The pastyme of people The cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond breuely co[m]pylyd [and] empryntyd in chepesyde at the sygne of the mearemayd next to pollys gate. Cum priuilegio.

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Edwar¦dus .j.

Gregory. Innocent. Adryan. Iohan.

[ P] ¶Gregory was nexte pope the yere of Chryst .M.CC.lxxi. he hylde the see .iiii. yeres. ¶Innocent hylde the see nexte .vi. monethes.

¶Adryan hylde the see nexte .xxxix. dayes.

¶Iohn̄ hylde the see nexte .viii. monthes.

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¶Radulphus.

[ E] ¶Radulphe was nexte chosyn Emperour / the yere of chryst .CC.lxxiii. and confyrmed by pope Gregory / he hylde the see .xix. yere. [ E]

Edwarde the fyrst.

[ B] EDwarde the fyrst of that name / and sonne to Henry the thyrde / after he harde of the deth of his father came from the holy lande / and was crowned kynge at westmyster the .xix. day of Auguste / the yere of christ M.CC.lxxiii. at whiche tyme Alexander kyng of Scott{is} was present and dyd homage to kynge Edwarde. In the seconde yere of this kynges reyne / the kynge went into wales / and there subdued Lewellyn prynce of wales / whiche after y^e rebelled and was subdued agayne / & payde to the kyng a fyne of .l.M. markes. Also in the .iii. yere of this kynges reyne / were made the statutes called westmyster primer. where ben contayned goodly statutes / fyrst howe clerkes in∣dyted of Felonye shalbe delyuered to the ordynaryes / & of Assise / of plees of lande / of Arteyntes and many other goodly statutes.

¶In the .vi. yere of this kynge / the Chauncery / cōmyn place / and Escheker / were remoued to Glocester / where dyuers statutes were made / but the courtes contynued there but for one terme / and about this tyme there was a parlyament at London for reformacyon of the kynges coyne / whiche was clypped and wasshed by the Iewes / and almost .iii.C. Iewes were cast therfore / & about the same tyme began the foundacyon of the house of the freres prechours at Ludgate. ¶In the .x. yere of this kynge / Lewellyn prince of wales rebelled agayne / and the kynge sent thyther therles of Northumberlande and Surrey with many other knyghtes / but Dauyd bro∣ther to Lewellyn with a great power met with them nere to a place called Hauardyne / where be∣twene them was a great battell / where the welchemen had the victorye / and the erles fled & many of the englysshemen slayne & taken. But the next yere after y^e kyng sent thyther a more power to besege y^e castell of Snowden / but many of thenglysshemen were drowned beynge vpon a brydge made of barges and plankes / but after that they pursued ••o the welchemen / that Lewellyn and Dauyd his brother fledde / but after Lewellyn was takyn by syr Edmonde Mortymer / whiche smote of his heed and sent it to the kynge / and after by dome of all the lordes / he and his heyres were disinheryte for euer. And after that Dauyd his brother was taken / and after drawne / han∣ged / and quarterde. And after the kynge set walys in an order / and ordayned shyres and She∣ryffes and other offycers as be in Englande.

¶Also in the .xiii. yere of this kynge / the kynge seasyd the lybertes of London into his handes because the Mayre toke brybes of the bakers / and suffred them to sell brede vnder the syse. ¶Also in the same yere in the contrey called y^e Sweterers / a woman was delyuerde of a chylde / whiche from the nauyll vpwarde was .ii. complete bodyes. s. two hedes and foure armes and .ii. bodyes / & downewarde but .ii. legges / which with theyr armes beclyppe eche others body. And another woman bare a chylde / whiche had a face lyke to a man / and all the body lyke a lyon / with tayle and other fetures therto. Also about this tyme the marchantes straūgers / whiche longe be∣fore were wont to be lodged with englysshe hoostes whiche vttred theyr ware / had gote them howses for the stowage of theyr wares / and solde by theyr owne weyghtes / to the disceyte of the people whiche were founde therwith / and taken and sent to the Towre of London and sore pri∣soned / and theyr weyghtes brent / and payde therfore great fynes to the kynge. [ B]

¶Philyppe.

