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Anno domini .M.lxvi.

¶How wylliam basterd duke of Normandie come in to en¦glond and kylled kyng Harold.

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Willam{us} Cōq̄stor.

Here come Nor∣mans and expulsed Harold a saxon.

ANd when this batall was done harold bicome so prou¦de and wold nothing {per}t with his pepull of thyng that he had gotē bot helde it all to ward him self wherfor the most part of his peple weer wroth and frō hī de{per}ted so that only w^t hī left no mo bot his soudiuors ¶And vpon a day as he sat at mete a messenger com to hym and sayed that wyllly∣am basttard thee Duke of Nor¦mandie was ariued in englond with a gret host and had takē al the land about hastynge and also myned the castell ¶When the kyng had herd this tydynge he went thider with a litell pepull in all the hast that he might for ther wos but lytell pepull with hī left ¶And when he wos comen thider he ordryned for to yef bathill to the duke willm But the duke axed him of thes iij. thin¦ges if that he wold haue his dought{er} to wyfe as he had made and suorne his hoth &̄ behight. or that he wold hold the lōd of hī ī trua¦ge. or that he wold determyn this thyng thurgh bataill ¶T¦his harold was a proud man and a strong and tristed wond{er} moch vpon his strength and faught with the duke willm and w^t his pepull. bot harold and his men in this bataill wer discomfited and him self ther was slayn. and this bataill was endid at tōbrigge in the secund yere of his regne vpon sent Kalixtes day and so he wos beried at waltham.

¶Of kyng william bastard & how he gou{er}ned him well & wyse¦li and of the were betwen him &̄ the kyng of fraunce:

WHen willm bastard duke of normandie had conquered all the land. vpon cristynmasse day tho next sueng he let croune him kyng at westmynster and wos a worthy kyng and yaf vn to Englisshmen largeli landis and to his knyghttys: ¶And afterward he went him ouer the see and comen in to Normadie &̄ ther duelled a while and in the secund yere of his re¦gne he come ayen in to englond and brought with him Maude his wyfe and let croune hir quene of englond on withsonday: ¶And tho anone aft{er} the kyng of scotland y^t wos called Mā¦colyn began to striue & were with the duke willm: ¶And he ordeyned him toward scotland with his men bothe by land and bi see for to distruy the kyng Mancolin. but they wer acordid & the kyng of scotland become his man and held all his land of him And kyng willm ressaued of him his homage and come ayene in to englond. ¶And when kyng willm had bene kyng xvij. yere Maude the quene died on whom kīg willm had begoten ma¦ny fair child: that is for to say Robert curthose william rous Ri¦cha••d also y^t died Henri beauclerc. and Maude also that wos the erles wife of Bleynes & other iiij. fair doughters. ¶And af¦ter his wifes deth gret debate began betwix hīm &̄ the kyng of fr¦aunce Philip but at the laast they weer accorded And tho duel¦led the kyng of englond in Normandie and no man him wered & he no man long tyme. ¶And the kyng of fraunce sayd vpō a day in scorne of kyng willm: that kyng willm had long tyme lyen in child bede and long tyme had restid him ther. ¶And this word come to the kīg of englond ther that he did lye in Nor∣mandie at Roen: And for this word was tho ill apayed & eke wonder wroth toward the kyng of fraūce & suore by god that wh¦en he wer arise of his gisin he wold lyght a thousand candels to the kīg of france ¶And anone let assēble a gret host of Normā¦die

and of englissmen: And in the begīyng of heruest he come ī to fraunce· & brened all the tounes tha the come by thurgh all thee cuntre and robbid & did all the sorow that he myght thurgh owt al fraunce &̄ at the last he brenid the cite of Mandos and com∣mandid his pepull for to bere wod & as moch as he might bren & himself holpe ther to all that he might with a good will. ¶A¦nd ther was gret hete what of fiere that wos so gret & of the sone that it wos wonder hoot. that it stuffid him so that he become & fell in to a gret disese and sekenes. ¶And whan he saw that he wos so strong seke. he ordined and assigned all normandi to Robert curthos his sone. And all englond to willm the Rousse and bi quathe to Henri beauclerc all his tresur And tho he thus had done. he vnderfenge all the sacramētis of holy churche &̄ died the xxij yere of his regne & lieth at Caan in Normandie.

Anno domini .M.lxvi.

GRegorius the vij: wos pope aft{er} Alexand{er} xij. yere. This man ordend ī a generall sinodi that no prest shold haue a wife ne shuld duell with women. bot tho that the holy sinodi of Nicena or other decreis haue suffred. and then the prestis set nog¦ht or litel pondrid his ordinans. this pope commanded that no mā sh̄uld heir masse of a prest that had a cōcubine And he on a c{er}tan tyme whan he was cardinall and legate in to fraunce {pro}cedid sha¦rply ayens prelatis and prestis that wersymonyes: And amōg other ther wos on bisshop that wos gretly famyd with symonye. and thos that accusid him. priueli he hired them to say the cōtrari The wich the legate consaued. and afore all the pepull. he sayd let this iugement of this man sese at this tyme. for it is dissaua¦bull. And let god dispose for it: and sayd thus it is certan that y^e dingnite of a bisshop is the yefer of the holy gost. and who sū eu{er} byes a bishopprik: doys ayens the holi gost. Then if thow bissh¦op did not ayens the holy gst. Say opynli afore all pepull. glo¦ria

patri et filio et spiritui sancto: And mony tymes he began to say it bot he could neu{er} speke spiritur sancto. ¶Then he wos de¦posit of his bisshopprik: and after he could speke it well ynough. Victor the thrid: wos pope aft{er} him on yere: And this mā was poysenned with vennū in the chalas. Vrbanus was pope after him ij. yere This man cursed the kyng of fraunce for his avou¦tre. and he called a counsell at Cla{rum}. in the wich he ordined that matyns of our ladi sh̄uld be said eu{er}y day &̄ on settyrday hir sole¦mpne mase. & it is sayed that this was sheued vn to the freris of Cartusis. Also he called an other counsell at Turam for the holi land to be won ayene &̄ {pro}uokid the pepull to that mat{er}. & with ī a litell aft{er} that tyme. the most parti of the holy land wos recou{er}id & the glorius sepulcur of our lord ihū crist: and an thyochia w^t mony othyr nobull cites wer takyn from the handis of the sarisēs And it is sayed & men beleued that ij^CM. cristyn men went to that iornay. for ther went of statis old men and yonge. riche and poer. & no man compellid them. and this passage was made bi the vision of our ladi: and the princes of this pepull wer diu{er}se. On wos Godfray the bollion a nobull man of all the world &̄ a ver∣tuus man. And an other was Beemūd the duke of Napuls The thrid wos Hugh the kynges brother of fraunce. and mony other the wich did full nobully for the faith of god: and it wer to long in this bake to reherse the glorius actis y^t they did.

¶Of kyng willm Roos that wos willm bastard son that des¦truyed tounes & houses of religion for to make the new forest.

ANd after this willm bastard regned his son william the Rous and this willm was a wonder contrarious man to god and holy chirche & let amende and make the toune off Cardeis that the paynyms had destroyed. ¶This kyng willm destruyed holy chirche and ther possessions in what {per}te he myght them find▪ ¶And therfor ther was so moch debate bitwen him

and the erchebisshop of cantorburi Ancelme for encheson that he vndernamme him of his wickidnesse that he destroied hol̄y chirch And for encheson therof the kyng bore to him gret wrath and for that cause he exiled him out of this land. and the erchebishop tho went to the court of Rome and ther duellid wyth the pope. ¶And this king made the new forest. & cast doune & distruid xxvi tounes. and lxxx. houses of religion. all for to make his fo¦rest lenger and brod{er}. and bicome wonder glad and proud of his wod & of his forest. and C the wild bestys that werther within that it was meruell for to wit so that men called him keper of wo¦dis and of pastors and the lenger that he leued the more wekked he become bothe to god and to all holy chirche and to all his men: ¶And this kyng let make the gret hall of westmynster. so vpon a day in the witsontyde he held ther in his frist fest and he lokid him a bout and said that the hall wos to litell bi the haluē dele. ¶And at the last he become so contrarius that all thing that plesed god displesid him and all thing that god loued he hatid deidly. ¶And so it befell that he dremyd vpon a nyght a litel or that he died that he wos let blod and bled a gret quātite of blo¦de and a streme of blode lepit on eigh toward heuē more than an hundreth vethem and the clerenes of the day was turned vn to ny¦ght and dirkenesse and the firmament also. ¶And when that he a woke he had gret drede so that he not wist what for to done &̄ told his dreme to men of his councell and said that he had gret d¦red and supposed that to hī was sum mischance to cum. ¶And the secund night before a mōke dremed of the housold that the kīg went in to an chirche with moch pepull &̄ he wos proud that he dis¦pised all the pepull that wos with him and that he tok the yma∣ge of the crucifix and shamfully bote it with hys tethe. ¶And the crucifix mekeli suffred all that he did but the kyng as a wode man rent of the armys of the crucifix and cast it vnd{er} his fete and defouled it and threw it all a brode &̄ a gret flame

of fire come out of the crucifix mouth of wich dreme mony men had gret meruell and wonder: ¶The good man that had drem¦med this straunge dreme told it to a knyght that wos most pri¦uey with the kyng of all men: and the knyght wos called Hamū¦des: soon the monke and he told the dreme to the kyng and saied that it shuld betokyn other thing than good. and neu{er}thelas thee kyng laughed ther at twyes or thries and litell set ther by and thought that he wold go and hunte & play in y^e forest. And mē counsellid him that he shuld not that day for no man{er} thīg come in the wod. so y^t he a bood at home before mete But anone as he had heten no man might hī let bot he wold gon vn to y^e wod for to haue his disporte. ¶And so it befell that on of his knyghtis that heght walter Tirell wold haue shot to an hart. & his arew glensid vpon a branche and thurgh missauēt{ur} smote the kīg to y^e hert. & so he fell doune deid to the grund w^t out ony word spekyng and so endid his life days: ¶And it wos no ferli for the day that he died he had let to ferme the erchebisshopprich of Cantor∣buri and xij: abbeis also. & eu{er} more did gret distruccion to holy chirche thurgh wrongfull takyng &̄ axinges. for no man durste withstond that he wold haue done. and of his lethernesse he wold neu{er} withdraw. nother to amend his life & therfor god wold suffre hī no lenger to regne ī his wikkidnes &̄ he had bene kīg xiij: yere &̄ vi. wekis &̄ lieth at westmynster

Anno domini: M.lxxxviij.

PAscal̄ was pope aft{er} vrbā xviij. yer v. monethis y^e wich y^e xiij. yere of his bisshopprich w^t his cardinales wos put ī prisō bi Henri the fourth y^e em{per}our. &̄ they might not be deliu{er}id till y^e pope had suorne y^t he shuld kepe pees w^t hī & y^t he shuld ne¦uer curs hī. & on y^t {pro}mis y^e pope yaf the em{per}our a p̄uylege. &̄ on the yere aft{er} the pope dampned y^t p̄uelege. &̄ said on this wise. lett vs cōp̄hend all holy scriptur y^e old testamēt &̄ the new. the lawis &̄ the {pro}phettis the gospell &̄ the canons of apostils. &̄ all the decre¦es

of the popis of rome. that at they held I hold. and that at thei dampnid I dampne. and most specialy that preuylege graūtid to Henri y^e em{per}our. the wich rether is grantid to venge his ma¦les: then to multiple the paciēs in vertu. for eu{er} more I dampne that same preuilege.

¶Of kyng Henri beauclerke y^t wos willm Rous brother &̄ of the debate betwen him & Robert Curthos his brother.

ANd when this willm Rous wos deid Henri beauclerke his brother wos made kyng for encheson that willm Rous had no child begoten of his bodi: and this henri beauclerke was crouned kyng at london the iiij. day aft{er} that his brother was de¦cessid that is to say the v. day of august. ¶And anone as Ancel̄me that was Archebisshop of Cantorburi that was at y^e court of rome herd tell that willm Rous wos deid he come ayen in to englond. & the kyng beauclarke welcomed him with moch ho¦nour ¶And the frist yere that kyng henri regned &̄ wos crou¦ned. he spoused Maude that wos Margaretis dought{er} the quene of Scotland and the erchebisshop Ancelme of cantorburi weddid them. ¶And this kyng begate vpon his wife ij. sonnys and a doughter. y^t is to say willm & Richard &̄ Maude. And this maude wos afterward the emprisse of Almayne: ¶And in the secund yere of his regne his brother Robert Curthose that w¦as duke of Normandie come with an huge host in to englond for to chalenge the land but thurgh concell of the wise men of the land they wer accordid in this maner. That the kyng shold yeue the duke his brother a thousand pound eu{er}y yere and wich of them leued longest shuld be other heir and so bitwen them shuld be n•• de¦bate ne strife. ¶And when they wer thus accordid the Duke went home ayen in to Normandie ¶And when the kyng had regned iiij. yere ther aroos a gret debate bitwen him and the erche¦bisshop of canwrburi Ancelme For because that the Erchebishop

wold not grant him for to take talagie of chirches at his will. &̄ therfor eftsone the Erchebisshop went ou{er} the see vn to the court of rome and ther duellid with the pope. ¶And in the same yere the Duke of Normandie come in to englond for to speke with his brother. ¶And among all other thinges the Duke of nor¦mandie for yaf vn to the kyng hys brother the forsayed thousand pound by yere that he shuld pay vn to the duke. and with good lo¦ue the kyng &̄ y^e duke {per}ted &̄ ther the duke went ayen ī to normādi ¶And when tho ij: yere wer a gone thurgh enticement of the de¦uell & of lithermen a gret debate arose bitwin the kyng and the du¦ke so that the kyng thurgh consell went ou{er} the see in to normandi ¶And when the kyng of Englond was cumyn in to Normā¦die All the gret lordis of normandie turned vn to the kīg of en¦glond and held ayens the Duke ther own lord &̄ him forsoke &̄ to the kyng them yelden and all the good castels and tounes of Normandie And sone aft{er} wos the duke taken & led with the kīg in to englond &̄ the kyng let put the duke ī to prison. ¶And this was the vengeance of god. ¶For when the Duke was ī the holy land. god yaf him such myght &̄ grace. that he was chosī for till a bene the kyng of Ierusalem. and he forsoke it & wold not take it vppon hym. And therfor god send him that shame & des∣pite for to be put ī to his brothers p̄son. ¶Tho seysed kīg herri all Normandie in to his hand and held hit all his lifes tyme & ī the same yere come the bisshop Ancelme from the cour of Rome ī to englōd ayen and the kyng & he wos accordid.

¶And in the yere next commyng aft{er} ther began a gret debate betwen the kyng Phillip of Fraunce: &̄ kyng Henri of Englōd ¶Wherfor kyng Herri went in to Normandie & ther wos st¦rong were betwen them two and tho died the kyng of france. and Lowys his son wos made kyng anone aft{er} his deth. ¶And tho went kyng Henri ayen ī to englond: &̄ maried Maude his dought{er} to Henri the emprour of almayne.

¶Of the debate y^t wos betwē kīg Lowis of france &̄ kīg Hēri of ēglōd &̄ how kīg henris ij. sonnys wer lost ī the high see.

WHen kyng henri had ben kyng xvij. yere a gret debate a¦roos betwyn kyng Lowys of fraunse and kyng Hnri of Englond: for encheson that the kyng had sent in to Normandye to his men that they shuld be helpyng vn to the Erle of Bloyes as moch as they might in were ayēs the kyng of fraunce. ¶And that thei shuld bene as redy to him as they wer vn to ther own lord. for encheson that the Erle had spoused his sustren dame Maude ¶And for this encheson the kyng of franse did moch sorow to Normandie ¶Wherfore the kȳg of englōd w∣as wond{er} wroth and in hast wēt ou{er} the see with a gret pouer and come in to Normandie for to defend that land. And the were be∣twyn them lastid ij. yere till at the last they two faughten to ged{er} &̄ the kyng of fraunse wos discomfited & vneth scappid a way w^t moch payn & the most parti of his men wer takē: & the kīg did w^t them what him best likid ¶And sum of them he let go frely & sum let he be put vn to the deth. But aft{er}ward tho ij. kīges wer accordid. ¶And whan king herri had holy all the land of Nor¦madie & scomfited his emnys of franse: he turnid ayen in to engl¦ond with moch honour: ¶And his ij. sonis Wyllm & Richa∣rd wold haue commen aft{er} ther fadre and wēt to the see with an gret componye of pepull: But or that they myght cum to land the ship come ayens a roch & brak all ī to peses & all wer drenchid that wer ther in sauf on man that wos in the same shipe y^t ascap¦pid. ¶And this wos on sent Katrines day. & thes werthe na¦mes of them y^t wer drenchid. willm & Richard y^e kīg{is} sonys y^e erle of chest{er} Ottonell his brod{er} Geffray ridell: walter emurci Go¦dfray erchdekē: y^e kīg{is} dought: y^e Cūtes of {per}ches. y^e kīg{is} neci. y^e Coūtes of chestre. & mōy od{er}. whē kīg henri &̄ od{er} lordis ariuid in englōd & herd thes tydyng{is}: they made sorow ynowgh. & al ther myrth & Ioye wos turned ī to mornyng & sorow.

¶How Maude the Emprise come ayen ī to englond &̄ how she wos aft{er}ward weddid to Geffroi the erle of angoy

ANd when that ij. yere wer a gone that the Erle had duel¦led w^t the kīg· the Erle went from the kȳg and began to were vpon him and did moch harme in the land of Normandie & toke ther a strong castell and ther he duellid all that yere. & tho comme to him tydynges that Henri the Em{per}our of Almayn that had spoused Maude his doughter wos deid and that she duel¦led no longer in Almayn and that she wold cum ayen in to Nor¦mandie to hir fadre ¶And when that she wo••s comyn vn to him he toke hir tho to him and come ayen in to Englond and made the englishmen to done othe and feaute vn to the emprise and the frist man that made the otho wos willm the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi ¶And that other Dauid kyng of Scotlond and after him all the Erles and Barons of englond ¶Al∣so after that the nobull man the erle of Angoy that was a wor¦thy knyght sent vn to the kyng of englond that he wold graunte him for to haue his doughter to spouse that is to say Maude thee emprisse ¶And for encheson that hir fadre wist that he wos a nobull man. The kyng him grauntid and consentid ther to. ¶And tho toke he his doughter and lad hir in to Normandie and come to the nobull knyght Gaufrid and ther he spoused thee foresaid Maude with moch honour And the Erle begat vpon hir a son that was called Henri the Emprisse sone.

¶And after when all this wos done kyng Henri duelled al that yere in Normandi And after that long tyme a greu{us} seke∣nesse toke him wherthurgh he died ¶And this kyng henri reg¦ned xxxv. yere and iiij. monethis. and after he died as is before sayd in Normandie and his hert wos entered in the gret chirche of our lady in Rouen. and his body was brought with moch hoy¦nour ī to englond and entered at Redyng ī the abbey of the wich abbey he wos begynner and founder.

HEnricus the fourth was em{per}our in Alman aft{er} Herri y^e thrid xv. yer. This mā put his own fad{er} ī p̄son &̄ ther held him till he died he toke pope pascall w^t his cardinales &̄ present thē as it is saied a foro. for the wich cause as it is supposid: he lac∣kid ussu. for he weddid Maude the kyng{is} dought{er} of englond: bot aft{er}ward he come to grace. & all the lawys of the chirche & the lan¦dis frely he refined to Calixto the pope. & besought him to yef hī in pennance that he shuld neu{er} cum ayen to his empire. that he mi¦ght haue remission of his trespasse. and aft{er} the opinyon of mōy a man he was willely exiled. &̄ died and his wife bothe at chestre in englond: Gelasius was pope aft{er} Paschall ij: yere and fled frō Henri the emprour in to Burgon & ther decessid. This em{per}¦our chose Benedicte a spanyard to be pope the wich strofe wyth Calixto. Calixtus was pope after him ij. yere & v. monethes. This Calixt was the son of the duke of Burgon &̄ was chosen in the place of Gelasii &̄ whē he shuld cum to rome. he toke thee forsaid Benedict & made him to ride a fore him shamfully. for he on a Mule turned his face to the tayll of the mule. & held the taill in his hond as a bridyll. till he come thurgh the cite. & ther he was put in prison. and this pope made pees with the emprour. Honorius was pope after him ij. yere & litell of him is writtin Nota. Harri the fourth emprour of Alman decessed this tyme and wos beried with his progenytours after sum men with suche an Epithapei. Fili{us} hic: pater hic Au{us} hic: proau{us} iacʐ istis: bot it is likly to be truyr that at Gerald sais in Itinario wallie wher he says that after he had prisened his carnall fadre & his spiri¦tuall fadir the pope with his cardinales after he was recōsiled & willely he was made exile. And he left Maud his wyfe the kīg{is} doghter of englond prēuely. & leued an harmytes life at Chestre x. yere wher he might liue as no man knew hī. & he called hī self Godiscal̄lus the wich godisson is cald. So the Em{per}our secret¦ly y went away. And Maude his wife the Emprisse ther she

went to hir fadre Herri in to Normandie. wher anone after she wos weddid to Gefferay Plantagines the duke of andegāme: vpon whome he begat Herri the secund aft{er} kyng of Englōd vnd{er} whom sent Thomas of Cantorburi regned and died. Lotharius wos emprour aft{er} henri the fourth xij yere. and litell of him is writtyn bot that he wos man{er}ly to the chirche· and that he subduid Roger the vsurper of the kyng of Cicely. Hugo de sancto victori was a nobull man this tyme at paris & a nobull doctor of the nacion of the saxons. The ordir of sent Iohn̄ bap¦tist at Ierusalem began this time. be the worshipfull man Ray∣mond mightely disposid to werkis of merci. all thys ordir make ther waye to {ser}ue poer men

Anno domini .M.C.xxxiiij.

INnocencius wos pope aft{er} Honorius xiiij. yere & vij. mo¦nethis This man was a veray deuote man. & with sich men he societ him: & he had striffe vij. yere ayens Pers of Lion the wich names him Anocletū. and by strength he toke the pope¦hood. the wich Innocent saw. & w^t ij. galeys he fled in to fraūce. and wos worsshipfully resaued of sent Berenard. the wich y^t time had all the kynges &̄ the princes in his hand. & he {pro}uoked th¦em for to bring this pope Innocent in to his dignite ayene: all the last althyng was cessid & his emnys wer distruyed thurghe the iugement of god: &̄ he wos pope ayene. and leued profetabuly and was beried at Lauronynce.

¶How Stephen that wos kyng Henri sustres son wos made kyng of englond.

AFter this kyng Henry that was the frist was made ky∣ng his nepheu his sustres sonne Sstephen Erle of Bol∣loyn For anone as he herd the tydyng of his vncles deth. than he passid the see and come in to englond thurgh consell & strēgth

and helpe of mony gret lordis in englond ayens ther othe that th¦ey had made to Maude emprisse toke the reame and let croune st¦ephen kyng of the land. ¶And the archebisshop wiliam of Cantorburi that frist made the oth of feaute to Maud y^e em∣prissi set the croune vpon kyng stephens hede & him anoynted. &̄ bisshop Roger of Salisburi mayntened the kynges partie in as moch as he myght ¶The frist yere that kyng Stephen begā to regne he assembled a gret host and went towward Scotland for to haue wered vpon the kīg of scotland: but he come ayens hī in pees and in good man{er} and to him trustid. but he made to him none homage for as moche as he had made vn to the Emprise Maude. ¶And in the iiij. yere of his regne Maude the em∣prise come in to englond. and tho began debate betwin kīg Stephē &̄ maude the Emprise: ¶This Maude went vn to the cite of Nicholl & the kīg hi•• beseged long time &̄ myght not spede. so well the cite was keped and defendid. and tho that wer with in the cite quantely ascapped away with out any man{er} of harme. & tho toke the kyng the cite and duelled therin till candilmasse. And tho co¦me the Barons that held with the emprice that is for to say thee erle Randulfe of Chestre. the erle Robert of Glocestre Hugh Bigot. Robert of morlay. And thes brought with them a strōg pouer &̄ faught wyth the kyng & yaf him a gret bataill: in y^e wich batall kīg stephen was takē & set ī prisō ī y^e castell of bristowe.

¶How maude the emprice wēt fro wīchest{er} to Oxford &̄ aft{er} she ascapped to walīgford & of the sorow & disese y^t she had.

WHen the kyng was taken and brought in to warde in the castell of Bristow: This Maude the Emprise anone wos made lady of all Englond and all men held hir for lady of the land. But tho of Kentheld with kyng Stephens wife. and also william of Pree and his reteune help them and held were ayens maude the Emprise and anōe aft{er} the kyng of scotland com to them with an huge nombre of pepull. & tho went they yfere to

wynchester ther that the emprise wos. & wold haue takē hir. but the Erle of gloucestre come with his pouer &̄ faught with them &̄ the emprise in the meyn while that the bataill dured: scappid from thens and went vn to Oxford & ther hir held And ī that bataill was ther the duke of Gloucestre discomfited and takyn. and wyth him mony other lordis ¶And for his deleueranse wos kyng Stephen deliu{er}id out of prison ¶And when he wos dely¦uerid out of prison he went thens vn to Oxford & besegyd the em¦prise that was tho at Oxford. &̄ the sege endurid fro Michelmase vn till seynt Andrewes tide. ¶And the emprise let tho clo∣the hir all in whit lynnen clothe. for encheson that she nat woldē be know. for in the same tyme ther wos moch snow. &̄ so she ascap¦pid by the thamse from them away that wer hir emnys. And fro thens she went to walynford & ther hir held. ¶And the kyng wold haue besegid hir. but he had so moch to done with the erle Rā¦dulfe of chestre and with Hugh bygot that strongli wered vpō hī in eu{er}y place that he not wist whither for to turne And the Erle of gloucestre holp him with his pouer.

¶How Gaufrid the erle of Angeon yaf vp on till Herri y^e emprise son all Normādy.

ANd aft{er} this the kyng went vn to wilton. and wold haue made a Castell ther: but tho come to him the Erle of glou¦cestre with a strong pouer. & ther almost he had takyn the kyng. but yit the kyng ascapid with moch payn. and willm martell th¦er wos take: And for whos delyu{er}ās thei yaf vn to the erle of G¦loucestre. the good castell of Shirborne. that he had taken. ¶And whan this wos done the Erle Robert & all the king{is} enmys went vn to Faringdone & begone ther for to make a strong Castell. But the kyng come thedre with a strong pouer and droue him thens. and in that same yere the Erle Randulfe of Chestre wos accordid w^t the kyng. and come to his court at his cōmandement. and the Erle wened saufely for to cum &̄ the kīg

anone let take him and put him in to prisone and myght neu{er} for thyng cum out till that he had yeld vp vn to the kyng the Castel of Nicholl the wych he had take from the kyng with his strengthe in the xv. yere of his regne. ¶And Gaufryd the erle of an¦geon yaf vp vn to Henri his son all Normandie: And in the ye¦re that next sued died the erle Gaufrid and Henri his son tho an¦nō turned ayen to Angeon. &̄ ther was made erle w^t moch honor of his men of the land. and tho to him diden feaute and homage the most parte of his land ¶And tho was this Henri the em¦price sone Erle of Angew and also the duke of Normandie. ¶In the same yere was made diuorce bitwen the kīg of fraū∣ce and the quene his wife that was right heir of Gascoyn for en¦cheson that it was know and proued that they wer sibbe and nye of blod And tho spoused hir Henri the Emprise sone Erle of an¦gon &̄ the Duke of Normandie and Duke of Gascoyne. ¶In the xviij. yere of this Stephen. This Henri come in to englond with a strong pouer and began for to were vpon thys kyng Stephen and toke the castell of Malmesburi and did moch harme &̄ the kyng Stephen had so moch were that he not wist for to wende but at the last they wer accordid thurgh the Erchebis∣shopp Theobald. & thurgh other worthy lordis of Englond vpō this condicion that they shuld departe the reame of Englond by¦twyn them so that Henri the emprise son sh̄uld holy haue the half of all the lond of englond ¶And thus they wer accordid & pees cried thurgh out all englond. ¶And when the accorde was made bitwen tho ij. lordis Kyng stephen become so sory for be¦cause that he had lost halfe englond. and fell in to such amaladie and died in the xix. yere & viij. wekes and v. days of his regne all ī were and ī contake and he lyeth in the abbay of feueresham the wich he let make ī the vi. yere of his regne.

CElestinus the secund wos pope aft{er} Innocent v. moneth is and litell he did. Lucius was after him and litell {pro}fettyd for they died both in a pestylens Eugenius the secund was pope after him v: yere and iiij. monethes This man frist wos the descipull of sent Barnard. and aft{er} the abbot of sente Anastasy by rome. and come to the chirche of sent Cesari & was chosin pope by the Cardinales he no thyng knawyng therof. and for dred of the senatours he was consecratid with out the cite· Th¦is man was an holy man and suffred trubilaciō &̄ at the last w^t moch holynes he decessid &̄ lieth at sent petres. and after anone decessid sent barnard. Petrus lambardus the bissho{per} of Paris brod{er} to Graciā cōpilet y^e iiij bokis of y^e sētēs this tym Peti{us} {con}mestor brod{er} to gracian & to Peris lūard made historiā scolasti¦cam & od{er} bokis Fredericus prim{us} aft{er} Conrad wos emprour in almayn & ī rome xxxiij. yere This man after the deth of Adriā the pope the wich crouned him did cursedly with alexander to him gret preiudice. for he did help iiij that strofe ayens the apostill se∣••t. And he faught myghteli ayens the kyng of frrance thurgh pouer of the danois and other nacions. But Richard the kyng of englond holp for to expuls him. & he distroied Mediolanū to the gronde. of the wich cite the walles wer hyer then the wales of any other cite: This man at the last after he had done mōy ve¦xacions to the pope he wos reconsiled. For he dred lest the Lūbar¦dis wold haue rebelled ayence him: he asked foryefnes of the po∣pe. & toke the cros vpon him and went vn to the loly land &̄ did mony meruelus thinges ther· almost as moch as eu{er} did Karol{us} magn{us}. And ther he com by a toune that men called Armenyā & ī a litell wat{er} he wos drenched. &̄ at Tirū he wos beried Anastasius wos pope aft{er} Eugeny iiij yer & more. This mā wos abbot of Rufy. & thē he wos chosin cardinale & aft{er} pope.

¶Of kyng Henri the secund that wos the emprise son in whos tyme sent Thomas of cantorburi wos Chaunceler.

ANd aft{er} this kyng Stephen regned Henri the emprise sō and was crouned of the Erchebisshop Theobald the xvij day before cristynmes And in the same yere Thomas Beket of London Erchebisshop of Cantorburi was made the king{is} chance¦ler of englond. ¶The secund yere that he was crouned he let ca¦stdoune all the new castelles that wer longyng to the croune y^e wiche king Sstephen had yef vn to diu{er}se men and them had made Erles and barouns for to hold with him & to help him ayens Hē¦ri the emprise son ¶And the iiij. yere of his regne he put vnd{er} his own lordship the kyng of wales And in y^e same yere the kīg of Scotland had in his own hand that is to say the cite of Karlill the castell of Bamburgh &̄ the new castell vpō Tyne and the er¦ledom of lancastre. ¶The same yere the kyng with a gret pouer went in to wales and let cast doune wodes and make wayes and made strong the Castell of Rutland basingwarke. and emong the castels he made an house of the tempull. ¶And in the same yere was Richard his son borne that aft{er}ward wos erle of Oxfor¦de and the iiij. yere of his regne he made Gaufrid erle of Bretā And in that yere he changed his monay. & y^e vi. yere of his reg¦ne he lad an huge host vn to Tolouse and conquered it. ¶A¦nd the vij. yere of his regne died Theabult the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And tho all the cite of Cantorburi al̄most thurgh meschefe wos brenned. ¶The ix. yere of his regne Thomas Bekit that wos his chanceler wos chosen to bene Erchebisshop of caūtorburi. And vpon sent Barnardis day he wos sacred. and ī that yere wos borne Helienor the kynges doughter: ¶And in the x. yere of his regne sent Edward the kīg was translated with moch honour ¶And the xi. yere of his regne he held hys parlament at Northamtoon. And from thens fled sent Thomas erchebisshop of cantorburi. for the gret debate that wos betwix y^e

kīg & hī. for if he had ben founde ī y^e morne he had ben slaī. & ther¦for he fled thens with iij. felowes on fote onli that no man wisten wher he wos: & went ouer the see to the pope of Rome. ¶And this was the principall encheson for as moch as the kyng wold ha¦ue put clarkes to deth that wer atteyntit of felonye with out ony preuylege of holy chirch: ¶And the xij. yere of his regne was Ion his son borne: And the xiij. yere off his regne died Mau¦de the emprice that was his mother. ¶The :xiiij: yere of his regne the duke Henri of Saxon spoused Maude his dought{er}. & he begat vpon hir iij: sonis that wor called Henri Othus & Willm ¶And in the xv yere of his regne died the good erle Robert of Glocestre that founded the abbey of Nonnes of Eton. ¶And in the same yere Marike kyng of Ierusalem cōquered Babilon ¶And the xvi yere of his regne he let croune his sone Henri kyng at westmynster. &̄ him crouned Rog{er} Erchebis¦shop of yorke. in harmyng of Thomas erchebisshop of Cantorbe¦ri wherfor this same Roger was acursed of the pope.

¶How kyng henri that was son of kyng henri the emprise son and of the debate that wos bytwen him and his fader while thatt he wos in Normandie.

AFter the coronacion of kyng henri the son of kyng henri the emprise son ¶That same henri the emprise son went ou{er} in to Normandie &̄ ther he let marie Elenour the doughter of y^e Dolfyn that was kyng of Almayn ¶And in the vij. yere y^t the erchebisshop 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Thomas had bene outlawed the kyng of fr¦unce made the kyng &̄ 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Thomas accordid. & tho come thom̄s the erchebisshop to Cātorburi ayen to his own chirche ¶And this accord was made in the begynyng of aduent And aft{er}war¦de he wos kylled 〈…〉〈…〉 the v. day of cristynmasse that tho next come ¶For kyng henri thought vpon 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Thomas the erchebisshop vpon cristinmasse day os he sat at his mete &̄ thees wordis said That if he had any good knyghtys with him he had be

mony a day passid avengid vpon the erchebisshop Thomas. ¶And anone sir willm Breton. sir hugh Moruyle. sir wil¦liam Traci. &̄ sir Reignold fitz vrse beres son in Englissh pre¦ueli went vn to the see & comen in to englond vn to the chirche of cantorburi and ther they him 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at sent Benettes auter ī the moder chirche. ¶And that was ī the yere of y^e Incarnaci¦on of ihū crist .M.C:lxxij. yere. ¶And anone after Henri the new kyng began for to make were vpon Henri his fadre and vpon his brether. willm & O thus ¶And so vpon a day the kyng of fraunce and all the kynges sonnes and the kyng of scot¦land and the grettyst lordis of englong were arisen ayens thee kyng Henri the fadre and at the last as god wold he conquered all his emnys. ¶And the kyng of fraunce & he wer accordit & tho sent kyng henri the fadre speciali vn to the kyng of france &̄ prayed him herteli for his loue that he wold send to him the na∣mes by letter of them that wer the begyners of the were ayens him ¶And the kyng of fraunce sent ayene to him bi letter the na¦mes of them that begon the were ayens him. ¶The frist was Iohn̄ his son &̄ Richard his brother. and henri the new kyng his son Tho was henri the kyng wond{er} wroth and cursid the tyme that eu{er} he him begat. ¶And while the were dured Henri his sone the new king died sore repentyng his misdedis & most sorow ma¦de of ony man for because of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thomas deth of cantorburi. ¶And prayed his fadre with moch sorow of hert merce for his trespasse. & his fader for yaf him. and had of him gret pitte and aft{er} he died the xxxvi. yere of his regne and lieth at redīg.

¶How the cristyn lost the holy land in the forsaid kynges ty∣me thurgh a fals cristyn man that bicome a sarisen.

ANd while that kīg henri the emprise son leued and regned the gret bataill wos in the holy land bitwen the cristyn mē and the sarisens. but the cristyn men wer ther kylled thurgh grett

treson of the erle Tirpe that wold haue had to wife the quene of Ierusalem that som tyme wos Baldewyns wife but she forsoke him and toke to hir lord a knyght a worthi man that wos called sir Gny{per}ches wherfor the erle Tirpe wos wroth and wēt anone right to Soladyne that was soudeyn of Babilon &̄ bicome his man. And forsoke his cristindom &̄ all cristyn law and the cristī men wist not of this dedis: but wened for to haue had gret help of him as they wer wont to haue before: ¶And when they comen to the bataill. This fals cristyn man turned vn to the sarisens & forsoke his own nacions &̄ so wer the cristyn men ther kylled w^t the sarisens ¶And thus wer the cristyn men slayn & put to ho¦ribull deth. &̄ the cite of Ierusalē destruied. and the holy cros bor∣ne away ¶The kyng of fraunce and all the gret lordis of y^e land let them cros for to go vn to the loly land ¶And amōg them went Richard kyng Henri son frist aft{er} y^e kīg of fraūce y^t toke y^e cros of y^e erchebisshop of tours: but he toke not the viage at y^t tyme for encheson y^t he wos let bi other man{er} weys & nedis to be done. ¶And whā kīg henri his fad{er} had regned xxxvi. yere & v. monethis & iiij. dais he died & lieth at foundenerard.

Anno domini. M:C.lvi.

ADrianus the fourth wos pope aft{er} Anastasy v. yere T¦his pope was an englisshman. & y^e voce of the comyn pe∣pule saeth he wos a bondman to y^e abbot of sent albons ī englōd And whē he desired to be made a mōke ther. he wos expulsid & hee wēt ou{er} the see. & gaf hī to study &̄ to vertu. & aft{er} wos made bis∣shop of Albanacens. then he wos made legate ī to the land of wor¦macian. & he cōu{er}tid it to the faith: thē he wos made pope: &̄ for the woundyng of a Cardinall he enterditit all the cite of rome: & hee cursid willm the kyng of Cecill. & causid him to submitt him: This man the frist of all popis with his cardinales dueld in the old cite. Alexandre the thrid wos pope after him xij. yere

This Alexander had strife xvij. yere and the iiij. striuers that the Emprour set ayens him he ou{er} come them: and cursid them: &̄ they all dred an yll deth. ¶This man also accordid Frederic the emprour & Emanuell of Constātiōble· & the kyng of Sicu∣lo{rum}: And this man norisshed sent Thomas of cantorberi ī his exile. Nota. Sent Bernard wos canonisit bi this alexand{er} & his abbot forbad him he shuld do no mo myraclis. for ther wos so myghty cōcours of pepull. And he obeyed to hī when he wos deid & did no mo. Lucius the thrid was pope aft{er} Alexander iiij. yere & ij. monethes and of him litell is written ¶In this mans dais decessid Henri the frist son of henri the secund &̄ this his his epytasi. ¶Omīs honoris honos. decor et decus. vrbis et orbis Milicie splendor gloria lumen apex. Iulius ingenio. virtutib{us} hector. Achilles virib{us}. Augustus morib{us}. Ore paris. Vrbanus the iij. wos pope aft{er} Lucius ij. yere This man deces¦sid for sorow when he hard tell that Ierusalem was take with thee sarisens. Gregori the viij: wos pope after hī iiij mōthis & he pra¦ctiset mighteli how Ierlm̄ might be won ayen. bot anone he deces¦sid. Clemēs y^e iij. wos pope after hī iij. yere. &̄ litell did.

¶Of kyng Richard that conquered all the holy land that cristī men had lost.

ANd after this kīg henri regned Richard his son a stout mā &̄ a strong and a worthy and also bold and he was cro¦uned at westmynster of the erchebisshop Baldewyn of Cantor¦buri the thrid day of septembre. and the secūd yere of his regne kyng Richard him self and Baldewyn the erchebisshop of cantor¦buri &̄ Hubert bisshop of Salisburi & Raudulfe Erle of Glou¦cestre. and other mony lordis of englond went in to the holy land and in that viage died the erchebisshop of cantorburi. ¶And kyng Richard went before in to the holy land &̄ restid not till that he come forth ī his way vn to Cipers & toke it with

gret force: and sithen that kyng Richard went forth toward the holy land and gete ther as moch as the cristyn men had ther before losten. and conquered the land ayen thurgh gret myght saufe ōly the holy cros. ¶And when kyng Richard comen to the cite of Acres for to get the cite. ther aros a gret debate bitwen him and the kyng of fraunce so that the kyng of france went ayen in to fr∣aunce &̄ wos wreth toward the kyng Richard but yit for al that or kyng richard went ayen he toke the cite of acres. ¶And wh¦en he had taken it he duelled in the cite a while. but to him come ty¦dynges that the erle Iohn̄ of Oxford his brother wold haue sesed all englond in to his hand and Normandie also. and wold croūe him kyng of the land ¶And whan kyng richard hard tell off this tidyng he went ayen toward englond weth all the spede that he might. ¶But the duke of Ostriche met with him & toke hī & brought hī vn to the Emprour of Almayn. & the emprour hī brought in to his prison ¶And aft{er}ward he was deliu{er}id for an huge raunsum that is for to say an hondreth thousand pound. And for the wich ranson to be payed eche other ••hales of Englo∣nd wos molten and made in to monay and all the monkis of the order of cisteaux yefen all ther bokes thurgh out all englond for to done them to sell & the raunsom for to pay.

¶How kyng Richard come ayen from the holi land and avē¦ged him of his emnys.

WHyles this kyng richard wos in prison the kyng of fraun¦ce wereed vpon him strongly in Normandie and Iohan his brother wered vpon him in Englond. ¶But the bisshop¦pes and barons of englond withstod him with all the pouer thatt they might get: and toke the castell of wyndosore and other castel¦les ¶And the forsaied Iohn̄ saw that he had no might ne pou∣er ayenis the barons of englond for to fight but anone went him ouer see vn to the kyng of fraunce ¶And whē kyng richard

come out of prison and wos deliu{er}ed and come in to englond. a¦none aft{er} candilmasse in gret hast he went vn to notyngham and the castell of Notyngham to him wos yolden And tho discōfitid he his brother Iohan and tho that with him held ¶And aft{er} hee went vn to the cite of wynchestre and ther he let him croun kyng of Englond. &̄ after he went vnto Normandie for to were vpon the kyng of fraunce. ¶And the kyng of fraunce come withe v.C. knyghtys toward Gisors and the kyng Richard met him and tho wold haue yefen him bataill but the kyng of fraūce fled tho and an hundreth knyghtys of his wer take and ij^C. stedis were ther trappid with yren. ¶And anone aft{er} went kyng ri¦chard for to besege the castell of Gaillard and as he rode vpon a day by the castell to take auisement of the castyli. an arbalastier smote him with a quarell that wos enuenyned. &̄ the kyng drofe out the shaft of the quarell but the quarell heed abood still in his heed. & it began for to rankill y^t he might not help him self ne me∣ue his armes ¶And tho he wist that he had dethes woūde vpō him y^t he might not be hole for no man{er} thing. he commaūded an∣none sharpili all his men for to assaill the castell. So y^t the cas∣tell was take or that he died. & so manli his men did that all y^e pe¦pull that wer ī y^e castill wer takē. & the kyng did with them wh∣at he wold &̄ cōmandid his men that they shuld brīg before him y^e man that him so hurt & so woūdid ¶And wen he come before y^e kyng the kīg axed hī what was his name: &̄ he said mi name is ba¦rtram gurdon. wherfor said the kīg hast tow me slayn· sith that I did the neuer none harme ¶Sir said he though ye did me neu{er} none harme. ye yourself with your hond killed my fadre & my bro¦ther. & therfor I haue quyte now your trauell. ¶Tho said kīg Richard he that died vpon the cros to bring mans soule from py∣ne of hell: for yef the my deth. & I also for yef it the. ¶Tho cōmandid he that no man shuld him misdo ¶But for all y^e k¦ynges defēdīg som of his men him folowed &̄ p̄ueli him kylled &̄

the vi. day aft{er} the kīg did shriue hī & sore repētans hauīg of his mysdedis &̄ wos houseled & anoynted. & this kīg regned bot ix: yer & xxxix. wekis & died &̄ lieth beside his fadre at fountenerard.

HEnricus the v. wos emprour viij. yere This henri was son to Frederik. &̄ he weddid Constans the kynges dou¦ghter of Cecill: And thurgh the occasion of hir he subduid all the kyngdom of apulie. & he drofe all the pepull out that inhabit that land: Celestin{us} the thrid wos pope aft{er} Clemēs almost iij. yere This man wos crouned vpon Estyr day. & the day foloīg he crou¦ned Henri the em{per}our. & he made a palas at sent Petres & decesid Innocencius the thrid was pope after him viij: yere. &̄ v. mon¦nethes. This man was well lettred and he made a boke of y^e wrec¦chidnes of mans condicion. And he made splm̄ misse. & he made mony cōstituciōs This man dampned the boke of Iohn̄ ioachim the wich he made ayens mastyr Pers Lumbard the maker of thee sentans. ¶This tyme decesid the em{per}our Henri. & the princes of Almayn discordid: for sum chose Otto & sū choso Philip bro∣ther to henri. then philip wos falsly slayn. &̄ Otto was crouned of Innocens in fraūse. the wich anone faught w^t the Romans for they yaf him no dew honor. And for y^t cause ayens the popis will he toke the kyngdō of Apulie frō Frederik. wherfor the pope cursid him. then aft{er} the fourth yere of his regne the prince of al¦mayn made Fredirik em{per}our &̄ victoriusly he subduid Otto. Wyllyam of Paris this tyme began the ordir of the freres au¦styn the wich be cal̄led freris mendicantes Franciscus an Ita∣lian a man of gret {per}fecciō &̄ a sampill to mony a man did mony a myracull this tyme: and he ordand the frere Minores. ¶And the vi: yere of pope Innocent the thrid. The ordir of y^e freris preche is began: vndir Dominik bot it myght not be cōfir¦myd till the frist yere of honory:

¶Of kyng Iohn̄ that in the frist yere of his regne lost all Normandie.

WHen kyng Richard was deid for encheson that he had non heir nother son ne doughter his brother Iohan was made kyng an crouned at westmynster of Hubert that tho was Erch¦bisshop of Cantorburi ¶And whan he began to regne he beco¦me so meruelus a man and went ou{er} in to Normandie. & wered vpō the kyng of fraunce. &̄ so long they wered to gedre till at the last kyng Iohn̄ lost all Normandie & Angeon. wherfor he was sore anoyed & it was no meruell. ¶Tho let he assemble before hī at London erchebisshoppis bisshoppis abbots & priors erles &̄ barons & held ther a gret {per}lamēt &̄ axed ther of y^e clerge the tenth of eu{er}y chirche of englond for to cōquere &̄ get ayen Normandie & Angeon that he had lost. They wold not graūt y^t thīg wherfore he was wonder wroth. ¶And in y^t same tyme died Hubert the prior & the couēt of Cantorburi chosen ayens the kīg{is} will to be Erchebirspop mastyr Stephen of langton a good clerk y^t wo∣ned at the court of rome & send to the pope ther eleccion &̄ the pope {con}firmid it & sacrid him at viterbi: ¶When the kīg wist this tyding he wos wond{er} wroth & drofe the prior & couēt fro cantorbu¦ry & exiled them out of englond & cōmandid y^t no man{er} letter y^t co¦me frō rome ne no cōmandement shuld be vnd{er}fenge ne pleted in englond ¶When this tydīg come to the pope. he sent to kīg Io¦han be his letter & prayed hī w^t good will & good hert y^t he wold vn¦d{er}fenhe Stephen erchebissh̄op of Cantorburi to his chirche & suf∣fer the prior &̄ his monkis to cū ayen to ther own duellīg bot y^e kyng wold not graūte it for no thing.

¶How kyng Iohn̄ wold nothīg done for the popis cōmande∣ment wherfor all englōd was enterdited and suspended.

ANd at the last the pope sent by his auctorite and enioyn¦ed to the bisshoppis of englomd that if the kyng wold not vndirfenge the prior of Cantorburi and his monkis that they

shuld done generall interdityng thurgh out all englone and gra¦unted full pouer to iiij. bisshoppis to pronounce the interditing if it werned. ¶The frist was bisshop willm of Lōdon and that other bisshop Eustace of Ely &̄ the iij: was bisshop walter of wī¦chestre & the iiij. was bisshop Giles of Herford ¶And thes iiij. bisshoppis praied the kyng kneling on ther kneys &̄ sore wep¦pīg y^t he wold do the popis commandemēt & shewed him the popis bulles of the enterditīg. bot for no prayer that they myght pray he wold not consent ther to. ¶And whē the bisshoppis saw this they wēt from the kīg. And in y^e morne aft{er} the Anūciaon of our lady they pronouced the gen{er}all enterditīg thurgh out all en¦glond so that the chirche doris wer shit with keis and with other fastynyng & with walles. ¶And when the enterditing was pronoūced than the kyng be gane for to wax all out of mesure &̄ anone in to his hand all the possessions of the iiij. bisshoppis & of all the clarge thurgh out all y^e land he toke. &̄ ordened men for to kepe it y^t the clarkis myght not haue ther leuīg. Wherfore the bisshoppis cursed all them that put or shuld medle with holy chirche goodis ayens the will of them that owed them. ¶And when the kīg wold not of his malace sees for no man{er} thing: Thes iiij. bisshoppis a fore said went ou{er} the see & come to the bisshop of Cātorburi &̄ told him all the thyng: ¶And the Erchebissh̄op to them said that they shuld gone ayen to Cā¦torburi & he shuld cum thider to them or els he wold send vn to them certan {per}sons in his stede that shuld do as moch as him self wer ther ¶And whē the bisshoppis herd this. They turned a¦yen in to englōd &̄ come vn to Cātorburi ¶The tydīg comen to y^e kīg y^t the bisshoppis wer come ayen to cantorburi & him se¦lfe might not cū theder that tyme. he send thider bissh̄oppis erles &̄ abbotis for to trete with them that the kyng sh̄uld vnd{er}fenge the erchebissh̄op stephen & y^e prior &̄ all y^e mōkis of cantorburi & that he shuld neu{er} after that tyme no thīg take of holi chirche a¦yens

the will of them that awed the goodis & that the kyng shuld make full amendis to them of whom he had any goodis taken and that holy chirche shuld haue all fraunchis as ferforth as they had in sent Edwardis tyme the confessour.

¶How Stephen of langton com in to englond thurgh the po∣pis cōmandemnt and how he went ayen:

When the forme of accordement thus wos ordened hit was in apayr of endenturs and thei put ther seales to that one part and they that comen in the kynges name put ther seales to that other parte of the Endentures and iiij. bisshoppis aboue said toke that on part of the endenturs to them and y^t other part of the endenturs they bore with them to shew to the kyng ¶When the kyng saw the forme &̄ vnder stode he held him full well apayed of all man{er} thyng as they had ordeyned sauyng as techīg restitucion of the goodis for to make ayen: to y^t thyng he wold not accorde & so he send word ayen to the iiij. bisshoppis that they shuld do out and put a way that on poynt of restitucion. ¶But they ansu¦erd that thei wold not done on word out: Tho sent the kyng to the erchebisshop by tho iiij. erchebisshoppis that he shuld cū to cātor¦buri for to speke with him ther & sent vn to him saufcondit vnd{er} plegges that is to say his Iustices Gilbert Peitevyn willm de la Brener and Iohn be fitz Hugh that in ther conduit saufely he shuld come &̄ go ayen att his own will & ī this man{er} the erche∣bisshop Stephen come to cantorburi ¶And when the erchebis¦shop was comē the kīg come to Chilham for he wold no ney cantor¦buri at y^t time but he sent bi his tresorour bisshop of wynchestre y^t he shuld done out of the endenturs the clause of restitucion for to moke of the goodys: ¶And the Erchebisshop made his oth that he nold not neu{er} don out o word therof ne yit change of that the bisshoppis had spoken & ordeyned. And tho the erchebisshopp wēt ayen to rome w^t out any more doyng ¶Kīg iohn̄ was tho

wrother then eu{er} he wos before. and let make a comyn cry thurgh out all englond that all tho that had holy chirche rentis and went ouer the see. that thei shuld cum ayen in to Englond at a certan day or els they shuld lese ther rentis for eu{er} more. &̄ that he cōman¦did to euery shereue thurgh out all englond that they shuld enqu¦ere if any Bisshop Abbot Prior. or ony other prelat of holy ch¦irche fro that day aft{er}ward resaued any cōmaundemēt that comen fro the pope: That thei shuld take the bodi & brīg it before hī. & y^t they shold take in to the kynges hondis all ther landis of holy ch¦irche that wer yefen to ony man bi the erchebisshop Stephen or bi the prior of cantorbury from the tyme of eleccion of the erchebissh¦op. & commandid that all the woddes that wer the erchebisshoppis sh̄uld be castyn doune vn to the gronde &̄ all solde.

¶How kyng Iohn̄ destruyed the ordir of Cisteaux:

ANd ī the same tyme y^e Irishmē began to were vpon kīg Iohn̄. and kyng Iohn̄ ordeyned hym for to wend in to Ir¦land and let arere an huge taxe thurgh out all Englond that is for to say xxxv.M: marke. And thus he sent thurgh out all englond vn to the monkis of the ordir of Cisteaux that they shu¦ld help him of vi.M. marke of silu{er}: ¶And they ansuerd and said y^t thei durst nothīg done w^t out ther chief abbot of cisteaux wherfor kyng Iohn̄ when he come ayen from Irland did them so moch sorow & care that they not wist werfor to abide for he toke so moch ransom of eu{er}y house of them that the somme ammounted to ix.M.ccc. marke So that they were clene lost &̄ destruid and voided ther houses & ther landis thurgh all ēglond. &̄ y^e abbot of wau{er}say dred so moch his manace that he for soke al y^e abbey & wēt thēs &̄ priuoly ordeyned hī ou{er} see to the hous of cisteaux wh¦en the tidīg come to the pope y^t the kīg had don: so moch malice tho was he toward the kīg full wroth. &̄ sent ij. Legates vn to the ky¦ng that on wos called Pandolf &̄ y^t other Durāt that they shold warne y^e kīg ī the popis name y^t he shuld cese of his {per}secuciō y^t

he did vn to holy chirche and amend the wrong and the trespase that he had done to the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi and to the pri¦our and vn to the monk is of Cantorburi and to all the clarge of Englond and that he shuld restore all the goodis ayen that he had teken of them ayens ther will. And els they shuld curse him bi name and to do this thing and to conferme the pope toke them his letters in bullis patentz. ¶Thes ij. legatis come in to en∣glond and come to the kyng to Northamton ther that he held his parlament and full courtasly they him salued and saied Sir we be comen fro the pope of Rome the pees of holy chirche and the land to a mend ¶And we amonest you frist in the popis halfe that ye make full restitucion of the goodis that ye haue raueshed and take of holy chirche and of the land. and that ye vndirfenge Ste¦phen erchebisshop of Cantorburi in to his dignite and the Prior of Cantorburi and his monkis and that ye yeld ayen vn to the Erchebisshop all his landis and rentis w^t out any w^tholdyng. ¶And sir yit more ouer that ye shall make restitucion vn to all holy chirche wherof they shall hold them well apayed: ¶T∣ho ansuerd the kyng as tochyng the priour & his monkis of Can¦torburi all that ye haue said I will done gladly and all thyng y^t ye will ordeyn ¶But os tochyng the Erchebisshop I shull tell you in myn hert as it lieth. that the erchebisshop let his bis∣shopprich. and that the pope than for him wold pray and than vpō a venture me shold like some other bisshopprich for to yef him in Englond &̄ vpon this condicion I wold him resaue and vnder¦fenge ¶And notheles in Englond as erchebisshop yef he a¦byde he shall neuer haue so good saufcondit but he shall be take. ¶Tho said Pandolfe vn to the kyng sir holy chirche wos wo¦ned neu{er} to discharge an Erchebisshop with out cause resonable but euer it hath be woned to chastyse princes that to god and ho¦ly chirche wer inobidient ¶What how now quod the kyng manace ye me ¶Nay said pandolf but ye now opēle haue told

as it standeth in your hert: ¶And to yow we will telle what is the popis will. And thus it standith that he has you holy enter dited and a cursed: for the wronges that ye haue done to holy chyr¦che and to the clarge. ¶And for as moche as ye duell & beth in will to a bide in malace & wricchednes &̄ woll not cum out th¦er of ne to no amēdment. ye shall vnderstand that this tyme aft{er}¦ward the sentance is vpon you yeffen and holdeth stede and stren¦gth. & vpon all tho that with you haue communed before this tym whethir they be Erles Barons or Knyghtys or any other what so eu{er} that they be we them assoyle saufly vn to this day. & fro this tyme afterward of what condicion som eu{er} that they be we them a curse that with you comyn ony word. & do we sentanse vpon thē openly and specially. ¶And we assoill clene Erles Barons Knyghtes & all other men of ther homages seruis &̄ feautes that they shuld vn to you done. And this tydyng to confirme. we yef playn pouer to the bysshop of wynchestre &̄ to the bisthop of Nor¦wiche. ¶And the same pouer we yif in to scotland to the bis∣shoppis of Rochestre & of Salisburi. ¶And in wales we ye¦ue the same pouer to the bisshoppis of sent Dauid &̄ of Landaf &̄ of sent Asse· ¶And more ou{er} we send thurgh out all cristī¦dom that all the bisshoppis be yond the see that they done a cursse all tho y^t helpeth you or ony cōcell yefeth you in ony man{er} nede y^t ye haue to do in any {per}te of the world ¶And we assoyell them also all by the actorite of the pope: and cōmand them also w^t you for to feght as with hī that is emny to all holy chirche ¶Tho ansuerd the kyng what may ye do more to me. ¶Tho ansuerd Pandolf we sayn to you in the word of god: that ye ne none heir y^t ye haue neu{er} aft{er} this day may be crouned ¶Tho said y^e kīg bi him y^t is almighti god & I had wist this or y^t y^e come ī to my land y^t ye had me brought sich tyding I sh̄uld haue made you ri¦de all on yere. ¶Tho ansuerd pādolf full well wēd we at oure frist cōmīg y^t ye wold haue be obedient to god &̄ to holi chirch. &

haue fulfillid the popis commandemēt. & now we haue shewed vn to you &̄ {pro}nouncid the popis will as we wer charged ther with. & as now ye haue said that if ye had wist the cause of our comyng y^t ye wold haue made vs ride all an hole yere. & as well ye myght haue said that ye wold haue takin an hole yere of respit bi y^e popis leue. ¶But for to suffre what deth ye coude ordeyn. we shall not spare for to tell you holi all the popis message & his wyll y^t we wer charged with.

¶How Pandolf deliu{er}ed a clarke that had falsed &̄ cont{er}feted the kynges monay before the kyng him self.

ANd anone tho commandid the kyng the shereues & bailies of Northamton that were in the kynges presence that th¦ey shuld bring forth all the prisoners that they myght bene done to deth before Pandolf for encheson the kyng wened that they w¦old haue gayn sayed ther dedis for cause of deth all thing that he had spokin afore ¶When the prisoners wer com be fore the kīg the kyng commandid som to be hanged &̄ sum to be drawen & sum to draw out ther eyn out of ther hede ¶And among all other ther was a clarke that had falsid the kyngis monay. And the ki¦ng commandid that he shuld be honged &̄ draw▪ ¶And whē Pandolf herd this cōmandemēt of the kīg he stert him vp smarte¦ly and anone axed a boke and a candill &̄ wold haue cursid him &̄ all them that set vpō y^e clarke any hand. And Pandolf hī self went for to sech a cros & the kīg folowid hī & deliu{er}id hī the clarke bi the hand y^t he shuld do w^t hī what he wolde ¶And th{us} was the clerke delyu{er}id &̄ wēt thēs ¶And Pandolf & Durant his felow went from the kyng Iohn̄ & come ayen to the pope of rome & told him that kyng Iohn̄ wold not amended be but eu{er} abiden so accursed ¶And notheles the pope grantid that yere thurgh out englond that mē myght sing masses in coueneble chirchis & ma¦ke goddis body and yef it to seke mē that shuld passe out of this world And also that men myght cristyn child ou{er} al the land

¶And when the pope wist and saw that the kyng wold not ben vnd{er} the rule of holy chirche for no man{er} thīg the pope tho sent to the kyng of fraunce in remision of his sinnes y^t he shuld take with him all the pouer y^t he myght &̄ wend ī to englond for to distru ky¦ng Iohn̄. ¶When this tidyng come to kyng Iohn̄ tho wos he sore anoyed & sore drad lest that he shuld lese his reame & hym self be done to deth. ¶Tho sent he to the pope messangers and said y^t he wold bene iustyfied & cum to a mendment ī all thinges and wold make satisfaccion to all man{er} men after y^e popis ordinā¦ce ¶Tho sent the pope ayen in to engloted Pandolf and other messingers come to Cantorburi tho the king abode. And y^e xiij day of May the kyng made an othe for to stand to the popis ordi¦nance before Pandolf the legate ī all man{er} of thīges in wich he wos a cursed &̄ y^t he shuld make full restitucion to all men of holi chirche &̄ of relegion & of the godis y^t he had taken of them ayens ther will and all the gret lordis of englōd swore vpon the boke &̄ bi y^e holydom that if the kīg wold not hold his oth they saied that they wold make him hold it by strength ¶Tho put the kyng him to the court of rome & to the pope & tho yaf he vp the reame of Englōd & of Irland for him and for his heires for eu{er} more that sh̄uld cum after him So that kyng Iohn̄ and his heires shuld take tho ij. reames of the popes handis &̄ shuld eu{er}y yere pay ferme vn to the court of rome a thousand marke of silu{er}. ¶And tho toke the kīg the croune of his hede and set him on his kneys and thes wordis said he in hering of all the gret lordis of englond her I resigne vp the croune and the reame of Englōd in to the po∣pis Innocent hand the thrid. and put me holy in his merci and ī his ordinance•• ¶Tho vnd{er}fenge Pandolf the croune of kīg Iohn̄ and kepid it v. days as for sesing tagyng of ij. reames of Englong and Irland and confermed all man{er} thynges by hys chartur that foloweth after.

Of the letter obligatorie that kyng Iohan made vn to thee court of Rome. wherfore the Petres pens bene gadred thurgh owt all Englond.

TO all cristyn pepull thurgh out all the world duellyng Iohn̄ by the grace of god kyng of englond greting to youre vniu{er}site. and be it knowyn that for as moch as we haue greued and offendid god &̄ our modre chirche of rome: & for as moch as we haue nede vn to the merci of our lord ihū crist & also we may nothing so worthy offer as compitent satisfaccion to mak to god & to holy chirche but if that it wer our own bodi. as w^t our reames of englond & of Irland ¶Than bi the grace of god we desire to meke vs for the loue of him that meked him to the de¦th vpon the cros. thurgh coūsell of the nobull Erles & Barons we offer and freli graūten to god & to the apposteles sent petre & sent paule &̄ to our moder chirche of rome &̄ to our holy fad{er} the po¦pe Innocent the thrid &̄ to all the popis that cometh aft{er} him▪ al the reame &̄ patrenages of chirches of englond &̄ of Irland with ther appertenaunces for remyssion of our sinnes and help &̄ helthe of our kyne soules & of all cristen soules. So that fro this da•• af¦t{er}ward we will resaue & hold of our modre chirche of rome as fe fa¦••me doyng feaute to our holy fad{er} the pope Innocent the thrid. & so to all the popis that cometh aft{er} hym in the same man{er} aboue saied And in presens of the wise man pandolf the popis subdekyn. we make liege homage as it wer ī the popis p̄sens & before him wer. & shall done all man{er} thīges aboue said. &̄ ther to we bynd vs & all that cometh aft{er} vs. &̄ our heiris for eu{er} more without any yē sayng to the pope &̄ eke the ward of churche vacauntz & in token of this thīg eu{er} for to last: we will confirme &̄ orden y^t our special rentis of the forsaid reame sauīg sent petres pens ī all thīg to the mod{er} chirche of rome payng by yere a .M. mark of silu{er} at ij. ter∣mes of the yere for all man{er} customs that we shold do for the fore¦saied reames that is to say at myhelmasse and at Estyr that is

to sai vij^C. mark for englond and iij^C. mark for Irland sauȳg to vs &̄ to our heiris our iustices &̄ our other fraunches & other re¦altes that {per}teneth vn to the croune. And thes thynges that be fore bene sayed we will that it be firme &̄ stabull with out end. & to that obligacion we & our successours & our heirris in this ma¦ner bene bound. that if we or any of our heiris thurgh any p̄sump¦cion fall in any point ayenst any of thes thynges aboue said & he be warned &̄ will not right amēd him. he shall than lese the for said reame for eu{er}more. & that this chartre of obligaciō & our war¦rant for eu{er} more be firme & stabull without gayn saing we shall fro this day aft{er}ward be trew te god & to the mod{er} chirche of rome & to the pope Innocent y^e iij. & to all y^t cometh aft{er} hī &̄ y^e reames of englōd &̄ of irland we shall mayntē trewli ī all man{er} pointis a¦yens all man{er} mē by our pouer thurgh godis helpe:

¶How the clerkis y^t wer outlawed of englond come ayen{is} and how kyng Iohan was assoiled.

WHen this chartre was made and enseled the kyng vnderfēg ayen his croune of Pandolfes hand and sent anone vn to the Erchebisshop Stephen and to all his other clerkis and lewd men▪ that he had exiled out of this land that they sh̄uld come ayen in to Englond and haue ayen ther landes & also ther rentis and that he wold make restituciō of the gooddis that he had taken of th∣ers ayenst ther will. ¶The kyng him self tho and Pandolf & erles and barons went vn to wynchestre ayens the Erchebisshopp Stephen &̄ when he wos come the kyng went ayenst him and fell a doune to his fete and thus to him said. fair sir ye be wellcome and I cry you merci for encheson that I haue trespassed ayenst you: ¶The Erchebisshop toke him vp tho in his armys and cussed him courtasly oft tymys and aft{er} lad hī to the dore of Sent Swythynes chirche by the hond and assoyled him of the sentance &̄ hī reconsiled to god and to holy chirche and that was on Sent

Mergaretes day and the erchebisshop anone went for to synge masse and the kyng offered at the masse a marke of gold. ¶And when the masse was done all they went to vnderfong all ther landis with out ony maner gayn sayng: And that day they made all myrth &̄ ioye y nowgh. but yit was not the enterdy¦tyng releced. for encheson the pope had set that the enterditing shold nat be vndone: till the kīg had made full restitucion of the goodis that he had taken of holy chirche and that him self shuld done homa¦ge to the pope by a certayn legat that he shuld send in to englond ¶Tho toke Pandolf his leue of the kyng and of the erchebis∣shop and went ayen vn to Rome. And the erchebisshop anone let come before him prelatis of holy chirche at Redyng for to trete and councell how moch & whot they shuld axe of the kyng for to make restitucion of the godis that he had take of them ¶And they ordined and said that the kyng shuld yet vn to the erchebissh¦op iij.M. marke for the wrong that the kyng had done vn to hī ¶And also by porcions to other clerkys xv.M. marke And the same tyme Nicholas bisshop of Tuscan Cardinall pennitan¦cer of rome come in to englond thurgh the popis cōmandement the v. kalend of October & come to london the v. non as of Ootober for encheson that kyng Iohn and all the kynges y^t come aft{er} him shuld eu{er} more hold the reames of englone & of Irland of god & of the pope payng to the pope by yere as it is aboue said.

¶How the ent{er}dityng wos vndone ī englōd and of the debate that wos bitwen king Iohn̄ & the barons of the reame.

WHen kīg Iohn̄ had don his homage to the legat that shew¦ed him the popes letter that he shuld pay to Iulian and yelde ayen that was kyng Richard wife the iij· part of the land of englond &̄ of irland that he had with hold sith that kīg Richa¦rd died▪ ¶When kyng iohn̄ herd this he was wond{er} wroth: for vtterli the enterditing myght not be vndone till that he had made

gree and restitucion to the forsaid Iuliane of that she axed The legat went tho ayen to the pope aft{er} cristemasse. &̄ the kyng sent tho messangers ouer se to Iulian that wos kyng Richard wife for to haue a relese of that she axed of him: ¶And so it befell that Ivlian died anone aft{er} Estir And in so moch the kīg was quy∣te of that thing that she axed. ¶But tho at the fest of sent Io¦han that come next aft{er} thurgh the popis commaundemēt the enter¦diting wos frist relesed thurgh all englond the vij. day of Iuyll And vij: yere was the land enterdited. & ī the morne men rong & said masse thurgh out all london &̄ so aft{er} thurgh out all englōd ¶And the next yere after ther began a gret debate bitwene ki¦ng Iohn̄ &̄ the lordis of englōd for encheson that he wold not graū¦te the lawes & hold. the wich sent Edward had ordeyned. & had be vsed & hold vn to y^t tyme y^t he had them broken for he wold hold no law bot did all thīg that hī likid & desheried mony mē with out {con}¦sent of lordis &̄ peris of the land. & wold desherite the good Erle Randulf of Chestre for enchesō y^t he vnd{er}toke hī of his wykkid¦nesse. & for cause that he did so moch shame &̄ velany to god and holy chirche And also fer he held & hauntid his own brothers wife & lay also bi mony other womē gret lordis doughtres for he sparid no woman that him liked for to haue. wherfore all the lordis of the land wer with him wond{er} wroth and went to london &̄ toke the cite: ¶And for to cese this debate and sorow the erchebishop and other gret lordis of the land assembled them before the fest of sent Iohan baptist in a medow besides the toune of stanes y^t is called Romnemede. And the kyng made them ther a chertour of fraunches such as they wold axen &̄ ī soch man{er} they wer accor¦did and that accordemēt last not full longe. for the kyng him sel¦fe sone aft{er} did ayens the pointis of the same chartre that he had ma¦de wherfor the most parte of the land of lordis assembled them and began to were vpō him ayen. and brened his tounes and rob∣bid his folke & did all y^e sorow y^t they myght &̄ made them as

stronge as they myght with all ther pouer & thoght to driue him out of englond. and make Lowys the kynges son of fraunce ky¦ng of englond. ¶And kyng Iohn̄ sent tho ou{er} see and or∣deyned so moch pepull of Normans &̄ of Piccardes &̄ of Flem∣mynges So that the land myght not susteyn them but with mo∣ch sorow ¶And among all thes pepull ther was a mā of Nor¦mandie that was called Faukis of brent and this Normand & his {con}pany spared nother chirche ne house of religion bot thei brīt & robbed it &̄ bare away all that they might take. so that the land wos all destroied what on oon side & on other. ¶The barons & lordis of Englond ordeyned amōg them the best spekers and wy¦sest mē. & sent them ou{er} se to kīg Philip of fraunce and prayed him that he wold send lowys his son in to englōd to be kyng of en¦glōd &̄ to vnd{er}fenge the croune.

¶How Lowys the kinges son of fraunce come in to englond with a stronge pouer of pepull to be kīg of englond:

WHen kyng Ppilip of fraunce herd this tydyng he made cer¦tayn aliaunce bitwene them by ther commune eleccion y^t Lowys kyng Pphilipes sone of fraunce sh̄uld go with them ī to Englond & driue out kīg Iohn̄ of the land and all that wer in presence of Lowys made vn to him homage and bicome his men: ¶And the barons of englond held them styll at londō & abi∣den Lowys the kīges son of fraūce. & this was the next saturday before the Ascencion of our lord that lowys come in to englond with a strong pouer & that tyme kyng Iohn̄ had takyn all the cas¦tels of englōd in to alyens handis ¶And tho com Lowys & be segid Rouchestres castell & toke it with strength & the thursday in whitson w••ke lethonge all y^e aliens y^t wer therī & y^e thursdai tho next suyng he come to London & ther he wos vnderfenge with mech honour of the lordis that a byden him ther & all to him made homage ¶And aft{er}ward on the tewysday next aft{er} the Trini¦te

sonday he toke the castell of Reigate &̄ in the morow after y^e castell of Gilford &̄ the friday next aft{er} the castell of Farneham &̄ the mōday next aft{er} the cite of wynchestre to him was yold &̄ in the morow aft{er} sent Iohn̄ day the man{er} of woluesey and the tew∣isday aft{er} the vtas of sent Petre & sent paule they toke the castell of Odiham: and the mōday aft{er} sent Margaretes day he ordend him toward Bawmore for to sege the castell and ther he duel∣led xv. dais &̄ myght not get the castell &̄ than when the thens &̄ come to london &̄ the toure to him wos yolde.

¶How the pope send in to Englond a legat that wos called Swalo and of the deth of kīg iohn̄.

ANd in the same time the pope send in to england a legat that wos called Swalo and he wos prest Cardinall of rome for to maynten kyng Iohans cause ayens the barons of En¦glond but the barons had so huge part and help thurgh Lowys the kynges son of fraunce. that kyng Iohn̄ wist not whidder for to turne ne gone. ¶And so it befell that he wold haue gone to Nycholl and as he wēt thid{er}ward he come by the abbey of Swynes hede &̄ ther he abode ij. dais ¶And as he sat at mete he axed a monke of the house how moch a lofe was worth that wos set befor him vpō the tabull. And the mōke said that the lofe was worthe but and halfpeny. ¶O quod the kyng tho here is gret chepe of brede. Now quod the kyng & I may life soch a lofe shall be wor¦th xx. shillyng or half a yere be gone. ¶And whē he had said this word moch he thougt & oft he sighed & tok & ete of the bred & said by god the word that I haue spokyn it shall be soth ¶The mōke that stode before the kyng was for this word full sori in hert & thoght rather he wold him self suffre deth. and thought if he my¦ght ordeyn ther fore some man{er} remedie. ¶And anone y^e mō¦ke went to his abbot &̄ wos shriuen of him. &̄ told the abbot all that the kyng had said· and praid his abbot for to assoill him for he wold yef the kīg such a drink that all Englond shuld be glad

ther of & ioyfull ¶Tho went the monke in to a gardeyn and foūd a gret to de therin. & toke hir vp &̄ put hir ī a cup &̄ prikked the tode thurgh w^t a broche mōy tymes till y^t the venym comen out of eu{er}y side ī the cup. & tho toke the cup &̄ fillled it w^t good ale & brought it before the kīg & knelīg said. sir qd he wassale. for ne¦uer the days of your life dranke ye of so good a cup ¶Begin monke qd the kīg: &̄ the monke dranke a gret draught &̄ toke the kyng the cup: & the kīg also dranke a gret draught & set doūe the cup ¶The monke anone right wēt ī to the farmori & ther died anone. on wh•••• seule god haue merci amen. And v. mōkis sing for his soule specially & shall whiles the abbey stādeth. ¶The kyng a rose vp anone full euell at ese. & cōmande to remeue the table & axed aft{er} the monke. & mē told him y^t he wos dede for his wombe was broke. ī sūder ¶When the kyng herd this he cōmā¦ded to trusse but all it wos for noght. for his belly began to swel so for the drink that he had dronkē▪ & with in ij. days he died on the morow aft{er} sent Lukes day. ¶And this kyng Iohn̄ had mony fair child of his body begoten. that is to say Henri his son that wos kīg aft{er} his fadre: & Richard y^t wos erle of Cornewaill and Isabell that was emprise of rome & Elenor that wos quen of scotland ¶And this kyng iohn̄ whan he had regned xiiij. yere and. v: monethis and v. dais he died in the castell of Newarke & his bodi wos beried at wynchestre.

