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 .vj.

Eugeny.

[ P] ¶Eugenye was nexte pope / the yere of Chryst .M.iiii.C.xxxi. he hylde the se•• .xvi. yere / & there was a varyaunce betwene hym and the duke of Sauoy who shulde be pope / whiche duke at the last was admytted at the counsell at Bassel / and called Felyx. [ P]

Albert.

[ E] ¶Albert was nexte Emperour / the yere of chryst .M.iiii.C.xxxviii. he hylde the empyre .ii. yere· [ E]

Henry the syxte.

[ B] HEnry the syxte of that name / and son to Henry the fyfte beynge of the age of .ix. monethes / was proclaymed kyng of Englande the fyrst day of Septēbre / the yere of Chryste .M.iiii.C.xxii. Also in the mo∣nethe of October nexte / Charles the Frenche kynge dyed. And sone after that / the corps of his father kynge Henry the .v. was brought ouer into En∣glande / and in the .vi. day of Nouembre with great solempnyte buryed at westmyster. And than anone after a parlyament was holden at westmyster where aswell the gouernynge of this yonge kynge / as of bothe the realmes was prouyded for. And than the duke of Glocester the kynges vncle was made protector of Eng∣lande / and the duke of Bedforde the kynges other vncle was made regent of Fraunce. ¶Also in the seconde yere of kynge Henry the .vi. the kynge with the quene his mother remoued vnto westmyster / where than was holden a parlyament / and the yonge kynge was set in his sete in the parlyament chambre amonge his lordes / and in the same yere the duke of Bedforde as re∣gent of Fraunce / made stronge warre vpon charles the Dolphyn / whiche of his fauourers was accompted kynge of Fraunce / and gatte many stronge holdes of hym. But at the last the sayde Charles sent the duke of Ataūson w^t dyuers other great lordes of Fraunce with a great armye / whiche mette with the duke of Bedforde the regent and his hoost at Vernoyll / betwene whome there was fought a great battell / but the victorye fell to the Englysshemen / for in that fyght was slayne the erles of Turon / and Boucam̄ / the vycount of Narbon̄ / and dyuers other men of name / and of the commons .v.M.* 1.1 And there was taken the duke of Alaūson the marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other. This Charles the Dolphyn / whome the Frenchemen called kynge Charles the .vii. by some wryters is affyrmed to be son to Charles the .vi. And some affyrme hym to be sonne to the duke of Orlyaunce / borne of the quene / wyfe to Charles the .vi. And some affyrme hym to be the sayd kynge Charles bastarde sonne / borne of his paramour called fayre Agnes. And also is lyke that he shulde nat be Legittymate son to Charles the .vi. because that that kynge Charles by the consent of his lordes wylled the realme of Fraunce to Katheryn his doughter / wyfe to kynge Henry the .v.

¶Also in the .iii. yere of kynge Henry the .vi. the duke of Glocester / the lorde protectour / whiche had maryed the Duches of Holande / sayled ouer thyther with his wyfe / and was honorably re∣ceyued / but sone after he returned into Englande / leauynge his wyfe behynde hym. And after y^t she was taken by the duke of Burgoyne and kept in prison / but yet after she escaped / wherfore y^e duke of Glocester sent the lorde Fitz water ouer with a great power into zelande / but they were there at theyr landynge / incountred of theyr enemyes and dryuen backe / and fayne to returne agayne to theyr shyppes / and so into Englande and preuayled nothynge.* 1.2

¶Also in the .v. yere of kynge Hynry / the erle of Salisbury / syr Thomas Mountegue / with other lordes / leyde sege to the citye of Orlyaunce and wanne dyuers holdes nyghe the citye / and as he stode in a bay wyndowe / one of the citye marked hym / and leuelyd a gonne at hym & smote the tymbre of y^e wyndowe / whiche tymber brake and so smote hym vpon the face wherof he dyed within .iii. dayes after.* 1.3 And this was called by the Englysshemen (indicium malo{rum}) for after his dethe / the englysshemen lost euer in Fraūce theyr possessyons / moche more than they wanne. [ B]

¶Charles.

¶Charles the .vii. was nexte Frenche kynge / y^e yere of chryst .M.iiii.C.xxii. he had great wa••••e [ F] with the englysshemen / to whose helpe there came a mayde of Fraunce / whome the frenchemen called la pusell de dieu / but she was take and brent by the englysshemen. But in the ende this Charles wanne all that agayne / whiche the englysshemn had gotte before / that is to say Parys / y^• co••treys of hye Champayne / Normandye / and Guyan / and dyuers other.

[ T] ¶Philyppe son to Iohn̄

[ T] was nexte duke of Burgoyne.

Nycholas.

[ P] ¶Nicholas was nexte pope / for Felix resygned to hym / he hylde the see .viii. yere. [ P]

Fredrycke.