[ F] ¶Philyppe the thyrde / sonne to saynt Lewys / was nexte kynge of Fraunce / the yere of Chryst .M.CC.lxx. he had great warre agaynst the kynge of Castell / he conquered Arogon. [ F]

[ T] [ T]

Nicholas. Martyn.

[ P] ¶Nicholas was nexte pope he hylde the see .iii. yeres and more.

¶Martyn was nexte pope / he hylde the see .iiii. yeres / he accursed the kynge of Arrogon / & toke vpon hym to gyue that rea••me to whome so euer wolde conquere it. [ P]

Adulphe.

¶Adulphe was nexte Emperour / he was slayne in battell by Albert / sonne to his predecessour [ E] Radulphe. [ E]

[ B] ¶Also in the .xv. yere of this kynge / the somer was so hote that men dyed for heate. But the next yere there were great stormes of hayle and rayne that sore distemperde the grounde / y^t there was a meruaylous great derthe of corne / that whete rose to .xviii.d. a busshell / & yere by yere increa∣sed tyll it came to .xl. s. a quarter / whiche was a great pryce / for at that tyme .xx.d. weyed alway one vnce of syluer / whiche so contynued tyll the reygne of kynge Henry the .vi. whiche than was changed to .xxx.d. an ounce / and in the tyme of kyng Edwarde the .iiii. to .xl.d. an ounce / and in the tyme of kynge Henry the .viii. to .iii. s. viii.d. an ounce / but the standarde of the ounce was euer at one stynt / as is before rehersed in the .li. yere of kynge Henry the .iii. and as in the statute than made more playnly appereth.

¶About the .xvi. yere of this kynge / one Ryse Merydocke rebelled agaynst the kinges gardeyn of his castels in wales / but the kynge than beynge in Normandye cōmaunded the erle of Corne∣walle the kynges leue tenant in Englande / to arere an hoost to subdewe this Ryse / & so he dyd and went into wales and toke this Ryse / & brought him to yorke / where he was drawne / hanged / and quartred.

¶In the .xviii. yere of this kynge dyuers of his Iustices were accused of dyuers offences / as syr Thomas weylande / Adam Stretton / and other / wherfore some of them were outlawed and lost theyr goodes / and some imprisoned / and some delyuered with payenge of great fynes. ¶Also about this tyme the wolle staple was ordayned to be kept at Sandewyche / & the Iewes were clerely banysshed Englande / for the whiche the cōmons gaue to the kynge a fyftene parte of theyr goodes. Also sone after this / by styrrynge of one Madocke / the welchemen rebelled agayne / wherfore the kynge came with a great power / & wanne from them the Ile of Anglesey / and bylded newe the towne of Beumarys and y^e castell / & cut downe the woddes in the contrey / and repayred and fortefyed so many castels / that he compelled the welchemen to leaue theyr olde maner of rauenynge and stelynge / that they were cōpelled to fall to tyll the grounde / & to other occupacyons / and to lyue after the maner of Englysshemen / so that more and more the contrey grewe to rest and peace / and Madocke after was taken / drawne and hanged.

¶About the .xxiiii. yere of this kyng / after the dethe of Alexander kynge of Scottes / great va∣ryance was amonge the Scottes / whether Iohn̄ Bayloffe / that had maryed kynge Alexanders eldydst doughter / or Rober le Bruse y^t maryed his .ii. doughter / or Hastynge y^t maryed his .iii. doughter shulde be kynge / but the Scott{is} put them all to kynge Edwardes iugement / and the kynge & the Scott{is} met all at Norham / where y^e kyng named & admytted syr Iohn̄ Baylolle for kyng of Scott{is} / whiche in mediatly than dyd homage to kynge Edwarde / & yet anone after this

[ B]

¶Philyppe.