Anno domini .M.CC.

FRedericus the secund wos emprour xxxiij. yere This mā wos crouned of Honorius the pope ayens Otto y^t he shold fight w^t hī: the wich he did & expulsid hī: & frist he nurisshed the chirche. & aft{er} he spolid it. as a stepmod{er}. wherfor Honori{us} cursed hym &̄ all that wer {con}trari to his oppynyon the pope assoiled. &̄ the same sentans Gregori the ix. renewid. and this same man put henri his own son ī p̄son & ther morderid him▪ wherfore when this

Emprour an other seson wos seke bi an other son of his own he wos mordered. in the tyme of Innocent the fourthe. Honorius the thrie was popo aft{er} Innocent x. yere and confir∣med the ord{er} of Freris prechu••s & mynors & made c{er}tā decretals·

¶Of kyng Henri the thrid that wos crouned at Gloucestre

ANd aft{er} this kyng Iohn̄ regned his son Henri and was crouned at Glocestre whan that he was ix. yere old on sēt Symondes day and Iude of Swalo the legat of rome thurgh councell of all the gret lordis that held with kyng Iohan his fa¦der y^t is to say the Erle Raudolfe of Chestre Willm erle Mar¦chall erle of Penbroke willm the Brener erle of Feriers Serle the manle baron. & all other gret lordis of englond held with lo¦wys the kyng son of fraunce ¶And anone after when king Henri wos crouned Swalo the legate held his councell at bristo at sent Martins fest and ther wer xi. bisshoppis of englond and of wales &̄ of other prelates of holy chirche a gret nombre & erles and barons and mony knyghtys of Englōd and all tho y^t wer at that counsell swore feaute vn to Henri the kyng that wos ki∣ng Iohanes sun ¶And anone aft{er} the legate enterdited wa¦lis for encheson that they held with tha barons of Englund also all tho that holpen or yaf ony counsell to meve were ayen the ne¦we kyng Henri he a cursed hem. &̄ at the begynnyng he put in the sentance the kynges son of fraūce Lowys.

¶And notheles the same Lowys wold not space for all that bot went and toke the castell of Barcamsted &̄ also the castell of Herford. ¶And from that day afterward the barons did ther so moch harme thurgh out all Englond and principall the frens¦shmen that wer come with king Lowys wherfor the gret lordis &̄ all the commyn pepull of englond let them dresse forto driue low∣ys and his companye out of englōd but sum of the barons and of

the frensshmē wer gon to the cite of Nicholl and toke the toune &̄ held it to kyng Lowys profit ¶But thider come kyng henris men with a gret pouer that is to say the Erle Raudolfe of Ches¦tre and willm erle Marshall and willm the brener erle of Feri∣ers and mony other lordie with them and yefen bataill vn to Lo¦wys men And ther wos slayn the erle of Perches and Lowys men wer ther foule discomfited. ¶And ther wos taken Serle erle of wynchestre &̄ Humfrey de Bowne erle of Herford and Robert the son of walter and mōy other that begane were aynes the kyng ther they wer takyn and lad vn to kyng Henri thatt wos kyng Iohaanes son. ¶And when the tidynges come to Lowys of the discomfitur that was the kynges son of fraūce he re¦meued from thens and went vn to Lōdon and let shit the yates fast of the cite And anone after y^e kīg sent to the burgies of lō¦don that they sh̄uld yeld them vn to him and the Cite also. and he wold them graunt all ther fraūshis that eu{er} they wer woned to haue before and wold confirme them by his gret new chartre vnder his brode seall. ¶And in the same tyme a gret lord y^t was called Eustace the monk come out of Fraunce with a gr¦et companye of lordis &̄ wold haue comen in to Englōd for to ha¦ue holped Lowys the kynges son of fraūce. But Hubert of bur¦gh and the v: portis with viij. shippis tho met with them in thee high se and assailid them egreli & ou{er} come them with strength &̄ smyten of Eustace the monkis heed & toke also x. gret lordis of fraūce & put them in to prison. &̄ killed almost all the men thatt come with them & anone drenched the shippis in the see.

¶How Lowys turned ayen in to fraūce &̄ of the confirmacion of kyng Iohanes chartre.

WHen Lowys herad this tydynges he drad sore to be dede &̄ lost and let ordoyne and speke bitwen the kyng and low¦ys by the legat Swalo. and thurgh the erchebisshop of canterbu¦ri &̄ thurgh other gret lordis that all the prisoners on y^t one half

and that otheer shuld be deliu{er}ed and gone quite. & Lowys him sel¦fe sh̄uld haue for his costages a .M. pound of silu{er}: & shuld gone out of Englond &̄ cum neuer more therin ayen. ¶And ī this man{er} was the accorde made bitwen kyng henri & lowys. & tho wos lowys assoiled of the popis legat that wos called Swalo of y^e sē¦tance y^t he was in. &̄ the barons of englond also. ¶And after this y^e king Henri &̄ Swalo the legate &̄ Lowys wēt to Merton & ther wos the pees confirmyd & bitwen them ordeyned. And aft{er} Lowys went fro thens vn to london &̄ toke his leue and was bro¦ught with moch honour vn to the see with the Erchebisshop of can¦torburi. and with other bisshoppis. &̄ also with erles and barons and so went Lowys in to fraunce: ¶And afterward the kyng and the Erchebisshop and erles &̄ Barouns assembled them at London at Mihelmasse that next come tho ••ewyng and held ther a gret parlament & ther wer tho renewid all the fraunches y^t king Iohn̄ had graunted. at Romnemede &̄ kīg henri tho {con}firmed by his chartre the wich yit bene holdein thurgh out all englond. And in that tyme the kyng toke of eu{er}y plough land ij. shillyng And Hubert of Burgh was made tho chief Iustice of englōd ¶And this wos in the iiij. yere of kyng henris regne· & in th•• ••ame yere wos s••nt Th••m••s of Cant••rburi 〈…〉〈…〉 after his ma••dō ¶And after it wos ordend by all y^e lordis of englōd y^t all aliēs shuld go out of englōd &̄ cū no more therī and kyng henri toke tho all the castellis in to his hond that kyng Iohn̄ his fadre had yeue and taken vn to aliens for to kepe that held with him ¶But the proud Faukes of Brent richeli let aray his Castell of Bedeford wich he had of king Iohans yeft and he held that castell ayens kyng henris will with myght and strength ¶And the kyng come thider with a strong poer and beseged the castell And the Erchebisshop mastir stephen of lang¦ton with a fair cōpany of knyghtys come to the kyng him for to help &̄ fro y^e ascēcion vn to the assumpcion of our lady lasted the

sege And tho was the castell wone and take &̄ the kyng let hong all tho that wer went in to the castell with ther good well for to hold the castell that is for to say lxxx. men. ¶And tho aft{er}wa¦rd Faukes him self wos found in a chirche of Couentre and ther he forswore all englond with moch shame & went tho ayen vn to his own cūtre ¶And whiles that kīg Henri regned Edmōd of Abyndon that was tresurer of Salusburi wos consacred Er¦chebisshop of Cantorburi ¶And this kyng Henri send ou{er} se vn to the erle of Prouynce that he shuld send him his doughter in to englond that wos called Elinore &̄ he wold spouse hir and so she come in to englond after Cristemasse and in the morow after sent Hillarie day. The erchebisshop Edmond spousid them to ge¦der at westmynstre with moch solempnite And ther wos a swete fight bitwen theym that is to sai. Edward that was next kyng after his fad{er} flour of curtasi &̄ of largesse. & Margaret that was afterquene of scotland. &̄ Beatrice that was afterward Coun¦t••sse of Britan. & Katrin that died maid in relegion.

¶Of the quinzeme of goodis that wer grantid for the new ch∣artre & of the purueance of Oxford▪

ANd thus it befell that the lordis of englond wold hauen somme addicions mo in the chartre of fraunches that thei had off the kyng and spekyn thus bitwen them and the kyng grauntid them all ther axyng and made to them ij. chartres that on is called the gret chartre of fraunchises & that other is called the chartre of forest and for the graunt of thes ij. charters p̄latis Erles &̄ barens & all y^e cōmyns of englond yaf to the kīg a. M marke of silu{er}. when kīg Henri had bene kȳg xliij. yere the same ye¦re he and his lordis Erles &̄ barons of the reame went to Oxū¦ford & ordeyned a lawe in amendement off the Reamme. And first swore the kyng him selfe and afterward all the lordis off the land. that they wold hold that statute for eu{er} more And who

that them brake shuld be deid But the secund yere aft{er} that ordi∣nance. the kyng thurgh councell of sir Edward his sone and of Richard his brother that was erle of Cornewale and also of od{er} repentid him of that oth that he had made for to hold that law and ordenaūce. & sent to the court of Rome to be assoyled of that oth ¶And in that yere next comyng aft{er} wos the gret derth of cor¦ne in englond. For a quarter of whete wos worth xx iiij. shillīg and the poer pepull ete nettylles & other wedis for gret honger. & died mony a thousand for defaute of mete. ¶And in the xlviij yere of kyng Henries regne began were and debate bitwene hī &̄ his lordis for enchesen that he had broke the couenauntes that were made bitwen them at Oxford. ¶And in the same yere w¦as the toune of Northamton taken & folke slayn that wer within for encheson that thei had ordeyned wild fiere for to brenne the cite of london ¶And in the moneth of may that come next aft{er} vpō sent Pancras day was the bataill of Lewes that is to say the we¦dynisday before sent Dunstones day and ther was takyn kyng Henri him self and sir Edward his son and Richord his brod{er} erle of Cornewaill and mony other lordis ¶And in the sam yere next sewyng Sir Edward the kynges sone brake out of y^e ward of sir Symond of Mountforth erle of Leycestre at herford and went vn to the Barons of the marche and they vndirfenge him with moch honour ¶And the same tyme Gilbert of Cla∣rence erle of Gloucestre that was in the warde also of the forsaid Symond thurgh the commaundemēt of kyng Henri that wente from him with gret hert. For encheson that he said that the forsai¦ed Gilbert was a foole in his counsell. wherfor he ordeyned him afterward so and held him with kyng Henri

¶And on the satirday next after the myddes of August. Sir Edward the kynges sone discomfited sir Symond de Mountfort at Kemlworth ¶But the gret lordis that were ther with hī were taken that is to sayen Baldewyn wake. and willyam de

Mounchensie and mony other gret lordis And the twisday next aft{er} wos the bataill done at Eusham and ther was kylled Sir Sy¦mond de mounford Hugh the spen{ser}. and Mounforth that was Raufe Bassettz fadre of Draiton and other mony gret lordis ¶And when this bataill wos done all the gentillmen that had bene with the Erle Symōd wer disherited. &̄ ordeyned to gedre &̄ did moch harme to all the land. For they distroied ther enmys in all that they myght.

¶Of the sege of Kemlworth &̄ how the gentilmē wer disheri∣ted thurgh councell of the lordis of the reame of englond and how they come ayen and had ther landis.

ANd the next yere cōyng in may. the fourth day before the fest of sent Dunstan was the bataill and scomfiture at Chesterfeld of them that wer disherited &̄ ther was mony off them kylled ¶And Robert erle of Feriers ther he was taken and also Baldewyn wake and Iohn̄ delahay with moch sorow a scappid thens And on the sent iohēs eue the Baptist tho next se¦wyng began the sege of the castell of Kemlworth &̄ the sege last till sent Thamas eue the appostell in wich day sir Hugh hastīg had the castell for to kepee that yeldid vp the castell vn to the kīg in this maner that him self and that other that wer with in the castell shold haue ther lyues &̄ limme & as moch thyng os they had therin both horse and & harnes &̄ ▪iiij. dais of respip for to deli¦uer clenly the castell of them self and of all other man{er} thīg as th¦ey had with ī y^e castell & so they wēt frō the castell And sir Simō¦de the mounteforth the yonger &̄ the Coūtesse his mod{er} wer flede ouer the see in to fraunce & ther held them os pepull that wer exi∣led out of englond for eu{er} more ¶And sone aft{er} it was ordey∣ned by the legat Octobone &̄ by other gret lordis the wisest of En¦glond that all tho that had bene ayenst the kyng & wer disherited sh̄uld haue ayen ther landis by grevous raunsuns after that it was ordeyned and thus they wer accordid with the kyng and

pees cried thurgh out Englond &̄ thus the were was endied ¶And when this was done the legate toke his leue of the ky¦ng & of the quene &̄ of all the gret lardis of englond & wēt tho to rome the lv. yere of kyng Henris regne And Edward king Iohon son of Britan Iohn̄ vessy Thomas of clare Roger of Clifford Othes of Graunston Robert le Brus Iohn̄ of verdō &̄ mony other lordis of englond and of by yond the see token ther way toward the holy land &̄ the kyng Henri died in the same tyme at westmynster when he had be kīg lv. yere & xix. wokis on sent Edmondis day the Erchebishop of Cantorburi. & he was ente∣red att westmynster on sent edmondes day the kyng. in the yere of incarnacion of our lord ihū crist .M.CC.lxxij.

¶Profecie of Merlin of the kyng Henri y^e frist expouned that was Kyng ••hohan son.

ANd of this Henri profecied Merlin & saied that a lomb shold come out of wynchestre ī y^e yere of the Incarnaciō of our lord ihū crist. M: CC. and xvi. with trew lippis &̄ holy¦nes written in his hert &̄ he said soth for the good Henri the kyng wos borne in wynchestre in the yere aboue sayd & he spake good w¦ordis and swete and wos an holy man & of good concience. ¶And Merlyn said that this henri sh̄old make the fairest pla∣ce of y^e world that in his tyme shuld not be fully endid ¶And he said soth for he made the new werke of the abbey of sent Petris chirch at westmynster that is fairer of sight then ony other place that ony men knaweth thurgh out all cristyndom. but kīg henri died or that werke wer fully at an end & that wos gret harme. ¶And yit said Merlyn that this Lambe shuld haue pees the most tyme of his regne. And he said full soth for he w••s neu{er} an∣noyed thurgh were ne desesed ī no man{er} wise till a lytell before his deth. & Merlyn said ī his {pro}fecie more. &̄ ī the regne & end of the forsaid lābe a wolfe of a strāge land sh̄uld do hī moch harme tho¦row his were: & that he shuld at the last bene mast{er} thurgh help of

a reed fox that shuld cum forth of the northwest and shuld him ou{er}cum And that he shuld driue him out of the water and that {pro}¦fecy full well was knawen. for within a litell tyme or the kyng died Symōd of Mounteford erle of Leicestre that was borne in fraūse began ayenst him strong were thurgh which doyng mony a good bacheler was shent & deid &̄ disherite. ¶And when kyng Henri had the victori at Eusham &̄ Symōd the erle wos slayn thurgh help & might of Gilbert of Clare erle of Gloucestre that wos in kepīg & ward of the forsaid Symōd thurgh ordinance of kyng Henri that wēt ayen vn to the kyng with moch pouer ¶Wherfor the forsaid Symōd wos sh̄ent and that wos gret harme to the {con}mynes of Englond that so good a man was shēt for the trouth and died in charite and for the commyns profite of the same folke and therfor almyghty god for him hath sithens sh¦ewed mony a full fair myracull vn to diu{er}se men and women of the sekenes &̄ disese that they haue had for the loue of him. ¶And Merlyn also told and said in his propheci that after that tyme the Lambe shuld leue no while and than his seed shuld bene in strange land w^t out any pasture ¶And he said so the. for kyng Henri leued no while aft{er} when that Symond moūfort wos deid that kyng Henri ne died anone aft{er} him: ¶And in the meyn tyme Sir Edward his son that wos the best kyng of the world of honour wos tho in the holy land & gat there Acres ¶And in that cantre he begate on dame Elenour his wife io∣han of acres his doughtre that aftward wos Countasse of Glo¦cestre: And made such a viage in the holy land. that all the world spake of his knyghthod. and eu{er}i man drad him. high and low th¦urgh out all cristyndom. as the stori of him telleth as afterward ye shall here more openli And from the tyme that kyng Henri died till that sir Edward wos crouned kīg. all the gret lordis of englōd were as fad{er}les children without any socour y^t thē might maīten &̄ gou{er}ne & defend ayens ther dedely emnys.

GRegririus the ix. was pope aft{er} Honori. This man cano¦nysit mony saintis. &̄ defendit mighteli the chirche ayenes Frideric. therfor he toke mony p̄latis and ij. cardinalis the wich went to coūsell ayens hȳ. This pope wos seged ī the cite of Rome by the emprour. &̄ he saw the romans wer corruppid by the monay of the emprour. Then he toke in his handis the hedes of the appos∣tils Petur & Paule. and went with precession fro the chirche of sent Iohn̄ latronens. to sent petres chirche. And so he gat the he¦rtis of the romans: and then tho emprour went far a way fro the cite. This pope made frere Iaymond to {con}pill y^e .v. bokis of the decretals of mony pistils & docreis· And after with mony tribu¦lacions of this tyrand and other: he decessid. and 〈…〉〈…〉 Celestinus the iiij. was pope after Gregori almost a mōthe and he was in his lyfe and in his conyng laudabull And he was an old mā & a febull &̄ decessid. and ther was no pope after him almost a xij monthes: Innocenci{us} the iiij. was pope after him xi. yere & sex mōthes. This man canonysit mony sentis &̄ Fre∣derik the emprour he deposid &̄ cursed as a emny to god & the chirch in the thrid yere that he was made pope. &̄ he was holpen by the ia¦nuencis. ¶Then was henri the sex chosen & willm. by the popis commandement ayens Frederic on after an other. bot they {pro}ua∣lid not to ower cum his tyrannyde. for he was ou{er} mighti: ne thes wer not crouned for they decessid anōe. Thomas de aquino an holy doctor. Albartus magnus the bisshop of Ratisponēs Eustacius. Boneauentur a deuote doctor wer this tyme the wich distruied moch heresi enfeckid by the Emprour. Alexan¦der was pope after Innocent vij. yere & litell of him is writyn Vrbanus was after him iij. yere. & iij. mōthes. This mā dro¦fe a way the host of the sarisens by men merkid with the cros. thee wich Maufred had send ayens the chirche. &̄ the pope toke the kīg¦dome of Cicill to y^e kīgis brod{er} of fraunce. that he shuld fight with Maufrede. and then he decessid. and Manfrid after losten

his life &̄ his kīgdō by Karolus. Alphonsus the kīg of castell Richardus brother to the king of englōd erle of cornewell wer chosin emprours aft{er} the long vacacion of the empire. for the che{ser}s of y^e em{per}our wer deuyded insondir and ther wos gret strife mōy yere. at the last decessid Richard: & Alphōsus the other emprour cō a fore Gregori the ix. bi the signe of pees & vtterly renoūsit al his titill of the empire. & he had ony: for he wos a veray witty mā and a nobull astranomier. & his tabuls be veray famose the wich he made for they be compendiose. Clemens the iiij wos pope af¦ter vrbane iij· yere & ix monethis this Clement wos an holy mā and said thurgh the sprete of {pro}phesi. y^t the enmys of the chirche shuld parych as the smoke. & it is to be leuyd y^t god ses••id the tri¦bulacions of the chirch thurgh his meritis. this man a fore had a wife &̄ child. & when he was prest and aft{er} bisshop he wos sent ī to englond legate & he nothyng knawyng wos chosyn pope and aft{er} dicessid blissidly for his vertuus leuīg

Gregori the x. was pope aft{er} him iiij. yere. aft{er} he wos made pope for the desire that he had to the holy land the wich he entendit to vy¦sit {per}sonaly at loduū in fraūce he made a solempne counsell. ī the wich the consell of the grekis & the Tarturs wer. &̄ ther the grekis {pro}mysit to be reformid bi the vnite of the chirche. And the Tart∣urs wer but a litell a fore baptised & {pro}mysid the same. &̄ ther wer ged{er}id vi^C. bisshoppis & a thousand p̄latis▪ And therfor a c{er}tā man said. Gregori gedirth to ged{er} all kynd of pepull. And ther was decreid that all {per}sons and vekerys shuld be called prestis &̄ no p̄latis. And that no man sh̄uld assygne his tythis to what chirche him wold os thei did a fore but they sh̄uld be paid to his mo¦dir chirche. &̄ he dampned the pluralite of beneficis: and decesed a blissid man. Innocent the v. wos aft{er} him v. monethis and litell did. Adrian was after him on moneth &̄ did las. Io¦hannes the xxi. wos after him viij. monethis &̄ he was in diuse sci¦ens a famus man. bot in man{er}s a fooill: and decessid anone.

Nicholas the thrid wos pope aft{er} Iohn̄ on yer. This ma was ī his dais a noble man ī bildīg. & well gou{er}ned y^e cite all his dais & y^e secūd yer he decessed. Rodulph{us} wos em{per}our xviij: yere. th¦is man wos erle of Hanesburgh a wise man ī armys & nobull & victori{us}. &̄ wos chosin at Basilian. & he toke the cros on him for the holy lond. the im{per}iall blissing he had not. bot the pope a low¦ed the eleccion for fauour of the holy land.

Anno domini .M.CC. & lxxiiij.

MArtin the iiij. wos pope aft{er} Nicholas iiij yere· This mā wos a gret lou{er} of religi{us} mē. &̄ gret attending to vertu{us} werkis This man cursid the em{per}our of {con}stantinopolon. ī so moch as he {pro}mysed to turne to the fayth ī the gen{er}all counsell &̄ did not for the wich he suffrid mich passions and all holy chirche. Also hee cursid the kīg of Aragon for he expulsed the kīg of Cicill fro his kyngdō & aft{er} he had done mony batailles ayens mē of misbeleue & mōy tribulaciōs suffrid. he decessid & did mony myracules· Nicholas de Lira a nobull doctor of diuinite wos this tyme at Paris. This man wos a Iue of nacion. and he wos conu{er}ted and myghteli {pro}fetid ī the ordir of frere mynors and he wrot ouer all the bybell. or els he wos ī the yere of our lord a thousand .ccc. &̄ xxx: And sū men says he wos a brabon & y^t his fad{er} & his mod{er} wer cristyn. but for pouerty he viset the scoles of the Iues: & so he lerned the Iues langage. or els this Nocholas wos īformid of the Iues ī his yong age. Honori{us} the fourth wos pope aft{er} Martin ij: yere and litell of him his writtyn bot that he was a tē¦{per}ate man and a discret Nicholaus the fourth was pope after hym iiij. yere This man wos a frere mynor. and all though he wos a good man in him self: yit mony vnhappy thynges fell in his tyme to the chirche. for mony a bataill wos ī the cite thurgh his occasion for he drew tomoch to the on {per}te. And after him ther was no pope .ij. yere and sex monethis.

¶Of kyng Edward that wos kyng Henris son.

ANd after this kyng Henri regned Edward his son the worthiest knyght of all the world of honour: For goddis grace was in him. for he had the victorie of his enmys ¶And as sone as his fadre wos dede he come to london with a fair com∣panye of prelatis and of erles and barons and all maner mē did him moch honour For in eu{er}y place that sir Edward rode in lon¦don the stretis wer couerid ou{er} his hede with riche clothes of sylke of tapites and with riche couering. ¶And for ioye of his cū¦myng the nobull burgeis of the cite cast out at ther wyndowes gold and silu{er} hondis full in tokynyng of loue and worship & ser¦uis & reu{er}ens. ¶And out of the {con}dith of chepe ran white wyne & rede as stremis doth of the water &̄ eu{er}y man dranke therof that wold at ther own will. ¶And this kyng edward wos cr••ūed & annoynted as right hair of englond with moch honour. and af¦ter masse the kyng went in to his palas for to hold a riall fest a monges them that did him honour. ¶And when he wos set vn to mete. the kīg Alexander of scotland come for to done him ho∣nour and reuerence with a quentize and an hondreth knyghtis with him well horsed and arayed. And when they wer lighted doune of ther stedis they let them gone widder that they wold &̄ who that myght take them toke at ther own will with out any chalenge. ¶And afterward come sir Edmond kynd Edwa¦rdes brother a curtas knyght and a gentill of renoune. and the erle of Cornewaill and the erle of Gloucestre. and aft{er} them cōe the erle of Penbroke. &̄ the erle of Garenne: ¶And ech of thē by ther self lad in ther hand an hondreth knyghtis gayl•• disgised in ther armes: ¶And when they wer light of ther hors they let them go whider that they wold and who that myght them cache th¦em to haue still with out ony chalenge ¶And when all thys wos done. Kyng Edward did his diligence & his might for to a mende &̄ redresse the wronges in the best maner that he myght to

the honour of god & holy chirche & to maynten his honour & to a mēd the noyance of the comyn pepull

¶How Ydeyne y^t wos Lewelyns dought{er} of wales p̄nce & ay¦mer y^t wos y^e erles brod{er} of moūford wer takē ī the see.

THe frist yere afterward that kyng Edward was crouned Lewelin prince of wales sent in to fraunce to the erle moū¦fort that thurgh counsell of his frendis the Erle shuld wedde his dought{er} and the erle tho a vised him vpon this thyng and sent vn to Lewelyne and said that he wold send aft{er} his doughter ¶And so he sent Aymer his brother aft{er} the damisell and Le∣welyn arayed shippis for his doughter and for sir aymer and for hir fair companye that shuld gone with hir. ¶And this lewe¦lyn did gret wrong for it was couenand that he shuld yef his dou¦ghter to no maner man with out councell and consent of kīg ed∣ward ¶And so it befell that a burgies of Bristow come in the see with wyne laden and met them and toke them with might and pouer. &̄ anōe the burgeis sent them to the kyng. ¶And when Lewelyn herd this tydyng he was wond{er} wroth &̄ also sorowfull & gan for to were vpō kyng edward &̄ did moch har¦me vn to the englisshmen and bet doūe the kynges castelles and began fast for to distroy kīg Edwardis landys: ¶And whē tiding come vn to kyng edward of this thing he went in to wales & so moch he did thurgh goddis grace and his gret pouer that he drofe Lewelyn vn to moch mischeif that he fled all man{er} strength &̄ come and yeld him vn to the kīg edward and yaf him .l.M: marke of silu{er} to haue pees &̄ toke the Damisell &̄ all his heritage &̄ made an obligacion to kyng edward to cum to his parlament ij tymes of the yere ¶And in the secund yere after that kyng ed¦ward wos crouned he held a generall parlamēt at westmynstre &̄ ther he made the statutis for defaute of law by y^e {con}mune assent of all his baronage And at estre next sewyng the kyng sent by hys letter vn to Lewelyn Prince of wales that he shuld cum to hys

parlament for his land and for his holding in wales as the stren¦gth of the letter obligatorye witnessid. ¶Tho Lewelin had scorne &̄ dispite of the kynges commaundement. and for poer wra¦th ayen began were vpō kyng Edward and distroyed his landis ¶And tho when that kyng Edward herd of this tidynges he waxed wond{er} wroth vn to Lewelin & in hast assembled his pepull and went him toward wales and werid so vpon Lewelin the prin¦ce till that he brought him in mych sorow and disese. ¶And Le¦welyn saw that his defence might him not a vaill and come ayen & yelde him to the kynges grace· and cried him merci and long tyme knelid before the kynges fote. ¶The king had of him pit¦te & cōmandid him for to arise. & for his mekenesse for yaf hym his wroth & to him said. that if he trespassid ayen him an other ty¦me that he wold distroy him for eu{er} more. ¶Dauid that wos le¦welins brother that same tyme duellid with the kyng edward and was a fell man & a sotill &̄ enuyous and also farre castyng and moch treson thought. &̄ eu{er} more held him still for to wit and aspi the kīges will. &̄ eu{er} more made good sembland & semid so trew y^t no man might {per}saue his falsenesse.

¶How Lewelin thurgh eggyng of Dauid his brother werid ayen vpō kyng edward.

IT wos not long aft{er} that time that kyng Edward did yef to Dauid Lewelins brother the lordship of Frodeshā and made him a knyght. And so moch honour did he neu{er} aft{er} to no man of wales for encheson of hī ¶Kyng edward held his {per}la¦ment at londō when he had done in wales all that he wold and chā¦gid his monay that tho wos fouyll cut and roundid. wherfore the romyn pepull plenyd them wond{er} sore. So that the kyng let enque¦re of them that such trespoces did. ¶And .ccc. wer atteynt••d of such mon{er} falsenes. wherfore som wer honged &̄ som drawe and aft{er}ward honged. ¶And afterward the kyng ordeyned that y^e sterling half penne and ferthyng shuld gone thurgh out his lād

and commanded that no man fro that day afteerward yaf ne sef¦fed hous of religion with land tenement with out speciall leue of the kīg: & he that did shuld be ponysshed at the kynges will. &̄ the yift shuld be for nought ¶And it wos not long after that Lewelin Prince of wales thurgh the ticement of Dauid his brod{er} and by both ther consent they thought to disherite kyng Edward ī as moch as they myght. so that thurgh them both the king{is} pees wos broken. ¶And whē kyng edward herd this: anone he sent his barons in to Northūberland and the furreis also that they sh¦uld go & take ther viage vpōn the tratours Lewelī & Dauid &̄ wonder herd it was for to were tho. for it is wynter in wales whē in other cūtres is somer ¶And Lewelin let ordeyn and well araye & vitolle his good castell of Swandon & wos therin an hu¦ge nombre of pepull & plente of vitales so that kīg edward wyste not wherfor to entre ¶And wen the kīges mē it {per}saued & also the strength of wales they let come in the se barges and botes and gret plankis as mony os they myght ordeyn and haue for to gon to the forsaid castell of Swandō with men on fote & eke on horse ¶But the walshmen had so moch peple & wer so strong y^t they driuen the englisshmen ayen so that ther was so moch prese of peple at the turnyng ayen that the charge &̄ the burthen of them made y^e barges and botis to sinke. ¶And ther wos drenched full mony a good knyght that is to say Sir Roger Clifford sir willm of lȳ¦desey that wos sir Iohn̄ son fitz Robert &̄ sir Richard Tanny &̄ an huge nombre of other & all wos thurgh ther own folie. for yf they had had good espies they had not be harmed ¶When kyng Edward herd tell that his pepull wer so drenched he made sorow y¦nough ¶But tho come sir Iohan of vessye from the kyng of Aragon and brought with him moch pepull of bachilars and of Gascoyns & wer sowdiours and duellyng with the forsaid Iohan of vessie & vnd{er}fong of him wages & wyth him wer withold and nobull men they wer for to fight and brent mony tounes & kylled

moch pepull of walshmen all that they myght take ¶And all tho with strength and myght made assaute vn to the Castell of Swandon and get the castell ¶And when Dauid the prīce brother herd this tydyng he ordeyned him to flight. ¶And Le¦welin the prince saw that his brother was fled. Then he was sore abassed for he had no pouer to his were for to maynten ¶A∣nd so Lewelin gan for to fle and wened well for to haue scappid. But in a morow sir Roger Mortemer met with him only with x. knyghtis and set him round about &̄ to him went & smoten of his hede & presentid it vn to the kyng Edward ¶And in this maner the prince of wales was taken & his hede smyten of &̄ al his heiris disherited for eu{er} more thurgh rightfull dome all the landis of the reame.

¶How Dauid that was Lewelins brother prince of wales wos put to the deth.

DAuid that was the Prīces brother of wales thurgh prid wened for to haue bene prince of wales after his brothers deth ¶And vpon this he sent after walshmen to his parlament at Dinbigh &̄ folishly made walis for to arise ayens the kyng and began to meue were ayens kīg Edward &̄ did all the sorowe & disese that he myght bi his pouer ¶When kīg Edward herde of this thyng he ordeyned men to pursue vpō him. And Dauid fersly him defendid till that he come to the toune of sent Morice & ther wos Dauid take as he fled. & lad to the kyng ¶And y^e kīg commaūdid that he shuld be honged &̄ draw and smyte of his hede & quartir him & send his hede to londō & the iiij quartirs send to the iiij. chief toūes of wales. for they shuld take exampull th∣erof &̄ beware. ¶And aft{er}ward kyng Edward let cry his pes thurgh out all walis &̄ seised all the land in to his hond. and all the gret lordis that wer left a liue come to done feaute &̄ homage to the kyng Edward. as to ther kynde lord. ¶And tho let kīg edward amēd the lawis of walis y^t wer defectiue. ¶And aft{er}

he sent to all the lordis of wales bi his letter patent. that they sh̄∣uld cū all to his {per}lament. & when they wer comen the kyng said to them full curtesly Lordynges ye be welcome. and me behoueth your coūcell and your help for to wend in to Gascoyn for to amē¦de the trespaces that me wos dene when I wos ther and for to entret of pees bitwen the kyng of Aragon and the prince of Morrey. ¶And all the kynges liege men Erles and Barons consen¦tid and grauntid therto: ¶And tho made him kyng edward redy & went in to Gascoyn and let amend all the trespaces that him wos done in gascoyn And of the debate that wos betwen the kyng of Aragon & the prince of Morrey he cesid & made them ac¦cordid. ¶And whyle good kyng edward & the quene Elienore his wife were in gascoyn. The good erle of Cornewaill wos ma¦de wardeyn of englond till that kyng Edward come ayen· ¶And tho enquerid he of his traitours that congetten false∣nesse ayens him. and eche of them all vnderfenge ther dome aft{er} that they had deserued. ¶But in the mene tyme while that the good kyng edward was beyond the se to done them for to ma¦ke amendis that ayens him had trepassid ther was a fals thefe a tratour that wos called Risap Meridoc began for to make were ayens kyng Edward and that wos for encheson of Sir Payne Tiptot wrongfully greued and disesed the forsaid Risap Meri¦doc: ¶And when kyng edward herd all this he sent bi his let¦ter to Risap meridoc that he shold begynne for to make no were but that he shuld be in pees for his loue and when he come ayen in to englond he wold vnd{er} take the quarell and amēd all that wos mysdone ¶This forsaid risap meridoc despisid the kynges cō¦mandemēt &̄ sparid not to do all the sorow y^t he myght to y^e kīg{is} men of englond but anone aft{er} he wos takyn & lad to yorke and ther he wos draw &̄ honged for his felonye.

¶Of the redressing that kyng edward made of his Iostices &

of his clerkis that they had done for ther falsenes & how he drofe the Iues out of englōd for ther vseri &̄ misbeleue.

WHen kyng Edward had duelled iij. yere in gascoyn wylle come to him for to wend ayen in to englond and wen he wos cume ayen he fonden so mony playntes made to him of his Iustices &̄ of his clerkis that had done so mōy wronges &̄ false∣nesse that wondir it wos to here. ¶And for wich falsnes Sir Thomas weylond the kīges Iustice forswore englōd at y^e tou¦re of lundō for falsenes that men put vpō him. wherof he wos at∣teint & proued fals. ¶And anōe after when the kyng had do his wyll of the Iustices. ¶Tho let he enquere & aspi how the Iues desaued &̄ begiled his pepull thurgh ther sine of falsenesse & of vserie & let ordeyn a priue parlamēt among his lordis & they ordeynid emōg them that all the Iues shuld void out of englōd for ther misbeleue and also for ther fals vseri that they did vntill cristyn men ¶And for to sped & to make an end of this thīg all the communite of englond yaf vn to the king the xv. peny of all ther goodis meuabull. &̄ so wer the Iues driuē out of englōd ¶And tho went the Iues in to fraūce &̄ ther they duellid th∣urgh leue of kīg Philip that tho wos kīg of fraūce.

¶How king Edward wos seised in all the land of scotland thurgh {con}sent &̄ graūt of all the lordis of Scotland.

IT was not long after that Alesander kyng of Scotlōd was deid and Dauid the Erle of Huntindone that was the kynges brother of Scotland axed and clymed the kyndom of Scotland after that his brother wos deid for enchesō that he was rightfull heir But mony gret lordis of Scotland saiden nay wh∣erfore gret debate arose bitwen them and ther frendis for as moch that they wold not consent to his coronacion & the mene tyme the forsaid Dauid died ¶And so it befell y^t the same dauid had iij. doughtres y^t worthely wer maried. The frist dought{er} wos marid to Bailloll: the secūd to Brus & y^e thrid to Hastīg· & the for∣said

Bailloll &̄ Brus chalenged the land of scotland and gret de¦bate & strife arose bitwen them iij. for encheson that ych of them wold haue bene kyng. ¶And when the lordis of scotland saw the debate bitwen them iij. They come to kyng Edward of englōd &̄ seisid him in all the land of scotland as chefe lord. ¶And when the kīg wos seised of the forsaid lordis of scotland. The for¦said Bailloll Brus & Hastynges come to the kynges court and axed of the kyng wich of them shuld be kyng of scotland. ¶And kyng Edward that wos full gentill &̄ trew let enquere by the Croniclis of scotland & of the gret lordis of scotland wich of them wos of the eldest blod. And it wos foūde that Bailloll wos the eldist And that the kyng of Scotland shuld hold of the kyng of englond. &̄ do him feaute & homage ¶And aft{er} thys wos done Bailloll went in to Scotland &̄ ther wos croūed kyng of scotland. ¶And the same tyme was vpō the see gret were bitwen the ēglishmē & the Normās. but vpō a time y^e normās arriued all at Dou{er} & ther they martired an holy man that was called Thomas of Dou{er}. And aft{er}ward wer the normans kylled that ther ascappid not on of thē. ¶And sone aft{er} kīg edward shuld lese the duchie of Gascoyn thurgh kīg Philip of fraunce thurgh his fals castyng of the douseperis of the land. wherfor sir Edmond that wos kīg Edwards brother yaf vp his homage vn to the kyng of fraūce. ¶And in that tyme the clerkis off en¦glond graūtid to kyng Edward halfendele of holy chirch gooddis in helpyng to recou{er} his land ayen in Gascoyn ¶And the kīg sent thid{er} a nobull company of his bachilers & him self wold haue gone to Portesmouth. but he wos let thurgh on Maddoc of wa∣les that had seised the castell of Swandō in to his hand: &̄ for that enchesō y^e kīg turned to wales at cristemase. And for enchesō y^t y^e nobull lordis of englōd y^t wer sēt ī to gascoyn had no cōforth of ther lord y^e kīg they wer take of sir Charles of fraūce y^t is to say sir Iohn̄ of bretā: sir robert Tiptot▪ sir Raufe tāny sir hugh

Bardolf &̄ sir Adam of Creting. &̄ yit at the ascenciō was Ma¦doke take in wales & an other y^t wos called Morgan: & they wer sent to the tour of londō &̄ ther they wer heded.

¶How sir Iohn̄ Bailloll kīg of scotlād withsaid his homage

ANd when sir Iohn̄ bailloll kyng of scotland vnderstode y^t kyng Edward wos wered in Gascoyn to whom the reame of Scotland was delyu{er}ed. Falsely tho ayen his oth with said his homage thurgh procuring of his folke· And sent vn to the court of rome thurgh a fals suggestion to be assoiled of that othe that he swore vn to the kyng of Englōd. & so he wos by letter enbul∣led. ¶Tho chosen they of scotland Dousspers for to be nymme edward of his right: ¶And in that tyme come ij. cardinales from the court of rome fro the pope Celestine to trete of accorde bitwen the kng of fraūce &̄ the kyng of englond ¶And as tho two Cardinales speke of accorde Thomas Turbeluill was ta¦ke at Liouns &̄ made feaute & homage to the warden of Paris &̄ to hī put his ij. sonys in hostage. for that he thought to go ī to englond for till aspie the cuntre &̄ tell them when he come in to en∣glond that he had brokyn the kynges prison of fraūce by nyght & said that he wold done y^t al englisshmē &̄ walsh̄men sh̄old a bow to the king of fraūce. &̄ this thyng for to bring to the ende he swo¦re. &̄ vpō this couenant dedis wer made betwen thēm. and that he sh̄uld haue by yere a .M· poūdes worth of lond to bring this th¦ing to an ende ¶This fals tratour toke his leue &̄ wēt thēs and come in to englond vn to the kyng & said that he wos brokyn out of prisō & that he had put him in such {per}ill for his loue. wher∣fore the kyng coude him moch thanke and full glad wos of his commyng ¶And the fals tratour fro that day aspied all the doyng of the kyng &̄ also his coūsell for the kyng loued him wel &̄ was with him full priue But a clerke of englond that wos in the kynges house of fraunce herd of this treson & of the falsnes & wrot to an other clerke that tho wos duellyng with edward

kyng of englond all how Thomas Turbeluill had done his false coniectyng & all the councell of englōd wos writte for to haue sent vn to the kyng of fraūce. & thurgh the foresaid letter that the cler¦ke had sent fro fraūce hit wos foūde vpō him wherfor he wos lad to londō & honged & draw ther for his tresō. and his ij. sonys y^t he had put in fraūce for hostage wer tho beheded:

¶Of the counquest of Berewyke

WHen tho two Cardinales wer went ayene in to Fraunce for to trete of the pees at Cambrey the kyng sent thider of his erlis and barouns. That is to say sir Edmond his brother erle of Lancastre and of Leycestre sir Henri Lacy erle of Nichol & Willm vessy a baron. and of other baronettis about xiiij. of the best &̄ wisest of englōd ¶And ī the same tyme the king Ed¦ward toke his viage to Scotland for to were vpō Iohn̄ Bail∣loll kyng of scotland. ¶And sir Robert Roos of Berewyke fled fro the englisshmē & went to the scottys And kyng Edward went him toward berewike &̄ beseged y^e toūe &̄ tho y^t wer within manly them defendid and set a fire and brint ij. of kyng Edwar¦dis shippis and said in dispite and reproue of him ¶Weneth kyng edward with his long shankis to haue get berewike al our vnthankis Gas pikes him. And when he has done Gas dikes him. ¶When kyng Edward herd this scorne anone thurgh his myghtynes he passid ou{er} the dikes &̄ assailed the toūe & come to the yates and gat and conquerid the toūe. and thurgh his graci∣ous pouer kylled xxv. thousand &̄ .vijC. scottys And kyng Ed¦ward lost no man of renoune saufe sir Richard of Cornewaill and him kylled a Flemmyng out of the reed hall with a quarell as the foresaid Richard did of his helme and commaūdid them for to yeld them and put them to the kynges grace and the scottis wold not. wherfor that hall was brent and castyn doune and all tho that wer therin wer brant ¶And king Edward lost no mo men at that viage of symple estate but xxvij. Englisshmen

And the wardeyn of the castell yaf vp the keys with out any as∣saute ¶And ther wos takyn willm Douglas and Sir Sy∣mond Frisell &̄ the erle Patrike yeld them to the pees. bot Inghm̄ of Humsremille & Robert the Brus that wer with the kyng Ed¦ward forsoke kyng edward and held with the scottis and aft{er}ward they wer takyn and put in to prison and aft{er} that the king for yaf them ther trespasse and deliu{er}id them out of prison. ¶And tho let kyng edward close in Berwik with wallys & with dychis. & aft{er}ward Robert Rous went to Tindale and set wuyebrugge a fi¦re & Exham &̄ Lamerstok and kyllid and robbed the folke of that cuntre ¶And after that he went from thens vn to Dumbarre ¶And the frist wedenesday of Marche the kyng sent the erle of Garenne Sir hugh Perci and sir hugh Spen{ser} with a fair companye for to besege the castell ¶But on that wos called sir Richard Syward a traitour and a fals man ymagyned for to begile the englisshnen & sent to the englisshmen them for to dissa∣ue And said that he wold yelde vn to them the castell yf they wo¦ld graūte them viij· dais of respit. that he myght send &̄ tell to sir Iohan Bailoll that wos kyng of Scotland how his men faired that wer with in the castell & send hī word bot if he wold remeue the sege of the englisshmen· that they wold yelde the castell vn to the englisshmē. ¶The messinger tho come vn to sir Iohan bai¦loll that tho wos the kyng of Scotland wher that he wos with his host and the messing{er} told hī al y^e case. ¶And sir Iohan toke tho his host &̄ come in the morow erly toward the castell. ¶And sir Richard Siward saw him cum that wos master of the counsell & ke{per} of the castell &̄ said vn to the englissmen O qd he now I se a fare cōpanye & well appariled I will gon ayens them &̄ with them to mette & them assaill ¶And sir hugh Sp¦en{ser} saw the falsenesse of him & the treson & said to him O tratour take &̄ proued your falsenesse shall not a vaill you. And hugh y^e spē{ser} cōmādid anone for to bynde hī & ī all hast wēt ayens ther

enmys and killid of the scottys xxij^M. For the scottys had that ti¦me no man with them of honour sauf sir Patrik graham y^t man¦li faught &̄ long &̄ at the last he was kylled. And tho said the engli¦sshmen ī reproue of the scottys ¶Thes scaterand scottys hold I for sottis of wrenches vn ware. Erli in a mornyng in an e∣uell tymyng went ye fro Dunbare.

WHen tho that were in the castell saw the scomfiture they yolden vp the castell vn to the englisshmen and boūdē hir bodies londis & castellis to the kīg Edward. & so thei wer take th∣er in the castell iij. erles and vij. barons &̄ xxviij. knyghtis and xi. clerkis & vij. Picardis &̄ all wer presentid to kyng Edward and he sent them vn to the toure of londō to be keped ther

¶How kyng edward of his gret grace deliu{er}ed ayeij the scotis out of prison that wer chieftens of that land and they drew thē to the frensshmen thurgh coūsell of willm waleis.

WHen kyng edward had made tho an end of the were and taken the chefetayns of scotland. Tho come sir Iohane ba¦illoll and yelde him vn to kyng Edward and put him in his gra¦ce & he was lad to london. And when kyng Edward was comē thid{er}. they wer brought before him. and the kīg axed of them how they wold make amendis of that trespasse and losse that thei had done him & thei put them ī his merci. ¶Lordīges qd the kīg I wyll not your landis ne your goodis. But I wyll that ye make to me an oth vpon goddis body to be trew to me & neu{er} after thys tyme ayenst me bere armys. And all they {con}sentid to the kynges will & swore vpō goddis body. ¶That is to say sir Iohan of Comyn & the erle of the strathorne the erle of Carrik & also. iiij bisshoppis vnd{er}toke for all the clarge & so the kīg deliu{er}id them & yaf them saufe condithys to wend ī to ther own land. And it was not long aft{er}ward that they ne arisen ayen kyng Edward for en¦cheson that they wist well that kyng Edwardis folke was take in Gascoyne as before is sayed but sir Iohn̄ bailloill kīg of scot¦land

wist well that his land shuld haue sorow and shame for ther falsenesse & in hast went him ou{er} se to his own landes and ther he held him and come neu{er} ayen wherfor the Scottys chosin vn to th¦er kīg willm waleis a ribaud and an harlot cumen vp of noght &̄ moch harme did to the englisshmen. ¶And kyng Edward thought how he myght haue deliu{er}ance of his pepull that wer take in gascoyn. &̄ ī hast went him ou{er} see in to Flaūdres for to were vpon the kīg of fraunce. And the erle of flaundres vnd{er}fenge him with moch honour &̄ graūted him all his landis at his own will. ¶And when the king of fraūce herd tell that the kynge of englond wos ariued in flaūdres &̄ come with an huge pouer hī for to distruye. he praied him of trews for ij. yere so that englissh marchantis &̄ also frenssh might saufely go & cum in bothe sidis ¶The king Edward graūted it so that he must haue his men out of p̄son that wer ī gascoyn &̄ y^e kīg of fraūce graūtid anone &̄ so they wer deliu{er}id ¶And ī y^e same tyme the scottys sent by the bisshop of sent Andrews in to fraūce to the kīg & to sir Cha¦rles his brother that sir charles shuld cum with his pouer &̄ they of scotland wold cum with ther pouer and so they shuld go in to en¦glond that land for to distruy from scotland vn to they comen to kent. and the scottys trastid moch vpō the frensshmē but of that thyng they had no man{er} graūte. ¶And notheles the scottis be∣gan to robbe &̄ kill in northumberlōd & did moch harme

¶How willm waleis let sle sir Hugh of Cressingham and of the bataill of fonkirke.

WHen this tidyng was comen te kȳg Edward that willm waleis had ordeyned such a strong pouer and also that all Scotlond vn to him wos entendant and redy for to kyll englissh men and to distroye the land: he was sore annoyed and sent an∣none by letter to the erle of Garren and to sir henri {per}cy and to sir Willm Latomer and to sir Hugh of Cressingham his treso∣rer that they shuld take pouer and wend in to Northumberland &̄

so forth in to scotland for to kepe the cuntris. ¶And when wil∣liam waleis herd of hir commyng he gan for to fle and the english¦men him folewid and drefe him till he come to Striuelyn. & ther he held him in the castell ¶And the walsshmen eu{er}y day them escri¦ed and manaced. & did all the dispite that they myght: So that y^e englisshmē vpō a tyme in a mornyng wēt out from the castell the moūtenāce of x. mile &̄ passid ou{er} a brigge And willm waleis co¦me with a strong pouer &̄ drofe them a bake. for the Englisshmē had ayens him tho no myght but fled & they y^t myght take the bri¦gge ascappid. but sir Hugh the kynges tresorour ther was slain and mony other also. wherfore wos made mich sorow. ¶Tho had kyng Edwar sped all his nedis in Flaūdris and wos ayen comen in to englond. and in hast he toke his way in to scotland and come thed{er} at the Ascenciō tide: And all that he foūd he set a fire & brent ¶But the poer pepull of scotland cō to him wond{er} thyke & prayd him for goddis loue that he wold on them haue merci & pitte. ¶Wherfor the kyng ••ho commandid that no man sh̄old do them harme that wer yoldin to him ne to no man of ordir ner to no house of religion ne no man{er} chirche But let aspie all that he myght wher that he myght find ony of his enmys. ¶Tho come aspi vn to the kyng and told him wher the Scottys wer as¦sembled for to a bide bataill. ¶And on sent mari Magdelene day the kyng come to fonkirke and yaf bataill to the scottis: and at that bataill wer kylled xxxiij. thousand scottys. and of engli¦she men but xxviij. & no mo of the wich was a worthy knyght slayn that wos a knyght an hospiteler that wos callid Freri bri∣an Iay. ¶For when willm wales fled from the bataill. thatt same frere Brian him pursued fersly & as his hors ran it start in to a myere of a maries vp to the bely ¶And willm walis tur¦ned tho ayene &̄ there kylled the forsaid Brian. & y^t wos moche harme ¶And that while kyng Edward wēt thurgh scotlād for to enquere if he myght find any of his enmys And ī y^t land

he duelled as long as him likyd. and ther wos none enmye y^t dur¦st him abide ¶And sone aft{er}ward kīg Edward wēt to south hamtō for he wold not abyde in scotland in wynt{er} seson for esemēt of his pepull And when he come to londō he let amēd mony misde∣dis that wer done ayens his pees and his law while y^t he wos in Flaundres.

¶Of the last mariege of king Edward and how he went the thrid tyme in to Scotland.

ANd aft{er}ward it was ordeyned thurgh the court of rome y^t kīg edward shuld wedde dame Margaret that was kīg Philip sustre of fraūce and y^e Erchebisshop Robert of wynchelse spoused thē to gedre thurgh the wich mariege ther wos made pes betwen kyng Edward of englond & kyng Philip of fraunce. ¶Kyng edward went tho the thrid tyme in to Scotland & tho within the first yere he had enfamined the land so that ther left not on that he ne come to his merci sauf tho y^t wer in the castell of Estreuelin y^t wos well vetaled &̄ astorid for vij. yere.

¶How the castell of estreuelin wos beseged.

KYng Edward come with an huge pouer to the castell of estreuelin and beseged the castell. but it litell a vailed for he might do the scottis none harme For the castell wos so stro¦ng & well kepid ¶And kyng edward saw that & thought him vpō a queyntize &̄ let make anone ther .ij. paire of high galews before the tour of y^e castell &̄ made his oth that as mōy as wer ī the castell wer he erle or baron & he wer take with strength but if he wold the rather him yold he sh̄uld be honged vpō the galewis ¶And when tho that wer within the castell heerd this they co¦me & yeld them all to the kyng{is} grace &̄ merci. And the kīg for yaf them all his maletalent ¶And ther wer all the gret lordis of scotland swore to kyng edward that they shuld cum to london to eu{er}y parlament & shuld stond to his ordynance.

¶How Troylebastonne wos first ordeyned.

THe kyng Edward went thens to londō and wenet for to haue had rest &̄ pees of his were ī the wich were he wos ocup¦ied xx. yere That is to say in wales in Gascoyn and in Scotlād And thught how he myght recouer his tresour that he had spendid about his were & let enquere thurgh the reame of all the tyme y^t he had bene out of his reame that men called Troillebaston And ordeyned ther to Iustices &̄ in this man{er} he recou{er}yed tresour with out nombre. ¶And his enchesō wos for he had thought for till haue gone ī to the holy land for to haue werid vpon goddis enmis For enchesō that he was crossid long tyme before ¶And neu{er} thelas that law that he had ordeyned did moch good thurgh all en¦glond to them that wer mysbode For tho that trespassid wer well chastised and afterward the moch more meker &̄ the better. &̄ thee poer commyns wer in rest &̄ in pees ¶And the same tyme kīg Edward prisoned his own son edward for enchesō that Walter of langtō bisshop of Chestre that wos the kynges tresorar had made vpō him complayn. & said that the forsaid edward thurghe coūsell &̄ {pro}curment of on Pers of Ganaston a squyer of gascoī had brokyn the parkis of the forsaid bisshapois: &̄ this Pers coū¦cellid and lad this same edward. ¶And for this cause kyng odward exiled his son out of englond for eu{er} more.

¶Of the deth of willm waleis the fals tratour.

ANd whē this kyng Edward had his enmys ou{er} cummyn in wales Gascoyn and in Scotland and distroyd his trai¦tours all but only that ribaud willm wales that neu{er} to the kīg wold him yeld and at the last in the toune of sent Dominic ī the yere of kyng Edwards regne xxxiij. That fals tratour wos take &̄ presentid to the kyng. but the kyng wold not se him and sent him to london to und{er}fenge his Iugement & vpon sent Bartho¦lomes eue he wos honged and draw. & his hede smyten of & hys

bowelis take out of his bodi and brint. &̄ his bodi quartired and sent vn to iiij. of the best tounes of scotlad. and his hede put vpō a spere & set vpon london brigge. in exampull that the scottis sh¦uld haue in mynd for to do amys ayens ther leige lord eftsones.

¶How the scottis come to kyng edward for to amēd ther tres¦passe that they had done ayens him.

ANd at Mihelmasse tho next commyng kyng Edward hel¦de his parlament at westmynstre and thider come the scots that is to say the bisshop of sent Andrewes Robert the Brus erle of Carik. Simōd y^e Frisell Iohū y^e erle of Athell. & thei wer accordid with the kīg and bounde and by oth swore that they aft{er}ward if any of them misbore them ayens kyng Edward that they shuld be disherited for eu{er} more. ¶And whan ther pees w¦as thus made. They toke ther leue priueli and wēt home vn to ther own cuntre.

¶How Robert the Brus chalenged scotland

ANd aft{er} this Robert the Brus erle of carik sent by his let¦ter to the erles and barons of Scotland that they shulde come to him to Scone in the morow after the concepcion of our la¦dy. for hegh nedes of the land. and the lordis come at the day assi∣ned. ¶And the same day sir Robert the Brus said fair lordis full well ye know that in my {per}son duelled the right of the reame of scotland & os ye wate well i am rightfull heir sith that sir io¦han Bailoll that wos our kyng vs hath forsaken &̄ left his land ¶And though it so be that kyng Edward of englond with w¦rongfull pouer hath made me to him assent ayens my wyll if that ye wyll graunt that I may be kyng of scotland I shall kepe you ayens kyng edward of englond & ayens all man{er} men and with y^t word the abbot of Scon arose vp and before them all said that it was reson for to helpe him &̄ the land ta kepe and defend And tho said in presens of them all that he wold yef him a thousand pound

for to maynten that land &̄ all the other graūted the land to hī & with ther pouer him for to help. & defied kyng edward of englond &̄ said that Robert the Brus▪ sh̄uld be kīg of englond.

¶How sir Iohn̄ of Comyn yen said the crounyng of sir Ro∣bert the Brus:

LOrdynges said sir Iohn̄ of Comyn thenketh vpon the tru¦th and the oth that ye made vn to kyng Edward of englo¦nd and touchyng my self I will not breke myne oth for no man and so he went from that company at that tyme: wherfore robert the Brus and all tho that to him consentit wer wonder wroth and tho manaced sir Iohn̄ of Comyn ¶Tho ordeyned they an o¦ther councell at Domfris to the wich come the forsaid sir Iahan Comyn. for he duelled but .ij. myle from Domfris ther y^t he was woned for to sodiorne and a bide.

¶How sir Iohn̄ was traitours••y kylled.

WHen Robert the brus wist that all the grete lordis of scot¦land wer commyn to Scone sauf sir iohn̄ Comyn that sod¦iorned tho nygh Scone he sent aft{er} him specialli that sir Iohan Comyn shuld cum and speke with him and vpon that he come &̄ speke with him at the gray freris in Damfres and that was the thursday aft{er} Candilmasday and sir Iohn̄ grauntid him for to wend him with ¶And when he had herd masse he toke a soppe &̄ drank and aft{er}ward he bestrod his palfray and rode his way and so come to Domfres. And robert the brus saw him cum at a wī∣daw as he was in his chambre. and tho made ioye ynough and co¦me ayens him and coled him about the nec and made with hī go∣ode semblant. ¶And when all the erles and barons of scotlād wer present ther. ¶Robert the Bruse spake and said Sir¦res said he ye wot well the encheson of this commyng and wherfore it is if ye will graunte that I might be kyng of Scotland as ri¦ght heir of the land· And all the lordis that wer ther said with on

vois that he shuld be crouned kyng of scotland and that they wo¦ld him helpe and maynten ayens all maner men on liue and for him if it wer nede for to die. ¶The gentill knyght tho Iohan of Comyn answerid and said Certis neu{er} for me ne for to haue of me as moch help as the vaill of an boton. For that oth that I haue made vn to kyng Edward of englond I shall hold whil my lefe will last. and with that worde he went from the companie &̄ wold haue wened vpon his palfrie And Robert the Brus pursu¦ed him with a drawen sword and bare him thurgh the bodi and sir Iohan Comyn fell doune vn to the erthe But whenne Rogier that wos sir Iohn̄ Comyns brether saw the falsenesse: he starit to sir robert the Brus and smote hym wyth a knyfe but the false tratour wos armyd vndir so that the stroke myght done him no harme An̄d so moch help come a bout sir robert the Brus. so that Rogier Comyn was ther kylled and all to hew in to peses. ¶And robert the Brus turned ayen ther that sir iohon Comyn the nobull baron lay wounded and pyned towarde his deth by sides the high auter in the chirche of the gray freris and said vn to sir iohan Comyn O traytour thou shall be deid and neu{er} after let myne a vauncement and shoke his swerde at the high auter & smote him on the hede that the brayn fell doune vpon the grounde and the blod stert an high vpon the walles And yit vn to th∣is day is that blod seyn ther that no water may washe it a way &̄ so died that nobull knyght in holy chirche.

ANd when this tratour robert the Brus saw that no man wold let his coronacion he commaunded all them that we¦re of pouer shuld cum vn to his crounyng to sant Iohanes toūe in Scotland. ¶And so it befell that vpon our lady day of the Annuncion the bisshop of Glaston and the bisshop of sente Andrewes crouned for ther kyng this Robert the Brus in sent iohanes toune and made him kīg ¶And anone aft{er} he drofe

all the englisshmen cut of scotland and they fled and come and plened them vn to kyng Edward how that Robert the Brus had driuen them out of the land and disherited them.

¶How that kyng Edward dubbed at westmynstre .xxiiij. score knyghttis.

ANd when kīg edward hered of this myscheef he swore y^t he shuld bene a venged therof. And said that all the tra¦tours of Scotland sh̄uld bene honged and draw and that they shuld neuer be raunsomed. ¶And kyng edward thought vpō this falsenesse that the scottis had to him done. and sent after all the bachelars of englond that thei shuld cum to londō at witsonti¦de· & he dubbed at westmynstre xxiiij. score knyghtis ¶Th•• ordeyned him the nobull kīg edward for to wend in to scotland to were vpon Robert the brus. & sent before hī ī to scotland sir Ay∣mer the valaūce erle of penbruke &̄ sir henri Percy baron w^t afair cōpanye that pursued the scotis & brend toūes &̄ castels. &̄ aft{er}wa¦rd come the kīg hī self w^t erles & barons a fair companye.

¶How Robert the Brus wos discomfited in bataill &̄ how Sy¦mond Frisell was slayn.

THe friday next before the Assumcion of our lady kyng Edward met robert the Brus beside sent Iohanes toune in scotland and with his componye. of the wich companye kyng Edward kylled .vij. thousand. ¶When robert the brus sawe this mischief he gan to fle & hid him that no man might him fīd but sir Symond frisell pursued him sore. so that he turned ayene &̄ a bode bataill. for he wos a worthi knyght &̄ a bold of body. and y^e englisshmē pursued eu{er} sore in eu{er}y side and kylled the stede that sir Symond frisell rode vpon. and they toke him & lad him vn to the host. ¶And sir Symond began for to flater & speke fair & said lordis I shall yef you iiij: M▪ marke of silu{er} and myn horse myne harnes & all myne armure. and becum a beggar ¶Tho ansuered Theobaude of Peuenes that wos the kinges archier.

Now so god me helpe it is for nought that thou speketh. for all the gold in englond I wold not let the go w^t out {con}maundement of kīg Edward. ¶And tho wos he had vn to king edward and the kyng wold not se him but commaūded to lede him a way to haue his dome at London. ¶And on our ladies eue na••••te he wos honged and drow dnd his hede smyten of and honged ayē with chynes of yren vpon the galowes And his hede was set vpō london brigge vpō a spere: and ayenst cristemasse the body wos brenned. for encheson that the men that keped the body by nyght they saw so mony deuels rampaand with gret yren crokys renny¦ng vpon the galowes and orabuli turmented the body and mony that them saw anone aft{er} they died for drede and some waxen mad or sore sekenesse they had. ¶And in that bataill was take the bisshop of Baston & the bisshop of sent Andrewes & the abbot of Sconne all armed with yren as men of armes as fals traitors and fals prelatis ayens ther oth &̄ they wer brought to the kyng & the kyng sent them vn to the pope of rome that he shuld done w^t them what his will were.

¶How Iohn erle of Atheles wos taken &̄ put to deth.

ANd at that bataill fled sir Iohan Erle of Atheles and went in to a chirche and ther hid him for drede but he my∣ght haue ther no refute for enchesan that the chirche wos enterdited thurgh a generall sentens and in the same chirche he wos taken. ¶And this sir Iohan went well to haue scapped from the deth for encheson that he clamed kynrad of kyng Edward And the ki¦ng nold no longer be trayed of his traitours but sent hī to london ī hast & ther he wos honged &̄ his hede smyten of &̄ his body brend all to assis but at the prayer of y^e quene Margaret for enchesō y^t he clamed of kīg edwar kynred his drawyng wos foryeue him.

¶How Iohn̄ y^t wos willm waleis brod{er} wos put to deth.

WHen the gretest masters of Scotland wer thus done to euell deth and shendid for ther falsenesse Iohan that wos

willm waleis brother wos take and done vn to deth as sir Iohn̄ erle of Atheles wos.

¶How Robert the Brus fled from scotland to Norway

ANd at that same tyme wos Robert the Brus moch hated among the pepull of Scotland so that he wyst not what he wos best for to done & for to hide hī he wēt ī to Norway to thee kyng that had spoused his sustre &̄ ther held him socour for to haue ¶And robert the Brus might not be foūde in scotland. so kȳg Edward tho let crie his pees thurgh out all the lād & his lawes wer vsid & his ministres serued thurgh out all the land.

¶How kyng edward died.

WHen kyng Edward had abated his enmys he turned ayene southward and a maladie toke him at Burgh vpsand in the marche of Scotland and he wist well that his deth was full nigh: & called to hī sir Henri the laci erle of Nicholl. sir Guy erle of werwik. sir Aymer valēce erle of Penbroke. & sir robert of Clifford barone. &̄ prayd them vpō the faith that they him owed that they shuld make Edward of Carnariuan kyng of englond as raathe os they myght. & that they shuld nat suffre Pers of Ganaston cum ayen in to englōd for to make his son to riot. &̄ they graūted him w^t good will. ¶And the kīg toke his sacre∣ment of holy chirche as a good criste man sh̄uld. & died ī veray re¦pētance. & whē he had bene kīg xxxv. yere he died & wos buried at westmīstre w^t moch solempnite vpō whos soule god haue mercy.

¶Of Merlin {pro}phecies that wer declarid of kyng edward that wos kyng Henri son.

ANd of this kyng Edward {pro}phecied Merlin and called him a dragon the secund of the vi. kynges that shuld be for to regne in englond. and said that he sh̄uld be medeled wyth merci and also with strength and sternesse that shuld kepe engl¦ond from cold & hete: & that he shuld open his mouth toward wa∣les

& that he shuld set his fote in wyke. & that he shuld closen w^t walles that shuld do moch harme to his sede ¶And he said soth for the good kyng Edward was medled with merci &̄ with ferse∣nesse w^t merci ayens his enmys of wales &̄ aft{er} of Scotland with fersenesse whē he put them to deth for ther falsenesse & tratori as they had deseruied it. ¶And well keped he englond from colde & hete sith he keped it from all maner enmys that ronne vpon hym to done him any wronge: ¶And well he opyned his mouth to∣ward wales &̄ made it quake thurgh the hidour of his mouth whē he cōquerid it thurgh dynt of swerde· for the prince Leuelin & Da¦uid his brother Ris & Morgan wer put to deth for ther falsenes & ther foly. ¶And he set his fote in to wike and conquered be∣rewyke at the wich conquest wer slayn xxv. thousand and vij. hon¦dreth out take them that wer brend in the reed hall. ¶And the walles that he let make shall be noyous vn to his sede as mē shal here aft{er} see in the lifee of Sir Edward of Camarauan his son. ¶And yit said Merlin that he shuld make riueris ren ī blod and with brayn. & that semed well in his weris ther that he had the mastrie. ¶And yit Merlin said that ther sh̄uld cum a pe∣pull out of the north west during the regne of the forsaid dragon that shuld be lad by an yll grehound that shuld the dragō croune king that afterward shuld fle ouer the see for drede of the dragon with out cummyng ayen. &̄ that wos proued by sir Iohan Bail¦loll that kyng Edward made for to be kyng of Scotland that falsely arose ayens him and after he fled vn to his own landes of fraunce and neu{er} he come ayen in to Scotland for drede of kīg Edward ¶And yit said Merlin that pepull that shuld lede the forsaid grehond shuld be fad{er}les vn till a c{er}tan tyme &̄ he said so¦th for the pepull of scotlād gretly wer disesed siith y^t sir Iohn̄ bail¦loll ther kīg fled frō scotland. ¶And yit said Merlin y^t the son shulde become in his tyme as reed as ony blode in tokenyng of gret mortalite of pepull & y^t was well knaw when y^e scottis wer

slayn. ¶And sith said Merlin that ylke dragoij shuld norish a fox that shuld meue gret were ayens him that shuld not ī his tyme be endid: ¶And that semed well by Robert the Brus y^t kyng Edward norished in his chambre that sithene stale a way and meued gret were ayenst him wich were wos not endid ī hys tyme ¶And afterward Merlin told that this dragon shuld bene hold the best body of all the world· and he said sothe for the good kīg Edward wos the worthiest knyght of all the world in his tyme ¶And yit said Merlin y^t the dragon sh̄uld die in the marche of an other land and that his land shuld be long without ony good ke{per} & y^t mē sh̄uld wepe for his deth frō the Ile of shepei vn to the Ile of marcill. ¶Wherfor alas shold be ther songe emong the comyn pepull fadetlas in the land wasted. ¶And that profecie wos knowe ou{er}all full well For the good kīg edwar¦de died at Burgh vp sandis that is vpō the marche of scotland wherfor the englisshmē wer discomforted &̄ sorowed in northhūber¦land ¶For enchesō that kīg Edwardis son set by the scottis no force for the riot of Perys of Ganaston wherfore Alas wos the song thurgh out all englond for defaute of theyre good werde¦yn. frō the Ile of shepey vn to the Ile of marcill y^e pepull made moch sorow for good kīg Edwardis deth. ¶For they wened y^t good kīg edward shuld haue gone ī to the holy land for y^t was holy his purpose. vpon whos soule god for his high grace haue inci

Anno domini .M.CC.lxxxiiij.

CElestinus wos pope aft{er} Nicholas v. monethis and noth¦ynh nobull of him is written bot that he wos a vertuus man. Bonefacius the .viij. wos aft{er} him viij. yere This Bo¦nefaci wos a man ī thos thinges the wich {per}teneth to court for he wos vere exparte in such maters. And because he had no peer he put no mesurnesse to his prudens. And toke so gret pride vpon

him that he said he wos lord of all the world and mony thyng{is} he did with his myght. the wich failed wriechedly in the end he yaf a sampull to all prelatis. that they shuld not be proude. but vn¦der the forme of a veray schepard of god they shuld more study for to be loued of ther subiectis then to be drad. This man is he of whome it is said. that he entred as a fox. he leued as a Lyon and died as a dog. ¶This tyme the yere of grace was ordey¦ned from an hondreth yere to an hondreth yere. And the frist Iubile was in the yere of our lord Ihū crist a .M.ccc.. Benedictus the xi. was aft{er} Boneface xi. monethis: This mā wos an holi man of order of the frere prechours: & litill wile liued but decessid anone. Adulphus wos emprour vi. yere this mā was the erle of anoxone. And wos not crouned by the pope for he wos slayn in bataill. Albertus was emprour aft{er} him x. yere. This man wos the duke of Anstrie. and frist was repreued of the pope. and after wos confirmed by the same pope. for the male•••• of the kyng of fraunce the wich wos an enmy vn to the chirche. And to that Albert the same pope yaf the kyngdom of fraunce. as he did other kyngdoms: bot it profettid not. for at the last he wos slayn of his nevu: Clemens was pope after Benedictus almost ix. yere And he was a gret bylder of castelles and other thinges and he dampned the order of templaries and he ordeyned the vij: boke of the decretalis: the wich be called the questions off Clementyns: And anone aft{er} ī a counsell the wich he held at vi∣enna. he reuokid y^t same boke· the wich his successari Iohn̄ called ayen & īcorporit it & pupplicit it. This Clemēt first of all popis translatid the popis seet fro rome to the Auīnon· & whed{er} it was done bi the mocion of god or the boldenes of man. diu{er}se mē mer∣ueleth. Iohan the xxij. was pope after him xviij: yere. This man was all glorious as for thos thynges that wer to be vsid thurgh the actyue liffe. And he pupplishit the constitucōis

of the Clementines. and send them to all the vniu{er}sites. and mōy santis he canonised. & thes fat bisshopbriches he deuidid. & he ordi¦ned mony thinges ayens the pluralite of benefices and mōy heriti∣kes he dampned. bot whed{er} he wos saued or not oure lord wold not shew to thos he louyd veray well. Henri the .vij. was emprour aft{er} Albert v. yere This Henri was a nobull man in were and he coueted to haue pees by land and water. he wos a glorius mā in bataill. And neuer ouercummyn with enmys. And at the la¦st he wos poysened of a frere when that he houselid him bi resauīg of the sacrament.

¶Of kyng Edward that wos kyng Edwardis son.

ANd after this kyng Edward regned Edward his son that was borne in Carnariuan. and this Edward went him in to fraunce and ther he spoused Isabell the kynges dought{er} of Fraunce the xxv. day of Ianiuer at the chirche of our ladi at Boloyn in the yere of our lord ihesu crist a .M.ccc.vij. And y^e xx. day of Feuyer the next yere y^t come aft{er} he wos crouned solem¦pli at westmynstre of the Erchebisshop Robert of wynchelse and of the erchebisshop off Cantorburi. And ther wos so gret prece of pepull that sir iohan bakwell wos deid and mordred: ¶And anone as the good kyng Edward was deid sir Ede∣ward his son kyng of englond sent after Pers of Ganastane in to Gascoyn and so moch loued him that he called him his brod{er} And anone after he yaf vn to him the lordship of walyngforde and it wos not long after that he ne yaf him the erldom of Cor∣newaill ayens all the lordis wyll of the reame of englond. ¶And tho brought he sir Walter of Langton bisshop of Ches¦tre in to prison in to the tour of london with two knaues allone him to serue. For the kyng was wroth with him for because y^t sir walter made complaynte vpon him to his fader. wherfor he was

put in to prison in the tyme of Troilebaston. ¶And the forsa∣id Pers of Ganaston made so gret mastries that he went in to the kynges tresorie in the abbey of westmynster and toke the table of gold with the tristyls of the same. & mony other riche Iewels that sum tyme wer the nobull and good kīg Arthurs &̄ toke thē to a marchand that was called Aymeri of Friscombaand. For he shulde bere them ouer see ī to Gascoyne and so he went thens. and they come neu{er} ayen after. wherfore it wos a gret loose vn to this land. ¶And when this Pers wos so richeli auaun∣ced he be come so proud and so stout. wherfor all the gret lordis of the reame had him ī dispite for his gret bering. wherfore sir Hēri the laci erle of Nicholl. and syr Guy erle of warrewik the wich good lordis the goode kyng Edward sir Edwardis fad{er} kyng of Englond charged that Peris of Ganaston shuld not cum in to englond for to bring his son Edward in to riot. ¶And all the lordis of Englond assemled them a certayn day at the freris prechours at London and ther they spekyn of the dishonour that kyng Edward did vn to his reame and to his cro¦une ¶And so they assentid all bothe erles and barons and all the commyns that the foresaid Pers of Ganastone shuld be exi¦led out of Englond for eu{er} more and so it wos done for he forswo¦re Englond and went in to Irlond and ther the kyng made hym chiuetayn and gou{er}nour of the land by his commission and theer this pers was cheuetayne of all the land. and did ther all that hī liked and had pouer what he wold and that tyme wer the templars exiled thurgh all cristinte for encheson that men put vpon them that they shuld done thynges ayens the faith and good beleue· ¶Kyng Edward loued Pers of Ganastone so moch thatt he myght not forlet his componye and so moch the kyng yaf and behight to the pepull of englond that the exiling of the foresaid pe¦ris shuld be reuoked at stamford thurgh them that him had exi∣led wherfore peres of ganaston come ayen in to englond and when

he was come ayen in to his land he dispised the grettist lordis of this land and called sir Robert of Clare erle of glocestre horeson And the erle of Nicholl sir henri the Lacy brustynbely. and sir Guy erle of warwik the blak hound of Arderne. &̄ also he called the nobull erle and Thomas of Lancastre Churle and mony od{er} scornes and shame them said and mony other gret lordis of englo¦nd ¶Wherfor they were toward hī full angri & wroth & right sore annoyed ¶And ī the same time died the erle of Nicholl bot he charged or that he wos deid Thomas of Lancastre erle that w¦as his son in law that he shuld maynten his quarell ayens this same Pers of Ganaston vpō his blissing. ¶And so it befell thurgh help of the erle of Lancastre and also of the erll of werwic that the forsaid sir Pers wos hedid at Gausich beside werwyk ī the xix. day of Iune in the yere of grace a .M.ccc. & .xij. ¶Wkrfor the kȳg was sore annoyed & prayd god that he my¦ght se that day to be a venged vpō the deth of the forsaid Pers. ¶And so it befell afteerward as ye shall here. Alas the tyme for the forsaid erle of Lancastre and mony other gret barons wer put to pytuus deth and martired for enchesō of the forsaid quarell ¶The kyng wos tho at london and held a {per}lament and ordey¦ned the lawes of sir Symond Mounford wherfor the erle of Lan¦castre and the erles and all clerge of englond made an othe thur¦gh counsell of Robert of wynchelse for to maynten tho ordinaū¦ces for eu{er} more.