[ E] ¶Fredrycke was nexte Emperour / he hylde the empyre .xlvi. yere / and than dyd assocyate vnto hym Maximilya•• his son by y^e consent of the electours / & hylde the empyre with his son .vii. yere. [ E]

[ B] ¶Also in the .viii. yere of kynge Henry he was crowned at westmyster / and then after that he passed ouer the see into Fraunce.

¶Also about this tyme a mayden called Iane a poore mannes doughter in Fraunce / came to Charles the Dolphyn of Fraūce / whome the frenchemen called kynge Charles the .vii. and said she was sent to hym by god / to helpe to releue the misery of Fraunce.* 1.4 whervpon they gatte her armour / and accompanyed her with knyghtes and soudyars / which went forthe and gaue many great conflyctes to the Englysshemen and wanne from them many great townes and holdes / And as some wryters say / she by her prouydence caused the sayd Charles to be crowned kynge of Fraunce at Reyns.* 1.5 But other wryters say / he was neuer crowned tyll after the dethe of the duke of Bedforde. This sayde mayde called by the Frenchemen / Le pusell de dieu / or the mayde of god / put the Englysshemen oft tymes to the wors. But yet at the last she with her cō∣panye at a place called Champanye / came to remoue a sege layde thervnto by y^e duke of Burgon and the englysshemen / and gaue them battell / in whiche fyght the frenchemen were discomfyt / and there the sayd mayde was taken by a Burgonyon knyght / & after brought to Roan where she was by the Englysshemen iudged to dethe and brent.

¶Also in the .x. yere of kynge Henry / he was crowned in Parys / and after that he returned into Englande / leauynge the duke of Bedforde as regent of Fraūce behynde hym.* 1.6 And about this tyme was a great blasynge sterre sene in Englande.

¶Also in the .xii. yere of kynge henry / the lorde Talbot with a great cōpanye went into Fraūce and dyd moche hurte to the frenchemen. Also about this tyme there were many conflyctes be∣twene englysshemen / and Frenchemen in Fraunce / and Normandye / and in other contreys / & dyuers holdes beseged. But about the .xiii. yere of kynge henry / there was a treatye of peace holdyn at Aras in Pycardye for bothe y^e realmes / by the meanes of the pope / whiche sent thyder the cardynall of saynt Crosse for the same purpose / but that treatye toke none effecte / and as the frenche cronycles say / the cause therof was for the obstynacy of the englysshemen.* 1.7 wherfore Philyppe duke of Burgon by meanes of the sayde cardynall / forsoke there the englysshemens parte / & returned to Charles the Frenche kyng / whiche gaue vnto hym the countye of Poytewe / & dyuers other lordeshyppes / in recompense of his fathers dethe whiche was before that ••layue. And sone after this the duke of Bedforde regent of Fraūce dyed at Roan / & was there buryed / After whose dethe the englysshemen by lyttell and lyttell / lost all that they had wonne before.* 1.8 ¶Also in the .xiiii. yere of kyng henry / the duke of Barre accompanyed with the Burgonyons wanne Hareflewe / and after that wanne the towne of saynt Denyse / and slewe therin aboue iiii.C. englysshemen. After this one Notycia a knyght of Orlyaunce came to Parys / and lay at the charterhouse beyonde the ryuer of Sayne / and confetered with certayne citezyns of Parys / to betray the citye / and to brynge it out of the englysshemens possessyon / whiche persons beynge hedes of the citye / so labored and turned the hartes of the cōmons from the englysshemen / that sodaynly they a rose and slewe as many of the englysshemen as they coude fynde / and they that fled and fought by the stretes / the women and other persons cast vpon them stones & hote lycour so that the englysshemen were slayne & taken prisoners / & they that fled escaped with great parel.* 1.9 Than the other hoost that lay at the charterhouse entred at the gates of saynt Germayne / saynt Myghels / & saynt Iakes / & so came ouer the brydges into the citye and towne ar theyr pleasure / & after that the englysshemen that were in the towre of saint Denyse and other holdes / were fayne to gyue vp the sayd holdes hauynge theyr lyues / & so de{per}ted. And in theyr departure they were mocked & scorned of the frenchemen without measure / & the englisshemen y^t taryed were fayne to gyue fyne and raunsome / & were sworne to the said Charles / takynge vpon hym as frenche kyng. [ B]

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Calyxte.

[ P] ¶Calexte was nexte pope / he hylde the see .iii. yere and more / in his tyme the Chrysten men had a great victorye agaynst the Turkes in Hungarye. [ P]

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[ B] ¶Also in the .xiiii. yere of kynge henry / Philyppe the duke of Burgon with a great multytude of flemynges leyde sege at Caleys / and contynued his sayd sege .iii. wekes / wherfore th•• duke of Glocester protectour of Englande with .v.C. sayle came ouer into Caleys / intendynge within thre days to haue issued out to haue gyuen battell to the duke and the flemyng{is}. But whan they of Burgon harde tell of the great power of the protectour / he brake vp his sege and departed / & lefte behynde hym parte of his heuy ordynaunce and vytell / and other thynges that he coude na•• conuenienly carye in so shorte tyme. And whan he was gone / the lorde protectour folowed hym into Flaunders by the space of .xii. days and brent dyuers vyllages / and after returned agayne into Englande. Also in the same yere the kynge of Scott{is} beseged the towne of Rokysborowe in Scotlāde / but as sone as he harde tell that the englysshemen were cōmynge thyder to remoue the sege / he departed leauynge parte of his ordynaunce behynde hym. And the same yere quene Katheryn mother to kynge Henry the .vi. dyed.

