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.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, 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.

‡ 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.

Notes

• A taske ••e∣••ynge.
• ‡

  A mayres 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.