¶How Robert the Brus come ayen in to scotland &̄ gadered a gret pouer of men for to were vpon kyng Edward.

ANd when sir Robert the Brus that made him kyng of scot¦land that before wos fled in to Norway for dreed of deth off the good kyng Edward and also he herid of the debate that tho was in Englond bi twene the kyng and his lordis he ordeyned an host & come ī to englond ī to Northūberland & cleyn distruid

the contre. ¶And when kyng Edward herd this tidyng he let assembull his host and met the scottis at edstreuelin in the day of natiuite of sent Iohn̄ baptist in the iij: yere of his regne. & in the yere of our lord Ihū crist a .M.CCC. & xiiij. Alas the so¦row &̄ losse that ther wos done ¶For ther wos slayn thee u{er}y nobull erle Gilbert of Clare sir Robert of Clifford baroun· & ther kyng Edward was scomfited: and edmōd of maule the king{is} stewerd for dred went and drenched him self ī a fresh riuer that is called Bannokesborne. wherfor thei said ī reproue & dispite of kīg Edward for as moch as he loued to gon bi wat{er}. & also for he w∣os discomfited at bannokesborne. Therfor the maidens made a so¦ng therof ī that cūtre of kyng edward of englond & ī this man{er} th¦ey song. ¶Maydens of englond sore may ye morne. for tiʒt haue lost your lemmans at bannokesborne. with heuelogh. what weneth the kīg of englōd to haue geten scotland. w^t rombilogh·

WHen kyng Edward discomfited was. wondir sore and fast he fled with his folke that was left on lyue and went vn to Berewik and ther held him. And aft{er} he toke hostages thatt is to say ij. child of the richest of the toune and the kyng wentē to lundon &̄ toke counsell of thinges that wer nedefull vn to thee reame of englond ¶And in the same tyme it befell that tho was ī englond a ribaude that was called Iohan Tanner: and he went & said that he wos the good kyng edwardis son and let him call edward of Carnariuan and therfore he wos take at Oxfor¦de: and ther he chalanged the frere carmes churche that kyng Ed¦warad had yefen them. the wich chirch sum tyme was the kynges hall. ¶And afterward was this Iohn̄ lad vn to Northm̄tō and draw and honged for his falsenesse: and or that he wos dede he confessid and said before all tho that ther war. That the deuell behight him that he sh̄uld be kyng of englond and that he had serued the deuell .iij. yere.

¶How the toune of Berewyc wos taken thurgh tresō &̄ how ij. Cardinales wer robbid in englond

ANd in mydlentyn sonday in the yere of our lord Ihū crist a .M.CCC.xvi. Berewyc wos lost thurgh fals treson of on Pers of Spaldyng the wich pers the kyng had put ther for to kepe that same toune with mony burgeis of the same toune: ¶Werfor the children that wer put in hostage thurgh the bur¦geis of Berewyk folowed the kīges marchalsie moni dais fetered in strong yrans. ¶And aft{er} y^t tyme ther come ij. Cardina∣les in to englond as the pope had them sent for to make pees bitwen englōd &̄ scotland. ¶And as they went toward Doram for to haue sacrid mastyr Lowys of Beaumont bisshop of Doram and os they went they wer taken &̄ robbid vpō the more of wynglesdō of wich robbery sir Gilbert of Middelton wos atteint & take and honged &̄ draw at londō. &̄ his hede smyten of and set vpō a spere and set vpō new gate. & the iiij. quartres sent to iiij cites of en¦glond ¶And that same tyme befell mony mischefes in englōd for the poer pepull died in englond for hunger & so moch & so fast died that vnneth men migh them berie for a quart of whete wos worth xl. shilling and ij. yere & an half a quarter whete was wor¦th ·x. marke. And oft times the poer pepull stole children & ete th¦em. & ete also al y^e houndis that thei might take &̄ also horse & cat¦tis And aft{er} ther fell a gret moreyn among bestis in diu{er}se cūtres of Englond during kīg Edwardis lifes time.

¶How the Scottis robbid Northumberland.

ANd in the same time come the scottis ayen in to Englond and distruyd Northumberland and brend that land &̄ rob¦bid it. and kylled men and womē and children that didly in ther cradeles. and brend also holy chirche and destruyd cristyndō and toke and bore Englisshmens goodis as they had be sarisens or pay¦nyms and of the wikkidnesse that they did all the world spaken thurgh all cristyndome.

¶How the scottis wold not a mend ther trespase. &̄ therfor scot¦land wos enterdited.

ANd when pope Iohaij the xxij. aft{er} sent Petre herd of the gret sorow and mischief that the scottis wrought he wos wonder sori that cristindom was so distroid thurgh the Scottis. &̄ namly they distruyed so holy chirche wherfor the pope sent a gene¦rall sentence vnder his bulles of lede vn to the erchebisshop of can¦torburi and to the erchebisshop of yorke. that if Robert the brus of scotland wold not be Iustified and make a mendes vn to the kyng of englond Edward ther lord and make amendis of his lo¦sse and of his harmes that they had done in englond and also to restore the goodis that they had taken of holy chirche that the senten¦ce shuld be prenounced thurgh out all englond. ¶And whē y^e scottis herd this they wold not leue ther malece for the popis com∣maundement. ¶Wherfor robert the Brus Iames Douglas and Thomas Raudulfe erle of Moref and all tho that with th¦em comuned or them help in worde or dede wer cursed in eu{er}y chir∣che thurgh out all englond eu{er}y day at masse .iij. tymes and no masse sh̄uld be songe in holy chirche thurgh out all scotland bot if the scottis wold make restitucion of the harms that they had made vn to holy chirche werfor mony a good prest and holy men therfor wer slayn thurgh the reame of scotland for encheson that thei wol¦de not sing no masse ayens the popes commandemēt & ayens his will &̄ to done &̄ fulfill the tirantes will:

¶How sir Hugh the spensers son wos made the kynges cham¦berlayn and of the bataill of Mitone

ANd it was not long aft{er}ward that the kyng ne ordened a parlament at yorke and ther was sir hugh the spencers sone made chambrelayn and the meyn tyme while the were lasted the kyng went ayen in to scotland that it wos wonder for to witte and beseged the toune of Berewik but the scottis went ou{er} y^e wa¦ter of Solewath that wos iij. myle from the kyng{is} host & priueli

they stele a way by nyght and come in to Englond & robbed & destruyd all that they myght &̄ sparid no man{er} thing till y^t they co¦me vn to yorke ¶And when the Englisshmē that wer left at home herd this tidyng all tho that myght trauell as well mōkes and prestis &̄ freris & chanons & seculars come & met w^t the scotis at Miton vpswale y^e xij. day of October ¶Alas that sorow for the english husbondmen y^t coud no thīg of the were that ther wer kylled and drenched in an arme of the see. And ther chieftey¦nes sir willm of Melton Erchebisshop of yorke and the abbot of Selby with ther stedis fled and come to yorke. and that was ther own folie that they had that myschance for they passid the wa¦ter of swale and the scottis set a fier the stakkis of hey & the smok ther of wos so huge that the englissmē myght not see the scottis. ¶And when the englismen wer gone ou{er} the wat{er} tho come thee Scottis with ther wynge in maner of a shelde and come toward the englishmen in a ray &̄ the englisshmen fled for vnneth they had any men of armes. for the kyng had them almost lost at thee sege of Berewyk. and the scottis hobilers went bitwix the brige & the englismen. ¶And when the gret host them met the engli¦shmen fled bitwen the hobilers & y^e gret host. and the englishmē almost wer ther kylled ¶And he y^t might wend ou{er} y^e wat{er} was saued bout mōy wer drēchid ¶Alas for ther wos slaī mōy mē of religiō &̄ seculers & prestis & clerkis & w^t moch sorow the erchebis∣shep ascapid. & therfore y^t scottis called the bataill y^e white bateill

¶How kīg edward did all man{er} thīg y^t sir hugh spenser wold

ANd when kyng edward herd this tidyng he remeued his se¦ge from Berewik and come ayen to englond. but sir hug the spenser the son that wos the kynges chambrelayn kepid so y^e kynges chamber that no man might speke with the kīg ¶Bot he had made with him a fret for to done all his nede &̄ that ou{er} me¦sur: ¶And this hugh bare him so stout that all men had of

him scoornne &̄ despite. And the kyng hī self wold not be gou{er}ned ne ruled by no man{er} man but only bi his fadre &̄ bi him. &̄ if ony knyght of englond had woddis maneres or lordis that they wold couet: anone the kīg must yef it them. or els the mā that ought it shuld be falsely endited of forfit or felonye. And thurgh such do¦yng they desherited mony a good bachiler &̄ so moch land getten y^t it was wond{er}· ¶And when the lordis of englond saw the gre¦te couetise & the fassenesse of sir hugh the spenser the fadre &̄ of sir hugh the son they come to the gentill erle of Lancastre. and axed hī of {con}cell of the disese that wos ī the reame thurgh sir hugh the spenser &̄ his son. And in hast by one assent they made a p̄ue assembull at shirborne ī Elmede. &̄ they made ther an oth for to breke and destroble the doyng bitwen the king &̄ sir hugh spenser &̄ his son vpon ther pouer. ¶And they went in to the march of wales &̄ destruid the land of the forsaid sir hughes.

¶How sir hugh Spen{ser} & his fad{er} wer exiled out of englod.

WHen kyng edward saw the gret harme and destruccion y^t the barons of Englond did vn to sir hugh the spensers lan¦de and to his sones in eu{er}y place that they come vpon. ¶And the kyng tho thurgh his counsell exiled sir Iohn̄ monbray sir rog{er} Clifford and sir Gosselin dauill. and mony other lordis y^t wer to them concent wherfore the barons did tho more harme then thei diden before. ¶And when the kyng saw that the barons wold not sese of ther cruelte the king wos sore adrad lest they wold des¦truy him and his reame for his meyntenance but if that he ascen¦ted to them. ¶And so he sent for them by letters that they shuld cum to london to his parlament at a certan day as in his letters wos contened ¶And they come with iij. batailles well armed at all pointis and eu{er}y bataill had cote armures of grene cloth & ther of the right quart wos yalow with whit bendis. wherfore y^t that parlament wos called the parlament of the white bend. And in that companye was sir vmfrcey of Boh••ne erle of herford and sir

Roger of Clifford sir Iohn̄ Mombray sir Gecelin dauill sir Ro¦ger Mortimer vncull of sir Roger Mortimer of wigmore sir hē¦ri of Trais sir Iohan Giffard and sir Bartholomew of badeles more that wos the kynges stiward that the kyng had sent to shir¦borne in elmede to the erle of Lancastre and to all that with him wer for to tret of accorde that him allied to the barons and come with that companye ¶And sir roger Dammorie &̄ sir hugh Dandale that had spoused the kinges neces sustre and sir Gylle¦bert of Clare erle of Glocestre that wos killed in scotland as befo¦re is said ¶And tho ij: lordis had tho two {per}ties of the erledom of glocestre &̄ sir hugh the spen{ser} the son had the thrid {per}te in his wifes half the iij. sustre & tho ij. lordis went to the barons with al ther pouer ayens sir hugh ther brod{er} in law and so ther come w^t th¦em sir Rog{er} of Clifford sir Iohn̄ Mombrey sir Goselin dauill sir rog{er} Mortimer of werke sir roger mortimei of wigmore his ne¦pheu sir Henri Trais sir Iohn̄ Giffrad sir Bartholemew of ba¦delsmore. with all ther companye and mony od{er} that to them were consent all the gret lordis comen vn to westmynstre to the kyng{is} {per}lament and so they spoken and did that bothe sir huge Spen{ser} the fadre and also the son were outlawed of Englond for eu{er} mo¦re ¶And so sir hugh the fadre went vn to Dou{er} and made mo¦ch sorow and fell doune vpon the ground by the see banke acros with his armes and sore wepīg said Now fair englond & good en¦glond to all myghty god I the betake and thries cussid the groūd and wened neu{er} for to haue comen ayen and wepyng full sore cur¦sed the tyme that eu{er} he begat sir Hugh his son. And said for hī he had lost all Englond and tho in presence of them all thatt were about him he yaf him his curse and went ou{er} the see to his la¦ndis ¶But hugh the son wold not gone out of Englond bot held him in the see. & he and his companye robbed .ij. Dromōdis beside Sandewich and toke and bare away all the goodis that wos on them the value of xl.M. pound:

¶How the kyng exiled Erle Thomas of Lancastre &̄ all y^t held with him and how the Mortimer come yeld him to the king. and of the lordis.

HIt wos not long aft{er} that the kyng ne made sir Hugh sp¦enser the fadre and sir hugh the son cum ayen in to englōd ayens the lordis will of the reame. ¶And sone aft{er} the kyng with a strong pouer come and beseged the castell of Ledes. &̄ in the castell was the lady of Badelesmore for encheson that she wolde not graunte that castell to quene Isabell kīg Edwardis wife. ¶But the principall cause was for encheson that sir Bartho∣lomew badelesmere was ayens the kīg & held with the lordis of en¦glond. & notheles the kīg by help & socour of mē of londō &̄ also of help of southeren men gat the castell maugre of them all that wer therin &̄ toke with them all y^t thei might find. ¶And when the barons of englōd herd this tidyng sir Rogere Mortimer and other mony lordis toke the toūe of burggeworth with strength wherfore the kīg was wond{er} wroth & let outlaw tho¦mas of Lancastre &̄ vmfra de Bohoune erle of herford &̄ all tho y^t wer assentant to the same quarell ¶And the kyng assēbled an huge host &̄ come ayenst the lordis of englōd wherfor the Mor¦timers put thē in the kīg{is} merci &̄ his grace &̄ anōe they wer sent to the toure of london &̄ ther kept ī prisō. ¶And when the ba∣rons herd this thyng they comen to Pountfret ther that the erle Thomas sodiourned &̄ told him how that Mortimers both had yeld them to the kyng &̄ put them in his grace.

¶Of the sege of Tykhill.

WHen Thomas erle of Lancastre herd this. they wer won¦der wroth and all that wer of his companie. &̄ gretly they wer discomfited and ordeyned theyr pouer to geder & beseged thee castell of Tykhill. but tho that wer within so manly defēdid hē that the barons might not get the castell. & whē the kīg herd that his castel was beseged he swore by god &̄ bi his names y^t the sege

sh̄old be remeued and assemaled an huge pouer of pepull & went thid{er}ward to reskewe the castell & his pouer encresid frō day to dai ¶When the erle of Lancastre &̄ the erle of Herford & the baro¦nes of ther companye herd of this thīg they assembled all ther pou∣er & went them to Burton vpō Trent & kept the brigge y^t the ki¦ng shold not passe ou{er}. ¶But it befell so on the x. day of march in the yere of grace .M.ccc. &̄ xxi· The kyng & the spen{ser} sir Ay¦mer valaunce erle of Pēbroke & Iohn̄ erle of Arūdall &̄ hir pou¦er wēt ou{er} the wat{er} & discomfited the erle Thomas & his companye and they fled to the castell of Tutberi and from thens they wēt vn to Pountfret ¶And in that viage died sir Roger Dan¦more in the abbey of tutberi ¶And in that same time the Erle Thomas had a traytour w^t him y^t wos called Robert of Holād a knyght that the erle had brought vp of nought & had norisshed him ī his botelerie & had yeue him a thousand marke of land by yere. & so moch the erle loued him y^t he myght do in the erles cour¦te all thīg that him liked bothe among hie & lawe and so quente∣li tho these bare him ayens his lorde that he tristed more vpon him then he did vpon ony man a liue. ¶And the erle had ordened by his letters for to wend in to the erledom of Lancastre to make men arise to helpe him that viage that is to say v.C: men of ar∣mes ¶But the fals traytur come not ther no man{er} men for to warne ne for to make arise to help his lord ¶And whē that the fals traitour hard tell that his lord was discomfited at burt••n vpon trent as a fals traytour thefe stole a way and robbed ī Ra¦uensdele his lordis men that come from the scomfiture. and toke of them hors and harnes and al that they had & killid of them all that he myght take & come & yeld hī to the kīg ¶Whē y^e good erle Thomas wist y^t he wos so betraied he wos sore abashed &̄ said to hī self O all mighty god how myght Robert Holand find in his hert me to betray sithens that I haue loued hī so moch O god well may naw a man see bi him that no man may dissaue an od{er}

rather than he that he trustis most vpon. he hath full euell yeld me my goodnesse and the worsh̄ip that I haue to him done and thur¦gh my kyndenesse haue him a vaunced and made hie wher that he wos lowe: And he maketh me go from high vn to l••w but yit shall he die an euell deth.

¶Of the scomfiture of Burbrugge.

THe good Erle Thomas of Lancastre Humfrey de bohoūe Erle of Herford and the barons that with hem were tokē councell bitwen them at the frere prechours in Pountfret Tho thought Tomas vpō the traitorie of robert Holand and seied in reproue. Alas holand had me betraied. ay is the reed of some euell shreed. and by the commune assent they shuld all wend to the castell of Dunstanburgh the wich {per}teyned to the erldom of Lancastre & that they shold abide ther till that the kīg had foryef them ther maletalent. ¶But whē the good erle Thomas this herd he ansuerd in this maner and said. lordis quod he if we gone toward the north the northeren men will say that we go toward the scottis &̄ so we shall be holden traitours. for cause of distance that is betwen kyng edward &̄ Robert the brus that made him kīg of scotland. and ther fore I sai as touchyng my self that I will not go no ferther in to the north than to myn own castell of Poū¦fret ¶And wen sir roger Clifford herd this he arose vp anone in wroth and drew his swerde on high & suore by almyghty god and by his holi names but if that he wold go with them he shuld him sle ther. ¶The nobull and gentill erle Thomas of Lan∣castre was sore adrad. & said fair sirs I will gon w^t you whither so eu{er} ye me bidde. ¶Tho went they to gedres in to the north &̄ w^t them they had vij.C. men of armes and come to Burbrugge ¶And when sir Andrew of herkela that was in the north cū¦tre thurgh ordynaunce of the kyng for to kepe the cuntre of scotla¦nd herd tell how that Thomas of lancastre wos discomfited and his {con}panye at Burton vpon trent he ordyned him a strong pouer

and sir Symond ward also. that was tho shereue of yorke and met the baronnes at burbrugge and anone they breke the brugge that wos made of tre ¶And whan sir thomas of Lancastre her¦de that sir Andrew of herkela had brought with him such a pouer he was sore a drad and sent for sir andrew of herkela and w^t him spake· and said to him in this man{er}. ¶Sir andrew quod he ye mow well vnd{er}stond how that our lord the kyng is lad and misgo¦u{er}ned by moch fals councell thurgh sir hugh the Spenser the fadre and sir hugh his son. and sir Iohn̄ erle of Arundell and thurgh master Robert Baldoke a fals piled clerke that now is in the ky∣nges court duelling. Wherfore I pray yow that ye wold cum with vs with all the pouer that ye haue ordened and help to distro the venym of England and the tratours that bene therin and we will yeue vn to yow all the best parte of .v. erledoms that we ha∣ue and holdeth: and we will make vn to you an oth that we wil neuer done thyng with out your councell and so ye shall bene eft as well with vs as eu{er} wos Robert of Holand. ¶Tho ansu¦erd sir Andrew of herkela and said sir Thomas that wolde not I done ne consent ther to for no maner thing ye might me yeffe without the will and commaūdement of our lore the kyng for than shuld I be holden a tratour for eu{er} more. ¶And when that the nobull Erle Thomas of Lancastre saw that he wold not consent vn to him for no man{er} thing. sir Androw he said will ye not con∣sent for to distroye the venym of the reame as we be consent now at one worde sir Androw I tell the that or this yere be gone that ye shall be take and hold for a traitor and more than ony of yow hold vs now and in wors deth ye shall die than eu{er} did any knyg¦ht of Englond And vnd{er}stand well that ye did neu{er} thyng that sorer ye shall you repente. and now goth &̄ dothe what you good liketh And I wyll put me in to the mercy of god ¶And so went the fals traytour tirant and as a fals for sworin maij. for thurgh the noble Erle Thomas of Lancastre he vnd{er}fenge the ar¦mes

of chiualri and thurgh hī he wos made a knyght ¶Tho myght men see archeris drawe them in that one side and in that other. and knyghtes also and foughten tho to gedre wonder so¦re and also among other sir Humfrey de Boughon Erle of her∣ford a worthy knyght of renoune thurgh all cristyndome stode & fought with his enmys vpon the bruge and as the nobull lord sto¦de and faught vpon the brugge a thefe a ribaude skulked vn∣der the brugge & fersly with a spere smote the nobull knyght in to the foūdement so that his bouell is comen out a bout his fete ther. ¶Alas for sorow for ther was slayn the flour of solace & of comforth and also of curtesie. ¶And sir Roger of Clif∣ford a nobull knyght stode eu{er} and faught & well & worthely him defendid as a nobull baron. But at the last he was sore woun∣ded in his hede & sir willm of Sullay and sir Roger of bernefeld wer slayn at that bataill ¶When sir Androw of herkela saw that sir Thomas men of lancastre lassed and slaked anone he and his compani comen vn to the gentill knyght sir Thomas of Lancastre & said vn to him in high yelde the tratoure yeld the. ¶The gentill Erle ansuerid tho and said. Nay lordis trators be we none and to you will we neuer vs yeld while that our ly∣ues last but leu{er} we haue to be slain in our treuth than yeld vs vn to yow: ¶And sir Androw ayen gard vpon sir Thomas componi yollyng as a wode wolfe &̄ saied yelde you tratours takē yeld you. And said with an high vois beth war sires that none of yow be so hardy vpon lyfe and limme to mysdone Thomas bodi of Lancastre ¶And with that word the good Erle Thomas wēt ī to the chapell & said kneling vpon his knees &̄ turned his visage towardes the crosse and said Almyghty god to the I me yelde & holli I put me vn to thy merci. And with that the vileyns and ribaudes leped a boute him on eu{er}y syde as tirantis & wode turmē¦tours and dispolid him of his armurie and clothed him in a robe

of rey that was of his squyers liueira and forth lad him vn to yorke by wat{er}. ¶Tho myght men se moch sorow &̄ care. for thee gentill knyghtis fled in eu{er}y side &̄ the ribaudis &̄ the vileyns egre¦li them discried and gried an high yeld yow tratours yeld you. ¶And when they wer yolden they wer robbed & bounde as thef¦ues Alas the shame and dispite that the gentill ordir of knyght∣hod ther had at that bataill and the land was tho with out law: for holy chirche tho had no more reuerance than it had bene a brodell hous and in that bataill was the fadre ayens the sone. and the vn¦cle ayens his nepheu For so moch vnkyn denes was neu{er} seyn be∣fore in Englond as wos that tyme among folke of one nacion. ¶For on kynrad had no more pitte of that other than an hun∣gri wolfe hath of a shepe and it wos no wonder ¶For the gret lordis of englond wer not all of one nacion but wer medled with other nacions that is for to say some Bretans some Saxōs som Danys some Pehites som Frensshemen some Normans some Spanyardis some Romans some Henaudes some Flemmyng and other diu{er}se nacions the which nacions accordid not to the ki¦nd blod of englond And if so gret lordis had bene onli weddid to english pepull than shuld pees haue bene and rest amonges them with owt any enuy. ¶And at that bataill was roger Clifford take sir Iohn̄ monbray sir willm Tuchit sir willm Fitz willm &̄ mōy other worthy knyghtys ther wer take at y^t bataill And sir hugh Dandell the next day aft{er} wos taken &̄ put ī to prison and shuld haue be done to deth if he had not spoused the kyng{is} nece that was erle Gilbertis sustre of Glocestre ¶And anōe aft{er} wos sir Bartholomew of badelsmere taken at stowe paarke a maner of the bisshoppis of Lyncolne y^t wos his nepheu. &̄ mony other ba∣rons &̄ baner••ttz wherfore wos made moch sorow.

¶How Thomas of Lancastre wos heded at poun••fret & .v. barons honged and drawen ther.

ANd now I shall tell yow of the nobull erle Thomas of Lancastre. when he wos taken and brought to yorke mōy of the Cite wer full glad. and vpon him cried with an high vois O sir traitour ye er welcome blissid be god. for now shall ye ha∣ue the reward that long tyme ye haue deserued. & cast vpon him mony snowe balles and mony other reproues they did him. bot the gentill erle all suffred &̄ said nothir on word ne other: ¶And in the same tyme the king herd of this same scomfiture and wos full glad &̄ in hast come to Poūtfret & sir hugh spen{ser} & sir hugh his son & sir Iohn̄ erle of Arundell. &̄ sir Edmond of wodestoke the kynges brother erle of Kent: and sir Aymer of valaunce erle of Penbroke and master Robert Baldoke a fals piled clarke that was priue & duellid in the kynges courte. & all come thed{er} w^t the kyng. and the kyng entred ī to the castell ¶And sir Andrew of Herkela a fals tirant thurgh the kynges commaundement to¦ke with him the gentill erle Thomas to Poūtfret. &̄ ther he was prisoned in his own castell that he had new made that stode ayen the abbey of kyng Edward. ¶And sir hugh the spen{ser} the fad{er} & his son cast &̄ thought how & in what man{er} the good erle Tho¦mas of Lancastre sh̄uld be dede with out ony Iugement of hys perys ¶Wherfore it was ordened thurgh the kyng{is} Iustices y^t the kīg shold put vpon him pointes of treson. ¶And so it be¦fell y^t he was led to barre before the kīgis Iustis barehed as a thef in a fair hall in his own castell y^t he had made ther in mōy a fair fest both to rich and to poer. ¶And thes wer his Iustises sir Hugh spen{ser} the father. & Aymer of valaūce erle of peenbroke. sir Edmōd of wodestoke erle of kent. sir Iohn̄ of Bretan erle of Richemond & sir Robert of Malemethrop Iustice. & sir rober¦te him a coulpid in this maner. ¶Thomas at the frist. owr lord the kyng & this court excludeth you of all maner ansuere. ¶Thomas our lord the kyng putteth vpon yow that ye haue in his land riden with banner displayed ayens his pes as a tra¦toure

And with that worde the gentill erle Thomas w^t an high vois said nay lordis forsoth & bi sent Thomas I was neu{er} tray¦tour ¶The Iustice said ayen tho. ¶Thomas our lord the kyng puteth vpon you that ye haue robbed his folk and mordred his pepull as a thefe. ¶Thomas also the kyng put vpon you that he discomfited you and your pepull with his folkd in his own reame. wherfor ye went and fled to the wodde as an outlawe. ¶And also ye were taken as an outlawe. ¶And Tho¦mas as a traitour ye shall be hanged by reson. but the kīg hath for yef you that Iewes for loue of quene Isabell ¶And tho¦mas reson wold also that ye shuld be hanged but the kīg hath for yef you that Iewes for cause and loue of your linage ¶But Thomas For os moch as ye wer take fleyng &̄ as an outlaw the king wyll that your hede shall be smyte of as ye haue well de{ser}ued Anone doth him out of prece and anone bring him to his iuge∣ment. ¶The gentill knyght Thomas had herd all thes wor∣dis with an high vois he cried sore wepyng and said alas sent tho¦mas fair fader Alas shall I be dede thus ¶Graunte me now blissidfoll god ansuer: but all a vailled him nothyng: For the cursed Gascoyns put him hither & thedder and on him cried with an high vois O kyng Arthur most dredfull well knawen is now thyn open traitorie an euell dethe shalt thow die has thow ha¦st it well diseruyed ¶And tho they set vpen his hede in scorn an hold chapelet that wos all to rent that wos not worth an half penne. ¶And after that they set him vpon a leue white palfra full vn semeli and eke all bare and with an hold bridell and with an horribul noise they droue him out of the Castell toward his deth and they cast vpon him mony balles of snowe ī disspite ¶And as the traitoris lad him out of the Castell tho saied he this pytouse wordis and his handes held vp on hight toward the heuen: Now the kyng of heuen yef vs merci. for the erthely kyng hath vs forsakyn. And a frere prechour wenten with him

out of the castell till that he com to the place that he endid his lyfe vn to whom he shrofe him all his life ¶And the gentill erle held the frere wond{er} fast by the clothis and said to him fair fadre abide with vs till that I be dede. for my flesh quaketh for drede of deth. ¶And the soth for to say the gentill erle set him vpon his knees and turned him toward the est. but a ribaud that was cal¦led Higone of Moston set hand vpon the gentill erle and saied in despite of him. Sir traytour turne the toward the scottes thy soule dede to vnderfenge. and turned him toward the Northe. ¶The nobull erle Thomas ansuered tho with a myld vois & said now fair lordis I shall done your will. And with that woi¦de the frere went from him sore wepyng. and anone a ribaude went to him and smote of his hede. the xi. Kal. of Auerell in the yere of grece .M.ccc. & xxi. ¶Alas that eu{er} such a gētill blod shall be done to deth with out cause and reson. ¶And trators∣ly wos the kyng coūcellid whē he thurgh the fals counsell of y^e spē¦sers suffred sir Thomas his vncles son to be put to such a deth & so bene heded ayens all man{er} of reson. and gret pitte it was also that such a nobull kyng sh̄uld be desceiued & mysgou{er}ned thurgh counsell of the fallis spenseres the wich tho he maīteneyd thorow loselrie ayens his honour and eke {pro}fite. For aft{er}ward ther fell gret vengeaunce in englond for encheson of the foresaid Thomas deth. ¶When the gentill erle of his life was passid. The pri∣our and the monkis of Pountfret getten the body of sir Thom̄s of the kīg and they beried it before the high aut{er} on the right side•• ¶That same day that this gentill knyght was dede. ther we¦re honged & draw for the same quarell at Pountfret sir willm tu∣chet sir willm Fitz willm. sir warreyn of ysell. sir Hēri of brad borne. and sir william cheynye barons all· and Iohane Page esquyre ¶And sone aft{er} at Yorke were draw and honged sir Rogeri Clifford: Sir Iohan of Mambray barons And sir Goselin dauill knyght ¶And at Bristow were drawe &

honged sir henri of wemyngton & sir henri Mounfort barons and at Glocestre wer draw and honged Sir Iohan Geffard and sir willm of Elmebrugge barons ¶And at london wer hon¦ged and drow sir henri Tyes baron And at wynchelse sir Tho∣mas Colepepir knyght. And at windesore sir Fraunces of wal¦denham baron: And at Cantorburi wos draw &̄ honged sir Ber¦tholome of Badelesmere. & sir Bartholomewe of asshebourne∣ham barons. And at kerdyfe ī wales sir willm Flemmīg baron

¶How kyng Edward wēt in to scotland with an hondreth thousand men of armes &̄ might not spede.

ANd when kyng edward of englond had brought the flour of Chiualrie vn to ther deth thurgh councell and consent of sir hugh spenser the fadre and sir hugh the son he become as wo¦de as any Lyon ¶And what so eu{er} the Spensers wold haue it was done. so well the kyng loued them that they might done w^t him all thyng that them liked. Wherfor the kyng yaf vn to sir hugh spenser the fadre. the erledom of wynchestre and vn to sir Andrewe of Herkela the erdom of Cardoill in preiudice and in harmyng of his croune: ¶And kyng Edward tho thurgh {con}¦sell of the spensers disherited all them that had bene ayens him in any quarell with Thomas of Lancastre & mony oder wer disheri¦ted also for encheson stat the spensers couetted for to haue ther lan¦des and so they had all that they wold desire with wrong and a¦yens all reson ¶Tho made the kyng Robert of Baldok a fa¦ls piled clerke Chauncelar of englond thurgh caunsell of the for¦said spen{ser}s & he was a fals ribaud and a couetise &̄ so they coūce¦led the kyng moch that the kyng let take to his own warde all the goodis of the lordis that were put wrongfully to the deth in to his own hond and as well they token the goodis that wer in holy chir¦che as the goodis that were wythout. And let them bene put in to his tresorie in london and let them call his forfaittis & bi ther councell the kyng wrought for eu{er}more he dysherite them that the

goodis owghten. ¶And thurgh ther counsell let a rere a tal∣liage of all the goodis of englond ¶Wherfor he was the rich¦est kyng that eu{er} wos in englond after willm basterd of Normā¦die that conquerid Englond▪ ¶And yit thurgh councell of th¦em him semed that he had not ynough. bot made yit eu{er}y toune of Englond for to find a man of armys vpon ther own costages for to gone and were vpon the scottis that wer his enmys wherfo¦re the kyng wēt in to scotland with an hondreth thausand mē of armes at witsontide in the yere of our lord Ihū crist .M.ccc. & xxij. ¶But the scottis went and hid them in moūtayns &̄ in woddis & taried the englishmen fro day to day that the kīg my∣ght for no maner thyng them find in playn feld ¶Wherfor mony englishmē y^t had litell vitayles died ther for hunger wond{er} fast and sodenly in goyng and in comyng. and namly tho that had bene ayens Thomas of Lancastre and robbed his men vpon his landis: ¶When kyng Edward saw that vitayles failed him he wos tho wonderfore discomforted for encheson also that his men died and for he myght not speed of his enmys So at the la∣st he come ayen in to Englond. ¶And anone after come Ia¦mes Douglas & also Thomas Randulph with an hoge host in to Englond in to Northumberland & with them the englishmen that wer driuē out of englōd & come & robbed the cūtre & kylled the pepull. & also brend the toune that wos called northallerton &̄ mo¦ny other toūes to yorke. ¶And when the kīg herd this tidyng he let sompne all man{er} men that might trauell. And so the engli¦shmen mett the scottis at the abbey of Beigheland the xv. day aft{er} Mihelmasse in the same yere abouesaid. And the englishmen wer ther discomfited. ¶And at y^t scomfiture wos toke sir Io¦han of Bretan Erle of Rochemond that helde the cuntre and the Erldom of Lancastre. ¶And after he paied an huge raun¦some and wos let go. and aft{er} that he wente in to fraūce and co∣me neu{er} afterward ayen.

¶How sir Andrewe of Herkela was take &̄ put vn to the de¦th that wos erle of Cardoill.

ANd at that tyme sir Andrew of herkela that new was made erle of Cardoill for cause that he had taken the good erle Thomas of Lancastre. he had ordeyned thurgh the kynges {con}¦mandement of englond for to bring him all the pouer that he mig¦ht for to help him ayenst the scottis at the abbey of Beigheland ¶And when the fals tratour had gadred all the pepull that he myght and shuld haue come to the kyng vn to the abbey of Beig¦heland ¶The fals tratour lad them by an other cuntre thurgh Copeland & thurgh the erledom of Lancastre. & went thurgh the cuntre & robbed &̄ killed folke all that he myght ¶And forther more the fals tratour had taken a gret soume of gold and silu{er} of sir Iames Douglas for to be ayens the kyng of englond and to bene helpyng & holdyng with the scottis thurgh whos treson the kyng of englond wos discomfited at Beigheland or that he come thed{er} ¶Wherfor the kyng wos toward him wond{er} wroth. and let priueli enquere by the cuntre about. how that it wos· ¶And so men enquerid and aspied so at the last trewth was foūd and sought & he atteynt & take as a fals tratour. as y^e good erle Tho¦ms of Lancastre him told. or that he wer put vn to deth at his ta¦kyng at burbrugge: ¶And to him said or that yere wer done he shuld be take and hold a tratour ¶And so it wos as the holy man said. wherfor the kyng sent preueli to sir Anthoyn of Lucy a knight of the cuntre of Cardoill that he shuld take sir Andrew of Harkela and put him vn to the deth ¶And to bring thys thyng vn to the end the kyng sent his comission. So that this sa¦me Andrew was take at Cardoill &̄ led vn to the barre in the ma¦ner of an erle worthely arrayed &̄ with a swerde gurt aboute hī & hosed &̄ spored. ¶Tho spak sir Anthoyn in this maner sir Andrew {quod} he. the king put vpon the for as moch as thou hast bene orped in thy dedis he ded to the moch honour and made the erle of

Cardoill & thou as a traytour to thi lord the kyng & ladest his pe¦pull of his cuntre that shuld haue holpe him at the bataill of Bei¦land and thou ladest them a way by the cuntre of Copeland and thurgh the Erledom of of lancastre. Wherfor our lord the kyng was discomfited ther of the scottis thurgh thy treson and falsenesse And if thou hadest comen be tymes he had had the bataill. and tresō thou diddest for the gret soume of gold and silu{er} that thou vnder¦fenge of Iames Douglas a scot the kynges enmye. ¶And our lord the kyng will that the ordir of knyghod by the which thou vnderfeng all thyn honoor and worship vpon thy body be al brought to nought & thi estate vndone. that other knyghttes of lawer degre mow aft{er} be war: the wich lord hath the a vaūced hug¦li in diu{er}se cuntreis in Englond. & y^t all may take exsample by y^e ther lord aft{er}ward trewly for to {ser}ue. ¶Tho commanded he a knaue anone to hewe of his spors on his heles And aft{er} he let bra∣ke the swerd ou{er} his hede the wich the kyng yaf him to kepe &̄ defēd his land ther with when he had made him erle of Cardoill. ¶And aft{er} he let him be vnclothed of his furred tabard &̄ of his hode & of his furred cotes and of his gurdel. & when this wos don sir Antonye said vn to him Andrew quod he now art thow no knyght bot a knaue &̄ for thi treson the kyng will that thow shalt bene honged and drawe &̄ thyn hede smyten of. &̄ thi bowelels ta∣ken out of thy body &̄ brent before the & thy body quartired & thyn he desent to london and ther it shall stond vpō londō brigge and the .iiij. quarters shall be sent to iiij. toūes of englond that all other may be war &̄ chastised bi the. ¶And as Antonye said so it was done all maner thyng in the last day of October. In the yere of grace .M:ccc. & xxij. yere. ¶And the sone turned in to blod as the pepull it saw & that durid from the morne till it was xi: of the cloke of the day.

¶Of the myracles that god wrought for sent thomas of Lan¦castre

wherfore the kyng let close in the chirche doris of the Priore of pountfret y^t no mā shuld cum therin to the body for to offren.

ANd sone aft{er} that the good erle Thomas of Lancastre was martired. ther was a prest that long tyme had be bli¦nd dremed in his slepyng that he shuld gone vn to the hill ther y^t the good erle thomas of lancastre wos done vn to deth and he shold haue his sight ayen. and so he dremed .iij: nyghtis fewyng. ¶And the prest let lede him to the same hill. And when he com to that place that he was martirid on. full deuoutly he made ther his praiers &̄ prayed god &̄ sent Thomas that he myght haue his sight ayen. & os he was in his praiers he laid his right hand vpō the same place y^t the good man was martired on. &̄ a drope of dry blod & smale sand cleued on his hand & ther with striked his eeyn And anone thurgh the might of god & of sent Thomas of Lan¦castre he had his sight ayen. and thanked tho almyghty god and sent Thomas ¶And whē this miracle wos knowen among men. the pepull come thider on eu{er}y side and knelid & made ther pra¦iers at his toumbe that is in the priorie of pountfret. and praied that holy merter of socour and of help & god herd ther prayer. ¶Also ther wos a yong child drenched in a well in the toune of poūtfret & wos dede .iij. dais &̄ iij. nyghtis & men come &̄ laid the deid child vpō sent Thomas tombe the holy marter. & the chil¦de arose from deth to liue: as mony a man it saw. ¶And also moch pepull wer owt of ther mynd and god hath sent them ther mynd ayen thurgh u{er}tu of that holy martir. ¶And also god ha¦th yeuen ther also to crippils ther goyng &̄ to crokid ther handis & ther fete and to blind also ther sight· &̄ to mony seke folke ther helth of diu{er}se maladies for the loue of this good martir. ¶Al¦so ther wos a rich mā in Coundom in gascoyn. &̄ such a maladie he had that all his right side roted and fell away frō hī. y^t men myght se his liu{er} & his hert. & so he stonke that vnneth men might cū ny hī. wherfor his frēdis wer for hī wōd{er} sori. bot at the last as

god wold they praid to sent Thomas of lancastre y^t he wold prai to almyghty god for that prisoner &̄ behight to go to Pountfret for to done ther pilgrimage he thoht y^t the mertir sent Thomas cō to him & annoynted ouer all his sike body. ¶And ther with the good man awoke & wos all hole. & his fleshe wos restorid a¦yen that before wos roted & fallen away. ¶For wich miracle the good man & his frēdis loued god & sent Thomas eu{er} mere af¦ter. ¶And this good man come ī to englōd &̄ toke w^t hī. iiij: felowes & come to poūtfret vn to y^t holy mart{er} &̄ did ther pilgrima¦ge &̄ the good man y^t was seke come thed{er} all naked safe his priue clothis. ¶And whē they had done they turned home ayen ī to ther own cūtre & told of the miracle wher so eu{er} that they come. ¶And also ij. mē haue be heled ther of the mormale thurgh hel¦pe of y^t holy mart{er} though y^t euell be holdē incurabull ¶ And whē y^e spen{ser}s herd y^t god did such miracles for this holi mā & they nold be leue it ī no man{er} wise▪ bot said opēli y^t it was grete heresi such vertu of hī to beleue. ¶And when sir hugh y^e spen{ser} the son saw all this doyng anōe he sent his messang{er} frō pountfret ther that he duellid to y^e kīg Edward that tho wos at Grauen at Scipton for cause that the kīg shold vndo that pilgrimage. ¶And os the ribaud the messīger went toward the kīg for to done his message he come bi the hill ther the good mart{er} was don to deth. &̄ in the same place he made his ordure. And when he had don he went toward the kīg. & a strong flix come vpō him or that he co¦me to yorke. & tho he shedde all his bowels at his foūdement. ¶And when sir hugh the spen{ser} herd this tydīg somedele he was a drad. &̄ thought for to vn do the pilgrimage if he myght by ony man{er} way. ¶And anōe to the kīg he went & said that they shu¦ld be in gret skland{er} thurgh out all cristīdom for the deth of Tho¦mas of Lancastre if that he suffred the peple to do ther pilgrimage at pountfret. &̄ so he coūcelled the kīg that he cōmaūded to closse the chirche dores of pountfret in the wich chirche the holi marter

sent Thomas was entered. & thus they did ayen all fraūchises of holy chirche. so that· iiij. yere aft{er} might no pilgrime cū vn to y^t holy body ¶And for encheson that the monkis suffred men to cū & honour that holy body of sent Thomas the martir. thurgh cō¦cell of sir hugh spenser the son. and thurgh coūcell also of mast{er} Robert Baldoke the fals piled clarke that wos the kīges chaun¦celar the kyng consentid that they shuld be set to ther wages and let make wardeyns ou{er} ther own good long time: & thurgh cōmā¦dement of the forsaid sir hugh the spen{ser} xiiij. Gascoynes well ar∣med kept the hill ther that the good man sent Thomas was done vn to his deth so that no pilgrame might cum by that way. ¶Full well went he to haue be take cristis myght: &̄ his pouer and the gret boos of miracles that he shewed for his marter Sent Thomas thurgh all cristyndom ¶And that same tyme y^e ky¦ng made Robert of Baldok the fals piled clarke thurgh praier of sir hugh the spen{ser} the son Chaūcelar of englond. ¶And in the same tyme was the castell of Walynford holdē ayens the ky¦ng thurgh the prisoners that wer within the castell for sent Tho¦mas quarell of Lancastre. ¶Wherfor the pepull of the c••ntre come and toke the castell vpon the prisoners ¶Wherfore Sir Iohn̄ of Goldington knyght & sir Edmond of beche prisoners &̄ a squyer that was called Roger of walton· wer take and sent vn to the kyng to Pountfret and ther they werdone in to prison. and the forsaid Roger was sent vn to yorke &̄ ther he was draw & hon¦ged ¶And anone aft{er} sir roger Mortimer of wygmore brake out of the tour of London in this man{er}. ¶The forsaid reg herd that he sh̄uld be draw &̄ honged at londō. in the morow after sent Laurence day &̄ on the day before. he held a fair fest in the tour of londō & ther wos sir Stephen segraue constable of the tour & mōy gret men with them. ¶And when they shuld sope. the forsaid Stephen sent for all the offisers of the tour and they come & sopid with him. And when they shuld take ther leue of him. a squyer

that was called Stephen that was full priue w^t the forsaid Rog{er} thurgh his coūsell yaf them all such a drinke that the lest of them all slept ij. dais & ij. nyghtis & ī the meyn tyme he scappid away by wat{er} y^t is to say bi the Thamse & wēt ou{er} the see & held him in fraunce. ¶Wherfor the kīg wos sore annoyed & tho put thee same Stephen out of his cōstablerie.

¶How the quene Isabell went in to fraunce for to treten of pees bytwen hir lord the kyng of Englond and the king of fraun¦ce hir brother.

THe kyng went tho vn to london & ther thurgh cōcell of sir hugh the spen{ser} the fad{er} &̄ of his son & of master robert baldo¦ke a fals piled clarke his Chanceler let seise tho all the quenes lan¦des ī to his handis &̄ also all the landis that wer sir Edward his son & wer so put to hir wages ayenst all man{er} resō & y^t wos thur¦gh the falsenesse of y^e spēsers ¶And whē the kīg of fraūce y^t wos quene Isabelles brod{er} herd of this falsenes he was sore annoy¦ed ayens the kīg of englond &̄ his fals coūcelers. ¶Wherfor he sent a lett{er} to kīg edward vnd{er} his seal y^t he shuld cū ī to fraūce at a c{er}ten day for to done his homage & ther to he somened hī &̄ el¦les he shold lese all Gascoyn. ¶And so it was ordeyned in en¦glond thurgh the kīg & his coūcell y^t quene Isabell shold wend in to fraūce for to tret of pees bitwen hir lord & hir brother And that oliu{er} of Yngham shuld wēd in to gascoyn & haue with him vij. thousand men &̄ mo of armes to be seneshall &̄ wardeyne of gas∣coyn & so it wos orddyned y^t quene Isabel wēt ou{er} se & come in to fraūce. & w^t hir went sir Aymer of valāce erle of pēbrok y^t wos ther mordred sodēli īpue sege bot y^t wos thurgh godis vēgeaun¦ce. for he wos on of y^e Iustices y^t {con}sentid to sent Thomas deth of lācastre &̄ wold neu{er} aft{er} repēte hī of y^t wikkid dede: &̄ at y^t tim sir oliu{er} of ynghā went ou{er} ī to gascoī & did moch harme to y^e kīg of Fraunca and tho he gat ayen that kyng Edward had lost and moch more ther to.

¶How kyng Edward sent sir Edward his son the eldest in to fraunce.

THe quene Isabell had but a quart of a yere duelled ī fraū¦ce bot sir Edward hir eldest son axed leue tho for to wen¦de in to fraunce for to speke with his mother Isabell the quene. ¶And his fader the kyng graūted him with a good will. and said to him Go my fair sone in goddis blissing & myne. & thīke for to cū ayen as hastely as thou may. ¶And he went ou{er} see &̄ come in to fraūce. ¶And the king of fraūce his vncle vnder¦fenge him with moch honour & said vn to him fair son ye be welcō & for be cause that your fad{er} come not to done his homage for the du¦chie of Gnyhene as his auncestres wer wont for to do. I yeue you y^t lordship to hold it of me in heritage as all man{er} aūcestres did be fore you. wher fore he was called duke of Gnyhenne.

¶How the kīg exiled his quene Isabel & edward his heldest son

WHen kyng Edward of englond herd tell how the kyng of fraunce had yeue the duchie of Gnyhen vn to sir Edwar¦de his son with out consent &̄ will of him &̄ that his sone had vn¦derfonge the duchie. he become wonder wroth &̄ sent to his sone by letter & to his wyfe also that they shuld cum ayen in to englond in all the hast that they myght: And the quene Isabell and sir Edward hir sone wer wōder sore adrad of the kynges manace. and of his wroth. & principally for the falsenes of the spensers both of the father &̄ eke the son: & at his commaundement they wold not cum. ¶Wherfore kyng edward wos full sore annoyed. &̄ let make a crie at londō that if quene Isabell and edward hir eldest sone come not in to englond that they shuld bene holde as our en∣mys both to the reame and eke to the croun of englōd. ¶And for that thei nol̄d cum in to englond. bot both wer exiled the moder and hir son ¶When the quene Isabell herd this tidinges she wos sore adrad to be sh̄ent thurgh the fals congettyng of the spen¦cers

¶And wēt with the knyghtys that wer exiled out of engl¦ond for sent Thomas cause of Lancastre y^t is to say sir Rog{er} of wigmore sir willm Trussell sir Iohn̄ of Cromewell &̄ mōy od{er} good knyghtys. ¶Wherfor thei toke ther coūcell &̄ ordeyned amōges them for to make a mariege bitwen y^e duke of gnyhē y^e kīgys son of englōd &̄ the erles dought{er} of henaud y^t was a nobul knyght of name & a doughty ī his time: ¶And if y^t thīg my∣ght be brought about than stode they trowyng w^t the help of god & with his help to recou{er} ther heritage in englōd wer of they wer put out thurgh the fals congettynges of spen{ser}s.

¶How kyng edwar thurgh coūcell of the spen{ser}s sent to the douze{per}s of fraūce y^t they sh̄uld help y^t the quene Isabell & hir son sir edward wer exiled out of fraūce.

WHen kyng edward &̄ the spen{ser}s herd how that quene Isa∣bell and sir Edward hir son had alied them to the erle of Henaud and to them that wer exiled owt of englond for enche∣son of Thomas of Lancastre. they wer so sori that thei not wist what for to done. ¶Wherfor sir hugh spen{ser} the son said vn to sir hugh his fadre in this man{er} wyse. ¶Fadre cursed be the tim and the coūcell that eu{er} ye consentid that quene Isabell shuld go vn to fraunce for to trete of accord bitwen the kyng of englond and hir brother the kyng of fraūce for that was your councell. for at that tyme forsoth your wit failed. ¶For I drede me sore le¦st thurgh hir and hir son we shall be sh̄ent bot yf we take the better councell ¶Now fair sirres vnd{er}stond how meruelus felonie & falshed th̄e spen{ser}s ymagened and cast for priuely they let fill v. ba¦rellis ferrors with sylu{er} tho soume amounted v. thousand pound and they sent tho barrels ou{er} se priuely by an alien that wos cal∣led Arnold of Spayn that was a brocour of London that he sh¦uld gone to the d••usepers of Fraunce that they shuld procuren & speke to the kyng of fraunce that quene Isabell and hir son Ed¦ward wer driuen and exiled out of Fraunce.

¶And among all other thynges that they wer brought to the deth as priuely as they myght. ¶But almighty god wold not so: for when this Arnold wos in the high see he wos take with se land res that met him in the high see & toke him & lad him to ther lord the erle of henaud &̄ moch ioye was made for that taking. &̄ at the last this Arnold priueli stole away fro thens & come to lon¦don ¶And of this takīg & of od{er} thīges the erle of henaud said to the quene Isabell Dame maketh you meri. & be of good chere for ye be richer than ye wened to haue bene. & take thes v. barell is full of silu{er} that wer sent to the douze{per}s of fraūce for to kyll yow and your son Edward. & thinketh hasteli for to wend in to englo¦nd & taketh ye with you sir Iohan of henaud my brother & v.C mē of armes for mony of thē of fraūce ī whome ye haue had grett trust. done you for to scorne. ¶And almyghti god graunte you grace your enmys to ou{er} cum. ¶The quene Isabell sent tho thurgh henaud and Flaūdres for hir saudiowrs and ordeyned hir eu{er}y day for to wend in to Englond ayen and so she had in hir cō¦panye sir edmond of wodstoke that was erle of kent that was sir Edwardis brother of englond.

¶How kyng edward let kepe the costes by the see &̄ let trie all the prise men of armes & fote men thurgh englond

WHen kyng Edward herd tell that quene Isibell and Ed∣ward hir son wold cum in to Englond with a gret pouer of aliens and with them that wer outlawed owt of Englond for hir rebelnesse he was sore adrad to be put doūe and for to lese his kyngdom. ¶Wherfor he ordeyned to kepe his castels ī wales as well as in englond with vitales and ther apparile and let ke∣pe his riu{er}es and also the see costes. Wherof the v. portes toke to kepe them and also the see. ¶And at the fest of Decolaciō of sent Iohn̄ Baptest. the Citizenis of london sent to the kyng to porchestre an hondreth men of armes. ¶And also he commaū∣ded bi his letters ordeyned y^t eu{er}y hondreth and wapentake of engl¦ond

to triours as well of men of armmes os men of fote: &̄ that they shold bene put in xx. some &̄ in an hondreth some. & cōmāded that all tho men wer redy when any outese or crie wer made for to pursue and take the aliens that come to englond for to benomme him the land for to put him owt of his kyngdom· ¶And more ou{er} he let crie thurgh his patent in eu{er}y faire and in eu{er}y marketh of Englond that the quene Isabell and sir Edward his eldest son & the erle of kent that they wer take and saufely keped w^t out any man{er} harme vn to them doyng and all other man{er} pepull that come with them anone smyten of ther hedis with out any man{er} of ransome takyng of them ¶And what man that might bringe sir Roger hede Mortimer of wygmore shuld haue an hondreth poūde of monay for his trauell ¶And forthermore he ordend by his patent and cōmaūded to make a fire vpon eu{er}y hyll beside the riu{er}es and in law cuntres for to make hie beekenes of tymb¦bre that if it so wer that the aliens come vn to the land by nyght that men shuld tend the bekenes that the contre might be warned and cum and mete ther enmys. and in the tyme died sir Roger Mortimer his vncle in the tour of london.

¶How the quene Isabell and sir Edward duke of Gnyhene his son com in to lond at herewich and how they did.

WHen quene Isabell and sir Edward hir sone Duke of gn¦yhenne sir Edward of wodstoke erle of Kent and sir Io∣han the erles brother of Henaud and ther company: drad not thee manace of the kyng ne of his traitours. for they trustid all in goddis grace &̄ com vn to herewich in sauthfolke the xxiiij. day of Septembre & in the yere of grace .M.ccc.xxvi. And the quene &̄ sir edward hir son sent lettres to the maire &̄ cōmmalte of londō requiring them that they shuld be helpyng in the quarell &̄ causa y^t they had begonne that is to say to distroy the tratours of the re¦am. bot none ansuer was sent ayen. wherfore the quene & syr Ed¦ward hir son sentē an other patent lett{er} vnd{er} ther seales the te¦nour

of wich lett{er} here foloweth in this man{er}. ¶Isabell by thee grace of god quene of englond lady of Irland & Countes of po¦untyf & we Edward the eldest son of the kyng of englond Duke of gnyhen erle of chestre of Pauntif & of Moustroill to y^e maire & to all the cominalte of the cite of london sendeth gretyng. For as moch as we haue before the tyme sent to yow by our lett{er}s how we be cū in to this land with good aray and ī good man{er} for the ho∣nour and profet of holy chirche and of our right dere lord the kīg and all the reame with all oure myght and pouer to kepe and ma¦ynten as we and all the good folkis of the forsaid reame ar holden to done ¶And vpon that we pray you that ye wold be helpīg to vs ī as moch as ye may ī this quarell that is for the comune profet of all the forsaid reame. And we haue had to this tyme none ansuer of the forsaid lettres ne know not your will in that partie. ¶Wherfor we send to you ayen and pray & charge you that ye bere you so ayens vs that we haue no cause to greue you bot that ye bene vn to vs helpyng by all the wayes that ye may or may knowe. For wyte ye well in certayn that we and all tho y^t be comen with vs in to this reame thynke not to done any th∣yng: but that thyng that shall be for the commune {pro}fet of all the reame bot onli to distroy hugh spen{ser} our enmy &̄ enmy te all the ream as ye it well knowith ¶Wherfor we pray you & char¦ge you in the faith that ye owe on to our lord the kīg & to vs: and vpon all that ye shull mow forfet agayn vs that if the said hugh spen{ser} our enmy come with in your pouer that ye don him hasteli to ben takyn and saufli keped vn till we haue ordeyned of him our wyll. and that ye leue it not in no man{er} wyse as ye desire honor and profit of vs all and of all the ream. ¶vnd{er}stondyn ye well that if ye doo our prayer and commandemēt we will the more be holdē vn to you. And also ye shall get you worship and pro¦fet yf ye send vs hastely ansuer of all your will ayen at Baldok the vi. day of October. ¶Which letter erly in the dawyng of

the day of sent Denis wos takked vpon the new crosse in chepe. and mony copies of the same letter wer tacked vpō wyndowes and doris and vpon other places in the Cite of london that all men passing by the way myght them see and rede: ¶And in the sa∣me tyme kyng Edward was at london in the tour at his mete. ¶And amessinger come in to the hall and said that the quene Isabell wos comen to land at Herewich. & hath brought in hir companie sir iohn̄ of Henaud &̄ with him men of armes without nombre. ¶And with that word sir Hugh the spenser the fadre spake. and thus vn to the kyng said. My most worshipfull lord and king of englond now we make good chere for c{er}tanly they ben̄ all ours. ¶The kyng saw this word comfortable yit he was full sorowfull &̄ pensife ī his hert. ¶And the kīg had not fully eten bot ther come in to the hall an other messinger and said y^t the quene isabell was ariued at herewich beside yepswyche in sou¦thfolke. ¶Sir hugh the spen{ser} the fadre spake to the messinger and said tell soth in good faith to the messinger my fair frende is she come w^t a gret strength: ¶Now sertis sir the soth for to say she ne hath in hir componye but vij. houndreth men of armes ¶And w^t that word sir hugh spen{ser} the fad{er} cried with an high vois &̄ said Alas alas we bene all betrayed. for c{er}tis with so litil pouer she had neu{er} comen to land but if folke of this lond wer vn to hir consent. ¶And therfor aft{er} the mete they token ther coū¦cell and went toward wales for to arere the walshmen ayenst the quene isabell and Edward hir sone. all for to fight and so they wer in purposed eu{er}ychone.

¶How master walt{er} Stapilton bisshop of excestre that was the kynges tresorer wos heded at london.

ANd in the same tyme kyng Edward wos sore adrad lest that men of london wold yeld them vn to the quene Isabel and to hir son Edward. ¶Wherfor he set mast{er} walt stapil¦tō his tresorer for to be wardeyn and keper of the cite of londō w^t

the maire. ¶And so come to the gyldehall of london and axid the keyes of the yates of the cite thurgh vertu and strength of his cōmission and wold haue had the kepyng of the Cite And the co¦muners ansuered and said y^t they wold kepe the cite to the honor of kyng Edward and of Isabell the quene and of the duke the ky¦nges son with out ony more the bisshop wos tho sore annoyed & swore othes that they all shuld abie it anone as the kyng edward wer comen out of wales. ¶And the communers all anone of the cite toke the bisshop &̄ lad him a myddes of y^e chepe & ther they smyten of his hede and set his hede in his right hand. ¶And af¦ter they heded ij. of his squyers that held with the bissh̄op and on of them was called willm of waile that was the bisshopis nepheu ¶And that other was called Iohan of Padyngton. And also they toke a burgeis of london that wos called Iohn̄ Mar¦chall that wos sir hugh spen{ser}s aspie the fader & smoten of his he¦de also ¶And ī that same tyme that bisshoop had ī londō a fair tour ī makīg ī his close vpō the riu{er} of the Thamese y^t wos with out tempull barre and he failed stone to make ther of an end wher for he cōmaūded his men to go to the chirche of the frere Carmes and ther they toke stone to make ther with the touer & moch sand &̄ mort & old robous that wos left ¶And for the dispite y^t the bisshop had done vn to holy chirche he & his ij. squyers wer beried in that sand os though they had bene houndes ¶And ther they lay a xi. wekis till that the quene Isabell sent hir lettres to the comuners & praid them y^t they wold suffre &̄ graūte y^t the bisshop myght be take out of that place & be beried at excestre at his ow¦ne chirche. ¶And so he was & his ij. squyers wer beried at se¦nt Clementis chirch with out tempull barre &̄ it wos no wōd{er} tho¦ugh that bisshop died an euell deth ¶For he was a couetous mā &̄ had w^t hī no merci & euell coūcelled the kīg. ¶And sone aftar was Arnold of spayn taken that was assentant to haue lad v^M. pound of siluer ī .v. bareles ferriers vn to y^e douze{per}s of

fraunce for to help and hast the quene Isabell to hir deth and Ed∣ward hir son also. And this Arnold wos put to deth with owt the cite of london.

¶How kyng Edward and sir hugh spenser and the erle of Arundell wer taken.

WHen kyng Edward had sent master walter Stapilton his tresorer in to london for to kepe the Cite vn to him ayen the quene Isabell his wyfe and ayens edward his sone anone hī self toke with him sir hugh spenser the son and sir Iohan erle of Arundell and master Robert Baldoke his Chancelar a fals pi¦led prest and token ther way toward Bristow. ¶And ther the kyng abode a litell tyme and made sir hugh the spen{ser} the fad{er} as conestable and ke{per} of the castell ¶And the kyng & thatt other spen{ser} went in to ship &̄ sailed toward wales & toke no leue of the stiward ne of none in the king{is} housold. &̄ went ou{er} ī to wa¦les for to arere the walshmen ayen dame Isabell the quene & thee duke hir son & the erle of Kent &̄ sir Iohan of Henaud and thei went &̄ pursued aft{er} them. and ther pouer encresid eu{er}y day. So at the last the kyng was taken vpon a hill in wales & sir hugh thee spen{ser} the son in that other side of the same hill. and the fals pile¦de clarke master Robert Baldoke ther fast besides them &̄ wer brought ayen in to englond as almighti god wold ¶And the kyng him self was put in sauf kepyng in the castell of Kemlwor∣th & hī kept sir Hēri y^t was sent Thomas brod{er} of Lancastre. ¶And sir hugh the fad{er} come & put him ī the quenes grace and sir Edward hir sun duke of Gnyhenne. ¶But sir hugh thee spen{ser} aft{er} the tyme that he was taken nold neu{er} ete no man{er} mete ne drinke no man{er} drinke. frō he wist to haue no mercy sauf only to be dede ¶And the quene & hir counsell tho had ordeyned that he shuld haue be do to deth at londō. bot he was so febull for hys moch fastyng y^t he was ny dede. And therfor it wos ordend y^t he shuld haue his Iugemet at herford &̄ at a place of the toure

his hood wos take from his hede and also from Robert of Baldo¦ke that wos a fals piled clarkd and the kynges Chauncelare and men set vpon ther hedis chappelettis of sharpe netteles and two squyers blew in ther eres with .ij. gret bugles hornes vpō tho ij. prisoners that men might here ther blowyng out with hornes. more than a myle•• ¶And on Symond of Ridyng the kyng{is} marchall bare before them ther armes vpō a spere reu{er}sed ī tokē y^t they sh̄uld be vndone for eu{er} more ¶And vpō the morew was sir hugh spen{ser} the sone dampned to deth & wos draw & honged &̄ heded &̄ his bowels takin out of his body & brent and after thatt he was quartired. &̄ his .iiij. quarters wer sent to iiij. tounes of englond and his hede sent to London brigge. ¶And this Si¦mond for encheson that he dispised quene Isabell he was draw & honged in a stage made. a myddest the forsaid sir hugh galewes ¶And the same day a litell from thens wos sir Iohn̄ of arū¦dell beheded for encheson that he wos on of sir hugh spen{ser}s coun¦celers. ¶And anōe aft{er} wos sir hugh spen{ser} the fad{er} honged & draw and heded at Bristow. &̄ aft{er} honged ayen bi the armes w^t ij. strong ropes: & the iiij· day aft{er} he was hewen all to peces and houndes eten him. and for that encheson that the kyng had yeffen him the erledom of wynchestre his hede wos sent thider &̄ put vpō a spere ¶And the fals Baldoke wos sent to londō &̄ ther he died ī prison amonges thefes. for men did hī no more reuerens than they wold done vn to an hound: &̄ so died the traitours of en¦glond blissed be almyghty god. ¶And it wos no wōder for thurgh ther councell the good erle Thomas of lancastre wos don to deth. and all that held with Thomas of lancastre thurgh the traitours wer vndone & all ther heires disherred.

¶Hw kīg edward was put doūe & his dignite take frō him.

ANd anone after as all this was done. The quene Isabel and Edward hir sone and all the grett lordis of Englo¦nd at one assent sent to kīg Edward to the castell of kenilworth

ther that he was in kepyng vnder the ward of sir Iohan Hachī that wos the bisshop of Ely. &̄ of sir Iohan of Percy a baroun for encheson that he shuld ordeyn his parlament at a certain place in england for to rodresse &̄ amend the state of the reame. ¶And kyng Edward them ansuerd and said lordis quod he. ye see full well how it is. Lo haueth here my seal. and I yef yow all my pouer for to ordeyn a parlament wher y^t ye will ¶And they toke ther leue of him & come ayen to the barons of englond ¶And when they had the kīges patent of this thyng they she¦wed it to the lordis ¶And tho was ordeyned that the parlamēt shuld be at westmynstre at the vtas of sent Hillarie ¶And all the gret lordis of englond let ordeyn for them ther ayens y^t ty¦me that the parlament shuld be ¶And at wich day that parla¦ment wos. the kīg wold not cum ther for no man{er} thyng as he had set him self and assigned. ¶And notheles the barons sent vn to him o tyme & other. And he suore by godis soule that he nold not cū ther on fote. Wherfore it wos ordeyned by all the gret lor¦dis of englōd y^t he shuld no longer be kyng but be deposid & said that they wold croune Edward his sone the elder king. y^t wos y^e duke of Gnyhenne. & sent tydyng vn to the kyng ther y^t he was in ward vnder sir Iohan erle of Garen and sir Iohan of Both¦un that was bisshopp of Ely and sir Henri Percy a barone and sir willm Trussell a knyght that wos with the erle sir Thomas of Lancaster for to yeld vp ther homages vn to him for all them of englond: ¶And sir willm Trussell said thes wordis: Sir Edward for encheson that ye haue traied your pepull of englond and haue vndone mony gret lordis of englond with outen any cause ye shall be deposid. & now ye be withstond thanked be god ¶And also for encheson that ye wold not cū to the {per}lamēt as ye ordeyned at westmynstre as in your own lett{er} patent is contend for to tret with your lege men as a kyng sh̄uld. ¶And ther¦fore thurgh all the comuns assent &̄ of all the lordis of englond

I tell vn to yow thes wordis ye shall vnder stond sir that the barons of englond at on assent will that ye be no more kyng of Englond but vtterly haue put yow out of your rialte for eu{er} mo¦re. ¶And the bisshop of Ely said tho to the kyng ¶Sir ed¦ward heri I yeld vp feaute and homage for all the erchebisshoppis & bisshoppis of englond & for all the clerge. ¶Tho said sir Io¦han erle of Garenne sir edward I yeld vp here vn to yow feaute & homage for me &̄ for all Erles of englond: ¶And sir Hēri Percy yaf vp also ther his homage for him & for all the barons of englond. ¶And tho said sir willm Trussell I yeld vp now vn to you sir myne homage for me & also for all the knyghtes of englond & for all them that holden by seriauntre or by any other man{er} thyng of you. ¶So that from this day aft{er}ward ye shall not be clamed kyng nother for kyng be holde. ¶But frō thys tyme afterward. ye shall bene holden for a singuler man of all the pepull. And so they went thens to London ther that the lor∣dis of englond them abode. And sir edward abade in prisonne in good kepīg & that wos the day of Conu{er}sion of sent Paule in thee xx. yere of his regne

¶Of the {pro}phecie of Merlin declarid of kīg edward the sone of kyng edward the frist.

OF this kyng Edward {pro}phecied Merlin and said that th¦er shuld cum a Goot out of Carre that shuld haue horns of silu{er} & a berd as white as snow▪ and a doppe sh̄uld cum out of his nosethriles that shuld betoken moch harme hounger & dethe of the pepull. &̄ gret losse of his land: and that in the begynnyng of his regne shuld be haūted moch lechorie. ¶And he said soth alas the tyme for kyng edward that was kyng edward son was bonre at Carnariuan in wales. for soth he had hornes of sylu{er} & a berd as white os snow. when he was made prince of walis. to mo¦che he yaf hī to riot &̄ to folie. ¶And soth said Merlin in his prophecie that ther shulde cum out of his nose a doppe. for in

his tyme was gret honger among the poer pepull. and strong de∣th among the riche that died in strange land with moch sorow &̄ ī were in scotland. and aft{er}ward he lost scotland & gascoyn. & whi¦les that him self wos kīg ther wos moch lechori haūted: ¶And also Merlin told & said that this Goot sh̄uld seche the flour of ly¦fe and of deth. And he said soth. for he spoused Isabell the kynges sustre of fraunce. ¶And in his tyme Merlin said that thei sh∣uld be made brigges of folke vpō diches of the se. And that was well seyn at Banokkes borne in scotland whan he was discomfi∣ted ther of the scottis ¶And Merlin told also that stones sh¦uld fall from castels and mony tounes shuld be made playn. ¶And he said soth for whan kyng Edward wos discomfited in scotland and come tho southward the scottis beseged tho castels & did them moch harme and brend tounes vn to the herd erthe: ¶And aft{er}ward Merlin told that an Egle shuld cum out of Cornwaill that shold haue fetherris of gold that of pride shuld haue no peir. and he shuld despise lordis of blod. and aft{er} he shuld die thurgh a bere at Gausich: and that propheci was full wel kn¦ow and found soth. ¶For by the egle is vnderstond sir Pers of Ganaston that tho wos erle of Cornewaill that was a won¦der proud man that dispised the baronage of englōd. but aft{er}ward he was heded at gausich thurgh the erle of Lancastre and thurgh the erle of werwik. ¶And Merlin told that ī his tyme it shol¦de seme that the bere shuld brenne and that bataill sh̄old be vpon an arme of the see in a feld araied like a sh̄eld wher shuld die mo¦ny whit hedis. ¶And he said soth for bi the brennīg of the bere is betokened gret dred thurgh cuttyng of swerdis at that bataill of miton for ther come the scottis in maner of a sheld in man{er} of a wynge & slew vpō swale men of religion prestis &̄ seculers wher¦fore the Scottis called that bataill in dispite of englishmē the whi¦te bataill. ¶And aft{er} merlī said y^t y^e forsaid bere sh̄uld do the Goot moch harme and that shuld be vpon the southwest and also

vpon his blod and said also that the goot shuld lese mich dele of his land till the tyme that shame shuld him ou{er} cum and than he shuld cloth him in a Lyon skyn &̄ shuld wyn ayen that he had lost and more thurgh pepull that sh̄uld cum out of the northwest that shold make him to bene adrad & him a venge vpon his enmys thurgh councell of ij. Owles that frist sh̄old be in {per}ell to be vndone ¶And that tho two Owles shuld wend ou{er} the see in to a stran¦ge land and ther they shuld duell vn till a c{er}tan time &̄ aft{er} they sh̄¦uld cum ī to englōd ayen. ¶And tho two Owles shuld do mo¦ch harme vn to mōy on &̄ y^t they shold cōcell the goot to meue we¦re ayens the foresaid bere. ¶And y^e got & the owles shold cū to an arme of the see at borton vp Trent &̄ shuld wend ou{er} &̄ y^t for drede y^e bere shold fle w^t a Swan ī his cōpanye to Buri toward the north thurgh an vnkind outpul̄ter & that the Swan than shall be slayn with sorow & the Bere shuld be slayn full ny his ow¦ne nest that sh̄old stond vpō Poūtfret vpon whom the sonne sh∣all shed his bemes and mony folke him shall seke for vertu & he said soth for the good erle Thomas of Lancastre was borne in the northwest &̄ cosin to the kīg and his vncle son. ¶And by law he made the kyng lese moch land the wich he had purchesed wilfulli till at the last the kyng ther of toke shame & him self filled wyth cruelte ¶And after he gat ayen y^t he had lost & moch more th¦urgh folke that he let assemble out of the northwest y^t made him to be adrad and a venged him of his barons thurgh coūcell of sir hu¦gh the spen{ser} the fadre and of sir hugh the son that be fore wer owt lawed of englond for ther wikkednes ¶Bot afterward they cume ayen in to engloed sir hugh spen{ser} the fadre out of fraunce And so moch cōceled the kyng that he shuld were vpon Thomas of Lancastre ¶So that the kyng and the spensers and the erle of Arundell and ther pouer met with Thomas of Lancastre at Burton vpon Trent and him ther discomfited and sir Humfry

Erle of Herford wos in his companye. ¶And aft{er} fled the for¦said Thomas and Humfrey with ther company at Burbruge with sir Andrew of erkela that is called the vnkind outpulter ¶And also sir Symondward erle of yorke they come & mete with Thomas of lancastre with an huge companye & them ther discomfited. &̄ in that scomfiture the erle of herford wos slayn vpō the bruge couherdly with a spere in the foundement And the erle Thomas wos take and lad vn to Paūtfret. & tho was heded besi¦de his own castell. But aft{er}ward mony men him sought for mira¦cles that god did for him. ¶And in that tyme Merlī said for sorow and harme shuld die a pepull of his land. wherfore mony other landis shuld be vpō him the more bolder ¶And he said so¦th for by encheson of his barons that wer done to deth. for sent tho¦mas quarell of lancastre pepull of mony landis become the bold for to meue were vpō the kyng: for ther blod wos turned to mōy nacions ¶And aft{er}ward Merlin told &̄ said that the forsaid Owles shuld do moch harme vn to the floor of life & deth. & they shuld bring hir to moch disese. so y^t she sh̄uld wēd ou{er} se ī to fraū¦ce for to make pees to y^e flour delise. &̄ ther shuld a bide till on a tyme hir sede shuld cum and sech hir. And tho they sh̄uld a biden bothe till the tyme that they shuld cloth them with grace: &̄ tho two Owles she shold seke &̄ put them vn to pytuus deth. & that {pro}phe¦cie wos well know and was full soth. ¶For sir Hugh spen{ser} the fadre and sir hugh the sone did moch sorow and persecucion vn to the quene Isabell thurgh her procurment to hir lord the kyng. ¶So they ordeyned amonges that she was put vn to hir wa¦ges that is to say .xx. sh̄ylling in the day. ¶Wherfor the ky¦ng of fraūce hir brother was sore annoyed and sent in to englond by his letters vn to kyng Edward that he shold come vn to hys {per}lament to Paris in fraunce. but kyng Edward was sore adra¦de to cum ther. for he wened to haue bene arested till that he had made amendis for the trespase that sir hugh spenser the fadre & the

sone had done. And for the harme that they had done vn to thee quene Isabell his sustre. ¶Wherfor thurgh hir ordeynaunce &̄ consent of the spen{ser}s the quene Isabell went ou{er} se ī to fraūce for to make accorde bitwen kyng Edward & the kīg of fraūce hir bro¦ther ¶And ther duel̄led she in fraūce till edward hir eldest son come hir to sech &̄ so they duelled ther both till y^t aliance was ma¦de bitwen them & the gentill erle of Henaud. that if they w^t ther help might destroi &̄ ou{er} cū the venym &̄ the falsenes of the spensers y^t sir edward shuld spouse Dame Philip the worsshipfull lady &̄ the erles dought{er} of henaud. ¶Wherfor the quene Isabell &̄ sir edward hir son & sir edward of wodstoke the kynges brother of Englond & sir Iohn̄ of henaud &̄ sir Roger Mortimer of wigmo¦re and sir Thomas Rocelin & sir Iohn̄ of Crōwell & sir willm Trussell and mony other of the a liaunce of the gētill erle Tho∣mas of Lancastre that wer exiled out of englond for his quaril & wer disherited of ther landis ordeyned them a gret pouer and a¦riued at herewich in southfolke. ¶And sone aft{er} they pursued the spen{ser}s till that they wer takyn & put vn to spitouse deth as be¦fore is said and ther company a•• also for the gret falsenes y^t thei did to kīg edward & to his pepull. ¶And Merlin said also more that the goot sh̄uld be put īto gret disese & in gret anguysh &̄ in gret sorow he sh̄uld lede his lyfe. ¶And he said soth for aftir the tyme that kyng edward wos take he was put in to ward till that the spensers wer put vn to the deth. ¶And also for en¦cheson that he wold not cum vn to his own {per}lament at london as he had ordened and assigned himself and to his baronage and also wold not gou{er}ne and rule his pepull ne his ream as a king shold done: ¶Wherfore sum of the barons of englond come &̄ yeld vp ther hamages vn to him for them and all the other of the ream in the day of {con}u{er}sion of sent paule in the yere of his regne xx &̄ they put him out of his rialte for eu{er} more & eu{er} he leued his lyfe afterward in moch sorow & anguyssh.

