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

Anno domini .M.CC.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,* 1.1 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.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Bew the beati••••emen w••re trap∣ned from va∣nyn.