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.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. 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.

Notes

• Crueltye.