LOdewicus the fourth wos emprour aft{er} Henri iiij. yere This Lodewic wos duke of Banare & he dispised the co¦ronacion of the pope. wherfore the pope deposit him. and moch la∣bour and mony {per}ell he had aft{er}: And he trubled gretly the vnite of holy chirch. &̄ then wos chosin ayens him Frederik the duke of Austrich. & he ou{er} come the duke. and boid a rebelion to his end. &̄ in gret parell to his soule and at the last Karolus wos chosin a¦yens him the wich p̄uayled. and sodenly Lodewik fell doūe of his horse &̄ decessed: Iohan Maundevill a doctor of fesike & a kn¦yght borne wos in englond a bout this tyme. &̄ he made a merue∣lus pilgrimage. for he went almost a bowt all the world. and he wrot his dedis in .iij. langages & decesid & wos buried at sent Albons Benedictus the xxij. wos pope aft{er} Iohn̄ vij. yere and more. This man wos a monke. & in all his youth he wos of go¦od conu{er}sacion & a doctor of diuinite. And wē he wos made pope he reformed the ordir of sent Benet in that thyng y^t was necessa¦ri: And he wos an hard man to graūt benefice lest he had graūted it to an vnconyng man. he made a decretall the wich began Be∣nedictus deus in donis suis. & he wos veray cruell in his faithe: And for that of som men litell loued. he wos so stout a man that almost he wold not know his own cosyns:

Anno domini .M.iij^C xxvij.

¶Of kyng Edward the thrid after the conquest

ANd after this king Edward Carnariuan regned sir ed¦ward of windesore his son the wich wos crouned kyng & annoynted at westmynstre thurgh councell and consent and will of all the gret lordis of the Reame the sonday in Candelmasse eue in the yere of grace .M:CCC.xxvi. that w••s of age at y^t tyme but xv. yere. and for encheson that his fadre was in warde

in the castell of kenilworth and eke wos put doune of his rialte. the reame of englond was with out king fromme the fest of sent Katerin in the yere abouesaid vn to the fest of Candelmasse &̄ tho wer all man{er} plees of the kynges bynch astent. ¶And tho wos cōmanded to all the shereues of englond thurgh writ to warn the {per}ties to defendaūtis thurgh somnyng ayen ¶And also for¦thermore that all prisoners that wer in the kynge gail̄les y^t wer attached thurgh shereues sh̄uld be let gone quyte. ¶The kīg Edward aft{er} his coronacion at the praier & besechīg of his liege of the reame graūtid them a chartre of stedfast pees to all them y^t wold it axe. ¶And sir iohn̄ of Henaud &̄ his cōpanye toke ther leue of y^e kīg &̄ of the lordis of the reame: & turned home to ther own cōtre ayen: & eche of them had full rich yeftes eu{er} ych mā as he wos of value & estate ¶And tho wos englond ī pees &̄ ī rest &̄ gret loue bitwene the kīg & his lordis: & comynly english men said amōges them that the deuell was dede. But the tresour of the kīg his fadre & the tresour of spen{ser}s both the fadre & of the son & of the erle of Arundell &̄ of master Robert baldok y^t wos the ki¦nges chancelar was de{per}tid after the quene Isabellis ordenaunce and Sir Roger Mortimers of wigmore. so that the kyng had nothyng ther of but at hir will &̄ hir deliu{er}ance ne of ther landis as aft{er}ward ye shall here.

¶How kīg Edward wēt to stanthop for to mete the scottis.

ANd yit in the same tyme was kyng Edward in the Cas¦tell of Kenilworth vnder the kepyng of sir Henri that was Erle Thomas brother of Lancastre that tho wos erle of Leyces∣tre and the kyng grauntid him the Erledom of Lancastre that the kyng his fadre had seised in to his hand & put out Thomas of Lancastre his brother. ¶And so was he erle of Lancastre &̄ of Leicestre &̄ eke stiward of englond as his brother wos in his tyme. but sir Edward that wos kīg edwardis fadre made sorow with out end. for because he myght not speke with his wyfe ne w^t

his sone wherfor he wos ī moch mischief. for though it wer so that he wos lad &̄ ruled by fals councell yit he wos kyng Edwardis so ne called edward with long schankis &̄ come of the worthiest blo¦de of the world ¶And they to whome he wos woned to yeue gret yeftes &̄ large wer most p̄ue w^t the kīg his own son: &̄ they wer his enmys both bi nyght & bi day &̄ procurid to make debate & cōtake bytwen hī and his son. &̄ Isabell his wife. bot the frere pre¦chours to hī wer good frēdis eu{er}more & cast both bi nyght &̄ bi day how they myght bring hī out of prisō ¶And amōg ther cōpany y^t the freris had priueli brought ther wos a frere that was called Dunhened &̄ he had ordeyned & gadred a gret cōpanye of folke to kepe at y^t nede. but the frer wos take & put ī the castel of poūfret & ther he died in prison. ¶And sir henri erle of Lancastre that had the kinges fadre ī keping thurgh cōmandemēt of the kīg deli¦u{er}ed Edward the kīges fad{er} bi endētur to sir Thomas of berkeley. And so sir Iohn̄ Mautreus &̄ they led him from the castell of ke¦mlworth to the castyll of Berkeley & kept him ther saufly. ¶And at Estren next after his coronaciō the kīg ordyned a huge host for to fight ayens the scottis. And sir Iohn̄ y^e Erles brother of heenaud frō be yond the se come for to help kyng Edwar¦de & brought with hī vij. houdreth men of armes & ariued at dou{er} & they had leue for to go forth till they come to yorke ther y^t thee kyng them abode ¶And the scottis come thed{er} to the kyng for to make pees & accorde· but the accordement lasted not bitwein tham bot a litell tyme. ¶And at that tyme the englisshmen wer clothed all in cotes &̄ hodes peynted with lettres &̄ with flou∣res full semeli with long berdes And therfor the scottis made a bill that wos fastyned vpō the chirch doris of sent Petre toward stangate & th{us} said the scripture in dispite of englishmen.

¶Long berde hertles: Paynted hod witles. Gay cote gracelas makes englond thriftles.

ANd ī the Trinite day next after began the {con}take in the cite of yorke bitwen the englisshmen and the Henaudires. & in that debate wer kylled of the erledom of Nycholl and mordred lxxx. and after they wer buried vnder a stone in sent Clementis chirchhawe in fosgate ¶And for enchesō that the henauders come to hel̄p the kyng. ther pees wos cried on payn of life &̄ limme ¶And in that other halfe it wos found bi an enquest of the ci¦te that the englishmen began the debate:

¶How the englishmen stoppid the scottis in the parke of stanho¦pe and how they turned ayen in to scotland.

ANd at that tyme the scottis had assembled all ther pouer and comen in to englond and kylled and robbed all thatt they myght take and also brennet and distroid all the north cun¦tre thurgh out till that they come vn to the parke of stanhope in wyredall and ther the Scottis held them in a buschement. ¶But when the kyng had herd thurgh certayn aspies wher the Scot¦tis wer anone right with his host beseged them within the forsaid parke so that the scottit wist not wher to gone out but only vn to ther harmis and they abiden in the parke xv. days &̄ vitales them failed in eu{er}y side so that they wer gretli appaired of ther bodies. ¶And sith that Brut come fyrst in to bretan vn to this tym wos ther neu{er} seyn so fair an host what of Englisshmen and of a lyens and of men of fote the wich ordeyned them for to fight with the scottis thurgh eggyng of sir Henri erle of Lancastre and of sir Iohan henaude that wold haue gone ou{er} the wat{er} of with for to haue foughten with the scottis ¶But sir Roger Mortimer cō¦sentid not ther to. For he had priuely takyn mede of the scottis thē for to help that they myght wend away ayen in to ther own cun∣tre. ¶And this same Mortimer councelled so moch Thomas of Brotherton the erle marshall that was kyng Edwardis vncle that the fersaid Thomas shuld not assembull at that tyme vn to the scottis and he assentid. but he wist not the doyng bitwene

the scottis and the forsaid Mortimer ¶And for encheson that he was marshall of Englond and to him {per}teyned eu{er} the vaunt∣ward he sent hasteli to the erle of Lancastre and to sir Iohan of he¦naud that they shuld not fight with the Scottis in preiudice and harmyng of him and his fee. And if they did that they shuld st¦ond to ther own perrill ¶And the forsaid erle marshall was al araied with his bateill at the reredoos of the erle of Lancastre for to haue fought with him and with his folke if he had meued for to fight with the proud scottis ¶And in this maner he was decey¦ued and wist nothing of this treson. And thus was the kyng principalli dissaued. ¶And when it wos nyght Mortimer that had the wach for to kepe of the host that nyght distrobled the wa∣ch that nothyng myght be done ¶And ī the meī while the scot¦tys stole be nyght toward ther own cuntre as fast as they myght ¶And so wos the kyng falsly betraied that wened that all the traitours of his land had bene brought to an end as it wos said before ¶Now here ye lordis how tratoursly kīg Edward was dissaued &̄ how meruelusly &̄ boldly the scottis did of were. for Iamys Douglas with .CC. men of armes riden thurgh aut all the host of gyng Edward the same nyght the scottis wer asca¦ped toward ther own cuntre as is aboue said till that they com to the kynges pauilon &̄ killed ther mony men in ther beddis & cried some Naward naward. & an od{er} time a Douglos a douglas. Wherfor the kyng that wos in his pauilon & mech od{er} folk were wond{er} sore afraied. but blyssid be almyghty god y^e kyng wos not taken & in gret parell was tho the ream of englond ¶And y^t nyght the mone shone full clere & bright. & for all the kīg{is} mē the scottis ascappid harmeles ¶And ī y^e morow whā y^e kyng wist y^t the scottis wer a scappid ī to ther own cuntre. he wos wond{er} sori &̄ full hertely wepid with his yong eyn. &̄ yit wist he nott who had hī done y^t treson. bot y^t fal̄s tresoun was full well knaw a good while aft{er} as the stori telleth ¶Tho kīg edward come ayen to

yorke full sorowfull & his host de{per}ted and eu{er}y man went in to his own cuntre with full heuy chere and mornyng semblant & the henaudes toke ther leue &̄ went ī to ther own cuntre. & the kynge for ther trauell hugeli them rewardid ¶And for encheson of that viage the kyng had dispendid moch of his tresour & wasted ¶And in that tyme wer seyn ij: mones in the firmament that on was clere & that other was derke as men might se thurgh out the world and a gret debate wos y^t same tyme ayens pope Iohan the xxij: aft{er} sent petre. &̄ the Emprour of Almayn tho made him Emprour ayens the popis wyll that tho held his see at Auinion ¶Wherfor the ēpror made his crie at Rome & ordeyned an od{er} pope y^t hight Nycholas y^t wos a frere mynor. and y^t was ayens the right of holy chirch ¶Wherfor he wos cursed & the pouer of that od{er} pope sone wos leid: And for enchesō that suche meruellis wer seyn mē said that the world was nygh at an end.

¶Of the deth of kyng Edward Carnariuan.

ANd now go we ayen to sir Edward of Carnariuan y^t was kyng Edward fadre sum tyme kyng of englond & put doune of his dyngnite: Alas for his tribulacion and sorow that him befell thurgh fals councell that he loued and triftid vpō to moch that aft{er}ward wer destroyed thugh ther falsenesse as god wold. ¶And this Edward of Carnariuan wos in the cas∣tell of Berkelay vnd{er} the kepyng of Sir Moris of Berkeley & sir Iohan of Mautreus and to them he made his complaynt of his sorow and of his disese and oft tyme he axed of his wardens what he had trespased ayens Dame Isabell his wife and Sir ed¦ward his son y^t was made new king y^t they wold not viset him ¶And tho ansuerid on of his wardeynes and said: my wor∣thy lord displese yow not that I shall tell you the encheson is for it is done them to vnd{er}stond that if my lady your wife come any thing ny you that ye wold hir strangle and kyll and also that ye wold do to my lord your son the same ¶Tho ansuered he with

simple chere. Alas alas am I not ī prison and all at your own will. now god hit wote I thought it neu{er} and now I wold that I wer dede so wold god if that I wer. for than wer all my sorow passed ¶Hit was not long tyme after that the kyng thurgh {con}¦cell of Roger Mortimer graūtid the ward & kepīg of sir edward his fadre vn to sir Thomas Toiourney &̄ to the forsaid sir Iohn̄ Mautreuers thurgh the kynges lettre & put out holy the forsaid sir Morice of the ward of the kyng & they toke &̄ led the kyng vn to the castell of Corfe the wich castell the kyng hated as any deth & they keped hī ther till it come vn to sent Mathewes day ī septē∣bre in y^e yere of grace .M.ccc.xxvij. y^t the forsaid sir Roger Mortimer sent the man{er} of the deth how &̄ in what wise he sh̄old be done to deth. ¶And anone as the forsaid Thomas & Iohan had seyn the letter &̄ commaundemēt they made kīg Edward Car∣nariuan good chere & good so las as they myght at that soper & no¦thīg y^e kīg wist of y^e tratorie. ¶And whē time wos for to go to bedde the kīg went vn to his bed &̄ lay & slept fast & as the king lay & slept y^e tratourys fals for sworne ayens ther homage & ther feaute come priueli in to the kynges chambre &̄ ther company with them and laid an huge tabull vpō his wombe & with men pressed & held fast doūe the .iiij: corners of the tabull vpon his body wher∣with the good man awoke &̄ wos wond{er} sore a drad to be dede ther and slayn and turned his body tho vpsedoune:. ¶Tho toke y^e fals traitours and wode tirantis an horne and put it in to hys fundement as depe as they myght & toke a spit of coper brennyng & put it thurgh the horne in to his body and oft tymes roulled ther with his bowels and so they kylled ther lord that nothyng wos {per}sa¦ued &̄ aft{er} he was entered at glocestre.

¶How kyng Edward spoused Philip the Erles doughter of Henaud at Yorke:

ANd aft{er} Cristemasse tho next swyng sir Iohn̄ of henaud brought w^t hī Phelip his brothers dought{er} y^t was erle of

Henaud his nece in to englond· &̄ kīg edward spoused hir at york with moch honour. ¶And sir Iohn̄ of Bothum bisshop of Ely and sir wyllm of melton Erchebisshop of yorke songen thee masse y^e sonday in the eue of {con}u{er}sion of sent Paule In the yere of grace a .M.ccc.xxvij. but for encheson that the kyng wos bot yong & tendre of age: when he wos crouned full mony wronges wer done while that his fadre leued. for encheson that he trowed the councelers that wer fals a bout him that counceled him to done other wise than reson wold wherfor gret harme was done to the reame & to the kyng & all mē directid it the kīes dede. &̄ it was not so almighty god it wote. Wher fore it wos ordeyned at the kynges crouning y^t the kyng for his tendre age shuld be gou{er}ned by xij. of the gretest lordis of englond w^t out wich no thīg sh̄uld be done: that is to sai The erchebisshop of Cantorburi the erchebi¦shop of yorke the bisshop of wynchestre &̄ the bisshop of herthforth the erle of Lancastre the erle marshall. & the erle of Kent y^t wer the kīges vnches. & the erle of Garenne: sir Thomas wake. sir hēri of Perci. sir oliu{er} of yngham & Iohn̄ of Roos barons. ¶All thes wer sworne trewly for to councell the kyng. And they shuld ansuer eu{er}y yere in the {per}lament of y^t that shuld be don in the tyme of y^t gou{er}nall. bot that ordeynance wos sone vndone &̄ y^t wos moch harme to all englond· ¶For the kīg & all y^e lor¦dis that shuld gou{er}ne hī wer gou{er}ned &̄ ruled after the kyng{is} mod{er} Dame Isabell: & by sir Roger Mortimer ¶And as they wo¦ld all thyng wos done both emong high and low. And they to∣ken vn to them Castels tounes landis &̄ rentis in gret harme & losse to the croune &̄ of the kynges estate out of mesure.

¶How the pees was made bitwene the english men and thee scottis &̄ also of Iustifieng of Troylebastone.

THe kyng Edward at witsontide in the secund yere of his ragne thurgh the councell of his modre & sir Roger Mor¦timer ordeyned a parlament at Northamton. And at that {per}la¦ment

the kyng thurgh hir councell and none other of the land w^t in age graunted to be accordid with the Scottis in this man{er}. y^t all the feautes and homages that the scottis shuld do vn to thee croune of Enlond for yaf them vn to the scottis for eu{er} more by his chartre enseled: ¶And forthermore an endēture wos made of the scottis vn to kyng edward that wos kyng Henris son wich endenture they called it rageman in the wich wer contenyd all thee homagis and feautes Frist of the kyng of Scotland and of all the prelatis erles and barons of the reame of scotland with ther seales set theron and other chartres and remembraunces that ky¦ng Edward and his barons had of ther right in the foresaid rea¦me of Scotland it wos for yeue them ayen holy chirche And al∣so with the blake crosse of scotland the wich the good kyng edward conquerid in Scotland and brought it owt of the Abbey of Sco¦ne that is a full preciouse relique. ¶And also forthermore he relesid and for yaf all the landis that thebarons of englond had in scotland by old conquest. ¶And this pees for to be hold and last the scottis wer boūd vn to the kyng in xxx: thousand pound of silu{er} to be paid with in .iij. yere that is eu{er}y yere x. thousand pound by evyne porcions. ¶And forthermore aboue all this they speke bitwen the {per}teis aboue said that Dauid dritonautier that was kyng Robert the Bruit son the fals tyrant and fals forswo¦rin ayenst his othe that arose ayens his liege lord the nobull and good kyng Edward and falsely made him kyng of Scotland that was of age of .v. yere ¶And so thurgh this cursed councell Dauid spoused at Barewik Dame Iohane of the toure thatt was kyng Edwardis sustre as the geest telleth. vpō mare Mag¦dalene day In the yere of grace a ·M.ccc. and xxviij. to gret har¦me and empeiring to all the kynges blod. wher of that gentill la¦dy come. Alas the tyme For wond{er} moch was that fair damisell dis{per}aged sith that she was maried ayens all the commune assent of Englond And frō the tyme that Brut had cōquered Albion

and named the land aft{er} his own name Bretan that now is cal¦led Englond after the name of Engest: ¶And so the reame of Scotland wos holden of the reame of englond and of the crou¦ne bi feaute and by homage. ¶For Brut conquered that land and yaf it vn to Albanak that wos his secund son and he cal∣led that land Albayn after his own name. So that the heires y^t comen after him shuld hold of Brut and of his heires that is to sai of the kynges of Bretan by feaute and homage and frō that tyme vn to this tyme of kyng Edward the reame of scotland wos holden of the reame of Englod by feautes and seruices as aboue is said ī the crenicles of Englond and of scotland. & bereth witnesse more planarly: ¶And acursed be the tyme that this parlament was ordeyned at Northamton. For ther thurgh fal̄s councell the kyng was ther falsly disherited and yet he was with in age. ¶And yit whan that kyng Edward wos put out of his rialte of englond. Yit men put not him out of the feautes & seruices of the Reame of Scotland ne of the fraunchises disheri¦ted him fer euermore. ¶And neu{er}thelas the gret lordis of en¦glond wer ayens to confirme the pees and the trew••s abaue sayd sauf only quene Isabell that tho was the kynges mother Edward and the bisshop of Ely and the lord Mortimer. bot reson and law wold not that a finall pees shuld be made by twene them with out the cōmune assent of englond

¶Of the debate y^t was bitwen quene Isabell & sir Hēri erle of Lancastre & of Leycestre &̄ of the ridīg of Bedford:

WHen the forsaid Dauid had spoused Dame Iohane of the t••ur in the toune of Berrewik as be fore is sayed the scot∣tis in despite of the Englisshmen called Dame Iohane the Coū¦tesse make pees. For the cowardyse pees that tho wos ordeyned. but the kīges {per}son bare all the wite and the blame with wronge of the makyng of the accorde. And all wos done thurgh the quen and Roger Mortimer. ¶And it was not long after

that the quene Isabell ne toke in to hir own hand all the lordship of Pountfret. almost all the landis that wer of any value that apperteyned to the croune of Englond· ¶So that the kīg had not for to dispende bot of his vses &̄ of his Escheker. For the que¦ne Isabell and Mortimer had a gret menye of ther retenaūce y^t folowed euermore the kynges court: And went and toke the ky∣nges prises for hir peny worthes at good chepe. ¶Wherfore the contre that thei comen ī. wer full sore a drad and almost distroid of them ¶Tho began the comminalte of englond for to haue enuy to Isabell the quene that so moch loued hir before. wen she come ayen for to pursue the fals traitours the spen{ser}s from fraunce ¶And in that same tyme the fals traitour Robert of Hola¦nd that betraied his lord sir Thomas of Lancastre was tho deli¦uered owt of prison: and was wonder priue with the quene Isabell and also with Roger the Mortimer ¶Bot that auailed not him but litell. for he was taken at myhelmasse that tho come next sewyng after as he rode toward the quene Isabell to londō & sir Thomas wither smote of his heed besides the toune of sent Al¦bons ¶And this sir Thomas duelled w^t sir Hēri erle of Lan¦castre and he put him ī hidīg for dred of the quene for she loued him wonder moch & prayed vn to the kyng for him that the same Thomas myght be exiled out of Englond. ¶And the no∣bull erle sir Henri of Lancastre had oft tymys herd the comune clamor of the Englishmē of the disese that wer done in Englōd and also for diuerse wronges that wer done among the comune pepull. of the wich the kyng bare the blame with wrong. For he was bot full yong and tender of age. And thought as a good man for to done a way and slake the sklandre of the kynges par¦son if that he myght in any maner of wise: So as the kyng was ther of nothyng gylty. wherfor he was in perell of lyfe and lyme ¶And so he assembled all his retenaūces and went and spake vn to them of the kynges honour and also for to amend his estate

And sir Thomas brotherton erle Marchall and sir Edmond of wodstoke that wer the kynges vncles and also men of londō ma¦de ther othe him for to maynten in that same quarell. ¶And ther cause wos this that the kyng shuld hold his house and his me¦ny as a kyng ought for to done and haue all his riallti and y^t the quene Isabell shuld deliu{er} out of hir hand in to the kynges hād all man{er} lordshippis rentis tounes castels that ap{per}tened vn to the croune of englond as other quenes did hir before and medle with none other thyng ¶And also that sir Rog{er} Mortimer sh¦uld duell vpon his own landis for the wich landis he had holpe to disherited moch pepull so that comune pepull wer distroyd thurgh wrongfull takyng: ¶And also to enquere how &̄ by whom thee king was betraied and falsly disceyued at Stanhop and thurgh whois councell that the Scottis went a way by nyght from thee kyng. ¶And also how &̄ thurgh whos coūcell the ordenaunce that was made at the kynges coronacion was put doune that is to sai that the kyng for amendement and helpyng of the reame & in honour of him shuld be gou{er}ned and ruled by xij. of the gretest &̄ wisest lordis of the reame &̄ with out them sh̄uld no thyng ben graunted ne done as before is said the wich couenantis malicius¦li wer put doūe fro the kīg. werfor moni harmes shames & re{pro}ues haue falle to the kyng and his ream. And that is vnderstond for as moch as Edward sum tyme kyng of englon was ordeyned by assent of the cominalte in playn {per}lamēt for to be vnd{er} the war¦de &̄ gou{er}naunce of Henri erle of Lancastre his cosin for saluaciō of his body he was take out of the castell of Kemlworth ther that he was in ward. and thurgh colour of quene Isabell and of the Mortimer with out consent of any {per}lament they toke & lad him ther that neu{er} aft{er} none of his kynrad myght with him speke ne se and aft{er} tretoursl̄y toke and him mordred. For whos deth arose a sclandre thurgh all cristendō when it was done. ¶And al¦so the tresour that sir edward of Carnariuan had left ī mōy places

in Englond and in wales wer wasted and borne away without the will of kyng Edward his son in destruccion of him & all his folke Also thurgh whos councell that the kyng yaf vp the kīgdō of scotland For the wich reame the kynges ancestres had full so¦re trauaill and so did mony a nobull man for ther right &̄ was deliu{er}ed vn to Dauid that wos Robert the Brus son all the ri∣ght that no right had to the reame as all the world it wist. ¶And also bi whom the chartres & remembrances y^t they had of y^e right of Scotland wer take out of the tresorie and taken vn to the scottis y^e kynges enmys to disherityng of him and of hys successours & to gret harme vn to his lieges &̄ gret reproue vn to all englisshmen for eu{er} more ¶Also wherfor Dame Iohana of the tour the kynges sustre Edward wos dis{per}aged and marid vn to Dauid y^t wos Robert the Brus son y^t was a traitour and enmye vn to englond &̄ thurgh whos councell she wos take in to our enmys handis out of englond ¶And in the meyn while the good erle Henri of Lancastre & his companie toke councell how th¦es pointes aboue said myght be amendid vn to the worsship of the kīg &̄ to his {pro}fet &̄ to the {pro}fite also of his lieges ¶And the quene Isabell thurgh coniecting & sotelti & also of the Morti∣mer let ordeyn a parlament at Salisberi ¶And at y^t same {per}¦lamēt the Mortimer was made erle of the march ayenst all the barons will of englōd in preiudice of the kyng &̄ of his croune. &̄ sir Iohn̄ of Eltham the kyng{is} brother was gurt with a swerd of Cornwaill & tho wos called erle of Cornewaill And eu{er} more quene Isabell so moch pracurid ayens hir son the kyng that she had the ward of the forsaid sir Edward &̄ of his landis· ¶And at that {per}lament the erle of Lancastre wold not cum but ordeyned al his pouer ayens quene Isabell & the mortimer & men of londō orde¦ned them with v. hondreth men of armes. ¶Whē quene Isa¦bell wyst of the doyng she swore by god & bi his names full angre¦ly that in euell tyme he thought vpō tho pointes. ¶Tho sent

the quene Isabell & the Mortimer aft{er} ther retene. &̄ after the kyn¦ges retenue. so that they had ordeyned amonge theem an huge host & they councelled the kyng so y^t vpō a nyght they riden xxiij myle toward bedford the•• that the erle of lancastre wos with his {con}pani & thought to haue hī destroied And y^t nyght she rode bi side the king hir son as a knyght armed for dred of deth. ¶And it was done the kyng to vnd{er}stond y^t the erle henri of lancastre & his companie wold haue distroid the kyng and his coūcell for euer more wherfor the kīg wos somdele towardis hī heuy & annyed. ¶Whan the erle marshall and the erle of kent the kīges brod{er} herd of this tyding they riden so ī message bitwen them that the ki¦ng graūted him his pees to erle henri of lancastre for a c{er}tan raū∣sone of xi.M. pound. but y^t wos neu{er} paied aft{er}ward. ¶And thes wer the lordis that held with sir henri of Lancastre. sir Henri beamōt sir Fouke fitzwaren: sir Thomas Rocelyn sir willm trus¦sell sir Thomas wyther. and about an hondreth knyggtis mo y^t wer to him concentid. & all tho wer exiled thurgh coūcell of quene Isabell &̄ of the Mortimer. for the mortimer weited for to haue ther landis if that he myght thurgh ony maner {con}iecting for he was to couetous &̄ had to moch his will &̄ that wos gret pitte.

¶How kyng edward went ou{er} see for to do his homage vn to the kyng of fraūce for the duchie of Gnyhen.

IT wos not long aft{er} that the kyng of fraunce thurgh cō¦cell of his dousepe is sent to kyng Edward of englond that he shuld cume to Paris and done his homage as reson it wold for the duchie of Gnyhen ¶And so thurgh counsell of the lordis of englond kyng edward went ou{er} the see & at the ascenci¦on tide he come vn to Paris the thrid yere of his regne for to do his homage vn to the kyng of fraūce and the kyng vnd{er}fenge his homage & made of hī moch ioye & worsship ¶But when kīg Edward had made his homage hasteli he was sent for in to englōd

thurgh the quene Isabell his moder. &̄ anone hastely he come a¦yen in to englond vpon witsonday with out any takyng leue of the kīg of fraūce wherfore he wos wond{er} wroth.

¶How sir Roger Mortimer bare him proudly &̄ so hie.

ANd now shall ye here of sir Roger Mortimer of wygmo¦re that dissired and couyted to be at an high a state so y^t the kyng graunted him to be called erle of marche thurgh out all his lordship. ¶And he become so proud and so hauteyne that he wold lese & forsake the name that his ancestres had euer before ¶And for that encheson he let him call the erle of marche and none of the comuns of englond durst call him bi name other na∣me for he was called so thurgh the kyng{is} crie that men shuld call him erle of the marche ¶And the Mortimer bare him so haute¦yne &̄ so proud that wond{er} it was for to wit. & also disgised hī w^t wond{er} rich clothes out of all man{er} reson both of shapping & of we¦ring Wher of the englisshmen had gret wond{er} how &̄ in whot ma¦ner he myght contreue or find such man{er} pride and they said amō¦ges them all comenli that his prid sh̄old not long endure: ¶And the same tyme sir Geffrey Mortimer the yong y^t was the mortimer son let him call kyng of folie & so it befell aft{er}ward in dede for he wos so full of pride &̄ of writchednesse that he held a roū¦de tabull in wales to all men that thid{er} come & contrefete the doīg &̄ the man{er} of kyng Arthurs tabull bot openli he failed For the no¦bull kyng Arthur wos the most worthy lord of renoune y^t was in all the world in his tyme & yit come neu{er} none such aft{er}. For al the nobull knyghtis in all cristendome of dede of armes asayed du¦ellid with kyng Arthur &̄ held him for ther lord and soferen. ¶And that wos well sayn for he {con}quered in bataill a roman that wos called Froll &̄ get of him the reame of fraūce and kyl¦led him with his own handis ¶And also he faught with a ge∣ant that wos called Dinabus & kylled him that had rauesshed fa¦ir Eleyn that wos kyng Hocles nece kyng of litell bretan.

¶And aft{er}ward he kylled in bataill the emprour of Rome that wos called Lucie that had assembled ayens king Arthur for to fi¦ght with him so moch pepull of romās & Phethis & sarisens y^t no man coud them nōbre &̄ he discomfited them all as the stori telleth ¶And in y^e same tyme cōmune loos sprong in englōd thurgh coniecting & ordinaūce of the freres prechours that sir Edward of Carnariuan that wos kyng edward fadre of whom the geest telleth said that he was on liue in the castell of Corf. wherfor all the cōmyns all most of englond wer in sorow & ī dred wherfor that it wer so or not For they wist not how traitoursly the mortimer had him done mordrid.

¶How Edmōd of wodstok y^t wos erle of kent & the kinges brother edward of Carnariuan was heded at wynchestre.

ANd vpō a tyme it befell so that sir edmond of wodstoke erle of Kent spake vn to the pope Iohan the xxij. at Aui¦nion & said that almyght good had oft tymes done for Thomas loue of Lancastre mony gret miraclls to mony men and women that wer thurgh diu{er}se maladies undone as vn to the world and thurgh his praier they wer brought vn to ther hel̄th. ¶And so sir edmond praied the pope herteli that he wold graūte him grace y^t the forsaid Thomas myght be translatid. But the pope said nay that he shuld not be translatid vn to the tyme that he wer bett{er} c{er}tefied of the clargie of englond & seyn by ther obedēce what th∣yng god had done for the loue of Thomas of lancastre after the suggestion that the forsaid edmōd erle of kent had vn to him made ¶And whan this edmond saw that he myght not spede of his purpose as tochyng the translacion he praied him of his coūcell as toching sir edward of Carnariuan his brod{er} & said that not long a gone he wos kyng of englond what thīg might best be done as toching his deliu{er}ance sith that a comune fame is thurgh englōd that he his on liue & hole &̄ sauf. ¶Whan the pope herd hī tell that sir edward was on liue he cōmaūded the erle vpō his benison

that he sh̄uld help w^t all the pouer y^t he myght y^t he wer deliu{er}ed out of prisun & s••ue his body ī all man{er} y^t he might. & for to bring this thīg to an end he assoyled hī & his cōpani a pena & culpa & all tho that holp to his deliu{er}ance. ¶Tho toke edmōd of wodstoke his leue of the pope & come ayen ī to englōd. And whā sir edmond wos comē sū of the frere precheurs come &̄ said y^t sir edward his brod{er} yit wos on liue ī the castell of Corf vnder the kepīg of Sir Thomas Gurnay. ¶Tho sped him the forsaid Edmōd as fa¦st os he might till he come to the castell of Corf &̄ a queynted hī &̄ spak so fair w^t Iohn̄ Dauerell y^t was {con}stable of the same cas∣tell and yaf him rich yeftes to haue acqueyntance of him and to knaw of his coūcell. ¶And thus it befell that the forsaid sir edmōd praied specially to tell him priuely of his lord his brother sir Edward if that he leued or wer dede. and if he wer on liue he praied of him ons to haue a sight ¶And this sir Iohan Da¦uerill was an high herted man and full of curage &̄ ansuerid shor¦tely vn to sir Edmond and sad that sir edward his brother was in helth and vnder his kepyng and durst shew him vn to no man sith it was defended him in the kynges half edward that was ed¦wardis son of Carnariuan and also thurgh commaundement of the quene Isabell the kynges modre &̄ of sir Rog{er} Mortimer that he sh̄uld shew his body vn to no maner man of the world sauf on¦ly vn to them vpon lesyng life and limme &̄ disherityng of his heiris for eu{er} more. ¶But the fals traitour falsly lied for he w¦as not in his ward but he wos take thens & lad vn to the castell of berkeley thurgh sir Thomas Gurnay thurgh {con}maūdemēt of the Mortimer til that he wos dede as before is said but sir edmōd of wodstoke wist nothyng that Edward his brod{er} was dede wher vpon he toke a lettre vn to the kīg edward his brod{er} as to his wor¦thi lord. ¶And vnderfeng the letter of him & be hight him for to do his message with out any man{er} faill & with that sir edmōd

toke leue of the forsaid Iohn̄ & wēt ī to his own {con}tre & lordship ī kent that he had ther ¶And anone as this same iohn̄ wist y^t sir edmond wos gone ī to kent his own lordship anone he went ī all the hast that he myght fro the castell of Corf & comen vn to sir Roger mortimer & toke him the letter that sir edmōd of wod∣stoke erle of kent had takē him closed &̄ enseled with his own seale ¶And wē sir rog{er} mortimer had vnd{er}feng the letter he vnclosid it &̄ saw what was cōteyned therī &̄ began it for to rede wherof the begynnyng wos this ¶Worshippes & reu{er}ens with brothers legeaunce & subieccion. Sir knyght worsshipfull & dere brod{er} if it you plese I pray you hertely y^t ye be in good cōforth for I shall so ordeyn for you that ye shall cum out of prison & be deliu{er}ed of that disese that ye be in. And vnd{er}stondeth of your gret lordship that I haue to me assentant almost all y^e gret lordis of englond with all ther apparaill that is to sai w^t armure w^t tresour with out nombre for to maynten yor quarell so ferforth that ye shall be kyng ayen as ye wer before and that they haue suorne to me vp¦on a boke &̄ as well prelatis as erles and barons: ¶When sir Roger the Mortimer saw and vnd{er}stode the myght and thee strength of the lettre anone his hert for wroth gan boll and euel hert bare toward sir Edmond of wodstoke that was the erle of ke∣nt And with all the hast that he myght he went vn to Dame Isa¦bell the quene that wos the kīges mod{er} &̄ shewed hir sir edwardes lettre and his will and his purpose. And how that he had coniec∣ted and ordeynde to put doune kyng edward of wyndesore hir son of his rialte and of his kyngdom. ¶Now certis sir Rog{er} qd she hath sir edmond done so now: by my fadre soule quod she I will bene therof auenged if that god graunte me life and that in a shorte tyme ¶And with that the quene Isabell went vn to y^e kyng edward hir son ther he was: at thee {per}lament at wynchestre for to haue a mende the wronges and the trespaces that were doon among the pepull in his reame. ¶And tho toke she & shewed

him the letter that sir Edmond of wodstoke erle of kent had made and enseled with his own seale. And bad him vpon hir benyson that he sh̄uld be a venged vpon edmond: as vpon his dedely en∣mye ¶Tho was the quene so wroth toward sir edmond the erle of kent. & cessid neu{er} to pray vn to hir son till that he had sent in all the hast after him ¶And vpon that the kyng sent by his lettres aft{er} sir Edmond of wodstoke that he shuld cum and speke with him at wynchestre all man{er} thyng left ¶And whan sir ed¦mond saw that the kyng sent aft{er} him with his lettres enselid he has¦ted him in all that he myght till that he come vn to wynchestre. but wen the quene wist that {ser} edward wos cumyn to wynchestre tho anone she praied and so fast went vn to the kyng edward hir son that the good erle wos a restid anone and lad vn to the barre before Robert of Hamond that wos coroner of the kynges house hold and he associed vn to him sir Roger the Mortimer &̄ tho spa¦ke the foresaid Robert and said. ¶Sir Edmond erle of kent ye shall vnd{er}stond that it is done vs to witt and principally vn to our liege lord the kyn Edward of englond all myghty god him saue and kepe. that ye be his dedely enmye & a tratour: &̄ al∣so a comune enmye vn to the reame. and that ye haue ben a bout mony day for to make priue deliu{er}aunce of sir edward sum tyme kyng of englond your brother the wich was put doune of his ri∣alte by the comun assent of all the lordis of englond in pesyng of our lord the kyng estate and also of his reame. ¶Tho ansue¦rid the good man &̄ said. forsoth sir vnd{er}stondeth well that I was neu{er} traitour to my kyng ne to the ream. & that I do me on god and on all the world. &̄ therfore be my kinges leue I sh̄all it p̄ue and defend as a man aught for to do. ¶Tho said Mortimer sir edmōd it is so ferforth know that it may not be well gaynsaid & y^t ī presens of all that here be it shal be well proued. Now had this fals Mortimer the same lettre that sir Edmond had taken vn to sir Iohan Dauerill in the castell of Corf for to take to kyng

Edward his brother that sir edmond wist not of ne supposed no thyng that sir Iohn̄ Dauerell had bene so fals to deliu{er} his letter in such wise vn to the Mortimer and thought no man{er} thing of y^t letter. thā mortimer said to sir edmōd & shewed a lett{er} seled & axed him if y^t he knew y^t letter & the seal. ¶This sir edmond loked ther on &̄ a vised him long tyme on the printe of the seal for he mi¦ght not se the lett{er} with in what wos therī & wist well that it was his seal and thought that it had be some letter y^t had bore no gret charge and thought no thing of that od{er} lett{er} and said openly in he¦ring of them all ye forsoth this is my seall: & I will it not forsa¦ke ¶Lo quod the mortimer sires ye hereth all what he has said & that he knowleches hī y^t this is his lett{er} and his seal and now ye shall here all what is conteyued ther in ¶And than this mor¦timer opened the letter that he had folden afore to gedre and red it openli word be word in hering of them all ¶And whē the lett{er} was red he said lo sires ye haue herid all that here is written &̄ y^t he hath knowlecheth that this is his letter and his seal &̄ he may not go ther fro ¶And than they cried & yaf dome that he shu¦ld be honged and draw and his hede smyten of in man{er} of a trator and he and his heiris disherited for eu{er} more And so he was lad forth and put in to prison ¶And when this wos done and the quene wist that he wos dampned by way of law both of life and limme and his heires disherited for eu{er} more thurgh opyn knowle chyng in playn court. ¶Wherfore them thought that it wer good that the forsaid sir edmond wer hasteli kylled with out wittīg of the kyng or els the kyng lyghtly wold for yef him his deth and than it shuld turne them to moch sorow so os he wos enpeched. ¶And anone the quene thurgh councell of the Mortimer and with out ony other councell sent in hast to the Balifs of wynches¦ter that they shuld smyte of sir Edmond hede of wodstoke erle of Kent with out any maner of bydyng or respite vp payn of ly¦fe and lyme and that he shuld haue none other execucion be cause

of tarieng not withstonding the Iugemēt. Tho tokē the balifs sir Edmond out of prisō and lad him beside the castell of wynches¦tre and ther they made a gong fermer smyte of his hede for none other durst it done & so died he ther Alas the while. that is to sai the x. day of October the iij. yere of kyng Edwardis regne and whan the kyng wist ther of. he wos wond{er} sori &̄ let entier him at the frere mynors at wynchestre.

¶Of the deth of sir Roger mortimer erle of march.

ANd so it befell at that tyme that sir Roger Mortimer erle of the marche was so proud and se hauteyn that he hel¦de no lord of the reame his pere. and tho become he so couetous y^t he folowed Dame Isabell the quenes court that wos kyng Ed∣wardis modre and beset his penyworthis w^t the offics of the que¦nes housold in the same man{er} that the kynges officers did and so he made his takyng as tochyng vitalles and also of cariagis. & all he did for because of spensis and for to gadre tresur and so he did with out nombre in all y^t he myght ¶Tho made he hym wond{er} priue with the quene Isabell &̄ so moch lorship &̄ reteneu had: so y^t al the gret lordis of englond of him wer adrad. Wher¦fore y^e kyng & his cōcell towardis hī wer agreued &̄ ordeyned a¦mong them to vndo hī thurgh pure resō & law for cause y^t king edward y^t was the kyng{is} fadre traitoursly thurgh him was mor¦dred in the castell of Berkeley as bofore is said more planly ī y^e same part of this boke of his deth ¶And sū that wer of y^e ky¦nges cōcell loued y^e martimer: and told him in priuete how that the kīg &̄ his coūcell wer about frō day to day hī for to shend and vndon. wherfor the Mortimer was sore annoyed &̄ angri as y^e deuell ayens them y^t wer of the kīges coūcell & said he wold of thā bene avenged how so euer he toke on. ¶It was not long aft{er}¦ward that kynd Edward &̄ Dame Phelip his wife &̄ Dame Isabell the kyng{is} modre & sir Rog{er} mortimer ne went vn to No¦tyngham ther for to sodiorne. & so it befell that the quene Isabell

thurgh councell of the Mortimer toke to hir the keys of the yatis of the castell of Notingham so that no man mygh cum nother in ne out by nyght but thurgh commaundement of the Mortimer ne the kyng ne none of his councell. ¶And that t••me it fell so that the Mortimer as a deuell for wroth bolled. and also for wrath that he had ayens the kyng{is} men edward &̄ principally aye¦nest them that had him accused to the kyng of y^e deth of sir Ed∣ward his fadre ¶And p̄uely a coūcell was take bitwen quene isabell &̄ the Mortimer & the bissh̄op of Lyncoln & sir Symond of Beford & sir Hugh of Trumpyngton and od{er} priue of ther coū¦cell for to vndone them all that had accused the Mortimer vn to the kyng of his fadres deth of treson and of felonie: ¶Wherfo¦re al tho that wer of the kynges councell whan they wystē of thee mortimers castyng priuely come to kīg edward &̄ said y^t the mor∣timer wold them destroy for cause y^t they had him accused of kīg edwardis deth his fadre. & praid him y^t he wold maynten them ī ther right. ¶And thes were the lordis to pursue this quarell sir william of mountagu sir Humfrey de bo••hun sir william his brother sir Rauf of Stafford sir Robert of Hereford sir willm of Clinton sir Iohn̄ Neuil of hornby & mōy othre of ther consēt and al̄l thes sworen vpon a boke to maȳten the quaril in as mo¦ch as they myght. ¶And it befell so aft{er} that sir william mō¦tagu ne none of the kīges frendis must nat be herbrugged in the Castel for the mortimer· but went and toke ther herbrughe in di∣u{er}se places in the toune of Notyngham. ¶And tho were they sore adrad lest that mortimer shuld them destroy And ī hast thei come vn to kyng Edward {ser} william mountagu tho y^t he wos in the castell. and priueli him told that he ne none of his companie shuld not take the mortimer with out coūcell & help of will̄m of Eland {con}stabul of the same Castel. Now c{er}tes {quod} the kīg I loue you wel: and therfore I councel you y^t ye go to the forsaid {con}sta¦bull and commaund him in my name that he be your fiend and

your help for to take the Mortimer all thing I left vpon parill of life and limme. ¶Tho said mountaygu sir my lord groūt mer¦cy. ¶Tho went forth the forsaid montaygu & come to the cūsta¦bull of the castell &̄ told him y^e kyng{is} will. ¶And he ansurid &̄ said y^e kynges will shuld be done in as moch as he myght. and y^t he wold not spare fore no man{er} deth and so he swore & made his oth ¶Tho said sir willm mountagu to the conestabull ī hering of all them that were helpyng vn to the same quarell. ¶Now c{er}tis dere frend vs behoueth to worch & do by your quentyse for to ta¦ke the mortimer sith that ye be ke{per} of the castell and haueth the ke¦yes in your ward sir quod the constabull will ye vnd{er}stond that the gates of the castell ben lokked with the lockis that Dame isa¦bell send hider and be nyght she hath the keys therof & lieth them vnder the leuesell of the bed vn to the morow and so ye may not cū in to the castell bi y^e yates in no man{er} of wise. ¶But I kno¦we an aley that stretcheth out of the ward vnder the erth in to y^e forsaid castell that goth in to the west. wich aley Dame Isabell the quene ne none of hir men ne the Mortimer ne none of his com¦panie knoweth it not: ¶And so I shall lede you thurgh that aley and so ye shall cum in to thee castell with out aspieng of oni mā y^t ben your emnys ¶And thee same nyght sir willm moū¦tagu & all y^e lordis of his quarel & the same {con}stabul also wēt th¦em to horse &̄ made semblāt as it wer for to wend out of the morti¦mer sight. ¶But anone as y^e mortimer herd this tydyng he wēt y^t they wold haue gon ou{er} see for dred of hī and anone he & his companie token councell amonges them for to let ther passa∣ge & sent lettres anone to thee portes so that none of y^e gret lor∣dis shuld wēd home to ther own cūtre bot if they were arestid &̄ take: ¶And amōg od{er} thing{is} willm Eland conestable of y^e foresaid castel priueli lad sir william mountagu and his com∣pain by the foresaid way vnd{er} the erth so til̄ they com ī to y^e cas¦tell and went vp in to the toure there that Mortimer was in.

¶But sir hugh of Trumpyngton them ascried hidously and said. A traitours it is all for nought that ye be comen vn to this castell. ye shall die yit an euell deth eu{er}ychon. and anone on of them that was in Mountagu is companie vp with a mace and sm¦ote the same hugh vpō the heed that the brayn brest out and fel on the ground and so was he dede an euell deth. ¶Tho toke they the Mortimer as he armed him at the toures dore when he hard the noyse of them for dred And when the quene Isabell saw that the Mortimer was taken she made moch sorow in hert and thes wor∣des vn to them said: ¶Now fair sires I pray you that ye don no ne harme to his body a worthy knyght our welbeloued frend & our dere cosyn. ¶Tho went they thens and come and brought the mortimer and presentid him vn to the kyng Edward and he commaunded to bring him in sauf ward But anone as they y^t wer consent vn to the Mortimers doyng herd tell that he was ta∣ken they went and hid them and priuely by nyght went out of the toune eche in his side with heuy hert and mornyng and leued vp¦on ther landis as well as they myght ¶And so that same ye¦re that the Mortimer was take he had at his retene ix. score kny∣ghtis with out squyers and sergiauntys of armes and fote men ¶And tho was the mortimer lad to london And sir Symōd of Beford was lad with him and was take to the conestabull of the toure to kepe. ¶But aft{er}ward wos the mortimers liif exa¦mined at westmynstre before the kīg and before al the gret lordis of englōd for {per}ill y^t might fall to the reame & to enquere also wich were assentyng to sir edwardis deth the kīges fad{er}. & also thurgh whom the scottis ascappid from stanhope in to scotland wi∣th out the will of kyng edward. ¶And also how the chartre of ragman was deliu{er}ed vn to the scottis wherin the homag & feau∣tes of scotland were conteyned: y^t the scottis shuld done eu{er} more to the english̄ kīg for the reame of scotland wherfore in his absēs he was dampned to be draw and honged for his treson: & this mys¦chief

come vn to him on sent Andrewes euen in y^e yere of incar¦naciō of our lord Ihū crist .M.ccc. & xxx.

¶How kyng edward get ayen vn to him grociously the homa¦ges and feautes of Scotlād wher of he was put out thurgh fals coūcell of Isabell his modre and sir Roger Mortimer that was new made erle of marche.

NOw ye haue hard lordis how sir Iohan Bailloll in the ti¦me of pees was chosen to be kyng of Scotland for encheson that he come of the eldest doughter of the erle Dauid of Hontīg∣ton thas wos kyng Alexandre brether of Scotland that died with out heir of his body begoten. And how this Iohan made fe∣aute & homage to kyng Edward Henris son the iij. for his lan∣d••s of scotland And how he aft{er}ward withsaid his homage thurgh councell of the scottis in the yere of our lord a .M.cc: & lxxiiij. &̄ sent vn to y^e pope thurgh a fals suggestion y^t he made his oth vn to the forsaid kyng edward ou{er} his astate &̄ his will of wich othe the pope him assoilled thurgh his bulsis to hī y sent: ¶And a none as kīg edward wist ther of he ordeyned anōe his barons & come vn to Berewike &̄ {con}querid the toūe. at wich cōquest ther were sloyn xxv^M. &̄ vij^C. and the bailloll that was kīg of scot∣land cō & yeld hī to good kīg edward. &̄ the kīg aft{er}ward deliu{er}ed hī out of the tour of londō. And all the gret lordis of Scotlād with him that tho were taken at Berewik and yaf them sauf con¦dithis to gone in to scotland. ¶And the scottis sith thurgh th¦er falsenesse wered vpon good kyng edward. ¶And when sir Iohan bailloll kīg of scotland saw all this he went ou{er} the see vn to Dunpier and leued ther vpō his own landis as well as he myght till that the scottis wold amend them of thermisdedis and trespace: &̄ lad with him sir edward his son wherfore the Scot••s in dispite of him called him sir Iohan Turnlabard for beca•• that he wold not offende ne trespace ayens the good kyng edward of englond ¶And so he for soke his Reame of Scotland & set

thar of but litell price: ¶And this sir Iohn̄ long tyme duel∣led in fraunce till that he died ther: And sir Edward his son vn¦derfeng his heritage and did homage vn to the kyng of fraunce for his landis of Dunpier and so it fell aft{er}ward that Edward y^t wos Iohn̄ Bailloll son had with hī a squyer of englōd that wos borne in yorkshire that was called Iohn̄ of Barnabi & th∣is Edward bailloll loued him moch & wos ny him & full priue. ¶And so this Iohn̄ of barnaby was in debate with a frensh man in the toune of Dunpier &̄ so he killed him & wēt in his wai in all the hast that he myght in to the Castell for to haue socour & help of his lord ¶And anōe come y^e officers of the toūe to take iohan of Barnaby as a felon & sir edward his lord holp hym &̄ rescued him &̄ by nyght made hī wēd out of the castell & so he went his way & come ī to englōd with out any harme. ¶And when the kyng of fraūce saw that sir Edward had rescued his felon he become wond{er} wroth ayens sir Edward and anōe let him be arestid & toke in to his hand all his landis ¶Tho duelled sir Edwar in prison vn to the tyme that sir Henri of Beaumont come in to fraunce the wich Henri sum tyme was erle of angos in scotland thurgh his wife & wos put out of the forsaid erldom whē the accor¦demēt was bitwen Englond and Scotland thurhh the quene isa¦bell and sir Rog{er} Mortimer and ther copani for the mariage that she made bitwen Dauid that wos Robert the Brus son & Da∣me Iohana atte Toure kyng Edwardis sustre of englōd & well vnd{er}stode this y^t at the end he sh̄uld cum to his right but if it wer thurgh sir edward Bailloll that was right heir of the reame of Scotland ¶And the kyng of fraūce Lowys loued moch th∣is sir Henri and he was with him full priue and thought for to make a deliueraunce of sir Edward Baillolls body if he migh in any man{er} of wyse. ¶Tho praied he the kyng y^t he wold gra∣unte him of his grace sir Edward Baillolls body vn to the next {per}lament that he myght lyue with his own rentis in the meyn tym

and that he myght stand to be Iuged bi his peris at the parlamēt ¶And the kyng graūtid him his praier and made the forsaid Edward to be deliu{er}ed out of prison in the man{er} aboue said. And anone as he wos out of prisō. sir Henri toke him forth with him and lad him to englond and made him duell priuely at the maner of sandhall vp onse in yorkeshire with the lady vescy & so he ordei¦ned him ther an houge retenaunce of pepul of englisshmen &̄ also of aliens for to conquere ayen his heritage. ¶And so he yaf moch silu{er} vn to the sowdiours &̄ to aliens for to help hī: ¶And they behight for to help him in that they myght. but they failed hī at his most nede. ¶And at that tyme Donald erle of Morrif herd tell how that sir Edward bailloll wos priuely cum in to engl¦ond and come to him and made with him gret ioye of his comīg ayen and said vn to him &̄ behight him that all the gret lordis of englond shuld be to him entendant and sh̄uld him hold for hyng as right heir of scotland and did to him homage & feaute. ¶Tho come sir Henri of Beaumont to kyng Edward of en¦glond &̄ praied him in way of charite that he wold graūt of his grace vn to sir Edward bailloll that he myght saufl̄y gone bi la¦nd from Sandhall vn to scotlond for to cōquere his right herita∣ge in scotland: ¶The kyng ansuerid & said. if that I suffre y^e Bailloll wend thurgh my land in to scotland than the pepull wo¦ld say that I shuld be assentyng vn to the compani ¶Now sir I pray yow that ye wold yef him leue to tak w^t hī soudiours of en¦glishmen that they myght saufly lede him thurgh yowr land vn to scotland. ¶And sir vpon this couenaūt that if it so befal that god it forbide that he be discomfited in batell thurgh the Sc¦ottis. that I and also all the lordis that holden w^t Bailloll bene for eu{er}more out of your rentis that we haue in englond ¶And ther the kyng vpon thys couenaunt graunted ther bo¦ne as tochyng him & tho that wer of the same quarell the wich

clamed for to haue landis or rentis in the ream of Englond. ¶And thes wer the names of the lordis that pursued this ma¦ter: that is to say sir Edward the Bailloll that chalenged the re¦ame of Scotland sir Henri Beammont erle of Angos sir Da¦uid of Stroboly erle of Atheles sir Geffrey of monbray: Walt{er} Comyn &̄ mony od{er} y^t wer put out of ther heritage in Scotland whan the pees wos made bitwen englond and scotland as before is said. ¶And ye shall vnd{er}stond y^t thes lordis toke w^t them v. hondreth men of armes & ij. thousand archers and of fote men &̄ tho wēt ī to ship at rauenspore and sayled by the se till y^t they co¦me vn to scotland & come to land at kynkehorne xij. myle frō sent Iohanes toune: and anone sent out ther shippis ayen for they sh̄uld not be hurte ne empayrid nether y^t no man sh̄uld go ī to the shippis ayen though y^t they had nede bot a bidē all {per}rillis & not fle but stād and rather suffre deth than flee for to maynten ther trew quarell ¶When the Erle of Fiffe a fers man & a ster∣ne herd y^t the Bailloll was comyn for to take the land of scotland he come ī hast to kynghorn with xij. thousand scottis to destroy hī that he sh̄uld not cum to land. ¶But sir Edward Bailloll & his compani ther him descomfited at y^e wich discomfiture sir Ale¦sand{er} of seton wos ther kyllid & mony od{er}. ¶The erle of Fiffe was tho sore & full yll a shamed that so litell a compani had him discomfited &̄ shamly put him & al his compani y^t was a lyue for to flee. ¶Tho come sir Edward bailloll &̄ token the cuntre all about him till he com vn to the Abbey of Dunfermilyn & ther he found vitallis for him & for his folke &̄ among all other thyng{is} he fond ī a chambre a bout v. hondreth of gret stauis of fine oke with long pykis of yren & of stele: & he toke them & deliu{er}ed them to the most strongest men of his compani ¶And anone after he went fro thens and logged him ī a felde ij: myle from sent Io∣hanes toune and when the burgies of the toune herd how the Erle of Fiffe was discōfited thurgh the Bailloll they wer sore adr••d

and br••ken ther brugges that they hed made ou{er} the water of erne so that the Bailloll myght not gone ou{er} wherfore he loged hī ther all that nyght but litell hede he toke of rest and said vn to his pe¦pull ¶Now dere lordis ye know full well that we be now log¦ged bitwen our enmys and if they may vs hampre ther is no bote but deth wherfore if we abide here still all this nyght I leue that it shall turne vs to moch sorow and harme. For the pouer of scot¦land may eu{er}y day wax and encrece & we may not so done And we be bot litell pepull as ayenst them. ¶Wherfor I pray you for the loue of almyghty god make we vs bold and hardy and y^t we may mighteli take the scottis this nyght and boldely were vp¦on them and let vs pursue them this night &̄ if they be traueled thurgh vs and se oure heidines: od{er} scottis y^t se them so traueled and wery the sorer will they be adrad with vs for to fight and fer¦sely than we shall fight with them &̄ on them pursue so that thur¦gh the grece of god almyghty all the world shall speke of the dou∣ghtynesse of our chiualrie. ¶And sires vnd{er}stondeth wel y^t all y^e companye y^t comen with sir Edward Bailloll graūted wel vn to that councell and werther of right glad: and anone pursu¦ed vpon the scottis that they becomen wonder wery. ¶And the Bailloll & his companie sore folowed them &̄ did then moch har¦me &̄ sorow. thurgh ther assaut so that they might not for febull them help and for litell pepull ¶But tho said the scottis amon¦ges them what is now befall that so litell a pepull as the bailloll hath in wynge done vs so moch trauell and sorow. ¶Now certes it semeth vs that he wyrketh bi grace. for he is wond{er} graci¦ous in his quarell & we c{er}tes shall be dede or that we may cum to hī vs for to yeld sith that his fadre set of vs no price. ¶And among all other thinges the Bail̄loll & his pepull passed the wat{er} of Erne so that sir Roger of Swynerton the son wos fers and angri and went forth. & they saw pepull of armes ful well araied and forth they went vn to them & with them faught and kyled or

take as mony as wold abide ¶And nothles at that assaute they wend it had bene the gret host of scotland ¶And whē it co¦me to the morow they gadred them to gedre and restid them a whi¦le. but y^e while y^t the englisshmē rested thē the nobull baron Tho¦mas of vescy and the nobull baron of stafford prikked ther hors vp & doūe by the hilles for to kepe the Estres of the cūtre And as they pricked vp and doūe they saw a gret ost of good aray or¦deyned in ther wynges w^t helmys &̄ sheldis shynyng cōīg vpon them ¶And ther come tho two lordis ayen vn to Baillollis folke. &̄ said. Now for the loue of god almyghty bene of good cō: forth. for ye shal haue bataill anone right ¶And tho spak sir Fouk the son of Gareyne a baron of gret renowne & of dede of armes ¶Sirris lordinges vnd{er}stōd what I will say. I haue seyn mony diu{er}se wīges as well amōg sarisēs &̄ Iues as amōg the scottis. And yit saw I neu{er} the fourth {per}te of the wynge fight & ther far if ye will abide our enmys we be ynow for to fight ayēs them. But if we be not of good hert and of good will for to fight w^t them. for c{er}tis we bene full few ayens this compani ¶And therfore for the loue of god take to vs good hert &̄ let vs bene bold & thynke we neu{er} on our wifes ne on our childre. bot onli to con∣quere our enmys ī bataill. ¶And thurgh the help of our lord god we shall them ou{er} cum. ¶And with y^t come the host of the scottis towardis them full serely & ayens sir Edward Bailloll ī iij. batai••les well araied in armure ¶And wond{er} fersly they come toward the bailluls compani. But whan sir Donald erle of Marcill y^t was with the scottis saw all this he said vn to Robert Brus the son of Robert the brus thes wordis: ¶Sir Robert {quod} he full sore me forthynketh at my hart y^t thes pepull y^t the bail¦loll hath brought with him shuld die w^t dynt of scottis swerdis si¦th that they be cristyn men as well as we ben. ¶And therfor me thynke that it wer gret charite to send vn to them for to yeld them vn to our mercy & raunson them thurgh grevos ranson for

as moch as they haue taken our land and done ill. ¶Now cer¦tes quod sir Robert the Brus I haue well {per}saued y^t thou art an enmy & a traytour vn to scotland sith y^t thou will {con}sent to saue our dedeli enmys y^t hath done vs moch sorow &̄ shame & now it se∣meth well that ye bene of ther assent ¶Now c{er}tes Robert quod sir Donald falsly ye lie: I am not of ther cōpani ne of ther {con}sent and that hastely ye shall see. For I will fight with them rather than any of this {con}pani. ¶And c{er}tis sir Robert said he I shall ī maugri of thy hede assaill them or thou: ¶And w^t y^t they pric¦ked ther stedis fersly vpō Caskemore. &̄ ther wyng them folew¦ed on a renge. & tho come they & met the bailloll & his cōpani at a hongyng bough of the more ī a strat passage &̄ so fast they hasted them vn to y^e englisshmen: so y^t thousandis fell to the groūd ech ou{er} other ī to an hepe both hors & man. ¶The bailloll & his men myghtely stode ayens them & fast killed the scottis to the groūd &̄ mony they sore woūded so lōg till y^t they stod vpō them &̄ foyned them with ther suerdis & speris thurgh the•• bodies &̄ so sore traua¦led vpō thē till y^t thei become wond{er} weri & wist not what for to do and the scottis that wer left an liue fled away for to saue them self ī y^e best man{er} that they myght ¶And tho pursued them sir ed∣ward Bailloll & his men and killed of them till it was nyght. & fro thēs thei went to sent iohanes toūe &̄ toke it & held them ther & vitailed them self at ther own will for they foūden inough wherwith to make them meri. ¶Tho made the bailloll his men y^t wer wōdid go to ship for to wend ī to englōd to hele ther woūdes ¶And ī y^t time ther was a flemīg ī the see a strong thefe & a robber that wos caled Crabbe. ¶And this flemmyng was dri¦uen out of flaūdres for his wikkednes. & therfore he come ī to scot¦land to hold with the Scottis and did as moch harme vn to thee englissh̄men as he myght: ¶And this Crabbe met the bailloll men in the se that wer wounded before in bataill that wer sent a¦yen in to englond for to hele ther wound••s. & this Crabbe yaf vn

to them a gret assaute and wold haue killed them euerychon bot the englishmen defendid them well & manly and discomfited crab and his companie. ¶And tho gan he fle in to scotland and as he come toward sent Iohanes toune he fond a gret cōpany of scot¦tis that wer comen ayen to gedre after the discomfiture of Gas∣kemore the wich beseged Bailloll and his men in the same tou¦ne of sent Iohn̄ and anone told the scottis how that he wos discō∣fited of the englisshmen that wer woūdid at gaskemore that wēt toward englōd for to hele ther woūdes and said to the scottis that they shuld haue no pouer ne myght ne grace a yens edward Ba¦illoll for encheson that he scomfited & empired all the chiualri of Scotland with an handfull of men as to accompt as a yens the Scottis that wer slayn. Wherfor he coūcelled to remeue the sege from sent Iohanes toune and kepe them in the best maner y^t thei coude and might. ¶The scottis vnd{er}stod y^t crab said sothe & forsoke y^e sege and wēt thens by night &̄ helpe them self ī the best man{er} y^t thei might ¶When this thing wos know thurgh scot¦land how that the lordis &̄ knyghtis wer discomfited at gaskemo¦re of scotland thurgh sir edward the bailloll. ¶Ye shall vnd{er}¦stond that the lordes & ladies & the gentils of Scotland com wō¦der fast to sent Iohanes toune and yel̄d them vn to the Baillol and to him did homage and feaute for ther landis & yelde them to his pees. and he them resaued frely. ¶And fro thēs he wēt to the abbey of Scone and ther he was crouned kyng of scotland And aft{er} he let crie his pees thurgh out all the land ¶And at that same tyme it befell that kyng Edward held his {per}lament a¦mong his lieges at the new castell vp Tyne for to amēd the tre¦spaces and the wronges that had be done in his land. &̄ sir edward the bailloll kyng of scotland come to him thid{er} and did to him fe¦aute and homage for the reame of scotland. ¶And in this maner kyng edward of englond gadred ayen his homages and feautes of scotland wher of he was put out thurgh councell and

assent of Dame Isabell his modre and of sir Roger Mortimer erle of the marche. Tho toke bailloll kyng of scotland his leue of kyng Edward of englond & went thens in to his own land of Sotland and set bot litell by them that had counceled him and ho¦lpen him in his quarell. wherfore they went fro him and went and leued by ther landes and rentis in scotland ¶And so it befell afterward not long that the kyng of Scotland ne reme¦ued and come to the toune of Anand: &̄ ther token his duelling and thidder come to him a company of knyghtes strong men and worthy and yeld them vn to the kyng. and bere them so fair in de¦de & in countinaunce. so y^t he trustid moch vpō them. ¶And anone as the traytours saw that he trust moch vpon them▪ they ordeyned amonges them .l. in a compani. & wold haue kyled ther lord the kyng ¶But thurgh the grace of almighty god he bra¦kē thurgh a walle an hole in his chambre. and os god wold ascap¦pid theyr trecherie and all his men wer kylled. and he ascappid with moch dred vn to the toune of Cardoil and ther held him so∣re anoyed. and this befell in our ladies eue the concepcion· ¶Tho sent kyng Edward the Bailloll to kyng Edward of englond how falsely & tratoursly he was in litell tyme put to sha¦me & sorow thurgh his liege men. vpon whom he trustid wōd{er} mo∣ch. & praid him for the loue of god y^t he wold maynten him &̄ help him ayens his enmys. ¶The kyng of englond had of him gret pitte. & behight to helpe him and socour him: &̄ sent him word that he shuld hold him in pees still in the forsaid Cite of Cardoill till that he had gadred his pouer: ¶Tho ordeyned kyng Edward of Englond a coūcell at london and let gadre his men in diu{er}se shires of englond. and whan he wos all redi he went toward thee toune of Berewill vpon Twede and thid{er} come vn to him kīg Edward bailloll of Scotland with his pouer and beseged the tou¦ne. and made with out the toune a fair toune of pauilons. and ••iked them all about so that they had no dred of thee scottis: and

made mony assaute with gonnys and with other engynes to the toune. wherwith they distroid mony fair houses and chirches al¦so wer bet doune vn to the erth with gret stones that spituusly co¦me out of gonnys and of other engynes. And notheles the scot∣tis kept well the toūe that tho two kynges might not come therī long tyme. ¶And notheles the kīges abyde ther so lōg till tho that were in the toune failed vitales. and also they wer so wery of wakyng that they wist what for to done. ¶And ye shall vnderstād thas tho scottis that wer in the toune of Berewik th¦urgh commune coūcell and ther assent let crie vpon the walles of the toune that they might haue pees of the englishmen. & ther of th¦ey praied the kyng of his grace and merci and praied him of tre¦wes for viij. days vpō this couenaunt that if they wer not rescu¦ed in that side of the toune toward scotland of the scottis with in viij daies that they wold yeld them vn to the kyng and the toune also. ¶And to hold this couenant they proferid to y^e kyng xij hostages out of the toune of berewik. ¶When the hostages wer deliu{er}ed vn to the kyng anone tho of the toūe send vn to the scottis and told them of ther sorow and mischief. ¶And thee scottis come tho priuely ou{er} the wat{er} of Twed to the bought of the abbey And sir willm Dyket that wos tho stiward of scotland and mony other y^t come with him put them ther in gret {per}ill of th¦em self at y^t tyme of ther life. For they come ou{er} a brugge that wos to broken and the stones away and mony of ther cōpani wer ther drenched but the forsaid willm went ou{er} and other of his com¦panie and come bi the shippis of englond & kylled ī a barge of hul xvi. men And after they went in to the toune of berrewik by the water side. ¶Wherfore the scottis held tho the toune rescued & asked ther hostages ayen of the kyng of englond. ¶And thee kyng sent them word ayen that they axed the hostages with wro∣ng sith that they come in to the toune of englond side. for couena¦nt was bitwen them that the toune shuld be rescued by the half of

Scotland ¶And anone kyng Edward tho cōmaunded to yeld the toune or he wold haue the hostage. ¶And the scottis said the toune was rescuyd wel ynowgh and ther to they wold th∣em hold. ¶When kyng Edward saw the scottis brek ther coue∣naunt that they made he wos wond{er} wroth and anone let take sir Thomas fitzwillm & sir Alexand{er} of seton wardeyn of Bere∣wik the wich Thomas wos person of Dunbar and let them be ta¦ke fyrst a fore that other hostages For encheson that sir Alex∣ander fadre wos ke{per} of the toūe. ¶And tho commaunded eu{er}y day ij. hostages of the toune till that they wer all done to deth but if they yeld the toune. ¶And so he shuld teche them for to breke ther couenauntes ¶And when tho of the toune herd th∣es thing{is} they becomen wond{er} sori and sent to the kyng of englōd that he wold graunte them other viij. dais of respet. so that bitwē tho hondreth men of armes and xx· men of armes myght be stren¦gth gone bytwen them to the toune of Berewyk them for to vital that the toune must be holde for rescued ¶And if so wer that. xxi. or xxij. or more wer slayn of tho hundreth beforesaid that the toune shuld not be holden for rescued. And this couenaunt to be holden they sent to him other xij. of the forsaid toune in hosta¦ge ¶The kyng of englond graunted them ther praier and tok¦en the hostages on sent Margaretis eue. In the yere of grace a M.CCC. & xxxij. the scottis com fersely in iiij. wengis well a raid ī armys for to mete kīg Edward of englōd &̄ Edward the kīg of scotland & w^t ther pouer & com fast & sharpely ayens euen∣song tyme &̄ y^e same tyme wos flode at berewik ī the wat{er} of twed y^t no man myght wend ou{er} on his hors nor on fote. and the wat{er} wos betwen the ij. kyng{is} and the reame of englond. & y^t tyme a∣bidē the scortis ī y^t othir side for encheson y^t the englisshmen sh̄old haue ben drenched or slayn

¶This wos y^e aray of the Scottis how y^t they comē ī bataill

ayens the ij. kynges of englond and scottelaund. In the vaunt ward of scotland wer thes lordis.

