys the fore named Barbe Noyre had the cunduyt of / & assayled thys sayd shyppe on euery parte, & bet her with gunneshot & her men with hayl shot excedyngely / so that of the men within her were many slayn and mo woūded, & lykely to haue ben shortly won ne had bē the rescous of her cō∣pany: thā were the sayd foure galeys soone becleped with y^e English nauy, & so cruelly assayled, that they were

borded or they myghte be rescowed. Then approched the hole flote vpon bothe sydes, with hydous & ferefull dynne & noyse of gunnes, with terry∣ble flamynge of wylde fyre & other, with thycke shot of quarelles & arow¦es / and crusshynge of shyppes, y^e hy∣dous & wōderfull it was to beholde / so that many a soule was there expel¦led from theyr bodies ī shorte whyle. This mortall and cruell fyght cōty∣nued as sayth the Frenche story by y^e space of .viii. howres or more, ī suche wyse y^e harde it was to knowe whe∣ther parte had the better / & so many deed and wounded men were cast in∣to the see, that the water whiche was in cyrcuyte aboute them was colou∣red or dyed as reed.* 4.30 But in y^e ende by grace & great māhode of y^e kynge, whiche there was sore woūded. And by his great conforte / y^e Frenchemen were chased, and many of theyr shyp∣pes bowged & taken with many pry∣soners in them. Amonge the whiche the forenamed admyralles or capy∣taynes, syr Nycholas Buchet & syr Hugh Queret were .ii / the whiche in despyte of the Frenchemen were han¦ged vpon y^e sayles of theyr shyppes, which they were takē in. And amōge the shyppes that were at this season taken, were recouered the .ii. foresayd shyppes named the Edwarde and y^e Crystofer / the whiche before were ta∣ken by the Frenchemen, as it before is shewed in y^e .iii. yere of this kynge. In this batayle also as is testyfyed of many and dyuerse wryters, were slayne vpon the noumber of .xxx.M. Frenchemen / al be it y^e Frenche boke nameth so many to be slayne vpon bothe partyes / & excuse this mysfor∣tune by the neglygence of syr Nycho¦las Buchet, whiche kepte the Frēche nauy so longe within the hauen, that they were so closed in with the En∣glysh nauy, y^t a great noūbre of them myght neuer stryke stroke nor shote theyr ordenaunce, but to the hurte of theyr owne company. whā kynge Edwarde had optayned this tryum∣phaunt vyctory of his enmyes, he yel¦ded great thākes vnto god. How be it he was fayne to tary a season with in his shyppe, by reason of a woūde y^e which he had receyued in his thyghe. In whiche season y^e quene his wyfe came to vysyte hym, and retourned agayne vnto Gaūt. And after a fewe dayes passed / y^e kynge departed from Swynne, & rode vnto our lady of Ar¦denbourghe / & sent his nauy in the nexte hauen to Brugys, & moche of his people vnto the towne of Gaūt. And whā he had accōplished his pyl¦grymage, he rode vnto Brugys, and from thense vnto Gaūt / where of the dwellers he was ioyously receyued. Than kynge Edwarde there called a great counsayle / by the whiche it was determyned that he shulde pre∣pare .ii. hostes / wherof y^t one shuld be of y^e mē of Gaūt & of y^e townes there aboute, of y^e which certayne lordes of Almayne shuld haue y^e rule / & y^e other hoste shulde be of mē of Brugys & of Englyssh archers / & of y^e host was or¦deyned syr Robert of Artoys to be le¦der & capitayne. whā y^e sayd .ii. hostes were all garnysshed with all thynge for thē nedeful / y^e fyrst of them was sent vnto y^e town of Turney, and the other vnto y^e towne of saynt Omers. The which .ii. townes at y^e day were lyke strēgth vnto Fraūce, as Calays is now vnto England. wherfore the Frēch kynge for the more suretye of them, sent vnto Tournay the erle of Foys & syr Barthā than marshall of Fraūce, with .iiii.M. men of armis, & vnto saynt Omers he sent y^e duke of Burgoyn with a great cōpany of lor¦des & other. whā sir Robert of Artois had lyen a certeyn tyme before saynt Omers, & many sharpe assautys by

hym and his people had ben gyuen to it, in the whiche dyuerse fortunes fell & chaunces of warre, which were tedyous and longe to wryte / fynally vpon the morowe after saynt Iames day or the .xxvi. day of Iulii / y^e duke of Burgoyne with his retynue yssu∣ed out of the towne, & foughte with y^e sayd syr Robert & his people a lōge season. In y^e which fyght was slayne of the dukes partye the lorde of Ha∣melcourte, syr Froysard de Beaford, the lorde of saynt Uran a lorde of Spayne, & a Burgonyon lorde cal∣led the lorde of Branges, with other dyuerse knyghtes and gentylmen to the noūber of .liiii. as sayth y^e Frēche cronycle / and of the comune people vpon .iii.M. But in short tyme after the power of the duke encreased in suche wyse, that syr Robert with his cōpany was fayne to departe thense, and so yode into Ipre, & there helde hym. Then as aboue is sayde when kynge Edwarde had sent forth y^e fore named .ii. hostes / he with the rest of his people yode vnto a place within .ii. Englysshe myles of Tournaye cal¦led in Frēche le Pount de Pree / and there lodged hym & his people. And Phylyp de Ualoys y^e Frēche kynge, came with his people vnto an house of relegyon, whiche then was called y^e priory of saynt Andrewe. At which two places these two sayde prynces thus lyenge with great strengthes vpon eyther syde / kyng Edwarde by counsceyll of his lordes sent vnto y^e Frenche kynge a letter, conteynynge as foloweth.

* 4.31EDwarde by the grace of god kyng of Englāde & of Fraūce, and lorde of Irelande. Syr Phylyp de Ualoys, by longe tyme we haue ex¦horted by messangers and other ma∣nyfolde maner of wayes, to y^e ende y^t ye shulde restore vnto vs, & do to vs reason of oure ryghtfull enherytaūce of the realme of Fraunce / the whiche ye haue longe occupyed with great wronge. And for that we se well that ye entende to perseuer in youre iniuryous witholdynge without to do vnto vs reason / for our ryght to demaūde we are entred into our lāde of Flaundres as souerayne lorde of the same, and passe by that countre / doynge you ferther to vnderstande, that we haue taken with the helpe of our lorde Iesu chryst the ryght, with the power of the sayd countrey, and with our people them allyed / behol∣dynge the ryght, which we haue in y^e herytage that ye wythholde frome vs with great wronge / and drawe vs towarde you to make a short ende vppon our ryghtfull demaunde and chalenge, yf ye wyll towarde vs ap∣proche. And for so moch that so great power of mē of Armes that came vp∣on our partyes, may not longe holde thē togythers without great destruc∣cyon of y^e people. whiche euery good crysten man ought to eschewe / & spe∣cyally a prynce or other that haue the gouernaunce of people. we therfore moche desyre, y^t in shorte dayes they may mete. And for to eschewe y^e more mortalyte of the people / so that the quarell apparent atwene vs, to the destruccyon of oure chalenge, maye stāde in tryal atwene vs two / whiche thynge we offre vnto you for the cau¦ses aboue sayd. How be it that we re∣membre well the noblenesse of your persone, and your great wysedome & aduysement. And in case that ye wyll not therof / that then in our chalenge be set to afferme the batayll of youre selfe with an hundreth persones of your party of the moste suffycyent / & we in lyke wyse with as many. And yfye wyl that one wey nor the other / that then ye wyll assygne a certayne day before the cytye of Tournay to

fyght with strength agaynst strēgth, within .x. dayes after y^e syght of these letters. And we wolde that all the worlde knewe, that these thynges a∣boue sayd in thys oure desyre is nat for pryde nor for great presumpcion / but for that that oure Lorde myghte set the more reste and peace amonge the crysten / and for that that the ene∣myes of god myght be resysted, and crystendome enhaunced. And y^e way y^t ye wyll chose of these offers aboue∣sayd / wryte agayne to vs by the brin¦ger of these letters, to hym makynge hastye delyueraunce. Gyuen vnder our great seale at Eschine sur le scaut nere vnto the cytye of Tourney, the xv. day of the moneth of Iule. Upon receyt of whych letters the Frenche kynge by the aduice of hys counsayl wrote agayne vnto kynge Edwarde in maner and fourme as foloweth.

The Frenche kynges letter.

PHilip by y^e grace of god kyng of Fraunce / to Edward kyng of Englād. we haue sene a letter sent to Philip de Ualoys brought to our court / in y^e which letter were certayn requestes. And for so moche as the sayd letter came nat to vs / the sayde requestes were nat made to vs, lyke as it apereth by the tenoure of y^e sayd letter. we therfore to you make none answer. Neuerthelesse for that that we vnderstonde by the sayde letter & otherwyse, that ye are enbatelled in our realme of Fraunce, doyng great domage to vs and our sayd realme, & to the people / moued of wyll with∣out reason, nat regardynge y^t which a lyege man ought to regarde to hys lyege and soueraygne lorde / for ye are entred into our homage in youre selfe, a knowelegyng as reason is to the kynge of Fraunce, and promised obeysaunce suche as a lyege man oughte vnto hys soueraygne lorde / lyke as it appereth by youre letters patētes sealed with your great seale, the whyche we haue by vs, and for that shulde you be obedyente vnto vs. Our entente is suche, that whā we shal thynke it good, we shal chase you out of our realme to our honour and mageste royall, and to the profet of our people. And in thys doynge we haue faythfull hope in oure lorde Iesu Chryste, from whome all good to vs commyth. For by your enter∣pryse whyche is of wyll nat reasona∣ble / hathe ben lette the holy voyage ouer the see, and greate quantyte of cristen people put to deth, and y^e holy seruyce of god lefte, and holy chyrch vnworshypped & vnhonoured, wyth many great enormyties. And in that that ye thynke to haue the Flemyn∣ges in your ayde / we thynke vs to be assured, that the good townes and the commons wyll behaue theym in suche wyse agayne vs, and agayne our cosyn the erle of Flaunders, that they wyll saue theyr honoure and trouthe. And in that that they haue mysse done tyll nowe, hathe ben by euyll counsayl of suche people which regarde nat the common weale of the people, but of theyr owne profyte onely. Gyuen in the feelde of the pryory of saynt Andrew besyde Ayre vnder the seale of our secrete sygnet in absence of oure greate seale, the thyrty day of the moneth of Iule.

It was nat longe after that the Frenche kynge hadde thus rescribed vnto kyng Edwarde, but that a mes¦synger came vnto hym frome Tour¦ney for hasty rescouse / for the towne was dayly and sharplye assauted of the Englysshe hoste. wherefore in all haste he sente thyther the duke of Athenesse, the vycounte of Tho∣nart, the vycount of Dannaye / with dyuerse other to y^e noūber of .xv. men of name, with great noūber of peple.

The whych sped thē streyght vnto y^e mount of Cassyle. But or they came the sayd mount was gotten by y^e Fle¦mynges, so that of theyr lodgynge they were dyspoynted. By reason wherof they fered to set vpon the En¦glysshe hoste, or yet to trauayll for y^e remouyng of the sayd syege of Tour¦ney / but toke theyr counceyll & swar¦••ed from Cassyle, and entred y^e lande of the erle of Barry, and dyd moche harme therein, And when they hadde there executed theyr pleasures / they retourned vnto the Frenche kynge.

In thys meane whyle kyng Phi∣lip counsayled with hys lordes, whe¦ther it were better for hym to drawe towarde Tourney to remoue y^e siege or to go into Flaunders and to make warre vpon the townes that helde with kyng Edwarde. By whych coū¦sayll it was thought moste honora∣ble, that he shulde endeuer hym selfe to remoue y^e sayd syege. After whiche conclusiō so taken / he with hys hoste drewe towarde Tourney / and in the ende lodged hym and hys people at a place or towne called at that daye Bowyns, within .iii. myles of Tour∣ney, in whose cōpany was y^e kynge of Nauerne, the kynge of Bohemy or Beame, the dukes of Normandy, & of Loreyne, & of Athenesse or Athēs, the erles of Alensone, of Flaunders, and of Sauoy / with other to the noū¦bre of .xiiii. erles, besyde vycountes, baronettes and knyghtes to a great noumbre. And with kynge Edwarde were these lordes folowynge / the erle of Herford, the erles of Northamptō of Derbye, of Southāpton, of Oxyn¦forde, of Henawd, of Harflete, and of rondell. Also of straungers, the duke of Geldre, and of Sclauonye, & Bra¦bant / with many other vycountes, banerettes, and knyghtes whych I passe ouer. And thus laye these two prynces with two great and myghty hostes within fyue myles, withoute great batayll or fyghte a certayne of tyme. But euer in meane whyle the towne of Tourney was assayled of y^e Englysshe men and Flemynges / the whych defended them manfully and well. In the whyche passe tyme the countesse of Henaude whyche was mother vnto the quene of Englāde, and as testyfyeth the Frenche crony¦cle syster vnto the Frenche kynge, a woman of passynge discrecyon and eloquency, with y^e ayde of other pryn¦ces as the kyng of Beame and other laboured suche a meane of treaty, y^t a daye of dyet was betwene the two kynges appoynted / all be it that dy∣uerse of kyng Edwardes counsayll were sore agayne it, and specyally Iakes de Artyuele. Than for kyng Edwardes party was assygned the bysshoppe of Lyncolne, syr Geffrey Scrope, syr Iohn̄ of Henaude bro∣ther to the erle, & syr wyllyā Cheyny wyth other. And for the Frēche kyng was assygned the kynge of Beame, the erles of Armenake & of Sauoy, syr Lewys de Sauoy and other. And to the ende that thys appoyntement myght take the better effecte / a daye of trewce was concluded tyll mydso¦mer folowynge. But moste wryters testyfyen that kynge Edwarde lefte the syege before Tourney, for defaut of money and neglygēce of his slowe procuratours in Englāde, that sped nat hys nedes there as they shulde. For that one cause and for that other the kynge with hys hoste departed thense vnto Gaunt, and taryed there a certayne of tyme. In whych season the fore named lordes and knyghtes met at Tournay / and there debated the maters of chalenge of kynge Ed¦warde, and certayn artycles concer¦nynge the countrey of Flaunders. In whyche counsayll it was graūted by the Frenche kynges partye, that y^e

Frenche kynge shulde frely departe towarde the maryage of kynge Ed∣wardes chyldren, with the hole seyg∣noryes of Gascoyn and Guyan, and the erledome of Poytyers, in so fre maner that no offycer of the French kyng shuld medle or haue to do with in any parte of those lordshyppes. And for Flaūders it was by the sayd lordes graunted, that the commons of that coūtrey in all customes and lawes shuld be iuged & ruled as they of olde tymes had vsed / and also that all bondes and oblygacyons that in tymes passed the chyefe townes had made to the Frenche kynge for any cause, shulde be cancelled and dely∣uered. And of theyr erle they shulde be acquyted in lyke wyse, for all offē¦ces done before that day. Also all cen¦suryes or curses y^t they before were wrapped in, shulde be clerelye adnul¦led & reuoked, with other cōclusions and offers, whych I passe ouer.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xl.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xli.
	Rycharde Berkynge.
Iohan Oxynforde.		Anno .xvi.
	Iohan Rokyslee.

IN thys .xvi. yere / kynge Ed∣warde vpon saynt Andrewes euyn came to the towre of London, and sent for suche lordes as before he hadde made hys procuratours to leuye hys money in hys absence, and for theyr negligēce & mysdemeanure cast thē in prysō. But in this voyage that the kyng passed from that other syde of the see into England / he had excedynge tempest of wether, so that he passed with great fere and daūger whych tempest after the opynyon of some wryters, was rered by the ne∣gromauncers of the French kyng / to the ende to haue peryshed the kyng, or els to gyue hym the lesse courage to take the see agayne. In thys yere also were sent from y^e .xii. Benet thā pope two cardynalles, to treate of a peace betwene the kynges of Eng∣lande & of Fraunce. The whych con¦cluded a peace betwene the sayd two kynges, aswell for them as for other countreys whych to thē were allyed, for the terme of .iii. yeres and more. In whyche tyme it was agreed, that bothe the sayd kynges by theyr proc¦tours shulde publysshe & declare be∣fore the pope theyr claymes and cau¦ses, to the ende that by hym and his coūsayl a fynall dyreccion & cōcorde myght be set betwene theym. whych agremente of the sayde cardynalles was thus concluded in the towne called Malestrete, aboute the feaste of saynte Gregory in lente / beynge there presente for the kynge of Eng∣lande, the erles of Derbye and of Northampton wyth other / and for the Frenche, kynge, the dukes of Burbon & of Burgoyne, with other for hys party. But thys agremente stoode to lytle effecte. For it nat wyth standynge the warre betwene these two kynges was contynued, so that eyther fortyfyed theyr frendes and allyes. And soone after happened, that where Iohan duke of Brytayn dyed wythout issu / variaunce fel be∣twene Charles de Bloys and Iohn̄ erle of Mountforde, for the tytle of that dukedome / so that betwene thē mortall warre was exercysed, as in the story of Phylyppe de Ualoyes shall after more playnly be decla∣red. whyche warre so contynuynge / the kynge of Englāde ayded y^e party of the erle of Mountforde, and the Frēch king ayded Charles de Bloys

And ouer that duryng the terme of y^e sayde treuce,* 5.1 the French kyng made warre vpon the Gascoynes, as after shall apere. And in Scotlande some styrynge was made thys yere by ex∣cytynge of the Frenche kynge, in so mych that the kynge was fayne to sende thyder a crewe of soudiours to strength suche holdes as he there helde. And in thys yere was y^e quene delyuered of a man chyld at y^e towne of Langeley, the whyche after was named Edmunde, and surnamed Ed¦munde of Langley.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xli.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xlii.
	Iohn̄ Luskyn.
Symond Fraunces.		Anno .xvii.
	Rycharde Kyslyngbury.

IN thys .xvii. yere / kynge Ed∣warde at the request of dyuers of hys yonge lordes and knyghtes, suffered to be exercysed certayn poyn¦tes and feates of warre, as iustys, turnamentes and other. whych were executyd at Dunstable / where the kynge and the quene were present, wyth the more partye of the lordes and ladyes of the lande.

Thys yere dyed the forenamed Iohn̄ duke of Brytayne / by reason of whose deth the warre as in the pre¦cedynge yere is touchyd, grewe by¦twene the sayde Charlys de Bloyes and the erle of Mountforde. Thys Charlys de Bloyes made his claym to that duchery, by tytle of his wyfe, that was doughter of Guy vycount of Lymogys, and seconde brother of the foresayde Iohn̄ duke of Bry∣tayne. And Iohn̄ erle of Mount∣fort claymed by the tytle that he was thyrde brother vnto the forenamed duke. But of thys mater I entende to shewe more playnely, and of the ende therof in the story of Phylyp de Ualoys as before I haue sayde / and rather there than here, bycause the fayte therof was not done in En∣glande but in Brytayne, wherof the sayde Phylyppe pretendyd rule and chyefe sygnory.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xlii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xliii.
	Iohn̄ Stewarde.
Iohn̄ Hamonde.		Anno .xviii.
	Iohn̄ Ayleshm̄.

IN thys .xviii. yere, the kynge shortely after Easter callyd a parlyament at westmynster. In tyme wherof Edwarde hys eldeste sonne was creatyd prynce of walys. And many ordynaūces for the weale of y^e lande there were enactyd, whych for length I passe ouer.

* 5.2In thys yere also Clement the .vi. of y^e name, whyche newly was made pope, toke vpon hym to gyue dyuers bysshopryches and benefyces which then fell voyde in Englande. wher∣wyth the kynge was nothynge con∣tented / in so mych that he sent out cō∣myssyons and strayte commaunde∣mentes, that no man in tyme folow∣ynge shulde present or inducte any suche persone or persones, that so by the pope were promoted wythout y^e agremente of the kynge, as farre as towchyd hys prerogatyue. The sayd pope Clement was fyrste archebys∣shoppe of Roan, and munke of saynt Benettes order, a Frencheman of byrth, and before called Peter / a man

of excellent cunnyng, but a waster of goddes patrymony / & promoted to y^e dygnyte, by instaunt laboure of the Frenche kyng / which sent hys sonne Iohn̄ duke of Normandy & the duke of Burgoyn vnto the cytye of Auy∣nyon or Auygnō, to procure and fur∣ther the eleccyon. By meane wherof he was there chosen pope aboute the vii. day of May, and tronysed in the sayd moneth of May, in the begyn∣nynge of the yere of grace after thac¦compte of the chyrche of Englande, M.CCC. & .xliii. By meanes and fa∣uoure of whyche pope, the Frenche kynges causes and maters betwene kynge Edwarde and hym were some deale promoted. For as testyfieth the Frenche boke / the French kyng thys yere put to deth one mayster Hēry de Malestrete, a graduat man, and bro¦ther vnto syr Godfrey de Malestrete knyght, lately also put to deth by the sayde Frenche kynge, for theyr fyde∣lyte whyche they bare towarde kyng Edward, as hys feodaryes. wherof kynge Edwarde made hys cōplaynt vnto the pope, of thys and other thynges to be done contrary the con∣stytucyons of the former peace con∣cluded by the two cardynalles / and had therof no remedye. In thys yere also kynge Edwarde made a coyne of fyne golde,* 5.3 and named it the Flo∣ryne / that is to say, the peny of the va¦lue of syxe s. viii. d., the halfe peny of the value of thre s. iiii. d, and the far thynge of the value of .xx. d. whyche coyne was ordeyned for hys warres in Fraunce, for the golde therof was nat so fyne as was the noble, whyche he before in hys fourthen yere of hys reygne had caused to be coyned.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xliii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xliiii.
	Geffrey wychyngham.
Iohan Hamonde.		Anno .xix.
	Thomas Legge.

IN thys .xix. yere, the kyng held a solempne feaste at hys castell of wyndsore / where betwene Candel masse and lent were holden or execu∣ted many marcyall actes, as iustes, tournamentes with diuerse other / at the whyche were present many straū¦gers of other landes.‡ 5.4 And in y^e ende therof, he there deuysed the order of the garter, and after stablisshed it as at thys daye it is contynued. In this yere about midsomer, kyng Edward wyth a stronge armye sayled vnto Sluse, and so into lytle Brytayne. But for he was dyspoynted of the ayde of the Flemynges, by reason of the deth of hys trusty frende Iaques de Artyuele, whyche than was slayn of the Flemynges of Gaunt, by a cō∣spyracy that they made agayne hym by suche as fauoured the partye of y^e French kyng / he tourned home into Englande agayne the same yere / le∣uynge behynde hym the erle of Sa∣lysbury with a stronge company, to ayde Iohn̄ erle of Moūtforde agayn syr Charles de Bloys. The whyche Iohn̄ by the ayde of the Englysshmē wan diuerse townes & holdes in Bry¦tayne, vpō the sayd syr Charles & his Frenchmē. But in the ende of thys yere he was taken with such sykenes y^t he dyed in a towne called Corenty∣ne. After whose deth the sayd Char∣les posseded the more parte of the du¦chye of Brytayne.

Thys yere the kyng sent y^e erle of Derby with a strōg army into Guyā for to ayde the erle of Northāpton / whome y^e kynge before had left there

at Burdeaux, to strēgth that coūtrey agayne the French men. To whome after the dethe of the forenamed syr Iohn̄ erle of Mountforde, drewe ma¦ny of the soudyours that were on his partye.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xliiii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.xlv.
	Edmunde Hempnale.
Rychard Lacer.		Anno .xx.
	Iohn̄ Glouceter.

IN thys .xx. yere or later ende of the .xix. yere, y^t is to wyt aboute saynt Nycholas tyde in the begyn∣nynge of thys mayers yere / the fore∣sayd erles of Derby & Northampton had won the towne & castel of Berga¦rat in Gascoyne, & slewe there the erle of Ualētynoys chefe capytayne ther∣of / & toke there a noble man called y^e erle of the Ilys, wyth many other ryche prysoners. And about Apryll y^e sayd erles wanne a strōge towne cal∣led the Ryall. wherof heryng Philip de Ualoys, in all haste sent hys sonn̄ Iohn̄ duke of Normandy to wyth∣stande & to gyue batayll vnto y^e sayd erles. But whan the sayd duke was nere vnto the Englysshemen, he had suche tydinges of theyr strength that he retourned vnto hys father agayn. For the whych dede hys father wyth hym was greuously discontented / in so moche y^t by y^e occasiō to auoyd his fathers displeasure, he retourned īto Gascoyne, & layed siege vnto y^e castel of Aguyllon / & there remayned tyll y^e moneth of August folowing without gettynge of it any aduauntage / at whych season he retourned agayn to his father. After whose departure the erle of Northāpton with hys cōpany gatte a strōge towne called in french la Roche Darien / which is to meane the Roche or Rocke of Aryen. In the tyme of whyche warre thus cōtinued in Brytayne & Guyan / the Frenche kyng made purueyaunce to defende hys lande agayne kyng Edward, for whome he awayted dayly. And kyng Edwarde as faste gathered money, & made hys dayly purueyaunce to pre∣pare hym thyderwarde.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xlv.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xlvi.
	Iohn̄ Croydon.
Geffrey wychyngham.		Anno .xxi.
	wyllyam Clopton.

IN this .xxi. yere, kyng Edward helde hys parlyament at west∣mynster about the tyme of lent. And in the moneth of Iuly folowynge, he toke shyppynge and sayled into Nor¦mandy, & landed as wytnesseth the Frēche cronicle at a place in that pro¦uynce named in Frenche la Hougne sent Uast, with .xi.C. sayles greate & small, y^e .xii. day of y^e foresayd moneth of Iuly. And anone as he was lāded, he cōmaunded hys people to waste y^e countrey before them. And by the le∣dyng of a knyght called syr Godfrey Harcourte / he was broughte vnto a towne called Melly, and from thens vnto Mountboure, where the kynge wythe all hys people rested hym a season.

In the whyche tyme the sayde syr Godfrey brent & spoyled the coūtrey of Cōstantyne there nere adioynyng. Than kyng Edward departed frō y^e foresayd towne, & went vnto a strōge towne called Karenten or Karenton / the whyche he gate wyth the castell

to the same belongynge. And so con∣tinued his iourney, y^t vpō the .xx. day of y^e sayde moneth of Iule, he layed hys syege before the cytye or towne of Caen. wherin were at y^e daye chyef capytaynes, the bysshop of Bayen, y^e erle of Ewe, the lorde of Turnebu, wyth other dyuerse knyghtes & men of name. Than kyng Edwarde com∣maunded that the sayd towne shulde be assayled / y^e whych was done with so great force, & specyally with suche stronge and cōtynuall shot, that the Frenchmē forsoke the wallys & drew them towarde the castell. And in pro∣cesse after longe & cruell fyght, y^e En∣glysshemen entred the towne, & there toke prysoners. Amonge the whyche there was taken y^e cōstable of Fraūce & the kynges chaūberleyne.* 5.5 Than the Englysshemen spoyled and pyl∣led the towne of Caen / and bare the pyllage vnto theyr shyppes, whyche after was conueyed by them into En¦glande. whan kynge Edwarde had thus spoyled and brent a parte of the towne of Caen, & forced the bysshope of Bayen & the other capytaynes to take the castell for theyr refuge / con∣siderynge the strength of the same he departed thens, and so sped hym to∣warde the cytye of Roan chefe & prin¦cypall cytye of Normandye. But the Frenche kynge with a greate power was in thys whyle comē vnto Roan̄, & had broken the brydges, and stop∣ped the passages in suche wyse, that kynge Edwarde was fayne to leue y^e way / so that he costed toward Parys and came to a stronge towne called Uernon, & from thens to a towne na¦med Amyrlene / at whych townes he was resysted & loste some of hys sou∣dyours. And the .xii. daye of Auguste he came to a towne named Poysy, & taryed there .vi. dayes / and from thēs yode vnto saynt Germayn. And euer syr Godfrey de Harcourt byeng in y^e vawarde, brent the townes & spoyled the coūtrey as he went

And lyke as kyng Edwarde with hys hoste thus passed the coūtrey to∣warde Parys / so in lyke maner the Frenche kynge with hys power, pas∣sed or helde hys way towarde y^e sayd cytye / beynge so nere sundry tymes, that eyther hoste had syght of other. But the ryuer of Seyne was euer be¦twene them, so that for it they myght nat ioyne in batayll. whan kyng Ed∣warde was comyn to a towne called saynt Clowe / he set fyre therin, which was sene vnto Parys. whyche put y^e cytezeyns in great fere, in so moch as wytnesseth the Frēch cronycle, that if the Frēch kyng had nat ben there pre¦sent / the cytye shulde haue be yelden vnto kyng Edwarde. Thā kyng Ed¦ward seynge he myght nat passe the ryuer of Seyn towarde y^e citie of Pa¦rys, occupyed all y^e chefe palaysys & royall Manours, where the Frenche kynges were accustomed for to so∣iourne and lye at / & dranke the wyne & occupyed suche stuffe & necessaryes as he there fande. And at hys depar∣tyng set fyre vpō them, & cōsumed the more parte of them. As at poyzy one, at saynt Germayne an other, and at Mount Ioy the thyrde / & brente the towne of Poyzy, reseruyng an house of nunnes, whyche was founded by Phylyp le Beawe father vnto kyng Edwardes wyfe. Here ye shal vnder stāde that the auctours or wryters fa¦uoureth theyr owne nacyon.* 5.6 For the Englysshe wryters say, that y^e Frēch kyng fledde / & brake the brydges as he went, to the ende that the Englysh hoste shuld nat wynne to the French men to gyue vnto thē batayll. And y^e Frenche boke sayeth, that kynge Ed¦warde fled, & wolde nat abyde batayl with the Frenche men / wherefore the Frēch kyng brake the brydges to the entent that y^e Englyssh mē shuld nat

escape hys daūger. But howe it was as sayth an other wryter called Iohn̄ Froysarde / the commons of Fraūce thought it a greate dyshonoure vnto all the lande, that the Englyssh hoste shuld so passe thorough the harte or myddell of Fraunce / and to occupye the kynges chief lodgynges, & nat to be foughten with of all that season. whych myght nat be after the opiniō of the sayd common people, wythout great treason of suche as were nere about the kyng. Thā kyng Edward was so closed by reason of brekynge of brydges, y^t he was forced to drawe backe, and to reedyfye the brydge of Poyzy. The whiche was repayred in so stronge wyse, that he & hys hoste passed there ouer withoute parell. Howe be it that in the tyme of repay∣rynge of it, the French kyng sent thy¦der .ii.M. men to let the sayde werke. But the archers kept theym of wyth theyr shot, in so sharpe maner, that y^e more partye of them was slayne, and the werke {per}fyghted as aboue is sayd Than kyng Edwarde entred the coū¦trey of Pycardy / & the French kynge remoued frome saynte Denys vnto saīt Germains, & frō thens to a town called Aubeuyle in Poyteau, & from thens to Antoygne. In thys whyle kyng Edward with baner dysplayed came vnto the cytye of Beauuayze, & assayled the towne. But the towne was wel garnisshed with soudyours which defēded theyr enemyes vygou¦rously. wherfore kynge Edwarde cō∣syderynge, he myghte nat lyghtely wynne that towne, sette the bulwer∣kes on fyre / and so departed thens, & yode vnto a place called in Frenche Soygnouile or Blāke Tache. where he passed the water of Sum vpon a frydaye the .xxv. daye of August, and lodged hym & hys people nere vnto a forest called Cressy or Crecy. wher∣of whan the French kyng was ware anone he sped hym frome the fore na¦med towne of Antoygne vnto Au∣beuyle agayne. where after he hadde refresshed hym and hys people, he rode vnto an abbey faste by the fore∣named towne of Cressy.

In thys passe tyme, Iohn̄ duke of Normandy and sonne of Phylyp de Ualoys, whyche as in the precedyng yere is towched, layd hys syege vnto the castell of Aguyllon, herynge that hys father was thus warreyed wyth the kyng of Englande / brake vp his syege, and came with hys strengthe vnto hys father.

THese .ii. greate hostes thus lod∣ged within lytle compasse, nere vnto the forenamed towne of Cressy / vpon the saterdaye folowyng the feaste of saynt Bartholmewe, be∣ynge the .xxvi. day of the monethe of August, eyther cruelly assayled other and foughte there a mortall & sharpe batayll. whereof in the ende kynge Edwarde gloryouslye was victoure, and chaced the Frenche kynge / and slewe in that fyght after the sayenge of moste wryters, the kynge of Bohe¦my or Beame sonne of Henry y^e Em∣peroure, vii. or the. eyght, the duke of Loreyne, the erle of Alenson brother vnto the Frēche kynge, Charles erle of Bloys, the erles of Flaunders, of Sancer, of Narcourt, and of Fyen∣nes, wyth dyuerse other to the noum¦ber of eyght bysshoppes and erles, & xvii. lordes of name / and of baneret∣tes, knyghtes, and esquyers, beyōde the noumber of .xvi. hūdreth / so that as concludeth the Frenche hystorye, in that batayll was slayne the floure of the Chyualrye of Fraunce, and of the cōmons vpō .viii.M. men / & that the realme of Fraūce that day sustey¦ned such confusiō, that the lyke ther∣of had nat be sene many yeres passed /

and y^t be people and men of no repu¦tacyon, as archers, by the vyolence of theyr importune shot, whych hors nor man myght stande agayne. Thā the Frenche kyng with a small com∣pany fledde sore hurte vnto a towne called Broy, & lodged there y^e nyght folowynge. And kyng Edwarde be∣ynge warned that an other hoste of enemyes was commynge towarde hym / abode styll in the same feelde, & set good watches, & made great fyres thorough the hoste, and so cōtynued tyll the monday folowynge. Upon whyche day in the mornynge apered to them a new hoste of Frenche men / to the whych they gaue batayle, and slewe of them more in noumbre thā was slayne vpō the saterday before. But of capytaynes or men of name the auctor reherseth none.

Than kyng Edwarde gaue great thankes vnto god of his tryumphāt vyctory / and after departed frō that towne of Cressye, and toke hys waye towarde Moustruell, and from thēs to Boleyne, and lastlye to Caleys. wherof than was capytayne vnder y^e Frenche kyng a Burgonyō knyght named syr Iohn̄ de Uyēne / to whom kyng Edwarde sent that he shuld de¦lyuer vnto hym the sayde towne of Caleys. But for the kynge receyued from hym no comfortable answere / he immedyatly layde hys syege vnto the sayd towne, whych was vpon the thyrde day of the moneth of Septē∣bre / & there abode a certayn of tyme in makynge of assautes to the same. In whyche tyme and season the erle of Derby lyenge at Burdeaux, and hauynge the rule of Gascoyne and Guyan / wan dyuerse townes & hol∣des from the Frenchemen, as the townes called Sayntez in Poyteaw saynt Iohn̄ de Angely, and y^e towne of Poytyers. In the whyche he had excedyng treasoure and rychesse / soo that he & hys sowdyours were great¦ly enryched, by the pyllage that they wan in those townes and coūtrey to them adioynaunt. And whā the sayd erle had spoyled the sayd townes, & brent a greate parte of the foresayde cytye of Poytyers, and the kynges palays within the same / he than at hys pleasure retourned vnto Bur∣deaux.

In thys passe tyme also, the Frēch kyng to the entente to haste kyng Ed¦warde into Englande / sent Dauyd le Bruze some tyme kynge of Scot∣tes, into y^e lande with a strōge army. The which gathered vnto hym such lordes and knyghtes of Scotlande as before tymes fauoured hys party and with them entred the boundes of Northumberlande, & spoyled that countrey without pyte. But it shall apere by other auctoures, that thys Dauyd le Bruze at thys daye hadde recouered the crowne of Scotlande / and that Edwarde de Bayloll was than dede, whych before was kynge. Than it foloweth whan the archebis¦shop of yorke with other lordes than lefte in Englande, herde tell that the Scottes were thus entred the lande anone the sayd archebysshppe, with syr Henry Perse, syr Rafe Neuyle, & syr Gilbert Umfreyle knyghtes, and other gentylmen aswell spyrytuall as other, apparayled theyin in theyr best maner and sped them towarde y^e Scottes / so that they mette with thē and gaue vnto them batayll vpon y^e euyn of saynt Luke or the .xvii. daye of Octobre in a place faste by Durhā called at that daye Neuyles crosse. where god shewed to the Englysshe men suche grace, that they scōfyted y^e Scottes, and slew of them great foy¦son / and toke prysoners the sayd Da¦uid le Bruze, syr wyllyam Dowglas syr Thōlyn Fowkys, with other of y^e nobles of Scotlande / the whyche

shortely after were surely conueyed vnto the towre of London, and there kepte as prysoners.

whā kynge Edward from the .iii. day of Septembre as before is sayd, hadde by sondry tymes assayled the towne of Caleys, and sawe well he he might nat shortly wynne it / he pro¦uyded for hī & hys people to lye there all y^e wynter folowynge / so y^t for the lodging of hym & his hoste, he made so many houses & lodges, that it se∣med an other Caleys. wherfore in {pro}∣ces of tyme duryng y^t syege, of the vy¦telers & suche as dayly resorted vnto y^e kynges hoste, it was named newe Caleys. where y^e kyng in proper per∣sone abode al the wynter folowyng, & the more parte of the next somer as after shall apere.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xlvi.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xlvii.
	Adam Bramson.
Thomas Legge.		Anno .xxii.
	Rycharde Basyngstoke.

THys .xxii. yere, kyng Edward after the stormy wynter was ouerpassed / he cōmaunded certayne shyppes to be ioyned mo in noumbre vnto such as before had kept the see, that no vytayll shuld come to the in∣habytaūtes of Caleys / so that y^e sayd towne was fayne to holde them con∣tent with such olde store as they had for any newe that to them myghte be cōueyd or sent. And the kynges hoste was plentuously vytaylled by y^e Fle¦mynges, & by other vytayllers dayly commyng out of Englande.

Kynge Phylyppe hauynge dayly worde of the strength of his enemyes and the encreace of them, as by Ester lynges and other nacions that kyng Edwarde had to hym allyed / & sawe well that withoute the sayde towne were shortly rescowed, it shulde short¦ly be yolden into the handes of hys enemyes, to the great hurte of all the realme of Fraunce: wherfore after a great counsayll holden at Parys, he chaunged hys money to hys greate auaūtage / and ouer that set an inpo∣sicion vppon hys commons, to theyr great grudge & murmure. And that done he toke his leue of saint Denys about the quyndene of Pasche, and so yode vnto a towne called Hesdom̄ where he taryed the gaderyng of hys hoste, so longe that it was nere vnto the feast of mary Magdaleyn or hys people were all assembled. At whych season he set forthwarde to the town of Caleys, to remoue y^e kynge of En∣gland from that syeg•• / and so spedde hym, that about the ende of y^e moneth of Iuly, he drewe nere vnto Caleys. The whyche before hys commynge was yolden vnto kyng Edwarde / so that the Frenche cronicle sheweth no thynge of the Frenche kynges shame full departyng, lyke as it is rehersed in the Englysshe cronycle, & of other wryters that wryte of the same.

‡ 5.7 Than after moste wryters, y^e town of Caleys was yolden to kynge Ed∣warde about the ende of Septembre after the kynge had contynued there hys siege an hole yere and somedeale more. After receyte wherof he taryed in the towne vppon a moneth, & voy¦ded clene all the olde inhabytauntes and Frenchemen, and stored it wyth Englysshemen, and specyally wyth Kentyshmen. And whan he had sette that towne in a sure ordre and gy∣dynge, and graunted a peace for .ix. monethes at the requeste of two car∣dynalles sente frome the forenamed pope Clement the syxte, to be holden

betwene hym and the Frenche kyng / he sayled wyth great tryumphe into Englande, and came to London a∣boute the feaste of saynte Romayne or the thre and twenty daye of Octo∣bre / where he was ioyously receyued of the cytezeyns, and so cōueyed vnto westmynster.

In thys yere also an Englysshe knyght called syr Thomas Agorne, capytayne of the roche of Aryan be∣fore spoken of in the .xx. yere of thys kyng, was fiersly warred of syr Char¦les de Bloys. But after many byke∣rynges & skyrmishes, a day of batayl was set betwene the sayd Charles & Thomas. Or after the Frēche bokes declaration, the sayd Charles assau∣tynge that towne vpō one partie / the sayd syr Thomas wyth a cōpany of stalworth archers & sowdyours, issu∣ed out at an other parte of the towne & beset the sayd syr Charles & hys cō¦pany about / & assayled them in suche wyse, y^t in the ende the more partye of hys cōpany was taken and slayne, & the sayd syr Charles there takē amōg the other. And of men of name were there slayne, y^e vicoūt of Roan, y^e lord Dernall, y^e lord of Quyntyne, wyth syr wyllm̄ hys sōne, y^e lord of y^e castell of Bret, y^e lord of the roche, & syr Gef∣frey Turneuew, with many other mē of honour, whych I passe ouer. And after the sayd Charles was healed of suche woūdes as he had receyued in that fyght / he was conueyed into En¦glande, & there kept as prysoner.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xlvii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.xlviii.
	Henry Pycarde.
Iohn̄ Luskyn.		Anno .xxiii.
	Symonde Dolsely.

IN thys .xxiii. yere, fyll great cō∣tynuall rayne from mydsomer to Crystmas, whereof ensued exce∣dynge floddes. By reason wherof the grounde was sore corrupted, so that dyuers inconueniences ensued vpon the same, as sykenes & other, as in y^e yeres folowynge shall apere. And in Fraunce thys yere the people dyed wonderfully in dyuers places of the realme / so vehemently that in the cy∣tye of Parys dyed in thys yere or lyt tell more, ouer .l.M. people / and at saynt Denys beyonde .xiiii.M. And in Italy and many other countreys, thys mortalytye aboute thys season reygned also inportunely / and that in Hethēnes aswell as in cristēdome.

And in the ende of thys yere about the ende of August / thys mortalytye began in dyuers places of England, and specyally at London / and so con¦tinued to the sayd moneth of August next ensuynge. And vpō that ensued sterylite or bareynes, aswel of the see as of the lande, so that vytaylle and corne was more scante than it was before.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xlviii.		Anno dsii .M.CCC.xlix.
	Adam Bury.
wyllyam Turke.		Anno .xxiiii.
	Rauffe Lynne.

IN thys .xxiiii. yere, the mortali¦tie beforesayde in Englande & specyally in London moost feruētly raynynge / a treasone, as after ap∣pereth was conspyred, to haue brou∣ghte the towne of Caleys agayne

to the Frenche kynges possessyon. Kynge Edwarde beforetyme hadde commytted one of the towres of Ca∣leys vnto a Ianuay to whō he mych trusted. wyth the whyche Ianuay a knyght of Burgoyn named syr God¦frey de Charny, was very famylyer / in so mych that the sayd syr Godfrey at conuenyent leysex brake vnto the sayde Ianuay, for the betrayenge of y^e towne of Caleys. The which gaue vnto hym lykynge answere / so that the sayd Ianuay agreed for certayn sōme of money to be payde in hande, to deliuer vnto the sayd syr Godfrey and suche other as he then shulde brynge wyth hym, the towre that he then hadde in kepynge. By meane wherof he shulde shortly after haue the rule of the towne. In tyme of dry¦uynge and of apoyntynge of whiche bargayne as sayth the Frenche cro∣nycle / this Ianuay sent secrete word vnto the kynge of Englande / requy∣rynge hym in secrete wyse to come vnto Caleys. The whyche then hol∣dynge hys Crystmas at Hauerynge Bower in Essex, vppon the morowe after newe yeres daye toke hys shyp¦pynge, and landed that nyght at Ca¦leys, in so secrete maner that fewe of the towne knewe of his there beyng.

whan the daye of apoyntmente of delyuery of this foresayd towre was comyn, and thys Ianuay hadde re∣ceyued hys payment / at an houre as∣sygned bytwene the sayde syr God∣frey & hym, a tokē was gyuē by thys sayde Ianuay, that the Frenchmen shulde drawe nere vnto y^e sayd towre to wynne theyr pray.

Then the sayd syr Godfrey wyth a certayne noumber came wythin y^e daūger of the towne of Caleys, war∣nyng y^e resydue of hys cōpany that they shuld tary there tyll he were en∣terde y^e towne / & than at his sendyng to come in all spedy wyse. But so soone as the sayde syr Godfrey was nere vnto the towre, a busshment of sawdyoures were sente out at a pos∣sterne / the whiche closed hym and his Frenchemen vpon all sydes, & slewe of them many. Amonge the whiche, syr Henry de Boys knyght, with syr Gautyer de Ualence, and syr Robert of Beuuays knyghtes, were slayne / And the sayd syr Godfrey taken sore wounded / and the lorde of Mount∣morency escaped with great daūger, the whithe gaue warnynge vnto the other company and returned theym into Fraunce. Than the sayd God∣frey de Charney was layde vpon a¦borde, and so presented vnto kynge Edwarde the whiche had suche pyte of hym, that he cōmaunded his owne surgyons to loke vnto hym, and to cure hym in theyr best maner. And whā he was somdeale cured he was sente as a prysoner with other into Englande.

In this yere also the kynge cau∣sed to be coyned grotes & halfe gro∣tes, the whiche lacked of the weyght of his former coyne .ii. s. vi.d. in a .li. Troy.* 5.8 And aboute the ende of Au∣gust sessed the mortalyte or dethe in London / y^e whiche was so vehemet and sharpe within y^e sayd cytie, that ouer the bodyes buried in churches, and churcheyerdes, monasteries and other accumed buryeng places / was buryed that same yere in the charter∣house yerde of London .l.M. perso∣nes and aboue.

This yere also was y^e yere of Iu∣bile or clene remyssyon, whiche is kept at Rome at euery .l. wynter ende lyke as the yere of Iubile or grace is contynued at Cauntorbury.

And thys yere by the laboure of two cardynalles sent from pope Cle∣mēt the .vi, was a peace cōcluded by∣twene the two kynges of Englande & of Fraūce for a yere, nere vnto the

owne of Caleys. wherefore the sta∣blysshynge of the sayde peace for the sayde yere, assembled the two sayde cardynalles. And for the kynge of Englande, the bysshoppe of Norwy¦che than treasourer and chyefe chan¦celler of the kynge, with other vnto hym by the kynge assygned. And for the Frenche kynge, was there the bysshop of Laone, and the abbot of saynt Denys wyth other.

And the .xxiii. daye of the moneth of Auguste. In thys yere and yere of our lorde .xiii. hundreth and fyfthty, dyed Phylyppe de Ualoyes kyng of Fraunce.* 5.9

Anno domini .M.CCC.xlix.		Anno domini .M.CCC.l.
	Iohn̄ Notte.
Rycharde Kyllyngbury.		Anno .xxv.
	wyllyam worcestre.

IN thys .xxv. yere about y^e feast of the decollacyon of saynte Iohn̄ Baptyste in the latter ende of August / a noble man of Spayne cal¦led syr Charles, to whome kynge Iohan of Fraunce had newely gyuē the erledome of Angolesme, enten∣dynge to wynne some honoure vpon the Englysshemen, wyth a stronge nauy of Spaynardes entrede y^e En∣glysshe stremys, and dyd moche har¦me vnto kynge Edwardes frendes. ‡ 5.10 So that the kyng about the season abouesayde, mette wyth the sayde nauy vpon the cooste of wynchelsee / where betwene the kynge and them was a longe and mortall fyghte, to y^e greate losse of moche people vppon bothe partyes. But in the ende god sente vnto the kyng vyctory / so that he chased hys enemyes, and wanne frome theym .xxii. of theyr shyppes after moost wryters, wyth many pry¦soners.

And thys yere syr Thomas of Agorne, whiche as in the .xxii. yere of thys kyng{is} reygne, toke prysoner syr Charles de Bloys and other / was slayne by chaunce medle of a knyght of Fraunce or Brytayne called syr Rauffe de Caours.

And thys yere were solempne mes¦sangers sente vnto Rome, for to con∣clude and parfyte the peace betwene the two kynges of Englande and of Fraunce. So that kynge Edward shulde resygne and gyue vp all hys tytle and clayme that he made vnto the crowne of Fraunce / & the French kynge shulde clerely gyue vnto hym all the duchye of Guyan / wyth all suche landes as at any tyme before were taken by any of hys progeny∣toures from it. And that kyng Ed∣warde and hys heyres kynges shuld freely holde and occupye the sayde duchye, wythout doynge of homage to any Frenche kyng after that day. But the conclusyon of thys matyer was so prolonged and deferred by y^• pope,* 5.11 and such delayes as dayly ben vsed in the courte of Rome, that the erle of Derby wyth other, whyche were appoynted for the kynge of En¦glande, retourned wythoute spede of theyr cause. wherfore kynge Ed¦warde made new prouisyōs to warre vpon kyng Iohn̄ of Fraunce.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.li.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lii.
	Iohn̄ wrothe.
Andrewe Awbry.		Anno .xxvi.
	Gybbon̄ Stayndrope.

IN thys .xxvi. yere, the castel of Guynys was yolden vnto the Englysshmen dwellynge in Caleys / whyche as testyfyeth the French cro¦nicle was done by treason of a Frēch man named Guyllyam de Beaucō∣roy. For the whyche treason the sayd Guyllyam was shortely after put in execucyon in the towne of Amyas.

And about the myddell of August vppon the euyn of our Lady assump¦cyon / syr Guy de Neale than mar∣shall of Fraunce, wyth a stronge cō∣pany gaue bataylle vnto the En∣glysshemen than beynge in Brytayn in the whych the sayde syr Guy with the lord of Brykebet and the Chaste leyne of Beaunais, with many other noble men were slayne, & many takē prysoners.

Anno domini .M.CCC.li		Anno domini .M.CCC.lii.
	Iohn̄ Peche.
Adam Fraunceys.		Anno .xxvii.
	Iohn̄ Stodeney.

THe somer of thys .xxvii. yere was so dry, that it was many yeres after called the drye somer. For from the latter ende of Marche tyll the latter ende of Iuly, fyll lytell rayne or none / by reason wherof ma¦ny inconuenyences ensued.

And one thynge whyche is spe∣cyally noted / corne the yere folow∣ynge was scante / whereof the pryce thys yere began to enhaunce great¦ly / and beuys and mottons were also dere for scantnesse of grasse and pasture / and that aswell was expert in Fraunce as in the ile of Englāde.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.liii.
	Iohn̄ welde.
Adam Fraunceys.		Anno .xxviii.
	Iohn̄ Lytell.

IN thys .xxviii. yere, kynge Ed∣warde holdynge hys parlya∣ment at westmynster / amonge other thynges there enacted, soone after Pentecoste created the erle of Derby duke of Lācastre, & ••yr Rauffe Staf¦forde was created erle of Stafforde. Than thys duke of Lancastre was sent agayne ouer the see / wherein the ende of this yere as witnesseth Iohn̄ Froysarde, he was appealed of the duke of Bryswyke a duke of the coū¦tre of Almayne, of certayne wordes contrary hys honoure, for the whych he waged batayll with the sayd duke in the court of the Frenche kyng.

Than thys Henry whych of some wryters is named Henry Bolyng∣broke duke of Lancastre, purchased hys sauffe conduyte of the Frenche kyng / and kepte hys day appoynted for that bataylle, in a felde called in Frenche La preauxclers. where for them was ordeyned a place lyested and cloosed in goodly wyse / kynge Iohan beynge presente wyth the more parte of hys nobles of Fraūce. And there came in fyrst into that feld the forenamed duke Appellaūte / & after thys noble duke of Lācastre, to the great honour of all Englande. And soone after dyuers obseruaūces accordyng to the law of armys done & solempne othes taken / eyther set in the rest to haue rōne the fyrst course. But kynge Iohan of hys especyall

grace ceased y^e mater, & toke the qua∣rell into hys handes / so that eyther of theym departed the felde wythout any stroke strykynge / and pacyfyed the appeale, to the honoure of the duke of Lancastre as wytnesseth the Frenche boke, nat wyth standynge he was the French kynges enemye.

And soone after the sayde duke of Lancastre wyth other nobles assyg∣ned to hym by the kyng of England, wentte to Auynyon, wyth the arche∣bysshoppe of Roan than chaunceller of Fraunce, and the duke of Burbō and other appoynted for the kynge of Fraunce / to conclude efte a peace betwene theyr two prynces. The whyche at the cytye beforesayd were harde at lengthe, before the newe pope than named Innocente the .vi. whych also lyke to hys predecessour was a Frencheman / and cardynall of Lymosyne in Normādy, called by hys proper name Stephan Aubert. In conclusyon after great argumēte made on eyther partye before the po∣pe and hys counsayl / fynally it was agreed, that y^e peace betwene the .ii. kynges shuld be kept & holden inuio¦late tyll mydsomer next folowynge.

Anno domini .M.CCC.liii.		Anno dn̄i .M.CCC.liiii.
	wyllyam Tontynghm̄.
Thomas Legge.		Anno .xxix.
	Rycharde Smert.

IN thys .xxix. yere / kynge Ed∣ward by the aduyce of hys coū¦sayll, for so moche as the townes of Flaunders brake theyr promyse be∣fore tyme made, and helde nat the bā¦des of amyte by theym promysed by the lyfe of Iaques de Artyuele, but fauoured the Frēche kynges partye: therefore he with drewe from theym the markettes and staples of wolles, that in sondry townes of Flaunders had than lately by the prouycyon of the foresayd Iaques, to theyr greate aduauntage vsed to be kept / and or∣deyned than the sayde staples to be holden in sondry good townes of En¦glande, as westmynster, Chychester, Lyncolne, Brystowe, and Caunter∣bury.

And shortely after Easter / the Frenche kynge sent hys eldest sonne Charles dolphyne of Uyenne into Normandy, for to take the rule of y^e countre / and specially for to sease cer¦tayne landes & castelles, whyche at y^e daye belonged vnto the kyng of Na∣uerne, whyche than was oute of the Frenche kynges fauour, for the deth of syr Charles of Spayne constable lately of Fraūce, y^t he had by his mea¦nes murdered in a towne called the Aygle in Normandy, vpō .ii. yeres be¦fore passed. And whyle y^e sayd dolphy¦ne was thus besyed in Normādy / he made suche meanes to y^e rulers ther∣of, that they graūted vnto hym ayde of .iii.M. mē for .iii. moneths, at theyr proper costes and charges.

Of thys soone after sprange suche tydinges, y^t the kyng of Englād was enfourmed that the Frēch kyng had gyuen to hys sonne Charles y^e duchy of Normandy with all Gascoygne & Guyan / and howe y^e Normānes had graūted vnto y^e sayd Charles .iii.M. mē for .iii. moneths, to warre at theyr costes vpō y^e Englyshmē / whych as y^e Frēch boke testifieth, was graūted to hym onely to defēde y^e kyng of Nauer¦ne, y^t came to Cōstātyne shortly after, for to repossesse all such lādes as the sayd dolphyn of hys had there seased & for that wyth a bygge armye made warre vpon the sayd dolphyn.

But were it thus or otherwyse / trouth it is as diuers wryters agreē, in the moneth of October and ende of thys yere, prynce Edwarde wyth a great hoste entred Gascoyne, and passed by Tholouse, and passed the ryuer of Gerounde or Geron̄ / and so passed by Carcassyon, and brent the bulwerkes of that cytye / and from thens he rode to Nerbon̄, in pyllyng & spoylynge the countre as he went.

And in the same yere kynge Ed∣warde wyth his power landed at his towne of Caleys / where he rested hī by all y^e tyme of this mayres yere.

And in this yere was the house of the freres Augustynes of Londō fy∣nysshed / whyche was reedyfyed by syr Humfrey Bohum erle of Hert∣forde and Essex, whose body lyeth bu¦ryed in the quere of the sayde house or chyrche before the hygh aulter.

Anno domini .M.CCC.liiii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lv.
	Thomas Forster.
Symon Franceys.		Anno .xxx.
	Thomas Brandon.

IN this .xxx. yere / the kynge as ye before haue herde beyng at Caleys, shortly after the feast of Al∣halloyne toke his iournay towarde the Frenche kynge / and contynued his iournay tyll he came to a towne named Hesden / and brake there the Frenche kynges parke, & toke suche pleasures as hym there lyked. In whiche season of his there beynge, ty¦dynges were brought vnto hym, y^t y^e Scottes had gotē y^e towne of Ber∣wyke, and how they made dayly as∣sautes to wynne the castell. wherfore the kyng made the more hasty spede, and returned to Caleys, and so into Englande. For whiche cause sayth y^e Frenche cronycle, y^t kynge Edwarde fled from the Frenche kynge, y^t than with a strōge power came from Amy as vnto saynt Omers.

Than kynge Edwarde sped hym into Scotlande / so y^t in the moneth of Ianuary and begynnynge of the xxx. yere of his reygne,* 5.12 and .xxvii. day of the sayd moneth, he layd his syege to y^e towne of Berwyke / & had it yol∣den vnto hym in shorte processe of tyme after. And that doone he entred ferther into the lande, and subdued y^e cheyf townes & holdes as he went / & pursued the Scottysshe kynge so na¦rowly, that in the ende he was fayne to submytte hym to y^e kynges grace as prysoner, and resygned his pow∣er into the kynges hande. And whan kynge Edwarde had set that coūtre in a rule / he returned with the Scot∣tysshe kyng agayne into Englande, and called his courte of parlyament at westmynster. In y^e whiche amōge other thynges to the kynges auaun∣tage, was graunted to the maynte∣naunce of his warres .l.s. of a sacke of woll, for y^e terme of .vi. yeres. But it contynued lenger though the mar∣chaūtes staplers therat grutched.

Than let vs now retourne vnto that noble prynce Edward, the fyrst begotten sonne of the kynge / whych by all thys tyme warred vppon the Frenchmen, as in y^e precedynge yere is touchyd. So that lastly he retour∣ned to Burdeaux wyth many ryche prysoners and pyllages, to the great honoure of hym selfe, and the greate auauncement of hys soudyours. And all be it that in that countrees, whyche he then passed, were the erles of Armenake, and of Foyze, of Poy∣tyers, and of Cleremount, wyth syr Iames de Burbon̄, and many other

knyghtes, the whyche hadde dowble the people, as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle, that the prynce had: yet pas¦sed he from Tholous to Nerbon̄, & fro Nerbon̄ to Burdeaux wythout batayle.

And after the prynce hadde there a whyle rested hym and hys people, and sent dyuers of hys prysoners in to Englande / he wyth hys hoste en∣tred the prouynce or coūtre of Berry in the moneth of Iuly, & made therin sharpe and cruell warre. In whyche season also y^e duke of Lancaster with the ayde of Phylyp brother vnto the kynge of Nauerne, was entred the countre of Constantyne / and so with a cōpany of .iiii. thousand men, came vnto a place called Lyseux vpon the see coste, & remoued a syege of Frēch men, that had lyen at that castell vpō viii. wekes / and after repayred the sayde castell.

whan kynge Iohn̄ hadde leuyed many great summes of money, to y^e great grudge of hys comons and re∣bellyon of some of the sayd comons, as in the story of kynge Iohn̄ shalbe towched, and preparyd hys hoste / he fyrst made towarde the duke of Lan¦caster. But the sayd duke had so for∣tyfyed y^e passage, that he myghte not wynne to hym wythout great ieopar¦dye and daunger. wherfore he lafte that waye, & yode to a castell named Bretnell, and layde hys syege there vnto, and wan it in the ende of .viii. wekes by apoyntement. Then he yode to the castell of Chartres, and taryed there a certayn tyme for more people / and frō thens toke hys iour∣neye towarde prynce Edwarde. The whyche prynce in thys season was passed the ryuer of Loyre or Leyre, & so by y^e towne of Romūgtyne / where he was encountred of diuers nobles of Fraunce, and hadde wyth them a sharpe cōflycte. But in the ende god sent to hym the vyctorye / so that he slewe many of hys enemyes, & toke of them many prysoners. Amonge y^e whych were taken the lord of Craon̄, and a knyght called syr Bouciquāt, wyth dyuers other to the nomber, as sayth the Frēche boke of .liiii. persōs. And whan he had sent the sayde pry∣soners vnder saufe kepyng to Bur∣deaux, he sped hym toward Towris.

And the duke of Lancaster wyth hys company, after he had repayred the foresayd castell of Lyseux, and be¦stowed suche ordenaūce as the Frēch men for haste lafte behynde them at the sayd syege: he than toke his way towarde Bertneyll / & from thens vn¦to Euroux, in brēnyng & wasting the countre and townes as he went / and from thens to Uermeyll in Perch, & toke by strength both the towne and castell. And whan he had spoyled & pylled the towne, he set it on fyre and brent a great part therof. And whan he had done moch of his wyll in that coūtre, he retourned into Brytayne and helde hym there.

Kynge Iohn̄ then as aboue is sayde, holdynge hys waye towarde prynce Edward / came to the cytye of Towrys to fortyfye the sayde towne agayne the sayde prynce Edwarde. wherof herynge the prynce toke hys waye toward Poytyers. In holding of whyche way, as testyfyeth y^e Frēch boke, a parte of hys hoste mette with an hoste of Frenchmen, & gaue vnto them batayle, & at length chasyd the multytude of them, & slewe an hun∣dreth sowdyours, & toke vpō .lx. pry∣soners. Amonge the whych were ta∣ken the erle of Saūcer, y^e erle of Iur¦rygny, the lord Chastelleyn mayster of the kynges palayes, & a knyghte named syr Guyllyam de Daneham / the whyche prysoners were also sent vnto Burdeaux. And soone after prynce Edwarde lodged hym & hys

hoste nere vnto Poytyers. And shor∣tely after that came the French kyng and lodged hym in a place called in Frenche Chamgny, nere also vnto Poytyers / so that the frōtes of bothe hoostes laye wythin a quarter of a myle. Than the cardynall of Perny∣gourt sent from pope Innocent the vi. rode bytwene the kynge and the prynce sondry tymes to haue agreed some treaty and peace bytwen them, yf it myght by hys laboure haue ben opteyned. But whan he sawe hys la∣boure myght not preuayle / he depar¦ted to Poytiers, and taryed there the ende of the batayle. The whych was foughten vpon a mondaye the .xix. daye of Septēber, in the yere of our lorde .xiii.C.lvi, and begynnyng of the .vi. yere of the sayd kynge Iohn̄s reygne, as after shalbe shewed.

THan as before is sayde, for so mych as the foresayde cardy∣nall myght not purchase any treaty or meane of peace bytwene these two prynces / prouysyō was made vpon bothe sydes to trye theyr mater by mortall batayle / so y^t about the houre of two at after noone of the foresayd mōdayne, y^e duke of Athenes or Athēs with such other nobles as were with hym in y^e French kynges vaweward set vppon the Englysshe hoste.* 5.13 The whyche was myghtely fensyd wyth wood and trees, in suche wyse that y^e French speres myght not wyn vnto them. And therwyth the shotte of the Englyshemen was so fyers & sharp, that it turned ouer horse and man. And whyle y^e sayde duke of Athenes, wyth syr Iohn̄ de Cleremount than marshall of Fraūce wyth other, thus assayled the prynce & his people vpō one parte / the duke of Normandye kyng Iohn̄s eldest sonne, & the duke of Orleaūce the kynges brother, as∣sayled hym vpon a nother part. The which two dukes were leders of two strōge hostes. But as sayth y^e Frēche cronycle, these thre batayls dyd lytle scathe vnto the Englysshemen. But by reason of theyr shotte they were so woūded and many slayne, y^t the re∣sydue fledde to the great dyscomfort of the French kynges people. Than kynge Iohn̄ in all that he myght cō∣forted hys people / and wyth a fresshe company set vpon the Englyshmen, that all wayes kept them hole togy∣der, and recyued the Frenchemen vpon theyr wepens poyntes, with so greate force y^t in the ende the French men gaue backe, and were vaynquis¦shed by the helpe of god and saynte George / and slayne as wytnessyth y^e sayde Frenche cronycle to the nom∣ber of .xvii. hūdreth men of armys, be¦syde other meane sowdyours. Amōg the whych of noble men were slayne, the duke of Burbone, the duke of A∣thenes, syr Iohn̄ de Cleremoūt mar∣shal of Fraūce, syr Reynold Camyan baneret, whyche that daye bare the oryflambe, a specyall relyke that the Frenche kynges vse to bere before them in all batayls, and the bysshop of Chalons, wyth dyuers other to y^e nomber of .liiii. banerettes, besyde knyghtes & other. And of prysoners taken at y^e batayle, was Iohn̄ kynge of Fraunce, Phylyp hys .iiii. sonne, syr Iaques de Burbon erle of Poy∣tyau and brother vnto the duke of Burbon before slayne, syr Iohn̄ of Artoys erle of Ewe, syr Charlys hys brother erle of Longeuyle, syr Guyf∣farde cosyn germayn vnto the Frēch kynge, syr Iohn̄ de Meleoun erle of Cancaruyle, syr Iohn̄ his sonne and heyre, doctour wyllyam archbysshop of Sens, syr Symon Melon bro∣ther vnto the erle of Cancaruyle and erle of Uandature, the erles of Dāp¦martyne, of Uendosme, of Salys∣bruche, of Moyson, the Marshall of Denehā, & many other, as banerett{is},

knyghtes, and men of name, to the nombre as sayth the Frenche crony∣cle of .xvi. hundreth & aboue. And frō thys batayll escaped by flyght, Char¦les eldest sonne of kynge Iohn̄ and duke of Normādye, the duke of Or∣leaunce, & the duke of Aniowe, wyth fewe other of great fame / the whyche yode streyghte vnto Parys. where shortly after was called a greate coū¦sayll, for maters whyche in the story of kynge Iohanne shall after be shewed.

whan the feelde was thus fynys∣shed / prynce Edward after dewe thā¦kes and louynges gyuen to god and saynt George for thys tryūphaūt vyc¦tory / he with his sayd prysoners sped hym toward Burdeaux where y^e sayd kyng was kept tyll Easter after.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lv.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lvi.
	Rycharde Notynghm̄.
Henry Pycharde.		Anno .xxxi.
	Thomas Dosell.

IN thys .xxxi. yere, that is to say the .xvi. daye of the moneth of Apryll / y^e noble prynce Edwarde thā vppon the age of .xxviii. yeres, toke shyppynge wyth hys prysoners at Burdeaux, and arryued in Englāde shortly after. And the .xxiiii. daye of Maye / he was with great honoure & gladnesse receyued of the cytezyns of London, and so conueyed vnto the kynges palays at westmynster. wher the kynge syttynge in hys astate in westmynster hal, receyued hym with due honour / and after conueyed to a lodgynge for hym prouyded, where he laye a certayne season. And after was y^e sayd French kyng had vnto a place called Sauoy / whyche thanne was a pleasaunt palays & fayre lod∣gynge, belongynge that tyme vnto y^e duke of Lancastre / and after brente & dystroyed by Iak Strawe and hys fawtours, in the .iiii. yere of Rychard the seconde nexte kyng of Englande, as in y^e sayd yere after shalbe shewed In whyche place the sayde Frenche kynge laye longe after.

And in the wynter folowyng were royall iustes holden in smythfelde of Londō,* 5.14 and many goodly & knyght∣ly feates of armys doon, to the great honoure of the kyng & all his realm, and gladdyng of all beholdours. At the whych dysporte was present / the kyng of Englande, the Frēch kyng, and y^e kyng of Scottes / wyth many noble astates of all the .iii. prouinces or kyngdomes / wherof the more par¦tye of the straungers were than pry∣soners.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lvi.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lvii.
	Stephyn Caundysshe.
Iohn̄ Stody.		Anno xxxii.
	Bartylmewe frostelynge.

IN thys .xxxii. yere / pope Inno∣cent the syxte of that name, sent into Englande twoo cardynalles, to treat of a peace betwene y^e two kyng{is} The whyche two cardinalles taryed the more parte of a yere in London & other places of the lande, to brynge theyr purpose to some effecte / but they sped lytell of theyr cause.

And in thys yere after moste wry¦ters / Dauyd le Bruze kyng of Scot¦tes was delyuered frome the castell

of Odyhm̄ at hys lybertye, whan he had put kynge Edwarde in a suerty of an hundreth thousande markes for hys raunsome.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lvii.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lviii.
	Iohn̄ Bernes.
Iohn̄ Luffyn.		Anno .xxxiii.
	Iohn̄ Burys.

IN thys .xxxiii. yere, as wytnes∣syth the Frenche cronycle / syr Robert Knollys, syr Iames Pype, with other of theyr retynewe, warred in Brytayne. And as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle, in the moneth of Marche and x. daye of the sayd mo∣neth / the sayde capytaynes wyth one whyche the Frenche boke nameth Thomlyn Fowke, came erely in the mornynge vnto a towne that was nere vnto Incerre called Kegennes beynge in the rule of Englysshmen / where the sayde capytaynes takyng wyth thē more strēgth,* 5.15 yode streyght vnto the foresayde towne of Ancerre beyng wythin two Englyshe myles / and scaled the walles wyth ladders, and quyt them so māfully, that they had the rule of the town or the sonne rysynge. And in that castell was ta∣ken prysoner syr Guyllyam de Cha∣lon the sonne of the erle of Ancerre, hys wyfe, and many other.

In takynge of whyche towne and castell fewe folkes were slayne / how be it there were of armed men aboue two thousande, as sowdyours to de∣fende the towne. Then the Englysh∣men serched so nere, that as the comō fame wente, they fande iewellys as they hadde ben preuy to the hydyng of theym, and that of greate value. Amonge the which as sayth the sayd cronycle, they fande certayne skyn∣nes, the whyche were valued at .v. thousande motons of golde. ye shall vnderstande that a moton is a coyne vsed in Fraunce and Brytayne,* 5.16 and is of value after the rate of sterlynge money vppon .v. s. or there aboute.

whan the Englysshemen hadde pylled and spoyled the towne by the space of .viii. dayes, and raunsomed suche as were of any substaunce / then they shewed vnto the rulers of the towne, that they wolde sette it vppon a fyre, excepte that they wold gyue vnto theym a certayne summe of money. For the whych after longe treaty of thys mater / the rulers of y^e towne to haue possessyon therof, and to haue it preserued frō fyre / agreed to gyue vnto the Englysshe capy∣taynes .xl. thousande motons, and lx. perlys valued at .x. thousande mo¦tons / whyche .l. thousande motons shulde amounte after the rate of ster¦lynge money to .xii. thousand and .v. hundreth pownde or nere aboute. So that what they fande wythin y^e towne of any value, they bare it with theym / excepte the iewellys and or∣namentes of the chyrch of saynt Ger¦mayne / the whyche goodes and ie∣welles they toke for pledge of suche money as was vnpayde of the fore∣sayd .xl.M. motons of golde, for the raūsome of the towne. For y^e whyche goodes / the towne of Ancerre was bounde vnto the hedes of the chyrch to pay for, or to redeme y^e sayd good{is} by the feastes of mydsomer nexte fo∣lowynge / or ellys to paye yerely in∣perpetuyte to y^e sayd chyrch in maner of quyte rent .iii.M. motōs / wherof y^e value is shewed in the fyrst chapyter of Phylyp the .iiii. And ouer all thys the dwellers of the towne agreed, that y^e Englyshmen shuld brenne the

gates of y^e towne / and in dyuers par¦tyes of the towne, throw the wallys to the grounde.

Uppon .iiii. dayes folowynge the ende of the sayd agremente / the fore∣sayd syr Iames Pype, and syr Othā of Holande, & other to the nombre of xvi. or .xviii. Englysshmen, entēdyng to haue wonne some enterpryse, were layd for by the sowdyours of a place called the great Semyre / and by thē taken & holden as prysoners.

And in the moneth of Apryll next ensuyng, a towne called in Frenche Dabygny sur le Metre, was by the Englysshemen gotten in lyke maner & fourme as was the foresayd towne of Ancerre. And the .ii. daye of Maye was wonne by syr Robert Knolles & hys company, a towne called Chaste¦leyn sur Lounayn / and pylled it as they dyd the other. And after wyth theyr pyllage and prysoners, amōge the whyche were many women and chyldren of .iiii. & of fyue yeres of age / the sayd Englyshmē yode to the new castell vpon Loyre. And ye shall vn∣derstande, that the partye of the En∣glysshemen was greately strengthed by the helpe of the kyng of Nauerne, and of syr Phylyppe his brother and other / as more playnely shalbe she∣wed in the Frenche cronycle, or story of kynge Iohan folowynge.

And thus the sayde syr Roberte Knolles, wyth ayde of the kynges men of Nauerne, dayly wanne ma∣ny townes and stronge holdes in Brytayne.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lviii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lix.
	Symonde wymondham.
Symonde Doffelde.		Anno .xxxiiii.
	Iohn̄ Chychester.

IN thys .xxxiiii. yere, or more ve¦ryly in the moneth of Nouem∣bre, & ende of the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Edwardes reygne / he wyth prynce Edward and the duke of Lancastre, wyth a puyssant army landed at Ca¦leys / and from thens passed by lande vnto Artoys, & by Uermendoys to y^e cytye of Reynes, and layde hys siege about that cytye / and beclypped it in suche wyse, that no man might entre or go out of the cytye without lycēce of the Englysshemen.

whan kynge Edwarde had lyen xl. dayes at the siege of reynes, with∣out great dere or hurt vnto it doyng / he remoued hys syege & passed by the countre of Champayne, tyll he came to a towne called Guyllone / where y^e kynge rested hym a season. In which tyme came vnto hym certayne mē of the duchye of Burgoyne, as lordes of dyuers holdes and townes within that duchery / & gaue vnto hym, to y^e entent he shuld nat molest or hurte y^e countre, ii.C.M. floryns of golde / whyche is to the value of sterlynge money of .xxxv.M.li. And ouer that the sayd Burgonyons couenaunted wyth hym, that they wolde mynystre to hym and his hoste, all such vytay∣les as was in y^e countre plentuously for hys money. And that done he de∣parted frome thens, & yode vnto Ne∣uers / and passed there the ryuer of Dyon or Ion̄, and yode to Colāges vpon Ion̄. And from thens in the mo¦neth of Marche and begynnynge of hys .xxxiiii. yere of his reygn, he yode by the countre of Gastenoys toward the cytye of Parys. And prynce Ed∣warde with hys company passed by Moret, tyll he came to an hold which Englysshmē than kept called Tour∣nelles

or Cournelles / before y^e which towne or holde lay at that season cer¦tayne Frenchmen in a stronge basty∣le, & assayled the Englyshmen dayly / and remoued nat thens, all be it they were monysshed of the prynces com∣mynge. They trusted so moche in the strength of theyr bastyle, whyche thē disceyued / for wythin .v. dayes of the princes commyng, theyr bastyle was goten, and many of them slayne, and to the nombre of .xlvii. persones of y^e company taken prysoners. Amonge the whyche were .iiii. men of name / y^e is to saye, the lorde of Bouyle or Bo∣nile, the lorde of Daygreuyle or of Aygreuyle, syr Iohn̄ de Barres, and syr wyllyam de Plassyes.

Thus kynge Edwarde wyth hys people spedyng hys iourney toward Parys / vppon the tuysdaye beynge the laste daye of Marche in the weke before Easter, came vnto a place cal∣led the hostell of Chastelon, betwene Moūtlehery and Chastes / & lodged hym wyth a certayne of hys people there. And y^e prince with other lordes of hys hoste were lodged in the tow∣nes thereabout, from thens vnto the towne of Corueyll, & an other towne called longe Iumell.

Thanne Charles eldest sonne of kynge Iohn̄, and that day regent of Fraunce / made meanes of treaty. whyche was laboured by a freer cal∣led Symonde de Langres, prouyn∣cyal of the freers Iacobynes, & legat of the pope. By whose meanes a day of treaty was appoynted to be holdē vppon good fryday, in the maledery of le longe Iumel. where at the same daye and place, apered for kynge Ed¦wardes partye, the duke of Lācastre, the erles of warwyke & of Northāp∣ton, wyth syr Iohan de Chande, syr waltyer de Manuy, and syr wyllyam Cheyny knyghtes. And for the regēt apered there, the lorde of Fewe than constable of Fraunce, the lorde Bocy quant than marshall of Fraunce, the lord of Sarancyers, the lord of Uyg nay of the coūtre of Uyenne, syr Sy∣mond Bucy, & syr Guychard of Au∣glye knyghtes / whyche treaty came to none effecte.

wherfore kynge Edwarde vpon the tuysdaye folowynge Easter daye remoued frome the sayd hostell, and lodged hym nere vnto Parys at a place named Chastellone nere vnto Mountrouge. And the residue of his hoste was lodged at Uauuys, at Uau¦gerart, at Gētylly, and other townes there about. Thā vpō frydaye folow¦ynge, beynge the .x. daye of Apryl / by meanes of y^e abbot of Clugny, which newly was sent from the pope Inno¦cēt the .vi, the forsayd lordes & knygh¦tes agayne assembled at a place cal∣led the Bālyē, to treate of an accorde betwene the kynge & the regent. But theyr labour was spent in vayne, as it before had ben.

Uppon the sondaye nexte folow∣ynge, a parte of y^e kynges hoste came before the towne of Parys, and enba¦taylled theym in a felde faste by saint Marcelles / and taryed there frome the mornynge tyll thre of the clocke at after noone, to abyde batayle of the Frenchemen. The whyche made none yssue oute of cytye / nat∣withstandynge that as testifyeth the Frenche boke, within Parys at that daye were greate plentye of Sowdy¦ours, ouer and besyde the greate foyson of the enhabytauntes of the same.

whanne the Englysshemen per∣ceyued that they shulde haue no ba∣tayll of the Parysyens / they aboute thre at after noone departed the feld, and toke theyr waye towarde Char∣tres and so vnto Bōneuale nere vnto Chaceadon. Than kynge Edwarde was lodged at a place calle Dones.

To the whych place came vnto hym out of Parys the byshoppe of Beau¦uayes than chauncellour of Normā¦dye with other / and so behaued them vnto the kynge, that a new daye of treaty was appoynted to be holden at Bretynguy, within a myle or lytell more of Chartres fore sayde, vppon the fyrste day of May next ensuyng.

AT whyche daye of apoynte∣mente / the foresayd duke of Lancaster, wyth the sayde erles of warwyke and Northampton, and other / at the sayde place apperyd for kynge Edwarde. And for the regent appered there the forenamed byshop, wyth many other lordes and knygh∣tes and spyrytuall men, to the nom∣ber of .xxii. persons, whose names I ouer passe for lengthynge of tyme. The whyche so dylygently behaued hym, that in the space of .viii. dayes they agreed vpon an vnyte & peace, the whyche was comprysed in .xli. artycles, as at length is rehersed in the Frenche cronycle, wherof the ef∣fecte is thys.

‡ 5.17 Fyrste the kynge of England and hys heyres kynges, wyth all the lan¦des as he than hadde in Gascoyne & Guyan / shulde haue to hym and hys heyres for euer / the cytye and castell of Poytyers wyth all the apperte∣naūces to that lordshyp belongyng. Also the cytye of Lymoges, wyth all the lādes of Lymosyne and all other theyr appertenaūces. The cytye and castell of Perygorte, wyth all the lan¦des and reuenues to that lordshyppe belongynge. The erledome of By∣gorre, wyth all thynges to that lord∣shyppe belongyng. The erledome of Poytyau, wyth all the appertenaun∣ces. The sygnorye of Beleuyle. The lordshyp of Exanctys, Exauc∣doure, and Exancon̄. The cytye of Agen, the cytye of Agenoys, the cyty of Caours, and lordshyppe of Caour¦syn. The cytye of Tarbe, the cytye and countre of Gaure, Angoulesme, of Rodes, and of Rouern̄. The lord∣shyppe of Mostruell, wyth all reue∣nues therunto belongynge. The sy∣gnorye of Caleys, of Marquell, of Sandgate, and Colyngn̄. The lord∣shyppe of Hammys, of walys, and of Ouye. And the erledome of Guynes, wyth all profytes therunto belon∣gynge. All whyche lordshyppes, ho∣nours, castels, towres, cytyes, and townes / the kynge of Englange thā Edwarde the thyrde and hys heyres kynges of Englande, shulde haue & holde for euermore, in as royall wyse and lyke maner as done the kynges of Fraunce, without doyng for them any homage, feawty, or other duety.

And kynge Edwarde after that daye for hym and his heyres kynges of Englande, shulde clerely renoūce and gyue ouer, all hys tytle, ryght, and interest, that he hadde vnto the crowne of Fraūce, and specyally the name of kynge of Fraunce.

Also all hys ryght and tytle that he hadde vnto the duchy of Norman¦dye, of Thorayne, of Aniowe, of Bry¦tayne, and of the souerayntye of the erledome of Flaunders / and of all other lordshyppes, cytyes, castelles, honours, townes, towres, and ma∣nours, that any kynge of Englande before that daye had any ryght vnto wythin the realme of Fraunce / and to holde hym cōtente wyth the aboue named lordshyppes, wythout any forther clayme.

Forthermore it was agreed, that the Frenche kynge shulde paye for hys raūsome thre millions of scutes of gold / wherof .ii. shuld alway make a noble Englysh. ye shall vnderstād y^e a million of scutes is .x.C. thou∣sande of scutes / whych extende after y^e value of sterlyng money, vnto the

summe of .ii.C.l.M. marke. And so thre milions amounte vnto .vii. hun∣dreth & .l.M. marke / whych maketh iuste .v. hundreth thousande pounde of sterlynge money. Of the whych .iii milliōs of scutes, x.C.M. to be payd at Caleys by the fyrste daye of Iuny next folowynge the sayd treaty / & an other .x.C. thousande or milliō to be payde at the sayde towne of Caleys, within .viii. monethes after y^e Frēche kynge was commyn vnto Caleys / & the thyrde million to be payde at Lō∣don in two yeres and an halfe. That is to saye at Myghelmasse .xii. mo∣nethes after the agrement made .iiii. C. thousāde scutes, & at Mighelmas next after ensuyng .iiii.C.M. scutes / and at Easter than nexte folowynge ii.C. thousande scutes, in ful paymēt of the thre milliōs or .xxx.C. thousād scutes.

And further it was agreed, that after the Frenche kynge was comen vnto Caleys / he shuld rest hym there iiii. monethes. wherof y^e fyrst moneth shuld be at y^e charg of kyng Edward / & the other .iii. monethes to be at the coste and charge of the sayde Frēche kynge / & to paye for eueryche of the sayde thre monethes, yf he so longe taryed there for the perfourmaūce of the sayde accorde .x. thousande royal les of Fraūce / whyche at that tyme were in value after y^e rate of sterlyng money, euery royall .xxi.d. or .xiiii. sous Parys / & so he shulde paye for a monethes charge eyghte hundreth lxxv. pounde.

And ouer that it was accorded, y^e the Frēche kynge Iohn̄ for y^e tyme beynge, nor no kyng of Fraūce after hym, shuld ayde or assist the Scottes agayne kynge Edward, nor agayne hys heyres kynges of Englāde. Nor kynge Edwarde nor hys heyres kyn¦ges, shall allye theym with the Fle∣mynges, nor ayde nor assyste theym agayne the sayde kynge Iohan, nor hys heyres kynges of Fraunce.

And for the tytle or ryghte of the duchye of Brytayne, whyche was in questyō betwene the erles of Bloys and of Mountford / it was accorded that bothe kynges beyng at Caleys, the sayd partyes shulde be called be∣fore theym. And yf a peace betwene theym by the two kynges myght nat be set / thā the sayd kynges to assigne certayne indyfferent persons to agre the sayd erles / and they to haue halfe a yere of respyte for to quyet the ma∣ter. And yf the sayde persones so by the kynges assygned, myghte nat agree the sayd erles by that terme / y^e than eyther of the sayd erles to make the beste puruyaunce for hym selfe y^t eyther of them coude make, wyth the helpe of hys frendes or otherwyse, wherby they myght attayne to theyr ryght & clayme of the sayd duchye. Prouyded alwaye that nother of the sayd kynges nor any of theyr sōnes, shulde ayde or assyste any of y^e sayde erles / by reason wherof the peace be∣tweene theym accorded, myghte be lowsed or broken. Also prouyded, y^e to whether of the sayd two erles the sayd duchy shuld falle by sentence of man or otherwyse / that the homage for it shall alwaye be done to y^e kynge of Fraunce.

All whyche ordenaunces & agre∣mentes, wyth many mo, that wolde aske longe leysour to wryte, were ra∣tyfyed and confermed by the instru∣mentes & seales of y^e prynce of walys vpon the partye of kynge Edwarde for Englandes partye; & by Charles regent of Fraunce for that partie / as by theyr letters patentes than sealed apered, beryng date that one at Lou¦uers in Normandye the .xvi. daye of May in the yere of grace .xiii.C. & .lx, & that other at Parys the .x. daye of y^e sayde moneth and yere.

And ouer that eyther of the sayde ii. prynces, that is to saye Edwarde prynce of walys was sworne in pre∣sence of .vi. Frenche knyghtes, vpon the sacrament of the aulter after y^e thyrde Agnus was sayd in tyme of a lowe masse, at the foresayd Louuers songe or sayd, that he to y^e vttermoste of hy power, shuld vpholde and kepe the foresayd peace in euery poynt, as ferre as in hym was. And in lyke ma¦ner was Charles thanne regente of Fraunce sworne, in presence of syre Englysshe knyghtes to perfourme the same.

After whych treaty thus fynysshed & ended / kyng Edward with hys sō∣nes & nobles of Englāde, toke shyp∣pyng at Hūflete in Normādy vpō the xx. day of May, & sayled into Englād leuyng behynde hym the erle of war∣wyke for to gyde the Englysshemen that remayned in Guyan & other pla¦ces, & to se that the peace whyche thā was proclaymed thorough Fraunce were kept & nat brokē by thē / whyche endured nat lōge wythout vyolacyō as sayth the Frenche boke.

HEre I leue a parte the greate reioysyng and honourable re∣ceyuyng of the kyng by the cytezyns of Lōdō, & other ceromonyes / which at thys season I spare, to thentent I may the more substancyally shewe vnto you the fynall ende of thys ac∣corde. Than trouth it is that in thys season of y^e kynges beyng in Fraūce / kyng Iohn̄ for hys more consolacyō was remoued from Sauoy vnto the towre of London / where after y^e kyn∣ges retourne, he fested the kynge & hys lordes vpon the .xiiii. day of the moneth of Iunii. And the .viii. daye of the moneth of Iule next ensuyng / the Frenche kynge in the mornynge landed at Caleys, and was lodged in the castell, and there abode the com∣mynge of kynge Edwarde.

Upon the .ix. day of Octobre / kyng Edwarde arryued at Caleys, & went streyght vnto the castell for to vysite kynge Iohn̄ / the whyche welcomed hym in a louynge and frendly coute∣naunce. And whan the kynge shulde depart to his lodgyng into y^e towne / the Frenche kynge requyred hym, y^t he wyth hys sonnes shuld dyne with hym vpon the morowe folowynge / whyche of the kynge was graunted to be vpon the monday folowynge, y^e xii. daye of the moneth. At which day kynge Edwarde was fyrst set & kept the astate, & than secundaryly y^e frēch kynge. Thyrdly the prynce of walys, and fourthly the duke of Lancastre, without mo at y^e table. In the tyme of whych dyner came to y^e castell the erle of Flaunders / whome the Frēch kyng welcomed in moste louyng ma¦ner. And whan the sayde dyner wyth all honour was ended .ii. of y^e kynges sonnes of Englāde, & two of y^e Frech kynges, toke leue of theyr fathers & rode towarde Boleyn̄, where at that tyme the regent of Fraūce was. The whyche mette theym in the myd way betwene Caleys and Boleyn̄, & so cō¦ueyed: them vnto Boleyn̄, and rested there wyth theym that nyghte / & vpō the morowe lafte theym there and hym selfe came vnto Caleys, fyrst to hys father / and after hys father and he came bothe to the kynges palays to dyner. whyche kynge Edwarde re¦ceuyed wyth moche ioye & honoure, and made vnto theym a sumptuous feaste. Uppon the fourthtene daye of Octobre the sayde regente departed frome Caleys, and retourned vnto Boleyn̄ / and the two sonnes of kyng Edwarde retourned from Boleyne to Caleys.

And vppon a saterdaye the .xxiiii. daye of the moneth of Octobre, both kyng{is} beyng in .ii. trauersys & in one

chapell at Caleys, a masse was sayde before them / to the offeryng of which masse nother of theym came. But whan the pax was borne fyrst to the French kynge, and eft to kynge Ed∣warde, & eyther refused to kysse it fyrste / the Frenche kynge rose vp & came towarde kyng Edwarde.* 5.18 wher¦of he beyng ware rose vp and mette wyth hym, & refused the pax and kys∣sed eyther other. At the whyche masse eyther of them was solemply sworne to maynteyne the articles of the sayd peace. And for more assuraunce of y^e same / many lordes vpon bothe par∣tyes were also sworne, to maynteyne the same to theyr powers. ye shal also vnderstande that in thys season that the Frenche kynge so••ourned thus at Caleys, bothe for the paymente of hys raunsome & also for the deliuery of certayn holdes and townes which as yet were nat deliuered / he putte in such suerties as foloweth. The duke of Orliaunce, the duke of Burgoyn, the duke of Burbone, the erles of An¦geou, of Poyteau, of Bloys, of Alen∣son, of saynte Poule, of Escamps, of Ualentynoys, of Brame, of Ew, of Longeuyle, of Cācaruyle, of Ancerre of Dampmartyne, of Uendature, of Salysbruge, and of Uendosme / the vycountes of Baudemoūt, of Beaw¦mount, & of Ancuerre / the lordes of Craon of Deruall, of Dabyguy, of Cousy, of Fyers, of Preaux, of saynt Uenant, of Garancyers, of Aluerne, of Mountmorency, and of Angest, & also the lord or wardeyne of the fore∣stes / and kynghtes, syr wyllyam de Craon, syr Lowys de Harcourt, syr Iohn̄ de Laguy, and syr Galtyerde Donehame. Of the whyche .xxxviii. persones, dyuers of theym as before is touched were takē prysoners at y^e batayll of Poytyers. For the whyche it was agreed, that as many as had nat payde theyr fynaunce before the thyrde daye of Maye laste past, shuld be acquited by the kynges fynaunce, wyth dyuers other condycyōs which I passe ouer.

Than vpō the morowe folowyng of the takynge of the foresayde othe by the two kynges, that is to say son daye the xxv. daye of Octobre / the Frenche kyng was freely delyuered, the which the sayd day before noone, departed frome Caleys and rode to∣warde Boleyn. whome kynge Ed∣warde conueyed a myle vppon hys waye. At whyche myles ende they de parted with kyssynge and other lo∣uynge maner / and prynce Edwarde kept on hys waye with kyng Iohn̄, & so conueyed hym to Boloyn / where he taryed that nyghte. And vpon the morowe the sayd prynce Edwarde, & Charles duke of Normandy, wyth y^e erle of Escamps and other noble mē there than beynge p̄sent, were agayn sworne to maynteyne and holde the sayde peace, wythout fraude, colour, or dysceyte. And that done the sayde prynce takynge hys leue retourned that nyghte vnto Caleys. And so yt now appereth vnto you, that kynge Iohn̄ stode as prysoner by the space of .iii. yeres, and asmoche as frome the .xix. day of Septembre vnto .xxv. daye of Octobre.

And whan kynge Edwarde had sped his nedes at Caleys / he after as shalbe shewed in the yere folowynge sayled into Englande.

It is also to be noted, y^t thys yere whyle the kyng was occupyed in his warres in Fraunce as before is tou∣ched, the erle of Seynpoule wyth an army of Frenchemen sayled aboute the borders of Kent and Sussex and lāded in sundry places / as Rye, wyn∣chelsee, and Hastynges, and spoyled the townes and slew many of y^e men, and dyd moche harme to the poore fysshers.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lix.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lx.
	Iohn̄ Denys.
Iohn̄ wroth.		Anno .xxxv.
	walter Borney.

UPon the euyn of saynt Quyn tyne, or the .xxx. daye of No∣uembre, in the ende of the .xxxiiii. yere of kyng Edwarde and begynnynge of thys mayres yere / the kynge toke shyppynge at Caleys, and sayled to∣warde Englande / bryngynge wyth hym certayne of hys hostages. That is to saye Lowys the secōde sonne of kynge Iohan newely made duke of Aniou & of Mayn, which before was erle of Angeou / & Iohn̄ hys brother newely made duke of Aluerne and of Berry, which before was erle of Poy¦tyers / whyche erledome nowe belon∣ged to kynge Edwarde by reason of the foresayde treaty. He also hadde wyth hym syr Lowys duke of Bra∣bant, and the erles of Alenson and of Escampes, whyche were nere of the Frenche kynges blode / with eyghte other erles and lordes named in the Frenche cronycle. with the which the kynge lāded at Douer shortly after, and so came to London the .ix. day of Nouembre.

And in thys .xxxv. yere, men and beastes were perysshed in Englande in dyuers places wyth thōdre & lygh tenynge / and the fende was sene in mannes lykenesse, & spake vnto men as they trauayled by the waye.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lx.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lx.
	wyllyam Holbech.
Iohn̄ Pecche.		Anno .xxxvi.
	Iames Tame.

IN thys .xxxvi. yere / prynce Ed∣warde wedded the countesse of Kent, whyche before was wyfe vnto syr Thomas Holande / & before that, wyfe vnto the erle of Salesbury and deuorsed frō hym and maryed vnto the sayde syr Thomas.

‡ 5.19In thys yere also was great morta¦litie of men in England / duryng the whyche the noble duke Henry of Lācastre dyed. Thys of wryters is na∣med the seconde mortalitie. For it was y^e seconde that fylle in thys kyn∣ges dayes.

whan duke Henry was dede / syr Iohan of Gaunt the kynges thyrde sonne, whyche had maryed the sayde dukes doughter, was made duke of that duchye.

In thys yere also were sene two castels in the ayre. whereof that one appered in the south east, and that o∣ther in the south west / out of y^e which at sondry tymes as it were about the noone tyde, issued of eyther of thē an hoste of armed men to mānes syght. And that hoste whyche issued oute of the castell of the south easte appered whyte, and that other apered blacke. These two hostes apered as though they faught eche of them with other, and shewed as the whyte was fyrste vyctoryous, and lastly ouercomen, & so dysapered.

In thys yere also a greate com∣pany of dyuers nacyons assembled theym in Brye and Champayne, whereof the ledders or capytaynes were Englysshemen / the whiche dyd moche harme in Fraunce.

But after the affyrmaunce of the Frenchē cronycle / thys company

whyche there is called the newe com∣pany, beganne theyr assembles in the forenamed countre of Brye, or kyng Iohn̄ were delyuered frome Caleys. And whan they were ware of hys de∣lyueraūce / they departed out of Brye and yode into Champayne, and toke there diuers holdes, and spoyled and robbed dyuers small townes, & raun¦somed many mē. And in thys yere as sayth the frenche boke, they toke the brydge and towne of saynt Sprytes vpon the daye of the Innocentes or the .xxviii. day of Decembre. And as affermeth Policronycon, aboute the same tyme another company in lyke¦wyse assembled thē in Italye, whiche was called the whyte company / and molested that countre in lyke maner. And in the moneth of Apryll folow∣ynge / kynge Iohn̄ sente the erle of Cācaruyle, the erles of Salesbrugh, of y^e Marchez, of Forezstes & of Ioyn guy / the whyche erles with theyr reti¦nue met wyth the sayd company at a place than named Bruke, nere vnto Lyō sur Rosne. At whych place was foughten a cruell fyghte. But in the ende the Frenche men were ouerset & scomfyted / so that the sayde erle of Cancaruyle was takē prysoner, and the two erles of Marchez and Fore∣stes slayne, wyth moche of the comō people.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxi.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lxii.
	Iohn̄ of saynt Albones.
Stephen Caundissh.		Anno .xxxvii.
	Iames Andrew.

IN thys .xxxvii. yere, vppon the daye of saynt Mauryce, or the xv. daye of Ianuary / blewe so exce∣dyng a wynde y^t the lyke thereof was nat sene many yeres passed. This be∣gan about euēsongtyme in y^e south / & cōtynued with such sternes y^t it blew downe stronge & mighty buyldyng{is}, as to wres, steples, houses, and chym¦neys / & cōtynued for the more partye in suche sternesse by the space of fyue dayes after. And in thys yere & .xxiiii daye of the sayd moneth of Ianuary came Iohn̄ kyng of Fraūce vnto El¦tham besyde Grenewych / and dyned there that daye wyth the kynge. And vpon that after noone, he was hono∣rably conueyed thorough the cytie of London vnto Sanoye, as well by y^e cytezyns as other, the whyche mette wyth hym vpō Blakheth wel horsed in a lyuery of one colour. And whyle the sayd kynge Iohn̄ laye at y^e sayde place of Sauoy about y^e begynnyng of March folowyng, a greuous syke¦nesse toke hym / of the whych he dyed the .viii. daye of Apryl folowynge, in the begynnynge of the yere of grace xiii.C.lxiiii / & after was caryed into Fraūce and buryed at saynt Denys, the .vii. daye of May folowynge.

And in thys yere kynge Edwarde created syr Leonel his sonne duke of Clarence, & syr Edmunde hys other sonne erle of Cambryge. And in the ende of thys yere & .xvii. day of Sep∣tembre, began a great frost / y^e whych endured to the begynnyng of the mo¦neth of Apryl. By reasō wherof moch harme grew & ensued of the same.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lxiii.
	Rycharde Croydon̄.
Iohn̄ Notte.		Anno .xxxviii.
	Iohn̄ Hyltoste.

ANd that yere came .iii. kyn∣ges into Englād for to speke wyth kynge Edwarde. Fyrst y^e kyng of Fraunce, the kynge of Sypres, & the kynge of Scottes.

IN this .xxxviii. yere, prynce Ed¦ward sayled to Burdeaux and receyued the possessyon of Guyan, y^e kynge Edwarde had newely gyuen vnto hym. For the whyche he after dyd hys homage to hys father, in ly∣kewyse and maner as his father & o∣ther kynges of England were wont to do for the sayde duchye vnto the kynges of Fraunce.

‡ 5.20 And vpon Myghelmasse day be∣ynge thā vppon a sonday, before the castell of Danhoy fast by the cytye of Uaunes in Brytayne, mette y^e hostes of syr Charles de Bloys and of syr Iohn̄ de Mountfort / whyche longe before had stryuē as before is shewed for the sayd duchy of Brytayne / and there foughten a cruell batayll. But by the helpe of god & of the Englysh archers, the victorye fyll to syr Iohn̄ Mountfort. And in that fyghte syr Charles de Bloys was slayne, and many Frenchemen & Brytons that toke hys partye. After whyche victo∣rye, natwythstandynge that the wyfe of the sayde syr Charles laye within that countre / there was agayne the sayde syr Iohn̄ made no resystence, but that he enioyed that countre in peasyble wyse.

Thā Charles the .vi. of that name newly crowned kynge of Fraunce, in the ryght of the woman sente y^e arche bysshop of Reynes & the Marshal of Fraunce into Brytaygne, for to sette an vnyte and restfull peace betwene the sayd syr Iohn̄, & the laste wyfe of syr Charles. The whyche endeuored them so well, that in the moneth of Apryll folowynge the sayde batayll, they agreed them / so that the enhery∣taunce of that duchye shuld remayne to the sayd syr Iohn̄ & his heyres for euermore / & the wyfe of syr Charles shuld holde her contēted wyth y^e erle∣dome of Penyture & the vycoūtye of Lymoges / the whyche of olde tyme belonged to her ancetours.

And aboute thys tyme was an ordenaunce and statute made, that sergeauntes & prentyses of the lawe, shulde plede theyr plees in theyr mo¦ther tonge. But that stode but a shorte whyle.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxiii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lxiiii.
	Symonde Mordon̄.
Adam of Bury.		Anno .xxxix.
	Iohn̄ of Metforde.

IN thys .xxxix. yere after some wryters / kynge Edwarde vp∣pon saynt Stephans daye fynisshed hys warres. wherfore in the worshyp of god and saynt Stephan, he thys yere after the opynyons of the sayde auctours,* 5.21 began y^e foūdacion of saint Stephans chapell at westmynster. The whyche was fynysshed by Ry∣charde the .ii. and sonne of prynce Ed¦warde next kyng of Englande, after thys thyrde Edwarde.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxv.
	Iohn̄ Brykylsworth.
Iohn̄ Luskyn̄.		Anno .xl.
	Iohn̄ Drelande.

IN thys .xl. yere / and moneth of February, was borne the fyrste sonne of prynce Edwarde, and was named Edwarde / the whyche dyed whan he was aboute the age of .vii. yeres. And in thys yere one named Barthran de Claycon a Norman, wyth an armye of Frenchemē entred the lande of Castyle, & warred vpon Peter than kynge of that lande / & so behaued hym, that in lesse than .iiii. monethes space, he chased the sayde Peter out of hys owne lande, & crow¦ned hys brother named Henry kyng of Castyle, at a towne called Bur∣ges vpon Easter daye. wherefore the sayd Peter constrayned of necessyte, was compelled to come to the cytye of Burdeaux, for to haue & aske ayde of prynce Edward. Thys Peter was ryghtefull heyre vnto the crowne of of Castyle, and Henry hys brother af¦ter moste wryters was bastarde. But thys Peter was so vyle of con∣dycyons, that hys subgectes had to hym but lytell fauoure. And so the warre contynued a season betwene hys brother and hym, as after shall appere / in the whych prynce Edward wyth hys archers toke partye wyth thys Peter, and the Frenche kynge wyth hys speres tooke partye wyth Henry.

And in thys yere at the kynges cō¦maundement, Adam Bury thanne mayre of London was dyscharged y^e xxviii. daye of Ianuary / and for hym electe and chosen mayre Iohn̄ Loue kyn grocer. And as wytnesseth Poly∣cronicon & other / ‡ 5.22 thys yere was cō∣maunded by the kynge, that Peter pens shulde no more be gadered in Englande, nor payde vnto Rome, as they of longe tyme had ben vsed and graūted, in the tyme of Iuo or Iewe somtyme kynge of west Saxons, as before in hys story is shewed.

But howe so at that dayes it was than by the kynge forbodē / yet neuer thelesse at thys present tyme and sea¦son, they be gadered in sondry shyres of Englande.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxv.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxvi.
	Iohn̄ warde.
Iohn̄ Louekyn.		Anno .xli.
	wyllyam Dykman.

IN thys .xli. yere, was borne the secōde sonn̄ of prynce Edward at Burdeaux named Rychard,* 5.23 in the moneth of Apryll and the thyrd daye of the sayd moneth. The sayd prynce Edward wyth the kyng of Nauerne and the foresayd Peter kynge of Ca∣style, mette wyth Henry Bastarde & vsurper of the sayde kyngdome, nere vnto a towne called Domyng / wher betwene them was a cruell and long fyght. Howe be it in the ende the vic∣torye fyll vnto the Englysshemen, & Henry and hys men were chased.

In thys bataylle was taken syr Barthram de Glaycon, & syr Arnold Dodenhamme thanne Marshall of Fraunce, wyth other aswell French as Brytaynes / and slayne vppon fyue thousande men vpon the partie of the sayde Henry, and vppon .xvi. hondreth vppon prynce Edwardes partye.

After whyche vyctory / the prynce wyth the sayde Peter spedde theym vnto the cytye of Burgys, whyche was yolden to thē shortly after theyr commynge / and after holpe the sayd Peter to wynne other cytyes and hol¦des, so that he taryed there tyll the moneth of August folowynge. At whych season as sayth the cronicle of

Fraunce, he retourned vnto Bur∣deaux wythout paymente of wages for hys sowdyours, that before was to hym by the sayde Peter promysed.

In thys season that prynce Ed∣warde was thus in Spayne / Henry Bastarde fledde wyth hys wyfe into Fraunce, & abode in a place or coūtre called Carcasson. But so soone as he was warned that prynce Edwarde was retourned vnto Burdeaux / he gadered to hym a new cōpany, & pas¦sed by the moūtaynes of the forestes / & so entred the sayd lande of Castile, the .xxvii. daye of the moneth of Sep¦tembre folowynge / & had the citie cal¦led Calahore yolded vnto hym. wher¦vnto hym drewe moche people of the countre / so that hys strengthe encrea¦sed hougely. Than frō thens he yode vnto the cytye of Burgys, where he was ioyously receyued / & behaued hym in suche wyse, y^t in short whyle after he had the hole rule of the lāde of Castyle / & hys brother was fayne to auoyde the lāde, and to seche ayde of the Sarazyns as affermeth y^e fore¦sayde cronycle.

And in thys yere aboute the mo∣nethe of Iuny / the company before mynded in the .xxxvi. yere of thys kynge, entred the duchy of Guyan / and there helde them in doyng moch harme to that countre, lyke as they before hadde done in dyuers places of Fraunce by all that season of iiii. yeres passed. And in the moneth of Decembre they departed from thens and yode into the coūtrees of Auerne and Berry. And in the moneth of Fe∣bruary, they passed the ryuer of Loy¦re, and toke the waye towarde Mar∣cyll / and after entred the countre of Burgoyne. And euer as they passed the countrees, they raunsomed men, and spoyled many townes as they wente.

And all be it that the French kyng appoynted dyuers of hys lordes and knyghtes to go agayne them / yet at suche seasōs as they drewe nere vnto them, they wolde suffre theym to de∣parte wythout batayl. For they were so many that they were nombred at lx.M. But of theyr capytaynes is none named. Howe be it there were Englyshmen, Gascoynes, Pycardes Frenchemen, men of Nauerne, and of many other nacyons, whych the cronycle reherseth nat / & contynued in theyr force and strengthe longe after, to the greate dammage of the countrees whyche they passed tho∣rough / as Normandy, Gascoygne, Guyan, Burgoyne, and all the chyef countrees of Fraunce / and lyued by rauen and pyllage, to the great enpo¦ueryssynge of the sayde countrees and townes, which they passed by or lodged in.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lxvi.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lxvii.
	Iohn̄ Torgolde.
Iames Andrewe.		Anno .xlii.
	wyllyam Dykman.

IN thys .xlii. yere / and moneth of Marche, apered Stella cometa, that is a blasynge sterre.

And in the moneth of Apryll next ensuynge, that is to saye the syxt day of the sayde moneth / Leonell y^e sonne of thys kynge Edwarde entred the cytye of Parys, where he was of the dukes of Berry and Burgoyne ho∣nourably receyued / and so by theym cōueyed vnto theyr brother the kyng of Fraunce vnto Louure, where he at that seasō was lodged. Of whome he was also ioyously receyued & log∣ged

wythin the kynges palays, & dy∣ned & souped wyth the kynge at hys owne table. And vppon the morowe folowynge he dyned wyth the quene at a place of the kynges nere to saint Poule, where the quene thā was lod¦ged.* 5.24 And whan after dyuer he had a whyle daunsed and passed the tyme wyth other dysportes / he than wyth the sayd .ii. dukes was agayne con∣ueyed vnto the kynge, & souped with hym agayne that nyght. And vppon the mornynge beynge tuysdaye, the sayd dukes fested the sayde syr Leo∣nell at a place of theyrs in Parys na¦med Artoys.

And vpō the wednesdaye he dyned & souped agayne wyth the quene. And vpon the thursday & morowe folow∣ynge, the sayde syr Leonell toke hys leue of the kyng & quene / the whyche gaue vnto hym gyftes, & to suche as were in hys cōpany, to y^e value of .xx.M. floryns & aboue / & was cōueyed wyth noble men, as the erle of Can∣caruyle & other, tyll he was comen to Sens / & wyth knyght{is} tyll he came to the borders of Fraūce / where he gaue vnto theym ryche gyftes wyth great thankes.

And after he contynued hys iour¦ney tyll he came vnto y^e cytie of My∣layne / where shortly after he maryed the doughter of Galyace duke of the sayde cytye and coūtre, & had by her greate possessyons, by reason that her sayde father dyed shortely after.

And in the ende of thys yere, the erles of Armenak, of Bret, and of Pe¦rygort, wyth dyuers other nobles of the duchye of Guyan, appeled the prynce of walys in the Frenche kyn∣ges courte, that he hadde broken the peace, and wronged theym contrary the peace stablysshed betwene Eng∣lande & Fraūce / & requyred the Frēch kyng y^t the sayd appeale myght haue due processe agayne the sayd prynce. The whyche as sayth the French cro¦nicle kynge, Charles deferred, for cer¦tayne causes there towched, whyche were to longe to reherce.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lxvii.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lxviii.
	Adam wymbynghm̄.
Symon Mordon̄.		Anno .xlii.
	Robert Gyrdeler.

IN thys .xliii. yere, or more cer∣taynly in the ende of the prece∣dynge yere / one walter Bernes mer∣cer, was vpon the day of y^e trāslation of saynt Edwarde kyng and confes∣soure or the .xiii. daye of Octobre, cho¦sen by the mayre & aldermen mayre of the cytye of London. But howe it was for lacke of substaunce, or by o∣ther impedymente, which is nat no∣ted, the sayd walter vpon the daye of Symonde & Iude folowynge, whā he shulde haue taken hys othe at Guylde halle apered nat. wherfore in hys rome by eleccyon of the fore∣sayde mayre and aldermen, was ad∣mytted for that yere folowynge Sy∣monde Mordon̄ fysshmonger mayre of that cytye.

