The summarie of English chronicles (lately collected and published) nowe abridged and continued tyl this present moneth of Marche, in the yere of our Lord God. 1566. By J.S.

THE RACE OF THE KINGES OF EN∣gland, since Brute the first of this Realme: and in the margent are placed the yeres be∣fore Christ his byrth, when euery king began their reigns, tyl ye come to Cim¦bilinus, in whose tyme Christ y^e Sa¦uior of the worlde was borne, & then foloweth y^e yeres frō Christ his byrthe.

[date 1108] AFTER THE commune and beste allowed opinion of the ••moste auncient and beste approued Authors, Brute the sonne of Syluius Posthumius, arri∣ued in this Ilād▪ at a place now called Totnes in Deuonshire: the yere of the worlde. 2855. the yere before Chri∣stes Natiuitie 1108. wherein he first began to reigne, & named it Britayne•• which before was called Albion. And.* 1.1 therin he buylded the noble citie of Lō¦don, & na••ed it new Troy, buildyng

there a Temple to Appolin, wherein* 1.2 he placed an Archf••amyn. He deuide•• the same Iland, among his thre sonnes: vnto Locrine he gaue the middell part of Britayne, nowe called Englande, with the superioritie of all this Ile: Vnto Camber he gaue Wales, and to Albanacte Scotlande: After whiche partition he decessed, when he had rei∣gned xxiiii. yeares, and was buried at London, then called newe Troye, as is aforesayde.

[date 1084] Locrine, the eldest sonne of Brute, reigned .xx. yeares: he ch••sed the Hun∣nes, which inuaded this Realme: and pursued them so sharply, that many of them with their kyng, were drowned in a ryuer, whych departeth England and Scotland. And for so much as the king of Hūnes, named Humbar, was* 1.3 there drowned, the Ryuer is tyll this daye named Humber. This kyng Lo∣crine had to wyfe Guendolyn, daugh∣ter of Corineus, duke of Cornewall, by whome he had a sonne named Ma∣dan: he also kept as paramour, the bean tifull lady Estrild, by whome he had a daughter named Sabrine. And after∣the death of Corineus, duke of Corne∣wall: he put from hym the said Guen∣dolin,

& wedded Estryld, but Guen∣dolyn repaired to Cornewall, where she gathered a greate power, & foughte with king Locrine, and siue hym: he* 1.4 was buried at Troinouant. She drow¦ned the lady Estrylde with her dough∣ter Sabrine in a ryuer, that after the yong maidēs name, is called Seuern.

Gwendoline, the daughter of Cori∣neus, and wife to Locrin (for so muche as Madan her sonne was to yonge to gouerne the land) was by common as∣sent* 1.5 of all the Britains, made ruler of the whole Isle of Britayn, which she well and discretely ruled, to the com∣forte of her subiectes .xv. yeares, and than left the same to her sonne Madan.

[date 1053] Madan, the sonne of Locrine and Guendolyne, was made ruler of Bri∣tayn,* 1.6 he vsed great tiranny among his Britons: And beyng at his disport of huntyng, he was deuoured by wylde wolues, when he had reigned .xl▪ ye∣res. He left after hym .ii. sonnes, na∣med Mempricius, and Manlius.

[date 1009] Mempricius, the sonne of Madan, beyng kyng, by treason slewe his bro∣ther Manlius, after whose death he li∣ued in more tranquillitie, where tho∣rough he fel in slouth, and so to lechery

taking the wiues and daughters of his subiectes: and lastly, became so euyll that he forsoke his wife and concubi∣nes, and fell to the synne of Sodomye with beastes: wherby he becam odible to God and man. And goinge on hun∣ting,* 1.7 lost his cōpany, & was destroied of wild wolues: wherof the land was then ful, whē he had reigned .xx. yeres.

[date 989] Ebrank, the sonne of Mempricius, was made ruler of Britaine: he Had xxi. wiues, of whom he receiued .xx. sonnes, and .xxx. daughters: whiche he sent into Italie, there to be maried to the bloud of the Troianes. In Albany (now called Scotland) he edified the* 1.8 castel of Alclude, which is Dūbritain he made y^e castell of Maidens, now cal¦led Edenbrough: he made also y^e castell of Bamburgh: he builded Yorke citie: wherin he made a tēple to Diane, and set there an Archeflame: and there was buried, whā he had reigned .lx. yeares.

