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[ P] ¶Benyface was nexte pope / he hylde the see .xiiii. yere. [ P]
[ E] [ E]¶This syr Roger Mortymer had issue .ii. sonnes / Edmonde & Roger / and .ii. doughters Anne [ B] and Alys that was made a nonne / the .ii. sayd sonnes dyed without issue / and Anne the eldyst doughter was maryed to Rycharde erle of Cambryge / whiche was son to Edmonde of Lan∣gley / before named whiche had issue betwene them Richarde duke of yorke father to kynge Ed∣warde the .iiii. as after shalbe shewed.
* 1.1¶In the .x. yere of this kynge / the erle of Arondell was sent into Gu••an to strengthe the soul∣dyars there / but in the se he mette with a flote of Flemynges laden with Rochell wyne / and set vpon them and toke them / Amonge the whiche was taken the Admyrall of Fraunce. ¶In the .xi. yere Thomas of wo••stocke than duke of Glocester / ye kynges vncle ye erle of Aron∣dell / the erles of warwyke / Darby / and Notyngham / consyderynge howe the kynge & the lande was ladde / caused a parlyament to be called at London / and those lordes that knewe them selfes fautye fledde out of the lande and neuer came agayne / that is to say / Alexander Archebysshop of yorke / Leonell Vere markes of Deuelyn / and syr Myghell Delapole erle of Suffolke and Chauncellour of Englande. And at this parlyament syr Robert Treuilyan the chefe Iustyce of Englande / * 1.2 syr Nicholas Breneber late mayre of London / syr Iohan Salysbury / syr Iohan Beuchampe stewarde of the kyng{is} house / syr Symon Beuerley / syr Iames Bernet / syr Robert Belknappe chefe Iustyce of the cōmon place / and a seriant of armes called Vske / were by auc∣toryte of ye parlyament atteynt of treason / and put to execucyon at Tyborne and at the Towre hyll / and Iohn̄ Holt / Iohn̄ / Locton̄ / Rycharde Gray / wyllyam Burgh / and Robert Fulthorpe Iustyce / were exyled the lande for euer.
* 1.3¶In the .xiiii. yere of this kynge / Iohn̄ of Gaunt duke of Lancaster went into Spayne with a great armye / and claymed to be kynge there by the tytle of his wyfe Constaunce doughter to Peter late before kynge of Spayne / as is before rehersed / and with the helpe of the kynge of Portyngale droue Henry kynge of Spayne to take a peace and a concorde with hym / whiche was concluded thus / that Henry kynge of Spayne shulde mary Constaūce the eldyst doughter of the duke of Lancaster / that was ryght heyre to Spayne / & that he shulde gyue the duke .viii. charyottes laded with wedges of golde / & yerely to pay to the duke and his wyfe .x.M. markes durynge theyr lyues. After whiche thynge parfyted and done / the duke with the kynge of Por∣tyngale departed / and after maryed his other doughter to the sayd kynge of Portyngale. ¶In the .xv. yere of this kynge / a seruant of the bysshppe of Salysburye / whiche was tresorer of Englande / toke a horselofe from a bakers basket in Fletestrete / and when the baker ranne to haue recouered his lofe / the bysshoppes seruant brake his hede with his dagger / and the inhaly∣taunce arose to haue brought this bysshoppes seruant to prison / * 1.4 but his felowes rescued hym / & than the people in a furye / wolde haue entryd into the bysshoppes place with force / and the other made stronge resystence / so at the last the Mayre with dyuers of the Aldermen and Sheryffes / came thyder with a great companie / but ye more the people increased the wors they were to rule / that nat withstandynge the Mayres presence they assauted styll the bysshppes place / that it was longe tyme or they coude be pacefyed / wherof worde came to the bysshop of Salysburye beynge at wyndesore with the kynge / that what by the meanes of the bysshoppe of Caunterburye then Chancellour of Englande the complaynt was made so greuous to the kynge / that the Mayre was discharged of the rule of the citye / and the lybertes seased into the kynges handes / and syr Edwarde Dalyngtyge knyght made gouerner of the citye.* 1.5 And the kynge and his coūsell toke suche displeasure with the citye / that the courtes in westmyster were remoued vnto yorke / and ye terme kept there. But then the kynge and his counsell perceyuynge it was nat so conuenyent for the welthe of the realme it was remoued agayne to London / but yet the kynges displeasure [ B]
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