And in thys yere and moneth of Marche / Peter kynge of Castyle, whyche by the ayde of the Sarazyns dwellyng in the borders of Spayn, hadde wonne and recouered somme parte of the lande of Castyle / encoun¦trede wyth hys bastarde brother Henry beforesayde, and gaue vnto hym batayll nere to a towne called Sybylle. where after longe fyght, the sayde Peter was scomfyted and moche of hys people slayne, and hym selfdryuen vnto a castell / oute of the

whyche he was shortly after by trea∣son gottē, & presented vnto hys bro∣ther forenamed / by whose sentēce he was īmedyatly byheded. After whose deth the sayd Henry enioyed the hole lande of Castyle. whych infortunytie & myschaūce fylle to thys Peter after dyuers wryters, for so moche as he cruelly slew hys owne wyfe y^e dough¦ter of the duke of Burbon̄.

And in thys yere and moneth of Maye / the kynge of Fraunce in hys hyghe court of parlyamente holdē at Parys, proceded in iugemente vpon the appellacyons before made by the erle of Armenak, the lorde of Bret, and erle of Perogort, agayne prynce Edward, as before is towched in the precedynge yere. wherupon dyscorde and varyaunce began to take place betwene the .ii. kynges / in so moche y^t by meane of the sayd .iii. lordes, nat∣wythstandyng that they were before sworne to be to the kyng of Englāde trewe lyege men / dyuers townes of the countre of Poyteaw yelded them to the Frenche kynge, as Albeuyle, Rue, & the more partye of the sayde townes of the sayd countre. wherupō ambassades were sente vppon bothe partyes / & dyuers meanes of treaty were comoned, whyche conteyneth a longe werke, wyth resonynge made vpon the same. But in conclusyō all came to none effecte. So that breche of the peace whych before, betwene y^e ii. kynges was so substācially conclu¦ded was brokē / & eyther kyng for his partye made prouysiō for the warre. In so moch y^e kynge Charles spedde hym to Roan in Normandy / & there in y^e moneth of Iuly rigged his nauy to set theym forewarde for to warre vpon Englande.

In whyche tyme & season y^e kyng Charles was thus occupyed in Nor∣mādy / the duke of Lācastre lāded at Caleys with a strōge company of ar∣chers & other warryours / & frō thens passed to Thorouēne, & so to Ayre, in wastyng the countre with irne & fyre as he went. wherfore y^e French kyng in defence of those partyes, sente the duke of Burgoyne with a puyssaunt armye to withstāde the sayde duke of Lācastre. The whych duke of Bur∣goyne sped hym ī such wyse, y^t about y^e .xxiiii. day of August he lodged hys hoste vpon the moūtayne of Turne∣han nere vnto Arde. And the English hoste was lodged betwene Gygowne & Arde / so that y^e frountes of both ho¦stes were within a myle. Betwene whome were dayly skyrmysshes and small bykerynges without any nota¦rye batayll. And whā the sayd duke of Burgoyn̄ had thus kept the sayde mount, frō the .xxiiii. day of Auguste vnto the .xii. day of Septēbre / he re∣moued hys hoste & yode vnto Hesdē. For the whych dede he was after bla¦med of kyng Charles hys brother. After whych departure of the Frēche¦men / the duke of Lancastre with hys hoste tooke y^e waye towarde Caus or Caux, & passed the ryuer of Sūme / & so rode toward Harflew, entendynge as sayth the Frēche boke to haue fy∣red the Frenche kynges nauy. But at theyr cōmyng thyder y^e towne was so strōgly māned, y^t they dyd there ly¦tell scathe. wherfore the sayd duke de¦parted shortly thens, and spedde hym into the countrye of Poyteau, and so came vnto the towne of Albeuyle. where wythout the Frenchemen en∣countred hym, and gaue vnto hym batayll. In the whych was taken syr Hugh Chastelon̄ knyght with other knyghtes, esquyres, & burgeyses of the towne / and vpō .xvi. score Frēch¦men slayne. whyche sayde prysoners to the nombre of fyue & fourty were sent vnto Caleys / & y^e duke with hys company yode vnto Burdeaux, in spoylyng of the Frēchmē as he went.

Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.xlviii.		Anno dn̄i. xiii.C.lix.
	Iohn̄ Pyell.
Iohn̄ Chychester.		Anno .xliiii.
	Hugh Holdyche.

IN thys .xliiii. yere and moneth of Ianuary, dyed the erle of warwyke at Caleys, after he was re∣tourned from the duke of Lancastre / whyche was a man of great fame.

And in y^e moneth of August, dyed that noble woman quene Phylype & wyfe vnto Edwarde the thyrde.* 5.25 The whyche was a greate benefactoure vnto the chanōs of saynt Stephans chapell at westmynster.

And soon after dyed dame Blaūch somtyme the wyfe of Henry duke of Lancastre / & was buryed at Poules vpon the no••thsyde of the hyghe aul¦ter by her husbande. where she ordey¦ned for hym and her .iiii. chaūtres for euer, & an annyuersarye yerely to be kept. At the whych, ouer great thyn∣ges be set vnto the deane & chanons of the churche / she ordeyned that the mayre beynge presente at the masse, shuld offre .i.d. and take vp .xx.s / the shyryffes eyther of them a peny, and to receyue eyther of them a marke / y^e chāberlayn of the cytie .x.s, the sword berer .vi.s..viii.d, and euery officer of the mayres there present .xxii.d, and to euery offycer to the nombre of .viii eyther of theym .viii.d. admytted for the shyreffes. The whyche obyte at thys daye is holden. But by reason that the lande is decayed, these fore∣named summes ben greately mynys∣shed / so that the mayre at thys daye hath but .vi.s.viii.d, bothe the shyref¦fes syxe. s. eyghte. d, and other after that rate.

In thys yere also the kynge helde hys parlyament at westmynster. In the whych was graunted vnto hym iii. fyftenes to be payde in .iii. yeres folowynge. And by a conuocacyon of the clergye was also grauted vnto hym .iii. dysmes, to be payde in lyke maner.

And in thys yere was the .iii. mor∣talitie, wherof dyed moche people. And suche a morayne fyll also amōg beastes, that the lyke therof was nat seen many yeres before. And vppon that ensued such excessiues of rayne, that corne was therwith drowned in the erthe / and so bukked wyth water, that the yere ensuynge whete was at xl.d. a busshell.

And in y^e ende of y^e moneth of Iuly / syr Robert Knollys accōpanied with dyuers noble men & soudyours, en∣tred saint Omers. And whā they had executed theyr pleasures there & in y^e countre enuyrō / they than rode vnto Arras, in wastynge & spoylyng y^e coū¦tre as they went. And whan they had brēt the bulwerkes of the sayd town of Arras / they passed by Noyn̄ & Uer¦mendoys / & brente the houses of all such as wolde nat to them gyue due raunsome. And thus holdynge theyr waye / they passed the ryuers of Oyse & of Syre / & so came vnto the citie of Raynes, & passed there the ryuer / and rode towarde Troyes, & passed y^e ry∣uers of Aube & of Sayne / & so helde theyr waye to saynt Floryntyne, and there passed the ryuer of Ion / in hol∣dyng theyr cours towarde Ioyngny & so to Corbueyll & Esson or Essoyn. And vppon a mondaye beynge the xxii. day of Septembre / the sayd En∣glysshemen lodged theym vppon the mount of saynte Albone, and in the countre there about. And vpon wed∣nysdaye folowyng, they enbataylled them in a felde betwene the townes of Iunye and Parys.

In all whyche season they passed wythout batayll thorough those fore¦sayd countres, in spoylyng them and raunsomyng the inhabytaūtes ther∣of wythout resystens or impedymēt. And all be it y^t in the cytye of Parys at that day were .xii.C. men of armes waged by the Frenche kynge, besyde the sowdyours and strengthe of the cytezeyns of that cytye / yet the sayde hoste of Englysshemen lay as before is sayd enbataylled, tyll it was paste noone of the foresayd daye. At which tyme for so moche as they were credi¦bly enfourmed that they shulde there haue no batayl, they brake theyr feld and sped them to a place or towne cal¦led Antoygny, & there lodged y^e night and vpō the morowe toke theyr iour¦ney to warde Normandy.

But after .iiii. dayes labour, they tourned theyr waye towarde Estam∣pys or Escamps, by Beause in Gaste¦noys, in pyllynge and domagynge the coūtrees as they before had done / contynuynge theyr iourney tyll they came into the erledome of Angeau / where they wanne by strengthe the town{is} of Uaas & Ruylly, with other stronge holdes thereabout.

But than as y^e deuyll wold, which is rote of all enuy and dyscorde / the lorde Fytzwater and the lord Graūt∣son, fyll at variaūce wyth syr Robert Knolles and hys companye / whyche grewe to so great hatred and dysplea¦sure, that syr Roberte Knolles wyth the floure of the archers and sow∣dyours, departed from the sayd two lordes, leuynge theym in the forsayd townes of Uaas & Ruylly / & he thā yode into Brytayne.

whereof whanne certayntye was broughte vnto the Frenche kynge / anone he cōmaunded syr Berthram de Glaycon̄ newly made marshall of Fraunce, wyth a stronge armye to entre the sayde countye of Angeou, and to make sharpe warre vppon the sayde Englyshmen. The whych vpō the twelf daye of Octobre folowyng, layde syege vnto the sayde towne of Uaas / whereof issued oute the sayde lordes of Fytzwater and Graūtson, and gaue vnto the Marshall batayl. But in the ende the dyscomfyture fyl vnto the Englysshemen / so that of theym was slayne .vi. hundreth, and the reste put vnto the flyght.

In the whyche was taken y^e sayd lorde Grauntson wyth other. And that done the sayd syr Barthrā yode vnto the towne of Uaas, and gat it by assawte. where also were s••ayne vpon thre hundreth of Englyshemē, and the other put to flyght, & many taken prysoners. And after thys the sayd Barthram pursued the English men that were fledde, vnto a towne called Uersure. where in assawtynge of the sayd towne, he slewe and toke prysoners vpon .iiii.C. Englyshmē. And thus by stryfe and dyssenc. on a∣monge theym selfe / those that before by amyte and good accorde were vic¦tours,* 5.26 now by hatered and dyscorde were slayne and taken prysoners.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxx.
	wyllyam walworth.
Iohn̄ Bernes.		Aonn .xlv.
	Robert Gayton̄.

IN thys .xlv. yere & begynnyng of the mometh of Marche / the archebyshoppe of wynchester than beynge a cardynall, and presente at Auynyon wyth pope Gregorye the xi. of that name / was put in com∣myssyon

wyth the archebyshoppe of Beauuays to make or treate a peace and vnyty bytwene the two realmes of Englande and of Fraunce. whych sayd cardynall of wynchester after hys departynge from the pope, came downe toward Meleoune / where by the sayd archbysshop and also cardy¦nall of Beauuays, he was honoura∣bly mette, and so conueyed vnto the cytye of Melcon. And whan he had restyd him there vpon .iiii. dayes / the two cardynalles ensemble sped them vnto Parys / where they wyth kyng Charlys had communycacyō tow∣chynge the sayd peace. And after hys pleasure knowen / the sayde archbys∣shop and cardynall toke hys leue, & was cōueyed toward Caleys / where he toke shyppynge, and so sayled in to Englande / and shewed vnto the kynge the popes pleasure wyth the Frenche kynges answere.

And in thys yere folowynge the somertyde in Guyā were made and foughten many and dyuers skyrmys¦shes / in the whyche for the more par∣tye the Englyshemen were put vnto the worse / so that many of them were slayne and taken prysoners, and dy∣uers holdes and townes taken from them / and specyally in the countre of Lymosyne. For by the fyrste daye of the moneth of Iuly, the cytye of Ly∣moges wyth all the coūtre of Lymo¦syne forsayde was vnder the obey∣saunce of the Frenche kyng, as wyt∣nessyth the Frenche Cronycle.

wherof the occasyon was as affer¦meth the Englyshe boke,* 5.27 for so mych as prynce Edward had lately before arreryd of the inhabytauntes of that cytye and countre, a greate and gre∣uous taske, to theyr great hurte and enpouerysshyng / by meanes wherof he loste the loue of the people.

whan the Frenche kynge hadde thus opteyned the rule of the coūtre of Lymosyne / he immedyately after sente syr Barthram de Glaycon into the erledome of Poyteawe or Poy∣tyers, and wāne there many townes and castels / & lastly layde hys syege vnto Rochell, as after in the folow∣ynge yere shalbe shewed.

‡ 5.28 And to the ende that good and merytoryous dedes shuld be holden in memorye / here is to be noted that the mayre for thys yere beyng Iohā Bernys mercer, gaue vnto the comy¦naltye of the cytye of London a chest wyth thre lockes & keyes, and therin a thousande marke of redy money / wyllyng the keyes therof to be yerely in the kepyng of thre sundry persōs, that is to mene the mayster of y^e felys¦shyp of the mercery to haue one, the mayster of the felysshyp of drapars the second, and thyrde to be in the ke¦pynge of the chamberlayne of that cytye. And so therin the sayde thou∣sande marke to be kept / to the entent that at all tymes when any cytesyne wolde borowe any money, that he shulde haue it there for the space of a yere / to laye for suche a summe as he wold haue plate or other iewellys to a suffycyente gayge, so that he exce∣dyd not the summe of an hundreth marke. And for the occupyenge ther∣of yf he were lerned, to saye at hys pleasure De profundis for the soule of Iohn̄ Bernys and all christen sou∣les, as often tymes as in hys summe were comprysed .x. markes. As he that borowed but .x. marke, shulde saye but ouer that prayer. And yf he had .xx. marke / then to saye it twyes, and so after the rate. And yf he were not lerned, then to saye so often hys Pater noster. But how so thys mo∣ney was lent or gyded / at thys daye the cheste remayneth in the chamber of London, wythout money or pled∣ges for the same.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxx.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxi.
	Robert Hatfelde.
Iohn̄ Bernes.		Anno .xlvi.
	Robert Gayton̄.

IN thys .xlvi. yere and moneth of February, kynge Edwarde helde hys parlyamente at westmyn∣ster. In the whych he asked of the spi¦rytualtye .l.M.li, & as moch of y^e laye fee. The whych by the temporal was graunted / but the clergye kepte them of wyth plesaunt answeres. So that the kyng and hys coūsayll was with them dyscontented / in so moche that to theyr dyspleasures, dyuers offy∣cers, as the chaunceler, the pryuye seale, the tresourer, and other, were re¦moued beyng spyrytuall men / and in theyr offyces & places temporall men set in. And shortly after the foresayde cardynall of Beauuays came into Englande, to treate of the peace be∣twene the .ii. realmes. But he spedde nothyng to the effect therof.

wherfore in the moneth of Iuly, y^e Frenche kyng sente into the countre of Poyteaw the forenamed syr Bar∣thram de Claycon̄ wyth a stronge ar¦mye / where he wan dyuers holdes & fortresses from the Englyshmen. In whyche season kynge Edwarde for strengthyng of the coūtre, & specially to defende y^e towne of Rochell, which as aboue in the other yere is shewed was at this yere besieged by the sayd syr Barthran / sente the erle of Pen∣broke wyth other noble men, to forty fye the sayde towne, and to remoue y^e syege. But or he myght wynne to the sayd towne / he was encountred with a flote of Spaynardes, the whyche kyng Henry of Castyle had sent into Fraunce to strength the French kyn¦ges partye. Of the whyche flote after longe and cruell fyght / the sayde erle was taken, wyth syr Guycharde de Angle and other, to the nombre of .C and thre score prysoners / & the more partye of hys men slayne and drow∣ned, wyth the losse of many good shyppes.

And in the begynnyng of the mo∣neth of Septembre folowyng, a Gas¦coygne borne, a man of good fame, whome the kyng of England had ad¦mytted for hys lyeutenaunt & gouer¦noure of the countre of Poyteaw, na¦med le Captall de Bueffe / faughte wyth an armye of Frenchmen before a towne named Sonbyse / where in conclusyon hys men were slayne and chased, & he wyth .lxx. of hys partie ta¦ken prysoners. Than the dukes of Berry & of Burgoyne vppon the .vi. daye of Septembre, came before Ro¦chell / and had certayne communica∣ciōs with y^e rulers of the sayd towne, for the delyuery therof. In this passe tyme & season, kyng Edward heryng of the takyng of the erle of Pēbroke, & of the losse that he dayly had of hys men in dyuers partyes of Fraunce, with also the ieopardye that y^e towne of Rochell and other stode in / made hasty prouysyon, & entendyd to haue passed the see. But the wynde was cō¦traryous, that he myght haue no pas¦sage / wherfore he retourned as sayth Policronicō, agayne into the land.

Than vpon the .viii. daye of Sep¦tembre beforesayd, the captayne of Rochell, hauynge no cōforte of short rescous / yelded vppon certayne ap∣poyntementes the sayde towne vnto the forenamed dukes, vnto the Frēch kynges vse. And shortely after were also yolden to theym, the townes of Angolesme, of Exāctes, of saīt Iohn̄ de Angely, wyth dyuers other.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxii.
	Iohn̄ Phylpotte.
Iohn̄ Pyell.		Anno .xlv.
	Nycholas Brember.

IN thys .xlvii. yere / at a wreste∣lynge holden vpon blake Heth besyde London, was slayne a mercer of Londō named Iohn̄ Northwode. For the whyche greate dyssencyon grewe amonge the felyshyppes of y^e cytye, to the houge dystourbaunce of it / and a good season after or the ran¦coure thereof myghte be duely ap∣peased.

In thys yere also the duke of Lā∣castre syr Iohn̄ of Gaunt, & syr Ed∣mūde his brother erle of Cambriged wedded the two doughters of Peter whyche was late kynge of Castyle, put to deth by Hēry hys bastarde bro¦ther / as before I haue shewed in the xliii. yere of thys kyng{is} reygne. Of y^e whyche two doughters syr Iohn̄ of Gaunt maryed the eldest named Cō¦stance, & hys brother the yonger na∣med Isabell / so that by these marya∣ges these .ii. bretherne claymed to be enherytours of the kyngdome of Ca¦style or Spayne.

And in thys yere after the duke of Brytayne had receyued many exorta¦cyons & requestes frome the Frenche kyng, to haue hym vpon hys partye: he sente for certayne sowdyours of Englishmen, & strengthed with them some of thys castelles & holdes. wher¦of heryng kyng Charles / sent thyder wyth a stronge power the forenamed syr Barthran de Claycon / warnyng theym to make warre vpon them as an enemye vnto the house of Fraūce. The whyche accordynge to theyr cō∣mission entred the lande of Brytayn, in wastyng it with irne & fyre / and in shorte processe had yolden vnto hym the more partye of the chyef townes, excepte Brest, Aulroy, and Deruall. Than in the ende of Iuny the sayde syr Barthran layd syege vnto Brest / & the lord of Craon wyth other laye before Daruall. In all whyche sea∣son the duke of Brytayne was in En¦glande. For so soone as he hadde as before is sayd, bestowed the foresayd Englyshe sowdyours / he sayled into Englande to speke wyth kynge Ed∣warde.

In the moneth of Iuly, the duke of Lācastre wyth syr Iohn̄ de Moūt forde duke of Brytayne & other, with a myghty puyssaunce landed at Ca∣leys. And after they had rested them there a certayn days, they rode vnto Hesden, and lodged them within the parke an other season. And after pas∣sed by Dourlōs, by Benquesne, and so vnto Corbye / where they passed y^e ryuer of Some, and rode vnto Roy in Uermendoys / where they rested them by the space of .vii. dayes. At whych terme ende they set fyre vpon the towne, & toke theyr way towarde Laemoys, and burned & spoyled the countre as they wēt. And in processe of tyme passed the ryuers of Osne, Marne, and of Aube, & rode thorugh Chāpayne / & by the erledome of Bra¦me streyghte vnto Guy / & passed the ryuer of Seyn, & so towarde y^e ryuer of Leyr, and vnto Marcynguy y^e nō∣nery. And whan they were passed the sayd nonnery / they kepte theyr waye towarde the ryuer of Ancherre, and so vnto Burdeaux. In all whyche iourney they passed wythout fyghte or batayll / natwithstādyng the great hurte & domage they dyd vnto y^e tow¦nes & coūtres as they passed. Excepte at a place or towne called Orchye, a knyght of Fraūce called syr Iohn̄ de

Uyenne encountred .l. speres and .xx. archers that were strayed from theyr hoste / and set vppon theym, and slew some parte of theym, and toke the re∣sydue of theym prysoners. So that the Frenche boke sayth, for so moche as for lacke of meate for theyr horses and other paynfull thynges that in that iourney to theym happened, that though that iournay were vnto the Englysshemen honorable to ryde so ferre in the kynges lāde vnfough∣ten wyth / yet it was to theym very paynfull, cōsyderyng the manyfolde chaunces fallynge to theym, as losse of horses and other thynges duryng that passage.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxiii.
	Iohn̄ Awbry.
Adam of Bury.		Anno .xlviii.
	Iohn̄ Fysshyde.

IN thys .xlviii. yere, were sente fro the pope than beyng the .xi. Gregory, the archebysshop of Rauen¦ne, and the bysshop of Carentras / for to treate of the peace, betwene the .ii. kynges of Englande and of Fraūce. The whyche assembled them at Bru¦ges in Flaundres. whyther also for kynge Edwardes partye, came the duke of Lancastre, and the bysshope of Londō, wyth other. And for Char¦les the Frenche kynge, appered there the duke of Burgoyne, & the bisshop of Amyens, and other. The whyche cōmyssioners, after they had spente a greate parte of the lente in disputa∣cions of thys matter / the partyes for the Frenche kynge desyred a lycence of the legates, that they myghte ryde vnto Parys, and shewe vnto y^e kyng the offycers of the englysshe partye / and so to retourne with hys pleasur. wherupon it was agreed, that a cer∣tayne shulde ryde & to shew vnto the Frenche kynge, y^t the Englysshemen abode styffely vpon the souerayntye, that the kynge of Englande and hys heyres kynges, shal enioy all the for∣mer landes comprysed in the peace made betwene hym and Iohn̄ than kyng of Fraūce / as before is shewed in the .xxxiiii. yere of thys kyng, wyth out homage or other duyte for them doynge. For thys matter as sayth y^e Frenche cronycle, kyng Charlys as∣sembled at Parys a great parte of y^e nobles of hys realme, wyth many o∣ther wyse mē & doctours of dyuynite, to haue that case suffyciently argued and debated. In the whyche coūsayl it was plenerly determyned, that the kyng myght nat gyue ouer the sayd souerayntye without great peryll of hys soule / as there was shewed by di¦uers resons. whan thys reporte was brought vnto Bruges / y^e sayd treaty was dissolued wythoute any conclu∣syon takynge / excepte the peace was contynued tyll the feast of all sayn∣tes next ensuynge.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxiii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxiiii.
	Rycharde Lyons.
wyllyam walworth.		Anno .xlix.
	wyllyam wodhowce.

IN thys yere, that is to vnder∣stande in the begynnynge of thys mayres yere, and ende of the xlviii. yere of kyng Edwarde / a new 〈2 pages missing〉〈2 pages missing〉

wyse cōplayned vpon to the kyng, y^t he was throwen into pryson, where he lay many yeres after.

Than kyng Edwarde created Ry¦chard sonn̄ of prynce Edward pryn∣ce of walys / & gaue vnto hym y^e erle∣domes of Chester and Cornewayll. And also for the kyng waxed feble & sykely / he than betoke the rule of the lande vnto syr Iohn̄ of Gaunt duke of Lancastre / and ordeyned hym as gouernour of the lande. whyche so contynued durynge hys fathers lyfe.

In thys yere also the tenaūtes or menyall seruaūtes of the erle of war¦wyk, made a ryot vpon the monkes of Euyshm̄ / and slewe & hurte many of the abbottes tenauntes, & spoyled and brake hys closures and waryn∣nes, and sewed theyr pondes and wa¦ters, and dyd vnto them many disple¦sures / to the vtter ruyne of that mo∣nastery, ne had the kyng y^• soner haue sente downe to the erle hys letters, chargynge hym to sease & withdraw hys men from that ryot. whych after¦warde was pacified, without any no¦tary punysshement of suche persons as were begynners or executours of that ryot.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xcvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xcvii.
	Androwe Pykman.
Nycholas Bembre.		Anno .lii.
	Nycholas Twyforde.

IN thys .lii. yere and .xii. daye of the moneth of Apryl / syr Iohn̄ Mynster worth knyght, for certayne tresons, of the whych he was conuict before the mayre and other iustyces of the kyng in the Guyld halle, was thys foresayd daye at tyborne put in execucion / that is to meane, hanged, heded, and quartered / & hys hed sette after vpō Lōdon brydge. The cause of whose dethe was, for so moche as he beynge put in trust by the kyng, re¦ceyued greate summes of money to paye wyth the kynges sowdyours / the whyche he kepte vnto hys owne vse, and deceyued the kynge and hys sowdiours. And whan therof he was to the kyng accused / he feryng punys¦shement fledde into Fraunce, & there conspyred newly agayne his natural prynce / & so lastly was taken and re∣ceyued hys meryte.

* 5.29In thys yere also began a wōder∣full cysme in the churche of Rome. For after the deth of the pope the .xi. Gregory was chosen .ii. popes. wher¦of the fyrst was named the .vi. Urbā, and that other the seuenth Clement / the fyrste an Italy on borne, and that other a Frencheman. Of the whyche ensued suche dyscorde in eleccyon of the pope, that by the terme of .xxxix. yeres after, there was euer .ii. popes in suche auctorytye, that harde and doughtefull it was to knowe / whe∣ther was indubitat pope.

‡ 5.30 And vpon the .xxii. daye of the mo∣neth of Iuny, dyed at hys manour of Shene now called Rychmoūt, kyng Edward y^e thyrde of that name / whā he had reygned .li. yeres and .v. mo∣nethes and odde dayes / leuyng after hym .iiii. sonnes, that is to saye Leo∣nell duke of Clarence, Iohn̄ of Gaūt duke of Lancastre, Edmund of Lāg¦ley duke of yorke, and Thomas of woodstok erle of Cambrydge. Of the whyche sonnes wyth other nobles of hys realme, he was honourably cō∣ueyed frō his sayd manour of Shene vnto the monastery of westmynster, and there solempnely wythin the

chapell of saynt Edwarde vppon the south syde of the shryne, wyth thys Epytaphyor superscrypcion in a ta∣ble hangyng vpon hys tombe.

¶Hic decus Anglorum, flos regum preteritorū, Forma futurorum, rex clemens, pax populorum, Tercius Edwardus regni complens iubileum, Inuictus pardus, pollens bellis Machabeus.

The whych is thus to be vnderstāde in our mother tūge as folowynge.

Of Englyshe kynges, here lieth the beauteuous floure. Of all before passed, & myrrour to them shall sue A mercifull kynge, of peace conseruatour, The .iij. Edwarde. The deth of whome maye 〈◊〉〈◊〉 All Englysshmē / for he by knyghtehode due, was lyberde inuict, and by feate Marciall To worthy Machabe in vertu peregall.

PHylyp de Ualoys erle of Ualoys, & sonne of Charles de Ualoys brother vnto y^e .iiii. Philip was admitted for protectoure of the realme of Fraūce, in the begynnynge of the moneth of February. And vpō Trynite sonday next ensuyng, he with hys wyfe were crowned at Raynes, in y^e yere of our lord god a .M.iii.C.xxviii, & the .ii. yere of kyng Edward the .iii. thā be∣ynge in possessiō of the crowne of En¦glande. Betwene thys Philip & the sayd Edward kyng of Englande, as some deale before in the story, & .iiii. yere of Charles the .v. is towched / great disputacions & argumentes a∣rose betwene theyr coūsayles, for the right & tytle to the crowne of Fraūce. For it was thought by the coūsayl of Englāde, for so moche as Edwarde was cosyn to Philip le Beaw, & sonn̄ of y^e sayd Philippes doughter, which had no mo chylder but Edwardes mo¦ther / that he shuld rather be kyng of Fraūce than Philip de Ualoys, that was but cosyn germayn to Philip le Beaw, & sonne of hys brother Char∣les. Of whych dispuciōs & argumen¦tes the fynall cōclusion was, y^• for an olde decre & law by auctoritye of par∣lyament lōge before made was enac∣ted, that no womā shuld enheryte the crowne of Fraūce / therfore y^e tytle of Edward by myght of the Frēchemen was put by, & thys Philip admytted to the gouernaūce of the same. After whych direcciō thus takē, & specially by y^e meanes of syr Robert erle of Ar¦toys / thys Philip anone was procla¦med regēt of Fraūce, vnto such tyme as the quene wyfe of Charles the .v. whych thā was wyth chylde were de∣lyuered / & so receyued the rule of the lande as regēt. In tyme wherof, Pe∣ter Remy principall tresorer of kyng Charles last dede / whyche Peter (ly∣uyng the sayd Charles) was accused of myspēdyng of y^e kynges tresoure, & enrychyng of hym selfe cōtrary to ryght & reason, so y^t his goodes shuld be estemed at .iiii.C.M.li. after Pa∣rys money, wherof y^e value is set out in diuers places before in this werke was takē out of pryson & areygned at Parys, & there conuict & adiuged / & vpō the .xxiiii. day of Marche drawē thorugh the cytie, & hanged vpon the comō gybet at Parys. And vpō the fyrst day of Apryll folowyng / the old quene & wyfe of Charles laste kyng, was lighted of chyld, & brought forth a doughter at Boys in Uincēt, which after was named Blanche. wherfore where before the sayd Philip de Ua∣loys ruled before but as regēt / nowe he was allowed & takē for kyng, and crowned as before is sayd at the citie of Raynes,* 5.31 with y^e quene his wyfe vp on Trinite sonday. And whā y^e solēp¦nyte of hys coronaciō was ended / he then assembled before hym & hys coū¦sayll

Lowys the erle of Flaūdres, & receyued of hym homage for the sayd erledom. And that done, he besought the kyng of ayde to oppresse certayn townes of hys coūtre whych rebelled agayne hym. wherunto y^e kyng graū¦ted / & by counsayll & exortacion of syr Gautyer or walter de Crecy than cō∣stable of Fraunce, the kyng sent oute hys commyssioners / chargynge hys lordes with theyr assygnes & sowdy∣ours, to mete with hym in dyffēsyble arraye at the cytie of Arras, by mary Magdaleyne day next ensuyng.

At whyche day the kyng with his lordes and people there meting, toke forewarde vpon hys iourney, & sped hym toward Cassyle a town of Flaū¦dres. where within lytell space of the towne he pyght hys pauylyons and tētes / & wasted and pylled the coūtre thereabout. But the Flemynges ke∣pynge within the sayd towne, fered nothyng the French kyng / but in dy∣rision of hym and of hys lordes, they caused a red cok to be paynted vpō a whyte cloth, & wrote in greate let∣ters in y^e sayd clothe thys tyme folow¦ynge, & hāged it out ouer the walles.

Quant ce quoc i••y chantera. ••e roy troue ca entrera.

¶whych is thus to meane in our vul¦gare speche.

whan that thys cok lo here doth synge, than shall thys founde kynge hys hoste in brynge.

WHā thys was redde of the Frēch men, and report made therof vn¦to the kynge / he was therwyth sore amoued / and specyally for that y^t they named hym the foundē kyng. Therfore they assayled them strōgly vppon all partyes. But they of the towne defended theym manfully, so that theyr enemyes had of them none aduauntage. Than the kynge sente syr Robert de Flaundres a knyghte of the erles, with a certayne sowdy∣ours / commaundyng hym to assayle the Flemynges toward saint Omers And the erle he monysshed, y^t he with hys people shuld assayle thē towarde the yle. Than the comōs of Bruges, Ipre, of Tourney, of Fourneys, and of all Cassyle, assembled theym / and prouyded that a certayne of thē shuld kepe the mount of Cassyle, and ano∣ther company shulde kepe the coūtre towarde Tourney, and the thyrde hoste shulde fortyfye the countre to∣warde the yle.

The whiche people ordered euery hoste hys lymit to hym assigned / and dayly skyrmysshed wyth the Frenche men, so that betwene them men were slayne vpon bothe partyes. whan the kyng had thus lyen before the towne a certayn season / the Flemynges nat feryng theyr enemyes, issued oute of the towne, and pyght theyr tētes vp∣pon the mounte of Cassyle, & shewed them boldly vnto theyr enemyes / thā kyng Phylyp seynge the boldnesse of the Flemynges, and howe lytell they fered hym / toke coūsayll of hys lord{is} how he myght cause them to dyscēde the hylle / for so longe as they kepte y^e hyll it was iuperdous & perylous to stye towarde theym. Lastly it was a∣greed by the kynge and hys lordes, that syr Robert de Flaundres wyth other, shuld assayle an holde or town thereby called Terroner de Bergner by meane wherof the kyng thoughte that they wolde discende the mount, to rescue the sayd towne. which accor¦dyng to y^e kynges mynde was done, and a bulwerke set vppon a fyre. But the kynge had neuer the rather hys entent. For they kepte them and theyr gates in so sure wyse, that the French kyng for al hys great power, myghte to theym do no scathe. In so moche that the kynge consyderynge

theyr strength / was condyscended to famysshe them by hunger, that they myght nat wynly strēgth / & for that toke y^e lesse watche or regarde to hys people, but suffered them to play and dysport them out of theyr harneys, eche of thē in others tente / thynkyng hym sure of hys enemyes, for any as∣saute or warre by theym to be procu∣red or attempted agayne hym or hys lordes.

But whether it were that hys ene¦myes of this were warned, or that of theyr owne courage and pryde they wolde assayle the frenche hoste / vpon the .xxiiii. daye of Auguste towarde y^e nyght, the sayde hoste of Flemynges aualed the mount in as secrete wyse as men of watre myght / & drewe thē towarde the French men, whych thā were vnarmed and in theyr disportes of dysynge and playeng at the chesse & other games.

Uppon whome the Flemynges came so sodaynly, y^t they slewe many of theyr enemyes, and forced many to fle toward saynt Omers for theyr sauegarde. And so the Flemynges helde on theyr waye tyll they came nere vnto the kynges tent, which thā was also vnarmed. But by the noyse & crye he beynge warned▪ in all haste armed hym. In the whyche season as god wolde for the Frenche hoste / certayne Marshallys of the Frenche hoste wyth a stronge company, retor∣ned from y^e assaute of an holde ther∣by, and encountred the Flemynges / and helde wyth them batayll, whyle the kynge and his lordes made them redy. So that in processe the Flemyn¦ges were closed wyth theyr enemyes and had a sharpe and cruell fyghte / wherin they defended theym vygo∣rously.

But in the ende the losse of y^• felde iourned vpon the Flemynges / so y^t the capytayne named 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was slayne,* 5.32 wyth many other to the nom∣bre of .xviii.M. & aboue as wytnes∣seth the Frenche boke, ouer many whyche were there taken prysoners of poore men and artyfycers / for the multitude of the gentylmē were vpō the erles partye.

After whyche victorye thus optey¦ned by the kynge / anone he caused y^e sayde towne of Cassell to be set vpon a fyre / & after yode vnto Bruges and had it yolden vnto hym. And in lyke wyse was Ipre, Poperynge, Four∣nays, Tournaye, Terrouer, & many other good townes yoldē vnto hym. Amonge the whyche Gaūt is nat na¦med. wherfore it is to deme, that it was none of those townes y^t at thys season rebelled. Thā in short proces folowynge / the kyng had the rule of the hole erledome of Flaunders, and delyuered the possessyon therof vnto Lowys the foresayde erle of that coū¦tre / and after retourned into Fraūce wyth pompe, leuynge the erle in hys countye of Flaundres. Thē whyche dyd after so cruell iustyce vppon hys subiectes, that he put to deth by dy∣uerse tourmentes, as rakkynge, hed∣dynge, & hangynge, in sondry tow∣nes & places of hys lordshyppes, vpō the nōbre of .x.M: ouer & aboue many & dyuers whych were banysshed, som for fewe yeres, some for many, & som for euermore.

IN the secōde yere of thys kyng Phylyp / lyke as before is she∣wed in the thyrde yere of kynge Ed∣warde, the sayd Edwarde made hys homage vnto the sayde Phylyp in y^e towne of Amyas, for the duchy of Guyon & countye of Poytyers. And soone after thys Phylype sente into Flaundres dyuers bysshoppes and other noble men / by whose meanes y^e gates of Brug{is} of Ipre, of Courtray and of other townes, were abated &

throwen downe, for fere lest the sayde townes wolde oft rebell agayne hym or theyr erle.

In thys yere also syr Roberte de Artoys began hys plee in parlyamēt agayne Iohan countesse of Artoys for that erledome / in claymynge the ryght therof by certayne endentures of couenaūtes of maryage, betwene syr Phylype de Artoys hys father, & dame Blaūche of Brytayne hys mo∣ther / whyche wrytynges had ben by longe tyme kept from hym and now newly founden. And for to haue the better expedicion in hys matter / he brought vnto the kynge, the erle of Alenson, the duke of Brytayne, with dyuers nobles, the whyche made re∣quest for hym to the kyng y^t he might haue iustyce. And with the countesse came the duke of Burgoyne, Lowys erle of Flaundres, and dyuers other noble men, makynge lyke request for her and for her ryght. Than syr Ro∣bert shewed forth a wrytynge sealed wyth the seale of armys of the erle of Artoys, conteynynge that whan the maryage was solēpnysed of syr Phy¦lyp de Artoys father to the sayd Ro∣bert, & of dame Blaunche doughter vnto the duke of Brytayne and mo∣ther vnto the sayd Robert, it was ac∣corded that the sayd syr Phylyp hys father, gaue vnto y^e sayd dame Blaū¦che and to her heyres, the erledome of Artoys. whiche wrytynges at the in∣staunce & prayer of the countesse of Artoys, were than delyuered into y^e court to be kept / sayeng that the sayd wrytynges were vntrewe & coūterfe¦ted. Upon the whych the sayde coun∣tesse brought suffycient prouffe, that the sayd wrytynges were falsely ma¦de & sealed by a gentylwomā, dough¦ter vnto the lorde of Dygnon of the castell of Bethune / y^t whyche was so lerned in Astronomy y^t she toke vpon her to shew thynges to come, wherin somtyme she happed vpon the soth / but more oftener she fayled.

By meanes of whyche womā an olde chartre sealed wyth the seale of the forenamed syr Phylip was foūd / the whych she craftely toke of, & set it vpon a new writyng made to y^e auaū¦tage of the sayd syr Robert of Artoys & after presented them vnto the sayd syr Robert, sayenge y^t she had founde thē in the town of Acras. The which he ioyfully receyued, and made hys tytle and clayme vpō the same. This matter thus hāgyng before the kyng and hys lordes / in the .iii. yere of hys reygne in y^e cytye of Parys, after due prouffe made vpon the same, the sen∣tence was gyuen agayne syr Robert of Artoys to hys great dyspleasure. In so moche that he sayd openly, by me he was made a kynge, and by me he shalbe dysmyssed yf I maye. And for he fered to be caste in pryson by y^e French kyng / he therefore conueyed hys horse and goodes secretely vnto Burdeaux vpon Geroūde, and there toke shyppyng and so passed into En¦glande hys sayd horses and treasour & hym selfe yode vnto hys cosyne the duke of Brabāt. with whome he bode a certayne of tyme / & after passed into Englāde, and excyted kyng Edward hougely for to make warre vpon the Frenche kynge.

In the .iiii. yere of y^e reygne of this Phylip / the sayd syr Robert was pro¦claymed open enemy to the crown of Fraunce, and hys landes seased into the Frenche kynges handes / and he banysshed the lande for euer, excepte that he within a moneth after Easter next ensuyng, wolde come into y^e kyn¦ges court, & submyt hym hooly vnto the kynges grace whyche sentēce pas¦sed agayne hym, for so moche as he apered nat.

In y^e .vi. yere of the reygne of this Philip / the wyfe of syr Robert of Ar∣toys,

y^t whych was syster vnto kyng Philip, was accused to be a great oc¦casioner of the offence of her husbād. For y^e which she with her childer was sent into Gastenoys & there holden in strayte pryson.

In y^e .viii. yere of hys reygne, kyng Philip vysyted diuers parties of his realme / & in y^e doynge, vysyted many places of pylgrymages which before he had promysed to seche, for the resti¦tuciō of helth to his eldest sonn̄ Iohn̄ thā duke of Normādy, whych y^e yere before my meane of sekenes was in great ieopardy of lyfe / & cōtynuynge the sayd iourney, rode vnto Auygnō and vysyted there y^e pope than beyng Benet the .xii. of y^e name. And whā he had sped hys nedes wyth hym, he yo∣de into the prouynce of Mercyle for to se there his nauy / and after retour¦ned by Burgoyne, where of the duke he was royally receyued and feested. In which season of his there tarieng a cōplaynt was brought before hym by y^e sayd duke, agayne syr Iohn̄ de Chalon, for clayme of certayn lādes within that duchy. The whych vari∣aunce to apese the kyng toke therein somme payne. But no direccion he myght set therein / so y^t the sayd duke and syr Iohn̄ departed with wordes of dyffiaūce. And shortly after y^e sayd syr Iohn̄ accompanyed with dyuers noble mē of Almayne, entred y^e duchy of Burgoyne, and therin dyd moche harme to the coūtre and people / and gat certayne castelles and thē forty∣fyed with Almaynes. Thā y^e duke ha¦uyng in his ayde y^e kyng of Nauerne the duke of Normādy▪ with y^e erle of Escāps and of Flaūdres▪ ass••eged y^e castel of Chausy, & at y^e ende of .vi. we¦kes wan y^e same / and after yode vnto the cytye of Besenson, & layd siege to it also. But whā he had leyne there a lōge season, he was fayne to cōclude a trewes, his host was in such 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of vytayll. By reason of whych peas or trewes y^e hostes were deseuered, & the ende of y^e warre vnparfyted. But in the ende folowynge, by meane of y^e Frēch kyng a dyrecciō was takē be∣twene the sayd {per}tyes. And thys yere kyng Philip sent certayne messēgers vnto kyng Edward, vpō certayn de∣maūdes for y^e castel of yaūtes & other for y^e which cōtrauersie fyrst begā to kyndle betwene the sayde .ii. prynces as in y^e .x. yere of Edward is touched with the other yeres folowyng.

In the .ix. yere of this Philip, ape∣red a blasyng sterre. After the whych ensued greate mortalytye within the realme of Fraūce, aswel of men as of beestes. And in this yere a nother mā of y^e prouynce of Lāgedok named Ar¦nolde of Normādy, was heded & han¦ged vpō y^e cōmon gybet of Parys / for asmoch as by hys meanes it was pro¦ued, that the Englyshmē had wonne the castell of Paracoll. And in the .x. yere of kynge Philip / kyng Edward of Englād sent syr Barnard de Bret into Flaūdres, for causes touched & shewed in the .xii. yere of the sayd Ed¦ward. And in y^e .xi yere of this Philip kyng Edward sayled into Brabāt, & alyed hym wyth Lowys y^e Empour. And whyle the Frenche kyng taryed with hys hoste at saint Quyntyne in Uermandoys / kyng Edward entred into Fraunce, and spoyled and brent a parte of Treresse, nat without some note or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Cowardyse arrec∣ted to the Frēch kyng and hys hoste, of hys owne subgectes. And in the same yere, began the towne of Gaūte to rebell wyth other townes of Flaū¦dres, by the mocion of Iaques de Ar¦tyuyle / as in the .xiiii. yere is shewed of kyng Edward the thyrde.

In the twelf yere of thys Philip whych y^e Frēch boke calleth the yere of confusyon, kynge Edwarde be∣ynge retourned into Englande / the

Frenche kynge assembled a myghty hoste to go agayne the Henauders, Flemynges, & Brytons / & came with the sayde hoste vnto Arras / and sent from thens a part of hys people with hys sonne Iohn̄ than duke of Nor∣mandy into Henaude, for to warre vppon the countrey there.

whyche went streyght vnto Cam∣braye / & after layd siege to that castel called Esthandune. And wythin .xv. dayes folowynge the Frenche kynge hys father came vnto the sayd syege wyth innumerable people. The whiche castell at thende of a moneth after the kynges cōmynge was gyuē vp by apoyntement. And that done y^e kynge remoued hys siege to a castell of the bysshoppe of Cambray named Thune, standynge vpon the ryuer of Lescaut▪ where the kynge laye longe tyme withoute harme doynge vnto y^e sayde castell. At lengthe the duke of Brabant with the erle of Gerle, with a stronge hoste of dyuers nacyons, came for to remoue that siege / so that the Frenche hoste lay vpon that one syde of the ryuer, & the Brabanders vpō that other. But by meane of .iiii. brydges whych were made ouer that ryuer / bothe hostes at sondry tymes mette & faughte dyuers sharpe skyr∣mysshes to the losse of people vppon bothe partyes. But in the ende the castell was so betyn wyth gonnes, y^t the capytayne therof put all hys mo∣uables in a shyp / and after wyth such sowdyours as were lefte, entred the sayde shyp, & sette the castell vppon a lyght fyre, wherof whan the Frenche kynge was ware / in all haste he cau∣sed the walles to be scaled, and so en∣tred & stanched the fyre. And the same nyght the hoste of Brabanders de∣parted also.

whan the kynge ha•• thus won•••• thys castell / he than sente the dukes of Normandy & of Burgoyn, vnto a towne named Quesnoy. And whan y^e sayd dukes had brent a parte of that towne & other vyllages there about / they retourned agayne vnto y^e Frēch hoste. And shortly after the kynge re∣tourned into Fraunce / & there made prouycyon to sende forthe hys nauy to mete wyth kyng Edwarde, whych were to the nombre of .iiii. hūdreth or aboue / the whyche as in the .xv. yere of Edwarde the thyrde is before she∣wed, mette the Englysshe nauy, and there at a place called y^e Swyn̄ were ouercommen.

AFter thys great victory thus opteyned by the kynge of En¦glande / the Frenche kynge wyth a great hoste herynge comfortable ty∣dynges of the discomfiture of syr Ro¦berte de Artoys, before the towne of saynte Omers, as before in the .xv. yere of kyng Edward is also shewed sped hym tyt he came to the pryory of saynte Andrew. where he taryenge wyth hys people, certayne lettres we¦re sent to hym by kynge Edwarde▪ wherof the tenour with the answere of the same, are set out in the forsayd xv. yere, with other maters appartey¦nynge to the actes of bothe prynces. whan the peace was concluded be∣twene the sayde kynges, as in y^e sayd xv. yere is declared / y^e kyng of Fraūce retourned to hys owne. And in y^e .xiii yere of hys reygne, dyed Iohn̄ duke of Brytayne. After whose deth Char¦les de Bloys & Iohn̄ de Mountfort, claymed seuerally to be enherytours of that duchy. whyche Charles was sonn̄ vnto the erle of Bloys, & neuew vnto the Frenche kynge, by reason y^• Margare•••• hys syster was mother vnto the sayde Charles. The whych Charles had maried the doughter of Guy de Brytayne vycount of Lymo¦ges, secōde brother of the forenamed Iohn̄ duke of Brytayne. And y^• sayd

Iohn̄ de Moūtforte was the thyrde brother vnto the forsayd Iohn̄ duke of Brytayn now dede. So that thys questyon of thys clayme rested vpon thys poynt, whether the doughter of the secōd brother shuld enheryte y^e du¦chy or y^e yonger brother, consideryng y^t Iohn̄ the eldest brother dyed with∣out heyre of hys body, and Guy the seconde brother without heyre male / wherfore the thyrde brother Iohn̄ de Moūtfort claymed to be duke of Bry¦tayne. whiche case and question was brought before y^e Frēch kynge & hys lordes, & there debated & argued by a longe season. But in y^e ende sentence passed agayn syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort / & Charles de Bloys was put in pos∣session of y^e duchy by kyng Philip / to whome the sayd Charles dyd hys ho¦mage for the same.

For thys sentence arose mortall warre betwene the sayde syr Charles & syr Iohn̄. In the whych the .ii. kyn¦ges of Englande & Fraūce toke par∣tye / so that kyng Edwarde ayded syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort / & kynge Philip hys neuew syr Charles. Thanne syr Iohanne de Mountforte before the sentence gyuen, feryng the sequell of the same / departed frō the court, and gat hym into a strōge towne of Bry∣tayne, & there held hym. wherof kyng Philip beynge aduertised / sente syr Iohn̄ his sonne duke of Normādy, & hys brother syr Charles erle of Alen¦son, for to warre vpon y^e sayd syr Iohn̄ de Moūtsort. The which sped theym with a nōbre of people into Brytayn̄, & besieged a strōge castell stādyng in an yle by y^e ryuer of Loyer. And after the wynning therof, they yode vnto y^e citie of Naūtes / the which y^e cytezyns yelded vnto thē without stroke. And soon after as testifieth y^e Frēch story, vpō certayne cōdiciōs & couenātes, y^e sayd syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort yelded hī vnto y^e duke of Normādy / y^e whyche sēt hym vnto y^e kyng his father to Pa¦rys, where by the sayd kynge he was imprysoned in the castell of Louure. But how it was by fauour or other¦wyse▪ he escaped prysō after .ii. yeres prysonemēt. Or after some wryters, he was after .ii. yeres deliuered vpon certayn cōdicions. wherof one was, y^t he shulde nat come in Brytayne nor any thynge medle or haue to do in y^e coūtre. But thys prysonemente of syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort nat withstāding / the warre was maynteyned in Bry∣tayn̄ by y^e frēdes of the sayd syr Iohn̄ & many town{is} & castelles therof was holdē to the vse of y^e sayde syr Iohn̄ / wherof to shew vnto you y^e circūstaū∣ce & proces it wolde aske a lōge tyme. But y^e cōclusion & fyne of this warre shalbe shewed in y^e story of y^e .vi. Char¦les & sonn̄ of kyng Iohn̄. In the .xv. yere of this Philip / the erle of Salys¦bury accōpanied with syr Roberte of Artoys & other noble mē, entred Bry¦tayn, & ayded the frēdes of syr Iohn̄ de moūtfort / in doyng great domage to y^e coūtre, & brēt moche of y^e French kynges nauy.* 5.33 In assaylyng wherof, syr Robert of Artoys was woūded in the thygh with a gunne, whereupō he laye syke / & vpō y^e ensued a flux, & so therof dyed, & after cōueyed into En¦glāde, & there buryed. And soon after kyng Edward entred Fraūce wyth a strōg army. But a peas was at wene hym & the Frēche kyng condiscended for a certayne terme by laboure of .ii. cardinales, as before in y^e .xvi. yere of kyng Edward is declared, and in this yere kynge Philip arered a taske of his people called a Gabell in Frēche. This was prouyded, y^t no subiect of y^e kynges nor other within hys lāde, shuld bye any salt but of the kynge & at hys pryce. And ouer that he arered & lowed the coynes & moneys of hys lande, to the greate auaūtage of hym selfe, and enpouerisshyng of his sayd

subiectes by meane wherof he fyll in great hatered of hys people.

In the .xvi. yere of hys reygne, a great dyscencion grewe amonge the nobles of Normādy, by reason of par¦tyes takyng, some wyth Iohn̄ of Ha¦recourt, and other wyth syr Roberte Barthran than Marshal of Fraūce, for couenaūtes of maryge apoynted betwene y^e sonne of the sayde syr Ro¦bert vpō that one partye, & y^e dough∣ter of syr Roger Bacon̄ / whose wyfe or maydes mother was than maryed vnto syr Godfrey de Harecourt, bro∣ther of that aboue sayd syr Iohn̄ vp∣pon the other partye. For varyaūce wherof greate warre was lykely to haue ensued, yf the kynge the sooner had nat sent strayt commaūdement, that eyther partye shulde kepe hys peace, & to apere before hym and hys lordes at Parys, and there to haue theyr greuaūce by hym & hys lordes determyned.

At whyche day of apperaunce, the sayde syr Godfrey appered nat, nor none for hym / but cōtrary the kyng{is} commaūdement, assyeged syr wyllin Berthran bysshop of Bayn̄ and bro∣ther to the foresayd syr Roberte than beyng in a castell. And whan he sawe he myght nat preuayll agayne hym / he than drewe vnto the Englysshmē and ayded them agaynst the Frenche kynge.

In thys yere also kynge Phylype entendynge to releue the duchye of Burgoyn wyth whete whyche there than was scāt / ordeyned that certayn quarters of whete shulde be gadered in the countrees of Terroner, of Or¦leaunce & Gastenoys, & so sent into Burgoyn. But y^e studyaūtes of Orle¦aunce, with the burgeyses & comons of the cytie toke therwith such grefe, that of one mynde they wente downe vnto the ryuer of Loyer, where at y^e season certayne shippes laye freyght wyth vytayll to be had vnto the sayd countre, & there fet out the grayen, & spoyled it in suche wyse, that moche therof came neuer to good. And that done many of that company beynge nedy and poore / yode vnto vyllages there by, and robbed y^e people, & dyde moche harme. whā the prouost or ru¦ler of Orleaūce behelde thys rage & ryot of the people, and cōsydered the multytude of theym / he forbare for a tyme tyll they were somdele asswa¦ged. And than wyth suche company as he had of hys offycers and other, he toke a certayne of theym, and put theym in sondrye prysons, tyll he knew farther of the kynges pleasur. But it was nat longe after that the other of that affynyte, herynge of the enprysonement of theyr felowes / assēbled theym of newe, and lyke woode men ranne vnto the prysons / & nat a lonely delyuered theyr felowes, but also many other whych laye there for great causes & crymes / & some suche as were cōdempned to deth for theyr transgressyons. whan noticiō of this great outrage and ryot came vnto y^e kyng / anone he sent thyder .ii. knygh¦tes of hys court with a puyssaunt ar∣my / chargyng them to take all suche as were occasyoners and begynners of thys Riot / and as many as were founde culpable to be put vnto deth. The whych knyghtes accordyng to theyr commission wyth ayde of y^e pro¦uost of Orleaūce, toke suche as were dempte gylte of thys cryme, & hāged them vpon the common gybet or ga∣lous of the cytye, amonge the whych were dyuers clerkes, and one a dea∣ken & within orders. And in the same yere and moneth of Auguste, a noble knyght of Brytayne called syr Oly∣uer de Clycon̄, for treason y^t he hadde conspyred agayne kyng Philippe, or for he had fauoured kyng Edward{is} partye was taken by a trayne at a iu¦stes

or tournamēte holden for y^e same cause at Parys, and shortly after iud¦ged to deth / as fyrst drawen through the cytye vnto the place of iugement, & theruppon a scaffold purposely or∣deyned was byheded / and after hys body with chaynes hanged vpon the gybet, & hys hed standyng there ouer vpō a stake, or after an other auctour had vnto y^e cytye of Nauntes in Bry¦tayne, & there pyght vpon a gate of y^e cytye. And in the same moneth syr Godfrey de Harcourte, whych as be¦fore is sayde, alyed hym with kynge Edwarde, and wolde nat apere after certayne sommons / was now opēly banysshed as traytour & enemy to y^e crowne of Fraunce. And in the same moneth was syr Iohn̄ de Moūtforte delyuered out of pryson, vppon such condicions as before is rehersed in y^e xiii. yere of this kyng. And soon after were put vnto deth at Parys, syr Io¦han de Malestreet, syr Godfrey de Malestreet the father & the sonne, syr Iohn̄ de Moūtalbone, syr wyllyam de Bruys, syr Iohn̄ de Cablat, & syr Iohn̄ de Plessys knyghtes / & esquy∣res, Iohn̄ de Malestrete neuew to y^e forsayd knyght{is}, Guyllm̄ de Bruze, Robert de Bruys, Iohn̄ de Senne, and Dauy de Senne. And shortely after at Parys were put in execucion thre Norman knyghtes, for affynyte or fauour, whych they had borne to∣warde syr Godfrey de Harecourt and theyr heddes sent vnto saynte Loup in Constantyne a cytye of Normādy. whych sayd knyghtes were called sir wyllyam Bacon, syr Roulande de la Roche tessone, and syr Rycharde de Percy.

IN the .xvii. yere of thys Philip one mayster Henry de Male∣strete clerke & deakē, & brother to the aboue named syr Godfrey before put in execucion, whych sayd mayster Hē¦ry was mayster of the requestes with kyng Philip / for so moch as he after y^e deth of hys sayd brother, yode vnto kyng Edward and coūsayled hym a∣gayne kyng Philip, & after by assyg∣nemēt of kynge Edwarde was set in great auctorite wythin the towne of Uannys in Brytayne / whych towne was after goten by the Frenchmē, & he therin as one of the chefe capytay∣nes of the same taken was impryso∣ned within the castell of Parys. Out of the whyche at thys season he was taken thens, and set in a tumbrell, & thereunto fastened wyth chaynes of yren / and so cōueyed bareheded with dynne and crye thorugh y^e hygh stre∣tes of Parys, tyll he came vnto y^e bys¦shoppes palays of Parys / and there deliuered vnto the bisshop. And soon after by vertue of a commissyō pur∣chased by kynge Philip of the pope, to haue the sayd mayster Henry dys∣graded / he was depryued of all de∣grees and ordres of the churche, and thā deliuered vnto the execucioners. The whyche by .iii. days cōtynuall a certayn season of y^e day, set hym vpō a ladder in y^e syght of all people / to y^e entēt that euery man & chyld might throwe at hym all fylth & ordour of y^e strete / the whiche was done without all compassion and pyte, in so cruell wyse, that by the thyrd dayes ende he was dede, and after buryed vnreue∣rently.

In the sayde .xvii. yere of kynge Philippe also, as before is shewed in the .xix. yere of kynge Edwarde the thyrde / Iaques de Artyuele, whych was especiall promoter of the sayde kyng Edwardes causes, came vnto y^e towne of Gaunt / and shewed vnto theym dyuers apoyntmentes to be holde betwene theym and other tow∣nes of Flaūdres.* 5.34 where vpon the .xv. day of Iuly, by diuers cōspiratours of the sayd towne of Gaunte, he was

pursued from one house to an other, and lastly slayne & murdred by them to the kynges of Englande great dis¦pleasure & hurt. wherefore the sayde kyng Edwarde was fayne to retour∣ne into Englande wythoute spede of hys purpose, lyke as before in y^e sayd xix. yere of his reygne is declared. In thys yere also and the moneth of De¦cembre, dyed syr Iohn̄ erle of Moūt¦fort, which as before is sayd claymed the duchy of Brytayn / and lefte after hym a sonne named also syr Iohn̄ & erle of Moūtfort, the whyche in lyke¦wyse claymed the sayd duchy of Bry¦tayn, & maynteyned the warre agayn syr Charles de Bloys, as hys father before had done. In the .xviii. yere of kyng Phylyp & fyrste daye of Iuly, at Parys was than putte to deth by cruel execuciō, a cytezyn of Compeyn̄ named Symonde Poylet, a man of greate ryches. The whych for he had sayd in open audience, that the ryght of the crowne of Fraunce belonged more ryghtfully vnto kyng Edward than to kynge Philip / he was fyrste hanged vpon a tree lyke as an oxe is hāged in the bochery, & there dismem¦bred, as fyrst the armys, and after y^e legges cut from hys body, and lastly hys hede stryken of, and the trunke of hys body hanged by chaynes vpō the commō gybet of Parys. And vp∣pon a saterdaye beynge the .xxvi. day of August in the foresayde .xviii. yere of kynge Philippe, was foughten at Cressy the batayll before expressed in the .xxi. yere of kynge Edwarde the thyrd / where the floure of the chyual¦ry of Fraūce was slayne & taken pry¦soners. Than soone after kyng Phi∣lippe for the defence of the charge of hys warres, asked a subsidie of the monkes of saynt Denys. And amōg certayne iewelles of that place to be had / he demaūded the greate crucy∣fyx of golde standynge ouer y^e hyghe aulter of that monastery. wherunto the monkes answered y^t they mighte nat departe with that crucifyxe / for Eugenius the thyrde of that name pope, accursed al them that layd any hande vpon that crucifyxe, to the en∣tent to remoue it from that place, as it appereth by wrytynge set vnder y^e fote of the sayd crosse / by whyche an∣swere the kyng was pacifyed. And in the moneth of Decēbre, syr Godfrey de Harecourte wyth a towell double folden about hys necke, came vnto y^e presence of kyng Philip, and yelded hym holy to hys mercy and grace / the whyche graunted vnto hym hys pardon.

And in shorte whyle after, all the Lumbardes vsurers wythin y^e realm of Fraunce, were taken and sente to dyuers prysons. And all suche per∣sones as stode boūden vnto them, for any bargeyn or lone of money by way of vsury, it was ordeyned that y^e sayd persones beyng dettours to the sayd vsurers, shulde paye the pryncypall dette vnto the kynge at theyr dayes of payment / & the resydue whyche re∣mayneth to the vsurer for hys lucre of gayne for the lone of hys money, shulde be pardoned to the dettour. And after the sayd Lumbardes vsu∣rers were delyuered from pryson, by payenge of greate and greuous fy∣naunce.

In the .xix. yere of thys Philippe, for so moche as wytnesseth the Frēch cronycle, that y^e Flemynges by great manacis and perforce, had constray∣ned theyr erle to be assured by bonde of assuraunce vnto the doughter of kyng Edward, contrary hys volūte and wyll / the sayde erle nat wyllyng to accomplysshe that maryage, in the Easter weke by a cautele de{per}ted out of Flaūdres, and came to y^e Frenche kyng to Parys / of whome he was ho¦nourably and ioyously receyued.

And in the same yere, one named Gawyn de Belemount an aduocate of the spirituall lawe, entendynge to betray y^e cytye of Laon̄ / acqueynted hym with a poore mā than dwellyng in that citie of Meaus named Colyn Tomelyn / y^e whych before tyme was fled the cytye of Laon, & was thā for lacke of substaūce comyn to Meaus, & there mayntened a poore lyfe / to y^e whyche thys Gawyn resorted & rele∣ued. And lastely whāne he thoughte he was somdele of hym assured, he brake vnto hym hys mynde / & sayd if he wolde be ruled by hym, he wolde restore hym to hys former prosperite & welth / wherūto thys Colyner graū¦ted. Thā anone thys Gawyn shewed hym a lettre, & wylled hym to bere it vnto y^e kyng of Englād, with certayn rewarde to hym gyuyng / & also pro∣mysyng of moch more, with that y^t he retourned to hym shortly to y^e citie of Raynes with āswere of y^e same. whā thys poore and indygēt man had re∣ceiued this lettre / he cast many {per}elles in hys mynde. How be it fynally cō∣trary his othe and promyse, he toke hys waye towarde the French kyng, and presented hym with y^e letter / in y^e whych was expressed all the maner & ordre how the sayd citie of Laō shuld be betrayed. whan the kyng was ad∣uertysed of all the circumstaunce of thys treason / he enfourmed this Co∣lyner how he shuld behaue hym selfe in beryng of hys answere / and prouy¦ded hys tyme accordynge as though he had ben in Englād, & by conueniēt day came vnto hym to Raynys accor¦dyng to the former appoyntmente. In whych season the kynge had sent in secrete maner vnto the prouoste of Raynes, that so soone as the sayd Co¦lyner had shewed to the sayd Gawyn his answere, y^t the sayd Gawyn shuld be attached and had vnto pryson / the whyche was accordyngly executed. And in short processe folowynge, for so moch as he was within ordres / he was by the prouost sent vnto y^e cytye of Laon, and there put to the bisshop¦pes pryson. But whan y^e comōs of y^e sayd cytye harde of suche a mā there beyng prysoner, that wolde haue be∣trayed theyr cytie / they assembled thē in great multitude, & wold haue bro∣ken the prysō to y^e ende to haue slayn hym. But they were so paciently an∣swered by the bysshoppes offycers, y^t they retourned vnto theyr houses. Upon the morow folowyng, to cease y^e rumour of y^e peple / he was brought vnto his iugement, & there condemp¦ned for his dymeryte vnto perpetual pryson. And more therunto was ad∣ded, y^t for his more diffamy & shame, he shulde be sette in a tumbrel vpon hygh bareheded, that of all people he myght be seen / & so with moste shame¦full instrumentes lad throughe the hygh stretes of y^e cytye, and brought agayn vnto y^e bisshopes pryson, and there to remayne for terme of lyfe. But he was nat fer in such maner cō¦ueyed by y^e offycers frō y^e Gaole, but the cōmons fyl vpon hym with crye, & castyng of myre & stones / that or he were halfe way lad of hys circuyte or progresse, he was stoned to deth / and after his body buryed within a ma∣roys nere vnto the sayd cytye.

And shortely after at Parys was done to cruell deth a cytezyn of y^e sayd citie, which entēded to haue betrayed the sayd cytye of Parys. For y^e which treason he was fyrst dismēbred of leg¦ges & armes, and after hāged by the nek vpon the gybet of Parys.

In the same yere aboute y^e feest of saynt Iohn̄ Baptyst / y^e Englyshmen y^t had holdē the towne & castell called the roch of Aryan in Brytayn, by the terme of two yeres passed, at this sea¦son they were besieged & fiersly assau¦ted by syr Charles de Bloys and his

frendes / in so furyous maner y^t they rent wyth great ordenaunce dyuers places of the castell walles / & in pro∣cesse threwe downe the rofe of a chā∣bre where the wyfe of the capytayne of the castell lay in her chyld bed, & so ferre put in fere, that the rulers of the towne and castell graūted to delyuer the towne & castell to y^e sayd syr Char¦les, wyth that they myghte departe with theyr lyues & goodes / y^e whyche offer to hys payne & charge he refu∣sed. For in short tyme after, syr Tho∣mas of Agorn̄ an englysshe knyghte wyth a strōge company of archers & other sowdyours, rescowed the sayd towne & castell. And after lōge fyght and great daūger, as by lōge proces is declared in the Frēche story / y^e sayd syr Thomas toke the sayde Charles de Bloys prysoner, and slewe many of hys lordes, as before is shortely touched in the ende of the .xxii. yere of kyng Edwarde. After whych victory thus opteyned, & hys prysoners put in suer kepynge, he toke y^e ordenaūce of the duke left in y^e felde wyth other pyllage, & put it wythin the towne & castell aforesayd. And for y^e vyllages and mē of the coūtre there about, had ayde the duke agayne the towne and castel / therfore the sayd syr Thomas punysshed the sayd vyllages and ru∣ralles by greuous fynes, & helde thē in great seruytude and daunger / and ouer y^e slewe many of theym, & many they helde as drudges & captyues. And thys done the Englysshmen re∣payred agayne the walles and suche other places as were before tyme be∣ten downe by force of the sayd syege & strengthed it in theyr best maner.

IT was nat longe after y^e kyng Phylype at the requeste of the coūtre, sent thyder the lord of Caron̄ wyth a stronge army / to whome also great multytude of the people of that countre resorted. wyth whose aydes the sayd lorde assayled the sayd town & castell by .ii. dayes contynuell. But the Englysshemē deffended them selfe vygurously / and threw vpō theyr ene¦myes hote boylynge oyles and other gresys, with fyre coles & hote asshes, wherwith they greued theyr enemies paynfully.

Thus cōtynuyng the siege / mea∣nes of treaty were offered and cōdys∣sended to yelde the towne, with condi¦cyō that they mynght saufely depart with theyr lyues and goodes / but the Frēchemen and Brytons wolde nat to it be agreable. Than the assaute began of new. And the lord of Caron̄ to encourage hys sowdyours, henge a purse and therein .l. scutes of golde vpon a sperys ende / and cryed wyth lowde voyce, that who that fyrste en∣tred the towne, shulde haue the sayde l. scutes of golde. whan the ianuays or sowdyours of the cytye of Ieane and of the cytye of Italye, harde the promyse of theyr cheuytayne / a cer∣tayne of theym with longe pycaxses and sharpe approched theym vnto y^e wallys / and so demeaned them, that in lesse than .v. houres they mynded so the wall, that there fyll thereof as testyfyeth the sayde Frenche crony∣cle the lengthe of .l. fote. By reason wherof entred fyrste the Ianuays / & after the hole hoste. The whych with out compassyon or pyte slewe man, woman, & chylde that came in theyr waye, nat sparynge the chylder that souked vpon the mothers brestes / & spoyled and robbed the towne, euery man gettynge what he myght to his owne aduauntage. And whanne the Frēchmē and Brytons had thus mi∣serably slayne many Englysshmē, & also Brytōs & other inhabytaūtes of the towne / they than assayled the ca∣stel to y^e which was fled vpō .ii.C. & .xl

Englyshmē. After dyuers assautes it was offered by the sowdyours of the castell, y^t they wolde yelde the castell theyr lyues and goodes saued. And fi¦nally it was agreed, theyr bodies one¦ly to departe, & to be cōueyed .x. miles vpon theyr waye towarde such place as they wolde appoynt. vpō y^e which appoyntement .ii. knyghtes Brytons y^t is to saye syr Syluester de la Fulle and syr wyllm̄ de Stratton receyued them in theyr cotes, and cōueyed thē with great payne & nat without losse of some. For theyr enemies of y^e hoste caste stones at theym, and bete them so with theyr staues, that dyuers of theym dyed / & the remenaunt were broughte nere vnto a castell than in the power of Englysshemen, named Quyntyne.

But whan the commōs of y^e town there nere, harde of the cōmynge of suche Englysshmen vnder saufe con∣duyt, the whiche before in the batayl of the roche of Arian where syr Char¦les de Bloys was taken, had slayne theyr lord, that is to meane the lorde of Quyntyne / anone they issued oute of the towne / and for they fonde lytel resystence in theyr guydes, they slew theym there excepte one, whych was capytayne of the Englyshmē / whych one of y^e sayd knyghtes caused to be set vpon hys horse, & so fledde frō the peryll. And whā the cruell Brytons had thus shamefully slayne the En∣glyshmen / they gadered y^e cariens vp on an hepe, & suffered theym there so to lye, to y^e ende that beastes & foules myght deuoure them. And in shorte tyme after, y^e erle of Flaūdres by mea¦nes of the Frēch kyng left the dough¦ter of kynge Edwarde, and was maryed vnto the doughter of y^e duke of Brabant.

In the .xx. yere of Phylyp / y^e town of Calays was goten, lyke as the cir¦cumstaūce thereof is declared in the xxii. yere of kyng Edward the thyrd. And in the same yere the mortalite or sykenes, whych after reygned in En∣glande reygned nowe feruentely in Fraunce, and moste specially in the cytye of Auynyon / by force wherof y^e thyrde parte of the people of y^e cytye dyed. And frome thens it came vnto saint Denys, and so vnto Parys. In which coost it was so feruent, y^t there dyed in those .ii. townes ouer the nō∣bre of .lvi.M. within y^e space of .xviii monethes.

And in thys yere the dolphyne of Uyen named syr ymberte, solde hys dolphynage vnto the Frēch kyng / & became a freer at Lyon vpō the rosne of the ordre of the freer prechours or blacke freers.

In the .xxi. yere of thys Phylyp / Charles the fyrste begotten sonne of Iohn̄ duke of Normādy eldest sonne of thys Phylip, toke possession of the sayd dolphynage of Uyen. And in the moneth of August folowyng, dyed y^e duchesse of Normādy and mother of the sayd Charles. And in the moneth of Decembre folowynge, dyed dame Iane quene of Fraūce & doughter of Robert duke of Burgoyn. And in thys yere was the treason wroughte by syr Godfrey de Charny, to haue a∣gayne wonne the towne of Calays / lyke as I to you before haue shewed in the .xxiiii. yere of kyng Edward y^e iii. And in y^e moneth of Ianuary next ensuynge & .ix. day of the same / kyng Phylyp spoused hys .ii. wyfe Blaū∣che, somtyme y^e doughter of y^e quene of Nauerne lately dyscesed, whyche was syster vnto the erle of Foyze. whyche espousayles were secretely done in the manour of Robert erle of Bray. And so the sayde kyng Philip was wydowe frome the .xii. daye of Decembre to the nynthe daye of Ia∣nuary, whyche was by the space of xxviii. dayes. And vpon the .ix. day of

the moneth of February / Iohn̄ duke of Normandy eldeste sonne of thys Philippe, spoused hys seconde wyfe Iohanne Countesse of Boloygne, at a towne called Miriaux nere vnto Meulene. And so he morned for hys wyfe whych was named y^e good Du¦chesse of Normandy, by the terme of vi. moneths & .ii. dayes lackynge.

In the .xxii. yere of kyng Philip & moneth of Iuly / syr Thomas de Agorne befornamed, was by chaūce medly slayne of a Brytō knyght cal∣led syr Raufe de Cuours. And vpon the .xxiii. daye of August folowynge, dyed syr Phylyp de Ualoys kyng of Fraūce / whā he had reygned ouer y^e Frēchmen in great vexaciō & trouble by the space of .xxii. yeres lackynge v. monethes & odde dayes / and was after enterred at saynt Denis by his fyrste wyfe / & left after hī Iohn̄ duke of Normandy for hys heyre.

¶Of kynge Iohn̄.

IOhn̄ the fyrste of that name, & sonne of Phylype de Ualoys / began to raygne ouer the Frenchmē, in the moneth of August & yere of our lord. M.CCC. and .l, & .xxiiii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. than kyng of Eng∣lande / & was crowned at Raynes the xxvi. day of Septembre folowynge wyth dame Iohanne hys wyfe. In tyme of the whych solempnite, kyng Iohn̄ dubbed hys eldeste sonne dol∣phyne of Uyen, and Lowys hys .ii. sonne erle of Alēson, knyghtes, with other noble men.

And vpon the .xvi. daye of Nouē∣bre folowynge / syr Rauffe erle of Ew and cōstable of Guynes whā it was Frenche, the whych was newly com∣men out of Englande where he had ben longe prysoner / was accused of treason, and so commaūded vnto pry¦son at Parys. within whyche pryson he was shortly after byheded in y^e pre¦sence of the duke of Burgoyne and o∣ther nobles.

In the thyrde yere of kyng Iohn̄ & viii. day of Ianuary / Charles kyng of Nauerne caused to be slayne with in the towne of Aygle in Normandy syr Charles de Spayne cōstable of Fraūce. For the whych murdre sour∣dyd great warre betwene kynge Io∣han & the sayde kynge of Nauerne / whych contynued many yeres after, natwithstādyng that the sayd kynge of Nauerne had maryed the dough∣ter of y^e sayd kyng Iohn̄. Thā by me¦ditaciō of frendes, a peas was dryuē betwene theym / so that kyng Iohan shuld gyue vnto y^e kyng of Nauerne, for contētacyon of certayne summes of money yet owynge vnto hym for the dower of hys wyfe, certayne lan∣des within the duchy of Normandy / and ouer that the Frēche kyng shuld pardone all suche persones as were consentynge to the deth of the consta¦ble before murdred. After whych trea¦ty thus concluded / the kynge of Na∣uerne vnder assuraunce of hostage came vnto kyng Iohn̄s presence at Parys. And after he had taried there a season / he departed with dyssy∣mulacion on eyther partye vsed, as after shall appere.

In the .iiii. yere of kyng Iohn̄ / syr Godfrey de Harecourt, whych wyth hys sonne & other hadde ben consen∣tynge vnto the deth of the constable of Fraunce, were reconsyled agayne to the kynge. The whyche ensensed hym agayne the kynge of Nauerne by meanes of theyr sinister report / so that the peace betwene theym before cōcluded, was dysapoynted & brokē. And soone vpon thys, syr Robert de Loryze that was chamberlayn vnto kynge Iohn̄, auoyded the courte for fere, leste the sayde syr Godfrey hadde shewed of hym any thynge to the kynge / and so yode vnto the

kynge of Nauerne in Normandy. After whose commyng, the kynge of Nauerne departed shortly thens and sped hym towarde Auynyon. It was nat longe after that the kyng of Na∣uerne was departed out of Normādy but that kyng Iohn̄ sped hym thider, & seased all the landes that the kyng of Nauerne had wythin that duchy / and putte offycers and rulers in hys castelles & townes suche as hym ly∣ked, and dyscharged the other / ex∣cepte .vi. castelles, that is to saye Eu∣roux, le Poūt Audemer, Chirebourt, Ganeray, Auranches, & Martaygn / the whych were holden by the seruaū¦tes of the kynge of Nauerne, & men of Nauerne borne.

In the moneth of Ianuary folow¦ynge / syr Robert de Loryze abouena¦med, vnder safe conduyte came vnto kyng Iohn̄ to Parys, and there was to hym in proces reconsyled. And in thys yere were the artycles of peace betwene the kynges of Englāde & of Fraūce prolonged, tyll the feaste of saynt Iohn̄ Baptyst next ensuynge / as before in y^e ende of the .xxviii. yere of kyng Edwarde is more at length declared.

In thys .v. yere of kyng Iohan & moneth of Apryl / he sent syr Charles hys sonne dolphyne of Uyenne into Normandy, to aske ayde of the Nor∣mannes agayne the kynge of Nauer¦ne. The whyche graunted vnto hym iii.M. men at theyr charge for .iii. mo¦nethes. And in the moneth of August folowynge, the kynge of Nauerne ac¦companyed with .ii.M. sowdiours, came vnto the castell of Constātyne, & there taryed with the sayd people. wyth whose cōmynge the sowdiours of the forenamed .vi. castelles were so well comforted, that they robbed and pylled al y^e coūtre about thē. And som of the sayde sowdiours came vnto a castell of y^e Frēch kynges named Cō¦ket, & wā it by strēgth, & after vytay∣led & māned it in moste warly wyse / & dyd many other thynges to y^e Frēche kyngs great displeasure. The which warre thus cōtynuyng, by medyaciō of frēdes the kynge of Nauarn̄ rode vnto y^e dolphyn to a towne called the Uale de Rueyll / where they metyng, and eyther to other shewyng louyng coūtenaunce, vpō y^e .xviii. day of Sep¦tēbre they togyder toke theyr way to∣ward Parys. where the kyng of Na∣uarne was brought vnto the French kynges presence.. where he excused hym of all trespasses done agayn the kyng syne y^e tyme of y^e last accord / be∣sechyng y^e kyng to be good and graci¦us lorde vnto hym, and he shulde be to hym as a sonne oughte to be vnto the fader, & as a trew man vnto hys soueraygne lorde. And after the kyng by y^e meanes of y^e duke of Athe¦nesse, forgaue vnto hym hys offēces, and promysed to stāde hys good and gracyous lord / and so eyther de{per}ted from other in louyng maner.

And soone after kyng Iohn̄ gaue vnto y^e dolphyn of Uyen syr Charles hys eldest sonn̄ y^e duchy of Normādy for y^e whyche he dyd vnto hys father homage, in y^e house of mayster Mar¦tyn Chanō of Parys, in y^e cloyster of the mynster called Noterdame. And by auctoryte of a parlyamēt holdē in the citie of Parys, was graūted vnto kyng Iohn̄ of the thre astates of hys realme / y^t is to meane the spiritualte, the lord{is} and nobles, and y^e hedes or rulers of cytyes and good townes of hys realme, that he shulde haue .xxx.M. mē waged for a yere, for to defēde hys auncyent enemye the kynge of England. For puruyaūce wherof cer¦tayne persones of the sayd .iii. astates assēbled shortly after, to prouide for y^e leuieng of that great sūme of money

After whyche prouysion or sessing agreed or concluded by the sayde

persones, and commyssyoners sente out to dyuers coostes and good tow¦nes for the leuyeng of the sayde mo∣ney / in the towne of Arras fyll a dis∣sencyō betwene the ryche & the poore of that towne / the poore sayeng that the ryche men had layde all the bur∣then vpon the poore men, & them self bare lytell charge or none. For thys fyrst began great altercacion of wor∣des, & after en••uyed strokes & stripes, so that of the h••des and chyef burge∣ses of the towne were .xvii. men slayne. And the day folowynge they slewe .iiii. mo / & banysshed dyuers y^t at that tyme were absent & out of the towne. And so the towne of Arras rested as than in the gydynge of the poore artyfycers of that towne.

IN the .vi. yere of the reygne of kynge Iohan and moneth of Marche▪ he beynge accōpanyed with a secret meny, before y^e daye departed from the towne of Manuyle / & rode streyghte, he & hys lordes beyng ar∣med, vnto the castell of Rouan / & en∣tred sodaynly into the same. where he fande in the chyefe hall of the castell, syr Charles hys eldest sonne duke of Normandy, Charles kynge of Na∣uerne, syr Iohn̄ erle of Harecourt, y^e lordes of Preaux and of Grauyle, & the lorde of Cleremoūt, syr Lowys & syr Guylliam de Harecourt brethern of the foresayd erle, syr Fryquet de Fryquante, the lorde of Tournebu, syr Manbuc de Mamesmares, with Colinet Doubliec and Iohn̄ de Poū¦talu esquyres.

The whych lordes and knyghtes the kyng toke at dyner within y^e sayd halle / & them toke sodaynly, & diuers of them put vnder sure kepyng. And as soone as the kyng had there takē a small and short repaste / he with his sonnes & other nobles in hys cōpany toke theyr horse & rode into a felde vp¦pon a baksyde of the castell / whether shortly after were brought in bandes the foresayde erle of Harecourt, the lorde of Grauyle, y^e foresayd syr Mā∣bue, and Colinet Doubliet. whyche iiii. were there beheded / and after the bodyes of them drawen to the gybet of Roan, & there hanged / and theyr heddes set ouer them vpon the same gybet. At the whyche tyme of the exe∣cucion of hedyng of the sayd .iiii. per¦sones / the Frenche kyng as before is sayde was present in proper person. After the whyche execucion, y^e kynge vpon the morowe folowynge delyue¦red many of the other prysoners / so y^t there remayned no mo as prysoners but .iii, that is the kyng of Nauerne, syr Fryquet de Fryquant, & Iohn̄ de Pountalu / the whych were sent vnto Parys. where the kynge was kepte in the castel of Louure, and the other ii. in the chastelet. In whiche tyme of hys inprysonemēt / syr Phylype bro∣ther to the kynge, wyth syr Godfrey de Harecourt vncle to the erle lately heded, helde certayn castelles in Nor¦mandy / and came with theyr powers into the countre of Constantyne, and helde it maugre the Frenche kynges wyll and pleasure.

In the moneth of Apryll, syr Ar∣nolde de Denham than Marshall of Fraūce, rode by y^e kynges sond vnto Arras / & there without great distour¦baunce of the towne, toke vpō an hū∣dreth of suche as before had made y^e former rebellion within the same. And vpon the day folowyng / he cau¦sed to be heded in the market place vpon .lx. of the same / & the remenaūt he sent vnto pryson there to abyde y^e kynges pleasure.

In thys tyme and season was the noble prynce Edwarde at Burdeaux & warred vpon the Frenche kynges landes, lyke as it is before to you she¦wed in the .xxx. yere of kyng Edward

the thyrde.

And in the .vii. yere of kyng Iohn̄, & begynnyng of the same, was the ba¦tayll of Poytyers. In y^e whych kyng Iohn̄ was taken prysoner of prynce Edwarde, & many of hys lordes takē and slayne, as before in the .xxx. yere of the foresayd Edwarde is declared at lēght. After the which scomfyture / the duke of Normandy whyche hard¦ly escaped from the sayde batayl, en∣tred the cytye of Paryz the .xxix. daye of Septembre / & called there a great coūsayll of y^e thre astates of y^e realme, and the .xv. daye of Octobre next en∣suynge there to be assēbled. At which daye the sayde duke wyth the sayd .iii astates of the realme beyng in y^e par∣lyament chambre / Peter de la Forest archebysshop of Roan and chaūceler of Fraūce, declared there the greate mysfortune that to the lande was la∣tely fallē, by the takyng of theyr hed and prynce / and exorted theym by a lōge oraciō to ayde & assiste euery mā after hys power, for the redeliuery of theyr prynce agayne.

whereunto it was answered for theyr clergy or spyrytual / by the mouth of mayster Iohn̄ de Carone thā archebysshop of Raynes / and for the nobles or y^e Cheualty of Fraūce, by the mouth of syr Phylype duke of Orleaunce and brother vnto kynge Iohn̄ / & for the commōs of the good townes of Fraūce, by the mouthe of Stepyn Martell burgeys of Parys and prouost of the same, that eyther of them shulde helpe to the vttermost of theyr powers / & prayed that they myght haue conuenient leyser to coū¦sayll and commō for prouyciō of the the same / the whyche to theym was graunted.

Than the sayde thre astates helde theyr coūsayll at the fryer mynours or gray fryers in Parys, by the space of .xv. dayes. In whyche season they appoynted amonge theym to the nō∣bre of .l. persones, to take a vyew and make serche of certayne thynges thā myslad and euyll gyded within the realme. The whyche .l. persones whā they had appoynted .vi. of them selfe to go vnto the duke / they in y^e names of y^e other made request vnto y^e duke, that he wolde kepe secrete such thyn∣ges as they entended to shewe vnto hym. which request he graūted. Thā they shewed vnto the duke that the realme before tyme hadde ben mysse∣guyded by offycers / and excepte that remedye for it were shortlye foūden, it shulde stāde in greate parell to be loste. wherfore they besought hym to dyscharge all suche as they wolde name vnto hym, & ouer y^t to forfayte theyr goodes vnto the kynges vse. And fyrst they named mayster Peter de la Forest archebisshop of Roan & chaūceler of Fraūce, syr Symōde de Bucy chyfe counceloure of the kyng and chyefe presydente of the parlya∣ment, syr Roberte de Loryze that be∣fore tyme was chaumberlayne vnto the kynge, syr Nycholas Brake knyghte and mayster of the kynges paleys, Engueram of the Celer Bur¦ioys of Parys and vndre tresourer of Fraūce, Iohn̄ Pryll burioys, also soueraygn mayster of the money and mayster of thaccomptys of the kyng, and Iohn̄ Chānean de Charters trea¦sourer of the kynges warres. All whyche offycers the sayde persones wolde that they shuld be dyscharged of all royall o••yces for euer. Also the sayd constytuted persones, wolde y^t the kynge of Nauerne were delyue∣red free frō pryson / also that he hym selfe wolde be cōtented to be aduerty¦sed and coūceyled by suche as they wolde appoynte vnto hym, that is to saye .iiii. prelates, xii. knyghtes, and xii. burioys.

The whych .xxviii. persons shu••d

shulde haue auctoryte to rule and or∣deyne all thynges necessarye for the realme, and to set in and put oute all offycers apperteynyng to the realm / wyth dyuerse other requestes whych vnto the duke were nothyng agrea∣ble. Upon the whyche requestes, the duke gaue answere y^t he wolde glad∣ly fele the opynyon of hys coūceyll, & vpon that shape vnto them some rea¦sonable answere. But fyrste he desy∣red of them to knowe what ayde the iii. astates wolde gyue vnto hym, for the delyuery of hys father. wherunto it was answered, that the clergy had graūted a dyme & a halfe to be payed in a yere, wyth that that they maye haue licence of the pope / and y^e lordes asmoche to be leuyed of theyr lādes / and y^e comōs the .x. peny of theyr mo∣uable gooddes. Thā vpō the morne folowynge within y^e palays of Lou∣ure, y^e duke assembled hys coūsayl / & there shewed vnto them the desyre & requeste of the .iii. astates. wherupon were made many reasons / and many messages sent betwene the duke and them, to refourme some parte of the sayde artycles. But it was fermely answered by theym, that excepte he wolde reforme the sayde defautes, & cōferme hym vnto theyr myndes for the comō welth of all the lande / they wolde nat ayde hym with theyr good¦des, lyke as they had to hym shewed. wherfore the duke by secrete meanes sent letters vnto his father, shewyng vnto hym the circumstaūce of all hys matter / the whyche wrote vnto hym agayne, that in no wyse he shulde be agreable vnto the sayde requestes. Thā the duke to y^e ende that he wolde nat y^• these maters shuld be towched in the open parlyamēt, sent for suche persones as were the chyefe rulers of the sayde .iii. astates / so that to hym came for the clergy the archebysshop¦pes of Raynes and of Lyōs, and the bisshop of Laō / & for the lordes came syr warayne de Lucēbourgh, syr Io∣han de Comflās Marshall of Cham¦peyne, and syr Iohn̄ de Pygueny thā ruler or gouernoure of Artoys / & for the comōs Stephan Martell than prouost of the marchaūtes of Parys, Charles Cusake, with other of other good townes.

Than the duke shewed vnto them of certayne newes that he had lately receyued from the kynge hys father / and that done he asked theyr aduices whether it were beste y^e daye to shewe theyr requestes openly in the parlia∣ment chaumber, or elles to deferre it for that daye. And lastlye after many reasons made, it was agreed, that it shulde be deferred tyll the .iiii. daye after / at the whyche .iiii. daye y^e duke wyth the other assembled in the par∣lyament chambre. At whyche season the duke sayd that he myght nat en∣tende that day to here and argue the sayd requestes, for certayn tydynges that he had lately receyued from his father, and from his vncle the Empe¦rour of Almayne / of the which he thā shewed some opēly, and after dyssol∣ued for that daye the counsayll.

In the moneth of Octobre, y^e .iii. astates of the prouynce of Langue∣docke, by the auctoryte of the erle of Armenake thā lieutenaūt for y^e kyng assembled for to make an ayde for y^e kynges delyueraūce. And fyrste they agreed to puruey at theyr propre co∣stes .v.C. mē of armys, wyth a seruy∣ture to eueryche spere / and ouer that a .M. sowdyours on horsebacke, and a .M. of arblasters, wyth .ii.M. of o∣ther called paūsyers in Frenche / all whiche to be waged for an hole yere. The speres to haue for them & theyr custrun euery daye halfe a floreyn, & euery sowdyour and arblaster .viii. floryns for a moneth, and y^e paūsiers after the same rate.

Also it was forther ordeyned by the sayd thre estates of Lāguedocke, that no man shulde were any furrys of any greate pryce / and that women shulde leue the ryche atyre of theyr heddys, and were neyther perle nor golde vppon them, nor syluer vppon ther gyrdels, so longe as the kynge remayned prysoner. Also that all ma¦ner of mynstrellys for y^e season shuld be put to sylence / wyth dyuers other thynges for y^• weale of that prouince whyche wolde aske a longe leysoure to wryte.

UPon all sowlyn daye or the seconde daye of Nouember, the duke of Normandye by the ad∣uyce of hys counceyll, dyssoluyd the coūceyll of the thre estates assembled at Parys / and commaunded euery man to retourne vnto his own, with¦out effecte growynge of theyr longe counceyll or assemble. wherwith ma¦ny of the sayd persons were greuous¦ly myscontent / sayeng amonge them selfe that they aperceyued well, that thys was done by the duke, to the en¦tent that the requestes by them deuy¦sed shuld not take place / but that the olde mysgouernaunce shulde conty∣nue, lyke as it befortymes had done. wherfore dyuers of them assembled after agayne at the graye freres, and there made out dyuers copyes of the sayde requestes / to the ende that ey∣ther of them myghte bere them into theyr countreys, and there to shewe them vnto the good townes. And all be it that the duke after this coūceyll thus dyssoluyd, asked ayde of y^e cyty of Parys and other good townes to maynteyne his warrys / he was play¦nely answered that they myghte not ayde hym without the sayd thre esta∣tes were agayne reassembled, & that the graunte of the ayde myght passe by theyr authorite / wherunto y^e duke in no wyse wolde be agreable.

In the moneth of Nouēber afore¦sayde / syr Robert de Cleremoūt than lyeutenaunt for the duke in Normā∣dy, fought wyth syr Phylyp brother vnto the kynge of Nauerne, and syr Godfrey de Harcourt, the which then toke party agayne the Frenche kyng for the deth of his neuewe before put to deth by kynge Iohn̄. The whych knyghtes wyth other helde the more parte of the countre of Constantyne within Normandye, maugre the du∣kes power. In this sayde fyghte the vyctory tourned vnto the Frenche partye / so that the sayde syr Phylyp was chasyd, and syr Godfrey de Har¦court slayne, with .viii. hūdreth men of that party. And the fourth daye of December folowyng, was the castell de la Pount nere vnto Roan, which by a longe season had ben in the rule of the forenamed syr Phylyp, gyuen vp by appoyntement / the whyche by the dukes sowdyours had ben besye¦ged from the moneth of Iuly to that daye / so that than the holders of the sayd Castell departed wyth all theyr goodes, and .vi. thousande frankes for a reward for the yeldyng vp of y^e sayd castell. A franke is in value af∣ter sterlyng money .ii.s. or therupon.

Upon y^e .x. day of December were proclaymed at Parys certayne coy∣nes and values of money newly or∣deyned by the duke, and his coūceyl. wyth the whyche proclamacyon the comons of the cytye were greuously amouyd. And for reformacyon the prouoste of the marchauntes wyth other, yode vpon the seconde day fo∣lowynge vnto the castell or palays of Louure, there to treat with syr Le¦wys erle of Angeou brother vnto the duke and his lyeutenaunt whyle the sayde duke was gone vnto the cytye of Meaus, there to speke wyth Char¦lys of Bohemye or of Beaume then

emperour of Almayne & vncle vnto the sayde duke▪ where the sayde pro∣uoste wyth the other made requeste vnto the erle, that he wolde cease the vse of that money. And yf not / they wolde so demeane them that it shuld not be suffered to be put forth nor ta¦ken within y^e cytye. wherupon it was answered by the erle, that he wolde take aduyce of hys counceyll, & vpon the morowe gyue to thē an answere. Upon the daye folowynge / the sayde prouost wyth a greate company of y^e cytye retourned. At whyche season the erle in curteyse maner, desyred them to retourne that other daye, for as moche as yet he had not suffycy∣entely commonyd with his coūceyll. Upon the morne the sayd prouost re¦tourned wyth a moche greater com∣pany. where after longe debatynge of the mater, it was agreed by y^e sayd erle and prouost and hys company, that the money shuld be stopped and not to be put fourth, tyll they hadde further knowlege of the dukes plea∣sure / for knowlege wherof the erle sent forth messēgers ī all spedy wyse.

And in thys passetyme, Peter de la Forest archebysshop of Roan and chaunceller of Fraunce was made & publyshed a cardynal. And the .xxiiii. daye of the moneth of Ianuary, the duke retourned vnto Parys wyth y^e sayd cardynall in hys company / the whych for reuerēce of the cardynall, was fette into the cytye wyth proces∣syon and other ceremonyes, as well of the clergy as of the cytesyns. The xxvi. daye of the moneth of Ianuary the prouoste of the marchauntes of Parys with other of the cyty, apered before the dukes counceyll at saynte Germayns. where it was desyred of the sayd prouoste, that he shulde suf∣fer the forsayde money to ronne and be curraunt thorough the cytye. The whyche the sayde prouoste wyth hys company vtterly denyed / and after many greate and bolde wordes, de∣parted from the sayde counceyll in greate ire / and after theyr retourne vnto the cytye, encensyd so the comy∣nalty, that they set a parte all werk∣manshyp and occupacyō in shyttyng in theyr shoppes, and drewe vnto theym theyr armour and harnesse. whan the duke was enfourmed of thys murmour of the comynaltye of the cytye, he sent vnto the prouoste / commaundyng hym strayghtly that the kynges peace were kepte wythin the cytye / and ouer that, that he with a certeyne of the cytesyns shulde a∣pere before hym in the palayes of Louure vppon the morowe folow∣ynge at an houre assygned. At which houre the sayde prouoste wyth hys company came vnto Louure, and so were conueyed into the parlyament chaumber, where the duke wyth hys counceyll was than present. Than y^e duke after certayne chalengys made vnto the prouoste for hys obstynacy in thys mater, and mysledyng of the comynaltye of the cytye / sayde vnto hym, that all be it that the kynge by hys prerogatyue myght at hys plea∣sure and for his auaūtage, make his moneys whan he wolde, & so to suf∣fer them to be curraūt thorough his realme: yet for the weale and ease of hys subiectes, consyderynge theyr manyfolde and late charges / he was cōtent that at thys season thys newe money shulde be spared / and that the iii. estates shuld be agayn assembled / & that they shulde depryue all suche persons than beryng offices, as they shulde thynke preiudycyall to the realme / & ouer that to ordeyne suche money as myghte be benefycyall for y^e land. Of all whiche graūtes, y^e pro∣uost, to y^e entent that he myght of au∣thoryte shewe them vnto the comy∣naltye of the cytye desyred wrytyng.

The whyche the duke to appease the people, though it were some deale cō¦trary hys mynde and pleasure, graū∣ted vnto hys request. For the whych graunt, dyuers of the sayd offycers, as the chaunceller or cardynall and other absentyd them selfe, and came not in Parys by a tracte of tyme af∣ter. The .xxx. daye of Ianuary ensu∣ynge / the duke at the requeste of the sayde prouost, sent certeyne offycers vnto the house of syr Symonde de Bucy, and of syr Nycholas Brake, and of Enguerran of the Celer, and of Iohn̄ Prylle, whyche before wyth other were accusyd of mysgouer∣naunce of the realme / whose houses were by the sayd offycers kepte, and inuentuaryes made of suche goodes as than remayned wythin the sayde houses. And that done, the duke sent out commyssyons, that the thre esta∣tes shulde reassemble at Parys the xv. daye of February next folowyng / whyche was obserued and kepte. whan y^e sayd .iii. estates were agayne assembled in the parliament chaum∣ber at Parys, in the presence of the duke and hys brethern wyth dyuers other nobles of Fraūce / mayster Ro∣bert Coke bysshop of Laon, by the cō¦maundement of the sayd duke, made a longe preposycyon of the mysguy∣dynge of the kynge and the lande by the meane of yll offycers / as well by chaungynge of the moneys as other many vnlefull excysys and taskys, to the greate inpouerysshynge of the comynaltye of the reame, greate dys∣claunder to the kynge, and to the syn¦guler enrychynge and auauncement of the sayd offycers. wherfore the .iii. estates prayen, and specyally the poore comons, that all such offycers may be remoued from theyr offyces / and other that shall be thought more benefycyall for the kynge and hys realme, to be admitted. Of the which the cardynall was noted for pryncy∣pall / and other to y^e noumbre of .xxi. wherof some were ryghte nere vnto the duke.

AFter whyche preposicyon or oracyō thus by the sayd bys∣shop ended / syr Iohn̄ de Pygqueny in the name of the .iii. astates, offered that the sayde .iii. astates shuld gyue vnto the kyng .xxx.M. mē for an hole yere / wyth y^• that all thynges myght after that daye be ordered as the bys∣shop had before deuysed. All whyche artycles were vnto them by the duke graūted. And inconueniētly all such offycers as they before had named, were clerely auoyded / and other such as by y^e sayd .iii. astates were though moste necessary, were put and chosen to theyr roumes / excepte that some of the olde, as maisters of thaccomptes and some of the presydentes & may∣sters of the requestes, were holden in for a tyme, to practes & shewe vnto y^e new how they shuld ordre and guyde the sayd offyces.

And the .xxvi. daye of the moneth of Marche was a newe money pro∣claymed thorough Parys, suche as the sayde .iii. astates had newly deuy¦sed. Upon the .vi. day of Apryll was proclaymed in Parys, that y^e people shulde nat paye suche subsydes as y^e iii. astates had ordeyned for the wa∣gynge of .xxx.M. men aforesayde or for the kynges fynaūce / and also that the sayde .iii. astates after that daye shulde no more assemble for any cau¦ses or maters before touched, tyll they had farther knowlege of y^e kyn∣ges pleasure. For the whych procla∣macion the cytezyns of Parys were greuously amoued agayne the bys∣shop of Sēs, the erle of Ewe cousyn Germayne to the kynge, and agayn the erle Cācaruyle. By whose mea∣nes they sayde thys proclamacyon

was purchasyd. And treuth it is that the sayd archbysshop of Sens wyth the sayd .ii. erlys, were sent from the kynge from Burdeaux yet there be∣ynge, to the entent that they shuld se the sayde proclamacyon put in vre. But so soone as the sayd proclama∣cyon was made / they herynge of the murmour of the people of the cytye, sped them thens shortely after. Then vpon this y^e comons waxed so wyld, that they lefte theyr occupacyons & drewe them to cōuentyculys and cō∣panyes, and hadde many vnsyttyng wordes by the kynge and hys coun∣sayle. wherof in auoydynge of incon¦uenyency / the duke commaunded a watche to be kepte wythin the cytye bothe by daye and by nyght / and cer¦tayne gates of the cytye kept shytte, and the remenaunt watchyd wyth men of armes. Upon the eyght daye of Apryll then beynge Easter euyn, a nother proclamacyon was made all contrary to that other / by vertue wherof it was charged, that the fore∣sayde subsydie shulde be leuyed, and that also the thre estates shulde reas∣semble at Parys the .xv. daye after Easter / and there to procede vpon all such maters as before were by them begonne. Upon the .vi. day of Apryll the Frenche kynge shypped at Bur∣deaux and so was conueyed into En¦glande, lyke as before is shewed in y^e xxxi. yere of kynge Edwarde. And aboute mydsomer folowyng, y^e duke of Lancaster, whyche by a longe sea∣son had lyen before a towne in Bry∣tayne named Rosne, brake vp hys syege / takyng of them of that towne for a fynaūce .lx.M. scutys of golde. A scute is worth .xi.d. sterling. About the feste of Mary Magdalene in the moneth of Iuly, controuersy and va¦ryaunce began to aryse amonge the parsōs assygned for the thre estates. wherof the cause was, for so mych as the sessyng which they had auewed & sessed for the .xxx.M. men, wolde nat extēde vnto the sūme by large & great sūmes. So y^t the clergy answered y^t they wolde paye no more than they were fyrst sessed vnto. And in lyke ma¦ner answered such as were apoynted for the lordes & for the good townes. wherfore y^e archebysshop of Raynes, whych before was one of the chefe ru¦lers of them, refused theyr partye and drewe hym all to the duke. By mea∣nes of whyche controuersy many of theyr actes fayled / & suche as before were put out of theyr offyces, were a∣gayne restored. About the myddel of August, the duke sent for the prouost & Charles Cusake, wyth Iohn̄ de la Ile / the which bare y^e pryncipal rule within the cytye, and also were great sayers & doers in the assembles of the iii. astates, & had takē vpon thē moch rule in y^e busynes / so that moche of y^e busynes was ruled by them & theyr meanes. To whome the duke gaue strayght commaūdemente, that they shuld cease of theyr auctorities, & nat to deale any more with the rule of the realme, but onely to the good rule & gouernaūce of the cytye of Parys. And that done the duke rode aboute vnto dyuers good townes, & made re¦quest vnto them for ayde / and also to haue the money to be curraūt amōg them, whych as before is shewed the x. daye of Decembre was at Parys proclaymed. But he sped lytle of hys purpose.

In thys meane whyle, the cytezyns of Parys of one wyl & mynde, offered before saynt Remyge a taper of waxe of wonderfull lengthe and greate∣nesse / the whyche they ordeyned to brenne day and nyght whyle it wold laste. And shortely after they sent vnto the duke so plesaunt message, y^t he retourned agayne vnto the cytye / whome they receyued with all honor

and reuerence. And vpon the morow after hys retourne / the prouost wyth certayne other of the cytye, shewed vnto the duke that they wolde make a greate shyfte for hym towarde the mayntenaunce of hys warres. And to brynge that mater to good conclu¦syon / they besought hym y^t he wolde assemble at Parys shortly, a certayn persones of .xx. or .xxx. good townes there nexte adioynaunt. The whych was vnto thē graunted / so y^t shortely after there assembled at Parys, vpō lxx. persones / the whyche helde theyr counsayll to gyther by sundry days. Howe be it in the ende they shewed vnto the duke, that nothynge they myght brynge to effecte, without as∣semble of the .iii. astates / & besoughte hym that they myght be efte reassem¦bled / trustyng that by theyr presence the dukes mynde shulde be contente and satysfyed.

Upon whyche requeste the duke sent hys cōmyssiōs, chargyng y^e sayd iii. astates to apere before hym at Pa¦rys, the wednysday nexte folowynge y^e day of al sayntes. And full fayne he was to do all thyng that the citezyns of Parys hym requyred to do / for as testyfyeth the Frenche Cronycle, he was so bare of money that he hadde nat suffycyente to defende hys coty∣dyan charge.

IN the .viii. yere of kynge Iohn̄ and wednysday after Alhalo∣wen day / the .iii. astates reassembled at Parys, and helde theyr counsayll within the blacke freers. Durynge whych coūsayll the kyng of Nauern̄ that longe had ben holden in pryson wythin the castell of Alleux, was deli¦uered by the meanes of syr Iohanne Pyquygny, than gouernoure of the countrey of Arthoys / and after con∣ueyed by the sayd Iohn̄ vnto y^e town of Amyas. whan y^e kyng of Nauerne was thus set at large / anon his syster and other of hys frendes made mea∣nes vnto the duke of Normandy, for an vnyte & a peace to be had betwene them / and by them a meane was foū∣den, that the kyng with such as were in hys company, shulde come vnder saufe conduyt to Parys to common with the duke. whā dyuers of the .iii. astates, as such as were of Chāpeyn and Burgoyn, knewe of the comyng of the kyng of Nauerne vnto Parys / they without leue takyng departed. And vpon the euyn of saynt Andrew the sayd kynge entred Parys wyth a greate companye of men of armes. Amonge the wyche was the bysshop of Parys, with many other of y^e sayd cytye. Upon the morowe folowynge the daye of saynt Andrew / the kynge entēdynge to shewe hys mynde vnto the comynalte of the cytye, caused an hyghe scaffolde to be made by y^e wall of saynt Germayn where he was lod¦ged. where moche people beynge as∣sembled, he shewed vnto them a lōge processe of hys wrongefull enpryso∣nemente, and of the mysgydynge of the lande by meanes of ille offycers, wyth many couerte wordes to y^e dys∣honoure of the Frenche kynge, and iustyfycacion of hym selfe and excu∣synge of hys owne dedes, and so re∣tourned into hys lodgyng.

Uppon the thyrde daye of Decem¦ber / the prouoste wyth other of the cytye yode vnto the duke / and in the names of the good townes or commynaltyes of the same, requy∣red of hym that he wolde do vnto the kynge of Nauerne reason and iustyce.

To whome it was answered by y^e bysshop of Laon, that the duke shuld nat allonly shewe vnto the kyng rea∣son & iustyce / but he shuld also shewe vnto hym frendely brotherhode,

with all grace & curtesy. And all be it that at that season, many of y^e dukes coūsayll were present, to whome the gyuyng of that answere had more cō¦ueniently apperteyned thā to y^e sayde bisshop / yet they were at that tyme in suche fere, that they durste nat moue any thynge that shuld soūde cōtrary the displeasure of the kynge of Na∣uerne or of the prouoste & other. Thā it was agreed that vpon y^e saterdaye folowynge, the kynge and the duke whyche as yet had nat spoken togy∣ther, shuld mete at the place of the sy∣ster of the sayd kyng. where they met with vnfrendely coūtenaūce / & after they had communed there a lōge sea∣son, departed with litle loue or cha∣rite. And vpon the mūday folowyng, were shewed vnto the duke & hys coū¦sayle, certayne requestes desyred by the kyng of Nauerne / the whych the duke was forsed to graunt. whereof the substaunce was, that the kynge shuld haue agayn and enioye al such lādes, castelles, and townes, with all mouables to them belōgynge, as he was in possessyō of y^e daye that kyng Iohn̄ was taken within the castel of Roan / and ouer that he shuld be par∣doned of all offences by hym done a∣gayne the crowne of Fraunce before that daye, and all other hys adheren∣tes, or suche as had taken hys partie before y^t tyme. And soone vpon thys, was ordeyned that the erle of Har∣court and other, whyche kyng Iohn̄ had caused to be beheded and after to be hāged vppon the commō gybet of Roan, shuld be delyuered vnto theyr frendes, to be buryed at theyr pleasu¦res. After whych conclusions taken, and assuraunces made as farre as the dukes auctoryte wolde extende vnto / syr Almary knyghte, Menlene knyghte, wyth thre or foure men of honoure mo, were sente into Nor∣mandye, to repossesse the kyng of Na¦uerne in all such lādes, castelles, and townes, as he before tyme was in possessiō of, wyth all mouables vnto the sayd landes apperteynynge. And than the sayde kynge and duke helde famylyer company, and dyned and souped togyther often sythes, at the manoir or lodgyng of quene Iohan syster vnto the sayd kynge, and other places.

Also the sayde kynge delyuered out of prysone, all prysoners as well spyrytuall as tēporall, suche as were thought any thyng fauourable vnto hys cause. Amonge the whyche some there were, that for theyr demerites were adiuged to perpetuall pry∣sone.

In thys tyme & season tydynges sprange within the cytye of Parys, that the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce were agreed, and that kyng Iohan shulde shortely returne into Fraunce. By reason of whyche ty∣dynges, the kyng of Nauerne made the more haste to dyspache hym oute of Parys / so y^t he with hys company departed from Parys the .xx. daye of Decēber, & rode toward the cytye of Maunte in Normādy. Soone after the kyng was thus departed / dyuers enemyes to the noumbre of .x. or .xii.C. came within .iiii. or .v. myles of Pa¦rys / whyche were demyd to be of the company of syr Phylip brother vnto the kyng of Nauerne. These robbed and pylled the countrey thereabout / in so moch that the people of the coū¦trey of Preaux and Trappes, and o∣ther there aboute, were constrayned with theyr mouables to flee vnto Pa¦rys. wherfore the duke sente out hys letters and cōmyssyons, for to assem∣ble hys knyghtes to withstande the sayd enemyes.

