Rychyrde.
[ E] ¶Rycharde and Alfons were in discorde / by the electours who shulde be Emperour / which dis∣corde so contynued .xvi. yere. [ E]
[ B] After this a great discencyon fell betwene ye erle of Glocester & the erle of Leyceter / whiche were two of the barons yt were agaynst the kynge. wherfore sone after syr Edwarde the kynges son de{per}ted to the marches of wales / & accōpanyed the erle of Glocester & the lordes of the marches / & assembled a great power & came to Glocester / wherfore syr Symon the erle of Leyceters son / by his fathers cōmaundement assembled a great power & came to wynchester & toke it by force / and after came to Kyllingworth where syr Edwarde the kyng{is} son mete them & dyd discōfort them / and syr Symon fled & dyuers of his cōpanye were takyn prisoners. But after that syr Symon Mounforde the erle of Leyceter hym selfe / gatheryd a great cōpany & met with the sayd syr Ed∣warde at Enesham / where betwene them was fought a cruell battell / where syr Symon the erle was slayne / and many other that toke the barons parte. And after at a {per}lyment holden at wyn∣chester / all the statutes & ordynaūces made at Oxenforde / were vtterly adnulled / & all bondes & wrytynges made for the same were cancelled & brokyn. And after yt the kynge came to wyndsore & intendynge to haue dystroyed the citye of London / but the Mayre & Aldermen / & other of cite∣zyns put them into the kynges mercye and grace at wyndsore / whervpon they were cōmytted to prison & put out of theyr offyces / & the Cōstable of the Towre made custos of the citye. But after they were restored and pardoned / and the citye payde to the kynge for a fyne .xx.M. markes. ¶After this at a parlyament holdyn at Northampton / many yt toke the barons parte were dis∣inheryte / whiche therfore gathered them to gyther / & went to the yle of Elye & kept it wt strength. ¶Also about the .l. yere of his reyne / he ordayned the statut{is} of Marlebryge. And about the .li. yere the statu{is} were made & ordayned / for weyghtes & mesures: that is to say / that .xxxii. greynes of whete drye & rounde / & takyn in the myddes of ye ere / shulde wey a sterlynge peny / & .xx. of those sterlyng pens shulde make an vnce / & .xii. vnce shulde make a pounde troy / and .viii. pounde troy shulde wey a galon of wyne / & .viii. galons of wyne shulde make a busshell of London / whiche is the .viii. {per}te of a quarter. Also that .iii. barly cornes drye & rounde shulde make an ynche / & .xii. ynches to a fote / & .••iii. fote to a yarde / & .v. yardes & a halfe to a {per}che or pole / & .xl. pole in lengthe & foure in brede / to make an acre of lande / & this stādardes of weyght were cōfyrmed the xv. yere of Edwarde the .iii. And also in the tyme of henry the .vi. and Edwarde the .iiii. and lastly cōfyrmed in the .xi. yere of Henry the .vii. Howe be it in the tyme of kynge Henry the .vi. it was ordayned yt the same vnce shulde be deuyded in .xxx. {per}tes called .xxx. pens / & in kyng Edwarde the .iiii. his tyme into .xl. partes called .xl. pens. And in kynge Henry the .viii. his dayes into .xliiii. partes / called .iii. ••. viii.d. but the weyght of the vnce troy / & the mesure of the fote was ordayned euer to be at one stynt. In the .lii. yere of his reyne / ye erle of Glocester refused the kyng / & in the mar∣ches of wales gatheryd moche people / & many of the cōpany disinheryted / drewe to hym whiche came to the citye of London / & by intretye and fayre meanes & polecye came into the citye / and many of the cōmons toke his parte & fortefyed the citye with Bulwark{is} & Barbycans / & shortely after the kynge came to Stretforde of the bowe / with a great cōpany. But by the meanes of one Octobanus y• popes Legate / whiche than lay in London a peace was takyn / & so the warre was endyd. Also durynge the whyle of all this sayd besynesse / after that syr Edwarde the kynges son had the victory tyll almost the later ende of this kynges reyne. There were but fewe Mayres of the citye of London / but the franches of London were seasyd into the kynges handes / and there were ordayned custodyes & gardens and no mayres / & who that was cōstable of the Towre was also c••stos of the citye. In the .lv. yere of this kynge syr Edwarde the kyng{is} son toke his iourney into the holy lāde / whiche went to the citye of Acres / & defended it from the Soudan of Surrey / whiche after his cōmynge beseged it with .C.M. Sarazyns / whiche citye had byn lost if the sayd syr Edwarde had nat come / & manfully defendyd it. Also in the .lvi. yere of this kynges reyne his son Edwarde thus beynge in the holy lande / kyng Henry fell sicke at westmyster / & dyed the .xvi. day of Nouerbre / the yere of Chryst .M.CC.lxxii. and is buryed at westmyster. [ B]
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