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 .ij.

Adryan. Alexander. Lucius. Vrban. Gregory.

[ P] ¶Adryan an Englysshe man was next pope / y^e yere of chryst .M.C.liiii. he hylde y^e see .iiii. yere. ¶Alexander was nexte pope / he hylde the see .xxi. yere / but parte of the eleccyon dyd chose one Victor / whiche was called the Antepape / and was mayntayned by the Emperour Fredrycke / but yet peace was made betwene them.

¶Lucius was nexte pope / he hylde the see .iiii. yeres.

¶Vrban was next pope / in his tyme Ierusalē was won by y^e Sarazyns / he hylde the see .ii. yere. ¶Gregory was nexte pope / he hylde the see .viii. wekes. [ P]

Fredrycke.

[ E] ¶Fredrycke Barbe was next Em{per}our / y^e yere of chryst .M.C.lii. he hylde y^e empyre .xxxvii. yere. [ E]

Henry.

[ B] HEnry the seconde and son to Geffrey Plantagenet erle of Angeo / & Maude the Empresse / was crowned kyng the .xx. day of December / the yere of Chryst M.C.liiii. This henry was fortunate in his begynnynge / and vnfortunate in his ende / for fyrst he put downe all the newe castelles that were longynge to the crowne / whiche kynge Steuyn before tyme / had geuyn to dyuers men & fortefyed them agaynst Maude the Empresse: He put vnder his owne do∣minyon the kyngdome of wales / and there let fall downe many great wodd{is} and made hye wayes / he wanne Irelande by strength. He subdued wyllyam kynge of Scotlande / whiche at that tyme hylde a great a parte of Northumberlāde vnto Newe castell vpon Tyne / and ioyned Scotlande to his owne kyngdome / from the southe Occean / to the Northe yles of Orkeys / and made all these landes as vnder one pryncipate / he had in his rule / Normādye / Gascoyn / Guyon / Angeo / and Chynon / and made subiecte to hym Aluerne / and by the tytle of his wyfe Elynor / doughter to the erle of Petowe / he optayned y^e Moūtes Py∣ranye in Spayne / that we rede of none of his progenytours that had so many contrey•• vnder his dominyon. About the .vi. yere of his reyne / he wanne the citye of Tolowys.

¶Also for dyuersacies that the kynge procured to be made agayne the lybertes of the churche.* 1.1 There fell a great debate betwene hym and Thomas then Archebysshop of Caunterbury / that the bysshoppe fled vnto Rome. But after whan Thomas came agayne to Caunterbury .iiii. of y^e kyng{is} knyghtes because the kyng beyng in Normādye / they harde y^e kyng say these wordes / if he had any men about hym / he had ben a venged vpon y^t traytour longe or that tyme. Ther∣fore these knyghtes came fro the kynge beynge in Normandye / and slewe this Thomas in the cathederall churche in Caunterbury at saynt Benettes auter: whiche Thomas is nowe by the churche canonysed for a holy saynt / & dyuers myracles auctorysed by the churche that god hathe shewed for hym. This kynge henry let crowne henry his eldyst sonne kynge of Englande / and went hym selfe into Normandye / but his son henry dyed before his father / and therfore he is nat accounted in the nōbre of kynges of Englande. This Henry his son and his .ii. bretherne Iohn̄ / & Rycharde / made warre agaynst theyr father. Some say the cause of the warre was because the kynge imprisoned Elynor his wyfe / whiche was kept in prison tyll the kynge dyed / and he kept the wenche Rosamonde. ¶Also about the .xi. yere of his reyne / wyllyam the kynge of Scott{is} by the assent of all the lordes of Scotlāde dyd homage to kynge henry at yorke / where y^e kynge willyam graūted by his letters patentes / that he and his heyres and successours / for euer shulde do homage vnto the kyng{is} of Englande.

¶This kynge henry in the later ende of his dayes was neclygent to do his duetye to god & holy churche / and also declygent in executynge of his lawes / and was warned oft tymes to amende these thynges / but he forced no suche monicyon / nor regarded no counsell. And therfore in his later dayes all thyng{is} went agaynst hym. For fyrst about the .xxx. yere of his reyne / he sent his son Iohn̄ into Irelande / whiche there dyd preuayle but lyttell. And in the nexte yere the kynge went thyder hym selfe / but fortune was to hym contrary y^t he lost his trauayle. And about the .xxxii. yere of his reyne / he lost Aluerne agaynst the kynge of Fraunce. And the next yere after he lost Butyrecan / and the nexte after he lost Cenomenea / Turyne / with many holdes to them be∣longynge. And in the next yere after / in the .vi. day of Iuly / the yere Chryst .M.C.lxxxix. he dyed and is buryed at Founteuerarde. [ B]

[ F] [ F]

[ T] ¶Ferrande son to the kyng of Portyngale / maryed ••o Iohan eldyst doughter to Baldewyn the emperour was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Flaūders. [ T]

Notes

• * 1.1

  saynt tho¦mas of Caunter¦bury sla∣yne.