But the sayde cytesyns of Pa∣rys caste an other way / and thought it to be done to the greuaunce or

correccion of them. For dowte wher∣of / the prouost with other that had y^e gouernaunce of the cytye, caused the gates to be kepte / and none shuld en∣tre but suche as lyked them.

In thys passe tyme the kynge of Nauerne beyng in Normādy, requy∣red delyuere of the castelles of Bret∣nell, of Euroux, and other / the which to hym by y^e capytaynes were denied. wherfore he thynkyng that the duke performed nat to hym hys promesse / gathered vnto hym greate strengthe to wynne by strength that he myght nat haue hys former bāde & promes. Of thys was put in greate wyte the bysshop of Laon, whych was y^e chefe counceloure of the duke, & especyall frende vnto the kynge / so that what thyng was spoken in the dukes coū∣sayll, was shortly after manifested by hym and hys meanes vnto the kyng of Nauerne. Thys also was one of y^e chefe rulers of the assemble of the .iii. astates / and after lefte them and fell by hys greate doublenesse and dyssy∣mylacyon in the dukes fauoure, and so became chefe of hys counsayll, for the whyche of the comon people he was named y^e beste with .ii. mouthes. Than the cytezyns of Parys heryng of the denayeng of the sayd castelles vnto the kynge / knewe wel that mor¦tall warre shuld growe betwene hym and y^e duke. And for they wolde haue the cytezyns knowē from other straū¦gers / therefore they ordeyned theym hodys parted of rede and blewe / char¦gynge euery man that he shulde nat passe hys lodgynge wythout y^e hood and conysaunce.

Upon the .viii. daye of Ianuary the kyng of Nauerne entred the cytie of Roan with a great company of mē of armes / and drew vnto hym many englysshe men; and suche as were enemyes vnto the Frenche kynge. And vppon the .xii. daye of Ianuary the sayde kyng assembled the people of that cytye, and made a lyke sermō vnto thē as before he had done vnto the comynaltye of Parys / and dyd a solempne obsequy to be done for the erle of Harcourt and the other wyth hym put to deth, as aboue is sayd by kynge Iohn̄. in thys whyle the duke of Normandy that longe whyle had taryed in Parys, in hope and ayde of the cytezyns / & was euer by the pro∣uoste and other dryuen of from daye to daye: It was aduysed hym by his counsayll, that he shulde shewe hys mynde vnto the comynaltye of the cytye.

wherof whan the bysshop of Laon and y^e prouost were ware / anone they shewed vnto hym many doutes and impedymentes and also parelles, for to treate with a comynaltye. Nat withstandynge he refused theyr coun¦sayll, & caused the people to be assem¦bled at theyr common hall. whyther he wyth a small company came, the xi. daye of Ianuary aboute .ix. of the clocke in the mornyng / where he she∣wed vnto the commons a longe and a plesaunt oracyon. wherof the effect was, y^t he bare very faythfull mynde vnto the cytye / and for the weale ther¦of he wolde put hys lyfe in ieopardy. And where as by hys euyll wyllers he was reported, that he shulde ga∣ther men of armes to greue the citie / he sayd and swore it was neuer hys entencion, but onely to auoyde suche enemyes as dayly pylled and robbed theyr neyghbours and frendes. And where he also knewe well, that great summes of money were gathered of the people towarde the kynges fy∣naunce / he lete theym vnderstande y^t no peny thereof was comyn to hys handes.

But hys mynde was, that suche persones as hadde receyued that mo¦ney, shulde wyth theyr assystence be

called to a due accompte. whych ora∣cyon wyth many kynde and louynge wordes ended / y^e people with it were very well contented / so that of theym he was wel commēded and allowed. Upon the morowe beyng fryday and xii. day of Ianuary / the prouost and other of hys affynyte, herynge of the fauoure that many of the commons bare vnto the duke, and ferynge leste the duke shuld by hys meanes turne the comons vpon them / assembled a great parte of the cytye at a place cal¦led sait Iames hospytall, & specyally suche as they knewe well fauoured theyr partye. whan y^e duke was ware of the assemble, anone he spedde hym thyther, hauynge wyth hym the bys∣shop of Laon. where by the mouth of hys chaūceler, he caused to be shewed a parte of the matter whyche he hym selfe had shewed the day before vnto the comynaltye / with more, y^t where as such as ought vnto hym no good wylle, reported hym that he kept nat promyse made with the kyng of Na∣uerne / he shewed there the contrary. And yf any thynge were nat to hym parfourmed, it was contrary to hys mynde & pleasure / & that that in hys power lay nat to fulfyl. And so soone as y^e chaūceler had ended hys tale / Charles Cusake stode vp to the en∣tent to haue shewed hys mynde. But there was such a rumoure and noyse amonge the people, that he myghte nat be harde / so that thanne the duke parted with suche companye as he brought, excepte the bysshop of Laō, whych taryed there with the prouost and other. And whan the duke was departed Charles Cusake began his tale, & spake boldely agayne the kyn∣ges offycers / and by couerte wordes somwhat agayne the duke. After whyche tale fynysshed one named Iohn̄ de saynte Ounde, whyche by auctoryte of y^e thre astates was new∣lye made one of the generall gouer∣nours of the subsydy / stoode vp and sayde, that the prouoste nor no other persone of the thre astates, hadde no peny of that subsydie in theyr hādes / the whiche sayenge the prouoste also affermed.

Forthermore shewed than there y^e sayde Iohn̄, that certayne knyghtes whyche he there named sent from the duke, had receyued of the sayde sub∣sydye to the summe of .l. or .lx.M. mo tons of golde, the whyche were en∣ployed to no good vse. After whyche processe ended by the sayde Iohan / Charles Cusake agayne beganne to speke, and made a longe comendaciō of the prouydence and good dysposy¦cion of the prouost, whyche had takē vpon hym great payne and displea∣sure, & spent largely of hys owne for y^e comō welth of the cytye. wherefore yf he myghte knowe that the comy∣naltye wolde nat ayde and stande by hym for the furtheraūce of the same / he wolde be content to leue of, & gete hym there as he shulde be quyte of al trouble, and also out of the daunger of all hys enemyes. whereunto was anon made a greate exclamacyon by the people, sayenge they wolde lyue and dye wyth hym in that quarell.

UPō the .xiii. day of Ianuary / the duke sent for dyuers per∣sones of the thre astates, & exorted theym by goodlye and amyable wor∣des, that they wolde demeane theym agayne hys father and hym, as faythefull and louynge subiectes / and he shulde so reporte theym vnto the kynge, that they of hym shulde haue greate thankes.

And as touchynge hym selfe / he wolde be so good lords vnto theym, that they shulde thynke theyr kyn∣denes and fydelyte well bestowed.

bestowed. The whyche graunted vn¦to hym theyr trothe and seruyce to y^e vttermoste of theyr powers / aduy∣synge hym to take vpon hym the go∣uernaunce of the realme / for they thought he taryed to long or he toke the rule therof. Than soone vppon thys, the sayd thre estates ordeyned a more feble money than they before had made, to the aduauntage of the duke / to the ende that he sholde wyth¦stand the enemyes forenamed, which as yet remayned in the coūtre about Parys, and pylled the vyllages and toke prysoners / the whych they con∣ueyed vnto suche holdes as they thā helde in that countre. Thus duryng these manyfolde aduersytees amōge the Frenchmen / vpon the .xxiiii. daye of y^e sayd moneth of Ianuary, Iohn̄ Baylet treasourer vnto y^e duke, was slayne at Parys of a yoman or Uar∣let of the chaunge called Peryne Marke. The whyche Peryne after that cursyd dede done, fledde vnto saynt Mary chyrche. But at nyghte the duke sent syr Iohn̄ de Shalous hys marchall, wyth the prouost of y^e cytye named Guillyam Scayse and other / the whyche brake vp the chyr∣che dores and toke the sayde Peryne out by force / and ladde hym vnto pri¦son called the Chastelet. Out of the whych vpon the morne he was takē, and hys handes smytten of / and so drawen vnto the gybet of Parys, & there hanged. But vpon the thyrde daye folowyng, by meanes of the bys¦shop of Parys he was taken downe and buryed wythin the sayd chyrche of our lady, wyth greate reuerence and solempnyte. At whyche obsequy was present the prouoste of the mar∣chauntes, with many other burgesis of the cytye. The fyrste daye of the moneth of February / syr Iohn̄ de Pyquyny came vnto Parys from y^e kyng of Nauerne, and made request vnto the duke, of dyuers couenaūtes by hym to be perfourmed towarde y^e kynge, whyche as yet were nat accō∣plysshed. whyche requeste the duke toke vnpacyētly / and gaue vnto the sayd syr Iohn̄ many hygh and disple¦saūt wordes. Howe be it in the ende y^e bisshop of Laon sayde, that the duke shuld be aduysed vpō y^e answere of y^e kynges demaūde. Upon y^e .iii. daye of February, y^e prouost of the marchaū¦tes, wyth certayn of y^e vnyuersyte of Parys & other burgeyses, yode vnto the duke vnto Louure. where it was requyred by the sayde persones, that he wolde fulfyll vnto the kyng of Na¦uerne, all suche couenaūtes as were lately made with hym / and specially that the castelles of Euroux & other before named, myghte be delyuered vnto hym accordyng to his apoynte¦mēt. And farthermore it was shewed vnto the duke by a doctoure of diuy∣nyte, that yf he or the kynge of Na∣uerne wolde swarue from any poynt or artycle of the sayde former agre∣mente / that the .iii. astates had vtter∣lye determyned to ayde and assyste hym, that wolde kepe the sayd agre∣ment, & to wythstāde the other that wolde nat obey or vpholde the sayde concorde & agrement. whereunto the duke was wel agreable / sayeng that he had perfourmed all his promesse, excepte the delyuere of certayne ca∣stelles, whyche the capytaynes wyth¦helde contrary hys mynde and plea∣sure / layenge for theyr excuses, that by the kynge hys father to theym they were delyuered, and to hym and none other they wyll delyuer thē agayne.

Upon the .xi. day of February, cer¦tayne of the .iii. astates beyng at coū∣sayll in theyr place accustomed / y^e pro¦uoste of y^e marchaūtes assēbled theyr craftes of y^e citie at a place called sait Clowe or Cloy in harnesse.

In whych tyme of hys with them there beyng / an aduocat of the parlia¦mēt called mayster Reynolde Dacy, as he was goyng from the dukes pa¦lays toward his owne house, he was slayne by men of the towne.

And soone thereafter the sayd pro∣uost with a great company of armed men entred the palays of Louure / & so with a certayne complyces entred the dukes chaūbre, & there withoute salutyng of the duke sayd vnto hym: Syr dysmay you nothyng whatsom¦euer ye se vs do, for we entende to your persone no harme. And or these wordes were fully ended / his cōpany fell vpon a knyght called syr Nycho¦las de Cōflans thā marshall of Chā¦payne, and vpō syr Robert de Clere∣moūt leuyng vpon the dukes bedde, & slewe them out of hande. whan the duke behelde thys horryble dede, he was in meruelous fere of hys owne persone / & prayed the prouoste wyth hys cappe in hys hāde, that he wolde saufegarde hys persone / the whych y^• prouost graunted, with that he wold by hym be aduertysed.

Than the sayd .ii. dede corses were drawen downe the steyers withoute pytye / and layed in the court that all men myghte beholde that myserable spectacle. And for the dukes saufe∣garde, the prouost toke vnto hys par¦tye a hood of redde & blewe, y^e whiche he put vpon his hed / and the prouost receyued the dukes hood beynge of burnet & garnysshed with a frenge of golde / & so eyther ware others hode all that daye. And that done, the pro∣uoste with hys company wente vnto theyr comon hall / where he shewed vnto the comynalty that the .ii. perso¦nes were especiall enemyes vnto the comon weale, and false traytours to god & to the crowne of Fraunce / and that he and hys adherentes entēded the preseruacion of the commō weale of the realme, and the cytye / & wolde vnderstāde of theym, whether they wolde stande by hym in that doynge or nat. The whyche cryed wyth one voyce ouy, ouy / that is to saye ye, ye. And whan he had receyued this com¦forte of y^e people, he retourned agayn vnto the duke. Than he recomforted hym and sayd, that al that was done, was done by thassent of the people, & for to auoyd y^e greater inconueniēce. For these that were slayn were great enemyes vnto the common welthe, & traytours vnto the crowne. wherfore he wylled y^e duke to alowe that dede / & yf any pardō were requysyte for y^e dede or any other to be hadde, that he shulde lyberally graunt it. All which thynges the duke was fayne to saye ye vnto / and prayed hym & the other than also of the cytezyns to be his frē¦des, & he wold in lykewyse be theyrs. And after thys agremēt / the prouost sent for .ii. clothes one of redde / and y^e other of blewe / and wylled the duke to make hoodes of the same for al his seruaūtes. And so the duke and hys seruaūtes were clothed in the lyuery of the towne / the blewe set vpon the ryght syde. Than agayne night whā the sayd .ii. corpsys had lyen all daye vpon the stones of the palays / y^e pro∣uost commaūded them to be layed in a cart, and so without preest or other reuerence to be cōueyed vnto a place of sait Katheryne there to be buryed. And whanne the sayde corpsys were thus brought vnto the sayde place, y^t carter toke one of theyr garmentes for hys laboure, & so departed.

It was nat longe after that a mes¦sanger came from the bysshop of Pa¦rys, whyche warned the bretherne of that house to spare the buryenge of syr Robert de Cleremoūt, for asmoch as the bysshope noted hym, accursed for brekyng vp of sait Mary church, whan he by force fette oute Peryne

Marke, as before is shewed. But af∣ter, they and also y^e aduocate mayster Reynolde Dacy were buryed secrete¦lye. Uppon the morne folowynge the prouost assembled at the frere Augu∣stynes a great company of the cytye, wyth all suche as then were there of the good townes by reason of y^e fore∣sayde coūsayll. To whych assemble, by the mouth of mayster Roberte de Corby a mā of the cytye, was shewed a protestaciō of all the cyrcumstaūce of the foresayd mater / and howe that by the dukes coūs••••l & also by y^e thre astates, many good ••••ynges were cō¦cluded for the deliuery of the kynge / & shulde or that tyme haue comyn to good effecte, ne had ben the enpeche∣ment of .iiii. persons, the whyche at y^t season were nat named.

Thys busynesse thus cōtynuyng, the kyng of Nauarne came vnto Pa¦rys the .xxvi. daye of February, wyth a good company of armed men / and was cōueyed by the cytezeyns vnto a place of the dukes called the Neell, & there lodged. To whome the prouost with his cōplyces made request, that he wolde make allyaūce with theym, and to supporte theym in that y^e they hadde done / the whyche by hym was graūted. Than the quene hys syster and other, made instante laboure to agree hym and the duke. whych in cō¦clusyon toke such effect, y^t the kynge shulde haue in recompēcement of his wrōges, the erledom of Bygorre and the vynery of Ramer, with y^e erledō of Maston, and other landes to y^e ex∣tente of .x.M.li. of Parys money by yere. And ouer that hys syster called quene Blāche, shuld haue y^e lordshyp of Morette for her Dowry. After whyche accorde thus concluded / the kynge and the duke kepte together very frēdely and louyng familyarite, dyned and souped eyther with other by many and sundry tymes, & eyther vnto other gaue ryche gyftes. Amōg the whyche one was, that the duke gaue vnto the kyng the sayd place of Neell whych he than lodged in.

Upon the .xii. daye of Marche, the duke of Normandye was procla¦med regent of Fraunce thorough y^e cytye of Parys / and after thorough all Fraunce. And soone after he de∣parted from Parys, and rode into y^e countre of Champayne, where he ta∣ryed a season. And the kynge of Na∣uerne retourned to Maunt in Nor∣mandye. Than the regent drewe vn∣to hym the nobles of Champayne & of Prouynce / and began to manace the prouost and other of Parys, that before had put hym to dyshonoure, and slayne so vylaynously hys trewe counceyllours. And after promesse taken of the erle of Brene and other nobles of that countrey, y^t they shuld ayde hym agayne hys fathers rebel∣les and hys enemyes / he than rode vnto the abbey of Ponley in Mon∣struell / and after yode vnto a castell whych belonged vnto quene Blan∣che syster vnto y^e kynge of Nauerne, and wyllyd the Capytayne named Tanpyne to delyuer to hym that ca∣stell. The whyche after dyuers de∣nayes, opened the gates and recey∣ued in the regente, and lodged hym therin that nyght. Upon the whyche the regent caused the sayd Tanpyne to swere vnto hym, y^t he shulde kepe that castell to his vse / and after made hym styll wardeyne of the same / and so departed thens & rode to Meaux where hys wyfe laye.

In thys tyme and season the pro∣uoste of the marchauntes of Parys, herynge of the regentes doynge▪ and of the affynyte that he made with thē of Champayne, fered the sequell ther¦of. wherfore by the aduyse of such as fauoured hys cause / he yode into the castell of Louure, and there toke out

artylery, gunnys, and other abylymē¦tes of warre, and put them in y^e store house of the cytye, to be redy whan tyme requered. The regent spedyng hys iournay returned agayne to Cō∣peygn. And where as before was ap¦poynted, that the .iii. astates shulde y^e fyrste daye of May assemble at Pa∣rys / the regent thā sent out hys com∣myssiōs, and charged y^e sayd .iii. asta∣tes to assemble the thyrde daye of the sayd moneth of May at Compeyng¦ne aforesayde / wherewith the sayde cytezyns of Parys were greatly amo¦ued. At thys assemble was graunted vnto the regent, a subsydy bothe of y^e Clergy and also of the laye fee / so y^t the regent waxed dayly strōger and stronger. wherof heryng the kyng of Nauerne / remoued from a towne cal¦led Merlo / and with a stronge com∣pany came vnto a place or towne na¦med Domage, purposely for to treate wyth the regent for the cytezeyns of Parys. where in the begynnynge of May y^t sayd two prynces met, eyther hauynge greate strengthe of men of armys.

WHan the kynge of Nauerne had by .ii. dayes contynuall made re¦queste vnto the regent for the cy¦tezyns of Parys, and myghte natte spede of his requeste / he departed the thyrde daye and rode vnto Parys. where he was honorably receyued & fested by the space of .x. or .xii. dayes. In whyche season he warned theym of the great dyspleasure that y^e regēt bare towarde the cytye / and aduysed them to make theym as stronge as they myght. In thys passe tyme the bysshop of Laon beynge with the re∣gent at Cōpeyne, was lyke to haue ben vylonyed by some of the regētes counsayll. wherefore in secrete wyse he departed vnto saynt Denyse / and from thēs he was fette by the kyng{is} seruaūtes of Nauerne vnto Parys / in whome was put great faute of all thys trouble.

About the myddell of Maye / one named Guyllyam Call••y gathered vnto hym a company in the prouince of Beauaysyn, as of the townes of Cerreux Norecell, Cramoysye, and other there about. The which beyng euyll dysposed, slewe dyuers knygh∣tes and esquyers of that coūtrey, and theyr wyues and seruaūtes / and pyl∣led and spoyled the countrey as they went, and threwe downe certayn py∣les and other strēgthes, and a parte of the castell of Beawmoūt / and for∣ced the duchesse of Orleaunce to for∣sake that castell, that than was there lodged / and for her saufegarde to go vnto Parys.

Uppon the .xxx. daye of May / the prouost and other gouernours of y^e cytye of Parys, caused Iohn̄ Paret, mayster of the brydge of Parys, and the mayster carpenter of the kynges werkes, to be drawen, hanged, heded and quartered. For it was put vpon them, that they shuld haue broughte into the cytye a certayne noumbre of of the regentes sowdiours, and so to haue betrayed the cytye. And the fore sayde people of Beauuaysyne ga∣thered vnto theym dayly more peple, as labourers and vylaynes / y^• which came into the countrey of Mountme¦rencie, & slewe and robbed there y^e gē∣tylmen of that countrey as they had done of other, and so passed the coun∣trey without resystence. And y^e regēt in thys whyle came to the cytye of Sens in Languedocke, where he was honorably receyued / all be it y^t the comons of that cytye & gentyles of that coūtrey, were greatly lenyng vnto the cytezyns of Parys / & there taryed a season to expresse to thē hys mynde. In whyche meane tyme a spy¦cer or grocer namer Gylle of Parys,

wyth one Iohn̄ Uayllaunt prouoste of y^e kynges money, with a company of .viii.C. men in harnesse rode vnto the cytye of Meaux / wherof y^e mayre of that cytie they were ioyfully recey¦ued, contrary hys promesse before made vnto the regent. where with as¦systence of the sayde mayer & other of that cytye, they entended to haue ta∣ken the wyfe of the sayd regent, with other noble women thā there soiour¦nyng wyth hyr / and so to haue con∣ueyd them vnto Parys, there to haue kepte them tyll the cytezyns myghte purchase the fauour & grace of the regent.

But whā the erle of Foyse, whych thanne hadde the rule of the sayde gentylwomen, knewe theyr entente / anone he gathered vnto hym hys cō∣pany / and wyth assystēce also of som of the sayd cytye, he made vppon .vi. or .vii.C. men in harnesse, and yssued boldly agayne the foresayde persons and skyrmysshed wyth theym. In which skyrmysshe in the ende, the mē of Parys were sconfited and chased, & the mayre of Meaus named Iohn̄ Soulas taken with other / which af∣ter for theyr rebellyō were put in exe∣cucion. And after thys victory thus opteyned / & in reuēgemēt of the deth of a knyghte called syr Lewys de Chambly there slayn with other gen¦tylmen / & for the vntrouth of y^e cytie: the foresayd erle set fyre vpon a syde of the cytye, & brēt a great parte ther∣of, as well churches as other / which fyre was scātly stenched in .viii. days after.

In thys whyle the kynge of Na∣uerne herynge of the greate harme & distrucciō that the company of Guyl¦lyam Calley made of gentylmen in Moūtmerēcy & other places, lyke as before is shewed, yode agayne hym / & nere vnto a place called Cleremoūt encountred hym and his people, and gaue vnto theym batayll, and slewe moch of his people / and toke hym on lyue, & caused hys hede to be stryken of. And soone after, the cytezyns of Parys sente vnto hym / requyrynge hym to drawe towarde thē. At whose requeste he sped hym thytherwarde, and entred the cytye vpō the .xv. daye of Iuny / and was cōueyed vnto sait Germayne in Pree & there lodged. And vpō the morne he wēte vnto the comon halle of the citie / where the co¦mōs beyng assembled, he made vnto them a lōge & plesaunt oraciō, of the great kyndenesse that he had founde in many of y^e good townes of Fraūce & specially in the cytye of Parys. For the whych they had bounde hym to take theyr partye agayne all other, makyng none excepcyō. After which tale by hym ended / Charles Cusake stode vp, & shewed vnto the people what ruynous poynt the lāde stode in for lacke of a wyse hedde & gouer∣noure. wherfore he exhorted y^e people to chose y^e kyng for theyr gouernour. whyche than was so done / & he there toke vpon hym the rule, & promysed with them to lyue and dye. Upon the xxii. day of the sayd moneth of Iuny / y^e kyng of Nauerne with a cōpany of vi.M. speres of the citye & other, de∣parted from Parys, and rode vnto a towne called Gonnesse, where an o∣ther company of the cytye taryed for hym / & from thens rode towarde Sē¦lys. But whā the gentylmen of hys hoste vnderstode that he had takē vp¦pon hym to be capytayne of the comi¦naltye, where agayn the more partie of the nobles of Fraunce were of the contrary partye / they left hym many of them, & specially suche as were of the duchye of Burgoyne / and wyth congy of hym taken, resorted into theyr coūtreys. whā the regent had vysyted dyuers countreys, & wonne vnto hym the beniuolence of y^e same,

& had also gathered vnto hym greate strength / he spedde hym towarde Pa¦rys / & lodged hym in the ende of the moneth of Iuny, in a place called in Frenche le Pount de Charenton fast by Boyes in Uyncent. In whose cō∣pany were noumbred vpon .xxx.M. horsemen / so that the countre there about was pylled & wasted with that hoste.

wherof herynge the kynge of Na∣uerne, retourned backe agayne, and came wyth hys hoste vnto saynt De¦nys wythin .ii. myles of Parys. And the cytye of Parys was kepte daye & nyght, that no man myghte entre or go out, wythout lycēce of y^e prouoste & other rulers therof. In this meane whyle that the sayde two prynces lay thus with theyr two hostes about the cytye / quene Iohan syster vnto the kynge, made an instaūt labour vnto the regent for grace for the cytezyns. By whose meanes a comucaciō was appoynted to be holdē betwene the kynge & the regente, the eyght day of Iuly, at a place called y^e wynde mylle faste by the house of saynt Anthony. At whyche metynge it was lastly ac∣corded betwene y^e sayd prynces, that the kyng of Nauerne shulde do hys best to brynge the cytezyns of Parys vnto due obedyence. And yf he sawe in theym suche obstynacy, that they wolde nat do theyr dutye, & to gyue for theyr rebellyon suche summes of money as by hym & the regent shuld be thought accordynge / that than the kynge shuld vtterly refuse theyr par¦tye, and turne vnto the regēt with all hys power.

And ouer that, the kyng for all de∣maundes that he coude aske of the re¦gent for any cause, ouer the agremēt betwene them laste made, shuld haue iii.C.M. floryns of gold, wherof an C.M. to be payed that daye .xii. mo∣nethes, and yerely after .l.M. tyll the fulle were payed. And farther it was accorded, that the kynge after y^t daye shulde take partye with the regente agayne all persones, excepte onely y^e kynge of Fraunce / And to the ende y^t thys accorde shulde be fermely holdē vppon bothe sydes / the bysshoppe of Lyseux there beynge presente, wyth many other lordes, sāge there masse within the tente where thys accorde was concluded / and after agnus dei, sware the two prynces vpon the sa∣crament, that withoute collusyon or fraude they shulde obserue and kepe eueryche artycle of the sayde accord. After whyche conclusyon thus takē / the regent repayred vnto hys hoste, & the kynge vnto saynt Denys. Than vppon the morowe the kynge entred Parys, and conueyed thyther wyth hym but a certayne / & so taryed there all that daye, wythoute any reporte sendy••ge vnto the regent.

And the seconde daye for y^e more strēgthynge of the towne, he sent for certayne Englysshe sowdyours, as archers and other, and sette them in the towne wagys / & nother sente nor retourned vnto the regente with any answere. Than towarde the nyght, how it was assaut was made by som of the regentes people vppō a parte of the town, so that dyuers men were slayne vpon bothe sydes / but the mo vppon the partye of the cytye.

Than the kynge of Nauerne vpō the morowe retourned vnto sait De∣nys / leuynge within the cytye y^e fore∣sayde strēgthe of Englyshmen wyth other. whan the regente was ware of the kynges beynge at saynt Denys / he sent vnto hym, and hym requyred of perfourmaūce of suche accorde as lately betwene theym was condissen¦ded / & syns by hys meanes he myght nat enduce the cytezyns to due obe∣dyence, that he wolde accordynge to hys promesse take partye with hym /

wherby they and other enemyes to y^• comon welth, myght be recoūceyled. whereunto the kynge answered and sayd, that the regēt had brokē y^e sayd accorde. For where he by hys dyly∣gēce & laboure, had brought the cyte∣zyns to a nere poynt of recōciliacyon & submyssiō / the regent by the meane of that assaute whyche he made vnto the towne, caused the sayd cytezeyns to renoūce all theyr former graunt, & to bynde them vpō theyr former wyl fulnesse. After whyche answere thus gyuen by the kyng / the regēt caused his people to passe y^e ryuer of Sayne by a brydge made of botes, and so to brenne the towne of Uyttry & diuers other townes, & robbed & pylled the coūtrey there about.

Upō the .xiiii. day of Iuly, dyuers of the towne of Parys issued oute of the towne / & with the ayde of the En∣glyshmen endeuoured them to haue socoured the sayde towne of Uyttry / with also to haue destroyed y^e brydg. At whych iournay they bare them so well, that with theyr shotte they woū¦ded many of theyr enemies / and toke prysoner the regentes marshall na∣med syr Reynolde de Fountaynes with dyuers other / & after retourned vnto theyr cytye.

Upon the .xix. day of Iuly, y^e quene Iohn̄ syster vnto y^e kyng of Nauern̄, with the archebysshop of Lyons, the bysshop of Parys, with certayne o∣ther temporall persones of the cytye / yode vnto a place assygned withoute the towne. where with them met the regent & certayne of hys coūsayll / & at lengthe cōcluded an unyte and cō∣corde betwene the sayd regent & cyte¦syns, without farther payne or exac∣ciō to be put vnto them / excepte that the sayd cytesyns shuld humbly sub∣mytte thē vnto the regent, in aknow¦legyng theyr offēce, & askyng of hym mercy & grace for the same / & ouer y^t to be ordered forther as the kynge of Nauerne, the sayd quene Iohn̄, with the duke of Orleaūce & the erle of El cāps, wolde deme & adiuge / and that graunted, the regēt to opyn all ways & passages as well by lāde as by wa∣ter, that al marchaūtes may passe as they before tymes vsed / & in lykewise they of the cytye to opyn the gates of the towne, and to receyue all straun∣gers.

AFter whych agremente thus cōcluded & agreed, with all o∣ther before made betwene the kyng & the regent to be maynteyned & vphol¦den / the regēt sent from hym moch of hys people / & appoynted the sayd bis¦shoppes & the other for the towne, to mete with hym y^e .iiii. day folowynge at a place called Laiguy syr Marne. where he wolde haue also the kynge of Nauerne & the other, to perfyghte and clerely fynysh the sayd agremēt / & vpō thys made proclamacions tho¦rough the hoste, that a good and per¦fyght peace was agreed. wherefore many of the hoste for dyuers causes theym mouynge yode towarde the cytye, trustyng there gladly & louyng¦lye to be receyued. But vpōn y^e morne whan they came vnto the gates, they fande them watched with harnessed men, whyche wolde none suffre to entre but suche as them lyked / amōg the whyche one named Macequetta seruaunte of the regētes was mysse entreated. And nat withstādyng that accorde / yet the mouable goodes of suche as were with the regent & had houses within the cytie, where disper¦bled and stroyed.

Upon the .xxi. day of Iuly & euyn of mary Magdaleyne, a stryfe began to kyndell within the cytye / so that y^e cytesyns complayned them vpon the Englysshemen, surmysynge agayne thē dyuers causes. By meane wher∣of

the comonte in a fury yode vnto the palaye of Necl, where at y^t tyme many of the capytaynes of the En∣glysshemen dyned wyth the kynge of Nauerne / vpon whome they fell so∣deynly, and slewe of them vpō .xxiiii. & after in diuers places of y^e citie, toke the other deale to the noūbre of .iiii.C. or thereupon, and closed theym in dyuers prysons. with whych doyng, the kynge of Nauerne, with also the prouoste and other the gouernoures of the cytye were right fore disconten¦ted. wherfore vpō the day folowyng, the kynge assembled the comynaltye at theyr comon halle / entendynge by plesaūt wordes to haue caused them to haue ben repētaunt of the murder of the foresayd capytaynes, & also to haue gotten the remenaunte oute of pryson.

But the more the kynge spake for the Englysshemen, the more woder were they dysposed agayne theym / sayenge y^t those whyche were within the cytye, shulde nat alonely be putte to deth; but also suche as were at sait Denys, whyche there spoyled that towne & countrey enuyron / and had had suche wordes vnto the kynge, y^t in the ende he wyth the prouost & the other gouernoures, were fayne to graunte vnto them, that they wolde go with theym for to helpe to dystres the sayde Englysshemen. And so the same daye agayne nyght / the comōs yssued by the gate of saynt Honoure / & the kynge of Nauerne with the pro¦uost & theyr company went out by y^e wyndemylle, so that in the sayd assē∣bles of the kynge & the comons were noumbred vppon .xvi.C. speres, and of foote men vpon .viii.M. whan the kynge with hys company was comē into the feelde where the sayd wynde¦mylle stādeth / he houed there well vp on halfe an houre, to se what y^e other company wolde do. The whych sent out .iii. speres to espye where the En∣glyshmen were, and espyed of theym vpō .xl. or .l. that apered by a woddes syde nere vnto saynt Clow / and we∣nynge that the sayde Englysshemen there had bē no mo, retourned & she∣wed what they had sene. whereupon the sayde comons in all haste spedde theym thyther. And whā they were within the daunger of theyr shotte / y^e Englysshmen issued oute of dyuerse parties of the wode, and woūded and slewe many of them. wherwith the o∣ther beynge fered fled incontinently / whome the Englysshemen pursued so cruelly, that they slewe of the fote men vpon .vi.C. in all.

whych season the kyng of Nauern̄ and also y^e prouost with theyr peple, stode styl & neuer moued towarde thē for theyr defence or ayde. After thys scomfyture thus susteyned by the Pa¦rysyens / the kyng lefte the cytye and rode vnto saynt Denys / and the pro∣uoste wyth hys company returned vnto Parys. where he was receyued wyth hydyous noyse and crye, aswel of womē as mē, for y^t he so cowardly had suffered hys neyghbours to be woūded and slayne. By reasō of this the murmure of the people encreased dayly more and more agayne the pro¦uost / so that in maner a party was ta¦ken betwene the prouoste and the o∣ther gouernours of the cytye and the comynaltye. For the comons wolde haue put to deth many of the pryso∣ners of the Englysshemen / but y^e pro¦uost with hys affynyte let them, and preserued them from theyr fury and malyce.

And vpon the .xxvii. daye of Iuly beynge frydaye / the sayd prouost be∣yng encōpanyed wyth .viii. score or ii.C. mē in harnesse, yode vnto Louu¦re and other prysons and, toke out y^e sayd Englysshemen, & conueyed thē vnto the gate of saynt Honoure / and

so sent theym vnto theyr other felys∣shyp than beyng at saynt Denys.

Of whome they were ioyously re∣ceyued and welcomed / & specyally of the kynge of Nauerne, at whose re∣queste as the comō fame went, y^t pro∣uost wyth the other rulers of y^e town them delyuered. Thus more & more cyuyle dyscorde began to encreace wythin the cytie / so that the rulers of y^e cytye were now in as great dought and fere of theyr neyghbours, as be∣fore tyme they were of the regēt & his knyghtes.

So that vpō the tuysdaye folow∣ynge beynge the last daye of Iuly / y^e prouost wyth other of hys company beyng in harnesse as dayly they were vsed, went to dyner vnto the bastyle of saynt Denys. And there beyng at dyner / the prouost cōmaūded to such as thā kept the keyes of that bastyle, that they shuld delyuer theym vnto Geffrey de Mastō than tresourer of the warres of the kyng of Nauerne. But the porters denayed y^e commaū¦demēt / & sayde presysely y^t they wolde nat delyuer the keyes to hym nor yet to any straūger. For the whyche an∣swere many hawte wordes were blo∣wen on eyther partye / so that people gadered about them. wherof heryng one named Iohn̄ Maylart, to whom belōged the watche of a quarter of y^e cytye / wherein & in whyche quarter the sayde bastyle stode, drewe nere & gaue ere vnto the wordes / & shortly after in bolde maner sayd vnto y^e pro¦uost, that the keyes shulde remayne styll with the sayd kepers, & nat to be takē out of theyr possessiō. By meane of whych wordes the prouoste wyth hys company were encensed wyth more malyce / & vttered many hyghe and dysdaynous wordes to fere the sayd Iohn̄ Maylart and the other. wherfore the sayde Iohn̄ Maylart fe¦ryng the prouost, lest he shuld shortly call hys strēgthe to hym, & by meane thereof put hym and other to an af∣terdele / sodenlye gate hym on horse∣backe / & berynge a baner of y^e French kynges in hys hande, cryed wyth a∣lowde voyce, Mon ioye saynte De∣nys au Roy et a duke. whā the peo∣ple sawe hym thus ryde aboute, and cryed ioye to the kynge & the duke / anone moche people folowed hym, & cryed in the same wyse. And in lyke∣wyse dyd the prouost & his company, whyche toke the waye towarde the bastyle of saynte Anthony. And the sayde Maylarte rode towarde the market place, & there houed wyth his company. In whyche tyme & season one called Pepyn de Essars, nat kno¦wynge of the feat of Iohn̄ Maylart, in lyke maner gathym on horsbacke / and berynge a baner of the armes of Fraūce, rode about cryeng y^e forsayd crye, & so lastly came vnto the other. whyle the commōs were thus assem∣bled in the market place / the prouost came vnto the forsayd bastyle of saīt Anthony / where it was reported to y^t kepers of that bastyle, that the pro∣uost hadde lately receyued letters frō the kynge of Nauerne whyche they desyred to se / wherof the prouoste de∣nayed the syghte, & specyally one na∣med Guyffarde. wherefore after som wordes of dyspleasure, one strake at the sayd Guyffarde, & throughe hys harnesse woūded hym. where with y^e prouost beyng amoued, made resystē¦ce agayn the sayd kepers / so y^t eyther ranne at other wyth theyr wepyns. In whych stryfe the sayd Guyffarde was fyrst slayne / & after the prouoste wyth one of hys cōperes named Sy¦mōde Palmeyr. wherof heryng y^e fore sayd Iohn̄ Maylart & hys cōpany, in all haste sped thē thyder & pursued vpō other y^t thā were fled for fere / & so streightly serched, y^t they fōde one cal¦led Iohn̄ of y^e Ile, & Giles Marcell

vnder the prouoste of marchauntes, whych they also slewe without pytie. And after at y^e bastyle of saynt Mar∣tyne, they foūde one called Iohn̄ Pa¦ret the yōger, whome they slew also. And soone were they spoyled of all y^t they had, and layd naked in the open strete for all men to loke vpon. And whan they .vi. corpsys had so lyen by a certayne tyme / they were than put in a carte & drawen vnto a house of saynt Katheryne, and there buryed vnreuerently. And vpon the morowe folowyng, were taken Charles Cu∣sake, & Iosseron or Geffrey Maston, and put into the chastelet, and there kept in strayte pryson. And thus sea∣sed thys ryot wythin the cytye of Pa∣rys, that had contynued for the more partye by y^e space of a yere & .ix. mone¦thes / as from the begynnynge of the moneth of Nouember in the .vii. yere of kyng Iohn̄, vnto thende of y^e mo∣neth of Iuly in the .viii. yere of thys sayd kyng / or from the takyng of the duke in hys chaūbre, to the deth of y^e prouost by the space of .vi. monethes. After whyche persones thus slayen / the sayd Iohn̄ Maylart sent vnto y^e regent, requyrynge hym y^t he wolde spede hym vnto y^e citie / & in y^e meane whyle to sende some noble man to haue the rule of the same. And in that whyle the comōs made serche, & toke many of the former rulers, as Petyr Gylle grocer, which as before is said was capytayne vnto thē y^t were sent vnto Meaus. And wyth hym was ta¦ken syr Pyers Caylart knyghte and wardeyne of the castell of Louure. Also one called Iohn̄ Prenost, wyth Petyr Blount. Also a vocate named mayster Peter Puyssour / & a felowe of hys named mayster Iohan Go∣darde. All which {per}sones were shortly after put to deth by sundry tymes, & theyr bodyes cast in to a ryuer called Bone Uoycyne. And vppon the .xii. daye of August, the regent was recey¦ued into Parys with all honour and gladnesse. whereof heryng the kynge of Nauerne, & of the puttyng to deth of Ioss••ran hys tresourer / sente vnto the regēt wordes of defyaūce / letting hym to vnderstande that he wolde be reuenged of that wronge and o∣ther.

UPon the .xiiii. day of August, the regent caused to he assem¦bled within the commō hall of Paris the cytezyns / to whom he made a lōg declaracion of the treasons & ryottes done by these persones put to deth, & by the bysshop of Laon & other yet le¦uyng / whych entēded as he sayde to haue made y^e kyng of Nauerne kyng of Fraūce, & to haue yelden the cytye of Parys into the power of Englys∣shemen. Thā the kynge of Nauerne with the Englyshmen yode vnto Me¦loon / where they by fauour & strēgth occupyed y^e yle, & all y^t coūtrey whych stretched toward Byer / & warred vp¦pon the countrey toward Gastenoys & dyd therin moche harme aswell by fyre as otherwyse. And shortly after syr Iohn̄ Pyquegny & syr Robert his brother, whych were capytaynes vn∣der the kyng of Nauern̄, made warre vpō the towne of Turnay and other townes of Pycardy / and slewe many of the common people, and toke pry∣soners of the gentylmen of that coun¦trey to the noumbre of an hundreth & aboue.

Amonge the whyche the bysshope of Noyen was takē, and wyth the o∣ther ladde vnto a castell or towne cal¦led Creeyll, wherof the foresayde syr Robert was capytayne / and so conty¦nued in doynge domage in dyuerse places, aswell nere vnto Parys as elles where. Durynge whyche warre thus made by the kynge of Nauerne and hys accessaries / in the moneth of

Septembre and begynnynge of the ix. yere of kynge Iohn̄, the foresayde syr Iohn̄ de Piquegny layd his siege vnto the cytye of Amyas, & wā with∣in the bulwerkes of the same / so that the cytye was lyke to haue ben yeldē vnto hym, ne had ben the rescous of the erle of saynt Poule, which draue the sayd Iohn̄ & hys people a backe. But the sayd syr Iohn̄ wyth ayde of the Englysshemē quytte hym so mā∣fully, that he had the domynyō of all that coūtrey of beawuasyne / so that wyne nor no marchaundyse myghte passe to Tournay nor other townes therabout, without hys saufe cōduyt or lycēce. And in lyke maner syr Ro∣bert knolles capytayne of the Englis¦shemen in Brytayne, gatte there ma∣ny holdes & townes, whyche I passe ouer.

Upon the .xxv. day of Octobre, dy¦uers of the burgeysys & rulers of the cytye of Parys, as Iohn̄ Guyffarde, Nycholas Poret, & other to the noū∣bre of .xix. persones, by the cōmaunde¦ment of the regēt were arested & sent vnto pryson / and so remayned by the space of .iiii. dayes. wherfore the frē∣des of the sayd prysoners yode vnto the prouoste of the marchaūtes than named Iohn̄ Culdoe, and requyred hym to make labour with other vnto the regent than beyng at Louure, for the delyuery of theyr frēdes, or at the lest to knowe the cause of theyr inpry¦sonement / whyche requeste y^e prouost and other executed. It was answered to them by the regēt, that vppon the morowe he wolde be at theyr commō halle / where before the comynaltye y^t cause of theyr inprysonement shulde be shewed. And yf than the cytezyns thoughte good to haue them sette at large / he wolde therwyth holde hym contented. At whyche houre apoyn∣ted, the regente came vnto the sayde halle / and there shewed that one na∣med Iohn̄ Damyens, whyche hadde maryed the doughter of Iohn̄ Resta¦ble one of the sayd prysoners, hadde caused hys sayd father & the other, y^t they had allyed theym with the kyng of Nauern cōtrary theyr allegeaūce / wherfore he thought they had deser∣ued to dye. But for the fauoure that he owed vnto the cytye & to them, for they were of good substaūce / he wold nat do any thynge to theym tyll they were enquered of by theyr neygh∣bours. After the whyche declaracion thus made by the regēt / euery man fe¦red to speke any more for theym, but suffered the lawe to haue hys course. Howe be it in the ende they were ac∣quyted of that treason, and fynally delyuered by the ende of the nexte moneth.

Uppō the thyrde daye of Decēbre, entred into Parys the cardinalles of Pierregort & of Urgell, to treate a cō¦corde and peace betwene the regente & the kyng of Nauerne. But in cōclu¦syon nothynge they sped of that they came for / wherefore they retourned vnto Auynyon. In whyche retourne they were robbed of great substaūce / wherof Englyshmen bare the disclaū¦der. And thus thys grudge hāgynge betwene the kyng & the regēt / many robberyes & other harmes were done vnto dyuers townes in Fraūce, to y^e greate enpouerysshynge of the peple of that lande, and to the greate enry∣chynge of suche Englyshemē as thā were there abydynge in dayely war∣res, bothe wyth the kynge of Na∣uerne & also in Brytayne.

For shortely after thys, the fore∣sayde syr Roberte Knolles and other Englysshemen wanne the towne of Ancer and other, lyke as in the thre and thyrty yere of kynge Edwarde is before more at lengthe decla∣red.

In y^e moneth of May & .xix. day of

the same / y^e regēt for tydynges which he had receyued from hys father out of England, by the reporte of y^e arche¦bysshop of Sēs & other / assēbled ma¦ny of y^e good townes at Paris. But y^e ways were so stopped by mē of warre he was fayne to tary tyll the .xxv. day of the sayd moneth folowynge. At whyche season was shewed to y^e peo∣ple there assembled, that the kyng of Englande to haue a fynall concorde with y^e kyng of Fraunce, wolde haue ouer and aboue hys raunsome, y^e du∣chy of Normandy, y^e duchy of Guyā, the duchy of Exanctes, the cytye of Ageu, the cytye of Carbe, the cytye of Pierregort, the cytye of Lymoges, y^e cytye of Caours, with all the dyoces of the sayde cytyes belōgyng / the erle¦domes of Bygorre, of Poytyers, of Aniowe, and of Mayne, of Thorayn of Bouloyne, of Guynys, of Poūtes∣ses, or Pountyeu / y^e townes of Moū¦struell, of Calays, & of Marquet / with all appertenauntes to the sayde duchys, erledomes, cytyes, and tow∣nes belongynge / them to enioye and holde wythout feawte or homage for them doynge, with many other thyn∣ges to the kyng of Englandes great aduauntage. whyche tydynges were ryght dyspleasaunt vnto all that cō∣pany / in so moch that they answered that the sayd treaty was neyther ho∣norable nor profytable. And rather thā the kyng shuld bynde hym & hys lande to suche inconuenience / they wolde prepare to make sharpe warre agayne Englande. wyth whyche an∣swere the sayde assemble was dys∣solued.

Upon the .xxviii. day of May, the regent reassembled the sayde people / where it was condyscended that the nobles of the realme with a certayne persones euery man after hys astate, shuld serue the regent in hys warres by y^e space of a moneth at theyr owne propre costes. And the cytye of Pa∣rys graūted to fynde to hym at theyr charge .vi.C. speres, iiii.C. archers, & a .M. of other sowdyours. And for so moche as y^e other good townes wold nat graūt any subsydie tyll they had spokē with theyr cōmynaltyes / ther∣fore they were licēced to de{per}te home, and to brynge reporte agayn within xiiii. dayes. At whych season they she¦wed vnto y^e regent, y^t theyr countreys were so pylled & wasted by the kynge of Nauerne and Englyshemen, y^t the people myght nothyng ayde hym as they thought to haue done. wherfore with moche payne they graūted to hī viii.M. mē for .iii. monethes.

In the begynnyng of the moneth of Iuny, y^e regent with a stronge po∣wer sped hym towarde Meleō where the kynge of Nauerne laye with hys people / so that the kyng occupied the coūtrey toward Byeir, and y^e regent y^• coūtrey towarde Brye. where both hostes thus lyenge withoute notary feate of warre / a treatye of accorde was yet agayne moued at lēgthe, by agrement of y^e Parysyens, accorded moche lyke vnto the former accorde concluded at Parys. So y^t by media¦cyō of certayn tēporall lordes of both hostes, y^t sayd princes agreed to mete at Mēlane / and there to cōclude the sayd peace. where about the .xx. daye of August, wyth hostage delyuered vpon both partyes / the sayd prynces mette / & after rode vnto Pountoyse, where they were both lodged within the castell / where bothe theyr coūsay∣les were assygned to mete for the per fyghtyng of thys accorde. But so it was y^t for suche lādes as shuld be as∣sygned vnto y^e kyng, they cowde nat agre. wherfore y^e regēt in cōclusyō sēt vnto the erle of Stāps or Escamps, chargyng hī to say, y^t he to y^e entent to haue his good wyl, had offered vnto hym reasonable offers.

whyche yf he wolde accepte, he wolde be fayne therof / and yf nat, he let hym vnderstāde y^t he shulde haue no peace wyth hym whyle he lyued. By reason of whyche message, y^e coū∣sayles on bothe partyes conceyued none other, but that this treaty shuld haue concluded no amyte nor peace. But howe it was, by counsayll or of hys owne lyberalyte, whan the kyng had degested this mater in his mynd by all that nyght folowynge / he on y^e morowe sent for the counsayll of the regent / & wylled them to shewe vnto the regēt, that he consydered well in hys mynde the great daunger & my∣sery whyche the realme of Fraunce stode in. wherfore he beyng of the na∣turall house of Fraūce, and one of y^e Flouredelyce / ought to se y^e mayn∣tenaunce of the honour of the same. And for that that no ruyne of the sayde realme shulde to hym (yf any fell) after be are••ted / therfore he was cōtented to set a parte all suche great offers & promyses, as to hym before tyme had ben offered & promysed / & to holde hym onely contented wyth hys owne righte as he before tymes had enioyed. And to y^e ende that thys hys wyll & pleasure myght to the peo¦ple be knowen / he wylled the regent that the people of that towne of Poū¦toyse shuld be assembled in the court of that castell, that he myghte de∣clare it to them in propre persone. The whych accordyng to his mynde was done. All whyche rehersall he made before the regēt and comynalte of the towne / promysyng there to de∣lyuer out of hys possessiō all suche townes, castelles, and holdys, as he had won syn he stode enemye to the crowne of Fraūce / & to become true subiecte vnto the kyng, & louyng ne∣uewe and frēde vnto y^e regēt frome y^t daye foreward. wherof the regēt & all the cōmons were very glad & ioyfull all be it that some trusted lytle to this accorde, nor yet to y^e cōtinuaūce ther∣of / consyderynge the manyfolde ac∣cordes whych before tymes had ben betwene them cōcluded. After which accorde thus ended / the kynge wyth hys people retourned to M••iant, & y^e regēt to Paris / appoyntyng betwene them to meate at Parys the fyrst day of Septembre next folowyng.

ACcordyng to y^e appoyntmēte made at Pountoyse betwene the kyng and y^e regēt / vpon the fyrste day of Septembre & begynnyng of y^e x. yere of kyng Iohn̄, the sayd kynge & regent met at Parys / where atwen them was holden famylyer cōpany, and great kyndenesse shewed vppon eyther partye. There also they coun∣ceyled how they shulde withstāde the kyng of Englande, whych entēded to entre Fraunce shortely after wyth a strōge power. And after many amy∣tees and frendely dealynges betwen thē executed / y^e kyng rode to Meleō to delyuer that towne and castel into the regentes possessyon as the story sheweth. But whā he was cōmyn thy¦ther, were it with hys wyl or cōtrary / the sowdyours toke greuouse tolles of all wynes and other marchaun∣dyses that passed that waye / whyche after was knowen to be for y^e wage & sowde of the Nauaroys and Englis∣shemen, whych helde the sayd towne and castell. And so y^t Frenchmē were constrayned to paye the wages of theyr enemyes / whyche greued them very sore, consyderynge that many∣folde harmes and pyllages of theym before were receyued. And after the kyng had auoyded the sayde sowdy∣ours / he departed & rode vnto Maūt leuyng Creyell in the possessiō of En¦glyshmen & other. And ouer these ma¦nyfolde myseryes and myschyeues

thus fallyng in the realme of Fraūce / there fell so great habundaūce of wa¦ter in the Heruest season, that y^e corne was loste / so that it rose to an hyghe pryce to the greate damage of the comon people.

And in the moneth of Nouembre folowyng / the kynge of Englande, with prynce Edwarde & other many lordes, with a strōge power lāded at Calays / & so perced Fraunce by Ar∣toys in Pycardy & Uermendoys, & subdued the coūtrees before hym tyll he came to Reynes, lyke as before is shewed in the .xxxiiii. & .xxxv. yeres of kyng Edward / where all thys mater wyth y^e tenoure of the peace betwene the sayde kynges of Englande and of Fraunce is more at lengthe de∣clared.

The laste daye of the moneth of Decembre, one Marten of Pysdo burgeyse of Parys, was drawē vnto the place of iugemēt / & there vpon a scaffolde had fyrste hys armes cutte of & after hys legges by the thyes, & lastly hys hed / & than he was quar∣tered, & hys .iiii. quarters sette vppon iiii. pryncypall gates of the cytye, & hys hede sette vpō the pyllory. The cause of thys iugemente was, for so moche as one called Denysot Pal∣mer, to whome he had discouered his coūsayll, and caused hym to be as an accessary in all hys workes / had ac∣cused hym that the sayd Marten had agreed & couenaunted with certayne offycers & capytaynes of the kyng of Nauern̄, that they at a tyme appoyn¦ted shuld haue entred the cytye of Pa¦rys, & to haue slayne the regente & o∣ther, & to haue had the cytye at theyr rule and pleasure. And so the season thā of y^e .x. yere tyl y^t moneth of Iuly, passed in the warres & treaty before touched / so that the .viii. day of Iuly, the Frenche kyng lāded at Calays, & there taryed as prysoner tyl the .xxv. daye of Octobre folowynge, as be∣fore in y^e .xxxiiii. yere of kyng Edward is more playnly shewed.

Than vpon the .xxix. day of Octo¦bre and begynnynge of hys .xi. yere / kyng Iohn̄ came to saynte Omers, where he taryed tyll the fourth daye of Nouembre. And the .xi. day of De∣cember he came vnto saynte Denys / where vnto hym vpō y^e .xii. day came the kynge of Nauerne, whyche had nat sene hym sen he was delyuered from pryson / & brought with hym cer¦tayne hostages whyche the Frenche kynge had sente vnto hym for hys saufegarde / puttynge hym holy in y^e Frēche kynges grace & mercy. And vpon the morowe folowyng, he was newly sworne vnto the kynge to be hys trew & faythfull sonne & subiect / and the kyng agayn vnto hym, to be hys kynde father & good & gracyous soueraygne lorde. And forthe wyth were sworne the duke of Normandy & Philip brother vnto the sayd kyng of Nauerne, to maynteyne all coue∣nauntes made & to be made betwene the sayd .ii. kynges / so that they were fynisshed & cōcluded by the .xviii. day of Ianuary nexte folowyng. And soone after retourned the sayd kyng of Nauerne vnto Maunt. And kyng Iohn̄ vpon the .xiiii. daye of Decem∣ber wyth great tryumphe was recey¦ued into Parys.

And whanne he was comyn vnto hys palays, the prouost of marchaun¦tes wyth certayne burgeyses of the cytye, in the name of the comynaltye of the same, presented hym with a pre¦sent to the value of a .M. marke ster∣lynge.

Upon a tuysdaye beyng the fyrste day of Iuly, was foughten a batayll at Parys betwene two knyghtes / wherof the appellaunte was named syr Foukes Dorciat, and the defen∣daūt syr Maugot Mawbert. whych

appellaūt was sore vexed with a fe∣uer quarteyne / by reason wherof and of the great hete that y^e day appered, after longe fyght the sayd appellaūt lyght from hys horse for hys refres∣shemēt / wherfore hys frendes of hym were in great doute. But his enemye was also so sore trauayled, y^t what for hete & laboure he was also ouer∣come, & was lykely to haue fallen frō hys horse / and or he myght be taken downe he swowned & dyed.

whan syr Fowkes was ware of y^e feblenesse of hys enemye anon as he might he dressed hym on fote toward hys aduersary, & fande hym starke dede / whyche by lycēce of the kynge was after had out of the feelde, and secretlo buryed / & the sayde syr Fow∣kes for feblenesse was by hys frēdes ladde vnto hys lodgyng.

In the .xii. yere of kynge Iohn̄ & xxi. day of Nouembre, Phylyp duke of Burgoyn, erle of Artoys, of Al∣uerne, and of Boloyngn, a chylde of the age of .xiiii. yeres or lesse, dyed at a town nere vnto Rome called Guyō By reason of whose deth kyng Iohn̄ as nexte heyre had after possession of al the sayd lādes, & toke possiō therof shortly after.

In the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of kyng Iohn̄ & thyrd day of Ianuary / he for specyall causes hym mouyng, as for the enlargyng of his sonne the duke of Orleaunce & other yet pled∣ges for hys raūsome, toke shyppyng at Boloyne, & so sayled into Englād, and arryued at Douer the .vi, day of the sayde moneth / and after yode to Eltham, and from thēs was cōueyed vnto Lōdon, as before is shewed in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edward. In tyme of whose there beyng / syr Bar∣thrā de Glaycon made warre vpō the kynge of Nauerne, & wan from hym the towne of Maunt in Normandy. And by the duke of Normādy soone after was wonne from the sayd kyng the towne of Mēlēce. within y^e which were taken dyuers Parysyens, that shortly after for theyr infidelite were put in execuciō at Parys. And thus the warre betwene the kynges of Fraūce & Nauerne was newly begō. Than kynge Iohn̄ beyng as before is sayde in Englande / a greuous ma¦lady toke hym in the begynnynge of Marche, of the whyche he dyed at London vpō the .viii. daye of Apryll folowynge / & so wyth great honoure and solempnyte cōueyed to the sees syde, and there shypped, & thā in pro∣cesse caryed into Fraunce.

where vpon the .vii. day of May, and yere of our lorde god .M.CCC.lxiiii. he was solempnely enterred in the monastery of saynt Denys / whā he had reygned .xiii. yeres .vii. mone∣thes and odde dayes / leuynge after hym thre sonnes, that is to say Char¦les, whych was kyng after hym, Le∣wys, and Phylyp.

CArolus or Charles y^e .vi. of that name or .v. after som wri¦ters, y^e eldest sonne of kyng Iohn̄ / be∣ganne hys reygne ouer the realme of Fraūce, the .ix. day of Apryll, in the begynnynge of the yere of our lorde god .M.CCC.lxiiii and the .xxviii. yere of Edwarde the the .iii. than kynge of Englande / and was crowned with dame Iane hys wyfe at Raynes the .xix. day of May folowynge

In thys fyrste yere syr Barthran de Glaycon lyeutenaunt of the sayde Charles in Normādy, fought with a capytayne of the kynge of Nauerne named le Captall de Bueffe, nere vnto a place called Cocherell, nere vnto the crosse of saynte Lyeffroy / in

whiche fyght the sayd Captall was scomfited and great noumbre of his people taken and slayne, hym selfe chased & taken / for whome the fren∣che kynge gaue after vnto the sayde syr Barthrā the Erledam of Longe∣uyle. And whā he had receyued him / he sent him vnto a strōge pryson cal∣led the Merchy in Meaux.

At Myghelmas folowynge / the duke of Brytayne syr Charlys de Bloyes, and syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort sonne and heyre to the fore named sir Iohn̄ Mountforde before dede, whi¦che by a longe season bothe father & the sonne had holden warre with the sayd syr Charles, met in playne ba∣tayle / in y^• which as before is shewed in the .xxxviii. yere of king Edwarde, the sayde syr Charles was slayne & dyuers noble men of Fraunce with him. In the moneth of Iuny and se∣conde yere of this Charlys, an other accorde was yet concluded atwene this Charles and the kynge of Na∣uerne. By reason of whiche accorde, the Captall of Bueffe was clerely de¦lyuered, and Maunt and Menlene agayne also to the kynge restored. And ouer that to the kynge of Na∣uerne was geuyn for a recompense∣ment, the Erledome of Longeuyle, whiche as aboue is sayd the frenche kyng had gyuen vnto syr Barthran de Glaycon, for to haue the Captall to his prisoner. And also to the sayde kynge of Nauerne was gyuen the lordshyppe of Mountpyller. And in the moneth of February began the warre in Spayne, where prince Ed∣warde ayded Peter kyng of y^e lande, as before is shewed ī the .xl. and .xlii. yeres of kynge Edwarde.

In the .iiii. yere, the peace atwene the kynges of Englande & of Fraūce began to breke, by meanes of the erle of Armenake & other, as in the .xlii. yere of kynge Edwarde is before shewed. And in the moneth of De∣cembre and the sayd yere, the quene was lyghted of a man Chylde in the Hostell of saynt Paule / the whiche was after christened with excedynge solempnyte ouer other before passed, in the churche of saint Paule in Pa∣rys, the .vi. day of Decembre of the cardinal of Parys. To whome were godfathers the erles of Mountme∣rency and of Dampmartyn, & god∣mother Iane quene of Euroux / and bare the name of Charlys after the erle of Mountmerency. In the .v. yere of this Charlys, he called his counsell of parlyament at Parys. Durynge the whiche, the appella∣cyons of the erle of armenake and other purposed ageyne prynce Ed∣warde, were publysshed and radde / & the answeres of the said prince vpon the sayd appellacyons made, whiche I ouerpasse for length of the mater. But the conclusyon was, that the prince had broken the peas and co∣uenauntes of the same as they there demyd. wherfore all suche townes & holdes as the frenche kyng had got∣ten, he shulde them retayne / & make warre vpon the kynge of Englande for the recouery of the other. where vpon kynge Charles in the moneth of Iuly folowyng, rode vnto Roan, and there rygged his nauye / enten∣dynge as sayth the frenche historye, to haue made warre vpon Englād / and to haue sent thyther his yongest brother Philippe than duke of Bur∣goyne with a stronge armye. But whyle he was there besyed about his purpose / the duke of Lancastre arry∣ued with a strong power at Caleys / and so passed to Tyrwyn, & so vnto Ayr. wherfore kynge Charlys then chaunged his purpose, and sent his sayde brother into those {per}ties. Then by that season that y^e sayd duke was prepared with hys people / the en∣glysshemen

were comyn vnto Arde. And the frenche men spedde them in suche wyse, that they logged thē the xxiiii. day of Auguste vpon the moū∣tayne of Tournehawe nere vnto Arde / so that both hoostes were lod∣gyd within an englysshe myle. A∣twene whom were dayly bekeringes and small skyrmysshes. All whyche season the Frenche kyng taryed styll aboute Rowan.

Than the king of Nauerne, whi∣che by a longe season had dwellyd in Nauerne, came by shyppe into Con∣stantyne / and sent vnto kynge Char¦lys y^t if he were so pleased, he wolde gladly come vnto hym for to shewe to him his mynde. wherfore the king sent vnto hym as hostagys, the erle of Salebruge, the deane of Parys, with .ii. other noble men / the whyche the kynge of Nauerne wolde nat ac∣cepte. In the moneth of Septembre and vpon the .xii. day / when the duke of Burgoyne had lyen as before is sayd nere vnto the englysshe hooste, he that day remoued his people, and so went vnto Hesden. And the En∣glisshe hoost remoued to Caux & o∣ther places, as before I haue shewed to you in the .xliii. yere of kynge Ed∣warde, with other thynges apper∣teyninge vnto the same mater. And in the sayd moneth of Septembre, kynge Charles manned and vitay∣led certayne galeys & other shyppes / and sent them into walys, and so to haue entred into Englāde. But they retourned with lytle worshippe / nat∣withstandynge that he had .ii. noble men of walys named Owan and Iames wynne, whiche made to him faste promesse of great thynges, by reason that they were enemyes vnto the kyng of Englande. For this and for other charges, the kynge called a conuocacyon of the temporalte and spiritualte at Parys. where to mayn¦tayne hys warres, was graunted to hym of all thynge bought & so••de excepte vitayle, the .iiii. peny / so that all thynge that was solde by retayle, the seller shuld pay the exaccion / and that whyche was solde by greate, the byer shulde paye the sayd exacci∣on. And the spiritualte graunted a dyme to be payed in .ii. halfe yeres. And the lordes and gentylmen were stynted at a certaintye, after the va∣lue of theyr landes. In the moneth of February, the kyng sent vnto the kynge of Nauerne than beynge at Chierbourgth certayne messyngers, to perfyght an amyte atwene them, leste he toke party agayne hym with the Englysshemen. But thys treatye contynued a longe season / so that ī the .vi. yere & moneth of Iune, the kynge of Nauerne hauyng suffi∣cient hostages, came to the frenche kynge to Uernon. where in conclu∣sion the kynge of Nauerne made his homage vnto the frenche kyng, and became there his feodary / wherof the Frenchemen made moche ioye. Af∣ter whiche accorde / the sayde kynge of Nauerne the thirde day folowing toke his leaue of the kynge, and so rode vnto Eureux. All which season y^e warre was cōtynued by Englisshe¦men within the realme of Fraunce & prouince of Brytayne, as before is expressed in the .xliiii.xlv.xlvi. yeres of kynge Edwarde.

In the .vii. yere and moneth of Auguste / the duke of Braban with many nobles of Fraunce, mette in playne batayll with y^e duke of Iuil∣lers & the duke of Guellre. In which batayll after cruell fyght, the duke of Braban was chased / and vpō his syde slayne the erle of saynt Poule, with many other noble men, whiche the story nameth nat. And vpon the other syde was also slayne the duke of Guellre, with many other vpon

that partye.

IN the .xi. yere of kyng Charles & moneth of Maye / he assem∣bled his great coūsell of parlyament at Parys. where amonge many ac∣tes made for y^e weale of his realme / he with assente of his lordes and cō∣mons there assembled,* 5.35 enacted for a lawe after that day to be contynued, that al heyres to y^e crowne of Fraūce theyr fathers beynge dede, may be crowned as kynges of Fraunce so soone as they attayned vnto the age of .xiiii. yeres. And in this yere was the treatye of peace laboured by the two cardynalles sent from the pope, as before is shewed in the .xlix. yere of kynge Edwarde. After whyche treatye nat concluded / the kynge of Englande loste dayly of hys landes in Fraunce. For in the moneth of August folowyng, y^e duke of Berry, the duke of Angeo, and many other lordes to them assygned in dyuers places, as in Guyan, Angeo, and Mayne / gate and wanne from the Englysshemen many coūtreys, tow∣nes, and castels / as Pierregort, Ro∣uerge, Caoursyn, Bigorre, Basyn∣das, Berregart, Daimet / with many other townes and holdes, whyche wolde aske a lōge leysour to reherce, to the noumbre of .vi. score and .xiiii. what of townes, castelles, and other holdes / whiche in shorte whyle were wonne frome the Englysshemen, in the parties of Fraunce and Bry∣tayne.

In the .xiii. yere of this Charles / the Emperour of Rome & Almayne named Charles the .iiii. of that na∣me, came into Fraūce by Cambray, to do certayne pylgrymages at saint Denys and elles where / and so was conueyed with honorable men, as the lorde of Cousy and other, vnto saynt Quintyne / where he taryed Chrystmas daye. And after he was conueyed to a towne called E•• of Ewe / and from thēce to Noyen, and than to Compeygne / where he was mette with the duke of Burbon and other nobles. Than he rode to Sen¦lys / where he was mette with the dukes of Berry and of Burgoyne, bretherne of the Frenche kynge, and many other, as bisshoppes and other lordes. And ye shall vnderstande that all suche as rode in the compa∣nyes of these forsayde dukes, except bysshops and preestes, rode in theyr lyuereys. As the companye fyrste of the duke of Burbon brother vnto the quene, to the noumbre of .CCC. men, were all cladde in whyte and blewe. The company of the .ii. other dukes, the noumbre of .v.C. men, in blacke and russet / that is to meane the erles and other lordes in clothe of golde, the knyghtes in veluet, the gentylmen in damaske and sattyn, and the yemen in clothe. Thanne from Senlys he was brought vnto Louuris / where mette with hym the duke of Barre, with a companye of CC. horse, and his company cladde in grene and redde. And from thens he was had to saynte Denys vpon the thyrde day of Ianuary / whither the king sent to him a chayre rychely garnysshed, for so moche as he was vexed with the goute. And the quene sente to hym an horse lytter with .ii. whyte palfreys: where he was also mette with a great companye of bys∣shoppes and other spirituall men, as abbottes, priours, and other / and taryed there .ii. dayes.

Upon the .v. day of Ianuary be∣ynge monday, he rode towarde Pa∣rys. But or he were halfe a myle frō saynte Denys, he was mette with the prouoste of the marchauntes, with a cōpany of .xv.C. horse, y^t cyte∣zens being cladde in whyte and vio∣lette / and so rodde before hym tyll

he came to Parys. whan the kynge was warned that he was nere the ci∣tye, he lepte vpon a whyte palfrey / and accompanied with many lordes and other to the noumbre of a .M. men, all his housholde seruauntes beyng cladde ī one liuerey of browne blewe and darke tawny, and the ser∣uauntes of the dolphyn of Uyen in blewe and cremesyne euery man af∣ter his degree / and so the kyng with his company mette with the empe∣rour at the mylle without the towne called the wynde mylle. where after due salutes made eyther vnto other / the Frenche king put the Emperour vpon his ryght hande, and toke the kynge of Romaynes sonne vnto the emperour vpon his lyfte hande. And so the Frenche kynge rydinge in the myddes, passed thoroughe the hygh stretes of Paris tyll they came to the king{is} palays. where he was lodged with all honoure / & after fested with the kinge and the quene by the space of .xvi. dayes. whiche terme endyd, like as with all honoure he was con∣ueyed into the lande / so with great honour and ryche gyftes he was a∣gayne conueyed out of the lande.

In the moneth of Februarye fo∣lowynge and the .vi. daye, dyed the quene of Fraunce in the hostell of saynt Poule in Parys / and after bu∣ryed with great solempnyte and ho∣noure in the monastery of saynt De∣nys. In the moneth of Marche the kynge receyued letters from certeyn lordes of hys lande / in the whyche was conteygned that the kynge of Nauerne had imagened and conspi∣red with one Iaquet de rue his chā∣berlayne, for to poyson hym / the whi¦che Iaquet was than comyn into Fraunce to execute his cursed pur∣pose. wherfore the Frenche kynge layed suche wayte for hym, that he was taken / and founden vpon hym a byll of certayne instruccions, howe he shulde behaue hym selfe in accom¦plysshyng his euyll purpose. Than he was brought vnto the kinges pre¦sence / to whome he confessed the cir∣cumstaunce of all his treason to be done at the commaundement & coun¦sell of the kyng of Nauerne. Soone after the eldest sonne of the kynge of Nauerne, whiche was newely com∣myn into Normandy, sent vnto king Charles / shewynge to hym that if it were his pleasure, he wolde gladlye come vnto hys presence for to speke with hym / with that he myght haue a sure safeconduyt for hym, and all suche as he shulde brynge with him. The whiche to hym was graunted / and vpō the same came vnto Selys where the kynge than was. And af∣ter he had comoned a season with y^e kynge / he made to hym requeste for the delyuere of the foresaid Iaket de Rue / layenge for hym sondrye excu∣ses. But whanne the kynge hadde caused the sayd Iaket to be brought forthe before the sayde sonne of the kynge of Nauerne named syr Char∣lys / he auouched suche thynges be∣fore hym that he coude nat denaye, but that his father had commytted many and sondry treasons, as well a∣gayne kynge Iohn̄ as nowe agayne kyng Charles hys sonne. wherfore after diuers assembles and counsels hadde vpon this matter / the kynge and the said sir Charles agreed, that all suche townes and holdes as the sayd kynge of Nauerne had within Normandy, shulde be delyuered vn∣to y^e duke of Burgoyne to the Fren∣che kynges vse. And for that {pro}messe shulde be truely parfourmed / y^e king firste sware the said syr Charles / and after many of the capitaynes whiche had the rule of the sayd townes and castelles. And for so moche as the sayd syr Charles had there presence

with hym a capitayne named sir Fer¦nande de Oyens, in whose guyding many of the sayde holdes than were, and suspected him that he wolde nat perfourme the sayd promesse / ther∣fore he caused hym to be arested, and to be had vnto prison, tyll the holdes beynge vnder hys guydynge were clerely deliuered. Upon which agre∣ment thus concluded and sworne / y^e duke of Burgoyne with the sayd sir Charles and the sayd syr Fernande as a prisoner was sent into Norman¦dye, with a conuenyent army. where wyth awe and fauoure the duke in processe of tyme had to hym delyue∣red, all suche townes and holdes as the kynge of Nauerne there had / ex∣cepte the towne and castell of Chire∣bourgth▪ In whiche passe tyme and season was also taken in a towne cal¦led Bretnell, a secretary to the kyng of Nauerne, with certayne wrytyn∣ges beynge in a coffer within the chambre. By reason of whiche wry∣tynges, and also by the confessyon of the partye / many mo thynges concer¦nyng the confessyon of Iaket de Rue was than manifested and approued: which secretary was named maister Peter de Tertre a frenchman borne. But he had serued the kynge of Na∣uerne by the more terme of hys lyfe. Upon this confessyon made and wry¦ten by the sayde secretary / the kinge called his court of parlyament.* 5.36 Du∣rynge whiche, bothe the said maister Peter and also the sayd Iaket, were brought before the lordes and com∣mons. where theyr confessyons were redde, & they examyned vpon euery artycle of the same, and affyrmed all theyr former sayenges. wherefore shortely after by auctoryte of that court, they were demed to dye for theyr treasons / and so were hangyd and hedyd, and theyr .viii. quarters hangyd at sondry gates and places of Parys. And whan the kyng had receyued into his possession the fore∣sayde holdes belongynge vnto the kynge of Nauerne, the whiche so of∣ten had rebelled agayne his father & hym / he was coūselled by his lordes that he shulde throwe to grounde di∣uers of the sayd castelles / lest y^e king of Nauerne them recouered agayne, and by meane of theyr forces worke vnto hym and his realme newe dys∣pleasures. By reason of which coun∣sell, the kynge made euen with the grounde these fortresses folowynge. Fyrst the castell of Bretnell, of Dor∣let, of Beaumoūt le Roger, of Pacy Damyet and cloysters of the same / the towre & castell of Nogent le roy, the castell of Euroux, the castell of Pount Andemer, the castell of Mor∣taygne, and of Ganraux or Ganray, with other in the countrey of Con∣stantyne. But the towne of Chire∣bourgth remayned styll in the pos∣cessyon of the Nauaroys / the whiche with ayde of Englysshe men was kept from the Frenche kynge. And the forenamed syr Farnande was contyrmaūded to prison, for so moch as he was captaine of y^e same towne / thinkynge in hym defaute that the sayd towne was nat delyuered with the other.

IN the .xiiii. yere of this Char∣les and moneth of August / ty∣thinges came vnto him of the scisme whiche was begonne in the churche of Rome. For after the dethe of the xi. Gregory whiche dyed in the mo∣neth of Apryll fore passed / by meane of the Frenche cardynalles whyche were .xi. in noumbre, after the other Italyen cardynalles wyth other of theyr affinite had elected and chosen a Napolytane and archebysshoppe of Barre, the frenche cardynalles with the election nat beynge conten∣ted,

wyth such as fauoured theyr par¦tye, denounced and publysshed one named Robert cardynall of Basyle, and named hym Clemēt y^e .vii, where the fyrst was named Urban y^e .vi. Of the maner of thys scysme some what I haue shewed to you in the .lii. yere of Edwarde the .iii. But to expresse y^e certaynty of thys scysme / trouth it is that after y^e deth of the forenamed .xi. Gregory, the cardynalles beyng in y^e cōclau•• or coūsayll chaumbre where the pope is accustomed to be chosen / y^e Romayns beyng in harnesse made suche exclamacions vpon the cardy∣nalles beyng in y^e cōclaue for to haue an Italiā pope, y^t the cardynalles for fere to be slayn elected and chase one named Bartholmew a Napolytan & archebysshop of Barre, & named Ur∣bā the .vi. But thys after he was ad∣mytted was so proude & so cōbrous, that he ruled all by wyll & nothynge by right or goodly ordre of reason or cōscyence. wherfore the cardynalles beyng repētaunt of y^t they had done / a certayne of them in the cytye of Fō¦des, the .xx. day of Septembre elected & chase an other named Roberte car∣dyuall of Basyle, and named hī Cle∣ment the .vii / and by theyr auctorites publysshed hym for very pope, & dys∣alowed that other before chosē. But the Romaynes wolde nat thereunto be agreable / but helde thē vnto theyr former pope. wyth whome also helde y^e prouinces of Germany & Pānony, with y^e more parte of Italy. And with the laste chosen pope, helde Fraunce, Spayne, Cateloyne, & Englād. And thus began y^e scysme, whyche conty∣nued by the terme of .xxxix. yere after. In the .xv. yere of kynge Charles, he for so moche as syr Iohn̄ de Moūt∣forte duke of Brytayne, toke partye wyth the Englyshemē agayn hym, & wolde nat apere at such dayes as to hym were assygned / therfore y^e sayde kyng Charles sent into the duchy of Brytayn to sease y^e lande into y^e kyn∣ges hādes, the duke of Burbō, syr Le¦wys de Sācer marshall of Fraunce, syr Iohanne de Uyenne admyrall of Fraūce, & syr Beriā de Ryuyer hys chāberleyne, wyth other mē of name, with a great cōpany of mē of armes / the whych at theyr cōmyng into Bry¦tayne fāde y^e countrey all otherwyse dysposed thā they supposed. For where as they at theyr comyng thou∣ght to haue receyued y^e possessiō of y^t townes & castelles in peasyble wyse / they were denayed & playnly answe∣red, y^t they were sworn to theyr duke to bere to hym trew fidelite & seruice / which they entēded to obserue & kepe wyth whych answere y^e sayde duke & hys company were fayne to returne vnto y^e French kynge. The whyche shortly after sent thyder y^e duke of An¦geou with a strōge army to warre vp¦pon the coūtrey. In whych season syr Iohn̄ de Moūtfort heryng of y^e frēch kynges entēt, arryued in Brytayne wyth a cōpany of Englyshe archers. To whome drewe such multitude of Brytone▪ y^t the duke of Angeou was fayn to retourne into Fraunce with∣out worshyp there thā wynnyng.

In the moneth of Octobre the Fle¦myng{is} of Gaūt & other, for greuous exaccyon vpō thē set, rebelled agayn theyr erle / & slew hys bayly & offycer assigned by y^e erle to gather his tolles & after besyeged other townes which toke party with y^e erle agayne thē, as Audenarde, Terremonde & other. wherof heryng y^e duke of Burgoyn, whose doughter the sayd duke hadde maryed / assembled hys Burgonyōs & sped hym into the marchys of Flaū¦ders, and so layed hys syege vnto Tourney. But the Flemynges defen¦ded the duke in suche wyse, that the duke was agreable to fal to a treaty. In the whyche it was fyrst accorded

and agreed, that the erle at y^e request of the duke, shulde pardō & forgyue clerely to hys subiectes, all offences by them to hym done before y^t day / & also y^t he shuld graunt vnto them all theyr former lyberties & pryuyleges, in as ample & large wyse as they had them graūted at hys fyrste cōmynge in / & maynteyn & vpholde theyr aun∣cyent customes, & to rule theym after the same. Secondarily, if any letters haue ben made & sealed cōtrary theyr pryuyleges sen y^e tyme of thys rebel∣lyon, that the erle shall reuoke theym & cancell them for euer. Thyrdely, y^t all suche capytaynes of Almayne as at thys tyme haue ben in y^e dukes or erles wagys agayn the Flemynges, shalbe solemply sworne, that for any hurt or harme by them in thys warre receyued / they nor none of theyr na∣cion as farre as they may lette it, shal nat hurt nor harme any man of y^e coū¦trey of Flaunders at any tyme here aft••r in reuengemēt of thys warre. And so fourthly, that of .iiii. of y^e best townes of Flaūders, xxv. men to be chosen by the burgesys of the same, the whych shall haue correccion of al defautes nat touchynge lyfe & dethe done by y^e Flemynges / & also to haue power to correcte all such as be foūd culpable of the erles counsayll, in cō¦playntes or offences crymynall. Fyft¦ly that the sayde .xxv. persones shall haue auctoryte and power, to make inquysycyon from yere to yere of the gouernaunce of the lande / and what fawtes ben to them presented, as of ten as .xiii. of theym be syttynge togy¦ther in one counsayll, they shal haue full power to gyue sentēce vppon the same / & that sētēce to be obeyed with∣out interrupciō. And what by theym is sentēsed / the erle to vpholde and maynteyne wyth all hys myghte and power. Syxtely it was desyred but nat concluded, that for so moch as y^e town of Audenarde & of Terremoūd toke party agayn theyr neyghbours, that the walles of theym in certayne places shuld be euened with y^e groūd, in tokē of theyr vnnaturall dealyng. And seuently & lastly it was cōcluded that the prouost of Brugys shuld af∣ter y^t daye be put out of the erles coū∣sayll / and nat after therunto to be ad¦mytted wythout cōsent of the forena¦med .xxv. persones. All whych arty∣cles were agreed vnto by the erle, & passed & auctorysed by hys lettre & seale / all be it thys accorde cōtynued no whyle, as here after shall apere.

In the .xvi. yere & moneth of Octo¦bre the inhabytauntes of the cyty / or towne of Mountpyller, in the coun∣trey of Languedoke, for an inposiciō or ayde that was put to them by the duke of Angeou, arose by one accord agayne y^e mynisters & counceyllours of the duke (whyche duke was lewte∣naunt generall vnder hys brother the Frenche kyng) and wythout rea∣son or dyscrecyō, in theyr furye and rage slewe syr Guyllyam Poncell knyght and chaunceller to the duke, syr Guy Desseryke stuarde of Ro∣uerge, mayster Arnolde gouernour of Mountpyller, mayster Iames de Chainy secretary to the duke, & many other offycers and seruauntes of the sayde duke, to the noūbre of .lxxx. per∣sones. And whā they had them slayn, as tyrauntes natte beynge contente wyth that cruelnesse, they threwe the dede bodyes into dyuerse foule and stynkynge pyttes / nat sufferynge thē to be buryed as crystē men shulde.

wherof whā knowlege was brou∣ghte vnto y^e duke, he was therewyth greuously amoued / and made hys othe that he shulde punysshe theym to the fere and example of all other / and therupō gathered hys people for to reuenge thys cruel dede. whan the rumour of thys myscheuouse dede

was some deale apeased, and y^e wyse men & auncyent of the towne had de∣gested thys hasty and cruel dede, & lo¦ked vpon the ende therof / than they were appalled in theyr myndes, and were very repētaunt of the dede that they had done. And whan they had consydered all thynges, as the dede detestable of it selfe, the great myght of the duke, & ouer y^t the ayde whych shuld to hym be gyuen of the kynge / they cōceyued well there was no re∣medy but to seche for meanes of mer¦cye & grace. For opteynynge whereof they made dyuers ways to the duke / but none wold be accepted Lastely in the moneth of Ianuary, whā y^e duke had prepayred all thynges necessary to the warre / he toke hys iournay to∣warde the sayd towne of Moūpyler, ledyng wyth hym a stronge hoste of men of armys / vtterly entēdynge to subuerte that towne, & to dystroye y^• more parte of the people. whereof he∣rynge the people of the towne, toke theyr aduyce & ordered them as folo∣weth. Fyrst they sent out agayn hym dyuers offycers of the kynges suche as they knewe were in hys fauoure / and ordeyned them to be in a place, & there knelynge to aske grace & mercy for the towne. Secondarily they sent the cardynall of Albany / & thyrdely all the collages and mē of religiō as well nunnys as other / and fourthly they sent the estudyaūtes of the lawe canon and cyuyle, and also of medy¦cyne or physyke / all beynge set vpon eyther syde of the waye where y^e duke shuld passe, & knelynge vppon theyr knees, shulde crye wythout ceasynge mercy gracyous prynce mercy. Thā after these were set the consuls or ru∣lers of y^e towne, in gownys without theyr clokes vngyrde, euery mā with a corde aboute hys necke, hauynge wyth thē the keys of the cytie. And at the entre of y^e cytye, stode the women wyth y^e maydēs of the same / & all men chylderne whych were vnder the age of .xiii. yeres. And betwene that age & .vi. yeres, were set next after the stu¦dyaūtes foresayd. whan this innume¦rable people was thus ordered, and eueryche taughte in what wyse they shuld behaue them / vpō the .xxv. day of Ianuary about the houre of .iii, y^e duke wyth his people approched the towne / & beholdynge the multytude and the lamentable crye, was some what moued wyth compassyō / and so holdyng hys way, mette wyth y^e sayd cardynall. The whyche after conue∣nyēt salutaciō vnto hym made, she∣wed that as a legate & messynger he was sent vnto hym frō the pope Cle∣mēt the .vii, requyryng of hym pardō for the towne and peple of Moūtpil∣ler / admonestyng hym farther in the sayd popes behalfe, that what so euer punysshemēt he dyd vnto the towne, y^t he shuld absteyne hym from y^e she∣dynge of crystē blode, and specyally of suche as he myght knowe was in∣nocēt of y^t dede. To whyche message the duke gaue none answer / but toke the cardynall vppon hys right hāde, and so rode forth togyder. where euer the people kneled on eyther syde of y^e way, and cryed lamētably, mercy gra¦cious prynce mercy / and so passed tyl he came where y^e cōsuls stode, whiche knelyng offered vnto hym the keyes of y^e towne. But he as though he re∣garded thē nat, cast hys loke frō thē & cōmaūded y^t senesshal of Beaucayr to receyue y^e sayd keys / & so passed on tyll he came vnto y^e cōpany of womē; whych relēted his stony hert to se the great lamētaciō they made with theyr wofull crye. wherefore to be rydde of thē, he called vpon his fore ryders to passe on more faster / so that lastly he came to hys lodgynge.

WHan the duke was comen vn∣to his lodgynge / anon he com∣maunded

all the offycers of the town with the consulat or rulers of y^e same vnto a place called saynt Germayne, & the gates of that place he toke to be watched wyth men of armes / & vpon the morowe folowynge, commaūded all the armoure & artylery belōgyng vnto the towne, to be broughte to a place by hym assygned, & there to be kept by hys offycers. Than the cardi¦nall came agayn vnto the duke, and brought with hym dyuers doctours of diuinite & other, which made vnto hym assyduat labour for mercy to be shewed vnto the towne & to the inha∣bytauntes of the same. But all they coude g••t no graūt of hym, but y^t as vpon y^e morowe they shuld know the sentēce that he wolde gyue vpon the towne and inhabitaūtes of the same. And for y^t sentēce myght be well vn∣derstāden of the people, he cōmaūded y^t at afternoone a scaffolde shulde be made in the chefe place or strete of the towne. wherupō the morowe beynge the .xxvii. day of Ianuary / dyuers of the dukes coūsayll beyng vpō y^t sayd scaffolde, & the people of the town be¦ynge there present as well prysoners as other, after a longe oracion made by the dukes chaūceler of the greate & heynous dede lately there done by the inhabytaūtes of that towne, for y^e whych correccyon temporall myghte nat be to greuouse / all be it that the duke at the commaundemente of the pope, & requeste of hys legat & cardy∣nall there present, had mytygate or lessed the punysshmēt, as after shuld well apere by declaracyon of the sen∣tence folowynge / after whych prote∣stacion, the sentēce was proclaymed as foloweth.

Fyrste the comynaltye of the town for theyr rebellyon & dysobedience a∣gayne theyr prynce done, shuld paye vnto y^e kyng .vi. score .M. frankes, & a franke is worth .ii.s. sterl. And so y^e towne shulde be charged wyth .lx.M li. ‡ 5.37 And ouer that to paye all such co∣stes & charges, as the duke had spent by occasyon of thys iournay. Secon¦daryly .vi. hundreth persones of the towne such as myght be tryed moste culpable in thys offence, shuld suffre deth. That is to wytte .ii.C. to be han¦ged with chaynes .ii.C. to be beheded & theyr hedes to be sent vnto dyuers good townes of Fraūce / & the other ii.C. suche as of y^e .vi.C. shalbe found moste gyltye of the begynnynge of that ryot, shuld be brēt / & that they & also the other .ii.C. whyche shulde be hāged, shuld be caryed vnto dyuerse good townes of Fraunce, & there to haue theyr execuciō, to the vtter fere and terrour of all other / and all theyr goodes to be forfayted to the kynge. Thyrdely two gates of y^e towne such as the duke wolde appoynt, with the walles & towres standynge betwene y^t sayd gates, to be made playne with the grounde / & the dyke of the towne to be be fylled wyth y^e same. Fourthly all maner of ordenaunce & abylymē∣tes for warre belonging to the town, to be forfayted vnto y^e kyng. Fyftely, the comynalty of the cytye to buylde a chapell, and to endowe it wyth so moche lāde as myght fynde .vi. pree∣stes there in to synge for euer, and to praye for the soules of the persones before slayne. And the bodyes whych they had throwē before into the foule and stynkyng pyttes / the counsayll and chyefe rulers of the towne, shuld vppon theyr propre backes brynge theym vnto the sayde chappell, and there cause theym solemply to be en∣terred. Syxtly, that all such goo∣des as the sayde persones so slayne hadde wythin the town, or elles were spoyled by the sayde cytezeyns / that it shulde be restored vnto the wyues or nexte kynnesfolkes of theym so dede. whan the proclamacyon of this

sentence was ended, there was an ex∣clamacyō & cryenge of mercy / & suche sorowe & lamētyng made of y^e peple, that the noyse therof soūded to the he¦uens. But to brynge thys tragedy to conclusyon / fynally suche laboure was made vnto the duke, aswell by exortacyō of sermons & other, that al thynges were pardoned, excepte the foūdacyon of the chapell / & execucyō of certayne persones, which were ac∣cused to be the occasyoners of thys myschiefe / and also the costes of that iournay, y^e which were cessed at .xxiiii M. frākys or .xxiiii.C.li. sterlynges. After whych ende thus made / the cō∣sulat{is} of y^e town were restored agayn to theyr habyte & rule / and to theym was admytted all former offices and rule of the towne, except the offyce of bayly wyke.

In the moneth of Iuly began the inhabytauntes of Gaūt in Flaūders to rebell agayne theyr erle of newe / y^e cause wherof is nat shewed. But they wyth ayde, whych they had of Ipre, Courtray, and other townes, made a great hoste / & yode streyghte vnto a towne in Flaūders called Dyxmew, entendyng to haue takē it. But y^e erle beyng warned therof / wyth ayde of Bruges & of Frāk and other, māned out a company agayn the other, and mette with them in playne felde / and after a sharpe skyrmysshe, put theym of Gaūt to flyght, & slewe of them dy¦uers, & toke of them certayne pryso∣ners / & pursued them vnto the town of Ipre, and layed syege to the same. whan the heddes of the towne knew that the erle was there in propre par¦sone / vnder a certayne apoyntement they opened the gates, and receyued hym in. But many of hys enemyes were fled vnto Courtray. And whan the erle had rested hym in y^• towne .ii. dayes, & done there some execucyō / he departed thēs and rode vnto Bruges and helde hym there. In whyche sea∣son the other whych as aboue is sayd were fled vnto Courtray / fell at va∣ryaunce within theym selfe, & slewe theyr capytayne / & after fled y^e towne & shyfted euery man for hym selfe. Than a knyght called syr Soyer of Gaūt, came vnto the towne of Cour∣tray / and so exorted the rulers of the towne, y^t they promysed hym to take hys parte. wherupon he gate a baner of the erles armes in hys hande / and so rydynge aboute that towne cryed, who that wolde take the erles party & hys, lette hym folowe that baner / whome the people folowed in greate noumber. And whā y^e erle was asser∣teyned of that dede, & howe the town of Courtray was tourned vnto hys party / anone he assembled of other townes, & also of that, and of Ipre, so moche that hys hoste was estemed at lx.M. mē. wyth the whiche he spedde hym vnto Gaunte, & layed a stronge syege there about. But by the deth of the French kyng whych dyed shortly after, the erle was fayne to chaunge hys mynde, & to remoue hys syege or elles, as some wryters reporte, for strength of the sayde towne, whyche myght nat lyghtly be gottē, for lacke of good vpon y^e erles partye to mayn¦teyne that syege.* 5.38 Thā in the moneth of Septembre and .xxvi. daye of the same / kynge Charles dyed at his ma∣noyr called playsance sur Marne / & was buryed by his wyfe in the mona¦stery of saynt Denys, whan he had reygned .xv. yeres and .vi. monethes wyth odde dayes / leuynge after hym iii. sonnes, Charles which was kyng after hym, and Lewys that he hadde made erle of Ualoys and after duke of Angeowe, and Phylyppe erle of Poytyers.

¶ Anglia.

RIchard the second of that name, and sonn̄ of prynce Ed¦warde eldest sonn̄ of Edwarde y^e .iii, a chyld of y^e age of a .xi. yeres, begāne hys reygne ouer y^e realme of England, y^e .xxii. day of Iu¦ny in the yere of our lorde .M.CCC.xxvii / & the .xiii. yere of the .vi. Char∣les than kyng of Fraunce. This Ry∣charde was borne at Burdeaux / of whose byrthe some wryters tell won∣ders, the whyche I passe ouer.

And vpon the .xv. daye of Iuly in the yere abouesayd he was crowned at westmynster; beyng the daye of the translacyon of saynt Swythyn. In whyche tyme & season stoode Mayre & shryues of the cytye of Lōdon these persones folowynge.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxviii.
Grocer.	Andrewe Pykman.
Nycholas Brembre.		Anno. i.
	Nycholas Twyfforde.

THe whyche contynued so in theyr offyces, that is to saye y^e shryues tyll Myghelmas, & y^e mayre tyl the feest of Symon and Iude. At whyche season were chosen & admyt∣ted newe offycers.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxix.
Grocer.	Iohn̄ Boseham.
Iohn̄ Phylpot.		Anno. ii.
	Thomas Cornwaleys.

IN the moneth of August & be∣gynnynge of the secōde yere of kyng Rychard / for varyaunce which was betwene the lorde Latymer & sir Rafe Ferrers vpō that one partye, & syr Robert Hal & Shakerley esquyer vpon that other partye, for a pryso∣ner taken beyōde the see in Spayne, called the lorde of Dene, whome the sayd esquyers helde in theyr possessiō contrary the wylles of the foresayde knyghtes / for the sayde cause y^e sayd knyghtes entred the churche of saint Petyr, and there fyndyng y^e sayd syr Robert knelynge at masse, wythoute reuerence of the sacrament or place, slewe hym in the churche at y^e hyghe masse seasō / & after that other named Shakerley was by theyr meanes a∣rested and had to the towre of Lon∣don, where he was kepte as prysoner longe after.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxx.
Grocer.	Iohn̄ Heylysd••ne.
Iohn̄. Hadley.		Anno. iii.
	wyllyam Baret.

IN the moneth of May & the la¦ter ende of the seconde yere of kynge Rycharde / certayne Galeys and other shyppes sente by Charles the syxte than kynge of Fraunce, of the whych was chefe patron or capy¦tayne a knyghte named syr Olyuer de Clycon / landed in dyuerse places of Englande and dyd moche harme, & lastly entred the ryuer of Thamis,

and so came to Grauysende where he spoyled the towne and brent a parte thereof and retourned into Fraunce with moche rychesse as affermeth the Frenche cronycle. In this yere also was holden a parlyamente at west∣mynster / in the which was graunted that all men & women beynge of the age of .xiiii. yeres and aboue, shulde paye vnto the kynge .iiii.d. By rea∣son whereof great grudge and mur∣mure grewe amonge the commons as after shall appere. Than with y^e money an armye was prepared / and thereof was made chefe gouernoure syr Thomas of woodstoke erle of Cambrydge and vncle vnto y^e kyng. The whiche with a company of .vii. or .viii.M. as testifyeth the Frenche cronycle, passed y^e water of Summe, in the begynnynge of Auguste, and also begynnynge of the thyrde yere of kynge Rycharde / and so came to Soysons, and passed the ryuers of Oyse and of Marne and other / & so went before Troys and wanne it / and after lodged them atwene newe towne and Sens. And euer as they passed the countreys, other they toke great fynaunces, or elles fyred the townes as they went. And all be it that the Frenche kynge hadde sente agayne them an armye of Frenche∣men to withstande them, they letted them nothinge of theyr purpose / but and they had any skyrmysshes with them, the Frenchemen were put vn∣to the wors / so that they bette them & toke of them dyuers prysoners, and raunsomed them at theyr pleasures. And thus holdynge theyr iourneye, they passed by the countrey of Gasti∣noys, and so into Brytayne / where they were ioyously receyued of syr Iohn̄ de Mountforde duke of that prouince than newly comyn thyther.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxx.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxi.
Fysshemonger.	walter Doket.
wyllyam walworthe.		Anno. iiii.
	wyllyam Knyghthode.

IN this Mayres yere and ende of the thyrde yere of kyng Ry∣charde, towarde the somer season in dyuers places of the lande the com∣mons arose sodainly, and ordeyned to them rulers and capytaynes / and specially in Kent & Essex. The whi∣che named their leders, Iacke straw wylwawe, watte Tyler, Iacke She¦peherde, Tomme Myller, & Hobbe Carter. These vnruled companye gathered vnto them great multitude of the commons / & after spedde them towarde the cytie of London, and assembled them vpon Blacke hethe in Kent, within .iii. myles of Lōdon. And vppon corpus Christi daye be∣ynge thanne the .xi. daye of Iune, they entred the Towre of London / and there the kynge beynge thanne lodged, toke frome thens parforce mayster Sudberye than archebys∣shoppe of Caunterbury, syr Robert Halys lorde or pryour of saynte Io∣hannes, and a whyte frere cōfessour vnto the kynge. whiche .iii. persones with houge noyse & crye they ladde vnto the Hylle of the sayde Towre and smote of theyr heddes. And whan they hadde so done, they re∣turned into Suthewarke by botes and barges, & there slewe and rob∣bed all straungers tha they myghte fynde. And that done they wente to westmynster, & toke with them all maner of Seyntwarymen / & so came vnto y^e duke of Lācasters place stan∣ding without y^e Temple barre called Sauoye, & spoyled that was therin / and after sette it vpon a fyre, and

brent it. And from thens they yode vnto y^e hede place of saynt Iohn̄s in Smythefelde, & dispoiled that place in lyke wyse. Than they entred the citye, and serched the temple & other Innes of courte, and spoyled theyr places & brent theyr bokes of lawe / and slewe as many men of lawe and questmongers as they myght fynde. And that done they went to saynte Martyns the Graunde, & toke with them all sayntwary men, and the pri¦soners of Newgate, Ludgate, & of bothe counters / and distroyed theyr registers and bokes / and in like ma∣ner they dyd with the prysoners of the Marshalsy and kinges benche in Southwerke.

whan Iacke Strawe had thus done all thyng at his wyll, & sawe y^t no resistence was made agayne him / he was smytten with so houge a pre∣sumpcion, that he thought no man his pere. And so beynge enflamed with y^t presumpcion & pryde / he rode vnto the Towre where y^e kyng was, beynge smally accompanyed of hys lordes / & caused hym to ryde aboute some parte of the cytie, and so con∣ueyed hym into Smythfelde. where in the kynges presence, he caused a proclamacyon to be made, and dyd full small reuerence vnto the kynge.* 5.39 which mysordre & presūpcyon whan wyllyam walworthe than Mayre of London behelde / of very pure dys∣dayne that he had of his pryde, ran to him sodainly with his swerde, and wounded hym to dethe / & forthwith strake of his hede, and areryd it vpō a speres poynte / and therewith cryed kynge Rycharde, kynge Rycharde. whan the rebelles behelde theyr ca∣pytaynes hede / anone they fledde as shepe. Howe be it many were taken and many were slayne / and the reme¦naunt chased, that the cytie and sub∣barbes of y^e same was clene voyded of them y^t nyght, whiche was mon∣daye and the .xv. day of Iune.

whan the kyng had beholden the great manhode of the Mayre, and assystence of his bretherne the Alder∣men / anone in rewarde of that dede he dubbed the sayde wyllyam wal∣worthe, Nycholas Brembre, Iohn̄ Philpot, Nycholas Twyfforde, Ro∣bert Laūdre, and Roberte Gayton, aldermen, knyghtes.

And in this season also called the hurlynge tyme / the cōmons of Nor∣folke and Suffolke came vnto the abbey of Burye, & there slewe one of the kynges Iustyces called Iohn̄ Caundysshe, and the pryour of the place with other / and after spoyled & bare awaye moche thyng out of that sayd place. But after this, aswell the one as the other of these rebelles were taken in dyuers and sondry pla¦ces, and put in execucyon by .x. by .xii. by .xv. and .xx. so that one of them ac∣cused y^e other, to the distruction of a great noumbre of them.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxii.
	Iohn̄ Rote.
Iohn̄ Northampton.		Anno. v.
	Iohn̄ Hynde.

IN this Mayres yere and mo∣neth of Aprell / landed in Kent dame Anne the doughter of Charles the .iiii. late Emperour of Almayne lately dede, and syster vnto wensys∣laus at that day Emperour / the whi¦che of the Mayre & cytezyns of Lon∣don was honorably met vpō blacke hethe, and conueyed with great try∣umphe vnto westmynster the .viii.

day of the moneth of Maye / & shorte¦ly after there solemply maryed vnto kyng Richarde. And about the same season, or after some wryters in the later ende of Iune, was an erthe∣quaue in Englange, that the lyke therof was neuer sene in Englande before that day nor sen.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxiii.
	Adam Bame.
Iohn̄ Northampton.		Anno. vi.
	Iohn̄ Sely.

IN this yere mayster Henrye Spencer bisshope of Norwy∣che, with a great power of spirituall men and other, croysed by the com∣maundement of the pope than Cle∣ment the .vii. enduryng the scisme be¦fore touched in the laste chapyter of Charles y^e .vi. than kynge of Fraūce. This sayd pope gaue this auctoryte to the sayd bysshoppe to make warre vpon the kynge of Spayne as some wryters haue / for so moche as he con¦trarye the sayde popes commaunde∣ment, withhelde certayne possessions belongynge of ryght vnto the duke of Lancastre syr Iohn̄ of Gaunte / and specially vnto dame Constaūce his wyfe. In perfourmaunce of whi∣che acte, the said bysshoppe entryng the countrey of Flaunders, fande there y^e flemynges with dyuers mys∣creauntes suche as the foresaid king of the countrey of Spayne had thy∣ther sent, makyng resystence agayne hym. wherfore he made to thē sharpe warre, and wanne vpon them cer∣tayne townes, as Grauelyng, Bur∣burgth, and Dunkyrke / and wanne great and ryche pyllage, so that he & his souldyours stuffed and freight with it as testyfyeth Policronycon, xli. shyppes. But soone after the Flemynges assembled wyth suche strength, that about Dunkyrke they gaue vnto hym suche assaute, that he was constrayned to gyue backe. And for the said shippes and goodes shulde nat come vnto the possessyon of his enemyes / he sette them on fyre within the hauen, and so was wasted bothe shyppes and goodes. And all be it that after this mysse happe he re¦couered his strengthe, & layed syege vnto y^e towne of Ipre, and wrought the flemynges moche care and trou∣ble / shortely after suche syckenesses fell amonge his people, as the flyre and other, that his souldyours dyed of them great noumbre / for the whi∣che he was compelled to leaue hys iourney and to retourne into Eng∣lāde. In this yere also was a batayle or feates of armes done in the kyn∣ges palays of westmynster, atwene one called Garton Appellaunt, and syr Iohn̄ Ansley knyght defendaūt / of whiche fyght at length the knight was vyctor, and caused his enemye to yelde hym. For the whiche the sayd Garton was from that place drawen vnto Tyburne, and there hanged for his false accusacyon and surmyse.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxiiii.
Grocer.	Symonde wynchecombe.
Nycholas Brembre.		Anno. vii.
	Iohn̄ more.

 

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxv.
	Nycholas Exton.
Nycholas Brembre.		Anno. viii.
	Iohn̄ Frenshe.

THis yere king Rycharde hol∣dynge his Christmas at El∣tham / thyther came vnto hym the kynge of Ermony, whiche was cha∣sed out of his lande by the Infydels and Turkes / and required ayde of y^e kynge to be restored vnto his domi∣nyon. The kynge fested and com∣forted him according to his honour / & after coūsell taken with hys lordes concerninge that mater, he gaue vn∣to him great sommes of money and other ryche gyftes. with the whiche after he had taryed in Englande vpō ii. monethes, he departed with glad countenaunce.

And soone after Ester the kynge with a greate armye yode towarde Scotlāde. But whan he drewe nere vnto the borders / such meanes were sought by the Scottes, that a peace was concluded atwene bothe real∣mes for a certayne tyme. After whi∣che conclusion so taken / the kynge re¦turned vnto yorke and there restyd hym a season. In which tyme vary∣aunce fell atwene Iohn̄ Holāde bro∣ther to the erle of Kent, and the erles sonne of Stafforde / by reason of whi¦che varyaunce, in conclusion y^e sayd sonne of the erle was slayne of the hande of the same syr Iohn̄ Hol̄ade / for the whiche dede the kynge was greuously amoued, & departed shor∣tely after with his company toward London.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxv.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxvi.
Grocer.	Iohn̄ Organ.
Nycholas Brembre.		Anno. ix.
	Iohn̄ Chyrcheman.

THis yere kynge Rycharde as∣sembled at westmynster hys highe court of parliamēt. Du∣rynge the whiche amonge other ma∣ny actes in the same counsell conclu∣ded / he created .ii. dukes, a marques, and .v. erles. Of the whiche firste syr Edmonde of Langley the kynges vncle and erle of Cambrydge was created duke of yorke / syr Thomas of woodstoke his other vncle erle of Buckyngham was create duke of Gloucester / syr Lyonell Uere y^t was erle of Oxenforde was made mar∣ques of Deuelyn / sir Henry Boling∣brooke sonne and heyre of Iohn̄ of Gaūt duke of Lancastre was made erle of Derby / syr Edwarde sonne & heyre vnto the duke of yorke was made erle of Rutlande / syr Iohn̄ Ho¦lande brother to the erle of Kent was made erle of Huntyngdone / syr Tho¦mas Monbraye was made erle of Notyngham and Marshall of Eng∣lande / and syr Mychaell de la Poole was made erle of Suffolke & Chaū∣celler of Englāde. And by auctoryte of the same parlyamente, syr Roger Mortymer erle of the Marche, and sonne and heyre vnto syr Edmonde Mortymer and of dame Philyppe eldest doughter and heyre vnto syr Lyonell y^e seconde sonne of Edward the thyrde, was soone after proclay∣med heyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englande. The whiche sir Roger

shortely after sayled into Irelande, there to pacifye hys lordeshyppe of wulster, whiche he was lorde of by his foresayde mother. But whyle he was there occupyed aboute the same / the wylde Irysshe came vpon hym in noumbre, and slewe him and moche of his company. This sir Ro¦ger hadde Issue Edmonde / and Ro∣ger, Anne, Alys, and Elynoure that was made a nunne. The .ii. foresaid sonnes died without issue, and Anne eldest doughter was maryed to Ry∣charde erle of Cambrydge, whiche Rycharde was sonne vnto syr Ed∣monde of Langley before named. The which Rycharde hadde issue by the sayde Anne Isabell ladye Bou∣chier, Rycharde that after was duke of yorke & father to kynge Edwarde the .iiii. whiche sayd Richarde erle of Cambridge was put to deth by Hen∣ry the .v. as after shall appere. In this yere also syr Hēry Bolingbroke erle of Derby, maryed the Countesse doughter of Herforde / by whome he was lorde of that countrey. And by her he had issue Henry that after him was kynge, Blaunche duches of Barre, and Philippe that was wed∣ded to the kynge of Denmarke. Also Thomas duke of Clarence, Iohn̄ duke of Bedforde, & Humfrey duke of Gloucester.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxvi.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxvii.
Goldesmythe.	wyllyam Stondon.
Nycholas Exton.		Anno. x.
	wyllyam More.

IN this .x. yere the erle of Arun¦dell was sent into the duchye of Guyan, for to strengthe suche sou¦dyours as the king at that tyme had in those parties / or after some wry∣ters to scoure the see of rouers & ene∣myes. The whiche erle in kepynge his course or passage, encountred a myghtye flote of Flemynges laden with Rochel wyne / & set vpon them, and distressed them & theyr shyppes, and so broughte them vnto dyuers portes of Englāde. By reason wher∣of the sayde wyne was so plenteous in Englande, that a tonne thereof was solde for a marke and .xx.s. the choyse. And amonge other in that flote was taken the Admyralle of Flaunders, whyche remayned here longe after as prysoner.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxviii.
Goldesmythe.	wyllyam Uenour.
Nycholas Exton.		Anno. xi.
	Hughe Fostalfe.

THis .xi. yere of kyng Rycharde / syr Thomas of woodstocke duke of Gloucester, the erle of Arundell, with the erles of war∣wyke, of Derby, and of Notyng∣ham, consyderynge howe the king and hys lande was mysse ladde by a fewe persones aboute the kynge, entendyng reformacion of the same / assembled them to haue a counsell at Radecoke brydge, and after arre∣red great people, & so with a stronge power came to London, & there cau∣sed y^e king to call a {per}liament. wherof

herynge maister Alexander Neuyle than archebysshop of yorke, sir Lyo∣nell Uere marques of Deuelyn, and syr Mychaell de la Poole Chaun∣celler and erle of Suffolke, fearyng punisshement fledde the lande, and so died in straunge countreys. Than the kynge by counsell of the other a∣boue named lordes, durynge the par¦lyament caused to be taken syr Ro∣berte Treuylian chefe Iustyce of Englande, syr Nycholas Brembre late mayre of the cytie of London, sir Iohn̄ Salysbury knyghte of hous∣holde, s••r Iohn̄ Beauchāp stewarde / also of the kynges house, syr Sy∣monde Burley knyghte, syr Iames Bernes, and syr Robert Belknappe knyghtes, and a sergeaunt of armes called Iohn̄ Uske / the whyche by auctoryte of the sayde parlyamente were conuycte of treason, and for the same put to execucyon at Tybourne and at the Towre hyll. And Iohn̄ Holt, Iohn̄ Locton, Richarde Gray, willyam Burgth, and Roberte Ful∣thorpe iustyce, with the other fore∣sayd lordes, whiche as before is said voyded the lande / were by auctoryte of the sayd court of parlyamente ba∣nysshed & exyled the lande for euer.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxviii.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxix.
Goldesmythe.	Thomas Austeyne.
Syr Nycholas Twyfforde.		Anno. xii.
	Adam Cathyll.

