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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Henricus .iiij.

Innocent.

[ P] ¶Innocent was nexte pope / the yere of Chryst .M.CCCC.iiii. he hylde the see .ii. yere. [ P]

Robert.

[ E] ¶Robert was nexte Emperour / the yere of Chryst .M.CCCC.i. he hylde the empyre .x. yere. [ E]

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 y^e 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.

[ B]

¶Philyppe.

[ F] ¶Philyppe duke of Burgoyne son to Iohn̄ kynge of Fraūce / maryed Margaryt doughter to Lewys erle of Flaūders / and by her was erle of Flaunders.

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Gregory. Alexander.

[ P] ¶Gregory was nexte pope / but he was deposyd.

¶Alexander was nexte pope / he hylde the see one monthe. [ P]

[ E] [ E]

[ B] ¶Also in the .iii. yere of this kynge / a discencyon fell betwene the kynge & syr Thomas Percye erle of worcester / that the sayd erle and syr Henry Percye his neuewe son and heyre to the erle of Northūberlande / gaue the kynge a great battell at Shroysbury / where the sayd erle was taken and syr Henry Percye slayne / & on the kynges parte / Henry the kynges eldyst son beynge prnce / was wounded / and the erle of Stafforde was slayne & many other noble men / and other were slayne vpon bothe partes / & after the erle was beheded.* 1.4 And sone after this the Duches of Bryt∣tayne came into Englande and was maryed vnto the kynge. Sone after this the Emperour of Rome called Robert / came into Englande to se the contrey and to disporte hym / and had great chere of the kynge.

¶Also about the .vi. yere of this kynge / Rycharde Skrope archebysshop of Caunterburye / and the lorde Mombray marshall of Englande with other to them alyed / gathered great strength to the intent to haue put downe the kynge.* 1.5 wherfore the kynge gathered his power / and sodaynly mette w^t them besyde yorke / where at a skyrmysshe made betwene them / they were bothe taken. For whiche rebellyon they were there demyd to dethe / and after they were bothe beheded. ¶Also in this kynges dayes / and ofte tymes in the tyme of kynge Rycharde the seconde / there were many chalenged other / and appelled other for treason. For the whiche they waged battell / & he y^t was vanquesshed was put to dethe as a traytour / whether he were appellant or defendāt. ¶Also about the .ix. yere of this kynge / one Ryse Apdee a welcheman for fauour that he bare to Owen of Glendour / rebelled agayne the kynge / but at the last he was taken and brought vnto London and there drawne / hanged / and quartred.

¶Also sone after that about the .xii. yere of his re••••••e / the kynge sent his sonnes / Thomas duke of Clarence / Iohn̄ duke of Bedforde / and Vmfrey duke of Glocester and dyuers other lordes with a great power into Fraūce / to helpe the duke of Orlyaunce agayne the duke of Burgon / whiche landed in Normandye / and so forthe went to Burdeux and toke many holdes and many prisoners / and after returned with them into Englande.* 1.6

¶Also in the .xiiii. yere of his reyne / kynge Henry intended to take a voyage to visyte the sepul∣ture of our lorde at Ierusalem / and made newe Galeys therfore / because there was a Prophecy sayd that he shulde neuer dye tyll he had be at Ierusalem / and in the preparynge of this / he fell sodaynly sycke at saynt Edwardes shryne at westmyster / wherfore they bare him into y^e abbottes place there into a chambre. And whan the kynge was somwhat come to hym selfe / he asked where he was / & his seruantes tolde hym he was in the abbot of westmysters place / in a chamber called Ierusalem / and whan the kynge harde that the chambre was called Ierusalem / he knewe well y^t he shulde dye. And therfore he made hym redy vnto god / and there shortely after dyed / in the .xx. day of Marche / the yere of Chryst .M.CCCC.xii. And after was brought to Caunterburye and there buryed. [ B]

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Notes

• * 1.1

  Conspy∣racye.
• * 1.2

  the dethe of kynge rycharde the .ii.
• * 1.3

  a prior & viii. fre∣res han∣ged at ty¦borne for treason.
• * 1.4

  battel at Shroys∣burye.
• * 1.5

  skyrmys∣she at yorke.
• * 1.6

  voyage ī to fraūce