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¶How therle of Marche and of W••••¦wyk and of Salysbur•• catred in to E••tglonde / & of y^• felde of Northapton w••e¦re dyuerse lordes were llayne.

ANd after this y^• forsayd erles of Marche warwyk & Salysbur•• came ouer to Douer with moche people & there londed / to whome all y^• count••e drewe / & came to London all armyd & for to lete the lordes of y^• kynges coūsell knowe theyr truth & also they entente•• assembled theym. and tolde theym that they entended no harme to y^• kyng{is} per¦sone / sauf y^• they wolde put frome hym suche persones as were about hym. And so departed frome London wyth a gre∣te puyssaunce towarde Northampton / where the kynge was accompanyed w^t many lordes / and made a stronge felde withoute the towne And there both par¦tyes met. & was fought a greate batayll In whyche batayll were llayne the du∣ke

of Bokyngham and therle of Shrew¦esbury / the vycount Beamonde / y^• lorde Egremonde / and many other knyghtes and squyres / and other also / and the kȳ¦ge hymself was taken in the felde / and afterwarde brought to London / And a none after was a parlement at westmȳ¦ster /durynge whiche parlement the duke of Yorke came out of Irlonde / with y^e erle of Rutlonde / rydynge with a greate felyshyp into the palays atte westmyn∣ster / and toke the kynges palays & came in to the parlement chambre / & there to¦ke the kynges place / & claymyd y^e crow∣ne as his propre enherytauūce & ryghte. & caste forth in wrytynge his tytle / & al¦so how he was ryghtfull heyre / wherfor was moche to doo / but in conclusyon it was appoynted & cōcluded / y^e kyng Hen¦ry sholde regne & be kynge / durynge his naturall lyfe for as moche as he hadde be kynge so longe / & was possessyd / & af∣ter his dethe the duke of Yorke shold be kynge & his heyres kynges after hym / & forth w^t sholde be proclamyd heyre ap¦paraūt & shold also be protectour & re∣gete of Englonde durynge y^• kyng{is} lyf w^t many other thyng{is} ordened in y^e same parlement / & yf kynge Henry durynge his lyf / went frome this apoyntmente or ony artycle cōcludyd in y^• sayd parlemēt he sholde be deposyd / & the duke sholde take the crowne & be kynge. all whyche thynges were enacted by thauctoryte of y^• same / at whiche parlement y^e comyns of the reame beynge assembled in the co¦myn hous / comynyng and treatyng vp¦pon the tytle of the for sayd duke of yor¦ke / sodeynly fell downe the crowne / whi¦che henge thenne in the myddes of the sa¦yd hous whiche is the frayter of the ab∣baye of westmynster / whiche was taken for a prodyce or token / y^• the regne of kȳ¦ge Henry was endyd. & also the crowne whiche stode on the hyghest toure of the stleple in the castell of Douer / fell dow∣ne this same yere.