IN the .xii. yere and moneth of Nouembre yet durynge the {per}∣lyament, was executed in Smythe∣fylde of London a marcyall Iustes and tournement / where as all suche persones as came in vpon y^e kynges partye, theyr armour and apparayle was garnysshed with whyte hertes & crownes of golde about their nec∣kes. And of that shorte were .xxiiii. with .xxiiii. ladyes also apparayled as aboue is sayd, ladde with .xxiiii. cheynes of golde the horses of them / and so conueyed them thoroughe the cytie vnto Smythefelde frome the Towre of London. where the king, the quene, and many other great esta¦tes beynge present, after proclama∣cions by the herroddes made / many goodly and marcyall actes of warre were there put in vre, to the great re∣creacion and comforte of the kynge and quene and all other beholders of the same. To this dysporte came many straungers. Amonge the whi∣che the erle of saynt Poule, the lorde Ostreuaunt sonne and heyre vnto y^• duke of Holāde, and a yonger sonne of the erle of Ostryche, were greatly commended. And whan this Iustes had contynued by sondrye tymes by the space of .xxiiii. dayes, to the great comforte and recreacyon of many yonge and lusty bachellers desyrous to wynne worshyppe, and to the kin∣ges great honoure, that by all that season kepte open housholde for all honeste comers / it was fynysshed, & the straūgers retourned to their coū∣treys with many ryche gyftes.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxix.		Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxx.
Grocer.	Iohn̄ walcot.
wyllyam Uenour.		Anno. xiii.
	Iohn̄ Louene••.

IN thys .xiii. yere of kynge Ry∣chard / an esquier of y^e prouince of Nauerne by Fraunce, accused an Englysh esquyer called Iohn̄ welshe of certayne poyntes of treason. For the tryall wherof a day of fyght was betwene them taken, to be foughten in the kynges palays at westmyn∣ster / where eyther of theym kept hys daye & fought there a stronge fyght. But in the ende Iohn̄ welshe was vyctoure / and constrayned that o∣ther to yelde hym. where after he was dyspoyled of hys armoure, and drawen to tyburne, and there hāged for hys vntrouthe.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xc.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xci.
	Iohn̄ Fraunces.
Adam Bamme.		Anno. xiiii.
	Thomas vyuent.

IN thys .xiiii. yere of kyng Ry∣chard / syr Iohn̄ of Gaūt duke of Lancastre, wyth a goodly cōpany of men of armes sayled into Spayn, to clayme suche landes as he there shulde haue in the ryght of dame Cō¦staunce hys wyfe / whyche was the doughter of Peter ryghtfull kynge of Spayne, as in the .xl. yere of kyng Edward the thyrde is more playnly declared. whan the sayde duke was vpon that other syde of the see / there came vnto hym the kynge of Por∣tyngale wyth a stronge army, and so entred the terrytory of Spayne. But whether it were of the Englishe men longe or of the Portyngaleys / moche harme was done to the Span¦yardes, in robbynge and pyllyng of the countrey / whyche was cause of grudge betwene the kyng of Portyn¦gale and the duke / and caused many Spanyardes whyche oughte to thē good wyll to wythdrawe and depart from them. In reformacyō of which ille, certayn persones aswel English as Portyngaleys that were founde gyltye of suche robbery, were putte vnto deth / by meane whereof the o∣ther fered so, that where by that mea¦ne the kynge and the duke were be∣fore put to great afterdeale, by reasō of reformacyon of that ille they gat dayly vppon theyr enemyes / so that in processe of tyme folowyng, y^e kyng of Spayne was dryuen of necessyte to treate wyth the duke of a peace & concorde. Of the whyche peace as wytnesseth Polycronycon in hys last boke and .vii. chapyter / the condyciō was, that fyrste for a fynall concorde the kynge of Spayne shuld marye y^e duke eldest doughter name Cōstaūce and that done he shulde gyue vnto y^e duke in recōpensacyon of hys costes, so many wedges of golde as shulde charge or lade .viii. charettes / and ouer that yerely durynge the lyues of the sayde duke and hys wyfe, he shuld at hys propre coste and charge delyuer to the dukes assygneys .x.M. marke of golde wythin y^e towne of Bayon.

And after thys peace was stablys¦shed, and suertyes taken for the per∣fourmaunce of the same / the duke de¦parted wyth the kynge of Portyn∣gale. To whome shortelye after he maryed hys second doughter named dame Anne.

In thys yere also for cruel warre whyche the Turkes made agayne the Ianueys or men of Ieane / they requyred ayde of the kynges of Eng∣lande and Fraunce. For whyche cause oute of Englande was sente a noble warryour called erle of Alby wyth two thousande of archers / and

out of Fraunce the duke of Burbon and the erle of Ewe, wyth .xv.C. spe∣res. The whych kept theyr iournay tyll they came vnto a cytye in Bar∣bary named Thunys, & somtyme be∣longynge to the sayde Ianuays. where the sayd Englyshe & Frenche∣men bare them so manfully wyth the ayde of y^e Ianuayes, that in proces of tyme they wanne y^e sayde cytye frō the Turkes, and put y^e Ianuayes a∣gayne in possessyon therof / & toke of theym many prysoners, the whyche were exchaunged for chrysten pryso∣ners before taken / and ouer that for∣sed the sayd Sarazyns to yelde vnto the Ianuayes .x.M. ducates of gold, for confyrmacyon of a peace for a cer¦tayne tyme. But the French cronycle sayth, that for so moche as the duke of Burbon hadde vnderstandynge y^t the duke of Lancaster made warre vpon kyng Iohn̄ of Spayn / he ther¦fore lefte thys iournay and ayded hī agayne the sayde duke of Lancaster to hys lytle honour.

But howe so euer it was / many of the Englyshmē were loste in those countreys by reason of the flyxe and other sykenesses. Also Antoninus sayeth, that the Sarazyns at thys iourney were nat dyspossessed of the cytye of Thunys / but for a trewes to be hadde for two yeres, they graun∣ted vnto the chrysten men a certayne summe of money, and restytucyon of many chrysten prysoners.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xci.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xcii.
	Iohn̄ Chadworth.
Draper.
Iohn̄ Heende.		Anno. xv.
	Henry Uamere.

IN thys .xv. yere of kynge Ry∣charde / he kepynge hys Cryst∣mas at hys manour of woodstocke, the erle of Penbrooke beynge yonge of age was desirouse to lern to iuste / and requyred a knyghte named syr Iohn̄ saynte Iohan, to renne wyth hym certayne courses. At whose requeste the sayd knyght ranne with hym in woodstoke parke certayne courses. In the whyche were it wyth stroke or other myshap / the sayd erle receyued there hys dethes wounde & dyed shortly after.

In this yere also & moneth of Iuny / a bakers man berynge a basket full of horsebrede to serue hys maysters customers in Fletestrete / whanne he came foreagayn the bysshop of Sa∣lysburyes place standynge in Salys¦bury aley, a seruaunt of the bysshop∣pes starte vnto the basket and toke oute one of the louys. And for the ba¦ker wolde agayne haue recouered hys horse lofe / y^e bysshoppes seruaūt wyth hys dagger brake the bakers hed. Than came the inhabytauntes of the strete, & wolde haue broughte the yoman vnto warde for brekynge of the kynges peace. But he was res∣cowed by hys felowes / and so hadde vnto the bysshoppes palays, whyche that daye stoode treasourer of Eng∣lande.

For this rescous the people beyng in a fury / in greate multytude gathe¦red aboute the palays, and wolde haue entred parforce to haue set out the yoman.

Agayn whome the bysshoppes ser∣uaūtes made resistēce / so y^t y^e rumour

grewe more and more. And the peple of the cytye, aswell suche as were of yll dysposycion as other, encreased into a greate noumbre. Fame of thys doyng thā sprāge to y^e mayer / which in all haste wyth dyuers aldermen & the shyryues, sped hym thyther to se the peace kepte / & dyd that he cowde to withdrawe the people. But after y^e mayer & the offycers of the citie were comyn thyder / the cōmons out of all partyes of the cytye drewe thyder, in moche more multytude thanne they had before / so that y^e more they were in noumbre, the worse they were to rule. In so moche that they wold nat be satysfyed, but they myghte haue y^e yoman delyuered, whose name was walter Romayne. And for to brynge about theyr foly / they made many as¦sautes at the gates of y^e sayd palays, the bysshop hym selfe beynge than at wyndesore. Lastly after many show∣tes & lyftes at the gates made, by dys¦cresciō of the mayre & aldermen with other dyscrete comoners of the cytye, the people was mynysshed and sente agayne euery mā to hys dwellynge, & all was set in quyet & reste. whan worde of this came vnto the bisshop, in moch worse maner thā the thynge was in dede / he gyuing light credēce without examinaciō made in the mat¦ter, assocyat vnto hym mayster Arun¦dell than archebisshop of yorke and chaūceler of Englāde / & so greuously enfourmed the kyng, that he toke a∣gayne the cytye ryght greuouse dys∣pleasure / so that in all hast the mayre was sent for to the kynge. At whose commyng was layd vnto his charge great & heynous maters, that he non otherwyse ruled the cytye / but suffe∣red the cytezyns to make suche assau¦tes vppō the kynges hed offycers, to the kynges great dyshonour, & ieo∣pardy of suche great treasoure as he than had of the kynges ī his custody and kepynge. And after broughte vnto the kynges presence / of whome nat wythstādyng hys reasonable ex∣cuse before made, he was of the kyng ryght sore blamed & greuously sayde vnto. Thā was the mayre & the shery¦ues dyscharged of the rule of y^e cytie / & the liberties of the same seased into the kynges hādes / & a knyghte of the court called syr Edward Dalīgryge, a good man and fauourable to y^e cyte¦zeyns, was made gouernoure of the cytye the .xxi. daye of Iune / & conty∣nued in that offyce to the fyrste daye of Iuly next ensuyng. At whych day beynge in the begynnynge of y^e kyn∣ges .xvi. yere of hys reygne, he was discharged / & syr Baldewyn Radyng¦ton knyght putte in hys rome / & so cōtynued tyll the feest of Symōde & Iude folowynge. And for the more dyspleasure of the cytezyns / all plees & sutes kept before tyme in westmyn∣ster hall, were than remoued & holdē at yorke, to the great noyaunce of all the lande / whyche so contynued tyll Crystmas. And in thys mayres yere also, was a great trāslaciō of bisshop¦pes. Thys dyspleasure thus hāgyng towarde the cytye / the cytezyns made contynuall labour vnto the kynges grace, by meanes of the quene and of doctour Grauysende than bysshope of London / whych ought theyr espe¦ciall fauoures vnto the cytye. By whose meanes the cytezeyns were re∣stored vnto theyr lybertyes, & hadde licence to chose of them selfe a mayre & two shyryues / so that vppon saynt Mathewis daye folowynge, they chose for shyryues Gylberte Many∣folde or Manfelde and Thomas Ne¦wyngton / and vppon saynte Edwar¦des daye kynge and confessoure, they chase for theyr mayre wyllyam Stondon Grocer / whyche by the Lyeutenaunte of the towre were at that tyme admytted and sworne.

But yet the kynges dyspleasure was natte reconcyled, nor the cyte∣zeyns admytted vnto hys grace and fauoure.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xcii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xciii.
Grocer.	Gylbert Manfeylde.
wyllyam Stondon.		Anno. xvi.
	Thomas Newynghtyn.

IN thys mayres yere and .xvi. yere of kynge Rycharde / thys newe mayre wyth the worthyest men of the cytye, made assyduat & daylye meanes vnto the kynges grace, for to haue hys moste bounteouse pardō & hys especyall fauoure vnto y^e cytye. The whych at lengthe by meanes of such frēdes as they purchased about the kyng / & specyally by laboure of y^e good quene Anne, and the fornamed bysshop of London, they were put in good cōforte vpō theyr demeanour & submyssion at the kynges commyng to Londō. Upon whyche cōforte the cytyzyns made royall and costyous purueyaūce to receyue the kynge in theyr best maner / & hauynge monys∣syon that the kyng entended to come vnto hys palays of westmynster, ap∣parayled them in one lyuerey / & to y^e noumbre of .iiii.C. horsemen well be seen, mette wyth hym vpon the heth on thys halfe hys manour of shene. where in moste lowlye wyse accor∣dynge to theyr dutyes they submyt∣ted them vnto hys grace / besechynge hym of hys specyall grace & pardon, in all suche thynges as they before ty¦mes had offended agayne hys hygh∣nesse. And to y^e entent that hys grace myght se the cōformyte of all hys o∣ther subiectes / the recorder made in∣staūce to hym, that he wolde of hys great bounte take so great peyne vp¦pon hym, as to ryde thorough hys chaumber of London.

The whych request he graciously accepted / & so helde on hys iournay tyll he came at Londō brydge / where he was presēted wyth .ii. fayre stedes trapped in ryche cloth of golde par∣tyd of redde and whyte. The whyche present he thākefull receyued / & after helde on hys way tyll he came at the standarde in chepe / the cytezyns of y^e cytye stādynge vpō eyther syde of the stretes in theyr lyuereys, and cryeng kyng Rycharde kyng Rychard / and at theyr backes, y^e wyndowys & wal∣lys hanged wyth all ryche tapettes & clothes of arasse in moste goodlye & shewyng wyse. And at the sayd stan∣darde in chepe, was ordeyned a sump¦tuouse stage / in the whych were sette diuers personages in ryche apparel. Amonge y^t whych an An̄gell was or∣deyned / whyche set a ryche crowne of golde garnysshed wyth stone & perle vppon the kynges hede as he passed by. And that done he rode to Pau∣lys, and there offered, and so rode vnto westmynster / where the mayre and hys company takyng theyr loue returned vnto London.

Uppon the morowe whyche was the fyftene daye of the moneth of the sayde mayre and hys bretherne yode vnto westmyn∣ster, & presented there y^t kynge wyth two guylte basyns, and in theym two thousande nobles of golde / bese¦chynge hym in moste humble wyse to be good and gracyouse lorde vnto the cytye. The whyche he accepted ryghte fauourably / and gaue vnto theym many comfortable wordes.

And the thyrde daye folowynge, they receyued a newe confyrmacion of all theyr olde Fraunchyses and

lybertyes. wherfore by counsayll of theyr frendes, they ordeyned an aul∣ter table of syluer and ouer gylte / & therein ymagery grauen & enameled moste curiously of the story of saynte Edwarde, the whiche was valuyd at a .M. marke / & presented that also, & gaue it vnto the kynge / the which he shortely after offered to the shryne of saynte Edwarde wythin the abbay, where yet it stādes at thys daye. And for the great zele & loue whych y^e fore sayde bysshop of Londō ought vnto the cytye, & that by hys meanes theyr lybertyes were agayne restored / they therfore of theyr owne goodly dyspo∣sycion, after hys decease accustomed them, and yet at thys daye done / to go yerely vpō the feestfull dayes fo∣lowynge, y^t is to say fyrst the morow after Symōde Iude whych daye the mayer taketh his charge at westmyn¦ster, to Paulys / & there to saye in the west ende of y^e churche where he lieth grauen (Deprofundis) for hys soule and all crysten / & in lyke maner vpō Alhalowen daye, Crystmasse daye, & ii. the nexte days folowyng, Newe ye¦res daye, Twelf day, and Cādelmas day / wyth also the morowe after My¦ghelmasse day, vpon the whyche the shyryfes yerely takē theyr charge at westmynster. All whych .ix. days, nat all onely the mayer & hys bretherne vse thys progresse and kepe thys ob∣sequy / but also all the craftes of the cytye in theyr lyueryes vse the same yerely.

And whan the kyng had wythdra¦wen as aboue is sayde, hys displea∣sure frō the cytye / thanne at Hyllarye terme folowyng y^e feest of Cristmas, all the kynges courtes and plees of the crowne wytl; other retourned frō yorke to westmynster.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xciii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xciiii.
Grocer.	Drewe Barentyne.
Iohn̄ Hadley.		Anno. xvii.
	Rycharde whytyngton.

IN thys mayers begynnyng & xvii. yere of kyng Rycharde, y^t is to meane the moneth of Nouēbre / certayn gentylmen of Scotlāde en∣tendynge to wynne honoure, chalen∣ged certayne poyntes of armes. As fyrste the lord Moryf chalenged the erle of Nothyngham & marshall of Englande / syr wyllyā Darel knyght chalēged syr Peter Courtnay knyght & Cokborne esquyer, chalenged syr Nycholas Hawberke knyght. which feates of armes were done in smyth∣felde of London. But Marse was so frendely vnto the Englyshmen, that the honoure of y^e iournay went wyth them / in so moche that the erle mar∣shall ouerthrewe hys appellaunte / & so brused hym, that in his returne to∣warde Scotlande he dyed at yorke. And syr wyllyam Darell refused his appellāt or they had ronne theyr full courses. And the thyrde of them, that is to wyt Cocborne, was throwen at the secōd copyng to groūd horse and man.

And vpon the .vii. day of Iuny fo∣lowyng, dyed y^t gracyouse woman quene Anne / and lieth now buryed at westmynster by hyr lorde kynge Ry∣charde, vpō y^e southsyde of saynt Ed∣ward shryne / to whose soul & al cristē our lord be mercyfull. And thys yere in the moneth of Septembre as wit∣nesseth the Frenche cronycle, by mea¦nes of the erle of Derby and other, whych than were in Fraunce for the kynge of Englandes partye / and the

duke of Burbone & the erle of Ewe vpon the French partye wyth other / a trewes was concluded at saynte Omers for .iiii. yeres. But nat wyth∣standyng that peace, the Frenchmen and Englyshemen ranne togyther sundry tymes, whanne the one es∣pyed to haue any auauntage vppon that other.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xciiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xcv.
Mercer.	wyllyam Brampton.
Iohn̄ Frenshe.		Anno. xviii.
	Thomas Knolles.

THys .xviii. yere of kynge Ry∣charde, he shortly after Cryst∣mas wyth a strong army sayled into Ireland. The whych iournay was more to hys charge than honoure. For the maner wherof, syn it soūded to no honoure of the prynce / myne auctor therfore lyste nat in his boke to make any lōge processe of y^e mater In this yere also or about this tyme, began the heresy of Iohn̄ wycclyffe to sprynge in Englande / the whyche was greatly auaunced by meane of the scysme in the churche hangynge at those dayes betwene two popes sit¦tynge at ones / the whyche began as before is shewed in the .xxiiii. yere of Charles the .vi. thā kyng of Fraūce, Urban the .vi. and Clement the syxt / & contynued vnder Bonyface the .ix. and Benet the .xiii. Of whyche erro∣nyouse oponyons of the sayd heresy, who so is desyrouse to se the conten∣tes of them / let them serche cronica cronicarum, and there he shall se thē brefely set out.

In thys yere also was wonderful tēpest of wynde, by the space of Iuly, August, & specially Septēbre / by vio¦lence wherof in sundry places of this lande, greate and wonderfull hurte was done bothe of churches and hou¦ses. Thys yere dyed Constance secōd wyfe to Iohn̄ duke of Lācastre, and lyeth buryed at Leyceter.

Anno domini .M.CCC.xcv.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxcvi.
Uy••tener.	Roger Elys.
wyllyam more.		Anno. xix.
	wyllyam Sheryngham.

IN the begynnynge of thys mayres yere, and .xix. yere of kynge Rycharde, and .xviii. daye of Nouembre as affermeth y^e Frenche cronycle / kyng Rycharde beynge thā at Calays, spowsed or toke to wyfe wythin the churche of saynt Nycho∣las, Isabel the doughter of Charles the .vi. than kyng of Fraunce. whych lady Isabell as wytnesseth the sayde Frenche story, at the day of hyr mar∣ryage was wythin .viii. yeres of age. And as it is regestred in one of y^e bo∣kes of guyldehalle of London / the Frenche kynge in propre persone came downe wyth a goodly compa∣nye of lordes and knyghtes, vnto a towne called Arde, whyche standeth vppon the vtter border of Pycardy / where wythin hys owne domynyon a ryche and sumptuouse pauylyon was pyght. And in lyke maner a litle beyonde Guynys wythin the english pale, was another lyke pauylyon pyghte for kynge Rycharde / so that betwene the two sayde pauylyons,

was a distaunce of .lxx. pace. And in the mydway atwene bothe, was or∣dained y^e thyrde pauylion / at y^e which bothe kinges cōming from eyther of theyr tentes sondry tymes there met, & had communicacion eyther with o∣ther / the wayes or distaunce atwene set with certayne persones apoynted standynge in arme .ii. and .ii / the one syde beynge set with Englysshemen, and that other with Frenche. And a certeyne distaūce from eyther of the ii. first sayde pauilyons, stode bothe hoostes of bothe prynces, or suche cō¦panyes as before either of them was appointed to bryng. Here if I shuld brynge in the dyuers metynges of y^e sayd princes, and the curyous serui∣ces that eyther caused other to be fed & serued within eyther of theyr ten∣tes, or of theyr dalyaunce or pasty∣mes continuynge the season of their metynges, and the dyuersyte of the manifolde spices and wynes whiche there was ministred at y^e said season, with all y^e ryche apparell of the sayde pauilyons & cupbordes garnysshed with plate & rich iewels / it wold aske a lōge tracte of tyme. But who y^t is desirous to knowe or here of the cyr∣cumstaūce of all y^e premysses / let him rede y^e worke of maister Iohn̄ Froy∣sarde made in Frenche / and there he shall se euery thynge touched in an ordre. And here I shall shortly touch the giftes y^t were gyuen of eyther of y^e princes & of their lordes. And fyrst king Rychard gaue vnto y^e Frenche kynge, an hanap or basyn of golde with an ewer to y^e same. Thā again∣warde y^e Frēche king gaue vnto him iii. stāding cuppes of golde, with co∣uers garnisshed with perle & stone / & a shippe of golde set vpon a bere ry∣chely garnysshed with perle & stone. Than at theyr seconde meting king Rycharde gaue vnto him an ouche set with so fyne stones, y^t it was va∣lued at .v.C. marke sterlynge. where agayne the Frenche king gaue vnto him .ii. flaggons of golde / a tablet of golde, and therein an ymage of saint Mychaell rychely garnisshed. Also a tablet of gold with a crucifixe therin well and rychely dyght. Also a tablet of golde with an ymage of the Try∣nite, rychely set with perle and stone. Also a tablet of gold with an ymage of saynt George, in likewise set with perle and stone. whiche all were va∣lued at the summe of .xv.C. marke. Than king Richarde seyng y^e boūte of the Frenche kinge / gaue to hym a bauderyke or coler of golde set with greate dyamantes, rubyes, and ba∣lessys, beyng valued at .v.M. mark / the whiche for the preciosyte thereof, that it was of such an excellency and fynesse of stuffe, the Frenche kynge therfore ware it aboute his necke as often as the king and he mette toge∣ther. Than the Frenche kyng gaue vnto hym an ouche, a spyce plate of golde of great weyght, and valued at .ii.M. marke. Many were the ryche gyftes that were receyued of lordes and ladyes of bothe prynces. Amonge the whiche specially are no¦ted .iii. giftes, whiche kyng Richarde gaue vnto the duke of Orleaūce / for the which he receyued agayne of the duke trebyll the value. For where his were valued at a .M. marke / the dukes were valued at thre thousāde marke. Finally whan y^e said princes hadde thus eyther solaced with o∣ther, & concluded all maters concer∣nynge the abouesayde maryage / the Frenche kyng delyuered vnto kyng Rycharde dame Isabell his dough∣ter, sayenge these wordes folow∣ynge.

Ryght dere beloued sonne, I dely∣uer here to you the creature y^t I most loue ī this worlde next my wife & my sonne / besechynge y^e father in heuen,

that it may be to his pleasure, and of the weale of you and youre realme / and that the amyte atwene the .ii. re∣almes in auoydyng of effusyon of chrysten mens blode, maye be kepte inuyolet for the terme atwene vs cō∣cluded / whiche terme was .xxx. wyn∣ter as expresseth the Frenche Crony∣cle. After whiche wordes with many thankes giuen vpon eyther parties / preparacyon was made of de{per}tinge. And after kynge Rycharde had con∣ueyed the Frenche kynge towarde Arde / he toke his leaue and returned vnto his wyfe. The which was im∣mediatlye with great honoure con∣ueyed vnto Caleys / and there after to the kyng spoused, as before to you I haue shewed. After the which so∣lempnisacion with al honour ended / the kynge with his yonge wyfe toke shyppyng, and so within short whyle landed at Douer / and from thens sped hym towarde London. wherof the cytezens beynge warned / made out certayne horsemen well appoin∣ted in one lyuetye of coloure, with a conysaunce brodered vpon theyr sle∣ues, whereby euery felyshyppe was knowen from other. The whyche with the Mayre and hys bretherne clothed in scarlet, met the kynge and the quene vpon the Blacke hethe / & after due salutacyon and reuerente welcomes vnto theim made by the mouthe of the recorder, the sayd cy∣tezens conueyed the kynge vpon his wey tyll he came to Newyngton: where the kynge commaunded the Mayre with his company to returne to the cytie / for he with hys lordes & ladyes was appointed that nyght to lye at Kenyngton. It was nat longe after but that she was from Kening∣ton brought with great pompe vnto the Towre of London. At whyche season was so exceding prece at Lon¦don brydge, that by reason therof cer¦tayne persones were thruste to deth / amonge the whyche the pryoure of Typtre a place ī Essex was one. And vpon the morowe folowynge, she was conueyed throughe y^e cytie with all honoure that myghte be deuysed vnto westmynster / & there crowned quene vpon the sonday beynge than the .viii. day of Ianuary. In the so∣mer folowynge the kynge by sinistre counsell delyuered vp by a poynte∣ment the towne of Breste in Bry∣tayne to the duke / whiche was occa∣syon of displeasure atwene the kyng and y^e duke of Gloucestre hys vncle as in the yere folowyng shalbe more clerely shewed.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxxvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxxvii.
Goldesmythe.	Thomas wylforde.
Adam Bame.		Anno. xx.
	wyllyam Parker.

IN this .xx. yere of kynge Ry∣charde and moneth of Februa∣ry / the kinge holdynge a sumptuous feest in westmynster halle, many of the soudyours whiche were newely comen from the towne of Brest fore∣sayd, presed into the hall, and kepte a rome together. whiche companye whan the duke of Gloucestre hadde beholden / and frayned and knowen what men they were, and howe the sayde towne was gyuen vppe con∣trary his knowlege / was therewith in his mynde sore discomforted. In so moche that whan the kynge was entred hys chaumbre, and fewe nere vnto hym, he sayde vnto the kynge: Syr haue ye nat sene the felawes y^t

satte in so great noumbre to daye in your halle at suche a table. And the kynge answered yes, and axed of the duke what cōpany it was. To whom the duke answered & saide, Sir these ben youre souldyours comen from Breste / and as nowe haue nothynge to take to, nor knowen at howe to shyfte for theyr lyuynge / and the ra∣ther for that as I am enfourmed, they haue benne before tyme euyll payed. Than said y^e king it is nat my will but y^t they shulde be well payed. And if any haue cause to cōplayne, let them shewe it vnto our tresourer, and they shalbe resonably answered. In resonynge of this mater farther / the duke said vnto the kyng, Syr ye ought to put your body to payne for to wynne a strōge holde or towne by feate of warre, or ye toke vpon you to sell or delyuer any towne or strōge holde gotten with great difficulte, by māhode of your noble progenitours. To this y^e kyng with chaūged coun∣tenaūce answered & sayd, Uncle how say ye thoses wordes. Than y^e duke boldelye recyted y^e foresayd wordes. wherunto the king beynge more dis∣contented said, wene ye y^t I be a mar¦chaūt or fole to sell my lāde / by saynt Iohn̄ baptist nay. But trothe it is, y^t our cosyn the duke of Brytaine hath rendred vnto vs al such sūmes of mo¦ney as our progenitours lente vnto him or his auncetours, vpon the said towne of Brest. For the whiche, rea∣son & good conscience will y^t he haue his towne restored agayne. By mea∣ne of whiche wordes thus vttred by the duke / suche rancoure and malyce kyndelyd atwene the kinge & hym, y^t it ceased nat tyll the sayde duke was put to dethe by murdre vnlefully. Than the duke apperceyuynge the kinges misledynge by certayne per∣sones about him, entendyng thereof reformacion for y^e weale of the kinge and his realme / called vnto him the abbot of saynte Albons, & the abbot & pryour of westmynster, and shewed to them his secrete mynde. By whose counselles he made assemble shortely after at Arundell / to which assemble came at the day appoynted, dyuers lordes bothe spirituall & temporall / as him selfe, the erle of Arundell and other. Also thyther came the erle of Notyngham than marshall of Eng∣lande, the erle of warwyke / & of spi∣rituall lordes, the archebisshoppe of Caunterbury, the abbottes of saynte Albones and of westmynster with other.

After whyche assemble thus ma∣de, and eueryche of theym to other sworne within the castell of Arun∣del / the .viii. day of August they toke there theyr counsell, and condiscen∣ded y^ts dyuers lordes about the king, as the duke of Lancastre, the duke of yorke and other, shulde be putte from suche auctoryte and rule of the lande as they than bare / and other offycers suche as were thought pre∣iudicial vnto the weale of the lande, shulde be dyscharged and punisshed for theyr demerytes. whan this with many other thynges was amonge them concluded / eueryche of theym departed tyll the tyme of an other metynge atwene theym appoynted. But the erle of Notyngham con∣trarye his othe and promyse fearing the sequell of the matter / yode shor∣tely after vnto the kynge, and dys∣couered vnto hym all the premisses. wherefore the kynge in all haste cal∣led a secrete counsell at London in the said erle of Notynghames place, or after some at the place of the erle of Huntyngdone.

where it was concludyd y^t the sayd erle of Huntyngdone & other, shulde by strengthe fetche vnto the king the erles of Arundell and of warwyke.

And in the meane whyle, the kynge in propre {per}sone arested his vncle syr Thomas of woodestoke at Plasshy in Essex as sayeth the Englysshe cro∣nycle. All be it an other wryter in la∣••yne saythe, that kyng Rycharde in propre persone rode vnto the Ma∣noure of Grenewyche in the nyghte tyme, & there toke hym in his bedde, & commaūded hym vnto the Towre of Lōdon / whiche shortely after was conueyed vnto Calays and there py∣teously murderyd. And soone after were the foresayd erles of Arundell & warwyke brought vnto the towre of London, with also syr Iohn̄ Cob∣ham & syr Iohn̄ Cheynye knightes. But the erle of Arundell was taken to bayle and wente at large vnder suertie, tyll the begynnynge of the parlyament. In whiche season dy∣uers other were brought to sondrye prysones. Than the kynge sente out his commissyoners vnto the lordes of his realme, for to come vnto hys parliament / which began after vpon the .xvii. day of Septembre, in the be¦gynninge of the .xxi. yere of y^e kynge, and later ende of thys mayres yere.

Here it is to be noted, that Adam Bame mayre dyed in the begynning of the moneth of Iune. For whome was after chosen and admytted the viii. day of y^e sayd moneth for mayre, Rycharde whytyngton, to occupye the full of that yere / that is to meane tyll the feest of Symonde and Iude. But vpon saynt Edwardes day fo∣lowyng whan the newe mayre is ac∣customed to be chosen / Than was he electe agayne for that yere folow∣ynge. And so he stode in the offyce of mayraltye an hoole yere / and .v. mo∣nethes. Than to returne to our fyrst mater, whan the kyng hadde assem∣bled his lordes / y^t whiche came with so stronge and myghtie companyes, that the cytie suffysed nat to lodge the people, but were fayne to be lod∣gyd in small townes and vyllages nere vnto y^e same / within short tyme after the sayde parlyamente was be∣gonne, the erles of Arundell and of warwyke were broughte before the lordes of the parlyamente holden at westmynster, and there fynally iud∣ged as foloweth / the erle of Arudell to be ladde on fote from westmynster and place of his iugemēt thoroughe the highe stretes of the cytie vnto the towre hylle, where hys hede to be stryken of / and the erle of warwyke was also iudged to dethe. But for his great age, by meane of hys frendes his iugemente was pardo∣ned and altered to perpetuall prison, where as the kyng wolde cōmaunde hym. whiche after was had vnto y^e Ile of Man in Lancasshyre / where he consumed the resydue of hys olde dayes. And the erle of Arundelle accordinge to the sentence vpon him gyuen, vpon the morowe folowyng the feest of saynte Mathewe beynge saterday, & the .xxii. day of Septem∣bre, was ladde on fote vnto y^e towre hyll beyng accompanyed with great strengthe of men, for so moche as it was demyd y^t he shuld haue ben res∣cued by the waye / how be it none su∣che was attempted / but peasably he was brought vnto the sayde place of execucyon, and there pacientlye & mekely toke his dethe. whose body after was by the freres Augustynes borne vnto theyr place within the warde of Bradestrete of London, & there in the northe syde of the quyer solempnely buryed / and after vpon his graue a sumptuous toumbe of marble stone sette and edifyed. And by auctoryte of the said parlyament, the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury was exyled the realme. And vpon the monday folowynge beynge the xxiiii. daye of Septembre, syr Iohn̄

lord Cobham, and sir Iohn̄ Cheyny knyght, were iudged to be drawen, hanged and quarteryd. But by in∣staunce and labour of their frendes, that iugement was chaunged vnto perpetuall prison. And thys done / y^e kynge ordayned a royall feeste, and helde open housholde for all honeste comers. For as affirmeth Peter Pyc∣tauyence a wryter of historyes / this prynce kynge Rycharde passed all o∣ther of his progenytours in lybera∣lytie and boun••ie. The whiche feest and also parlyament yet holdynge / the kynge created .v. dukes, a mar∣ques, and .v. erles. As fyrste the erle of Derby syr Hēry of Bolygbrooke, sone and heyre of Iohn̄ of Gaunte duke of Lācastre, was created duke of Herforde. The secōde whiche was erle of Rutlande, was created duke of Amnerle. The thyrde beynge erle of Kent, was created duke of Sur∣rey. The fourthe beynge erle of No∣tyngham, was created duke of Nor∣folke. And the fyfte was the erle of Huntyngedon, the whiche than was created duke of Exeter. Also of the erle of Somerset, was made a mar∣ques of Dorset. And for the erles / fyrste the lorde of westmerlande na∣med Dane Ra••y Neuyll, was made erle of westmerlande / the lorde Tre∣sorer syr wyllyā Scrope, was made e••le of wylshyre / and syr Iohn̄ de Mountague was made erle of Sa∣lesbury. And whan this busines was fynisshed / the parlyament was remo¦ued vnto Shrewysbury vnto Hylla¦rye terme / where it was fynysshed to many mennes dyspleasures, & dys∣herytynge of many trewe heyres.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxxviii.
Mercer.	wyllyam Askeham.
Rycharde whyttyngton.		Anno. xxi.
	Iohn̄ wodecoke.

IN this .xxi. yere of kynge Ry∣charde / the people of the lande murmured and grudged sore againe the kynge & his counsell / for so mo∣che as the goodes belongynge vnto the crowne, were disperblyd & gyuen to vnworthy persones / by occasyon whereof dyuers charges and exaccy∣ons were put vpon the people. Also for that the chefe rulers aboute the prynce, were of lowe byrthe and of small reputacyon / and the men of ho¦noure were kepte out of fauoure. Also for that the duke of Glouceter was secretely murdred without pro∣cesse of the lawe / and many thynges elles mysordered by the laste parlya∣ment, whereof the wyte and blame was layed vnto the kynge and other persones after named, as well for wrongefull dysherytynge of sondrye persones at the sayde parlyamente, suche as were menyall seruauntes of the foresayde duke of Gloceter and of the erles of Arundell and of warwyke, contrarye hys owne pro∣clamacyons made concernynge su∣che maters. Also that where dyuers patentes & grauntes passyd the kyn¦ges great seale, as well for pardons and other great maters / yet for the kynges singuler auauntage & suche fewe persones as bare the rule about hym, many of theym were called a∣gayne. Also where for sheryffes and other offycers of all shyres of En∣glande, were wonte to be named .iiii. by discrete {per}sones as iuges & other, of y^e whiche the kyng shulde assygne two for the yere folowynge / he of his owne wylle & pleasure wolde refuse them, & chose suche .ii. as hym lyked /

the which he knewe well wolde lene more to his weale, than to the cōmen weale of this lande or of his subiec∣tes. Also that where before tymes y^e kynges of Englande vsed to sende out commyssyons vnto burgeses of cyties & townes, to chose of theyr fre lybertie suche knyghtes of the shyre as they thought mooste weale∣full for the comen weale of the sayde shyre & lande / nowe kyng Rycharde wolde appoynte the persones, and wylle them for to chose such as than he named / wherby his singuler cau∣ses were preferred, and the commen causes put by. Also kinge Rycharde thoroughe euyll counsell, commaun¦ded by his letters vnto the sheryffes of all shyres fewe excepted, that all persones of honoure within theyr countyes as well spirytuall as tem∣porall, shulde make certayne othes in generall wordes, and ouer that to wryte and seale certayne bondes for perfourmaunce of the sayde othes / and also for blanke chartour, which many men of substaunce were con∣strayned to seale to theyr great char¦ges. The people contynually mur∣mured and grudgyd, for these iniu∣ryes and many mo, whyche at the tyme of his deposynge were artycu∣led agayne hym in .xxxviii. sondry ar¦tycles / with also the rumoure that ranne vpon hym, that he had letten to ferme the reueneus of y^e crowne, to Busshey, Bogot, and Grene / whi∣che caused as well the noble men of the realme to grudge agayn hym as other of the comon people. Thus cō∣tynuynge this mysorder within the lande / dyed syr Iohn̄ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster, at the bysshoppe of Elyes place in Holborne / and from thens was caried vnto saint Pouls, and there vppon the north syde of y^e quyre honorably buryed. At whose enterremente all the chefe lordes of Englande were present. For whom after was foūdyd by dame Blaūche hys wyfe an honorable anniuersary, as before I haue shewed in y^e .xliiii. yere of Edwarde the thyrde, whiche of right ought to be set in this place.

This yere also aboute the feste of saynt Bartholomew, fell discencyon & discorde bytwene y^e duke of Her∣forde & the duke of Norfolke. wher∣fore the duke of Herforde accused y^e other, that he hadde taken .iiii. thou∣sande marke of the kynges, of suche money as he shulde therwith haue waged certeyne sowdyours at Ca∣leys / whiche he lefte vndone, & toke the same money to hys owne vse. But an other wryter sayth, that as y^e sayde two dukes rode vppon a tyme from the parlyament towarde theyr lodgynges / y^e duke of Norfolke sayd vnto that other: Syr se you not how varyable the kyng is in his wordes, and how shamefully he putteth his lordes and kynesfolkes to deth, and other exileth and holdeth in pryson. wherfore full necessary it is to take kepe, and not for to truste myche in hys wordes. For without dowte in tyme to come, he wyll by suche lyke meanes brynge vs vnto lyke deth & distruccyon. Of whiche wordes the sayde duke of Herforde accused that other vnto the kynge / wherfore ey∣ther wagyd batayle with other be∣fore the kynge. To whom daye of metynge was gyuen to eyther vpon the .xi. daye of September, to fyghte within lystes at Couētre, where all thynge was ordeyned for. At whiche place at y^e day assygned thyder came the sayde two dukes, and appered in the felde before the kynges presence, redy to do theyr batayle. But y^e kyng anone forbad that fyght / and forth∣with exyled the duke of Herforde for x. yeres, and the duke of Norfolk for euer / whiche sentence was shortely

after put in execucyon. Thanne the duke of Herforde sayled into Fraūce and there taryed a season. But for lacke of ayde and comforte he depar¦ted thens and came into Brytayne. And the duke of Norfolke passed dy¦uers countreys / and lastely came vn¦to the cytie of Uenyce, and there en∣dyd his lyfe. And soone after thys was maister Roger walden a chape∣leyne of the kynges, made archebys∣shoppe of Caunterbury / the whyche was a speciall louer vnto the citie of London, and made great labour for them vnto the kynges grace, y^e gre∣uously with them was of newe dys∣pleased, for so moche as he was en∣fourmed of them, y^t they shulde coun¦sell with other sheriffes to withstāde certayne actes made in the laste par∣lyament / for y^t which the comynaltie of the cytie was endyted with other sheryffes. In redresse wherof / by coū¦sell of the sayd archebysshoppe, & of maister Robert Braybroke than bis∣shoppe of Lōdon, the cytezens made a lamentable supplicacyon vnto the kinge. whiche by ayde & fauoure of the sayd two bysshoppes & other lo∣uers of y^e cytie / y^e kinges yre & indig∣nacyon by meane of that lowly sup∣plicacyon was some parte appeased & withdrawen. But yet to contente a {per}te of y^e kinges mynde, many blanke chartours were deuysed & broughte into the cytie / which many of y^e most substancyall men of the same were fayne to seale, to theyr payne and charge in conclusyon / y^t whiche shor∣tely after was vsed thoroughe all countreys of Englande.

Anno domini .M.CCC.lxxxxviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxxix.
Goldesmythe.	Iohn̄ wade.
Drewe Barentyne.		Anno .xxii.
	Iohn̄ warner.

IN this .xxii. yere of kynge Ry∣charde / y^e cōmon fame ranne, y^t the kyng had letton to ferme y^e real∣me of Englande vnto sir wyllyam S••ope erle of wylshyre & than trea∣sourer of Englāde, to sir Iohn̄ Bus∣shey, syr Iohn Bagot, and syr Henry Grene knightes / y^e whyche returned shortly after to their great cōfusyōs. This yere also, Thomas y^e son and heyre of y^e erle of Arundell lately be∣heded / y^e whiche Thomas nat all to his pleasure was kepte in y^e house of the duke of Exceter, passed y^e see by y^e meanes of one wyllyā Scot mercer / & yode vnto his vncle y^t archebisshop of Caūterbury, & so contynued with him in the cytie of Colayne than be∣ynge. In this pastyme great puruey¦aunce was made for y^e kynges iour∣ney into Irelāde / so y^t whan all thin∣ges necessarye to the honoure & nede of the kynge & his people was redy, he set forthwarde vpon his iourney in the moneth of Apryll / leauyng for his leutenaunt in Englange sir Ed∣monde of Langley his vncle & duke of yorke / and after toke shippyng at Brystowe, and sayled with a mighty & stronge hoste into Irelande. where he had so prosperous spede, that in processe of tyme with manhode and good polycie he subdued to him that coūtrey. In the whiche voyage, were it for acte that he dyd or of y^e kynges bounte / Henry sone and heyre of the duke of Herforde than exiled, was of y^e kyng made knyght. This Henry was after his father crowned kynge of Englande, & named Henry the .v.

Kynge Richarde thus beynge oc∣cupyed in Irelande, and receyuynge of the capytaynes of the wylde I∣rysshe into his subieccyon, and orde∣ryng of that countrey to set in an or∣dre and rule / Henry of Bolyngbroke

duke of Herforde before exyled, with the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and Thomas of Arundel and other, landed with a small company at Ra¦uyns spore in the Northe countrey, in the moneth of August / and vnder colour of the clayme of his ryghtfull enherytaunce, ceysed the people as he wente / to whome in short processe great multytude of the people drewe and gatherd. Of this landyng king Rycharde beynge warned / for hasty spede of returnyng into Englande, left in Irelāde behynde hym moche ordenaūce / and landed at Mylforde hauen in the begynnyng of Septem¦bre, & begynnynge also of the .xxiii. yere of his reygne / & so yode vnto the castell of Flynte in wales, and there rested him and his people / and enten¦ded there to gather vnto hym more strength. In the whiche meane tyme the foresayd Henry that than hadde proclaymed him selfe duke of Lan∣caster in the ryght of Iohn̄ of Gaūte his father, was comyn to Brystowe / and there without resystence toke sir wyllyam Scrope erle of wylshyre & treasourer of Englande, syr Iohn̄ Busshey, and syr Henry Grene.

Also there was taken sir Iohn̄ Ba¦got / but after he escaped and fledde into Irelande. Than were the other thre there iuged & put in execucyon. And kinge Rycharde styll beynge at the castell of Flynte / herynge of the great strengthe y^t was about y^e duke, fearyd sore of him selfe. And in lyke wyse so dyd all suche as were about hym. wherfore syr Thomas Percye erle of worcetyr and than stewarde of the kynges housholde, contrarye his allegeaunce, brake openly the whyte rodde in the hall, & commaun∣dyd euery man to shifte for him selfe. By reason whereof the people voy∣ded, and the kynge lefte without cō∣forte, so that he was shortly after ta∣ken and presented vnto the duke. The whyche put hym vnder safe ke∣pynge / & shortly after spedde him to∣ward Lōdon. And whā he came nere vnto y^e cytie / he sente king Rycharde with a secret cōpany vnto y^e Towre, there to be safely kepte tyll his com∣myng. wherof many euyll disposed persones of the cytie beyng warned / assembled them in great noumbre, & entended to haue mette him without the towne, & there to haue taken him from such as ladde him, & so to haue slayne him for the great cruelte that he before tyme had vsed vnto the cy∣tie. But as god wolde / the mayre & rulers of the cytie were enfourmed of theyr malycyous purpose, and ga¦thered to theym the worshypfull com¦moners and sadde men / by whose po¦lycyes nat without great diffyculte, they were reuoked frome theyr euyll purpose / all be it that lastynge that rumoure they yode vnto westmyn∣ster, and there toke mayster Iohn̄ Slake deane of the kinges chapell / and frome thens broughte him vnto Newgate, and there caste on hym yrons.

Shortly after / the duke came vn¦to London / & there by the consent of kyng Rycharde, a {per}lyament was be¦gone vpon the .xiii. day of y^e moneth of Septembre. Endurynge whiche {per}lyament, many accusacyons & arty¦cles of mysrulynge of the lande were layed vnto the charge of thys noble prince kyng Rycharde, whiche be en¦groced at length in .xxxviii. artycles. For the which, volūtarely as it shuld seme by y^e copy of an instrumēt here after shewed / he shulde renounce & wylfullye be deposed from all kyng∣lye mageste, the monday beynge the xxix. day of Septembre, and the feest of saynt Myghell the archaungell, in the yere of our lordes incarnacy∣on after the accom••te of the churche

of Englande, M.lxxxxix. and the xxiiii. yere of the raygne of the sayde Rycharde. The copye of whiche in∣strumente here vnder ensueth.

THis present instrumente made the mondaye the .xxix. daye of Septembre, and feeste of saynt Mychaell tharchaungell, in the yere of our lorde god .M.CCC.lxxx. and xix. and in the .xxiii. yere of kynge Ry¦charde the seconde / wytnesseth, that where by the auctoryte of the lordes spirytuall and temporall of this pre¦sent parlyament and cōmons of the same, the ryght honorable and dys∣crete {per}sons here vnder named, were by the sayde auctoryte assygned to go vnto the towre of London, there to here and testifye suche questyons and answeres as than & there shude be by the said honorable and discrete persones harde: knowe all men to whome these presente letters shall come, that we sir Richarde Scroope archebysshoppe of yorke, Iohn̄ bis∣shoppe of Herforde, Henrye erle of Northumberlande, Rafe erle of west¦merlande, Thomas lorde of Barke∣ley, wyllyam abbot of westmynster, Iohn̄ pryour of Caunterbury, wyl∣lyam Thyrnynge, and Hughe Bur¦nell knyghtes, Iohn̄ Markeham Iustyce, Thomas Stowe, & Iohn̄ Burbage doctours of the lawe Cy∣uyle, Thomas Feryby and Denys Lopham notaryes publyke / the day & yere abouesayd atwene the houres of .viii. & .ix. of y^e clocke before noone, were present in the chyefe chaumber of the kynges lodgynge within the sayde place of the towre. where was rehersed vnto the kynge by y^e mouth of the forsayde erle of Northumber∣lande, that beforetyme at Conwey in Northwalys the kynge beynge there at hys pleasure and lybertye, promy¦sed vnto the archebysshop of Caun∣terbury than Thomas of Arundell, and vnto the sayde erle of Northum¦berlande / that he for insuffycyency whyche he knewe hymselfe to be of, to occupye so greate a charge as to gouerne thys realme of Englande / he wolde gladly leue of and renoūce the ryght and tytle, aswell of that as of hys tytle to the crowne of Fraūce and hys mageste, vnto Henry duke of Herforde / and that to do in suche conuenyente wyse, as by the lernyd men of hys lande it shulde moste suf∣fyciently be by them deuysed and or∣deyned. To the whyche rehersall the kynge in our sayde presences answe¦red benyngly, and sayde that suche promyse he made / and so to the same he was at that howre in full purpose to perfourme and fulfyll / sauyng he desyred fyrst to haue personal speche wyth the sayde duke and wyth the archebysshoppe of Caunterbery hys cosyns. And ferthermore he desyred to haue a byll drawen of the sayde re¦sygnacyon, that he myghte be per∣fyghte in the rehersall therof. After whiche copy to hym by me the sayde erle delyuered / we the sayde lordes and other departed. And vppon the same after noone the kynge desy∣rynge moche the commynge of the duke of Lancaster / at the laste the sayd duke wyth the archebysshoppe entred the foresayde chaumber / bryn¦gynge wyth theym the lorde Roos, the lorde Burgeyny, and the lorde wylloughby, wyth dyuerse other. where after due obeysaunce done by them vnto the kynge / he famylyarly and wyth a gladde countenaunce to vs aperynge, talked wyth the sayde archebysshop and duke a good sea∣son. And that communycacyon fyny∣shed / the kynge wyth a gladde coun∣tenaunce in presence of vs and the other aboue rehersed, sayde openly that he was redy to renounce and

resygne all his kyngelye mageste, in maner and fourme as he before sea∣sons had promised. And all thoughe he had and myght sufficyently, haue declared his renouncement by the re¦dyng of an other meane persone / yet he for the more suretie of the mater, and for the sayd resygnacyon shulde haue hys full force and strengthe, he therfore redde the scrowle of resigna¦cyon him selfe, in maner and fourme as foloweth.

In the name of god Amen. I Ry¦charde by the grace of god kynge of Englande and of Fraūce, and lorde of Irelande / acquyte and assoyle all archebysshoppes, bysshoppes, and other prelates seculer or relygyous, of what dygnite, degre, state, or con¦dicyon that they be of / and also all dukes, marques, erles, barons, lordes, and al myne other lyege men bothe spirituall and seculer, of what maner name or degre they be / frome theyr othe of feaute and homage, & all other dedes and priuileges made vnto me / and from all maner bādes of allegeaunce and regaly or lorde∣shyppe. In the whiche they were, or be bounden to me, or in any other∣wyse constrayned / and theym theyr heyres, and successours for euermore from the same bandes and othes, I release, deliuer, acquite, and let them for fre, dyssolued, and acquyte, and to be harmelesse, for so moche as lon¦geth to my persone, by any maner waye or tytle of ryght y^t to me might folowe of the foresayd thynges or of any of them. And also I resygne all my kyngely dygnyte, mageste, and crowne / with all the lordeshyppes, power, & priuyleges to the foresayd kyngely dygnite and crowne belon∣gynge / and all other lordeshyppes and possessyons to me in any maner of wyse pertaynynge, what name & condicyon they be of / out take the landes and possessyons for me and myne obyte purchased and bought. And I renounce all ryghte and co∣loure of ryght, and all maner tytle of possessyon and lordeshyppe, the whyche I euer hadde or haue, or by any maner of meane myght haue in the same lordeshyppes and possessy∣ons or any of them or to them, with any maner ryghtes belongynge or appertayning vnto any parte of thē.

And also the rule and gouernaūce of the same kyngedome and lorde∣shyppes, with all admynistracyons of the same / and all thynges & eue∣ryche of theym, that to the hole em∣pyre and iurisdiccyon of the same be¦longeth of right, or in any wyse may belonge.

And also I renounce the name, worshyppe, and regalye, and kyngly hyghnesse, clerely, frely, syngulerly, and holly, in the mooste best maner and fourme that I may / and with dede and worde I leaue of and re∣sygne them and go frome theym for euermore / sauyng alwaye to my suc∣cessours kynges of Englāde, all the ryghtes, priuileges, & appurtenaun¦ces to y^e said kyngdome & lordeships abouesaid belongynge & appertay∣ninge. For well I wote & knowlege, & deme, my selfe to be and haue ben vnsufficient & vnable, and also vn∣profytable / and for myne open deser¦tes nat vnworthy to be put downe. And I swere vpon y^e holy Euāgels here presently with my handes tou∣ched, y^t I shal neuer repugne to this resygnacyon, dimyssyon, or yeldyng vp / nor neuer inpugne theym in any maner by worde or by dede, by my selfe nor by none other. Nor I shall nat suffre it to be impugned, ī as mo¦che as in me is preuely nor apperte. But I shall haue, holde, & kepe thys renousing, dimyssyon, & leuynge vp, for ferme and stable for euer more,

in all and in euery parte thereof, so god me helpe and all sayntes, and by this holy euangels by me bodely tou¦ched & kyssed. And for more recorde of the same / here openly I subscrybe and sygne this present resygnacyon with myne owne hande. And forth∣with in our presences and other sub¦scrybed the same / and after delyue∣red it vnto the archebysshope of Can¦terbury / say••ng that if it were in his power or at his assignemēt, he wold that the duke of Lancaster there pre¦sent, shulde be his successour & ••ing after hym. And in token thereof he toke a rynge of golde frō his fynger beynge his sygnet, and put it vpon the sayd dukes fynger / desyrynge & requirynge y^e archebysshop of yorke, to shewe and make reporte vnto the lordes of the parlyament of hys voluntary resygnacyon / And also of his entent and good mynde, that he bare towarde his cosyn the duke of Lācaster, to haue him his successour and kyng after him. And this done▪ euery man toke their leaue and retur¦ned to theyr owne.

UPon the morowe folowynge beynge tuisday and the laste day of Septembre / all the lordes spi¦rytuall and temporall, with also the commons of the sayde parlyamente assembled at westmynster: where in in the presence of them, the archebys∣shoppe of yorke accordinge vnto the kynges desyre, shewed vnto them se∣ryously the voluntary renounsynge of the kynge / with also the fauoure the whiche he oughte vnto his cosyn y^e duke of Lancaster for to haue hym hys successoure. And ouer y^e shewed vnto theym, the cedule or byll of re∣nouncemente sygned wyth kynge Rychardes hande. After whyche thynges in ordre by him fynisshed / the questyon was axed fyrste of the lordes, yf they wolde admytte and alowe the sayde renouncement. The whyche whan it was of the lordes graunted and confyrmed / the lyke questyon was axed of the commons / and of theym in lyke maner affyr∣med. After whiche admyssyon, it was than declared, that nat with∣standynge the foresaid renounsynge so by the lordes and commons ad∣mytted / it were nedefull vnto the re∣alme, in auoydyng of all suspeccyon and surmyses of ylle dysposed per∣sones, to haue in wrytynge and re∣gestred, the manyfolde crymes and ••efautes before done by the sayd Ry¦charde late kynge of Englande / to the ende that they myghte fyrste be openly shewed vnto the people, and after to remayne of recorde amonge the kynges recordes. The whyche were drawen and compyled as be∣fore is sayde in .xxxviii. artycles / and there shewed redy to be radde. But for other causes than more nedefull to be preferred / the redynge of the said artycles at that season were dif∣f••ered and put of. whyche artycles for that that they wolde aske longe tyme to wryte, & also wolde to some reders ••e but small pleasure to rede / I haue therfore lefte theym out here of thys worke: which at lengthe are sette ou•• in the boke of the Mayres, and yere of Drewe Barentyne than mayre of London.

Than for so moche as the lordes of the parlyament hadde well consy∣dered this voluntary renouncement of kynge Rycharde / and that it was behouefull & necessary for the weale of the realme to procede vnto the sen¦tence of his deposayll: they there ap∣poynted by auctorytie of the states of the sayde parlyament, the bisshop of saynte Asse, the abbotte of Glas∣tenburye, the erle of Gloucester, the lorde of Barkeley, wyllyam Thyr¦nynge

iustyce, & Thomas Erpyng∣ham and Thomas Graye knightes, that they shulde gyue and ••ere open sentence to the kynges deposicyon. whervpon the sayde commyssyoners leynge there their hedes together / by good delyberacion, good coūsell, and auysement, and of one assent / a∣greed amonge them, that the bishop of saint Asse shulde publisshe the sen¦tence for theym and in their names, as foloweth.

In the name of god Amen. we Iohn̄ bysshope of saynt Asse or Asse∣nence, Iohn̄ abbot of Glastynbury, Rycharde the erle of Glocester, Tho¦mas lorde of Berkeley, wyllyam Thyrnynge Iustyce, Thomas Er∣pyngham and Thomas Graye kny∣ghtes, chosen and deputed specyall commyssaryes by the thre estates of thys present parlyament, represen∣tynge the hole bodye of the realme, for all suche maters by the sayd asta¦tes to vs committed: we vnderstan∣dynge and considerynge the many∣folde crymes, hurtes, and harmes done by Rycharde king of Englāde, and mysgouernaunce of the same by a longe tyme, to the great decaye of the sayde lande, and vtter ruyne of the same shortly to haue ben, ne had the especiall grace of our lorde god therevnto put y^e soner remedy / & also furthermore auertysinge y^t the sayde kinge Rycharde knowyng his owne insufficiencie, hath of his owne mere volunte and fre wyll, renounced and gyuen vp the rule and gouernaunce of this lande, with all ryghtes and honoures vnto y^e same belongynge, and vtterly for his merytes, hath iu∣ged hym selfe nat vnworthy to be de¦posed of all kyngely mageste & asta∣te royall: we the premysses well con¦syderynge by good and dilygente de¦lyberacyon, by the power, name, and auctoryte to vs as aboue is sayd cō∣mytted / pronounce, discerne, and de¦clare, the same kynge Rycharde be∣fore thys to haue be & to be vnprofy∣table, vnable, vnsufficyent, and vn∣worthy, to the rule and gouernaūce of the foresayde realmes and lorde∣shyppes, & all other thappurtenaun∣ces to the same belongynge. And for the same causes, we pryue him of all kyngely dygnyte and worshyppe, of any kynglye worshyppe in him lefte.

And we depose him by our sentence ••ifynityfe / forbyddynge expressely to all archebysshoppes, bysshoppes, & all other prelates, dukes, marque∣ses, erles, barons, and knyghtes, & to all other men of the foresayd kyng¦dome and lordeshyppes, or of other places belongynge to the same real∣mes and lordeshippes, subiectes and lyeges what so euer they be, y^t none of them from this tyme forthwarde, to the foresaid Rycharde as kynge & lorde of y^e foresayde realmes & lorde∣shyppes, be neyther obedyēte nor at∣tendaunt.

After whiche sentence thus open∣lye declared / the said astates admyt∣ted forthwith the same persones for theyr procuratours, to resygne and yelde vp vnto kynge Rycharde, all theyr homage & fealtie whyche they had made & oughte vnto hym before tymes / and for to shewe vnto hym if nede were, all thynges before done that concernyd his deposynge.

The whych resygnacyon at that tyme was spared, and put in respite tyll the morowe nexte folowynge. And anone as thys sentence was in thys wyse passyd, and that by reason therof the realme stode voyde without hede or gouernoure for the tyme / the said duke of Lancaster ry∣sing frō y^e place where he before sate, & standing where all myght beholde hym / he mekely makynge the sygne of the crosse vppon his forhede and

vpon hys breste, after sylence by an officer was commaunded / sayd vnto the people there beyng these wordes folowyng. In the name of the father & sonne and holy ghoste / I Henry of Lancastre clayme the realme of Eng¦lande and the crowne, with all the ap¦purtenaunces, as I that am dyscen∣ded by ryght lyne of the bloode com∣mynge from that good lorde kynge Henry the thyrde / & through y^e ryght that god of hys grace hath sente to me, wyth helpe of my kynne & of my frendes to recouer the same / y^t which was in point to be vndone for defaut of good gouernaunce & due iustyce. After whyche wordes thus by hym vttered / he retourned & set him down in the place, where he before had syt∣ten. Than the lordes apperceyuynge and herynge thys clayme thus made by thys noble man / eyther of theym frayned of other what he thoughte. And after a dystaunce or pau••e of tyme / the archebysshope of Cauntor∣bury hauyng notycyon of the lordes myndes, stode vp & asked of the com¦mons, yf they wolde assente to the lordes / whych in theyr myndes thou¦ghte the clayme by the duke made to he ryghtefull and necessary, for the welthe of the realme & of them all. wherunto with one voyce they cried, ye, ye, ye. After whyche answere / the sayde archebysshop goynge vnto the duke, & settynge hym vpon hys kne, had vnto hym a fewe wordes. The whyche ended he rose / & takynge the duke by the ryght hande▪ ladde hym vnto the kynges sete / & wyth greate reuerence sette hym therein / after a certayne knelynge and orison made by the sayde duke, or he were therein sette.

And whan the kynge was thus set in hys trone, to the greate reioy∣synge of the people / the archebys∣shoppe of Cauntorbury beganne there an oracion or colacyon in ma∣ner as after foloweth.

U•••• dominabitur in populo, primo Regū capitulo .ix. These ben the wor¦des of the hygh and mooste myghty kynge, spekynge to Samuel hys prophete / techyng hym how he shuld chose and ordeyne a gouernoure of hys people of Israel, whan the sayde people asked of hym a kynge to rule theym. And nat wythout cause maye these wordes be sayde here of oure lorde the kynge that is. For yf they be inwardely conceyued / they shall gyue to vs mater of consolacion and comforte, whan it is sayde that a mā shall haue lordeshyp and rule of the people & nat a chylde. For god threte¦neth nat vs as he sometyme thret the people by I saye, sayenge / ••sai••. 36 Et dabo pueros principes corum, & effeminati do∣minabuntur eis: I shall sayeth our lorde gyue chyldren to be theyr rulers and prynces / and weke or ferefull shall haue domynyon ouer them.

But of hys greate mercy he hath vysyted vs I truste hys peculier peo¦ple, and sente vs a man to haue the rule of vs / and putte by chylderne y^t before tyme ruled thys lande after chyldysshe condycyons / as by y^e wer∣kes of theym it hath ryght lately ap∣pered, to the greate dysturbaunce of all thys realme / and for want or lack of a man.

For as sayeth the apostell Paule ad Coryntheos primo. capitulo .xiii. Cum essem▪ paruusus, sapiebam vt paruusus, & so∣quebar vt paruusus. &c. Quam so autem factus sum vi•• / euacuani quae erant paruusi / That is to meane, whanne I was a chylde, I sauoured and spake as a chylde. But at the tyme whanne I came vnto the state of a man / thanne I putte by all my chyldysshe condy∣cyons.

The apostell sayth he fauoured and spake as a chylde / in whome is no stedfastnesse or constancy. For a chylde wyll lyghtely promyse, and lyghtly he wyll breke hys promyse, & do all thynges that hys appetyte gy∣ueth hym vnto, & forgeteth lyghtely what he hath done. By whych reason it foloweth, that nedely great incon∣uenyence muste fall to that people y^t a chylde is ruler and gouernour of. Nor it is nat possyble for that kynge dome to stande in felicite, where such condycyons reygne in the hede and ruler of the same. But now we ought all to reioyse, that all suche defautes ben expelled / and that a man and nat a chylde shall haue lordshyp ouer vs. To whome it belongeth to haue a sure rayne vpon hys tunge, that he maye be knowen fronra chylde, or a man vsyng chyldysche condycyons. Of whome I truste I may say as y^e wyse man sayeth in hys Prouerbys Prouerbiorum tercio capitulo. Bea tus homo qui inuenit sapientiam, et qui affluit prudentia The whyche is to meane, Blessed be the man y^t hathe sapyence or wysedome, and that ha∣boundeth in prudence. For that man that is ruled by sapience, must nedes loue and drede our lorde god. And who so loueth and dredeth him / must consequentely folowe that he muste kepe hys commaundementes. By force wherof he shall mynyster trewe iustyce vnto his subiectes, and do no wronge nor iniury to any mā / so that than shall folowe the wordes of the wyse man the whyche ben rehersed Prouerbiorum decimo. Benedictio domini super caput iusti, os autem impiorum operit iniquitatem which is to meane, The blessynge of oure lorde god shall a lyght vpon the hede of our kyng, beyng a iuste and right∣wyse man / for the tunge of hym wor∣keth equyte & iustyce. But the tunge of wycked and of synners, couereth iniquyte. And who that werketh or mynystreth iustyce in due ordre / he nat allonely sauegardeth hym selfe, but also holdeth y^e people in a surete of restfulnesse / of the whyche ensueth peace & plēte. And therfore it is sayde of the wyse kyng Salomō Ecclesiastes decimo. Beata tetra 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tex nobilis est, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 principes vescuntur in tempore sun. whyche is to be vnderstande, that blessed and happy is that lande of the whych the kynge or ruler is noble and wyse / & the prynces ben blessed that lyue in hys tyme.

As who wolde say, they may take ex∣aumple of hym to rule & guyde theyr subiectes. For by the discressyon of a noble & wyse mā beyng in auctorite / many euylles be sequestred and put a parte, and all dyssmilers put vnto sylence. For the wyse man cōsidereth & noteth well the great inconuenyen¦ces whyche dayly nowe growe of it / where the chylde or insypyente dryn∣keth the swete & delycyous wordes vnauysydly, & perceyueth nat entoxy¦cacion whyche they ben mynged or myxte with, tyll he be inuyroned and wrapped in al daunger / as lately the experyence therof hath ben apparent to all our syghtes & knowleges, and nat without the great daunger of all this realme. And all was for lacke of wysedome in the ruler whych demed & taught as a chylde, gyuyng sentēce of wylfulnes and nat of reason. So that whyle a chylde reygned, selfe wyll & iuste reygned / & reason wyth good conscyēce were outlawed, with iustyce, stedfastnesse, & many other vertuys. But of thys parell & daun∣ger we ben delyuered by the especyal helpe & grace of god, Quia vir dominabi∣tur tur in populo / that is to meane, he that is nat a chylde but perfyght in reason. For he commeth natte to execute hys owne wyll / but hys wyll that sente

hym, that is to wytte goddes wyl / as a man to whome god of hys habun∣daunte grace hath gyuen perfyghte reason and dyscrescyon, to dyscerne & deme as a perfyght man. wherefore nat alonely of thys man we shall say that he shall dwell in wysedome / but as a perfyght man and nat a chylde, he shall thynke & deme / & haue suche a cyrcūspecte wyth hym, that he shall dylygently foreloke & se that goddes wyll be done and nat hys. And there∣fore nowe I truste the wordes of the wyse man Ecclesiastici decimo shalbe veryfyed in our kynge / sayenge index sapiens iudicabit populum suum, & principatus sensati stabilis erit / that is as sayeth the wyse man, A wyse and dyscrete iuge shall now deme hys people / & the do∣mynyon or lordshyppe of a dyscrete wyse man, shall stande stedfast. wher upon shall than folowe the seconde verse of the same chapyter / sayenge Secundum iudicem populi, sic & ministri eius. &c. that is, Lyke as the hede and soue∣raygne is replenysshed wyth all sa∣pyence and vertue in guydynge of hys people, admynistrynge to theym lawe wyth due & conuenyent iustyce / so shall the subiectes agayn warde be garnysshed wyth awe and louynge drede / & bere vnto hym nexte god all honoure, trouthe, & allegeaunce. So that than it maye be concluded wyth the resydue of the foresayde verses, Qu alis rector est ciuitatis, tales & inhabitantes in ca. whyche is to meane, Suche as y^e ruler of the cytye is suche than be the inhabytauntes of the same. So that consequentely it foloweth, a good mayster maketh a good dyscyple. And in lykewyse / an euyll kynge or ruler shall lose hys people, and the cytyes of hys kyngedome shalbe left desolate and vnhabyted.

wherefore thus I make an ende, in stede of a chylde wylfully doynge hys luste and pleasure wythout rea∣son / nowe shall a man be lorde and ruler, y^t is replenysshed wyth sapiēce and reason / and shall gouerne the people by skylfull domys, settynge a parte all wylfulnesse and pleasure of hym selfe. So that the worde that I beganne wyth, maye be veryfyed of hym, Ecce quia vir dominabitur in populo. The whyche our lorde graunte / and that he maye prosperously reygne to the pleasure of god and welthe of his realme Amen.

The whyche oracion beyng thus fynyshed, & the people answerynge wyth greate gladnesse, Amen: the kynge standyng vpon hys fete, sayd vnto the lordes & commons present. Syrs, I thanke you my lordes spy∣rytuall & temporal, and all the states of thys lande / and do you to vnderstāde, that it is nat my wyll, that any man thynke, that by the waye of con∣queste I wolde dysheryte any man of hys herytage, fraunchyse, or other ryghtes that hym oughte to haue of ryghte / nor for to putte hym oute of that whyche he nowe enioyeth, and hath hadde before tyme by custome of good lawe of thys realme / excepte suche pryuate persones as haue ben agayne the good purpose and the cō∣mon profyte of the realme.

And thys speche thus fynysshed / all sheryfes and other offycers were put in theyr auctorytyes, whiche sea¦sed for the tyme that the kynges see was voyde / and after euery man de∣parted.

And at after noone were procla∣macions made in accustumat places of the cytye, in the name of kynge Henry the fourthe. And vppon the morowe folowynge beynge wen∣nysdaye, and the fyrste daye of Oc∣tober / the procuratours aboue na∣med yode vnto the towre of London & there certified hym of the admissiō

of kyng Henry. And the foresayd iu∣styce wyllyam Thirnynge in y^e name of the other, & for all the states of the lande / gaue vppe vnto Rychard late kyng, all homage & fealte to hym be∣fore time due, i lyke maner & fourme as before I haue shewed to you in y^e xix. yere of kynge Edwarde the .ii. And thus was the noble prynce pry∣ued of all kyngly dygnyte & honour, by reason of hys euyll counsayll, and suche vnlafull wayes & meanes as he by hys insolency in his realme suf¦fered to be vsed, whan he had reyg∣ned .cxii. yeres thre monethes & .viii. dayes.

¶Charles the .vii. Francia.

CArolus or Charles the .vii of y^e name, or the .vi. after thac¦compte of y^e Frēche hystory, a chylde of xiii. yeres of age, & sonne vnto Char∣les the .vi / began hys reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the moneth of Septembre, & yere of our lorde .M.CCC. & .lxxx / and the thyrde yere of the seconde Rycharde than kyng of Englande. Thys Char¦les was crowned kynge wythin the age of .xiiii. yeres, contrary a lawe made in the .xi. yere of hys father. And where by hym he was commyt∣ted vnto the rule of Lewys his vncle & duke of Angeou, to the tyme of the ful of .xiiii. yeres / yet after the deth of the father, suche vnkyndenesse begā to spryng betwene the lordes of the realme, that for the comon welthe of the same it was agreed by the more partye, that thys Charles shulde be crowned at Raynes i all hasty spede. The whyche was done in short seasō after / & so contynued nat wythoute dysturbaunce of malyce whych kyn∣deled betwene hys two vncles, and other inconueniences, by the space of iii. yeres ensuyng. The .iiii. yere of hys reygne / the cytesyns of Parys murmurynge and grudgynge for dy¦uerse imposycyons & taskes of them, leuyed sodeynly arose in greate mul∣tytude, entendynge to haue dystres∣sed some of the kynges housholde ser¦uaūtes, & such as were men of {per}son. But by medyacyon of one dyscrete parsone named Iohn Marsyle, with assystence of the prouost of the mar∣chauntes, the rumoure was somdele appeased / in so mych that the greate multytude was wythdrawen and re∣tourned to theyr occupacyons. But some euyll dysposed, whyche in su∣spycyous congregacyon euer vse to exyte and styrre the people vnto rob∣bynge and other vnlefull acres / reas¦socyate them, & sayde and cryed that they wolde haue the Iewys banys∣shed the cytye. To whom it was an∣swered that the kynge shuld be enfor¦med of theyr desyre / and that vppon it they shulde haue knowlege of the kynges pleasure, wherupō in a rage they ranne vnto the houses of the Ie¦wes / and entryd them by force, in rob¦bynge and spoylynge them, and bare awaye what they myght cary / in sle∣ynge suche of the Iewes as any resy¦stēce and defence made agayn them / & neuer after restored y^e sayd goodes, not wythstandynge that the kyng in that byhalfe gaue sore and strayte cō¦maundementes. It was not longe after that suche as were of y^e kynges secrete counsayle, consyderynge the great charges and nedes of y^e kyng, and the weykenesse of his treasoure / by authoryte of the kynges cōmyssy∣ons called before them the rulers of Parys, of Roan, and other good cy∣tyes. The whyche beynge assembled, to them was shewed the many and importune charges whyche y^e kynge

dayly had for the defēse of hys realm and subiectes. wherfore by all wyse & polytyke meanes that they myghte vse, they exorted the sayde commons to graūte vnto the kynge in waye of subsydye .xii.vi. of the poūde of all wa¦res at that dayes curraūt. To the whyche requeste in conclusyō after aduyse taken of theyr neyghbours / it was answered that the peple were so sore charged in tymes passed, that they myght nat susteyne or bere any more charges, tyll theyr necessytie were otherwyse releuyd / so that in cō¦clusyō at thys season the kynge and hys coūsayll were dyspoynted.

In the .vi. yere of thys Charles / y^e Flemynges, whych by a certayne sea¦son had rested theym frome batayll / were it for necessyte or synguler coue¦tyze of Lewys theyr duke, he asked of them a greate ayde or taske. And for he knewe well that yf he myghte wynne the fauoure and graūt of the towne of Gaunt, he shulde the soner haue hys pleasure of the resydue / therefore he fyrste began by meanes of fayrenesse. And after whā thereby he sawe he myght take none aduaū∣tage, he added therunto manasses & thretenynges / the whyche nat wyth∣standynge the Flemynges bode sted∣fast in one opynyon, & denayed styfly theyr dukes request. whereuppon he lastly departyng from Gaunt, wyth great displeasure sayd, I shall shewe my selfe to be lorde & soueraygne of thys towne & of the obstynat people of the same. And shortly after y^e duke made sharpe warre vpō thē of Gaūt / & they in lykewise defēded them vigu¦rously, so that theyr enemyes wā of them lytle auaūtage. And after thys warre hadde bē a season contynued, nat wythoute losse of many men vp∣pon bothe partyes / the Gaunteners remembrynge the obedyence and fy∣delyte whyche they shulde bere to theyr souerayne lorde & duke, made meanes that they myghte be harde. After graunte whereof, they sente vnto hym certayne oratours whyche hadde vnto hym the wordes in sen∣tence folowynge. Mooste souerayne nexte god, we deny nat but we accept the for our prynce and leder / & to the as thyne it becommeth vs to obey wyth all reason.

And thou agayne arte bounde to defende vs. If we any thyng by our ouersyght & neclygence haue agayn the trespassed / we mekely beseche the of forgyuenesse. And furthermore be∣sechynge the, that suche fraunchyses & lybertyes to vs by thy noble pro∣genytours before graūted, thou wyll nat from vs withdraw nor abrydge / by reason wherof thy people of Gaūt maye nat to any taxe contrary theyr volunte be cōstrayned. But & to thy nede of warres thou haue necessytye of ayde of thy commons, they of free wyll all cōstraynte sette a parte, are redy to ayde and helpe the, as fre & as lyberall as thy trewe subiectes. By reason of whyche wordes y^e duke was of hys ire towarde theym some what apeased. But after theyr depar¦tyng from the duke or erles presēce / such yonge knyghtes as were of the erles hoste, hadde vnto theym many hygh & dysdaynous wordes / sayeng that they were thrall vnto theyr erle, and that theyr obstynacye shulde be to the vttermoste of theyr reproche & correccyon, and they by coaccion and constraynt forced to do theyr dutye. By occasyō of whyche wordes / the Gaūteners retournyng to theyr for∣mer wylfulnesse, kepte styl theyr for∣mer opynyō, & defended the erle & his people as they before hadde done. wherfore the erle seynge he myghte nat by strēghte preuayle agayne hys enemyes / studied the wayes & mea∣nes to famysshe theym by hunger /

so that by that meane he might draw the towne to hys subieccyō. And that to brynge to effecte he gyrde y^e towne about wyth a stronge syege. Than the Gaūteners supprysed wyth more obduracion of herte agayne theyr prynce / made them a capytayne na∣med Phylype Artyuele, the sonne of Iakes de Artyuele before slayne of y^e Flemynges / lyke as to you I haue before shewed in the .xvii. yere of Phi¦lippe de Ualoys late kyng of Fraūce The whyche furnysshynge hys peo∣ple wyth all habylymentes of warre / made out of the towne & pyghte hys feelde in a playne ioynynge vnto it / where the erles people & they fought a sharpe fyght & longe. But in y^e ende fortune was vnto the erle or duke so frowarde that wyth losse of .v.M. of hys soudyours he was forced to take Bruges for hys suertye.

By reason of thys vyctory thys Artyuele beynge nat a lytle suppry∣sed wyth pryde / exorted in such wyse the dwellers wythin the towne of Gaunte, and all suche as were nere neyghbours vnto them, to set a parte all occupacyon aswell husbandry as other, & gyue theyr hole study vnto actes and feates of warre. The erle thus beynge wythin y^e town of Bru∣ges / a daye of greate solempnytie ye∣relye holden by them of Bruges ap∣proched, whyche they wordshypped in the honoure of our lordes bloode. To thys daye of solemptye vsed yere¦ly to come, all the inhabytauntes of the vyllages & coūtrey there aboute. whyche daye of feast Phylyp de Arti¦uele callynge to mynde / appoyntyd vnto hī .ii.M of his soudiours / & war¦ned them wyth armoure beynge clad vnder theyr clothes, to ascende by .ii, by thre, by foure, & lyke small compa¦nyes vnto thys feestfull solempnyte / & at such tyme as he gaue warnyng, euery man to be redy wyth swerde in hande, to make rome amōge y^e prese to the ende that they myght take the erle than of helpe destytute. whyche cautele thus prepared for / at the day comyn of thys sayde feeste, the towne beynge replenysshed with people / the sayde Artyuele vnsuspect of any per∣sone, with hys company in maner a∣bouesayde entred the towne of Bru∣ges. And whā he sawe his best tyme / he sodeynly cryed, asarmis, asarmes. wyth whyche sodeyn crye the erle be∣ynge astonyed / manfully for a whyle wythstode hys enemyes, and encou∣raged the people agayne them. But for that the Gaunteners were in ar∣moure and the other vnarmed / they of the erles party fled soone. That seynge the erle, wyth great diffyculte fledde / & so lepyng ieopardously into the house of an olde woman, escaped & went vnto Scluse, & there a whyle helde hym.

Than thys Artyuele sayeng that by the ayde of theym of Bruges he was dispoynted of the erles takyng / felle vpon the inhabytauntes of the towne, and slewe of theym a certayn / and after wyth greate pompe & pyl∣lage retourned vnto Gaunt.

IN the .vii. yere of this Charles / by procuryng of hys vncle Le¦wys duke of Angeou, a taxe was efte axed of the comons of Fraunce. The whych to bryng to effecte many fren∣des & promoters were made, aswell of cytezyns as other. But anone as y^e commons of Parys vnderstode of this / they became wylde, & assembled in thycke companies / nat regardyng the reasonable allegacions to theym layed and shewed by Petyr Dylet & Iohn̄ Matsyll, though in them they had great affeccion & truste / but toke them to theyr affeccion & mynde, and made amonge them certayn capytay¦nes & rulers / and kept the watche by

nyght as enemyes had lyen about y^e cytye. whyche insurreccyon & rebel∣lyon thus begon wythin the cytye of Parys / the cytye of Roan̄ takynge therof exaumple, arrered a lyke mur¦mure / and sensyd the cytye of Roane wyth lyke prouysyon / & made theym •• mamet of a fatte / and vnweldy as a vylayne of the cytye caryed him about the towne in a cart••, & named hym in dyrysyō of theyr prynce theyr kynge / & ceased nat to fall into many inconuenyences, as robbyng of holy places and other, nat wythoute she∣dynge of bloode, wherof the cyrcum∣staunce were longe to telle. But as all operaciō of mā hath ende so thys foly and rebellyon of Frenchemen was ceased / & many for the trespasse therof caste in harde & darke pryson. Of the whyche the kynge entended to haue taken cruell correccyon, ne hadde ben the great instaunt labour made by the rulers of the vnyuersyte of Parys, and other suche as were nere aboute the kynge. By whose meanes the multytude was pardo∣ned / and a fewe suche as were the be∣gynners were put in execucyon. And than as testyfyeth myn auctour may¦ster Robert Gagwyne, for to appease the kynges hyghe dyspleasure, to hī was graūted an hūdreth thousande frankes, whyche after sterlynge mo∣ney amoūteth the summe of .x. thou∣sande li.

ye haue before harde howe y^e erle of Flaūders wyth great ieopardy es∣caped the hādes of Phylyp de Arty∣uele capytayne of Gaūte / & howe he came to Scluse, and there safegar∣ded hym selfe. where wyth all dyly∣gence he gathered vnto hym hys peo¦ple, & made a new reyse vpō the sayd Artyuele. The whyche to hym hadde assocyat as affermeth my sayd auctor xl.M. mē / so that betwene the erle & hym was foughtē a cruell fyghte. wherof in y^e ēde Artiuele was agayn vyctour, & cōstrayned the erle to for∣sake the feelde wyth losse of .x.M. of hys knyghtes / & he hym self escaped wyth great daūger vnto they lande of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 / and dyuers of hys peo∣ple as Frēchmē and other, in a good noumbre fledde vnto a towne called And werpe / where a season they defē∣ded them agayne the malyce of theyr enemyes. In whyche passe tyme this Artyuele cōiecturyng in hys mynde that the Frenche kynge wolde take the erles patty•• / sente vnto hym an ambassad••or message wyth letters / besechynge hym nat to entremedle of thys warre betwene the erle and the Gaūteners / whyche warre the erle had 〈◊〉〈◊〉 onely of tyranny and nat of iustyce, entēdyng vtterly to di¦stroy the auncyēte lybertye & fraun∣chyse. Shewyng also farther; that yf he wolde nat as theyr cōtemplacyon & pr••yer forbere to ayde theyr sayde erle / that thā to defende theyr lyberte & ryght, they wolde seke ayde of the kynge of Englāde. To the whych requeste none answere was made, neyther by the kynge nor by hys coūsayll wherfore thys Artyuele ma¦de strōge prouysyon to wythstande y^e Frēche kynge / and sette a certayne of hys soudyours for to kepe the syege before▪ And werpe, whyle he made p••o¦uysyon for other nedes.

In thys meane whyle the erle went vnto the duke of Burgoyn / & they to∣gyther yode after vnto kynge Char∣les / shewyng to him lamētably what wrōges y^e erle had susteyned of y^e ob∣stynat Gaūteners / besechyng hym of ayde to redres y^e sayd wrōges. which cōplaynt the kyng graciously herde / and benyngly graūted to them theyr petycyon. And natwythstandynge that y^e dede of wynter was cōmyng, he in all haste assembled hys knygh¦tes / & takynge wyth hym, the Oryf∣flambe,

wyth a myghty stronge hoste perced the coūtrey of Flaunders to∣warde Marquet in the ende of y^e mo∣neth of Octobre. wherof heryng Ac∣tyuele / made prouisyon to stoppe the ways,‡ 5.40 by brekyng of brydges and o∣ther meanes / wherby the Frēch hoste was greatly empeched & let / so that wyth great dyffycultye & daunger, they passed y^e riuer of Lyze at a brydg longe defended by the inhabytaūtes of the coūtrey, wyth ayde of theyr ca∣pytayne named Peter wood / whiche there was slayne wyth .iii.M. of hys adheretes. After wynnyng of whiche brydge, the Frenche hoste passed the ryuer, & spoyled the countrey before them / whyche vnto them was moche auaylable, for that cyrcuit•• was inha¦byted with many ryche clothmakers Than the kyng with hys hoste made towarde the mount of Ipre. whereof the dwellers of Ipre beyng ware / fēt out two freers of y^e ordre of prechers, to beseche the kynge to accepte that town and dwellers vnto hys mercy, the whych retourned wyth comfo••∣table answere. wherfore forthwyth yode forthe .xii. of the notablest of y^e towne, & offered the towne and dwel∣lers to be in the kynges power. The whyche offer the kyng accepted / and after entred the towne. Of whome y^e kynge receyued .xl.M. frākes, or .iiii.M.li. sterlynge toward the wagyng of hys knyghtes. And shortely after all the vyllages there toward the see submytted them vnto the king / bryn¦gyng vnto hym certayn capytaynes whyche belonged vnto Phylyppe de Artyuele, wyth also fourthy thousād frankes towarde theyr costes / which capytaynes the kynge commaunded to be fourthe wyth beheded.

whanne kynge Charles hadde taryed fyue dayes at Ipre / worde was broughte to hym that Phylype Artyuele was commynge towarde hym wyth .lx. thousand mē. wherfore the kyng set forwarde hys hoste, & fo¦lowed after as fast as he myght som deale to hys payne, by reasō of rayne & fowle waye that he passed / so that fynally he approched wythin .iii. my∣les of his enmyes. Upō the morowe folowyng theynge the .v. daye of the moneth of Decembre, & yere of oure lordes incarnacion .M.CCC.lxxx. & viii. and begynnyng of the viii. yere of thys Charles / in a playne nere vnto y^e town of Courtray was fough¦ten a cruell batayll. whereof in the be¦gynnyng the Flemynges had the bet¦ter & forced the Frenche hoste to lose place. But in the ende, by specyall cal¦lynge of the Frenche knyghtes vnto our Ladye & other sayntes / halfe by myracle as wytnesseth myne auctor, the Frēchmen opteyned victory, and put the Flemynges to f••yght / & them chased in so cruell wy••e, that by deth in the feelde / & drownyng in mareys and other waters, there was of them slayne at that fyghte vppon .xl.M. Than narowe serche was made for the capytayn Phylyppe de Artyuele. And lastly a flemynge beyng a capy∣tayne of hys sore woūded / sayde that he sawe hym fall in the feelde. where∣uppon serche beyng made / hys caryē was founden oppressed of hys owne people as they fledde. Anone as ty∣dynges came vnto the Flemynges, y^t laye about Andwerpe of the losynge of the felde / they in all haste leuynge theyr ordenaūce behynde thē, fledde frō the syege. That perceyuyng theyr enemyes, issued oute of the towne / and slewe of theym many / & many were drowned in fennys and ma∣rycys.

whanne the Frenche kynge had opteyned thus this glorious victory he than entred the town of Courtray. where he so restynge hym / oratours

were sent to hym frome the towne of Bruges, whyche than hadde newely taken party wyth Artyuele / & wyth y^e paymente of an .C. & .xx.M. frankes or .xii.M.ii. sterlynge money, there made a peace for the sayde towne of Bruges.

And whan the kyng shuld depart from Courtray / he commaunded his knyghtes to bete downe the gates of the same, wythoute harme doynge vnto the people. But the Frenchmen berynge in mynde the rebukes and harmes, whyche they before of that towne had susteyned / bete downe great parte of the walles, robbed and slewe moche of the people, & sette fyre vpon the towne whā they had done. In robbynge of thys towne of Cour¦tray▪ dyuers letters were founde of y^e towne or cytye of Parys, whych con∣teyned the rebellyō of the Parysyen∣ces before declared, wyth comforte to theym for ayde if they neded whyche letters whā they came vnto the kyn∣ges syght, he was wyth theym of Pa¦rys greuously displeased / and for the same, theym by fyne greuously after punysshed. At such tyme as the kyng hadde thus repossessed the erle of the lordshyp of Flaūders / Gaunt yet re∣maynynge in theyr fyrst errour, held theyr towne so strōgely, that nother kynge nor erle myght wynne within theym. All be it that after the French kynge was retourned into Fraunce / they sent certayn oratours vnto him, the whyche he in no wyse wolde suf∣fer to come in hys syght.

In these passed yeres many skyr∣mysshes and fyghtes were done be∣twene the Frēchemen & Englyshmē, whyche some deale are touched in the begynnynge of Rychardes reygne. But nothynge to the honoure of the Frenchemen, as they in theyr crony∣cles boste & auaunce theym selfe. Many mo rebellyōs & insurreccyōs of thys people myght I here brynge in. But for dyuers consyderacions whyche to wyse men maye appere, I thynke it better to spare / & also the re¦hersayll of them wolde aske a longe tracte of tyme. wherefore I passe ouer.

AFter the appeasynge of these inordynate insurreccyōs and murmures, & that the lāde was some deale sette in a quyetnes / kyng Char¦les in the begynnynge of the .ix. yere of hys reygne, maryed Isabell the doughter of the duke of Bauary.* 5.41 In thys yere also dyed Charles y^e kynge of Nauerne a man of great age / and by a wonderfull happe as reherseth myne auetoure. For so it was, that for hys feblenesse or debylyte of age / he by counsayll of physycyons was sowed in a shete wesshed wyth aqua vite, to the ende to rause hys olde body to catche naturall hete. But howe it was, as thys shete was tac∣ked aboute hys bodye / the sewer ta∣kynge hys candell to burne of y^e ende of the trede, or he were ware the fyre fastened in the shete / & so brente hys flessh or it myght be lowsed frō hym, that he caught therof suche dyssease, that he dyed the .iii. daye folowyng. whyche myshappe fell to hym after y^e opynyon of myne auctour by y^e wret¦che of god, as cōdygne meryte for his vnstedfastnesse & vntroth by hym be∣fore vsed, as in sundry places before in the storyes of kyng Iohn̄ & Char∣les hys sonn̄ are manyfestly shewed.

In thys yere also a batayll was done at Parys betwene .ii. knyghtes of the duke of Alenson / whereof the cause ensuyeth. Thys sayd duke had in hys court two knyghtes / whereof that one was named Iohn̄ Carengō or Carongyon, and that other Ia∣quet. Gry••er, whyche were bothe in good fauoure of theyr mayster.

Thys Carongon, were it for delyte to se straunge countreys, or cause of other auenture as pilgrymage or o∣ther, departed out of Fraūce, leuyng hys wyfe in a castel or fortresse of his owne / whyche wyfe was goodly and fayer.

After whose departynge, were it for beauty of the womā or for euyll wyl that he bare towarde hys felow / this Iaquet Gryse entryd the castel, berynge hys wyfe on hande, that he was comyn to se that house, whyche shewed so fayre outwarde. The wo∣man castynge no parell, acceptynge hym for her husbādes frende & hyrs shewed to him the cyrcuite of y^e place. But he in contrary awaytynge hys, praye, whan he sawe the womā farre from company, forsed hyr in suche maner, that contrary hyr wyll he cō∣mysed wyth her auoutry. At whose departyng she gaue vnto hym many rebukeful wordes / sayenge playnlye that yf hyr husbāde euer retourned, she wolde of that velany be reuēged. Thys dede was kepte secrete tyll the retourne of hyr husbande. At whose home commyng, she wyth lamētable countenaunce shewed tyll hyr hus∣bande all the demeanure of the sayd Iaquet.

After whyche complaynte by hyr husbande well vnderstanden / he yode streyght vnto the duke of Alen∣son / requyryng hym to do correccion vpō the auoutrer, or els y^t he myghte trye it with hym in y^e felde by fortune of batayll / whereof nother the duke wolde graunt, but brought the qua∣rell before the kyng. By whose agre∣ment and commaundemente a daye by the kynge was sette to fyghte at Parys. whā the daye of batayll was comen / Carogon broughte hys wyfe vnto the place, to iustyfye hyr for∣mer sayenge. After affyrmacyon whereof / eyther fyrste ranne at other wyth sharpe speres. At whyche course Iaquet wounded hys enemie in the thyghe wyth hys spere. But Carongon beynge wyth it nothynge dysmayed / lyght from hys horse, and bare hym so manfully, that he ouer∣came hys aduersarye, & caused hym to confesse hys offence / for the whych he was streyght drawen vnto the gy¦bet of Parys, and there hāged. And to the sayd Carongon the kyng gaue in rewarde a thousande frākes or a hundreth poūde sterlynge money / & ouer that he gaue vnto hym as an annuall fee or rent two hūdreth fran¦kes, whyche is in value of .xx. poūde sterlynge money.

In these dayes as wytnesseth Gag¦wynus / an anker berynge in hys hande a rede crosse, a man to loke to of goostlye conuersacyon, came vnto the Frēche kynges court. The which by the housholde seruaūtes or famy∣lyers of the court, was lōge kept frō hys presence / all be it that lastelye he was brought vnto hym. To whome he shewed that he was deuynely mo∣nysshed, that he shulde charge hym to absteyne from hys customable vse in leuyenge so often taskes & subsy∣dyes / & yt he dyd nat, he shulde well vnderstande, that the wrath of god was nere to hym to punysshe hym, yf he refused hys commaūdement. The whyche message the kynge toke at small regarde. But shortly after the quene was delyuered of a doughter that dyed soone after. wherefore the kynge callynge to mynde the ankers wordes / for fere of other punysshe∣ment refrayned a season frome leuy∣enge of trybutes and taskes.

But by the exortacion of hys two vnkylles, he in shorte season after tourned to hys former custome. Kynge Charles thus passynge hys tyme wyth greate murmure of hys commons, & rebellyon of the duke of

Brytayn, wyth many other aduersy∣tyes whych were longe to wryte / last¦ly in the .xiiii. yere of hys reygne or nere about, he made warre vpon the people of west Fraunce called in late Cenomanni.

whan Charles was entred thys countrey, whyche was in the domy∣nyon of the duke of Brytayn / y^e duke sent vnto hym messengers, sayenge to hym that he shulde nat nede to in∣uade hys coūtrey wyth so great strē∣ghte / for he and his shuld be hooly at hys commaundement. But of thys message y^e king toke no regard / for as sayth myne auctour, he was nat most wysest prynce, but was ruled by hys housholde seruauntes, and belyued euery lyght tale that was brought to hym / and ouer that he was so lyberal that it was of wyse men accompted more prodygalyte than lyberalitye. As Charles nat wythstandyng this message of y^e duke helde on his iour∣nay / commynge nere vnto a woode, he was sodeynly mette of a man lyke vnto a begger whyche sayde vnto hī whither goest thou syr kyng / beware thou go no farther for thou arte be∣trayed / and into the handes of thyne enemyes thyne owne meyny shall de¦lyuer the▪ wyth thys monyssion of thys poore mā / the kynge was asto∣nyed, & stoode styl, and begā to muse. In whyche study he so beyng / one of hys folowers whyche after hym bare his spere, sleped vpō his horse backe / & in hys so slepyng let hys spere fall vpon the helmet of hys felowe▪ wyth whych stroke the kyng was sodeynly fered, thynkynge hys enemyes had commen vnwarely vpō hym where∣fore he in a gere drewe hys swerde & layed about hym at the geynest, and slewe .iiii. of his knyghtes or he were refrayned / and toke therewyth suche an endelye fere, that he fell therwyth dystraughte.

wherefore he was to a place there by broughte, & lay there in poynte of deth a longe season after, in so moch that the fame ranne that he was ded. But by prayers & other greate dedes of charyte done for hym / lastely he re¦couered and retourned vnto Parys. And for he was nat yet retourned to hys perfyghte helthe / his two vncles than beynge that one duke of Berry, & that other duke of Burgone, toke vpon them by auctoryte of the esta∣tes of the lande, to rule the realm for that season / in whyche season diuers officers were altered & chaūged. The kyng thus contynuyng his lykenes / many interludes and games were deuysed for the kynges recreacyon & comforte.

And vppō a season he beynge lod¦ged in the quenes lodgynge in the subarbes of saynte Marcell / dyuers noble men of the courte made a dys∣guysynge, and apparayled theym in lynnen clothes glewed vnto theyr na¦ked bodyes wyth pytche / & florisshed theym wyth dyuerse colours & oyles so that they were couered all excepte the faces / and thus apparayled with torche lyghte entred the Chaumbre where as the kyng was, and there in goodly maner shewed theyr disport / so that the kynge was therewith wel contented.

But were it of rechelesnesse or of some ••uyl disposed person / fyre was put to the vestures of the disguysers / the whyche anone was vppon suche a flame, that no man there coulde quenche it. wherfore the sayd disguy¦sers beynge by reason of pytche and oyles greuously turmented, ranne into pyttes and waters whyche they myghte sonest attayne ••nto / and so wyth greate dyffyculte saued theym selfe.

In meane tyme whereof, the chaū¦ber beynge wyth the same tyred,

grewe in so greate a flame, that in shorte whyle the more parte of that lodgynge was consumed / to y^e great fere of y^e kynge and other astates thā there beynge presente, and augmen∣tynge agayne of his former sykenes / so that certayne appoyntementes to be holdē betwene hym and Rychard kynge of Englande, were for that tyme put of.

IN the .xvi. yere of thys Char∣les / the maryage of peace be∣twene bothe realmes was concluded and fynysshed at Calays / as before I haue shewed to you in the .xix. yere of kyng Rycharde. And that trium¦phe fynysshed / Charles at the cōtem∣placyon and prayer of the kynge of Hungry, sent vnto hym Phylyp erle of Arroys, wyth dyuers other knygh¦tes in good noumber, to ayde y^e sayd kynge agayne the Turkys. The whyche after that they hadde there a season warred / the capytaynes & the more party of the Frenchemen, of the Turkys were dystressed & slayne / & many taken prisoners to theyr great charge.

Thys Charles thus contynuyng hys lykenesse / two freres of saynte Augustynes order beynge desyrous of money, toke vppon theym to cure the kyng. And after they had shauen hys hede and mynistred to hym medi¦cyns / the kynge dayly febled in suche wyse y^t he was nye dede. For whiche cōsyderacyon / they examyned by phy¦losophers and doctours of physyke & founden vncunnynge, were degra∣ded of theyr presthode, & after behed∣ded. To thys folye were these fre∣tes broughte, by the excytynge of the duke of Burgoyne as the common fame went.

In the .xix. yere of thys Charles the lande of Fraunce was greuously vexed wyth the plage of ipydymye / of whyche sykenesse a greate multy∣tude of people dyed. And that yere was there also sene a blasynge starre of wonderfull bygnes, wyth stremes apperynge to mēnes syghte of moste feruent brennynge. In thys yere also Charles herynge of y^e subduyng of kynge Rycharde, sente into Eng∣lande two of hys housholde knygh∣tes / requyrynge kynge Henry the fourth than newelye made kynge, to sende home hys doughter Isabell latelye maryed vnto kyng Rychard, wyth suche do war as wyth hyr was promysed.

In doynge of whyche message kynge Henry toke such dyspleasure, that as sayeth Gagwinus myne auctour, he threwe the sayde twoo knightes in prysone / where through one of theym named Blanchet dyed in Englande, and that other called Henry, after greate sykenesse retour∣ned into Fraunce. And shortely after kynge Henry sente the sayde dame Isabell vnto Calays / where she was ioyously receyued of the Frenchemen, and so conueyed vnto hyr sayde father, whyche as yet was nat of hys sykenesse cured. By reason whereof among the lordes of Fraūce, eueryche of them coueytyng to haue rule, great dyssencion & ma∣lyce begā to kendle / and specyallye betwene the dukes of Orleaunce, of Burgoyne, and of Berry. Than the duke of Orleaunce entēdyng to pro∣mote hys cause / vnknowyng the o∣ther lordes, allyed hym wyth y^e duke of Geldre, & strēghthed hym wyth .v.C. men of hys, & so entred the feeldes of Parys. And in lyke maner y^e duke of Burgoyne wyth a stronge cōpany kept an other cooste of y^e countrey.

Natwythstandyng by meanes of other lordes these two dukes were kept a sunder / & at lenghte y^t duke of Orleyaunce by the kynges comaun¦dement

that somewhat was than a∣mended, was ordayned regente of the realme. The whiche anone as he was sette in auctoryte / fell to all ra∣uyne, and oppressed the people with cotydyan taskes and tallages / and y^e spirituall men with dymes & other exaccyons. wherfore by reason of the studyentes of Parys, he was at len∣gthe discharged of that dignyte, and the duke of Burgoyne for hym put in auctoryte. Than the duke of Or∣leyaunce beynge discontented, yode vnto Lucēbourgth a towne in highe Almayne, & sought agayne ayde of the duke of Geldre foresayd. But by his frendes he was so aduertysed, y^t with his owne folkes he returned in¦to Fraunce. But yet the malyce and stryfe a twene hym and the duke of Burgoyne seased nat.

About this season or soone after, dyed the duke of Brytayne. And as affermeth the auctour afore named / kyng Henry y^e .iiii. maryed his wyfe. wherof hering y^e duke of Burgoyne, with a company of .vi.M. knyghtes entred Brytayne / & there by strength toke from her, her .iii. sonnes named Iohn̄, Richard, & Arthure / & presen∣ted them vnto kynge Charles. In y^e xxii. yere of this Charles, was borne of Isabell hys wyfe a man chylde, which also was named Charles / the which after the deth of his father, vn¦to y^e great aduersyte of all the realme of Fraūce, was king of that realme / & contrary the appointment taken a twene Henry the .v. after kynge of Englande, and thys Charles the fa∣ther nowe of Fraunce kynge / as af∣ter shall more appere in the story of the sayde kynge Henry the fyfte.

In this yere also was dame Isa∣bell somtyme wyfe of Rycharde la∣telye kynge of Englande, maryed vnto Charles eldeste sonne of the duke of Orleyaunce. And Iohn̄ the eldyste of the .iii. forenamed sonnes of the duke of Brytayne lately dede / toke to wyfe Margarete y^e doughter of kynge Charles. And Phylyppe duke of Burgoyne dyed soone after / leauynge an heyre after hym named Iohn̄. The whyche after he was gyrde with the swerde of the duchye of Burgoyne / he anone by euyll en∣tysynge and counsell, areryd warre agayne the duke of Orleyaunce, to the great dysturbaunce of all the realme. For the sayde duke of Or∣leyaunce was a prynce of a wonder¦full hyghe courage, and desyrous of great honoure / and after the say∣enge of Gagwynus coueyted to be kynge of Fraunce. The whyche went to Auyngnyon / where as than sate the .xiii. Benet thā pope duryng the scisme, and admytted by some of the Cardynalles after the dethe of Clement y^e .vi. To whiche Benet the said duke made great labour, to de∣pryue the Uniuersite of Parys from y^e great auctoryte y^t it at those dayes stode in / whiche was of merueylous auctoryte than, as sayeth the forena∣med auctour. In thys whyle thus endurynge the lande full of myse∣ryes & aduersites / the quene which y^t moche fauoured the dukes partie ac¦companyed with the sayd duke rode to take her dysporte of huntynge in to the countrey of Meldon. To whi¦che place she sente letters vnto the Dolphyn by y^e duke of Bauary her brother, that he with hys wyfe whi∣che was doughter vnto the duke of Burgoyne, shulde come for to dys∣porte theym. whereof Iohn̄ thanne duke of Burgoyne beynge warned / suspected the quene, that she wyth ayde of the duke wolde conueye the Dolphyn into Germanye, and there to holde hym at theyr pleasures. And to e••peche that purpose / he ī all ha••e sped him towarde y^e Dolphyn /

and contrary the mynde of the duke of Bauarye whiche than was vpon his waye with the sayd Doulphyne towarde the quene, retourned hym and lodged him in a stronge castell called Lupar. whereof herynge the duke of Orleyaunce / assembled to hym a cōpany of .vi. thousande kny∣ghtes & came agayne towarde Pa∣rys, where as that tyme the duke of Burgoyne was. And he herynge of y^e dukes cōmyng, made him stronge to receyue hym. To whome the cy∣tezens of Parys were fauourable & aydynge, for the euyll wyll that they before bare vnto the duke of Orley∣aunce / & also for they hoped by hym to be defended from taskes and tal∣lages. Thus contynuynge the pro∣uisyon vpon bothe partyes to mete shortely in playne batayle / suche po∣lytike meanes was foūde by a noble man called Mountague, that a con∣corde and vnyte was for that tyme by hym sette atwene the sayd dukes. And for that newe occasyon shulde nat by presēce kyndle atwene them / therfore y^e duke of Orleyaunce with hys company was sent into Guyan, to warre vpon the englysshemen / & that other vnto Calays to lay syege vnto that towne. The which before had prepared a wonderfull engyne sette vpon whelys / by the strength wherof he thoughte to wreke greate dysturbaunce vnto the sayd towne / & as sayth myne auctour Gagwyne, was in great hoope to recouer it a∣gayne to the subieccyon of the house of Fraūce. But that hope was soone dyspayred / for it was nat longe after or the sayd duke by the kynge was countermaunded and returned. And the duke of Orleyaunce, after he knewe that rescous were commyng frō Burdeaux / he remoued his siege layde by hym to Burgus a towne of Guyan / & so returned into Fraunce, to his cōfusyon as after shall appere.

IN the .xxvii. yere of this Char∣les / the former malyce and en∣uye contynuyng in the brestes of the sayd dukes of Orleyaunce and of Burgoyne / as the sayd duke of Or∣leyaunce was goynge towarde hys lodgynge in the nyght of the .x. daye of Decembre, fell vpon him certayne knyghtes, of the whiche one named Rafe Auctouyle was leder / & slewe hym nere vnto a gate of the cytie of Parys named Barbet gate.

