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.CCCC.vi.		Anno dn̄i. M.CCCC.vii.
	Roberte wodtyngton.
Henry Barton Skynner.		Anno .v.
	Iohn̄ Couentre.

THys yere the kynge holdynge hys parlyamēt at westmynster / to hym was graunted by aucto¦ryt of the same a Fyftene. And by a conuocacyon of the clergy was graū¦ted to hym a dyme, for the maynte∣naunce of hys warrys. wheruppon newe prouysyon was made for hys seconde vyage into Fraunce.

By authoryte of this parlyament also, Rycharde whyche was sonne & heyre of y^e erle of Cambrydge, which erle was put to deth at Southamp∣ton, was created duke of yorke / whi∣che after was maryed vnto Cecyle y^e doughter of Daraby erle of westmer¦lande, by reason that he brought his wardshyp of the kynge. By the whi∣che lady Cecyle he hadde Henry that dyed yonge, Edward that after was kynge, Edmunde erle of Rutlande, Anne duchesse of Exceter, Elyzabeth duchesse of Suffolke, George duke of Clarence, Rycharde duke of Glou¦ceter and after kynge, and Marga∣ret duchesse of Burgoyne. And whā all thynge was redy for the kynges vyage / he ordeyned Iohn̄ duke of Bedforde hys brother protectour of thys land in the tyme of his absence. And that done / he wyth hys lordes aboute wytsontyde toke hys shyp∣pyng at Southamptō, and so sayled into Normandye / and landed vpon Lāmas daye at a place called Toke or Towke. And after he was wyth hys hoste there landed, for so moche as he was warned of certayne shyp∣pes of warre y^e entendyd to do some harme in Englande beynge than vp¦pon the see: he therfore to wythstāde theyr malycyouse purpose, sent the

erle of Marche, the erle of Huntyng∣don, wyth other, to scowre the see. The whyche encountred the sayde enemyes / and after a lōge and cruell fyght them vēquysshed & ouercame. whyche fyght was vpon the daye of saynt Romayne or the .ix. day of Au∣guste, as hath the Frenche cronycle. And of the French nauy, was chyefe capytayne the vycount of Narbon / whych in that fyght was taken with great plēty of treasour. For as sayth Gaguinus, he with one Mountney an other capytayne, to whom y^e sow∣dyours wages was cōmytted / of one assent of theyr synguler lucre wyth∣helde the sayde wages. By reason wherof whan they shuld ioyne in ba∣tayll, many of them wyth theyr shyp∣pes withdrew, & last theyr capitayns in the daūger of theyr enemyes. But this is lyke to be a fayned excuse of y^e sayd Gagwyne, to saue the honoure of the Frēchmen / as he many tymes semblably dothe in many places of hys boke.

Then to retourne vnto kyng Hen∣ry / whan he was thus landed, he sent vnto y^e rulers of the town of Towke and had it vnto hym delyuered. But the castell was defended agayn hym tyll saynt Laurence daye folowyng / the whyche he gaue after vnto hys brother the duke of Clarēce, wyth all the sygnory therunto belongynge.

And thys done, the kynge spedde hym toward Cane, & layde his syege therunto vpon y^e .xvii. day of the fore¦sayd moneth of August. The whych contynued tyll the feest of the Naty∣uyte of our lady / & than won vpon y^e {per}ty y^t the duke of Clarēce assawted. But the castel helde by apoyntemēt, yf no rescouse were had tyll the .xiiii. day folowyng. At whych day y^e sayd castel was delyuered with other .xiiii strōge holdes, which had before takē y^e same apoyntmēt. Than the kynge made the foresayd duke of Clarence capytayne of the sayd town & castell. And in this passetyme were dyuers other townes & strōge holdes goten, by dyuers of y^e kynges retynew / as y^e erle Marshall, the erle of warwyke & other / y^e which wan Louers, Faloys, Newelyn, Cherburgth, Argētyne, & Bayons the citye, with many other strōge abbays & pilys. Thā the king helde there saynt Georges feest, and dubbyd there .xv. knyght{is} of y^e Bath / & after cōtynued his warres duryng this mayres yere, in wynnyng vpon the Frēchmen by apoyntement{is} and otherwyse / wherof the cyrcumstaūce were very longe to declare in order.

In this yere also, & vpō the festfull day of Ester, tyll a chaunce in Lōdō / which to y^e fere of all good crystē men is necessary to be noted. For vpō the hygh & solēpne day, by excytyng of y^e deuyll & yll disposyciō of .ii. women, that is to mene the wyfe of the lorde Straūge, & y^e wyfe of syr Iohn̄ Trus¦sell knyght / such vnkyndnes fyll by∣twene theyr two husbādes, y^t eyther wold haue slayne other within y^e pa∣rysh chyrch of saynt Dūstanes in the Eest. In {per}tyng of which persons dy∣uers men were hurt & sore woūded / & one named Thom̄ Petwardē slayne out of hand, which was a freeman & fysshemōger of the cyty. Than lastly both frayers were takē & brought vn¦to the Coūtour in y^e Pultry. And for the sayd lorde Straūge was demed culpable of y^e begīnyng of this fray / he therfore vpō the sōday folowyng, & for suspendyng of the chyrche, was denoūced acursyd at Poulys crosse & in all parysshe chyrches of Londō. And fynally he was demed to open penaunce & dyd it / and made greate amendes vnto the wyfe of the sayde Thomas for the deth of her husbād.

And in the ende of thys yere, where at Lōdō was sold for .ii.s. a busshell.

Notes

• A fraye on Eester day