¶Also in the .xvii. yere of this kynge there was a great derthe in Englande / that a busshell of where was worthe .iii. s. iiii.d.

¶Also in the same yere at a counsell at Basyll / pope Eugenye was deposed / and one Amedeus duke of Sauoy was chosen pope / but yet Eugenye cōtynued in Rome as pope / and Amedeus called Felyx the .v. contynued his dignyte in other places / so that then arose a great Cisme who was indubytat pope / this Cisme contynued .ix. yeres.* 1.10

¶Also about this tyme there were many conflyctes / and dyuers holdes & townes in many {per}tes of Fraunce wonne and lost / but most cōmenly euer the englysshemen had the wors. ¶Also in the .xx. yere of kynge henry / the lorde Talbotte leyde sege to an hauyn towne in Nor∣mandye called Depe / & dyuers captayns of Fraunce were sent thyder to remoue the sege whiche were discomfet.* 1.11 Than the lorde Talbot de{per}ted and lefte the guydynge of the sege to .ii. of his knyghtes / but at the last the Dolphyn of Vyenne called Lewys / came with a great power and gaue them battell where the Englysshemen were discomfyt / and the englysshemen slayne and taken prisoners.

¶Also in this .xx. yere / imbassetours were sent into Guyan to cōclude a maryage betwene kyng Henry and the erles doughter of Armanake / whiche conclusyon was put backe by meanes of y^e erle of Suffolke / whiche kyndlyd a great grudge betwene y^e lorde protectour duke of Glocester and the sayd erle / for the sayd erle the nexte yere after went ouer the see into Fraunce / and there concluded a maryage betwene the kynge and lady Margarete the kynges doughter of Cicyle / for the whiche maryage there was promysed to the kynge of Cicyll / the duchye of Angeo and y^e erledome of Mayne.* 1.12 Also about this tyme the steple of Poules churche in London was set on fyre by lyghtnynge.

¶And in the .xxiii. yere of kynge henry / y^e said lady Margarete was brought ouer into Englāde and maryed to the kynge / and after that crowned at westmyster.* 1.13

¶Also in the .xxv. yere of this kyng / there was a parlyament holden at saynt Edmondes burye / where the duke of Glocester that was the lorde protectour durynge the kynges nonage / was a rested and .xxxii. of his princypall seruantes a rested / and the other put from hym / and within .v. or .vi. days after he was founde deed in his bedde & no wounde vpon hym.* 1.14 Of his dethe were dyuers seyenges / some sayd he dyed for sorowe / and some sayde he was murdered betwene two fetherbeddes / and some sayd he was put in the foundement with a hote spytte. This duke was a great clerke called the good duke of Glocester / because he gouerned well the kynge durynge his nonenage / and kept honorable housholde / and withstode the delyuere of Angeo / and Mayne / and neuer was founde fautye to the kynge nor to the crowne / whose body was after conueyed to saynt Albons & there buryed / wherfore for the dethe of this duke / all the cōmons of Englāde [ B]

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[ B] began to murmour and grudge / and specially agaynst the markes of Suffolke whiche before was called the erle of Suffolke.

¶About the .xxvi yere of this kynge / the Cisme of y^e two popes ceasyd by the dethe of Eugeny / after whose deth Nicholas the .v. was chosyn pope / to whome Felyx the .v. receyued his papacy. The cause of the Cisme was / for that y^t this Eugenye wolde nat obey the Decrees before made in the counsell of Constaunce / nor wolde nat obey to the generall counsell / wherof rose a great contrauersye amonge the clerkes and wryters.* 1.15 For some sayd the generall counsell was aboue y^e pope / and some sayd the pope was aboue the generall counsell. But durynge this whyle the englysshemen lost dyuers townes and holdes in Fraunce & in Normandye / as fyrst Pont large and after Roan / and dyuers other townes and holdes.