After whyche murder fynysshed / y^e sayde sir Rafe with hys adherentes fledde vnto the place of the erle of Ar¦toys, where the duke of Burgoyne vsed accustomably to resorte. And y^e dede corps was soone after by suche as came to y^e exclamacyō, with also a seruaūt of his with him slaine / borne into y^e next houses. whan the rumour of this murder was blowen about y^e cytie / anone Lewys vncle vnto the kynge and than kynge of Scecyle, the dukes of Berry and of Burbon with other, drewe thyder / and there with lamentacyon beholdynge the corps, commaunded prouisyon to be made for the buryenge of it within the monastery of Celestynes / where vpon the seconde day folowynge, he was buryed wyth great pompe. whome amōge other lordes folowed to his buryenge the duke of Bur∣goyne, nat without great suspicyon of the sayd murder. And that enterre¦ment with due obseruaunce fynys∣shed / auctoryte was gyuen vnto .ii. knyghtes named Roberte Tuyller & Peter Orpheuer, to make enquery for the murder of this prince. wher∣of the duke of Burgoyne beynge as∣certayned, voyded the cytie, & brake the brydge of saynte Maxence after hym, that pursute after hym shulde nat be made / and so hastely spedde

hym, that that nyght folowynge he came to Andwarpe, whiche is vpon an .C. myle from Parys. whan Char¦les the kyng harde of the escape of y^e sayd duke / feryng leste he wolde ac∣cuse hym to be consentyng vnto that euyll dede, sent vnto hym comforta∣ble messages / so that the sayde duke without warre restyd all that wyn∣ter, sometyme in Arthoys, and an o∣ther whyle in Flaunders at his plea¦sure. In the whiche pastyme he sente into dyuers places of Fraunce son∣dry accusacyons of the duke before slayne, that he entēded to depose the kyng, and to take vpon hym the rule & gouernaunce of the realme, and to haue poysoned the sayd kyng, as by dyuers tokens by hym affermed for perfourmaūce of the same. And also that the said duke of Orleyaūce was cause of fyrynge of y^e disguysers gar¦mentes before shewed, to the ende to brynge the kyng in more daunger of syckenes, or els to be consumed with the same fyre / with sondry other dista¦macyons, as leuyenge of taskes and imposicyons of the people, to his sin¦guler auauntage and hougely enry∣chynge, wherby he myghte the soner attayn vnto his said purpose. Thus contynuyng this great vnkyndenes atwene the duke of Burgoyne, and the sonne and other of his blode of y^e duke of Orleyaunce / the said duke a¦gayne the begynnynge of the yere, herynge that the king and the quene were departed from Parys to Char∣ters, assēbled to hym a strōge power of Holāders & other, and came vnto Parys, in which cytie he moch trus∣ted / to the ende to cause the kynge, y^e quene, and the Doulphyn, to whome he hadde maryed hys doughter, for to retourne vnto Parys. And to strengthe hys partye, he broughte with hym wyllyam erle of Hanster / which wyllyam was a man of great strengthe and allyaunce, and hadde maryed hys syster vnto the duke of Burgoyne foresayde / and hys dou∣ghter and heyre vnto one of kyng Charles sonnes / and was gossyppe vnto the quene. For whyche sayde, consyderacyons, the sayde erle enten¦dynge the weale of that realme of Fraunce, laboured suche wayes and meanes, that by hym for that tyme a concorde and vnytie was dryuen and made atwene the two dukes of Orleyaunce and Burgoyne, wyth assured othes and necessary actes to that concorde belongynge / and the king with his retynewe was agayne retourned vnto Parys. These du∣kes thus appeased, and the duke of Burgoyne agayne restored to the go¦uernaunce of the realme / assocyate vnto hym the kynge of Nauerne, whyche varyed nat from his fathers vnstable condycyons / so that by him newe occasyons of stry••e and vary∣aunce were moued atwene the sayde dukes and theyr allyes. For fyrste they soughte occasyon agayne the forenamed Mountague, a man of great wysedome and honoure in the kynges courte, and especyall frende vnto the duke of Orleyaunce / and by theyr malyce and vntrewe surmy¦ses fynally putte to dethe. And one named Peter Essayer or Sayer thā prouoste of the cytie of Parys or go¦uernoure, they admytted to the rule of the kynges treasoury / and other dyuers offyces suche as were any thynge fauoured of the duke of Or∣leaūce, they clerely dyscharged. The whyche for theyr relefe and comfort resorted vnto the sayde duke, shew∣ynge to him all y^e demeanure of their aduersaryes / addynge thervnto, y^e all suche conuencyons concernynge the amyte atwene hym and the duke of Burgoyne before sworne & enac∣ted, were clerely adnulled & broken.

with these tydynges the duke beyng fyred with newe malyce, accompa∣nyed to hym the dukes of Berry, of Burbon, and of Alenson, the erles of Rychemounte, of Alyberte, and of Armenake, with other nobles nat a fewe / by whose counsels he deter∣myned to be auenged vpon the duke of Burgoyne & other his fautours. wherof the sayde duke beynge mo∣nisshed, drewe him towarde Parys, and strengthed the fortresses as he yode. To thys duke of Burgoyne was brother the duke of Brabande named Anthony, a man of great poly¦cye and wysedome / the whych fore∣castynge the great shedynge of chry∣sten mannes blode, with many other inconuenyences lykely to haue en∣sued of this varyaunce atwene these two dukes, made suche affectuous labour, that with great diffyculte he pacifyed them agayne for that tyme / and brought them to personall com∣municacyon, and lastely to amyable and frendely departynge. After whi∣che concorde and amyte thus agayn concluded / the duke of Burgoyne de¦parted into Pycardy, leauynge be∣hynde him the fore named Peter Es∣sayr to rule the cytie of Parys. The whiche shortely after drewe to hym suche persones, as before tyme had vexed and distourbed y^e duke of Or∣leyaunce frendes & seruauntes with in that cytie. By whose meanes the sayd Peter sought fyrste occasyon a∣gayne a knight named Uenyt Thor¦ney / and by false suggestyon smote fyrste of his hede, and after dyd hys body to be hanged vpon the cōmon gybet of Parys, in dyspyte of y^e sayd duke as testifyeth myne Auctoure. wherwith y^e duke beynge wondersly amoued / resembled his knyghtes, & spedde hym towarde a towne named

And for to strengthe ano∣ther towne named, he sente a certayne nombre of his knyghtes / chargyng them with the dwellers to withstande the force of his enemies. Of this hearynge the duke of Bur∣goyne / anone gathered vnto him the noumbre of .xvi.M. flemynges and Pycardes / and sped hym vnto the sayde towne of And so with his instrumentes of warre assayled the gate of the sayde towne, whyche leadeth towarde saynt Quintyne, y^t in shorte space the sayde Flemynges wan the entre of the towne. In why¦che meane season the dwellers wyth the other soudyours by a backe way or water, wherof the maner by thys auctoure is nat expressyd / lefte the towne, & yode vnto the duke of Orley¦aunce beynge as yet at the foresayde towne of whan the Flemyn¦ges were entered the towne, & foūde it deserte of people and pillage / were it for that they lacked theyr praye, or for other cause here nat shewed / they toke suche vnkyndenes agayne the duke, that for prayer nor yet for ma∣nasses they wolde nat with hym any lenger tary / but returned them home in all hastely spede towarde theyr owne countrey. So that the duke was fayne to withdrawe / and for the more suretie, to aske ayde and helpe of Englysshemen / and so was hol∣pen by the prynces comforte Henrye sonne of Henry the .iiii, as after shall be touched in the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry.

IN the .xxxi. yere of thys kynge Charles, whiche was the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry than kynge of Englande / the duke of Orleyaunce seynge his enemye was turned from Parys, caused suche Brydges as be¦fore by his said enemye were broken to be reedyfyed. By the whyche he passed the ryuer tyll he came to saint Denys / where as than he fande a ca¦pytayne

a noble man named syr Iohn̄ Cabylon of the dukes of Bur¦goyne, there lefte by hym to strength the towne. The whiche syr Iohn̄, cō¦sideryng y^e wekenes of y^e said towne. with also his lacke of strēgth / yelded him & the towne vnto the duke / swe∣rynge to him by solempne othe, that after y^e daye he shulde neuer bere ar∣mes agayne hym. In this pastyme an other capytayne of the Burgony∣ons called Gancourt, secretely by night wan vpon the frenche men the brydge of saynte Clodalde. But nat longe after the duke of Orleaunce sent thyther certayne Brytons / the whiche agayne recouered the sayde brydge, & helde it vnto y^e sayd dukes vse. In whyche tyme and season the duke of Burgoyne recouerynge hys strength, passed the brydge of Me∣lent, & so came vnto the cytie of Pa∣rys / and the daye folowynge wyth helpe of the cytesyns recouered the abouesayd brydge of saynt Clodald, and dystressed vpon a .M. Brytons, whyche had the warde of the same. Then the duke of Orleaunce made out of saynte Denys ouer Sayne brydge towarde Parys. wherof that other duke beynge warned, refused the cytye / and with the kynge than there beynge present, remouyd wyth the Dolphyne to the towne called Stamps / and sent y^e erle of Marche named Iamys, wyth a certeyne kny∣ghtes to a towne named to strength it ageyne the duke of Orle∣aunce. The whyche of the sayde du∣kes knyghtes was encountred with and taken, and so sent to pryson. wherof herynge the duke of Bur∣goyne, in shorte processe after retour¦ned vnto Parys wyth the kyng and dolphyne / and the duke of Orleaūce yode to a towne called Seyntclowe.

And in the .xxxii. yere of thys sayd kynge Charles, by counceyll of the duke of Berry and other, seyng that the sayde cytye of Parys was so let agayne hym wyth also the kynge & the dolphine, sent a noble man of his hoste named Alberte vnto Henry the iiii yet kynge of Englande, to re∣quyre hym of ayde to withstande the tyrannye of the duke of Burgoyne, that wyth hys complyces entendyd to subuerte the realme of Fraunce. To this requeste kynge Henry gaue good eare, and lastely graunted to hys petycyon / & sent thyder as sayth the Frenche cronycle, Thomas hys sonne duke of Clarence / also y^e duke of yorke, wyth Iohn̄ erle of Corne∣wayle, accompanyed wyth .viii.C. knyghtes and sowdyours, & a thou∣sande archers. The whych company, when they were landed in Fraunce, & herde y^t the French lordes were in treaty of peace, & no man to thē gaue wages as they tofore were {pro}mysed / fell vpon a towne called and it ryffled / & therin toke as prysoners the abbot of that monastery wyth other, and cōueyed thē to Burdeaux, and after into Englande / where for theyr fynaunce & other money due of olde by the Frenche kynge, as affer∣meth Gagwyne, they remayned ma∣ny yeres after. And that the Englysh men were thus departed, albeit that in the Englysshe cronycle and .xiii. yere of the forenamed kynge Henry, of them is other report made / the lor¦des of Fraunce retourned to theyr olde discēcyon & contynued in longe stryfe / wherof the cyrcūstaunce were longe and tedyouse to tell, & to shewe the vnstablynesse of them, how some whyle the duke of Orleaunce was fauoured of the kynge and the dol∣phyne, and there agayne the duke of Burgoyne cleyne out of conceyte. The which cōtencyō thus enduryng kyng Henry y^e iiii. dyed / and Henry his son y^e .v. Henry, was admitted for

kyng of Englande after hym / that shortly after sent his ambassadours vnto the Frenche kynge, arynge of him his doughter Katheryne in ma∣ryage as affirmeth the frenche boke. But dyuers other wryters shewe, y^t he asked the hoole landes due to him within the realme of Fraūce, by rea∣son of the composicion made in tyme passed, atwene his progenytour Ed∣warde the thyrde, & Iohn̄ than king of Fraunce. And for he was dysdey∣nously answered / he therfore made vpō them sharpe warre, as in the .iii. yere of y^e sayd Hēry after some deale dothe appere. By reason of whyche warre, the cyuyle batayle or stryfe y^e longe whyle had cōtynued amonge the frenche men, than dyd aswage. For in the .iii. yere of this Henry, whi¦che was the .xxxv. yere of this Char∣les / the said Henry inuaded y^e realme of Fraunce, & had at Egyncourte a tryumphant victory / as in the sayde thyrde yere of Hēry the .v. is more at lengthe declared. Than it foloweth in the story, after many townes and stronge holdes by the englysshe men in sondry places of Fraūce opteined / in y^e .xxx. & .viii. yere of this Charles, a frenche man named y^e lorde of the Ile of Adam & Iohn̄ Uyllers in pro¦per name, gatheryng to hym a com∣pany of tyrauntes to the nombre of .CCC. or mo / wherof many were old seruaūtes of the kynges housholde, & than put out by y^e Dolphyn & other that than had the rule of the kynge / by treason of a clerke opteyned the keyes of one of the Gates of Parys, and so entred the cytie by nyght / & by a watche worde amonge them deuy¦sed, assocyate to them many Burgo∣nyons / and so beynge stronge, yode where the kyng was, and gate y^e rule of his {per}sone. And that done, all suche as they myght fynde that than bare any rule, they slewe by one meane & other / so that vpon y^e day folowyng, was nombred of dede corfes wythin the cytie vpon .iiii.M. Amonge the whiche, of noble men was Henry de Marle than Chaunceller of Fraūce, & Graun••pre with many other. And for to haue the more assystence of the cōmon people / the sayd Uyllers set y^e kyng vpon an horse, and ladde hym about the cytie, as he that had small reason to guyde hym selfe / & so ruled all thyng as he & his cōpany wolde. wherfore the Dolphyn feryng to fall in the daunger of so wylde a cōpany, yode to Meldune or / and there called to hym suche as then were lefte on lyne to withstāde these tyrauntes, and y^e duke of Burgoyne than beynge within the cytie, & com∣passer of all thys myschefe as some construed and demed. After whyche company to hym gathered he retur∣ned to the cytie of Parys, and assay∣led one of the gates. But whanne he sawe y^e cytezens toke partye agayne hym, he thoughte his trauayle loste. wherfore without great assaute ma∣kyng, he called thence his knightes, and so departed agayne to the place whiche he came fro / and from thens vnto Thuron, in appeasynge the countreys & townes as he went, whi¦che at those dayes were farre out of frame. And than in the .xxxix. yere of the sayd Charles / king Henry the .v. landed with a strōge power at a pla∣ce called Touke in Normandy / and after layde syege to manye stronge holdes and townes & them wanne, as Cane, Phaleys, Roan, and other / as in the .vi. yere of the sayd Henrye folowynge is more at lengthe decla∣red. In tyme of whyche warre thus made by kynge Henry / the Dolphyn and the duke of Burgoyne, eyther of them prouyded to defende the ma¦lyce of the other / in so moche that as testyfyeth the frenche cronycle,

the duke was aduysed to haue taken partie with the Englisshemen. This sayeng as wytnesseth an auctour na¦med Floure of hystoryes, which tou∣cheth in laten many gestes & dedes done by kynges of Englāde / sayeth that the Frenche men bryng in that, for to excuse theyr infortune & cow∣erdyse / by reason whereof they loste nat all onely theyr lande, but also the honoure & name of the same. Than lastely the duke beynge of mynde by exortacyon of Phylyppe Iosquyne and Iohn̄ de Tolongn̄, with also a lady called the countesse of Grat / the duke was reconsyled vnto the Dol∣phyne / and a day of metynge apoyn∣ted at Monstruell, where eyther of them shulde be accōpanyed with .x. lordes onely without mo. At why∣che day the sayd prynces with theyr assygned lordes beynge assembled / many reasons and argumētes were layde and replyed vpon bothe sydes. By occasyon wherof one of the Dol∣phyns company sodainly drewe hys knyfe and strake the duke vnto the harte, so that he dyed soone after. whyche murder was supposed to be done by a knyght called Tanguyde de Chastell / whyche oftyme passed had ben famylyer seruaunt with the duke of Orleyaūce before slayne, by meanes of the sayde duke of Bur∣goyne.

After whiche murder thus com∣mytted / the lande of Fraunce was broughte in moche more stryfe & va∣ryaunce / in so moche that Phylyppe the sonne of the sayde Iohn̄ duke of Burgoyne beynge than in Parys, & hauynge the rule of y^e kynge and the cytie, toke partie with the Englysshe men agayne y^e Dolphyn. By reason wherof as sondry wryters agre, king Henryes {per}tie was greatly augmen∣ted & holpen / so that fynally kynge Henry opteyned moche of his wyll / & shortly after maryed dame Kathe∣ryne doughter of Charles kynge in the .xli. yere of his reygne, with assu∣raunce & promyse of the inherytaūce of the realme of Fraunce to him and his heyres after the dethe of the said Charles / as to you more plainly shal be shewed in the .viii. yere of the said Henry the fyfte. After whyche ma∣ryage concluded and fynysshed / yet y^e Dolphyn ceased nat to make newe mocyons & sterynges. Durynge the whiche, kynge Charles dyed in Oc∣tobre / and was buryed at saynt De∣nys, whan he had reygned in greate trouble vpō the poynt of .xlii. yeres / leauyng after hym as is affirmed by the forenamed auctour Gaguyne, a sonne & Dolphyn of Uyenne called Charles, whiche after was kyng of Frenchemen, and was named Char∣lys the .vii. or the .viii. after some wryters.

Henry the .iiii. Anglia.

HEnry the .iiii. of that name, and sonne of Iohn̄ of Gaunte late duke of Lācas∣ter / toke possessy¦on of the domy∣nion of y^e realme of Englande as before in the ende of the story of the seconde Rycharde is shewed, vpon the laste daye of Sep∣tembre in the yere of our lorde a .M.CCC.lxxxxix / and in the .xix. yere of Charles y^e .vii. than kyng of Fraūce. After whyche possessyon so by hym taken, anone he made newe officers. As the erle of Northumberlande he made Constable of Englande, the erle of westmerlāde was made Mar¦shall, syr Iohn̄ Serle Chaunceller, Iohn̄ Newebery esquyer tresorer, and syr Rycharde Clyfforde knyght

keper of y^e priuey signet. And y^t done, prouysyon was made for hys corona¦cyon agayne the day of translacyō of saynt Edwarde the confessour nexte than commyng. And the parlyament was prolonged tyll the tuysdaye fo∣lowynge the sayd daye of coronacyō. Than vpō the euyn of the sayd daye of coronacyon, the kynge wythin the towre of Londō made .xli. knyghtes of the bate wherof .iii. were hys owne sonnes,* 5.42 & .iii. erles, & .v. lordes. And vpon mondaye beynge the sayd daye of saynt Edwarde & the .xiii. daye of October / he was crowned at west∣mynster of the archebysshop of Caū∣torbury. After whych solempnyte fy∣nysshed an honorable feest was hol∣den wythin the greate halle of west∣mynster. where the kyng beyng set in the mydde see of the table / the arche∣bisshop of Caūtorbury with .iii. other prelates were set at the same table vp¦pon the ryght hāde of the kyng / & the archebysshoppe of yorke wyth other iiii. prelates was set vpō that other hāde of the kyng / & Hēry the kynges eldest sonne stoode vppō the ryghte hande wyth a poyntlesse swerde hol∣dyng vp ryght / & the erle of North∣humberlāde newely made constable, stode vpō the left hāde wyth a sharpe swerd holdē vp ryght. And by eyther of those swerdes, stode .ii. other lor∣des holding .ii. scepters. And before y^e kyng stode all the dynerwhyle the du¦kes of Amnarle of Surrey & of Exce¦ter, wyth other .ii. lordes. And y^e erle of westmerlāde thā newly made Mar¦shal, rode about the halle with many typped staues aboute hym, to se the roume of y^e halle kepte, that offycers myghte wyth ease serue the tables. Of the whych tables the chyefe vpō the ryghte syde of the halle was be∣gunne wyth the Barons of the fyue portes, & at the table nexte the cup∣borde vppō the lefte hande, sate the mayre and hys bretherne the aldemē of Londō. whych mayre than beynge Drewe Barentyne goldsmyth, for seruice there by hym that daye done, as other mayres at euery kynges & quenes coronacion vse for to do / had there a stādyng cuppe of golde. Thā after the seconde course was serued / syr Thomas Dymmoke knyght be∣ynge armed at all peaces, & syttynge vpō a good stede, rode to the hygher parte of the halle / & there before the kynge caused an herowde to make proclamacyon, that what mā wolde saye that kynge Hēry was nat ryght full enherytoure of the crowne of En¦gland, & ryghtfully crowned / he was there redy to wage wyth hym batayl than, or suche tyme as it shuld please the kynge to assygne. whyche procla∣macyon he caused to be made after in iii. sundry places of the halle in En∣glyshe & in Frenche, wyth many mo obseruaunces at hys solemnyte exer∣cysed & done, whyche were longe to reherse.

Than thys feest wyth all honour en∣ded / vpon the morne beyng tuysday, the parliamēt was agayne begunne. And vpon wednysdaye syr Iohanne Cheyny that before that tyme had oc¦cupyed as speker of that parlyamēt, by hys owne labour for cause of such infyrmytyes as he than hadde, was dyscharged / and a squyer named wyllyam Durwarde was electe to that roume for hym.

And thanne was the parlyament and the actes thereof laste called by kynge Rycharde adnulled, and sette at noughte / and the parlyamente holden in the .xi. yere of hys reygne holden for ferme and stable. And the same daye Henry the kynges eldeste sonne was chosen & admytted prynce of walys, and duke of Cornewalle, and erle of Chester, and heyre ap∣paraunte to the crowne. Uppon

the thursdaye folowynge was putte into the comon house a byll, deuysed by syr Iohn̄ Bagot than prysonere in the Towre. whereof the effecte was, that the said sir Iohn̄ confessed that he harde kynge Rycharde saye dyuers tymes and at sondry parlya∣mentes in hys tyme holden, that he wolde haue hys entente and plea∣sure concernynge hys owne maters, what so euer betyde of the resydue. And yf any withstode hys wyll or mynde / he wolde by one meane or other brynge hym out of lyfe.

Also he shewed farther, that king Rycharde shulde shewe and saye to hym at Lychefelde, in the .xxi. yere of hys reygne, that he desyred no lenger to lyue, than to see hys lordes & commons to haue hym in as great awe and drede, as euer they had of any of hys progenytours / so that it myghte be cronycled of hym, y^t none passed hym of honour and dygnite / with condycyon that he were depo∣sed and put from his sayde dygnytie the morowe after. And yf euer it came so to, that he shulde resygne hys kyngelye magestye / he sayde his mynde was to resygne to the duke of Herforde, as to hym that was moste ableste to occupye that honoure. But one thynge he feared, leste he wolde do tyrannye agayne the chur∣che. More ouer he shewed by y^e said byll, that as the sayde syr Iohn̄ Ba∣got rode behynde the duke of Nor∣folke towarde westmynster / the sayd duke layed to hys charge, that he with other of y^e kynges counsell had murdred y^e duke of Glocetyr / y^• which at y^e tyme to the said duke he denyed, & sayd at y^e day he was on lyue. But within .iii. wekes after, the sayde syr Iohn̄ by y^e kynges cōmaundemente was sent with other {per}sones vnto Ca¦lays / where for fere of his owne lyfe, he sawe y^e said murdre put in execu∣cion. And farthermore he shewed, y^t there was no man of honour at that dayes more in fauour with king Ry¦charde, thā was y^e duke of Amnarle / & that by his coūsell he toke y^e lordes, & wrought many other thinges after y^e said dukes aduyce. Also he shewed, y^t he harde the kynge beynge than at Chyltrynlangley swere many great othes, y^t the duke of Herforde nowe kyng, shulde neuer returne into En∣glande / and rather than he shulde a∣gayne enheryte hys fathers landes, he wolde gyue them vnto the heyres of the duke of Glocetyr, and of the erles of Arundell, and of warwyke, at the laste parliament adiuged. And farther he shewed, that of all these matters he sent the said duke know∣lege into Fraunce, by one named Ro¦ger Smerte / admonastynge hym to prouyde by his wysedome to wyth∣stande the kynges malyce, whyche shewed hym to be hys mortall ene∣mye. And lastelye he shewed in the sayde byll, that he harde the duke of Amnarle say vnto sir Iohn̄ Busshey and to syr Henry Grene / I had leuer than .x••. thousande pound, that thys man were dede. And whan they had axed of him whyche man / he said the duke of Herforde / nat for drede that I haue of hys persone, but for so∣rowe and rumours that he is lykely to make within this realme. whiche bylt was than borne vnto the kyn∣ges parlyamente chaumbre, & there ••adde. After redynge whereof / the sayd duke of Amnarle stode vp, and sayd as touchynge suche artycles as in that byll were putte agayne hym, they were false and vntrewe, & that he wolde proue vpon hys body or o∣therwyse as the kynge wolde com∣maunde hym. Upon fryday the said syr Iohn̄ Bagot was brought into the sayd parlyament Chambre, and examyned vpon euery artycle of his

byll all the whych he there affermed Than it was axed of hym what he coulde saye y^e duke of Exceter. where unto he answered and sayed, that he coulde laye nothyng to hys charge. But there is he sayd a yomā in New¦gate called Halle, y^t can say somwhat of you. Than sayd the duke, what so euer he or ye can or lyste to say of me / thys is trouthe that I shall here ex∣presse. Trouth it is that the last tyme that the kyng was at woodstoke, the duke of Northfolke & ye haue hadde me to you into the chapel, and closed the dore vpon vs. And there ye made me to swere vpō the sacrament there present, to kepe suche counsayll as there ye shuld than shewe vnto me. where after ye shewed to me, that ye coulde neuer brynge your purpose a¦bout, whyle syr Iohn̄ of Gaunt late duke of Lācastre lyued. wherfore ye were aduysed for to haue shortely af∣ter a coūsayll at Lychefelde / by the whyche ye cōdiscended y^t the sayd syr Iohn̄ shuld be arested, in such maner that he shuld haue occasyō to disobey y^t areste / by reason wherof by chaūce medley he shuld be there slayn. wher∣unto my coūsayl thā was, y^t the kyng shulde calle hys secrete coūsayll / & yf they agreed thereunto, I for my part wolde agree vnto y^e same. To which sayeng syr Iohn̄ Bagot gaue none answere. And vpō saterday, the sayd Bagot & Halle were bothe broughte into the parlyament chaūbre, & there examined / and after coūtrymaunded to prysone. And as soone as they were departed / the lorde Fitz water stoode vp and sayde. Moste redough¦ted souerayne lorde, where as y^e duke of Amnarle hath before tymes and nowe lately, excused hym of the deth of the duke of Glouceter / I saye and wyll iustyfye it, that he was cause of hys deth and that I shall proue vpō hys body yf your grace be so conten∣ted. To the cōtrary whereof the duke wyth sharpe wordes answered / so that gaugys of batayll were offered of bothe partyes, and sealed and de∣lyuered vnto the lorde Marshall. Than partyes beganne to be taken amonge the lordes / in so moche that the duke of Surrey toke party•• with the duke of Amnarle / and sayde that all that by hym was done, was done by constraynte of Rycharde thanne kynge / and he hym selfe and other consented parforce to the same. where agayne the sayde lorde Fytz water and other replyed. wherfore sylence was commaūded / and forth∣wyth the fore named Halle for that he hadde confessed before the lordes, that he was one of theym that putte to deth the duke of Gloucetyr at Ca¦lays / he therefore was iuged to be drawen frome the towre of London vnto tybourne / and there to be han∣ged and quartered.

The whyche execucion was done vppon the mondaye folowynge. Thus wyth these causes and many other thys parlyamente contynued, tyll a newe mayre named Thomas Knolles grocer was admytted and sworne, vppon the daye folow∣ynge the feaste of Symonde and Iude.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xcix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.
Grocer.	wyllyam walderne.
Thomas Knolles.		Anno .i.
	wyllyam Hyde.

IN this fyrst yere of king Hen∣ry the .iiii. yet lastinge the fore∣sayd parlyament / vpon the wednys∣daye nexte folowyng the feest of Sy¦monde and Iude, the lorde Morley appealed the erle of Salesburye of treason / & caste his hoode for a gage to trye with him by batayle. The whiche sayenge he replyed / and caste from him his gloues for a gauge, to proue his sayeng false and vntrewe / whiche were there sealed and delyue¦red vnto y^e lorde Marshall. And vp∣on the monday passed an act, that no lorde nor other persone of no degre, shulde after that day laye for his ex∣cuse any constraynte or coartynge of hys prynce, in executynge of any wronge iugemente or other crymy∣nous and vnlefull dedes, sayenge y^t for feare they durste none otherwyse do / for suche excuse after that daye shall stande hym in none effecte. And also that all sheryffes may yelde ac∣compte in the escheker vppon theyr othes / and that they be chaunged in all shyres yerely. And also that no lorde nor other man of myght, gyue any gownes or lyuereys to any of theyr tenauntes or other persones, excepte onely theyr housholde & mey¦nyall seruaūtes. And also than was enacted, that all repyers and other fysshers from Rye and wynchylsee & other coostes of the sees syde, shulde sell it them selfe in Cornehyll & chepe and other stretes of London, to all men that wolde of theym bye it / ex∣cepte fysshemongers and other that wolde bye the sayde fysshe, to make sale of it agayne.

And vpon the wednysday folow∣ynge / was enacted that Rycharde late kynge of Englande, shulde for hys mys gouernaunce of the realme be holdyn in suche prysone as the kynge wolde assygne, durynge hys naturall lyfe. And than the kynge graunted to all persones generall pardones / so that they were fette out of the Chauncerye by Alhalowne∣tyde nexte folowynge / excepte suche persones as were present at the mur¦der of the duke of Gloucester. And in thys whyle was the archebysshop of Caunterbury restored to his chur¦che of Caunterburye / and doctour Roger, whyche there was sette by kynge Rycharde, was remoued and sette in the see of London / with the whyche he was ryghte well conten∣ted. And thanne was the erle of A∣rundelles sonne restored to all hys fathers la••des, with dyuers other before by kynge Rycharde dyshery∣ted. And shortely after was the said parlyament dyssolued / and euerye man had deycence to departe to hys owne. And than was Rycharde late kynge had vnto the castell of Ledes in Kente, a•• there kepte. And pro∣uisyon was hade at wyndesore for the kynge to ••epe there hys Chryst∣mas. In whiche pastyme the dukes of Amnate, of Surrey, and of Exe∣tyr, wit•• the erles of Salesburye and of Glocester, with other of theyr affyny•• / made prouisyon for a dys∣guysynge or a mummynge to be shewe•• to the king vpon Twelf the nyght•• / and the tyme was nere at hande and all thynge redy for the same. Upon the sayde .xii. daye came secrete••ye vnto the kynge the duke of Amnarle / and shewed to hym that he with the other lordes afore na∣med, were appoynted to slee hym in the tyme of the foresayd dysguysyng shewynge / wherfore he aduysed hym to pro••yde for hys owne suretye. At who'e warnynge the kynge se∣cretelye d••parted frome wyndesore / and came the same nyghte to Lon∣don. wherof the sayd lordes beynge ware, and that theyr counsell was bewrayed / fledde in all haste west∣warde.

But the kynge caused hasty pursute to be made after thē / so that shortely after the duke of Surrey & the erle of Salysbury were taken at Syrcetyr / where they were streyght behedyd, and theyr heddes sent at London and sette vpon the brydge. And at Oxenforde were taken syr Thomas Blont and sir Benet Sely knyghtes, and Thomas wyntercell esquyre / the whych were there hedyd and quarteryd, and theyr hedes sent to London brydge. And at Pytwell in Essex was taken syr Iohn̄ Hol∣land duke of Exetyr / & after brought to Plasshy a place faste ••y, where he was behedyd / and after ••ys hedde was sent to London and lette there wyth the other vppon 〈◊〉〈◊〉 brydge pyght vpon a stake. And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 about the same tyme at Bry••o••e was ta∣ken the lorde Spencer than erle of Glouceter and there be••••dyd, and hys hede sent vnto London brydge. And in the same yere, s•••• Barnarde Brokeys, syr Iohn̄ Se••, syr Iohn̄ Maundeley, and syr Iohi Fereby knyghtes and clerkes, wee taken as prysoners in the towre of Londō / and soone after foriudged, ••••nged and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 / and theyr heddes ••••so set vppon London brydge. In ••hyche passetyme, Rycharde late kyng was remoued frome the castell of Ledys in Kent, and sent vnto Pou••tfreyt castell.

In this yere also as before is tow¦ched in the .xix. yere of the .vii. Char∣lys / kynge Henry sent vnto C••••eys Isabell late quene of England, and wyfe vnto Rycharde lately kynge / and wyth hyr greate treasour and many ryce Iewellys, as te••yfyeth the Englysshe cronycle / and there re¦ceyued by the Frenchmen undersafe conduyte passynge, and by them con¦ueyed vnto hyr father into Fraūce / and after maryed vnto Charlys son and heyre to the duke of Orleaunce, as before I haue shewed in the .xxii. yere of hyr sayde fathers reygne.

Than it foloweth in the story of kynge Henry / whan he hadde ferme∣ly consydered the greate conspyracy agayne hym by the forenamed lor∣des and other persons entendyd and imagyned to hys distruccyon / and releuynge of Rycharde late kynge he in auoydynge of lyke daunger, prouyded to put the sayde Rycharde out of thys present lyfe / and shorte∣ly after the opynyon of moste wry∣ters he sente a knyghte named syr Pyers of Exton vnto Pountfreyte castell / where he wyth .viii. other in hys companye, fell vppon the sayde Rycharde late kynge, and hym my∣serably in hys chaumber slewe / but not wythout reuengemente of hys dethe. For or he were felled to the grounde / he slewe of the sayde .viii. foure men, with an axe of theyr own. But lastely he was wounded to deth by the hande of the sayde syr Pyers of Exton, and so dyed.

After execucyon of whyche dedely dede, the sayde syr Pyers toke great repentaunce, in so myche that lamen¦tably he sayde, alas what haue we done / we haue now put to deth hym that hath ben our souerayne & drad lorde, by the space of .xxii. yeres / by reason wherof I shall be reproched of all honoure where so I after thys daye become / and all men shall re∣dounde thys dede to my dyshonour and shame. Other opynyons of the dethe of thys noble prynce are lefte by wryters, as by waye of famyne and other. But thys of moste wry∣ters is testyfyed and alleged.

whan the deth of this prynce was publyshed abrode / he was after opē vysaged layed in y^e mynster of Poū∣frayt, so y^t all men myght know and se that he was dede. And the .xii. daye

of Marche folowynge / he was wyth great solempnyte brought thorough the cytye of London to Paules / and there layed open vysaged agayne, to the ende that hys deth myght be ma∣nyfestly knowen. whyche was dout∣full to many one / & specyally to suche as ought to hym fauoure. And than after a fewe days the sayd corps was caryed vnto the freers of Langley, & there entred. But after he was remo∣ued by kynge Hēry the .v. in the fyrst yere of hys reygne / & wyth great ho∣noure and solempnyte cōueyed vnto the monasterye of westmynster / and there wythin the chapell of saynt Ed¦warde honourably buryed vppō the south syde of saynt Edwardes Shry¦ne, wyth hys epytaphy vppon hys toumbe as foloweth.

Prudens & mundus Richardus iure secundus, Per fatum victus, iacet hic sub marmore pictus. Verax sermone fuit, & plenus ratione. Corporae procerus, auimo prudens vt omerus. Ecclesiam fauit, elatos subpeditauit. Quemuis prostrauit regalia qui violauit.

¶ whyche verses are thus to be vn∣derstande in our vulgare & Englysh tonge as foloweth.

Parfyght and prudent Rycharde by ryghte the seconde, Vaynquysshed by fortune lyeth here nowe grauen in stone / Trewe of hys worde, & therto well resounde / Semely of persone, & lyke to omer as one In wordely prudence / & euer the churche in c••ie Vphelde & fauoured, castyng the proud to groūd, And all that wolde hys royall state confounde

But yet alas, though that this metyr or ryme Thus doth enbelysshe this noble princes fame, And that some clerke whiche fauoured hym some tyme Lyst by hys connynge, thus to enhaūce his name▪ Yet by his story apereth in hym some blame. wherfore to princes is surest memory, Theyr lyues to exercyse in vertuous constancy.

whanne thys mortall prynce was thus dede & grauen / kyng Hēry was inquyet possessyon of the realme / and fande great rychesse y^t before tyme to kynge Rycharde belonged. For as wytnesseth Polycronycon, he fande in kyng Rychardes tresoury .iii. hun¦dreth thousande li. of redy coyne / be∣syde iewelles and other ryche vessels whyche were as moche in value or more. And ouer that he espyed in the kepyng of the tresourers hādes, an C. and .l.M. nobles / and iewels and other stuffe that cūteruayled the sayd value. And so it shulde seme y^e kynge Rycharde was ryche, whan hys mo∣ney & iewelles amūted to .vii.C.M.li. And in the moneth of Octobre and ende of thys mayers yere / was brent in smythfelde of Londō a preest na∣med syr wyllyam Sawtry, for cer∣tayne poyntts of heresy.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.i.
Goldsmyth.	Iohn̄ wakele.
Iohn̄ Fraunces.		Anno .ii.
	wyllyam Ebot.

IN thys seconde yere of kynge Henry and moneth of Frebrua¦ry / were drawen and hanged for trea¦son a knyghte named syr Roger Cla¦ryngeton at tybourne wyth two of hys seruauntes, the pryour of Lāde, and eyghte freres mynours of gray freres / of the whyche some were bachelers of dyuynyte.

And in thys yere began a greate dyscencion in walys, betwene y^e lorde Gray Ryffyn, & a welsheman named

Howen of Glendore. whyche Howen gathered to hym greate strenghte of welshemen, and dyd moche harme to that coūtrey / nat sparynge the kyn∣ges lordshyppes nor hys people / and lastlye toke the sayd lorde Gray pry∣soner, & helde hym prysoner, tyll con¦trarye hys wyll he hadde maryed the sayde Howēs doughter. After which matrymony fynysshed / he helde the sayde lorde styl in walys tyll he died, to the kynges great dyspleasure.

wherfore the kynge wyth a strōge army spedde hym into walys, for to subdue the sayde Howen̄ & hys adhe¦rentes. But whan the kyng wyth his power was entred y^e coūtre / he with hys fawtours fledde in to the moun∣taynes & helde hym there / so that the kyng myght nat wynne to hym with out dystruccion of hys hoste. where∣fore fynally by the aduyce of hys lor∣des, he retourned into Englande for that season.

In thys yere also whete & other graynes beganne to fayle / so that a quarter of whete was solde at Lon∣don for .xvi.s / & derer shuld haue bē, had nat ben the prouysyon of mar∣chaūtes that brought rye & rye floure out of Spruce, wherwyth thys lāde was greatly susteyned and eased.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.i.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.ii.
	wyllyam Uenour.
Iohn̄ Shadworth.		Anno .iii.
	Iohn̄ Fremynghm̄.

IN thys yere / the cōduyte stan∣dyng vpon cornhylle in Lon∣don, was begon to be made. And in the somer folowynge / syr Thomas Percy erle of worceter, and syr Hēry Percy sonne & heyre vnto the erle of Northumberlande, gadered a greate power / and vppō the daye of saynte Praxede the vyrgyne or the .xxi. daye of Iuly,* 5.43 mette wyth the kynge nere vnto Shrowysbury, and there gaue vnto hī a cruell batayll / but to theyr owne confusion. For in that fyght y^e sayd syr Thomas Percy was taken, and hys neuew the foresayde syr Hen¦ry wyth many a stronge man vppon theyr partye was there slayne. And vpō y^e kynges partie, the prynce was woūded in the hed / & the erle of Staf¦forde wyth many other slayne. And the .xxv. daye of Iuly folowynge at Shrowysbury, the sayd syr Thomas Percy was beheded / and after hys hed caried to London, & there set vpō the brydge.

In thys batayl was many a noble man slayne vpō eyther partye. And it was the more to be noted vengea∣ble / for there the father was slayn of the sonne, & the son of the father, and brother of brother, & neuewe of neue∣we. And in the moneth of August fo∣lowynge, the duchesse of Brytayne landed at Fulmouth in the prouince of Cornwayll, & from thēs was con∣ueyed to wynchester. where in shorte tyme after, kyng Hēry maryed her in the cathedrall churche of the sayde cytye. And soone vpō was the eldest doughter of kyng Hēry named dame Blāche maryed at Coleyn to the du∣kes sonne of Bayer.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.ii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.iii.
	Rycharde Merlewe.
Iohn̄ walcot Draper.		Anno .iii.
	Robert Chichele.

IN this yere and .xiiii. day of the moneth of Septembre, was y^e foresayd duchesse of Brytayne and wyfe of y^e kyng, receyued wyth great honour into the cytye of London / & so by the mayre and the cytezyns con¦ueyed vnto westmynster. where vpō the morowe folowyng she was crow¦ned quene of Englande, wyth greate honoure and solempnite / the cyrcum¦staunce wherof I passe ouer.

In this yere also, Rupertus which after the deposynge of wessenselans, was by the electours of the empyre, and by auctoryte of Bonyface the••••r▪ than pope, admytted for Emperoure of Rome, and came into Englande wyth a goodly companye, onely to se the countre and commodytyes of the same. The whyche of the kynge was honourably receyued and fe∣sted / and lastely conueyed by the kynge towarde the see syde, where eyther departed from other wyth ex∣chaunge of ryche and precious gyft. For thys Rurpartus was named of wryters a man of excellente bounte and largesse. And he gaue more lybe∣rally / for so moche as all the tyme of hys beynge in Englāde, he laye here at the kynges costes. And whyle he was at Londō he was lodged at the house of saynte Iohann••s in smyth∣felde.

Thys yere also vpō saīt Laurēce euyn or the .ix. day of August / a lorde of Brytayne named the lorde of Ca∣style in Frenche, lāded within a myle of Plymmouth wyth a great cōpany of Normās and Brytons / and came vnto the sayd town, and lodged there all night and spoyled and robbed the sayd towne. And vpon the day folow¦ynge whan they had done what they wolde / they retourned agayne to theyr shyppes, with plente of pyllage and prysoners suche as they fande.

Anno domini .M.CCCC.iii.		Anno domini .M.CCCC.iiii.
	Thomas Fawconer.
wyllyam Askam.		Anno .v.
	Thomas Pooll.

IN thys yere soone after Cādel¦masse, the foresayd lorde of Ca¦style trustynge to wynne a l••ke enter¦pryse, as in the yere passed he hadde done / he beynge accompanyed wyth a stronge nauy of Frēche men & Bry¦tons, was encountred wyth the En∣glyshe floot within .ii. myles of Deer¦mouth at a place called Blak••pooll▪ where after lōge and cruell fyghte y^e sayd lord was slayne, wyth the more partye of the people, and dyuers of hys shyppes takē / as wytnesseth the Englysshe cronycle wyth dyuers o∣ther Englysshe auctours. But the Frēche boke excuseth thys scomfy∣ture of Frēchmen, and sayeth that by treason o•• a Gascoyne named Pe••y•• or Perot de Languyle, whyche she∣wed vnto the sayd lorde Castyle that he had espyed certayne Englysshe shyppes in a Greke lyghtly wythout resystence to be takē / caused the sayd lorde to make sayle towarde the sayd towne of Dartmouthe. where after he had contynued a certayne tyme hys course / he espyed the hoteflo••e of Englyshe men whyche made toward hym / and so at the sayde Blake pool encount••••d and faughte, and lastely escaped the daunger of hys enemyes as testyfyeth the sayde French cro∣nycle▪ but ••atte unhurt / for he was so woūded in that fyght that he dyed shortly after.

And the moneth of Apryll folow∣ynge,

the duke of Clarence wyth the erle of Kēt & many other lordes, toke shyppynge at Meregate, & so sayled vnto Scluce in Flaūders. And after the sayde duke had there refresshed hym & hys company, he toke shyp∣pynge agayne / and holdynge hys course towarde Swyn̄e, he was en∣coūtred wyth .iii. greate carykes of Ieane / the whyche he assayled, and after longe bekerynge them toke be∣ynge laden wyth marchaūdyse / & so wyth that pray retourned to Cambre before wynchelsee / in the whyche ha∣uen the sayd goodes were cāted and shared. But how it was, by varyaūce amonge them selfe or otherwyse / one of the sayde carykes was sodeynly fyred & so cōsumed. For restytucyon of whyche goodes & shyppes, y^e mar∣chaūtes Ianuēce made after great & longe sute to the kyng & his coūsayl / in whyche passetyme they borowed cloth, wolle & other marchaundyses, amountyng vnto great and notable sommes of dyuers marchauntes of Englande. And whanne they sawe that they myghte haue none hope of recouery of theyr loste / they so∣deynly auoyded the lāde, and lafte y^e foresayde notable summes vnpayde, to the great hynderaunce and vtter vndoynge of many Englysshe mar∣chauntes.

In thys yere a yoman named wyl∣lyam Serle, somtyme yomā of kyng Rychardes Robys, was takē in the marches of Scotlāde and broughte vnto Londō / & there in the guildhall areygned for the murder of the duke of Glouceter at Calays. Upō which murder he was attaynt & conuyct / & vppō the .xx. daye of Octobre he was drawē from the towre vnto tyborne, and there hāged and quartred / & hys hed was after set vpō Londō brydg, & hys .iiii. quarters were sent to .iiii. sondry good townes.

Anno domini .M.CCCC.iiii.		Anno domini .M.CCCC.v.
	wyllyam Lowfte.
Iohn̄ Hyende Draper.		Anno .vi.
	Stephen Spylman.

IN thys yere and moneth of Ia¦nuary, were certayne courses of warre ron in smythfelde, betwene syr Edmūde erle of Kent, & the lorde Moryfa Barō of Scotlāde, vppō y^e chalēge of the sayd scottysshe lorde. But the erle of Kēt bare hym so valy auntly, that to hym was gyuē y^e price of that iourney to hys great honour. And in the same yere, syr Rycharde Scrope than archebisshop of yorke, and y^e lorde Moubraye thā marshal of Englād, with other to them allied / for grudge that they bare agayn the kynge, gadered vnto theym greate strēgth, entēdyng to haue put downe the kynge as the ••ame than wente. wherof the kyng beyng enfourmed / in all haste sped towarde theym, and met wyth them on thys syde yorke. where after askyrmysshe by the sayd lordes made / they were thā takē and after presented vnto y^e king at yorke / where they were bothe demed to suf∣fre deth for theyr rebellyō. ‡ 5.44 Than whan the bysshoppe came vnto the place of execucion / he prayed y^e bow∣cher to gyue to hym .v. strokes in the worshyp of christes fyue woundes, & for hys more penaūce. At eueryche of whyche .v. strokes / kynge Henry be∣ynge in hys lodgyng, had a stroke in hys necke / in so moch that he demed that some persone there beynge with hym present hadde stryken him. And forthwyth he was stryken wyth the

plage of lepyr / so that than he knewe it was the hande of god, and repēted hym of that hasty iugement without auctoryte of the churche. And soone after god shewed many myracles for the sayde bysshop / whyche called the kynge vnto the more repen∣taunce.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.v.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.vi.
	Henry Barton̄.
Iohn̄ woodcok Mercer.		Anno .vii.
	wyllyam Crowner.

IN thys yere, dame Lucye the duke of Myllanys syster came into Englande / and was maryed vnto syr Edmunde Holande erle of Kent, in the churche of saynte Mary ouerey in Southwarke vppon the xxiiii. daye of Ianuary / where the kyng was present and gaue her that daye vnto the preest. And after the solempnyzacion of the maryage was fynysshed / she was wyth greate ho∣nour conueyed vnto the bysshoppe of wynchesters palays there fast by / where that daye for her was holden a sumptuous and pumpous feaste. And in the same yere and moneth of May, dame Phylyppe the yongeste doughter of kynge Henry, accompa∣nyed wyth dyuers lordes spyrytuall and temporall, was shypped in the Northe, and so conueyed into Den∣marke / where in a towne or cytye cal¦led London she was maryed vnto y^e kynge of the sayde countre.

In thys yere also syr Thomas Ramston̄ than constable of y^e towre, by ouersyghte of hys botemen as he wold haue passed the brydge toward the sayde towre, was drowned. And in the same yere, for the greuous cō∣playntes that before tyme hadde ben shewed and euydently proued before the kynges counsayl, and also before the mayre and hys bretherne, of the great dystruccion of frye and yonge fysshe by reason of werys standynge in dyuers places of the ryuer of Tha¦mys, wherby the fysshe of the sayde ryuer was greately mynysshed and wasted / and that also yf the sayd we∣rys so contynued, the sayde ryuer shuld in shorte processe be dystroyed: wherfore the mayre & hys bretherne the aldermen as conseruatours of y^e ryuer, made suche laboure vnto the kynge and hys counsayll, that they opteyned commyssyon to pull vp all the werys that stode betwene Londō and .vii. myles beyōde Kynston̄ / and in lykewyse for suche other as stode betwene London and Grauysende, aswell crekes or seuerall groundes and other / the whyche commyssyon by the sayde mayre and hys offycers was thys yere putte in execucyon. And in thys yere syr Robert Knolles knyght, the whyche in Fraunce and Brytayne hadde before tyme done so many victorious actes, as in y^e .xxxiii yere of Edward the thyrde and other yeres of hys reygne is somdele tow∣ched / made an ende of hys werke at Rochester brydge and chapell at the sayde brydge fote / and dyed shortely after, whanne he hadde newe reedy∣fyed the body of the whyte fryers churche standynge in Fletestrete, & done to that house many notable be∣nefytes / where after he was buryed in the body of the sayde churche. whyche churche and place was fyrste founded, by the auncetoures of the lorde Gray Cotnore.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.vi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.vii.
	Nycholas wotton.
Rycharde whytyngton̄ Mercer.		Anno. viii.
	Godfrey Brook.

IN thys yere & moneth of No∣uembre, one named the walche clerke, apeched a knyghte called syr Per••yuall Sowdan of treason / for tryall wherof daye was gyuen to thē to fyght in smythfylde the day aboue sayde. At whych daye eyther apered, and there faught a season. But in the ende the clerke was recreaūt. where∣fore immedyately he was spoyled of hys armour, & layde vpō an hardyl, and so drawen to tyborne, and there hanged.

And in thys yere also, syr Henry erle of Northumberlande & the lorde Bardolf, commyng out of Scotlāde wyth a stronge company, to the dys∣pleasure & hurt of the kynge as they entended / were met and encountred wyth the gentylmen and comons of the northe, and foughten wyth and dystressed / and after strake of theyr heddes, and sente theym to London / whyche thanne were pyghte vppon the brydge amonge many other.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.vii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.viii.
	Henry Ponfreyt.
wyllyam Stondon̄ Grocer.		Anno. ix.
	Henry Halton.

IN thys yere and moneth of De¦cembre, begā a frost / the which contynued by the space of .xv. wekes after or therupō / so that byrdes were wōderly famysshed and dystressed by violence of the same.

And in the same yere / syr Edmōde of Holande erle of Kente, was by the kynge made admyrall of the see. The which scowred & skymmed y^e see ryght well and manfully / & lastly lan¦ded in the coost of Brytayne, & besie∣ged there a castell named Briak, and wan it by strength. But in the wyn∣nyng therof he was so dedely woun∣ded wyth an arowe in the hede, that he dyed shortly after. And than hys corps was brought agayn into Eng¦lāde / & buryed amōge his aūcetours. And in the begynnyng of thys yere, was slayne & murdered the duke of Orleaūce in Parys / lyke as before it is more at lēgthe shewed in y^e .xxviii. yere of Charles y^e .vii. kyng of fraūce.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.viii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.ix.
	Thomas Duke.
Drewe Barentyne Goldsmyth.		Anno. x.
	wyllyam Norton̄.

IN thys yere the seneshal of He¦naude came into thys lande wyth a goodly companye of Henau∣ders & other straungers / for to do & parfourme certayne faytes of armes agayne dyuers nobles & gentylmen of thys lāde. And fyrste the sayd Se∣neshall chalenged the erle of Somer¦set / and other of hys company other gētylmen of thys lāde, as after shall apere. For executyng of whyche dys∣porte / the place of smythfelde by the

kynge was appoynted, and barred & fensed for the same entent / and daye set for euery mā to be redy by the .xi. daye of. At whych daye the seneshall as chalenger entred y^e felde pompously. And after with a goodly company of men of honour, was the erle of Somerset broughte into the same / where they ranne togyder cer∣tayne courses and executed other fay¦tes of armys / wherof the pryse & ho∣nour was gyuen by the herawdes vnto the erle, so that he wanne that day great honour.

Than the seconde daye came in a knyght Henauder as Chalengeoure. To whome as defendaunt came syr Rycharde of Arundell knyghte / the whyche ranne certayne courses on horsebak, & after went togyder with axes on fote where syr Rychard was putte to the worse, for the Henauder brought hym vpō hys kne.

Than the thyrde daye came in an other knyght of Henaude Chalēger. To whome as defendaunte came in syr Iohn̄ Cornewayl knyght / and so well bare hym, that he put the straun¦ger to the worse. Upon the .iiii. daye came into the felde an esquyre Henau¦der. Agayne whome ranne the sonne of syr Iohan Cheyny. The whych at the seconde course sette hys stroke so egerly, that he ouer threw the Henau¦der horse and mā / for whyche dede y^e kyng dubbed hym forthwith knight. Upon the .v. day. played togyder an Henauder and a squyre called Iohn̄ Stewarde / whyche daye also the En¦glyssheman wan the worshyp. Upon the .vi. daye skyrmysshed there togy∣der an Henauder and an Englysshe esquyer named wyllm̄ Porter / the whyche gatte suche worshype of the same Henauder, that the kynge for hys guerdon made hym streyghte knyght. Upon the .vii. daye in lyke∣wyse played insemble an Henauder and one Iohn̄ Stādysshe esquyer / y^• whyche semblably for hys prowesse & manly dealyng, was also of y^e kyng dubbed knyght. And a Gascoyn̄ that the same day wan y^e pryce of an other straunger, was immedyatly made knyghte of y^e kyng. And vpō the .viii. daye or laste day of thys chalenger, came into the felde .ii. Henauders. Unto whome came .ii. bretherne be∣yng sowdiours of Calays / y^e whyche bekered togyder a lōge seasō, so y^e ey∣ther {per}tye receyued plentye of good strokes, tyll peas by y^e kyng was cō∣maūded. And so thys chalēge was fy¦nysshed, to y^e great honour of y^e kyng the whych after feasted these straun∣gers, & wyth ryche gyftes sente and retourned theym agayne to theyr countrees.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.ix.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.x.
	Iohn̄ Lawe.
Rycharde Marlowe Irenmonger.		Anno .xi.
	wyllyam Chycheley.

IN thys yere & moneth of Mar¦che / a tayloure of London na∣med Iohan Badby, was brente in Smythfelde for heresy: all be it that by meanes of the prynce & one may∣ster Courtnay thanne Chauceller of Oxenforde, he was for a whyle recon¦cyled, and promysed to leue that er∣roure. But whan the sacrament•• of y^e aulter was brought tofore hym / he dyspysed it, and wolde in no wyse therein byleue / wherefore he hadde as he deserued. Of whom a versifier in reproche of hys errour, made these ii. verses folowynge.

Hereticus credat, vt perustus ab orbe recedat, Ne fidē ledat, sathan hūc baratro sibi predat.

The whych verses are thus moch to meane in englysshe.

The peruerse heretyke, though that he do brenne, And from this worlde be rased vtterly / No force, syn that he lyst n••t kenne Our sacred fayth / but it right pervers••y ••yst of his wyll erroniously to reply, What force thought sathā with his eternall payne Do hym rewarde, syn he wyll not refrayne.

IN thys yere also & moneth of Apryll, wythin the lystes of Smythfeld was foughtē a sore fight betwene an esquyre named Glouce∣ter Appellaūt, & an other esquyre cal¦led Arthur Defendaūt. The whyche acquyted them eyther partye so mā∣fully, that the kynge of hys especyall grace seyng they were bothe so well fyghtyng men, toke the quarell into hys handes, & pardoned the offēce to eyther partye.

And thys yere the market howse called the Stokes, stādynge by the churche of saynt Mary wolchurch of London, was begō to be edyfyed. In thys yere also the kyng helde his par¦lyamēt at westmynster.* 5.45 Durynge the whych y^e cōmons of thys lāde put vp a byll to the kynge, to take y^e tēporall landes out frō spyrytuall mēnes han¦des or possessiō. The effect of whych byll was, y^t the tēporaltes dysordinat¦ly wasted by mē of the church, myght suffyce to fynde to y^e kynge .xv. erles, xv.C. knightes, vi.M. & ii.C. esqiers & an. C. houses of almes to the releef of poore people mo thā at y^e days we¦re wythin Englād. And ouer all these foresayd charges, y^e kyng myght put yerely in hys cofers .xx.M.li. Prouy¦ded y^e euery erle shuld haue of yerely rēt .iii.M. marke / euery knight an. C marke & .iiii. plough lande / euery es∣quyre .xl. marke by yere w^t .ii. plough lāde / & euery house of almesse an. C. marke, with ouersyght of .ii. trew se∣culers vnto euery house. And also wyth prouisiō y^t euery towneshyppe shuld kepe all poore people of theyr owne dwellers whych myght nat la∣bour for theyr lyuyng. with cōdicion y^t if mo fell in a towne thā the towne might maynteyn, thā the sayd almes houses to releue such townshyppes. And for to beare these charges they alledged by theyr sayd bylle, y^t the tē∣poralties beyng in the possessiō of spi¦rytuall mē, amounted to .iii.C. & .xxii.M. marke by yere. wherof they affer∣med to be ī y^e see of Caūterbury, with the abbays of cristes church, of saynt Augustyns, Shrowysbury, Cogge∣shale, & saynt Osiys / xx.M. marke by yere. In the see of Durhm̄ & other ab¦beys there, xx.M. marke. In y^e see of yorke & abbays there, xx M. marke. In the see of wynchester and abbays there, xx.M. marke. In the see of Lō∣don wyth abbays and other houses there, xx.M. marke. In y^e see of Lyn∣coln̄, wyth y^e abbays of Peterbourth, Ramsay, and other, xx.M. mark. In the see of Norwych, wyth the abbeys of Bury and other, xx.M. marke. In the see of Hely, wyth the abbays of Hely, Spaldīg & other, xx.M. mark. In the see of Bathe, wyth the abbay of Okynborne & other.xx.M. marke. In the see of worceter, with y^e abbays of Euishm̄, Abyngdon̄ & other, xx.M marke. In the see of Chester with pre¦cinct of the same, with the sees of saīt Dauid, of Salysbury, and Exceter wyth theyr precinctes, xx.M. marke. The abbays of Rauens or Reuans, of fountaynes, of Geruons, and dy¦uers other to the nombre .v. mo .xx. thousand marke. The abbays of Ley¦ceter, waltham, Gysbourne, Herton̄ Tircetir, Osney and other, to the nombre of .vi. mo, twenty thousande marke. The abbays of Douers,

Batell, Lewis, Cowentre, Dauētre, and Courney, xx.M. marke. The ab¦bays of Northampton̄, Thortone, Brystow, Kelyngworth, wynchescōb, Hayles, Parchyssor, Fredyswyde, Notley, and Grymmysby, xx.M. marke.

The whych forsayd sūmes amoūt to the full of .iii.C.M. marke. And for the odde .xxii.M. marke / they ap∣poynted Herdforde, Rochester, Hun∣tyngdon̄, Swyneshede, Crowlande, Malmesbury, Burton̄, Tewkisbury Dūstable, Shirborn̄, Taunton̄, and Bylande.

And ouer thys they alledged by the sayde byll, that ouer and aboue y^e sayd sūme of .iii.C. & .xxii.M. marke / dyuers houses of relygion in Eng∣lande, possessed as many temporal∣tyes as myght suffice to fynde yerely xv.M. preestes and clerkes / euery preest to be allowed for hys stypende vii. marke by yere.

To y^e which byl none answere was made, but that the kyng of thys ma∣ter wolde take delyberaciō & aduyce∣mente / and wyth that answere en∣ded, so that no ferther laboure was made.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.ix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.x.
	Iohn̄ Penne.
Thomas Knolles Grocer.		Anno .xii.
	Thomas Pyke.

IN thys yere, asquyer of walys named Ryze ap dee, the whych had lōg tyme rebelled agayn y^e kyng and ••rotysfyed the partye of Howan of Glendore / was takē and broughte to London / and there vppon the .ix. daye of Decembre, drawen, hanged, and quartered / and hys hed set vpon the brydge amōge the other. In this yere also was the guylde halle of Lō¦don begonne to be newe edyfyed and of an olde & lytell cotage, made into a fayre and goodly house as it nowe appereth.

Anno domini .M.CCCC.x.		Anno domini .M.CCCC.xi.
	Iohn̄ Raynewell.
Robert Chycheley Grocer.		Anno .xiii.
	wyllyam Cotton̄.

IN thys yere and vpon the .xii. day of Octobre, were thre flo∣des in thamys / whyche thynge no man than lyuynge cowde remembre that lyke to be sene.

And in thys yere was the lorde Thomas sonne to the kynge, created duke of Clarence. And in thys yere, the kynge at the requeste of the duke of Orleaunce, sente ouer the forsayd duke his sonne to ayde the sayd duke of Orleaūce agayn the duke of Bur¦goyne. Of whose actes and hys company / I haue before made report in the story of Charles the .vii. kynge of Fraunce.

And in thys yere, the kyng caused a newe coyne of nobles to be made, whyche were of lesse value than the olde noble by .iiii.d. in a noble.

In thys yere also the kynge crea∣ted Iohn̄ hys son duke of Bedforde. And hys other sonne Humfrey duke of Glounceter. He made also syr Thomas Beauforde erle of Dorset / and the duke of Anmarle he created duke of yorke.

Anno domini .M.CCCC.xi.		Anno domini .M.CCCC.xii.
	Rauffe Leuenhm̄.
wyllyam waldren̄ Mercer.		Anno .xiiii.
	wyllyam Seuenok.

IN thys yere and .xx. daye of the moneth of Nouembre, was a great counsayll holden at the whyte freers of London. By the whyche it was amonge other thynges conclu∣ded, that for the kynges greate iour∣nay that he entended to take in vysy∣tyng of the holy sepulcre of our lord / certayne Galeys of warre shulde be made, and other purueaunce concer∣nynge the same iournay. whereupon all hasty & possyble spede was made. But after the feaste of Crystemasse, whyle he was makynge hys prayers at saynte Edwardes shryne to take there hys leue, and so to spede hym vpō hys iournay / he became so syke, that suche as were aboute hym fered that he wolde haue dyed ryght there. wherfore they for hys comforte bare hym into the abbottes place, and lod¦ged hym in a chambre / and there vpō a paylet layde hym before the fyre, where he laye in greate agony a cer∣tayne of tyme. At length whā he was commyn to hym selfe nat knowynge where he was / he freyned of suche as than were aboute hym what place y^t was. The whych shewed to hym that it belonged vnto the abbot of west∣mynster, and for he felte hym selfe so syke / he commaunded to aske yf that chābre had any speciall name. where unto it was answered, that it was na¦med Hierusalem. Than sayd y^e kyng, Louyng be to the father of heuē.* 5.46 For nowe I knowe I shall dye in thys chambre, accordynge to y^e prophecye of me beforesayd, that I shuld dye in Hierusalē. And so after he made hym selfe redy / & dyed shortly after vppō y^e daye of saynt Cuthbert or the .xx. day of Marche / whā he had reygned .xiii. yeres, v. monethes, & .xxi. dayes / le∣uynge after hym .iiii. sonnes / that is to meane Hēry that was kyng. Tho∣mas y^e was duke of Clarence, Iohn̄ duke of Bedforde, and Hūfrey duke of Glouceter / and .ii. doughters, that one beyng quene of Denmarke, and that other duchesse of Barre, as be∣fore is shewed.

whan kynge Henry was deed / he was conueyed by water vnto Feuer∣sham, and from thens by lande vnto Caunterbury / and there entered by y^e shryne of saynt Thomas.

Anglia. ¶Henrici quinti.

HEnry the .v▪ of y^e name, and sonn̄ of Henry the .iiii begā his reygne ouer this realm of England, the xxi. day of y^e mo∣neth of Marche In the yere of our lorde & ende of the same .xiiii.C. &. xii. And in the .xxxii. yere of Charles the .vii. yet kynge of Fraūce. And the .ix. daye of Apryll folowynge, whych was that yere pas¦siō sondaye, beyng a day of excedyng rayne, he was crowned at westmyn∣ster. Thys man before the deth of hys father, applyed hym vnto all vyce & insolency / & drewe vnto hym all riottours & wyldly dysposed {per}so∣nes. But after he was admytted to y^e rule of the lande / anon & sodaynly he became a new mā, & tourned all that rage & wyldnes into sobernes & wyse sadnes, & the vyce into cōstāt vertue. And for he wolde cōtinewe y^e vertue,

and nat to be reduced thereunto by the famylyarytye of hys olde nyse company / he therfore after rewardes to them gyuen, charged them vppon payne of theyr lyues, that none of thē were so hardy to come wythin .x. my∣le of such place as he were lodged, af∣ter a daye by hym assygned.

In thys begynnyng of thys kyng Henry / the olde mayre and shryues continued theyr offices to the termes accustomed.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.ii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.iii.
	Rauffe Leuyngham.
wyllyam waldern Mercer.		Anno .i.
	wyllyam Seuenok.

ANone as kynge Henry was crowned, and the solempnyte of the feest of Eester was passed / he sent vnto the fryers of Lāgley where the corps of kynge Rycharde was buryed / and caused it to be takē oute of the erth, & so wyth reuerence and solempnyte to be cōueyed vn to west∣mynster / & vppon the southe syde of saynt Edwardes shryne there honou¦rably to be buryed by quene Anne his wyfe▪ whyche there before tyme was enterred. And after a solempne interment there holden / he prouy∣ded that .iiii. tapers shulde brēne day and nyght about hys graue, whyle the world endureth / and one daye in the weke a solempne Dirige, and vp¦pon the morowe a masse of Requiem by note / after whyche masse ended, to be gyuen wekely vnto poore peo∣ple .xi. s. viii.d. in pens. And vpon the daye of hys annyuersary after y^e sayd masse of Requiem is songe, to be ye∣rely destrybuted for his soule .xx.li.iii. d. And about Heruest tyme, was syr Iohn̄ Oldcastell knyghte appreched for an heretyke & cōmitted to pryson. But howe it was he escaped for that tyme out of the towre of Londō / and so yode into walys, where he lyned ouer .iiii. yeres after.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xiiii.
	Iohn̄ Sutton̄.
wyllm̄ Crowmer Draper.		Anno .ii.
	Iohn̄ Mycoll.

IN thys yere and moneth of Ia¦nuary / certayne adherentes of the forenamed syr Iohn̄ Oldcastell, entendynge the dystruccion of thys lande & subuerciō of the same / assem∣bled them in a felde nere vnto saynte Gyles in great nombre. wherof the kynge beyng enfourmed toke y^e felde before theym, & so toke a certayne of them. Amonge the whyche was syr Roger Acton̄ knyghte, syr Iohn̄ Be∣uerley preest, and a squyer called syr Iohn̄ Browne. The whyche wyth xxxvi. mo in nombre were after con∣uycte of heresy and treason / and for the same hanged and brent wythin y^e sayd felde of saynt Gyles.

And in the same yere, Iohn̄ Clay∣don skynner & Rycharde Turmyne baker, were for heresy brente in Smythfelde.

And thys yere the kyng helde his parlyamente at Leyceter. where amonge other thynges, the foresayd bylle putte vp by the commons of the lande, for the temporaltyes be∣ynge in y^e churche, as it is before tou¦ched ī the .xi. yere of y^e .iiii. Hēry, was

agayne mynded. In fere wherof, lest the kyng wolde thereunto gyue any cōfortable audyence as testyfye some wrytters, certayne bysshoppes and other hede men of the churche, putte y^e kyng in mynde to clayme his right in Fraunce. And for the exployte thereof, they offcede vnto hym great and notable summes. By reason whereof the sayde byll was agayne put by, and the kynge set hys mynde for the recouery of the same / so that soone after he sente hys letters vnto the Frenche kynge, concernyng that mater / and receyued frome hym an∣swere of dirision as affermeth the En¦glysshe boke.

And Gaguynus sayeth in hys Frenche cronycle, that kynge Henry sente hys oratours vnto Charles the vii. thanne kynge of Fraunce, for to haue dame Katheryne hys doughter in mariage / with other requestes tou¦chynge hys ryght and enherytaunce. whereunto it was answered by the counsayll of Fraunce, that the kyng hadde no leyser to entende suche idel¦nesse. wherupon kynge Henry made quycke prouision for to warre vpon the Frenche kynge, as after ap∣pereth.

In thys yere also, by procuremēt of Sigismunde thanne Emperour / a greate counsayll or synod of bys∣shoppes were assembled at a cytye in hygh Almayne called constaunce, for the vnion of the churche. And for to auoyde the Scisme, whyche began in the .xiiii. yere of Charles the .vi, as before in the sayde .xiiii. yere is tou∣ched. In the sayd synode or generall counsayll, was the .xxiii. Iohn̄ than pope put downe or resygned by hys volunte. And by auctoryte of y^e same coūsayll / the opynyons and heresy of wyklyf were vtterly anulled & damp¦ned / and two of hys disciples there presente named Iohn̄ Hus or Husse and Ierom the herytyke, were there brente

And many notable actes for the wele of y^e church there were enacted. And fynally whan the sayde coūsayl had endured nere vpon the terme of iiii. yeres / they there by an hole asset chase a newe pope, and named hym the .v. Martyne. whyche occupyed Peters chayre .xiiii. yeres and odde monethes, as indubitat pope, and so other after hym.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xv.
	Iohn̄ Mychell.
Thomas Fawcomer Mercer.		Anno .iii.
	Thomas Aleyn.

IN thys yere after the kynge had made suffycient prouision for all thynges cōcernyng his warre to be made vpon the Frenche kyng / he wyth hys lordes honourably accō¦panyed, rode thorugh London vpon the .xviii. daye of Iuny, towarde the porte of Southamton̄ / where he had appoynted hys hoste to mete wyth hym. And whyle the kyng there was shyppynge of hys people / dyuers of hys lordes, that is to say syr Richard erle of Cambrydge and brother vnto y^e duke of yorke / whyche syr Rychard beryng the name of Langley, hadde wedded dame Anne the doughter of syr Roger Mortymer erle of March and wolster / by whome he had yssue Isabell, whyche after was maryed vnto the lorde Boucher erle of Essex, & Rycharde whyche after was duke of yorke & father to kynge Edward y^e iiii. To whome also wasassētyng syr Rycharde Scrop than treasourer of

Englande, and syr Thomas Graye knyght, were there arrestyd for trea∣son, and areygned, and so examyned vppon the same, that the .xxix. day of Iuly folowynge they were all thre behedyd. After whyche execucyon so done / the kynge vpon the morowe or shortely after, wyth hys lordes toke shyppynge there, & landed at a place called Kydcaus in Normandy. And the .xvi. daye of Auguste / he sayde syege vnto the towne of Harflew, & assayled them by land and by water / and contynued so hys syege vnto the xxii. daye of September. At whyche daye as sayth the French Gaguin{us}, it was delyuered by Albert thā there capytayne / vppon condycyon that kynge Henry myghte sauely wynne or passe to Calayes, and so he beyng there, the towne to be yolden vnto hym. But the Frenche wryter Gag∣uinus vpholdeth the honour of the Frenchemen in all that he maye / and boroweth of hys conscyence for spa∣rynge the trouth in reporte of many thynges. For after moste wryters, y^e sayde towne after sondry appoynte∣mentes of rescouse / was delyuered vnto the kynge wythout any condy∣cyon the daye aboue. sayde. where af∣ter the kynge had ordeyned syr Tho∣mas Beauforde hys vncle and erle of Dorser capytayne of that towne / he spedde hym towarde Calays.

Than the dolphyn with other lor¦des of Fraunce, whyche at that tyme hadde the realme of Fraunce in gouernaunce, for so moche as the Frenche kynge was vysyted wyth suche malady as before I haue she∣wed / brake the brydge to let y^e kynge of his passage ouer y^e water of Sum. wherfore he was cōstrayned to draw towarde Pycardy / & so passe by y^e ry∣uer of Peron̄. wherfore the Frēchmē beynge ware / assembled and lodged thē at certayne townes named Agyn¦court, Rolandcourt, and Blangy, wyth all the power of Fraunce.

And whan kyng Henry sawe that he was so besette wyth hys enemies / he in the name of god & saynt George pyght hys felde in a playne betwene the sayd townes of Agyncourte and Blāgy / hauyng in hys companye of hoole men that myght fyght, nat pas¦syng the nombre of .vii.M. But at those dayes the yomen hadde theyr Lymmes at lybertye / for theyr hosyn were than fastened wyth one poynt / and theyr iackes were lōge & easy to shote in, so that they myghte drawe bowes of great strength, & shote aro∣wes of a yerde longe, besyde the hedde.

Than the kyng consyderynge the great nombre of hys enemyes, & that the acte of Frenchmē standeth moch in ouer rydyng of theyr aduersaryes by force of speremē / he therfore char∣ged euery boweman to ordeyne hym a sharpe stake, & to pytche it a slope before hym / and whā y^e sperys came, somdeale to drawe bak, & so to shote at the horsemen. And at the proper re¦queste of the duke of yorke, he ordey¦ned hym to haue y^e vawewarde of y^e felde. And whā kyng Hēry had thus prouydently ordered for hys batayll ouer night / vpon the morowe beyng the .xxv. daye of Octobre, and y^e daye of the holy martyrs Cryspyne & Crys¦pinian / the kyng caused dyuers mas∣ses to be songen. And where that nyghte before, the Englysshe hoste was occupyed in prayer and con∣fessyon / he thanne caused the bys∣shoppes and other spyrytuall men, to gyue vnto theym generall ab∣solucyon.

And that done / wyth a comforta∣ble chere ordered hys people as they shuld fyght, hauyng vnto thē good & comfortable wordes / & so abode y^e commynge of theyr enemyes, whych

of dyuers wryters were and are re∣membred to be about .xl. thousande fyghtynge men.

The whyche aboute .ix. of y^e cloke in the mornynge, wyth greate pryde set vppon the Englysshe hoste / thyn∣kynge to haue ouer ryden them shor∣tely. But the archers, lyke as before they were taught pyght theyr sharpe stakes before them. And whan they sawe the French galantes approche, they a lytell yode backe & receyued them as here after ensueth.

The batayll of Agyncourt.

THat is to meane, they shotte at theym so feruently, y^t what wyth the shotte, and goryng of theyr horses wyth the sharpe stakes, they tumbeled one vpon an other / so that he or they which ranne formest, were the confusyon of hym or them that fo¦lowed / so y^t in a shorte whyle a great multytude of horse & men were layd vpon the grounde. And after theyr shotte spent / they layde aboute them with theyr glaynes and axes, that by the greate grace of god and comfor∣table ayde of the kynge, the vyctory fell that daye to the Englysshemen / and with lytell losse of theyr cōpany. For after the opynyon of sondry wry¦ters / were slayne y^t daye of Englishe¦men, the dukes of yorke and of Suf¦folke / & not ouer .xxvi. parsons moo. But of Frenchmen were slayne that daye after Englysshe wryters, ouer the nomber of .x. thousande. Albeit y^e French Gaguinus sayth, that of the Englyshe hoste were slayne the duke of yorke, and with hym .iiii. hundreth men / and of the French hoste .iiii.M. men of name besyde other / whiche he numbreth not.

Also he affermeth to be horsmen at that felde vppon the Frenche par∣tye .x. thousande ouer and besyde the fotemen / and that the Englyshemen were nombred at .xv.C. spere men, & xviii.M. of yomen and archers.

At thys sayde batayle was taken prysoners, the duke of Orleaūce, the duke of Burbon̄, y^e erle of Uēdosme, of Ewe, of Rychemount, and Bursi∣gaunt thanne marshall of Fraunce / wyth many other knyghtes & esquy∣res, whych were tedyous to name, to the nōber of .xxiiii. hūdreth & aboue, as wytnesseth the boke of mayres.

And in thys batayle were slayne of the nobles of Fraunce, the dukes of Barre, of Alanson, and of Brabā, viii. erles, and barons aboue .lxxx. wyth other gentylmen in cote ar∣mours to the nomber of .iii. thousāde and aboue. By reason of whyche pyl¦lage the Englysshemen were greatly auaunced. For the Frenchmen were so assuryd of vyctory by reason of theyr great nōber, that they brought the more plenty of rychesse wyth thē, to the ende to bye prysoners eyther of other / and also after the victory by them opteyned, to shewe vnto En∣glysshemen theyr pryde & pompous araye. But god whyche knewe the presumpcion and pompe tourned all thynge contrary to theyr myndes & ententes.

whan the kynge by grace and po∣wer of god, more thā by force of man hadde thus gotten this tryumphaūt vyctorye, and retourned hys people frome the chase of theyr enemyes: tydynges were brought vnto hym, that a newe, hoste of Frēchmen were comynge towarde hym. wherfore he anone commaunded his people to be enbatayled / and that done made pro¦clamacions thorough the hoste, that euery man shulde slee hys prysoner. By reason of whych proclamacyon, the duke of Orleaunce and the other lordes of Fraunce were in such fere, that they anone by lycence of y^e kyng

sent such worde vnto the sayd hoste, that they wythdrewe them. And the kynge wyth hys prysoners vpon the morow folowyng toke hys waye to∣ward his towne of Caleys / where he rested hī duryng this mayres tyme.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.v.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.vi.
	wyllyam Cambrydge.
Nycholas wotton Draper.		Anno .iii.
	Aleyn Euerarde.

THys yere and .xxix. daye of No∣uember, as the mayre rode to∣warde westmynster for to take hys charge / a pursyuaūt of y^e kynges came wyth letters vnto the mayre, gyuyng to hym knowlege of the kyn¦ges good spede. wherfore the byshop of wynchester than chaūceller of En∣gland hauynge lyke wyttynge, came that daye to Poulys, and there cau∣sed Te deum to be songē wyth great solempnyte. And in lyke wyse was lyke obseruaunce done in y^e parysshe chyrches and other relygyous hou∣ses thorough the cytye of London.

And at Poulys, by the sayd chaū¦celler standyng vpon the steppes at the quyerdore, were the sayd tydyn∣ges denounced vnto the people. And vpon the morow folowynge, y^e sayd chaunceller wych other bysshoppes and tēporall lordes, wyth a generall procession of the mayre and comynal¦tye of the cytye yode from Poulys to westmynster on fote, and offered at saynt Edwardes shryne, & so retour∣ned to theyr owne houses. Thanne kyng Hēry wyth hys prysoners shyp¦ped at Calays, and so landed at Do∣uer. And after he had ben at Caunter¦bury, and there made hys offerynge vnto saynt Thomas / he than spedde hym on hys iournay tyll he came vnto Eltham, where he rested hym a season.

Upon the .xxiii. day of Nouembre he was met with the mayre & hys bre¦therne vpō the Blak heth / & so con∣ueyed wyth all honour thorugh the cytye vnto westmynster, wherein dy∣uers places of the sayd cytye, as the brydge & crosse in chepe, were ordey∣ned certayn pagentes to the kynges great comforte. The maner wherof, with all processyons and other sere∣monies I passe ouer for letthyng of the tyme.

In thys yere also Sigismunde Emperour of Almayn came into En¦gland. And in the moneth of May, by the kynges cōmaundement & .vii. daye of the sayd moneth, the mayre and bretherne mette hym vpō Blak¦heth. And at saynt Georges met hym the kyng and hys lordes in great nō¦bre / and so conueyed hym vnto west∣mynster with great honour, & lodged hym in hys own palays. And shortly after was the feast of saynte George holden at wyndesore / whyche before was deferred for hys cōmyng. In ty¦me of whyche solempnyte durynge y^e dyuyne seruyce / the kynge kepte the astate. But in syttyng at the feest▪ the Emperour kept y^e astate. The seruice & sotyltees of whiche feeste, with syt∣tynge of y^e lordes after theyr degrees I passe ouer. And shortly after came the duke of Holande into this lande, for certayne causes concernynge the Emperour. whome the kynge ho∣nourably receyued / and lodged hym in the bisshoppes palays of Ely in Holbourne. And so the kynge en∣treated and chered these straungers that for the season that they taryed in Englande, they laye here at the kynges coste and charge.

And y^e emperoure and he were made knyghtes of the garter / and also a greate duke of y^e emperours named duke of Bryga. And whan the em∣perour hadde taryed vpō .vii. wekes and odde dayes in Englande / which after some wryters was to thentent to set an vnyte and reste bytwene the Frenche kynge and kynge Hen∣ry: he after toke mynde to retourne into Almayne▪ whom the kynge for hys comforte and nedes that he had to do at Caleys, accompanyed hym thyder / where eyther wyth gyftes & thankes departed from other. And the duke of Hollande went wyth the emperour into Hollande and other countrees.

whyle the kynge was thus at Ca¦lys / to hym came thyder vnder saufe conduyt the duke of Burgoyne, and hadde wyth the kynge dyuers com∣munycacyons / and after retourned to hys owne. And soone after y^e kyng retourned into Englande / and came to westmynster vpon saynte Lukes euyn or the .xvii. daye of October.

Thys yere and season whyle the kynge was at Calayes, y^t is to mene vppon the daye of Assumpcyon of our blessed lady / the duke of Bed∣forde accompanyed wyth the erle of Marche and other lordes, hadde a greate conflycte and batayle wyth dyuers carikkes of Ieane and other shyppes. where after longe and sore fyght, y^e honour fyll to hym and hys Englysshemen / to the greate losse of the straungers bothe of theyr men, and also of theyr shyppes / as some drowned, & .iii. of the grettest of theyr carykkes taken.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.vi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.vii.
	Roberte wodtyngton.
Henry Barton Skynner.		Anno .v.
	Iohn̄ Couentre.

THys yere the kynge holdynge hys parlyamēt at westmynster / to hym was graunted by aucto¦ryt of the same a Fyftene. And by a conuocacyon of the clergy was graū¦ted to hym a dyme, for the maynte∣naunce of hys warrys. wheruppon newe prouysyon was made for hys seconde vyage into Fraunce.

By authoryte of this parlyament also, Rycharde whyche was sonne & heyre of y^e erle of Cambrydge, which erle was put to deth at Southamp∣ton, was created duke of yorke / whi∣che after was maryed vnto Cecyle y^e doughter of Daraby erle of westmer¦lande, by reason that he brought his wardshyp of the kynge. By the whi∣che lady Cecyle he hadde Henry that dyed yonge, Edward that after was kynge, Edmunde erle of Rutlande, Anne duchesse of Exceter, Elyzabeth duchesse of Suffolke, George duke of Clarence, Rycharde duke of Glou¦ceter and after kynge, and Marga∣ret duchesse of Burgoyne. And whā all thynge was redy for the kynges vyage / he ordeyned Iohn̄ duke of Bedforde hys brother protectour of thys land in the tyme of his absence. And that done / he wyth hys lordes aboute wytsontyde toke hys shyp∣pyng at Southamptō, and so sayled into Normandye / and landed vpon Lāmas daye at a place called Toke or Towke. And after he was wyth hys hoste there landed, for so moche as he was warned of certayne shyp∣pes of warre y^e entendyd to do some harme in Englande beynge than vp¦pon the see: he therfore to wythstāde theyr malycyouse purpose, sent the

erle of Marche, the erle of Huntyng∣don, wyth other, to scowre the see. The whyche encountred the sayde enemyes / and after a lōge and cruell fyght them vēquysshed & ouercame. whyche fyght was vpon the daye of saynt Romayne or the .ix. day of Au∣guste, as hath the Frenche cronycle. And of the French nauy, was chyefe capytayne the vycount of Narbon / whych in that fyght was taken with great plēty of treasour. For as sayth Gaguinus, he with one Mountney an other capytayne, to whom y^e sow∣dyours wages was cōmytted / of one assent of theyr synguler lucre wyth∣helde the sayde wages. By reason wherof whan they shuld ioyne in ba∣tayll, many of them wyth theyr shyp∣pes withdrew, & last theyr capitayns in the daūger of theyr enemyes. But this is lyke to be a fayned excuse of y^e sayd Gagwyne, to saue the honoure of the Frēchmen / as he many tymes semblably dothe in many places of hys boke.

Then to retourne vnto kyng Hen∣ry / whan he was thus landed, he sent vnto y^e rulers of the town of Towke and had it vnto hym delyuered. But the castell was defended agayn hym tyll saynt Laurence daye folowyng / the whyche he gaue after vnto hys brother the duke of Clarēce, wyth all the sygnory therunto belongynge.

And thys done, the kynge spedde hym toward Cane, & layde his syege therunto vpon y^e .xvii. day of the fore¦sayd moneth of August. The whych contynued tyll the feest of the Naty∣uyte of our lady / & than won vpon y^e {per}ty y^t the duke of Clarēce assawted. But the castel helde by apoyntemēt, yf no rescouse were had tyll the .xiiii. day folowyng. At whych day y^e sayd castel was delyuered with other .xiiii strōge holdes, which had before takē y^e same apoyntmēt. Than the kynge made the foresayd duke of Clarence capytayne of the sayd town & castell. And in this passetyme were dyuers other townes & strōge holdes goten, by dyuers of y^e kynges retynew / as y^e erle Marshall, the erle of warwyke & other / y^e which wan Louers, Faloys, Newelyn, Cherburgth, Argētyne, & Bayons the citye, with many other strōge abbays & pilys. Thā the king helde there saynt Georges feest, and dubbyd there .xv. knyght{is} of y^e Bath / & after cōtynued his warres duryng this mayres yere, in wynnyng vpon the Frēchmen by apoyntement{is} and otherwyse / wherof the cyrcumstaūce were very longe to declare in order.

In this yere also, & vpō the festfull day of Ester, tyll a chaunce in Lōdō / which to y^e fere of all good crystē men is necessary to be noted.* 5.47 For vpō the hygh & solēpne day, by excytyng of y^e deuyll & yll disposyciō of .ii. women, that is to mene the wyfe of the lorde Straūge, & y^e wyfe of syr Iohn̄ Trus¦sell knyght / such vnkyndnes fyll by∣twene theyr two husbādes, y^t eyther wold haue slayne other within y^e pa∣rysh chyrch of saynt Dūstanes in the Eest. In {per}tyng of which persons dy∣uers men were hurt & sore woūded / & one named Thom̄ Petwardē slayne out of hand, which was a freeman & fysshemōger of the cyty. Than lastly both frayers were takē & brought vn¦to the Coūtour in y^e Pultry. And for the sayd lorde Straūge was demed culpable of y^e begīnyng of this fray / he therfore vpō the sōday folowyng, & for suspendyng of the chyrche, was denoūced acursyd at Poulys crosse & in all parysshe chyrches of Londō. And fynally he was demed to open penaunce & dyd it / and made greate amendes vnto the wyfe of the sayde Thomas for the deth of her husbād.

And in the ende of thys yere, where at Lōdō was sold for .ii.s. a busshell.

Anno domini .M.CCCC.xvii.		Anno domini .M.CCCC.xviii.
	Henry Rede.
Rycharde Merlowe. Iremonger.		Anno .vi.
	Iohn̄ Gedney.

* 5.48IN thys yere syr Iohn̄ Oldca∣stell lorde Cobhm̄ / the whyche as before is shewed in the ende of the fyrste yere of thys kynge, escaped out of the Towre of London / was in the moneth of sent vnto London by the lorde Powys out of walys. The whyche syr Iohn̄ for heresye & treason was conuycte in the moneth of folowynge / and for the same drawen vnto saynt Gyles feld / where he was hanged vppon a newe peyre of galowes wyth chaynes, and after consumed wyth fyre.

And about that season, the person of wortham in Norfolke, whyche longe tyme had haunted Newmar∣ket heth, and there robbed & spoyled many of the kynges subgettes / was nowe with his concubyne broughte vnto Newgate where he lastly dyed.

And kynge Henry beynge styll in Normandy / deuyded hys people in thre partes. wherof one he reserued vnto hym selfe / the seconde he com∣mytted to the rule of the duke of Cla¦rence / and the thyrde vnto the erle of warwyke. whyche sayde duke & erle employed theyr armes so well and valyauntly, that eyther of theym en∣croched sore vppon the Frenchmen, and wanne from them many stronge holdes and pyles. And the kynge af∣ter longe syeges by hym contynued aboute Argentyne, Cressy, saynte Launde, and other / he then in y^e ende of thys yere, that is to saye vppon y^e daye of the translacyon of saynt Ed∣warde or the .xiii. daye of October / layde hys syege vnto the cytye of Roan / and contynued the same tyll the .xii. daye of Ianuary folowynge.

In the whych passetyme the olde mayre was chaunged to a new as fo¦loweth. Upon the .ix. day of October dyed Iohn̄ Bryan sheryfe / and for hym was chosen to that offyce Iohn̄ Parnes Draper.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xix.
	Iohn̄ Bryan.
wyllyam Seuenoke Grocer.	Rauffe Barton.	Anno .vii.
	Iohn̄ Parnesse.

THys yere the foresayde syege aboute the cytye of Roan cō∣tynuynge / vpon the .xii. daye of Ia∣nuary foresayde, the Frenchmen of∣feryd to treate, whych treaty y^e kyng admytted vnto the erlys of warwike and Salysbury wyth other. And for the Frenche party, was appoynted the captayne of the cytye named syr Guy de Bocyer & other. By reason of whyche treaty it was agreed, that y^e sayd capitayne vpon the .xix. day of the sayd present moneth of Ianuary, at such an houre as it shuld please y^e kynge to assygne / shulde delyuer vn¦to suche persons as the kynge wolde appoynte the cytye & castell of Roan in all peasyble wyse / excepte the sayd cytye and castell be rescowyd by the dolphyne of Fraunce before the sayd xix. daye.

And the .xxii. daye of the sayd mo∣neth, the inhabytauntes of the sayde cytye to paye vnto the kynge .xv.C. scutes of golde / wherof two shulde alwaye be worth and englysshe noble.

And other .xv. hūdred of lyke scutes, they shulde paye vpon the .xxiii. daye of February next folowynge. whiche couenauntes with many and diuers other cōprysed to .xxv. artycles, were by the assuraunce of both partyes su¦rely ratifyed and assured. And for no rescouse by the sayde dolphyn or any other Frenchman, was made by the daye aboue lymytted / therfore y^e said capytayne accordynge to hys bonde and promysse, delyuered the sayd cy∣tye and castell, vppon the .xix. day of Ianuary afore sayde beyng the daye of saynt wolstan.

The wynnynge of thys cytye of Roan ascrybeth Gaguinus, vnto y^e ciuyle dyscord that was bytwene the cytesyns and theyr fyrste capytayne named erle of Danmale / whom they expulsyd y^e cyty with a strong power of Normans. But yet as he affer∣meth, the cytesyns helde the cyty tyll they were cōstrayned for lacke of vy∣tayll to eate horses, dogges, cattes, rattes, and other vermyn.

whan kynge Henry had set y^e cyty of Roan in an order / he then passed y^e countrees towarde Fraunce / so that he subdued the cityes and townes as he rode. And the .xx. daye of Maye he came to Troys in Chāpayne, where he was honourably receyued.

In whyche passetyme, Iohn̄ duke of Burgoyne that before tyme had ben the occasyon of the murder of the duke of Orleaunce, was now slayne in the presence of the dolphyn / lyke as before I haue shewed to you in y^e xxxix. yere of Charles the .vii. wher∣fore Phylyppe hys sonne and duke after hym, refused the dolphyns par¦tye and drewe hym vnto kynge Hen¦ry / and delyuered to hym the posses∣syon of Charlys the Frenche kynge and dame Katheryne hys doughter, as affermyth Gaguinus.

Then were meanes of concorde and vnyte soughte and laboured by the Frenchemen, in so effectuall ma∣ner, that shortely after for a fynall peas to be hadde bytwene both real∣mes / kynge Henry at Troys in Chā¦payne forsayde by the meanes of the sayde Phylyppe duke of Burgoyn, maryed the forenamed Katheryne, vppon Trynite sondaye than beyng the .iii. daye of Iuny.

Before solempnysacyon of which maryage a treaty and conclusyon of a peas conteynyng .xxxvii. artycles bytwene bothe kynges was conclu∣ded. wherof y^e effecte was, that kyng Henry shulde be admytted and na∣med regent of Fraunce / and y^t Char∣les shulde be kynge for terme of hys lyfe, and receyue the issues and pro∣fytes of the same / and quene Isabell hys wyfe to enioye her dower for terme of her lyfe to quenes of Fraūce due and accustomed. And quene Ka∣theryne kynge Henryes wyfe, to ha∣ue her dower in Englande to the va∣lue of .xl. thousande scutes / whyche shulde be in value tenne thousande marke Englysshe. And yf the ouerly¦ued kynge Henry / then she to haue dower of the realme of Fraunce, to y^e value .xx. thousande frankes yerely to beleuyed of suche lordshyppes as Blaunche somtyme wyfe to Phylyp¦le Beaw helde. And after the dethe and tyme of the forsayde Charlys, the crowne wyth all ryghtes belon∣gynge to the same of the realme of Fraunce, to remayne vnto kynge Henry and to hys heyres kynges. B••d for the sayde Charlys was vy∣syted wyth sykenesse / the kynge as regent shulde haue the hole gouer∣naunce of the sayde realme and de∣fence of the same / & specyally agayne the dolphyne, whyche entended and dyd hys vttermost power to distour∣be the sayde peas. And that the lor∣des and nobles of Fraunce as well

spyrytuall as temporall shall make othe vnto kynge Henry, to be obedy∣ent vnto his lefull commaundmen∣tes concernynge the foresayd gouer¦naunce and defence / and they with y^e hedes and rulers of cytyes, castelles, and townes to mayntayne & vphold the sayde peas to the vttermost of theyr powers / and after the dethe of y^e sayd Charles, to become his trewe subiectes and lyege men. And that al suche lordshyppes as after that daye shulde be be conquered or wonne fro the Dolphyn and other dysobedyen∣tes, that they shulde remayne to the vse of the sayd Charles durynge his naturall lyfe. Prouyded that yf any were wonne within y^e duchy of Nor∣mandy / that they shulde inconty∣nently remayne to kynge Henryes vse. And that after the dyscease of the sayde Charles, the duchy of Normā∣dy & all other lordshyppes therunto belongynge, to be as one monarchye vnder the crowne of Fraūce. And al∣so that durynge the lyfe of the sayde Charles / kynge Henry shulde nat name or wryte hym selfe kynge of Fraunce. And that the sayd Charles shulde in all his wrytynges name kynge Henry his moost derest sonne Henry kynge of Englande and enhe¦rytour of the crowne of Fraūce. And that none imposycyon or taske shuld be put vpon the comons of Fraunce, but to the necessary defeuce & weale of the realme. And that by the aduyce of bothe coūsayles of the realmes of Englande and of Fraunce, suche sta∣blysshed ordynaūces myght be deuy¦sed, that when the sayde realme of Fraunce shulde fall to the possessyon of kynge Henry or his heyres, that it myght with suche vnyte ioyne vnto the realme of Englāde, y^e one kynge myght rule both kyngdomes as one monarchye / reserued alwayes to ey∣ther pryncypate or realme, all rygh∣tes, lybertyes, frāchyses, and lawes / so that nother realme shulde be sub∣iecre vnto other. And that perpetuall amyte and frendshyp with all famy∣lyer conuersacion, aswell by byenge, sellynge, and all other lefull, to be cō¦tonued atwene bothe subiectes for euer / all customes and pryuyleges to eyther realme to be payde and obey∣ed. And that kynge Charles nor Phy¦lyp duke of Burgoyne, shulde make any concorde or pea•• with the Dol∣phyn of Uyen, without the assent & agrement of kynge Henry. Nor he in lykewyse without the consent of the sayde Charles and Phylyp. And the sayd Charles duryng his lyfe, shulde honorably be founde and entreated / and to haue in his housholde and aboute hym noble men of his owne nacyon, with all other thynges con∣cernynge his estate / and to be lodged in notable places of his realme, wher the people to hym shulde be moste obedyent.

After whiche artycles by the con∣sentes of bothe prynces well and no∣bly ratysfyed and confermed, and so∣lempnyzacion of the foresayd mary∣age ended / kyng Henry with his peo¦ple sped hym towarde Parys, where he was honorably receyued. And whan he had with his newe wyfe re∣sted hym there a season / he than with the duke of Burgoyne and dyuers other lordes of Fraunce, layde seyge vnto dyuers townes whiche helde vpon the Dolphyns partye, & them wanne by strengthe or by appoynt∣ment / and lastly layde syege and his ordenaunce aboute a stronge towne named Meldune or Meleon, wher∣of was capytayne a noble warryour named Barbasan, the whiche defen∣ded that towne manfully. Than the kynge seynge the foresayde sternesse of y^e capitayne / beclipped that towne with a stronge syege / lyenge hym∣selfe

on that syde towarde the wood, and the duke of Burgoyne vpon the other syde agayne the temple or mo¦nastery of saynt Peter / whiche syege so con••••ued durynge this mayres yere.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xix.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xx.
	Robert whytyngham.
Richarde whytyngham Mercer.		Anno .viii.
	Iohan Butler.

THis yere continued styll the for¦mer syege aboute Meleon tyll aboute the mydle of Nouem∣bre. At whiche tyme the fore named capytayne sore famysshed, sought me anes of treaty. By meane wherof it was agreed, that he with all other shulde sauely auoyde by a daye lymy¦ted / excepte all suche persones as be∣fore tyme had ben consentynge vnto the dethe of Iohn̄ lateli duke of Bur¦goyne. For the whiche cryme the fore¦named capytayne named Barbasan was after accused with many other / and sent vnto Parys, and there hol∣den in pryson. And that done kynge Henry layde his syege vnto a towne called Melden. The whiche fynally was also gyuen vp by a lyke apoynt∣ment. wherin were founden certayne persones detected of y^e foresayde mur¦ther / for the whiche after due examy∣nacyon made, they were hanged vp¦on an elmen tree standynge by y^e way ledynge vnto Parys. whan kynge Henry had thus wrouthte moche of his wyll in Fraunce / he toke leue of his father the Frenche kynge / & with the quene his wyfe sayled into Eng∣lande, & landed at Douer vpon Can¦delmas day / leuynge in Fraunce for his deputye his brother the duke of Clarence. Than the kynge sped hym on his iournay towarde London / & came thyder on the .xiiii. daye of Fe∣bruary. And the quene came thyder vpon the .xxi. day of y^e same moneth. But here for lengthe of tyme I wyl passe ouer the great and curyous or∣dynaunce prouyded by the cytezyns for the receyuynge of the kynge and quene, aswell of theyr ordinate me∣tynge wyth theym vpon horsebacke, as the sumptuous and honourable dyuyses prepayred wythin the cytye to the kynges and quenes greate re••ioysynge. And forthe I wyll procede to shewe vnto you some parte of the greate honour, that was vsed and ex¦ercysed vppon the daye of the sayde quenes coronacyon / whyche was af∣ter solempnysed in saynte Peters churche of westmynster, vppon the daye of saynte Mathy the apostle or the foure & twenty day of February. After whyche solempnysacyō in that chyrche endyd / she was conueyed in to the greate halle of westmynster, and there set to dyner. Upon whose ryghte hand satte at the ende of the same table the archebysshop of Caū¦torbury, and Henry surnamed the ryche cardynall of wynchester. And vppon the lefte hande of the quene satte the kynge of Scottes in hys astate / the whyche was seruyd wyth coueryd messe lyke vnto the forena∣med bysshoppes, but after them. And vppon the same hande and syde nere to the bordes ende, satte the duchesse of yorke, and the countesse of Hun∣tyngdon. The erle of y^e Marche hol∣dynge a ceptre in hys hande, knelyd vppon the ryght syde. The erle mar¦shall in lyke maner knyled vppon the left hande of the quene. The coū∣tesse of Kente satte vnder the table at the ryght foote / and the countesse

Marshall at the left foote. The duke of Glouceter syr Humfrey ••as that daye ouerloker / and stode before the quene bare heded. Syr Rychard Ne¦uyll was that day caruer to y^e quene / y^e erles brother of Suffolk cupberer / syr Iohn̄ Steward Sewar / the lord Clyfford panterer in stede of the erle of warwyk / the lord wyllughby bote¦ler in stede of the erle of Arūdell. The lord Gray Ruthyn or Ryffyn naperer The lord of Awdeley amner in stede of the erle of Cambrydge. The erle of worceter was that daye erle Mar∣shall in absence of the erle Marshall, the whyche rode about the hall vpon a great courser, wyth a multytude of typped staues about hym to kepe the roume in the hall. Of the which hall, the barons of the .v. portes begā the table vpon the ryght hande towarde saynt Stephēs chapell / & beneth thē at the table sat the bowchyers of the chauncery. And vpon the lefte hande next vnto the cupborde, sat the mayre and hys bretherne aldermē of Lōdō. The bysshops began the table fore∣agayne the barons of the .v. portes / & the ladies the table agayn the mayre. Of whyche .ii. tables, for the bysshop¦pes began y^e bysshop of London and the bysshop of Durham / and for the ladyes, the countesse of Stafforde / & the coūtesse of Marche. And ye shall vnderstande, that thys feast was all of fysshe. And for the orderyng of the seruice therof were diuers lordes appoynted for hede offycers / as ste∣warde, controller, surueyour, and o∣ther honourable offyces. For the whyche were appoynted the erles of Northumberlande, of westmerland, the lorde Fitz Hughe, the lorde Fur∣neuall, the lorde Gray of wylton̄, the lorde Ferers of Groby, the lord Po∣nynges, the lorde Haryngton̄, y^e lord Darcy, the lorde Dacre, and the lord Delaware.

The whyche wyth other orderyd the seruyce of the feest as foloweth / & thus for the fyrst course.

• Brawne and mustarde.
• Dedellys in Burneux
• Frument wyth Balien
• Pyke in Erbage
• Lamprey powderyd
• Trought
• Codlyng
• Playes fryed
• Marlyng fryed
• Crabbys
• Leche lumbarde florysshed
• Tartys.

And a sotyltye called a Pellycane syttyng on hys nest with her byrdes / and an image of saynte Katheryne holdyng a boke and dysputyng with the doctours / holdynge a reason in her ryghte hande, saynge Madame le Royne, and y^e Pellycan as an answere Ce estia signe, et du roy, pur tenir ioy, et a tout sa gent, esse mete sa entent.

The seconde course.

• Gely coloured wyth columbyne floures
• whyte potage or creme of almandes
• Breme of the see
• Counger
• Solys
• Cheuen
• Barbyll wyth Roche
• Fresshe Samon
• Halybut
• Gurnarde
• Rochet broyled
• Smelth fryed
• Creuys or lobster

Leche Damask witw the kynges worde or prouerbe flourysshed, Vne sanz plus.

• Lamprey fresshe baken
• Flampeyne flourisshed wyth a scochon̄ royall / and therin .iii. crow¦nes of golde plantyd with floure de∣lyce and floures of camemyll wrou∣ghte of confeccions.

And a sotyltye named a Panter wyth an image of saynte Katheryne wyth a whele in her hande / & a rolle wyth a reason in that other hande, sayeng, La Royne ma fise, in ceste ile, per bon reson, aues renount.

The thyrde course.

• Dates in compost
• Creme motle.
• Carpe deore.
• Turbut.
• Tenche.
• Perche wyth goion.
• Fysshe sturgeon wyth welkes
• Porperies rosted.
• Mennes fryed.
• Creuys de eawe douce.
• Pranys.
• Elys rosted wyth lamprey.
• A leche called the whyte leche
• flourysshed wyth hawthorne
• leuys and redde hawys.

A march payne garnysshed wyth dyuers fygurs of angellys / amonge the whych was set an image of saynt Katheryne holdynge thys reason, I lest escrit, pur voir et eit, per mariage pure cest guerre ne dure. And lastely a sotyltye na∣med a Tigre lokynge in a myrrour / and a man syttynge on horse backe clene armed holdyng in hys armes a Tyger whelpe wyth thys reason, Par force sanz reson ie ay pryse ceste beste. And wyth hys one hande makynge a coūtenaunce of throwynge of myrrours at the great Tygre. The whych held thys reason, Gile the mirrour ma fete distour.

And thus wyth all honour was fynysshed thys solempne coronacyō. After the whyche / the quene soiour∣ned in the palays of westmynster tyll Palme sondaye folowynge. And vp¦pon the morne she toke her iournaye towarde wyndesore where the kyng and she helde theyr Eester. And after that hygh feest passed / y^e kynge made prouysyon for hys warre in Fraūce, durynge the terme of thys mayres yere.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xx.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxi.
	Iohn̄ Boteler.
wyllyam Cambryge Grocer.		Anno .ix.
	wyllyam weston.

THis yere vppon Eester euyn, beynge than the .xxii. daye of Apryll, the duke of Clarence brother vnto the king, whō at his departyng out of Fraūce he hadde laft there for his deputye / was at a place called in French Baugy or Bauge, ouerset & slayne, by a Frēch capytayne named syr Iohn̄ de la Croyse. And the erlys of Huntyngdon & of Somerset with many mo gentlymē of England and Gascoyne takē prysoners, to y^e kyn∣ges great displeasure. Than shortly after y^e king held his pliamēt at west¦mynster. By autoryte wherof & of a cōuocaciō of y^e clergy holden at Pou¦lys, was graūted to hym a Fyftene & dyme. And for y^e money therof shuld not be hastely called on of y^e comōs / the byshop of wynchester of his own fre mynde, lent to the kyng .xx.M.li.

And about Pentecoste folowynge kyng Henry shypped at Douer, & say led to Calays / & from thens yode the thyrde tyme into Fraunce, where he warred duryng thys mayres yere.

Anno domini .M.CCCC.xxi.		Anno domini .M.CCCC.xxii.
	Rycharde Gosselyn.
Robert Chycheley Grocer.		Anno .x.
	wyllyam weston.

IN the begynnyng of thys may¦res yere and .vi. daye of Decē∣bre / was kyng Henry the .vi. borne at wyndesore. And in y^e .ix. day of y^e sayd moneth began a parlyament at Pou¦lys.* 5.49 By the whych was graunted to the kyng a fyftene and a deme of the clergy. And for the coyne of golde at those dayes was greatly mynysshed wyth clyppyng & wasshyng, to great hurte of the commynaltye / therefore at thys parlyament it was enacted & agreed, that in the paymente of thys ayde to the kyng graunted / hys offy¦cers shulde receyue all lyght coynes of golde, so that they wanted nat in weyghte ouer the rate of .xii.d. in the noble. And yf any noble wāted more than .x.i.d, or any other pese of golde after the rate / thā the owner to make vp the value to .vi.s.viii.d. By reasō of thys also, syluer, as grotes & pens were geson / for all men put forth the golde and made store of syluer. This yere also after Easter, the quene toke shyppyng at Southampton, & say∣led to the kynge into Fraūce / where she was honourably receyued of her father and mother, & of the cytyes & good townes. And in the cytye of Pa¦rys vpon whytsonday, the kyng and she sat crowne at Dyner, whych had nat before tyme ben sene of any kyng of Englande.

In thys mayres yere also, but the x. yere of the kyng and .x. daye of Au∣gust / a new wedyrcok was sette vpō the crosse of saynte Paulys steple of London. Thā kyng Hēry beyng styll occupyed in hys warres in Fraunce, & dayly wynnyg vpon the Frenchmē in thys sayd moneth of Auguste and x. yere of hys reygne / he waxed syke at Boys in Uincente, and dyed there lyke a good crysten man vpō the last daye of August, whan he had reyned ix. yeres .v. monethes and .x. dayes / le¦uyng after hym hys onely yonge son Henry of the age of .viii. monethes & odde dayes. And than hys body was enbawmed and ceryd, and after brou¦ghte vnto westmynster / as in the be∣gynnynge of the nexte mayres yere shalbe shewed. And in the moneth of Octobre folowyng, dyed the French kyng father vnto the quene, as in his story before is declared.

who that wolde take vppon hym to reherce all the conquestes and triū¦phaunt victoryes opteyned by thys moste vyctorious prynce, wyth other laudable dedes / he shulde to reherce thē ceryously make a great volume. But where to fore I haue shewed to you breuely some part of the famous dedes of thys excellente prynce, tou∣chynge the actuel dedys of his body / nowe I wyl breuely touche the actes done by hym for the meryte of hys soule. And fyrste for asmoche as he knewe well that hys father hadde la∣boured the meanes to depose y^e noble prynce Rycharde the second, & after was cōsētyng to his deth / for y^e which offence hys sayde father had sente to Rome, of that great crime to be assoy¦led / and was by the pope enioyned, y^e lyke as he had beraft hym of hys na∣tural and bodely lyfe for euer in this world, that so by contynuall prayer and suffragyes of y^e churche, he shuld cause hys soule to lyue perpetually in the celestyall worlde / whyche pe∣naūce for that hys father by lyfe dyd nat perfourme, thys goostly knyght in most habūdaūt maner {per}fourmed it. For fy••st he buylded .iii. houses of relygyon / as the Charterhous of mō¦kes called Shene, the house of close nonnes called Syon, and the thyrde was an house of obseruauntes buyl∣ded vpon that other syde of thamys, and a••ter let fall by hym for the skyll that foloweth as testyfyeth the boke or Regyster of mayres.

where it is reported that after this

noble prynce had thus founded these sayd .iii. houses, and endowed theym wyth cōpetent landes / he of a goost¦ly dysposicion wyth a secrete cōpany for to vpsyt them and to se how they kepte theyr dyuyne seruyce / wolde dyuers tymes go fro hys manour of Shene nowe called Rychemounte vnto the sayde thre places, for y^e cau∣ses abouesayde. At whyche tymes and seasons he euer founde the twoo houses of monkes and nonnes occu¦pyed as theyr statutes requyred. But the thyrde hous whyche was of Frenche fryers, he fande sondry ty∣mes neglygente and slacke in doyng of theyr duety. wherefore he called before hym y^e father wyth some other of that place, and reasoned wyth thē sharply, why none otherwyse they en¦tended theyr diuyne seruyce, & praied more specyally for hym as they were bounde of duety. whereunto it was after pardon requyred lastely by the sayde father answered, that in conue¦nyent wyse they naturally might nat praye for hym and hys good spede, consyderynge that he dayely warred vpon theyr fathers and kynnesmen, and slewe of theym and spoyled thē dayly / and enpouerysshed that lāde, whyche they of very kynde ought to loue and praye for. After whyche an∣swere thus by them made / the kynge auoyded the hous of them, and tur∣ned the lande thereof to suche vse as hym best lyked, and suffred the hous to fall in ruyne. And ouer thys great acte of foūdyng of these .ii. religious houses / he ordeyned at westmynster to brenne perpetually wythoute ex∣tinccion, iiii. tapers of waxe vppon the sepulture of kyng Rychard / and ouer that he ordeyned therto / to be continued for euer, one day in y^e weke a solempne Dirige to be songe, & vp∣pon the morowe a masse / after which masse ended certayn money to be gy¦uē, as before is expressed with other thynges in y^e begynnyng of this kyn¦ges reygne. And ouer thys his great besynesse in warre natwithstādyng / this most cristē prīce by his lyfe chase his place of sepulture within the fore¦sayd monastery / & there ordeyned for hym to be songe .iii. masses euery day in the weke whyle the world lasteth, in maner and forme as by these ver∣ses folowyng doth appere.

Henrici missae quinti, sunt hic tabulatae. Quae successiue sunt per monachos celebratae.

¶Prima fit Assumptae de festo virginis almae. Poscit pusiremam Christus de morte resur gens. Dominica ¶Prima salutate de festo virginis extat. Nunciat angelicis laudem postrema choreis. ••unc ¶Esse deum natum de virgine prima fatetur. Commemora natam, sic vltima missa Mariam. Martis ¶Prima celebretur, ad honorem neupmatis almi. Vltima conceptam denunciat esse Mariam. Mercurij ¶Semper prima coli, debet de corpore Christi. Vltima fit fata, de virgine purificata. Iouis ¶Concedet vt prima, celebretur de cruce sancta. At{que} salutate fiet postrema Mariae Veneris ¶Omnes ad sanctos, est prima colenda supernos. Vltima de requie, pro defunctis petit esse. Sabati ¶Semper erit media, de proprietate dei. Omni die

¶Missa Assumptionis M••tiae. Missa dn̄ieae resurrectionis. 1 ¶Missa salutationis Mariae. Missa annūciatiōis Mariae. 2 ¶Missa natiu••tatis Christi. Missa natiuitatis Mariae. 3 ¶Missa sancti spiritus. Missa conceptionis. 4 ¶Missa corporis Christi. Missa purificationis. 5 ¶Missa sanct̄ae crucis. Missa salutationis Mariae. 6 ¶Missa omnium sanctorum. Missa de requie. 7 ¶Missa diei quotidie.

