Edwarde the thyrde
[ B] EDwarde the thyrde of that name / son to Edwarde the .ii. & of Isabell / onely doughter of Philyppe le belle / was crowned kynge the .ii. day of Februarii / the yere of christ .M.CCC.xxvi. whan he was but .xv. yere of age. In the fyrst yere of his reyne / the Scottes entred into Eng∣lande / & the kynge with a great power came to them at the parke of Stan∣hope and set them rounde about / yet the Scottes escaped that the kynge lost that iourney / and returned with lytell honour. And in the ende of the fyrst yere / he maryed Philyppe the forsayd erles doughter of Henaude at yorke. Sone after that the kynge made with the Scottes a peace / and released to them theyr homage / and delyuered vnto them theyr charter or indenture called Ragman / as it was sayd by the counsell of the olde quene and syr Roger Mortymer / whiche anone after was made erle of Marche.* 1.1 And the olde quene and he toke vpon them the rule of the hole realme / wherby many thynges grewe out of order.
¶About the thyrde yere of this kynge / the erle of Kent the olde kynges brother / supposynge his brother had ben a lyue / deuysed certayne letters secretely to be sent to his brother for his delyue∣rance / wherfore he was accused and by auctoryte of parlyament condempned / and therfore was beheded. This Roger Mortymer was so cruell / couetous / and so proude / that the lordes and the people disdayned hym / & by secrete meanes brought him out of the king{is} fauour / whervpon by the kynges mynde / this syr Roger Mortymer was by a trayne taken in the castell of No∣tyngham / where the kynge / the quene / and the olde quene that tyme lay.* 1.2 And yet syr Roger kept the keys hym selfe / and after at a parlyament at London / he was condempned as a traytour / & after drawne and hanged for dyuers artycles that were layde vnto hym / one was that by his meanes and treason / the Scottes scaped at Stanhope. And another was that he caused the for∣sayde indenture of Ragman / to be delyuered to the Scottes / wherby they were relessed of theyr homage / and caused Dauyd kynge of Scottes son to Robert le Bruse / to mary Ione syster to kynge Edwarde. Another was that he had gotten the kynges treasure in his owne handes and wasted it. Another was that he had broken the ordynance made at the coronacyon / that .xii. lordes shulde haue had the rule of the kynge / and that without them there shulde no thynge be done / and that nat withstandynge he with the olde quene ruled all hym selfe / to the great hurte of the realme. Another that he had caused Edwarde the kynges father / to be conueyed from Kyllyngworth to the castell of Barkeley / and after by a letter deuysed by hym selfe in the kyng{is} name & sent to the keper / caused hym to be murdred. As touchynge the dethe of this Edwarde of Carnaruan late before kyng / it is sayd yt after that syr Roger Mortymer had sent the sayd letter to the kepers / they caused a great table to be layde vpon his bellye beynge a slepe in his bedde / & pressed it downe with great weyghtes.* 1.3 And afterwarde they toke an horne and put it into his foundament / and toke a spytte hote brennynge and put it thorowe the horne into his body / and so cruelly murdred hym.
¶About the .iiii. yere / one Edwarde Baylolle son to syr Iohan Baylolle / somtyme kynge of Scottes / with the eyde of .ii.M. englysshemen by kynge Edwardes consent / entred into Scot∣lande and claymed the crowne / agaynst whome a great hoost of Scottes came and gaue hym a fyers battell / but Edwarde baylolle had the victorye / and after was shortely crowned kynge [ B]