¶Also in the .xxvii. yere of kynge Henry / the kynge called a parlyament at westmyster / at the whiche parlyament the duke of Suffolke whiche was before markes of Suffolke / was a rested and sent to the Towre to content mennes myndes. But after the kyng lette hym goo at lyberte / and than the parlyament was adiourned to Leycester / where the said duke came with y^e kynge / but the people were nat therwith content / and the cōmons in the commyn house / desyred that all they y^t were consentynge to the delyuerance of the Duchye of Angeo / and erledome of Mayne myght be ponysshed / whervpon the sayd duke of Suffolke was banysshed for .v. yeres / and the lorde Say a rested and after put in the Towre.* 1.16 And than the duke of Suffolke departed & toke shyppynge in Northfolke to go into Fraunce / but he was met in the see with a shyppe called the Nicholas of the Towre and taken / and the captayne toke the duke and brought hym into his owne shyppe / and there Iudged hym to dethe. And than set hym in the shyppe bote and there smote of his hede / and thus began myschefe vpon myschefe / and dethe vpon dethe. ¶Also about this tyme the cōmons rebelled in dyuers places of Englande / and named the cap∣teyns blewberde and other names / and intended to haue gathered more companye / but anone y^e kynges counsell herynge therof / caused them to be taken and put to dethe / but yet anone after y^e cōmons of Kent a rose and made them a captayne called Iacke Cade / * 1.17 whiche in a great nōbre came to blacke hethe and made a proclamacyon / that they came to reforme the iniuryes of the people / done by meanes of the kynges yuell counsellours / & the kynge gathered a great people & came towarde them to gyue them battell / wherof heryng the captayne Iacke Cade drewe backe with his people / and the kyng went to Grenewyche & lefte parte of his hoost lyenge vpon blacke hethe / and sent syr Vmfrey Stafforde and his brother with many other gentylmen with a great nombre of people to folowe them. And than nyghe Senoke Iacke Cade with his people turned agayne and gaue them a great battell & had the victorye / where the sayd syr Vmfrey Sstafforde & his brother were bothe slayne and moche other people of his parte / & the resydue fledde.* 1.18 whan tydynges came to the kynge and his counsell of this / & harde tell that parte of his hoost wolde take parte with Iacke Cade / the kynge remoued to Kynelworthe / wherfore Iacke Cade with his people drewe nere to London and came in Sothwarke / and after Entryd ouer the brydge into the citye / and there made proclamacyon in the kynges name / and that payne of dethe none of his people shulde take no vytell nor other thynge but they payde for it / but Iacke Cade hym selfe was the fyrst that brake it. Also this Iacke Cade toke the sayd lorde Say y^t than was pri∣soner in the Towre and smote of his hede at the Standarde in Chepe / wherby he gatte the fa∣uour of the people of the citye / and so contynued .iiii. or .v. dayes in the citye / & in the nyght lay in Sothwarke / and in that whyle he put to dethe other persons whiche fauoured the lorde Say / but at the last Iacke Cade hym selfe went vnto an Aldermans house called Philyppe Malpas / and robbed and spoyled his house / and after went to another mans house called Gyser and dyned in his house / and after dynner robbed and spoyled his house of all that euer he had / for whiche two robberyes / the citezyns of London grudgyd meruaylous sore agaynst hym /

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[ B] wherfore the Mayre & the citezyns sent to the lorde Skalys & one Mathewe Gough / hauynge y^e rule of the Towre / prayenge them to haue theyr assystence to resyst the captayne / which graūted to them theyr good myndes and helpe.* 1.19 And the nexte day whan the captayne Iacke Cade and his people wolde haue come ouer the brydge / the Mayre and citezyns with the sayd Mathewe Gough kept the brydge / but the captayne & the Kentysshemen set so fersly vpon them / that they droue them backe to the drawe brydge / where betwene them was a cruell fyght and many men of London drowned and slayne / for this skyrmysshe contynued all nyght longe tyll the morowe at .ix. of the clocke / and at the last the Kentysshemen brent the brydge. And after this the Chaū∣cellour of Englande sent to the captayne a pardon generall for hym and all his meanye / & than they departed and went euery man to his owne. And after that there were {pro}clamacyons made / that who so euer coude take the sayd Iacke Cade a lyue or deed / shulde haue .M. markes for his labour / whervpon one Alexander Eden a gentylman of kent toke hym in a gardayne / in which takynge the sayd Iacke Cade was slayne.* 1.20 And after that the kynge came into Kent / and caused his Iustyces to sytte vpon this ryot / where many of them aswell in Kent as in Sussex were ther∣fore put to dethe. And also in the same yere / the cōmons in the west contrey arose and slewe the bysshoppe of Salysbury / wherfore the kynge went thyther and punysshed those doers. ¶Also in the .xxix. yere there was a {per}lyament at westmyster / where the duke of Somercet that was lately come out of Normandy / and had there lost the citye of Roan / & all that contrey was put vnder a rest / for he and the quenes coūsell therfore were had in great hatered / and the duke of yorke and other to hym alyed / toke parte agayne the quene and her coūsell / so that mortall warre therof insued.