[ F] ¶Philyppe le Belle / sonne to Philyppe the thyrde / was nexte kynge of Fraunce / he had great warre with the Flemynges / and great battels betwene them / he had a doughter called Isabell / whiche was maryed to Edwarde the seconde kynge of Englande / by whome he had issue / Ed∣warde the thyrde / whiche because all the sonnes of this Philyppe dyed without issue / this Ed∣warde the thyrde claymed to be kynge of Fraunce. [ F]

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Honore. Nycholas.

[ P] ¶Honore was nexte pope / the yere of Chryst .M.CC.lxxxv. he hylde the see .ii. yeres. ¶Nicholas hylde the see nexte .iiii. yeres. [ P]

Albert.

[ E] ¶Albert was nexte Emperour / whiche was son to the fornamed emperour Radulphe / he hylde the empyre .x. yere / and was slayne by his syster sonne. [ E]

[ B] Baylolle rebelled / wherfore kynge Edwarde with a great hoost layde sege to the towne of Berwyke / but the Scottes defended it so & brent some of theyr shyppes / that the Englysshemen gaue backe / wherfore the Scottes of pryde made this ryme.

what wenes kynge Edwarde with his longe shankes To haue won Berwyke all our vnthankes Gaas Py••es hym And when he has it Gaas Dykes hym.

But kynge Edwarde than herynge of theyr pryde and scornefull ryme / was moued greatly and so incurraged his men / that fyrst they wanne the dyches / and after the Bulwarkes / and in the ende wanne the towne by force / and slewe of the Scottes to the nombre of .xxv.M. and after sent a parte of his hoost to lay sege at Dunbarre / to whome a great hoost of Scottes came to remoue the sege / and fought with the Englysshemen a fyers battell / but the Englysshemen had the victorye / and slewe of the Scottes .xx:M. and the englysshemen in reproche of the Scottes made this ryme.

The skaterande Scottes holde we for sottes of wrenches vnware Erly in a mornynge in a euyll tymynge came they to Dumbare

and than Baylolle kynge of Scottes and many other lordes dyd put them in the kynges grace / whiche than brought them to London / and yet after that delyuered them agayne takynge their othes▪ vpon the sacrament / neuer to bere armes agaynste kynge Edwarde / and than they were delyuered / and so after that Baylolle went ouer into Fraunce and neuer came agayne / whyle y^e kynge was thus occupyed in Scotlande / the englysshemen sustayned many hurtes in Gascoyn and Guyan for the erle of Artoys skyrmysshed ofte tymes with the englysshemen / and at the last toke syr Iohn̄ / saynt Iohn̄ / syr willyam Mortymer / and dyuers other prisoners whiche were conueyed to Fraunce to dyuers prisons.

¶Also about this tyme the cy••ezens of London were restored to theyr lybertes / whiche in some parte had ben kept from them by the space of .xii. yeres / so that in stede of Mayres there were custodyes or gardayns / whiche was because they mysordered the Iustyce of the citye. But for this restorynge / they payde .iii.M. markes.

¶In the .xxvi. yere kynge Edwarde went ouer into Flaunders to ayde Guy erle of Flaunders agaynst the Frenche kynge / and the frenche kynge drewe towarde the kynge / but by mediacyon of fryndes at y^e last a peace was made betwene them all. But in this whyle the Scottes herynge of the warre in Flaunders / because theyr kynge was fled into Fraūce made them a newe kynge called walys / and rose agayne and entred into Northumberlāde / but the kynge sent his letters to the lordes of Englande / whiche by his cōmaundement gathered a great power and went into Scotlande / where betwene them was skyrmysshes and many englysshemen slayne / for the Scottes kept theyr holdes & wolde nat come to no playne fylde. But the nexte yere after kyng Edwarde gathered a great power and went hym selfe into Scotlāde / where the Scottes with a great hoost met him at a place called Fankyrke / where betwene them was fought a cruell bat∣tell / but in the ende the Englysshemen had the victorye / and slewe of the Scottes to y^e nombre of .xxxii.M. and but fewe of the Englysshemen. But yet the nexte yere after the kynge layde sege to the castell of Estreuelyn / where at the last the Scottes that were therin yelded the castell and sware them selfes to the kynges ••legeaunce / and walys herynge therof fledde into the ma∣reyses for his suerte / for feare of the kynges hoost / & kept hym so longe tyme / that all the cōmons of Scotlande presented them selfe to the kynge by great companyes / & put them into the kyng{is} grace / and the rulers & offycers of cityes / townes / boroughes / were sworne to kynge Edwarde. [ B]

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Celestyne. Bonyface.