THe erle of Morif. Iames Frisell. Symōd Frisell: wal¦ter Stiward. Reynold Cheyn. Patrik of graham Io∣han le graunt. Iames of Cardoill. Patrik Parkers. Robert Caldecottes. Phelip of Melledrum. Thamas Gilbert. Raufe wiseman. Adam Gurdon Iamis Gramat. Robert Boid. hu¦gh parke. with xl. knyghtis new dubbed. & vi^C. men of armes and iij^M. of communes. ¶In the frist parte of the halfe batail wer thies lordis ¶The stiward of scotland. The erle of mo∣rie iamis his vncle. Willm Duglas. dauid of Lyndesei Mā∣colin flemīg. Willm of Kethe Dūken Kamboke w^t xxx. bachele¦ris new dubbed ¶In the secōd part of the bataill wer thes lordis ¶Iames stiward of Colden Aleyn stiward willm Abbre∣hyn. willm Morice. iohn̄ fitz willm. Adam le mose. walt{er} fitz Gilbert. iohn̄ of Cerlton Robert walham with vij^C. men of ar¦mes and xvij^M. of communes ¶In the iij. part of the bataill of scotland wer thes lordis: The erle of Ma••rethe erle of Rof the erle of Straherne the erle of sotherland: willm of kyrkkeley. iohn̄ Cambron Gilbert of Hay willm of Ramsey willm pren¦degest Kyrstyn hardde willm Gurdon Arnold Garde Tomas Dolphyn with xl. knyghtes new dubbed ix^C. men of armes & xv^M. of communes ¶In the iiij ward of the bataill of scotland werthes lordis. Archebald Douglas the erle of Leneuax Ali∣sand{er} librus the erle of Fif iohn̄ Cambell erle of atheles Robert Lawether Willm of uipount willm of Lonstone iohan de Label̄s Groos de Sherenlawe iohan de Lyndesey Alisander de gray. In gram de vmfreville Patrik de Pollesworth Dauid de wymes Michell scot Willm Landy Thomas de boys Roger the Mor∣timer with xx. Bachelers new dubbed ix. hondreth men of armes xviij^M. and iiij. hondreth of comunes ¶The erle of Dunbar ke{per} of the castell of Be••rewik holp the scottis with .l. men of a••¦mes

¶And sir Alexāder of seten keper of y^e forsaid toune of Berrewike with an hondreth men of armes. & also the {con}mune: ris of y^e toune with iiij. hondreth mē of armes and w^t them viij hondreth of fote men: ¶The soume of the erles and lorddis aboue said ammounteth lxvi: ¶The soume of bachelers new dubbed ammounteth to an hondreth and .xl. ¶The soume of men of armes ammouteth to iij^M.C. ¶the somme of of the co¦muners ammounteth to liij^M. & ij^C: ¶The somme totall of the pepull aboue saied ammounteth lvi^M.vij^C.xlv. ¶And thes lxvi: gret lordis laden al the other gret lordis aboue said in iiij. batailles as it is told before all on fote ¶And kyng ed∣ward of englond &̄ edward bailloll king of scotland had well appareiled ther folke in iiij. batailles for to fight on fote ayens the scottis ther enmys: ¶And the englisshmen mynstrelles blew ther trumpes and ther pipes and hidously ascried the scottis: ¶And tho had eu{er}y englissh bataill ij. wynges of price Ar∣chiers the wich at that bataill shot arowes so fast and so sore y^t the scottis myght not help them self. and they smyten the scottis thousandis vn to the ground And they gun for to fle fro the en¦glishmen for to saue ther lifes: ¶And when the english kna∣ues saw the scomfiture and the scottis fall fast to the ground they priked ther mastres horse with the spores for to kepe them fro {per}ill & set ther mastres at no force ¶And wen y^e englishmē saw y^t they lepten on ther hors and fast pursued the scottis and all that abyden they kylled doune rigth. Ther men might se the doughti¦nesse of the nobull kyng edward and of his men how manly they pursued the scottis that flowen for dred: ¶And ther men my¦ght see mony a scottishman cast doune vn to the ground dede &̄ ther baners displaied hacked in to peces: and mony a good haber¦ione of stele in ther blod bath ¶And mony a tyme the Scot¦tis wer gadred in to companies but euer more they wer descomfi¦ted ¶And so it be fell as god almyghty wold that the scot¦tes

had that day no more foyson ne myght ayens the englisshme than xx: shepe shuld haue ayens v: wolfes and so were the Scot∣tis discomfited. And yit the Scottis had wele: v. men ayens on Englishman. ¶And that bataill was done on Halidoun∣hill▪ beside the toune of Berewik at the wich bataill wer slayn of the Scottis xxxv.M. &̄ .vij^C.xij. &̄ of englisshmen but onli xiiij. and tho wer fotmen ¶And this victori befell to the engli¦shmen on sent Margaretis eue. In the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord Ihū crist a .M.CCC.xxxij: ¶And while this doyng lastid the English pages toke the pilfry of the Scottis y^t wer killed eu{er}y man that he myght take with out ony chalengyng of any man. ¶And so after this gracious victori the kyng turnyd him ayen vn to the same sege of berewik. And whan they besegid saw &̄ herd how kīg Edward had sped. They yolden to hī the toune with the castell on the morn aft{er} sent Margaretis day. ¶And than the kyng ordeyned sir Edward Bailloll wyth other nobull and worthy men to be kepers and gou{er}ners of Scot¦land in his absence. & him self turned ayen & come in to Englo¦nd aft{er} this victori with moch ioye and worship. ¶And in y^e next yere sewyng that is for to say in the yere of Incarnacion of our lord Ihū crist a thousand CCC. &̄ xxxiij. and of kyng Ed¦ward vij· he went ayen in to scotland in wint{er} tyme. at wich via¦ge the Castill of Kilbrigge in scotland for him & his men that w^t hī com he recou{er}yd and had ayens the Scottis. all at his own lust: ¶And in that same yere sir Edward Bailloll kyng of Scotland held his parlament in scotlād with moni nobull lor∣des of Englōd that wer at y^t same parlament for encheson of ther landes &̄ also lordshippis that they had in the reame of scotland &̄ helden all of that same Bailloll. ¶And in the viij. yere of his regne about the fest of sent Iohan baptist sir Edwar¦de Bailloll the veray and trew kyng of scotland as by heritage and right lyne made his homage and feaute vn to kīg edward

of englond for the Reame of Scotland at the new castell vpon Tyne in the presence of mony a man worthy lordis & also of co∣munes both of the reame of englond and also of scotland. and a none after in the same yere kyng Edward of englond resaued of the Duke of Bretan his homage for the erldom &̄ lordship of Richemond ¶And so folowyng in the ix. yere of his re¦ne after Mihelmasse Kyng Edward rode in to scotland and th¦er was fast by sent Iohanes toune almost all the wynter tyme and so he held his Cristemasse at the Castell of Rokesburgh. ¶And in the same yere thurgh out all Englond about sent Clementis tyde in wynter ther arosen such a springyng and wel∣ling vp of watres and also of slodis both of the see and also of fresh reu{er}ys & spring{is} y^t the see bankes walles &̄ costes brekē vp y^t mē bestis &̄ houses ī mōy places & namly ī low cūtres violētli &̄ sodēly wer drenchid. ¶And frutis driuē away of y^e erth thurgh {con}tinuance &̄ habūdaūce of wat{er}s of the see eu{er} more aft{er}war¦de wer turned ī to more saltenes & sowrnes of sauour. The x. yer of kīg edward regne kīg edward entred y^e scottis se aft{er} midsomer & to mōy of the scottis he yaf bataill &̄ ou{er} cō them & mōe he treted and boued vn to his pes thurgh his doughtynesse· ¶And af¦ter mihelmasse thā next foloyng wos the erle of Morif take at E¦denburgh & brough ī to englōd &̄ put ī to prison. ¶And ī the monethes of Iune & Iulij than next foloyng ī the xi yere of his regne wos seyn &̄ aperid ī the firmament a bemed sterre the wych clarkys calle stella Comata & y^t sterre wos seyn in diuerse {per}tes af the firmament. ¶Where after anone ther folowed ī engl∣ond good chepe and wonder gret plente of all cheffar vitaill and marchandise. and ther ayens honger scarcite mischief & nede off monay ¶In so moch that a quarter of whete at london was sold for ij. shillyng and a good fat ox at a nobull & v: good doue briddis for a pene in which yere died sir Iohn̄ of eltham erle off Cornewaill y^t wos kīg edwardis brod{er} & lieth at westmīstre.

¶How king Edward made a duchie of the Erldom of Corn¦waill & also of vi. other erles that weer new made &̄ of the frist chalenge of the kyngdō of fraunce.

IN the yere of our lord a. thousand CCC. &̄ xxxvij. & of kyng Edward xij. in the month of march during the {per}¦lament at westmynstre in lent tym kyng Edward made of the er¦ledom of Cornwaill a duchie and let it call the duchie of Corne∣waill the wich duchie he yaf vn to Edward his frist son with y^e erledom of Chestre. ¶And also kyng Edward made at y^t same tyme .vi. other erll: that is for to say sir Henri erle of Lā¦castre son erle of Leycestre willm of Boghun erle of Northh∣amton villm of Mountagu erle of Salusberi. ¶Hugh of Awdell erle of Glocestre ¶Robert of vfford erle of South∣folke and willm of Clyton erle of Huntyngton: ¶And in that same yere it wos ordeyned in the same parlament that no mā shuld were no clothe that wos wrought out of Englond as clo¦the of gold ne of silke or veluet or Damaske or Satin Baud¦kin ne none such other ne none wilde ware ne Furrure of beyond the se. but such as myght spendē .C. pounde of rent by yere: But this ordinance and statute wos but of litell effect. For it was nothyng holden. ¶In the .xiij: yere of his regne kīg Edward went ouer se in to Braban with quene Philip his wyfe ther be∣ring a child at Andewerp ther he duelled more than a yere for to trete with the duke of Braban &̄ other allied vn to him of thee chalanging of the kyngdom of Fraūce to kīg Edward of englo¦nd by right & by heritage after the deth of Karoll the gret kyng of Fraūce brother Germayne of quene Isabell kīg edwardis mod{er} the wich was holden & occupied vnrightfull by Philip of valo∣ys the emes sone of the kyng Karoll the wich Duke & all his. ī the forsaid thynges and all other longyng ther to with all his men &̄ goodis kīg edward fonde redy vn to him and made & behei∣ghten him seurte by good feith and trust. and after that the kīg

hasted him in to Englond ayen and left ther the quene styll be∣hynd him in Braban. ¶Than in the xiiij: yere of his regne whan all the lordis of his ream and other that fallen to be at his parlament wer called and assembled to gedre in the same parlam∣ent holden at london after the fest of sent helarie. ¶The ky∣nges nedes wer put forth and promoted as touching the kīgdō of fraunce. For which nedis to be sped the kyng axed the fifth {per}te of all the meuable goodis of englond and the wulles & the .ix: sheef of eu{er}y corne. And all lordis of eu{er}y toune wher sich thyng{is} shuld be taxed and gadred. shuld ansuer to the kyng ther of. and he had it and held it at his own lust and will. Wherfore if I sh∣all knowlech the veray trewth. the ynner loue of the pepull was turned in to hate and the comyn prayers in to cursing. for cause that the comune pepull wer so strongly greued. ¶Also the for¦said Phelip valois of fraunce had gadred vn te him a gret host &̄ destruid ther in his {per}ties and kyngdome mony of the kīg{is} frendis of englond w^t tounes and Castels and mony other of ther lor¦deshippis and mony harmes shames and dispites did vn to thee quene. Wherfore kyng Edward whan he herd this tdyng wos st¦rongly meued and therwith an angred. and sent diu{er}se lettres ou{er} see to the quene and to other that wer his frendis gladyng them certefieng them that he wold be ther him self in all the hast that he myght ¶And anone aft{er} Ester wan he had sped of al th¦ynges that to him neded to haue. he went ouer the se ayen. ¶Of whos comyng the quene and all his frendis wer wonder glad and made moch ioye. And all that wer his enmys and a¦yens him held. made as moch sorow. ¶In the same tyme thee kyng thurgh councell of his trew lieges and coūcell of his lords that ther wer present with him toke the kyng of fraunces name. and toke &̄ medled the kynges armes of fraunce quartled w^t the armes of englond. & commaundid forth with his coyen of gold vnd{er} descripcion and writīg of the name of englōd &̄ of fraūce

to be made best that myght be and that is to say the floreyn that was called the nobull pris of vi. shillīg & viij. pens & the sterlīg & the half nobull of the value of iij. shillīges &̄ iiij. pens and the farthynges of value xx. pens.

¶How Kyng Edward come vn to the scluys and discomfited all the pouer of fraunce in the hauen.

ANd in the next yere aft{er}. that is to say the xv yere of his re¦ne. he cōmandid & let writ ī his chartres writtis & other let¦tres the date of the regne of fraūce frist. And while that he wos thus doīg &̄ traueling ī fraūce thurgh his coūcell he wrot to al y^e p̄latis Dukis erles &̄ barons. & the nobull lordis of the cūtre. & also to diu{er}se of the commune pepull diu{er}se lettres & maūdementis bering date at Gandaūe the viij. dai of februari. And anōe aft{er} with ī a litell tyme he come ayen ī to englōd w^t the quene &̄ hir chi¦lder ¶And ī the same yere on mydsomer eue he begā to sail to¦ward fraūce ayen. & māly & stifly fell vpō Phelip of valois thee wich long tyme lay &̄ had gadred to hī a full long & boustous me¦nye of diu{er}se nacions ī the hauen of Scluys. & ther they foughten to ged{er} the kīg of fraūce & he w^t ther hostes fro midday to iij. of the cloke ī y^e morn. ī which bataill wer slayn xxx. thousand men of the kīg{is} cōpani of fraūce &̄ mōy sh̄ippis &̄ cogges wer taken. And so thurgh goddis help he had ther the victori &̄ bere thens a glori{us} chiualri. ¶And ī the same yere about sent Iamis tide with∣out y^e yates of sent Omers Robert of Artheis w^t mē of englōd & flaūdres bitterly faught ayens the duke of burgō & y^e frensh¦men at wich bataill wer slayn &̄ take of the frensshmen xv. ba¦rons lxxx. knyghtis. & sh̄ippis & barges wer take vn to the nō¦bre of CC: and xxx. ¶The same yere y^e kīg makyng and abidyng vpon the sege of Turney the erle of Henaude wyth Englissh archers made assaute vn to the toūe of sent Amād wher they slow .l. knyghtys and mony other and also destroied the toune. ¶And in the xvi. yere of his regne folowyng in the

wynter tyme the same kyng duelled still vpon the forsaid sege and sent oft tyme in to Englond vn to his tresorer and other puru••¦iours for gold and monay that shuld be sent vn to him ther ī his nede. but his proctours and messingers cursedly and full slouli serued him at his nede and him deceyued on whos defaute and la¦ches the kyng toke trewes be twen him &̄ the kyng of fraūce And the kyng Edward full of sorow &̄ shame ī his hert withdrow hī fro the sege and come in to bretan and ther wos so gret strife for vita¦ill that he lost mony of his pepull. ¶And when he had done ther that he come for he dressed him ou{er} see in to englond ward. ¶And os he sailed toward englōd ī the high see the most mys∣happis stormes and tempestes thundre and lightynynges fell to him in the see the wich wos said that it wos done and araysed th∣urgh iuell spretes made by sorsorie and nygromanci of them of fraunce wherfore the kynges hert was full of sorow and anguys¦sh wellyng and sighyng and said vn to our lady in this wise. ¶O blissed lady sent Mari what is the cause that eu{er} more go¦yng in to fraunce all thynges and wethers falen to me Ioyfull and lyking &̄ gladsum and os I wold haue them bot al way tur¦nyng in to Englond ward all thynges falen vnprofitabully and u{er}i harmfull neu{er}the lat{er} he scapyng al {per}rels of the see as god wold come to the tour of london by nyght ¶And the same yere the kyng held his cristēmasse at Men̄es and sent word to the scot¦tis by his messingers that he wos redy & wold fight w^t them. bot the scottis wold not abide that but fled ou{er} the Scottis see and hid thē as wel̄ as thei myght ¶And ī the xvij. yere of his reg∣ne about the fest of Conuersion of sent Paule. kyng Edward wen he had bene in scotland and saw that the scottis wer fled tho he come ayen in to englonde ¶And a litell before lent was the turnement at Dunstabull to the wich turnement come al the yong bachelary and chiualrie of Englond with mony other Erles and lordis At the wich turnement kyng Edward him

self was ther present ¶And the next yere folewyng ī the xviij yere of his regne at his {per}lament holden at westmynstre the auyn∣zeme of Paske the kyng Edward the thrid made Edward hys frist son prince of wales ¶And in the xix. yere of his regne anone aft{er} in Ianiu by fore lent the same kyng edward let make full nobul Iustes and gret festis in the place of his birth at win¦desore. that ther wos neu{er} nōe such seyn ther a fore. At wich fest and rialte wer ij. kynges & ij: quenes the prince of wales. the duk of Cornewaill x. erles ix. Coūtesses barons & mony burgeis the wich myght not lightly be nombrid. And of diu{er}se landis beyōd the see weren mony strangers ¶And at the same tyme whan the Iustis wer done. kyng Edward made a gret so{per} in the wich he ordeyned frist and began his rouud tabul and ordeyned & sted∣fasted the day of the round tabull to be holden ther at wyndesore in the witson weke eu{er} more yerly ¶And in this time englishmē so moch haunted &̄ cleued to the wodnesse &̄ foly of the strangers That frō tyme of comyng of the Henaudres xviij. yere passed▪ they ordeyned & changid them eu{er}y yere diu{er}se shappis &̄ disgising of clothing of long large & wide clothis destitut & disert. from al old honeste & good vsage. ¶And an other tyme short clothis and strayt wasted dagged & kyt & on eu{er}y side slatered & botoned with sleues &̄ tapitis of surcotes & hodis ou{er} long & ou{er} moch hang¦yng. that if I the soth shall say. they wer more like to tormentou¦ris & deuels in ther clothing & shoyng &̄ other aray. than to men. ¶And the women more nysely yit passid the men in aray &̄ cori∣ousloker. for they wer so strait clothid that they let hang fox tail¦les sewed by neth within ther clothis for to hele & hide ther arses. the wich disgysynges and pride {per}auentur aft{er}ward brought forth & caused mony myshappis &̄ myschief in the reame of englond. ¶The xx yere of kyng Edward he went ou{er} in to Britan and Gascoyn in whos companie went the erle of warwyk. the erle of Suffolke. the erle of Hūtyngton. & the erle of Arundel &̄ mony

other lordis and comune pepull in a gret multitude with a gret nauye of CC. & xl. shippis. anone after midsomer for to a ven¦ge him of mony wronges and harmes to him done by Philip of valois kyng of fraunce ayens the trews before hand graunted. the wich trews he falsely &̄ vntrewli by cauelaciōs losed &̄ disquatte.

¶How kyng Edward sailed in to Normandie and ariued at Hogges with a gret host.

IN the xxi. yere of his regne kyng Edward thurgh coun¦cell of all the gret lordis of the reame of englond called &̄ gadred to geder in his perlament at westmynster be fore Ester or¦deyned him for to passe ou{er} the see ayen for to disese & destrobull the rebelles of fraūce. ¶And when his nauye wos come to ge¦dre and made redy he went with an huge host the xij. day of Iu∣lij and sailed in to Normandie and a riued at hogges ¶And when he had rested him ther vi. dais for by cause of trauelyng of the se and for to haue out all his men with all ther necessaries out of ther shippis he went toward Cadomū brennyng wastyng and distroyng all the tounes that he fond in his way ¶And the xxvi. day of Iulij at the brugge of Cadony manli and orped¦ly strengthed and defended with Normans he had ther a strong bataill and a long during. thurgh wich a gret multitude of peple wer slayn ¶And ther war take prisoners The erle of ewe the lord of Tankervill and an hondreth of other knyghtis and mē of armes &̄ vi. hondreth foot men nombred & the toune &̄ the sub∣barbes vn to the bare walle. of all thing that they myght be bore & caried out wos rebbed and dispoyled. ¶After the kyng pas∣sed forth by the cuntre about the brede of xx. myle he wasted all maner thyng that he fond ¶When Philip of valois {per}ceuid this. all though he wer fast by with a strong host yit he wold not cum no nye but breke all the brugges by yond the wat{er} of seyn fro Royn vn to Paris. and him self fled vn to the same cite of

paris with all the hast that he myght. ¶For soth the nobull kyng Edward when he com to Paris brugge and fond it broken with in two dayes he let make it ayen And in the morn aft{er} thee Assumcioō of our lady: kyng Edward passed ou{er} the wat{er} of seyn goyng toward Crescy and distroyed by the way tounes with the pepull duelling ther in. And in the fest of sent Bartholomew he passid ou{er} the wat{er} of somme vnhurt with all his host ther as ne¦uer before hand wos ony man{er} way ne passage wher ij.M. wer slaī of them that lettid ther passage ou{er}. Therfor the xxvi: day of au¦gust kyng Edward in a feld fast by Crescy hauyng iij batailles of englishmen countred and met with Philip of valois hauyng with him iiij. bataillis. of wich the lest passed gretly the nombre of english pepull. ¶And when thes ij. hostes mete to gedre. ther fell vpon hī the kīg of Beme the Duke of Loren. and erles al∣so of Flaundres Dalaunson Bloys Harecourt Aumarle and Neuers. and mony other erles barons lordis knyghttis &̄ mē of armes y^e nombre of a .M.v.C.xlij. with out fote men & other men armed that wer nothīg rekened. ¶And for all this the vnglorius Philip with drew him with the residew of his pepull ¶Wherfor it was said in commune among his own pepull. Nrē beal soy retreyt: that is to say our fair with draweth him. ¶Than kyng Edward and our englisshmen thanked god al¦myghti for such a victori aft{er} ther gret labour taken to them all thyng nedefull to ther sustinance and sauyng of ther lyues. and for dred of ther enmys rested them ther. ¶And full erly in the mornyng aft{er} the frenshmen with an hugh passing host come ayen for to yef bataill and fight with the Engl̄ishmē. with whom met and countred the erll of Werwik Northamton and Northfolke with ther companie and slew ij. thousand and toke mony prison{er}s of the gentils of them. ¶And the remenant of the same host fled iij: mile thens And the thrid day aft{er} the bataill the kīg wēt to Calaysward destroyng all the tounes as he rode thidd{er}. whā

that he was comen that is for to say the thrid day of September he began to besege y^e toune w^t the castele and continued his sege fro the forsaid therid day of septembre to y^e thrid day of August the next yere after ¶And in the same yere during the sege of Calys the kyng of Scotland with a full gret multitude of Scottis comen in to Englond to Neuiles crosse about sent Lu¦kes day the euangelist hopyng and trustyng for to haue found all the land destitute and void of pepull. For as moch as the ky¦ng of englond wos by yond the see. sauf onli prestis and men of holy chirche &̄ women &̄ children and plowmen and such other la∣bourers and ther they come and robbed and did moch priue sorow ¶But yit fond they ynow that them with stode by the grace of almyghty god. ¶And so a day of bataill wos assigned bi¦twen them and certan lordis and men of holi chirche that wer of y^t cuntre with other commune pepull fast by the cite of Duresme. At wich day thurgh the grace and help of almyghti god the scot∣tis wer ou{er} comen. and yit wer ther iij. sold so mony of them as of Englishmen: ¶And ther wos slayn all the Chiualri and knyghthod of the reame of scotland. ¶And ther wer taken as thei wold haue fled thens Dauid the kyng of Scotland him sel∣fe and the erle of Mentif. sir Willm Douglas and mony other gret men of scotland. ¶And after that our Englishmen whā they had rested them a few dais and had ordeyned ther kepers of the north cuntre thei comen to london. and brought with them sir Dauid kyng of scotland and all thes other lordis that were taken prisoners vn to the toure of londō with all the hast that th¦ey myght: ¶And ther left hem in sauf kepīg vn to y^e kīg{is} cū¦mīg & wēt home ayen ī to ther own cūtre. &̄ aft{er}ward was the kīg{is} r••ūson of scotland taxed vn to an C.M. marke of silu{er} to be pai¦ed in .x. yere that is to say eu{er}y yere x.M. marke.

¶How kyng Edward beseged Calays and how it wos wone

and yold to him.

IN the xxij. yere of kyng Edwardis regne he went ouer the see in the wynter tyme and lay all the wynter at the sege of Calays the wich yere the while the sege lasted and endurid Philip the kyng of fraunce cast and purposed trechouresly & w^t fraud to put a way the sege &̄ come the xxvij: day of Iuyll in y^e same yere with a gret host and a strong pouer &̄ neyghed to the sege of Calais ¶The wich Philip the last day of Iulij sent to kyng Edward word that he wold yef him playn bataill the iij: day aft{er} that about euensong tyme if he durst cum fro the seege &̄ abide. ¶And when kyng edward herd that with out ony lōg tarieng or long a visement he accepte gladly the day and houre of bataill y^t Philip had assigned. ¶And when the kyng of fraū¦ce herd that the next nyght aft{er} he set his tentis a fire &̄ remeued &̄ went away thens cowardly. ¶Than they that wer ī the tou¦ne & in the castell beseged seyng all this how that they had none o¦ther help ne socour of the kyng of fraunce ne of his men. ¶And also that ther vitales within them wer spendit and wasted & for¦faut of vitales and of refrishing they eten hors houndes cattes & myce for to kepe ther trewth as long as they myght ¶And when they saw and wos found among them. at the last that thei had no thyng among them for to ete ne lyue by ne no socour ne re¦scueng of the frenshmen of that other side they wist well that they most nedis die for defaut or el̄s yeld the toune. and anone tho thei wenten and token downe the baners and the armes of fraunce on eueri side that wer hongen out. and wenten on the walles of the forsaid toune on diuerse places as naked as ou{er} they wer borne sauf onli ther shertis and ther priue clothes and held ther swerdis naked & y^e point donward in thi•• hondis and puten ropes & hal∣ters about ther nekkis and yelden vp the keys of the toun and of the Castill to kyng Edward of englond with gret fere and dred of hert ¶And when kyng Edward saw this as a marciabul

kyng and lord receued all to grace and a few of the gretest per∣soners of state and of gou{er}naūce of the toune he sent in to englōd ther to abide ther ranson and the kynges grace. And all the com¦minalte of the toune the kyng let go whider they wold in pees. & with out ony harme. and let them bere with them all ther thynges that they myght bere and carie away kepyng the toune and the Castell to hym self. ¶Than thurgh mediacion of Cardina¦les that wer sent from the pope trews was teke ther bitwen fraūce and englond for ix. monethes than next foloyng. & about mihel¦masse kyng edward come ayen in to englond with a glorius vic¦torie. ¶And in the xxiij. yere of his regne in the est parties of the world ther arose and began a pestilence and deth of sarisēs and paynyms that so gret a deth wos neuer herd of a fore. And that wasted away the peple so. that vnneth the tenth {per}sō wos left on liue ¶And in the same yere about the south cuntres also in the west contres ther fell so moch rayn and so gret watres. y^t from cristemasse vn to midsomer ther was vnnethes day ne ny¦ght but that it rayned sumwhat. thurgh wich waters the pestilē¦ce wos so enfecked and so habundand in all cuntres and namli a¦bout the court of rome and other places & see costis. that vnneth ther wer left leuyng fulke for to beri them that wer dede honestly. But made gret diches and pittes that wer wonder brod &̄ depe. &̄ therin beried them. & made a renge of dede bodis. &̄ cast a litell erthe to hele them aboue. & than cast in an othe regne of dede bodis & an other regne aboue them. And thus wer they beried & nōe od{er} wise: but if it wer the fewer that wer men of gret estate that we¦re beraid as honestly as they myght ¶And aft{er} all this in the xxiiij yere of kīg Edwardis regne it was don him to wit & vnd{er}¦stond of a treson that wos begun at Calais. &̄ ordeyned for to sell that toune for a gret somme of florens vn to kīg Philip of Fraūce thurgh the falsenesse &̄ ordynaūce of a knyght that wos

called sir Gefferey of Cherney that wos wonder priue with king Philip of fraunce. ¶And when kyng Edward herd this he toke with hī y^e nobles and gentils lordis. and mony other wor∣thy and orped men of armes that wer ther present with him for the solēpnite of that high fest. ¶And well and wisel̄y in all the hast that he myght and as priuely os he myght he wenten ou{er} the see toward calais. ¶And that same yere the good kyng edward held his cristemasse at Hauering. ¶And the morn after newyeres day the kyng wos in the castell of Calays w^t his men of armes that none of the aliens wist ther of. And that fals conspiratour and traitour Geffri of Charney seth y^t he myghte not openli haue his purpese of the castell. priuely & stelynly he com in and held the toune with a gret host. ¶And when he with his men wer comen in. he paied the forsaid somme of floreyns as couenaunt was bitwen them to a Genewey in the toune that was keper of the castell and consenting to the same geffri in all this falsenesse and trechorie and bounden the englissh mynstrels &̄ seruantis that wer in y^e castell that they myght not help them self ne let them of ther purpose And than wenyng that they had be siker ynough. thei speken all ther wikkednes & falsenesse opē¦ly an high that all men myght here. ¶And now shall ye he∣re how they wer deceyued. for they comen in by a priue postterne o¦uer a litell brugge of tre and when they wer comen in sotaly and priuely the brigge wos draw vp and kept that none of them that comen in myght go out ne no mo cū in to them ¶And anone our englyshmen went out at priue holes and wyndous and ouer the walles of the toune & of the castell and went and faughte mā¦ly with the frenshmen that wer with out and had the better of them the wich when they wer occupied by them sel̄f on ther side The ki¦ng that was with in the toune hauyng with him scarsly but xxx. men of armes drew out his swerd and with a loud vois he cri∣ed vp an high A sent Edward A sent George.

¶And when folke herd that. they comen rennyng to him & yaf ther to ther enmys so gret assaut that ther wer mo than two hondrith men of armes and mony mo other slayn and mony fle¦den away. And so by the grace of god almyghty the victorie fell vn to the Englishmen. Than the kyng toke with hym this Geffry that was finder of this trechorie: and also mony other frensh prisoners. &̄ with in a while after he come ayen in to engl¦ond. ¶And in this same yere & in the yere afore and in thee yere next after was so gret pestilence of men from the est in to the west and namli thurgh botches that tho that sekīd on this day di¦ed on the iij. day after to the wich men that so died in this pestilen¦ce had but litell respite of liggyng ¶The pope Clement of his goodnesse &̄ grace yaf them full remission and foryefnesse of all ther sinnes that they wer shriuen of. and this pestilence lasted in london fro Mihelmasse vn to August next folewyng almo∣st an hole yere ¶And thes days wos deth without sorow wed¦dyngis with out frenship wilfull penaunce & derth without scarci¦te & fleyng without refute or socour. for mony fled from place to place be cause of the pestilence. but they wer enfeckid & myght not ascap the deth: after that the {pro}phet Isae saieth who that fleith fro the face of dred he shall fall in to the diche. And he that windeth him out of the diche he shall be hold &̄ tied with a grenne. but whē this pestilence wos cesed as god wold. vnnethes the tenth parte of the pepull wos left on liue. ¶And in the same yere began a wond{er} thyng y^t all y^t eu{er} wer borne aft{er} y^t pestilence had .ij. chekte¦th ī ther hede las than they had a fore.

¶How kyng Edward had a gret bataill with spanyardis in the se fast by wynchelsee.

ANd in the .xxv. yere of his regne about the sent Iohan¦nes day in haruest ī the see fast by winchelse king Edwar¦de had a gret bataill with men of spayn wher that ther shippis and nauye lay chaned to gedre that other they must fight or be drēched

¶And so when all our worthy men of armes &̄ the see costes fast by wynchelse & Romeny wer gadred to ged{er} & our nauye & shippis all redy to the were the englisshmen met manly &̄ stifly w^t ther enmys comyng fersly ayens them ¶And whē the sp¦anys vessailles & nauy wer closed ī all about. ther mē might se a strōg bataill on both sides & lōg during ī y^e wich bataill wos but few that faught but they wer spitously hurt: And aft{er} the batail ther wer xxiij. shippis of thers take: &̄ so the englishmen had the better. And in the next yere folowyng of his regne y^t is to say the xxvi. yere y^e kīg thugh his coūcell let orden &̄ make hys new monay y^t is to say y^e peny the grot value of iiij pens. & the half grot of ij. pens. bot it wos of les weight than the old sterlīg wos. be v. shillyng in the poūde. ¶And in the xxvij. yere of his regne wos the gret derth of vitailles the wich was called thee dere somer ¶And in the xxviij. yere of his regne ī y^e {per}lament holden at westmīstre aft{er} Ester sir Henri erle of Lancastre wos made duke of lancastre & ī this yere wos so gret a drought that frō the moneth of marche to the mōeth of Iuyll ther fell no rayn on the erthe. wherfore all frutis sedis and herbes for the most {per}tie wer lost in defaute. ¶Wherof ther come so gret disese of men and bestes & derthe of vitales in englond so that this land that eu{er} afore had bene plenteous had nede that tyme to feke his vitalis and refresssyng of other out Iles & cūtres: ¶And ī the xxix yere of kyng edward it was accordid graunted and sworne by∣twen the kyng of fraunce and kyng Edward of englond that he shuld houe ayen all his landis and lordeshippis that longed to the duchie of Gnyhen of old tyme the wich had bene with draw and wrōgfulli occupied bi diuerse kynges of fraunce before hand to haue and to hold to kyng Edward and to his heires and suc∣cessours for eu{er} more frely pesabully and in good quiet vpō thys couenaunt that the kyng of Englond shuld leue of. and relesen all his right and claym that he had claymed of the kyngdom of

fraunce. and of the titell that he toke ther of. vpō wich speche & couenauntis it wos sent to the court of Rome on both sides of the kynges. that the forsaid couenaūt sh̄uld be enbulled. bot god ordey¦ned better for the kīges worsship of englōd· for what thurgh fraud & discert of the frenshmen &̄ what thurgh lettyng of the pope &̄ of y^e court of rome the forsaid couenaūtis wer disquat & left of. ¶And ī the same yere the kīg reuoked bi his wise &̄ discret coū¦cell the stapull of wol̄les out of flaūdres ī to englond with all the libertes fraūches &̄ fre customys y^t longed ther to· &̄ ordeyned it in englōd in diuerse places that is for to say at westmynstre. Cantorberi Chichestre Bristow Lyncolne & Hull with all the forsaid thynges that longen ther to. ¶And that this thing that shuld thus be done the kyng swore him self ther to And. prince edward his sone with other mōy gret witnesses that ther wer present ¶And the xxx. yere of his regne anone aft{er} wit∣sontide in the parlament ordeyned at westmynstre it wos told and c{er}tefied to the king that Philip that tho held the kīgdō of fraūce was dede: And that Iohn̄ his son wos creuned kīg. & that this Iohn̄ had yeuen Karoll his son the Duchie of Gnyhen· of thee wich thyng kyng Edward when he wist ther of had gret indig∣nacion vn to him and was wonder wroth and strongly meued. ¶And therfor afore all the worthy lordis y^t ther wer assem¦bulled at that parlament he called edward his son vn to hym to whome the duchid of Gnyhen by right heritage shuld long to &̄ yaf it him ther. byddyng and strengthyng him that he shuld orde¦ne him for to defende him and a venge him vpon his enmys and saue maynten his right. ¶And afterward kyng edward hī self & his eldest son Edward wente to diu{er}se places &̄ seintes in en¦glond on pilgrimage for to haue the more help &̄ grace of god & of his seintes. and ij. Kal̄▪ of Iuyll when all thyng wos redy to that viage & bataill & all his retenue & pouer assembled & his na¦uye also redy he toke w^t hī the erle of warwike the erle of suffolk

the erle of Salusberi & the erle of Oxford and a thousand mē of armes and as mony archiers. &̄ in the Natiuite of our lady tok ther shippis at Plymmouth &̄ began to saill. ¶And when hee come and wos ariued in Gnyhen. he was ther worsshipfully take receyued of the most nobull men & lordis of that cūtre ¶And anone after kyng Edward toke with him his ij. sonys that is to say sir Leonell erle of vlton & sir Iohn̄ his brother erle of Riche∣mond & sir Henri duke of Lancastre. with mony erles & lordis &̄ men of armes and ij. thousand archiers &̄ failed toward fraūce & restid hī a while at Calais. & aft{er}ward the kīg wēt w^t his folke aforsaid and with other soudiours of beyond the se that ther abide the kynges comyng the secund day of Nouember and toke his iour¦ney toward kīg Iohn̄ of fraunce ther as he trowed to haue foun∣den him fast by Odoma{rum} as his lettres & couenaunt made menci¦on that he wold a bide him ther with his host. ¶And whē ki¦ng Iohan of fraunce herd tell of the kynges {con}yng of englond he went away with his men & cariege cowerdly & shamfully fleyng and wastyng all vitales that the englishmen shuld not haue ther of. ¶And when kyng edward herd tell that he fled. he pursued him with all his host till Hedene. &̄ than he beholdyng the wāting and scarcite of vitales &̄ also the cowerdise of the kīg of fraūce he turned ayen wastyng all the cuntre. ¶And while all thes thynges were a doyng the scottis priueli and by nyght token the toune of Berewike slayng them y^t withstode them & no man els but blissed be god the castell wos saued & kept by englishmē y^t wer therī. Than the kīg {per}saued all this. he turned ayen ī to engl¦ond as wroth as he myght be. wherfor ī {per}lament at westmynstre wos graūtid to the kīg of eu{er}y sake of wolle .l. shillyng during the terme of vi. yere that he myght the myghtelyer fight &̄ defend the reame ayens the scottis & othir misdoers ¶And so whē all th¦ynges wer redy the kyng hasted hī to the sege ward.

¶How kyng Edward wos crouned king of scotland & how

Prince Edward toke the kyng of fraunce & sir Philip his yong{er} son at the bata••ll of Peyters.

ANd in the xxxi: yere of his regne the xiij. day of Ianiuer the kyng in the Castill of Berewik with a few men but hauyng ther fast by a grett host. The toune wos yolden vn to him with outen ony maner defence or difficulte· than the kyng of scotland that is for to say sir Iohan Bailloll considering how that god did mony merue••les and gracious thīges for king Ed¦ward at his own will fro day to day. he toke & yaf vp the reame of Scotland and the croūe of scotland at Rokisburgh in the ki¦nges handis of englond vnder his patent lett{er} ther made ¶And anone after king Edward in presence of all the prelatis & othir worthy men and lordis that wer ther let croūe him kīg ther of the reame of Scotland: ¶And when all thynges wer done &̄ orde¦ned in thike contres at his lust. he turned ayen ī to Englond w^t an hugh worship· And while this viage wos a doyng in Scot∣land sir Edward prince of wales as a man enspired in god was ī Guyhen in the Cite of Burdeux treting &̄ spekīg of the chalen∣gyng. and of the kynges right of Englond that he had of the rea¦me of Fraunce and that he wold a vengid be with strōghond & the prelatis peres &̄ myghti men of that cuntre consented well to him ¶Than sir Edward the prince with a gret host gadred to him the sext day of Iuyll went from Burdeux goyng and traue¦lyng by mony diu{er}se cuntres &̄ he toke mōy prison{er}s mo than .vi. thousand men of armes by the cuntre as he iournyed & toke thee toune of Remorantī ī saloigne & beseged the Castell vi: days And at the vi. day end they yolde the castell vn to him. And ther wer take the lord of Croūe & sir Bursigaud & mony other kn¦yghttis & men of armes moo than lxxx. ¶And fro thens by Toren &̄ peten fast by chmeney his nobull men y^t wer w^t him had a strong bataill w^t frenshmen &̄ an .c. of ther men of armes wer slayn And the erle of Daunce &̄ the stiward of fraūce wer

take with an hondreth men of armes. ¶In the wich yere thee xix: day of September fast by Peightres the same prince with a thousand and ix. hondrith men of armes and archiers ordeynid a bataill to kyng Iohn̄ of Fraūce comyng to the prince ward with vij. thousand chosen men of armes & other moch pepull in an hu¦ge passing nombur. of the wich ther wer slayn the duke of Bury¦bon and the duke of Athenes and mony othir nobull men. and of the prince men of armes a thousand &̄ of other aft{er} the trew ac∣compte and rekenyng viij. hondrith. And the kyng of fraunce wos ther take and sir Philip his yonger son &̄ mōy Dukis and nobull mē & worthy knyghtis &̄ mē of armes about ij. thousād And so the victori fell ther to the prince & to the pepull of englond by the grace of god. And mōy that wer taken prison{er}s wer set at ther raūson and vpō ther trougth & knyghthod wer chargid & had leue to go. But the prince toke with him the kyng of fraunce & Philip his son with all the reu{er}ence that he myght & went ayen to Burdeux with a glorius victorie▪ The somme of the men that th¦er wer take prisoners & of them y^t wer slaī the day of bataill wos iiij.M.iiijC.xl. ¶And in the xxxij yere of kyng Edward y^e v. day of May prince Edward with kyng Iohn̄ of fraūce & Philip his son and mōy othir worthy prison{er}s ariued graciously ī the hauē of Plummouth & the xxiiij. day of the same moneth abo¦ute iij· aft{er} none they com to london by londō brugge & so wēt for¦th to the kīg{is} palace of westmīstre & ther fell so gret a multitude &̄ prees of peple about them to behold and se that wonder &̄ that ri¦all sight y^t vnnethes fro midday till nyght they myght not cū to westmynstre. &̄ the kīg{is} ranson of fraūce wos taxed and set to iij myllions of scutis of whom ij▪ shuld beworth a nobull & ye sh̄all vnderstond y^t a myllion is a .M.M. and aft{er} somme mē his ra¦unsome wos sat at .iij.M.M florens & all is on effect. And this same yere wer made solēpne Iustis ī smythfeld beīg ther p̄se¦nt the kyng of englond the kīg of fraunce and the kyng of Scot¦land

and mony other worthy and nobull lordis. ¶The xxxiij yere of his regne the same kyng Edward at wyndesore as well for loue of knyghhod as for his own worsship & at the reuerence of the kyng of fraunce and of other lordis that wer ther at that ti¦me he held a wonder riall and costle fest of sent George passing any that eu{er} wos holdyn a fore. ¶Wherfor the kyng of fraū¦ce in scornyng said that he saw neuer ne herd such solempne festis ne rialtes holdin ne done w^t tailles with out paīg of gold or silu{er} ¶And ī the xxxiiij. yere of his regne the x iiij. Kal̄. of Iulij sir Iohn̄ Erle of Richemond kyng Edwardis son. wedded dame Blaunch duke Henris doughter of Lncastre cosin to the same io¦han by dispensacion of the pope. and in the mein tyme wer orde∣ned Iustes at london iij. daies of rogacions that is for to sai the mair of London with his xxiiij. aldermen ayenes all y^t wold cum. in whos name &̄ sted the kyng priuely with his iiij. sonys Edward Leonell Iohn̄ and Edmond and other xix gret lordis helden the feld with worsh̄ip ¶And this same yere as it wos told & said of them that saw it: ther come blod out of the tombe of Thomas some tyme erle of Lancastre as fresh as that day y^t he was done to deth. And in the same yere kīg Edward chose his sepulture and his liggyng at westmynstre fast by the shrine of sent Edward. ¶And anone aft{er} the xxvij· day of October he went ou{er} see to Calais makyng protestacion y^t he wold neu{er} cum ayen in to englond till he had full endid the were bitwen fraunce & him ¶And so in the xxxvi. yere of his regne in the wynt{er} tym kyng Edward wos. and traueled in the Ryne costes & about se∣nt Hil̄larie tide he departid his host and went to Burgoyn ward with whom than met pesibely the Duke of Burgoyn behighting him lxx. thousand floreyns that he shuld spare his men and hys p••pull. and the kyng graūted at his request. and duelled ther vn to the xvij. day of Marche· the wich tyme come to kīg Edward ere that strōg theues wer on y^e se vnd{er} the erle of sent Poule the

xv. day of Marche liggyng a wayt vpon the tounes of hastyng Rie and other places and villages on the see cost haddyn entred as enmys in to thee toune of wynchelse. and slewen all that eu{er} withstoden them and withsaid ther comyng. Wherfore the kyng was gretly meued and wratthed. and he turned ayen to Paris ward and commaunded his host to destroy and sle with dynt and strength of swerd them that he had before hand sparid. ¶And the xij. day of Aprill the kyng come to Paris and ther departed his host in diuerse batailles with iiij.C. of knyghtis new dubbed on that one side of him. ¶And sir Henri duke of Lancastre vnder pees and trews went vn to the yates of the Cite. proferi∣ng to them that wold abyde a bataill in the feld vnder such condi¦cion that if the kyng of englond wer ouer comen ther as god forbe¦de it shuld that than he shuld neu{er} chalenge the kyngdom of fraūce ¶And ther he had of them but sh̄ort and scornfull ansuer and come and told it to the kyng and his lordis what he had herd and what they sayd. ¶And than went forth the new knyghtys w^t mōy other making assaut to the cite to they destroyd hougeli the sub¦barbis of the Cite. ¶And while all thes thynges wer in doīg the Englishmen made them aredy for to be a venged vpon thee shame and despite that was done that yere at wynchelsee and ordeyned a nauye of lxxx. shippis of men of Landon and of oth¦er marchauntis and xiiij. thousand of men of armes and archi∣ers and went and serched and skummed the see and manly tokē and helde thee Ile of Caux. Wherfore the Frenshmen that is for to say the Abbot of Cluyn the Erle of Tankeruill and bur¦sygand that tho was Stiward of Fraūce with mōy other men of the same cūtre by thee commūe assent of the lord Charles that tho wos regēt of fraūce thei hasted them & went to the kīg of engl¦ōd askīg & besechīg him stedfast pees &̄ eu{er} lastīg vpō certan {con}dici¦ons that ther wer shewed writtin ¶The wich when the kyng &̄ his {con}cell had it seī▪ it plesed hī neu{er} a dele. but sith it wold be none

othir in tyme of better accord and deliberacion the frenshmen besely and with gret instaunce asked trews for ther see costes and the king grauntid them. ¶And in the morow aft{er} the vtas of pas¦che the kyng turned him with his host toward Orliaūce destroy¦eng and wastyng all the cuntre by the way: ¶And os thei wēt thiderward ther fell vpon them such a storme & tempast that nōe of our nacion herd ne saw neu{er} none such. thurgh the wich thousā¦des of our men and of ther horse in ther iourneyng as it wer thur¦gh vengeaunce sodenly wer slayn &̄ perisshed: the wich tempastes full moch yit fered not the kyng ne moch of his pepull that they ne went forth in ther viage that they had begun. wherfor about the fest of fililp & iacob in May fast by incarnocum the forsaid lor∣dis of fraunce metīg ther with the kyng of englond a pesable ac∣cord &̄ a finall vpō c{er}tan condicions & graūtes articularly gad{er}ed & writen to ged{er} eu{er} more for to last full discretly made & to bothe the kynges {pro}fetabul & to ther reames both w^t on assēt of Char¦les the regent & gou{er}nour of fraūce & of Paris of y^e same reame writen &̄ made vnd{er} date of Carnocū y^e xv. day of May they of¦ferid & {pro}ferd to the kīg of englōd riquiring his grace ī all thīg{is} writin y^t he wold benyngly admitte them &̄ hold them firme & sta¦bull to them &̄ to ther heiris for eu{er} more thens forth the wich thīg{is} & articles whan kīg edward had seyn them he graūted them so that bothe parties shuld be suorne on goddis body &̄ on the euangelist that the forsaid couenaūt shuld be stabulihed and so they accor¦did graciously. ¶Therfor ther wer ordeyned & drassid on eu{er}y si¦de ij. barons ij. banerettis & ij. knyghtis to admitte & receue y^t ho¦thes of y^e lord Charles reget of fraūce &̄ of sir edward y^e frist sō & heir of kīg Edward of englōd ¶And the x. day of May ther was songen a solempne masse at paris. & after the iij. Agn{us} dei said w^t dona nobis pacem ī presens of the forsaid men that were ordeyned to admitte & receyue the othes & of al other that ther my¦ght be. ¶Tho Charles laid his right hand on y^e patent w^t god¦des

bodi & his left hond on the missale & saied we. N. suereth on godis body & the holy gospels. that we shall trewli &̄ stedfastli ho¦ld toward vs the pees & the accord made bitwen the ij kynges &̄ ī no man{er} to do the contrarie. And ther among all his lordis for more loue & strength of witnesse he deled &̄ de{per}ted the reliques of the croune of criste to the knyghtis of englond. & they courtesli token ther leue· And in the fryday next the same othe in presence of the forsaid knyghtis &̄ of other worthy mē. prince Edward ma¦de at louers ¶Afterward both kynges & ther sonnys & the mo¦st nobull men of both reames with in the same yere made the same oth. & for to strength all thes thynges a forsaid: the kyng of en¦glond axed the gretest men of fraūce: and had his axyng that is for to say vi. dukis viij: erles &̄ xij. lordis that is to say barons &̄ worthy knyghtis. ¶And when the place &̄ the tyme was assi¦ned in wich both kynges with ther councell shuld cum to gedre. all the forsaid thynges bitwen them spoke for to ratifie & maken firme and stabull. the kyng of englond anone went toward the see & at Hounflet began to saill leuyng to his hostes that wer left behynd him by cause of his absence moch heuenesse ¶And after the xix· day of May he come in to englond & went to his pa¦leys at westmynstre on sent Dunstane day & the thrid day after he viseted Iohn̄ kyng of fraunce that wos in the tour of london & deliu{er}ed him frely from all man{er} prison sauf frist they wer accor¦did of iij. myllions of floreyns for his raunson. &̄ the kyng cōfor∣thed him & cherid him in all places with all solace &̄ myrthes that longen to a kyng in his goyng homward. ¶And the ix day of Iulij in the same yere this same Iohn̄ kyng of fraunce that afore hand lay here in hostage went home ayen in to his oun land to tret of tho thynges and of other that longed and fellen to thee gou{er}nance of his reame. ¶And aft{er}ward mett &̄ come to gedre at Calays both ij. kynges with bothe ther councell about all ha¦luw tide. & ther wer shewed the condicions and the pointis of thee

pees &̄ of the accorde of bothe sides writtyn. & ther without any withsayng of both sides graciously they wer accorded. And ther was done & songen a solempne masse & after the iij Agn{us} det vpon godis body & also vpō the masse boke bothe kynges & ther sonnys & the gretest lordis of both remes & of ther {con}cell that ther wer present: & had not sworne be fore the forsaid oth that they had made & titelled bitwene them they behighten to kepe & all other couenaūtes that wer bitwene them ordeyned. ¶And in thys same yere mens bestis tres &̄ houses with soden tempast &̄ strong lightenyng wer {per}issed. & the deuell apperid bodely in mannys li¦kenes to moch pepull as they went in diu{er}se places in the cuntres and spake to them in that likenesse.

¶How the gret companie arose in fraunce &̄ the white companie in Lumbardie & of other mony meruailles.

KYng Edward in the xxxvi. yere of his regne anone aft{er} cristemasse in the fest of conu{er}sion of sent Paule held his {per}lament at westmynstre in the wich {per}lament wos put furth and shewed y^e accord &̄ the tretis that wos stabilisshed &̄ made bitwen tho ij. kynges wich accord plesid to moch pepull. and therfore by the kynges commaundement ther wer gadred &̄ come to gedre in west mynstre church the frist sonday of lent that is to say the ij. Kal̄. of Februer the forsaid englishmen and fraūshemun where was song a solempne masse of the Trinite of the arche bisshop of cantorburi master Simond Islepe. ¶And when the agn{us} dei wos done the kyng beyng ther with his sonnys and also the kyng sonnys of fraunce & othir nobull and gret lordis with candell li¦ght &̄ crosses broght forth. all that wer called ther to y^t wer not sworne a fore swore that same oth that wos writtyn vpō goddis body & on the masse boke in this wise: we. N. &̄ N. swerin vpon goddis body &̄ on the holy gospelles stedfastly to hold & kepe to∣ward vs the pees & the accord made bitwen the ij. kynges and ne¦uer for to do the cōtrarie. & whan they had thus sworne they tokē

ther scroues that ther othis wer comprehendid in to the notaries. & this same yere in the ascencion eue about mydday was seyn the cli¦pes of the son. & ther folowed soch a drought that for defaut of reyn ther wos gret barnesse of corne frute and hey. ¶And in the same moneth the vi. Kal̄. of Iune ther fell a sanguyn rain almost like blode at Burgon. And a sangwyne cros from mor¦ne vn to prime wos seyn & aperid at Boloyn in the heier the whi¦ch mony men saw· and aft{er} it meued and fell in the midde see. ¶And in the same tyme in fraūce & englōd & mōy other land as they y^t wer ī playn cūtres & desert baren witnesse sodenli ther apperid ij. Castels of the wich went out ij. hostes of armed mē ¶And y^t one host wos clothed ī white &̄ y^t other ī blake. and when bataill wos betwne them be gun· y^e white ou{er}come the blake And anone after the blake toke hert vn to them and ou{er}come the white. and aft{er} that they went ayen in to ther castels. & than the castels and all the host vanesshed away ¶And in this same yere wos a gret and an huge pestilence of pepull and namly of men. whos wifes as women out of gouernaūce toke housbandis as well strangers as other lewde and simpull pepull. y^e which foryeting ther honour &̄ worsship and berthe coupled and maried them with them that wer of low dedre &̄ litell repitacion in this same yere died Henri duke of Lancastre. &̄ also in this yere Ed¦ward prince of wales weddid the countes of kent that wos Sir Thomas wife holand the wich wos de{per}ted some time and deuor∣ced fro the erle of Salisberi for cause of that same knyght. ¶And about this tyme began and arose a gret companie of diu{er}se nacions gadred to ged{er} of whome ther leders & gou{er}nours wer englissh pepull And they wer called a pepull with out any hede the wich did moch harme in the {per}tie of fraūce And not long after ther arose an other companie of diu{er}se nacions y^t wos called the whit companie the wich in the parties &̄ cuntres of Lumbardie did moch sorow. ¶This same yere sir Iohan of Gaunt the

sone of kyng Edward the thrid wos made duke of Lancastre by reson &̄ cause of his wife y^t was the doughter & heir of Henri sum tyme duke of lancastre

¶Of the gret wynd and how prince edward toke the lordshyp of Gnyhen of his fadre & went thed{er}.

ANd in the xxxvij. yere of kyng edward the xv: day of Ianiu that is to sai on sent Maures day about eu••̄s••ng tyme ther arose and come such a wynd out of the south with such a fersenesse and strength that it bristed and blew doune to thee ground high houses and strong bildynges toures churches and stepulles and other stronges and all other strong werkes that sto¦den still wer shake ther with that they ben yit and shall be euer more the febuller & weykir while they stond And this wind las∣ted without any cessing vij. dais continually. ¶And anone aft{er} ther folowed such waters in hey tyme &̄ in haruest tyme that all felde werkis wer strongly let & left vn don. ¶And ī the same yere prince edward toke the lordship of Guyhen and did to kyng Edward his fadre homage and feaute therfore &̄ wend ou{er} see in to Gascoyn with his wife & children. And anōe aft{er} kīg edward made sir Leonell his son duke of Clarence & sir edmond his other son erle of Cambrigge. ¶And in the xxxviij. yere of his regne it wos ordeyned in the {per}lament that men of law both of the chirche and tem{per}all law sh̄uld fro that time forth plete ī ther mother tong. ¶And in the same yere comen in to englond iij kynges that is for to sai The kyng of Fraunce the kyng of Ci¦pres and the kyng of Scotland by cause to viset and for to speke with the kyng of englond. Of whome they wer wonder wel come and moch worssh̄ippid. ¶And after that they had be here long time. two of them went ayen home in to ther own cuntres &̄ kyngdomes. But the kyng of fraunce thurgh gret sekenesse & maladie that he had abode still in englond. ¶And ī the xxxix yere of his regne was a strong &̄ an huge frost &̄ y^t lasted long

y^t is to say fro sent Andrewes tide to the .xiiij. Kal̄. of aprill that the tylth & sawyng of the erth &̄ other such feld warkie and hand werkes wer moch let & left vn done for cold &̄ hardenesse of the erth ¶And at Orray in bretan that tyme wos ordeyned a gret dedely bataill bitwene sir Iohn̄ of Mounfort duke of Bri¦tan & sir Charles of bloys. but the victorie fell to the forsaid sir Iohn̄ thurgh help and socour of the englisshmen. And ther were taken mony knyghtis &̄ squyers and other men that wer vnnom¦bred. in the wich bataill wos slayn Charles him self with all that stode aboute him & of the englishmen wer slayn but vij. And in this yere died at Sauoy Iohn̄ the kyng of fraunce. whos seruice &̄ exequies kīg edward let ordeyn & did in diu{er}se places worssh̄ip∣fully to be don. &̄ to Dou{er} of worshipfull men ordeyned him wor¦thely to be led with his own costis &̄ expens. & frō thēs he was fet in to fraunce. &̄ beried at sent Denys. ¶In the xl. yere of kyng Edward the vij. Kal̄. of Februer wos borne Edward prince edward son the wich wan he wos vij. yere of old he died. ¶And in the same yere it wos ordeyned that sent Petres pēs fro that tyme forth shuld not be payed the wich kīg· Yuo. some¦tyme kīg of englōd of the cūtre of west saxons y^t began to regne in the yere of our lord god ¶C.lxxix. first greunted to Rome for the scole of englond ther to be continued. ¶And ī this same yere ther fell so moch rayn ī hey tyme that it wastid &̄ distroyed bothe corne and hey. And ther wos such a debate & fightīg of spa¦rous by diu{er}se places ī thes dais y^t men fond innumerable of thē deid ī feldis as they went. & ther fell also such a pestilence y^t neu{er} wos seyn such in no mannys tyme that leued than. for mē y^t went to bede hole & in good point· sedenly they died. ¶Also y^t tyme a sekenes y^t mē called the pokkis slow both men &̄ womē thurgh ther enfectyng ¶And in the xli. yere of kīg edward was bor∣ne at Burdeux Richard the secund son of prince edward of En¦glond the wich Richard kyng Richard of Amorican heued

at the fountstone aft{er} whom he wos called Richard. And this sa¦me Richard whan his fadre wos dede and kīg Edward also: wos crouned kīg of englond the xi. yere of his age thurgh right lyne and heritage and also by the comunes assent and desire of the co∣minalte of the reame ¶About this tyme at kīg edwardis cō¦maūdement of englond when all the castelles and tounes were yold to him that long wer holde in fraūce by a gret companie as∣sembled to ged{er} sir Bartram Cleykyn knyght an orped man and a good weriour went and purposed him to put out Pers kyng of Spayn out of his kyngdom with help of the most {per}tie of the forsa¦id gret companie trustyng also vpon help and fauour of the pope for as moch as it come to his heir that the same Pers shuld lede and vse the most werst and sinfullest life out. the wich Pers smi¦ten with drede of this tidyng fled ī to Gascoyn to prince Edwar¦de for to haue help and socour of him. ¶And when he wos fled out of Spayn Henri his brother that was a basterd by assent of the most parta•• of Spayn and thurgh help of that ferrefull com¦panie that I spake of erste was made and crouned kyng of spa∣yn And the nombre of that same companie wos rekened and sette at the nombre of lx.M. fighting men ¶This same yere ī the moneth of Iune ther come a gret companie and a nauye of thee danes and gadred them to ged{er} in the north se purposing them to cū in to englond to reue &̄ robbe and also to sle with whome they countrid and met in the see Mariners and othir orped fighting men of the cuntre and dis{per}peled them And they asshamed wente home ayen in to ther own cuntre ¶But among all other ther wos a boustous vessell and a strong of ther nauye that wos ou{er} sayled bi the Englisshmen and wos parisshid and drenchid. In the wich the Stiward and other worthi and gret men of Denmar¦ke wer take prisoners and the kyng of englond and his councell pri¦soned the wich lordis the danois aft{er}ward come & soughten all a bout for to haue had with ther goodis that they had lost and

thay not wele apaied ne plesed of the ansuer that they had ther tur¦ned homewardis ayen leuyng be hind them in ther innes priuely writen in scrowes and on wallis Yit shall Danois wast thee wanes. Than happid ther an english writ{er} &̄ wrot ayenst the dane in this maner wise. Here shall danys fet ther banes ¶And in this tyme Pers kyng of Spayn with other kyng{is} y^t is to say the kyng of Naune and the kyng of Malogre beyng menes wē¦ten bitwen and praied coūcell and help of sir Edward the prince thurgh whos coūcel when he had vnderstond ther articles and de∣sire that he wos required of tho kyng{is} loth he wos and ashamed to say nay and cōtrarie them. bot notheles he wos a gast lest it shuld be ony preiudice ayens the pope and long time taried them or that he wold graūto or consent ther to till he had better councell and avisement with good deliberacion of kyng Edward his fader ¶But whan he wos with euery dais and continuall besechīg of mony nobull men requirid and spoken to. and withe mony praiers sent and made bitwen them. Than prince edward sent to his fader both be pleynyng letteers and also be confortabull conte∣nyng all ther suggestions and causes with all that other kynges Epesteles & letters for to haue comforth and help of the wronges not onli to the kyng of spayn doo. but also for such thyng{is} as my¦ght fall to other kynges ¶Also if it wer not the sonner holpē and amendid thurgh the dome and help of knyghthod to them y^t it askid &̄ desirid. ¶The wich letter whan the kyng and his wise councele had seyn such a kyng{is} spoyling and robbyng with moch maruell. ¶And sent ayen comfortable letters to prince Edward his son and to that other forsaid kyng{is}. & warned them for to arme them and ordeyn them ayens that misdoer. &̄ to with¦stond them by the help of good that wer such enmys to kyng{is}. whā this nobull prince had receyued thes letters him self with that od{er} kynges before said all ther councell called to gedre or that he wold vnd{er}take the quarell: he bonde & knytt sore the kīg y^t was deposed

w^t a gret oth y^t is to say y^t he sh̄uld eu{er} after maīten the right be¦leue & feith of holi chirche & holy chirche also w^t all ther mīstres ri¦ghtis &̄ lebertis to defēd frō all ther enmys & all euels ¶And all that wer ther ayens bitt{er}li to pūysh & destrobull. & all the ri∣ghtes libertes p̄ueleges of holy chirch encrese &̄ maīten & amend all thīges y^t wer wrongfully takē. w^t draw &̄ bore away by hī or by ony od{er} bi cause of him. hastely to restore ayen. &̄ to driue & put out sarisens &̄ al other misbeleued pepull out of his kīgdom with all his strength & pouer & suffre ne admitte nōe soch for no man{er} thīg ne cause to duell ther in. ¶And y^t whan he had take a cristen womā he shuld neu{er} cū ī none other womans bed. ne nōe other mannys wife to defoule ¶Al thes forsaid thing{is} trew¦ly for to kepe {con}tinu &̄ fulfill as all his life time he wos boūd by oth a fore notaries in presons & wytnesse of tho kynges w^t other princes ¶And than that gracious prince prince Edward vnd{er} toke the cause and the quarell of the king that wos deposid and be hight him with the grace of almighty god to restore him ayen to his kyngdom and let ordeyn &̄ gadre to ged{er} forthw^t ī al hast his nauy with men of armes for to were &̄ fight ī his forsaid cause ¶And in this same tyme vpon sond of the scottis fe that mōy a man it saw iij. days to gedre ther wer seyn ij. Egles of y^e wi¦ch that on come out of the south & that other out of the north. & cruelli & strōgly they foughten to gedre &̄ wrasteled to gedre and the south egle frist ou{er} come the north egle and all to rent and to¦re him with his bill & his clawys that he shuld not rest ne take no breth. ¶And aft{er} the south egle fligh home to his own cos¦tes. ¶And anone aft{er} ther folowed & wos seyn in the morn a fore the son rising and aft{er} ī thee last day of October saue on day mony sterris gadred to gedre on an hepe fell doune to the erth le∣uyng behynd them fery bemys in man{er} of lightynyng whos fla¦umes brent and {con}sumed mens clothis & mens here walkyng on the erth as it was seyn and knwen of mony a man ¶And yit

y^t northeren wynd y^t is eu{er} redy & destinat to all ill fro sent Kat mes euē till iij. days aft{er} lost good w^t out nōbre vnrecou{er}abull And ī the same days ther fell & come also such lightīyng thūder snow & haill y^t it wasted & destroid mē bestis houses &̄ trees.

¶Of the bataill of spayn beside the water of Nazers that was bitwen prince Edward &̄ sir Henri basterd of spayn.

IN the yere of our lord a .M.ccc.lxvij. & of kyng Ed∣ward xlij· the iij. day of Aprill ther wos a strong batall and a gret in a large feld called Priazers fast bi the water of Nazers in spayn bitwen sir edward the prince & Henri the bast¦ard of spayn. but the victori fell to prince edward bi the grace of god. ¶And this same prince edward had w^t hī sir Iohn̄ duke of lancastre his brod{er}: & other worthi mē of armes about the nom¦ber of xxx.M. ¶And the kīg of spayn had on his side men of diu{er}se naciōs to the nōbre of an .C.M· &̄ mo wherfor the sharpe¦nesse &̄ fersenes of his adusarie with his full boystous & gret st¦rength made & driuen the rightfull {per}tie a bak a gret way but thu¦rgh the grace of almyghty god passing any mans strength that huge host wos dis{per}bled myghtfully be the nobull duke of Lancast{er} & his host or thot the prince Edward come nigh him ¶And whan Henri the bastard saw that he turned with his men in so gre¦te haste and strength to fle. that an huge companie of them ī the forsaid flode and of the brigge therof fellen doune &̄ parisshed. ¶And also ther wer take the erle of Dene and sir Bartram Clekyn that wos chief maker and causer of the were & also chi∣uetayn of the vaunt ward of the bataill with mōy other gret lord¦dis and knyghtis to the nombur of ij. thousand of whom ij. hon∣drith wer of fraūce. and mōy also of scotland And ther wer fel∣led in the feld on our enmys side of lordis and knyghtis with od{er} meyn pepull to the nombre of vi. thousand and moo. and of engli¦shmen bot a few ¶And after this The nobull prince edward restorid thee same Pers to his kyngdom ayen. the wich Pers af∣terward

thurgh trechery and falsenesse of the forsaid bastard of Spayn as he sat at his mete was strangled and deid. But after this victori mony nobull and hardy men and nobull of en¦glond in Spayn thurgh the fl••x and other diu{er}se seknes toke ther deth. ¶And also in the same yere ī the Marche wos seyn stel¦la Comata bitwen the North costis and the west. whos bemes stretched toward Fraunce. ¶And in the next yere suyng of kyng Edwardis regne xliij. in Aprill Sir Leonell kyng Ed¦wardis son that was Duke of Clarence went toward Mileyne with a chose meyne of the gentils of Enlond for to wedde Galo¦ys doughter and haue hir to his wife. by whom he shuld haue half the lordship of Mileyn. But after that they wer solemply wed∣ded and a bout the Natiuite of our lady the same duke of Mileī died. And in the same yere the frenshmen breken the pees. and the trews ridyng on the kynges ground and lordship of Englond in the sh̄ire and cuntre of Pountife. And token and held Cast∣elles and tounes. And bere the Englishmen on hond falsely and sotelly. that they wer cause of brekyng of the trewes. ¶And in this same yere died the duches of Lancaster: And is beried worshipfully in sent Paules chirche. ¶The xl iiij. yere of kyng Edwardis regne was the gretest pestilence of mē and of gret bestes and by the gret fallyng of waters that fell at that tyme. ther fell gret hyndring and destroyeng of corne in so moch that the next yere after a busshell of whet was sold for xl: pens. ¶And in this same yere about thee laste ende of May kyng Edward held tho his parlament at westmynster in the whi¦che parlament wos tretid and spoken of the oth and the trewes y^t was broke betwen him and the kyng of fraunce and how he my∣ght best vpō his wrōg be auēgid ¶In this same yer ī y^e assū¦cion of our lady died quene Philip of englond a full nobull and good woman & at westmīster full worsshipfully is beried & ente¦red & about midsomer the duke of lancastre &̄ y^e erle of Herford

w^t a gret cōpanie of knyghtis wēt ī to fraūce wher they get them but litell worship & name. for ther wos an huge ost of frēshmen vpō chalkhull brigge & an other ost of englishmen fast by the sam brige that lōg tyme had leued ther. And mōy worthi men & gret of the englisshmen ordeyned & yaf coūcell for to fight &̄ yaf botaill to the frenshmen. but the forsaid lordis wold nothing {con}sent ther to ne assent for no man{er} thing. ¶Ther anone aft{er} it happid that the erle of werwike come thederward for to were. & when the frensh¦men herd of his comyng or that he come fully to land they left the•• tentis &̄ pauilyons with all ther vitales &̄ fled and went a way priuely. And when the erle was comyn to land with his men he went in all hast toward Normandie &̄ destroyed the Ile of caws thurgh dynt of swerd and thurgh fier ¶But alas in his re∣turnyng to englondward home ayen at Calais he wos taken w^t sekenesse of the pestilence & died not leuyng behind hī aft{er} his dai¦es so nobull a knyght and orped of armes ¶In wich tyme re¦ned &̄ wered thilk orped knyght sir Iohn̄ Hawkewod y^t was an englishmā borne hauyng with hī at his gou{er}naūce thilk white cō∣panie that is aforsaid the wich o tyme ayens holy chirche and an other time ayens lordis werid &̄ ordeyned gret batailles and ther in that same cuntre he did mony meruelus thynges ¶And a bout the conuersion of sent Paule the kyng when he had endid and done the entering and the exiquies with gret costes and rialtes a bout the sepulture & berieng of quene Philip his wife he held a {per}¦lament at westmynstre in wich {per}lament was axed of the clargie a thre yeres dyme that is for to say a gret dyme to be payed iij. yere during ¶And the clargi put it of & wold not graunte vn to Ester next comīg & than they greūted well that ī iij. yere by c{er}tan termes y^t dyme shuld be payd. &̄ also of the lay fe wos a iij. yeres xv. graūted to the kyng.

¶How sir Robert Knol̄les w^t other c{er}tayn lordis of the rea∣me wēt ou{er} the see in to fraūce· &̄ of ther gou{er}naūce.

ANd in the xlv. yere of kyng Edward in the begynnyng kyng Edward with vn wyse counsell and vn discrete borawed a gret soume of gold of the prelatis lordis marchantis and other rich men of his reame sayng that it shuld be dispendid in defendyng of holy chirche and of his reame. ¶Neuerthe∣latter it profited nought· wherfor about midsomer after he made a gret host of the worthiest men of his reame Amonges whome wer som lordis that is for to say the lord Fitzwater and the lord Graunson & other worthy knyghtis of wich knyghtis the kyng ordeyned sir Robert Knolles a prouede knyght &̄ a well as said in dede of armes for to be gouernour and that thurgh his coūcel and gouernaunce all thyng shuld be gouerned &̄ dressed. ¶And wen thei come ī to fraūce: as long as thei duelled & helde them hole to ged{er} y^e fraūshmen durst not fall vppon theym ¶And at the last about the begynnyng of winter for enuy & coueteys that wos amōg them. And also discorde they sondred & partid them in to diu{er}se companies vn wisely & folely. But sir Robert knolles & his men wente and keped them sauf within an Castell in Bretan ¶And when the frenshmē saw that our mē wer deuidid in to diuerse companies &̄ places not holdīg ne stren¦gthyng them to gedres as them ought for to do. they fell fersly on our men. And for the most partie toke them or slowen them & tho that they myght take led with them prisoners ¶And ī thee same yere pope vrbane come fro rome to Auiniō for ēchesō & cau¦se y^t he shuld accord & make pees bitwen the kīg of fraūce & y^e ki¦ng of Englond for euer more. But alas or he began his tretis he died with sekenesse the ·xxi. day of December & wos beried as for the time ī the cathedrall chirche of Auiniō fast by the high aut{er} ¶And the next yere after whan he had lyne so his bones wer taken out of the erth and beried new in the abbey of sent victorie fast by marcile of the wich abbey he wos sum tyne Abbot him self ¶And ī both places y^t he was beried in ther be mōy gre∣te

miracles done and wrought thurgh the grace of almighty god to mony a mannys help and to the worship of god almyghty. ¶And after whom folewed next and wos made pope Grego∣rie Cardinall Deken that before wos caled Pers Roger ¶In this same yere the cite of Lymoge rebellid and faught a¦yens the prince as othir Cites in Gnyhenne did for gret taxes costages and raunsons that they wer put and set to by prince ed¦ward wich charges weren Inportable and to chargeabull wher for they turned fro him and fellen to the kyng of fraūce. And wh¦an prince edward saw this he wos sore a chafed and greued. & in turnyng homward ayen ī to englond with soro skarmisshes and fighting & gret assautes fought with them & toke the forsaid cite and distroied it almost to the grund and slew all that wer foūd in the cite And than for to say the soth for diu{er}se sikenesse and ma¦ladies that he had &̄ also for defaute of monay y^t he not might w^t stond ne tari on his enmys he hied him ayen in to englond w^t his wife & his menye leuyng behind him in gascoyn the duke of Lan∣castre & sir edmond erle of Cambrigge with othir worthy and orped men of armes ¶In the xlvi. yere of kīg edward at the ordinaunce &̄ sendyng of king edward. the kyng of Naune com to him to Claringdon to tret with hī of c{er}tain thinges touch∣yng his were ī Normandie wher kīg Edward had left certayn seges in his stede till he come ayen. ¶But kyng edward my∣ght not sped of that. that he askid him. And so the kyng of Naun with gret worship & gret yeftes toke his leue & wēt home ayene ¶And about begīnyng of marche when y^e {per}lament at westmī¦stre wos begun the kīg askid of the clargi a subsidie of .l.M. po∣und the wich by a good avisement &̄ bi a gen{er}all {con}uocaciō of thee clargie it wos graūted and ordeyned that it sh̄uld be paied & resed of the lay fee. ¶And ī this {per}lament at the request &̄ askīg of the lordis in hatered of men of holy chirch. the Chanceler &̄ the tre¦sorer y^t wer bisshoppis & the clarke of the priue seale wer remeued

and put out of office and in ther stede wer secular men put in. ¶And while this {per}lament lasted ther come solempne embassa¦tours sent fro the pope to trete with the kīg of pees. & said y^t the pope desired to fulfill his predicessours will. but for all ther com¦yng they sped not of ther purpose.

¶Of the besegyng of Rochell and how the Erle of penbruke and his companie wos ther take in the hauen with Spanyardis & all his shippis brent·

THe ix. day of Iune kyng Edward ī xlvij. yere of his re¦ne held his parlament at wynchestre and it lasted but viiij. days to the parlament wer sompned by writ of men of holy chirche iiij. bisshoppis &̄ iiij abbotes with out any mo ¶This parlament wos holdē for marchantis of london of Norwich. & of other diu{er}se places in diu{er}se thing{is} and pointes of treson that they wer defamed of. that is to say that they wer rebell and wold rise ayens the kyng ¶This same yere the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambrege his brother come out of Goscoyn in to englond & toke and weddid to ther wifes Petres doght{er}s sū tim kīg of spayn Of wich ij. doughtris the duke had the elder and the erle the yonger. ¶And that same time ther wer sent ij. Cardi¦nales fro the pope. That is to say an english cardinall & a cardina¦le of paris to tret of pees bitwen thes ij. reames y^e wich when th¦ey had bene both long eche ī his {pro}uinces &̄ ī his places &̄ cūtres fast bi: tretyng of the forsaid pees. at y^e last they toke w^t them thee lett{er}s of {pro}curacie & went ayen to rome w^t out ony effect of ther purpose. ¶In this yere ther wos a strong bataill on y^e se bitwen englishmē & flemmīg & the englisshme had y^e victori & toke xxv. shippis w^t salt &̄ sleyng & drenchīg all the men y^t wer therin vn wyttyng them that they wer of that cuntre And redely moch harme had fallen bi cause ther of ne had pees & accord y^e son̄ be bitwen thē And ī this same yere the frenshmen besegie y^e toūe of Rochell wherfor the erle of penbroke wos sent ī to gascoyn w^t

a gret companie of men of armes for to distro the sege the wich passed the see and comen sauf to the hauen of Rochell &̄ whan they wer ther at the hauen mouth or that they myght entre. sodenly co∣me vpon them a strong nauy of Spayn the wich tho ou{er}come thee englishmen in moch blemysshyng hurtyng & slayng of mōy peple for as moch as theenglish men wer not than redi for to fight ne warned of them. And in the cūmyng vpō the Spanyardis all y^e english men othir they wer take or slayn & x. of them wer woūdid to the deth &̄ all ther shipis brint. & ther they toke the erle w^t an hu¦ge tresour of the reame of englōd & mōy other noble men also on midsomer eue the wich is sent Edeldredis day &̄ led them with th¦em in to spayn. ¶And of this mischief wos no gret wond{er} for this erle wos a full ill liuer as an open lichour And also in a c{er}¦tayn parlament he stod & was ayens the rightis and fraūches of ho¦ly chirch And also he coūceled the kyng and his councell that hee shuld ax more of men of holy chirch than other {per}sons of the lay fe. ¶And for the kyng & other of his counsell acceppid & toke rather ill opinions & causes ayens men of holy chirch. than he did for to defend &̄ maynten the right of holy chirch. it wos seyn after mony tymes for lake of fortun & grace they had not ne bare away so gret victorie ne pouer ayens ther emnys as they did before. ¶This sam yere the kīg w^t a gret host entred the se to remeue theseege of Rochell: but the wind wos euen contrari vn to him & suffred him not long time to go ferfro the land: wherfor he abode a c{er}tayn tyme vpon the see costes abidyng after a good wynde for them &̄ yit come it not. so at the last he come thens w^t his men to lond ward ayen. & anone as he wos on land the wynd began for to turne & wos in an other cost than he wos afore.

¶How the duke of Lancastre with a gret host went in to fla¦unders & passed by Paris thurgh Burgon &̄ thurgh all fraūce till he come to Burdeux.