¶Also in the .xxx. yere of this kynge Henry / the kynge and the duke of Somercet with many other lordes / went to the marched of wales / and the duke of yorke assysted with dyuers lordes & men of name gathered a great strengthe of people / to the intent to refourme certayne nunryes / and also to haue Iustyce vpon the duke of Somercet / & certayne lordes beynge about y^e kynge / and with his people came into a place in Kent called brenthethe / and the kyng with a great hoost came into blacke hethe. But by mediacyon of certayne bysshoppes & lordes / a poyntement was taken that the duke of Somercet shulde be cōmytted to warde / there to answere certayne arty∣cles that the duke of yorke wolde lay to his charge / the whiche the kynge promysed to do / wher∣vpon the duke of yorke brake vp his fylde & came to the kyng{is} tent / where contrary to the kinges promyse he sawe the duke of Somercet chefe about the kynge / & by his counsell the kynge com∣maunded the duke of yorke to ryde before hym into Lōdon holdynge him in maner as prisoner and shulde haue ben more strayter kept but y^e tydynges came that Edwarde the duke of yorke his eldyst son & erle of Marche / was cōmynge with a great power of welchemen / whiche feared so the kynge / the quene / and the other about the kynge / that the duke of yorke was set at lyberte. And about this tyme the towne of Hartlete in Normandye was wonne agayne by Frenche∣men / and the towne of Bayons gyuen vp by appoyntement. Also about th••s tyme was the quene delyuered of a son called Edwarde.

¶Also about this tyme the citye of Constantynople with all the hole Empyre / was wonne by y^e Turkes / to the great losse of Chrystendome / and the increase of Macomyttes lawe. ¶Also in the .xxxiii. yere of this kynge / one Iohan Norman Mayre of London went to west∣myster by barge to take his othe / whiche before that tyme were euer wont to ryde be lande / for whiche the watermen made a songe to his great prayse / whiche began rowe thy bote Norman. ¶Also in the .xxxii. yere of this kynge / the kynge by the counsell of the quene and other / cōtrarye to the kynges promyse / put the sayd duke of Somercet at his lyberte / and made hym captayne of Caleys / and he ruled the kynge and all his realme as he lyst / wherfore the great lordes of the realme and the cōmons were nat pleased / for the cōmons had sustayned many greuous impo∣sicyon and charges / wherfore the duke of yorke beynge in the marches of wales / called to hym [ B]

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[ B] the erles of warwyke and of Salysbury / and many other knyghtes and gentylmen / and with a great people came towarde London / & the kynge gathered a great hoost and came out of Lon∣don to saynt Albons / where bothe the hoostes came / one hoost lyenge in one ende of the towne / and the other in the other ende / * 1.21 where in the begynnynge a meanes of a treatye or peace was cōmoned / but in the tyme of the intreatye / the erle of warwyke with his marche men / entryd the towne and fought agaynste the kynges people / & so began the battell whiche contynued a longe season / but in conclusyon the duke of yorke and the erle of warwyke and that parte had the vic∣torye / & there was slayne y^e duke of Somercet / the erle of Northūberlande / the lorde Clyfforde / with many other honorable knyghtes and squyers / and they toke the kynge prisoner / & cōueyed hym into London. And there vpon there was called a parlyament / at the whiche parlyament because the kynge was called a good Innocent vertuous man nat mete for y^e warres.* 1.22 The duke of yorke was made protectour / the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of Englande / and the erle of warwyke captayne of Caleys. And all suche persons as ruled before / as the quene & her counsell were clerely amoued / concernynge the rule of the kynge and of the lande / but this contynued but a whyle.

¶Also about this tyme a Mercers seruant in London smote an Italyon / wherfore he was cō∣mytted to warde / wherfore all the mercers seruantes gathered them to gether / and compelled y^e Mayre to delyuer hym. And after a meanye of rascall and euyll disposed people / brake certayne straungers houses / and robbed and spoyled them. But after this matter was inquered of / and thre persons put to execucyon therfore.

¶Also in the .xxxiii. yere of kynge Henry / the quene disdayned sore that the duke of yorke shulde bere the name of protectour / whiche argued & the kynge shulde nat be sufficyent to gouerne the realme / whiche she thought to be a great dishonour to the kynge / wherfore she gette the fauour of dyuers lordes / and at a counsell at Grenewyche / she caused the duke of yorke to be discharged of his protectourshyp / and the erle of Salysbury of his Chauncellourshyp / whiche was y^e cause of a newe greatter warre. But sone after that the quene suspected the citye of London / to owe fauour to the duke of yorke / caused the kynge to go into Couentre / where the quene caused the duke of yorke / the erle of Salysbury / and the erle of warwyke / to be sent for by Priuey seale / but they had secret warnynge and escaped / and the duke and the erle of Salysburye went into the Northe / & the erle of warwyke with his wyfe and with a great company / went into Caleys & toke possessyon of his offyce.