[date 929] Brute Grienshielde, the sonne of E∣branke, ruled this lande .xii. yeres, & was buried at Yorke, leauynge after hym a sonne named Leill.

[date 917] Leill the son of Brute Greneshielde being a iust mā, & louer of peace in his time builded Carleil, & made ther a ••••¦ple,

placing therin a Flamin, to rule y^• same, according to y^• laws of their god¦des at that tyme: & there was buried, when he had ruled Britain .xxv. yeres.

[date 892] Lud Rudibras, the son of Leill, buil¦ded* 1.9 Cātorbury, Winchester, & Shaf••s∣bury, wherin he builded .iii. tēples, & placed in y^e same .iii. Flamins, like as bishops now be▪ he reigned xxix. yeres & left a son after him named Bladud.

[date 863] Bladud, son of Lud Rudibras, who had lōg studied at Athēs, brought with him iiii. philosophers, to kepe scole in Britain: for y^e which he builded Stam¦ford,* 1.10 & made it an vniuersitie: wherin he had great nūbre of scolers, studying in al y^e seuē liberal sciēces: which vni∣uersitie dured to y^e cōming of S. Augu¦stine. At which time y^e bish. of Rome in terdited it, for heresies y^t fell amōg the Saxōs & britōs together mixt. he buil¦ded Bathe, & made ther a tēple to Apol¦lo, and placed there a Flamyn: he made there the hot bathes, & practised his ne¦cromācy: he decked himself in fethers, & presumed to f••ie in y^e aire, & fallynge on his tēple of Apollo, brake his neck when he had reigned .xx. yeres.

[date 844] Leire, y^e son of Bladud succeded his fa¦ther, he builded Cair Leir, now called

Leicester, and made there a temple o•• of Ianus: placyng a Flamyne there to gouerne the same he had .iii. daughters Gonorell, Ragan, and Cordell▪ which Cordelle for her wisedom & vertue to∣wards her father, succeded hym in the kingdom: whē he had reigned xl. yere, he decessed, & was buried at Leycester.

[date 805] Co••dyla, the youngest daughter of Leire, succedyng her father, was sore vexed by her two nephues, Morgan of Albanye, and Conedagus of Cam∣ber and Cornewall, who at the length toke and caste her in prison: where she beyng in dispaire of recoueryng her e∣state,* 1.11 slewe her selfe, when she had rei∣gned .v. yeares, and was buried at Lei¦cester in Ianus temple by her father.

[date 800] Morgan, the eldest sonne of Dame Gonorell claimed Britayn, & warred on his nephue Conedagus, that was kyng of Camber (that now is wales) and of Cornwall: but Conedagus met* 1.12 with Morgan in wales, and there siue him: which place is called Glamorgan tyll this daye: And then Conedagus was king of all Britayn: he builded a temple of Mars at Perch, that now is S••. Iohns towne in Scotland, & pla∣ced there a Flamyne: he builded an o∣th••••

of Minerue in wales, which now* 1.13 is named Bangor The thyrd he made of Mercurie in Cornewall, where he was borne: he reigned .xxiiii. yeares, and was buried at London.* 1.14 [date 766]

[date 721] Riuallo, sonne of Conedagus succe∣ded his father, in whose tyme it rained bloud .iii. days: after the whiche tem∣pest, ensued a great multitude of vene∣mous flyes, which slew much people. And then a great mortalitie thorough∣out this land, which caused almost de∣solation of the same. This Riuallo rei¦gned ouer this whole Ilād xlvi. yeres and than deceased, and was buried at Cai••e branke, that now is Yorke.

[date 684] Gurgustus, sonne of Riuallo, succe∣ded in the kyngdom of Britayn, who reigned quietly: but was a cōmon dron¦kard, wherof folowed all other vi••es. when he had reigned .xxxviii. yeres, he deceased, and was buried at Yorke.

[date 630] Scic••lius, the brother of Gurgustu•• succeded in the kyngdom: of whom is le••t but litle memory: but that he rei∣gned lix. yeres, & was buried at Bathe

Iago or Lago cousin of Gurgustus, reigned .xxv. yeres: for his euill gouer∣nement, he died of a litargie, and was buried at Yorke.

