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

THE .CCXI. CHAPITER.

IN the tyme of thys Edwarde fyll passynge great snowe, the whyche began in the begynnynge of Ianuary, and so contynued tyll the xvii. daye of Marche or saynte Pa¦trykes daye / wherof the great quan¦tyte fyll in the weste countreys of Englande. And after that ensued great deth of men, and moreyne of beftes / and by lyghtnynge the corne vpon the ground that yere was won¦derfull brent and wasted.

Aboute the .x. yere of Edwarde as moueth Policronyca, and in the mo¦neth of September / Eustace erle of Bolongn̄ came a lande at Douer / whyche erle hadde wedded after the sayenge of the sayde authour, kynge Edwardes syster. Thys was parted frome hys companye in so secrete wyse, that hys knyghtes were fayne to serche for hym / wenynge to them that he hadde ben slayne by some of the dwellers of the towne. In the whyche serche they demeaned theym so vndyscretely, that they slewe a cy∣tezyne of Douer. By meane wher∣of the people arose / and in the ques∣tyonynge of thys mannes deth, ran at length vppon the erles company, and slewe .xx. of hys men, and woun¦ded many mo. Hastely the erle appe∣ryd and toke his mennys parte. But in conclusyon he was fayne to wyth∣drawe hym selfe with a few persons, and rode vnto the kynge then beyng at Glouceter / and made vnto hym a greuous complaynte of the men of Douer.

Then erle Goodwyne, for so moch as to hym was commytted the rule of Kente / was charged to ryde thy∣ther, and to take wreche of the inha∣bytaūtes of that towne. But he with sayde that commaundement / and counsayled the kyng to sende for the wardeyns of the castell of Douer and rulers of the towne, for to an∣swere to suche maters as were layde agayne them, and yf they were gylty to punyshe them, and ellys not.

This answere of Goodwyn̄ plea¦sed nothynge the kynge, nor suche as were aboute hym / wherfore ma∣ny mo lordes were sent for. Amonge the which Leofricus erle of Chester, and Sewarde erle of Northumber∣land of myne authour ben named. After whych assemble of y^e lord{is} erle Goodwyne had suche monycyon of some of y^e counsayll, y^t he wythdrewe

hym from the courte, and gadered to hym strength of knyghtes out of dy¦uers shyres, as west Saxon & Kent / and houed at Beuerston̄ tyl his son∣nes came vnto him with more peple Soone after came vnto hym his el∣dest son named Swanus, & brought wyth hym a fayre companye that he hadde arreyred in Oxenfordeshyre & Gloucetershyre / and Harolde hys other sonne, wyth a feleshyppe that he had assembled in eest Englande, and Huntyngdon̄shyre / so that of these people was made a great hoste.

Then Goodwyn̄ to the kyng was accused, for gaderynge of so great an hoste. But he excused hym, and sayde, yt was done to wythstand the walyshmen. The whyche contrary proued / he was cōmaunded to sende awaye the people, and to come wyth a certayne nomber vnto the courte. But that he refused. Then the kyng wyth hys counsayll beynge at Lon∣don / Goodwyn and Harold was eft sent for, and charged to come to the courte wyth .xii. persones wythoute mo / and to render into the kynges handes all knightes fees that he and Harolde his sonne hadde wythin En¦glande. To thys by theym was an∣swered, that they myghte not come to the counsayll of treachours and gylefull men / and that also wyth so fewe men in nomber, they mygthe not wythoute parell or shame passe by the countrey.

In thys whyle a parte of Good∣wyns knyghtes wythdrewe theym, and hys power beganne to mynyshe and the kynge in thys whyle hadde gaderyd a stronge hoste. Then pro∣clamacyons were made, that Good∣wyne shuld come to the courte as be¦fore is sayd / or auoyde the land with in fyue dayes. wherfore Goodwyne consyderyng the ieopardy y^t he was in / toke wyth hym .iii. of his sonnes, that is to meane Swanus, Tosty, & Gurthe / and sayled into Flaundres▪ where he was receyued of the erle Baldwyn after some wryters / whose doughter Swanus his sonne hadde before spoused & was named Iudeth And Harolde and Leofricus two of his other sonnes with a few shyppes sayled out frō Brystow into Irland.

when the kynge was ascertayned that erle Goodwyne wyth hys fyue sonnes was in thys maner departed oute of his lande / he shortly after cal∣led a parlyament / and by authoryte of the same, outlowed Goodwyne & hys .iii. sonnes that were gone wyth hym. And that done he put his owne wyfe and doughter of Goodwyn̄ in∣to the abbaye of warwell wyth one mayden, as sayth Marianus. And so Goodwyn̄ and hys sayde sonnes contynued two yeres outlawed. In the whyche season he or hys retynue toke dyuers tymes prayes in y^e mar∣ches of Englande / and in the ende drewe to hym suche strength, that he was purposed to haue entred the lande wyth force, and to haue war∣red vppon the kynge. But by medya¦tours that fauoured erle Goodwyn, a peace was made betwene y^e kynge and hym / so that in processe he was receyued to grace wyth hys sonnes / & hys doughter restored to her fyrste and former honoure. And for thys peace to be contynued / for Good∣wyns parte was delyueryd for pled∣kes a sonne of hys called wylnotus, and a sonne of Swanus named Ha∣cum or Hacun. The whyche .ii. pled¦ges kynge Edwarde sent vnto wyl∣lyam duke of Normandy to be kept. And Algarus the sonne of Leofric{us} erle of Chester, to whbme the kynge had gyuen the erledome of Harold, & ruled yt dyscretely in tyme of his ab∣sence / at hys returne delyuered yt to him again, gladly & without grudge