SOne after in the xlviij. yere of the regne of kyng edwa¦rd the duke of Lancastre with a gret pouer went in to fla¦unders and passed by Paris thurgh Burgon and thurgh all fraunce till he come vn to burdeux with out ony man{er} withstōdīg of the frensshmen &̄ he did them but litell harme sauf he toke & ran∣soned mony places & toūes & mōy men & let them aft{er} gon frely· ¶The same yere the kyng sent certayn enbassetoure to the pope prayng him that he sh̄uld leue of. and medle not in his court of y^e kepyng & re{ser}uacions of benefices in englond. &̄ that tho y^t wer chosen to bisshoppes sees & dignites frely &̄ w^t ful right might ioy & haue & be confermed to the same of ther metropolitans &̄ erchebi¦shoppis as they wer wont to be of old tyme. ¶of thes poyntes & of othir touchyng the kyng & his reame whan they had ther ansuer of the pope. the pope enioyned them that they shuld c{er}tefi him a¦yen by ther lettir of the kynges will and of his reame or they det{er}∣mined ought of the forsaid articles. ¶In the same yere di∣ed Iohan the Erchebisshop of yorke Iohan̄ bisshop of Ely. willm bissh̄hop of Worcestre In whos stedis folowed & were made bishoppis be auctorite of the pope mastir Alexand{er} Neuyll to the erchebishoprich of york Thomas of Arundell to thee bis∣sh̄oprich of Ely. & sir Henri wakseld to the bisshop of worcestre ¶In the wich tym it wos ordeyned in the {per}lamēt that all ca¦thedrall churches shuld ioy & haue ther eleccions hole &̄ that the kīg fro y^t tym aft{er}ward shuld not write ayens them that wer chosē bot rather help thē by his lett{er} to ther {con}firmaciō. & this statuti did moch {pro}fit ¶And ī this {per}lamēt wos grātid to y^e kīg a dyme of y^e clergi &̄ a xv. of lay fe. In the xlix yere of the kīg edward died mast{er} willm witlesey erchbishoo of cantorberi & the mōkes of the same church askid &̄ desierid a Cardinale of englōd to be er∣chebishop And therfor the kyng wos agreuid &̄ had mēt & purpo∣sed to haue exilid the monkis of the same house And they spēdid moch good or they myght haue the kyng{is} graci ayen and his loue

but yit wold the kyng not consent ne graunte to ther eleccion of the Cardinall ne of the pope also ne his Cardinales. ¶And at the begynnyng of August it wos tretid &̄ spoken at burges of certayn pointes and articles hanging bitwene the pope & the kīg of englond and this tretis lasted almost ij. yere ¶At the last it wos accordid bitwen them that the pope fro that time forth sh∣uld not vse ne dele with the reseruacions of benefices in englond and that the kyng sh̄uld not graunte ne let no benefices bi hys write that is called Quare impidit. But as toching the eletcion aboue said ther wos no thyng touched ne do. ¶And that was wyted and put vpon certayn clerkis the wich rather supposid and hoped to be avaunced & promotid to bisshoppriches wich they desi¦red &̄ couetid bi the court of rome rather than by any other elecci¦ons ¶This same yere about candelmasse ther met to ged{er} at Bruges mony nobull & worthy men of both sides and reames to trete of pees bitwen tho ij. kynges ¶And this tretis lasted ij. yere with gret costes & huge expensis of both {per}ties And at y^e last they went and de{per}ted thens with out ony accord or effect. the next yere aft{er} the .l. yere of kyng Edward iiij. Non̄ of May be∣yng yit void and vacand the Erchebisshoprich of cantorburi ma¦ster Symond sudberi bisshop of london wos made Erchebisshop & master willm Courtney that was bisshop of Herford was than made bissh̄op of london and the bisshap of Bangore wos made bisshop of Herford. ¶And this same tyme in a certayn tretis and spekyng of pees trews wos taken bitwen them of fraunce & englond fro midsomer to midsomer come ayen all an hole yere. and about the begynnyg of Aprill the duke of Bretan with mony erles barons and other worthi lordis & men of englond went ou{er} se in to Bretan wher he hath had all his lust desire and purpose ne had the forsaid trwys be so sone take y^e wich lettid them moch. this same tyme the Ile of Constantine wher that the castell of sent Saueour is in: that long tyme was fought at: and beseged of

the frenshmen wos than yoldē to the frenshmē with all the appo∣tenaunces in to gret harme and hindring of the reame of englo¦nd. ¶And this same yere ther wer so gret and so passing he∣tes and ther with all a gret pestilence in englond and ī other diu{er}¦se parties of the world that it distruyd and slew violently and strongly both men and women with outnombur ¶This som yere died sir edward the lord spenser a worthy knyght and a bol¦de And in the mynster of Teukesburi worsshipfully is beried And lastyng this pestilence y^e pope at the instance & prayer of a english Cardinall graunted to all pepull that died in englond that wer sori & repentant for ther sinnys and also sh̄riuen full re¦mission bi .ij. bulles vnder lede .vi. monethis than next to last ¶In this same yere the erle of penbroke was take and ranso∣••ed bi Bartram Clekyn bitwen Paris and Calais as he come toward englond vpon sent Etheldredis day the wich sent as it wos said the erle often tymes had offendid. & w^t ī a litell while aft{er} he died. ¶And in Nouember next after ther met at bur∣ges the duke of Lancastre & the duke of Angoy w^t mony other lordis & p̄lates of both reames for to tret of pees.

¶Of the deth of prince Edward and of the lord Latimer & da¦••e Alice peres thurgh whom & hir maītenau••es the reame mōy aday wos misgou{er}ned.

NOt long after the .li. yere of kyng Edwardis regne hee let ordeyne &̄ hold at westmīstre the gretest {per}lamēt y^t was seyn mony ayere afrre. ¶In the wich {per}lament he axed of the comynalte of the reame as he had done be fore a gret subsidi to be gr••ūted to him for defendyng of him &̄ of his reame but the com¦munes ansuerd that they wer so oft day bi day greued and char¦ged with so mony talages & subsidies that they might no longer suffer no such burthous & charges. and that they knew & wist wel ynough that the kyng had ynough for sauīg of hī & of his reame if the reame wer well &̄ trewly gou{er}ned. but that it had be so lōg

euell gou{er}ned bi euell officers· that the reame myght nother ben plenteous of chaffre &̄ marchandise ne also with riches. And in thes thinges they proferd them self. if the kyng wold certanly to preue and stand bi. ¶And if it wer founden & priued aft{er}wa¦rd that the kyng had nede. they wold gladly eu{er}y man after hys pouer and state him help and len. ¶And after this wer pub∣lisshid & shewed in the {per}lament mony playntes and defautis of diu{er}se officers of the reame and namly af the lord Latimer thee kynges chambrelayn both to the kyng and eke to the reame. ¶And also at the last ther wos spoken and treted of Dame Alice Pers for the gret wronges and euell gou{er}naūce that was done by hir coūcell in the reame. the wich dame Alice Pers that the kyng had holdin mony day &̄ long tyme to his lemā. wherfor it wos the las wondir though thurgh the frealte of the wamanys exciting and hir steryng he consentid to hir leudenesse and euell coūcell the wich dame Alice &̄ also the lord latimer & othir suche that meued the kyng to euell gou{er}naunce ayens his profet & y^e re¦ames also all the comynalte axed & desirid that they shold be me∣ued & put away & in ther stedis wise men & worthy that wer tre¦we &̄ well assayed & proued & of good gou{er}naunce shuld be put in ther stedis. ¶So among all other ther wos on amōg the com¦munes that wos a wyse knyght and a trew & an eloquent man whos name wos Pers delamare ¶And this same pers was chosen to be speker for the comunes in the {per}lament ¶And forth is same pers told & publesshed the trouth &̄ rehersed the wronges a¦yens the forsaid Dame Alice & other c{er}tan {per}sons &̄ the kynges councell as he was bod by the comuns And also trustyng moch for to be supportid & mayntened in this mater by help and &̄ fauor of the prince: anone as the prince wos deid at the instance and re¦quest of the forsaid dame Alice. This Pers delamare wos Iu¦ged to {per}petuall prison in the castell of Notyngham in the wich he wos ij yere &̄ in the vi. Kal̄. of Iule lastyng that same {per}lament

died prince Edward kyng edwardis frist son that is to say in tri¦nite sonday in the worsship of wich fest he wos wont euery yere wher that euer he wer in the world to hold and make the most solē¦pnite that he myght ¶Whos name & fortune of knyghthood but if it had be of an other Ector al men both cristen and hethen while that he leued & wos in good point wondred moch &̄ drad him wonder sore whos body is worsshipfully buried in Crichirche at Cantorburi ¶And ī this same yere the mē &̄ the erles tenaū¦tes of werwik arise maliciously ayens the abbot & couēt of Eu¦esham &̄ ther tenaūtis & distroid fersly the abbot &̄ the toūe and woūdid & bet ther men and slew of them mōy. &̄ wēt to thir man{er} places & did moch harme & breken doūe thir {per}kis &̄ ther closes &̄ breken & slew ther wild bestes & chasid them: brekyng ther fishe po¦ndis hedes & let the wat{er} of thir pondis stewes & riu{er}s renne out & token the fish & bere it with them And did them all the sorow y^t they myght In so ferforth y^t forsoth they had distroid {per}petually y^t abbey w^t all ther mēbres & apportenaūs but if the kīg the son had holpen it & take hede ther to. ¶And therfore the kyng sent his letters to the erle of warwik chargyng him & cōmaūdīg him y^t he shuld stynt redresse & amend tho euell doers &̄ bakers of his pees. ¶And so by menys of lordis & other frendis of both si∣des pes & good accord & loue was made bitwen them ¶And for this hurling as it wos said the kyng wold not be gou{er}ned at that tyme by his lordis y^t ther wer in the {per}lamēt but he toke & made his son the duke of lancastre his gouernour of the reame the wich stode so still as gou{er}nour till the tyme that he died. ¶The same yere anōe aft{er} Candilmasse or the {per}lamēt wos done y^e kyng asked a subsidie of the clargie &̄ of the lay fe: & it wos graūted hī y^t is to say y^t he shuld haue of eu{er}y {per}son of the la¦fee. both man &̄ womā y^t passed xiiij. yere of age iiij. pens out take poer beggers y^t wer knowen openly for nedy poer beggers. And that he sh̄uld haue of eu{er}y man of holy chirch y^t wos benefi∣ced

or {pro}moted xij. pens. & of all other that wer not {pro}moted iiij. pens out take the iiij. orders of the freris beggers. ¶Thi•• sa∣me yere aft{er} mihelmasse Richard prince edwardis son wos made prince of wales to whom the kīg yaf also the duchie of Cornwal w^t y^e erledō of Chestre. &̄ about this time the cardinall of englō¦de the iiij. day befor marie magdelene day aft{er} met sodenly wos sm¦yten w^t a palasie & lost his speche & on marie magdelene dai died

¶Of the deth of kyng edward & how sir Iohn̄ Monsterwarth knyght wos drawen & honged for his falsenesse.

RYght anone after in the lij. yere of kyng Edward in the begynnyng of october Pope Gregarie the xi. brought & remeued his court with him from Auinion to rome. ¶And the xij. day of Aprill Iohan Monsterworth knyght at london was draw &̄ honged & than quartired & sent to iiij chief toūes of englond and his hede smyten of & set vpon london brigge. for this same Iohn̄ wos full vn trew to the kyng & to the reame &̄ couetous & vnstabull. for he toke oft tymes gret soumes of mo∣nay of the kyng & his councell for men of armes wagis that hee sh̄uld haue paid them. & toke it to his own vse. & he dred that at the last he shold be shent & acused for the same cause &̄ fled priuely to the kyng of fraunce &̄ wos suore to him &̄ bicome his man &̄ behight him a gret nauy out of spayn in to confusion & distroyng of englōd. ¶But rightfull god to whom no priuite is vnkn¦owne suffrid him frist to be shend &̄ spilt or that he so tratoursly & falsly his lige lord the kyng of englong &̄ his pepull in his ream in the wich ground the same Iohan wos bore wykkedly thurgh bataill destroie or bring his cursed purpose about ¶In y^e fest of sent George tho next after kyng Edward yaf to Richard of Burdeux his heir that wos prince edwardis son. at wyndesor the ordir of knyghthod & made him knyght the wich kyng edward whan he had regned li. yere and more the xi. Kal̄. of Iune he died at Shene and is buried worshipfulli at westmynstre on whois

soule god haue merci amen. ¶This kyng edward was forso∣the of a passing goodnesse & full grecious among all the worthy men of the world for he passid & shone by vertu of grace yef to him fro god a boue all his predicessours that wer nobull men & wor∣thy. & he wos a well herted mā & a hardy. for he drad neu{er} no mis¦h••ppis ne harmes ne euell fortun that might fall a nobull weri our and a fortunat. for both on land & se & in all batailles and assembles w^t a passing glorie & ioye he had the victorie. he was meke & benyngne homeli sobre & soft to all maner of men as well to strāgers os to his own subgectis &̄ to od{er} y^t wer vnd{er} his gou{er}¦naūce ¶He wos deuout & holy both to god &̄ holy chirch. for he worshipped holpe &̄ mayntened holy chirche &̄ ther mynist{er}res w^t all man{er} reu{er}aunce he wos tretabull & well auised in tem{per}all and wordly nedes wise ī coūcell & discret & meke to speke w^t. ī his de¦dis &̄ man{er}s gētill & wel taught hauīg pitte of them y^t wer ī disese plentious in yeueng of benefaites & almose: bisi &̄ curious ī byld¦dyng &̄ lighili he bere & suffred wrōges &̄ harmis & whē he was yeue to any ocupaciō he left all od{er} thīg for the tyme & tent ther to semly of body & a meyn stature hauīg all way to high & to lawe a good chere ¶And ther sprong & shone so moch grace of hī y^t what man{er} man had behold his face or had dremed of hī: he hoped y^t day y^t all thīg sh̄uld hap to hī ioyfull & likīg. ¶And he go¦uned his kyngdō gloriously vn to his age he was large ī yeuēg & wise ī spēces he was fulfilled w^t all honeste of good man{er}s &̄ ver¦tues. vnd{er} whō to liue it wos as for to regne wherfor his fame & his loos sprong so fer y^t it come ī to hethennesse & barborie shewīg &̄ telling his worthenes &̄ manhod ī all landis & y^t no land vnd{er} heuen had brought forth so nobull a kīg so gentill & so blessid. or myght rase such an other whan he wos dede: ¶Neu{er} the latt{er} le∣chorie and meuyng of his flesh haunted him in his age. wherfor the rather as it is to suppose for vnmesurable fulfillīg of his lust his lyfe shorted the sonn. ¶And here of take good hede lyke as

his dedis berith witnesse· for as in his begynnyng all thīges we¦re ioyfull and likyng to hī &̄ to all pepull. ¶And ī his midde age he passid all pepull in high Ioye worship and blissednesse. ri¦ght so when he drew in to age drawyng doūward thurgh lechori & othir sinnes litell and litell all tho ioyfull and blissid thyng{is} and {pro}sparite decreced and mishappid &̄ infortunat thyng{is} &̄ vn¦{pro}fitable harmes with mony euels began for to spring & the more harme is it continued long time after.

CLemens the sext wos pope aft{er} Bendict x. yere. this mā in name & dede was vertuus & mony thyng{is} y^t benedict was rigus ī. he made ese. & c{er}tan that he depriuyt he restorid. and the rigusnesse of the faith of Benedict was laudabull. But mo¦ch more laudabull wos the mekenesse of Clement. ¶This man wos a nobull prechour. and mony sermones he geddrid. & he let no man paasse from him bot he yaf him good councell. And decessid a blissid man. Karolus the iiij. wos Emprour aft{er} Lo¦dewik xxxi. yere This man wos the kyng of Beeme. a wise man & a myghty. And this man wos chosin Emprour by the cō¦maundement of Clemens: Lodewik beyng on liue in his cōtema¦cy. & be cause he asked mekely the popes blissing &̄ to be crouned of him. as ather good kynges did. Therfor he wos proteckid of god and preualed ouer all his enmys. And mony fau{er}abull law¦es he made to spirituall men the wich yit er called Karolma. at the last he decessid a rich man ī vertu and goodis. Innocen∣cius the sext wos pope after Clement x. yere And he wos a gret louer of religious men and he founded a monastery in fraūce of the ordir of Cartusiens and was a gret canonyst. Vrbanus the v. wos pape after Innocent This man was abbot of Misso¦lens of the ordir of sent Benet. a doctur and is take for a seint. He made the crosse to be prechit ayens the turkis. And he made a pasage to the Turkis· And to him sent Brygit wos sente

from crist for the confirmacion of ther rule. And then he wos poysenned and decessid. Gregorie the xi wos pope after hī viij: yere This Gregorie did litell. And aft{er} hī foloyd the tribulaciō the wich our lord shewed to sent Brigit for the sinne of the clar¦gie. Venselans son to Karolus a forsaid was Emprour xiiij. yere. And he wos a child and was chosen when his fadre wos on liue: but he toke no kepe of the empire and when he wos warned mony tymes to take heid vn to it and wold not. he was deposed For he yaf all his delite and lust vn to lecherie. & the end wos w^t out honour for he went gretly from the maners and the vertuus of his nobull fadre And he wos crouned with the impariall dyo∣deme and the wisdom of his father passed in to Sygmunde his brother as after shall apeyr.

Vrbanus was pope after Gregarie vi. yere. This vrbane wos chosen in the cite of Rome by the strength of the Romans. but the Cardinalles did that for dred. and not willengly. wher fore they fled vn to the Cite of Fundorum. And they saied that he was not Pope. And chose in his place sir Robert of Geben∣nys the same yere the wich was called Clement the vij. Nota ¶And here began the xxij. striffe in the chirch And it was more wors then euer wos ony other before. for it was so sotell that the wisest men that wer and the best conciencied culd not discerne with whom it wos best to say and hold. ¶And this striffe du¦rit xl. yere with a gret sclaunder vnto all the clargie and gret pa¦rell vn to men sowles for herisees and other yll thynges thee wich wer brought in then. In so moch that ther wos no doctri∣ne in the chirch for misdoyng· And ther for from this vrbane the vij: vn to Martine I know not who was pope ¶The fest of the visitacion of our lady was ordeyned by vrbane the sext. after the forme of the Sacrament of the auter for a pees and a vnite for to be had among them thurgh the merites of oure blissid lady. Bonefacius the ix. was pope after vrbane xv. yere This bone∣face

was chosen at Rome in the stede of vrbane. and the striffe continued for Benedictus was chosen in Auinion in the place of Clement and wos called petrue deluna. and he durid to the cō¦cell of Constantineys. and then he wold not abey bot eu{er} abode obstenat. And at the last he decessid in the kyngdō of Aragon. And he comanded his cardinailes to chefe an othir pope the wich they did anone. and set vp an Ydoll and named him Clement bot they {pro}fettid not.

Circa annū domini .M.ccc. &̄ lxxx.

¶And aft{er} kyng Edward the iij. that wos borne in wyndeso¦re regned Richard of burdeux that wos prince Edwardis sone of wales wich prince edward was kīg edward sone.

ANd after the good kīg Edward the thrid that wos born at wyndesore regned Richard the secund that wos the go¦od sir Edwardis sone prince of wales wich kyng Richard was borne in the cite of burdeux in gascoyn and wos crouned at west¦mynstre in the xi. yere of his age▪ ¶And in the second yere of his regne for debate that wos betwen the lord latimer & sir rau¦fe Feriers knyght that weren ayens Hawell & shakell squiers for the prisoner that was take in spayn bi thes ij. squiers and the wich the lord Latimer & sir raufe Feriers wold haue had. the wi¦ch prisoner was the erle of dene y^t thay toke in the bataill of Spa¦yne wherfor thes ij. lordis come in to the chirch at westmynstre and fond this one squier hering his masse beside sent Edwardis shrine and ther they slew him the wich was called hawell. And Shakell was arestid & put in the tour of londō And ther he was long time for he wold not deliuer the Erle of Dene his prisoner vn to thes ij. lordis bi sir Aleyn Buxhill constable of the tour and by sir rauf ferriers on of his adu{er}sariers till the kyng graūtid him grace. In the iij. yere of kyng richard com the galayes of fra¦unce

in to englond vn to diu{er}se portes & brent and robbed &̄ slew moch pepull of englond that is to say at wynchelserie and has¦tyng Portesmouth Hamton stormore and grauesend. and did moch harme and went home ayene· ¶And in this same yere was a parlament holdē at westmynstre And at that same {per}la∣ment wos ordeyned that eu{er}y man woman and child that wer at the age of xiiij yere and a boue thurgh out all the reame poer folk & other shuld pay to the talage iiij: pens. Wherfor come &̄ befell afterward gret mischief and moch disese to all the comynalte of the reame ¶And in the iiij. yere of kyng Rechardis regne y^e comunes arisen vp in diu{er}se {per}ties of the reame & did moch harme the wich they called the builing tyme. ¶And they of kent &̄ of estsex made them ij. chiuetayns to rule & gou{er}ne the compani of kēt & of estsex That on wos called Iak straw & y^t od{er} wat tyler. and they come & assembled them vpō the blak heth ī kent And on the Corpus xp̄i day & after they come doune ī southward &̄ breken vp the prison hous. that is to say the kynges benche &̄ the marchalsie &̄ deliuered out all the prisoners ¶And so the same day they com in to londō & ther they robbed the pepull & slew all aliens y^t they myght find in the cite & about the cite &̄ dispoiled all ther goodis and made hauoke. ¶And on the fryday nex aft{er} y^t was on the morne. &̄ they come than to the tour of londō &̄ the kyng beyng ther ī they fet out of y^e tour the Erchebisshop of Cātorberi sir ed¦mond sudbery & sir Robert halys hospitiler priour & master of sent Iohanes house. and a white frere that was confessour vn to ky¦ng Richard &̄ brought them to the tour &̄ they smyten of the•• hedis and come ayen to londō and slew moch pepull of the Cite. ¶And than they wēt vn to the dukes place of lancastre beyō¦de sent mari strond y^t wos called the sauoy. &̄ ther they deuourid &̄ destroied all the goodis that they might find ther &̄ bare them a wa and brent vp the places ¶And than aft{er} they went to sent io¦hanes with out smythfeld & destroied the goodis ther &̄ brent vp

that hous▪ and went to westmynster and seint Martins graunte and made them gone out of the sent were all that wer with in for any maner of gyrth: ¶And than come vn to the tempull & to all other yns of men of law and dispoiled them & robbed them of ther goodis & also tore ther bokis of law. & than they come to lon¦don & brake vp the prison of new gate and drofe out all the priso¦ners felons & other. and of both countours and all the pepull y^t were with in them and distroied all the bokis of the countres. ¶And thus they continued both satirday & sonday vn to the mōday next aft{er} in all ther malace &̄ wikkidnesse. ¶And th¦an on mōday kīg Richard with his lordis y^t wer with hī y^t tym and with the maire of london willm walworth that wos that ty∣me: come with the aldermen and the comunes of the cite and comen in to southwarke to here and to know the entencion of thes rebeles and misgouerned pepull. And this Iak straw than made an¦noye ī the feld that all the pepull of accord shuld cum nere &̄ here his clamours and his crie and his wyll. ¶And the lordis & the maire and the aldermen with the comynalte hauyng indigna¦cion of his couetize and falsenes and his foull presumcion And anone willm walworth that tyme beyng maire drew out his kni¦fe and slew Iak straw. And anone right ther did smyte of his hede and set it vpon a spere sh̄aft &̄ so it wos bore thurgh london & set an high vpō londō brigge. ¶Anon thes risers & mis¦gou{er}ned mē wer void & clene vanisshed as it had nought be they. And than the king of his gret goodnesse & by prayer of his lords made ther vi: knightis of good & worthy men of the Cite of londō That is to say willm walworth that at that tyme wos maire & slew Iak strawe. And the secund was Nicholas brembre &̄ the iij. Iohn̄ Philipot & the iiij. Nicholas twif••••d & the v: Robert la¦ūdes the vi: Robert gaytō. And thā the kīg w^t his lordis & his knyghtis retourned ayen to the toure of londō &̄ ther he restid hī till this pepull wer better seced & set in rest and pees And than

by {pro}cesse of tyme as they myght get and toke thes rebelles &̄ ri∣sers they hong them vpō the next galois ī eu{er}y lordship thurgh¦out the reame of englond by xl. &̄ bi xxx. bi x. & by xij. euer as they myght be geten &̄ taken ī ony {per}ties ¶And in the v. yere of kīg Richardis regne wos the gret erth quake & was gen{er}all thurgh out the world the wedenesday aft{er} witsonday ī the yere of our lord a .M.ccc.lxxxxi. Wherfor all man{er} pepull wer sore a gast &̄ dredfull lōg tyme for dred of vēgeaūs y^t our lord sh̄ewid and did. ¶And in the vi. yere of kyng Richard sir Henri sp¦en{ser} bisshop of Norwich went with a Croiserie ouer the see in to the cuntre of Flaunders and ther they gat the toune of Graue∣nyng and the toune of broburgh Dunkerk & Newport and ther thei laded and fraughtid li. shippis with pelage for to haue comē in to englond with thes shyppes and goodis. ¶And the bis∣shop of Norwich and his coūcell let brenne thes shippis with all the pelage in the same hauen all in to hard asshes and at Dunker¦ke wos done a gret bataill bitwen the Flemmynges and the En¦glishhmen And at that bataill wer slayn a gret multitude of th¦es Flemmynges & an huge nombure ¶And than went thee bisshop with his retenew to Ypers and beseged it a long tyme but it myght not be geten. And so lefte that sege and comen a¦yen in to Englond For our englishmen wer fowly destroyed and mony died on the flix. ¶And in this same yere come the Quene Anne in to englond for to be spoused to kyng Richard And hir fadre wos Emprour of Almayne And kyng of Be∣me ¶And with hir come the Duke of Tassi hir vncle and mony other worthy lordis and knyghtis of hir cūtre of beme and of other duche tonges to do hir reuerraūce & worship And sir Sy¦mond beuerle a worthy knyght of the garter & other knyghtis & squyers that wer the kynges embassetours brought hir ī to engl¦ond & so forth to londō And the pele of y^e cite y^t is to sey the mare & the aldermen and all the comunes riden ayens hir to welcū hir

and eu{er}y man in good aray and eu{er}y craft with his mynstral see in the best maner mette with hir on the blake heth in Kent and so brought hir vn to London thurgh the cite and so forth vn to west mynster vn to the kynges palais. And ther she was spoused vn to kyng Richard well and worthely in the abbey of westmynstre & ther she wos crouned quene of englond▪ And all hir frendis that come with hir. had gret yeftes and weren well cherid and refresh¦ed as long tyme as they byden ther. ¶And in this same yere ther was a bataill done in the kynges palays at westmynster for certayn pointes of treson bitwen sir Iohan Ansley knyght defen¦dant. And Carton squier the appellaunt. But this sir Iohn̄ of Ansley ouer come this Carton. and made him to yeld him withī the lystes. ¶And anone wos this Carton dispoiled of hys harnes and draw out of the listes and so forth to Tyburne &̄ ther he wos honged for his falsenese ¶And ī the viij. yer of y^e reg¦ne of kyng Richard. sir Edmond of Langley Erle of Cambri∣ge the kynges vncle went in to portyngal̄e with a fair m••ny of men of armes and archiers in strengthing and helpyng of thee kyng of Portingale ayens the kyng of Spayn and his pouer. & ther the kyng of portingale had the vyctorie of his enmys thurghe help and comforth of our englisshmen· ¶And whan that ior¦ney wos done the erle of Cambrigge come home ayen with hys pepull in to englond in hast blissid be god and his blissid yeft amē ¶And this same yere kyng Richa••d held his Cristemasse in the maner of Eltham ¶And the same tyme the kyng of Er∣moyne fled out of his own land and come in to englond for to haue help an socour of our kyng ayens his enmys that had driuē him out of his own reame. And so he wos brought vn to the ky¦ng to Eltham ther as the kyng held his riall fest of Cristemase ¶And ther our kyng welcomed him and did him moch reue∣rence and worsship and commaundid all his lordis to make him all the chere that they coud. And than he besought the kyng of

grace and of help and of his comforth in his nede ¶And that he myght be brought ayen to his kyngdom and land. For the Turkes had deuoured and destroid moch parte of his land. and for drede how he fled and come hidder for socour and helppe· ¶And then the kyng hauyng on hī pitte and cōpassiō of his gret mischief and greuous disese anone he toke his councell and asked what wos best to done ¶And they ansuerd and said yif it liked him to yef him ony good it wer well done. And as tou¦chyng his pepull for to trauell so fer ī to out landes it wer a gre¦te iu{per}die And so the kyng yaf him gold & siluer and mony riche yeftes and iewelles and betaught him to god. And so he passed ayen out of Englond ¶And in this same yere kyng Rich¦ard with a riall pouer went in to scotland for to were vpon the scottis for the falsenesse and destruccion that the scottis had done vn to englishmen in the marches And than the scottis come doūe vn to the kyng for to tret with him &̄ with his lordis for trews as for certayn yeres. ¶And so our kyng &̄ his coūcell graūt them trews c{er}tayn yeres to ther askyng. & our kīg turned him ayen in to englond And when he wos cumyn vn to yorke ther he a bode and rested him ther ¶And ther sir Iohn̄ Holand the er¦le of kentis brother slew the erle sone of Stafford &̄ his heir w^t a daggar in the cite of Yorke werfor the kyng wos sore anoyed & greued and remeued thens &̄ com to londō ¶And y^e mai¦re with y^e ald{er}men & y^e cōmyns with all the solempnite y^t might be done riden ayens y^e kīg and brought him rialli thurgh the cite and so forth vn to westmīster vn to his own palais: ¶And ī the ix. yere of kyng Richardis regne he held a {per}lament at west¦mynster & ther he made ij. dukes & a marqueyes and v· Erles. ¶The fyrst that was made duke was the kynges vncle sir Edmond of lāglee erle of Cambrigge & hī he made duke of york ¶And his other vncle sir Thamas of wodstoke that was er¦le of Bukkyngham him he made duke of gloucestre & sir Lyon

ue•• y^t was erle of Oxford him he made markeys of Dyuelyne. ¶And Henri of Balynbroke the duke son of Lancastre hī he made erle of Derby. ¶And sir Edward the dukes son of yorke him he made erle of Ruttelond sir Iohn̄ Holand that was the erle of kentis brother him he made erle of Hontingdon. ¶And sir Thomas Mombray erle of Notingham and erle Marshall of Englond. And sir Michell de la pole knyght him he made erle of Southfolke & Chancelar of Englōd ¶And the erle of the march at that same parlament holden at westmyn∣stre in playn parlament amongis all the lordis and communes was proclamed erle of the march and heir Parent to the croune of englond after kyng Richard the wich erle of the march wēt ou{er} see in to Irland vn to his lordshippis and landis. For thee erle of marche is erl̄e of vlster ī Irland &̄ bi rightline & heritage ¶And ther at the castell of his he lay y^t tym. & thir come vpō hym a gret multitude in busshementis of wild Irishmen hī for to take and destroy And he com out fersly of his castill w^t his pe¦pull & māli faught w^t them. &̄ ther he was take & he wall to peces & ther he died on whos soule god haue merci. ¶And ī the .x. yere of kyng Richardis regne. the erle of Arundell went to y^e se w^t a gret nauy of shippis enarmid w^t men of armis. & good ar∣chiers And whan they com ī thee brod see they met with thee hole ••lete that com with wyn lade from Rochill y^e wich wyne were enmys goodis. And ther our nauy set vpon them and toke thē all and brought them vn to diu{er}se portes &̄ hauens of Englond &̄ sum to london. and ther ye myght haue had a ton of Rochill wyne of y^e best for xx. shillyng sterling and so we had gret chep wyne ī Englōd y^t tym thankid be god almyghty.

¶How y^e v. lordis arisen at Rattecot brigge

ANd in thee regne of kīg Richard thee xi. yere thee v. lor¦dis arisen at Rattecot bruggee in thee distrucion of rebel¦les that weren y^t tym ī all thee ream. ¶The frist of v. lordis

was sir Thomas of wodstoke the kynges vncle. & duke of glo¦cestre. & the secund wos sir Richard erle of Arundell. &̄ the .iij. wos sir Richard erle of werwik. the iiij. wos sir Henri bolinbro¦ke erle of Derby. the v. was sir Thomas Mombray erle of No¦tingham. ¶And thes v. lordie saw the myschef &̄ mysgouer¦naunce & y^e falsenesse of the kyng{is} coūcell. wherfor they that wer that tyme chief of the kynges coūcell fled out of this land ou{er} the see that is to say sir Alisander Neuell the erchebisshop of yorke & sir Robert leweermarkis of deuelyn & erle of Oxford. and sir mychell de la Pobe erle of Southfolke & chancellr of Englond And thes iij. lordis went ou{er} see· and come neuer ayen for ther they died. ¶And than thes v. lordis aboue said made a {per}∣lament at westmynster And ther they toke sir Robert Tresi∣liam the Iustice and ser Nicholl Brembre knyght and citesen of london and sir Iohan Salusburi a knyght of the kynges housold and vske sergeaunt of armes and mony moo of othir pepull wer taken and Iuged vn to the deth by the councell of thes v. lordis in ther parlament at westmynster for the treson that th¦ey put vpon them to be drawen from the toure of London thurgh out the Cite and so forth vn to Tyburne and ther they shuld be honged and ther throtis to be cut and thus they wer serued & died. ¶And after that in this same parlament at westmyn¦stre wos sir Symond Beule that was a knyght of the garter & sir Iohan beauchamp knyght that wos stiward of the kyng{is} hou¦sold. and sir Iames Berners wer foriugged vn to the deth and than they wer led on fote to the toure hill and ther wer ther hedes smyten of and mony other moo. by thes v· lordis ¶In this sa¦me parlament and in the xij. yere of kyng Richardis regne he let cri & ordeyn a gen{er}all Iustis that is called a turnement of lords knyghtis &̄ squiers And this Iustis and turnement war holdē at london in smythfeld of all man{er} of strangers of what land or cuntre that euer they wer and thidder they wer right wolcum and

to them and to all other wos holden vpen housold And gret fes∣tes and also gret yeftes ther yefen to all man{er} of straungers. ¶And of the kynges side wer all of sute ther cotes ther armur sheldis hors trappure And all wos white hertis w^t crounes abou¦te ther neckis and chaynes of gold hangyng ther vpon &̄ y^e croune hangyng law before the hertis body the wich hert wos the kyng{is} le¦ueray that he yaf to lordis &̄ ladies knyghtis & squiers for to kn¦ow his howseold from othir pepull ¶And in this fest comyng to ther Iustis xxiiij. ladies led thes xxiiij. lordis of the garther with chynes of gold and all the same sutes of hertes as is before said from the toure on horsbake thurgh the cite of london in to sm¦ythfeld ther that the Iustis shuld be holden. ¶And this fest &̄ iustis wos hold gen{er}all for all tho that wold cum thed{er} of what land or nacion that eu{er} th••y wer. ¶And this was hold during xxiiij dais of the kyng{is} cost: And thes xxiiij. lordis to ansuer all maner pepull that wold cum thid{er}▪ ¶And thied{er} come thee erle of sent Paul of fraūce and mony othir worthy knyghtis w^t him of diu{er}se parties full well arayed: and out of Holand &̄ He∣naud come the lord Ost reuaunt that wos the dukes son of holād and mony othir worthy knyghtis with hī of Holand & full wel araied ¶And when this fest & iustīg was endid the kīg thākid thes strangers & yaf them mony rich yeftes ¶And than they token ther leue of the kyng &̄ of othir lordis &̄ ladies & wenten home ayen in to ther own cuntres with gret loue and moch than¦ke. ¶And in the xiij. yere of kyng Richardis regne ther was a bataill done in the kynges palais at westmīstre bitwen a squy∣er of Nauerne that wos with the kyng Richard. and an othir squier that wos called Iohn̄ walsh for pointee of treson that th¦is Naune put vpon this walshman. but this naune wos ouer comen & yeld him creaunt to his adusarie. ¶And anone he wos despoled of his armur & draw out of the Palays to tiburne &̄ ther wos hanged for his falsenesse ¶And the xiiij. yere of

kyng Richardis regne sir Iohn̄ of Gaunte duke of Lanc••stre went ou{er} the see in to Spayn for to chalenge his right that he had bi his wifes titell vn to the croun of Spayn with a gret host of pepull of men of armes and archiers: ¶And he had with him the Duchisse his wife and his iij· doughters ou{er} see in to Spayn And ther they wer a gret while. & at the last the kyng of Spayn began for to tret with the duke of Lancastre & they wer accerded to ged{er} thurgh ther both councell in this man{er} that the kīg of spaī shuld wedde the dukis doughter of lancastre that was the right heir of spayn and he sh̄uld yef vn to the Duke of lancastre gold and selu{er} that wer cast in to gret wegges &̄ mōy other iewelles as mony as viij. charietes myght carie ¶And eu{er}y yere after during the life of the duke of Lancastre & of the duch••s his wyf x.M. marke of gold Of wich gold the auenture & charges they of spayn shuld au••̄ture & bring yerly vn to Bayon to the dukis assignes by surite made: ¶And also the duke maried an od{er} of his doughters vn to the kyng of Portingale the same tyme. And whan he had done thus he come home ayen in to englond & the good lady his wyfe also. but mony a worthy man vpon the flix died. ¶And in the xv. yere of kyng Richardis regne hee held his cristēmase ī the man{er} of wodstoke. & the erle of Pen¦broke a yong lord & tendre of age wold lerne to Iust with a kn¦yght that was called sir Iohn̄ sent Iohn̄ & riden to gedre in the parke of wodstoke And ther this worthi erle of penbroke was sl¦ayn with that othir knyghtis spere as he kest it from him whan they had coupled. and thus this good erle made ther his end and ther for the kyng &̄ the quene made moch sorow for his dethe ¶And in the xvi. yere of kyng Richardis regne Iohn̄ hende beyng that tyme maire of london & Iohan walworth & Henri ••anner beyng shereues of london that same time a bakers man bare a basket of horsbred in to fletstret toward on hostre & ther co¦me a yong man of the bisshoppis of Salisberi that wos called ro∣mayn

and he toke an hors lofe out of the baskit of the bakers. &̄ he askid him why he did so. and this romayn turned ayen & brak the bakerhede. And neghbours come out and wold haue a rested this romayn & he brake from them & fled to the lordis place & the {con}stabull wold haue had him out but the bisshoppis men shet fast the yates & keped the place that no man might entre And than moch more pepull gadred thidder and said that they wold haue hī out or elles they wold brenne vp the place and all that wer therī ¶And than come the maire and sheriues with other moch pe∣pull & cessed the malice of the comunes &̄ made eu{er}y man to go hom to ther houses & kepe the pees: ¶And this romayns lord ther bisshop of Salisburi master Iohan waltham y^t at that tyme wos tresorer of englond went to sir Thomas Arundell erchebis¦shop of yorke & chanceler of englōd &̄ ther the bishop made his cō¦plaint vn to the chanceler vpō y^e pepull of the cite of london. ¶And than thes ij. bisshoppis of gret malace & vēgeaūce cō vn to the kyng to wyndesore &̄ made a gret complaīte vpō the ma¦ire &̄ sheriues And anon all the cite aft{er}ward wer before the kīg & his coūcell. &̄ they cast vn to the cite a greuous hert and wond{er} gret malice ¶And anōe sodēli the kīg sent aft{er} the maire of londō & for the .ij· sheriues &̄ thei come to him vn to the castell of wyndesore And the kyng rebukid the maire & sh̄eriues full fou¦le for the offence that they had done ayens him and his officers in his chambur at londō. Wherfor he deposit and put out the ma¦re and bothe sheriues &̄ this wos done a xiiij daies afore the fes¦te of sent Iohan baptest ¶And than the kyng called to him a knyght that wos called sir Edward dalingrigge &̄ made hī war¦deyn & gaunour of the cite &̄ chambur of londō &̄ ou{er} all his peple therī. ¶And so he kepid that office but iiij wekis be cause y^t he wos so gentill and tendir to the citisens of londō. Wherfor the kyng deposit him and made sir Baudwyn radyngton knyght y^t wos courtrouller of the kng housold wardeyn &̄ gou{er}nour of hys

chambre and of his pepull therin. and chese to him ij. worthy men of the cite to be shiriues with him for to gaune and kepe the ky¦ngee lawes in the cite· on was called Gilbert mawefeld and that other Thomas Newenton shereues: and than the maire and the ij shereues and all the aldermen with all the worthy craftes of lō¦don went on fote vn to the tour. and ther come out the Constable of the tour & yaf the maire and the sheriues ther oth &̄ charge as they shuld haue take in the Escheker of westmynstre in the king{is} court of his Iustices and Barons of the Escheker and than went they home ayen. ¶And than the kyng and his councell for the gret malace and despite that they had to the cite of londō remeued all his courtis from westmynstre vn to the cite of yorke that is to say the Chaunceler the Escheker the kyng{is} bench and the comune place· & ther they held all thes courtes of law fro midso∣mer that is to say the fest of sent Iohn̄ baptist vn to the fest of cristemase next suyng And than the kyng and his councell saw it not so {pro}fitabull ther as it wos at londō: than anōe he remeued it ayen vn to londō & so to westminstre for gret ese of his offics & a vaūtage to the kyng and all the comunes of the reame ¶And when the pepull of londō saw &̄ knew that thes cour∣tes wer come ayen ¶And the kyng & his pepull also. than y^e maire &̄ the ald{er}men with thee chief comunes of the cite let gad{er} a gret somme of gold of all the comunes of the cite And ordeyned & made gret rialte ayens his comyng to londō for to haue hys grace & good lordship & also ther liberties & fraūchies graūtid vn to them ayen as they wer wont to haue afore tyme ¶And thoru gret instance &̄ prayr of the quene and of othhir lordis and ladies the kyng graūtid them grace & this wos don at shene ī su∣therei. ¶And thā the kyng with in ij. dais aft{er} com to londō And the maire of the cite with shereues ald{er}mē & all the worthy mē of the cite aft{er}ward ridden ayens him in good aray vn to the heth on this side the man{er} of shene submyttyng them hūb••ly and

mekely with all man{er} obeissaunce vn to him as they ought to do ¶And thus they brought the kyng &̄ the quene to londō And than the kyng come to the yate of thee brugge of londō ther they presented him with a mylke white stedesadiled & brideled & trap∣ped with cloth of gold & rede {per}tied to gedre And the quene a pal¦frey all white in the same aray trappid with white and rede & all the condites of london ranne with wyne both white and rede for all maner pepull to drinke that wold ¶And bitwen sent pou¦les & the crosse in cheppe ther was made a stage a riall standīg vpon high &̄ therin wer mony angels with diu{er}se melodies &̄ son¦ge ¶And than an Angell come doune frō the stage an high by a vise and set a croūe of gold pight with rich perle and preci¦ous stonys vpō the kyng{is} hede and an othir vpō the quenes hede And so the citisens brought thee kyng and the quene vn to west mynstre ī to ther palais And than on the morne after the mayre and the shereues and the aldermen of london come vn to the kīg in to his palays at westminstre and presentid him with ij. basīs of siluer and ouer gilted full of coyned gold the soum of xx. hon¦dreth pound prayng him of his high merci and grace and lord∣ship and speciall grace that they myght haue his good loue w^t the liberties and fraūcheses like wise as they wer wond for to ha∣ue be fore tymes &̄ by his lettres patentis and his chartri confer∣med. ¶And y^e quene & othir worthy lordis & ladies fell on knees & besought the kyng of grace to cōferme this ¶Than the kyng toke vp the quene &̄ graūted hir all hir askīg. &̄ than they thankid the kyng & y^e quene & went home ayen ¶And in the xvi. yere of kyng Richardis regne certayn lordis of scotl¦ond come in to englond for to get worship as be feet of armes. Thes wer the {per}sons the erle of Marre & he chalēgid the erle Mar¦chall of englond to iust with him c{er}tayn pointes on horsbake with sh̄arp speris &̄ they riden to ged{er} as ij worthi knyghtis & lordis cer¦tayn courses. but not the full chalenge that the scottis erle mado.

for he was cost both hors and man: & ij. of his ribbes broken w^t that fall and so he was borne then out of smygthefeld hom vn to his yn. And with in a litell tyme aft{er} he wos caried homward ī a litter and at yorke ther he died And sir willm Darell knyght & tho the baner of scotland than made an other chalenge with Sir Pers courtayn knyght and the kyng{is} banerer of englond of c{er}taī courses yit on hors bake in the same feld. &̄ when he had riden c{er}tayn curses &̄ assayd he myght not haue the better. he yaf it ou{er} & wold no more of his chalenge with sir Pers courtayn knyght and the kynges baner of englond and turned his hors & rode home vn to his own yn: ¶And one Cokkeborne a squier of scotland cha¦lenged sir Nicholl hawbarke knyght of c{er}tayn courses yet with sh¦arp speris on horsbake &̄ riden v. courses to geder &̄ at eu{er}y course the scot wos casten doune both hors and man. & thus our english lordis thankid be god had the feld ¶And ī the xvij. yere of ky¦ng Richardes regne died the good gracious quene Anne that wos wife to kyng Richard in the man{er} of shene in the shire of fur¦re vpō witsonday. and than wos she brought to londō & so to we¦stmynstre and ther ••os she beried & worthely entered beside sent ed¦wardis shrine. on whos soule almyghty god haue pitte and in his merci amen

¶How kyng Richard spoused dame Isabell the kyng{is} dought{er} of fraunce ī the toune of Calais & brought hir in to englōd & let hir be croūed quene ī the abbey of sent Petres of westmynstre:

IN the xx· yere of kyng richardis regne he went him ou{er} see vn to Calais with Dukis Erles Lordis and Barons and mony other worthy squiers with gret aray & comune pepull of y^e reame ī good aray as lōged to such a kīg &̄ p̄nce of his no∣bley & of his own {per}son to do hī reu{er}ence &̄ ob{ser}uaūce as ought to be done to ther liege lord & so mighti a kīg &̄ em{per}our ī his own. to abide & resaue ther that worthy & gracious lady y^t shuld be his wyfe a yong creature of xix. yere of age dame Isabell the king{is}

doughter of fraunce and mony othir worthy lordis of gret name both barons and knyghtis with moch other pepull that comen vn to the toune of Grauenyng and ij. dukis of fraunce. y^t on was the duke of Burgoyn and that othir the duke of Barre y^t wold no ferther lesse than they had plegges for them ¶And thā the kyng Richard deliu{er}ed ij. plegges for them to go sauf and cum sauf his two worthi vncles the duke of Gloucestre & the duke of yorke ¶And thes two went ou{er} the wat{er} of Grauenyng and abeden ther as for plegges vn to the time that the mariage & the fest was done & that thes ij. dukis of fraunce wer comen ayen vn to Grauenyng water. ¶And when thes ij. worthy dukis comen ou{er} the wat{er} at grauenyng and so to Calays w^t this wors¦shipfull lady Dame Isabell that wos the kynges dought{er} of fraū¦ce and with hir come mony a worthy lord & eke lady and knygh¦tes and squiers in the best aray that myght be And ther they met with our menay at Calais the wich welcomed hir & hir meny w^t the best honor and reuerence that myght be. and so brought hir ī to the toune of Calais. ¶And ther she wos resaued with all the solempnite and worship that myght be done vn to such a lady And than they brought hir vn to the kyng & the kyng toke hir &̄ welcomed hir and all hir fair companie and made ther all the solem¦pnite that myght be done. ¶And than the kyng and his coūn∣cell askit of the frensh lordis whethir al the couenaūtes & forwar¦des with the composicion that wer ordeyned & made on both parties shuld be trewly keped and hold bitwen them. ¶And they said ye. and ther they swore & toke ther charge vpō a boke & made ther oth well &̄ trewly it to hold in all man{er} of pointes & couenaūtis with out contradiccion or delay in ony man{er} wise. ¶And thā wos she brought vn to sent Nicholas chirche in Calais &̄ ther she wos worthely weddid with the most solempnite that ony kyng or quene myght be. with Erchebisshoppis & bisshoppis &̄ all the mi∣nisters of holi chirch And than they wer brought home vn to the

Castell and set to mete ¶And wer serued with all maner of delicasie of riall metis and drinkes plenteuousli to all maner of straungeis and all othir and no creature warned that fest. bot all wer welcum. for ther wer gret halles and tentis set vpon the grene with out the castil to receyue all maner of pepull and eu{er}y office redy for to serue them all. and thus this worthy mariage wos solemply done: and endid with all rialte. ¶Than thes: ij dukes of fraunce with ther pepull token ther leue of the kyng and the quene and went ayen vn to Grauenyng water. And ther y^e frensh lordis that is to say the ij. dukis and all ther menye weren come ouer the wat{er} to Grauenyng and ther they met. and eu{er}ichō toke leue at othir and so they de{per}ted. and our lordis comen ayen vn to Calais & the frensh lordis wenten ou{er} the water and so ho∣me in to fraunce ayen· ¶And anone aft{er} the kyng made him redy with the quene and all his lordis and ladies & all ther peple with them and come ou{er} thee see in to Englond and so vn to lon¦don. And the maire and the sheriues with all the ald{er}men ond wor¦thy communes ridden ayens them vn to the blak heth in Kent: &̄ ther they met with thee kyng and the quene and wolcomed them & that in good aray and eu{er}y man in the clothyng of his craft &̄ ther minstrelles before them. ¶And so they brought them vn to sent Gregoris barre in southwarke and ther they token ther le∣ue And the kyng and the quene ridden to Kenyngton & than the pepull of londō turned home ayen. ¶And in turnyng ayen to londō brigge ther was so gret p̄se of peple both on hors &̄ on fote. that therwer dede on the brigge xi· {per}sons of mē & women &̄ of chil¦dren on whos soules almighty god haue pited and merci amen. ¶And than aft{er}ward the quene wos broght vn to the tour of londoō &̄ ther she was all nyght. and on the morow she wos brou¦ght thurgh the cite of londō all ou{er} so forth vn to westmynstre & ther she wos croūed quene of Englōd. & than she wos brought ayen to the kyng{is} palais & ther wos holdē an opē and riall fest

at hir coronacion of all man{er} pepull that thidder come. and this wos done the sonday next after the fest of sent Clement in the xx yere of kyng Richardis regne. ¶And than the xxv. day of August next after by euell excitacion & fals councell & for gret wrath and malice that the kyng had of old tyme vn to his vn∣cle the good duke of Gloucestre and to the erle of Arundell and to the erle of warwik. Anone the kyng by his euell excitacion &̄ his euell councell and malice. late ī the euenyng on the same dai aboue said made him redy with his strength & rode in to Estsex vn to the toūe of Chelmesford & so come to plasshe sodenly ther sir Thomas of wodstok the good duke of gloucestre lay. And the good duke come to welcum the kyng anone. ¶And the kīg a restid the good duke him self his own body. &̄ so he was lad doun to the wat{er} and annone put to a shipp & anone had to calais and brought in to the capitayns ward to be kepid in hold by the kyng{is} commaundement of englond. ¶And that tyme the erle Mar∣chall wos capitayn of Calis And anone after by commaūdemēt of the kyng and by his fals councell commaunded the capitayn to put him to the deth ¶And anōe c{er}tayn yomen that had the good duke in kepyng toke thir councell how that they shuld put him vn to deth ¶And this was ther oppoyntment that they shuld cum vpō him when he wer ī his bedde and a slepe on a fether bedde And anōe they bond him hand & fote & charged him to lie still. & whan that they had done thus they token two smale towellis and made on them ij. rid knottis &̄ cast the towellis about his nee & than thei toke the fethir bede that lay vndir him &̄ cast it aboue hī and than they drew ther towellis eche weis and sum lay vpon the fethir bede vpō him vn to the tyme that he wos dede by cause that he shuld make nonoyse and thus they strangled this wor∣thy duke vn to the deth on whos saule god for his high pitte haue merci amen. ¶And when the kyng had a restid this worthy du¦ke and his vncle &̄ sent him to Calais he come ayen vn to londō

in all the hast with an wonder gret pepull And os sone as he wos comen he sent for the erle of Arundell & for the good Erle of warwike: ¶And anone as they come he arestid them him self sir Iohn̄ Cobham & sir Iohn̄ Cheyn knyghtis he arestid them in the same man{er} till he made his {per}lament. & anone they werput in to hold but the erle of Arundell went at large vn to the {per}lamēt time For he fonde sufficient sureti to abide the law & to ansuer to all maner pointes that the kyng and his councell wold put vp on him. ¶And in the xxi. yere of kyng Richardis regne he ordeyned him a {per}lament at westmynstre the wich wos called the gret parlament And this {per}lament wos made for to Iugge this iij. worthy lordis & othir mo as them list at this tyme ¶And for that Iuggement the kyng let make in all the hast alōg hou¦se &̄ a large of tymbre the wich wos called an hall & couerid w^t ty¦les ou{er} & it was oppī all about on both sides & at the endis y^t all man{er} of men myght see thurgh out and ther the dome was holden vpon thes forsaid lordis & Iuggement yef at this forsaid parla¦ment ¶And for to cum vn to this {per}lament the kīg sent his writtis to eu{er}y lord barō knight & eu{er}y squier in eu{er}y shire thurgh out englōd that eu{er}y lord gadre &̄ bring his retenew with him in as short time &̄ in the best aray that they myght gete in maynte¦nyng & ī strengthīg of the kīg ayens them y^t wer his enmys &̄ y^t this wer done ī all the hast. & they come to him ī payn of deth ¶And the kīg him self sent in to Chestershire to chiuetās of that cuntre. & they gadred & brought a gret & a huge multi∣tude of pepull both of knightis & squiers &̄ principalli of yemen of Chestershire the wich yomen and archiers the kyng toke to hys own courte &̄ yaf them bowge of court &̄ good wages to be ke{per}s of his own body both by nyght &̄ by day aboue al othir {per}sons &̄ most loued & best trust The wich sone afterward turned the kīg to gret losse &̄ shame hyndring &̄ his vtterly vndoyng & destruciō as ye shall here after. & that tyme come sir Henri of Derby with a

gret menye of men of armes & archiers and the erle of Rutlād come with a stronge pouer of pepull both of men of armes & archi¦ers ¶And the erle of Kent brought a gret pouer of men of ar¦mes &̄ archiers. The erle Marchall come in the same man{er}. the lor¦de Spē{ser} in the same man{er}. y^e erle of northumberland & sir Henri Percy his son. & sir Thomas Percy the erlis brod{er}. And all th¦es worthy lordis brought a fair menye &̄ a strong pouer & ech mā in his best aray: &̄ the duk of lancastre & the duke of yorke comē in the same man{er} with men of armes and archiers folowyng the kyng. ¶And sir willyam strop tresorer of englond come in the same man{er} And thus in this aray come all the worthy mē of this land vn to our kyng. &̄ all thes pepull com to londō ī on day. in so moch y^t euery stret & lane ī londō & ī the subarbes were full of them logged & x. or xij. myle about londō eu{er}y way: And thees pepull brought the kyng at westmynstre & went homi ayen to ther loggyng both hors and man. &̄ than on the mōday the xij. day of September the {per}lamēt began at westmīstre the wich was callid the gret {per}lament. ¶And on the friday next aft{er} the erle of arundel̄ wos brought in to the {per}lament among all the lordis and that wos on sent Matheues day the apostill and euangelist ther he wos for Iugged vn to the deth in this hall y^t wos made ī. the palays at westmynstre. And this wos his Iugement. he sh∣uld go on fote with his handis bound behynde him from thee pla∣ce that he wos Iuggid in. and so forth thurgh the Cite of londō vn to the toure hill and his hede to be smyten of and so it was do in dede in the same place. And vi. of thee gret lordis y^t sat on his Iuggement ridden with him vn to the place ther he wos do vn to thee deth. & so to see the execucion wer don aftar ther dome. ¶And bi the kynges commaundement with them went on fote of men of armis and archiers a gret multitude of Chestre shire men in strengthyng of thee lordis that brought this Erle to his deth for they dred lest thee Erle shuld be reseued & takin frō them

whan they com in to london. Thus he passed forth thurgh the cite vnto his deth. and ther ••e toke it full paciencli on whos soul god haue mercy amen. ¶And than come the freris Austyns and toke vp the body & the hede of this good erle &̄ bare it home vn to ther place and beried him in ther quere. And in the morow after wos sir Richard erle of werwike brought in to the parlamēt th¦er as the erle of Arundell wos for iugged. and they yaf the erle of Werwike the same Iugement that the forsaid erle had but the lordis had compassion of him be cause he was of more age and relesed him to perpetuall prison and put him in thee Ile of man. ¶And than the mōday next after. The lord Cobhan of kēt &̄ sir Iohn̄ Cheyn knyghtie wer brought in to the parlament ī to the same hall and ther they wer Iugged to be honged and drawē but thurgh the prayer and gret instance of all the lordis that Iuggement wos foryeuen them and relesed to perpatuall prison ¶And this same time was Richard Whittyngdon maire of Londoni. &̄ Iohn̄ wodecoke & willm Askam shereues of london ¶And they ordeyned at eu{er}y yate of londō during this same parlament strong watche of men of armes & archiers & thur∣gh out eu{er}y ward also. ¶And the kyng made .v. Dukis on Duchisse and a Markeys and .iiij. Erles &̄ thee frist of them wos the Erle of Derby &̄ he wos made duke of Herford. & thee se¦cund was the Erle of rutland and he wos made Duke of Awe marle. and the thrid wos Erle of Kent &̄ wos made thee Duke of Surre. and the iiij: wos thee erle of Huntingdone &̄ he wos made duke of Excestre. &̄ the fifthe wos the erle of Notīgham & he wos made thee Duke of Northfolke. and the erle of Somerset he wos made the Marquies of Dorset. & the lord Spen{ser} was made erle of Gloucestre. &̄ y^e lord Neuill of raby wos made er∣le of westmerland. &̄ sir Thomas Percy wos made erle of wor¦cestre. ¶And sir Willm Scrope that was tresorer of englo¦nd he wos made erle of wilteshire and sir Iohan Montagu erle

of salisburi ¶And whan the kyng had thus don he held the par∣lament and riall fest vn to all his lordis and to all man{er} of pe∣pull y^t thed{er} wold cū ¶And this same yere died sir Iohan of ga¦unte the kinges vncle and duke of Lancastre in the bisshoppis yn in holborne & wos brought frō thēs to sent Paules and ther the kyng made and held his enterement well &̄ worthely with all hys lordis in the chirch of sent Paules ī londō & ther he wos beried be¦side Dame blaunch his wife that wos dought{er} & heir to the good Henri y^t wos duke of Lancastre. ¶And ī the same yere ther fell a discenciō bitwen the duke of Herford & duke of Norfolk ī so moche that they waged bataill &̄ casten doune ther gloues and th¦an they wer taken vp and enseled & the bataill ioyned & the day set & the place assigned wher & when. And this shuld be at Couentre And theder come the kyng with all his lordis at that day & wos set in the feld. and than thees two worthi lordis comen in to the feld well and cleen armed and well arayed with all ther wapen & redy to done ther bataill and weren redy in the place for to fight at vtteraunce. ¶But the kyng bad them cese and toke thee quarell in to his hand. ¶And forth with right ther present ex¦iled the duke of Herford for terme of x. yere & the duke of nor∣folke for eu{er} more ¶And sir Thomas arundell erchebisshopp of Cantorbury wos exiled the same tyme for eu{er} &̄ depesit out of his see for malice of the kyng: and anone thes iij. worthy lordis wer commaunded and defendid the kynges reame And anone they gat them shippis at diu{er}se hauens & went ouer the see in to diuerse landis eche his way. ¶And the duke of norfolke wēt to venice and ther he died on whos soule god haue merci amen. ¶And than kyng Richard made a clarke of his sir rogier Walden Ercheaisshop of Cantorburi ¶And in the xxij. yere of kyng Richardis regned by fals councell ymaginacion of Co¦uetous men that wer about him wer made and ordeyned blanke chartres and made them to be enseled of all maner rich mē thurgh

out the reame In so moch that they compelled diuerse pepull to set ther seall ther to. And this wos done for gret couetise wher¦fore all good hertis of the reame wer clene turned away from him that was kyng eu{er} after. ¶And that was vttirly destrucciō and end to him that was so high and excellent prince &̄ king and thurgh couetous & fals coūcell falsely betrayd Alas for pitte y^t such a kīg myght not se ¶And thā king Richaid set his kīg¦dome and his riall land of englond to ferme vn to iiij. {per}sons y^e wich wer thes. Sir willm strop erle of wyl̄teshire &̄ tresorer of en¦glond. & sir Iohn̄ Bussh & Henri Grene & sir Iohn̄ Bagot knyghtis wich that turnid them to mischief &̄ deth with in a litill tyme. as ye shall aft{er}ward find here writtyn ¶And thā king Richard made gret ordynaūce & wēt him ou{er} se in to Irland &̄ moni gret lordis with him with gret hostis for to strength ther ki¦ng with men of armes archiers & moch gret stuf & right good ordynaūce as longed vn to were ¶And or he passed ou{er} the se he ordand &̄ made sir Edmōd of Langley his vncle the duke of yorke his liuetenaūt of englond in his absent with the gou{er}nan¦ce &̄ coūcell ōf thes iiij: knyghtis that had take Englōd to ferme of the kyng And thā he passed the se. & come in to Irland & ther wos well &̄ worthely reseyued ¶And thees rebelles that ben called wild Irishmē cō doūe to the kyng &̄ yeld them to him bo¦the body and goodis all at his own will. & suore vn to him to be his liege men. & ther to him did ther homage &̄ feaute &̄ good ser¦uice. And thus he conquered the most partie of Irland ī litell ti¦me ¶And while that kyng Richard was thus in Irland sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derby that the kīg had made befo¦re Duke of Herford the wich duke the kyng had exiled owt of this land was comen ayen in to Englond for to chalenge thee dukedom of Lancastre as for his right &̄ trew heritage. And he come doune out of fraunce by land vn to Calays ¶And ther met him Sir Thomas of arundell that wos Erchebisshopp

of Cantorburi that wos exiled out of englond. &̄ with him com the erle of Arundell his son & heir the wiche wos in ward and kepīg of sir Ion shelley knyght sum tyme w^t the Erle of Huntīg¦done and with the Duke of Excestre thee wich wos tho in thee Castell of Reigate in Southsex. And ther he stole him away and come to Calais and ther he wos kepid well and worthely till thees othir two lordis wercomen to Calais. And than this worthy Duke and the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi Arundell shippid in the hauen of Calais and drew ther course northward and ariued in Yorke shire at Rauensporne fast by wydelyngtō and ther he come and entred thee land and two lordis with him and ther manye. ¶And than moche pepull of the reame y^t herd of his commyng and knewen wher that he wos anane they drew vn to him and welcomed these lordis and so coraged them in all maner thyng and passed forth in to the land and gadred. moch pepull ¶And whan kyng Richard herd and wist that thees ij. lordis wer cumen ayen in to englond and wer londid. ¶Than the kyng left his ordynaūce in Irland & come in to en¦glondward in all the hast y^t he myght & come to thee castell of fli¦nt and ther he abode for to take his councell & what myght be don but to him com none: ¶And than sir Thomas Percy Erle of worcestre y^t was the kīges Stiwarde wyst & knew this. ano¦ne he come in to the hall amōges all the pepull. and he brake thee yerde of the riall kynges housold and anone euery man wos dis{per} bled and euery man went his way and for soke ther mastir & so¦uerayne lord &̄ left him alloyn. ¶And thus wos kīg Richa¦rd brought doune and destroid and stoden him self allone without comforth or socour or ani good councell of any man alas for pite of this riall kyng. ¶And anone come tidynges y^t sir Henri of Bolīgbroke wos vp w^t a wonder strong pouer of pepull & that all the squiers of englond risen vp thee shires in strēgthīg of hī ayen thee kyng Richard And thus sone wos come out of thee

north cuntre to Bristow and ther he met with sir willm Scro∣pe Erle of wylteshire Tresorer of englond and with sir Iohan Bussh and sir Henri Grene and Iohan Bagot but he asca¦pid from them & went ou{er} these in to Irland and thes iij. knygh¦tis wer taken and thir hedis smyten of And thus they died for th¦er false couetise ¶And than wos kyng Richard take and bro¦ught vn to the duke. and anone the duke put him in fast ward and strong hold vn to his comyng to londō. And than was th¦er a romer ī londō &̄ a strong noyse that kyng Richard com to we¦stmynstre. &̄ the pepull of londō ranne thidder & wold haue done moch harme and scathe in ther wodenesse had not the maire &̄ the aldermen & othir worthy men seced them with fair wordis &̄ tur∣ned them home ayen vn to London. ¶And ther wos sir Io¦han Slake deyn of the kynges chapell of westmīster take & brou¦ght to londō & put in prison in Ludgate. ¶And bagot was take in Irland & brought to london & put in prison ī newgate th∣er to bekeped and to abide his ansuer. ¶And sone aftir thee Duke brought kyng Richard priuely vn to londō and put him in the tour vnder suer kepyng as a prisoner And thā come the lor¦dis of the reame with all ther coūcell vn to the tour to kīg Ri∣chard & saied to him of his mysgouernaūce &̄ extorciō that he had done made & ordeyned to oppresse all the comīe pepull & also to all the reame. ¶Wherfor all the comyn peple of his ream wo¦ld haue hī deposit of his kīgdō. And so he wos deposit at y^t tyme in the tour of londō by all his lordis coūcell. & comune assent of all the reame ¶And ther he wos put frō the tour vn to the cas∣tell of ledes in kent & ther he wos kepeid a while &̄ thā was he had from thēs vn to the castell of Poūfret in the north cūtre to be ke¦pid ī prisō & sone aft{er}ward right ther he made his end. And thē whan kyng Richard was deposit and had resyned his croūe and his kyndō and was kepid fast ī h••ld. thā all the lordis of y^e rea¦me with the comunes assent and bi accord chosē this worthy lord

Sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derbi duke of Herford and duke of Lancastre bi right lyne and heritage & for his rightfoll manhode that the pepull fond in him before all other they chose hī & made him kīg of Englond among{is} them

INnocencius the vij. wos chosin at Rome and leued bot ij. yere & then Gregorie the xij. wos aft{er} him xij: yere. & euer was debate. Then wos Alexander chosen in the counsell of Pysan. and he wos called frist Petrus de Candia. & so wos put strife to strife eu{er}ychon of thos iij. sayd they wer pope. Then was ther a councell at Pysan wher they began to make a {con}corde &̄ ther they deposit ij. and the thrid stode &̄ so wors diuision was made then before: for that they ordant preualid not. Robart wos Empraur after Wensolans ix. yere This man wos the duke of Banary and the erle of Palatyn a iust man and a good. and wos crouned of Boneface the ix. This man entred Italy with a gret host of Almayns ayens Iohn̄ the du¦ke of Galias. but with an heuy bost he turnid ayen. & wos had worthy to suffre for his rightwysnesse: Iohan the xxiij. succe∣dit Alexand{er} iiij· yere and frist he began well. for a vnite. & hee wos in the counsel̄ at Constant and offred him to resine the pope hood and aft{er} secretly and vntrewly he fled away. bot it profited not him. for he wos take and constrened to pees. and wos made a Cardinalle & beried at Florens. Sigismūdus wos emprour aft{er} robert xxvij yere And he wos son to Karolus &̄ kīg of vnga∣rie and most cristyn prince: & he wos so deuoute to god that he de{ser}¦uied to be cannonysit. This man holp the chirch thurgh his mer∣uelus prudens and wit. for he sparid no labour ne nothyng that he had till he had made a full pees among the clargie. And he had ix. batailles ayens the Turke. and he eu{er} had the victorie. &̄ what more. all thyng that eu{er} wos written in louyng to Constantine Theodosio Karolo Otto may trewly be writtyn of him And he

was crouned in vngrie & decessed a blissid man.

Circa annum domini .M.iiij^C.••.

¶Of sir Henri of Bolinbroke erle of Derby y^t regned aft{er} kīg Richard wich wos the iiij. henri aft{er} the {con}quest

ANd aft{er} kyng richard the ij· wos deposid and out of his kyngdome The lordis and the comunes all with one as∣sent and all othir worthy of the reame chosen sir Henri of Bo¦lingbroke erle of Derby son and heir of Iohn̄ the duke of Lan∣care for his worthy manhood that oft tyme had be found in him &̄ in dede preued vpō sent Edwardis day the confessor he wos crou¦ned kyng of englond at westmynstre by all the reame assent next after the deposing of kyng Richard ¶Than he made Henri his heldist son prince of wales and duke of Cornwaill and erle of Chestre. ¶And he made sir Thomas of Arundell erche∣bisshop of Cantorburi ayen as he wos before. ¶And sir rog{er} Walden that kīg Richard had made Erchebishop of Cantorberi he made hī bisshop of londō. for that tyme it stod void And he made the erles son of Arundell that come with him ou{er} the se from Calais in to englond. He made him erle of Arundell as his fa¦dre had bene and put him in possession of all his londis. ¶And he made homage and feaute vn to his liege lord thee kyng as all othir lordis had done. ¶And than anone died kyng rechard in the castell of Poūtfret in the north cuntre For ther he wos enfamed vn to the deth by his ke{per} For he wos kepid ther iiij. or v. dais from mete & drinke and so he made his ende ī this world. yit moch pepull in englond &̄ ī other landis said that he wos on liue mony a yere after his deth. But whether he were a liue or dede forth they held thir fals oppynions &̄ beleue that men haddee in moch pepull wich come to gret myschief & foull deth as ye shall here afterward. ¶And whan kyng Henri wist and knew veraly that he was dede he let sere him in the bes man{er} and

closed it in a fair chest with diu{er}se speceries and baumes & closed him in a linnen clothe all sauf his visage and that wos left opē that al men myght se his parsoon from all othir men. And so he was brought to london with torche light brinnyng to sent Pou¦les chirch and ther he had his masse &̄ his dirige with moch reue¦rence and solempnite of seruice ¶And when all this wos don he wos brought from sent paules in to the abbey of westmynstre and therhe had all his hole {ser}uice ayen. ¶And from westmi∣ster he wos brought to Langeley and ther he wos beried on whos soule god haue merci. ¶And in the first yere of king Henris regne he held his cristimasse in the castell of wyndesore and on the xij. euen come the duke of Awemarle vn to the kyng &̄ told him that he and the duke of Surre &̄ the duke of Excestre and the erle of Salusburi and the erle of Gloucestre and othir mo of ther affinite wer accordid to make a mommyng vn to the kyng on xij. day at nyght. &̄ ther they purposed for to sle the kyng in thee reueling. & thus the duke of Awemarle warned the kyng ¶And than the kīg come that same nyght to londō priueli in all the hast that he myght to get him help socour and comforth & coūcell. ¶And anone thes other that wold haue do the king to deth fled in all the hast that they myght for they knew well y^t ther coūcell wos bewried. ¶And than fled the duke of Surre and the erle of Salisberi with all ther menye vn to the toūe of Cecester ¶And ther pepull of the toune wold haue arestid thē and they wold not stand to ther arest bot stode at defence &̄ fau¦ght manli. ¶But at the last they wer ou{er} comen and take And ther they smyten of the dukis hede of Surri &̄ the erles hede of sa¦lisburi & mony othir mo and thar they put the quarters in to s••k¦kes and ther hedis on poles borne on high. and so they wer broug¦ht thurgh the cite of londō to london brigge. and ther thes hedis wer set vpon high and ther quarters wer senten vn to other good tounes and Cities of englond and set vp ther:

At Oxford wer take Blounte knyght. and Benet Cely knyght: and Thomas Wyntersell squyer. and thes wer behe∣did and quartired and the knyghtis hedis wer set vpon polles &̄ brought to london and set vpō the brugge. and the quarters sēt forth to othir good tounes And in the same yere at Prittel∣well in a Mille in Estsex ther sir Iohn̄ Holand the duke of ex¦cestre wos take with the comunes of the cuntre. and they brought him from the Mille vn to Plasshe. And to the same place that ky¦ng Richard had a restid sir Thamas of wodstok the Duke of Gloucestre & right ther in thee same place they smyten of y^e du¦kis hede of Excestre. &̄ brought it vn to londō vpon a polle▪ and it was set vpon londō brigge. And in the same yere at Bristow wos taken the lord Speenser. that kyng Richard had made erle of Gloucestre and the comunes of the toūe of Bristow toke him and brought him in to the market plase of the toune. & ther they smyten of his hede and sent it vn to london. and there it was set vpon london brugge. And in this same yere was sir Barnard Brokeye knyght taken and arestid and put in to thee tour of london and sir Iohn̄ Shelly knyght and sir Iohn̄ Maudelyn. and sir willm Feribe persons of kyng Richardis & they wer arestid and put in to the tour of london· And the der come the kyng{is} Iustices and sat vpon them in the tour of lon¦don and ther they wer dampnid all .iiij. vn to thee deth. and the dome wos yeuen vn to sir Barnard Brekeys that he shuld gon on fote from thee tour thurgh london vn to Tiburn and ther be honged and after his hede smyten of· and sir Iohn̄ Shelly knygh¦te and sir Iohan Maudelyn and sir willm Feribe parsone wer draw thurgh out thee cite of London to Tyburn and ther they wer honged and ther hedis smyten of and set on London brigge.