¶Also in the .xxxv. yere of kynge Henry / there were .iiii. wonderfull fysshes taken at Eyrythe / and .ii. of them were whalles / and one was a swyrde fysshe / & the other was called Mors maryn / whiche as dyuers men sayd was a Pronosticacyon of warre and troble.* 1.23

¶Also in the same tyme was a great skyrmysshe betwene the lorde Egremonde / and the sonnes of the erle of S••lysburye / but at the ende the lorde Egremonde was taken / & after by iugement of the kynges counsell condempned to pay great sōmes of money to the erle of Salysburye / for payment wherof he was cōmytted to Newgate / whiche after brake the prison there / & toke out dyuers prisoners with hym.* 1.24

¶Also in this same tyme the crafte of Printynge of bokes began in the citye of Almayne / na∣med Magonce whiche is nowe meruaylous••y increasyd / whiche hathe ben cause of great ler∣nynge and knowelege / and hathe ben the cause of many thynges and great chaunges / & is lyke to be the cause of many straūge thynges here after to come. And in this same yere the senesshall of Normandye with a great nauey entred the see and came to ••andewyche / and there robbed and spoyled the towne / and toke with hym many ryche prisoners.

¶Also in this yere Raynolde Pecoke bysshop of Chechester / was at Lambeth abiured for an heretyke and his bokes brent / and he kept in prison terme of his lyfe. [ B]

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[ B] ¶Also in the .xxxvi. yere of kynge Henry / for to appeace the rancour betwene the quene and the lordes / a day of metynge was appoynted by the kynge at London / where aswell all the lordes that toke the quenes parte / as the duke of yorke / and the erle of Salysburye / and other that toke theyr parte.* 1.25 And also the erle of warwyke that than came fro Caleys / euery one of them with a great company came and assembled / where a dissymulynge concorde was taken betwene them. And after that the kynge / the quene / and all the lordes / vpon our Lady day the Annunciacyon / went a precessyon in Poules / and after that euery lorde departed at his pleasure.

¶Also sone after that certayne shyppes belongynge to the erle of warwyke mette with a flote of Spanyardes vpon the see where betwene them was a cruell fyght / but the englysshemen had the victorye and toke .vi. of theyr shyppes and drowned and chased .xxvi. but nat without losse of men / for they were moo than an .C. englysshemen slayne / and many wounded and hurte.* 1.26

¶Also in the .xxxvi. yere of kynge Henry / the kynge the quene and many lordes beynge at west∣myster at counsell / because y^e one of the erle of warwykes seruantes had hurre one of the kynges seruantes & escaped / therfore the kynges housholde seruantes came out of the kechyn with spyttes and other wepyns / & wolde haue slayne the erle of warwyke as he came to haue taken his barge / so that he escaped with great daunger / and rowed to London. wherfore the quene wolde haue had the erle a rested / but sodaynly he departed from London and went to warwyke. And after that he gate a cōmyssion and sayled vnto Caleys. Than the quene malygned agaynst the erle of Salysburye / and caused the lorde Audeley with a great companye / to mete with the erle com∣mynge towarde Lōdon to haue taken hym prisoner. But the erle kepynge his wey with a great companye with hym / mette with them at a place called Blore hethe / where betwene them was a great byckerynge & a sore fyght / but the erle had the victorye.* 1.27 And there the lorde Audeley was slayne and moche of his people / and the erles .ii. sonnes sore wounded / whiche shortely after as they were goynge whomewarde were taken prisoners by them of the quenes partye and sent vnto Chester. whan this was knowen by the duke of yorke & the other lordes / they by one assent gathered a stronge hoost of Marche men and other / and the erle of warwyke with a great com∣panye came from Caleys / and accōpanyed with the duke nyghe the towne of Lodlowe / where they pyght a stronge felde / & the kynge with a great hoost came towarde them / but one Andrewe Trolloppe whiche came with the erle of warwyke / and many other af the Souldyers of Caleys departed from the dukes hoost and came to the kynge / wherby the duke and his companye were sore abasshed. wherfore they concluded to flee and to leaue the felde standynge as they had ben present / and than the duke departed with his .ii. sonnes and went fyrst into wales / and after into Irelande. And the erles of Salysburye / of Marche / and of warwyke / went into Deuynshyre / & there by the meanes of one Iohn̄ Denham a squyer / gette a shyppe and sayled into Gernesey / and after from thens vnto Caleys / & there ioyously were receyued at a posterne gate. And whan the fyrst departure of these lordes was knowen to the kynge / and other lordes of the other parte / they sent about all the coste of Englande to haue stopped them / but it was to late. And than incontynent the kynge dispoyled the towne of Lodlowe and the castell / and toke the Duches of yorke. And anone after the kynge made y^e duke of Somercet{is} son (that was slayne) captayne of Caleys / wherfore he in all hast went ouer to haue taken Caleys / but y^e said other erles beynge there before kept hym out. wherfore the yonge duke went and toke Guynes / & than dayly many great assautes were made / betwene them of Caleys & them of Guynes. And many men resorted dayly / and came out of Englande to Caleys to the socour of the lordes there / and betause they lacked money / they shyfted with the Staple of Caleys for .xviii. thousande pounde. [ B]

