Cronycles of the londe of Englo[n]d

¶How the good duke of glouces¦tre Humfrey y^e kȳges vncle was arested at the parlement of bury and of his deth. & how Angeoy in mayne was delyured Capitulo CCliij. (Book 253)

IN the yere xxv. of kȳg hē∣ry was a parlemēt at bu∣ry kalled seynt Edmōdes burie aboute: which̄ was cōma∣unded all the {con}munes of the con∣tre to be there in their moste defē∣sable araye for to awayte vpō the hyng. To which̄ parlemēt came the duke of Gloucestre hūfrey the kīges vncle / which̄ had ben̄ prote∣ctour of Englōd all the none age of the kȳg· And anon̄ after as he was in hys loggȳge he was ares∣ted by the viscoūte bemond y^e co∣nestable of englōd accōpanied w^t the duke of Bokyngham & mani othir lordes: And forth with alle his seruaūtes were {con}maūded for to departe frō hym & xxxij of the chief of them were also arested ād sente to dyuerse prysons. And a∣none after this said areste the for sayd duke was on the morne de∣de. on whos soule god haue mer∣cy Amen / But how he deyde & in

what maner the certainte is not to me knowen / some saide he dei∣de for sorwe: somme saide he was murthred bitwen̄ two fetherbed¦des / othir said y^t on hote spite was put in at his foūdemēt: but how he deyde god knoweth / to whō is no thing hid. & then̄ whā he was so dede he was leid open that alle mē might see hȳ. And so both̄ lor∣des & knyghtes of the shires with burgeises came & saw hȳ lye dede but wōde ne tokē coude they per∣ceyue how he deyde. ¶Here may mē mark what the world is / this Duke was a noble man & a grete clerke & had wurshypfully ruled this reame to the kȳges behoue: & neuer coude be founde faute to hȳ. but enuye of thē that were go¦uernours & had promysed y^e Du∣chie of Angeoy & the erledome of mayne caused the destructyon of this noble man. for they drad hȳ that he wold haue enpesshed that that delyuerāce / & after thei sente his body to seint Albōs w^t certeȳ lightes for to be buried And so sir geruays of clifton had thā y^e char¦ge to conueye y^e corps: & so it was buried at seint Albōs in y^e abbey: & v. persones of his houshold we∣re sente to Lōdō: & there were rai∣ned & iugged to be drawen hōged & quartred / of whom the names were sir Rogier chāburlayne kn∣yght / on middeltō a squier{punctel} Her∣bard a squier▪ Arthur a squier ād Richard nedhā / whiche v. {per}sones were drawē frō the tour of Lōdō. thurgh chepe vnto Tiborne / and there hōged & late down̄ quyke. & then̄ strypt for to haue ben̄ behe∣ded & quartred / And then̄ y^e ••••ar¦quys of sutfolke shewed there for the the kȳges {per}don vndyr his gre¦te seall / & lo they were {per}doned of the remenaūt of the execucyō / ād had their lyues And so they were brought agayne to Lōdō. & aftyr freely deliured / Th{us} begā y^e troble in y^e Reame of Englōd: for y^e deth of this noble duke of Gloucestre / All the cōmunes of y^e Reame be¦gan for to murmure for it. & were not cō••ent. after that pope Euge∣nye was dede / Nycholas y^e fifthe was electe pope. Thys nycholas was chosen for Eugenye yet hā∣gyng the cisme not withstādyng he gate y^e obediāce of all crystē re∣ames / for after he was electe & sa¦cred pope: certayne lordes of fra∣unce & of Englōd were sente into sauoye to pope Felix: for to entre¦te him to cesse of the papocie / and by the spiciall labour of y^e bisshop of Norwych̄: & the lord of seȳt Io∣hānes. he cessed the secōd yere aft that pope Nycholas was sacred / And y^e said Felix was made lega¦te of fraūce & cardinall of sauoye / & resigned y^e hole papocie to Ny∣cholas. & after lyued an holy lyfe. & deide an holy mā. & as it is said almyghty god shewed myracles

for hȳ / Thys was the xxiij scisme bytwen̄ Eugenye & felix. & dured xvj yere / y^e cause was this: the ge∣neral counceill of Basille deposed Eugenye / which̄ was onely pope and indubitate / for asmoch̄ as he obserued not & kepte the decrees & statutes of y^e coūceill of Cōstaū∣ce as it is a fore said: nethir he ro∣ught not to gyue obediēce to that general coūceill in no maner wi∣se / wherof arose a grete alteracyō amōg writars of this maters {pro} et contra / whiche can not accorde vnto this day. One partie sayth. that the coūceyll is aboue the po∣pe: that othir partie said: nay. but the pope is aboue the cownceyll. God blessid aboue all thȳges gy∣ue & graūte his pees in holy chir∣che spouse of Crist. amen ¶Thys Nycholas was of Iene comen of lowe byrthe a doctour of diuini∣te an attyf man: he reedified ma∣ny places that were brokē & ruy∣nous: & dide do make a grete wal¦le aboute the palays & made the walle newe aboute Rome for dre¦de of the turkes. And y^e peple wō∣dred of the eresing & resingyng of Felix to hī cōsidered that he was a man of so humble burth̄ / & that othir was of affynyte to all the most part of cristen prȳces. wher of there was a verse publyssed in this maner Lux fulsit mundo ces sit Felix Nycholao