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¶ The coronacion of kyng Edwarth the thyrde. Cap. xiiii. (Book 14)
AFter that the most part of the com∣pany of Heynault were departed / and {ser} John̄ Heynaulte lorde of Beamond taryed. The quene gaue leue to her people to be parte / sauynge a certayne noble knyghtis the whiche she kept styl about her and her sōne. To counsell them / and commaunded all them that departed to be at London the next Christmas / For as than she was determyned to kepe open court / and all they promysed her so to do. And whan Christmas was come / she helde a great court. And thyther came dukes / erles / harous / knyghtis and all the nobles of the realme with prelates and burgesses of good townes / and at this assemble it was abuysed ye the realme coud nat long endure without a h〈…〉〈…〉 and a chief lord Than they put in wrytynge all the dediss of the kyng who was in prison / and all that he hadde done by euyll counsell / and all his vsagess / and euyll behauyngis / and how euyll he had gouer¦ned his realme / the whiche wass ••edd openly in playn audience to thentent that the noble sagis of the realme might take therof good aduyce / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to fall at acorde how the realme shuld be gouer∣ned from thensforth. and whan all the casess and dedis that the kyng had done & cōsented to and all his behauyng and vsagis were red / and wel vndest and. The harone and knyghtis and al y• coūsels of the realme / drew them aparte to coū∣sell / and the most part of them accorded / and na¦mely the great lordes and nobles with the bur∣gesses of y• good townes accordyng as they had hard say / and knew them selfe the most parte of his dedis. Wherfore they cōcluded that suche a man was nat worthy to be a kyng nor to bere a crowne roy all / nor to haue the name of a kyng. But they all accorded that Edward his eldeste son who was ther present / & was ryghful heyre shuld be crowned kyng in stede of his father / so that he wold take good counsell sage and true about hym / so that the realme from thensforth myght be better gouerned than it was before / & that the olde kyng his father shuld be well and honestly kept as long as he lyued accordyng to his astate. and thus as it was agreed by all the nobles / so it was accomplysshed / and than was crowned with a crowne roy all at the palaice of Westm̄ beside London the yong kyng Edward the .iii. who in his bayes after was rightfortu∣nate & happy in armes. This coronacion wass in the yere of our lorde .M. CCC .xxvi. on chri∣stymas day / and as than the yong kyng was a∣bout the age of xvi. and they held the fest tyl the cōuercion of sayut Paule folo wyng / and in the mean tyme greatly was fested sir John̄ of Hey¦naulte and all the princis and nobles of his coū∣tre. and was gyuen to hym and to his company many ryche Jewels. And so he and his compa∣ny in great feast and solas both with lordis and ladyes taried tyll the .xii. day. And than {ser} John̄ of Heynault hard tydyngis / how 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the kyng of Bayghan / and the erle of Heynault his brother and other great plenty of lordis of Fraūce / had ordeyned to be at Conde at a great feast & tur∣ney that was there cryed. Than wold sir John̄ of Heynaulte no longer abyde for no prayer / so great desire he had to be at the said tourney and to se the erle his brother and other lordis of hys countrey / and specially the ryght noble kyng in larges the gentyll Charles kyng of Bayghan / whā ye yong kyng Edward & the quene his mo∣ther and the barōs saw yt he wold no longer ta∣ry / and that theyr request coude nat auaile / they gaue hym leue sore agaynst theyr wyls / and the kyng by the coūsell of the quene his mother dyd gyue hym .CCCC. markis ste••lyng is of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 heritable to hold of hym in fee to be payed eue∣ry yere in the towne of Bruges. And also dyd gyue to Philyp of Chastaulre his chief esquyer & his soueraigne counsellour .C. marke of rent yerely to be payed at the sayd place / and also de¦lyuered hym moche money to pay therwith the costis of hym and of his company tyl he come 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to his owne countre. and caused hym to be con∣ducted with many noble knyghtis to Douer / & ther delyuered hym all his passage free. And to the ladyes that were come into Ingland with the quene and namely to the countesse of Gar∣rēnes / who was suster to the erle of hare / and to dyuerse other ladyes and damozels / ther were gyuen many feyre and ryche iewels at theyr de∣partyng. And whan {ser} John̄ of Heynaulte was departed fro ye yong kyng Edward and all his company / and wer come to Douer. they entred encontynēt into theyr shippes to passe the see to the entent to come be tymes to the sayd tourney and ther wēt with hym .xv. yong lusty knyght{is} of Ingland to go to this tourney with hym and to acqueynt them with the straunge lordis and knyght{is} that shuld be ther / and they had great honour of all the company that turneyd at that tyme at Conde.