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.lxxxxvii.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCC.lxxxxviii.
Mercer.	wyllyam Askeham.
Rycharde whyttyngton.		Anno. xxi.
	Iohn̄ wodecoke.

IN this .xxi. yere of kynge Ry∣charde / the people of the lande murmured and grudged sore againe the kynge & his counsell / for so mo∣che as the goodes belongynge vnto the crowne, were disperblyd & gyuen to vnworthy persones / by occasyon whereof dyuers charges and exaccy∣ons were put vpon the people. Also for that the chefe rulers aboute the prynce, were of lowe byrthe and of small reputacyon / and the men of ho¦noure were kepte out of fauoure. Also for that the duke of Glouceter was secretely murdred without pro∣cesse of the lawe / and many thynges elles mysordered by the laste parlya∣ment, whereof the wyte and blame was layed vnto the kynge and other persones after named, as well for wrongefull dysherytynge of sondrye persones at the sayde parlyamente, suche as were menyall seruauntes of the foresayde duke of Gloceter and of the erles of Arundell and of warwyke, contrarye hys owne pro∣clamacyons made concernynge su∣che maters. Also that where dyuers patentes & grauntes passyd the kyn¦ges great seale, as well for pardons and other great maters / yet for the kynges singuler auauntage & suche fewe persones as bare the rule about hym, many of theym were called a∣gayne. Also where for sheryffes and other offycers of all shyres of En∣glande, were wonte to be named .iiii. by discrete {per}sones as iuges & other, of y^e whiche the kyng shulde assygne two for the yere folowynge / he of his owne wylle & pleasure wolde refuse them, & chose suche .ii. as hym lyked /

the which he knewe well wolde lene more to his weale, than to the cōmen weale of this lande or of his subiec∣tes. Also that where before tymes y^e kynges of Englande vsed to sende out commyssyons vnto burgeses of cyties & townes, to chose of theyr fre lybertie suche knyghtes of the shyre as they thought mooste weale∣full for the comen weale of the sayde shyre & lande / nowe kyng Rycharde wolde appoynte the persones, and wylle them for to chose such as than he named / wherby his singuler cau∣ses were preferred, and the commen causes put by. Also kinge Rycharde thoroughe euyll counsell, commaun¦ded by his letters vnto the sheryffes of all shyres fewe excepted, that all persones of honoure within theyr countyes as well spirytuall as tem∣porall, shulde make certayne othes in generall wordes, and ouer that to wryte and seale certayne bondes for perfourmaunce of the sayde othes / and also for blanke chartour, which many men of substaunce were con∣strayned to seale to theyr great char¦ges. The people contynually mur∣mured and grudgyd, for these iniu∣ryes and many mo, whyche at the tyme of his deposynge were artycu∣led agayne hym in .xxxviii. sondry ar¦tycles / with also the rumoure that ranne vpon hym, that he had letten to ferme the reueneus of y^e crowne, to Busshey, Bogot, and Grene / whi∣che caused as well the noble men of the realme to grudge agayn hym as other of the comon people. Thus cō∣tynuynge this mysorder within the lande / dyed syr Iohn̄ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster, at the bysshoppe of Elyes place in Holborne / and from thens was caried vnto saint Pouls, and there vppon the north syde of y^e quyre honorably buryed. At whose enterremente all the chefe lordes of Englande were present. For whom after was foūdyd by dame Blaūche hys wyfe an honorable anniuersary, as before I haue shewed in y^e .xliiii. yere of Edwarde the thyrde, whiche of right ought to be set in this place.

This yere also aboute the feste of saynt Bartholomew, fell discencyon & discorde bytwene y^e duke of Her∣forde & the duke of Norfolke. wher∣fore the duke of Herforde accused y^e other, that he hadde taken .iiii. thou∣sande marke of the kynges, of suche money as he shulde therwith haue waged certeyne sowdyours at Ca∣leys / whiche he lefte vndone, & toke the same money to hys owne vse. But an other wryter sayth, that as y^e sayde two dukes rode vppon a tyme from the parlyament towarde theyr lodgynges / y^e duke of Norfolke sayd vnto that other: Syr se you not how varyable the kyng is in his wordes, and how shamefully he putteth his lordes and kynesfolkes to deth, and other exileth and holdeth in pryson. wherfore full necessary it is to take kepe, and not for to truste myche in hys wordes. For without dowte in tyme to come, he wyll by suche lyke meanes brynge vs vnto lyke deth & distruccyon. Of whiche wordes the sayde duke of Herforde accused that other vnto the kynge / wherfore ey∣ther wagyd batayle with other be∣fore the kynge. To whom daye of metynge was gyuen to eyther vpon the .xi. daye of September, to fyghte within lystes at Couētre, where all thynge was ordeyned for. At whiche place at y^e day assygned thyder came the sayde two dukes, and appered in the felde before the kynges presence, redy to do theyr batayle. But y^e kyng anone forbad that fyght / and forth∣with exyled the duke of Herforde for x. yeres, and the duke of Norfolk for euer / whiche sentence was shortely

after put in execucyon. Thanne the duke of Herforde sayled into Fraūce and there taryed a season. But for lacke of ayde and comforte he depar¦ted thens and came into Brytayne. And the duke of Norfolke passed dy¦uers countreys / and lastely came vn¦to the cytie of Uenyce, and there en∣dyd his lyfe. And soone after thys was maister Roger walden a chape∣leyne of the kynges, made archebys∣shoppe of Caunterbury / the whyche was a speciall louer vnto the citie of London, and made great labour for them vnto the kynges grace, y^e gre∣uously with them was of newe dys∣pleased, for so moche as he was en∣fourmed of them, y^t they shulde coun¦sell with other sheriffes to withstāde certayne actes made in the laste par∣lyament / for y^t which the comynaltie of the cytie was endyted with other sheryffes. In redresse wherof / by coū¦sell of the sayd archebysshoppe, & of maister Robert Braybroke than bis∣shoppe of Lōdon, the cytezens made a lamentable supplicacyon vnto the kinge. whiche by ayde & fauoure of the sayd two bysshoppes & other lo∣uers of y^e cytie / y^e kinges yre & indig∣nacyon by meane of that lowly sup∣plicacyon was some parte appeased & withdrawen. But yet to contente a {per}te of y^e kinges mynde, many blanke chartours were deuysed & broughte into the cytie / which many of y^e most substancyall men of the same were fayne to seale, to theyr payne and charge in conclusyon / y^t whiche shor∣tely after was vsed thoroughe all countreys of Englande.