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

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.