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| 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 ye money an armye was prepared / and thereof was made chefe gouernoure syr Thomas of woodstoke erle of Cambrydge and vncle vnto ye kyng. The whiche with a company of .vii. or .viii.M. as testifyeth the Frenche cronycle, passed ye 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.