[date 612]

Kynimacus succeded Iago in thys realme of Britayn, wherin he reigned liiii. yeares, and was buried at Yorke.

[date 559] Gorbodug succeded his father Kyni¦macus in this realm of britain, as our Chronicles write: He reigned lxiii. yeres, and was buried at London.

[date 496] Forrex with his brother Porrex, ru∣led this land of Britaine .v. yeres: but it was not lōg ere they fel at ciuil dis∣corde for the soueraigne dominion, in* 1.15 whiche Forrex was slayn. And Porrex afterwardes by his mother was killed in his bedde. Thus cruelly was the bloud & house of Brute destroyd, whē y^t this realme by the space of ▪vi. C .xvi. yeres had ben gouerned by y^t lynage.

After the death of the two brethren, Forrex and Porrex, this Realme was* 1.16 deuided with ciuile warres, for lacke of one soueraigne gouernor, which cō∣tinued by the space of .li. yeres, vntyll that noble Dunwallo reduced y^t same into one Monarchy.

[date 441] MVlmutius Dunwallo, the son of Cloten, duke of Cornwal re∣duced this realme into one Mo¦narchie, being before by ciuile warres & discētion, se••ered & brought into di∣uers dominions, he was the first that

ware a crowne of golde: he constituted* 1.17 good lawes: which long after wer cal∣led Mulmutius lawes: he gaue priui∣leges vnto Tēples, and ploughes, and began to make the foure notable wais in Britayne. In London, called then Troy Nouant, he builded a great tem¦ple: which some suppose to be Saynte Paules, some Blackwell hall, whiche was called Tēplū pacis. Finally whē he had brought this Realme to welthe and quietnes, reignyng herein xl. yea∣res: He died honourably, leauing after him two valiant & noble sonnes, Be∣linus and Brennus, as Fabiā writeth. He builded the town of Malmesbury and of Vies. He was buried at Lōdon in the temple of Peace before named.

[date 401] BElinus and Brennus, sonnes of Mulmutius deuided this whole Isle of Britayne betweene them. Vnto Beli••e y^e elder brother was appointed England, Wales, & Corne∣wall. Vnto the other the North part be¦yond Humber. But Brennus a yonge man▪ desirous of glory and dominion, thinkyng him self equal with his bro∣ther in marcial prowes, was not ther∣with content: Wherfore he raised war agaynst Beliue. But in cōclusion by

the meanes of their mother, they were accorded: and Brennus beynge geuen wholly to the study of warres, left his countrey to the gouernance of his bro∣ther, and went into Fraunce amongest the Galles: where in the prouince of Liōs, for his excellēt qualites, he was greatly estemed of Siguinus kyng of the countrey, whose daughter he mari∣ed: And of the Galles was made soue∣rain captain whē they made their voi∣age to Rome. Beline in the mean time* 1.18 both in ciuil Iustice and also religion such as at that tyme was vsed, greatly increased his realme. Hee made three Archflames, whose seas were at Lon∣don, Yorke, and▪ Carlion. He finished the fowre great wayes begon by his fa∣ther: He subdued and made tributarie vnto hym, Denmarke. In London he made the hauen, which at this day, re∣taineth the name▪ of him, called Belins gate: and as Iohn Leylande writeth, builded y^• tower of Londō. He maried his daughter Cambria vnto a prince o••* 1.19 Almayn called Antenor, of whō these people wer called Cymbri, & Sycābri Finally, after he had reigned with his brother and alone ▪xxvi. yeres, he died: and after the pagan maner, with great

••ompe was burned: & his ashes in a* 1.20 vessell of brasse, set on a high Pinacle ouer Belyns gate: he builded Carlion and also the temple of Concord: which after the opinion of many ••s now the parishe church of the Temple.

[date 375] Gurgunstus, sonne of Beline, suc∣ceded his father: He subdued Dēmark compelling them to continue their tri∣bute. He reigned .xix. yeares, and was buried at Carlion.

[date 356] Guinthelinus, sonne of Gurgūstus was crowned kynge of Britayne. A prince sober & quiet, who had to wife a noble woman named Marcia, of ex∣cellent learnyng and knowledge. She* 1.21 deuised certain lawes, which lōg time among the Britains were greatly este∣med, and named Marcian lawes. Fi∣nally, when this vertuous prince had reigned .xxvi. yeres: he dyed, and was buried at London.

