Henry the .iiii.
[ B] HEnry the .iiii. son to Iohan of Gaunt / the thyrde son of Edwarde the .iii. was crowned kynge of Englāde the .xiii. day of October the yere of Chryst .M.CCC.xC.ix. and immedyatly after the sayd parlya∣ment contynuynge all the actes made in the .xxi. yere of Rycharde the .ii. were adnulled.* 1.1 And all the actes made in ye parlyament the .xi. yere of king Rycharde / were agayne confyrmed.
¶Also in the fyrst yere of this kyng / the duke of Awemarle came & shewed the kynge than beynge at wyndesore / that he and the duke of Surrey / the duke of Excester / and the erle of Salysburye / and the erle of Glocester and other moo / were ac∣corded to make a mummynge on Twelfte day at nyght / and that they purposed to sle the kyng / wherfore the kynge sodaynly departed and came to London for socour and counsell / wherfore these lordes when they knewe they were bewrayed they fledde / & shortely after they were taken all and beheded / & theyr hedes set vpon London brydge.* 1.2 And in this whyle Rycharde late kyng was remoued from the castell of Ledys in Kent / & sent vnto Pomefret castell / where sone after he was put to dethe. But of the maner of his dethe be dyuers opinyons / for some sayd that he was famysshed and kept from mete .v. days / wherfore he dyed for honger / and some sayd that one syr Piers of Exton with .viii. of his company fell vpon this Rycharde late kynge & slewe hym. But as sone as they smote at hym / he shortely recouere one of theyr axes and slewe .iiii. of them / but at the last he was wonded to dethe by the handes of the sayd Piers. And when he was deed he was layde open vysaged in the minyster of Pountfret / & after that brought to the citye of London and layde agayne in Poules with open vysage / to the intent that his dethe myght be openly knowen. And after he was caryed vnto Langley and there buryed / but after he was re∣moued by kynge Henry the .v. in the fyrst yere of his reyne / and buryed in westmyster.
¶After the deposynge of this kynge Rycharde / kyng Henry founde great treasour / what in his treasourye & what in other places / in money & iewels / to the value of .vii.M.li. But yet here ye must note that .xl.s. in those dayes was better than .xl.s. is at this present day / whiche is nowe the .xxi. yere of kynge Henry the .viii. for at those dayes .v. grotes made an ounce / and nowe at this day .xi. grotes maketh an ounce.
¶Also in the same yere / the kynge sent Isabell late quene and wyfe to kynge Rycharde / into Fraūce vnto her father the Frenche kynge with great ryches / in discharge of all her dowery in Englande / whiche was after maryed to one Charles son and heyre to the duke of Orlyaauce.
¶Also in the seconde yere of this kynge / a knyght called Roger Claryngton & his .ii. seruantes / and the prior of Launde and .viii. freres Mynours or gray freres / and some of them bachelers of dyuinyte / were drawyn and hanged at Tyborne for treason.* 1.3 In this tyme a discencyon fell betwene one Owen of Glendor a welcheman / and the lorde Gray of Ruthyn / whiche Owen toke the lorde Gray prisoner / and compelled hym to marye his doughter / and kept hym styll in wales tyll he dyed / wherwith the kynge toke displeasure / & came into wales with a great power / and Owen with his people fled into the mountaynes and there kept hym / that the kynge cowde nat wyne vnto hym / wherfore the kynge returned.
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