And in this same yere kyng Henri sentquene Isabell home ayen in to fraunce thee wich wos kyng Richardis weddid wife and yaf hir gold and silu{er} and mony othir iewellis & so she was

discharged of all hir dower &̄ sent out of englond ¶And ī the secund yere of the regne of kynn Henri the iiij. wos sir Roger of Claryngton knyght and two of his men & the priour of laūde &̄ .viij frere mynors & sum masters of diuinite & othir for tresō that they wrought ayenst the kyng. wer draw & hanged at Ty∣burne all xij. {per}sons ¶And ther began a gret discencion & deba¦te in the cuntre of wales bitwen the lord Grey rithen & Owen of glendere squier of wales. &̄ this Owen arered a gret nombre of walshmen & kepid all y^t cuntre about. right strong & did mo∣ch harme & destroid the kīges toūes & lordshippis thurgh out wa¦les &̄ robbed & slew the kīges pepull both englissh &̄ walsh. &̄ th{us} he endurid a xij. yere largely. ¶And he toke the lord Grey ri¦then prison{er} &̄ kept him fast in hold till he wos ransomed of priso∣nerres of the march. & kept him long time in hold. And at thee last he made him wedde on of his doughtres & kepid him therst ill with his wife and sone after he died ¶And than the kyng Hēri knowyng this mischief destrucciō & tresō that this Owen had wrought than anone he ordeyned a strong pouer of mē of ar¦mes &̄ of archiers &̄ moch other stuf y^t longed to were for to aba¦te & destroy y^e malace of this fals walshmē. ¶And than the kyng come in to wales with his pouer for to destroy this Owen and othir rebellis fals walshmē ¶And anone they fled in to the moūtayns and ther might the kyng do them no harme in no maner wise for the moūtayns. ¶And so the kīg come ayen in to englōd for lesing of mo of his pepull And thus he sped not th¦er ¶In this same yere wos gret scarcite of whete in englond for a quartir of whete wos at xvi: shilling. And ther was mar∣chandis of englond sent in to Pruce for whete. &̄ anōe they had lade and freght shippis y now and come home ī saufte blessib be god of all his yeftis ¶And in the iiij. yere of kyng Henries regne ther was a sterre seyn in the firmament y^t shewed him self thurgh all the world for diu{er}se tokenynges y^t sh̄uld befall sone

after the wich sterre wos named and called by clargie Stella Comata. and on sent marie Magdelenes day next folowyng ī the same yere wos the bataill of shrowesbury. And thidd{er} come sir Henri Percy the erles son of northumberland w^t a gret multi¦tude of men of armes &̄ archiers & yaf a bataid to kyng henri the iiij. thurgh the fals coūcell & wykked rede of sir Thomas percy his vncle erle of wurcestre & ther wos sir henri Perci sl••yn & the most partie of his pepull in the feld. And sir Thomas Percy ta¦ken and kept fast in hold ij. days till the kyng had set rest among his pepull on both sides ¶And than sir Thomas Perci was Iugged to be dede draw honged &̄ his hede smyten of for his fals treson at shrowesburi & his hede brought to londō & set on londō brigge. ¶And the othir pepule y^t ther wer slayn on both {per}tis the kyng let berie. And ther wos slayn on the kīges side in that ba¦taill the erle of Stafford &̄ sir walt{er} Bloūt in the kyng{is} cote arm¦ure vnd{er} the kyng{is} ban{er} & mōy mo worthy mē on whos soules god haue mercy amen. ¶And ī the iiij▪ yere of kīg henri regne co∣me the emprour of Cōstantinoble with mony gret lordis & knygh¦tes &̄ moch othir pepull of his cuntre ī to englond to kīg henri w^t him to speke & to disporte & to se the good gou{er}nance &̄ {con}dicions of our pepull & to knaw the comodites of englond. & our kyng w^t all his lordis goodly &̄ worshipfully him receyued &̄ welcomed him & all his menye y^t come with him and did him all reuerence & worship y^t they coud and myght. ¶And anone the kīg com∣maūded all man{er} officers that he shuld be serueid as worthely &̄ rially as it longed to such a worthy lord and Emprour on his own cost as lōg as the Emprour wos in englōd & all his men y^t com w^t hī ¶And in this same yere come Dame Iane the du∣chisse of Britan ī to englōd &̄ landid at fallemouth in Cornwale and from thēs sh̄e wos brought to the cite of wynchestre And ther sh̄e wos weddid vn to kyng henri the iiij. in the abbey of sent Swythynes of wynchestre with all the solempnite that myght be

done and made ¶And sone aft{er}ward she wos brought from thens to london. And the maire and the aldermen and the com∣munes of the cite of london ridden ayens hir & hir welcomed and brought hir thurgh the cite of Londō to westmynstre and ther she wos crouned quene of englond & ther y^e kyng made ariall and solempne fest for hir and for all man{er} of men that thed{er} wold cum ¶And in this same yere Dame Blaunche the eldest dought{er} of kyng Henri the iiij. wos sent ou{er} the se with the erle of somerset hir vncle and with mastir Richard Clifford thā bisshop of wur¦cestre and with mony othir worthy lordis knyghtis and ladies &̄ worthy squiers as longed to such a worthy kyng{is} dought{er} and come vn to Colayn ¶And thidd{er} come the dukis sone of barre with a fair menye and ressaued this worthy lady. and the bissho¦pe of wurcestre weddid and sacred them to geder as holi chirche it wold. ¶And ther was made ariall fest and a gret Iustīg in the reu{er}ence and wo••••h̄ip of them and all pepull that thedd{er} com ¶And whan this mariage and fest wos done the Erle and the bisshop and all ther menye token ther leue of lord and lady &̄ come home ayen in to englond in saufte thanked be god almygh∣ty. ¶And in the v: yere of kyng Henris regne the lord Tho¦mas his son wēt ou{er} the see and the erle of Kent. and mony othir lordis and knyghtis with men of armes and archiers a gret nō bur to chastise the rebellis that a fore had done moch harme to our englishmen & marchantis: & to mony tounes and port••s in En∣glond on the see costis ¶And the lord Thomas the kynges sō come in to Flaundres be fore a toune that is called the Skluse a¦mong all the shippis of diu{er}se nacions that wer ther. and aft{er} ther they ridden with ther shippis among them &̄ went on land & spor¦ted them ther ij. dais and come ayen to ther shippis and toke the brode see. &̄ ther they met with iij. Carikkis of I••ne that wer ••a¦den with diu{er}se marchandize and well mannyd & they foughten to gedres long time but the englishmen had the victori and brought

the Carrikkis in to the Cambre befor wynchelse and ther they cā¦ted thees goodis. and one of thees Carrikkes was sodēli brent ther ¶And the lordis and ther pepull turned them home ayē and went no ferthir at that tyme. ¶And ī the same tyme ser¦le yoman of kyng Richerd robes come in to englōd out of scotland and told to diu{er}se pepull that kyng Richard wos on liue in Scot¦land. and so moch pepull beleued in his wordis wherfor gret {per}tie of thee pepull of the reame wer in gret errour and grutchyng aye¦nest the kyng thurgh informacion of lies and fals lesinges that this Serle had made. ¶For moch pepull trustid &̄ beleued in his seyng. But at the last he wos taken in the northcuntre and by law Iugged to be drawe thurgh eu{er}y cite and good burgh tou¦nes in englond and so he wos serued. and at the last he wos brou¦ght to londō vn to the gild hall before the Iustice. & ther he was Iugged for to be brought to the toure of london. and ther to be laid on a hurdell. and than to be drawen thurgh the cite of londō to Tyborne &̄ ther to be honged & than quartired &̄ his hede smytē of and set on Londō brigge and his quarters to be sent to iiij. go¦od tounes of englond and ther set vp. & thus endid he for his false treson &̄ desseyd. ¶And in the sext yere of kyng Henris reg∣ne the iiij. The erle of Marre of scotland by saifcondit come ī to Englōd to chalenge sir Edmand the erle of Kent to certayn cour∣ses of were on horsbake: ¶And so this chalange wos acceppid and graūted & the place taken in smythfeld at londō. & this Erle of Marre the scot com proudly ī to the feld as his chalenge asket ¶And anone come in the erll of Kent and rode vn to the scot and manfulli rode to geder with sharpe speris diu{er}se courses but the erle of Kent had the feld and gat him moch worship and than¦ke of all man{er} of men for his manfull dedis. ¶And ī the vij yere of kyng Henris regne the iiij. Sir Richard Scrop erchebis∣shop of Yorke and the Erle Marchall of Englond gadred vn to them a strong power ayens kyng Henri. ¶And the kyng

hering ther of in all the hast that he myght come with his pouer northward and met with them at yorke &̄ ther wer thes ij. lor¦dis take and brought to the kyng. ¶And anone the Iugges wer set & thes ij. lordis brought forth and ther they wer dampned vn to the deth and both ther hedis smyten of and ther they maden ther end on whos soules god for his pite haue mercy Amen. ¶And whan this was done the kyng come to londō ayen and ther restid him. Anone god of his gret goodnesse wrought and shewed mony gret miracles for this worthy clerke Erchebishop of yorke that thus wos done to deth ¶And ī the vij. yere of kīg Henris regne Dame Luce the dukis suster of Milane come ī to englond & so to londō &̄ ther wos wedid to sir Edmond Holand erle of Kent in the priori of sent marie oueis in suthwarke wyth moch solempnite and gret worship ¶The kyng was ther him self and yaf hir at the chirch dore: &̄ whan that they wer weddid and masse was done the kyng his own parson brought and lad this worthy lady in to the bisshoppis place of wynchestre and th¦er wos a wonder gret fest holdyn to all maner of pepull y^t wold cum ¶And the same yere sir Robert Knolles bnyght a worthi weriour died at his man{er} in Northfolk and from thens he was brought to london vpō a hors bere with moch torch light &̄ so he wos brought vn to the white freris in fleetstret and ther wos do and made for him a solempne fest and ariall enterement for tho that thidder wold cume both rich and poer and ther he lieth beried by Dame Constance his wife in the midde of the body of the ch∣irche on whos soule god for his pitte haue merci amen. ¶And thus ī this same yere sir Thomas Rampston knyght Constabull of the tour of london wos drenchid at londō brugge as he com fro westmynstre inwardis to the tour ī a barge and al thurgh lewdenesse. ¶And in the sama yere Dame Philip the yonger dought{er} of kīg henri wos lad ou{er} see with sir Richard thee dukis brother of yorke and sir Edmond Courteney bisshop of

Norwych and mony other lordis knyghtis and squiers ladies & gentilwomen that apparteyned to such a worthy kynges dought{er} and come in to Denmarke. and the kyng resceyued this worthi lady for his wyfe. and welcomed thes worthy lordis and did vn to them moch worsh̄ipp. and they wer brought vn to a toune y^t wos called London in Denmarke and ther wos this lady wed∣did and sacrid to the kyng of Denmarke Norway and Swythē and ther was crouned quene of Denmarke with moch solemp∣nite and ther wos made ariall fest. ¶And whan this fest &̄ mariage wos done and endid thes lordis and ladies toke thir leue of the kīg & the quene and come ayen in to Englond in hast thā 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be Ihū ¶And in the viij. yere of kīg Henris regne ther wos a man that wos called the walsh klarke. & he oppell••d a kny¦ght that wos callid sir Perceuall Sowdone of treson. &̄ ther they wer Ioyned to fight vn to vtteraunce withyn Listes. & the day & place & tyme assigned and lymitted to be done &̄ end ī smygth∣feld. at the wich day tho. two parsons comen in to the feld &̄ fough∣ten s••re and myghteli to gedre. but at the last the knyght ou{er}com the clarke. & made him yeld him creaunt of his fals enpechemēt y^t he had said on him. & than was he dispoyled of his armure & dra¦we out of the feld to Tyborne &̄ ther he wos honged & the knyght take to grace: and wos a good man. ¶And in this same yere sir Henri erle of Northumberland & the lord Bardolf come out of Scotland in preiudece & destruccion of kyng henri. wherfore they of the northcuntre arisen vpon them and faugit with them and scomfitid them and toke them. &̄ smyten of ther hedis &̄ quart¦rid ther bodies. & sent the hede of the erle &̄ a quartir of y^e lord bar¦dolf to londō and ther they wer set vpon london brigge for fals treson that they had purposed ayenst the kyng ¶And in y^e ix. yere of kyng henris regne was sir Edmond Holand erle of kēt made Amirell of englond for to kepe the see & he went to the see with mony riall shippis that wer full well arayed and enparel∣led

and enarmed with mony a good man of armes and archiers and of good defence of weyr in the kynges name of Englond and so he landid at the last in the cost of Bretan in the Ile of Briak with all his pepull: and he beseged thee Castell and sau∣tid it and they withstode him with gret defence and strength. ¶And anōe he leyed his ordynaūce. And in the leyng of a gone come a quarell &̄ smote the good erle Edmōd in the hede and ther he caught his dethis wounde. but yit they left not till that th¦ey had geten the Castill and all that wer ther in. ¶And ther this good lord died on whos soule god haue mercy amen. ¶And than this menie come home ayen in to Englond with the erlis body & wos beried amōg{is} his aūcestres right worthely. ¶And in thee same yere was a gret frost in Englond that durid xv. wekis ¶And in the x· yere of kyng Hēris regne the iiij. com the Seneschall of henaud with othir meni to seke aū¦tres and to get him worshipp ī dedis of armys both on hors and on fote at all maner of pointes of were. ¶And the Senes∣chall chalenged thee erle of Somerset. and the erle deliu{er}ed hī ful manfulli of all his chalenges &̄ put his adusarie vn to the worse ī all pointes and wanne him ther gret worsh̄ypp and the degre of thee feld ¶And the next day aft{er} come ī to thee feld an other man of armes of the seneschallis partie. ¶And ayens him co¦me sir Richard of arundell knight. and the henaud had the better of him on fote ī on poīte for he brought hī on his kne ¶And the thrid day come ī an othir man of armes ī to the feld and ayēs him ther come sir Iohn̄ Cornewaill knight & manly and knigh¦tely he quitte him in all maner poyntis ayēs his adusarie and had the better ī thee feld. ¶And on thee iiij. day come an other mā of armes of Henaude ī to the feld. and ayens him come sir Io∣han Cheynes son & manly quitte him ayens his adusarie for he cast hors &̄ man ī to the feld And the kyng for his manhod at y^t tyme dubbed hī knyght. ¶And the v. day ther come an other

man of armes of the henaudis partie in to the feld and to him come in sir Iohan stiward knyght and manfulli he quitte him ther in all man{er} of pointes and had the better. ¶And the sext day after come an other henaud & to him come willm porter squy¦er &̄ manfulli he quitte him &̄ had the better in the feld. &̄ the kyng dubbed him knyght the same tyme. ¶And the vij: day after come an othir henaud in to the feld and to him come Iohn̄ stan¦dissh squier & manly he quitte him on his adusarie & had the bet¦ter in tho feld and the kyng dubbed him knyght the same day. ¶And on the same day come an othir henaud & to him come a squyer of Gascoyn and proudly and manli he quitte him on his adusarie &̄ had the better and anone the kyng dubbed hī knyght. ¶And on the viij: day come in to the feld ij. men of armes of henaude and to them come ij. soudiours of Calais that were brether that wer called Burghes &̄ well and māly quitte them on ther adu*aber;siries and had the better in the feld. & thus endid the chalenges with moni worshippes. ¶And the kyng at the re∣uerence of the stringers made a gret fest and yaf them rich yef∣tes & they token ther leue and wēt home in to ther own cuntre. ¶And in the xi. yere of kyng Hēris regne the iiij. ther was a gret bataill do in smythfeld bitwen two squiers. y^t on wos cal∣led Gloucestre y^t was appelaūt. Arthur wos the defendaūt. &̄ well and manfulli foughten to ged{er} long time. & the kyng for th∣er manfulnesse &̄ of his grace toke ther quarell in to his hand. &̄ made them to go out of the feld at ons & so they wer deuided of th¦er batailles & thee kyng yaf them grace ¶And the xij. yere of kyng hēris regne the fourth Risdie a squier of wales that was a rebell a riser & supporter to Owen of Glendre that did moch de¦struccion to pepull of wales wos taken and brought to London and ther he come a fore the Iustices and wos dampned for his tre¦son. and than he wos laid on an hurdell and so draw forth vn to Tyborne thurgh the cite. & ther he wos hanged and let doune a

yen and his hede smyten of & y^e body quartired and sent vn to iiij. tounes: and his hede set on london brigge ¶And in the xiij. yere of kyng Henris regne tho died sir Iohn̄ Beauford the erle of somerset that wos capitayn of Calais and wos beried at the abbey of the tour hill. on whos soule god haue merci amen· ¶And in the same yere thee lord Thomas kyng Henris son wedded thee coūtosse of somerset. ¶And in this same yere com thee embassatours of fraūce in to englond from the duke of Bur¦goyn vn to the prince of englond kyng henris son and heir for to haue help and socour of men of armes & archiers ayenst the duke of Orliaunce. And tho went ou{er} the se the erle of Arundell. sir Guillebert vmfreuill Erle of Keme and the lord Cobham Sir Iohan Oldecastell. and mony othir good knyghtis and worthy squiers and men of armes and good archiers in to fraunce and come to Paris to the duke of burgoyn. ¶And ther he resaued & welcomed thes Englishmen the lordis and all other meny. ¶And than it wos done him to wit that the duke of Orliaū¦ce was comen to semtclowe fast by Paris with a gret nombur of men of armys & arbalasters. and thidd{er} went our Englishmen & fought with them. & gat the brigge of semtclow & ther they slew moch pepull of frenshmē· and arminakis and thee remenaunt fled and wold no longer abide. ¶And than our English∣men come ayen vn to Paris. and ther they token thir leue of the Duke and come home ayen in to Englond in saufte and the Duke yaf them gret yeftes. & anone folowyng the duke of Orli¦aūce sent embassatours ī to Englōd to kīg Henri the iiij. besech∣yng hī of his help & socour ayens his dedly enmy y^e duke of bur∣goyn ¶And than the kīg made Thomas his son duke of Cla¦rence & his othir sone Iohan duke of Bedford. &̄ his othir sone Humfrey duke of Gloucestre and sir Thamas Beauford erle of Dorset & the duke of awemarle he made duk of yorke. & tha the kīg ordeyned his son sir Thomas duke of clarence sir Thom̄s

Beauford Erle of Dorset and sir Iohn̄ Cornwill with ma∣ny othir lordis knyghtis and squyers men of armes & archiers to go ouer the see in to fraunce in helpyng and strengthyng of the duke of Orliaūce. ¶And thes worthy lordis with ther retenue shippid at Hamptō & sailed ou{er} ī to Normādie &̄ landid at hogges And ther met with them the lord Hambe at ther lan∣dyng w^t vij^M. men of armes of frenshmen & iij▪ sergauntis of armes w^t them and all wer put to flight and takē of them vij^C men of armes: &̄ iiij. hondreth hors w^t out tho that wer slain ī the feld ¶And so they riden forch thurgh out fraūce & toke cas∣tellis &̄ toūes &̄ slew moch pepull of frenshmen y^t withstode thē &̄ toke mony prison{er}s as they riden And so they passed forth till they come to Burdeux &̄ ther they restid them a while & set the cū¦tre in pees and restid till the vyntage wer redy to saill. And thā the duke with his menye come home in to Englond in saufte thā¦ked be god: ¶And in the same yere wos the kynges coyn chan¦ged thurgh out englond by the kyng and his councell that is to say the nobull half nobull & ferthyng of gold: ¶And the xiiij yere of kyng Henris regne the .iiij. he let moke Galeys of were for he had hoped to haue passed the gret see & so forth to Ierusalē. & ther to haue endid his liffe. but god viseted him so sone after w^t infirmites and gret sikenesse that he myght not well endure no while so feruently he wos take and brought in bed at westmīster in a fair chambur ¶And os he lay in his bede he askid his ch¦amberlayn what they called y^t chamber y^t he lay in: & he ansuerid & said Ierusalem. & than he said that the {pro}phecie said that he shuld make an ende and die in Ierasalem: And than he made him re∣dy vn to god and disposed all his will. And sone after he died &̄ wos caried by water from westmynster in a barge vn to Feuer∣sham. And from thens he wos caried to cantorberi by land with moch torche light brinnyng in to the abbey of Crichurch & ther he wos entered & beried 〈…〉〈…〉 &

thus endid y^e worthy kīg Henri about midlentyn sonday ī the yere of our lord a. M.cccc.xiij. on whos sovle god haue merci anen.

Artī the v. wos 〈◊〉〈◊〉 aft{er} Iohn̄ xiiij. yere. This mā was chosen by thee coūcell of Cōstantinoplī & othir wos deposit y^t streffe. and so come pes in the chirch the wich long tyme afore wos desyrid and necessari for thee defence of the faith. This was the myghtiest 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that eu{er} wos of riches and a gret Iugge he ede¦fied tounys wallis stretis and he distroyd herises and he did moch good thurgh the nobull prince Sygmunde. And he gadred moch monay for the holy land to geten ayen. bot deth come oppon him and lettid him. and he made a coūcell afore his deth for that ma¦ter and ther decessed. ugeni{us} wos 〈◊〉〈◊〉 aft{er} Martin xvij yere This Eugeny wos chosen pesablie after the deth of Martin & no man dowtid bot he wos 〈◊〉〈◊〉. bot after shortly he wos expulsit from Rome. for it wos so that he fled nakid. Also he wos cited to the coūncell of Basiliens. and deposit bothe chargid not. & for that ayen began thee striffe the wich stode to his deth &̄ thos that fauoured him said he was worthy moch louyng. and the cō∣trari said thos y^t wer ayens him. bot what sum eu{er} he wos after hee had takyn the dignite vpō hī a fore he wos of gret abstenēs & of good fame &̄ y^t he did aft{er} I leue to thee Iugemēt of god.

Circa annum domini .M.iiij^C.xiij.

Of kyng Henri thee fifth that wos kyng Henris sone.

••Nd after the deth of kyng Henri the iiij. regned kyng Henri his sone that was borne at Monmouth in wales that was a worthy kyng and a gracious man and a gret con¦querour. And in thee frist yere of his regne for gret loue & goodnesse he sent to the freris of Langely ther as his fad{er} had do berie kyng Richard the secūd. and let take his body out of the erth ••yen & did bring it to westmynster ī a riall chare cou{er}ed w^t blake

veluet and baners of diuerse armes about and all the hors draw∣yng the chare wer trappid in blake and beten with diu{er}se armes. &̄ many a torche brennyng by all the way till he come to westmī∣stre: and ther he let make for him a riall and a solempne entere∣ment▪ &̄ beried hī by quene Anne his wife as his own desire was on the ferther side of sent Edwardis shrine in the abbey of seint Petris of westmynstre on whos soule god haue merci ¶And in this same yere wer a certayn of lollers taken and fals heritikis that had purposed thurgh fals treson for to haue slayn our king &̄ for to haue distroid all the clargie of the reame. & they myght haue had ther fals purpose. ¶But our lord god wold not suffre it. for in hast our kyng had warnyng ther of & of all ther false ordynaūce & wurchyng & come sodēly w^t his pouer to sent Io∣hanes without smythfeld & anone they toke a c{er}tayn of the loller¦res & fals heritikes & brought them vn to the kīges prisence. &̄ ther told all ther fals purpose & ordynaūce how they wold haue do & wrought & they myght haue regned & had ther will: & ther they told wich wer ther capitayns &̄ gou{er}nours. &̄ than the kīg coma¦unded them to the tour of londō & than toke mo of them both w^t in the cite & with out &̄ sent them to Newgate &̄ to both coūtres &̄ than they wer brought ī examinacion before the clargie &̄ the ki¦nges Iustices. & ther they wer conuicted before the clargie for thir fals herisi and dampned before the Iustice for ther fals tresō ¶& this wos ther iugemēt y^t they shuld be draw frō the toure of london to sent Gilesfeld &̄ ther to be honged & brēt on the ga¦lewes ¶And also ther was taken sir Rog{er} Acto•• knyght for heresi & eke for tresō ayens the kyng & the reame. & he come a fore the clargi & was {con}uicte for his heresi to be brēt: & dampnid before the Iustices to be draw frō the tour of londō thurgh y^e cite to sent Gilesfeld &̄ to be honged &̄ brent ¶And ī the secūd yere of kyng Hēris regne y^e fifth he held a coūcell of all the lordis of the reame at westmynster & ther he put hī this demaūde: & praye••

and besought them of ther goodnesse &̄ of ther good councell and good will to shew him as touchyng the titell & the right that he had to Normandie Gascoyn and Guyhenue. the wich the kyng of fr¦aunce withheld wrongfully and vnrightfully: the wich his aun∣cestres before him had be trew titell of conquest & right heritage y^e wich Normandie Gascoyn and Guyhenne the good kyng edwar¦de of wyndesore and his auncestres before him had holdyn all th¦er lifes tyme. ¶And his lordis yaf him coūcell to send enbas¦setours vn to the kyng of fraunce &̄ his coūcell and that he sh̄uld yeue vp vn to him his right heritage that is to say Normandye Gascoyn & Guyhenne the wich his predicessours had hold afore▪ hī· or els he wold it wynne with dynt of swerd in short tyme w^t the help of almyghti god ¶And than the Dolphyn of fraunce an¦suerid to our embasfatours &̄ said in this man{er} that y^e kyng was ou{er} yong and to tendre of age to make any were as ayens him &̄ wos not like yet to be no good weriour to do & to make such a cō¦quest ther vpon him: ¶And somwhat in scorne and despite he sent to him a Tone full of tenys baules. be cause he wold haue sū what for to play with all. for him and for his lordis. for that be come hī bettir thā for to maynten ony were. ¶And than anōe our lordis that wer embassatours token ther leue and come in to Englond ayen and told the kyng & his coūcell of the vngodli an¦suer that they had of the Dolphyn. and of the present the wich he had sent vn to our kyng. ¶And whan the kyng had herd ther wordis and the ansuere of the Dolphyn he wos wond{er} sore agre¦ued & right euell apayed toward the frenshmen &̄ toward the kīg & the Dolphyn. & thought to avenge hī vpō them as sone as god wold send him grace & myght. and anōe let make tēnys bal∣les for the Dolphyn in all the hast that myght be. And they wer gret gonstonys for the Dolphyn to play with all. ¶And th¦an anone the kyng sent for all his lordis and held a gret coūcell at westmynster and told vn to them the ansuer that they had of

the Dolphyn and of his worthy present that he sent to him and to his lordis to play with all ¶And ther the kyng &̄ his lor∣dis wer accordid that they shuld be redy ī armes with ther pouer in the best aray that myght be done. &̄ get men of armis and ar¦••hiers that myght be geten and all othir stuf that longed to we¦re &̄ to be redy with all ther retenue to mete at southampton be Lammasse next suyng with out ony del••y wherfore the kyng or∣deyned his nauy of shippis with all man{er} of stuff &̄ vitaill that longed to such a weriour of all man{er} ordenaūce in the hauen of sou¦thampton ī to the nombre of .ccc. & xx. sailles ¶And than fell ther a gret dissese & a foull mischief. for ther wer iij. lordis wich that the kyng trustid moch on And thurgh fals couetise th¦ey had purposed and ymagined the kīg{is} deth & thought to haue sla¦yn him and all his brethir or he had take the see The wich wer na¦med thus sir Richard erle of Cambrigge brothir to the duke of yorke. The secund was the lord Scrope tresorer of englond. The thrid wos sir Thomas Gray knyght of the northcuntre· ¶And thees lordis afore said for lucrie of mony had made {pro}¦misse vn to the frenshmen for to haue slayn kyng Henri the fifth and all his brethir by a fallis trayn sodenli or they had be war. ¶But all myghti god of his gret grace held his holi hand ou{er} them & saued them frō thees {per}llous menye. ¶And for to haue done this they resaued of the frenshmen a Million of gold. & that wos ther openli pruued ¶And for thir fals treson they wer all ther Iuggid vn to the deth & this was the Iugemēt that they sh¦uld be lad thurgh Hampton and without north gate ther to be heded. &̄ thus they endid ther lifes for ther fals couetise & treson. ¶And anone as this wos done the kyng and all his menye made them redy & went to shippe & sailled forth with xv. hondred shippis and ariued within Seyn at Kydecause vpō our ladies eue the Assumpcion in Normandie with all his ordinaūce. And so went him forth to Harflet & he beseged the toune all about by lād

and eke by wat{er}. and sent to the capitayn of the toune and char¦ged him to deliu{er} the toune. And the capitayn said that he deliu{er}id him none. ne none he wold him yeld: but bad him do his best. ¶And than our kyng laid his ordinaūce vn to the toūe that is for to say Gonnys Engynes &̄ Tripgettes & shetten &̄ cast to the walles &̄ eke vn to the toūe. &̄ cast doune both toures and toune & laid them on the erth. and ther be played at the tennys w^t his hard gonstonys ¶And they that wer within the toūe whā they shuld play. ther song wos wellaway &̄ alas that eu{er} any such tennys balles wer made. & cursid all tho that were began. & the tyme that eu{er} they wer borne. ¶And on the morow the kīg did crie at eu{er} gate of the toūe that eu{er}y man sh̄uld be redy on thee morow erly to make assaute vn to the toune ¶And willyam Bouchier and Iohn̄ Graunt with xij. othir worthy burgies co∣me to the kyng and besought him of his riall princehode &̄ power to withdraw his malice and destruccion that he did vn to them and besought him of viij dayes of respite and trews if ony rescu might cum vn to them: and els to yeld vp the toūe vn to hī w^t all ther goodis. and than the kyng sent forth the capitayn and kepid the remenaūt still with him. ¶And the lord Gaucorte that was capitayn of the toune went forth to Royn in all y^e hast vn to the Dolphyn for help & socour bot thir was none ne no mā of rescue. for the Dolphyn wold not abide ¶And th{us} this ca∣pitayn come ayen vn to the kyng and yild vp y^e toune and deliu{er}∣ed him the keis. And than he called his vncle y^e erle of Dorset and made him capitayn of y^e toune of Harflet and deliu{er}ed hī y^e keis. and bad him go &̄ put out all the frensh peple both mē wo∣men and child and stuff his toūe of harflet with english pepull. ¶And than the kyng sent in to Englond and did crie ī eu{er}y good toune of Englond that what crafti man wold cum thidd{er} and inhabite him ther in that toune he sh̄uld haue house and

houshold to hī and to his heiris for euer more ¶And so thed{er} went mony diuerse marchantis and crafti men and enhabyted them ther to strength the toune And were welcome. ¶And whan the kyng saw that this toune wos well stuffed both of vi∣taill and of men. this worthy prince toke his leue. and went to Calais ward by land. and the frenshmen herd of his commyng they thought for to stop••e him his way that he sh̄uld not passe y^t way and in all the hast that they myght brekyn all the brigges ther wher ony pessage wos for hors and man in so moch that ther myght no man passe ou{er} the Riuers nothir on hors ne on fote: bot if he sh̄uld be drenchid. ¶And therfore our kīg with all his pepull went and sought his way ferre vp to paris ward. And ther wos all the riall pouer of fraunce assembled and redy to yef him bataill & for to distroy all his pepull. But almyghti god wos his gyde and saued him and all his menye and defendid hī of his enmys pouer and purpose thanked be god that saued so his own knight & king in his rightfull titell. ¶And than our ky¦ng beholdīg & seyng the multitude &̄ nombre of his enmys to with stond his way and yef him bataill. Than the kīg with a meke her¦te and a good spirit liften vp his handis to almyghti god and besought him of his help and socour and that day to saue his trew seruaūtis. ¶And than our kīg gadred all his lordis & od{er} pe¦pull about & bad them all be on good chere· For they shold haue a fair day &̄ a gracious victorie &̄ the bettir of all thir enmys &̄ pray¦ed them all to make them redy vn to the bataill for he wold rathir be dede that day in the feld than to be take of his enmys for he wold neuer put the reame of englond to ransome for his parson. ¶And the duke of yorke fell on knees &̄ besought the kīg of a¦bone. y^t he wold graūt him that day the avaūteward in his batall and the kyng graūted him his askyng. &̄ said graunte merci cosī of yorke & prayed him to make him redy ¶And than he had e¦uery man to ordeyn him a stake of tre & sharp both endis that the

stake myght be pight in the erth a slope that ther enmys shuld not ouer cum them on hors bake. For that wos ther fals purpose and araied them all ther for to ou{er} ride our menye sodenli at the frist commyng on of them at the frist brunt. ¶And all nyght befo¦re the bataill the frenshmen made mony gret fiers and moch reuel with howting & showting and plaid our kīg and his lordis at y^e dise &̄ an archier alway for a blanke of ther mony. For they wend all had bene theris. the morne arose the day gune springe. ¶And the kyng by good auise let aray his bataill &̄ his wen¦ges and chargid eu{er}y man to kepe them hole to gedres and praid them all to be of good chere: ¶And whan they wer redy he as¦kid what time of the day it wos. &̄ they said prime Than said our kyng now is good time. for all Englond prais for vs and thir fore be good of chere and let vs go to our Iournay. And than he said with an high vois in the name of almyghti god and sent Georgy a vaunte Baner and sent Georgy this day thyn help ¶And than thees frenshmen come prickyng doune as thei wold haue over ridden all our meny▪ bot god & our archiers ma∣de them right sone to scombull: for our archiers shot neuer arow amys but it parisshed and brought vn to the ground both hors &̄ man. ¶For they shot that day for a wager And our stakes made them toppe our terue eche on ou{er} othir. that they lay on heps two spere length of hight. ¶And our kyng with his meny &̄ with his men of armes & archiers that thakkid an them so thike with arowes and layed on with stakis and our kyng with hys handis faught manly y^t day. ¶And thus almyghty god and sent Georgi brought our enmys to groūd and yaf vs that day the victorie. ¶Ther wer slayn of frenshmen that day ī the felde of Agincourt mo than xi. thousand w^tout prison{er}s y^t wer take &̄ ther wer nombred that day of frenshmē in the feld mo than sex score thousand. and of englishmē not vij. thousand. but god y^t day faught for vs ¶And after come ther tydynges to owr

kyng that ther wos new bataill of frenshmen ordeyned redy for to stele on him &̄ come towardis him. And anone our kyng let cri that eu{er}y man shuld sle his prisoners that he had taken. and ano¦ne aray the bataill ayen redy to fight w^t the frenshmē ¶And whan they saw that our men killed doune his prisoners. than thei with drew them and brake ther bataill and all ther aray·

¶And thus our kyng as a worthy conquerour had that day the victori in the feld of Agencourt in picardie. ¶And thā our kyng retourned ayen ther that the bataill wos for to se what pepull wer slayn of Englishmen. and if ony wer hurt that my∣ght be holped And ther wer dede in the feld the Duke of Barrie the duke of Alaunsome the duke of Braban the Erle of Nauer ne the chief Constabull of fraunce and viij. othir erles. and the Erchebisshop of Saunce. and of good barons an hondreth and mo and of worthy knightis of gret aliaunce of cote armures a thousand and v: hondreth ¶And so of englishmen was dede that day the good duke of Yorke and the erle of southfolke. and of all othir Englisshmen ther wer not dede passing xxvi. body¦es thankid be god· ¶And this bataill wos on a friday wich wos Crispine Crispinianes day in y^e monith of Octobre &̄ a none the kyng commaūdid to beri them and the duke of yorke to be caried forth with him and the erle of Southfolk▪ ¶And ther wer prisoners the Duke of Orliaunce the duke of Burbon. the Erle of vendome. the erle of Ewe. the erle of Richemond and sir Bursigaūte Marchall of fraunce and mony othir worthy lor∣dis weren take ther in this bataill of agencourt and wer brought vn to the toūe of Calais. and so ou{er} these with the kyng ī to En¦glond and landid at Douer in kent with all his prison{er}s in sauf¦te thankid be god all myghti And so com to Cantorberi 〈…〉〈…〉 ¶And so forth he rode thurgh y^e cuntre of Kent the next way vn to Eltham and ther he restid till that he wold cum to londō ¶And than the maire of london &

the aldermen shireues with all the worthy communs and craftis come to blake heth well &̄ worthely araied to welcum our kīg w^t diu{er}se melodies. ¶And thankid almyghti god of his graci∣ous victorie that he had shewed for him. ¶And so the kyng &̄ his prisoners passed forth by them till he come to sent Thomas watering: and ther met with him all religious with procession &̄ wel comed him and so the kīg come ridyng with his prisoners th∣urgh the cite of london wher that ther wos shewed mony a fair si∣ght at all the condithes and at the crosse in chepe as in heuenli a¦ray of angeles arcangeles patriarches prophetis & virgines with diu{er}se melodies sensing and singyng to welcum our kyng and all the condithes rennyng with wyne And the kyng passed forth vn to Seint Poules and ther met with him xiiij. bisshoppis re∣uessed and miterid with sensers to welcum the kyng And ther th¦ey song for his gracious victori Te deum laudamus ¶And ther thee kyng offred and toke & rode to westmynstre and than the maire toke his leue of the kyng and rode home ayen ¶And ī the thrid yere of kyng Henris regne the v. com the Em{pro}our of Almayn kīg of Rome &̄ of hūgri ī to englōd & so to the Cite of london ¶And the maire and the aldermen with thee shere∣ues and worthy craftis of londō by the kynges commaundement met with him on the blake hath in the best aray that they coud on horsbake. ¶And ther they welcomed him &̄ brought him vn to londō with moch honour and gret reu{er}ence. ¶And at sent tho¦mas watring ther met with him the king with all his lordis in good aray. ¶And ther wos a worthy metyng bitwen the em¦prour and the kyng Henri the v. and ther they kissed to gedres enbrached eche othir and than the kyng toke thee Emprour by the hand and so they come ridyng thurgh the cite of Londō vn to sent Poules and ther they alightid and offrid and all the bisshoppis stod reuessed with sensers in ther handis sensing to them. ¶And than they toke ther hors and riden vn to westmīster

And the kyng logged the Emprour in his oune palais and th¦er he resttid him agret while and all at the kynges cost. &̄ sone aft{er} come the duke of Holand in to englond to cum and se ther y^e Emprour and to speke with him and with our kyng Henri of en¦glond. & he wortheli ressaued and loggid in the bisshoppis yn of Ely and all at the kynges cost ¶And whan the emprour had well restid him and seyn the land in diu{er}se perties and know the commodites than by {pro}cesse of tyme he toke his leue of the kyng but or he yed he was made knyght of the garter &̄ reseyued &̄ we rid the liueray. And than he thankid y^e king & all his lordis. & than y^e kīg &̄ he wēt ou{er} the see vn to Calais &̄ abiden ther long tyme to haue an ansuer of the frensh kyng. &̄ at the last it come & plesed him right noght. ¶And the emprour toke his leue of y^e kyng &̄ passid forth in goddis name. and our kyng come ou{er} a¦yen in to englond in all the hast that he myght & that was on sent Lukis eue that he come to Lambithe. & on the monday next aft{er} he come ī to the {per}lamēt at westmynstre ¶And ī this same yere was a gret derth of corne ī englond. bot thankid be god it lasted not long time

ANd in the .iiij. yere of kīg Henris regne the v▪ he held his {per}lament at westmynstre ī the begīnyng of October & last vn to y^e Purificaciō of our ladi thā next aft{er} ¶And ther wos graūted vn to him to mayten his weris both of spiritualte & of tem{per}alte an hole tax and a dieme. And than anone the kīg pray¦ed all his lordis to make them redy to strength him ī his right And anone he let make a new retenue &̄ chargid all mē to be re∣dy at hamton in witson weke thā next aft{er} with out any delay. ¶And ther the kyng made the duke of Bedford {pro}tector and defend of his reame of englond ī his absens & chargid him to ke¦pe his lawes & mayntē both spirituall & tem{per}all ¶And whā the kīg had th{us} do & set all thīg ī his kynde On sent Marke day he toke his hors at westmynstre and come ridyng to Poules and

ther he offred and toke his leue. & so rode forth thurgh the cite ta∣kyng his leue of all man{er} of pepull as well of poer as of rich pra¦yng them all in gen{er}all to pray for him. ¶And so he rode for∣th to sent Georges &̄ ther offred & toke his leue of the maire char¦gyng him to kepe well his chambur ¶And so he rode forth to Hampton & ther abode till his retenue wer redy &̄ comē. for ther wos all his nauy of shippis with his ordinaūce gadred to ged{er} & well stuffid as longed to soch a riall kīg w^t all man{er} of vitail¦les for such a riall pepull as well for hors as for man. as longed for such a weriour. y^t is for to say armur gonnys Tripgites en¦gynes sowes bastiles brigges of lether scaling laddres malles &̄ spadis shoueles pickis paueys Bowes & arowes bowstringes & tonnys chestis & pypis full of arowes as nedid for such a worthi weriour that no thing wos to seche whan time come. thidd{er} come to him shippis ladē with gonnes & gonpowder ¶And whan th¦is wos redy and his retenue come the kyng and al his lordis w^t all his riall host went to sh̄ip and toke the see and sailed in to nor¦mandie and landid at Touke vpon Lammasse day than next after And ther he made xlviij knyghtis at his landyng ¶And than the kyng hering of mōy enmys vpō the se that is to say ix. gret carickes hulkis galeis and shippis that wer cumē to distroy his nauy And anone he commaundid the erle of mar∣ch to be chief chiuetayn and mony othir worthy lordis with him with men of armes and archiers to go to the see that none enmys defoulid his nauy ne entred his land in no partie for to distrouble his viage ne his iourney. ¶And anone the erle toke his me∣nye and went to ship and scummed the see and kepid the se costis that no man{er} of enmye durst rowt vpon the see & anone the king sent his heraudes vn to the capitayn of Touke and charged him for to deliu{er} him his castell and his toune & els he wold nothir le¦ue man ne child a liue. ¶And anone the capitayn and iiij. o¦thir burgesis of the toune brought the keis vn to the kyng and

besought him of grace. And the kyng deleuered the keis to sir Io¦han Kekeley and made him capitayn and commaundid him for to put out all frenshmen both of the castell and also of the toune ¶And ther beside wos y^e castell of lous &̄ thidd{er} y^e kīg sēt y^e erle marchal w^t a fair meny &̄ sauted the toūe & anōeit wos yol¦de to the erle &̄ brought hī the keis. &̄ he brought them to y^e kīg and the kyng toke him ayen & made him capitayn of the castell of Lo¦uers & of all y^t longed ther to &̄ chargid him to deliu{er} out all the frenshmē ¶And than the kīg held forth his way to Cane y^t was a strōg toūe & afair & a riall castell ther in. & anōe he sent his heroudis to the capitayn & chargid him to deliu{er} the toune and his castell or els he wold them get with strength of hand. And they ansuered and sayd that he toke them none for to kepe ne nōe they wold deliu{er} vn to him: ¶And than anone he laid his se∣ge vn to the toune and laid gonnys on eu{er}y side and bet doune both walles and toures and slew moch pepull in thir houses & also in the stretis And the good duke of Clarence laid doune the walles on his side vn to the groūd And so within a while y^e kyng by his councell sawted the toune all about. ¶And a¦none the duke of Clarence had entred in to the toune and slew do un right till he come to the king and sparid nothir man ne childe and euer they cried a Clarence a Clarence and sent George. ¶And ther wos dede on the walles on the kyngis side a wor¦thy man that wos called Springes the wich the king commaun¦did to be beried in the abbey of Cane fast by wyllm cōquerour on whos soule god haue merci ameij. ¶And than y^e king come ī to the toūe with his brothir the duke of Clarence and mony othir worthy lordis with moch solempnite & mirth ¶And than the king commaūdid the Capitayn to deliu{er} him his castell and he be sought the kyng to yef him xiiij. dais of respit if any rescue wold cum and yf none wold cum to delyuer him the keis and thee Ca∣stell at his cōmaūdement ¶And vnder this composiciō was

the toūe & the castell of Baious with othir toūes fortresses and villages in to the nombre of xiiij. vpō the hill before the castell of Cane our kyng pight all his tentis that semed a toūe as moch as cane & by y^t tyme com tiding{is} y^t no rescu wold cum ther. ¶And so at the xiiij. days end the capitayn of the castell com out and deliu{er}id the keis &̄ the castell to our kyng & Baious & y^e othir xiiij· toūes wer deliu{er}id vn to him also. & anone the kyng deliu{er}ed the keis to the duke of Clarence &̄ made him capitatn both of the toūe and also of the castell and made him Capitayn of bai¦ous and of all the othir tounes also. ¶And so he entrid thee toune and the castell and ther he held Sent Georgi fest. & ther he made xv. knightis of the bath ther wos sir Lowys Robersart sa¦lyn Chaynye Mougomery and mony othir worthy men· and the kyng commaundid them for to put out all the frenshmen and wo¦men. & no man so hardy to difoule no woman ne take no maner of good away from them but let them passe in pees ī payn of deth ¶And ther passid out of the toune in on day mo than xv.C women. ¶And than our kyng let stuffe the toune and Cas¦tell with Englishmen and ordeyned ther two Capitayns on for the toune and an othir for the Castell and chargid them vpon ther lifes for to kepe well thee toune and the Castell

¶And or our kyng went thens he gatte valeys Newelyn &̄ laid a sege to Chirburgh. and that sege laid the Duke of Glou¦cestre with a strong power and myghti and be processe of tyme ga¦te it and made ther a capitayn of the same toune. and this sa∣me tyme the Erle of Warwic leid a sege vn to Dounfraunte and gat it and put therin a capitayn. ¶And for to speke mo¦re of the Erle of marche that the kyng ordeyned tho for to scum the see and to kepe the costes of Englond for all maner of enmis the wind arose vpon them· that they wend all to haue be lost. but thurgh the grace of god almyghty and good gouernaunce they riddī afore wyhte all y^t storme ¶And ther wer lost ij▪ Carik

kis and two balingers with marchondize and othir gret goodis and all the pepull that wer within them. and an othir Carrokke droue before hampton. and thr••w his mast ou{er} the toune walles and this was on sent Bartholomews day ¶And whan all this storme wos sesed this worthy Erle of march toke his ship∣pis with his meme and went to the se and landit in Normandie at hogges and so ridden forth towardis the kyng. & euer as he co¦me the frēshmen fled ¶And ther come to them an Anthony pigge and folowed the host all that way till they come to a gret water and theer they drad for to haue bene drenched thee water closed them so that they myght no wher get out But at the la¦st god almyghti and this pigge brought them out all saufe and ther they caught a gide that knew all the cuntre about and hee brought thē thurgh a quike sand &̄ so in to an Ile. and thei toke mony prisoners in ther way toward thee kyng in ther iournay &̄ so they comē vn to Cane And ther the kyng welcomed him and toke his Iournay at Argentun and anone tho it wos yoldē vn to thee kyng and they had ther liues and went ther way. ¶And than our king remeued to a strong toune that was tho called Cese and ther wos a fair mynster and they yeld it ano¦ne vn to the king. & than the king went him from thens to alaū some &̄ wan thee toūe and the brigge. and thee kyng sent the Er¦le of Warwike to a toune that wos called Belesme with a hu∣ge & a strong power and anone they yeld and put them all in to the kinges good grace an in his merci. &̄ so did moni mo strong tounes and Castellis that wer in tho parties. ¶And from thēs they went to vermill in Perche and anone it wos yolden vn to the king both the toūe & the Castill & bodis & goodis at the kīg{is} good grace▪ & so the kīg gate & conquered all the tounes and Cas∣stellis Pyles strenthes &̄ Abbeys vn to Poūtlarge. and from thens vn to the Cite of Rone ¶And in the fifth yere of kīg Hēries regne the v. sir Iohn̄ Oldcastell that was the lord Cob¦ham

wos arestid for heresi and brought vn to the toure of londō and anone aft{er} he brake out of the tour &̄ wēt in to wales &̄ there keped him long time ¶And at the last the lorde powys toke him▪ bot he stode at gret defence long time &̄ wos sore woūded or he wold be take and so the lord Powys men broght him out of wa¦les to londō in a wherlecole & so he wos brought to westmynstre & ther was examined of c{er}tayn pointes that wer put vpon him. & he sayd not nay and so he wos conuycte of the clargie for his heresi & dampned before the Iuttices vn to the deth for treson. ¶And so he wos lad vn to the toure ayen. and ther he was laid on an hur¦dell and draw thurgh the cite to sent Giles feld and ther wos ma¦de a new pair of galowes and a strong chine and a coler of yrē for him and ther he wos hongid and brent on the galowes &̄ all for his lewdnesse &̄ his fals opinions.

ANd in the vi. yere of kyng Henris regne the fifth he sent his vncle sir Thomas Beaufort duke of Excestre wyth a fair menye of men of armes and archiers be for the cite of Ro¦ne and ther displayed his ban{er} and sent heroudes vn to the toune and bad them yelde that cite vn to owr kyng ther liege lord. and they sayd he toke them none for to kepe ne none he shuld haue th¦er but if it wer dere bought and meued with ther hondis for othir ansuere wold they none yef but gonnys. ¶And ther the duke to¦ke good auisement of the ground all about. And anōe ther issu¦ed out of the cite a gret meny of men of armes both on horsebake and on foot and anone owr meni met with them & ouer threw an hepe of them and ther wer taken &̄ slain xxx: parsons of full right good mennis bodis and the remenaūte fled ayen in to the toune & the Duke went vn to Pountlarge vn to the king an told hym all how that he had spede an how he liked the ground·

¶And anone as he was go they cast doune all ther subarbis about the cite vn to the harde groūd. for the king ther no refres∣shing sh̄uld haue at his comyng. And the friday before lāmesda

than next folowyng our kyng with his host come before Rone & anone he set his sege roūd a bout that Cite. and anone let lay to his ordinaunce vn to the toune. And the kyng and his lordis wer logged in the chartre house and gret strength about them & that was in the est perte of the cite. ¶And the duke of Cla∣rence logged him at the west ende in a wast abbey before the por¦te Chanx. &̄ the Duke of Excestre in the North side before thee Porte Beauuesyn. and bitwen the duke of Clarence and thee duke of Excestre wos the Erle Marchall logged with a strong power before the castell gate. ¶And than was the erle of Or∣mond the lord Harington and the lord Talbot with ther retenu next him. ¶And than sir Iohan Cornwaill and mony od{er} nobull knyghtis of name with ther retenue lay with y^e duke of Clarence. ¶And frō the duke of Excestre toward the kīg wer logged y^e lord Roos the lord of wylluby the lord phehew &̄ sir wil¦liam Port knight with ther retenue before the port of sent Hilla¦rie: ¶And thā wos y^e erle of mortayn w^t his retenue logged in the abbey of sent Katrines. ¶And the erle of sal••sberi w^t his retenue lay on y^t othir side of sent Katrins. & sir Iohn̄ Gray knyght wos logged at the abbey y^t is called moūt sent michell ¶And sir Phelip Lech knyght y^e kīg{is} tresorer wos logged bi¦twen the wat{er} of Seyn and the abbey & kepid the ward vnd{er} the hill. & the baron of Carow wos logged vnd{er} the wat{er} side to kepe the passage. And Ienico the squyer lay next him on the wat{er} side and thos two squiers kepid manli the wat{er} of Seyn and faugh¦te with ther enmys oft tymes ¶And on that othir side of se∣yn lay the erle of Hontingdon. & master Neuill the erles son of westmerland. & sir Gilbert vmfreuill erle of Keme. and sir Ri¦chard of arundell and the lord Feriers with ther retenue before Port du pounte and eche of thees lordis had strōg ordinaunce. & the kyng did make at Pountlarge ouer the water of siyn a stro¦nge and a mygity chyen of Iren and put it thurgh gret Pyles

fast pyght in thee grounde and that went ou{er} the reuer of Seyne that no vessell myght passe that in no kynde. And about that cheyne the kyng litt make a brigge ou{er} thee water of Seyn thatt man and hors and all othir cariage myght go to and fro at all tymes whan nede wer. And than come the erle of warwike & had gote Dounfront vn to the king Henri of Englond. ¶And anone the kyng sent the Erle of Warwike to Cawdebeke to bese¦ge it. And whan that he come before the toune he sent his herau∣des vn to the capitaine and bad him yeld vp the toune vpon pe in of deth &̄ anone he laid his sege. & y^e capitayn besought the Erle that the myght come vn to his presens and it plesed him and speke with him. &̄ so the good erle graunted him sor to cum. &̄ than he come out &̄ foure othir burgeis come with him· &̄ entreted so w^t this Erle that this same toune was vnder composicion to done as the cite of Rone did and the Erle graūted and consentid ther to vpon this condicion that the king{is} nauy of englōd with his ordinaūce myght passe vp by them in saufte with out any man{er} of lette or destrubaūce. & to his composiciō they set to ther seales. ¶And the shippis passed vp by them in saufte & come before the cite of rone in to an hondreth shippis and ther they cast ther an¦kers & than this cite wos beseged both by land & by watir. And whan all this wos done &̄ shippis comen vp. thā cume the Erle of Warwik ayen to the kyng. &̄ logged him bitwen the abbey of Seint Katerins and the knig till that the abbey entreted and tho was yold vn to the kyng: ¶And than he remeued him thēs & logged him before Porte martenuylle & tho was the Erle of Sa¦lisberi commaūdid by the king to make him redy to ride▪ but thi•• come hasty tidinges & made him to abide. & so he returned ayen and logged him beside the erle of Huntingdon till the sege was endid. ¶And than come the duke of gloucestre the king{is} bro¦ther from the sege of Chirbourgh the wich he had wone and geten and stuffed ayen vn to the kynges behoue and profit vn to the

croune of Englond and whan he wos comen to the kyng be fore Rone anone he loggid with gret ordinaūce before port seint Hil¦lari more nere the toune & his enmys than any othir lay. by xl roddes of length with in shot of quarell: And with him lay the Erle of Southfolke and the lord of Bergeyeney with all ther retenue. and strong ordinaunce. and manly and prowdly faught eu{er}y day with ther enmys. ou{er} whon they issued owt of the cite. ¶And than come the Priour of Kilmayn of Irland ou{er} y^e see to the kyng w^t a fair meny of mē of armis of thir own cun∣tre gyse the somme of xv. hondreth good mēnys bodis and the ky¦ng welcoaed them and made them right good chere ¶And thā come tiding{is} vn to the king that the kyng of fraūce and the dol∣phyn and the duke of Borgoyn wold cum doūe and rescue the citi of Rone with a strong power of all man{er} of nacions and breke the sege. and he cast him to entre on the north side of the host. be cause that ther wos the best entre and most plain grond. And therfore the kyng assigned the Priour of kylmayn with his pow¦er and loggid him on the Northside of the host to stope ther passa∣ge. and was by the forest of Lyous And of this ordinaunce they wer full glad and so they went forth in hast: and kepid thee groūd and the place that the kyng and his councell had assignid ¶And they quitte them as good weriours vn to their kyng ¶Now will I tell yow wich were thee chief Capitayns and the gou{er}nours of thee Cite of Rone ¶Mon sir Gny Botiler was chief Capitayn both of thee Cite and of the Castill. And Mon sir Termegan he was Capitayn of Port de Canx Mō sir de la Roche he wos capitain of the Disns. Mō sir Anthonie he was Leuetenant to mō sir Gni botiller Hēri chantfiē he was the Capitain of the Porte de la pount Iohn̄ Mantreuas he was ca∣pitain of the porte de la Chastell Mō sir de Preanx he was Ca∣pitain of the porte of sent Hillarie. the bastard of Tyne he wos Capitain of the port marteniulle. And graunt Iakes a worthy

weriour he wos Capitayn of all men of were &̄ he wos gou{er}nour outward both on horsbake and on foot of all men of armes whan they essued out of the Cite of all the portes he them arayed as they shuld coūtre with our menie: And eche of thee capitayns lad. v. M. men of armes and sum moo. ¶And at y^e frist comyng of our kyng ther wer nombred by heraudes in to .ccc. M. of men & women and children what yong & old. And amōg all thes was mony a manfull man of his handis &̄ so they preued them whan they essued out of the cite both on hors bake and on foot. for they come neu{er} at on gate out alone. but at iij. or iiij. gates and at eu{er}y gate ij. or iij. M. of good mennys bodies armed and manful coūtred with our englishmen and moch pepull slayn diu{er}se tymes with gonnes quarellis and othir ordinaūce. ¶And this sege durid xx. wekis and eu{er} they of the toune trastid to haue be rescu∣ed bot ther come none: so at the last they kepid so long y^e toūe y^t ther died mony thousandis with in the toūe for defaute of mete of men &̄ womē & children. for they had heten ther hors dogges & cattis y^t wer in the toūe. ¶And oft tymes the men of armes drofe out the poer pepull out at the gates of the toūe for spending of vitaill. & anone our englishmē drofe them in to the toūe ayen ¶So at the last the capitayn of the toūe saw the mischief y^t they wer not rescued. & also the scarcite of vitaill. &̄ y^t the pepull died so for defaute of mete eu{er}y day mōy thousandis. & also saw yong children lie and souke ther moders pappis &̄ wer dede. Than anōe they sent to the kīg besechyng him of his grace & mersci & brough¦te the keis of the toūe vn to the kyng &̄ delyu{er}ed the toūe to him: & all the soudiours voided the toūe with ther hors &̄ harnes and tho comunes of the toune for to abide and duell still in the toune yerly to pay to him &̄ to his successours for all maner customes and fee fermes and kateremes. ¶And than thee kyng en∣tred in to the toune and restid him in the Castell till the toune was set in rewle and in gouernaunce.

¶How the kyng of england was made heritier & regent of fra¦unce &̄ how he weddid quene Katrine.

ANd anone aft{er} that Rone wos goten Depe & mony od{er} tounes in the baas Normandi yaf them ou{er} with out st∣roke or sege whan they vnder stode that the king had goten rone Also this same yere had bene a pees made and suorne bitwen the Duke of Burgō &̄ the Dolphin wich wer sworen on godis bodi that they shuld loue and assiste ech othir ayenst ther enmys. ¶And aft{er} this {con}trari to this oth. the duke Iohan of Bur∣goyn was slayn &̄ pituysly mordred in the presence of the dolphī wherfore the frenshmē wer gretli deuidid &̄ of verray necessite la¦borid to haue a trayttye with the kyng of englond For the king of Englond wan dayli of them tounys castillis & fortresses. ¶Also this same yere wos quene Iane arestid &̄ brought in to the castell of Ledis in Kent. And oone frere Randolf a doc∣tor of diuinite hir confessour wich aft{er}ward wos slayn by the {per}sō of the tour falling at wordis &̄ debate. & after quene Iane was deliu{er}ed ¶And in the vij. yere both kīgis of fraūce & of En∣glond wer accordid & kyng Henri was made heir and regent of fr¦aunce and weddid Dame Katrin the kyng{is} dought{er} of fraunse at Troyes in Champain on Trinite sondai ¶And this was made by the meyn of Phelip new made duke of Burgoyn wich wos sworn to kyng Henri. for to a venge his fadres deth & was becomē English. ¶And than the kyng with his new wife went to Paris wher he wos rially ressaued And from thens he w^t his lordis and the duke of Burgon & mony othir lordis of fraū laid sege to diu{er}se tounes and Castelles that held of the Dol∣phyns partie &̄ wā them But y^e toūe of Melun held lōg time. for ther in wer good defendours ¶In the viij. yere the kyng & the quene come ou{er} se and landid on Candilmasse day in the morou at Dou{er} ¶And the xiiij. day of Feueryer the kīg com to lon¦don And the xxi. day of the same moneth the quene come. And

the xxiiij. day of the same she wos crouned at westmynstre Also the same yere anone after Ester the kyng held a {per}lament at west¦mynstre at wich {per}lament it wos ordined that the gold in english coyn shuld be weid. & none resayued but by weyght ¶And a∣none aft{er} witsontide the king sailled to Calais and passid so forth in to fraūce And ī marche the xxij· day. before the kyng come ou{er} the duke of Clarence wos slayn in fraunce and diu{er}se othir lor∣dis taken prison{er}s as the erle of Huntindon. the erle of somerset with diu{er}se othir And all wos because they wold not take w^t thē archiers but thought to haue do with the frenshmē them self. w^t out them. ¶And yit whan he was slayn the archiers come and rescued the body of the duke wich they wold haue caried with them god haue merci on his soule. he wos a valiaūt man. ¶And the same yere bitwen cristemasse & Candilmasse the toūe of Me¦lun wos yoldē to the kyng ¶In the ix. yere on sent Nicholas day in December was borne Henri the kyng{is} first begoten sone at wyndesore. whos godfadres at fontstone wos henri bisshop of wynchestre & Iohn̄ duke of of Bedford &̄ the duchesse of hola¦nd wos godmod{er}. & hen••i Chicheley erchebisshop of cantorberi wos godfad{er} at {con}firmyng ¶And in the x. yere the cite of Mews ī brie wos goten. wich had long beseged. And this same yere y^e quene sh̄ippid at hampton & sailed ou{er} to the king ī fraūce wher she was worshipfulli receyued of the kyng: & so of the kyng of fraūce hir fadre & of hir mod{er} ¶And th{us} kīg Henri wan fast ī fraūse &̄ held gret astate & sat at dyn{er} at a gret fest in Paris croned & the quene also. wich had not bene seyn be fore. &̄ all pepull resor∣ted vn to his court. but as to the kyng of fraūce he heeld none astate ne rule but wos left almost alone▪ ¶Also this yere the wethercok wos set vpō poules stepull at londō And this yere in the moneth of august the kyng waxed seke at boys de vyncēt. &̄ whan he saw he shuld die he made his testament. & ordaned mōy thynges nobull for his soule &̄ deuoutli ressaued all the rightis of

holi chirch. ī so fer forth that whan he wos anoynted he said the ser¦uice with the prest. and at the vers of the psalme Miserere mei deus that wos Benigne fac dn̄e in bona volūtate tua syn vt e¦dificentur muri ierusalem. he bad tarie ther &̄ sayd thus. O good lord thou knowest that myne entent hath bene &̄ yit is if I my∣ght leue to reidyfie the wallis of Ierusalem. ¶And then thee prest procedid forth and made an end. ¶And anone aft{er} this most nobull prince & victorious kīg flour in his time of cristyn chiualri whom all the world douted. yaf his soule in to the hon∣dis of god & died &̄ made an ende of his naturall life at the forsai¦ed Boys de vyncent beside Paris the xxxvi. yere of his age. on whos soule god haue merci amen. ¶Then wos the body enbamed & cerid & laied in a riall chare and an ymage like to him waas laid vpō the corps open with diu{er}se ban{er}s & hors cou{er}id richeli with armes of englond & fraūce. and also thold armes of seint Ed∣ward sent Edmōd and othir with gret multitude af torchis. w^t whom went the kyng of scotland &̄ mony othir lordis wich accom∣panid the body till it come vn to westmynstre by londō in Englōd ¶And in eu{er}y toūe by the way he had solempli his dirige on the euen and masse on the morn. and moch almis wos yef to poer pepull by the way And the vij day of Nouēbre aft{er} the corps was brought thurgh londō with gret reu{er}ens &̄ solempnite to west¦mynstre wher he now lieth. it wos worshipfulli beried. and after was laid on his tombe a riall ymage lyke to him self of silu{er} and gild wich wos made at the cost of quene Katrin ¶And thus endid & is entered &̄ beried the nobull kyng Hēri the fifth on whos soule & all cristyn god haue merci amen·

¶Of the law of kīg henri the v. & what he ordeyned for kīg Ri¦chard & for him self aft{er} his deth.

HEre is to be notid that this kyng Henri the v. wos a no∣bull prince aft{er} he wos kyng & crouned. how be it be fore in his yougth he had bene wild recheles &̄ sparid no thing of his lust

ne desires: but accomplisshed them after hrs likyng. but as sone as he wos crouned ennoynted & sacred anone sodenli he was chaū¦ged in to a new man & set all his entent to liue vertuusly in mayntenyng of holy chirch. destroyng of heritikis. Kepyng Ius¦tice &̄ dofendyng of his reame & subiettis ¶And for as moch as his fadre had deposid by his labour the good kyng Richard. & pytously made him to die. and for the ofence done to him aynest his legeaunce. he had sent to rome to be asoyled therof. For wich offence the pope our holi fadre enioyned him to make him be prayed fore {per}petually. &̄ like as he had done to be taken from him his na¦turall life ther fore he sh̄uld do found iiij. tapers to brene {per}petual¦ly about his body. that for the extinccion of his bodyli lyfe his soule may eu{er} be remembrid &̄ liue in heuen in spirituall life ¶And also y^t he shold eu{er}y weke on the day as it com about of his deth h••ue a solempne masse of requiem &̄ on the euen before a dirige with ix. lessons and a dole to poer pepull alway on that day of a xi shillynges and viij. pens to be deled peny mele. and ons in the yere at his annyu{er}sarie his terment to be holdyn in the most honest wise. & be deled that day xx. pound in pens to poer pe¦pull. ¶And to eu{er}y monke to haue xx· shillyng wich all th¦es thyng{is} {per}furmed this noble kyng for his fadre. for kyng Hēri the iiij. his fad{er} {per}formed it not during his life. whom as it was said god touchid & wos a lepre or he died ¶Also than this nobull prince let do calle all the abbotes &̄ priours of sent Benet ord{er} ī englōd & had them in the chapiture hous of westmīster for the reformaciō of the ord{er} wherin he had comynicaciō. & also with bisshoppis and mē of the spiritualte. in so fer forth y^t they doutid sore he wold haue had the tem{per}altes out of ther handis. wherfore by thauys. labour & {pro}curing of the spūalte encoraged the kyng to chalenge Normandy &̄ his right in fraūce. to thentēt to set hī a werke ther y^t he shuld not seke occasiōs to entre ī to such mat{er}s ¶And all his life aft{er} he laboured ī the weris ī {con}quering gret

{per}te of the reame of fraūce. y^t bi the a gremēt of the kīg Charles he had all y^e gou{er}nāce of the reame of fraūce. &̄ wos {pro}clamid re¦gent & heir of fraūce. & so not withstōdyng all this gret were y^t he had yit he remembrid his soule & also y^t he was mortall & must die. for wich he ordined bi his liue the place of his sepultur wher he is beried &̄ eu{er}y day iij. massis {per}petualli sōgen ī a chapell ou{er} his sepultur. of wich the middill masse &̄ y^e fyrst &̄ laast masse shall be as his assigned by hī as it apperith by thes u{er}sis foloīg.

Henrici misse quinti sunt hic tabulate Que successiue sunt per monachos celebrate [ Die dnīca] Prima sit assup̄te. de festo virginis alme· Poscit postremam cristus de morte resurgens. [ Feria secunda.] Prima salutate de festo virginis extat Nunciat angelicis. laudem postrema choreis. [ Feria iij·] Esse deum natū. de virgine prima fatetur. Commemorat natam. sic vltima missa mariam. [ Feria iiij.] Prima celebretur. ad honorem neupmatis almi. vltima conceptam. denūciat esse mariam [ Feria v.] Sem{per} prima coli. debet de cor{per}e cristi. vltima sit facta. de virgine purificata [ Feria vi.] Condecet vt prima. celebretur de cruce sancta Atque salutate· fiet postrema marie. [ Sabbato.] Omnes ad sanctos. est prima colenda su{per}nos. vltima de requie. pro defunctie petit esse Semper erit media. de proprietate diei.

¶And yit y^e nobull kīg Henri the v. foūdid ij. houses of re¦ligiō on called Syō beside braynford of the ord{er} of sent Brigitte both of men & women. &̄ on y^t othir side of the riu{er} of tamise an hous of mōkis of chartrehous ī wich two places he is {con}tinually praid for nyght & day. for eu{er} whā they of Syō restis they of the chartrehous do ther {ser}uice. & in like wise whā they of y^e chart{er}hous restis the othir goeth to. & by ryngyng of the bellis of eythir place

eche knoweth whan they haue endid ther {ser}uise wich be nobli endow¦ed. & do dayli ther gret almusse dedis. as ī chart{er}hous c{er}tayn child be fondē to scole &̄ at siō c{er}tayn almisse yefuen dali. & yit beside al this he had foūdid a recluse with shall be alway a prest to p̄y for hī by y^e said chartrehous wich prest is sufficiently endewed for hī & a {ser}uaūt. Lo here may all princes take ensample by this nobull prince y^t regned so litell time not fully .x. yere did so mōy nobull actis as well for his soule to be {per}petually remēbrid & praid for as ī his worldly {con}questis & he beīg in his most lusti age dispised &̄ eschewid synne &̄ wos u{er}tu{us} & a gret Iusti{ser} ī so moch y^t all y^e prī¦ces of cristēdō drad hī & also of hethenese. & he had det{er}mīed ī hī sel¦fe if god wold haue sparid hī to haue werid on the sarisēs &̄ for to know the ayde of od{er} princes & all y^e passag ī y^t iournay he sēt a knight of henaud named sir hugh de lanoye vn to Ierusalem. but or he returned he died at Boys du vyncent in the xxxvi. yer of his age on whos soule god haue merci Amen.

FElix the v. wos pope when Eugeny was deposid ix. yere This Felix wos the duke of subandie a devoute prince & an old man. &̄ he saw his childis child. This man when he leuid an hole life wos chosin pope of the coūcell of basiliens. &̄ Eugeyn wos deposit. &̄ ther wos strife lōg time &̄ he had no gret obedience for the deposicion of Eugeyn: And at the last eugeyn decessed & then felix resined to Nicholas for fauour of the pees to be had and he wos made legate of fraūce &̄ cardinale of sabianus. ¶This wos the xxiij. strife betwix Eugen & felix &̄ it durid xvi. yere· & this wos a new cause &̄ neu{er} be fore seyn. for the {con}cel of basilien deposid eugeyn the veray pope & ther wos no moo: for he obeyd not the decreys of the councell of Constantinopolyn as they sayd ne he charged not to obey the concell of Basien bothe sa¦ed rather the contrarie sh̄uld be done then so as they decreid. wher∣for ther roos a gret altricacion in that mat{er}. for sum sayd on

way and sum an othir. and coud not accord vn to this day for the ton {per}ti sayd that the coūcell wos aboue y^e pope. & an othir {per}tie said the contrari that the pope wos aboue the coūcell. but they left it vndetermined & therfore god must dispose for the best.

Albertus was Emprour aft{er} Sygmonde on yere. This Al∣bert wos the duke of Anstre &̄ nevew to Sigmond and ther for he wos kyng of Beem and of vngri for his dought{er} for othir heir he left not. This man wos chosin Emprour of Almayn. bot a¦none he wos poysened and died. and he wos in al thyng{is} a ver∣tuus man that all mē said he wos a presidēt to all kynges. Fredericus the thrid wos Emprour after him. This Frederik wos the duke of Anriest and chosin of Almayn bot it was lōg or he wos crouned of the pope for diuision. at the last ther wos ma¦de a vnite and he was crouned w^t a gret honour of the pope in the cite and wos a pesabull man and a quiet &̄ of a singuler pete. and he hated not the clargi he weddid y^e kyng{is} doughter of Por∣tingale And in hys tyme whyles that he regned he made a gret conuocacion of princes in ratispona. for the in cors of the Turkis and shewed vn to them that now with in this xx. yere cristīdom wos made lasse by two hondreth mile. and he warned them that they shuld be redy to resist him. ¶And the cite im{per}¦iall of Constantinobull was taken of the misbeleuyng Turkis and betrayed be a Ianuens. whom for his labour the turke made a kyng as he {pro}mysed him and the iiij. day he callid home and he did him for his dissayt to his mastir. And ther wos gret sorow and wepyng among cristyn pepull for the losse of y^t nobull Cite and of cristyn men and women. for mony a cristyn man was sl¦ayn and innumerable wer sosld. and the Emprour wos slayn. & for enuy the Turke causid his hede to be smyt of when he wos dede And almost all the faith in the land of greke failed. Nicholaus the fifth a Ianuens wos pope after felix viij· yere This Nycholas was chosin at rome in the plais of Euggyny

& yit the strife hengit. And a litell & litell they obeyed him. and all men meruellid. that a man of so poer a nacion shuld obtene ayens the duke of Subandy y^e wich wos cosin and alied almost to all the princes of cristyndō and eu{er}ychon left him. Then ī the yere aft{er} ther wos a pees made. & Felix resauid for it plesid our lord his name to be glorified by a obiect of the world as wos y^t Ianuens· in com{per}ison to the duke the pope. This Nicholas was a maister in diuinite and actiue man. & a rich man ī {con}saites. & mōy thyng{is} y^t wer fallen he bildid ayen. & all the wallis of rome he renewed for dred of the Turke. And ther was a u{er}se made of this vnite and publisit in the cite. Lux fulsit mūdo: cessit felix ni¦cholao. And that ī the yere of our lord .M.iiij^C.xlix. The yer of grece w^t a gret deuocion was {con}firmid &̄ innumerabull pepull wēt to the apostill setis.

¶How kyng Henri the vi. regned beyng a child not oon yere of age & of the bataill of vernaill in Perche.

AFter kyng Henri the v. regned henri his son but a child and not fulli on yere of age. whos regne began the frist day of Septembre in the yere of our lord M.cccc.xxij. This ki¦ng beyng ī his cradell wos moch dowtid and drad by cause of the gret {con}quest of his fad{er} &̄ also the wysdō & guydyng of his vncles the duke of Bedford &̄ the duke of Gloucestre. ¶This yere the xxi. day of October dyed Charles the kyng of fraūce. & lieth beried at sent Denys. And than wos the duke of bedford made re¦gent of fraunce. And the duke of Gloucestre wos made {pro}tector and defendour of englond. ¶And the frist day of march aft{er} wos sir willm Taillour prest degradid of his presthode and on the morow aft{er} he wos brint ī smythfeld for herise ¶Thys yere sir Iames stiward kyng of scottis maried Dame Iane the du∣ches dought{er} of Clarence of hir frist housband the erle of somerset at sent mari ouays ¶Also this yere the xvij. day of August

wos the bataill of vernaill in perche bitwen the duke of bedford re¦gēt of fraūce &̄ y^e duke of Alaūsone wich was a gret bataill. The duke of Bedford had^• on his sid w^t hī the erle of salusberi M¦oūtagu & the lord Talbot & all the pouer y^t they coud make in N¦ormandie the garysouns kept. And also mony Capitayns w^t moch pepull of the duke of Borgoyns ¶And on that other side was the duke of Alaunson. y^e duke of Turon y^t wos ther¦le douglas. the erle Boughan w^t mōy lordis of fraūce &̄ gret cō¦ponie of scottis and Armynakis And than the Erle douglas called the duke of Bedford Iohan with the leden swerd. And he sent him word ayen that he sh̄old find that day that his swerde wos of stele. ¶And so the bataill ioyned on both sides and faught long tyme that ther wist no man who sh̄old haue the bett{er} a gret while. bot at the last as god wold the victori fell vn to the English partie. For ther wer slaī. the erle douglas wich a litel before wos made duke of Turon. the erle of boughan the erle of Almarre. the erle of Toūar. the erle of vaūtedor and the visco¦unt of Nerbonne wich was on of them that slew duke Iohn̄ of Borgoyn knelyng before the Dolphyn &̄ mony mo vn to the nombre of x. thosand and mo And ther wos taken prisoners thee duke of Alaūson and mony othir lordid and gentillis of fraūce bot scottis that day wer slayn doune right the substance of them all. ¶And the thrid yere of kyng henri the sext the Duke of Gloucestre maried the duchisse of holand & wēt ou{er} the se w^t hir in to henaude for to take possession of hys wyfes heritance wher he wos honorably receyuid and taken for lord of the land bot sone after he was fayn to returne home ayen tho and left his wyfe &̄ all his tresour that he had broght with him in a toune y^t is called Mounse in henaud. wich promised him for to be trew to him. Not¦withstondyng they deliu{er}ed the lady vn to the duke of borgoyn wich sent hir to Gaunt And from thens she ascapid in a man nys clothyng and come in to Zeland to a toūe of hir own callid

Ziorixee And from thens she went to a toune in holand called the Ghowde and ther sh̄e wos strong ynowgh and withstode the said duke of Burgoyn. ¶And sone after the duke of glou∣cestre sent ou{er} in to Zeland the lord fitzwater with c{er}tayn men of were and archiers for to help and socour the forsaid duchefse of ho¦land. wich ••andit at a place in Zeland called brewers hauen. wher the lordis of the contre come doūe and faght with him. and in conclosion he wos fayn to with draw him and his meny to the see ayen. But yit he slew and hurt diu{er}se lordis and moch pepull of that same cuntre And so retourned home ayen with his meny and preuaylid no thyng. ¶And also this same yere the•• Er¦le of Salusberi. the erle of suffolke. the lord Wylby and thee lord scalis with ther retenue laid sege to the cite of Manus. the wich cite wos yolden to them with mony othir strong toūes and Castellis to the nombre of xxxvi: ¶This tyme all Normā∣die and a gret part of fraūce vn to Orliaunce wos vnd{er} the obe∣yssaunce of the kyng of englond And all the remenaūt of fraun¦ce wos in gret tribulacion and mischief.

¶How ther wos a gret fray lyke to haue bene bitwene the car¦dinall & the duke of Gloucestre. And of the coronacion of king Henri the sext both in englond & in fraūce.

