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[ P] ¶Otton. [ P]
[ E] ¶Otton was nexte Eyperour / he was crowned by pope Innocent / & after accursed of the same. pope / and deposyd of his Empyre at a counsell holdyn at Rome / he hylde the Empyre .iii. yeres [ E]
[ B] ¶Also he assoyled and acquyted all the lordes of Englande / spirituall / and temporall / of all ho∣mage and fealte that they owed to the kyng / to the intent that they shulde aryse agaynst hym / but the kynge wolde nat be reconsyled. wherfore the pope sent to the kynge of Fraunce in remyssion of his synnes / that he shulde take with hym all the power that he myght / and go into Englande to distroy kynge Iohan. ¶Also about this tyme the Citezyns of London made suche sute to the kynge that they optayned that the kynge graunted them / to chose of them selfe yerely a Mayre & ii. Sheryffes / and the names of Baylyffes clerely to be voyded / whose names of the Meyre and Sherystes were.
- The fyrst Mayre.
- Henry fitz Alwyn.
- The fyrst Sheryffes
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- Peter Duke.
- Thomas Nele.
¶Also in the .x. yere of kynge Iohn̄ / London brydge was begon to be edefyed of stone / whiche before was of tymbre / and the monastery of saynt Mary oueres was begon for to be buylded. ¶Also about the .xi. yere of kynge Iohans reyne / the kyng was in great feare lest he shulde lose his realme / and to be vtterly vndone hym selfe / wherfore in his mynde he was sore anoyed / and sent to the pope and sayd he wolde be reconsyled / wherfore the pope sent Pandulfe agayne into Englande with these artycles / that he shulde receyue Steuyn to his archebysshopryke / & restore to hym and to all other / all profytes & frutes belongynge to them that he had wrongfully taken / and that he shulde yelde vnto the popes handes / the tytle of his crowne / & to holde it of the pope.* 1.1 To the whiche thynges the kynge graunted / and resygned his crowne to Pandulfe / and toke it agayne of hym to holde it of the pope / and to pay yerely to the churche of Rome .M. markes of syluer:* 1.2 and after that receyued Steuyn / & suffred hym to inioy his Archebysshopryke / & restored all suche profytes as he had from hym / and all other wrongfully taken. Some wryters affyrme that for this foresayd payment / the Peter pens be payde at this day.
¶Also about the .xiiii. yere of his reyne / kynge Iohn̄ fell at a great discencyon with his lordes / one cause of that varyance wos for that yt the kynge wolde nat holde ye lawes of saynt Edwarde / but wolde holde no lawe / but do all thīge at his owne wyll / & dyd disinheryte many men without assent of his lordes / or of any other counsell. And also wolde haue disinheryte the erle of Chester / because he rebuked hym of his wyckednesse / for that that he hylde his owne brothers wyfe / & lay by many other great lordes dobghters / and spared no woman that hym lyked. wherfore his lord{is} toke the citye of London and bylde them there a certayne whyle. But by meanes of the Arche∣bysshoppe of Caunterbury and other prelates / the kynge and his lordes met besyde Stanys / at a place called Rumney mede / and there agrement was made / & a charter made thereupon / called Magna carta / whiche charter anone after the kynge brake / that newe varyance began betwene hym and his lordes agayne / yt dyuers of the lordes sent vnto the kynge of Fraunce / that he shulde sende his son Lewys hyther / and they wolde rendre vnto hym the lande / which Lewys therupon came into Englande / and toke dyuers castels of the kynges by force / and after came to London where the barons receyued hym and yelded to hym the Towre of London.* 1.3 Kynge Iohn̄ beynge thus ouer set with this Lewys by the eyde of dyuers of his lordes sent vnto the pope / shewynge theyr rebellynge. whiche sent vnto hym a Legate called Swallo / whiche in the popes name com∣maunded Lewys to returne into Fraunce and labored to haue a peace betwene them / but his la¦bour was in vayne. wherfore the kyng forfere fled towarde Lyncolne: but sone after at Neu¦warke he dyed of the flyx / the .xix. day of October / the yere of Chryst .M.CC.xvi. But some say that a monke poysoned hym at Swynestede / and he is buryed at worcester. [ B]
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