¶whyche verses may thus to vnletteryd be englysshed.

Loo here is noted and put in memory, That ouer these actes noble and Marcyall / Thys excellent prynce, thys fyfte kyng Henry, Hys soule to endowe he was memoryall. For wyth suffrages whyche euer laste shall, Of masses thre that folowe ceryously, At westmynster he ordeyned to be sayde dayly.

* 5.50Upon sondaye the fyrste masse to begynne, Deuoutly to be sayd, of the Assumpcion Of our blessed Lady / and nat thereafter blynne, But than the latter of the resurreccion. * 5.51And on the mondaye, of the Uisitacion The fyrste masse after ordeyned is. Of the Annunciacion the latter masse sayd is.

* 5.52Upon the tuysday, to kepe the ordre iust, The fyrste to be sayd of crystes Natiuite. Than of our Lady byrth the latter folow muste. * 5.53On wednysdaye, the holy ghost halowed to be. And of the Concepcion the thyrd wylled he. * 5.54The thursday to synge the fyrste of Corpus xp̄i / Of the Purificacion the laste of our Lady.

* 5.55Upon the frydaye, a masse of crystes crosse / And of the Salutacion the latter for to synge. And for of daye or tyme shuld be no losse * 5.56Upon saterdaye, the fyrste of that mornynge A masse of all sayntes to pray for the kynge. Than masse of Requiem to be laste of all. * 5.57And euery day, the day masse amyd these masses to fall.

¶Lenuoy.

¶ O mercifull god, what a prynce was this, Whiche his short lyfe in marciall actes spent In honour of conquesi / that wonder to me it is, Howe he myght compasse suche dedys excellent / And yet for that his mynde nothynge detent, Al•• ghostly helthe for his soule to prouide, Cut of his world or he fatally shulde slyde

So that though I had Tullyes eloquence, Or of S••••ek the great moralyte, Or of Salomon the perfyght sapience, Or the swete dyties of dame Caliope: Yet might I nat in prose or other dytte, Accordyngly auaunce this princes fame, And with due honour to enhaunce the same.

Consideringe his actes, wherof percell appere In this rude w••rke / with many mo left out / The tyme also, whiche was lesse than ten yere, That he so shortly brought all thynge about / By diuine grace forthryd without doute, That myghtfull lorde he hal••e his ghostly knyght With grace & honour to passe this worldes sight.

And to haue rewarde dowble & condigne. And first for marciall actes by hym doone,

To be auaunced amonge the worthys Ny••e And for his vertues vsed by hym efte soone, With many good dedes which he in erth had done Aboue the Hierarches he is I trust now stalled, That was on erth / kyng of kynges called.

Anglia. ¶ Henry the syxte.

HEnry the .vi. of y^e name, and onely sonne of Henry the .v, & of quene Kathryn dough¦ter of Charles y^e seuenth kyng of Fraunce / began hys reygne ouer the realme of Eng∣lande, the fyrst day of September, in the yere of our lorde .M.iiii.C. & .xxii. and in the ende of the laste yere of the reygne of the foresayde .vii. Charles than kyng of Fraunce.

Thys Henry for the insufficience of hys age, whyche as before ys she∣wed was but of .viii. monethes and odde days / was commytted vnto the rule of hys vncles, the dukes of Bed¦forde and of Glouceter. The whyche durynge hys none age ruled the real¦mes of Englande & of Fraunce ho∣nourably / as the duke of Glouceter protectour of Englande, and duke of Bedforde regent of Fraunce. Than vpon the .xxi. day of October duryng thys mayres yere Robert Chyceley / dyed at Parys the aboue named vii. Charles kynge of Fraunce. By reason of whose deth, by force of ap∣poyntemēt before made betwene Hē∣ry the .v. and hym, as before is tow∣ched in the seuenth yere of the sayde Henry / the realme of Fraunce & right thereof fylle vnto the yonge kynge Henry. To whose vse the nobles of Fraunce, excepte a fewe of suche as helde wyth the Dolphyne, delyuered the possession therof vnto the duke of Bedforde, as regent therof durynge that nonage of thys kynge.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxiii.
	wyllyam Estfeylde.
wyllyam walderne.		Anno primo.
	Robert Tatersale.

IN the begynnyng of thys may¦res yere, and fyrste yere of the kyng / that is to say the .vii. daye of y^e moneth of Nouembre, the corps of y^e excellent prynce kyng Henry the fyft was wyth great solempnyte and ho∣nour brought vnto the monastery of westmynster / and there at the fete of saynt Edward wyth due reuerēce en¦terred / to whose soule Iesus be mer¦cyfull. And vpon the .ix. day of y^e sayd moneth, was a parlyament called at westmynster. By reason whereof, the kynges gouernaunce durynge hys nonage was prouyded for / wyth all the rule of bothe realmes of Englād and of Fraunce. And by auctoryte of the same, the duke of Glouceter syr Humfrey, was ordeyned protectoure of England / and duke Iohn̄ of Bed¦forde regent of Fraunce. And du∣rynge the parlyament / was graūted vnto y^e kyng for a subsydie for .iii. ye∣res, v. nobles of euery sacke of wolle that shulde passe out of the lande. And the fyrste daye of Marche after, was of hys preestehode deregraded and heretyke named wyllyam Tayl∣lour, and brēt to asshes in smythfeld. whose opynyons for the herynge of them shulde be tedious and vnfrute∣full / I therfore wyll nat wyth theym blot my boke. In thys moneth of Marche also was the town of Poūt

Melane deliuered by apoyntmente vnto the regent of Fraunce. Of the whych apoyntemēt one artycle was, that all horses, abylmētes of warre, harneys, and other, shulde be lefte within the sayd place / and also golde and syluer and other iewelles there to remayne hooly. And yf that any persone were within y^e holde founde, whiche before tyme had ben gylty or consentynge to the dethe of the duke of Burgoyne / that he shulde be dely∣uered to the regent / and not to take any benefyte or pryuylege by that ap¦poyntment.

And this yere the west gate of the cytye called Newgate, was newly buylded and repayred by the execu∣tours of Rycharde whytyngton late mayre of Londō. And this yere after mydsomer fyll great water or rayne / so that for the more party euery daye atwene the begynnynge of Iuly and ende of Septembre, it rayned lytell or moche / and yet that not withstan∣dynge, that yere was cōuenyent plen¦tye of al grayne, so that whete passed not eyght shyllynges at Lōdon, and malte fyue shyllynges.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxiiii.
	Nycholas Iames.
wyllyam Crowmer draper.		Anno .ii.
	Thomas wadeforde.

THis yere, that is to meane in the begynnge of this mayres yere and .xiii. day of Nouembre / the kynge and the quene his mother re∣moued from wyndesore towarde Lō¦don, and came that nyght vnto Sta∣nys / and on the mo••owe beynge son∣day whan he was borne towarde his mothers chare, he shyrled and cryed so feruently, that the noryce with her brestes nor nothynge elles that the quene coude deuyse myght contente hym. wherfore the quene beyng fered that he had ben dyseased, retourned agayne to her chambre / where anone he was in good rest and quyet. This of some wryters is noted for a dy∣uyne monycyon, y^t he wolde not tra∣uayle vpon the sonday. But how it was, the quene taryed with hym ther that nyght / & on the mo••owe he was borne to y^e chare with glad semblant & mery chere, and so came to Kynge∣ston that nyght / and vpon y^e morow vnto his manour of Kyngeston. Up∣on wednysday, the quene syttynge in her chare and he vpon her lappe, pas¦sed with great tryumphe thorughe the cytye / and so vnto westmynster, where than was holden his parlya∣ment / & there set in his kyngly ma∣geste within the parlyamēt chambre amonge all his lordes, where the speker of the parlyament made a fa∣mous preposicion / wherof the effecte was, of the grace y^t god had endewed the realme with, for the presence of so toward a prynce and soueraygne go∣uernour as he was, with many other wordes of commendacyon, which I passe ouer. The .xxvi. day of the same moneth of Nouēbre / the kynge with y^e quene remoued from westmynster vnto waltham holy crosse. And after he had there a season soiourned / here moued vnto Hertford, where he held his Crystmasse, and y^e kyng of Scot¦tes with hym. And y^e foresayd parlya¦mēt was iourned vnto y^e .xx. daye of Crystmas. In y^e whiche parlyament amonge other actes, was ordeyned y^t what prysoner y^t for graūd or pety tre¦ason was cōmytted to warde, & after wylfully brake the same, it shulde

be demed pety treason / and that the goodes of hym so escapynge, shulde be forfeyted to the lorde of that soyle that they were founde in. In the mo∣neth of Februari, syr Iames steward kynge of Scottes maried in the face of the churche of saynt mary Ouere∣ys in Southwerke, dame Iohane y^e duchesse doughter of Clarence / whi∣che was doughter vnto the erle of Somerset fyrste husbande vnto the sayde duchesse. And the feest was hol¦den in the bysshop of wynchesters place by. And soone after vpon the xiii. day of February, the foresayde parlyament beynge agayne holden at westmynster / for brekynge of the foresayde acte of brekynge of pryson, syr Iohan Mortymer was accused by a yoman named wyllyam Kynge and seruaunt vnto syr Robert Scot knyght and keper of y^e towre of Lon∣don, of dyuers poyntes of treason as folowen. Fyrst he coūseyled with the sayd wyllyam Kynge to the ende to breke out of pryson / and promysed to hym for the same, the yerely value of xl.li. lande, & in processe an erledome. Also the sayd Mortymer shulde saye that he wolde go into wales vnto the erle of the Marches / and there he wolde rayse .xl.M. mē, and with that power he wolde entre this lande, and stryke of the heddes of the lorde pro∣tectour and of the bysshop of wynche¦ster, to the entent that he myght tell or play with some of his money.

And ferthermore he accused hym, that the sayde Mortymer shulde say, that the erle of Marche shulde be kynge by ryght enherytaunce / & that he hymself was nexte ryghtfull heyre to the sayd crowne after the sayd erle of Marche. wherfore yf the sayde erle wold not take vpon hym y^e crowne & rule of y^e lande, he sayde that he elles wolde. And ouer this the sayd wylly∣am. alledged to the sayde syr Iohan Mortymer, that he shulde say that yf he fayled of his purpose, and myght not wyn̄e vnto the erle of Marches, that than he wolde sayle vnto y^e Dol¦phyn and ayde and take his partye / where he wyst well he shuld be accep∣ted, and haue good ayde of hym to brynge aboute his purpose. All whi∣che maters were duely approued by the sayde wyllyam agayne the sayde syr Iohan, before the lordes and co∣mons of the sayde parlyament / for y^t whiche treasons he was after draw∣en and hanged.

In this yere also the duke of Bed¦forde beynge in Fraunce as regene, warred strongly vpon y^e Dolphyn, & wanne from hym many stronge hol∣des and townes / as Crotey, Basyde, Ryol, Rulay, Gyroūde, Basyle, Mer¦moūde, Mylham, Femel, Seintace, Iensak, Mauron, Duras, Mount∣suer, La venak, Palageeu, Cerneys, Noelam, Cusak, and Doual with dy¦uers other / and so contynued tyll he came vnto Uerneyll in Perche. The whiche he helde so streyght, that last¦ly Gyrande the captayne therof agre¦ed to delyuer it by a certayne day, ex∣cepte he were rescowed. After whiche appoyntment so taken / the sayde Gy¦rande as wytnesseth Gaguinus, sent worde to Charles the .viii. of y^e name or y^e .vii. after dyuers wryters, which of his fautoures was than accōpted for kyng of Fraūce. And he in all pos¦syble hast, sent thyder y^e duke of Alan¦son, y^e erle of Turon̄ or of Douglas, of Bowgham or Boucam, of Dau∣mayll, & y^e vicoūt of Nerbon̄, with a strōg power of Armenakkes, scottes, & Frēchemē / y^e which host or it myght approch to y^e sayd towne to make re∣scouse, y^e day expired, & it vnto y^e duke deliuered. whā y^e duke of Alāsō was asserteyned of y^e deliuere of y^e towne, he toke his aduise of y^e other capitay¦nes, whether it was better to retourn

consyderyng the towne was yolden, or to gyue batayll vnto the Englishe men. But fynally for no reproche shuld be to them arected as they had fled for fere / they kept on theyr iour¦nany, & pyght theyr felde in a playne nere vnto the sayd town of Uernoyl. where they beynge strongely enba∣taylled, vpon the .vii. day of the mo∣neth of August, the duke of Bedford wyth hys retynue gaue to thē sharpe and cruell batayll / the whyche endu∣red longe wythoute knowlege of vy∣ctory.

But fynally by goddes ordenaūce and power, the vyctyry fyl to the En¦glysshe partye, to the greate losse of theyr enemyes. For in the fyghte was slayne / as testyfyeth the French Gaguyne, the erles of Turon, and Boucam, of Daumayle, wyth the Uycounte of Narbon̄, and dyuers o∣ther men of name. And of the com¦mons were slayne to the nombree of fyue thousande. And there was ta¦ken the duke of Alanson, the Mar¦shall of Fraunce, and other. But y^e englysshe wryters affermeth .x.M. to be slayne and mo.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxv.
	Symonde Seman.
Iohn̄ Mychell.		Anno .ix.
	Iohn̄ Bywater

THys yere after Easter, y^e kynge helde hys parlyamente at west∣mynster / the whych began vpō the daye of Etkenwalde or the laste daye of Apryll, And .ii. dayes before, the kynge wyth the quene his moder came thorugh the cytye from wynde∣sore. And whan he came at the west dore of Poulys / the lorde protectour toke him out of the chare, and so was ladde vpon hys fete betwene y^e sayde lorde Protectour and the duke of Ex¦ceter, vnto the steppes goyng into y^e quyer. Fro whēs he was borne vnto the hygh aulter / and there kneled in a trauers purueyed for hym. And whan he had be there, he yode to the rode of y^e north dore and there made hys offerynges. And thenne was he borne into the churche yerde, & there set vpon a fayre courser, and so con∣ueyed thorugh chepe, and the other stretes of the cytye vnto saynt Geor∣ges barre / and so helde hys iournay to hys Manour of Kenyngton̄. And contynuyng the foresayd parlyamēt / the kyng was sondry tymes cōueyed to westmynster / and wythin the par∣lyament chāber kept there his royall astate. By auctoryte whereof, to hym was graunted a subsidye of .xii.d. in the .li. of all maner marchaundyse cō¦myng in or passing out of this realm and .iii.s. of a tunne of wyne for y^e ter¦me of .iii. yeres to be holden. And fer∣thermore it was enacted, that all mar¦chaunt straungers shuld be set to an Englysshe hoste wythin .xv. dayes of theyr commyng to theyr porte sale, & to make no sale of any marchaun∣dyse or they were so lodged / & theym wythin .xl. dayes folowynge to make sale of all that they brought. And yf any remayned vnsolde at the sayde xl. dayes ende / that than all such mar¦chaundyse beyng than vnsolde, to be forfayted vnto the kyng. Also that all straungers that caryed any wol∣les out of thys lande, shuld pay .xliii. s.iiii.d. for a sakke custome, where y^e Englysshe marchaunte and denyzen payde but .v. nobles / wyth many o∣ther condycyons and penaltyes as well for Englysh as the other mar∣chauntes,

whyche wolde are longe leysour to shewe, enacted and passed durynge thys sayde parlyamente.

And the seconde daye of the mo∣neth of Auguste, was yolden vnto the erle of Salysbury appoynted wyth other by the regent, the cytie of Mans, vnder appoyntemente com∣prysed in .ix. articles. wherof one spe∣cyall was, that yf any persones were founde wythin the cytye whyche had ben consentyng vnto the dukes deth Iohan late duke of Burgoyne, that they shulde stande at the grace of the sayde regent.

Also thys yere the duke of Glouce¦ter lord protectour, whiche lately be∣fore hadde maryed the duchesse of Holande a woman a greate possesiō / for cause of rule wherof, to haue do∣mynyō of the same, he wyth the sayd duchesse sayled towarde that coūtre, and thereof her subgectes was peasy¦bly and wyth honour receyued. But fynally he had suche chere, y^t he was gladde to retourne into Englande, leuynge hys wyfe therein a towne of her owne named Mounse But af¦ter hys departynge, the duke of Bur¦goyne so demeaned hym to the ru∣lers of that towne, were it by batayll or otherwyse, that they deliuered her to the sayde duke / and he forthwyth sente her vnto Gaunte, there to be kepte as prysoner. But by the Fren∣shyppe of one named syr Iaques de la Grayll a Burgonyon knyghte, & her owne polecy / she escaped thens in a mannes clothynge, and came to a towne in zelande named zyryxe / and frome thens to an other towne in zelande called Ghwode or Ghow-Ghowde, where she wythstode the dukes power.

Than the duke of Glouceter he∣ryng of the escape of his wyfe, and of the malyce of the duke foresayde / in all haste prouyded a stronge compa∣ny of soudyours and archers, and cō¦mytted them vnto that rule of y^e lord Fitzwater. The whych in processe of tyme landed wyth them at a place in zelande called Brewers hauē / where of theyr ēnemyes they were encoun∣tred and dryuē backe, & so retourned into Englande wythoute any greate fete doynge, leuynge the duchesse be∣hynde them for that season.

Thys yere about Myghelmasse y^e prynce of Portyngale came into En∣glande / & was honourable receyued and fested of the kynges vncles / and taryed here the tyme of thys mayres yere. This yere also began a grudge to kyndle betwene the lorde protec∣tour and hys halfe brother the bys∣shoppe of wynchester / the whyche af∣ter grewe to a greate dystourbaunce of the cytie of London, as in the next mayres yere shalbe shewed. And in the ende of thys yere, were many honeste men of the cytye apeched of treason, by a false and malycyous persone belongynge vnto the sayde bysshoppe / and putte theym vnto greate vexacyon and trouble. whych was done by the procurement of the sayde bysshoppe as the comon fame than wente. And nat alonely men of the cytie were thus vexed, but also o∣ther burgeyses of dyuers good tow∣nes, as Leyceter, Caūterbury, Nor∣thampton, and other.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxv.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxvi.
	wyllyam Mylrede.
Iohn̄ Couentre Mercer.		Anno .iiii.
	Iohn̄ Brokle.

IN thys yere the .xxix. daye of Octobre, and selfe same daye that the mayre for the yere folowyng yerely at westmynster taketh hys charge / at suche tyme as he was hol∣dynge hys great dyner, he was by y^e lorde protectour sent for in spedy ma¦ner. And whan he was comyn to hys presence / he gaue to hym a streyghte commaundemente, that he shulde se that the cytye were suerly watched in that nyght folowyng, and so it was. Than vpon the morowe folowynge about .ix. of the clok / certayne seruaū¦tes of the forenamed bysshope wolde haue entred by the brydge gate. But the rulers therof wolde nat suffre thē in so great nombre / but kepte theym out by force, lyke as before they were commaunded. wherwyth they beyng greuously dyscontented / gaderyd to them a more nombre of archers and men of armys, and assauted the gate wyth shot & other meanes of warre. In so moche that the commōs of the cytye herynge thereof, shytte in theyr shoppes & sped them thyder in great nombre. And lykely it was to haue ensued great effusyō of blode shortly therupon, ne had ben the dyscrescion of y^e mayre and hys brethern, that ex¦orted y^e people by all polytyke meane to kepe the kynges peas. And in this passe tyme, the archebysshop of Caū∣torbury, wyth the prynce of Portyn∣gale and other, toke greate laboure vpon them to pacyfye thys varyaūce betwene the lord protectour and the bysshope / in so moche that they rode betwene theym .viii. tymes or they might brynge them to any resonable conformyte. Than lastly they a∣greed to stāde to the rule of the regēt, or of suche as he wolde assygne. wher¦upō y^e cytye was set in a more quiete. Thā the bisshop of wynchester wrote a letter vnto y^e duke of Bedforde or lord regēt, wherof y^e tenure ensueth.

RIght hyghe and myghty price & ryght noble, and after one le¦uest erthly lord / I recommaunde me vnto your grace wyth all myne hert. And as ye desyre the welfare of the kyng our soueraygne lorde, & of hys realmes of Englande & of Fraunce, & your owne weale wyth all yours / haste you hyder, for by my trouthe & ye tary longe, we shall put thys lāde in ieopardy wyth a felde / such a bro∣ther ye haue here god make hym a good man. For your wysdome kno∣weth well, that the profyte of Fraūce standeth in the welfare of England. Ryght hygh & myghty prynce, I be∣seche you holde mayster Iohan Est∣court your coūcellour excused of hys taryeng / for it is moche agayne hys wyll. But the counsayll here hath made hym do cōtrary hys mynde. And that it may lyke you to gyue cre¦dēce vnto your chamberlayne syr Ro¦bert Boteler. And the blessed Trinite kepe you. wryten in great haste at Lōdon the laste day of Octobre.

Upō the .x. day of Ianuary nexte ensuynge, y^e sayde duke of Bedforde wyth hys wyfe came vnto London. And with thē came also the sayd bys¦shop of wynchester. And the mayre & the cytezyns receyued hym at Mer∣ton, & cōueyed hym thorugh y^e cytye vnto westmynster / where he was lod¦ged in y^e kyng{is} palays / & the bysshop of wynchester was lodged wythin y^e abbottes lodgynge.

Than vpō the morow folowynge or y^e .xi. day of Ianuary / y^• mayre pre∣sented the regēt wyth a payere of ba∣syns of syluer & ouer gylte, & in them a .M. marke of golde. But the bis∣shop had so incenced hym agayn the cytye, that they receyued but a small thāke for all theyr labour and coste. Upon y^e .xxi. day of February, thā be∣gan a great coūsayl at saīt Albonys / and after it was adiourned vnto

Northampton. But for due conclu∣syons myghte nat be dryuen by the sayde counsayll / therfore vppon the xxv. daye of Marche ensuynge, was called a parlyament at Leyceter / the whyche endured tyll the xv. daye of Iuny folowynge. Thys was cleped of the comon people the parlyament of battes. The cause was, for procla¦macyons were made, that men shuld leue theyr swerdes & other wepyns in theyr innys, the people toke great battes & stauys in theyr neckes / and so folowed theyr lordes & maysters vnto the parlyament. And whan y^e wepyn was inhybyted them / thanne they toke stones & plūmettes of lede, and trussed them secretly in theyr sle¦uys & bosomys. Durynge the parlia¦ment / amōge other notable thynges for the weale of the realme, the vary∣aunce that was betwene the forsayd lordes was herin debated & argued. In so moche that the duke of Glou∣ceter put in a byll of cōplaynt, agayn the bysshop conteynyng .vi. artycles. wherof the fyrst was, that where the lorde protectour wolde haue had his lodgynge wythin the towre of Lon∣don / he was by the comforte & ayde defended & let of the bysshop, and of Richard wydeuile esquyer thā being Lyeutenaunt of the same. The secōd was, for that that the bysshop wolde haue remoued y^e kyng from Elthm̄ / & haue sette hym at hys gouernaūce, without the aduyce and counsayle of the lorde protectour. The thyrde was, that whan the duke was enfor¦med of the bysshoppes entent / and he entendynge accordynge to his offyce and duetie, in peasyble wyse to haue rydē to y^e kyng to haue gyuē vpō him attendaunce: y^e bysshop entēdynge y^e distrucciō of y^e duke, assēbled a great multytude of men of armes and ar∣chers in Southwarke / & ther drewe the cheyne at the brydge fote, and set vp pypes & other engynes to stoppe the kynges hye way / & ordeyned mē to stande in chambres and solers to throwe stones / and by theyr ordenaū¦ces and pollycy, to haue destroyed y^e duke and his company. The .iiii. ar∣tycle was, that kynge Henry the fyft shulde by his lyfe tyme shewe vnto y^e sayde duke, that by the openynge of a spaynell, a man was taken behynd a tapet in one of the kynges chābres. The whiche man after examyned by the erle of Arundel / confessed that he was sent thyther by y^e sayde bysshop, to the ende to murther kynge Henry the forth. After whiche cōfessyon / the sayd erle let sakke that man, and so cast hym into the Thamys. The fyft was, that the sayd Henry the fyft be∣ynge prynce and heyre parant to the crowne / the sayd bysshop shuld come vnto hym and say, that for somoche as his father was vexed with greuo∣us sekenes, & was not apte to come in conuersacion of the people, nor myght not conueniently gyde the re∣alme / that he therfore shulde take vp on hym the rule and gouernaunce of the same, and put his father from all kyngly power. The .vi. and last arty∣cle was, that sediciously the sayd bys¦shop hadde by his letters sent lately vnto the duke of Bedforde / wrong∣fully accused hym, in that he shulde areyse the kynges people, and iupar¦de this lande by a felde / contrary to the kynges peas and comon wele of this lande.

All which articles were by y^e bys∣shop wele and suffycyently answered and replyed / so y^t he layde from hym the blame. And fynally by the prouy∣dent counsayle of the lorde regent / al the sayd artycles and matiers of va∣ryaunce atwene the sayd two lordes hangynge, were put to the examyna∣cyon and iudgmente with the assy∣stence of y^e lordes of the parliamēt, of

Henry the archebysshop of Caunter¦bury, of Thomas duke of Exceter, of Iohn̄ duke of Northfolk / Thomas bysshop of Durhm̄, of Phylype bys∣shop of worceter, or Iohn̄ bysshop of Bathe, of Humfrey thā erle of Staf∣forde, of Rauffe lorde Cornewell, & of mayster wyllyam Alnewyke than keper of the preuy seale. The whych lordes wyth assystence of the other lordes of the parlyament, made a de∣cre and a warde / so that eyther party toke other by the hande, wyth frēdly & louyng wordes / none hauyng amē¦des of other, except the bysshope had wordes of submyssyō vnto the duke, in requyryng hym of hys fauoure & good lordshyp. And y^e accorde thus fynysshed, the parlyament was ad∣iourned tyll after Easter. Uppon whytsondaye folowynge, was a so¦lempne feest holden at Leyceter for∣sayde / where the regente dubbyd kynge Henry knyghte. And than forthwyth the kynge dubbyd Ry∣charde duke of yorke, that after was father to kynge Edwarde. Also he dubbyd knyghtes, the sonne and heyre of the duke Iohan, duke of Northfolke, and the erles of Oxen∣forde and westmerlande, wyth other lordes and gentylmen to the noum∣bre of .xxxiiii.

And after that feeste wyth all ho∣nour was endyd / the kynge wyth the regente and other of hys lordes drew towarde London. And so the regente contynued wyth the kynge in Eng∣lande, by the full terme of thys may∣res yere.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.vi.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.vii.
	Iohn̄ Arnolde.
Iohn̄ Raywell Fysshmonger.		Anno .v.
	Iohn̄ Hyghthm̄.

IN thys .v. yere and moneth of February / the regent with hys wyfe & housholde meyny passed the see vnto Calays, and so thorugh Py¦cardy into Fraunce. But or he depar¦ted thens, that is to meane vpon the daye of annuncyacion of our Lady / the bysshop of wynchester within the churche of our Lady of Calays was created cardynall, by auctoryte of y^e bulles of pope Martyne the .v. of y^e name. And after that solēpnyte don / the regente toke hym on hys ryghte hande, & so conueyed hym vnto hys lodgynge.

Thys yere was vnresonable of we¦deryng / for it reyned moste part con∣tynually frome Easter to Myghel∣masse, where thorugh hay and corne was greatly hyndered.

And in thys yere the duke of Alē∣son, that before was taken prysoner at the batayll of Uernell in Perche, was delyuered for a raunson of .ii.C M. scutes of golde as testyfyeth Ga∣guinus, whyche is fyfty .M. marke sterlyng money.

In thys yere also the erle of Sa∣lysbury, whych of dyuers wryters is named the good erle / accompanyed wyth the erle of Suffolke, the lorde Talbot, and other, layde a stronge syege vnto the cytye of Orleaunce, & helde the cytezyns very streyght / and maugre the duke of Orleaunce and the Marshal of Fraunce thanne na∣med Boussaak, the Englysshemen wanne from theym dyuers stronge holdes adioynynge to the cytye / and forced them to brenne a greate parte of the subbarbes of the cytye.

But sorowe it is to tell and dool∣full to wryte, whyle one day the sayd good erle syr Thomas Mountagu,

rested hym at a bay wyndow, and be helde the compas of the cytie, and tal¦ked with his familiers / a gonne was leueyled out of the cytie from a place vnknowen, whiche brake the tymbre or stone of the wyndowe with suche vyolence, that the pecys therof all to quasshed the face of the noble erle / in suche wyse that he dyed within thre dayes folowyng. Upon whose soule & all crysten Ihesu haue mercy Amē.

This after dyuers wryters was initium malorum. For after this mys¦happe, the Englysshmen loste rather ther than wanne / so that lytell and ly¦tell they loste all theyr possessyon in Fraūce. And all be it that somewhat they gate after / yet for one that they wanne they loste thre, as after shall appere.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.xxviii.
	Henry Frowyk.
Iohan Gedney draper.		Anno .vi.
	Robert Otley.

IN this .vi. yere & begynnynge of the same / the kyng helde his parlyament at westmynster. By auc∣toryte wherof was graunted to hym a subsydye in maner as foloweth. Fyrst of euery tonne of wyne y^t came into this lande, from y^e feest of saynt Ambrose or the fourth day of Apryll tyll the ende of that yere, the kynge shulde haue .iii. s. belongynge to a de¦nyzyn or the kynges lyege man. Also of all marchaundyse passynge or cō∣mynge into this lāde, shypped by de∣nyzon / the kynge to haue of euery. xx.s..xii.d. excepte woll, fell, & clothe.

Also to hym was graunted, that of all parysshens thorughout his re∣alme beynge the benefyce of the va∣lewe of .x. marke, that .x. of the sayde parysshons shulde paye of theyr mo∣uables syxe shyllynges & eyght pēs, after y^e rate of eyght pens euery mā. And of all benefyces that were of .x.li.x. parysshons to paye .xiii.s. and iiii.d. all cytyes and borowes to be excepted. And so rate rate lyke from the lowest benefyce to the hyghest. And for the inhabytauntes of cyties, boroughes it was enacted that eue∣man beynge it valewe of .xx.s. aboue his stuffe of houshold & his apparayl and his wyfes, shulne paye .iiii.d. & so after the rate vnto the rychest.

In this yere also and day of saynt Gyles or the fyrste day of Septēbre / the cardynall of wynchester was met by the mayre and his bretherne and certayne cytezyns on horse backe without the cytie, and so broughte vnto his palays in southwerke.

Aboute the same tyme, a Bryton that a good wydow and honeste wo∣man hadde cherysshed and brought vp of almes, dwellynge in whyte cha¦pell paresshe without Algate / mur∣dred the sayde woman in a nyght sle¦pynge in her bedde / and after con∣ueyed suche iewelles and stuffe as he myght carye. But he was so pursu∣ed vpon, y^e for fere he toke a churche in Estsex, & there forsware y^e kynges lande. And y^e constables caused hym be brought to London, and so enten∣ded to haue cōueyed hym westward. But so soone as he was commen in to the parysshe where before he had commytted the murther / the wyfes caste vpon hym so moche fylthe and ordure of the strete, & not withstan∣dynge the resystence made by the cō∣stables, they slewe hym there out of hande.

Anno dn̄i M.iiii.C.xxviii.		Anno dn̄i M.iiii.C.xxix.
	Thomas Dushous.
Henry Barton skynner.		Anno .vii.
	Raffe Holande.

THis yere vpon the .viii. daye of Nouembre / the duke of Norf∣folke accompanyed with many gentylmen, toke his barge at saynt mary Ouereys / entendynge to haue passed thoroughe the brydge, and so vnto Grenewytche. But by the mys∣gydynge of the sterysman, he was set vpon the pyles of the brydge, and y^e barge whelmed / so y^t all were drow∣ned, excepte the duke and a fewe per∣sones that lepte vpon the pyles, whi∣che after were drawen vp with ropes and so saued. And in the moneth of I••ny folowynge, the cardynall of wynchester with a warly company passed the see / entendynge to haue made warre vpon the heretykes or lollers inhabyted in the countre of Prage. But how it was for nede of men that the regēt hadde in Fraūce / the cardynall chaūged his purpose, and taryed there a season with the sayde regent.

After some wryters it was for to strengthe and replenysshe certayne holdes, that weked by reason of a cō∣flycte that the Englysshemen hadde with the Frenchemen. At the whiche the lorde Talbot was taken pryso∣ner / and the lorde Scalys with ma∣ny other to the nombre of .iii.M. En∣glysshe men were slayne and taken. But after the opynyon of the Frēche cronycle / this vyctorye shulde be op∣teyned by Iane or Iohan called in Frenche la puzele de dieu, in the .xi. yere of this kynge.

Of y^e forsayd heretykes of Prage speketh somdeale the auctour of Cro¦nica Cronicarum / and sheweth that the chyef capytaynes of theym were named Procapius, Saplicius, and Lupus a preest, with other bothe ler∣ned and vnlerned. And Policronicō sheweth in y^e .xix. chapyter of his laste boke, that in the twelfe yere of kynge Henry, the foresayd thre capytaynes were slayne / with one mayster Peter clerke beynge an Englyssheman ta∣ken on lyue with dyuers other / and of y^e sayd heretykes slayne at .ii. iour∣nayes ouer two and twenty thousan¦des.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxx.
	wyllyam Ruffe.
wyllyam Estfelde mercer.		Anno .viii.
	Raffe Holande.

IN this eyght yere vpon y^e day of saynt Leonarde the .vi. day of Nouembre / kynge Henry beynge vpon the age of nyne yeres,* 5.58 was so∣lemply crowned ī saint Peters chur¦che of westmynster. At whose corona¦cyon were made syxe & thyrty knygh¦tes of the bathe. And after that so∣lempnyzacyon in the sayde churche fynysshed / an honorable feest in the great hal of westmynster was kepte / where y^e kynge syttyng in his astate, was serued with .iii. courses as here vnder ensueth.

• Frument wyth venyson
• Uyand royall planted losynges of golde
• Bore hedes in castelles of golde and enarmed
• ...

• Befe wyth motten boylyd
• Capon stewyd
• Sygnet rosted
• Heyron rosted
• Great pyke or luce
• A rede leche wyth lyons coruyn therein
• Custarde royall, wyth a lyoparde of golde syttyng therin, and holdyng a floure delyce
• Frytour of sunne facyon, wyth a floure delyce therein.

A sotyltye of saynt Edwarde and saynt Louys armyd, & vppon eyther hys cote armoure / holdyng betwene them a fygure lyke vnto kyng Hēry standynge also in hys cote armoure / and a scrypture passyng from theym both, sayeng beholde .ii. parfight kyn¦ges vnder one cote armour. And vn∣der the fete of the sayde sayntes was wryten thys balade.

Holy sayntes, Edwarde and saint Lowice, Conserue this braunche borne of your blessed blode Lyue amonge cristen moste soueraygne of price, Enheritour of the flouredelice so gode / This sixt Henry, to reygne and to be wyse, God graunt he may to be your mode / And that he may resemble your knightehude and vertue, Pray ye hertely vnto our lord Jesu.

• Uiand blank barred wyth golde
• Gely party wryten & noted wyth
• Te deum laudamus.
• Pygge endored
• Crane rosted
• Byttore
• Conyes
• Chekyns
• Partryche
• Pecok enhakyll
• Great Breme

A whyte leche planted wyth a rede antelop, wyth a crowne aboute hys necke wyth a chayne of golde. Flampayne powdered wyth leopar∣des & floure delyce of golde.

A frytoure garnysshed wyth a leopardes hede & .ii. Estryth feders.

A sotyltie, an emperour & a kynge arayed in mātelles of garters / which fygured Sigismūde y^e emperour and Hēry. the .v. And a fygure lyke vnto kyng Hēry y^e .vi, knelyng tofore them wyth this balade takkyd by hym.

Agayne miscreaūtes the emperour Sigismūde Hath shewed his myght, which is imperiall. And Henry the .v. a noble knyght was founde For Christes cause in actes marciall / Cherysshed the churche, to lossers gaue a fall, Gyuyng example to kynges that succede, And to theyr braunche here in especiall, Whyle he doth reygne to loue god & drede.

• Quynces in compost
• Blaūd sure powderyd wyth quar¦ter foyles gylt
• Uenyson
• Egrettes
• Curlew
• Cok and partryche
• Plouer
• Quayles
• Snytes
• Great byrdes
• Larkys
• Carpe
• Crabbe
• Leche of .iii. colours
• A bake meate lyke shylde quar∣tered red & whyte, set wyth losynges gylt & floures of borage. A frytour cryspyd.

A sotyltie of oure Lady syttynge wyth her chylde in her lappe / and she holding a crowne in her hāde. Saint George & saynt Denys knelynge on eyther syde, p̄sented to her kyng Hen¦ryes fygure beryng in hāde thys ba∣lade as foloweth.

O Blessed lady Christes mother dere, And thou saynt George that called art her knight Holy saint Denys o marter moste entere / The sixt Henry here present in your syght, Shedeth of your grace on hym your heuēly lighte / His tender youth with vertue doth auaunce, Borne by discent & by title of right, Iustly to reygne in Englande & in Fraunce.

THis solēpne coronacyon with all honour and ioye finysshed prouycyon was made for the kynges iournay into Fraunce. In whyche passetyme, that is to meane vpon y^e xxiii. daye of Ianuary, an heretyke was brent in Smythfelde.

And vpon the morowe next folow¦ynge, was in that felde foughten a stronge fyght / betwene Iohn̄ Upton̄ Appellant, & Iohn̄ Downe Defen∣dant. But for they quyt theym bothe so manfully / the kynge at length re∣lesed theyr quarell, and pardoned thē of theyr trespas.

Than vppon saynt Georges day folowyng, or the .xxiii. day of Apryll / the kynge toke shyppynge at Douer and landed the same daye at Calays / hauynge in hys company .ii. dukes, of yorke and Northfolke, thre bys∣shoppes, of Bathe, Ely, and Roche∣ster, eyght erles, that is to meane, of Huntyngdon, Stafforde, warwyke, Orenforde, Deuynshyre, Morteyne, of Ewe, and of Urmund / and .xi. ba∣rons, that is to saye, lord Bowchier, Beawmounde, Typtost, Fytzwater, Roos, Arundell, Awdeley, Fawcun∣brydge, Gray, Codnoor, the lorde Scroope, and the lorde wellys.

In thys tyme and season that the kynge laye thus at Calays / many skyrmysshes were foughten betwene the Englysshemen and the Frenche∣men in dyuers partyes of Fraunce. And greately the Frenchemen pre∣uayled by y^e helpe of a woman / which they as before is touched named the Mayden of god. So that lastly she wyth her company came to a towne called Compeyne, to the entent to re∣moue the syege layde thereunto by y^e duke of Burgoyne and other of the Englysshe capytaynes. And therup∣pon the .xxiii. daye of May, she gaue batayll vnto Englysshmen and Bur¦gonyons / and faughte wyth theym longe tyme. But in the ende, by the manhode of a Burgonyon knyghte named syr Iohn̄ Luxemburghe, she was taken on lyue, and her company dystressed, and she caryed to the citie of Roan / and there kept a season, for so moch as she feyned her with child. But whanne the contrary of it was knowen / she was there foriuged and brente.

Of thys woman Gaguynus ma∣keth a great processe, of her parenty, and of her fyrste takynge vppon her / whereof a parte I entende to shewe after in the .vi. yere of Charles nexte folowynge kynge of Fraunce.

And in thys tyme and season, one Rychard Hounden wolle pakker of London, was conuycte of heresy and brent at towre Hylle. Than kyng Hēry thus lodgynge at Calays, was asserteyned of the takyng of the fore∣sayd woman, by the letters of y^e duke of Burgoyne. And after he toke hys small iournayes tyll he came into Fraunce, and so vnto Parys. Of whose cytezyns he was honourably receyued, & taken for the soueraygne & kynge / and there so taryed all thys mayres yere. In whych seasō as wyt¦nesseth Gaguynus / the Frenchemen wan dyuers holdes of Englyshemen and Burgonyōs in the countrey of Brye. And a capytayne named Bar∣basan scomfited .viii.M. Englyshmē and Burgonyōs, at a place called in latyne Cathalamencis, as affermeth the foresayd auctour.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxx.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxxi.
	water Chertsey.
Nycholas wotton.		Anno .ix.
	Robert Large.

THys .ix. yere aboute mydlent / a preest named syr Thomas Bagley and vycar of a vyllage in Es¦sex called Manueden a lytell frome walden, was detect of heresy. Uppon the whych he was degrated, and thā brent in the place of Smythfelde. And soone vpon Easter folowynge / the lorde protectour was warnyd of an assemble of heretykes at Abyndō. wherfore he sent thyder certayn per∣sones, or rode thyder him self as som wryters afferme / & there arrested the baylly of that town named wyllyam Maundeuyle a weuer, the whyche was appoynted for a capytayne of y^e sayd heretykes. And for to drawe the people vnto hym / he chaunged hys name & called hym self Iak Sharpe of wygmorys lande in walys. But after he was examyned, he con∣fessed to haue wroughte moch sorow agayne preestes / so that he wolde haue made theyr heddes as chepe as shepe heddes, so that he wolde haue solde .iii. for a peny or .x. after some wryters. And the same season were takē many of hys complycys, which were sent vnto dyuers prysons. And the sayd Iak Sharpe was for his of¦fence, drawen, hanged, and hedyd at the forenamed towne of Abyndon, vpon the tuysday in whytson weke / and hys hede was sent to London, & there pyght vppon the brydge. And the other of hys fawtours were put in execucyon in dyuers places and countrees, to the terrour of other. And vppon the .xiiii. daye of Iuly, that yere was one named Rycharde Russell a wolle man, drawen, han∣ged, and quartered at tyborne for treason.

And thys yere the kynge beynge styll in Fraunce / the erle of Arundell accōpanyed wyth .ii.M. of Englyshe sowdyours, sente a certayne of hys companye vnto a town called Beale Mount, to prouoke the Frenchemen to issue out of the towne. whyche smal company whan Bossycant and Seyntrales thā capytaynes beheld / anone they wyth theyr sowdyoures of that towne spedde theym forthe to take the sayde Englysshemen. The whyche lytell and lytell gaue bake, tyll they had tolled the Frenchemen a good space from the town / and thā sette vppon theym wyth a sterne cou¦rage, and helde theym on hande tyll the sayde erle wyth hys company res¦cowed theym. Than betwene theym was a cruell fyghte. But in the ende the Frenchemen were chased / and y^e sayde Seyntrayle wyth many foote men of the sayde towne were slayne at that iournay. And shortly after the duke of Burgoyne wyth ayde of the Englysshemen, at a place called Barre, scomfyted a greate company of Frenchemen / and toke .ii. capytay¦nes belongyng to the duke of Barre the whyche were named Renat and Barbazan / for whose raunsome the duke had yelded to hym the Uale of Cassyle in Flaundres.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxii.
	Iohn̄ Adyrlee.
Iohn̄ welly Grocer.		Anno .x.
	Stphyn Browne.

* 5.59IN thys .x. yere and .vii. day of Decēber / kynge Henry the .vi. was crowned in Parys of the cardy¦nall of wynchester. At the whych co∣ronacyon was present the lorde Re∣gent, the duke of Burgoyne, and dy∣uers other nobles of Fraūce / whose names Gaguinus putteth not in his boke, for reproche of the Frenchmen. And after the solempnyte of this fest was ended, wherof the cyrcūstaunce to shewe in order wolde aske a longe leysour / the kynge departed frome Parys, and so came to Roan, where he helde his Crystmas / & that done he sped hym to Caleys.

And whan he had soiourned there a season / he toke shyppynge and re∣tourned into Englande, and landed at Douer the .ix. daye of February. Than he was mette vppon Baram Downe or Baram Howth, that ys betwene Douer and Cauntorbury, wyth a greate company of gentyls & comoners of Kent all cladde wyth rede hodes. The whyche accompa∣nyed him tyll he came to Blak Heth / where he was mette with the mayre and the cytesyns of London vpon a thursdaye beynge the .xxi. day of Fe∣bruary / the cytesyns beynge cladde in whyte, wyth dyuers werkes or co∣nysaunces browderyd vppon theyr sleues after the facultye of theyr my∣steryes or craftes. And y^e mayre and hys brethern were all clothed in scar¦let. And after due obeysaunce and sa¦lutynge of the kynge / they rode on before hym towarde the cytye. whan the kynge was comen to the brydge / there was deuysed a myghty Gyaūt standynge wyth a swerde drawyn, hauyng thys speche wryten by hym.

All tho that ben enemyes to the kyng / I shall them clothe with confusion / Make hym myghty by vertuous lyuyng, His mortall soon to oppresse & bere downe. And hym to encrease as Christes champion, All mischeues from hym to abridge, With grace of god at the entry of this brydge.

ANd whan the kynge was pas¦sed the fyrste gate, and was comen to y^e drawe brydge, there was ordeyned a goodly towre hāged and apparayled with sylke and clothes of aras in moste ryche wyse. Out of whiche sodaynly appered .iii. ladyes rychely cladde in golde & sylke, with coronettes vpon theyr heddes. wher∣of y^e fyrst was named dame Nature, the seconde dame Grace, & the thyrde dame Fortune / the whiche vnto the kynge had this speche.

We ladies thre all by one consent, Thre goostly gyftes heuynly & dyuyne, To the sir kynge, as now we do present. And to thyne hyghnes here we do this tyme, Vtterly shewe & them determyne. As I Grace, fyrst at thy comynge, Endowe the with scyence and connynge.

And I Nature, with strengthe and fayrnesse, For to be loued and drad of euery wyght. And I Fortune, prosperyte and rychesse, The to defende and to gyue the myght, Longe to enioye and to holde thy trewe ryght, In vertuous lyfe with honour to procede, That thy two ceptours thou may well possede.

There was also in the sayd towre xiiii. vyrgyns all clothed in whyte. wherof .vii. stode vpon y^e ryght hāde of y^e sayd .iii. ladyes, & .vii. vpon y^e left hande. The .vii vpon y^e ryght hande, had bawderykes of saphyr colour or blewe. And y^e other .vii. had theyr gar¦mētes powdred with sterres of gold. Thā the fyrst .vii. presented y^e kynge with the .vii. gyftes of y^e holy ghost / as sapyence, intellygence, good coun¦sayll, strengthe, cunnynge, pyte, and drede of god. And the other .vii, gaue vnto hym the .vii. gyftes of grace in maner as foloweth.

God the endowe with crowne of glory, And with the ceptre of clennesse and pytye, And with a swerde of myghte and victorye, And with a mantell of prudence clad thou be, A shylde of fayth for to defende the, An helme of helthe wrought to thyne encreace, Gyrte with a gyrdyll of loue and parfyte peace.

And after they had thus saluted the kynge / anone they beganne thys roundell wyth an heuenly melodye and songe, as foloweth.

Souerayne lorde, welcome to your cytye / Welcome our ioye, and our hartes pleasaunce / Welcome our gladnesse, welcome our suffysaunce, Welcome▪ welcome, ryghte welcome ••ut ye be / Syngynge before thy royall mageste, We saye with harte withouten varyaunce Souerayne lorde, now welcome out of Fraunce.

The mayre and cytesyns with all the comynaltye Reioyse your comynge newly out of Fraunce / Wherby this cytie and they rescuyd be, Of all theyr sorow and former greuaunce, Wherfore they saye and synge without greuance, Welcome welcome, welcome our hartes ioye, Welcome you be vnto your owne newe Troye.

Than the kyng rode forth a softe pase tyll he came at the entre of Corn hylle. where vpon y^e hylle was ordey∣ned a tabernacle of curyous worke / in the which stode dame Sapyence, and about her the .vii. artes or scyen∣ces lyberall / as fyrst gramer, logike, rhetoryke, musyke, arithmetyke, ge∣ometry, and astronomye / euerych of them exercysynge theyr connynge & facultye, and the lady her selfe hadde thys speche to the kynge.

Lo I chyefe pryncesse, dame Sapience, Shewe vnto you this sentence of scripture / Kynges that ben most of excellence, By me they reygne, and moste ioye endure. For through my helpe and my besy cure, To encrease theyr glory and theyr hygh renowne / They shall of wysdome haue full possession.

Than the kynge passed on tyll he came to the conduyte in Cornehylle. where was set a pageāt made cercle wyse / & in the summet or toppe ther∣of was set a chyld of wonderfull be∣aute, apparayled lyke a kyng. Upō whose ryght hand satte lady Mercy, & vpon the lefte hande lady Trouth / and ouer them stode dame Clennese embrasyng the kynges trone. Then before the kynge stode two iudges & viii. sergeauntes of the coyfe. And dame Clennesse had thys speche to y^e vi. Henry the kynge.

Lo by the sentence of prudent Salomon, Mercy and ryght preseruyn euery kynge. And I Clennesse obserued by reason, Kepe his trone from myschyefe and fassynge, And maketh it stronge with longe abydynge. So I conclude that we ladyes thre, A kynge preserue in longe prosperite.

And Dauyd sayd, the psalme beryth wytnesse / Lorde god thy dome thou to the kynge / And gyue to hym thy trouth and ryghtwysnesse, The kynges sonne here on erth lyuynge. And thus declared he by his wrytynge That kynges and prynces shuld about thē drawe, Folke that ben trewe and well lerned in lawe.

After hys speche thus declared / y^e kynge rode forth a quycker pase tyll he came vnto the conduyt in Chepe. where were ordeyned dyuers wellys as y^e welle of mercy, y^e welle of grace, and the welle of pyte. And at euery welle a lady standynge, that myny∣stred the water of euery welle to such as wold aske it / and that water was turned into good wyne.

About these welles were sette dy∣uers trees wyth flouryshynge leues and fruytes, as orenges, almandes pomegarnardes, olyues, lymones, dates, pepys, quynces, blaūderelles, peches, & other more comon fruytes, as costerdes, wardēs pomewardōs,

rycardōs, damysyns, and plūmes, wyth other fruytes longe to reherse / y^e which were so cūnyngly wrought, that to many they appered naturall trees growynge.

In the bordour of thys delicious place whych was named Paradyse, stode two forgrowen faders, resem∣blynge Enocke and Hely / the whych hadde thys sayenge to the kynge.

Ennok fyrste with a benygne chere, Prayed god to vpholde his prosperite / And that none enemyes haue of the power / Nor that no chylde of false iniquyte, Haue power to pertu••be thy feiycyte. This olde Ennok to processe can well tell, Prayed for the kynge as he rode by the welle.

After Helias with his sokkys hore, Sayde well deuoutely sokynge on the kynge / God conserue the and kepe euermore, And make the blyssed here on erth lyuynge And preserue the in all maner thynge, And specyall amonge kynges all, In enemyes handes that thou neuer fall.

And that speche fynyshed / y^e kyng rode forthe a lytell forther. And there was ordeyned a tower garnysshed wyth the armys of Englande and of Fraunce. Thys tower was wonder∣full to beholde / for there was shewed in order the tytle whyche the kynge hadde vnto the crowne of Fraunce. And vpryght by thys tower stode .ii. grene trees artifycyally wyth grene leuys garnysshed and wrought / that one verynge the genelogy of saynte Edward, and that other of saynt Le∣wys / and garnyshed with leopardes and flourdelyces. And ouer these .ii. foresayde trees was ordeyned the thyrde / whyche was made the forthe spryng of Iesse / wherin was shewed the genelogy of our blessed lady sette out in moste curyous wyse. And vpō the front of thys tower were wryten these verses folowynge.

By these .ij. trees whiche here gr••we vpright, From saynt Edwarde & also sent I owys / The rote I take, palpable to eche syght, Conueyed by syne from kynges of great pryce, Whiche some bare Leopardes, & som flourdelice / Armys excellent of honour haue no lacke, Which the .vi. Hēry may now bere on his backe,

As in degre of iust successiowne, As olde cronicles truely determine / Vnto this kyng is now discended downe, From eyther partye right as any syne. Vpon whose hede now fresshesy doth shyne, Two ryche crownes moche soueraygn & pleasaūce To bringe in peas betwene Englande & Fraūce.

Than from thys the kyng passed on tyll he came at the cōduyt at Pau¦lys gate / where was pyghte a cele∣styall trone / and therein was sette a personage of the Trinyte, wyth a multytude of aungels playenge and syngynge vpon all instrumentes of musyk. And vpon the front of y^e sayd trone, was wrytten these verses or balades folowynge / the whych were spoken by the father vnto the kyng.

To you my aungels this precept ye assure, This prince that is so yonge & tender of age, That ye entende & do your besy cure, To kepe & saue hym from all maner damage, In hys lyfe here duryng all his age, That his renowne may sprede & shyne ferre, And of his two realmes to cease the mortal warre.

And I will ferther as I shewe to hym here, Fulfyll hym with ioye & worldly habundaunce / And with lengthe of many a holsome yere, I shall comfort & helpe with all pleasaunce / And of his lieges to haue faythfull obeysaunce / And also multiply & encrease his lyne, And cause his nobles thorugh the worlde shyne.

ANd thys done he entred the churcheyarde / where he was mette wyth processyon of the deane & the chanōs of Paulys. wyth whome

also in pontificalibus came the arch∣bysshop of Cauntorbury and chaūce¦ler of Englande, with the bysshop of Lyncolne, of Bathe, of Salysbury, of Norwyche, of Ely, & of Rochestre / the whiche so conueyed hym into the churche, and there made his oblacy∣ons. And that done he toke agayne his stede at the west dore of Paules, and so rode forth vnto westmynker / where agayne he was of the abbot & couent receyued with procession and by them cōueyed vnto saynt Edwar∣des shryne, and there taryed a whyle Te deum was songe in the Quyer. And that finysshed / he was of his lor¦des conueyed vnto his palays. And than the mayre with his cytezyns re∣turned ioyusly to London.

Than vpon the saterday folow∣ynge beynge the .xxiii. day of Februa¦rii / the mayre and aldermen yode vn¦to the kyng, and presented hym with an hamper of golde, & therin a thou∣sande poūde of fayre nobles / for the whiche the kynge yelded vnto them louynge thankes.

This yere also by reason of y^e sow∣dyours of Calays, a restraynte was made there of the wolles / for they were not cōtēt of theyr wages. wher∣fore the regent of Fraūce beynge thā Capytayne of Calays, came downe thyder in the easter weke. At whiche tyme beynge the wednesdaye in the sayde weke, many sowdyoures were arested and put in warde. And whan he had so done, he rode to Tyrewyn / & there by the meanes of the bysshop of Tyrewyn, he maried y^e erle of saint Paules doughter / and shortly after returned to Calays, and caused the sayde sowdyours to be enquyred of / and fynally .iiii. of them were demed to dye. whiche .iiii. y^t is to say Iohan Maddely; Iohan Lundaye, Tho∣mas Palmer, and Thomas Talbot, were beheded at Calays the .xi. day of Iuny. And an hundreth and .x. sow∣dyours were banysshed the towne / ouer syr score banysshed before that tyme. And vpon mydsomer euen fo∣lowynge, the sayd lorde regent with his newe spouse came vnto London / and so taryed in Englande tyll the la∣ter ende of August.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxiii.
	Iohan Olney.
Iohan Parneys Fysshmonger.		Anno .xi.
	Iohan Pa••dystey.

IN this .xi. yere after some wry∣ters / was by the auctoryte of pope Martyn̄ the .v. of that name, ‡ 5.60 y^e coūsayl of Basyle gadered. Duryng the whiche, the heretykes of Prage otherwyse called of Bohemy or Be∣me were somoned thyder. The whi∣che vnder a suertye or saufe cōduyte, sent thyder for thē with other, an En¦glysshe Clerke named mayster Pe∣ter a renegate. The whiche defended so styfly theyr erronyous opynyons, that they returned without reconsyly∣acyon. Thus hāgynge this coūsayll, pope Martyn dyed / & for hym w••s¦chosen Eugeny the fourth.* 5.61 The whi¦che beyng admytted, demeaned hym so nycely in the begynnynge, that he was put out of Rome / & dyuers pryn¦ces toke partye agayne hym, in suche wyse that he was lykely to be depo∣sed. But after he bare hym so sadly, y^t he recouered such as he had loste, & contynued the see by the space of .xvi. yeres / and ruled so, that of some wry¦ters he is called Eugeni{us} gloriosus. And that is of relygyous men / for vnto theym he hadde a specyall zele

and fauoure. And vpon the eyhgte day of Iuly / kynge Henry this yere beganne his parlyamet at westmyn∣ster, and so contynued it tyll it was Lammas / and than it was aiourned vnto saynt Edwardes daye.

And this yere in the southe weste appered a sterre whiche was lyke to a blasynge sterre / and of some it is so named. The erle of Huntyngdon̄ al∣so this yere was sente into Fraunce with a warly company / and dyd ther great feates as saythe the Englyssh cronycle. But of y^t is nothynge tow∣ched in the Frenche boke.

Anno dn̄i. M.iii.C.xxxiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iii.C.xxxiiii.
	Thomas Chalton̄.
Iohan Brokley draper.		Anno .xii.
	Iohan Lynge.

IN this .xii. yere and .ix. daye of Nouembre / the terment of the erle of saynt Pawle father vnto the duchesse of Bedforde was solemply holdē in Pawles churche of Londō / where the more partye of astates of this realme were present. And the .ix. day of Marche folowynge / the lorde Talbot with a goodly company pas∣sed thoroughe the cytye of London towarde the see into Fraunce / where he wrought moche wo vnto y^e Frēch men, wherof the partyculers be not towched. Contynuynge the foresayd warre in Fraūce / the towne of saynt Denys which is within .ii. Englyssh myles of Parys, was goten by trea∣son or practyse of one named Iohan Notyce a knyght of Orleaūce, from Mathew Gougth and Thomas Ky¦ryell capytayns / and slewe there ma∣ny Englysshemen and many they toke prysoners. But soone after the sayde capytaynes with strengthe ta∣ken to theym of the Parysyens and other, layde suche a stronge syege rounde aboute the sayde towne of saynt Denys, that fynally they agre∣ed to redelyuer y^e towne, yf they were not rescowed of the Frenche kynge within fyftene dayes / so that y^e sayde dayes expyred, it was retourned to the Englysshemē. But this not with standynge the Frenchemen wanne dayly vpon the Englysshe men, both in those partyes and also in Normā∣dy. Amōg whiche gaynes, y^e Frēche Gaguyne bryngeth in a matyer of game, as he reherseth to y^e mockage of Englysshemen / and saythe that in this yere and feest of Myghelmas at a place called Fewgeri in Guyan, a stronge fyghte was foughten by¦twene the Englysshmen and the Frē¦chemen. Durynge the whiche / one named Boosaprest a Frēch Knyght, for fere fledde frome that fyghte and hydde hym in a couerte of busshes / and there stoode styll tyll the fyghte was ended, and the Englysshemen scomfyted and scared. Of the whiche two of aduenture to sauegarde them selfe fledde to the sayd thycke busshe, where the cowarde Frenche knyghte stode. The whiche whan he hadde espyed and lerned of theym, that the Frenche partye hadde wonne the felde / he became so coragyous, that he forced the sayde two Englysshe∣men to become his prysoners / and so with theym entredde the hoste of the Frenchemē, and bare a countenaūce as he hadde wonne theym in the fore¦sayd fyght. But at lengthe whan all his demeanoure was knowen / he was for his feate hadde in great de∣rysyon, and by his chefe capytayne

named Guyllā de saynt Albyne pry∣ued of his prysones.

And in this season also the erle of Arundell, whiche in Normandy had manly borne hym / herynge that one Hyrus a Frenche capytayne hadde fortyfyed a strōge castell named Ger¦borym before distroyed of Englysshe men, toke with hym a certayn of sow dyoures, and gyrde the castell with a stronge syege / and assawted it by son¦dry tymes māfully, as sayth the Frē∣che cronycle. But Gagwyne in his cronycle sayth, that or the syege were fully layde or the castell were fully re¦payred / the sayd Hyrus with his com¦pany yssued out of the castell, & gaue vnto y^e sayd erle a cruell skyrmysshe, in the whiche the sayde erle receyued a deedly wounde, and dyed shortly af¦ter. And that vyctory so by y^e Frēche men optayned / that castell was to y^e hurte of the Englysshemen reedyfy∣ed / and a place called Dyepp̄ with other also wonne from them.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxv.
	Thomas B••rnwell.
Robertr O••lay grocer.		Anno .xiii.
	Symonde Eyre.

IN this .xiii. yere and euen of saint Katheryne / began a frost that endured vnto the feast of saynt Scolastica, or the .x. daye of Febru∣ary / the whiche frase the Thamys so feruently, that shyp nor bote myght come with vytayle to London. wher¦fore suche shyppes as came this yere to Thamys mouthe from Burdeux were dyscharged there, and the wyne and other marchaundyse by theym brought, caryed by lāde to the cytie. And in the latter ende of Decembre this yere ended the parlyamente hol∣den at westmynster, begon at Mygh¦elmas terme before passed.

This yere also by meanes of the pope than Eugeny the .iiii, at Aras in Pycardy was holden a great coū∣sayle, for to conclude an vnyon and peas atwene the two realmes of Eng¦lande and Fraunce. To the whiche coūsayle, by the sayd popes cōmaūd∣ment came as a persone indyfferent, Nicholas cardynall of y^e holy crosse, with syxe Romayne bysshoppes to hym assygned. And for the kynge of Englandes partye was there assyg∣ned the cardynall of wynchester, the archebysshop of yorke, the erles of Huntyngdon̄ and of Suffolke, with dyuers other. And for the Frenche kynge, was there the duke of Bur∣bon̄, the erle of Rychemount, y^e arche¦bysshop of Raynys chaunceler than of Fraūce, the deane of Patys with many other whiche I passe ouer. There were also as fortherers of the matyer, the cardynal of Cyprys. And for the duke of Burgoyn̄, was there the bysshop of Cambray, and Nycho¦las Raulyn the sayd dukes chaunce∣ler, with dyuers erles and barons of that duchy. And for the duke of Bry∣tayne, were ther the erles of Alenson and of Barre with other / ouer and aboue dyuers oratoures appoynted for the countye of Flaundres. At whi¦che assemble and counsayll thus hol∣den as testifieth dyuers wryters / ma¦ny great offers by meane of y^e aboue named cardynal of holy crosse or ••aī•• crosse, to the Englysshe lordes were offered. But as sayth Gaguinus the Englysshemē were so obstinately set on warre / y^e reason myght not cōtēt. By reason of whiche obstinaci / y^e coū¦sayll was deferred tyll an other day.

At whiche day the Englysshemen en¦tendynge the cōtinuaunce of warre, absentyd theym selfe. wherwith the sayd cardynall beynge dyscontented, made meanes of an entreaty of peas atwene Charles, that toke vpon hym as Frenche kynge, and Phylyp duke of Burgoyn. wherof the sayd Char∣les was so fayne, y^e for stablysshynge of the peas, and to satysfye hym for y^e murther of his father / he gaue vnto hym all the vtter boundes of Cham∣peyn̄ marching vpon Burgoin, with dyuers cyties, as seynt Quyntyne, Corbie, Peron̄, Abbeuyle, and other, with the countie of Poytyaw & lord∣shyp of Macon̄. And as wytnesseth y^e foresayde Gagwyne / many mo thyn∣ges were vnto the duke by the sayde Charles {pro}mysed, whiche after theyr bothe dethes were broken and stode for nought. After whiche peas thus atwene them confermed and proclay¦med / the sayd duke became vtter ene¦mye to the kynge of Englande, as af¦ter shall appere. And soone after the sayd duke began his ordre of the lyle and the golden flese, and ordeyned certayne knyghtes of that ordre / and made therunto many statutes and or¦denaunces, wherof dyuers were lyke vnto the statutes of the garter. And in the ende of this yere and .xiiii. day of Septembre / at Roan̄ in Norman¦dye died the noble prynce Iohn̄ duke of Bedforde and regent of Fraunce / and was after with great solempny∣tie buryed within the churche of no∣tir Dame of the same cytie, where for hym are founded wonderfull thyn∣ges after some mēnes reporte. But for I fynde therof in wrytynge no¦thynge, I passe it ouer.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxxv.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxxvi.
	Thomas Catworth.
Henry Frowyk mercer.		Anno .xiiii.
	Robert Clopton̄.

IN the .xiiii. yere & begynnynge of the same / the duke of Barre accompanyed with Burgonyōs and Frenchemen, wanne y^e towne of Har∣flewe with dyuers other vyllages. And in Apryll folowynge / the sayde duke accompanyed with y^e lorde Ter¦uan and the mayster of the kynges chyualry, toke the towne of saynt De¦nys, and slewe therin aboue .iiii.C. Englysshemen / & toke prysoner Tho¦mas Beleamounde theyr capytayne with many other. And than y^e Frēche men assawted a towre therby called Ueuen, and toke it by appoyntment.

Thā one named Notyce a knyght of Orleaūce, with a strēgth of Knygh¦tes drewe hym nere the cytie of Pa∣rys / and there at a house of relygyon of y^e charterhouse ordre, lodged hym beyonde saynt Denys ouer the wa∣ter of Sayn̄ / and cōfedered with cer¦tayne cytezen of the cytie named Mi¦chaell Laylery, Iohan Frountayne, Thomas Pygacen, Iohan de saynt Benoit, Nicholas Lorueyn̄, and Ia¦ques Bergery, for to betraye the cy∣tie, & to brynge it out of y^e Englysshe possessyon. The whiche persones be∣ynge hedes of the cytie cōueyed theyr purpose in suche wyse, that they tur∣ned the cōmons of the cytie vpon the Englysshe men / and sodeynly arose agayne them, and by force slewe of them a great nombre, and there they dyd take many prysoners. And as the Englysshe men fledde or faughte by the stretes, the women and other

feble persones cast vpon them stones and ho••e lycoures to theyr great con¦fusyon / so y^t the Englysshe men were in passynge mysery and desolacyon. In this tyme of persecucion, the bys∣shop of Mor••••, whiche than was na∣med chaunceler of Englysshe men in those partyes with other / hardly esca¦ped and toke the towre of saynt De∣nys, whiche as yet rested in the En∣glysshe possessyon.

Than the other hoste of Frenche∣men herynge of this rumour in the cytie / anone drewe nere, & entred by saynt Iames gate without moche re¦systence / and so enioyed the cytye at theyr pleasure.

Than the Englysshemen beynge in the towre of saynt Denys, feryng that they myght not longe holde the sayd place agayne theyr enemies / fyl to a treaty, and cōdyscended to passe fre with theyr lyues. The which whā they shuld passe vpon theyr iournay were di••ided and scorned of y^e Frēche¦nacyon out of all mesure. And whan the cytye of Parys was thus subdu∣ed to the Frenche dominion / anone y^e Englyssh people that there abode vn¦der fyne and raunsom, were sworne to Charles the seuenth than takynge vpon hym as Frenche kynge. And anone after were wonne from y^e En∣glyssh power, the holdes named Cre¦oll and saynt Germayne. In whiche passe tyme and season, for to strēgthe and haue the gydynge of Normādy / the duke of yorke encompaned with the erle of Salysbury, and the lorde of Fawcoūbrydg sailed into Fraūce. And the erle of Morteyn̄ beynge thā at Calays, made a vyage into Flaun¦dres, and skyrmysshed with them y^e bordred vpon Pycardy, and slewe of them ouer. CCCC, and gate a great droue of beestes, and brought them vnto Calays. And for that certaynte was had that Phylyp duke of Bur∣goyn entēded to lay his syege aboute Calays / therfore London and all the good townes of Englāde were char∣ged to sende thyder certayne men wel and suffycyently for the warre ap¦parayled. wherof London sente at theyr charge men.

Than vpon the .ix. daye of Iuyll / the duke of Burgoyn with a great multytude of Burgonyons and Fle¦mynges appered before Calays,* 5.62 and there pyght his pauylyons and ten∣tes / so that euery towne of Flaūdres had theyr tentes by themselfe. At whi¦che season was Lyeutenaunt of Ca∣lays syr Iohn̄ Ratclyf knyght, & of the castell was lieutenaunte the ba∣ron of Dudley. And so that syege en∣dured vpon .iii. wekes. In whiche se∣son many knyghtly actes were done and exercysed vpon bothe partyes, whiche for lengthynge of the tyme I passe. Than vpon the seconde day of August, the duke of Glouceter & pro∣tectour of Englāde with a company of .v.C. sayles as some writers haue, landed at Calays / and entended vp∣on the thyrde day folowynge to haue yssued out of the towne, and to haue gyuen batayll to y^e Flemynges. But as testyfyeth all Englysshe wryters / so soone as y^e duke of Burgoyn was ware of the great power of the lorde protectour, he toke with hym of his ordenaūce that he myght lyghtly ca¦ry / and the other that were heuy and combrous, he lefte behynde hym. Amonge the whiche one was lefte be¦fore Guynes a great gunne of brasse named Dygon, ouer dyuers serpen∣tynes and other great gunnes. And the Flemynges lefte behynde them a great quantyte of bere, besyde wyne and floure and other vytayle.

But of this vyage wryteth other∣wyse Gaguyne / & sayth that y^e duke well and manfully, as a valyaunte knyght ī his actes, cōtinued his syge

before Calays ouer two monethes / And there dyd many noble actes in assaylyng of his enemyes. And after y^e Flemynges by reason of theyr mur¦mure and rebellion had refused hym, and in maner lafte hym almost with out company / yet not withstādynge he dayly assayled his enemyes / and after with suche small company as was laft hym, whā he sawe he myght not preuayle he returned into his coū∣tre. And so thus alway in all the sayd Gagwynus boke, he wypeth from y^e Englysshemen in all that he may the honoure / and excuseth theyr enemy∣es to his power. whan the duke with his host was thus fledde / the lorde protectoure with his people folowed hym into the countre by the space of. xi. dayes. In whiche season he brent but two townes / whiche were named and yet be, Poperynge and Bell / and returned to Calays & after into Eng¦lande.

And this yere was the castell or towne of Rokkesborouth in Scot¦lande besyeged of the kynge of Scot¦tes. But so soone as he had wyttyng that syr Rauffe Gray knyght was co¦mynge with a competent nombre for to remoue that siege / anone he depar¦ted, leuynge some parte of his orde¦naunce behynde hym / to his great dyshonoure.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxvii.
	Thomas Morsted.
Iohn̄ Mychell.		Anno .xv.
	wyllyam Gregory.

IN this .xv. yere & thyrde daye of Ianuarii / quene Katheryne mother vnto Henry the syxte, wyfe of Henry the fyfte, dyed at Barmundis∣sey in southwarke / & after with due solempnyte brought thorughe the cy¦tie, and so conueyed to westmynster / and there buryed in y^e myddes of our lady chapel vnder a tōbe of marbell. But whan our soueraygne lorde Hē∣ry the .vii. than beynge kyng, caused the chapell to be taken downe & buyl¦ded a newe, without the lyke ther vn¦to as now to men dothe appere / than the corps of y^e excellent prynces was taken vp, and set by the tombe of her lorde and husbande durynge y^e tyme of the buyldynge of the sayde newe chapell / and after buryed by her sayd lorde within the sayde chapell. And y^e xiiii. day of y^e sayd moneth fyll downe sodeynly the furthest gate towarde Southwarke with y^e towre therup∣on, and .ii. of the furthest arches of y^e sayd brydge, but as god wold no cre¦ature was therwith perysshed, that is to meane of humayne persones.

And the .xxi. day of this same mo∣neth of Ianuarii / the kyng beganne his parlyament at westmynster, whi∣che before was purposed to haue ben¦holden at Cambrydge. To this par¦lyament came y^e bysshop of Turuyn / and the counsayle of the erle of Ar∣mynak, wherof I fynde not y^e cause expressed. And after easter was a day of dyot holdē bytwene Grauenynge and Calays, for maters touchynge y^e kynge and the duke of Burgoyne / where for the kynge appered the car∣dynall of Englande, y^e duke of Norf∣folke, and the erle of Stafforde, with dyuers other. And for the dukes par∣tye, appered there the duchesse his wyfe, with dyuers other of the sayde dukes counsayle. where by meanes of the sayde persones, an abstynence of warre was taken for a certayne tyme in the duchesse name. For the kynge wolde take none appoyntmēt

with the duke / for somoche as he had gone from his truthe & allegeaunce, that before tyme he had made with y^e kynge. And vpon the seconde daye of Iuly this yere dyed quene Iane, the whiche somtyme had ben the wyfe of kynge Henry the .iiii, and before that the wyfe of the duke of Brytayne / & was caryed from Barmundessey to Cauntorbury, and there buryed by her husbāde Henry the .iiii. And this yere fell a chaunce that had not ben sene many yeres before. For all ••yons dyed in the towre / the whiche had cō∣tynued there a longe season.

In this yere also y^e kyng of Scot¦tes was trayterously murthered by seruauntes of his owne.* 5.63 Of the whi∣che traytours the capytayne of them was named Robert Grame / y^• which after was with other of his company taken and put vnto moost paynfull dethe. This sayd kynge of Scottes had ••en prysoner fyftene yeres in En¦glande.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxxvii.		Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxxviii.
	wyllyam Chapman.
wyllyam Estfelde Mercer.		Anno .xvi.
	wyllyam Halys

IN this .xvi. yere and moneth of Nouembre / kynge Henry cau∣sed to be kepte a solempne obyt or ter¦ment within the churche of Paules, for Sygysmonde the emperour and knyght of y^e garter. This was a man of merueylous great & worthy fame, as by the auctour of Cronica Cronicarum is expressed. After whose dethe the gy¦dynge of y^e empyre fyll to Albert that had maryed the onely doughter of y^e sayd Sygysmonde.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxxviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xxxix.
	Hugh Dyke.
Stephen Browne Grocer.		Anno .xvii.
	Nycholas yoo.

IN this yere, vpon newe yeres daye in the after noone, a stake of woode fyll downe sodaynly at Baynardes castell vpon Thamys syde, and slewe .iii. men and hurte dy¦uers other. And at Bedford this yere at the kepynge of a shyre day, by the fallynge of a steyer were .xviii. mur∣thered & slayne / besyde many other sore hurte and maymed. And the last day of Apryll, dyed in Roan syr Ry∣charde Beauchamp called of comon fame y^e good erle of warwyke. This was lyeutenaunt of y^e kynge in Nor∣mandy, and demened hym there full well and manfully / whose body was after brought vnto warwyke, & there in a newe chapell buylded vpon the southe syde of the quyer, buryed full honorably.

This yere also was great derthe* 5.64 of corne in Englād & also in Fraūce / in somoche y^t a busshell was solde at Lōdon for .iii.s. & iii.s. & iiii.d. And in Fraūce ī Parys, it was at lyke va¦lue. And there also they dyed sore of the sekenesse of ipidimie. For this scar∣cyte of whete in Englande in many places the people made them breed of fetches, pesyn, and benes. And af∣ter some wryters for lacke of these foresayd graynes, some poore people made them breed of Fe••necotes. But yet by the prouydence of Stephen

Browne this yere Mayre / many ship¦pes were freyghte with rye out of Pruce, and dyscharged at London, that eased the people nere to the cytie greatly. This of many wryters is na¦med the seconde dere yere.

In this yere ended the counsayle or synode holdē at Basyle, begon as before is sayde in the .xi. yere of this kynge.* 5.65 By auctoryte of whiche coū∣sayle Eugeny the .iiii. was deposed / & Amedeus a duke and prynce of Sa∣uoy, was chosen for pope in the place of the forenamed Eugeny. But yet he had suche ayde, that he contynued in Rome as pope all his lyues tyme. And that other whiche was named of his ayders Felix the .v, contynued his dygnyte in other places / so that thā arose a great scisme in y^e churche, whether of these .ii. was indubitat pope. For some countrees vphelde y^e one and some that other / so that ther¦were alowed none of them both / and that was called y^e neutralytie. This scysine contynued vpon .ix. yeres, the terme whyle Eugeny lyued. After whose dethe was chosen a cardynall named Thomas Sarazan / and af∣ter was named Nycholas the .v. To whome the sayde Felix after that he was admitted for Peters successour, of his owne good mynde renounced his dygnyte of papacy / and submyt∣ted hym to the rule and obedyence of thē sayd .v. Nycholas thā beynge in∣dubitat pope. And thus cessed y^• scys∣me in the churche, whiche had conty∣nued by the terme aboue specyfyed. This Felix was a deuoute prynce & sawe the sones of his sones / and af∣ter lyued a deuoute and holi lyfe, and lastly was chosen pope as before is shewed / for the which he is of dyuers wryters accompted for happy. But and he hadde not medled with the ty¦tle of the churche, and therwith blot∣ted his olde age / he had after the opy¦nyon of other wryters, be named or alowed moche more blessed & happy. And this yere in the moneth of Au∣gust in Lōdon, were two bawdes pu¦nysshed with werynge of ray hodes / & after .xl. dayes enprysonment, they were banysshed the towne and dry∣uen out with most shame.

In this yere also the conduyte in Fletestrete was begonne by syr wyllyam Estfelde knyghte and late mayre / and so fynysshed of his good disposicion without cost or charge to the cytie. And he with syr Lewes and Iohan of Estsex were made knygh∣tes of the Bathe in the same yere.

And in this yere dyed Robert Chi¦cheley grocer & twyes mayre of Lon∣don / the whiche wylled in his testa∣ment, that vpon his mynde daye a good and competent dyner shulde be ordeyned for .xxiiii.C. poore mē / and that of houssholders of the cytye yf they myght be foūde. And ouer that was .xx.li. destrybuted amōge them / whiche was to euery man two pens.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xxxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xl.
	Robert Marchall.
Robert Large mercer.		Anno .xviii.
	Phylyp Malpas.

THis .xviii. yere vpon the daye of saynt Botolph or .xvii. day of Iuny / a preste after he was degra∣ted of his prestly dygnyte named syr Rycharde was brent for heresye at y^e towre hyll / how wel in his latter day he toke great repentaunce, and dyed goddes man and in the faythe of the churche. This for wordes spoken by his lyfe that the posterne of y^e towre

shulde synke as after it dyd, & other fantastycall dedes or wordes / he of many lewde folkes was accompted for an holy man. wherfore after his dethe they came to his place of execu¦cyon, and there made theyr oblacyōs and prayers, and arered a great hepe of stones, and pyght there a crosse by nyght / so that ••i this meanes a great dysclaunder ran vpon the churche, & specially vpon suche as had put hym to dethe. But to cease that rumoure / cōmaūdment was sent from y^e kynge to punysshe all suche as thyder went on pylgrymage. By vertue whereof y^e mayre and shyreffes dyd suche dy∣lygēce, that shortly after all y^e sekyng and offeryng was fordone and layde aparte.

This yere also y^e shyreffes of Lon¦don fette out of saynt Martynes le¦graunt .v. persones beynge there in sayntwary / and ladde theym to the countre in bred strete, where they re∣mayned certayne dayes. But those daies expired / they were by y^e kynges Iustyces restored vnto sayntwary. In this passetyme the warre atwene Englande & Fraūce endurynge / in a wynter season whan the groūde was couered with a myghty snowe, and therewith all a great frost hadde har¦dened the pondes and dyches / the Englysshmē whiche laye in a strōge holde nyghe vnto a towne called Pountlarge, arayed them in whyte clothes ouer theyr harneys / and so in great nombre approched the dykes, and passed vpon the yse to y^e walles and them scaled / and the watche of y^e towne slepynge, toke the towne and distressed therin myche people. From the whiche daunger escaped ryghte hardly .ii. capytaynes of that towne named Iohan de Uyllers and Na∣rabon̄ a knyghte Burgonyon. The countre aboute Parys was also sore¦vexed with y^e rauyne of wolues, that proclamacyon was made, that euery grene or newe flayn skyn̄e of a wolfe that was brought vnto Parys, y^e pro¦uost shulde gyue to the brynger .xx. shelynges or .xx. sous of that countre money / whiche amoūteth to .ii. s. vi. d. sterlynge.* 5.66 It was not longe after, or Charles the Frenche kynge layde vnto y^e foresayd towne a strōg siege. But it by y^e duke of yorke & the lorde Talbot was well and knyghtly de∣fended / in somoche y^e one tyme they put the Frenchemen to rebuke, and were lykely to haue takē theyr kyng, ••e had be the soner rescous. Lastly y^e duke of yorke and the sayd lord Tal∣bot, for vrgent causes departed thēs to Roan / and betoke the towne to y^e rule of syr Gerueys of Cliftō knyght and other, hauynge with them to the nombre of a thousande sowdyours, But the thyrde daye after the dukes departynge / the Frenche kynge so fy¦ersly assayled the towne, that in the ende he wanne it by strengthe, and slewe therin many an Englyssh mā, & toke many prysoners. And soone after was the townes of Meleon, of Corbeyll, and of the Ebreouse, loste from the Englysshmen. For ye shall vnderstande that sondry and many tymes y^e townes & holdes in Fraūce were lost and efte wonne. But euer y^e more losse turned / to the Englysshe partye, tyll all Normandy were lost, and all other landes of Fraunce ap∣partynynge to the kynge of Eng∣lande.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xl.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xli
	Iohan Sutton.
Iohan Paddysley goldsmythe.		Anno .xix.
	Wyllyam wetynhale.

THis .xix. yere began murmure & grudge to breke at large, that before had ben kepte in mewe, atwene {per}sones nere aboute y^e kyng, and his vncle the famous Humfrey duke of Gloceter and protectour of the lande. Agayne whome dyuers cō¦iectures were attempted a farre / whi¦che after were sette nere to hym, so y^t they lefte not tyll they had broughte hym vnto his confusyon.

And fyrste this yere dame Elea∣noure Cobham, whom he was fami¦lier with or she were to hym maryed, was arested of certayne poyntes of treason / and therupon by examynaci¦on conuict, and lastly demed to dwell as an outlawe in the yle of Man, vn¦der the warde of syr Thomas Stan∣leye knyghte. And soone after were arested as ayders and councelers of the foresayd duchesse, mayster Tho∣mas Southwell a Chanon of saynt Stephyns chapell at westmynster, mayster Iohan Hum a chaplayne of the sayde duchesse, and mayster Ro∣ger Bolyngbroke a man experte in nygromancy, & a womā called Mar∣gery Iourdemayne surnamed the wytch of Eye besyde wynchester. To whose charge it was layde that these iiii. persones shulde at the request of the duches, deuyse an ymage of wax lyke vnto y^e kyng / the whiche ymage they delte soo with, that by theyr de∣uyslysshe incantacyons and sorcery, they entended to brynge out of lyfe lytell and lytell the kynges person, as they lytell and lytell consumed y^e ymage. For the whiche treason and other, fynally they were cōuycte and adiuged to dye. But mayster Tho∣mas Southewell dyed in the towre of London, the nyght before he shuld haue ben iudged on the morne / as in the nexte yere folowynge shalbe de∣clared.

ye haue in y^e preceding yere herde, how the towne of Pountlarge was wonne by Charles y^e toke vpon hym as kyng / wher as mani Englysshmē were taken prysoners and sente to a castell named Coruyle. where they so beynge in pryson, laboured vnto the ruler of that holde, that one of them myght be sette at large to laboure to theyr frēdes for theyr raunsom. The whiche persone whan he was at his lybertye / went vnto a strength there¦by, wherof an aragon knyght was a Capytayne vnder the duke of yorke, and shewed to hym that the castell of Coruyle was but sklenderly māned, and that it myght be wonne by poly¦cy and strengthe. wherupon the sayd capytayne named Frauncys in the nyght folowynge, sette a busshmente nere vnto the sayd castell / and in the daunynge of the mornynge arayed iiii. of his sowdyoures in husband∣mēnes, aray, and sent them with sak∣kes fylled with dyuers fruytes to of∣fer to sell to the occupyers of the ca∣stell. The whiche whan they were co¦myn to the gate, & by theyr langage taken for Frenchemen / anone with∣out suspicion were taken in / and se∣yng that fewe folkes were styrryng, held y^e porter muet whyle one gaue the foresayde bushmente knowledge / so that shortly they entred and toke the capytayne in his bedde, and af∣ter spoyled the castell, and delyuered the Englysshe prysoners, and cōuey∣ed the Frēchemē with all the goodes y^t they myghte cary out of the castell vnto Roan̄.

Upon the day of the translacyon of saynt Edward or the twelfe day of Octobre / vpon whiche daye the mayre is named by the mayre and his bretherne for y^e yere folowynge / that day whan the comons of the cy∣tye after theyr auncyēt custome had chosen two alderinē suche as before had ben shyreffes of London and of

myddelsex, that is to wete Roberte Clopton Draper and Rauffe Holād tayllour, and them presented by na∣me vnto the mayre and hys brother than syttynge in the vtter chambre where the mayres courtes ben kepte, to the entent that the sayde mayre & hys brother myghte chose one of the sayde two suche as they thoughte moste necessary and worshypfull for the rome: the sayde mayre and hys brethern chase there Roberte Cloptō and broughte hym after downe vp∣pon hys ryght hande towarde y^e hall. whereof whanne certayne tayllours there beynge were ware, and sawe that Rauffe Holāde was nat chosen / anone they cryed, naye naye nat this but Rauffe Holande, wherewyth the olde mayre beynge astonyed, s••ode stylle vpon the stayer, and commaun¦ded them to kepe silence / & after helde on his waye to the eest ende of y^e hall, and there set hym downe, and his bre¦thern about hym. In whyche meane tyme the sayde tayllours had conty∣nued theyr crye, and encensed other of lowe felysshyppes of the cytye as symple persones, to take theyr parte and to crye as faste as they / & wolde nat cease for speche of the mayre nor oyes made by the mayres sergeaunt of armes. wherefore the mayre to appese the rumour, sente downe the shyreffes and commaunded them to take the mysdoers, and to sende thē vnto pryson.

The whych precept obserued, and a twelf or syxten of the chiefe of them sent vnto Newgate / the sayde ru∣mour was anone ceased. Of the whyche prysoners some were after fyned and some punysshed by longe inprysonemente.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlii.
	wyllyam Cumbys.
Robert Clopton.		Anno .xx.
	Rychard Ryche.

IN thys .xx. yere / and in the mo∣neth of folowyng / the partyes before in that other yere ar∣rested for treasō, were brought vnto the guyldhall of London, and there arreygned of such poyntes as before ben reherced / and for y^e same fynally mayster Iohn̄ Hum and mayster Ro¦ger Bolynbroke were iudged to be drawen, hanged, & quartered, & the wytche to be brent. But mayster Tho¦mas Sothwell dyed in the towre y^e nyght before y^t he shuld haue be iud∣ged. Thā accordyng to the sentence of the court•• before passed / mayster Roger was drawen to tyborne, and there hanged & quartered / the which at y^e season toke vpon hys deth, that he was nat gylty of y^e treason that he was put to & iuged for. And the next day folowyng was the wytch brente in Smythfelde / and mayster Iohan Hum was pardoned & suyd oute hys charter.

This yere also y^e lord Talbot layd syege before an hauen towne in Nor¦mandy named Depe, & set hys ordy∣naunce vpō an hylle called Poleet / where amonge other engynes and instrumentes of warre he hadde de∣uysed a myghty towre of tymbre, out of the whyche he shotte hys gunnes and other ordynaunce, and there∣wyth brosyd and crasyd the wallys, and wrought therby greate dysplea∣sure vnto the towne of Depe.

In thys towne was capytayne Charlys Mareys a Frenche knyght

knyght / the whyche manfully defen∣ded the towne, tyll vnto hym wyth rescous came Iohn̄ Notice of Orle∣aunce knyght wyth a cōpany of .M. sowdyours. And there after came to the rescous of the sayde towne .ii. o∣ther knyghtes named Arthur de Lō¦geuyle and syr Thomas Droynon, wyth .vi.C. mē. And after thys Char∣les whyche named hym selfe Frēche kyng / sent thyder the thyrde rescous of .v.C. men of armys and a .M. of o∣ther sowdyours, vnder .ii. leders cal∣led Theodalde / & Guyllyam Rycha∣uyll knyghtes. The whyche rescous nat wythstandynge / the sayde lorde Talbot well & māfully cōtynued hys syege, & assawted the towne in ryght cruell maner, so that they were fayne to call for more ayde. whereof the lord Talbot beyng ware, thynkynge that shortly the Frenchmen shuld be con∣strayned to gyue ouer the towne / left the gydyng of the syege vnto syr wyl¦lyam Poyton & syr Iohn̄ Ryppelād or Tryppelande knyght, & after de∣partyd. After whose departyng with in short whyle, y^e Dolphyn of Uyēne Lowys by name, and sonne vnto the forenamed Charles Frenche kynge / accompanyed wyth the erle of saynte Paule & other to the nombre of .xvi.C. knyghtes, came vnto the rescous of the sayd towne. And after he had a day rested hym and hys sowdiours he sente the forenamed Theodalde wyth a strength of .iiii.C. men for to assayle the forsayde towre of tymbre / but lytell hurt dyd they therunto. Than the sayd Dolphyn sente an o∣ther strength of .vi.C. men to assayle it / but the Englyshemen quyt theym so manfully that they slew .viii. score Frenchmen, & woūnded ouer .iii.C. wherwyth the Dolphyn beynge gre∣uously amoued / assembled the vtter∣most strength he myght make, aswel of the towne and other, and set vpon the Englysshe men, whiche were ••ore brused with dayly fyght and fewe in nombre / and fynally scomfited them, and slewe of theym vpon .CCC. and toke y^e rest prysoners. Amonge y^t whi¦che the foresayd two Englysshe capi¦taynes were taken / and a kynnesmā of the lorde Talbottes or more very∣ly one of his baste sones. And thus was Depe rescowed, & the Englyssh¦men dyscomfyted / after they had mā∣fully maynteyned that syege by the space of .ix. wekes and odde dayes.

† 5.67Also this yere in y^e moneth of Au∣gust was a great affray ī Fletestrete, atwene the getters of the ynnes of courte and the inhabytauntes of the same strete. whiche affray began in y^e nyght / and so contynued with assaw¦tes and small by kerynges tyll y^e next day. In whiche season moche people of the cytie thyder was gadered / and dyuers men of bothe partyes were slayne and many hurte. But lastly by the presence & dyscrecyon of y^e mayer and shyreffes this affraye was appe∣sed. Of the whiche was chyfe occasy¦oner a man of Clyfforde ynne named Herbotell.

In this yere also, by certayne am¦bassadoures y^t were sente out of En∣glād into Guyon / a maryage was cō¦cluded in the begynnynge of the yere folowynge, atwene the kynge and y^e erles doughter of Armenak. whiche conclusion was after dysalowed and put by, by the meanes of the erle of Suffolke. whiche kyndled a newe brande of brunynge enuy atwene y^e lorde protectour and hym / and toke fyre in suche wyse that it lefte not tyll bothe partyes with many other were consumed and slayne, wherof ensued moche myschefe within the realme, and losse of all Normandy / as after to you shall appere.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlili.
	Thomas Beaumount.
Ion̄ Athyrley Irenmonger.		Anno .xxi.
	Rycharde Nordon.

IN thys .xxi. yere / the foresayde erle of Suffolke, whych as be∣fore is touched had fordon the cōclu∣syon of the maryage takē by the am∣bassadours, betwene the kyng and y^e erle of Armenakes doughter, wente ouer hym selfe wyth other vnto hym assygned / & there in Fraūce conclu∣ded a mariage betwene the kyng and dame Margarete the kynges dough¦ter of Cecyle and of Hierusalem as sayth the Englyshe cronycle. And for that mariage to brynge about / to the sayd kyng of Cecyle was deliuered y^e duchye of Angeou and erledome of Mayne, whych are called the keyes of Normandy.

But the Frēche wryter Gaguyne sayth in hys latyne cronycle, y^t about thys tyme the erle of Suffolke came vnto Charles the Frenche kyng to a towne in Lorayn named Naunce or Naūt, & axed of hym his doughter to be quene of England / but he gyueth to her no name. The whyche request of the sayd Charles to the sayde erle was graūted. Also he affermeth lytel tofore that season, a peace betwene bothe realmes was concluded for the terme of .xxii. moneths / whych peace endured but a whyle after.

And thys yere vpon Candelmas euyn, the steple of sait Poules church in Londō was set on fyre by tempest of lyghtnynge / and lastly quēched by greate dylygence and laboure of ma¦ny persones. But of all that there laboured, the morowe masse preeste of Bowe church in chepe was moste commended and noted.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xliii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xliiii.
	Nycholas wyfforde.
Thomas Catworthe Grocer.		Anno .xxii.
	Iohn̄ Norman.

THys .xxii. yere / y^e erle of Staf¦forde was made or created duke of Bukkyngham, the erle of warwyke, duke of warwyke, the erle of Dorset marques of Dorset, and the erle of Suffolke marquys of Suffolke. The whyche marquys of Suffolke soone after wyth hys wyfe and other honourable persona∣ges aswell of men as of women, with great apparayl of chayres and other costyous ordenaunce for to conuey the forenamed lady Margarete into England, sayled into Fraūce / where they were honourably receyued, and so taryed there all thys may∣res yere.

In thys yere was also an acte made by auctoryte of the common coū∣sayll of London, that vppon the son∣daye shuld no maner of thynge with in the fraunchyse of y^e citie be bought or solde, nother vytayll nor other thynge / nor none artyfycer shulde brynge hys ware to any man to be worne or occupyed that daye, as tayllours garmentes or cordeway∣ners shoys / and so in lykewyse of all other occupacyons.

The whyche ordenaunce helde but a whyle.

Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.xliiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.xlv.
	Stephyn Foster.
Henry Frowyke Mercer.		Anno .xxiii.
	Hughe wyche.

THys .xxiii. yere and moneth of the foresayd lady Margarete came ouer into Englād / and in the moneth folow∣ynge she was maryed vnto kyng Hē∣ry at a towne called Sowthwyke in the countre of Hamshyre. And frō thens she was honourably conueyed by the lordes and estates of thys lād, whyche mette wyth her in sondry pla¦ces wyth greate retynewe of men in sondry lyueryes, wyth theyr sleuys browdered and som betyn wyth gold smythes werkes in moste costly ma∣ner. And specyally the duke of Glouceter mette wyth her wyth fyue hundreth men in one lyuerey. And so she was conueyed vnto Blacke heth / where vppon the .xviii. day of May she was mette with the mayre, aldermen, and sheryfes of the cytye, and the craftes of the same, in brown blewe wyth brawderyd sleuys. That is to meane euery mystery or crafte wyth conysaunce of hys my∣stery, and red hoodes vppon eyther of theyr heddes / and so the same daye broughte her vnto London, where for her were ordeyned sumptuous and costly pagētes and resemblaūce of dyuerse olde hystoryes, to y^e great comforte of her and suche as came wyth her, y^e maner whereof I passe ouer for lengthynge of the tyme. And so wyth great tryūphe she was broughte vnto westmynster / where vppon the .xxx. daye of the moneth of Maye, that was the sondaye after Trynyte sondaye, she was solemply crowned.

After whyche feeste, iustes were there holden by thre dayes continual within the seyntwary before y^e abbey. Of thys maryage are of dyuers wry¦ters lefte dyuers remembraunces / sayenge that thys maryage was vn∣profytable for the realme dyuerse wayes. For fyrste was gyuen vp for her oute of the kynges possession the duchye of Angeou and the erle∣dome of Mayne. And for the costes of her conueynge into thys lande, was axed in playne parlyamente a fyftene and an halfe by the marquys of Suffolke. By reason whereof he grewe in such hatered of the people / that fynally it coste hym hys lyfe. And ouer that it appered that god was nat pleased wyth that mariage. For after thys day the fortune of the worlde beganne to fal from y^e kyng, so that he loste hys frendes in Eng∣lande and hys reuenewes in Fraūce. For shortly after all was ruled by the quene and her counsayl / to the great dysprofyte of the kyng & hys realme / and to the greate maugre and oblo∣quy of the quene.

The whych as syn that tyme hath ben well prouyd, had many a wrong and false reporte made of her, whych were to longe to reherse. All whyche mysery fyll, for brekynge of the pro∣myse made by the kyng vnto the erle of Armenakkys doughter / as before in the .xx. yere of the kyng is touched as agreeth moste wryters. whyche mysery in thys story shall somdeale appere, as fyrst by the losyng of Nor¦mandy, the deuisiō of the lordes with∣in thys realme, the rebelliō of y^e comi¦naltye agayne theyr prynce & soue∣raygne, & fynally the kynge deposed, and the quene wyth the prynce fayne to fle the lande, & loste the rule there∣of for euer.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlvii.
	Robert Horne.
Iohn̄ Olney Mercer.		Anno .xxv.
	Godfrey Boloyne.

THys .xxv. yere, was a parlya∣ment holdē at saynt Edmon∣des Bury in Suffolke. To y^e whiche towne all the cōmons of that coūtre were warned to come in theyr moste defēcyble aray, to gyue attendaunce vpō the kyng. And so soone as thys parlyamēt was begō, and the lordes assembled / syr Hūfrey duke of Glou∣ceter and vncle vnto y^e kyng, shortly after was arrested by the vycounte Beawmōde thā hygh cōstable of En¦glande / whome accompanied y^e duke of Bukkynghm̄ & other. And after this arest was executed / all his owne seruaūtes were put from him / & .xxxii of the pryncypall of theym were also put vnder arest, & sente vnto dyuers prysons / whereof arose a great mur∣mour amonge the people.

Than thus cōtynuyng thys par∣lyament, wythin .vi. dayes after the duke was arrested, he was founde dede in hys bedde beynge the .xxiiii. daye of February. Of whose murdre dyuers reportes at made, whyche I passe ouer.

Than hys corps was layd opyn y^t all mē myght se hym, but no wonde was founde on hym. Of the honou∣rable fame of thys man, a longe style I myght make, of y^e good rule that he kepte thys lande in, durynge the none age of the kynge / and of hys ho¦nourable housholde & libertye which passed all other before hys tyme / and trewe of hys allegeaunce that no mā coude with ryght accuse hī, but maly¦cyous persones whych hys glorious honour & fame lafte nat to maligne agayne hym, tyll he were put frome all wordly rule / and specyally for it was thought, that durynge hys lyfe he wolde withstāde the delyuery of Angeou & Mayne before promysed. Thys for hys honourable and lybe∣rall demeanure was surnamed the good duke of Glouceter. Than after he had lyen opyn a season y^t all men myghte be assured of hys dethe / the corps was honourably prouided for and so cōueyed vnto saynt Albonys, & there buryed nere vnto the shryne of saynt Albone / to whose soule god be mercyfull Amen.

And whan this noble prynce was thus enteryd / fyue persones of hys housholde, that is to saye, syr Roger Chamberlayne knyght, Myddelton Herbarde, & Arthur esquyers, & one Rycharde Nedā yeman, were sente vnto Londō / & there arayned and iu∣ged to be drawē, hāged, and quarte∣red. Of the whych sentēce drawynge & hāgynge were put in execuciō. But whā they were cut downe to be quar¦tered / y^e Marquys of Suffolke there beyng presēt, shewed y^e kynges char∣tour for thē / & so were deliuered to the great reioysyng of y^e multytude of y^e people there beyng present. But for thys the grudge & murmour of y^e peo¦ple ceased nat agayne the Marquys of Suffolke, for the deth of the good duke of Glouceter / of whose murdre he was specyally suspected.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlviii.
	Wyllyam Abraham.
Iohn̄ Gedney Draper.		Anno .xxvi.
	Thomas Scot.

IN thys .xxvi. yere after concor∣daūce of moste wryters or nere there about / y^e .xxiii. scisme of y^e church ceased, that before had cōtynued be∣twene Eugeny the .iiii. & Felix the .v. vpon .xvi. yeres.

Thys scisme as before is touched, began by reason of the deposycyō of the sayde Eugeny at the coūsayll of Basile, for that that he wolde nat ob¦serue the decrees before made in the coūsayll of Cōstaūce, & other causes to hym layde. But yet that deposyng natwythstandynge / perforce he cōty∣nued pope by the terme of .xiiii. yeres after. And the sayde Felix at the sayd coūsayll admitted in lyke maner, cō∣tynued as pope by all that sayde sea∣son / lyke as before to you I haue she∣wed in the .xvii. yere of thys kynge. And as now by exortacyon of crysten prynces, as the kynge of England, whose messangers in y^e behalfe were the bysshoppe of Norwyche, and the lord of saint Iohn̄s, & other princes / the sayd pope Felix to sette a perfyte vnyon in the churche, in thys yere of hys owne volūte resigned hys aucto∣rytie of papacy, and submytted hym vnto the obediēce of Nicholas the .v. of that name / nat wythstandynge that the sayde Felix was a man of great byrthe, & allied to the more par¦tye of all crysten prynces. And thys Nycholas a mā of lowe byrthe, & of vnknowē kynred wythin the cytie of Ieane.

Than was Felix made legate of Fraunce & cardynal of Sauoye / and lyued after a blessed & holy lyfe & so ended. And as some wryters testifye, god for hym hath shewed dyuers mi∣racles syns he dyed. And for thys scysme thus gracyously was ended / a vercyfyer made thys verse folo∣wynge.

¶Lux fussit mundo, cessit Felix Nicholao.

The whych verse is thus to mea∣ne in Englyshe.

¶Lyght into the worlde now dothe sprynge and shyne. ¶For Felix vnto Nicholas all frely doth resyne.

Also as testifieth Gaguyne & also some englyshe wryters, y^t trewys be∣twene Englād & Fraūce cōtynuyng / a knyght of y^e Englysh partie named syr Fraūceys Arrogonoyse, toke a town vpō the borders of Normādy belōgyng vnto y^e duke of Brytayne. For y^t which he cōplayned hym vnto Charles the Frēch kyng / & he at the sayd dukes request sent vnto y^e kyng of Englād Iohn̄ Hanart & Guyllm̄ Cōsynot knyghtes, to axe restitucyō of y^e harme. The whych were answe∣red of y^e kynges coūsayll, y^t the dede was ryght displeasaūt vnto y^e kyng / & that y^e sayd syr Fraūceys had enter prysed y^e fayt of his owne presūpcion & nothyng wyth the kyng{is} mynde or plesure. Thā after this answere thus made / it was agreed by the duke of Somerset thā lieutenaūt vnder the kyng in Normādy, y^t a comynycaciō for thy•• matyer shulde be hadde at a towne named Louers. To the which place at the day assygned apperyd & came certayne persones for both par¦tyes / where they so beyng occupyed, a trayne was cōpassed by the French mē to take frō y^e Englyshmen a strōg town or hold named Poūt all Arche, wherof the maner was thys.

A Frenche man or Norman be∣ynge a carter, whyche dayly vsed to entre thys towne wyth vytayll and other lodynge of hys carte / seynge the neglygence of the Eng∣glysshemen, howe lyttel hede they toke vnto the watche of the towne, warned a Frenche capytayne named Floquet / annd sayde that wyth ly∣tell helpe that town wolde be goten. For expedycyō wherof, thys Floquet

wyth other couenaunted wyth the sayd carter to bryng about theyr pur¦pose / & ordeyned vnto hym .ii. hardy sowdyours of Frenchemē, whyche bare in theyr neckes .ii. carpēter axes to shewe that they were carpenters. And after agremēt made among thē, how they shuld entre into the towne, & where they shulde mete the carter, whych after hys olde custome entred the gates wythout susspycyon / and soone after wyth his axe in his necke came by one sowdyour, & in a whyle after that other / & so wyth lytell que∣styonyng to them made, passed y^e ga∣tes / and so lastly vnto the house of y^e carter before appoynted, & there kept them secrete tyll nyght was commyn knowynge well that the hoste of the hous was enemy to Englysshemen, for an iniury to hym of an Englysshe man before done, & shewed to hym all theyr counsayll. The whyche promy∣sed to them all the assystence & ayde that he myght make. In thys nygh∣tes passe tyme for the fortheraunce of thys purpose / the lord of Bressy with a chosen company of knyghtes lod∣ged hym in a busshemēt nere vnto y^e towne towarde the gate of saint An∣drewe / & the forenamed Floquet lod¦ged hym wyth an other chosen com∣pany vnder the parte of the towne whych is toward Louers, beīg with hym syr Iamys de Cleremont and o∣ther men of name. These ordenaun∣ces & prouysyons thus ordeyned for / the forenamed carter with his .ii. sow¦dyours forenamed in the sprynge of the mornynge, as in the moneth of Octobre, came erely vnto y^e gatewith hys carte, & called the porter by name in fayre maner to opyn y^e gate, & pro∣mysed to hym a rewarde for hys la∣bour. The porter knowyng well the carter, & takyng lytell regarde to the other .ii. whyche came with hym / ope¦ned the gate, and sent an other felow of hys to opyn the former gate. whan the fryste was opened / the carter set hys carte in the selfe gate, & drewe to hys purs to gyue to the porter hys re¦ward before {pro}mysed. And as he tolde the money into hys hād / of a falshode he let part of the money fall vpon the groūde. The whych whyle the porter stouped to take vp / the carter wyth his dagger or other wepyn gaue such a stroke vnto y^e porter, y^t he ne spake nor cryed after. And so soone as this myschyefe was don / so soon was the other porter slayn of y^e .ii. sowdiours. And y^• done, one of thē rā forth of y^e ga¦tes & gaue a sygne vnto the lorde of Bressy / whyche forthwith entred the towne, & toke & slewe all suche as to them made resystēce / & wāne in short whyle y^e castell as the towne, & slewe therin moche people, and toke many prysoners. Amonge the whyche as sayeth Gagwyne, the lorde Facoun∣brydge as capytayne of that towne was there taken prysoner. whan this towne was thus won by the cautele of the Frenchemē, & the terme of the trewis was nat yet expyred / thā was labour made vnto the French kynge for restytucyon of thys towne and o∣ther wronges done in wynnyng of y^e same. To the whyche it was answe∣red, that yf the Englysshemen wolde restore the towne of Fogyers wyth other harmys there done / that than the Frenchemen shulde restore thys towne wyth the other harmys. For treaty wherof a daye of metyng was apoynted at a place called Boūport / where the tyme was spente in vayne of bothe partyes / so that of y^e metyng came none effecte.

Of the takynge of thys sayde towne of Fogyers ensuyed moche harme to the Englysshmen / for this was the occasyon, by the whyche the Frenchemen after gatte all Nor∣mandy.

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Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlviii		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlix.
	Wyllyam Cantlow.
Stephyn Browne Grocer.		Anno .xxvii.
	wyllyam Marowe.

IN thys .xxvii. yere as wytnes∣seth the Englysshe cronycle, a knyghte of Fraunce called syr Lo∣wys de Bueyil, chalēged an esquyer of Englande named Rauffe Chalōs of certayne feetes of warre. The whych to approue, a daye to theym was gyuen to mete at a towne in Fraunce named Maunt or Maunce where the French kynge at that day was present. But fortune to Chalōs was so frendely, that he ranne the Frenche knyghte thorugh wyth hys spere / whereof the sayde syr Lowys shortly after dyed. Than this Cha¦lons lyke a charytable crysten man, mourned for hys enemy, and kepte for hym hys obsequy as he had ben hys carnall brother. For the whych dede of y^e Frēch kyng he was greatly allowed / all be it he was boūde so to do by the lawe of armys.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.xlix.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.l.
	wyllyam Hulyn.
Thomas Chalton.		Anno .xxviii.
	Thomas Canynges.

IN thys .xxviii. yere / the kynge callyd a parlyaments at west∣mynster, the whyche was adiourned to the blacke freers at London / and after Crystmas to London agayne. In whyche passetyme, as shyp man of the west countre named Roberte of Cane, wyth a fewe shyppes of warre toke an hole flete of marchaūtes cō∣mynge from the Baye beynge ladyn wyth salte / the which were of Pruce, Holande, and zeland, & other parties of Flaunders / and so broughte them to Hampton̄, and there made hys porte sale▪ For the whyche pryse the marchauntes goodes of Englād were arested in dyuers places of flaū¦ders / as Bruges, Ipre, & other good townes / and myghte nat haue the sayd goodes deliuered, tyll they had takē appoyntemēt for to paye for the sayd prise & theyr hurtes & damages.

And contynuyng the foresayd par¦lyamēte / the duke of Suffolke was arested, & sent as prysoner to content some myndes vnto the towre / where he was kept at hys plesure a moneth & after delyuered at large / the which dyscontented many mēnes myndes. For to hym was layde the charge of the delyuery of Angeou & Mayne, & the deth of that noble prynce Hum∣frey duke of Glouceter. Than of thys grudge ensued rebellyon of the cōmons, in so moche that they assem¦bled theym in sondry places, & made of them selfe capytaynes, and named them Blewe berde and other counter fayte names / and so entēded to haue gadered more company. But anone as the kynges counsayll was thereof warnyd, they were layde for, and ta∣ken, and putte to dethe.

Thanne the foresayde parlya∣mente was adiourned vnto Leyce∣ter / whether came the kynge and wyth hym the duke of Suffolke. Than the commons of the common hous made requeste to the kyng, that all suche persones as were consen∣tynge and laboured for the gyuynge ouer the duchye of Angeou and erle∣dome

of Mayn̄, myght be punisshed. Of whiche offēce to be gyltie / they ac¦cused the foresayd duke of Suffolke, the lorde Sey, the bysshop of Salys¦bury, and one Danyell a gentylman, with Treuylyan & other. Than to ap¦pease the cōmon hous / the duke was exyled for .v. yeres, and the lord Sey as tresorer of Englande / and y^e other were put a parte for a whyle, & were promysed to be sent vnto the kynges gayoll or warde.

