Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum Septimum /

IN the fourtenthe yere Sir Iohan of Gaunt duk of lancas¦tre with a grete hooste wente in to spayne to Clayme and chalenge his ryght by his wyues tytle vnto the Crowne of spa∣yne / and he had with hym the Duchesse his wyf and his thre doughters. And therafter grete commynycacion herupon had they were acorded and concluded that the kynge of Spayne shold marye the duck of lancastres doughter / And he shold yeue to the duck of lancastre gold and syluer / whiche was casten in to grete wedgys and soo many other Iewellys / as moche as eyght cha∣ryottis myghte carye / And euery yere after durynge the lyf of the duc / and his wyf / ten thousand marc of gold / Of whiche golde they of spayne sholde aduenture and here the Ieopardye therof / and brynge yerly vnto bayon to the dukes assygnees / by surete made / ¶ Also the duc of lancastre dyde doo marye ano∣ther of his doughters to the kyng of Portyngale the same tyme / And thenne he retourned / and cam ageyne in to Englond with his wyf / ¶ In this yere the Turkes made grete warre ageynste Crystendome vnto the Cyte of Iene / wherfore the Ie∣ne wayes sente to the kynge of Fraunce for ayde / and also to the kynge of Englond / And soo ther were wente oute of Fraunce fyften honderd knyghtes with the duc of Borbon / and the Erle of ewe / and other / ¶ And oute of Englond wente the Erle of Alby a valyaunt man with certayne Archers / And they ship∣ped at marcellis / and wente and besyeged thunes in Barba∣rye and made there many skarmuches / and putte oute ofte the Sarasyns / but in thende the turke fered / and made trewes for a seasonne / and delyuerd alle the Crysten prysonners / and payd ten thousand du••atis / and soo the Crysten men retorned hoome ageyne / ¶ In the fyftenth yere of kynge Rychardes reg∣ne / he h••lde his Crystemas at wodestok / where therle of Penbro∣ke a yonge lorde and tendre of age wolde lerne Iuste with a knyght called Syre Iohan saynt Iohan / And rode to geder in the parke / And there the Erle was slayn with the knyghtes spe¦re as he cast it from hym / whanne they hadde coped /

¶This yere Iohan hynde beynge that tyme mayer of london & Iohan Shadeworth and henry vanner shereues were dysharged of theyr offyces byfore saynt Iohans day baptyst / and the kyng seased the fraunchyse and lybertees of the Cyte of london / And ordeyned and constitued Syr Edward dalyngredge wardeyn of the Cyte / and endured in his offyce vnto the fyrst day of Iuyll the yere / xvj / ¶And thenne Syr Bowdwyn Radyngton was made wardeyue to saynt Symons daye and Iude / The cause ther of was for a bakers man beryng a basket with hors brede in to Fletestrete / there come a man of the bisshop of Salesburyes that toke oute an hors loof oute of the baskette / wherfore the bakers man stroue with the yoman / soo that the Bisshops man brake the bakers mans heede / Thenne neyghbours come aboute to haue rescowed hym and to haue arestyd the Bisshops man / But he scope fro hem in to his lordes place / The Constable cam and wold haue bad hym out / but they withynne the place kept it that they myght not come in / And thēne come the mayer with moche peple and sayde / they wold haue hym oute or brenne the place / and all that were therin / The Bisshop beynge tresorer of Englonde and the archebisshop of Caunterbu••y wente to geder to wyndesore to the kynge / and made a grete complaynte to the kyng and his coū¦seylle of the Cyte of london / And the kynge sen••e for the mayer and shereues / and yaf hem grete rebukes for thoffence that they hadde done ageynst hym and his offycers in his Chambre of lon¦don / And deposed the mayer and shereues / and māde a wa••deyne of the Cyte as afore is sayd / In the syxtenth yere the kyng with drewe his courtes from westmynstre to yorke / whiche were there holden and kepte fro the feste of saynt Iohan baptyst vnto Cry¦stemasse after / Thenne atte requeste of the goode Quene Anne & of the bisshop of london thēne callyd grauesende / the kyng graū¦ted the Fraunchyse and lybertees to the Cyte of london and they of london gaf to seynt edwards shryne a table of syluer and ena¦meled stondyng on the Awter / And after this the mayer Alder men and shereuys mette with the kyng submyttynge them hum¦bly to hym as they ought do / And resseyuyng the kyng thurgh the Cyte with grete tryumphe / and brought hym to westmynstre And on the morne after the mayer aldermen and shreues presen∣tyng the sayd table & other yeftes prayd the kynge of his good and speciall grace to haue theyr lybertees and Fraunchyses / as they hadde to fore tyme / And soo the kyng graunted to them alle

theyr askynge and wente home ageyne / ¶ In this same yere the duc of lancastre was sente in to Fraunce to demaunde a myl¦lion of scutes whiche was due for the raunson of kyng Iohan / And dyuerse places as peytowe Rochell / and a parte of Guy¦an / And he was answerd by the counseylle of Fraunce that the men of warre of Englond hadde done harme in Fraunce aboue the trewes to the somme of thre mylions / whiche oughte to be repayred fyrst / and so departed ageyne / ¶ In the seuententhe yere come oute of Scotlande certayne lorde•• in to Englonde to ge∣te worship by fete of armes / Therle of morryf chalengid the Erle marchal of Englonde to Iuste with hym on hors back with shar∣pe speres / And soo they roode to geder certayne courses / but not the full chalenge / For the Scottyssh Erle was caste bothe hors & man / & two of his rybbes broken with the same falle / and soo bor¦ne home in to his Inne / & anone after was caryed homewarde in a littyer / and at York he deide ¶ Syre william darel banerer of Scotlande· and Syre pyers Courtney the kynges banerer of of englond ryden to gyder certain courses of warre hitte & assayed The Scottysshe knyght seyng he myght not haue the beter / yafe it ouer / and wold noo more of the chalenge / ¶ Thenne one Cok∣burn Squyer of Scotland and Syre nychol hauberk rode fyue coursys / and at euery cours the Scot was caste bothe hors and man / This same yere the seuententh day of Iuyn deyde the good qu••ne Anne kynge Rychardes wyf / And lyeth buryed at west¦mynstre by saynt Edwardes shryne /