Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 9

THenne the duc of lancastre Erle of derby named Henry bolyngbroke was crowned kyng of englond at westmyns¦tre on saynt Edwardes day Confessour· Thenne made the kynge his oldest sonne henry prynce of wales / Duke of Cornewayle / and Erle of Chestre / he made Syre thomas of Arondel Arche∣chebisshop of Caunterbury / as he was byfore / And he that was made Archebisshop by kynge Rychard / he made hym Bisshop of london / and he made the Erlis sonne of Arondel to be put in p••s¦session of all his londes / In the fyrst yere of his regne be hel¦de his Crystemas at wyndesore / And on the tweluthe euen the duk of Anmarle tolde the kyng how the duc of surrey / the Duc of excetre / the erle of Salesbury & therle of gloucetre with other of theyr affynyte were acorded to make a mommynge / to the kyng and soo for to slee hym in the reuelynge / ¶ wherfore the kyng the same nyght cam priuely to london / and anon these lordes that had purposed to haue made this mommery vnderstode that theyr counseylle was bewrayed / anone with theyr people wente westward / And at Sysseter the Duke of Surrey and

the erle of Salesbury were taken and biheded & their heedes sette on london brydge / and at Oxenforde were taken two knyghtes bloūt / and sir benette Sely and wyntercele a squyer / whiche were byheded and quartred and their heedes sette on london bridge / and the quartres sente to other good townes / And at prithwell in Estsex Sire Iohan holonde Duck of excetre was taken with the Comons of the Countreye / and his heede smyten of / and sente to london and sette on london bridge / ¶ Also at Bristowe was take the lorde spencer that was made by kinge Richard er¦le of Gloucetre and biheded and his heede sent to london and sette on londonbridge / In the same yere Sire Bernarde brokeis. Sir Iohan Selley / Syr Iohan mawdelyn / and Syr william Fer¦by were taken and sette in the tour / And after by Iugemente were hanged and byheded / and theyr heedes sette on london brid∣ge / whanne kyng henry sawe that these lordes thus hadde rysen / and assemblyd greete peple to haue putte hym to deth / and for to restore kynge Rychard ageyne to his Crowne / and to his Ro∣yamme thoughte ••eschue suche peryls / Anone commaunded Sir Pyers of Exton that he shold goo strayte to pountfreyte / and delyuer the worlde of kynge Rychard / And soo he departed fro the kynge / and wente to the Castel of Pountfret / where as kynge Rychard was in prysonne / the whiche was sette at table for to dyne / And anone after Syre Pyers cam in to the cham∣bre where the kynge was / and eyghte men with hym / and eche man an axe in his hond / Trouth it is whan the kyng sawe Sir Pyers with his Felaushippe entre in to the chambre defensably arayed / he shoof the table from hym / and sprange in the myddes of hem / & caughte an axe oute of one of theyr hondes / and sette hym self valyauntly at defence / And hym self defendynge he slowe foure of the eyghte / And whanne the sayde Syre Pyers sawe the kynge soo defende hym / he was soore abasshed and gre∣tely aferde / And forthwith sterte vpon the place / where as kyng Rychard was wonte to sytte / And as kynge Rychard foughte and defended hym self goynge bacwarde / the sayd Syre Pyers smote hym on the heede with his axe that he fyll to grounde / Thenne cryed kynge Rychard god mercy / And thenne he gafe hym yet another stroke on the heede / and soo he deyde / And thus was thys noble kynge slayne and murthred / And whanne the kynge was deede / the knyght that hadde thus slayne hym / sette hym doune by the deede bodye of Kynge Rychard / And

byganne to wepe / saynge Alas / what thynge haue we doone / We haue putte to deth hym that hath ben oure kynge and soue∣rayne lord two and twenty yere / Now haue I lost myn honour / Ne I shal neuer come in place / but I shal be reproched / For I haue done ageynste myn honour / ¶ After this the tweluest daye of marche was the bodye of the Noble kyng Ry∣chard broughte thurgh London to Powlus / whiche Corps was leyd on a Charyotte coueryd with black / and foure ba∣ners / wherof tweyne were of the armes of saynt George / and tweyne of the Armes of Saynt Edward / And there were an honderd men clothed in black eche berynge a Torche / And the Cyte of londo n badde thyrtty men in whyte / Eche be∣rynge also a torche / And the Corps was leyd open the vysa∣ge that euery man myght see and knowe that it was hys body and that he was soo deede / For many men byleuyd it not / And from thennes he was caryed to the Frerys at Langley and there he was buryed / On whoos sowle God haue mercy Amen / ¶The Comyn oppynyon of Englysshmen is that kynge Rychard deyde not after the maner a foresayd / But that he deyde oth••r wyse / That is to wete that whanne ••e herde saye / that his brother the Duc of Ex••••••te / The Duc of Su¦rey / The Erle of Salysbury. and the other lordes were deede / He was soo angry and soo sorowfull / that ••e swore that ••e wol¦de neuer eete meete And soo abode foure dayes withoute erynge as they saye / And whanne that kynge Henry vnderstode that he wolde not ete / he sent to hym two prelates for to comforte h••m And whan they were come he confessyd hym to one of them / the whiche gaf hym in penaunce that he sholde ete his mete / And whanne be supposed to haue eten / the meete myght not goo doune / ne auale in to his stomake ¶For the conduytes of his bodye w••re shronken to geder / ¶ And thenne sayde the noble kynge Rychard that it was d••n•• / and that he muste nedes deye / and soo he deyde / But certes whether be deyde this waye / or that other / Certaynly he deyde / and was buryed at langley / God haue mercy on his sowle / Amen / ¶ And thenne was kynge Harry peasyly kyng / ¶ Thenne he fonde in kynge Ry∣chardes tresorye nyne honderde thousande nobl••s withoute Iewel¦lys and vessels. whiche was as moche worth or more / And ther was founden in the tresorers kepynge of Englonde an honderde

and fyfty thousand nobles / and Iewels and vessell as moche or more / And thus kynge henry hadde alle his goodes / Item This same yere kynge harry sente hoome ageyne kynge Rychardys wyf Quene Isabel vnto the kynge of Fraunce her fader / and putte her from her dowayre