Than the duke in obeynge y^e sen∣tence foresayde, sped hym towarde y^e sees syde in the moneth of Apryl, and toke his shyppynge in Northfolke, entēding to haue sayled into Fraūce. In kepyng of whiche course / he was mette with a shyppe of warre named Nicholas of the Tower, the whiche toke his shyp. And whā y^e capytayne was ware of the duke / anone he toke hym into his owne shyp, and so kept his course towarde Douer. And whā he was comen vnto the rode / anone he caused hym to be confessed of his owne chaplayne / and that done shyp¦mē put hym in a shypbote, and there vpon the syde of the bote, one strake of his hed. whiche hed with the body was soone after conueyed to the lāde of Douer, and there lefte vpon y^e san¦des / and the sayd shypmen returned to the see agayne. And thus one mys∣chefe ensued vpon an other, to the dy¦struccyon of the nobles of this lāde. And so vpon the fyrst daye of May, was this deed corps foūde vpon Do¦uer sandes, and after conueyed to his restynge place to This yere also beynge the yere of our lordes in carnacyon .xiiii.C. and .l. was the Iu¦bile or the plenary pardon at Rome, whiche of Englysshmen is called the yere of grace.

And this yere a towne in Normā¦dy named Uernoyll, was taken by y^e treason of a Frenche baker / the ma∣ner wherof were lōge to wryte. But fynally it came to y^e possession of Flo∣quet before rehersed, to the great dy∣struccyon of Englysshmen. For now was y^e trewes ended, & mortal warre was executed vpon both {per}tyes / & the Englysshmē vnto y^e Frēche wrought moche myschyef dyuers wayes, whi∣che were lōge to wryte. But as to fore I haue shewed to you sondry tymes / the most losse turned euer last warde vpon y^e Englyssh {per}tie. For this seasō also were y^e townes of Nogēt & poūt Andenere wonne by the erle of saynt Paule & other. And in y^e moneth of Iuny this yere,* 5.68 y^e cōmons of Kent as¦sēbled thē in great multitude, & chase to them a capitayee, and named hym Mortymer and cosyn of the duke of york / but of most he was named Iak Cade. This kept y^e people wondero∣usly togyder / & made suche ordenaū∣ces amonge thē, y^t he brought a great nōbre of people of thē vnto y^e Blak hethe. where he deuysed a byll of pe∣ticiōs to y^e kyng & y^e coūsayll / & shew∣ed them what iniuryes & oppressiōs the poore cōmōs suffred, by suche as were aboute y^e kynge a fewe {per}sones in nōbre, & all vnder coloure to come to his aboue. The kynges coūsayll se¦ynge this byll, dysalowed it, & coūsay¦led the kynge, whiche by the .vii. day of Iuny had gathered to hī a strōge hoste of people, to go agayne his re∣belles, & to gyue vnto them batayll. Than the kynge, after the sayd rebel¦les had holdē theyr felde vpon blak hethe .vii. dayes / made towarde thē. wherof heryng the capytayne, drewe backe with his people to a vyllage called Seuenok, & there enbatayled▪ thē. Thā it was agreed by y^e kynges counsayll, that syr Humfrey Staf∣forde knyght, with wyllyam his bro∣ther, and other certayne gentylmen, shulde folowe the chase / and the kyng with his lordes shuld retourne

vnto Grenewyche, wenynge to them that the rebelles were fledde & gone. But as before I have shewed, whan syr Humfray with his cōpany drewe nere vnto Seuenok / he was wared of y^e capytayne that there abode with his people. And whan he had coun∣sayledde with the other gentylmen / lyke a manfull knyghte set vpon the rebelles, and fought with them lōge. But in the ende the capytayne slewe hym & his brother with many other, and caused the rest to gyue backe. Al whiche season the kynges hoste laye styll vpon Blakhethe, beyng amōge them sondry opinions / so that some and many fauoured the capytayne. But fynally whan worde came of y^e ouerthrowe of the Staffordes / they sayd playnly and boldly, that excepte the lorde Saye and other before re∣hersed were cōmytted to warde, they wolde take the capytaynes partye. For the appeasynge of the whiche ru¦mour, the lorde Saye was put into y^e tower / but that other as thā were not at hande. Thanne the kynge ha∣uynge knowlege of the scomfyture of his men, and also of the rumour of his ostynge people / remoued frome Grenewyche to London / and there with his hoste rested hym a whyle.

And so soone as Iak Cade hadde thus ouercomen the Stafforde / he anone apparayled hi with y^e knygh∣tes apparayll, and dyd on hym his bryganders set with gylte nayle and his salet and gylte spores. And after he had refresshed his people, he retur¦ned agayne to Blakhethe / and there pyght agayne his feld as here tofore he had done / and laye there from the nyne & twenty daye of Iuny beynge saynte Peters daye, tyll the fyrste day of Iuly. In whiche season came vnto hym the archebysshop of Can∣torbury and the duke of Bukkyng∣ham / with whome they had longe cō¦munycacyon, and fonde hym ryghte dyscrete in his answeres. How be it they coude not cause hi to lay downe his people, and to submyt hym vnto the kynges grace.

In this whyle the kynge and the quene herynge of the encreasynge of his rebelles, and also the lordes fe∣rynge theyr owne seruaūtes lest they wolde take the capytaynes partie, re¦moued frome London to Kyllyng∣worth / leuynge y^e cyte without ayde, excepte onely the lorde Scales / whi∣che was lefte to kepe the tower, and with hym a manly & warly man na∣med Mathewe Fowth. Than the ca¦pytayne of Kente thus houynge at Blakhethe / to the ende to blynde the more the people, and so brynge hym in fame that he kepte good iustyce, be heded there a pety capytayne of his named Parys / for so moch as he had offended agayne suche ordynaūce as he had stablysshed in his hoste / & he∣rynge y^t the kynge and all his lordes were thus departed, drewe hym nere vnto y^e cytie. So that vpon the fyrste day of Iuly, he entred the bourgh of Southwarke, beynge than wednes∣day / & lodged hym there that nyght, for he myght not be suffered to entre the cytie.

And vpon the same day, the com∣mōs of Essex in great nombre pyght theym a felde vpon the playne at my¦les ende. And vpon the seconde daye of the sayd moneth, the mayre called a common counsayle at the Gyldhall, for to puruey the withstandynge of these rebelles and other matyers. In whiche assemble were dyuers opini∣ons / so that some thought good that the sayde rebelles shulde be receyued into the cytie, and some otherwyse. Amonge the whiche, Roberte Horne stok fysshmonger than beynge an al∣derman, spake sore agayne them that wolde haue them entre. For y^• whiche

sayenges, the cōmons were so amo∣ued agayn hym, that they ceased not tyll they had hym cōmytte to warde.

And the same afternoone aboute v. of the clok, the capytayne with his people entred by y^e brydge. And whā he came vpon the drawe brydge / he hewe the ropes y^t drewe the brydge in sondre with his swerde, and so pas¦sed into y^e cytie / and made in sondry places therof proclamacyons in the kynges name, that no man in peyne of dethe shulde robbe or take ony thyng parforce without payeng ther¦fore. By reason wherof he wanne ma¦ny hertes of the cōmons of the cytie / but all was done to begyle with the people, as after shall euydently ap∣pere. For he rode thorough dyuers stretes of the cytie / and as he came by London stone, he strake it with his swerde, and sayd now is Mortymer lorde of this cytie. And whan he had thus shewed hymselfe in dyuers pla∣ces of the cytie, & shewed his mynde to y^e mayre for y^e ordrynge of his peo∣ple / he returned into Southwarke, and there abode as he before hadde done, his people cōmynge & goynge at lawfull houres whan they wolde. Than vpon the morne beynge the thyrde daye of Iuly and frydaye / the sayd capytayne entred agayne the cy¦tie, and caused the lorde Sey to be fet frome the tower and ladde vnto the Guyldhall / where he was areygned before the mayre & other of y^e kynges iustyce. In whiche passe tyme he en∣tended to haue brought before y^e sayd iustyces the foresayd Robert Horne. But his wyfe and frendes made to hym suche instaūt labour, that fynal∣ly for .v.C. marke he was set at his ly¦bertye. Than the lorde Sey beynge as before is sayde at Guyldhall, desy¦red y^t he myght be iudged by his pe∣ers. wherof herynge the capytayne, sent a company of his vnto the hall / the whiche parforce toke hym from the offycers, and so brought hym vn¦to the standarde in the Chepe / where or he were halfe shryuen they strake of his hed / & y^t done pyght it on a lōg pole, & so bare it aboute with them.

In this tyme and season had the capytayne caused a gentylman to be taken named Cromer, whiche before had ben shyreffe of Kent, and vsed as they sayde some extorcyons. For which cause, or for he had fauou¦red the lorde Sey, by reason that he had maried his doughter / he was ha¦ryed to Myles ende, and there in y^e capitaynes presence byheded. And y^e same tyme was ther also byheded a man called Baylly / y^e cause of whose dethe was this as I haue herd some men reporte. This Baylly was of y^e famylyer and olde acqueyntaunce of Iak Cade. wherfore so soone as he espyed hym cōmynge to hym warde, he cast in his mynde that he wolde dyscouer his lyuyng & olde maners, and shewe of his vyle kynne and ly∣nage. wherfore knowynge y^t the sayd Baylly vsed to vere scrowes and pro¦phecyes aboute hym, shewyng to his cōpany y^t he was an enchaunter and of yll dysposycion, and y^t they shulde well knowe by such bokes as he bare vpon hym / and bad them serche, and yf they founde not as he sayde, y^t thā they shuld put hym to dethe / whiche all was doone accordynge to his cō∣maundment. whan they had thus be heded these .ii. men / they toke the hede of Croumer & pyght it vpon a pole / and so entred the cytie with the he∣des of the lorde Sey and of Crou∣mer. And as they passed the stretes / they ioyned the poles togyder, & cau¦sed eyther deed mouthe to kysse other dyuers and many tymes.

And the capytayne the selfe same daye wente vnto the house of Phylyppe Malpas draper and

and alderman / and robbeb and spoy∣led his house, and toke thens a great substaunce. But he was before war∣ned, and therby conueyed moche of his money and plate, or elles he had ben vndone. At whiche spoylynge were present many poore men of the cytie, whiche at suche tymes ben euer redy in all places to do harme, where suche ryottes ben doone.

Thā towarde nyght, he returned into Southwarke / & vpon y^e morne reentred y^e cytie, and dyned that daye at a place ī saynt Margaret Patyns parysshe called Gherstys hous. And whan he had dyned / lyke an vncur∣teyse gest he robbed hym as the daye before he had Malpas. For which .ii. robberyes, all be it that the porayll & nedy people drewe vnto hym, & were partyners of that yll / the honest and thryfty comoners cast in theyr myn∣des the sequele of this matyer, and fe¦red leste they shulde be delte with in lyke maner / by meane wherof he lost the peoples fauour and hertes. For it was to be thought, yf he had not exe∣cuted that robbery, he myghte haue gone ferre, and brought his purpose to good effecte, yf he hadde entended well. But it is to deme and presup∣pose, that the entent of hym was not good / wherfore it myght not come to ony good conclusyon. Than y^e mayre and aldermen with assystence of the worshypfull comeners, seynge this mysdeanour of y^e capytayne / in saue∣gardynge of themselfe and of the cy∣tye, toke theyr counsayles how they myght dryue the capytayne and his adherētes from y^e cytie, wherin theyr feare was the more, for so moche as the kynge and his lordes with theyr powers were farre from theym. But yet in aduoydynge of apparēt peryl / they condyscended, that they wolde withstande his any more entre into the cytie. For the performaūce wher of y^e mayre sent vnto the lorde Sca∣les and Mathewe Gowgth than ha∣uynge the tower in gydynge / & had of them assent to perfourme y^e same.

Than vpon the .v. day of Iuly y^e capytayne beynge in Southwarke, caused a mā to be heded, for cause of his dyspleasure to hym doone as the fame went / & so kepte hym in South¦warke all y^e day. How be it he myght haue entred the cytie yf he had wold.

And whan nyght was comynge / the mayre and cytezyns with Ma∣thewe Gowth lyke to theyr former appoynmtent kepte the passage of y^e brydge beynge sonday, and defended the Kentysshe mē whiche made great force to reenter the cytie. Than the ca¦pytayne seynge this bykerynge be∣gon / yode to harneys, and called his people aboute hym / and set so fyersly vpon the cytezyns, that he draue thē backe from y^e stulpes ī Southwarke or brydge fote vnto y^e drawe brydge. In defendynge wherof, many a man was drowned and slayne. Amonge y^t whiche, of men of name was Iohan Sutton aldermā, Mathewe Gouth gentylman, and Roger Heysande cy¦tezyn. And thus contynued this skyr¦mysshe all nyght tyll .ix. of the clocke vpon the morne / so that somtyme the cytezyns had the better / & thus soone the Kentysmen were vpon the better syde. But euer they kepte them vpon the brydge / so that the cytezyns pas∣sed neuer moche the bulwarke at the byrdge fote, nor y^e Kentysshmē moche ferther thā the drawe brydge. Thus cōtynuyng the cruel fyght to the dy∣struccyon of moche people on bothe sydes / lastly after the Kentysshmen were put to the worse, a trewe was agreed for certayne houres. Duryng the whiche trewe, the archebysshop of Cantorbury than chaunceler of Englande, sent a generall pardon to the capytayne for hymselfe, and an

other of hys peple. By reason wherof he & hys company departed the same nyght out of Southwarke / & so re∣tourned euery man to hys owne.

† 5.69 But it was nat longe after that the capytayne wyth hys cōpany was thus departed, that proclamacyons were made in dyuers places of Kent, of Southsex, and Sowtherey, that who myghte take the foresayde Iak Cade other on lyue or dede, shulde ha¦ue a .M. marke for hys trauayle. Af∣ter whych proclamacion thus publis∣shed / a gētylmā of Kēt named Alexan¦der Iden̄, awayted so hys tyme that he toke hym in a gardyn in Sussex. where in the takyng of hym the sayd Iak was slayne / & so beynge dede, was brought into Southwarke the daye of the moneth of & there left in the kynges benche for that nyght. And vpon y^• morowe the dede corps was drawen thorugh the hyghe stretes of the cytye vnto New gate, & there heded and quartered. whose hede was than sent to Londō brydge / & his .iiii. quarters were sent to .iiii sondry townes of Kent.

And thys done / the kyng sent hys commissions into Kent, & rode after hym selfe / and caused enquery to be made of thys riot in Caunterbury / where for the same .viii. men were iu∣ged & put to deth. And in other good townes of Kent & Southsex, dyuers other were put in execucyon for the same ryot.

In thys yere also, in the west coū∣tree was slayne the bisshop of Salys¦bury by the commons of that coūtre.* 5.70 wherfore after the kyng had sped his besynesse in Kent & Sussex, he rode thyder to se also those malefactours punysshed.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.l.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.li.
	Iohn̄ Myddylton.
Nycholas wyfforde Grocer.		Anno .xxix.
	wyllyam Dere.

IN thys .xxix. yere vpō sait Leo¦nardes daye or the .vi. daye of Nouembre, began the parlyamente at westmynster. And the fyrste day of Decēbre folowyng / the duke of So∣merset whyche newly was commyn out of Normandy, was putte vnder arest / and his goodes by the cōmons were fowly dyspoyled & borne a waye out of the blak fryers. For at this sea¦son was moche people in the cytie by reason of the parlyament / & specially of lordes seruauntes, whyche were awaytynge vppon theyr lordes and maysters in great multytude. For ye shall vnderstande, y^e temporall lord{is} in those dayes kepte other maner of housholdes & other maner of reteyn∣dour of housholde seruauntes and other nombre, ferre excedynge that the lordes at these dayes done. where¦fore at parlyament tymes and other great counsayles / the cytyes or tow∣nes where they assembled, were hou∣gely stuffed wyth people. Than after thys ryot thys commytted / vpon the morowe folowynge proclamacyon was made thorugh the cytye, that no man shulde spoyle or robbe vppon payne of dethe. And the same day at the stādarde in Chepe, was a mā be∣heded for brekyng of the sayd procla¦maciō. And thus begō rumour & ma∣lyce to spryng betwene y^e lord{is} of the lāde. And specially y^e duke of Somer¦set & other of y^e quenes coūsayll were had ī great hatered, for y^e losīg of Nor¦mādy / wherof y^e chief citie of Roā was lost or gyue vp by apointemēt y^e yere precedyng, as witnesseth Gaguynus

vpon cōdycyon that the duke of So∣merset with his wyfe and Englyssh sowyours, shulde with suche goodes as they myghte cary, departe frely from y^e cytie. For whiche fre passage he shulde pay vnto y^e Frenche kynge lvi.M. scutes which amoūte to .xiiii.M. marke sterlyng. And also he was bounde to delyuer into the Frenche kynges possession, all townes and ca¦stelles that at that daye were in the possessyon of Englysshemen within the duchy of Normandy. For perfor∣maunce of whiche couenauntes, the lorde Talbot was set for one of the pledges / and so by one Floquet be∣fore named all the sayd townes and castelles were by hym to the Frenche kynges vse receyued / Harflete onely excepted. wherof y^e capytayne named Cyrson or Curson denyed the delyue¦ry / with assystence of one named syr Thomas Auryngham. The whiche in despyte of all the Frenche kynges power layde bothe by see and lande, helde it from the begynnynge of De∣cembre tyll the moneth of Ianuary / and than for lacke of rescouse gaue it vp by appoynment in y^e begynnynge of this mayres yere. For this yel∣dynge vp of Normandy, moche dys∣pleasure grewe vnto the quene and her counceyll / in so moche y^t the duke of yorke father vnto kyng Edwarde the .iiii. with many lordes with hym allyed, toke partye agayne hyr and her counsayll / so that mortall warre therof ensued as here after in this sto¦ry wall appere.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.li.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lii.
	Mathewe Phylyp.
wyllyam Gregory skynner.		Anno .xxx.
	Chrystofer warton.

IN thys .xxx. yere & .xvi. daye of February / the kynge beyng ac¦companied with the duke of Somer¦sette and many other lordes, toke theyr iournay towarde the marchys of walys / for so moche as he was cre¦dibly assertayned, y^t the duke of york assysted with dyuers other lordes & mē of name, had in those partyes ga¦thered great strengthe of people, and with them was entrynge the lande / and so helde on his iourney towarde hym. But whan y^e duke had wytyng of the kynges great power / he swa∣ued the way from the kynges hoste, and toke the way towarde London. And for he had receyued knowlege from the cytie, y^t he myght not there be receyued to refresshe hym and his people / he therwith went ouer Kyng¦stone brydge and so into Kente / and there vpon an hethe called Brente heth, he pyght his felde. wherof the kynge houynge knowlege, sped hym after / and lastly came vnto Blacke hethe & there pyght his felde. where bothe hostes beynge thus enbatay∣led / meidaciō was made of peace by twene both hostes, For furtheraunce wherof / to the duke were sente y^e bys∣shoppes of wynchester and of Ely, with the erles of Salysbury and of warwyke. To whome it was answe∣red by the sayd duke, y^t he nor none of the company entended none hurte vnto the kynges persone, nor to any of his counsayll beynge louers of y^e cōmon weale and of hym and of his lande / but his entēt & purpose was, to remoue from hym a fewe euyll dis¦posed persones, by whose meanes y^e cōmon people was greuously opres∣sed, and the comynaltye greatly en∣pouerysshed. Of y^• whiche he named

for principall the duke of Somerset. Of whome it was fynally agreed by the kyng▪ that he shulde be cōmytted to warde, there to abyde & answere vnto suche artycles as the duke of yorke wolde lay agayne hym. Upon whych promesse so made by the kyng the fyrst day of Marche beyng thurs¦daye, the duke brake vp hys felde, & so came vnto y^e kynges tente / where cōtrary the former promyse made, he fāde the duke of Somerset as chefe awayter & next vnto the kyng. And thā was y^e duke of yorke sence before to Londō, & was holden somedeale in maner as prisoner / & more streygh¦ter shuld haue ben kepte, ne had ben tydynges whych dayely sprāge, that syr Edwarde hys sonne thā erle of y^e March, was commyng toward Lon¦don wyth a stronge power of welche men & March mē / whych fered so the quene and hyr counsayl, that y^e duke was lyberted to go where he wolde. And so after he departed vnto hys owne countrey / and peace was dyssy¦muled wyth feyned loue for a whyle.

Ann odn̄i. M.iiii.C.lii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.liii.
	Rychard Lee.
Godfrey Feyldynge.		Anno .xxxi.
	Rychard Alley.

IN thys .xxxi. yere / y^e kynge helde a solempne feest at westmyster vpon the .xii. day of Cristmas / where he created .ii. erles the whyche were hys bretherne vpō the mothers syde quene Katheryne, that after the deth of kynge Henry the .v. was maryed vnto a knyghte of walys named Dwayne, the whych begate vpō hyr these forsayd .ii. sonnes. wherof that one thys sayd daye was created erle of Rychemoūt, which was named sir Edmonde / & the yōger called syr Ias¦per was creat the erle Penbroke. The whych lastly was created duke of Bedforde by our souerayne lorde kyng Hēry the .vii. & so dyed. And in Marche folowyng as witnesseth Ga¦guyne, was the towne of Herf••ewe wonne by the Frēchmen. And soone after the cytye of Bayons was gyuē vp by appoyntment / so that the soul∣dyours shuld leue theyr armoure be∣hynde them. And for euery woman there beyng was graūted an horse to ryde vpon / & to euery horse mā .x. scu¦tes to pay for theyr costes / & to euery fote man .v. wythout more by theym to be taken. And thys yere the kynge laye longe syke at Claryngdowne / & was in great ieopardye of hys lyfe. And in y^e ende of thys mayres yere & begynnynge of the .xxxii. yere of the kyng, that is to meane vpon the day of trāslacyon of saynt Edwarde or y^e xiii. day of Octobre / y^e quene at west∣mynster was delyuered of a fayre prynce.

For the whyche greate reioysyng and gladnesse was made in sundry places of Englande, and specyallye wythin the cy••ye of London / where of the expressemente of the cyrcum∣staunce wolde are longe leysoure to vtter. Thys prynce beynge wyth all honour and reuerence sacred and crystened, was named Edwarde / and grew after to perfight and good lye personage / and lastly of Edward the fourthe was slayne at Tewkys∣burye feelde, as after to you shall be shewed.

whose noble mother susteyned nat a lytle dysclaunder & obloquy of the cōmon peple / sayeng that he was nat the naturall sonne of kynge Henry,

but chaunged in the cradell, to hyr greate dyshonour & heuynesse, which I ouer passe.

Thys yere also whyche was the yere of grace .M.iiii C.liii. Mahumet thā prynce of Turkes, in the moneth of Iuny and .iiii. daye of the sayde mo∣neth beynge the thyrde yere of hys empyre or reygne / after .l. dayes of cō¦tynuall assaute by his innumerable multytude of Turkes to the cytye of Constātyne the noble with excedyng force and crueltye made and excercy¦sed,* 5.71 wan and opteyned the domynyō and rule of the same / to the greate hynderaūce and shame of all crysten∣dome, and enhaūcynge of the power and myghte of the sayd Turkes. Of the excedynge noumber of men, wo∣men, and chyldren that in that cytye at that daye were slayne / I wyll not speke of, for the great dyuersyte that I haue seen of wryters. Amonge the whyche the emperour named Paleo¦golus with many other nobles of the cytye beynge taken on lyue, were thā behedyd / and many a preste and rely¦gyous man put vnto deth by sundry cruell turmentes. After whych great crueltye, wyth many other longe to reherce put in execucyon / a commaū∣dement passed from the sayde empe∣roure of Turkes, that all chyldren beynge aboue the age of .vi. yeres as well men as women kynde, shulde be streyght put vnto deth / the whyche after some wryters excedyd the nom∣ber of .iiii.M. Here for tydeousnesse and lamentable processe, whyche I myghte shewe in the rehersall of the abomynacyon of the moste damp∣nable and accursyd Turkys, by thē done vnto the crucyfyxe and other images of the chyrches and temples wythin the cytye, I cease. For payne¦full it were to rede, & more paynefull and sorowfull to here, that the fayth of Chryst shulde in so vyle maner be dyspysed.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.liii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.liiii.
Draper.	Iohn̄ walden.
Iohn̄ Norman.		Anno .xxxii.
	Thomas Cooke.

IN thys .xxxii. yere, Iohn̄ Nor∣man foresayd vpō the morowe of Symonde and Iudys day, the ac¦customyd day whan the newe mayre vsyd yerely to tyde wyth greate pōpe vnto westminster to take his charge / this mayre fyrste of all mayres brake that auncyent and olde cōtynued cu∣stome, and was rowed thyther by wa¦ter / for the whiche y^e watermen made of hym a roundell or songe to hys great prayse, y^t whiche began, Rowe y^e bote Norman rowe to thy lemmā, and so forth wyth a longe processe.

ye haue in your remēbraunce, how I before in the .xxx. yere of thys kyng shewed to you of the apoyntement ta¦ken bytwene the sayd kyng & y^e duke of yorke at Brent heth / which apoyn¦tement as before is sayde, was soone broken and set at nought. By reason wherof greate enuye and dyscencyon grewe bytwene y^e kynge and dyuers of hys lordes / and most specyally by¦twene the quenes counseyll and the duke of yorke and hys blode. For all contrary y^e kynges promyse, by mea∣nes of the quene, whiche than bare y^e cure and charge of the land / the duke of Somerset was sette at large and made capytayne of Caleys, and had as greate rule about the kynge as he before dayes hadde. wherwyth not onely some of the nobles of the land

grudgyd, but also the comons / why∣che by hys counsayll and other than rulers as the fame went, susteyned many greuous imposycyons & char∣ges. Thys fyre, rancour, and enuye by y^e space of .xvii. or .xviii. monethes smokynge and brennynge vnder co∣uert dyssymulacyon / now at this day brake out in greate and hote flamys of open warre and wrath / in so mych that the duke of yorke beynge in the Marches of walys, called to hym y^t erlys of warwyke & of Salysbury wyth other many honorable knygh∣tes and esquyres, & gathered a strōge hoste of people / and than in the mo∣neth of Apryll toke his iourney to∣warde London, the kynge there thā beynge wyth a greate retynewe of lordes. wherof when the quene and the lordes were aduertysed, that the duke was comynge with so greate power / anone they cast in theyr myn¦des that it was to none of theyr pro∣fytes. And for y^t in all possyble haste as they myght / they gathered by the authoryte of the kynges cōmyssyons such strength as they coulde haue / & entended to haue conueyed the kyng westwarde, and not to haue encoun∣tred the duke of yorke. And for the ex¦ecucyon of this purpose / the kynge accōpanyed with hym the dukes of Somerset & of Buckyngham, y^e er∣lys of Stafforde & of Northumber∣lande, with the lorde Elyfforde, and other many noble men of the realme, departed vpon the .xx. daye of Maye from westmynster / and so helde hys iourney towarde saynte Albonys. Then the duke of yorke hauynge knowlege of the kynges departynge from London, costed the countrees / and came vnto the ende of saynt Al∣bons vppon the .xxiii. daye of Maye foresayde, then beyuge the thursday before whytsondaye. where whyle meanes of treaty and peace were co∣monyd vppon that one party / y^e erle of warwyke wyth his Marche men entryd the towne vppon that other ende, & foughte egerly agayne y^e kyn¦ges people / & so contynued the fyght a longe season. But in conclusyon y^e vyctory fell to the duke of yorke and his party / in so myche that there was slayne that duke of Somerset, the erle of Northumberlande, and the lorde Clyfforde, wyth many other hono∣••••ble men of knyghtes & esquyers, whose names were tedious to write. After whyche victory thus opteyned by the duke / he with honour and re∣uerence vpon the morne folowynge conueyed the kynge agayne to Lon∣don, and there lodged hym in the bys¦shoppe of Londons palays. And soone thereupon was called a parly∣ament and holden at westmynster / by authoryte wherof y^e duke of yorke was made protectour of Englande, the erle of Salesbury chauncellour, and the erle of warwyke capytayne of Caleys. And all suche persons as before were in authoryte and nere aboute the kynge, were clerely amo∣ued and putte by / and the quene and hyr counsayle that before dayes ru∣led, all vtterly sette a parte concer∣nynge the rule of the kynge and of y^e lande. whych contynued for a whyle, as after shall apere.

In this yere also as affermeth the Frenche cronycle, this mysery and vnkyndnesse thus reygnynge in En¦glande / the lord Talbot than beyng in Normandy, and in defendynge of the kynges Garysōs was beset with French men at a place named Castil¦lyon, and there strongely assayled. where after longe and cruell fyghte, he with hys sonne and to the nomber of .xl. men of name and .viii. hūdreth of other Englysshe soudyours, were myserably slayne / and many mo ta¦ken prysoners.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.liiii		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lv.
	Iohn̄ Felde.
Stephan Forster.		Anno .xxxiii.
	wyllyam Taylour.

IN thys .xxxiii. yere of Henry y^e vi. certayne euyll dysposed per¦sones beynge sentuary men within saynt Martens the graunde, issued out of y^e sayde place and frayed with some cytesyns, and of them hurt and maymed / and that done reentred the seintuary. wherewyth the commons beyng amoued, with certeyne rulers of the cytie entred the sayd sayntwa∣ry by force, and pulled out the occa∣syoners of the sayde fraye, and com∣mytted them to prysone. Of this ma∣ter by the deane of saynte Martens and suche as fauoured hym, was a greuous complaynt made vnto the kynge and hys counsayle, of y^e mayre and the cytesyns. For dyscharge wherof the recorder of the citie wyth certeyne aldermen to hym assygned, were sente vnto the kyng then lyeng at y^e castell of Egle in Herford shyre / where after the mater duly debated before y^e kynges coūsayll, they were with letter of commendacyon retour¦nyd vnto the mayre, wyllynge hym to kepe the sayde persons sauely tyll the kynges comynge to London / at whyche season he entended to haue y^e mater more clerely examyned.

Anno domin .M.iiii.C.lv.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lvi.
Grocer.	Iohn̄ yonge.
wyllyam Marowe.		Anno .xxxiiii.
	Thomas Dulgraue.

IN this yere & moneth of May / an Italyans seruaunt walked thorough Chepe wyth a dagger han¦gynge at hys gyrdell. wherof a mer∣cers seruaunt that before tyme had ben in Italy, and there chalengyd or punysshed for werynge of a lyke we∣pen, chalenged the straunger, & que∣stioned with him how he was so bold to bere such a warrely wepyn, consy∣derynge he was a straunger and out of his natyue countrey, & also know∣ynge that in his countre no straun∣ger shuld be suffered to bere any lyke wepyn. To whyche questyon suche answere was made by the Italyan, that the mercer toke his dagger frō hym, and brake it vppon his hede. The straūger thus beyng delte with complayned hym vnto the mayre / y^t whiche vpon the morowe folowyng kepynge a court at the Guyldhall, sent for the yonge man / and after his answere made vnto this complaynt, by agrement of a full courte of alder men, sent the sayde mercer vnto pry∣son. And after thys court was fynys∣shed / for rumour that he harde of, to be amonge the seruauntes of y^e mer∣cery, he with the two sheryffes toke his way homeward thorough chepe. But whan he was nere vnto thende of saint Lawrēce lane toward chepe / he was met wyth suche a multytude of mercers seruaūtes and other, that he coulde not passe for ought that he myghte do or speke, tyll he hadde cō∣trarye hys wylle and mynde, delyue∣red the yonge man, that before was commytted by hym and his brethern to warde / and so was he forthwith delyuered. Thys thus done / rumour sprange therof lyghtely aboute the town / in so mych that amonge many

cytesyns, it was construed that thys was done by the assent of the may∣sters and housholders of the merce∣ry, to y^e entēt to haue the straungers punysshed, for so myche as they toke from them greate lyuynge by reason of theyr vtteraunce of cloth of golde and sylkes to the estates and lordes of the realme. But how so it was vn¦to men of honeste / to vacabōdes and other that loked for pylfry and ryf∣flynge, it was a great occasyon and styrynge. And that appered well / for the same afternone, sodeynly was as¦sembled a multytude of rascall and poore people of the cytye / whyche wythout hede or guyde ranne vnto certayne Italyans places, and spe∣cyally vnto the Florentynes, Lukes∣sys, and Uenicyans, and toke and spoyled what they in theyr places myghte fynde, and dyd greate hurte in sundry places, but moste in .iiii. houses stādyng in Bredstrete ward / wherof thre stode in saynt Barthelo∣mewys parysshe the lytle, and one in saynte Benettes parysshe, and moch more wolde haue done, had not bene the spedy ayde of the mayre and al∣dermen and worshypfull comoners of the cytye / whyche wyth all dyly∣gence resysted them, and of thē toke dyuers that robbed, and sent theym to Newgate. And fynally not wyth out shedyng of blode and maymyng of dyuers cytesyns, the rumour and people were appeasyd. whan the yon¦ge man begynner of all thys busy∣nesse sawe this inconuenyence ensue of hys wantonesse / were it by coun∣sayll or otherwyse feryng the sequell of the mater, yode streyght vnto west¦mynster / and there taried as a saynt∣wary man, tyll all the mater were en¦dyd. It was not longe after or the duke of Buckyngham with iustyces and other noble men, was sent down from the kynge into the cytye / & char¦ged the mayre by vertue of a com∣myssyō, y^t an enquery shulde be made of this ryot. And so by vertue of the sayde cōmyssyon called an Oyer de∣termyner, a day was kepte at Guyld¦hall vpon the day of the moneth of / where the sayde daye sat for iudges y^e mayre as the kynges lyeu∣tenaūt, y^e duke of Buckyngham vpō his ryght hande, y^e chyefe iustyce vp¦pon y^e lefte hande, wyth many other men of name whyche I passe ouer. whyle the mayre and the sayd lordes were callyng of the panels of the en∣questes at y^e Guyldhall / the other co∣moners of the cytie not beyng cōtent with the order, many of thē secretely armed them in theyr houses / and en¦tēded as the comon fame after went to haue rūge Bow bell, & so to haue reysed & gathered y^e comynalty of the cytye / and by force to haue delyuered such persons as before for y^e robbery were commytted to warde. But thys mater was so discretely handeled, by the coūsayll and labour of some dys¦crete comoners, whyche appeased theyr neyghbours in such wyse, that all this fyry haste was quenchyd, & came to none effecte / sauyng y^e word was brought vnto the duke of Buc∣kyngham, that the comynalty of the cytye were in harnysse, & yf he taryed longe there, he with the other lordes shuld be in great ieopardy. with why¦che vntrew tidinges he beyng fered / hastely toke leue of y^e mayre, & so de{per}••ted vnto hys lodgyng, and so ceasyd y^e enquery for y^e day. Upō the morow, for so much as y^e mayre had vnderstā¦dynge of y^e secrete murmur / he com∣maūded the comō counsayle with all wardeyns of felysshyppys to apere vpō the morow at Guyldhall. where by the recorder in the kinges name, & the mayers as hys lyeutenaunt, was cōmaūded to euerych wardeins, that in that after none folowynge eyther

of them shuld assemble hys hoole fe∣lisshyp at theyr propre hallys / & there to gyue euery cytezyn streyght com∣maundemente, that euery man see & entende to see the kynges peace with in the cytye. And yf they fynde any person that maketh any reasonynge, wherby they myght cōceyue or espye that he fauoured any gatherynge of companyes, or the delyuerey of suche persones as were in warde / that the sayd wardeyns shuld with fayre wor¦des exorte hym to the beste / and with out sygne or token therof shewynge, secretly co bryng the name or names of hym or them vnto the mayre. By meane of whych polycy & good order the cytesyns were brought in suche a quyetnes, that after that day the fore∣sayd enquery was duely pursued / & iii. persones for the sayde ryot put in execucyon and hanged at tybourne. whereof .ii. after some wryters were seyntwarye men of saynt Martyns / and the thyrd was a shypmā or bote∣man.

The quene wyth certeyne lordes whyche fauoured her partye / dysday¦ned sore the rule whyche the duke of yorke bare and other / & specyally for that that the sayde duke bare y^e name of protectour, whych argued that the kynge was insuffycyent to gouerne the realme / whyche as she thoughte was a great dyshonour to the kynge and to all the realme. wherefore she made suche meanes, and wan by hyr polycy such frendshyp of diuerse of y^e lordes bothe spyrytuall and tempo∣rall, that she caused y^e duke of yorke to be dyscharged of hys protectour∣shyp, & the erle of Salysbury of hys chauncellershyp / which was cause of newe warre as after shall appere.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lvi.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lvii.
Grocer.	Iohn̄ Stewarde.
Thomas Canynges.		Anno .xxxv.
	Raufe Uerney.

IN thys yere and begynnynge of the same / the quene suspec∣tynge the cytye of London, & demyd it to be more fauourable vnto y^e duke of yorkes partye than hyrs / caused y^e kynge to remoue from Lōdon vnto Couentre, and there helde hym a lōg season. In whyche tyme the duke of yorke was sent for thyther by pryuey seale, with also the erle of Salesbury & the erle of warwyke / where by co∣uyne of the quene they were all .iii. in great daunger. Howe be it by monys shemēt of theyr frendes they escaped. And soone after the sayd duke or erle went into the Northe / and the erle of warwyke wyth a goodly companye sayled vnto Calays. And shortly af∣ter were taken at Eryth wythin .xii. myles of London .iiii, wōderfull fys∣shys / whereof one was called Mors Maryne, the secōde a Sword fisshe, & the other .ii. were whalys / whyche after some exposytours were prono∣stycacyons of warre & trouble to en∣sue soon after. In this yere also was a great fray in the Northe countrey, betwene the lord Egremōde and the sonnes of the erle of Salysbury / and diuers mē maymed & slayen betwene them. But in the ende the lord Egre∣monde was taken / & howe it was by the dome of the kynges counsayll or otherwyse, the sayd lorde Egremōde was founden in suche defaute, that fynally he was condempned in great summes of money to be payed vnto the sayd erle of Salysbury. For lack of payment whereof, or of puttynge suertye for the same / the sayde lorde

Egremonde was cōmytted to New∣gyte. where after he had contynued a certayne of tyme, he brake the pry∣sone and escapyd with thre other pry¦soners, to the greate charge of the sheryffes.

It was not longe after that dys∣cencyon & vnkyndnesse fell bytwene the yonge duke of Somerset and syr Iohn̄ Neuyll sonne vnto the erle of Salysbury, beynge than bothe lod∣ged wythin the cytye. wherof the mayre beyng warned ordeyned such watches and prouysyōs, that yf they had any thynge styrred, he was able to haue subdued bothe partyes, and to haue put thē in warde tyll he had knowē the kynges farther pleasure. wherof the frendes of bothe partyes beynge ware / laboured such meanes that they agreed them for that tyme.

In thys also as testyfye the En∣glyshe cronycle and also the French / a nauye or flote of Frenchemen lan∣dyd at Sandwyche, and spoyled and robbed the towne, & excercysed there greate crueltye. Of whych flote was capytayne a Frenche knyght named after the French boke syr Guyllyain de Pomyers. And thys yere after the opynyon of dyuers wryters / began in a cytye of Almayne named Ma∣gounce, the crafte of enprentynge of bokes / whyche sen that tyme hath had wonderfull encreace, as expery∣ence at thys daye proueth. In this yere also the prysoners of Newgate by neglygence of theyr kepers brake out of theyr wardes, and toke the le∣dys of the towre, and it defendyd a longe whyle agayne the sheryffes & all theyr offycers / in so myche that they were forced to call more ayde of the cytesyns of the cytye / by whose ayde they lastly subdued them, and put y^e sayd prysoners in more streygh¦ter kepyng. Cronica cronicarū sayth that about thys tyme was suche an erthquake in y^e prouynce of Naples, that byforce therof there were perys∣shed ouer .xl.M. crysten soulys. Of the abouesayde spoylynge of Sand∣wyche speketh Polycronycon / and sayeth that syr Pyers de Bresy senes shall of Normandy, wyth the ca∣pytayne of Depe and many other ca¦pytaynes of Fraunce, came wyth a greate & stronge nauy into the Dow¦nys by nyght / and vpon the morowe came certeyne of them vnto Sand∣wych, and there spoyled and robbed the towne, and toke with them great prayes and many ryche prysoners / wherby or by whych sayenge appe∣reth some dyuersyte bytwene the En¦glysshe wryters and the Frenche.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lviii.
Mercer.	wyllyam Edwarde.
Godfrey Boleyn.		Anno .xxxvi.
	Thomas Reyner.

IN thys yere & the thyrde daye of December, Reynolde Pe∣coke than beynge bysshoppe of Chy∣chester / at Lambyth by the archebys∣shop and by a Cot of diuyns, was ab¦iured for an heretyke and hys bokes after brent at Poulys crosse / & hym selfe kepte in mewe euer whyle he ly∣ued after. And soone after, for to ap∣pease thys rancoure and malyce by∣twene the quene and the tother lor∣der / a daye of metynge was appoyn∣ted by the kyng at London, whyther the duke of yorke wyth the other lor∣des were commaunded to come by a certayne daye. In obeynge of which commaundement, the duke of yorke came vnto London the .xxvi. daye of

Ianuary, and was lodged at Bay∣nardes castell. And before hym the xv. day of Ianuary came the erle of Salysbury to Londō, & was lodged at hys place called the Erber. And soone after came vnto Lōdon the du¦kes of Somerset & of Exetyr / & were lodged bothe without temple Barre. And in lykewyse the erle of Northū∣berlande, the lorde Egremonde, & the yōge lorde Clyfforde, came vnto the cytye, and were lodged in the subbar¦bes of the same. And the .xiiii. daye of February came the erle of warwyke from Calays, wyth a great bande of men all arayed in rede iakettes with whyte ragged staues vpon theym / & was lodged at y^e gray freres. And last¦ly, that is to saye the .xvii. daye of Marche / the kyng & the quene wyth a great retynewe came vnto Londō / and were lodged in the bysshoppe of Londōs palays. And ye shall vnder∣stāde that wyth these foresayd lordes came greate companyes of mē, in so moche that som had .vi.C. some .v.C & the leest .iiii.C. wherfore the mayre,* 5.72 for so longe as the kyng & the lordes lay thus in the citie, had dayly in har¦nesse .v.M. cytesyns / and rode dayly about the citie & subbarbes of y^e same to se the kynges peace were kept. And nyghtly prouyded for .ii.M. mē in harnesse, to gyue attendaūce vpon iii. aldermen / and they to kepe the nyghte watche tyll .vii. of the clocke vppon the morowe, tyll the day wat∣che were assembled. By reason whereof, good ordre and rule was kepte, and no man so hardy ones to attempte the brekynge of the kyn∣ges peace. Durynge thys watche, a great counsayl was holdē by y^e kyng and hys lordes.

By reason wherof, a dyssymuled vnyte and concorde betwene them was concluded. In token and for ioy wherof, the king, the quene, and all y^e sayd lordes, vpon out Lady day an∣nuciacion in lent at Poulys wente solemply in processyon / and soone af¦ter euery lorde departed where hys pleasure was. And in the moneth of folowynge, was a greate fray in flete strete, betwene the mē of courte and the inhabytauntes of the sayd strete / in whyche fray a gentyl∣man beyng y^e quenes attourney was slayne.

Vpon the thursdaye in whytson∣weke, the duke of Somerset with An¦tony Ryuers and other .iiii, kepte iu∣stes of peace before the quene within the towre of London, agayne thre es∣quyers of the quenes / and in lyke ma∣ner at Grenewych the sonday folow∣ynge. And vpon Trynyty sonday or the monday folowynge, certayne shyppes apperteynyng vnto the erle of warwyke mette wyth a floote of Spanyardes / and after long & cruel fyghte, toke .vi. of theym laden wyth iron and other marchaundyse / and drowned and chased to the noumber of .xxvi, nat without shedyng of blod on bothe partyes / for of the Englysh¦men were slayne an .C. and many mo wounded and sore hurt.

In thys yere after some auctours, a marchaunte of Brystowe named Sturmyn, whyche wyth hys shyppe had trauayled in dyuers partyes of Leuaunte and other partyes of the Gest, for so moche as the same ranne vpon hym that he had gotten grene pepyr and other specys to haue sette and sowen in Englande as the fame wente / therefore the Ianuayes way∣ted hym vppon the see, and spoylyd hys shyppe and other.

But this is full lyke to be vntrew that the Ianuayes shulde spoyle hym for any suche cause / for there is no nacyon in Englande that de∣lyth so lytle wyth spycys. But were it for thys cause or other,

trouth it is that by that nacyō an of fēce was done / for the whyche all the marchauntes Ianuayes in London were arested and cōmytted to y^e flete, tyll they had found en suffycyent suer tye to answere to the premysses. And fynally for the harmys whyche theyr nacyon had done to the sayde Stur∣myn & to thys realme / vi.M. marke was sette to theyr payne to paye. But howe it was payed no mencyon I fynde.

In thys yere also was made an ordynaunce by auctorytie of y^e kynge and hys counsayll, for the orderynge of the seyntwary men wythin saynte Martyns the graunde. whereof the artycles are at length sette oute in y^e boke of. K. wythin the chaumbre of guylde hall in the leefe .CC.xcix. wherof the execucyon of obseruynge were necessary to be vsed / but more pyte it is, fewe poyntes of it ben exer¦cysed.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lix.
Draper.	Rafe Iosselyn.
Thomas Scotte.		Anno .xxxvii.
	Rycharde Nedeham.

THys yere aboute the feeste of Candelmasse, the forsayd dis∣symulyd loueday hāgyng by a small threde, betwene the quene and y^t fore named lordes, expressed in the prece∣dynge yere / the kynge and many lor∣des thanne beynge at westmynster, a stray happened to fall betwene a ser∣uaunt of the kynges & a seruaunt of the erles of warwyke / the which hurt the kynges seruaunt & after escaped. wherefore the kynges other meynial seruauntes seynge they myghte nat be auenged vpō the partye that thus had hurt theyr felowe / as the sayde erle of warwyke was commynge frō the coūsayll, & was goynge towarde hys barge, the kynges seruaūtes ca∣me vnwarely vppon hym, so rabbys∣shely that the cookys with theyr spyt¦tys & other offycers wyth other we∣pyns, came runnyng as madde men, entendynge to haue slayne hym, so y^t he escaped wyth greate daunger & to¦ke hys barge / & so in all haste rowed to London, nat wythout great may∣mys & hurtys receyued by many of hys seruauntes. For thys the old rā∣cour & malyce whyche neuer was cle¦rely cured, anon begā to breke oute / in so moche that the quenes coūsayll wolde haue had the sayd erle arested and committed vnto the towre. wher¦fore he shortly after departed toward warwyke / and by polycy purchased soone after a commyssiō of the kyng, and so yode or sayled vnto Calays. Thanne encreased thys olde malyce more & more / in so moche that where the quene and hyr coūsayll sawe that they myght nat be auenged vppō the erle, that so vnto Calays was depar¦ted / than they malygned agayne hys father the erle of Salysbury, & ima∣gened how he myght be brought out of lyfe. And in processe of tyme after, as he was rydynge towarde Salys∣bury, or after som from hys lodgyng towarde London / the lorde Audeley wyth a strōg company was assygned to mete wyth hym, & as prysoner to bryng hym vnto Londō. whereof the sayde erle beynge warned, gathered vnto hym the mo men / & kepyng hys iourney, mette wyth the sayd lord Au¦deley at a place called Bloreheth / where both companyes ran together & had there a strōge by keryng. wher∣of in the ende the erle was vyctoure, and slewe there the lorde Audeley &

many of hys retynew. At thys skyr∣mys she were the .ii. sonnes of the sayd erle sore woūded, named sir Thomas and syr Iohn̄ / the whyche shortly af∣ter as they were goynge homeward, were by some of the quenys party ta∣ken, & as prysoners sente vnto Che∣stry. whan thys was knowen vnto y^e duke of yorke and to the other lordes of hys party / they knewe & under∣stode that yf they {pro}uyded nat shortly for remedy for them selfe, they shulde all be destroyed. And for that they by one assent gathered to them a strōge hoste of men, as of Marche men and other / & in the moneth of Octobre, y^t was in the begynnyng of the .xxxviii yere of the reygne of kynge Henry, & the later ende of thys mayres yere, they drewe them towarde the kynge / to the entent to remoue frō hym such persones as they thought were ene∣myes vnto the commō weale of En∣glande. But the quene and hyr coun¦sayll heryng of the entent & strength of these lordes, caused the kyng in all haste to sende forthe cōmyssyons to gather the people / so that in shorte whyle the kyng was strongely accōpanyed, & so spedde hym vppon hys iourney to warde the duke of yorke & hys company. wherof heryng y^e sayd duke, thā beyng wyth hys peple nere vnto the towne of Ludlowe / pyghte there a sure & strōge feelde, that none of hys foes myght vppon any parte entre. where he so lyeng, came to him frome Calays the erle of warwyke wyth a stronge bande of mē / amonge the whyche was Andrewe Trollop and many other of y^e best souldiours of Calays. The duke thus kepynge hys feelde vpon that one party, and the kyng wyth hys people vpon that other / vpon the nyght precedyng the daye that bothe hostes shulde haue met / the forenamed Andrewe Trol∣loppe wyth all the chefe soudyours of Calays, secretly departed frome y^e dukes hoste, and wente vnto the kyn¦ges, where they were ioyously recey∣ued. whā thys thynge to the duke and the other lordes was asserteyned they were therewhyth sore dysmayed / and specyally for the sayd lordes had to the sayd Andrew shewed the hoole of theyr ententes, whych thanne they knewe well shuld be clerelye dyscoue¦red vnto theyr enemyes. wherfore af∣ter coūsayll for a remedye taken / they concluded to flee, & to leue the feelde standyng as they had ben presente and styll abydyng. And so inconty∣nently the sayd duke wyth hys twoo sonnes & a few other persones fledde towarde walys / and from thens pas∣sed sauely into Irelande.

And the erles of Salysbury, of Marche, & of warwyke, and other, wyth a secrete company also depar∣ted and toke the waye into Deuon∣shyre / where a squyer named Iohan Dynham (whyche after was a lorde and hyghe tresourer of Englande, & so lastlye in Henry the .vii. dayes and xvi. yere of hys reygne dyed) bought a shyp for a .C. & .x. markes or a leuen score nobles / and in the same shyppe the sayd lordes went, & so sayled into Gerneley. And whā they had a seasō there soiourned and refresshed them selfe / they departed thens, as in the begynnyng of the nexte mayres yere shalbe clerely shewed. Uppon the morowe whan all thys couyne was knowen to the kynge and the lordes vpon hys party / there was sendynge and rūnynge wyth all spede towarde euery cooste to take these lordes / but none myght be foūde. And forthwith the kyng rode vnto Ludlowe, & dys∣poyled the towne and castell, & sente the duchesse of yorke wyth hyr chyl∣dren vnto the duchesse of Buckyn∣ghā hyr syster / where she rested lōge after.

Anno. dn̄i. M.CCCC.lix.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.lx.
Fysshemonger.	Hohn̄ Plummer.
wyllyam Hulyn.		Anno .xxxviii.
	Iohn̄ Stocker.

THys yere that is to meane vp¦pon the fryday next ensuyng Alhalowen day, after the sayde erles of Salysbury, of Marche, & of war∣wyke had as before is said refresshed them in the ile of Gernesey / they vpō the fryday foresayd lāded at Calays / and there were at a posterne by theyr frēdes ioyously receyued. Thā anon vpon this these foresayd lordes were proclaymed rebellys & traytours / & the yonge duke of Somerset was made capitayne of Calays. wherfore in all haste he made purueyaunce & saylyd thyther to take possessyon of y^e town. But he fayled of hys purpose / for the foresayde erles there beynge, kept so y^e towne, that there he myght haue no rule / natwythstandyng that he shewed the kynges letter patētys, wyth many other strayght commaū∣dementes of the kynge. For whyche cause the sayd duke yode vnto Guy∣nys, and there helde hym for a seasō. And anone as the sayd duke was lā∣ded / some of the shypmen, which had brought hym thyther, for good wyll that they owed vnto the erle of war∣wyke cōueyed theyr shippes streyght into Calays hauen, & brought wyth them certayne persones named Ge∣nyn Fenbyll, Iohn̄ Felowe, Kayles and Purser, whyche were enemyes vnto the sayde erle of warwyke / the whyche were presented vnto the lor∣des, and soone after wythin the sayd towne of Calays they were beheded. Thys rumoure thus contynuynge / dayly came vnto these lordes greate socoure out of Englāde. And vppon that other partye the duke as before is sayd lyeng in the castel of Guynes gate vnto hym ayde and strengthe of souldyours, & made out and skyr∣mysshed wyth them of Calays many and sundry tymes. In whych assau∣tes many mē were slayen & hurte vp∣pon both partyes / but moste wekyd the dukes partye. For all be that the lordes lost many men / yet they dayly came so thycke to them out of dyuers partyes of Englāde, that theyr losse was nat espyed / so that they wantyd no mē, but money to maynteyn̄ theyr dayly charge with. For remedy wher of they shyfted wyth the staple of Ca∣lays for .xviii.M.li. whyche summes of money whan they had receyued, y^e sayd lordes of one assent made ouer y^e forenamed mayster Iohn̄ Dynham wyth a stronge company / & sent hym vnto Sandwyche to wynne y^e kyn¦ges nauye than there lyenge, and other thynges for theyr nedes neces∣sary. The whyche sped hym in suche wyse, that he toke the lord Ryuers in hys bedde, & wanne the town, & toke the lord Scalys sonne vnto the sayd lord Riuers, with other ryche prayes and after tooke of the kynges nauy what shyppes them lyked, and after retourned vnto Calays / nat without consent & agremēt of many of y^e mari¦ners, whych owyd theyr synguler fa¦uours vnto the erle of warwyke. In thys iourney was the sayde Iohan Dynham sore hurt, that he was may med vpon the legge, & haltyd whyle he lyued after. Than after this iour∣ney thus acheuyd / the sayd lordes by tayled and māned the sayd shyppes / & sent wyth them as chefe capytayne the erle of warwyke into Irelande, to speke wyth the duke of yorke, and to haue hys counsayll for maters cō¦cerning theyr charge, as reentre into

this lande and other. where whā he had happelye sped hys nedys, he re∣tourned towarde Calays, bryngyng wyth hym hys mother the coūtesse of Salysbury / & also kepte hys course tyll he came into the west coūtrey. where at that tyme was the duke of Gretyr as admyrall of the see, wyth a competēt noūber of shyppes well mā¦ned / in so moche that the erle of war∣wyke prouyded to haue gyuen ba∣tayll vnto ••he sayd duke, yf he hadde made any coūtenaunce toward him. But the duke harde suche murmure & speche amōge hys owne company, whych foūded vnto the erle of war∣wykes fauoure, that he thoughte it was more vnto hys profyte to suffre hym to passe than to fight with him. But were it for thys cause or for o∣ther which y^e commō fame rūneth vp¦pō which were lōge to wryte / certayn & trouth it is that the sayd erle passed wythout fyghte, & came in sauete to Calays. In thys passe tyme a parlia¦ment or great coūsayll was holdē at Couentre. By auctoryte whereof the duke of yorke and all the other fore∣sayde lordes wyth many other were attaynted, and theyr lādes & goodes seased to the kynges vse. And for the more surer defēce that they shuld nat efte lande in Kēt, prouisiō was made to defende the hauēs & portys vppon the sees syde. And at Sandwyche was ordeyned a new strēgthe wyth a capitayn named syr Symōde Moū∣forde. And ouer thys prouision was ordeyned, that no marchaūt passyng into the costys of Flaūders, shulde passe or go by Calays, for fere that any shuld come to y^e ayde of the sayd lordes. But thys prouysyon nat¦wythstandyng / comfort to them was sent dayly out of Englād.

Than these lordes herynge of all thys prouysyon made vppō the sees syde to wythstāde theyr lādynge, sent out an other company vnto Sāde∣wyche / the whych there skyrmysshed wyth the sayd syr Symōde Mount∣forde, & in the ende toke hym & brou∣ghte hym vnto Ryse Banke, & there smote of hys hede. The foresayd lor∣des than cōsyderynge the strengthe, whych they had wyth them, and ma∣nyfolde frendes & hartys, which they had in sundry places of Englād / con¦dyscēded for to sayle into Englande, & so to bryng about theyr entēt & pur¦pose. whych was as the cōmon fame went, to put a parte frome the kynge all suche persones as were enemyes to the cōmon weale of the lāde. And thys to bryng aboute, after they had set the towne of Calays in an order & sure kepyng / they toke shyppynge, & so sayled into Englāde, & landed at Douer / and from thēs helde on theyr iourney thorughe Kente, so that they came to Londō the .ii. daye of Iuly. And after they had there refresshed theym and theyr people / they depar∣ted thense, & sped theym towarde the kynge, which at y^e same tyme of theyr lādynge was at Couentry, and there gathered his people / & so came vnto ‡ 5.73 Northampton where he pyght hys felde. wherof the sayd lordes beynge enfourmed, sped them thytherward / so that vpō the .ix. day of Iuly, bothe hostys there mette & foughte there a cruell batayll. But after long fyght, the victory fell vnto the erle of Sa∣lysbury and the other lordes vpō his partye / & the kynges hoste was spar¦cled & chased, & many of hys noble men slayen. Amōge the whyche was the duke of Buckynghan, the erle of Shrowsbury, y^e vycoūt Beaumoūd, the lorde Egremōde, wyth many o∣ther knyghtes and esquyers / and the kyng taken in the felde. After whych victory thus by these lordes optey∣ned / they in goodly haste after retour¦ned vnto Londō, and broughte wyth

them the kynge kepyng hys estate, & lodged hym in the bysshop of Londō palays. And after spedye knowelege sent of all the premysses vnto y^e duke of yorke yet beyng in Irelāde / a par∣lyamēt in the name of the kyng was than called & holden at westmynster. Durynge whych parlyament y^e duke of yorke came vnto westmynster vpō the frydaye before saynte Edwardes day or the .x. day of October, and lod¦ged hym in the kynges palays. wher¦of anone arose a noyse thorugh the cytye, that kynge Henry shuld be de∣posed, & the duke of yorke shulde be kynge. Uppō thys this parlyamente thus contynuynge, the duke came one daye into the parlyament chaum¦ber / & there boldely beyng the lordes present, sette hym downe in the kyn∣ges sete / & so there sittynge, made a pretence and clayme vnto the crown, affermyng it to be hys ryghtfull en∣herytaūce / & had there certayn bolde wordes in iustyfyenge of the same / wherewyth all the lordes presente were greatly dysmayed. For thys, great & many opynions were moued among the lordes. Howe be it aswell dyuers of hys frendes as other, were of the mynde that he shuld nat be ad∣mytted for kynge, duryng the lyfe of kyng Henry. For appeasynge wher∣of, many great coūsayles were kepte aswell at the blacke freres as at west¦mynster.

In all whych tyme and season the quene wyth suche lordes as were of hyr affynyte, helde them in the north coūtrey / & assembled to theym greate strengthe in the kynges name, to the ende to subdue as she sayde the kyn∣ges rebelles and enemyes. Thus contynuynge thys vnkyndenesse be∣twene the kynge and the duke / all be it that at that season bothe the kynge and he were bothe lodged within the palays of westmynster / yet wolde he natte for prayer nor instaunce ones bysyte the kynge, nor see hym, tyll the counsayll were concluded vppon some fynall ende concernyug thys greate matter / the whyche so continued the full terme of this may¦res yere.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lx.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxi.
Grocer.	Rycharde Flemynge.
Rycharde Lee.		Anno .xxxix.
	Iohn̄ Lambarde.

THys yere whyche was in the begynnynge of the .xxxlx. yere of kyng Henryes reygne, that is to meane vpō the euyn of all sayntes or the laste day of October / it was con∣dyscended by the lordes spyrytuall & temporall, & by the hole auctoryte of the sayd parliament, that kyng Hēry shuld cōtynue & reygne as kynge du¦rynge hys naturall lyfe / & after hys deth hys sonne prynce Edwarde to be sette a parte, & the duke of yorke & hys heyres to be kynges / & inconty∣nentely the duke to be admytted as protectour and regēt of the lāde. And yf at any tyme after the kynge of hys owne free wyll and mynde were dys∣posed to resygne & gyue vp the rule of the lāde, that thā he shulde resigne vnto the duke yf he than lyued, and to none other / & to hys heyres after hys dayes / wyth many other maters and cōuencyōs whyche were tedious to wryte. All whyche conclusyons as than by mannes wytte myght be assuryd for the parfourmaunce of theym whanne tyme requyred par∣fyghted / the kynge wyth the duke &

many other lordes thā there present, came that nyght to Poulys, & there harde euynsong / & vppon the morow came thyther agayn to masse, where the kyng yode in procession crowned wyth great royalte / & so lay styll in y^e bysshoppes palays a season after. And vppon the saterdaye folowynge beyng the .ix. daye of Nouember / the duke was proclaymed throughe the cytye heyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englāde, & all hys progeny after hym. Than for as moche as quene Margarete accompanyed with price Edwarde hyr sonn̄, the dukes of So¦merset & of Excetyr, and diuers other lordes, helde hyr in the northe as a∣boue is sayd, and wolde nat come at the kynges sendyng for / therefore it was agreed by the lordes thā at Lon¦don presence, that the duke of yorke shulde take wyth hym the erle of Sa¦lysbury wyth a certayne people, to fetche in the sayde quene & lordes a∣bouesayde. The whyche duke & erle departed from Londō with theyr peo¦ple vpon the secōde daye of Decem∣ber / & so spedde theym northwarde. wherof the quene with hyr lordes be∣ynge ware, and hauyng wyth theym a greate strength of Northernemen / mette wyth the duke of yorke vppon the .xxx. daye of December nere vnto a towne in the northe called wakelfeld were betwene them was foughten a sharpe fyght.* 5.74 In the whych the duke of yorke was slayne wyth hys sonne called erle of Rutlande, and syr Tho¦mas Neuyll, sonne vnto the erle of Salysbury, wyth many other / and the erle of Salysbury was there ta∣ken on lyue wyth dyuerse other. whanne the lordes vppon the que∣nes partye had gotten thys vyctory / anone they sente theyr prysoners vnto Pountfreyte, the whyche were after there behedyd / that is to meane the erle of Salysbury, a man of Lon¦don named Iohn̄ Narowe, and an o∣ther capytayne named Hāson / whose heddes were sente vnto yorke / and there sette vppon the gates.

And whan the quene hadde optey¦nyd thys vyctory / she wyth her rety∣newe drewe toward London / where at that tyme duryng this troublous season, greate watchys were kepte dayely and nyghtelye / and dyuerse opynions were amonge the citesyns. For the mayre and many of the chefe comoners helde vppon the quenes partye / but the comynaltie was with the duke of yorke & hys affynyte. whanne tydynges were broughte vnto the cytye of the commynge of the quene wyth so greate an hoste of Northernemen / anone suche as were of the contrary partye broughte vp a noyse thoroughe the cytye, that she brought those Northernemen to the entente to ryfle and spoyle the citye, where thoroughe she was encreasyd of enemyes. But what so hyr en∣tente was / she wyth hyr people helde on hyr waye tyll she came to saynte Albons.

In the whyche meane tyme the erle of warwyke and the duke of Northfolke, whyche by the duke of yorke were assygned to gyue atten∣daunce vppon the kynge / by consent of the kynge, gathered vnto theym strengthe of knyghtes, and mette wyth the quenes hoste at saynt ‡ 5.75 Al∣bons foresayde / where betwene them a strōge fyght was foughten vppon shroue tuysday in the mornyng. At y^t whych the duke of Northfolke & the sayd erle in the endewere chased / and kyng Henry takē efte vpō the felde & brought vnto the quene. And y^e same after noone after some wryters, he made his sonn̄ price Edward knyght whych than was of the age of .viii. ye¦res / wyth other to the noubre of .xxx. persones.

whan quene Margaret was thus commen agayne to hyr aboue / anon she sente vnto the mayre of London, wyllyng & commaundynge hym in y^e kynges name that he shuld in all spe¦dy wyse sende to saynt Albonys cer∣tayne cartes wyth lentyn stuffe for y^e vytaylyng of her hoste. whyche com∣maundement the mayre obeyed / and wyth great dylygence made prouy∣syon for the sayd vytayll / and sent it in cartys towarde Crepylgate for to haue passed to the quene. where whā it was cōmyn / the commons many there beynge, whych had harde other tydynges of the erle of Marche as af¦ter shalbe shewed / of one mynde with stode the passage of the sayd cartes, & sayde it was nat behouefull to fede theyr enemyes, whyche entended the robbyng of the cytye. And nat wyth∣standynge that the mayre wyth hys bretherne exorted the people in theyr best maner, shewyng to theym many great daungers whyche was lyke to ensue to the cytye yf the sayd dytayll went nat forthe / yet myghte he nat tourne them from theyr obstynat er∣rour but for a cōclusyon was fayne to apoynt the recorder & wyth hym a certayne of aldermē to ryde vnto the kynges coūsayll to Barnet, and to make requeste vnto theym that the Northē mē myght be retorned home for fere of robbynge of the cytye / and ouerthys other secrete frendes were made vnto the quenes grace, to be good & gracyouse vnto the cytye. Duryng whych treaty / dyuers cyte∣syns auoyded the cytye and lande. Amōge the whych Phylip Malpas, whych as before is shewed in the .xx. and .viii. yere of thys kynge, was rob¦bed of Iacke Cade / whyche Malpas & other was mette vpō the see wyth a Frēchman named Columpne, and of hym takē prysoner / & after payed .iiii M. marke for hys raunsome. Thus passyng the tyme / y^e tydynges which before were secrete, now were blowē abrode / and openly was tolde that y^e erles of Marche & of warwyke, were mette at Cottyswolde, and had gathe¦red vnto thē great strength of Mar∣chemen, & were wel spedde vpō theyr waye to warde London. For knowe∣lege whereof, the kynge and y^e quene wyth theyr hoste were retourned Northwarde. But or they departyd from saint Albonis / there was behe∣ded the lord Bonuyle & syr Thomas Teryll knyghet, whyche were taken in the forenamed felde. Thā the du∣chesse of yorke beyng at Lōdon, he∣rynge the losse of thys felde / sent hyr two yonger sonnes, that is to meane George whyche after was duke of Clarēce, and Rychard that after was duke of Glouceter, into Utrych in Almayne / where they remayned a whyle.

Thā the foresayd erles of March and of warwyke sped them towarde Londō, in suche wyse that they came thydervpon the thursday in the fyrst weke of lent. To whome resorted all the gētylmen for the more partye of the south & eest partye of Englād. And in thys whyle that they thus re∣sted at London / a great coūsayl was called of all lordes spyrytuall & tem∣porall that than were there aboute. By the whyche fynally after many argumentes made, for so mothe as kynge Henry contrary hys honoure and promysse at the last parlyament made and assured, and also for that y^• he was reputed vnable and insuffy∣cyent to rule the realme / was than by theyr assentes deposed and dyschar∣ged of all kyngely honoure and re∣gally. And incontinently by aucto¦ryte of the sayde counsayll and agre∣ment of the commons there present / Edwarde the eldeste sonne vnto the duke of yorke, thā was there elected

and then chosen for kynge of Eng∣lande. After whyche eleccyon and ad¦myssyon / the sayde erle of Marche gyuyng lawde and preyse vnto god, vpō the .iiii. day of Marche accompa¦nyed wyth all the foresayde lordes & multytude of comons, was cōueyed vnto westminster / and there toke pos¦sessyon of the realme of Englāde. And syttynge in hys astate royall in the great halle of the same wyth hys sceptre in hand / a question was axed of the people than presente, yf they wolde admytte hym for theyr kynge & soueraygne lord / the whyche wyth one voyce cryed, ye ye. And thā after y^e accustumed vse to kynges to swere and after the othe takē / he went into the abbey, where he was of the abbot & munkys mette wyth processyon, & conueyed vnto saint Edwardes shry¦ne, and there offered as kyng & that done receyued homage & feaute of all suche lordes as there than were pre∣sent. And vpō y^e morowe folowynge, were proclamacyōs made in accusto¦mat places of the cytye, in the name of Edwarde the .iiii. thanne kynge of Englande. Vpō whych day the kyng came vnto the palays at Poulys, & there dyned / and there restyd hym a season, in makynge prouysyon to go Northwarde for to subdue hys ene∣myes. Than vpon the saterdaye folowynge beyng the daye of Marche / the erle of warwyke with a great puyssaunce of people depar∣ted oute of London northwarde. And vppon wednysdaye folowynge the kynges fotemen wente towarde the same iourney.

And vppon frydaye nexte folow∣ynge, the kynge tooke hys voyage through the cytye wyth a great hāde of men / and so rode forth at Bysshop pesgate. In whych selfe same day, whyche was the .xii. daye of Marche / a grocer of London namyd walter walker, for offence by hym done a∣gayne the kynge, was behedded in Smythfelde. But hys wyfe, whyche after was maryed to Iohn̄ Norlāde grocer & lastely alderman / had suche frendes aboute the kynge, that hyr goodes were nat forfayted to y^e kyn∣ges vse. The kyng than so holdyng his iourney, mette wyth his enemies at a vyllage .ix. myles on thys halfe yorke called Towtō or Shyreborn / and vpon Palme sonday gaue vnto theym batayll. The whyche was so cruell, y^t in the felde and chace were slayne vppō .xxx. thousande mē ouer the men of name / of the whyche here after some ensue. That is to saye the erle of Northumberlande, the erle of westmerlande, the lorde Clyfforde, y^e lorde Eyromonde, syr Iohn̄ syr Andrewe Trollop, and other to the noumber of .xi. or mo. And among other at the same felde was taken the erle of Deuonshyre, & after the erle of wylshyre / whych said erle of Deuonshyre was sente vnto yorke, and there after beheded. Hēry than whyche lately was kynge, with the quene & theyr sonne syr Edward, the duke of Somerset, the lord Rose and other, beynge than at yorke / he∣rynge of the ouerthrowe of theyr peo¦ple, and greate losse of theyr men, in all haste fledde towarde Scotlande. And vppon the morowe folowynge, the kynge wyth moche of hys people entred into yorke, and there held hys Easter tyde. And vpon Easter euyn, tydynges were broughte vnto Lon∣don of the wynnynge of thys felde. wherfore at Poulys Te deum was songē wyth greate solempnyte, & so thorugh the cytye in all paryssh chur¦ches. And thus thys goostly man kynge Hēry lost all, whā he had reyg¦ned ful .xxxviii. yeres .vi. monethes & odde days. And y^e noble & moste boū∣teous princesse quene Margarete

of whome many an vntrew surmyse was imagened & tolde / was fayne to flye comfortlesse, and lost all that she had in Englāde for euer. whan that kyng Edwarde with greate solemp∣nyte had holden the feest of Easter at yorke / he than remoued to Durham. And after hys busynesse there fynys∣shed, he retourned agayne South∣warde / & lefte in those partyes y^e erle of warwyke to se the rule & guydyng of that countrey.

Than the kyng coosted and vysy¦ted the coūtreys Southwarde & Eest¦warde / that about the begynnyng of the moneth of Iuny he came vnto hys manour of shene now called Ry∣chemoūt. In all whych pastyme pur¦ueyaūce was made for the kynges co¦ronacyō. In accōplysshyng whereof the kyng vpō the .xxvii. day of Iuny beyng fryday, departed from y^e sayde manour & rode vnto the towre of Lōdon. Upō whome gaue attēdaunce y^t mayre & hys bretherne all cladde in scarlet, and to the noumbre of .iiii.C. cōmoners well horsed & cladde all in grene. And vpon the morne beynge saterday / he made there .xxviii. knigh¦tes of the bath, & after that .iiii. moo. And the same after noone he was wyth all honour cōueyed to westmin¦ster / the sayd .xxxii. knyghtes rydyng before hym in blewe gownes & hoo∣des vpon theyr shulders lyke to pre∣stes, with many other goodly and ho¦nourable ceremonyes y^t whych were longe to reherse in due order. ‡ 5.76 And vpon the morne beyng sonday & sait Peters day / he was wyth great tryū¦phe of the archebysshop of Caunter∣bury crowned & enoynted before the hygh aulter of saynt Peters churche of westmynster. And after thys solēp¦nysacyon of the crownyng of y^e kyng wyth also the sumptuous & honora∣ble feest holdē in westminster hall was fynysshed / the kynge soone after crea¦ted George hys brother duke of Cla¦rence.

And in the moneth of Iuly folow¦ynge at the stādarde in chepe, y^e hāde of a seruaunte of the kynges called Iohn̄ Dauy was stryken of / for that he had stryken a man wythin the pa∣lays of westmynster.

Francia. ¶Carolus .viii

CArolus or Charles the .vii. of y^e name after the accompte of this boke, or the vii. after the Frēch hystory, sonne of Charlys the .vii. or .vi, beganne hys reygne ouer the Frenchmē in the mo¦neth of October in the yere of oure lorde .M.iiii.C. & .xxii / and in the be∣gynnyng of Henry the .vi. than kyng of Englāde. Of thys Charlys sun¦dry wryters sunderly wryte / in so moche as some afferme hym to be the naturall sonne of Charles the .vii / some afferme hym to be the sonne of the duke of Orleaunce & borne of the quene / and some there ben that name hym the sonn̄ of Charles fore named gotten in the baste, vppon hys mooste beauteous paramour named Agnes / the whych as testyfyeth Gaguynus, excelled all other women in feture & beaute, and for the same to be surna∣med the fayer Agnes. Thys in hyr myddell age dyed / & was so ryche y^t hyr testamēt amoūted to .ix.M. scu∣tes in golde, the whyche in sterlynge money amoūteth to the summe of .x.M.li. Thā to retourne to thys Char¦lys / lykely it is that he was nat y^e na¦turall sonne of the forenamed Char∣lys, for as moche as hys sayd father ordeyned and wylled the realme of Fraūce vnto Katheryne hys dough∣ter

and wyfe vnto kynge Hēry the .v / and agreed wyth the consente of the more parte of y^e lordes of hys realme bothe spyrituall & temporall, that du¦ryng hys lyfe the sayd kynge Henry shuld be regēt of Fraūce, & after hys deth to be kyng of the sayd reg••ō, as more at lengthe before I haue she∣wed vnto you in the .vii. yere of the sayd Henry the .v. But whether he be hys legyttymat sonne or nat, where uppō I purpose no lēger to stande / trouth it is that he was by his father admitted & made dolphyne of Uyen / by reason wherof he was in a greate auctoryte, & wan to hym fauoure of som lordes of Fraūce, whych strōgly maynteyned hys partye durynge the lyfe of kyng Hēry the .v, & after all y^t season whyle the duke of Bedforde occupyed there as regent of that re∣gyō, & was of some parties of Fraūce reputed for kyng. Howe be it he was neuer crowned, so lōge as the sayde duke of Bedforde lyued. Neuerthe∣lesse he by meane of polycy & hys frē∣des so defended hym selfe, that lytle by the Englyshemē was wonne vpō hym, of suche lādes as he fyrste was in possessyon of. But polytykely he defended theym, & lytle and lytle so preuayled agayne them, that in the ende he all onely wanne nat to hym the possessiō of that prouince y^t which is named Fraūce, but also he wanne to hym in the ende the kynge of En¦glandes olde enherytaunce, that is Normandy, wyth all domynyons to the same apperteynynge.

The maner of wynnynge of them I woll nat in thys story speke of, for so moche as in the former yeres of kynge Henry the .vi. I haue there expressed the maner of somme parte therof. But that I shall speke of thē, shalbe of thynges done betwene hym & other prynces. And for that I before in the .viii. yere of Hēry the vi, promysed in the .vi. yere of thys Charles to shewe vnto you som what of the maydē or pucel, which y^e Frēch men named ‡ 5.77 la pucelle de dieu, & her for a messenger from god to be sente reputed / I shall here folow y^e saying of Gaguyne, whyche sayeth as folo∣weth. In the .vi. yere or there aboute, to rekyn from the deth of thys Char¦les father / a wēche or mayden beyng bred in a strete or vyllage called in la¦tyne Ualli color, & in thys tyme be∣ynge sprōge to the age of .xx. yeres or there about, hauing to father a poore man named Iakes Delarch and hyr mother Isabell, she also berynge the name of Iane or Iohan / required by dyuers & sundry tymes an vncle of hyrs beyng prefecte of the foresayde vyllage, that he wolde presente hyr vnto the Frēche kynge for thynges cōcernyng greatly the weale of hym & of hys realme. whyche sayd prefect after many delayes, for so moche as in hyr wordes he had lytle truste / yet at lēgthe hyr sayd vncle beynge na∣med Robert Baudryncourt, sent hyr wyth a cōuenyent company vnto the kyng, wyth letters certyfyenge hym of all the maner of thys mayde. wher¦of the sayd Charles beynge assertey∣ned / thought he wold vse som meane to knowe the vertue of thys wenche. And for he had perfyghte experyence that before tymes thys woman had neuer sene hys persone / he thoughte he wolde chaunge hys rome and ha∣byte, to se whether she by hyr vertue coulde knowe hym frome other / and that done, he standynge amonge o∣ther of his familiers as one of them / she was called into the chaumber, & demaunded yf euer before tyme she had sene the kynge. And after she hadde answered nay / she was byddē to espye oute the kynge, whych there stode amonge that companye.

The whyche anone wythout dyffi¦culte

him fande and saluted as king, And all be it that he refused hyr reue¦rēce, & sayd y^t she erred in hyr choyse / yet she parseuered kneling at his fete and sayde that by goddes puruey∣aūce she was taught that he was hyr very soueraygn prince & none other. wherfore the kynge & all hys lordes had in hyr the more affyaūce, that by hyr the lāde shulde be releuyd, whych at that daye was in passyng mysery. Than after dyuers questyōs to hyr made, what was the cause of hyr thy¦ther commynge / she answered & sayd that she was sent frome god, to sta∣blisshe the kynge in hys realme / and that by hyr she beynge leder & capy∣tayne of hys people, by dyuine grace onely the kynge shulde shortely sub∣due hys enemyes. By reasō of which wordes, the kyng wyth hys lordes were somedeale comforted.

Upon thys, armour & sword was sought for this maydē / the whych as sayeth my sayd auctour, was foūden myraculously / wherof the processe to me appereth so darke & fātastycall, y^t therewith me list nat to blot my boke but suffre it to passe by. Than thys wēche being purueyed of all thinges necessary to the warre / a company of knyghtes & soudyours to hyr by the kynge was assygned. And so she ry∣dynge as a man & in mānes habyte / contynued by the space of .ii. yeres & more, and dyd many wonderful fea∣tes / and gat from the Englysshemen many strōge townes and holdes. wherefore amonge Frenchemen she was wordshypped for an aūgell or a messynger sent frome god, to releue theyr great myserye. And as affer∣meth the sayd auctour / she by hyr pro¦uydence caused the sayd Charles as kynge of Fraunce to be crowned at Raynes, in the yere of oure lord .M. foure hundreth and .xxix.

All be it nouther the Frenche cro∣nycle nor other, whyche I haue sene testyfyeth that / but affermyn that he was nat crowned duryng the lyfe of the duke of Bedforde. But almyghty god whyche for a season suffereth suche sorcery and deuelyssh ways to prospere & reygne, to the cor¦reccyon of synners / lastely to shewe hys power, and that good men shuld nat fall into any erroure, he sheweth the clerenesse of suche mystycall thyn¦ges / and so he dyd in thys.* 5.78 For laste∣ly she by a knyghte Burgonyon was taken, & after sent to Roan, and there brēt for her demerytes, as in the .viii yere of Henry the .vi. is more at lēgth shewed. Thā the tyme forth passyng, and cōtynuall warre betwene Eng∣lande & Fraūce contynuyng / among many trybulacions by thys Charles susteyned, one that was hys owne sonn̄ named Lewys, comforted and assysted by the dukes of Burbō and Alēson wyth other mē of name, rebel¦led agayne hys father, and warred vppon hym / and by strengthe wan frome hym certeyne townes & strong holdes. For remedy whereof / the sayde Charles made warre vppon the forenamed duke of Burbon / and wasted wyth iron and fyre the coun∣treyes of the sayde duke of Burbon. By meane whereof, after thys vn∣kyndely warre hadde duryd by the space of syxe monethes or more / a peace and vnyte betwene the father & sonne was treated / & by meanes of the erle of Ewe, a cōcorde & vnite be∣twene them was fynally cōcluded / & he y^e sayd Lewys & all suche as wyth hym were reteyned or allied, were for thys offēce by y^e sayd Charles clerely pardoned / one persone all only excep¦ted named Iaket or Iakis, by whose treason the castell of Maxente was loste and taken / for whyche offence he was after drawen, hanged, & also quartered.

Thā in processe of tyme folowyng the flemynges of Gaūte rebelled a∣gayne theyr duke or erle named Phi¦lyp. The cause of whyche rebellyon was, for that he areryd a greuouse taske vpō salte / & put the people ther by to greuouse charge. wherevppon dedely warre betwene the duke and hys subiectys arose, to the dystrucciō of moche people vpō bothe partyes, wherof the cyrcumstaūce were lōg to wryte. Howe be it in the ende y^e duke or erle by ayde of the Frēche kynge was vyctour / & helde them of Gaūte so streyghte, that they were compel∣led by force to bye theyr peace wyth great summes of money, & to theyr other many folde domages.

About the .xxxi. yere of thys sayde Charles / came vnto hym from pope Nycholas the .v. of that name an am¦bassade, for to requyre ayde agayne the Turkys, for the defēce of Cōstan¦tyne the noble, whyche the Turkys purposed shortly after to assayle. To whyche ambassade by the sayd Char¦lys it was answeryd, that to hym it was right greuouse to here of the in∣tollerable persecucyō, whych y^e cristē dayly susteyned of the Turkys. But he was of y^e Englysh nacyō so vexed and warred, that he myghte nat leue hys lāde wythout an hedde, to the cō¦forte of other, & to lose hys owne. But to the entent that he before ty∣mes myght haue warred vppon the sayd Turkys / he for that cause onely had offered vnto the kynge of Eng∣lande many reasonable offers. And if of the Englysshe party any lyke of¦fers myghte be to hym profered / he wolde gladly theym accepte, & turne hys spere incōtynētly agayn the fore named Turkes. And ouer that he wolde for the furtheraūce of the mat∣ter, sende wyth them vnto the kynge of Englāde certayne ambassadours, to se yf that as yet any reasonable peace myght be betwene them cōclu∣ded. For accomplisshemēt wherof as testyfyeth myne auctour Gaguynus he sente the archebysshop of Raynes wyth other honorable persones. The whych whan they to kyng Hen¦ry and hys counsayll hadde shewyd theyr legacyō / it was to them shortly answered, that at suche season as the Englysshemē hadde wonne agayne so moche lāde as the Frenchemen by cawtelys had wōne from theym / thā were it good tyme & season to treate of accorde, & nat before. By reason of whiche answere / the popes ambas¦sade retourned to Rome wythoute ayde or comforte. And thus y^e Frēche wryters lay euer the charge frō theyr prynce, & put it vnto other. But of thys ambassade or answere, fynde I no memory of any Englysshe wry∣ters.

Aboute the .xxxiiii. yere of y^e reygn of thys Charlys / Lewys hys sonne before named beynge a mā of greate lyberalitye and largesse, thought his father departed nat wyth hym of his mouables & possessyōs as he hadde cause to do. For the whych by cōfort of yōge persones as he had aboute hym, he rebelled thys seconde tyme agayne hys sayde father / & by reason of hys largesse & lyberalyte, drewe vnto hym moche wāton & wylde peo¦ple / & wyth theyr assystence warred vppō hys fathers frēdes, & entendyd to depryue hys father of all gouer∣naūce of the realme. wherof herynge hys father / in all possyble haste ga∣thered to hym greate strengthe, and spedde hym towarde hys sayd sonn̄. But whā Lewys was warned of the cōmyng of hys father wyth so great an hoste, & consydered hys quarell & wekenesse / he wyth a fewe persones fledde towarde Burgoyne. whereof herynge the father sente in all ••haste people to kepe the passages / and dyd

that he myghte to haue stopped hym of hys waye. But that prouysyon notwythstandynge / the sayd Lewys escaped, and came sauely vnto the presence of Phylyppe then duke of Burgoyne / the whyche hym recey∣ued wyth gladde chere, and entrea∣tyd hym accordyng to his estate, and so kepte hym durynge his fathers lyfe. Nowbeit he made for hym great sute and labour, to wynne him to his fathers grace. But all was in vayne. For what by obstynacy of the same y^t he wolde not submytte hym to his fa¦ther, and comme vnto hys presence when he was sente for, & for the great stomacke of the father, that he wold not be condycyoned with of the son / thys varyaunce contynued bytwene them as aboue is sayd y^e terme of his fathers lyfe. In the whyche passe tyme thys Charlys concluded a ma∣ryage bytwene hys doughter called Magdaleyne, and Ladyslaus kyng of Beme, Hungary, and of Polayne. But whyle the bryde wyth great ap∣parayle and pompe was conueyed to¦warde her husbande to be maryed / her sayde husbande was taken so∣denly with sykenesse, and dyed with in .xxiiii. houres after that he fyrste cōplayned hym / whych was by force of poysone as most wryters agreen. Of whych tydynges when Charlys was asserteyned / he therwyth toke such a pēsyffenesse, that he dyed shor∣tely after, whan he had ruled a parte and the hole realme, to reken from y^e deth of hys father .xxxvi. yeres. How be it of Frenche wryters no certeyne terme of hys reygne to hym is assyg∣ned / for so myche as kyng Henry the vi. longe after the deth of hys father, was alowyd in Parys and many o∣ther Cytyes of Fraūce for souerayne and kynge of that regyon. Thys Charlys thus beynge dede, lefte af∣ter hym two sonnes / that is to saye Lewys that after hym was kynge, and a yonger named Charlys, wyth y^e forenamed doughter named Mag¦daleyne, or after some Margarete. And after wyth greate pompe hys corps was conueyed vnto saynt De¦nys, and there buryed.

Francia. Lewys the .xi.

LEwys the .xi. of y^• name after the ac¦compte of thys boke, and .x. after the Frenche ac∣compte, whereof y^e cause is before shewed, sonne to Charles last dede / beganne his do∣minyon ouer the realme of Fraunce, in the moneth of October, in the yere of grace .M.iiii. hundreth and .lviii. and the .xxxvi. yere of Henry the .vi. than kynge of Englande. This of Gaguinus is called the sturdy or fel Lewys. The whiche at the tyme of his fathers deth, beyng, as aboue is sayd vnrecoūsyled in the prouynce of Burgoyne, & herynge of the deth of his father / wyth ayde of the foresayd duke Phylyp shortly entred y^e realm of Fraunce, & toke vpon hym y^e rule in euery good cytie & town as he pas¦syd as kyng of y^e same / so y^t many lor¦des & hed offycers drewe vnto hym. By meane wherof he was stronge / & put such vnto sylence, as after y^e wyll & purpose of his father wolde haue preferred his yōger son named Char¦lys. Than this Lewys by strengthe of his frendes was shortely after at Raynes crowned kynge of Fraunce. After whyche solempnyte fynysshed, he repayred vnto Parys / and there by consent of hys counceyll made a law, y^t no man of what degre that he were, shuld vse hūtyng or hawkynge without special lycēce / & specially for

chasynge or huntyng of woluys / nor to kepe wyth hym any houndes or other instrumētes wherby the game myghte be destroyed. And that done, Phylyp foresayd duke of Burgoyne after counsayll to hym gyuen that he shulde forgette and forgyue all dys∣pleasurs to hym ••ofore done by any of hys lordes, and them to honoure and cherysshe / & specyally his yonge brother Charlys to norysshe and to departe wyth hym louyngly of hys fathers possessions / toke leue of hym and departed. After whose de{per}ture / he contrary the foresayde counsayll, refused the company of hys lordes & also theyr counsayll / and drewe vnto hym as his chyefe counsaylours vy∣laynes and men of lowe byrth. Of y^t whyche, the .iiii. pryncypall were na∣med as foloweth, Iohn̄ de Lude, Iohn̄ Balna, Olyuer Deuyll, whō for the odyousnesse of the name the kynge caused it to be chaunged and to be named Dāman / and the fourth was named Stephan and vssher of the kynges chaumber dore / the whi∣the he promoted to greate honour & dygnytees. Amonge whome Balna beynge a preste, was by hys meanes at length made a cardynall of Rome.

Thus he vsynge the counsayle of these persons / murmur and grudge began to sprynge bytwene hym and hys lordes / in so myche that fyrst the duke of Brytayne began to estraūge hym from the kynge, and refused to come vnto hys presence whā he was sente for. wherof herynge the erle of Ewe wyth other, drewe them vnto y^e duke. To the whyche party soone af∣ter, y^e kynges brother Charlys, with also the duke of Burbon whych had maried the kynges syster, with many other noble men of the realme, resor∣tyd. whan the kynge was ware that hys lordes conspyred agayne hym / ferynge the rebellyon of hys comōs, sent in spedy maner vnto Parys the forenamed Iohn̄ Balna wyth other certeyne persons, to kepe that cytye in due obeysaūce toward hym / thyn∣kynge that the other cytyes & good townes of hys regyon, wolde take ensample therof, and demeane them as that cytye dyd. After whose com∣mynge / the rulers of Parys by the amonystement of the sayd Iohn̄, or∣deyned good and sure watche / and so by that meane kept the cytye in good order. And in the meane season, the kynge gathered to hym great foyson of knyghtes and soudyours, that his hoste was nombred at .xxx. thousand men. And in lyke wyse the other par∣tye hadde assembled as many or mo. And not wythstandyng the assyduat laboure and meanes made by y^e duke of Burgoyne, and Carlota wyfe to y^e duke of Burbon & syster to the kyng as is aboue sayde, to make an vnyte and peace bytwene Lewys and hys lordes / yet fynally the kynge & they mette in playne batayll at a place cal¦led Chartres, where bytwene theym was a longe and cruell batayll, to y^e losse of moche people on bothe par∣tyes. And all be it that the kynge in the begynnynge hadde the better of hys enemyes / yet in the ende he was ouercomen, his men chaced, and he forced to flye, & to take for hys saue∣garde a castell named Mountclere. From the whyche he shortely depar∣tyd, and yode to an other castell cal∣led Corboyll, and from thens lastly vnto Parys / where he entendyd to haue gathered newe people, and to haue reuenged hym of hys enemyes. But by the wyse and good exortacyō of the bysshoppe of Parys, the kyng chaunged hys purpose / and all was set in a quyetnesse for that tyme. But how or in what maner, or what the condycyons of y^e accorde were / myne authour dothe not expresse. The

whyche accorde thus concluded / the kynge contynued hys olde maners, and delyted hym more to companye with symple and inreuerent parsons to eate and drynke wyth them, to the ende that he myghte talke of rybau∣dry and vayne and vycyous fables / than to accompany him with his lor¦des, where he myghte haue wonne hym myche honour. Thys Lewys also was of so dyuers and wanton condycyon, that he wolde go more ly¦ker a yoman or a seruyng man, than lyke a prynce. The whyche was for no regardshyp nor sparyng of good / for as before I haue shewed, & also after shall appere, he was a prynce of moste lyberalyte, and therwith an oppressour of hys subiectes.

LEwis thus passing his time / was dryuen of necessyte for lacke of money, to a preste of the cy∣tesyns of Parys. The whyche after many excusys by them layd to put it by, and myghte not be alowed / they lastly denayed the kynges pleasure. where wythall he beynge greuously dyscontentyd, remoued diuerse from theyr offyces / and other whych were of the rychest and hed men of y^e cyte, he soughte agayne theym surmysed causes / & without prouys or iustyce, put many of them to deth. For these foresayde causes & many other why∣che tedyouse were to expresse, the fore¦sayd lordes agayne assembled theyr people / entēdyng to subdue y^e kynge, and to set hys brother in hys place / or to cause hym otherwyse to rule y^e comon weale. And to strength the ba¦rons party / Iohn̄ sonne vnto y^e duke of Calabre approched to them, wyth a good bande of men. And to them came also the sonne of the duke of Burgoyne named Charlys. All whi∣che barons of one assent mette at a towne called Stampys / where they cōtynued theyr coūsayle by the space of .xv. dayes / and after that coūsayle fynysshed, toke theyr iournaye to∣warde Parys. In whych passe tyme a spye of the duke of Brytaynes, cal∣led Peter Gerold was taken in Pa∣rys, and drawen, hanged, and quar∣tered / and dyuers men and women y^t were suspected to owe fauour vnto the lordes, were sacked and caste in to the water of Seyn. Then for to strength and guyde the cytye of Pa∣rys, the kynge sent thyder the erle of Donoyse / by whose prouysyon all warly ordenaunce for to defende theyr enemyes was there preparyd. In the which tyme & season, y^e lordes in .iii. partes enbatayled, approched the cytye. wherof y^e fyrste hoste ladde Charlys brother vnto the kynge / the seconde the duke of Brytayne / & the thyrd Charlys the sonne to the duke of Burgoyne. Prouyded that Char∣lys fyrste named ladde the myddle¦ward. whā the sayd erle of Donoyse hadde well consydered the strength of the lordes / he sente vnto theym a messanger, sayeng that in his mynde he maruayled to see so greate a mul∣tytude of people assembled agayne the cytye and comon weale of y^e land / consyderyng that he was sette there by the kynge as a medyatour and a meane, rather to make peace than warre, yf they were contentyd that by hym any medyacyon myghte be laboured and hadde. But thys came to none effecte, so that small assautes and skyrmysshes ensued, to the lytell domage of bothe partes. In whyche passe tyme the kynge sent by secrete meanes vnto the forenamed Iohn̄ sonne vnto the duke of Calabre / and hym by many meanes instaunted, to leue the company of the lordes. But all his offers auayled ryght nought. Thenne the foresayde lordes thus lyenge before the cytye of Parys, in

the playne where standeth the mona¦stery of saynt Antony / Charlys bro∣ther to the kynge caused .iiii. letters to be deuysed. wherof one he sent to the bysshoppes and spyrytuall men within the cytye / the seconde to the consulles or hed men / the thyrde to y^e scolers of the vnyuersyte / and y^e .iiii. vnto the comynaltye. Of whyche let¦ters the entent ensueth / that he nor none of hys company was comen thyder as an enemye to the cytye, or to make warre agayne it or the co∣mon weale of the land / but for the en¦creace and augmentacyon therof, to the vttermost of theyr powers. After receyte of whyche letters, and the ma¦ter in them conteyned well vnderstā∣den and debatyd / certeyne oratours for the sayde .iiii. partyes were assyg∣ned / as thre for the spyrytuall men, thre for the consuls, thre for the vny∣uersyte, & thre for comynaltye / whose names I ouer passe. The whyche wyth the bysshop of Parys were sent vnto the barons / & after longe com∣munycacyon wyth them hadde, re∣tourned to the cytie with such report as foloweth.

Fyrste the lordes wolde that the inhabytauntes of the cytye shulde cō¦syder the condycyons of the kynge, y^t whyche yerely oppressyth his subiec∣tes with taskes and other greuouse seruagys. Secondaryly how he de∣spyseth y^e noble blode of hys realme, and draweth to hym vylaynes and men of no reputacyon / by whose coū¦sayls onely all the comon weale of y^e land is ruled and guyded. Thyrdely how he ruleth hys subiectes by force and wyll, wythout mynystracyon of iustyce / and hym selfe in all coūsayls and parlyaments is iudge in all cau¦ses, and callyth hys selfe counsayls and parlyamentes, more for hys syn¦guler weale than for the comō weale of his realme. Fourthely how he en∣haunsyth men of lowe byrthe vnto greate honours and causyth noble men to be obedyent vnto them / enten¦dynge to brynge the same ignoble men, for to be egall wyth the prynces of the lande. Fyftely how the lawes be delayed and bolstred by suche as stande in his fauour / where thorugh as thys daye lawe is wyll and wyll is lawe / and no man almoste in any suerty of lyfe or goodes / in so moche that dayly many ben banysshed and put to deth for vnlefull causes / and also to any noble man at this daye no power or rome of honour belon∣geth / so that to wylde bestes in the forestes apperteyneth more lybertye and suertye, than the more partye of the kynges subgettes. Syxtly the greate taskes and summes of money whych dayly be leuyed of the comōs ben not spent in the kynges honou∣rable nedes and for the comon weale of the realme / but are spent nysely & ryottously, and brybed out of y^e kyn∣ges cofers. For whyche enormytees & mysgouernaūce with many other / the sayde lordes were thyder comen in defensyble araye, for y^e sauegarde of theyr owne persons / as to the hed and pryncypall cytie of the realme, for to haue ayde and counsayle to re∣fourme the foresayd euyls / not with standynge any harme vnto the kyn∣ges persone, or yet to remoue hym from his regally or kyngly maieste / but to enduce hym & aduertyse hym to that that shuld be his honour and the weale of hys realme, and to lyue in welthe and honour as hys noble {pro}genitours haue lyued before hym. For the whyche causes and consyde∣racyons wyth many other whych I passe ouer / the sayde lordes as y^e kyn¦ges trewe subeittes and frendes vn∣to the comon weale of the lande and of that cytye, desyre to entre / there to refresshe them and theyr people, and

to pay truely for all thynge that they shulde take, & wythout doyng harme or vyolence to any persone. All why∣che requestes and maters of the lor∣des shewed vnto the inhabytauntes of the cytye, by fauour of some fren∣des that they there had, it was with the more partye well acceptyd, and thought conuenyent that they sayde nobles shuld be receyued into the cy∣tye. How be it that after longe deba∣tynge of thys mater, by meane of the forenamed erle of Donoyse, a spa∣rynge of thys receyte of the lordes shuld be, tyll they had forther know∣lege of the kynges pleasure. whyche prouysyon the sayd erle fande, for so mych as he was secretely warned of the kynges thyder comynge. And vpon thys agremēt the cytye rested. For suertye wherof, suche as were within the cytye of the kynges ser∣uauntes and frendes, rode dayly & nyghtly about y^e cyty wyth a stronge company in harneys, to se the people kepte in due order. Than vppon the daye folowynge came vnto Parys a capytayne of y^e kynges named Moū¦talbone, and wyth hym a good bend of men / the whyche shewyd vnto the cytesyns that the kyng was comyng out of Normandye with a great host of. The lordes beynge warned / enbatayled them in the fore¦sayde playne of saynte Antoyn, to shewe the strength of theyr hoste vn¦to the cytye, or suche as were therin as theyr enemyes. where they so ly∣enge / certayne knyghtes of the kyn∣ges party, diuerse and sondry tymes brake out by sodeyne resys, and skyr¦mysshed wyth the lordes people, to the lytell hurte of bothe partyes. In the whych passe tyme kynge Le∣wys comynge out of Normandye, was receyued into the cytye. where after hys comynge he put in execu∣cyon .v. persons, named Iohn̄ wor∣ter, Eustace and Arnolde worter, Iohn̄ Coart, and Fraunceys Hasle. The whyche persons were accusyd to hym to be chyefe occasyoners of the legacyon made vnto the lordes. Of whyche sayde .v. persons / thre, as Iohn̄ Coart, Fraunceys Hasle, & Arnolde worter, were messengers as¦sygned in the sayde legacyon for the consuls of Parys / and the forena∣med Eustace worter, was one of the thre assygned for the clergye.

The kynge thus beynge in pos∣sessyō of the cytye / many and dyuers assautes and skyrmysshes bytwene hys knyghtes and the lordes were made / but no notary batayle, for the kynge was ferre weker. And ouer that in thys tyme & season, the sayde lordes gat vnto them sondry castels and stronge holdes. Than at length meanes of a peace was offeryd by y^e kynge. For concludyng wherof{is} for the kynge was admytted the erle of Mans, with certayne other persons. And for the barons, was assygned Iohn̄ sonne vnto the duke of Cala∣bre, Lewys erle of saynt Poule and other / the whyche assembled and cō∣moued togyder by sondry tymes .ix. dayes. In whyche season came vnto the kynge a newe strength of soudy∣ours out of Normandye / the whych the kyng appoynted to kepe the sub∣arbes of saynt Marcell. Thys trea∣ty thus hangyng wythout conclusyō or ende takynge / vppon the .xiiii. day of October in the .vii. yere of y^e reygn of thys Lewys, was proclaymed thorough the cytye and also the hoste a day of lenger treuce / so that thanne the lordes wythdrewe theym vnto theyr stronge holdes and castels, hol¦dynge wyth them many soudyours whyche fyll to robbynge and other vnlefull actes, to the greate daun∣ger and hurte of the lande. And at suche seasons as the arbytrours met

to fynysshe this great mater / among other thynges offeryd by the kynge, he graunted to gyue vnto hys bro∣ther Charlys for hys porcyon, all Champayne wyth the lordshyppe of Brye / the cytyes of Melde, Mon∣struell, and Meldune therof to be ex∣cepted. And vnto Charlys sonne of the duke of Burgoyne, he was con∣tented to gyue so myche money as he hadde spent in that iournay. But all was refused. And fynally for ob∣stynacy of bothe partyes / the daye of expyracyon of the trewe approchyd, wythout hope of accord cōcludyng. wherfore prouysyon for warre vpon bothe partyes was deuysed. Than begā grudge and murmure bytwen the cytesyns and the kynges sowdy∣ours / wherthorough many of the co∣mons hertes turned to the lordes / so that for fere the surer and stronger watches were kepte to the kynges great charge. Shortely after tydyn∣ges were brought vnto the kynge y^t the castell of Gysons was of the lor∣des vesyeged / and that also the pre∣fecte of the kynges paleys in Roan, was taken of the cytesyns and hol∣den in prysone. And the daye folow∣ynge came an other messengare, she∣wynge vnto the kynge that the duke of Burbone was by the posterne re∣ceyued into the castell of Roan / and was lykely to haue shortely the rule of the cytye / whyche came to effecte in shorte whyle after. whan the lor∣des hadde gotten the castell and cyty of Roan, whyche is hed cytye of Nor¦mandy as Parys is hed of Fraunce / than in maner of derysyon they sent vnto y^e kynge, sayenge that nother with Champayne nor with Bry hys brother Charlys wold be contented, but scantely wyth the hole duchy of Normandy. Than kynge Lewys cō¦syderyng the great auaūtage, which y^e lordes had of him, both by strength and fauour of hys comons whyche dayly drewe vnto them by sondry cō¦panyes / in auoydyng of more daun∣ger, concludyd a peas. For perfour∣maūce wherof, he graūted vnto Char¦lys his brother y^e hole duchy of Nor∣mandy / takyng to hym in exchaūge the county of Berry. And to Charlis sonne to the duke of Burgoyne, Pe∣ron̄, Roya, & a cytye or towne called in latyne Mondideriū / and therwith he ioyned Gwynary and y^e erledome of Boloyne / which lordshyps y^e sayd kynge Lewys hadde before tymes bought of duke Phylyp his father. To Iohn̄ of Calabre he graūted all such sūmes of money as he demaun¦dyd, to wage with soudiours to ayde his father agayne Fardynande then kyng of Aragon. And to Iohn̄ duke of Burbon, y^t which as before is said had maryed his syster / he graūted all such dowar as to hym was {pro}mysed at y^e tyme of maryage / & all such pen∣cyon as he was wont yerely to take, of the graunte of Charlys last kyng within the realme of Fraūce. To the duke of Brytayne was restoryd the erledome of Moūtferard, with great sūmes of money which the kyng had receyued of the sayd county. And to y^e erle of Dampmartyne was restored all suche landes as before by acte of parlyamēt were forfayted to y^e kyng. To the erle of saynt Poule was resto¦red the offyce of the constablerye of Fraūce / & to other mē of name other notable thynges which I passe ouer. All whyche grauntes fermely and fastely assuryd / proclamacyons were made of thys pease thoroughe the realme of Fraunce. And after thys pease was thus concluded / the kyng and hys lordes mette. To whome he shewed greate semblaunt of kynd∣nesse / and specyally vnto hys bro∣ther. wherin appered great dyssymu¦lacyon, as here after shall appere.

For thys Lewys was of suche con∣dycion, that what he myght not ouer come wyth strength, he wold wynne wyth dyssymulacyon and trechety, After whyche peace thus concluded, and the lordes departed / the kynge festyd the rulers and consuls of the cytye of Parys / and gaue vnto them due thankes, for the greate trouth & fydelyte, whyche they bare towarde hym duryng that troubelous season and graunted vnto them suche thyn¦ges, as then they wolde aske for the weale of that cytye.

IT was not longe after, that dyssymulacyon fell bytwene Charlys duke of Normandye, and Iohn̄ foresayde sonne vnto the duke of Calabre and the erle of Damp∣martyne. wherof a parte of the cause was, that the sayde Charlys after theyr thynkyng, hadde not so boun∣teously rewarded them as they had deserued. Of whyche dyscorde kyng Lewys was fayne / and in spedy ma∣ner rode vnto a towne called Argen¦tyne / and there wyth the sayd Iohn̄ than beynge duke of Calabre, by rea¦son of hys fathers deth, helde wyth hym longe and great counsayll, to y^e entent to dyspossesse hys brother of the duchy of Normandye. By reason of whych dyscorde bytwene the sayd two dukes / kynge Lewys as ayder of the duke of Calabre, made warre in the partyes of Normandye / and in processe wanne therin dyuers ca∣stels and other stronge holdes, and compelled hys brother to holde the cytye of Roan for hys refuge. where he so beynge / the kyng wanne dayly vppon hym / in so myche that dyuers townes and stronge holdes submyt∣ted them to his grace. wherof hering the cytesyns of Roan, made an am∣bassade vnto the kynge, for purchace of grace for theyr duke and for them selfe. The whych when the duke vn∣derstode, ferynge leste his owne cyte∣syns wolde betraye hym, fled thens / and so yode to Humflewe, and from thens to Cadomy. In whyche passe tyme y^e kynge was wyth due honour receyued into y^e cytie of Roan / where he remoued many from theyr offices, and of his seruauntes or such as ly∣ked hym put in theyr places / & moch of the ordynaunce and of abylymen¦tes of warre belongynge to y^e towne he sent vnto Parys / and the prouost of Roan named Gauyne Manuell he put to deth / & after hys body was cast into the ryuer, and his hed sette vppon a pole / & dyuers of the colege wyth the deane of y^e same place were put vnto deth. And all whych tyran∣nye by the kynge executyd, and the towne put in suertye by strength of soudyours / he after spedde hym vn∣to Orleaunce, where as sayth myne authour he puruayed an honorable ambassade, and sent it vnto Edward the .iiii. then kynge of Englande.

In the .ix. yere of y^e reygne of thys Lewys was so greate a mortalyte of men in Fraunce, that in Parys dyed that yere ouer .xl.M. people. And in thys yere began a grudge to growe bytwene this Lewys and Phylyppe duke of Burgoyne. But it was kept vnkyndely duryng y^e lyfe of y^e duke, which dyed shortely after. To whom succedyd Charlys his sonne before named, which in processe of tyme ma¦ryed dame Margarete syster vnto kynge Edward y^e .iiii. as after shalbe shewyd. It was not longe after that thys Lewys assembled a great hoste of people to make warre vpon Char¦lys duke of Burgoyne. Of whyche people he had cōmytted the rule and charge vnto Iohn̄ Balna, whych at that daye was preste and cardynall / and he as a tēporall capytayne, toke of them the mustyrs & other orders. where at the tēporall lordes dysday∣nynge

/ the erle of Dāpmartyne sayd in the names of them vnto the kyng. Moste redouted souerayne lorde, it hath pleased your hyghnesse to com∣mytte vnto a spyrytuall mā y^e charge of your puyssaunt hoste / & he not fe∣rynge god, hath taken vpon hym the cure and charge of them, to the effu∣syon of crystē mēnes blode. wherfore it may lyke your most noble grace, to sende me a temporall man to vysyte his dyocese, and to take the charge of his flocke / whyche is as syttynge for me, as that other dede is for him. At this sayeng the kyng hadde good game / but for all y^t he dyd as to hym semyd best. Of this warre bytwene y^e kyng & duke Charlys of Burgoyne I entende not to speke / for the mater of it is somde••e long and tedyous to wryte. But in this whyle that Lewys was occupyed in thys warre / y^t Bry∣tons with an excedynge power assay¦led y^e partyes of Norue hauyng Charlis broder vnto Lewis to theyr leder, whych to the duke of Brytayn was fled for ayde & socoure. wherof herynge kyng Lewys / all such hoste of sowdyours as he hadde purposed other wayes, he than ladde agayne hys brother. In whych hoste as after myth myne authour, were an .C.M. men, ouer such as had the guydyng of the ordenaūce. whā Charlys was aduertysed of the greate strength of hys brother / by polytyke meanes he soughte for a peace. And after many delatory communycacyōs and other delayous meanes wroughte vppon bothe partyes / lastely the kynge sent vnto hys brother Iohn̄ Balna car∣dynall wyth other, to shewe vnto hym hys mynde and pleasure. wher∣of whan Charlys was suffycyently instructed / he gaue for an answere, that yf a perfyghte concorde shulde be stablysshed bytwene hys brother and hym, that it shuld be authorysed by the hole concent and counsayle of the barony of the realme. with which answere the kyng beyng contentyd / at Turon in the moneth of Apryll & x. yere of hys reygne, assembled a greate counsayle of hys lordes spyry¦tuall and temporall / in the whyche y^e demaūdys of the sayde Charlys and offers of the kyng were shewed. And after the sayd coūsayle had at length reasoned the sayde demaundes and offers / it was fynally determyned, y^t the duchy of Normandye was so ap∣prouyd vnto the kynge of Fraunce and to hys heyres kynges, that in no wyse it myghte be dysseueryd from y^e crowne. But to the entent that a per¦fyght vnyte myghte be had bytwene the kynge and hys brother / the kyng shall be instaūted to gyue yerely vn∣to hys sayd brother in recōpensemēt of y^e sayd duchy .xii. thousand poūde of Turō money / wyth also a certeyn of lande to hym to be assygned wyth the name of a duke / and ouer that y^e kynge to be instanted to gyue vnto hym durynge hys naturall lyfe, for suche porcyō as he claymed to be his ryghte wythin the realme .xl.M.li. of annuell rente yerely to hym to be payed of the foresayd Turō money. To all whyche grauntes the kynge was agreed / & ouer that to pardon y^e duke of Brytayne all offences nowe newly done agayne hys maieste, and contrary the dukes faythe and alle∣gaunce / and all such lordshyppes as the kynge hadde wonne wythin Bry¦tayne, to restore vnto the duke & hys assygnes. All y^e whych offers myght not satysfye the coūsayle of the sayd Charlys / but clerely was set aparte and refused.