IN the iiij. yere the same nyght that the maire of london Iohan Couentre had takyn his charge. was a gret watch in London for a fray that wos betwen the bisshop of wynchestre and the Duke of Gloucestre protectour &c ¶For y^e maire with the pepull of the cite wold abide bi y^e duke of gloucestre as {pro}tectour of the reame. bot by labour of lordis y^t went bitwen & in speciall by the labour of the prince of Portyngale. ther was a pointement taken that ther was no harme done. And aft{er} the ba¦taill of verneyll in perche thee duke of bedford com ouer in to En¦glond And on witsonday this same yere at Laycestre he dubbed kyng Henri knyght. And forthwith the said kyng Henry dub¦bed

all thes knyghtis. whos names folowith. that is to wit sir Richard duke of yorke. also the son and heir of the duke of Nor∣folke. the erle of Oxford. the Erle of westmerland. the son and heir of the erle of Northumburland. the son &̄ heir of the erle of vr¦mond. the lord Roos. sir Iamys buttelar the lord martrauas sir Henry gray of Tankeruile sir willm Neuill lord fawconbrigge sir George Neulll lorde latimer. the lord wellis. the lord berkle the son and heir of the lord Talbot. sir Raufe gray of werk Sir robert veer. sir Richad gray sir Edmond hongerford. Sir Ro∣bert Wynkfeld. sir Iohan bottell̄er. Sir Raynold Cobham sir Ioha•• passheley sir Thomas Tunstall Sir Iohn̄ Chidiok sir Raufe langford sir wyllm drury sir willm ap Thomas sir Ri¦chard Carbonell Sir Richard Wydeuile Sir Iohan shridelew sir Wyllyām Cheyn. sir Wyllyam Babyngton. sir Iohn̄ Iu¦ne sir Gil̄bert Beauchamp. ¶Item in the v. yere the duke of Bedford with the duchese hys wyfe went ou{er} see to Calays. & a lytell before went ou{er} Henri bishop of wīchestre And on our la¦dy day anūciacion ī our lady chyrche at Calais the bishop of wī¦chestre whan that he had songen masse wos made Cardinall. & he knelyng before the hygh auter the duke of Bedford set the hat vpon hys hede. and ther wer hys bulles red as well of hys char¦ge as the reioyssing of his benefices spirituel and temperill ¶ And thys same yere was gret habundaunce of rayn. that the sub¦stanse of heye and also of corne was destruyed. for it rayned almost eueri other day ¶And thys same yere the good erle of salusberi sir Thomas Montague layd sege vn to Orlyaunce at wych sege he wos slayn w^t a gonne. that come out of the tou¦ne on whos sowle god haue merci. for syth that he wos slayn En∣glishmen neu{er} gat ni preuayled ī fraūce: bot euer after began to lese lytell and lytell till all wos lost ¶Also this same yere a bretō murdred a good wedow in hir bedde without algate wich wedow fond him for almesse And he bare away all y^t she bad.

¶And aft{er} this he toke the gyrth of holy chirch at sent Geor¦gis in southwark. and ther token the crosse and forsuore this lan¦de And os he went it happened that he com by the plase wher he did this cursed dede in the subbarbes of london. And the women of the same parissh com out with stonys and canel dung and slew and made an end of him ther. Notwithstandyng the constabules and mony othir men beyng present for to kepe him. for ther wer mony women. and had no pitte: ¶Also this same yere the Duke of Northfolke with mony gentill men and yemen toke his barge the viij. day of Nouembre at sent mari oueyes for to haue go thur¦gh londō brugge: and thurgh misgydyng of the barge. it ou{er}threw on the pyles and mony men drownyd: but the duke him self with ij. or iij. leped vpon the piles and so wer sauid with help of men y^t wer aboue the brugge wich casten doun ropis by the wich roppis they sauyd them self ¶This same yere on sent Leonardis dai kyng Henri beyng vij. yere of age wos crouned at westmynst{er} at whos coronacion wer made xxxvi. knightis This yere on sent Georgis day he passid ou{er} the see to Calays toward fraūce Abo¦ute this tyme and a fore the reame beyng in gret miserie and tri¦bulacion: the Dolphyn with his parte began to make were and gate certayn places and made distresses vpon english men by y^e meyn of his capitayns that is to say la heer & poton de seyntrayl¦les and ispeciall a mayd wich they namyd la pucelle de dien. Th¦is maid rood lyke a man &̄ wos a valiant capitayn among thē and toke vpon hir mony gret enterprises in so moch that they had a beleue for to haue recouerid all ther lossies by hir. ¶Not w^t∣stondyng at the last after mony gret feates. by thee helpe and prouiesse of sir Iohan Luxemburgh the wich was a nobull Ca∣pitayn of the Dukes of Burgoyn and mony englishmen picar¦des and Burgoygnous wich weren of our partie before the tou∣ne of Compyne the xxiij. day of May the forsaid pucelle was tak¦en in the feld armed like a man and mony othir capitayns with

hir. & wer all brought to Roan and ther she wos put in to prison And ther she was Iugged bi the law to be brent. and then she said that she wos with child. wherby she wos respited a while: But in conclusion it was founde that sh̄e wos not with child And then she was brenned in Roan. And the od{er} Capitayns wer put to raunsome and entreated as men of wer bene acustmed &c. ¶And this same yere about Candilmasse Richard hun¦der a woll̄epacker wos dampned for an heritike and brent at tour hyll And about midlentin sir Thomas Baggeli prest and vi∣carie of Mauen in Estsex beside Walden wos disgratid and dampned for an heritike and brent in smyth felde ¶And also in this same yere whiles the kyng wos in fraunce ther wer moni heritikis & loulars that had purposid to make a rising & cast bil∣lis in mony places. bot blissid be god almyghty the Capitayn of them wos taken whos name was willm Maundeuill a weuer of Abendon and balif of the same toune wich named him self Iak Sharp of Wigmoresland in wal̄es And afterward he wos be hedid at the forsaid Abendon in the witson weke on the tewisday ¶This same yere the sext day of December kīg Hēri the sext was crouned kīg of fraunce at Paris ī the chirch of our lady w^t gret solempnite. ther beyng present the Cardinall of Englond the duke of bedford and mony othir lordis of fraunce &̄ of En∣glond ¶And aft{er} this coronacion &̄ gret fest holdē at Paris the kīg retourned frō thēs to roan &̄ so toward Calais. & the ix. day of Feuerer londed at Dou{er}. whom all the comunes of kente met at beramdoū bitwen Cātorberi & dou{er} all ī reed hodis. & so come forth till he come to the blake heth. wher he wos met with the Maire Iohan wellis with all the craftis of london clothed all ī white And so they brought hym vn to London the xxi: day of the same moneth. ¶And this same yere was a restraīt of the wol∣lis of Calays made by the soudiou••s by cause they wer not payed of ther wages wherfor the Duke of bedford regent of Fraunce

beyng then capitayn come to Calais the tewisday in the ester we¦ke And on the morne aft{er} mōy soudiours of y^e toūe wer arestid &̄ put ī ward And in the same weke he rode to Terewyn. & bi y^e meyn of the bisshop of Terewyn he weddid the erles dought{er} of sēt Poule & come ayen to Calais. ¶And the xi. day of Iune on sent Barnabeis day ther wer iiij. soudiours of Calais y^t wer chief cau{ser}s of the restreynt hedid y^t is to wit Iohn̄ Maddeley Io¦han Lunday Thomas Palmer &̄ Thomas Talbot. & an hondre¦th &̄ x. banysshed the toune that same tyme. & before wer banyssh¦ed an hondreth & xx. soudiours And on midsomer euen after com the lord regent &̄ his wife to london.

ABowt this tyme pope martin died And after him Eu∣geyne thee fourth wos Pope. This man was pesabuly chosin in Rome by the Cardinales and was u{er}y & indubytate po¦pe· But shortly after he was put and expulsid out of Rome in such maner that he wos fayn to flee nakid. In this same tyme wos the councill of Basilie to wich councell he wos tho cited to cum And be cause he com not they deposit him. but he rought not ne set not ther by but gat the cite of Rome and abode styll Pope xvij: yere. This yere about witsontide the heritikes of Praghe wer destruyd For at two Iournays wer distruyd of them mo thā xxij thousand with ther capitayns· that is to wyt Procapi{us} Sa¦plico & Lup{us} presbiter. Also ther wos takyn on lyue master pers clarke an Englishmā and an heritike ¶Also this same yere wos a gret frost & a strong during xi. wekis For it began on se¦int Katrines euen & lasted vn to seint Scolasticais day ī Feue¦rer ī wich tyme the vyntage that com fro Burdeux come ou{er} sho¦tres hill ¶This yer wos the coūcell of Aras & a gret trayte bitwene the kyng of Englōd and the kīg of fraunce. wher was assembled mony gret lordis of both parties at wich councell wos offrid to the kyng of Englond gret thynges by the meyen of a Legate that come from rome wich wos Cardinale of sent crosse

wich offres wer refusid by the Cardinall of Englond and othir lordis that wer ther for the kyng. wherfor the duke of Burgoyn the wich had bene long english sworn. for soke our partie and re∣tourned frensh by the meyn of the forsaid legat and made a pees with the frensh kyng resauyng of the kyng for recompensing of his fadris deth the counte pontiu. the lordsh̄ip of Ma••o•••• w^t moch od{er} as is specified in y^e said trayttie. And so our embassatouris come home ayen in warse caas than they went out For thei lo¦st ther the duke of burgoyn wich had bene with his bourgoynous and Picardes a singuler help in all the conquest of Normadie & of Fraūce ¶This same yere wos a gret bataill on the see be¦twen the Ienewes and the kyng of Aragon. of wich bataill the Ienewes had the victorie. for they toke the kyng of Aragon. the kyng of Naune and thee gret mastir of sent Iames in Galise with iij. hondrith knyghtis and squiers and moch othir pepull. And this was on sent dominikys day ¶And this same yere wer seyn iij: sonnys at ons. and anone folowid the threfold gou{er}¦nance ī the chirch that is to wit of Eugenye of the concell & of neutralite. ¶Also this same yere M.cccc.xxxiiij. wos a pas¦sing gret wynd by wich stepillis houses & treis wer ou{er} throwen About this tyme wos an holi maid in holand called Lydwith. wich liued onli by miracle not etyng any mete. This yere the du¦ke of Burgoyn began his ordre at lyle of the golden Flyes. & ordeyned c{er}tayn knightis of the order and made statutis and ordi¦naūces moch accordyng vn to the ord{er} of the gart{er}. ¶Also th¦is same yer the frenshmē had ent{er}prised to haue stole Calais ī the fisshīg tyme. for mony botis of fraunce had safecōdithes to cum to Calais for to take hering And the soudiours of the toune had a custō to cū to the chirch & leue ther staffis standīg at the chir¦che dore wich staffis the frenshmen wich wer arayd like fisshers purposid to haue taken ther wapen and for to have won the toune bot on of them lay with a comyn woman the nyght be fore and

told to hir ther coūcell And sh̄e on the morow told the leuetena¦unt wich forthwith commaundid that eu{er}y man shuld kepe his wapen in his hand sakring time and othir ¶And whan they {per}¦sauyd this that they wer mispoynted they sayled streght to Depe and stole and toke that toune ¶And on the Newyeres euen after they tokē Harflet· and thus the englishmē began to lese a litell and a litell in Normandie.

¶How Calais & guynes wer besegid by y^e duke of Burgō & how they wer rescued by the duke of Gloucestre.

THys yere wos a gret noyse thurgh all englond how the du¦ke of Burgoyn wold cum and besege Calais. wherfore thee Erle of Mortayn with his armye that he had for to haue go with in to fraūce wos contremaūdid &̄ chargid that he shold go to Calais. wich wos at that time well vitailled &̄ mānyd. for sir Iohn̄ Ratclife wos leuetenaūt of the kyng in that toune. & y^e baron of Duddeley liuetenaūt of the castell ¶And the ix. day of Iulij the duke of Borgoyn with all the power of Flaun∣dres and moch othir pepull com before Calays and set his sege a¦bout the toūe. & eu{er}y toūe of Flaundres had ther tentis by them self ¶And this sege endurid iij. wekis. In the meyn while y^e duke of Gloucestre beyng {pro}tector of englond toke y^e most {per}tie of the lordis of Englond & went ou{er} thee see to Calays for to re¦scue the toūe or to fight with thee duke & his host yf they wold ha∣ue byden. this time london &̄ eu{er}y good toūe of Englond sent ou{er} se to thys rescu c{er}tayn pepull well arayd of the best and chosin men for the were. ¶And the secund day of august the forsayd du∣ke of Gloucestre ariuid at Calays wyth all his armie and v. hondreth shippis &̄ mo. ¶And the Duke and all his host y^t lay in the sege as sone as they aspied the saylles in thee see. before they apporched Calays hauen. sodenly in a mornyng de{per}tid from the sege. leuyng behynd him moch stuffe and vitall. & fled in to Flaūdres and Picardye and in lyke wyse dide the sege that lay

be fore Guyns. wher as they of guyns token the gret gonne of brasse called digeon and mony othir gret gonnys and serpentins ¶And then whan the duke of gloucestre wos ariued with al his host. he went in to flaundres and wos ther xij. dayis and did but litell harmi except. he brent two fair vilages Popering and Belle. and othir houses wich wer of no strength. & so he retour¦ned home ayen ¶And this same yere the kyng of scotland bese¦ged Rokesburgh with moch pepull But sir Raufe Gray de{per}¦ted fram the castell and ordined for rescu But os sone as the ky¦ng vnd{er}stode his de{per}ting he sedenli brake his sege and wēt his wa and left moch ordinaūce behynd him wher he gat no worsshipp. ¶This same yere the secund day of Ianuer quene katrine wich wos the gynges moder and wyfe to kyng henri the fift died and de{per}tid out of this world and wos brought rially thurgh london & so to westmīster and ther she lieth worchipfully buried in our lady chapell ¶And also this same yere the iiij. day of Ianuer fell doune the gate with the toure on it on londō brigge toward southwerk with two arches and all that stode ther on. ¶This same yere wos a gret traitte holdyn betwen Graueny∣ng and Calais bitwen the kyng and the duke of bourgoyn wher∣for the kyng wos the Cardinall of Englond the duke of Norfolk and mony othir lordis and for the duke wos the duchisse hauīg full pouer of hir lord as regent & ladi of his landis wher wos takē by thauys of both perties an abstinence of were for a c{er}tayn tyme in the name of the Duchesse & not of duke because he had gon frō his othe & legeaunce that he had made to kyng Henri therfore the kyng neu{er} wold write ne oppointe ne haue to do w^t hī after. bot al in the duchesse name ¶Also this same yere quene Iane died the secund day of Iule wich had bene kyng Henri the fourthis wi¦fe and wos caried fro Bermondsey vn to Cauntorberi wher she lieth beried bikyng Henri the iiij. hir housbond. ¶This same yere died all the lions in the toure of london. the wich had not ben

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seyn mony yeres before out of mynde.

¶How Owayn a squier of wales that had weddid quene Ka¦terine wos arestid. And of the scisme bitwen Eugenie &̄ felix.

IN the xvi. yere of kyng Henri died Sigismond Empro¦ur of Almayn & knyght of the garter. whos terment the kyng keped at sent poules in london rialli wher was made a riall heerse. and the kyng in his astate clad in blew wos at euen at di∣rige and on the morow at masse &c. ¶And aft{er} him wos elect and chosin Albert duke of Ostrich wich had weddid Sigismōd{us} dought{er} for to be ep̄rour. This mā wos taken & resaued to be kīg of beme & vngari be cause of his wife that was sigismond{us} dou∣ghter wich left aft{er} him none othir heir ¶This Albert wos em¦prour but on yere for he wos poysened & so died. sum saieth he died of a flix. bot he wos a vertuus man & petifull so moch that all the pepull y^t knew him said y^t the world wos not worthy to haue his presens. ¶This same yere on Owayn a squier of walis a man of law byrth. wich had mony a day before secretly weddid quene Katerine and had by hir iij. sonnys and on dought{er} wos ta¦ken &̄ commaūdid to newgate to prison be my lord of Gloucest¦re {pro}tectour of the reame ¶And this yere he brake prison by the meyn of a prest that wos his chapelayn and after he was takī ayen by my lord Bemond and brought ayen to newgate. wich afterward wos deliu{er}ed at large. And on of his sonnys aft{er}war¦de was made erle of richemond and an othir erle of penbroke. &̄ the thrid a monke of westmynstre wich monke died sone aft{er} This same yere also on Newyeres day at baynardis castell fell doune a stake of wod sodenli at afternone & slew iij. mē mischeuisli and foule hurt othir. Also at bedford on a shrireday wer xviij. men murtherid with out stroke by fallīg doune of a stair as they com out of ther comune hall. & mony foule hurt ¶In the xviij. yer sir Richard Beauchamp the good erle of werwike died at Roon

he beyng that tyme leuetenaunt of the kyng in Normandie. & from thens his body wos brought to warwike. wher he lieth wors¦shipfully in a new chapell on the south side of the quere ¶Also this yere wos a gret derth of corne in all englond for a busshell of whete wos worth xl. pens in mony places of englōd & yit men myght not haue y nough wherfor Steuen broune that tyme ma¦re of londō sēt ī to pruce & broght to londō c{er}tain shippis ladē w^t rie. wich did moch good to the poer pepull for corne wos so scarce ī englōd y^t ī sū places of englōd poer pepull made them bred of fern rotes ¶This yere the generall councell of Basilie deposid eu¦genye And they chose Felix wich wos duke of Sauoye. And than began the scisme wich endurid vn to the yere of our lord ihū crist .M.cccc.xlviij This felix wos a deuoute prīce &̄ sawe his sonnys son. & aft{er} leued an holi life & wos chosin pope of the coun¦cell of Basile Eugenye deposed. And so the scisme wos long ti¦me and this Felix had not moch obedience be cauce of the neutra¦lite for the most parte and well nygh all cristyndome obeied & re∣putid Eugenye for veray pope god knawoth who was veray po¦pe of them both for both occupied during the life of Eugeny. ¶This same yere sir Richard wiche vecarie of hermetteswor∣th wos degratid of his presthode at Poules & brint at toure hill as for on heritike on sent Botulphus day. how well at his deth he died a good cristyn man. wher for aft{er} his deth moch pepull co¦me to the place wher he wos brent and offrid & made a heppe of sto¦nys &̄ set vp a crosse of tre &̄ held him for a sent till the maire & sheriues by the kyng{is} commaūdemēt &̄ of bisshoppis destruyed it & made ther an dong hill. ¶Also this same yere the shireues of london set out of sent Martins the graūt the sentorie v. {per}sons. wich afterward wer restorid ayen to the sentorie by the kīg{is} Ius¦tices. ¶After albert the thrid Frederike wos chosin Empro¦ur This Frederik duk of Osterik wos long Emprour &̄ diffe¦rid for to be crouned at rome because of the scisme but after that

vnite wos had he wos crouned with im{per}iall diademe with gret glorie and triumphe of pope Nicholas the iiij. This wos a pesa¦bull man. quiet and of sīgular paciens not hating the chirch he weddid the kyng of Portingales doughter &c.

¶How the duchesse of gloucestre wos arestid for treson. & com¦mitted to {per}petuall prison in the Ile of mā. And of the deth of ma¦stir Rog{er} Bolingbroke.

IN this yere Elinour Cobham duchesse of gloucestre was arestid for certayn pointes of treson laid ayen hir. wher vpō she was examined in sent Stephenys chepell at westmynster before the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And ther she wos enioyn¦ed to open penaunce for to go thurgh chepe bering a taper in hir hand and after to {per}petuall prison in the Ile of man vnder the ke¦pyng of sir Thomas stanley ¶Also that same tyme wos ares¦tid master Thomas southwell a chanon of westmynster mastir Iohan Hume a chapelayn of the said lady. mastir Roger boling¦broke a clarke vsing nigromancie. & on mariorie Iurdemayn called the wicch of Eye beside westmynstre. Thes wer arestid as for beyng of councell with the said duchesse of gloucestre And as for mastir Thomas southwell he died ī the toure the nyght before he sh̄uld haue be reyned on the morne For he him self sayd y^t he shold die ī his bed & not by Iustices ¶And ī the xx. yere mai¦stir Iohn̄ hume and mastir Roger bolingbroke wer brought to the gild hall in london and ther before the mair the lordis & chief iustices of englond wer rayned and dampned both to be drowen & hanged & quartired: but master iohn̄ hume had his chartre and wos {per}doned by the kyng^o· bot mastir Roger wos drawen to Ty¦burne wher he confessid that he died giltles & neu{er} had trespasid in that he died fore. Notwithstondyng he wos honged hedid & quarti¦red on whos soule god haue mercy ¶And margeri iurdmain wos brent in smythfeld. ¶Also this yere wos a gret fray in london in flete strete by nyghtis tyme bytwen men of court and

men of london and diu{er}se men slayn and sum hurt And on her∣botell was chief causer of the misgou{er}naunce &̄ affray ¶Also this yere at chesing of the maire of londō the comūes named Ro¦bert Clopton & Raulin holand taliour And the ald{er}men toke ro¦bert clopton and brough him at the right hand of the meirs as the custom is. And than c{er}tayn tailours and othir hond craftis men cried nay nay not this man bot Raulyn Holand. wherfore the maire that wos padysly sent them that so cried to newgate. wh¦ere they abode agret while and wer ponisshed. ¶In this same yere wer diu{er}se enbassatours sent in to Guyan for a mariage for the kyng for the Erles doughter of Armynake. wich wos {con}clu¦did. but by the meyn of the erle of suffolke it was let and put a parte. ¶And aft{er} this the said erle of Suffolke went him ou{er} the see in to fraunce and ther he tretid the mariage bitwen the ky∣ng of Englond and the kynges doughter of Cecile and of Ieru¦salem And the next yere it wos concludid fully that mariage by wich mariage the kyng shold deliu{er} to hir fadre the duchie of Angeo. and the Erledom of Mayn wich wos the keye of Nor∣mandie ¶Then departid the Erle of suffolke with his wife & diu{er}se lordis and knyghtis in the most raal astate that myght be out of Englond with new chares and palfreys wich went th∣urgh Chepe. and so went ouer the se. and resaued hir and sithen brought hir in the lent after vn to hampton wher she landid. and was rially resaued. ¶And on Candilmasse euen before by a gret tempest of thound{er} and lightenyng at aft{er}none Poules steple wos set on fire on the middis of the shaft in the timbur wich was quenched by force of labour. and specially by the labour of the mo¦row masse prest of the bow in chepe. with was thought impossible sayf onli the grace of god. ¶This yere wos the erle of stafford made & create duke of Bokyngham: the erle of werwik: duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marquis of Dorset. &̄ the erle of suffolke wos made marquies of suffolke.

¶How kyng Henri weddid quene Margarete and of hir coronacion.

IN this yere kyng Henri maried at southwik quene Mar¦garet And she com· to london the xviij. day of May & by the way all the lordis of englond ressayued hir worshipfully in diu{er}se places. And ī especiall the duke of gloucestre. and on thee blake heth the maire with the aldermen and all the craftis in blewe gounys browderd with the deuise of his craft that thei myght be bi knowen mette with hir with reed hodis and brought hir to lon∣don wher wer diu{er}se pagentis and countinaunce of diu{er}se histories shewed in diu{er}se places of the cite rially and costely ¶And the xxx. day of May the forsayd quene wos crouned at westmynster And ther wos Iustis iij. days during. within the sentorie be fo¦re the abbey ¶This yere the priour of kylmian appellid the er∣le of vrmond of treson. wich had a day assigned to them for to fi¦ght in smythfeld. And the listis wer made and feld drassid. but whan it come to point the kyng commaundid that they shuld not fight. but toke the quarell in to his hand. And this wos done at the instance &̄ labour of c{er}tayn prechours and doctours of london as mastir Gilbert worthyngton parson of sent Andrewes ī hol∣borne and othir. ¶Also this same yere come a gret enbassade in to Englond out of fraūce. for to haue concludid a {per}petuall pe∣es. but in conclusion it turned vn to a trews of a yere ¶Abo¦ut this tyme dred sent Barnardyn a gray frere wich began the new reformacion of that ordir in mony places in so moche that they that wer reformed bene called obseruauntes. wich ob{ser}uaū∣tes bene encresid gretli ī Ytali & ī Almayn ¶This Bernar¦dyn was Canonysed by pope Nicholas the .v. In the yere of our lord .M.cccc.l. ¶Iohannes de Capistrano wos his desciple wich {pro}fited moch to the reformacion of y^t order for whom god hath shewed mony a fair miracle. also here is to be notid that frō this tyme forward kyng Henri neu{er} {pro}fited ne went forward. bot

fortune began te turne from him on all sides as well in fraunce Normandie Guyan as in englōd. Sum men holden opinion y^t kyng Henri yaf comyssion plenery to sir Edward hull sir Ro∣bert Roos Dene of sent sauerins and othir to conclude a mari¦age for him with the erle of armynakis sustre. wich wos {pro}mised as it wos seid &̄ {con}cludid. but afterward it wos brokyn: & he wed¦ded quene margaret as afore is said. wich wos a dere mariage for the reame of englond For it wos knowen verili y^t for to ha∣ue hir wos deliu{er}ed the duchie of Angeo and the erledō of mayne wich wos the keye of Normandie for the frenshmen to entre. ¶And about this the said marquies of suffolke axed in plaī {per}lamēt a xv. &̄ an halfe for to fetch hir out of fraūce. Lo what a mariage wos this. as to the comparison of that othir mariage of armynake. For ther shuld haue bene deliu{er}ed so mony castels &̄ tounes ī Guyan and so moch good sh̄uld haue be yeuen w^t hir y^t all englond sh̄uld haue bene ther by enriched. but {con}trari wyse fell. wherfore eu{er}y gret prince ought to kepe his {pro}misse. for be causa of brekyng of this {pro}misse and for mariage of quene mar¦garet what losse hath the reame of englond had by losing of nor¦mandie and guyan▪ by diuision in the reame. the rebellyng of co¦munes ayenst ther prince &̄ lordis. what diuision among the lor∣dis. what murder & sleyng of them: what feldis foughten and ma¦de: in conclusion so mony that mony a man hath lost his life and in conclusion the kyng deposed & the quene with hir son fayn to flee in to scotland and from thens ī to fraūce and so to loriyn y^e pla¦ce that she come frist fro. ¶Mony men demeth that the brekīg of y^e kīges promise to the sustre of the erle of armynake was cause of this gret losse and adu{er}site.

¶How the duke of gloucestre y^e kīg{is} vncle wos arestid at the {per}lamēt of bury. & his deth. & how angeo ī mayn wos deliu{er}ed.

IN the xxv. yere of kyng Henri wos a {per}lament at Bur•• called sent Edmondis buri about wich was commaūdid

all the comunes of the cuntre to be ther in ther most best defensa∣bull aray for to await vpon the kyng To wich {per}lament come y^e duke of Gloucestre vmfrey the kyng{is} vncle. wich had bene {pro}tec¦tour of englond all the none age of the kyng. and anone aft{er} hee wos ī his loggīg he wos arestid by the viscoūte bemōd the cōst a bull of englōd whom accompanied the duke of Bokyngham and mony othir lordis And forthwith all his {ser}uaūtes wer cōmaū¦did for to de{per}te frō him. & xxxij. of the chief of them wer arested &̄ sent to diu{er}se prisons and anone after this said arest. the said duke wos on the morow dede on whos soule god haue merci amen But how he dred & in what man{er} the c{er}tayn is not to be knowen: sū said he died for sorow: sū said he wos murdrid bitwen two fethir beddis. othir sum said that an hote spite wos put ī his foundemet but how he died god knoweth· to whom is nothīg hid. ¶And then when he wos dede he wos laid oppen that all men myght hī se ¶And so both lordis and knyghtis of the shires with burgi∣ses come and saw him lie dede. but woūde ne token coud they {per}sa¦ue how he died. here may men marke what this world is. This duke wos a nobull mā & a gret clarke. & had worsh̄ipfully ruled this reame to the kīg{is} behoue. & neu{er} coude befound faute to him. ¶But enuy of them that were gou{er}nours &̄ had {pro}mised the du∣chie of Angeo and the erledom of mayn caused the destrucciō of this nobull man. for they drad that he wold haue enpeched that deli¦ueraunce And after they sent his body to sent Albons wyth cer¦tayn lightis for to be beried. ¶And so sir Geruays of Cliftō had than the charge to {con}uay the corps. & so it was buried at sent albons in the Abbey. & v. parsons of his housold wer sent to lon¦don. and ther wer reyned and Iugged to be drawen hanged and also quartired. of whom the names wer sir Roger Chamburlain a knyght and on Miedelton a squier Herbard a squier Arthur a squier and Richard Nedham. wich v. persons wer drawen frō the tour of londō thorow chepe to Tyborne & ther honged and lat

doune quyke. and then striped to haue bene hedid and quartired. & then the marquies of suffolke shewed ther for them the kyngis per¦don vnd{er} his gret seall. and so they wer pardonned of the remena¦unt of the exicucion & had ther liues. &̄ so they wer brought ayen to londō. and after frely deliuerid ¶Th{us} began the trubull in the reame of Englond for the deth of this noble duke of Glou¦cestre All the comunes of the reame began for to murmur for it and wer not content. ¶Aft{er} that Pope Eugeny wos dede Nicholas the v. wos electe pope. This Nicholas wos choson for Eugeyn yit hauīg the scisme Notwithstondyng he gat the obedi∣ence of all cristyn reames For aft{er} he w••s electe &̄ sacred pope. c{er}¦tayn lordis of fraunce and of Englōd we•• sent in to Sauoye to pope Felix. for to entrete him to ceese of the papacie. And by the speciall labour of the bisshop of Norwich & the lord of sent Iōhes he cessid the secund yere aft{er} that the pope Nicholas wos sacred. ¶And the said Felix was made Legate of fraunce and Car¦dinall of Sauoye. And resigned the hole papacie to Nicholas &̄ after leued an holy lyfe and died an holy man and as it is saied almyghti god sheweth miracles for hī. ¶This wos the xxiij scisme bitwen Eugeny and felix. and durid xvi. yere. the cause wos this. The generall councell of Basile deposed Eugeny wich was only pope and indubitate for as moch as he obserued not and keped the decrees &̄ statutis of the councell of Constance as it is afore saied. Nothir he rought not to yef obedience to that gen¦all councell in no maner wise. wherfore arose agret altricacion amonges writers of this mater pro and contra. wych can not ac∣cord vn to this day. ¶On partie sayth that the councell is a¦boue the pope. & that othir parti sayd nay. but the pope is aboue y^e coūcell. god blissed aboue all thing{is} yeue & graūt his pees in holy chirche spouse of crist anen. This Nicholas wos of Iene comen of low burth. a doctour of diuinite. an actif mā· he reedefied mōy places that wer brokyn and ruynous. and did do make a gret

walle about the palais & made the walle new about rome for drede of y^e Turkis. ¶And the pepull wondred of the ceesing & re¦synyng of Felix to him: considered that he wos a man of so hom¦ly a burth. And that othir wos of a affinite to all the most {per}tie of cristyn princes wherof ther wos a u{er}se publisshed as afore sayde

¶How sir Franceys aragonoys toke fogiers in Normādie And of the losse of Constantinoble by the Turke.

IN the yere of kīg henri xxvij. beyng trews bitwen fraūce & englōd a knight of the english {per}ti named sir Fraūces ara¦gonis toke a toūe of Normandi named fogiers ayens the trews of wich takīg begā moch sorow & losse. For this was the occasiō by wich the frenshmen gat all Normandie &c. ¶About this tyme the cite of Cōnstantinople wich wos impariall Cite in all gr••ce was taken by the Turkis infidels. wich wos betrayed as sū holde oppinion and the emprour taken and slayn. And y^t riall ch∣irch of sent Sophia robbed and despoiled and the relyquis & yma¦ges and the Rode drawen about the stretis wich was done in spi¦te of cristyn faith. And sone after all cristyn saith in Grece {per}¦isshed and cessid. Ther wer mony cristyn men slayn and innume¦rabull sold and put in captiuite. by the takyng of this toune thee Turke his gretly enhaūsed ī pride. & it is a gret losse to all cris¦tendome. ¶In the xxviij. yere wos a {per}lamēt holdī at westmī¦ster. &̄ from thens adiourned to the blake freris at londō. & after cristemasse to westmynster ayen· And this same yere Robert of Cane a mā of the westcuntre wyth a few shippis toke a gret flet of shippis comyng out of y^e baye ladē w^t salt: wich sh̄ippis wer of pruce flaūders holand & zeland &̄ brought them to hampton. wherfor y^e marchādis of englōd beīg ī flaūd{er}s wer arested ī brug∣es I pre & od{er} places might not be deliu{er}ed ne ther dettis discharged till they had made a poītemēt for to pay for the hurtis of thos shippis wich wos payed by the marchantis of the stapull euery

penny. And in like wise the marchantes and goodis beyng in da¦nske wer also arestid and made gret amendis. ¶This same yere the frenshmen in a mornyng toke by a trayn the toune of po¦unt al arche and therin the lord Fauconbrige wos take prison{er} And aft{er} that in decembre Roan wos take and lost beyng ther in the duke of Somersete Edmond: the erle of Shrewsberi. wich by a pointement left plegges and lost all Normandie and come ho¦me ī to englond. And during the said parlament the duke of sof∣folke wos arested and sent ī to the toure & ther he was a moneth and aft{er} the kyng did do fetche him out. for wich cause all the cō¦munes of Englond wer in a gret rumer. what for the deliueraū¦ce of Angeo and mayn and after losing of all Normandie & ī especiall for the deth of the good duke of Gloucestre ī so moch that ī some places men gadred to geders and made them Cap∣tayns as blew berd and othir. wich wer taken and resistid and had Iustices and died. ¶And than the said {per}lament wos adiour¦ned to leycestre. And theder the kyng brought with him the duke of suffolke ¶And when the comunes vnderstode that he was out of y^e tour &̄ comyn thidd{er} they desiered to haue execucion on them that wer cause of the deliu{er}aunce of Normandie and had ben cause of the deth of the duke of Gloucestre. & had sold Gas∣coyn and guyen. of wich they named to begilt•• the duke of suffol¦ke as chief. the lord saye. the bisshop of salisberi. Daniell & mon•• mo: ¶And for to pease the comyns the duke of suffolke was exiled out of englond v. yere. ¶And so durīg the {per}lament hee went ī to Norfolke and ther toke shippyng for to go out of thee reame of englōd ī to fraūce. ¶And this yere as he sailid on y^e se aship of were callid the Nicholas of tour met with his shipp and fond him therin. whom they token out and brought hym ī to ther shippe to the maister and the Capitayns and ther he was examined and at the last Iugged to deth. And so they put him in a Cabon and his chapelayn for to shriue him And that done

they brought him in to Dou{er} rode. and ther set him in to the bote And ther smoten of his hede and brought the body on land vpon the sandis and set the hede ther by. ¶And this wos done thee frist day of May ¶Lo what auayl̄ed him now all his deliue¦raunce of Normandie &c. And here ye may here how he was re∣wardid for the deth of the duke of Gloucestre Thus began soro¦we vpō sorow and deth for deth &c.

¶How this yere wos the insurrexcion ī Kēt of the comunys of whom Iak Cade an Irishman wos capitayn.

THis yere of our lord M.cccc.l. wos the gret grace of y^e Iubile at Rome. wher wos gret perdone in so moch that from all places in cristyndome gret multitude of pepull resorted thidder. ¶And this yere wos a gret assemble and gadrīg to ged{er} of the comunes of kent in gret nombur &̄ made an insurrexci¦on & rebelled ayen the kyng & his lawes. & ordeyned them a capi¦tayn called iohn̄ Cade an Yrishman. wich named him self Mor¦timer cosin to the duke of yorke ¶And this capitayn held thes mē to ged{er} & made ordinaunce among them & brought them to y^e blake heth. wher he made a bill of peticions to the kyng & his coun¦cell & sh̄ewed what iniuries & oppressiōs the poer comīs suffrid. &̄ all vnd{er} colour for to cū to his abone. & he had a gret multitude of pepull. ¶And the xvij. day of Iune y^e kīg & mōy lordis capi¦tayns &̄ mē of were wēt toward him to the blake heth. & whan the Capitayn of Kent vnderstode the comyng of the kyng w^t so gret puissaunce. he withdrew hī with his pepull to seuenoke a litell village ¶And the xxviij. day of Iune he beyng withdrawen &̄ gon. the kīg come with his armie set in order & enbatailled to the blake heth And by aduys of his coūcell sent sir vmfrey stafford knight. & willm stafford squier two valiaūt capitaīs w^t c{er}taī pe∣pull to feght w^t the capitayn &̄ to take him &̄ bring hī & his acces¦saries to the kyng. wich wēt to souenoke & ther y^e capitayn w^t his felyship met with them and fought ayens them and in conclusion

slew them both & as mony as abode & wold not yeld him wer slain During this skarmush fell a gret variaunce among the lordis men and comyn pepull beyng on blake heth ayenst ther lordis &̄ capitayns sayng playnli that they wold go vn to the capitayn of Kent to assiste and help him but if they might haue execucion on the traytours beyng about the kyng. wher to the kyng said nay. & thei saied playnli that the lord saye tresorer of englōd. the bisho∣pe of Salisburi the baron of dudby the abbot of glouceturdames & treuilian &̄ mony mo wer traytours &̄ worthy to be dede herfore for to plese the lordis meny & also sum of the kīges hous. the lord saye wos arestie & sent to the toure of londō And then the kyng hering tydynges of the deth and ou{er}throwyng of the staffordis. he with drew him to london. and from thens to kylingworth. For the kyng ne y^e lordis durst not trust ther own housold men ¶Then aft{er} y^t the capitayn had had this victori vpō thes sta¦ffordis. anone he toke sir vmfrey salat and his brigantins smy∣ten full of giltnales. And also his gilt sporris &̄ arayed him like a lord and a capitayn and resorted with all his meny and also mo than he had before to thee blake heth ayen to whom come y^e Erchebisshop of Cantorberi. and the duke of bokyngham to thee blake heth and spake with him. and as it wos said they fond him witty in his talkyng and his request And so they departed ¶And thee thrid day of Iuyll he come and entred in to Lon∣don with all his pepull. and ther did make cries in the kynges name and in his name that noman shuld robbe ne take no man{er} of goodis. but if he payed for it. and come ridyng thurgh the cite in gret pride. and smote his swerd vpon londō ston in Canwyk strete. ¶And he beīg ī the cite sent to y^e tour for to haue the lor¦de saye. and so they set him and brought him to the Guyldhall be¦fore the Maire &̄ the Aldermen. wher that he was examined and he said he wold and ought to be Iuged by his peris. And the communes of Kend toke him by force fro the maire and offi¦cers

that kepid him. and toke him to a prest to shriue him. and or he myght be half shriuen they brought him to the standart in Chepe. and ther smote of his hede. on whos seule god haue marci Amen. ¶And thus died the lord saye tresorer of Englond After this they set his hede on a spere and bare it about in the ri∣te And the same day about the myle ende Crowmer wos beheded ¶And the day before at afternone the capitayn with certayn of his menye went to Philip Malpas house &̄ robbed him & toke away moch good And from thens he went to sent margaret pa¦tyns to on gherstis house & robbed him &̄ toke away from him mo¦ch good also. at wich robbyng diu{er}se men of london of ther neygh¦bours wer at and toke part with them ¶For this robbyng the pepull hertis fell from him. &̄ eu{er}y thrifty mā wos aferd for to be seruied in like wyse. ¶For ther wos mony a man in londō that awayted and wold fayn haue seyn a comune roberie. wich almyghty god forbed for it is to suppose if he had not robbid he my¦ght haue gon fer or he had bene withstonde ¶For the kyng &̄ all the lordis of the ream of Englond wer departed except the lo¦rde Scales that kepid the tour of london ¶And the fifth day of Iuyll he did done smyte of a mannys hede in southwark. and the nyght after the ••naire of london with the ald{er}men and the com¦munes of the cite concludid to driue a way the capitayn & his host & sent to the lord scalis to the toure &̄ to mathew gohe a copitayn of Normandie. y^t they wold that nyght asaille the capitayn with them of Kent ¶And so they did y come to londō brige ī to sou¦thwarke or the capitayn had ony knowlege ther of. & ther they so¦ught w^t them y^t keped the brigge And the Kentishmen went to harnes and come to the brigge &̄ shot & faught with them & gat the brigge. & made them of londō to fle & slow mony of them. & this endurid all the nyght to &̄ fro. to ix of the cloke on the more And at the last they brent the draw brigge wher mony of them of londō wer drowned: In wich nyght Sutton an ald{er}mā was

slayn Roger heysant and Mathew gohe and mony othir And after this the Chancilar of Englond sent to the Capitayn a par¦done generall for him & othir for all his menye And then they de{per}ted from southwarke euery man home vn to his own hous. ¶And when they wer all de{per}tid and goon· ther wer {pro}clama¦cions madem Kent southsex and othir places. y^t what man coude take the captayn quike or dede sh̄old haue a M. mark. And aftir this on Alixand{er} Iden a squier of Kent toke him in a gardē in southsex & ī the takīg y^e Captā Iohn̄ Cade wos slaī: &̄ aft{er} behe∣did & his hede set on londō brigge ¶And anone after then y^e kyng come in to Kent. and did his Iustices sitte at Cauntorbe¦ri and enquered who wer causaries & chief cause of this Insur∣reccion ¶And ther wer viij. men Iuged to deth in on day & in othir places mo. And from thens the kyng wēt in to southsex and in to the westcuntre. wher a litell before wos slayn the bisshop of Salisberi. ¶And this same yere wer so mony iugged to de¦th y^t xxiij. hedes stode vpon londō brigge at ons.

¶Of the feld y^t the duke of york toke at brentheth ī Kēt. and of the burth of prince Edward. & of the frist bataill at sent Al∣bons wher the duke of Somersete wos slayn.

IN the xxx yere of y^e kīg. The duke of yorke com out of y^e march of wales w^t therle of Deuīshire & the lord Cob¦ham & gret puissaunce for reformacion of certayn Iniuries and wrōges. & also to haue Iustice on certayn lordis beyng about y^e kyng &̄ toke a feld at brontheth beside dertford in Kent wich wos a strōgfeld. for wich cause the kyng with all the lordis of the lan¦de went vn to the blake heth with a gret and strong multitude of pepull armed and ordeyned for the were in the best wyse. And wh¦en they had mustred on the heth. Certayn lordis wer tho sent vn to him for to tret and make appointement with him. wich were the bisshop of Ely and the bisshop of wynchestre and the erles of Sa¦lisberi and of werewyke. And they concludid that the duke of

Somersete shold be had to ward &̄ to ansuer to such articles as the duke of yorke shold put on him and than the duke of yorke sh̄usd breke his feld and cum to the kyng. wich wos all promised by tho kyng. ¶And so the kyng commaundid that the duke of Somersete shold be had in ward. And than the duke of york brake vp his feld and come to the kyng. and whan he was comen {con}¦trarie to the promisse afore made. the duke of somerset was presēt in the feld a waytyng and chief about the kyng. & made the duke of yorke ride before as a prison{er} thurgh londō. and aft{er} they wold haue put him ī hold. But anoyse aroso that the erle of march his son was commyng with x. thousand men to londonward wherfore the kyng and his coūcell ferid. and than they concludid that thee duke of yorke shold de{per}te at his own will. ¶About this tym began gret diuision in Spruce bitwen the gret mastir and the kn¦yghtis of the duche ordre wich wer lordis of that cuntre. For the comunes and toūes rebellid ayenst the lordis and made so grete were that at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be ther lord the wich kyng come and wos worshipfully resaued and laid sege to the castell of Marienburgh wich was the chief castell of stren¦gth of all the land. & wan it and drofe out the mastir of dansk &̄ all othir places of that land And so they that had ben lordis mo¦ny yeres lost all thirseygnorie and possessions in tho landis. ¶And the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord M.cccc:liij. on sent Edwardis day the quene Margaret wos deliu{er}ed of a fa∣ir prince wich wos named Edward That same day Iohn̄ Nor¦man wos chosin for to be maire of londō. And the day that hee shuld take his oth at westmynsire he went thed{er} by wat{er} with all the craftis: wher afore tyme the maire aldermen and the craftes rode on horsbake wich wos neu{er} vsed aft{er}. For sen that tyme. they haue gone eu{er} by water in barges ¶Ye haue well vnderstond before how that contrari to the promisse of the kyng and also the {con}clusiōs taken bitwen the kyng & the duke of yorke at brentheth

the duke of Somerset went not to ward. but abode about the ky¦ng and had gret rule. and anone aft{er} he wos made capitayn of ca¦lais. & ruled the kyng & his reame as he wold. wherfore the gret lordis of the reame &̄ also the comunes wer not plesid For wiche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyk & the erle of salisburi with mony knyghtis and squiers and moch pepull come for to re¦meue the said duke of somersete & othir fro the kyng ¶And the kīg hering of ther comyng thought by his coūcell for to haue gon westward and not for to haue met with them &̄ had with him the duke of somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of stafford the erle of Northūberland the lord Clifford & mony othir ¶And what tyme that the duke of yorke &̄ his feliship vnd{er}stode that the kyng wos de{per}ted with thes lordis from london. Anone he chan∣ged his way and coste the cūtre & come to sent Albonys the xxiij day of May: &̄ ther met with y^e kyng. to whom the kyng sent c{er}ta¦yn lordis & desired them to kepe the pees and de{per}te. but in con∣clusion whils they treted on y^t on side· the erle of warwik w^t the march men & od{er} entred the toune on that od{er}: side & fought ayēst the kyng and his {per}tie. and so began the bataill &̄ fighting wiche endurid a gret wyle. but in conclusion the duke of yorke obtened & had the victorie of that iournay. ¶In wich wos slayn the duke of somerset the erle of Northūberland the lord Clifoord & mony knyghtis & squiers & mōy mo hurt. ¶And on the mor¦ne aft{er} they brought the kyng in gret astate to londō. wich was logged in the bisshoppis palais of london. ¶And anone aft{er} wos a gret{per}lament. In wich {per}lament the duke of yorke wos made {pro}tectour of Englond. & the erle of werwike Capitoyn of Calais & the erle of Salisberi Chancelar of englond. And all such parsons as had the rewle be fore about the kīg wer set a part & myght not rule as they did be fore ¶And this same yere died pope Nicholas the v. and aft{er} him was Calixte the thrid. This ca¦lixt wos a catalane and thactis of him shall be shewyd sone aft{er}

¶In this same yere fell a gret affray in London ayenst the Lumbardes. The cause began because a yong man toke a dag∣ger from a lumbard and brake it. wherfore the yong man on thee morne wos sent fore: to cum before the mayre and the aldermē. and ther for the offence he wos comytted to warde. ¶And then the maire de{per}ted from the gyldhall for to go home vn to his dynner. but in the Chepe the yong men of the mercerie for the most part prē¦tises: held the maire and sheriues styll in ch••pe and wold not suf∣fre them to depart vn to the tyme that ther felow wich wos comit∣ted to ward wer deliuered. and so bi force they rescued ther felow from prison. and that done the maire and sheriues departed &̄ the prisoner deliu{er}ed. wich if he had bene put to prison had be in iupar∣die of his life ¶And than began a romur in the cite ayenst y^e lumbardis and the same euenyng the handcraftimen of the toune a¦rose and ran to the lumbardis houses and despoiled &̄ robbed diu{er}se of them. wherfore the maire and aldermen come with the honest pe¦pull of the cite & drofe them thens and sent sum of them that had stolen to newgate ¶And the yong man that wos rescued by his felowes saw this gret romur afray and roborie enshewed of his frist meuyng to the lumbard. de{per}tid and went to westmynstre to sentorie. or els it had cost him his life. For anōe aft{er} come dou¦ne an Oeyr determyne for to do Iustice on all them that so rebel¦led in the cite ayens the Lumbardis. on wich sat with the maire that time willm Marow. the duke of Bakyngham and mony o¦thir lordis for to see execucion done. ¶But the comunes of the cite secretly made them redy and did arme them in ther houses: & wer inpurposed for to haue rongyn the comune bell: wich is called bow bell. but they wer let by sad men. wich come to the knowleche of the duke of Bokyngham and othir lordis. and incontinente they arose for they durst nolanger abide. For they doutid y^t the hole cite sh̄uld haue arisen ayenst them. ¶But yit neuerthe∣lesse two or iij. of the cite wer Iugged to deth for this robborie. &̄

wer honged at Tiborne ¶Anone after the kyng &̄ the quene and othir lordis rode vn to Couentre and withdrew them frō lon¦don for thies cause. &̄ a litell before y^e duke of yorke wos sēt fore to Grenwich & ther wos discharged of the {pro}tectourship. And my lord of Salisberi of his Chancelarship. &̄ after this thei wer se∣nt fore by priue seale for to cum vn to couentre. wher they wer al¦most deceyued & the erle of werwike also. and shuld haue bene de¦struyed if they had not seyn well to.

¶How the lord Egremond was taken by the erle of Salisberi sonnys. and of the robbyng of Sandwich.

THis yere wer takyn iiij. gret fisshes bitwen Eereth and london. that on wos called mors marine. the secund was a swerd fisshe. and the othir twayn wer whales. ¶In this sa¦me yere for certan affrayes done in the northcuntre bitwen the lord Egremond and the Erle of Salisburi sonnys. the said lord Egremond whom they had takyn was condempned in a gret soum of monay to the said Erle of salisburi. and therfore comittid ī to prison in newgate in london. wher when he had bee a c{er}tayn space he brake thee prisun and iij. prison{er}s with him. and ascapid and went his way. ¶Also this yere thee Erle of werwik and his wyfe went to Calais with a fair feliship and toke possession of his office. ¶About this tyme was a gret reformacion of mony monasteries of religion in diu{er}se parties of the world: wich wer reformid after the frist institucion. & continued in mōy pla∣ces. ¶This same yere wos a gret bataill in the marches by∣twen the land of Hungrie and the Turkye at a place called sep¦tedrad. wher innumerabull Turkis wer slayn more by miracle thā by mannys hond. For only the hand of god smote them. sent Iohn̄ of capistrane wos ther present and prouoked the cristyn pepull beyng then aferd after to porsue the Turkis. wher an infi∣nite

multitude wer slayn and destroyed. And the Turkis said y^t a gret nombre of armed men folowed them. that they wer aferd to turne ayen. and they wer holi angellis. ¶This same yere the prisoners of newgate in london brake ther prison & went vp on the leedis & fought ayens them of the cite &̄ kepid the gate a lo¦ng while. but at the last the toune gat the prison on them. & than they wer put in fetrris &̄ Irons & wer sore punysshed mensam∣of othir ¶In this yere also ther wos a gret erthquake in Na¦ples in so moch that ther perisshed xl· thousand pepull that sanke ther in to the erth: ¶Item in the yere xxxvi. sent Osmond sum tyme bisshop of Salisberi wos canonised at Reme by pope Ca∣liste: And the xvi. day of Iuyll he was translated at Salisbe¦ry by the bisshop of Cantorburie and mony othir bisshoppis. ¶And in August after sir Pers de Bresay seneschall of Normandi with the Capitayn of Depe and mony othir Capita¦yns and men of were went to the see with a gret nauy. and come in to y^e Downes by nyght. & on the morne erly before day they londid and come vn to Sandwych both by land and water. and token the toune and Rifled and despoiled it. and toke mony priso¦ners: And left the toune all bare. wich wos a rich place and mo¦che good therin. And lad with them mony rich prisoners ¶In this same yere in mony places of fraunce Almayn flaū¦dris Holand and Zeland Childer gadrid them to ged{er} by gret companies for to go on pylgrimage to sent Mihele mount ī Nor¦mandie wich come from fer cuntries. wherof the pepull maruellid and mony supposid that sum wickid spret meued them to do so. bot it endurid not long be cause of the long way and also for lake of vitaill as they went. ¶In this yere Rainold pecok bisshop of Cheiester wos fonden an heritike. & the iij. day of December was abiurid at Lambheth in the presens of the Erchebisshop of cantor¦bery and mony othir bisshoppis & doctours and lordis temperall And his bokys brint at Poules crosse. Ye haue hard before how

certayn lordis wer slayn at sent albons. wherfore wos alway a grutche and wroth had by theyres of them that wer so slaī ayens the duke of yorke the erles of warwik and of salisberi. wherfore y^e kyng by thauys of his councell sent for them vn to london: to wi¦ch place the duke of yorke come the xxvi. day of Ianuer w^t .cccc men &̄ logged at baynardes castell in his own place. ¶And the xv. day of Ianuer come the erle of salisburi with v hondred men and was loggid in ther•••• his own place ¶And then come the dukis of Excestre and of somerset with viij. hondreth men & lay without temple barre ¶And the erle of northumbarland the lord Egremond and the lord Clifford with xv. hondreth mē and loggid without tonne ¶And the maire that time Geffe¦rey Boleyn kept gret watch with the comunes of the cite and ro∣de aboute the cite by hol borne and flet strete with a v thousand men well arayed and armed for to kepe the pees. ¶And thee xiiij. day of Feuerer the erle of warwik come to london frō Ca¦lais well be seyn and worsh̄ipfully with vi. hondreth men in re∣de iakkettis brodderd with a ragged stafe be hynd & be fore. & was logged at grafreris ¶And the xvij. day of march thee kyng come to london and the quene. and ther wos a concorde &̄ a pees made amonges thes lordis. and they wer set in pees. ¶And on our lady day the xv. day of Marche in the yere of our lord a: M.cccc. & lviij: the kyng & the quene and all thes lor¦dis went precessiōn at poules in londō & anone aft{er} the kīg & y^e lordis de{per}ted. ¶And in this yere was a gret affray in fletes¦trete bitwen men of court and men of the same strete. In wich af¦fray the quenys attorney wos slayn.

¶How the kynges housold made afray ayenst the erle of war¦wike &̄ of the Iourney at bloreheth.

ALso this same yere as therle of warwike wos at councell at westmynstre All the kynges housold menye gadred

them to geder for to haue slayn the said Erle. but by the helpe of god and his frendis he recouerid his barge &̄ escapped ther euell enterprise. How well the Cokis come runnyg out with spittis & pestels ayens him· And the same day he rode toward warwike and sone after he gat him a comission and wenten ouer the see to Calais. ¶Sone aft{er} this the erle of Salisberi comyng to london wos encountred at Blureheth with the lord Awdeley and moch othir pepull ordeyned for to distroy him. but he hauyng kn¦awlech that he shuld be met with. wos accomponied with his two sonnys sir Thomas and sir Iohn̄ Neuill and a gret feliship of good men. ¶And so they faught to gedres. wher therle of Sa¦lisberi whan the feld: and the lord Awdeley wos slayn and mōy gentilmen of Chesshire and moch pepull hurt. and therles two sonnys wer hurt and goyng homward afterward they wer taken and had to chestre by the quemes menye. ¶After Calixt Pi∣us wos pope and was chosin this yere a M.cccc. &̄ lviij. And he wos called be fore Eneas an eloquent man and a poete laurea¦te: He was embassatour of the emprours a fore tyme And he wro¦te in the coūcell of basilie a nobull traittie for the auctorite of the same. ¶Also he canonised sent Katherine of senys. This pope ordined gret indulgens and pardon to them that wold go and we∣re ayenst the turke. & wrote an epistle to the gret turke. exorting him to becum cristyn. &̄ ī the end he ordined a passage ayenst thee Turke at Ankone. to wich moch pepull drew out of all {per}ties of cristyndō. of wich pepull he sent mony home ayen because thei suffised not. & anone aft{er} he died at the said place of Ankone the yere of our lord a .M.cccc.lxiiij. the xiiij. day of august:

¶How Andrew Trollop &̄ the soudiours of calais forsoke y^e duke of yorke & ther mastir therle of warwik ī the west cuntre

THe duke of yorke the erles of warwike and of Salisbiri saw the gou{er}naunce of the reame stode most by the quene &

hir councell. & how the gret princes of y^e land wer not callid to councell but set a {per}te. & not onli so bot it wos said thurgh the rea¦me that tho said lordis shuld be destroyed vtterli as it openli was shewed at Bloreheth by them that wold haue slayn the erle of sa¦lisberi. ¶Than thei for sauacion of ther lyues. and also for y^e comyn well of the reame thoght for to remedie thes thyng{is} as∣sembled them to gedre with moch pepull and toke a feld in thee west cuntre. to wich the erle of warwike come from calais w^t mo¦ny of thold soudgers. as Andrew trowlop & othir. in whos wi∣sedom as for the were he moch trusted. ¶And whan they werē thus assembled and made ther feld The king sent out his comissi¦ons and priue seals vn to all the lordis of his reame to cum & await on him in ther most best defensable aray. and so eu{er}y man come in such wise that the kyng wos stronger and had moch more pepull than the duke of yorke &̄ the erles of warwik and salisberi. For it is here to be noted that eu{er}y lord in englond at this time durst not disobey the quene: for she rewled peasibly all that was done about the kyng wich wos a good simple and an Innocent man ¶And than when the kyng wos comen to the place wher as they wer. the duke of yorke &̄ his feliship had made ther felde in the strongest wise▪ and had purposid verely to haue byden and haue foughten. but in the nyght Andrew Trollop &̄ all the old soudiours of Calais with a gret feliship sodenly de{per}ted out of y^e dukis host &̄ went streght vn to the kynges feld ther they wer res¦saued ioyously for they knew thentent of the othir lordis & also the man{er} of ther feldis ¶And than the duke of york with the othir lordis seyng them dissaued. toke a coūcell shortely in that same ny¦ght & de{per}tid frō thee feld leuyng behynd them the most parti of th¦er pepull to kepe the feld till on thee morn ¶Then the duke of yorke with his secund son de{per}tid thurgh wales toward Irland leuyng his eldest son the Erle of the march with the erles of war∣wik & of Salusberi. wich rode to ged{er} w^t iij. or iiij. {per}sons streght

in to Deuenshire: & ther bi help and ayde of on Denham a squi¦er wich gate for them a ship wich cost .cc.xx. nobles & with thee same ship sailed from thens in to garnesey. And ther refresshid them and from thens sailed to Calais. wher they wer resaued in to the castell by the postren. or they of the toune wist of it And the duke of yorke toke shippyng in walis and sailed ouer in to Ir∣land wher he wos well resayued.

¶How therles of march warwik &̄ salisberi entrid in to Cala¦is. & how therle of warwik went in to Irland

THen kyng Henri beyng with his host in the feld not know¦yng of this soden de{per}ting on the morne fonde none in y^e fe¦lde of the said lordis: sent owt in all the hast men for to folowe & pursue aft{er} to take them. but they met not with them as god wold and then the kyng went to Ludlowe &̄ dispoiled the castell and the toune. and sent the duches of yorke with hir child to my lady of Bokyngham hir sustre· wher she wos kepid long tyme after. ¶And forthwith the kyng ordeyned the duke of Somersete to be capitayn of Calais. And thes othir lordis so de{per}ted as afo¦re is said wer {pro}clamid rebellis & gret traytours ¶Then thee duke of Somerset ••oke to him all the soudiours that de{per}ted frō the feld and made him redy in all y^e hast to go to calais &̄ take pocession of his office. &̄ whan he come he fond therle of warwike th¦erin as Capitain. &̄ therles of march & of Salisberi also. &̄ than he landid by scales & went to Guisnes: &̄ ther he wos resaued & it fortoned that sum of tho sh̄ippis that come ou{er} with him come ī to calais hauen by ther fre will. for the shipmen ought more fauo¦ur to therle of warwike than to the duke of somerset. in wich sh̄ip¦pis wer takin diu{er}se mē as Ienyn finkhill Iohn̄ felow. Kail∣les and purser: wich wer behedid sone aft{er} in Calais· ¶And aft{er} this come men daly ou{er} the see to thies lordis to calais. and began to wax stronger &̄ stronger. And they borowed moch good

of the staple. ¶And on that othir side the duke of somersete beyng in Guysnes gat pepull to him. wich come out and scar∣musshed with them of Calais and they of Calais with them wi¦che endurid mony dayes. During thus this same scarmusshyng moch pepull dayly come ouer vn to thes lordis. ¶Than on a tyme by the avise of counsell the lordis at Calais sent ou{er} mast{er} Denham with a gret feliship to sandwich. wich toke the toune &̄ therī the lord Riu{er}is & the lord Scalis his son & toke mōi shippis in the hauē. & brought them all to Calais. with wich shippis mo¦ny marinere of ther fre will come to calais to {ser}ue the erle of war¦wike. ¶And aft{er} this the erle of werwike by thauys of the lor¦dis toke all his shippis & mannyd them well & sailed him self in to Irland for to speke with the duke of yorke. & to take his avise how they sh̄uld entre ī to englōd ayen ¶And when he had be ther & done his erandis he returned ayen toward Calais and brought with him his modre the countesse of salisberi. ¶And comyng in the west cuntre vpon the se the duke of Excestre amirell of en∣glond beyng in the grace of Due accompanied with mony shippis of were. met with therle of warwik and his flete. but they faug¦ht not. for the substance of the pepull beyng with the duke of Ex∣cestre ought bettir will & more fauour to the erle of warwike thā to him. and they de{per}ted & come to calais in saufte blissid be god ¶Then the kyng{is} councell seyng that thes lordis ••ad getin thos shippis frō sandwich & takyn the lord Riuers & his son· ordi¦ned a garnyson at sandwich to abide and kepe the toune & made on Moūtford capitayn of the toūe. & that no man ne vitaill ne marchand that shuld go in to flaūdres shuld go in to Calais. ¶Then they of calais seyng this. made out master Denhā & mony othir to go to sandwych. & so they did and assailed the toūe by water & by lond & gat it & brought Moūtford ther capitayn ou{er} se to Rysebanke & ther smoti of hys hede. & yit dayly men com ou{er} to them out of all {per}ties of englond.

¶How the erles of march and of warwike & of salisberi ent{er}id in to englond. And of the feld of Northamton wher diu{er}se lordis wer slayn.

ANd aft{er} this the fore said erles of March warwik and of Salisberi come ouer to Dou{er} with moch pepull and their landid▪ to whom all the cuntre drew and come to Londō armed ¶And for to let the lordis of the kynges councell know their treuth and also ther entent: assembled them &̄ told them y^t they entendit no harme vn to the kyng{is} parson. sauf that thei wold put from him such {per}sons as wer about him. And so de{per}ted frō londō with a gret puissaunce toward Northamton. wher the kyng was accompanied with mony lordis and had made a strong feld wyth out the toune. and ther both parties met and wos foughten a gre¦te bataill: In wich bataill wer slayn the duke of Bokyngham & the erle of Shrowesberi the viscounte Beamond. the lord Egre∣mond and mony knyghtis and squiers & othir also. and the kīg him self wos taken in the feld and aft{er}ward brought to london· ¶And anone after wos a parlament at westmynstre during wich parlament the duke of yorke come out of Irland with the er¦le of Rutland ridyng with a gret felish̄ip ī to the palais at west¦mynstre and toke the kynges palais. And come in to the parla∣ment chambre &̄ ther toke the kynges place. and clamed the crou¦ned as his propre enheritaunce and right. and cast forth in writīg his titell &̄ also how he wos rightfull heir. wherfore was moch to do. but in conclusion it was appointed and {con}cludid that kyng henri sh̄old regne and be kyng during his naturall life. For as moch as he had be kyng so long and wos possessid. and after hys deth the duke of yorke shuld be kyng and his heiris kyng{is} aft{er} him And forthwith shuld be {pro}clamed heire apparaunt· and sh̄uld also be protectour and regent of Englond during the kynges life. w^t mony othir thyngis ordeyned in the same parlament and yf kyng Henri during his life went from this oppoynttement or ony arti∣cle

concludid in the said parlament. he shuld be deposid. and the du∣ke shuld take the croune and be kyng all wich thyng{is} wer enac∣ted by the auctorite of the said parlament att wich parlamen̄t the comunes of the reame beyng assembled in the comune hous como∣nyng and treating vpō the titell of the said duke of yorke soden∣li fell doun the croune: wich honge then in the middes of the said hous wich is the frayter of the abbey of westmynstre. wich was ta¦ken for a {pro}dige or token that the regne of kyng Henri was en∣did. And also the croune wich stode on the hyghest toure of the ste¦pull in y^e castell of Dou{er} fell doūe this same yere.

¶How the noble duke of yorke wos slayn and of the feld of wakefeld and of the secund Iourney at sent Albons by the que¦ne and the prince:

THen for as moch os the quene w^t y^e prince hir son was ī the Northcuntre and absent hir from the kyng and wold not obeye such thynges as wos concludid in the parlament. it was ordeyned that the duke of Yorke as protectour shuld go North¦ward for to bring in the quene & subdue suche as wold not obeye wyth whom wēt the erle of Salisberi sir Thomas Neuill his so¦ne with moche pepull· And at wakefeld in Cristemasse weke they wer all ou{er}throwen and slayn by the lordis of the quenis par¦tie that is to wit the Duke of yorke wos slayn. the erle of Rut∣land sir Thomas Neuill and mony mo. and therle of salisburi wos takyn & othir as Iohn̄ harow of London Captayn and rew¦lar of the foot men. and hanson of hull. wich wer brought to poū¦fret and ther aft{er} behedid and ther hedis senten to yorke &̄ set vpon the yatis. ¶And thus wos that nobull prince slayn the duke of yorke. on whos soule and all cristyn soules god haue mercy. And this tyme therle of marche beīg ī shrowsberi hering the deth of his fad{er} desired assistence & ayde of the toūe to avēge his fad{er}s deth ¶And from thens went to wales. wher at Candilmase

aft{er} he had a bataill at mortimers crosse ayenst therles of Penbro¦ke and of wylshire. wher therle of march had the victorie. Then the quene wyth tho lordis of the north aft{er} they had distress••d and slayn thee Duke of Yo••ke and his felish̄ip com southward with a gret multitude and puissaunce of pepull. for to cum to the kīg and defete such conclusions as had ben taken before by the parla∣ment. ayens whos commyng. the duke of Norfolke the Erle of warwik wyth moch papull and ordinaunce went to sent Albons and sad kyng Henri wyth them And ther encountred to gedre in such wyse and faught: so that the duke of Norffolke and the Erle of warwyke wyth mony othir of ther partie fled and lost y^• Iourney. wher that kyng Henri was taken and with the quene and wyth the prince Edward his son. wych two had geten that feld ¶Then the quene and hir pertie beyng at ther aboue sent anone to london wych wos on askiswedineday the first day of Lente for vitaill: for wych the mayre ordined by thauys of the Aldermen that certayn cartis laden with vitaill shuld be sent to Seint Albons vn to them. ¶And when that tho cartis come to Crepylgate: the comunes of the cite that keped that gate to∣ken the vitaillis from the cartis and wold not suffre it to passe. ¶Then wer th•••• certayn Aldermen and comuners appoyntid to go vn to Barnet for to speke wyth the quenes counsell. for to entreyt that the Northerin men shuld be sent home in to their cuntre ayen. For the cite of London dred sore to be robbed and despoyled yf they had comen ¶And thus during this trayte tydynges comen that the Erle of Warwike had met wyth thee Erle of the Marche on Cottyswold comyng out of walis wyth a gret menye of walsshmen. And that they both wer commyng vn to londonward. ¶Anone as thes tidyng{is} wer knowē. th•• tray••te was broken. for y^e kyng quene prince and all thee othir lordis that weren with them departid from Seint Albons north∣ward wyth all the•• pepull. Yit or they departid from thens they

hedid the lord bonuyle & sir Thomas Kiriell wich wer taken in the iourney done on shroftewisday. ¶Then the duchis of yor¦ke beyng at london hering of the losse of the feld at s••nt albonis sent ou{er} se hir two yong sonnys George & Richard wich went to vtrecht ¶And Ph••lip malpas a rich marchant of lōdō Tho¦mas vaghan squier mastir willm hatteclif & mony othir. fering of the comyng of the quene to londō toke a ship of andwarp for to haue gone in to Zeland· and on that other coost wer taken of on Colompne a franshmā a ship of were. &̄ he toke them prison{er}s & brought them in to fraunce wher they paied gret good for their ransum: & ther wos moch good & riches ī that ship.

¶Of the deposiocion of kyng Henri the sext. and how kyng Edward the fourth toke possession: And of the bataill on palme∣son••ay & how he wos crouned

THen whan the erle of March and the Erle of warwike had mette to gedres on Cotiswold. in continente they conclud for to go vn to london: And sent word anone vn to the maire & to the cite that they shuld cum. and anane the cite was glad of th¦eir comyng hopyng to be releuyd by them ¶And so they comen to london. & whā they wer comyn &̄ had spokī w^t the lordis & esta¦tes thē beīg ther {con}cludid for as moch as kīg Henri was gone w^t them norward y^t he had forfited his croune &̄ aught for to be depo∣sed accordyng vn to the actes made and passid in the last parla∣ment ¶And so by thauys of the lordis spirituall and tempe∣rall then beyng at londō the erle of the march Edward by thee grace of god oldest sun of Richard duke of yorke as rightfull hei¦re & next enheritour to his fad{er}. y^e iiij. day of march y^e yer of our lord .M.cccc:lix. toke possessiō of the reame of englōd at westmī¦ster ī the gret hall & aft{er} ī the chirch of the abbey & offerd as king w^t the septre royall: to whō all the lordis both spirituall & tē{per}all did homage & obeyssaūce as to ther soferayn liege lord and kyng

And forthwith it wos {pro}clamid thurgh the cite kyng Edward the fourth of that name And anone aft{er} the kyng rood ī his ri∣i••ll astate northward w^t all his lordis to subdue his subiectis y^t tyme beyng in the north &̄ to avenge his fadres deth. ¶And on Palme sonday aft{er} he had a gret bataill in the northcuntre at a place called Towton not fer from yorke. wher with the help of god he gat thee feld and had the victorie wher wer slayn of his ad¦u{er}saries xxx. thousand men and mo as it wos said by them that wer ther. ¶In wich bataill wos slayn the Erle of Northum∣berland. the lord Clifford. sir Iohn̄ Neuill the erle of westmer∣landis brother. Andrew Trollop•• & mony knyghtis & squiers. ¶Then kyng Henri that had bene kyng beyng with the quene & the prince at yorke hering the losse of that feld and so moch peple slam & ou{er}throwen anone forthwith de{per}tid all thre w^t y^e duke of sumerset the lord Roos & othir toward Scotland. ¶And thee next day kyng Edward with all his armye entrid in to yorke. & wos ther proclamed kīg & obeyed as he ought to be. And the mair ald{er}men and comuns sworen to be his lege men And when he had taried a while in the north. & that all the northcuntre had turned to him he returned southward. leuyng behynd him therle of warwike in tho {per}ties for to kepe & gou{er}ne y^t cuntre ¶And about mydsomer aft{er} thee yere of our lord .M.cccc.lx: and thee fr¦ist yere of his regne he wos crouned at westmynstre & anoynted kyng of Englōd hauyng possession of all thee reame.

CAlixtus thee thrid wos Pope after Nicholas iij. yere & v. monethis This Calixt was an hold man whē he was chosen pope· and wos continually seke. ne he myght not fulfill his desire the wich he entendit to do ayens the misbeleuyng Tur¦kis for deth come vpon him. And he wos chosin ī the yere of our lord a .M.cccc.lv. and he died the sext day in y^e wich he ma∣de the fyguracion. and also he canonised Seint vincent a

frere precher ¶And ther wos a gret reformacion of many monesteries ī diu{er}se parties of the world. And theis reformaciōs wer made mony times. but almost none abode but they returned ayen as they wer a fore. by succession of tyme aft{er} the deth of thee worshipfull fadris▪ ¶The fest of the transfiguracion wos ordi¦ned of Calixt for y^e yeft of grace of the meruel{us} victorie done a¦yens the turke ī hūgarie on sent Sextis day .M.cccc.lvij for ther was a meruelus victorie yeuen to the cristyn men in hungri ayenst the gret turke. & ther he lost mony a man and fled shamful¦ly for drede of enmys and no man folowid them: bot alone the han¦de of god ferid the turke and his host on sent Calixtis day sent Iohan de Capestrano was ther seyn present· And he {pro}uokid thee pepull that wer a ferd to folow thos misbeleuyng turkis. and ther was a grot vengeauns on them· for the Turkis saied that ther wos so gret a nombre of knyghtis that foloed them that vn nethis they durst loke bacward: And therfore they flede and leften all ther tresour be hynd them. and they wer holy angellis that caused them to fle.

Nota. Printerys of bokis wer this tyme mi∣ghtely multeplied in maguncie & thurgh out the world. and thei began frist and ther held the craftis. And this time mony men be¦gan for to be more sotell in craftis and suyfter then euer they wer a fore

PIus the secund wos pope aft{er} Calixt vi. yere This Pi{us} wos chosin in the yer of our lord M.iiij. hondrith &̄ lviij & he was called Eneas an eloquent man &̄ a gret oretor a laurit¦tit poet: &̄ a fore he wos the Emprour embassatour. and in the coū¦sell of Basilien he wrot a nobull tretis for thee auctorite of thee same. This man desirid to haue a passage to thee Turke: And mony of all man{er} {con}tres com to Rome & he yaf them his blissīg and sent them hom ayen for thay wer not sufficent for the Tur∣kis host: &̄ anone aft{er} he decessid

PAulus a venicion wos pope after Pius vij yere. This Paule wos chosin in the yere of our lord Ihū crist a .M iiij hondreth and lxiiij And anone he aloyed the fest of the pre∣sentaciau of our Lady as Pius did. This man wos a tought man in rightwisenesse and he saied it wos better for to make few thynges and kepe them stedfastli thā for to make mony & sone reuoke them. And he made a gret palais at sent Markes and he decessed or that he had endid it. In the yere of our lord Ihesu crist .M.iiij^C.lxxi. ¶Leodiū y^e land of luke wos appressid w^t mony tribulacions. and after in the yere of our lord ihesu crist a thousand iiij. hondreth and lxviij. vtterly it wos destroyed. bi ca¦ro lum the duke of Burgoyn. y^e wich weddid Dame Margaret sustre to kyng Edward the myghti the fourth of englond. ¶Also the same duke Karolus entred in the land of Geldyr. & conquerid it holy. ¶The yere of grace also wos changed bi po∣pe Paule for fauour of mannys soule from xxv yere vn to xxv. And because that cursednesse haboundid so sore: grace haboundid also sore.

SIxtus the iiij. a Ianuens and a frere minore wos Pope after Paule. and is yit at the makyng of this boke. This man wos generall in the order of thee frere Minoris or he wos Cardinale. And he wos chosin in the yere of our lord god a ·M.iiij. hondreth lxxi. And wos called afore Frauncisc{us} de sanona of good fame and vertues. he wos chosin Cardinall without his knaulech till he wos made. and the same yere that he wos chosen pope. the turke had taken from cristen men ij. Empi∣ris and iiij. kyngdoms .xx. {pro}uyncis &̄ tow. hondreth cites· and had destroyed men and women with out nombre. And y^t meued the pope y^t he shuld dispose hī to go to withstōd him and for an ar¦my to be made ayens the Turke. the pope yaf gret indulgens of pardon of the tresour of the chirch vn to all the cristyn reames

that he myght ordayn sum tresure to withstande that mysbyleua¦bull turke. And in the lande of Englonde the worshipful fad{er} & doctor Ihon̄ thabbot of habīgdon was the popys legate to di∣spose thys godli tresure: of the chirch to eueri faythfull man y^t was disposed and that wolde habull him to resayue it.

¶Here ende the Croniclis of englōde with the frute of timis