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[ B] And after they sende ouer the sayd mayster Iohn̄ Denham with a great companye of shyppes to Sandewyche / to wynne the kynges Nauey there lyenge / whiche so spedde hym that he toke there the towne / and toke the lorde Ryuers in his bedde / and toke the lorde Skalys / and toke as many shyppes of the kynges Nauey as he lyst / and with them returned into Caleys / but nat without the consent of many of the maryners whiche fauoured the erle of warwyke.* 1.28 Sone after this the kynge called a parlyament at Couentrye / where the sayd duke of yorke with all the other lordes were attaynted of treason / and theyr landes and goodes seasyd to the kynges vse. And prouisyon made y^t no man shulde passe ouer the see vnto Caleys / but that nat withstādyng comfort came to them of Caleys dayly out of Englande. And at the last the sayd erle of Salys∣burye with the other lordes / and with a great companye landed at Douer in Kent / and so kept theyr weys towarde the kynge / whiche lay than at Couentre gatherynge his people. And so in conclusyon whan bothe the hoostes were gathered to a great nombre / at the last they mette at Northampton / where betwene them was fought a cruell battell / where the erle of Salysburye & his cōpanye had the victorye / & there was slayne the duke of Buckyngham / the erle of Shroys∣burye / the vycount of Beamount / the lorde Egremount / with many other knyghtes & squyers / and the kynge taken prisoner.* 1.29 After whiche felde they brought the kynge with them into Lon∣don / there kepynge his estate / and sent shortely worde to the duke of yorke into Irelande / and immedyatly called a parlyament at westmyster / to the whiche {per}lyament the duke of yorke came / and lodged hym selfe in the kynges palese / where the kynge hym selfe was. Than a great ru∣mour sprange that kynge Henry shulde be deposed / & the duke of yorke made kynge. And vpon this parlyament contynuynge / the duke of yorke came boldely vpon a day in the parlyament chambre / and there set hym downe in the kyng{is} sete / and there made his clayme vnto y^e crowne / wherby many of the lordes were dismayde / for dyuers of the lordes / aswell the dukes fryndes as other / were in the mynde that kynge Henry shulde be kynge durynge his lyfe.* 1.30 For the whiche many great counsels were kept / & in this whyle the quene with suche lordes as were of her parte / were in the northe contrey and assembled great strength of people. At the last it was concluded at this parlyament / that kynge Henry shulde contynue and reyne as kynge durynge his lyfe na∣turall / and after his dethe the duke of yorke and his heyres to be kynges / & yf kynge Henry were disposed to resygne his crowne / that he shulde resygne it to the duke of yorke and his heyres / w^t dyuers other artycles.

¶And also that if kynge Henry durynge his lyfe / went from this appoyntement / or from any other artycle therin / that than he shulde be deposed / & than the duke of yorke or his heyre to take the crowne and be kynge. And there the duke of yorke was made agayne protectour and gouer∣nour of the lande / and was proclaymed heyre apparant to the crowne of Englande.

¶And also than it was there concluded / that because the quene and Edwarde her sonne / and the yonge duke of Somercet / and the duke of Excester and other wolde nat co London. That the duke of yorke / and the erle of Salysbury / with a great power shulde goo and fatche the quene / and the other lordes.* 1.31 And whan the quene with her lordes harde tell of theyr cōmynge / they ga∣thered to them a great strength of people and mette with them / nere vnto a towne called wake∣fylde / where betwene them was fought a cruell and a great mortall battell / where the quene and her lordes had the victorye. And there was slayne the sayd duke of yorke / with his son the duke of Rutlande / and syr Thomas Neuell / son to the erle of Salysburye and dyuers other. And the erle of Salysburye taken prisoner / whiche w^t many other prisoners were sent vnto Powme∣fret / whiche erle was after there beheded and dyuers other / and theyr heades sent vnto yorke.

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[ B] ¶Also in this tyme Edwarde the erle of marche / eldyst son to y^e duke of yorke / beynge at Shro∣ysburye herynge of the dethe of his father / gathered some people there / and went into wales to gether mo people to auenge his fathers dethe / with whome the erles of Penbroke & wylshyre met / and gaue hym a sharpe skyrmysshe / but the erle of marche had the victorye. After that the quene with her lordes & with a great cōpanye of Northermnen came towarde London as farre as saynt Albons.* 1.32 In whiche meane tyme / the duke of Norfolke / and the erle of warwyke / which were assygned to wayte vpon the kynge / gathered vnto them a great strength / & mette with the quenes hoost at saynt Albons / where betwene them was a stronge fyght / where y^e quenes parte had the victorye / & the duke of Norfolke & the sayd erle were discomfyt and fayne to flee / & kynge Henry was there taken in the fylde and brought vnto the quene / and dyuers that were taken pri∣soners / as the lorde Boneuylle / syr Thomas Tyrell were beheded. And than dyuers Aldermen and cōmons of London went to the quene / and made request that the Northernmen myght be turned whome for feare of robbynge of the citye.