[ P] ¶Celestyne hylde the see nexte .vi. monethes.

¶Bonyface hylde the see nexte .viii. yere / he caused Celestyne to resygne his company to hym by fraude / and after lyued lyke a lyon and dyed lyke a dodge. [ P]

[ E] [ E]

[ B] ¶Sone after this kynge Edwarde returned into Englande / where many complayntes were made to hym of his offycers / as of Mayres / Sheryffes / baylyffes / exchetours / and dyuers other / wherfore he ordayned his Iustyce to make inquisicyons therof: whiche after was called Trol∣baston / where by forfeytours & fynes / the kynge recouered innumerable treasour agaynst suche offenders and fylled his cofers agayne. Neuerthe•••••••••• / this kynge dyd great good within the realme of Englande / for those offenders were well chastyced and were moche more meker and better / and the pore cōmons lyued in moche more rest and peace.

¶Also about this tyme syr Edwarde the kynges eldest sonne / by the wanton counsell of Piers Ganeston brake the bysshop of Chesters parke / and ryottuously distroyed his game / wherfore the kynge imprysoned his sonne and other that were with hym / and after banysshed the sayde Piers out of Englande.

¶Also about the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Edwarde / walys the Scotte was taken and brought to London / & drawne / hanged / & quartred / and anone after that the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes / Robert le Bruse / syr Symon Frysell erle of Dumber / / syr Iohn̄ Cambres erle of Atlas / and syr Iohn̄ Comyn / with many other came to westmyster by theyr voluntarye wylles / & were sworne to be trewe to kynge Edwarde / and to kepe Scotlande to his vse. But sone after that / Robert le Bruse contrarye to his othe / gate a dispensacyon for his othe of pope Clement the .v. and toke vpon hym to be kynge of Scotlande / & slewe syr Iohn̄ Comyn / and his brother that counselled hym to the contrarye. And sone after kynge Edwarde came into Scotlande agayne with a stronge power / and Robert le Bruse met hym with a great nombre / at a playne nyghe saynt Iohans towne / where there was fought a cruell battell / but the Scott{is} were discomfyt / and .vii. thousande Scottes there slayne / & there were dyuers bysshoppes and abbottes taken / & dyuers other temporall lordes. And Robert le Bruse fled vnto the kynge of Norwey / and kynge Ed∣warde sent the bysshoppes and Abbottes that were taken in the fylde to the pope / and sent the temperall lordes and other of the Scottes that were takyn vnto London / where they were put to dethe.

¶Also in the .xxxv. yere of kyng Edwarde as he returned towarde Englāde / he fell sycke / wher∣fore he sware his lordes to be trewe to Edwarde his eldyst son. And also charded his sayd son vpon his blessynge / that he shulde neuer suffer Piers of Ganeston to returne into Englande / & sware his lordes to stycke to the same / and the kynges son and they all graunted therto / and in y^e vii. day of Iulii / in the yere of Chryst .M.CCC.vii. he dyed and is buryed at westmyster. [ B]

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Notes

• lewellyn pr••nce of wales.
• battell in wales.
• lybertes of Lon∣don sea∣sed.
• Derthe.
• The iug¦ges pu∣nysshed.
• welche∣men sub∣dued.
• Sege at berwyke
• battell in scotlāde.
• walys of scotlāde.
• battel at Fākyrke
• Trolbas¦ton.
• the kyng impryso∣ned Ed∣warde his eldist son.
• batell in scotlāde.