AFter the foresayd offers were by Charles refused / the kyng in spedy wyse vppon the refusayll sent a stronge hoste into Brytayne, vnder the guydynge of a knyghte

called Arnolde. And in the meane sea¦son the kyng vysytyng the bordours of hys realme / put in execucyon dy∣uerse parsones, suche as were accu∣sed to offende agayne hym. Passynge whych season, were it for the greuys whyche the foresayd hoste wroughte wythin the coūtrey of Brytayne, or for other skyll / the foresayd Charlys & the duke of Brytayne made newe meanes for a peace vnto the kynge / & offered to be contentyd, wyth that they myght stande in hys fauoure & grace, wyth suche proffers as the coū¦sayll of the realme was before tyme agreed and cōdyssended vpon. where unto a sophystycall answere was ma¦de by the kyng / so that the sayd Char¦les at that tyme myghte nat be asser∣teyned of peace or of warre. Howe be it in the yere folowyng by instaūt la∣bour of the fore named Iohn̄ Balna cardynall, the kynge agreed to gyue vnto hys brother Charlys the duchy of Guyan onely. where wyth he helde hym cōtēted / & so ceased of his warre in Normādy.

It was nat lōge after that thys sayde Iohn̄ Balna forgetynge y^e ma¦nyfolde great benefytes shewed to hī by the kynge / cōspyred agayne hym, & deuysed certayne letters / the which he sent vnto Charlys duke of Bur∣goyne. wherin was cōteyned that he shulde beware and haue hym selfe in good gayte / for the vnyte and peace whyche lately was stablysshed be∣twene the kynge & Charlys hys bro∣ther, was principally to dere & warre vppon hym, & to brynge hym in sub∣ieccyon. wherfore in auoydynge that daūger / he aduysed hym in all possy∣ble haste to assemble hys knyghtys, that he were nat takē vnpurueyed. The whyche letters were it by reasō of the berer or otherwyse, came to y^e kynges presence. After receyt of whyche letters, & knowlege of the cō¦tent of them / anone the kynge caused the sayde Iohn̄ Balna to be taken, & to be caste in stronge prysone. And that done he rode vnto Thuron / whyther to hym came hys brother Charles, and to hym dyd homage, & sware vnto him feauty for the duchy of Guyan. And for to knytte the duke of Brytayne more fastly to hym / he sente to hym a sceptre wyth a chayne of golde / the whyche the duke refu∣sed to take, wherewyth Lewys was greuously dyscōtēted. The cause of whyche refusall was, for the sayde duke of Brytayne had lately before that allyed hym wyth Charlys duke of Burgoyne, & had receyued hys ly¦uerey of golden flees. And soone af∣ter, whyche was the .xi. yere of thys Lewys / Carlota hys wyfe was lygh¦ted of a sonn̄, & after named Charles by Charlys hys brother / whych after hys father was kynge of Fraūce. And shortly after by meanes of Char¦lys duke of Guyan, & of the duke of Burbon & other / the duke of Bry∣tayn was recoūcyled vnto the kyng{is} fauoure. And in y^e .xii. yere of y^e reygn of thys Lewys, dyed by force of veni the aboue named Charlys duke of Guyan. But by whose meanes myne auctour myndeth nat.

Than cōtynuynge the warre be∣twene thys Lewys & thys duke of Burgoyne / a marchaunt of Guyan named Itery, which after the deth of the sayd duke of Guyan was fledde vnto the duke of Burgoyne, & wyth hym a seasō remayned / shewed vnto hym many tedyous talys of y^e kyng. wherfore the duke apperceyuynge y^t he owed to the Frenche kynge no fa∣uoure / exorted hym to poyson y^e sayd kynge. And yf he myght brynge to ef¦fecte hys purpose / he shuld therefore haue .l.M. florynes of golde. A flo∣ryne is in value of sterlynge money .iii.s. After whyche promyse and

assuraunce thus made by the duke / thys Itery to brynge hys euyll pur∣pose about, made hys seruaunt na∣med Iohn̄ de Boldy of coūsayll / and promysed to hym greate thynges, yf he wolde take vpon hym that acte. And after graunt hadde of the sayde Iohn̄ / the sayd Itery prouided y^e poy¦son, & delyuered it vnto hys sayd ser∣uaūt. The whych incontynētly sped hym vnto Ambasye, where the Frēch kyng than laye / where thys Iohn̄ de Boldy beynge of famylyer acqueyn∣taunce wyth one named Popyn, to y^e entent to brynge hys entent y^e better to effecte, after assuraūce of othe to hī made to kepe hys counsayll / shewyd vnto hym all hys mynde, & promised to hym .xx.M. florynes yf he wolde helpe to brynge to conclusyon hys purpose. The whyche Popyn made vnto hym assured promyse / & sayde y^• to brynge thys mater aboute, it was very expedyent to haue of counsayll the kynges mayster cooke named Co¦lynet / whome he knewe well to wyn, for the great fauoure that eyther of them owed vnto other. And after cō∣munycacyon had wyth the sayd Co∣lynet / the sayd poysone to hym was delyuered. wherwyth the sayd Coly∣net & Popyn hys felowe went a con∣uenyent tyme vnto the kynge, & shewyd to hym the compasse of all y^e mater. where after anone the sayde Iohn̄ de Boldy was taken, & confes∣sed the cyrcumstaūce of all the hoole treason / for the whyche at Parys he was after drawen, hanged, and quar¦tered. Soone vpō thys, Frederyke y^e iii. of y^e name than emperoure of Al∣mayne, sente vnto thys Lewys / wyl¦lyng & requyryng hym that he wolde nat endeuer hym to any peace or ac∣corde with y^e duke of Burgoyne. For he entēded in suche wyse to ayde hys partye, y^t he trusted in god to brynge the sayde duke to hys due, & conue∣nyent obeysaūce & subiecciō. But the kyng regarded nothynge the empe∣rours request / but cōcluded a trewys wyth the duke for a yere folowynge, by auctoryte of a great counsayll or parlyament. At the whyche the duke of Alēson was iuged to lose hys hed, & hys heredytamentes to be forfay∣ted vnto the kynge.

Than it foloweth in the story / or thys foresayde trewys betwene the kynge & Charles the duke were fully expyred / y^e sayd Charles made warre vpon the sayd Lewys, and procured kynge Edwarde of Englande, whose syster he had maryed, to make also warre vpon hym. For expedycyon wherof / the sayd kyng Edwarde lan¦ded at Calays shortly after, wyth a competente noumber of soudyours, as after in the .xiiii. yere of the reygne of the sayd Edwarde the .iiii. it shalbe to you more clerely shewed, wyth cō∣clusyon of a peace & other thynges. After y^t which peas betwene the sayd ii. kynges agreed / a vnyte and con∣corde was also stablysshed betwene thys Lewys & the duke of Burgoyn for .ix. yeres.

About the .xvii. yere of thys Le∣wys / y^e steward of Normādy named Lewys Brysey, y^t which had maryed the nece of kyng Lewys / beyng war∣ned of y^e wāton rule of his wyfe, & of her auoūtry wyth one named Iohn̄ Louyr / vpō a day to proue his sayde wyfe, wēt on hūting / & at his retourn̄ feyned hym wery & feynt for labour, & wēt to his bedde. And she anone de¦myng her husbād to be at his natu∣rall rest / yode streyght vnto y^e chāber of y^e sayd Iohn Louyr. wherof y^e hus∣bād beyng warned / wyth hys swerde in hāde sped hym vnto y^e sayd chāber & after y^e dore brokē vp by violēce, & fyndyng thē in bedde or other suspe∣ciouse maner, with his sayde swerde slewe first y^• sayde Iohn̄ / & after nat¦wythstādyng

her miserable & lamēta¦ble cryēg, & askynge forgyuenes vpō her knees, he also slewher / & after fled tyll he had made hys peace wyth the kyng.

Lōge it were & also tediouse to fo∣lowe myne auctour, in declaryng of euery particuler dede done by this Le¦wys. wherfore to shortē this story / trouth it is y^t after thys Lewys had by lōg tyme exercised him in warres, he lastly fell in a greuouse sykenesse. The whych cōtinued & so encreased vpō hym / y^t he knewe well he shulde nat lōg endure. wherfore he disposed there after / & caused many dedes of alinesse to be done for hym. Amōge y^• whych within saīt Iohn̄s church the Baptist within Parys, he foūded cer¦teyn preestes to syng for hym in per∣petuyte. For sustētacion of whome, he gaue of yerely rēte a .M.li. of Pa∣rys money. And so lāguysshyng by y^e space of .iii. yeres more before he died passed hys tyme wyth great tribula∣cyon. In the whyche passe tyme ora∣tours were sent from the Flemynges for to conclude a maryage betwene Charles hys eldest sonne, & Marga∣rete than doughter of Maxymylian sonne of Frederyke the emperoure / which Maximiliā before those days had maryed Mary the doughter of Charles duke of Burgoyne. After whych cōclusyon ended & fynysshed / the kyng gaue vnto the sayd orators xxx.M. scutes of golde, whych amoū¦teth to .v.M.li. sterlyng money. And ouer that gaue to them in plate pur∣posely made, to the value of .v C.li. sterlynge. And in the .xxv. yere of the reygne of the sayd Lewys / the fore∣named Margarete a chyld of tender age, wyth great & sumptuouse pōpe was broughte vnto Parys. And frō thens she was conueyed vnto Amba¦sye / and there in the moneth of Iuly, cowpeled by maryage vnto the fore∣named Charles sonn̄ vnto the kyng. After whyche solempnyte fynysshed / the sayd Lewys felyng hys sykenesse more and more encreasyng / vppon a season called hys sayd sonn̄ Charles before hym,* 5.79 and exorted hym in thys wyse as after foloweth. My mooste deryst chylde, I feele & knowe well y^t I shall nat tary longe in thys coun∣trey / for I am more nerer myne ende than thou knowest. For I am so con∣tynually greuyd wyth sykenesse, that no medecyne may or can releue me. And thou art he that muste rule this lāde after me. wherfore to the it is spe¦cyally behoueful & necessary, to haue trewe seruaūtes. Amonge many y^t I haue proued in my dayes / ii. there ben, the whych I specyally cōmende vnto the / that is to meane Olyuer Damman, and Iohn̄ Doyacos. whose seruyces I haue in suche wyse vsed, that by theyr meanes and coun¦sayll I thynke my lyfe hath ben long preserued. And therefore specially these .ii. kepe nere about y^t, nothynge mynysshyng to them of theyr offices or possessyons, that I before tymes to them haue gyuen. And after these ii / take to the for thy counsaylours, Guyot & Bochage / & for to guyde y^t warres, Phylyp Desquyer / y^t whych in featys of warre as I haue wel p••o¦ued, hath passyng experiēce. And o∣ther which I haue auaūced to offy∣ces within thys realme / lette them so remayne. And the commons of the lande, the whych by occasyō of war∣res I haue greuously tarid & greatly weked & enpouerysshed / socoure and fauour to thy power. To the Burgo¦nyōs me thought euer good to shew fauoure / or elles me thought it shuld haue sounded to my dyshonour. So I thynke it shalbe good that thou so do. After that kyng Lewys had thus exorted and counsayled hys sonn̄ / he than retourned vnto Turon.

where for the mytygacyon of thys paynfull sykenesse, whyche of myne auctour is called in latyne Morbus Elephantie / he commaunded to be brought before hym all the cunnyng maysters of musyke wythin hys realme, that by the melodyous soūde of theyr instrumentes, he myghte be eased of his peyne. But whan he had assembled of the best an .C. and .xx. in noumber / a fewe shepardes pypes were to hym more solace, than all the other or any parte of them / y^t whych he helde styll in hys court, & commaū¦ded that euery day the sayd shepher∣des shulde play a certeyn dystaunce from the place where he laye. And ouer thys he sent for all ankers and other relygyous men that were fa∣med for holy & parfight men / and for them ordeyned places within Turō, that by the meane of theyr prayers he myght be released of hys contynuall paynes. And to haue lenger conty∣naunce of lyfe / myne auctour sayeth y^t thys Lewys had so greate a desyre to haue lengthe of lyfe / for so moche as he knewe well that the realme of Fraunce shulde be in great trouble & vexacyon shortly after. But nat wythstandynge all these prouysyons and ordenaunces, wyth many moo whyche longe were to wryte / fynally thys Lewys dyed, whā he hadde ben kyng of Fraūce by the terme of .xxvi. yeres or there vppō / and after was buryed in the churche of our Lady of Raynes, where before tyme he prouy¦ded hys sepulture, & in tyme of hys sykenesse l••ye in it a certayne season, whyle that certeyne orysons were ouer hym sayde.

Anglia. ¶Edwarde the .iiii.

EDwarde the .iiii. of that name, son̄ of Rycharde duke of yorke as before is touched / began hys reygne ouer y^e realme of Englād the .iiii. daye of Marche in the ende of the yere of grace, to reken after the churche of Englande .M.iiii.C. & .lx / and the .ii. yere of Lewys the .xii. thāne kynge of Fraunce. The whych Edwarde after hys possessyon takynge at westmyn∣ster & gettyng of the feelde at Toutō by yorke, was crowned & anoynted for kynge at westmynster foresayde, the .xxix. daye of Iuny, as before is shewyd in the ende of the laste yere of Henry the .vi. After whyche solemp∣nyte fynysshed / the kynge in August after rode to Cauntorbury / & frome thēs he rode to Sandewyche / and from thens a longe by the sees syde to Southamptō / & so into the march of walys / & retourned by Brystowe, where he was wyth all honour recey¦ued / and after visited sundry parties of hys realme. In whych season or soone after, the tyme of Rychard Lee mayre of Lōdon expyred / and Hughe wyche mercer was admytted for the yere folowynge.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxi.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxii.
	Iohn̄ Looke.
Hughe wyche.		Anno .i.
	George Irelande.

THis yere beyng the later ende of the fyrste yere of Edwarde the .iiii, and the begynnynge of thys mayres yere, that is to say the fourth daye of September / a parlyamente was begonne at westmynster. And

vpon y^e morow folowyng dyed Iohn̄ duke of Northfolke / the whyche had ben a speciall ayder of the kyng. And vpō Alhalowen daye before passed / y^e kyng created Rycharde hys yonger brother duke of Glouceter, the lorde Bowchyer erle of Essex, & the lorde Fawcumbrydge erle of Kent / & vpon the .xii. day of February, was the erle of Oxenforde, wyth the lorde Aubry hys elder sonne, syr Thomas Todē∣ham̄, willyā Tyrell, & other, brought vnto the towre of Lōdon. And vpon the .xx. day of the sayd moneth, y^e sayd lorde Awbry was drawen from west¦mynster vnto the towre hylle, & there beheded. And vpon the .xxiii. daye of the same moneth / syr Thomas Todēham, wyllyā Tyrell, and Iohn̄ Mō∣gomory, were also there beheded. And vpon the fryday next ensuynge, or the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth / the erle of Oxenforde was ladde frō westmynster vpon hys feete to y^e sayd place of, & there also beheded. whose corps was after borne vnto y^e frere Augustynes / and there buryed wythin the quyer for that tyme. And in the later ende of the moneth of Iuly / was the castell of Awnewyke yelden vnto the lorde Hastynges by appoyntement.

whan kynge Edwarde was thus stablysshed in this realme / great sute and labour was made to hym for the repayment of the foresayd .xviii.M.li. to hym and other delyuered by the stapelers, as before in y^e .xxxviii. yere of Henry the .vi. to you I haue before shewed. wherof was laborer, were it by the agrement of the sayd stapelers or otherwyse, one named Rycharde Heyron a marchaunt, of pregnaunte wyt and of good maner and speche. To whome at length was answered by the kynges counsayll, that y^e sayd xviii.M. pounde wyth moch more, the whyche was couertly kept frome the kynges knowlege, belonged of ryght vnto y^e erle of wylshyre / which at the tyme of delyuery of the sayde goodes, was hyghe tresourer of En∣glande / and after for treason by him done agayne the kyng, the sayd erles landes and goodes were forfayted vnto the kynge. wherfore the kynge reteyned the sayde .xviii.M.li. as par¦ceyll of hys forfayture, & wolde re∣teyne as hys owne. Upon whych answere / thys heyron seynge that of the kyng he myght haue no remedy, and for so moche as moch of the sayd good belonged to hys charge, he thā resorted vnto the stapelers for contētacyon of the sayd money. But howe it was that there be fāde no comfort / he fynally sued the mayer of the sta∣ple and hys company, and put them vnto greate vexacyon and trouble. And in the ende fande suche fauoure in the courte of Rome / that he denoū¦ced all the merchauntes stapelers ac¦cursed. Howe be it that soone after they purchased an absolucyon. And he in conclusyon after longe beyng ī westmynster as a seyntwary¦man / wythoute recouery of hys co∣stes or dutye, dyed there, beynge greatly endetted vnto many per∣sones.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxii.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxiii.
	wyllyam Hampton.
Thomas Cooke.		Anno .ii.
	Barth Iamys.

THys yere and begynnyge of y^e moneth of Nouember / Mar∣garet late quene of Englād came out of Fraūce īto Scotlād & frō thēs īto

Englande, wyth a strength of Frēch men & Scottes. wherfore the kynge sped hym into the north wyth a strōg hoste. wherof herynge the quene / brake hyr araye and fled / and toke a caruyle, & therein entended to haue sayled into Fraūce. But suche tem∣pest fell vpon the see, that she was cō∣strayned to take a fysshers bote / and by meane therof landed at Barwyke, & so drewe hyr vnto the Scottysshe kynge. And shortly after her lādyng tydynges came to her, that her sayde caruyll was drowned, wythin the whyche she had greate treasoure and other rychesse.

And the same daye vpon .iiii.C. of the Frenchemen were dryuen vppon lande nere vnto Bambourth. where they for so moche as they myght nat haue away theyr shyppes, they fyred thē / & after for theyr sauegarde tooke an ilande wythin Northumberland. where they were assayled of one cal∣led Maners wyth other in hys com∣pany / & of them slayne & taken priso∣ners as many as there were. whan y^e kynge was ware of the quenes thus auoydynge / he entēded to haue folo∣wed, & to haue made warre vpon the Scottes. But he was than vysyted with the sykenes of pockes, y^t he was forced to leue that iournay. In the weke of Crystemas folowynge / the Scottes wyth a strōge power perced the lande, entendynge to haue resco∣wed certayne castelles in the north. But they retourned shortly wythout harme doynge.

And shortly after the duke of So∣merset and syr Rauffe Percy, submit¦ted them to the kynges grace.

whanne the kynge was cured & retourned southwarde / the Scottes aboute the tyme of lent entred agayn into Englande / & layde a syege vnto Banbourth castell and wanne it, wherfore the kynge in the moneth of Auguste folowynge, rode agayne northewarde wyth hys power / and ouer that vytayled certayne shyppes in the west countre, & manned them, & sent them thyder to make warre vp¦pon the see coost.

And in the latter ende of this may¦res yere / the duke of Somerset he∣rynge that kynge Henry was com∣mynge into the lande wyth a newe strength, departed secretly / & wente agayne to hym.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxiiii.
	Robert Basset.
Mathewe Phylyp Goldsmyth.		Anno .iii.
	Thomas Muschampe.

IN this yere & moneth of May, whyche was in the begynyng of the .iiii. yere of kyng Edwarde / the lorde Iohn̄ of Mountagu hauynge than the rule in the northe partyes, beynge warned of the commynge of Henry late kynge wyth a greate po∣wer out of Scotlande, assembled the Northynmen, and mette wyth hym about Exhm̄, and there skyrmysshed wyth y^e Scottes, & at length wan y^e vyctory of hys enemyes / and chased Henry so nere, that he wan from him certayne of hys folowers trapped wyth blewe veluet, and hys bycoket garnysshed wyth two crownes of golde and fret wyth perle and ryche stone.

He also toke at the sayd iourney y^e duke of Somerset, the lorde Hunger¦forde, & the lorde Roos. whych sayde duke was shortly after put to deth at the sayd towne of Exhm̄ / & the other ii. lordes were soon after beheded at

new castell. And other whyche were after that fyght taken in a wood fast by, as syr Phylyp wētworth, syr Ed∣mond Fiz knyghtes, Blacke Iaquis Iohn̄ Bryce, & Thomas Hunt / were also put to deth at Exhm̄ foresayd or Myddelham after some wryters / & syr Thomas Husey knyght was be∣heded at yorke. And in the moneth of Iuly next folowyng, the sayde lorde Mountagu wyth ayde of hys bro∣ther erle of warwyke, wan by strēgth the forenamed castel of Bamburgth / wherin as one of the said capitaynes was taken wyth other, syr Rauffe Gray / whyche shortly after at yorke was drawen hanged & quartered.

In such passe tyme in moste secret maner vpon the fyrste daye of May, kynge Edwarde spoused Elizabeth late the wyfe of syr Iohan Graye knyghte / whyche before tyme was slayne at Toweton or yorke felde. whych spousayles were solempnised erely in the mornynge at a towne na∣med Graston nere vnto Stonynge∣stratforde. At whyche maryage was no persones present, but the spouse, the spousesse, the duches of Bedford her mother, the preste, two gentylwo¦men, & a yong mā to helpe the preeste synge. After whyche spousayles en∣ded / he wēt to bedde, & so taried there vpon .iii. or .iiii. houres / and after de∣parted and rode agayne to Stonyng stratforde, and came in maner as though he had ben on huntyng, and there went to bedde agayne. And wythin a daye or .ii. after, he sente to Graston̄ to the lorde Ryuers father vnto hys wyfe, shewyng to hym, that he wolde come and lodge wyth hym a certayne season / where he was re∣ceyued wyth all honoure, & so taryed there by the space of foure dayes. In whyche season she nyghtely to hys bedde was brought, in so secrete ma∣ner that almooste none but her mo∣ther was of counsayll. And so thys maryage was a season kepte secrete after, tyll nedely it muste be dyscoue∣red & dysclosed, by meane of other whyche were offered vnto the kyng, as the quene of Scottes & other. what oblyquy ran after of thys ma∣ryage, howe the kyng was enchaun∣ted by the duchesse of Beforde, and howe after he wolde haue refused her wyth many other thynges concer∣nynge thys matyer / I here paūe it ouer.

And thys yere was kynge Henry taken in a wood in the north countre by one named Cantiowe, and pre∣sented to the kynge / and after sente to the towre, where he remayned longe after.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxv.
	Iohn̄ Tate.
Rauffe Iosselyne Draper.		Anno .iiii.
	Iohn̄ Stone.

IN this yere was a new coyne ordeyned by y^e kyng, y^t whyche was named y^e Royall / & was & yet is in value of .x.s. the halfe royal .v.s / & the ferthyng .ii.s.vi.d. And ouer y^t he ordeyned y^e secōd coyne of golde & na¦med it y^e angel, which was & yet is in value of .vi.s.viii.d / & the half angel iii.s.iiii.d. He ordeyned also a newe coyne of grotes, halfe grotes, & pens whych were of lasse weyght than the olde grote was by .viii.d. in an vnce. And thā was fyne gulde auaūsed frō s. to .xl.s an vnce / & other baser goldes after y^e rate. And syluer that before was at .viii. grotes and .xxx.d.

an vunce, was hyghed to .xl.d. an vunce and .iii.s.ii.d.

And in thys mayres yere and be∣gynnyng of the .v. yere, that is to say the .xxvi. day of May that yere whyt sonday / quene Elizabeth was crow∣ned at westmynster wyth great solēp¦nytie. At the whyche season at the towre / the nyghte before the corona∣cyon / amonge many knyghtes of the bathe there made, was as of that cō∣pany syr Thomas Cooke, syr Ma∣thewe Phylyp, syr Rauffe Iosselyne, and syr Henry wauyr cytezyns of Lō¦don thanne and there made knygh∣tes.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxv.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxvi.
	Syr Henry wauyr.
Rauffe Uerney Mercer.		Anno .v.
	wyllyam Constantyne.

IN thys yere, that is to saye the xi. daye of the moneth of Fe∣bruary / was Elizabeth pryncesse and fyrste chylde of kyng Edward borne at westmynster. whose crystenynge was done in the abbaye wyth moste solempnyte. And the more, bycause the kynge was assured of hys physy∣cyons that the quene was conceyued wyth a prynce / and specyally of one named mayster Dominyk, by whose counsayll greate prouysyon was or∣deyned for crystenynge of the sayde prynce. wherfore it was after tolde, that thys mayster Domynyk to the entente to haue greate thanke and rewarde of the kynge / he stode in the second chamber where the quene tra¦uayled, that he myghte be the fyrste that shulde brynge tydynges to the kynge of the byrth of the prynce. And lastly whan he harde the chyld crye / he knocked or called secretly at y^e chā¦ber dore, and frayned what the quene had. To whome it was answered by one of the ladyes, what so euer y^e que¦nes grace hathe here wythin / suer it is that a fole standeth there wythout. And so confused wyth hys answere / he departed wythoute saynge of the kynge for that tyme.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxvi.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxvii.
	Iohn̄ Browne.
Syr Iohn̄ yonge Grocer.	Henry Bryce.	Anno .vi.
	Iohn̄ Stokton.

IN thys yere and moneth of, dyed the forenamed Hē¦ry Bryce / and for hym was chosen immedyatly a sheryfe for thys yere Iohn̄ Stokton. And in the moneth of Iuny folowynge, were certayne actes and feates of warre doone in Smythfeld, betwene syr Antony wy deuyle called lorde Scalys vpō that one partye, and the bastarde of Bur∣goyne chalengour on that one par∣tye. Of whych the lord Scalys wan the honour / for the sayd bastard was at the fyrste course rennynge wyth a sharpe sperys ouerthrowen horse & man. whyche was by the rage of the horse of the sayd bastarde, and nat by violence of the strokē of hys enemy / & by a pyke of iron standyng vppon foreparte of the sadell of y^e lord Sca∣lys. wherwyth the horse beyng blynd of the bastarde was stryken into the nose thrylles, and for payne thereof mounted so hyghe vpon the hynder

fete, that he fyll bakwarde. Upon the seconde daye they met there agayne vpon fote, and faughte wyth theyr axes a fewe strokes. But whan the kynge sawe that the lorde Scalys had auauntage of the bastarde, as y^e poynt of hys axe in the vysour of his enemyes helmet, and by force therof was lykely to haue borne hym ouer: the kyng in hast cryed to such as had the rule of the felde, that they shulde departe them / and for more spede of the same, caste downe a warderer whych he than helde in hys hande / & so were they departed to the honour of the lorde Scalys for bothe dayes. Upon the morow folowynge & the o∣ther dayes, were certayne actes of warre done betwene dyuers gen∣tylmen of thys lande, and certayne of the sayd bastardes seruauntes. Of the whyche also the Englyshmen wan the honour. In thys yere also one named Iohn̄ Derby alderman, for so moche as he refused to cary or to paye for the caryage awaye of a dede dogge lyenge at hys dore, & for vnsittynge langage whyche he gaue vnto the mayre / he was by a court of aldermen demed to a fyne of .l. poūde whyche he payde euery peny.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxviii.
	Humfrey Heyforde.
Thomas Owlegraue.		Anno .vii.
	Thomas Stalbroke.

IN thys yere of the mayre, and in the begynnynge of the .viii. yere of thys kyng Edwarde, that is to meane vpon saterday next ensuīg the feest of corpus christi / dame Mar¦garete syster vnto the kyng, rode tho¦rugh London towarde the sees syde to passe into Flaunders, there to be maryed to Charlys duke of Bur∣goyne before named in the story of y^• xi. Lowys kyng of Fraūce. After whose departure, syr Thomas Cook late mayre, which before was peched of treason by a seruaūt of the lordes wenlokkes called Hawkyns, and at the request of the sayd lady Marga∣rete vppon suertie suffered to go at large / than was arrested & sent vnto the towre, & his goodes seased by the lorde Ryuerse than tresourer of Eng¦lande / and hys wyfe put oute of hys house, and cōmytted to the charge of the mayer / in whose place she laye a season after. And after the sayde syr Thomas had lyen a tyme in y^e towre he was brought vnto the Guyldhal, and there areygned of the sayde trea¦son and quyt by sondry enquestes / & after that commytted vnto the coun∣tour in Bradstrete, and frome thens to the kynges bēche in Southwark. where he laye wythin the sayd prysō tyll hys freendes agreed wyth syr Iohn̄ Brandon than kepar of y^e sayd prysō, to take hym home to hys place where to hys great charge he remay∣ned as prysoner longe after. In whych tyme and season he lost moch good / for bothe hys places in the countre and also in London were vnder the gydynge of the sayde lor∣des Ryuers seruauntes, and of the seruauntes of syr Iohn̄ Fogge than vndertresourer / the whych spoyled & dystroyed moche thynge.

And ouer that moche of hys iewel¦les and plate wyth great substaunce of the marchaundyse, as cloth of syl∣kes and clothes of aras, were dysco∣uered by suche persones as he hadde betaken the sayd goodes to kepe / & came to y^e treasourers handes, which

to the sayd syr Thomas was a great enemye. And fynally after many persecucyons and losses / was com∣pelled as for a fyne sette vppon hym for offence of mysprysyon, to paye, vnto the kynge .viii. thousand poūd. And after he hadde thus agreed, and was at large for the kynges interest / he was thanne in newe trouble a∣gayne the quene.

The whyche demaunded of hym as hys ryght, for euery thousande .li. payde vnto the kyng by way of fyne, an hundreth marke. For the whiche he had after longe sute and greate charge / and in conclusion was fayne to agre, and to gyue to her a greate pleasure / besyde many good gyftes that he gaue vnto her counsayll.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxix.
	Symonde Smyth.
wyllyam Taylour Grocer.		Anno .viii.
	wyllyam Haryot.

THys yere and .xxi. day of Nouē¦bre / a seruaunt of the dukes of Exceter named Rychard Ste∣rys, after hys iugement was drawen thorugh the citie vnto the towre hyl, and there parted in two pesys / that is the hede from the body. And vpon the daye folowynge / two persones beyng named the one Poynys & that other Alforde, were drawē west ward to tyborne / and there whā they shuld haue ben hanged, there chartours were shewed and so preserued.

And about thys season or soon af¦ter / was the erle of Oxenford, which before tyme was taken by a surmyse in ielosy of treason awayted for and after deliuered. In the latter ende of this mayres yere, & .ix. yere of y^e king / the marchauntes eesterlynges were condempned vnto the marchauntes auenturers Englyssh, after longe & sumptuous exspences in the lawe & before the kynges counsayll / in .xiii.M.v.C. and .xx.li. whereof the pay∣ment was kept secret frome wryters.

In thys yere the dyssymuled fa∣uoure, whiche betwene the kyng and the erle of warwyke had styll conty∣nued syne the maryage of the quene, beganne to appere / in so moche that the erle wythdrewe hym frome the kynge, and confedered vnto hym the duke of Clarence that before hadde maryed hys doughter.

whereupon the commons of the north beganne to rebell, and chase theym a capytayne, whome they had named Robyn of Ryddysdale. The whyche dyd many feates / and lastly bare hym so wysely, that he & hys cō∣pany were pardoned of the kyng. In the which rumour and styrryng / the lord Ryuers, and syr Iohn̄ hys sonn̄, that before had maryed the old duchesse of Northfolke, lyenge at a place by Charynge crosse called the Muys, were taken by Lyncoln̄shyre men and brought vnto Northamtō, and there beheded.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxix.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxx.
	Rycharde Gardyner.
Rycharde Lee Grocer.		Anno .ix.
	Robert Drope.

THys yere soone after Alhalo∣wen tyde, proclamaciōs were made thorugh the cytye of London, that the kynge hadde pardoned the Northyrnmē of theyr ryot / & aswell for the deth of the lorde Ryuers, as all dyspleasures by them before that tyme done. And soone vppon thys, a new styrryng begā in Lyncoln̄ shyre whereof the occasyoner was the lorde wellys, as the fame than went. For whome the kynge sent by fayre mea∣nes, promysyng hym to go safe and come safe as it was sayd. But trouth it is after hys commyng to the kyng had he before suche promyse or nat, he was shortly after beheded.

Than in February folowyng / by medyacyon of lordes a treatye of vnytie and concorde was laboured betwene the kyng & hys brother and the erle of warwyke. For whyche cause the sayd erle came thanne vnto London. And shortly after came the sayd duke, as vpon shrouesonday fo∣lowyng. And vpon the thuysday fo∣lowyng, the kynge & the sayde duke mettte at Baynardes castell, where y^e duchesse of yorke theyr mother than laye. In the whyche passetyme y^e erle of warwyke was retourned to war∣wyke / and there gadered to him such strēgth as he myght make, as it was reported.

And in Lyncoln̄shyre / syr Robert wellys sonne vnto the lorde wellys before put to deth, in thys whyle had also assembled a greate bend of men, & purposed to gyue the kyng a felde. Of all whyche tydynges whāne the kynge was assertayned / he wyth his sayd brother the duke spedhim north warde / and in that whyle sente to the sayd syr Robert wellys, wyllyng him to sende home hys people, & come to hym, and he shulde haue hys grace. But that other answered that by like promysse hys father was dysceyued / and that shulde be hys example. But in conclusyon whan the kynge wyth hys power drewe nere vnto hī, he toke suche fere that he fledde / and soone after was taken, and with him syr Thomas Dymmok knyght and other, the whyche were shortly after put to deth.

In thys season was the duke of Clarence departed frome the kynge / and was gone vnto the erle of war∣wyke to take hys parte. To whome the kynge in lykewyse sente, y^t they shuld come to hys presence wythout fere / where vnto they made a fayned answere. And than consyderynge theyr lacke of power agayne y^e kyng / departed and wente to the see syde, & so sayled into Fraunce / and requyred the .xi. Lowys than kyng of that re∣gyon, that he wolde ayde and assyste them to restore kynge Henry to hys ryghtfull enherytaunce. wherof the sayd Lowys beyng gladde, graūted vnto them theyr requeste / & helde thē there, whyle they wyth the counsayll of quene Margarete prouyded for theyr retourne into Englande.

whan the sayde lordes were thus departed the lande / the kyng cōmaū∣ded them to be proclaymed as rebel∣les and traytours thorugh oute hys realm. And in the Easter weke folow¦ynge / syr Geffrey Gate & one named Claphā, whyche entended at South ampton to haue taken shyppynge & to haue sayled to the sayde lordes, were there taken by the lorde Ha∣warde and sente vnto warde. whych sayde Clapham was beheded soone after / and the sayde syr Geffrey Gate fande suche frendshyp, that lastly he escaped or was delyuered / so that he yode after to seynt wary.

Thanne was the lorde of saynte Iohn̄s arrested. But at instaunce of the archebysshop of Caunterbury, he went a season at large vnder suerty,

and was fynally commytted to the towre. In whych passetyme the erle of Oxenforde gat ouer vnto the fore¦sayd lordes. Thus enduryng thys trouble / a stirrynge was made in the north partyes by the lord Fitz Hugh wherfore the kyng sped hym thyder∣warde. But so soone as the sayd lord knewe of the kynges cōmyng / anone he lefte hys peple & fledde into Scot¦lande. And the kyng whych thā was commyn to yorke, rested hym a sea∣son there and there about.

In the moneth of Septembre & .x yere of the kyng / the forsayd duke of Clarence accōpanyed wyth the erles of warwyke of Penbroke & of Oxen¦forde & other many gentylmen, lan∣ded at Dartmouth in Deuynshyre / & there made theyr proclamacyons in the name of kyng Henry the .vi / and so drewe ferther into the lāde. wherof herynge the commons of that coūtre & other / drewe vnto theym by greate companyes.

Than the Kentyshemen beganne to were wylde / & assembled theym in great companyes, and so came vnto the out partyes of the cytye of Lon∣don, Rad••lyffe, saynte Katherynes, and other places, & robbed and spoy∣led the Flemynges and all the bere houses there as they came.

Thā the foresayde lordes holding on theyr iournaye / drewe towarde y^e kynge beyng in the northe as aboue is sayde. wherof he beyng warned, and hauyng wyth hym as than but small strength wherof some to hym were nat very trusty / he wyth a secret company toke the next waye toward the wash in Lyncolneshyre / and there passed ouer wyth great daunger, nat wythout losse of dyuers of hys com∣pany / and so passed the coūtrees into Flaunders, and stynted nat tyll he came to Charles hys brother thanne duke of Burgoyne / wyth whome he rested a season. whā the quene which than was in the towre harde of the kynges auoydynge / anone she depar¦ted frome thens and yode vnto west∣mynster, and there regystred her selfe for a seyntwary woman / and in lyke wyse dyd many of kynge Edwardes frendes.

And than about the begynnynge of Octobre / syr Geffrey Gate that till that tyme had holden the sayde seyn∣twary and other wyth hym, wente vnto the prysons aboute London / & all suche as they had fauoure vnto, toke them out and sette them at lyber¦tye. And than shypmen & other euyll dysposed persones as than drewe to the sayd Geffrey Gate / robbed agayn the berehouses, & set some of them in fyre / and after resorted vnto the ga∣tes of the cytye, & there wolde haue entred by force. But the cytezeyns wythstode theym wyth suche force, that they were compelled to departe thens.

Upon the .xii. day of October, the towre was gyuē vp by appoyntmēt / & kyng Henry was takē from the lod¦gyng where he before laye, and was than lodged in the kynges lodgyng wythin the sayde towre. In whyche passetyme the duke & the forsayd lor∣des drewe nere vnto the cytye.

And vpon saterday than nexte fo∣lowyng / the sayd duke accompanied wyth y^e erles of warwyke & of Shro¦wysbury and the lord Stanley, rode vnto the towre / and there wyth all honour and reuerence fet out kynge Henry, & conueyed hym to Poulys / & there lodged hym in the bysshoppes palays / & so was thā admytted & ta∣ken for kyng thorugh all the lande.

Readoptio Henrici .vi.

HEnri y^e .vi. of that name before by Edwarde y^e .iiii. put down,

was agayne restored to the crowne of Englande, the. daye of Octobre, in the yere of grace .M.iiii. C.lxix / and the .x. yere of Edwarde y^e iiii / & the .xii. yere of the .xii. Lowys than kynge of Fraunce.

In whose begynnyng of readop∣cyon, the erle of worceter whych for hys cruelnesse was called the bochier of England / was taken and putte in streyght pryson. And vppon the xv. daye of October, was the sayde erle aregned at westmynster in the whyte hall, and there endyted of trea¦son / and vpon the mōdaye folowyng adiuged that he shulde go frome the same place vnto the towre hylle, and there to haue hys hede smytten of. But as he was commynge from the sayde place of iugemente toward his execucyon / the people presyd so inpor¦tunatly vpon hym for to se & beholde hym, that the sheryfes were fayne to tourne into the Flete, and there to bo¦rowe gayoll for hym for that nyght. And vpon the morowe after at after¦noone beynge saynt Lukys day and xviii. daye of Octobre / he was ladde to the towre hylle / where he toke his deth full paciently. whose corps was after borne wyth the hedde vnto the blacke freres, and there honourably buryed in a chapell standynge in the body of the churche whych he before tyme had founded. And than was dayly awaytynge vpon the see syde, for the landyng of quene Margaret and prynce Edwarde her sonne / and also prouysyon made for the defence of landynge of kynge Edwarde and hys company.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxx.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxi.
	Iohn̄ Crosby.	Anno Henrici .vi. primo.
Iohn̄ Stokton̄. mercer.
	Iohn̄ warde.	Anno Edwardi .iiii.x.

IN thys yere, whyche was in y^e ende of the .x. yere of kyng Ed∣warde, and beginnyng of the readop¦cion of kyng Henry, that is to meane the thyrde daye of Nouembre / quene Elizabeth beynge as before is sayde in westmynster seyntwary, was lygh¦ted of a fayre prynce. And wythin the sayd place the sayd chylde wyth∣out pōpe was after crystened. whose godfathers were the abbot & pryour of the sayd place, & the lady Scrope godmother. And the .xxvi. daye of the sayd moneth folowyng, began a par¦lyament / & frome thens proroged to Paulys, where it cōtynued tyll Crist¦mas. In the parlyamente syr Tho∣mas Cooke before trowbeled as I haue shewed in the .vii. yere of kynge Edwarde, put in a byll into the com∣mon house, to be restored of the lorde Ryuers landes & other occasyoners of hys trowble, to the summe of .xxii.M. marke. Of the whyche he hadde good comforte to haue ben allowed of kynge Henry, if he had prospered / and the rather, for that that he was of the commō house, and therwyth a man of great boldnesse in speche and well spoken, & syngulerly wytted & well reasoned.

Than durynge thys parlyament / kyng Edward was proclaymed vsur¦per of the crowne, and the duke of Glouceter hys yonger brother tray∣tour / & both attaynted by auctorytie of the sayd parlyament.

And vppon the .xiiii. daye of Fe∣bruary, came the duke of Exceter to London. And the .xxvii. daye of y^e sayde moneth, rode the erle of war∣wyke thorugh y^e citie toward Douer

for to haue receyued quene Marga∣rete / but he was dyspoynted. For the wynde was to her contrary, that she laye at the see syde taryeng for a con¦uenyent wynde, from Nouember tyl Apryll. And so the sayde erle after he had longe taryed for her at the see syde / was fayne to retourne without spede of hys purpose.

Thus duryng thys queysy seasō / the mayre ferynge the retourne of kynge Edwarde fayned hym syke / & so kepte hys house a great season. All whych tyme syr Thomas Cooke whyche than was admytted to hys former rome, was sette in his place, and allowed for hys deputye / whych tourned after to hys greate trowble and sorowe.

Than fynally in the begynnynge of the moneth of Apryll / kynge Ed∣warde landed in the north at a place called Rauynspore wyth a small cō∣pany of Flemynges and other, so y^t all hys company exceded nat the nō∣ber of .M. persones / & so drewe hym towarde yorke, makyng hys procla∣macyons as he wente in the name of kyng Henry / and shewed to the peo∣ple, that he came for none entent but onely to clayme hys enherytaunce y^• dukedome of yorke / & so passed the countres tyll he came to the cytye of yorke, where the cytezyns helde hym oute tyll they knew hys entent. And whan he had shewed vnto theym as he before had done vnto other, & con∣fermed it by an othe / he was there re∣ceyued and refresshed for a certayne tyme, & so departed & helde his waye towarde London / and passed by fa∣uoure & fayer wordes the daūger of the lorde Marquys Mountagu, whyche in that costes laye than in a∣wayte for hym purposely to stoppe hys way, & had people dowble of nō∣bre that kyng Edwarde had of fygh¦tynge men. whā kyng Edwarde was thus passed the sayd Marquys, and sawe that hys strength was greatly amended, & that also dayly the peple drewe to hym / he than made procla∣macyons in hys owne name as king of Englande / & so helde on hys iour∣nay tyll he came vnto London. In whyche passetyme, that is to meane vpon sherethursdaye / the archebys∣shoppe of yorke beynge than at Lon¦dō wyth kyng Henry, to the entent to moue the peoples hertes towarde y^e kyng / rode about the towne wyth hī, and shewed hym to the people / the whyche rather withdrewe mēnes her¦tes than other wyse. And in thys sea∣son also syr Thomas Cooke before-named auoyded the lande / entēdyng to haue sayled into Fraunce. But he was taken of a shyp of Flaunders, & hys sonne & heyre wyth hym / and so sette there in pryson many dayes / & lastly was delyuered vnto kyng Ed∣warde.

Than vpon sherethursdaye at af∣ter noone, kynge Edwarde was re∣ceyued into the cytye / and so rode to Poulys, and there offered at y^e roode of the north dore / and that done yode incontynently into the bysshoppes palays, where he fande kynge Hen∣ry almoste alone. For all such lordes and other as in the mornynge were about hym, whan they harde of king Edwardes commynge, anone they fledde, and euery man was fayne & gladde to saue hym selfe. Than king Edwarde lodged hym / where kynge Henry laye, & put hym vnder safe ke¦pynge / and soo rested hym there tyll Easter euyn. Upon the whyche euyn, heryng of hys brothers cōmynge & y^e other lordes wyth hym wyth a strōg hoste vnto saynt Albonis / sped hym thyderward, & lay that nyght at Bar¦net. In whyche season the duke of Clarence contrary hys othe and promyse made vnto the Frenche

kynge refused the tytle of kyng Hen¦ry / and sodaynly wyth the strengthe that he hadde, rode streyghte vnto hys brother kynge Edwarde / wher∣with the other lordes were somdeale abasshed. The whyche not wythstan¦dynge / the sayd lordes, by the specy∣all comforte and exortacyon of the erle of Oxenforde as it was sayde, helde on theyr iournay toward Ber∣net, the sayd erle of Oxenford beyng in the vawarde / and so came vnto y^e playne without Bernet, and there pyght theyr felde. Then vpon y^e mo∣rowe beynge Easter daye & the .xiiii. daye of Apryll very erly, both hostes mette. wherupō that one party were two knyges present, as Hēry the .vi. whych kynge Edward had brought thyder with hym, and kyng Edward the .iiii. And vpon that other partye was the duke of Exceter, the lorde Marquys Mountagu, and the two erlys of warwyke and of Oxenford, wyth many other men of name.

There the sayd erle of Oxenforde and his company quyt them so man∣fully, that he bare ouer that parte of the feeld whyche he sette vppon / so ferforthly y^e tydynges came to Lon∣don, that kynge Edwarde had loste the felde. And yf hys men had kepte theyr araye & not fallen to ryfflyng / lykely it hadde bene as it was after tolde, that the vyctory hadde fallen to that partye. But after longe and cruell fyght, in conclusyon kyng Ed¦warde optayned the vpper hande, & slewe of hys ennemyes the marques Mountagu and the erle of warwyk hys brother, wyth many other. And vppon the kynges party was slayne the lorde Barnes. And of the comōs vppon bothe partyes were slayne vpon .xv.C. men and mo.

Of the mystes and other impedy¦mentes whyche fyll vpon the lordes party by reason of the incantacyons wrought by fryer Būgey as y^e fame wēt, me lyst not to wryte. But trouth it is that after thys vyctory thus wonne by kynge Edwarde / he sente the dede corps of the sayd Marquys and erle of warwyke vnto Poulys chyrche / where they laye two dayes after naked in .ii. coffyns that euery man myghte beholde and se theym. And the same after none came kyng Edwarde agayn vnto London, and offered at y^e roode of the North dore at Poulys / and after rode vnto west¦mynster and there lodgyd hym. And soone after that the kynge was thus passed tho▪ ough the cyty, was kyng Henry brought rydynge in a longe gowne of blewe veluet / and so con∣ueyed thoroughe Chepe vnto west∣mynster, and frome thens vnto the Towre / where he remayned as pry∣soner all hys lyues tyme after.

The repossessyon of Ed∣warde the .iiii.

EDward the .iiii. before na∣med began agayne his do¦mynyon ouer the realme of England, the .xiiii. daye of Apryll, in y^e begynnyng of the yere of our lord .M.iiii.C.lxxi / & the .xii. yere of Lewys the Frenche kynge / and reposseded all thynges as he before hadde done. And when the sayde two corps hadde lyen in Poules openly from the Sondaye tyll the Tuysdaye / they were hadde from thens & buryed where y^e kynge wolde assygne them.

The kynge then beynge in autho∣ryte / made prouysyon for the defence of the landynge of quene Margaret and hyr sonne / the whyche all thys whyle laye at the see syde taryenge the wynde / and so lastely landed at, and came with a strength of Frenchmē & other, as farre within

thē lande as to a vyllage in called Tewkysbury. where the kyng mette wyth her and hyr dystressyd, & chasyd her company and slewe many of them. In the whyche batayle she was taken, & syr Edward her sonne / and so brought vnto the kynge. But after the kynge had questyoned with the sayd syr Edwarde, and he hadde answered vnto hym cōtrary his plea¦sure / he thenne strake hym wyth hys gauntelet vpon the face. After whi∣che stroke so by hym receyued / he was by the kynges seruauntes incō¦tynently slayne vpon the .iiii. daye of the moneth of May.

whan kynge Edwarde had thus subdued hys enemyes / anone he sent quene Margarete vnto London, where she restyd a season / and fynal∣ly she was sent home into her coun∣tre. And the goodes of syr Thomas Cook were agayne ceasyd / and hys wyfe put forth, and commaunded to be kepte at the mayers.

Uppon the .xiiii. daye of May fo∣lowynge / the bastarde of Fawcon∣brydge, that vnto hym had gaderyd a ryottous and euyll dysposyd com∣panye of shypmen and other, wyth also the assystence of y^e comons both of Essex and of Kent / came in greate multytude vnto the cyty of London. And after that the sayd cōpany was denyed passage thorough the cytye / they set vpō dyuers partyes therof, as Bysshoppes gate, Algate, Londō brydge, and alonge the waters syde, and shotte gonnes and arowes, and fyred the gates wyth cruell malyce, as Bysshops gate and Algate / and faught so fyersly that they wanne y^e bulwerkes at Algate, and entred a certayne wythin the gate. But the cytesyus wyth comfort and ayde of Robert Baset alderman assygned to the gate / wythstode the sayd rebelles so manfully, that they slewe all such as entred the gate / and compellyd y^e other to drawe a backe and forsoke the gate. Uppon whom the cytesyns pursued / and chased theym vnto the forther Stratforde, and slewe & toke many of them prysoners.

wherof herynge the other whyche assayled the other partes of the cytie, fledde in lyke wyse. whom the other cytesyns pursued as farre as Dep∣forde, in sleynge and takyng of them prysoners in great nomber, and after them raunsomed as they hadde ben Frenchemen. And the bastarde with hys shypmē were chasyd vnto theyr shyppes lyenge at Blackwall / and there in the chase many slayne. And the sayde bastarde the nyghte folow∣ynge stale out hys shyppes out of y^e ryuer / and so departed and escaped for the tyme.

Than vpon Assencyon euyn next ensuynge, the corps of Henry the .vi. late kynge was brought vnreuerent¦ly from the tower thorough the high stretes of the cyty vnto Poulys chyr¦che, and there lefte that nyght / and vppon the morowe conueyed wyth gleyuys and other wepens as he be∣fore thyder was brought vnto Cher∣tyssey, and there was buryed.

Of the deth of this prince dyuers tales were tolde. But the moste co∣mon fame went, that he was stycked wyth a dagger by the handes of the duke of Glouceter / whyche after Ed¦warde the .iiii. vsurped the crowne, and was kyng as after shall appere.

Than kyng Edwarde after thys victory thus hadde at Tewkesbury, retourned vnto London / and vpon the mondaye folowynge Assencyon daye, he toke hys iournay into Kent, hauyng with hym a strength of peo∣ple / and there sette hys iustyces, and made inquysycyons of the ryot be∣fore done by the bastarde and hys ac¦cessaryes. For the whyche at Caun∣terbury

and other good townes in Kent, dyuers were put in execucyon. Of whom the hedes were sent vnto London, and set vpon the brydge. And in lyke maner inquysyciōs were made in Essex / and some also of them put in execucyon. Of whyche a capy∣tayne named Spysynge was han∣ged, and hys hede set vpon Algate. And many of the ryche commons of Kent were set at greuous fynes, both for them selfe and for theyr seruaun∣tes. And when the kyng hadde thus spedde his iournaye / he retourned & came to Londō vpon whytson euyn. And that done, soone after was bys∣shop Neuyll archebysshop of yorke sent vnto Guynes, and there kepte as prysoner longe after. Thys was brother to the lorde marquys Moū∣tagu and to the erle of warwycke.

Also in the ende of thys mayers yere, was the forenamed bastarde of Fawconbrydge taken about Sou∣thamton, and there put to execucyō. whose hed was sent to London, and pyght vpon London brydge among other.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxi.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxii.
	Iohn̄ Aleyn.
wyllyam Edwarde Grocer.		Anno .xi.
	Iohn̄ Chelley.

IN thys yere the erle of Oxen∣forde, whych syn the season of Barnet felde hadde holden saynte Myghellys mounte / was by an ap∣poyntement taken thens, and shor∣tely after sente to the castell of Guy∣nes. where he remayned prysoner tyl the last yere of Rycharde the thyrde, whyche was vppon .xii. yeres. In all whyche season my lady hys wyfe myghte neuer be suffered to come to hym / nor hadde any thynge to lyue vpon, but as the people of theyr cha∣rytees wold gyue to her, or what she myghte get wyth her nedell or other suche connyng as she exercysed.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxii.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxiii.
	Iohn̄ Browne.
wyllyam Hampton Fysshemonger.		Anno .xii.
	Thomas Bledlow.

IN thys yere vpon the syxt day of October, beganne a parlya∣ment at westmynster. By authoryte wherof an ayde was graūted to the kynge, towarde the greate charge of hys warres / the whyche was leuyed of mennes landes, as well of lordes as other.

This mayre aboue all other, cor∣rected sore bawdes & strumpettes / & caused theym to be ladde aboute the towne with raye hoddes vpon theyr heddes dyuers & many / and spared none for mede nor for fauour y^t were by the lawe attayned / not withstan∣dyng that he myghte haue taken .xl. ••i. of redy money to hym offered, for to haue spared one from y^e iugemēt.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxiiii.
	wyllyam Stocker.
Iohn̄ Tate Mercer.		Anno .xiii.
	Robert Byllysdon.

IN thys yere was the duke of Exceter foūden deed in the see bytwene Douer & Calays / but how he was drowned the certaynte is not knowen.

In thys mayers yere also was one wyllyam Oldhall condempned, vn∣to a draper of Londō called Chyrsto∣fer Colyns. For the whych condemp¦nacyon he remayned as prysoner in Ludgate. wherupō a season he went at large wyth a keper / he brake from hym, and so escaped / and after was taken and broughte agayne to the sayd prysone. But that not wythstan¦dynge the sayde Chrystofer sued the sheryffes, and caused them to spende great money in defendyng of hys ac¦cyon / and fynally were fayne by way of compremyse to gyue vnto hym an hundreth marke for hys duytye of lxxx.••i. and odde.

And in thys yere was one Iohn̄ Goos a loller brent at y^e Tower hyll for heresye / the whyche before dy••er was delyuered to Robert Byllydon one of the sheryffes to put in execu∣cyon that same after none. wherfore he lyke a charytable man hadde hym home to his house, and there exorted hym that he shulde dye a crystenman and renye his fals errours. But that other after longe exortacyon herde, requyred the sheryffe that he myghte haue mate / for he sayde that he was sore hungred. Then the sheryffe com¦maunded hym mete / wherof he toke as he had ayled nothynge / and sayd to suche as stode about hym: I eate now a good and competent dyner / for I shall passe a lytle sharp shower or I go to souper. And when he had dyned he requyred that he myghte shortely be ladde to hys execucyon.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxv.
	Edmonde Shaa.
Robert Drop Draper		Anno .xiiii.
	Thomas Hylle.

THys yere the kynge entendyng to make a vyage ouer see into Fraunce called before hym his lordes seuerally bothe spyrytuall & temporall, to know theyr good myn¦des, what of theyr free wylles they wolde ayde and depart wyth hym to¦warde the sayd vyage. And after he hadde so knowen theyr good dyspo∣sycion to hym warde / he then sent for the mayre of London and hys bro∣therne the aldermen, and them seue∣rally examyned and exorted to ayde & assyst hym toward the sayd iournay. Of whyche the mayre for hys parte graunted .xxx.li / and of the aldermen some .xx. marke / and the leest .x.li.

And that done he sent for all the trusty comoners wythin the sayde cytye / and them exorted in lyke ma∣ner. whyche for the more party graū¦ted to hym the wages of halfe a man for a yere. The whyche amounted to iiii.li.xi.s.iiii.d. And after y^t he rode about the more parte of the lande, & vsed the people in such fayre maner, that he reysed therby notable sumes of money. The whyche waye of the leuyeng of thys money was after na¦med a benyuolence.

Then the kyng thus hauyng this greate substaunce of goodes / made purueyannce for the sayd iournaye. And vppon the .iiii. daye of Iuly fo∣lowyng, in the .xv. yere of his reygne rode with a goodly cōpany thorugh the cytye towarde the see syde / and so spedde hym to Caleys, and frome thens into Fraunce. wherof herynge Lewys the French kynge / assembled

hys people in greate nomber, and so spedde hym toward the kynge. But when bothe hostes were met / within shorte space suche offers of a peas were proferyd by the Frenche kyng, that fynally bothe prynces agreed vpon a pease to be had for the terme of both theyr lyues, and a yere after, as some wryters haue. For the per∣fourmaunce of whyche sayde pease / bothe prynces after met vpon y^e day of the Decollacyon of saynte Iohn̄ the baptyste or the .xxix. daye of Au∣guste, at a place named in Frenche Pynyak / and the .iiii. daye of Nouē∣ber as affermeth Gaguinus. But y^t can not stande wyth / for kynge Ed∣warde was receyued agayn into Lō¦don after his retourne out of Fraūce the .xxviii. daye of September. At thys place was a ryuer / vppon the whych a brydge was made such wy∣se, that bothe prynces theron myght mete, wyth suche company as eyther for them had appoynted. There also was ordeyned a place with a party∣cyon bytwene both prynces, y^t nother of them myghte entre vnto other / but made wyth a lowpe, that eyther myghte se other & take eyther other by the hande.

where at the daye lymyted, eyther mette wyth other hostes standynge a certayne distaunce from the ryuers syde in conuenyent araye. Then the sayde kynges there after salutacyon due made, eyther to other had longe cōmunycacyon. In conclusyon wher¦of, as sayth Gaguyne, a peas was cō¦fyrmed bytwene bothe realmes for vii. yeres. For perfourmaūce wherof as affermeth the sayde authour / the Frenche kynge gaue vnto kyng Ed¦ward incōtinently .lxxv.M. crownes of golde / and yerely after durynge y^e sayde .vii. yeres .l.M. crownes. And so he receyued in hande accomptyng euery crowne at .iiii.s.xv.M.li. and yerely after .x.M.li / whych sayde .xv.M.li. the sayd Frēche kyng borowed of his cytesyns of Parys. After thys treuce and peas thus concluded by∣twene these two princes / anone after theyr sonderyng, ploclamaciōs were made therof thorough bothe hostes / and commaundement gyuen to the capytayns, that they shulde prouyde for theyr retourne homewarde. And soone vppon the French kynge sent vnto the dukes of Clarence and of Glouceter with other lordes such as were in kynge Edwardes fauour, greate and costyous gyftes. Of the nyse and wanton dysgysed apparell that kyng Lewys ware vppon hym at that tyme of his metyng I myght make a longe rehersall. But for it shulde sownde more to dysho∣nour of suche a noble man, that was apparayled more lyker a mynstrell thā a prynce royall / therfore I passe it ouer. For all be it y^t he was so new∣fangyll in his clothynge / yet had he many vertues. wherof largesse was one / as it appered by sondy gyftes, which he gaue vnto sōdry straūgers, which in his story somdeale I haue towchyd. And also his bounty appe∣ryd by a gyfte y^t he gaue vnto y^e lorde Hastynges than lord chāberlayn / as xxiiii. dosen of bollys, wherof halfe were gylt & half whyte / which weyed vpō .xvii. nobles euery cup or more.

Thē to retourne vnto kynge Ed∣ward / trouth it is y^t after y^e cōforma∣cyon of y^e foresayde peas, kynge Ed∣ward returned to Calys & there shyp¦ped / & so sped hym y^t vpon the .xxviii. day of Septēber folowynge, he was with great tryumghe receyued of the mayre & cytesyns of Londō at Blak∣heth, & with all honour by them con∣ueyed thorough the cytye vnto west∣mynster / the mayre and aldermen be¦ynge cladde in scarlet, and the como¦ners to y^e nomber of .v.C. in murrey.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxv.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxvi.
	Hugh Bryce.
Rober Basset Salter		Anno .xv.
	Robet Colwych

THys yere this mayre dyd sharp correccyon vppon bakers for makynge of lyght brede / in so moch that he set dyuers vpon y^e pyl∣lory. Amonge the whyche in the mo∣neth of Iohn̄ Mondue ba∣ker was there punysshed. And in the moneth of one named wyllyā Hubbard was also there shryned for lyke offence. And a woman named Agnes Deynty was also there punis¦shed for selling false myngyd butter.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxvi.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxvii.
	Rycharde Rawson.
Rauffe Iosselyn Draper.		Anno .xvi.
	wyllyam Horne.

IN this yere the mayre hauyng a great mynde to haue the wal¦les of the cytye repayred / by a cōsente of the benche and of the comyn coū∣sayle, caused the More felde to be ser¦ched, and there prouyded for bryk & lyme. As fyrste caused the erthe to be dyggyd and tempred, and then sette men or werke to moolde / and thenne sent into the west countre and there purueyed wode for to bren it. And that done sente into Kent, and there purueyed chalke, that shortely was brought into the sayde More felde. And ryght there in a kylle whych he in that season hadde prouyded, was brent and made lyme of a great for∣theraunce of that werke.

The mayre then beynge puruey∣ed of bryk and also of lyme, the why∣che was brent within the sayd more / caused by consent of a comen coun∣sayle to be graunted, that in euery parysshe chyrche euery Sondaye, euery parysshon shulde paye toward the charge .v.d. And for an ensam∣ple to other felysshyppes / he caused his owne company to make as mych of the walle as strechyth frome the chyrche of Alhalowen wythin the sayde walle vnto Bysshoppes gate. whyche presydent caused other wor∣shypfull felysshyppes to make the other parter as now appereth newe made / and the more part therof done in thys yere by hys procurynge and callynge vppon of hym. whych was wonderfull that so myche shulde be spedde in one yere, consyderynge the puruyaunce of the stuffe, whych had ben suffycyent for some man to haue purueyed for in an hole yere.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxviii.
	Henry Colet.
Humfrey Heyforde Goldsmyth.		Anno .xvii.
	Iohn̄ Stocker.

IN thys yere that is to meane the .xvii. daye of February, the duke of Clarence and seconde bro∣ther to the kynge thanne beynge pry¦soner in the towre, was secretely put to deth and drowned in a barell of maluesye wythin the sayde towre. And thys mayre thys yere pursued

also the reparacyon of the wallys / but not so dylygently as hys prede∣cessour dyd / wherfore it was not sped as it myghte haue bene. And also he was a syke and feble man, and had not so sharpe and quycke mynde as that other had. And one other cause was whych ensueth of a generalyte, that for the more partye one mayre wyll not fynysshe that thynge whych that other begynneth. For then they thynke be the dede neuer so good and profytable, that the honoure therof shalbe ascrybed to the begynner and not to the fynyssher. whyche lacke of charyte and desyre of veyn glory, causeth many good actes and dedes to dye and growe out of mynde, to y^e greate decaye of the comon weale of the cytye.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxviii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxix.
	Robert Hardynge.
Rycharde Gardyner Mercer.		Anno .xviii.
	Robert Byfelde.

IN thys yere was great morta∣lyte and deth in London and many other partyes of thys realme / the whyche began in the latter ende of Septēber in the precedynge yere / and contynued in thys yere tyll the begynnynge of Nouember. In the whyche passe tyme dyed innumera∣ble people in the sayde cytye, & many places ellys where.

In this yere also the mayre beyng at Poules knelyng in hys deuocyōs at saynt Erkenwaldys shryne / Ro∣bert Byfelde one of the shyryffes vn∣auysedly knelyd downe nyghe vnto the mayre. wherof the mayre after re¦sonyd hym, & layde it to hys charge. But that other beynge somdele rude for lacke of connynge / answered the mayre stubbernly, and wolde not be aknowe of hys offence. wherfore the mayre shewed hys behauour both of worde and dede vnto the benche / by authoryte wherof after y^e mater had ben there at length debated, the sayd Robert was fyned at .l. pounde, to be payed towarde the reparacion of the conduytes.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxix.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxx.
	Thomas Ilam.
Bartylmewe Iamys Draper.		Anno .xix
	Iohn̄ warde.

IN this yere one called Robert Deynys, for that that he presu¦med to mary an Orphan wythout ly¦cence of y^e mayre and aldermen, was for that offence demyd to paye to the chamber as a fyne .xx.li.

And in the yere and moneth of / were .iiii. felowes hanged at the Towre hylle / and in∣contynently theyr bodyes wyth the gybbet brent vnto asshes. whych exe¦cucyon was, for that they robbed a chyrche, and entreated the sacramēt of the aulter inreuerently.

Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxx.		Anno domini .M.iiii.C.lxxxi.
	wyllyam Danyell.
Iohn̄ Browne.		Anno .xx.
	wyllyam Bacon.

THys yere kynge Edwarde re∣quyred great sūmes of money to hym to be lent of y^e cytesyns of London. To whom after dyuers assembles / they graūted to lende vn∣to hym .v. thousande marke. For the leuyenge wherof, a man was chosen of euery ward / that is to meane .xxv. men. The whych .xxv. persons assem¦bled in the Guyldhalle, sessyd all the cyty ouer wyth two persons of euery parysshe to them assygned / whyche sayd .v. thousand marke was repay∣ed in the yere folowynge.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxi.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxii.
	Robert Cate.
wyllyam Haryat Draper.	wyllyam wykyng.	Anno .xxi.
	Rycharde Chawry.

THys yere in the moneth of Fe¦bruary, or ende of Ianuary, dyed wyllyam wykynge one of the sheryffes / for whom was imedyately chosen Rycharde Chawry. And in the moneth Iuly folowynge, y^e kyng rode on huntynge in to the forest of waltham / where he commaūded the mayre wyth a certayne of hys bro∣therne to come, & to gyue attendaūce vppon hym wyth certayne comeners of the cytye. where when they were com•••• / the kynge caused the game to be brought before them / so y^t they sawe course after course, and many a der•• bothe rede & falowe to be slayne before them. And after that goodly d••spo••t•• was passyd / the kynge com¦maunded hys offycers to brynge the mayre and hys company vnto a plea¦saūt lodge made all of grene bowys and garnysshed wyth tables & other thynges necessary / where they were set at dyner, and serued wyth many deynty dysshes and of dyuers wynes good pleynty, as whyte rede and cla∣ret / and caused them to be set to dy∣ner or he were seruyd of hys owne / & ouer that caused the lorde chamber∣layn wyth other lordes to hym assyg¦ned, to chere the sayde mayre and his company sondry tymes whyle they were at dyner / & at theyr departynge gaue vnto them of venyson greate pleynty. And in y^e moneth of August folowynge, the kynge of hys greate bounte sente vnto the mayresse and her systers aldermennes wyfes two hartes and .vi. buckes, wyth a tonne of wyne to drynke wyth the sayd ve∣nyson. The whyche venyson & wyne was hadde vnto the drapers halle / to whych place at a day assygned the mayre desyred the aldermē and theyr wyfes wyth sondry comoners / and there the venyson wyth many other good dyshes were eryn, and the sayd wyne merely dronken. The cause of whyche bounty thus shewed by the kynge, was as moste men toke it, for that that the mayre was a marchaūt of wonderous auentures into many and sondry countrees. By reason wherof, the kynge had yerely of hym notable summes of money for hys customes, besyde other pleasures y^t he hadde shewed to the kynge before tymes.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxiii.
	wyllyam whyte.
Edmonde Shaa Goldsmyth.		Anno .xxii.
	Iohn̄ Mathewe.

THis yere, that is to meane of y^e mayre and begynnynge of the xxiii. yere of the kynge / at west¦mynster vppon the .ix. daye of Apryll dyed the noble prynce Edwarde the iiii. late kynge of Englande. whose corps was after conueyed wyth due solemnyte vnto wyndsore, and there honourably buryed / when he hadde reygned to reken hys begynnynge out of the lande with all other tyme full .xxii. yeres, and as moch as from the .iiii. daye of Marche vnto the .ix. daye of Apryll / leuynge after hym .ii. sonnes, that is to say prynce Edward hys eldest sonne, and Rycharde duke of yorke / and .iii. doughters, as Ely∣sabeth that after was quene, Cecyle, and Katheryne.

Edwarde the .v.

EDward the .v. of that name & sonn̄ vnto Edwarde y^e iiii / beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of Englād y^e .xi. day of Apryl in the beginnyng of the yere of our lord god .M.iiii.C.lxxxiii / and the .xxiiii. yere of the .xi. Lewys than kynge of Fraunce.

Anone as kynge Edward the .iiii. was dede / grudge and vnkyndnesse beganne to take place bytwene the kynges and the quenes allye. For y^e lorde marquys of Dorset brother vn¦to the quene and other of hys affy∣nytye, hadde then the rule & kepyng of thys yonge kynge, whyche at the tyme of hys fathers deth was of the age of .xi. yere or there about / and so beyng in hys guydyng in y^e Marche of walys, cōueyed hym toward Lon¦don, and there to make prouysyō for hys coronacyon and for other neces∣sary thynges for hys weale. But the duke of Glouceter brother vnto Ed∣ward the .iiii. entendynge otherwyse as after shall appere / wyth a compe∣tent nōber of gentylmē of the North all clad in blacke, met with y^e kynge at Stonyngstratforde / & there after dyssymuled countenaunce made by∣twene hym & the forsayd Marquys, dischargyd him of the rule of y^e king, and toke vpon hym the rule / & so frō thens beynge accompanyed with the duke of Buckyngham, broughte the kynge with all honour toward Lon¦dō. wherof heryng quene Elysabeth moder vnto the kyng / feryng the se∣quele of thys besynesse, went or toke sentwary within westmynster wyth her yonger sonne Rycharde the duke of yorke. And the kynge drawynge nere vnto the cytie / vpon the .iiii. day of Maye, was of the mayre and hys cytesyns mette at Harnesey parke / y^e mayre and hys bretherne beynge clo¦thed in scarlet, & the cytesyns in vyo∣let to the nōber of .v. hondred horses / and than from thens conueyed vnto the cytye / the kynge beynge in blewe veluet, and all hys lordes and ser∣uaūtes in blacke clothe / and so after cōueyed vnto the byshoppes palays of London and there lodgyd. And shortely after the sayd duke of Glou∣ceter inueleged so the archbisshop of Caūterbury named Bowchyer / that he went wyth hym to the quene Ely∣sabeth, and there made suche assured promyse to the sayde quene, that she vppon the sayd archbyshoppes pro∣myse delyuered vnto them her yon∣ger sonne duke of yorke. And than the sayde duke caused the kynge to be remoued vnto the towre, and hys brother with hym. But the quene for all fayre promyses to her made / kept her and her doughters wythin the foresayde seyntwary / and the duke lodged hym selfe in Crosbyes place in Bysshoppesgate strete.

Than prouision was made for the kynges coronacyō. In whyche passe tyme the duke beynge admytted for lorde protectour / caused syr Antony wydyuyle called lorde Scalys & bro¦ther vnto y^e quene a vertuous knight wyth the lorde Rycharde the quenes sonne, syr Rycharde Hawte, and syr Thomas Uaghan̄ knyghtes, to be beheded at Pountfreyt / more of wyll than of iustyce. Than the lorde Pro∣tectour in furtheryng of his purpose and cuyll entent / sente for the more partie of the nobles of the lāde / and behaued hym so couertly in all hys matyers, that fewe vnderstode hys wykked purpose. And so dayely ke∣pynge & holdynge the lordes in coun¦sayll and felynge theyr myndes / so∣daynly vppō the .xiii. daye of Iuny beynge wythin the towre in the coun¦sayll chambre wyth dyuerse lordes wyth hym, as the duke of Bukkyn∣gham, the erle of Derby, the lord Ha¦stynges thā lord Chāberlayne, wyth dyuerse other, an owte crye by hys as¦sent of treason was made in the vtter chambre. wherwyth the sayd lorde Protectour beyng warned / roose vp and yode hym selfe to the chaumber dore, and there receyued in such per∣sones as he before had appoynted to execute hys malycious purpose. The The whych incontynently set hande vpon the forenamed lord Chamber∣layne and other. In the whyche styr∣rynge the erle of Derby was hurt in the face and kept a whyle vnder the holde. Than by cōmaundemente of the sayd lorde Protectour / the sayde lord Chamberlayne in all haste was ladde in the court or playn where the chapell of the towre stādeth / & there wythout iugemēt or lōge tyme of cō∣fessyon or repentaūce, vpō an ende of a lōge & great tymber logge whyche there laye wyth other for the repay∣rynge of the sayd towre, caused hys hedde to be smyten of / and all for he knewe well that he wolde nat assente vnto hys wycked entent. whose body wyth the hed was after caryed vnto wyndesore, and there buryed by the tombe of kyng Edwarde.

After whyche cruelte thus done / he shortely after set in sure kepynge suche persones as he suspected to be agayne hym. wherof the bysshoppes of yorke & of Ely were .ii. as it is said And the erle of Derby for fere of hys sonne the lord Strange, lest he shuld haue arered Chesshyre & Lancaster∣shyre agayne hym, was set at large.

Than began the lōge couert dyssy¦mulacion, whyche of the lord Prote∣ctour had ben so craftly shadowed, to breke out at large / in so moche that vppō the sondaye folowyng at Pou¦les crosse, hym selfe wyth the duke of Bukkyngham & other lordes beyng present, by the mouth of doctor Rafe Shaa in the tyme of hys sermon, was there shewed openly that y^e chyl¦derne of kynge Edward the .iiii. were nat legytymat, nor ryghtfull enheri∣tours of the crowne / wyth many dys¦launderous wordes in preferryng of the tytle of the sayd lord Protectour and in dysanullynge of the other / to the greate abucion of all the audiēce, excepte suche as fauoured the mater whyche were fewe in noumbre, yf the trouth or playnesse myghte haue ben shewed.

Of the whyche declaracyon as the fame wente after / the sayde doc∣tour Shaa toke suche repentaunce, that he lyued in lyttell prosperytie after. And the more he was won∣dered of, that he wolde take vppon hym suche a besynesse, consyderynge that he was so famous a man bothe of hys lernynge and also of naturall wytte. Than vppon the tuysdaye fo∣lowynge / an assemble of the cōmons of the cytye was appoynted at the

Guyldhalle. where beynge present the duke of Buckynghā wyth other lordes sente downe frome the sayde lorde protectour / and there in the pre¦sence of the mayre and comynaltye, rehersed the ryght and tytle that the lorde Protectour hadde to be prefer¦red before hys of hys brother kynge Edwarde, to the ryght of the crowne of Englande. The whyche processe was in so eloquent wyse she∣wed and vttred wythout any impe∣dyment of spyttynge or other coun∣tenaunce, and that of a longe whyle, wyth so great sugred wordes of ex∣hortacyon and accordynge sentence, that many a wyse man that day mer∣ueyled and commended hym for the good orderynge of hys wordes, but not for the entent and purpose the whyche theruppon ensued.

Uppon the Thursdaye than next ensuynge beynge the .xx. daye of Iu∣ny / the sayde Protectoure takynge then vppon hym as kynge and go∣uernour of the realme / went wyth great pompe vnto westmynster, and there toke possessyon of the same. where he beynge sette in the greate halle in the See royall, wyth y^e duke of Norffolke before called the lorde Hawarde vppon the ryght hande, & the duke of Suffolke vppon the left hande / after the royall othe there ta∣ken, called before hym the iudges of the lawe / gyuynge vnto them a long exhortacyon and streyght cōmaunde¦mēt, for y^e mynystryng of hys lawes, and to execute iustyce, and that with out delaye. After whyche possessyon takynge, and other ceremonies there done / he was conueyed vnto the kyn¦ges palays wythin westmynster and there lodgyd.

In whyche passe tyme, the prynce or of ryght kynge Edwarde the .v. wyth hys brother the duke of yorke, were put vnder suer kepynge wyth∣in the towre / in suche wyse that they neuer came abrode after.

And thus ended the reygne of Ed¦warde the .v / when he had borne the name of a kynge by the space of two monethes and .xi. dayes. And vppon the Frydaye beynge the .xxii. daye of Iuny was the sayd lord Protectour proclaymed thorough the cyty kyng of England, by the name of Rychard the thyrde.

Then soone after for fere of the quenes blode and other whyche he had in ielousy / he sent for a strength of men out of the North. The which came shortely to London a lytell be∣fore hys coronacyon / and mustred in the More feldes well vppon .iiii.M. men in theyr beste iackes and rusty salattes, wyth a fewe in whyte har∣neys not burnysshed to the sale / and shortely after hys coronacyon were countermaunded home wyth suffy∣cyent rewardes for theyr trauayll.

In whyche foresayd passe tyme / y^e Marquys of Dorset brother vnto quene Elysabeth y^t before was fled, escaped many wonderfull daungers bothe about London, Ely and other places / wherof▪ to wryte the maner & cyrcumstaunce wolde aske a longe and great leysour.

Rycharde the thyrde.

RIcharde y^e thyrde of that name, son to Rycharde late duke of yorke, & yongeste brother vnto Edwarde y^e iiii. late kynge / be¦gan his domynyō ouer the realme of Englande the .xx. day of mydsomer moneth, in the yere of our lorde god .M.CCCC.lxxxiii. & the .xxv. yere of the .xi. Lewys than kynge of Fraūce. Of whom tedyous

it is to me to wryte the tragedyous hystory / excepte that I remēber that good it is to wryte and put in remē∣braūce the punyshement of synners, to the ende that other may exchew to fall in lyke daunger.

Than it foloweth, anone as thys man had taken vpon hym / he fyll in great hatred of the more party of the nobles of hys realm / in so mych that suche as before loued and praysed hym, and wolde haue ieoparted lyfe and good wyth hym yf he hadde re∣mayned styll as {pro}tectour, now mur∣mured and grudged agayne hym / in suche wyse that fewe or none fauou∣red his partye, except it were for dre∣de or for the great gyftes that they re¦ceyued of hym. By meane wherof he wanne dyuers to folow hys mynde / the whiche after deceyued hym.

And after his coronacyon solēp∣nysed, whyche was holden at west∣mynster the .vi. daye of Iuly, where also y^e same daye was crowned dame Anne hys wyfe / he then in shorte pro¦cesse folowynge rode Northward to pacyfye that countre, and to redresse certayne ryottes there lately done. In the passe tyme of which iournay / he beynge at yorke created hys legyt¦tymat sonne prynce of walys / & ouer that made hys bastarde sonne capy∣tayne of Caleys, whyche encreaced more grudge to hymwarde as after shall appere.

Anno. dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxiiii.
	Thomas Norland.
Rober Byllysdon Haberdassher.		Anno .ii.
	wyllyam Martyn.

IN this yere y^e foresayd grudge encreasynge, and the more for as myche as the comon fame wente, that kynge Rycharde hadde within the towre put vnto secret deth y^e two sonnes of hys brother Edwarde the iiii. For the whych and other causes hadde within the breste of the duke of Buckyngham / the sayde duke in secrete maner conspyred agayn hym, and allyed hym with dyuers gentyl∣men, to the ende to brynge hys pur∣pose about.

But how it was his entente was espyed and shewed vnto the kynge / and the kynge in all haste sent for to take hym, he then beynge small accō¦panyed at hys manour of Brekenok in the Marche of walys. wherof the sayd duke beynge ware, in all hast he fled frō hys sayd manour of Breke∣nok vnto the house of a seruaunt of hys owne called Banaster / and that in so secret maner, that fewe or none of his housholde seruauntes knewe where he was become.

In the whyche passe tyme / kynge Rycharde thynkynge that the duke wolde haue assembled his people, & so to haue gyuen to hym batayle, ga¦thered to hym great strength / and af¦ter toke his iournaye westwarde, to haue mette wyth the sayd duke. But whan the kyng was infourmed that he was fledde / anone he made procla¦macyons, that who that myght take the sayd duke, shulde haue for a re∣warde .M.li. of money / and the va∣lue of an hundreth pounde in lande by yere to hym and to hys heyres for euer more. wherof herynge the fore∣sayd Banaster, were it for mede of y^e sayd reward, or for the fere of losyng of hys lyfe and good / dyscouered the duke vnto the sheryffe of the shyre / and caused hym to be taken, and so brought vnto Salysbury, where the kynge than laye.

And all be it that that the sayde duke made inportune labour to haue commyn to the kynges presence / yet that natwythstandynge, he was behe¦ded vpon the. daye of the mo∣neth of wythout speche or syght of the kynge. Than all suche gentylmen as had apoynted to mete wyth y^e said duke, were so dysmayde, that they knewe nat what for to do / but they that myghte fled the lande, and some toke seyntwary places as they myghte wynne vnto theym. But the kyng to the ende to let them of theyr purpose, sente to the see co∣stes and stopped theyr waye in that he myght. And he wyth a certeyne strength rode vnto Exceter / where about that season was takē syr Tho¦mas Selenger knyght, and .ii. gen∣tylmen that one beyng named Tho∣mas Ramme and that other

The whyche .iii. persones were there shortly after beheded

And soone after in Kent were takē syr George Browne knyghte, & Ro∣bert Clyfforde esquyer / and brought vnto the towre of London. And vpon the. daye of Octobre, the sayd syr George and Roberte were drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hyll and there beheded.

And the same daye were .iiii. per∣sones lately yomen of the crowne wyth kynge Edwarde the .iiii, drawē out of Southwarke thorugh y^e cytie vnto tyborne, and there hanged. And whan the kynge had sped hys iour∣nay in the west coūtre / he hasted him towarde London. whereof the mayre & the cytezyns hauynge know¦lege, made prouysyō to receyue him / and vpon that made puruyaunce for horse with violet clothyng and other necessaryes.

Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxiiii.		Anno dn̄i. M.iiii.C.lxxxv.
	Rychard Chester.
Thomas Hylle.	Thomas Bretayne.	Anno .ili.
	Raffe Astry.

IN the begynnyng of thys may¦res yere and seconde yere of kyng Rycharde / that is to meane vp¦pon the .ix. daye of the moneth of No¦uembre, the mayer and hys brethern beyng cladde in scarlet, & the cyte∣zyns to the nombre of .v.C. or mo in vyolet / met the kynge beyonde Ke∣nyngston in Sutherey / & so brought hym thorugh the cytye to the warde robe besyde the blacke fryers, where for that tyme he was lodged. And in short tyme after was syr Roger Clyf∣forde knyght taken aboute South∣ampton / and from thens sente to the towre of Londō, and after areygned & iuged at westmynster / & frō thens vpon the. daye of drawē vnto the towre hylle. But whan he came fore agayne saynt Martyns le Graūt / by the helpe of a fryer whiche was hys cōfessour, & one of theym y^t was next about him, his cordes were so lowsed or cut, that he put hym in deuoyr to haue entred y^e seyntwary. And lykely it had ben y^t he shuld haue so done / had nat ben the quycke helpe & rescous of the sheryffes and theyr offycers.

The whyche constrayned hym to lye downe vppon the hardyll / and newly band hym, and so haryed hym to the sayde place of execucion, where he was deuyded in two pe∣cys / and after hys body wyth the hede was conueyed to the fryeres Augustynes, and there be buryed before saynte Katherynes aulter.

And in the moneth of February folowynge / dyed Rycharde Chester one of the sheryfes. For whome was immedyatly chosen Raffe Astry, to contynue for that yere folowynge. Kynge Rycharde than ledynge hys lyfe in great agony and doubte / tru∣stynge fewe of suche as were aboute hym, spared nat to spende the greate treasour whych before kyng Edward the .iiii. hadde gadered, in guynge of great & large gyftes. By meane wherof he alonly wasted nat y^e great treasour of his sayd brother, but also he was in suche daunger, that he bo∣rowed many notable summes of mo∣ney of ryche men of thys realme, and specyally of the cytezyns of London / wherof the leest summe was .xl.li. for suertye wherof he delyuered to them good & suffycyent pledges.

In the whyche passetyme many & sondry gentylmen and diuers sheryf¦fes, departed ouer the see into Fraūce and there allyed them wyth that ver¦tuous prynce Henry sonne vnto the erle of Rychemonde, dyscended lyne∣ally from Henry the .iiii. lately kynge of thys realme / and conuenaunted with hym, that if he wolde mary Eli∣zabeth y^e eldest doughter of Edwarde the .iiii, they wolde with goddes help strength hym to be kyng of England & ayde hym in suche maner, that he and also she were or myght be posses∣sed of theyr ryghtfull enherytaunce. Amonge the whyche gentylmen / syr Iamys Blount than keper of the ca¦stell of Guynys was one / which with hym conueyed the erle of Oxenford, that longe tofore had ben prysoner wythin the sayd castell.

Upon whiche agrement thus con¦cluded / prouysion by them and theyr frendes was made, to sayle into Eng¦lande. And after all thynges prepa∣red / the sayd prynce wyth a small cō∣pany of Englysshe, Frenche, & Bry∣tons, toke shyppynge in Fraunce or Brytayne / and so landed lastly in the porte of Mylbourne in the moneth of August. For whose defence of lan∣dynge kynge Rycharde for so moche as he fered him lytell, made but smal prouision.

whyle these foresayde gentylmen of dyuers coostes of Englande esca∣ped as is abouesayde ouer the see / of that affynite was one named wyllyā Colyngbourne taken. And after he had ben holden a season in pryson / he wyth another gentylmā named Tur¦byruyle were brought vnto Guylde hall, and there areygned. But y^e sayd Turbyruyle was repryed to pryson / and that other was caste for sondry treasons / & for a tyme, whyche was layde to hys charge that he shulde make in derysyō of the kyng and his counsayll as foloweth.

¶The catte, the ratte, and louell our dogge. Ruleth all England vnder a hogge.

THe whych was ment that Ca∣tysby, Ratclyffe, and the lorde Louell, ruled the land vnder y^e kyng whych bare the whyte bore for his co¦nysaunce. For the whyche and other vppon the. day of he was put to y^e most cruell deth at the towre hyll, where for him were made a new payer of Galowes / vpon the whych after he had hanged a shorte season, he was cutte downe beynge a lyue, and hys bowellys ryped out of hys bely & cast into the fyre there by hym, and lyued tyll the boucher put hys hand into the bulke of his body / in so moche that the sayd in the same instāt O lord Iesu yet more trouble / & so dyed to the great compassyon of moche people.

Than to retourne vnto the noble

prynce and hys company, whanne he was commyn vnto the lande / he incō¦tynently kneled downe vpon y^e erth / & wyth meke countenaunce & pure de¦uocyon began thys psalme: Iudica me deus, & decerne causam meam. &c. The whyche whan he had fynysshed to y^e ende, and kyssed the groūde mekely, and reuerently made the signe of the crosse vppon hym / he commaunded suche as were aboute hym, boldly in the name of god & saynte George to set forewarde.

whan the landyng of thys prynce was blowen about the lande / many was the man that drewe vnto hym, aswell suche as were in sondry seyn∣twaryes as other that were abrode / so that hys strēgth encreased shortly. Than the kyng gadered hys power in all haste / and spedde hym in suche wyse, that vpon the .xxii. daye of Au∣gust & begynnyng of the thyrde yere of hys reygne / he mette wyth the said prynce nere vnto a vyllage in Leyce¦tershyre named Bosworth, nere vnto Leyceter. where betwene theym was foughten a sharpe batayll / & sharper shulde haue ben, if the kynges partie had ben fast to hym. But many to∣warde the felde refusyd hym, & yode vnto that other partye. And some stode houynge a ferre of, tyl they saw to the whyche partye the vyctory fyll.

In conclusyon kynge Rycharde was slayne / and vppon hys partye y^e duke of Northfolke before tyme na∣med lorde Hawarde, wyth Brakyng¦bury Lieutenaunt of the towre, and many other. And amonge other was there taken on lyue the erle of Sur∣rey sonne to the foresayde duke of Northfolke, & sent vnto the towre of London / where he remayned as pry¦soner longe tyme after.

Than was the corps of Rychard late king spoyled, & naked as he was borne caste behynde a man / and so caryed vnreuerently ouertwharte y^e horse backe vnto the fryers at Leyce¦ter. where after a season that he had lyen that all men myght beholde him he was there wyth lytell reuerence buryed. And thus with misery ended thys prynce / whych ruled most what by rygour and tyrannye, whan he in great trouble & agony had reygned or vsurped by the space of .ii. yeres .ii. monethes and .ii. dayes.

And than was the noble prynce Henry admytted for kynge, and so proclaymed kyng by the name of Hē¦ry the .vii. The whych sped hī shortly to London / so that vpopn the .xxviii. daye of the sayd moneth of Auguste, he was by the mayre and the citesyns met in good araye / as the mayre and aldermen in scarlet, and the cytesyns in vyolet, at harnesey parke / & frome thens conueyed thorugh the cytye vnto the bysshop of Londōs palays, and there for that tyme lodged.

And vpon the .xi. day of Octobre next folowyng, than beyng the swe∣tynge sykenesse of newe begon / dyed the sayd Thomas Hylle than of Lon¦don mayre. And for hym was chosen as mayre syr wyllyam Stokker knyght & Draper, whyche dyed also of the sayd sykenesse shortly after. And than Iohn̄ warde Grocer was chosen mayre / whyche so contynued tyll the feest of Symonde and Iude folowynge.

Francia. Charles the .ix.

KArolus or Char∣les y^e .ix. or .viii. of y^e name, sonn̄ vnto the .xi. Lowys / be∣gā his reygn ouer y^e realm of Fraūce the fourth daye of

Septembre in the yere of oure lorde god .M.iiii.C.lxxxiiii / and the secōde yere of Rycharde the thyrd at y^e tyme kyng of Englande.

Thys Charles was noble of wytte and meke of condycyō / the which his father wolde nat set to lernyng of let¦ters in hys youth, leste that by suche study he shulde at hys lawfull age haue therby the more refrayned hym from knyghtly and marcyall actes. But whan he came to mannes astate he than was ryghte sory, and wolde saye full often to hys famylyers, A prynce is greatly blemysshed, whan he lakketh connynge of lecture. He was also in hys youth so weke & im∣potēt, that he lakked natural strēgth as was accordynge to hys age, in so moche that he myght nat go. And whan he shuld ryde, he had alway on eyther syde of the hors .ii. men to stay hym, and to gyue on hym lyke atten∣daunce. Than after solempnytie of hys coronacyon ended at the cytye of Raynes, whyche there was solempni¦sed wyth great pompe vpō y^e sonday nerte ensuyng the feast of saynt De∣nys / commissions were sent out into all coostes of hys domynyon, for to enquere of all superfluous giftes gy¦uen before tyme by hys father / the whyche shortly after were resumed into the kynges handes. And in that season, Olyuer Damman whome Lowys had in many greate romes & offyces set, and by hys dayes hadde hym in synguler loue and fauoure, in so moche as before I haue shewed in the ende of the story of the sayd Lo¦wys, he made a specyall request vnto thys Charles hys sonn̄ that he shuld specyally cherysshe thys sayd Dam∣man / now was appeched of treason wyth one Danyell a Flemynge. The whyche after inquisycyon of theym made / bothe after the lawe of that lande were iuged to deth / and so put in execucyon of hangynge. whose deth of the nobles and astates of the realme was lytell ruyd / consyderyng the rome that he bare by kynge Lo∣wys dayes, and the ignobilitie of his byrth, as an handcrafty mā and bar∣bour. After whose deth a metrycyan compyled these verses folowyng.

SVnt tua criminibus ridētia tēpora tōsor Currere, quae subito {pro}uida parc•• ve∣tat Hoc poteras osim sōge prenoscere damma, Vt saltem horr••res tollere cede pios. Te natura humilem cum mater Flandra tulisset, Arte vna noras radere Cesariem. Hunc talem & seruum te saepe Lutetia vidit, Tutus ab hac poteras ducere sorte dies. Raptus ad excelsam, Lodowici principis aulam, Mox herebifur surias, moribus ante venis, Et caput huic tendeus / dū suffers singere ficos, Pre ducibus regi, regulus alter eras. Quid tibi nen sicuit, sobeles tam dira Neronis, Nemo non vixit, te reserente reus, Nemo deisacra censuram, nemo gerebat, Gaudia, qui renuit premere dona tibi Protenus exilium, vel mors vel mulcta negantem Pressit, eras Iudex lictor & exicium. Regnasti, satis est, surgunt n••ua sedera mundo, Turba coelestorum, territa luce sugit. Agnosce o to••sor, quo te scoelus extulit atrox, Et te praecepitem depulit in laqueos. Te Daniel, te dira cohors, te menimius odit, Et scelerum auctorem, dampnatet insequitur. Nescio quid de te superi velfata deponunt, Seu lictore cades, seu cruce liber eas. Vna tamen vulgi constans sententia, furcas Expedit, vt faciet, te periunte odium Interea vinctus, culpas absterge gemendo, Peccasti, morte est nunc redimenda salus.

The whyche metyr or verses to theym that haue none vn∣derstandyng in latyne, maye be expou¦ned in ma∣ner as foloweth.

The laughynge tymes wyth theyr crymes spent, Thou barboure are ronne / the whyche by sodayne fate Are nowe forboden. wherof the clere entent Thou myght haue knowen Damma ryght well the state, whan thou by meanes whyche were inordynat, Put vnto deth many an innocent man, By cruell malyce / and well remembred than.

That of lowe byrth Flaundres thy mother the fledde, And taught the a crafte, the here well to shaue Lutecia that cytye where thou thy lyfe ledde, wytnesseth the a seruaunt therin thy lyuynge to craue, And for thy dayes an honest lyfe to haue / But whan thou were in Lowys court vp brouht, Than had thou no mynde that thou were come of nought.

But lyke the helle hounde thou waxed full furyous, Expressynge thy malyce whan thou to honour styed / Thynkynge for so moche as that prynce bounteuous, Hys hed and berde to the he nought denyed, And wyth all worldly pleasure he also the allyed, The before hys prynces makynge hys gouernour / Thy selfe thou blyndest, wyth wordly vayne honour.

whyche made the so proude, thou sonne of harde Neron, That none myght lyue that thou accused of cryme, No man was cursed nor none had punyssyon, That wolde thy hande wyth golde of gyftes lyme / And who that nat hys gyfte offred in tyme, Other deth or exyle to hym was soone applyed / For as iuge and hangman thou all thynge excercysed.

Thou reygned longe ynough / but now are sprongē newe Sterrys to the worlde / and fled is nowe clerely The scelerat flokke. wherfore thou barbour yet rewe, Thyne odyous actes whyche haue the sodaynly, Cast downe from welth in snares vytterly. For also Daniell thy moste odyous fere Dampneth the of cryme whyche wyth the dyeth here.

I knowe nat what of the the vpper bodyes aboue Haue defyned, whether by sworde or by gybet Thou shuld ende the lyfe. But one thynge I approue, The sentence hooly of the people is sette, That on a galowe thou shuld paye deth hys dette. Inwardly therfore bewayll so thyne offence, That by thys deth, to god thon mayste make recompence.

THus execucyon of thys Dam¦man & hys felowe ended and fynysshed, to the lytell compassion of the people / wythin fewe dayes after another of the affeccionat seruaūtes of kyng Lowys named Iohn̄ Doya¦con for trespasse and hatered by hys occasyon and deserte vnto the com∣mon people, was wyth all shame brought vnto y^e market place of Pa∣rys, & there beraft of bothe hys erys. After whych vylony to hym done, he was there ryght banysshed the court for euer.

And thus two of the moste special and derest beloued seruauntes and counsayllours of kyng Lowys, were shortly after hys deth broughte vnto confusyon. By reason wherof as af∣fermeth myne auctoure Gaguyne, arose a prouerbe among the Frenche men / sayeng, Principibus obsequi haereditariū non es••e. The whyche is to meane, the seruyce of princes is nat hereditable. Thys tyme thus passed wyth many other matyers, whych I ouer passe / the season approched that variaunce and ••nny began to moue amōg some nobles of the lāde / in so moche that y^e duke of Orleaunce dysdayned, that Anne syster to the kynge wyth suche as she wolde call to counsayll, hadde all the rule about the kyng. wherfore he entendyng to haue the sayde rule, for so moche as he had maryed that other doughter of Lowys / gadered vnto hym strength of knyghtes, pur∣posely to remoue from the kyng such as he lyked / and to sette aboute hym suche persones as he thought conue¦nyente.

But how it was for lacke of wyse orderynge of hys people or other neglygence / at a place called saint Al¦bynys he was taken of hys aduersa∣ryes / & so by the kyng commaunded to pryson to the castel of Byturicēce, where he remayned lōge tyme after. It was nat longe after, that Mary∣mylyan the whych had maryed duke Charles doughter of Burgoyne, ga∣thered hys soudyours to haue rele∣ued the foresayd duke of Orleaunce out of pryson / but he preuayled nat. Durynge whyche warre, Fraunceys duke of Brytayn dyed / whose dough¦ter named Anne & enherytour of that duchye, Maxymylyan hadde before trouth plyted for hys lawfull wyfe. wherfore he herynge of the deth of y^e sayd Fraunceys / shortely entred the terrytory of Brytayne, and seased it for hys. But Charles with his Frēch¦men wythstode hym, by suche force y^t he was constrayned to axe helpe of our soueraygne lord kynge Henry y^e vii. The whyche in moste bounteous maner ayded & assysted hym bothe wyth men and money / to the kynges excedyng great charge and coste. Howe be in the ende the French kyng had his entent / & than maryed y^e said Anne duchesse of Brytayne, and refu¦sed Margarete y^e doughter of Ma••i¦mylyan, whyche he before had ma∣ryed at Ambasy / as before I haue she¦wed to you in the ende of the story of hys father Lowys. After whych vyc∣tory thus opteyned by thys Charles in Brytayn / he made clayme and pre¦tence vnto the lande of Scicilia or Scicilie. And by the exortacion and styrryng of the pope Alexāder the .vi. he wyth a strong hoste entred y^e same bothe by lande and by water. To whome was a great ayde the duke of Mylayne / by whose meanes he short¦ly wan a strōge citie or towne named Campania and diuers other townes and in processe Naples the chyef citie that belonged vnto the kyng of Na∣ples. In so moche that he constray∣ned Alphounce that than was kynge of Naples and of Scicile to forsake that countre / and so had the dominiō of the more parte of bothe the sayde

countrees. The whyche when he had set in suche order as he thoughte con¦uenyent / he toke hys iournaye home warde into Fraūce thorough Italy. In whyche passage thys Charlys was beset of the Uenecyans & other Italyans, the whyche entendyd to haue stoppyd hys waye / and metyng wyth hym at a place called in latyne Fornouiences, gaue vnto hym ba∣tayle. wherof as sayth myne authour he wan the vyctory to hys greate ho∣nour, consyderynge his fewe sowdy∣ours agayne theyr multytude and strength.

But to thys sayenge repugne the Italyans dwellyng in London / and say that yf the sayd Charlys had not spedde hym fastly into Fraunce, he had not comen there that yere. But how so it was he eetourned home in sauete.

And soone after pope Alexāder fore¦sayd toke such dyspleasure agayne y^e sayd Charlys, that he styrred almost all crysten prynces of the worlde a∣gayne hym / he hadde such hatred to the great honoure of y^e Frēche kynge as sayth myne authour Gagwyne, y^t whyche in all hys werkes extolleth the dedes of Frenchemen forther thā maye be veryfyed in moch of his wry¦tynge. But what so he wryte of the pope / it is to be demyd that he wolde not take so great partye agayne this Charlys, and exite other prynces to do the same, excepte it hadde ben for great and vrgēt causes / and not for malyce as he affermeth onely.

And thus the sayde Gagwyne en¦deth the story of the sayd Charlys, in the yere of our lorde god .M.iiii.C. xcv / and the .xi. yere of the reygne of the same Charlys thanne presently reygnynge and guydyng the realme of Fraunce / whyche was the .x. yere of our most redoutyd prynce kynge Henry the .vii.

Henry the seuenth.

HEnry the .vii. of y^e name sonne vnto the erle of Riche∣moūt, began his domynyon ouer the realme of En¦glande, the .xxii. daye of Auguste, in y^e yere of our lorde god .M.iiii.C.lxxxv / and the secōde yere of the .viii. Charlys then kynge of Fraūce. And the .xxx. daye of October folowynge with great solempnyte y^e sayd Henry was crowned at westmynster.

And here accordynge to my fyrste sayenge in the begynnynge of thys rude worke, I make an ende of the vii. parte and hole worke, the .vii. day of Nouember in the yere of our lord Iesu Crystes incarnacyon .M.v.C. and .iiii / and the .xx. yere of our moste crysten and drad soueraygne lorde kynge Henry after the conquest of y^e name the .vii. For whyche expedycyō and good exployt that I haue hadde in the accomplysshyg of thys work, wherin is included to rekyn from the landynge of Brute in thys ile of Al∣byon, vnto the fyrste yere or begyn∣nyng of the reygne of our most dead sayd souerayne lord, ii.M.vi.C. and xx. yeres: I here agayne salute and gyue thankes vnto that moste ex∣cellent vyrgyn our lady saynt Mary with the last and .vii. ioye of the fore¦sayd, vii. ioyes, begynnynge,

Gaude virgo mater pura &c.

Be ioyfull and glad virgyn and moder pure For ferme and stedfast thy ioye shall abyde And these .vii. ioyes shall euermore endure, And neuer hereafter minishe by tyme nor by tyde But euer shall encreace ••••ory••••e and abyde, By worldes all, euer in one to laste Tyme to come, tyme presēt, & tyme that is past.

And thus than endyth thys seuenth part, the which from the fyrst yere of wyllyam Conquerour to y^e laste yere of Rycharde the thyrde includeth. iiii.C.xvii. yeres.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ornamē¦tes of the chyrche folde.
• * 1.2

  Fyrst mayred ••••yryffe••
• * 1.3

  Peter pen••.
• * 1.4

  The graūt of warde & maryage
• * 1.5

  An erth¦quake.
• * 1.6

  Statute of Mer∣ton.
• * 1.7

  The 〈…〉〈…〉 pre¦sence
• * 1.8

  Fyrst older men of London.
• * 1.9

  An appele from the pope.
• * 1.10

  Scutage
• * 1.11

  Singla•• profyte.
• * 2.1

  A ••e••ter sent by the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to the kyng
• * 4.1

  Cruell and detestable Batayle.
• * 4.2

  D••rf ta∣kyng.
• ✚ 4.3

  De•••• & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Ry¦chard kynge of ••smayne.
• * 4.4

  A mōster
• * 4.5

  The ••••ome de Lyce.
• * 4.6

  To myche 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cause of repētaūce
• * 4.7

  Statute of M••p••mayn
• * 4.8

  F••r•••• coyg∣nyng of half pens and far¦thynges.
• * 4.9

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• * 4.10

  Bew the beati••••emen w••re trap∣ned from va∣nyn.
• * 4.11

  Crueltye.
• * 4.12

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 Frenche 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 4.13

  Inqui••••∣ciō de Troyl¦basion.
• * 4.14

  Shamfull minder.
• * 4.15

  Victory a∣gaynste the Scottes.
• * 4.16

  Byshoppes periured.
• * 4.17

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• * 4.18

  Aryght no∣table policy
• * 4.19

  Boniface the viii. pope
• * 4.20

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 4.21

  The fyrste wynnyng of Rody••.
• * 4.22

  Byrth of Edwarde the thyrde.
• * 4.23

  Batayle of Estryuelyn.
• * 4.24

  Traiferous p••••••um••••yd of a ••••••agn.
• * 4.25

  Berwyke loste
• * 4.26

  Decasion •••• mor••a•••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 4.27

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• * 4.28

  The parlya¦mēt of Nor¦thamton.
• * 4.29

  Byrth of Lyonell.
• * 4.30

  The mansy co••rage of Edward the thyrde.
• * 4.31

  A letter sent by kyng Ed¦ward to the Frēch kyng
• * 5.1

  Tinc•• Bre∣che.
• * 5.2

  Clement the ••i. pope.
• * 5.3

  kynge Ed∣wardes Flo∣ryne.
• ‡ 5.4

  Thorder of the garter.
• * 5.5

  Cane con¦quered.
• * 5.6

  Affeccyō of Historiogra∣phers.
• ‡ 5.7

  whā Calys was go••••e.
• * 5.8

  A great 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in Lon¦don.
• * 5.9

  Dethe of Pylyppe de Valoys.
• ‡ 5.10

  Kynge Ed∣wardes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 on the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 5.11

  Delayes of the course of Rome.
• * 5.12

  Berwyke re¦couered.
• * 5.13

  The batayl of Poytiers.
• * 5.14

  Iustes hol∣dē in Smith¦felde.
• * 5.15

  ••akyng of 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 5.16

  El moton of golde.
• ‡ 5.17

  The forme of p••ace be∣twene En∣glande and Fraunce.
• * 5.18

  A peasyble kysse.
• ‡ 5.19

  The secōd mortalyte.
• ‡ 5.20

  The ba∣tayle of Dā¦hey.
• * 5.21

  Foūdacyō of saynt Ste∣phans cha∣pell at West¦mynster.
• ‡ 5.22

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• * 5.23

  Byrth of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the seconde.
• * 5.24

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 5.25

  Dethe of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Phy∣lyppe.
• * 5.26

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 5.27

  A taske ••e∣••ynge.
• ‡ 5.28

  A mayres 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 5.29

  A••hysme.
• ‡ 5.30

  Dethe of kynge Ed∣warde the thyrde.
• * 5.31

  Phylyp de Valoys ••io¦ned kyng of Fraunce.
• * 5.32

  Discomfyte of the Fle∣mynge••.
• * 5.33

  D••th of syr Robert of Artoys.
• * 5.34

  Iaques de Artyuese murdred.
• * 5.35

  At what age the heyre to the crown of Fraūce shuld be crowned.
• * 5.36

  •• A scysme ••••gonne in the chyrche •••• Rome.
• ‡ 5.37

  A terryble my 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈…〉〈…〉 execu∣••••••n.
• * 5.38

  Dethe of kyng Char¦les
• * 5.39

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• ‡ 5.40

  The 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Cou••tray.
• * 5.41

  Deth of Charles kynge of Nauerne.
• * 5.42

  Coronaciō of Henry y^e fourth.
• * 5.43

  The ba∣tayle of Shr••wys∣bu••y.
• ‡ 5.44

  A Byshop beheded.
• * 5.45

  A byll p•••• vppe in the parlyamēt
• * 5.46

  Dethe of kyng Hen¦ry the .iiii.
• * 5.47

  A fraye on Eester day
• * 5.48

  Syr Iohn̄ Oldcastell lorde Cob∣ham put to dethe.
• * 5.49

  Byrthe of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the fy••te.
• * 5.50

  Sonday.
• * 5.51

  Monday.
• * 5.52

  Tuysday.
• * 5.53

  wednysdaye.
• * 5.54

  Thursdaye.
• * 5.55

  Frydaye.
• * 5.56

  Saterdaye.
• * 5.57

  Quotidie.
• * 5.58

  Kyng Hen¦ry the .vi. crowned.
• * 5.59

  Kyng Hen¦ry the .vi. crowned in Parys.
• ‡ 5.60

  Countyse of Basyse▪
• * 5.61

  Bugeny; y^e pope.
• * 5.62

  Calys be∣syeged.
• * 5.63

  kynge of Scottes murdred.
• * 5.64

  A derthe.
• * 5.65

  Pope Eu∣geny depo¦sed.
• * 5.66

  Dyf••rrcyō of wolf
• † 5.67

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 5.68

  Insurrec∣ciō in Kent.
• † 5.69

  Thende of Iacke Cade.
• * 5.70

  Byshop of Salysbury s••ayne.
• * 5.71

  Constanty noble con∣quered of Turkes.
• * 5.72

  A good 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• ‡ 5.73

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 5.74

  The 〈…〉〈…〉
• ‡ 5.75

  The ba∣ta••ll of sa••••te Al∣bons:
• ‡ 5.76

  Corona∣cyon of Ed¦warde the fourth.
• ‡ 5.77

  La ••ucesse de dieu.
• * 5.78

  Thende la¦pucelle de dieu.
• * 5.79

  The wor∣des of king Lewys dy∣enge to his sonne.