¶Sone after this Edwarde the erle of marche and eldyst son to the duke of yorke / and the erle of warwyke met to gether at Cotyswolde and had gathered a great people. And than y^e kynge and the quene with theyr hoost returned Northewarde / and than the forsayd erle of marche with the erle of warwyke / with dyuers other lordes of theyr partye came vnto London / to whome re∣sorted the more partye of all the gentylmen of the South and Eest parte of Englāde. At theyr whiche fyrst cōmynge to London / there was a great counsell called of lordes spirituall and tem∣porall / where after many argumentes and reasons made / it was concluded that for asmoche as kynge Henry contrary to his honour and promyse / had broken the artycles made at that par∣lyament / and was departed Northwarde with the quene & other lordes. And also for so moche as he was thought vnable to gouerne the realme / he was than by all theyr assentes deposed and discharged of all kyngly honour and dignyte. And than by the auctoryte of the sayd counsell & agrement of all the cōmons there present / Edwarde erle of marche than the eldyst son of y^e duke of yorke / was elected and chosen for kynge of Englande. After whiche admyssion the sayd Ed∣warde erle of Marche / the .iiii. day of Marche / the yere of Chryst .M.CCCC.lx. accompanyed with all the lordes / and a great multytude of the cōmons was brought into westmyster / & there toke possessyon of the realme / & syttynge in the seate royall / in the great hail of westmyster with his septer in his hande / a questyon was axed of all the people / yf they wolde admytte hym to cō∣tynue as kynge / to the whiche with one voyce all the people cryed there ye. And than there after the custome vsed he toke his othe / and after that went into the abbey and there was receyued w^t precessyon and conueyed vnto saynt Edwardes shryne / and there offered as kynge / and after that receyued homage & fealte of all the lordes.* 1.33 And vpon the morowe folowynge he was pro∣claymed in dyuers places of the citye of London / Edwarde the .iiii. than kynge of Englande. Sone after this this kynge Edwarde with his lordes and a great companye and bande of men toke his iourney Northwarde to subdue his enemyes / & met w^t them at a place called Towton.* 1.34 ix. myles from yorke / with whome he had than a cruell and mortall battell / but kynge Edwarde had the victorye / that in the fylde & chase there were slayne aboue .xxx.M. men / there was slayne the erle of Northumberlande / the erle of westmyrlande / the lorde Clyfforde / the lorde Egre∣mounde Andrewe Trollope / and many other / And in the same fylde was taken the erle of De∣uonshyre / the erle of wylkeshyre / whiche erle of Deuonshyre was after at yorke beheded. But kynge Henry and the quene / the yonge duke of Somercet / the lorde Rose / & other beynge than at yorke herynge of the losse of this fylde fled towarde Scotlande / and vpon the morowe fo∣lowynge kynge Edwarde entered into yo••ke with his people / and there hylde his estate. And after that he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the erle of w••rwyke in the Northe to see the guydynge therof / and he hym selfe costed the contrey Southwarde and Eestwarde / and so came towarde London. [ B]

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Notes

• * 1.1

  battell at vernoyll
• * 1.2

  battell at zelande.
• * 1.3

  dethe of the erle of salis••ury
• * 1.4

  king hen¦ry crow∣ned at westmist
• * 1.5

  Le pusel de deiu. y^e mayde of god.
• * 1.6

  king hen∣ry croūde at Parys
• * 1.7

  Philyp duke of Burgon forsoke y^e englysshe men.
• * 1.8

  the duke of Bed∣ford died
• * 1.9

  the fren∣chemen wan Pa∣rys.
• * 1.10

  Cisme.
• * 1.11

  battell at D••pe.
• * 1.12

  the kyn∣ges ma∣ryage cō¦cluded.
• * 1.13

  Quene margare¦te crow∣ned.
• * 1.14

  the dethe of y^• ••ood duke of glocester
• * 1.15

  the cause of y^e Cis∣me.
• * 1.16

  the duke of suffolk beheded.
• * 1.17

  Iacke ca¦de.
• * 1.18

  battell at Senoke
• * 1.19

  skyrmys∣she vpon London brydge.
• * 1.20

  Iacke ca¦de slayn
• * 1.21

  the fyrst battel at saynt Al¦bons.
• * 1.22

  the duke of yorke made {pro}∣tectour.
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  skyrmys∣she in the North cō¦trey.
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  the crafte of prin∣tyng first founde.
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  a dissem∣blynge peace.
• * 1.26

  battel in the see.
• * 1.27

  battel at blore he∣the.
• * 1.28

  the kyn∣ges na∣uey takē at sande wyche.
• * 1.29

  battel at northāp∣ton.
• * 1.30

  the duke of yorke made he∣yre appa¦rant.
• * 1.31

  battel at wakefyl¦de.
• * 1.32

  y^e secōde battel at saint Al∣bons.
• * 1.33

  kyng Ed¦warde {pro}¦claymed kynge.
• * 1.34

  battel at Towton