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 dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxv.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxvi.
Grocer.	Iohn̄ Organ.
Nycholas Brembre.		Anno. ix.
	Iohn̄ Chyrcheman.

THis yere kynge Rycharde as∣sembled at westmynster hys highe court of parliamēt. Du∣rynge the whiche amonge other ma∣ny actes in the same counsell conclu∣ded / he created .ii. dukes, a marques, and .v. erles. Of the whiche firste syr Edmonde of Langley the kynges vncle and erle of Cambrydge was created duke of yorke / syr Thomas of woodstoke his other vncle erle of Buckyngham was create duke of Gloucester / syr Lyonell Uere y^t was erle of Oxenforde was made mar∣ques of Deuelyn / sir Henry Boling∣brooke sonne and heyre of Iohn̄ of Gaūt duke of Lancastre was made erle of Derby / syr Edwarde sonne & heyre vnto the duke of yorke was made erle of Rutlande / syr Iohn̄ Ho¦lande brother to the erle of Kent was made erle of Huntyngdone / syr Tho¦mas Monbraye was made erle of Notyngham and Marshall of Eng∣lande / and syr Mychaell de la Poole was made erle of Suffolke & Chaū∣celler of Englāde. And by auctoryte of the same parlyamente, syr Roger Mortymer erle of the Marche, and sonne and heyre vnto syr Edmonde Mortymer and of dame Philyppe eldest doughter and heyre vnto syr Lyonell y^e seconde sonne of Edward the thyrde, was soone after proclay∣med heyre paraunt vnto the crowne of Englande. The whiche sir Roger

shortely after sayled into Irelande, there to pacifye hys lordeshyppe of wulster, whiche he was lorde of by his foresayde mother. But whyle he was there occupyed aboute the same / the wylde Irysshe came vpon hym in noumbre, and slewe him and moche of his company. This sir Ro¦ger hadde Issue Edmonde / and Ro∣ger, Anne, Alys, and Elynoure that was made a nunne. The .ii. foresaid sonnes died without issue, and Anne eldest doughter was maryed to Ry∣charde erle of Cambrydge, whiche Rycharde was sonne vnto syr Ed∣monde of Langley before named. The which Rycharde hadde issue by the sayde Anne Isabell ladye Bou∣chier, Rycharde that after was duke of yorke & father to kynge Edwarde the .iiii. whiche sayd Richarde erle of Cambridge was put to deth by Hen∣ry the .v. as after shall appere. In this yere also syr Hēry Bolingbroke erle of Derby, maryed the Countesse doughter of Herforde / by whome he was lorde of that countrey. And by her he had issue Henry that after him was kynge, Blaunche duches of Barre, and Philippe that was wed∣ded to the kynge of Denmarke. Also Thomas duke of Clarence, Iohn̄ duke of Bedforde, & Humfrey duke of Gloucester.