[date 330] Cecilius, the sonne of Guinth••line & Marcia, reigned vii. yeres: of him ther remaineth nothing notable: But that* 1.22 in the first yere of his reigne, a people of Almaine called Picts, arriued here in Britayn, and possessed those parties whiche nowe be the marches of bothe ••ealmes, England and Scotland. Ce∣cilius

was buried at Carlyon.

[date 323] Kymarus succeded Cecilius & reig∣ned thre yeares in Britayne: he was slayne as he was huntyng.

[date 321] Elanius, called also Danius, was kyng of Britayn .ix. yeares.

[date 311] Morindus, the bastard son of Dan•• began to reigne in Britayn: he fought with a kyng, who came out of Ger∣many, & arriued here & slew him with al his power. Moreouer, out of y^• Irish seas in his tyme came foorth a wonder¦full* 1.23 monster: whiche destroied much•• people▪ wherof the kyng hearyng wol•• of his valiaunt courage, nedes fyḡh••••with it: by whom he was clean deuou∣red, when he had reigned .viii. yeares.

[date 303] Gorbomānus eldest sonne of Morin¦dus,* 1.24 reigned .xi. yeres. A prince iust •• religious: he renued the temples of his gods, and gouerned his people in peac•• and wealth. Oure englishe Chronicle faith, he buylded the townes of Cam∣bridge, and of Grantham.

[date 292] Archigallo▪ brother o•• Gorboman∣nus, was crowned kyng of Britayn••▪ he was in conditions vnlike to his bro¦ther: for he deposed the noble men, and exalted the vnnoble. He extorted from men their goodes to enrich▪ his treasu∣rie:

for whiche cause by y^e estates of the ••ealme, he was depriued of his royall* 1.25 ••igni••ie, when he had reigned v. yeres.

[date 286] Elidurus the third sonne of Morin∣••us: and brother to Archigallo, was e∣••ected king of Britayn: a vertuous & ••entyl price who gouerned his people ••ustly: As he was in hūting in a forest ••y chance he met with his brother Ar∣••higallo, whom most louyngly he im∣••raced: and found the meanes to recon¦••ile hym to his lordes: and than resig∣ned to hym his royall dignitie: when ••e had reigned .v. yeares.

[date 281] Archigallo thus restored to his royal estate: ruled the people quietly & iustly ••▪ yeares, and lyeth buried at Yorke.

[date 272] Elidurus aforenamed: after the deth of his brother Archigallo, for his pity and Iustice, by the generall consent of ••he Britains was again chosen Kyng. But he reigned not passyng two yer••s but that his yonger brethern Vigenius and Peredurus raised warre agaynste hym, toke h••m prisoner: and caste hym into the Tower of London: Where he remayned (as they write)▪ durynge theyr Reygne.

[date 270] Vigenius & Peredurus after the ta∣kyng of their brother▪ reigned together

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vii. yeres. Vigenius thā died▪ & Per••∣durus* 1.26 reigned after alone .ii. yeres. He ••uilded the towne of Pickeryng after the opinion of dyuers writers.

[date 261] Elidurus, the third tyme was made kyng of Britayne▪ who continued his latter reigne honorably and iustly: but beyng sore bruised with age and trou∣bles he finished his lyfe, when he had nowe lastly reigned .iiii. yeares, and was buried at Carlile.

[date 258] Gorboman reigned in Britayne .x. yeares.

Morgan was crowned kyng of bri∣tayn, who guyded the realme peacibly xiiii. yeares.

[date 324] Emerianus brother to Morgan suc∣ceded in the realme of Britayne. And when he had tirannously reigned .vii. yeares, he was deposed.

[date 225] Iuall was chosen king of Britayn for his iustice and temperance, whiche gouerned peacibly .xx. yeres.

[date 207] Rymo gouerned this realme of Bri∣tayne .xvi. yeares. In his tyme was great plentie and peace.

[date 191] Gerun••ius reigned here in Britayn xx. yeares.

Catillus reigned peacibly in britain x. yeres▪ he houng vp all oppressors of

the poore people: to geue ensample vn∣to other.

Coilus succeded Catellus in the re∣alme of Britayn, who quietly reigned xx. yeares.

[date 143] Porer, a vertuous and gentil prince reigned in Britayn .v. yeares.

[date 138] Chirinnus king of Britain, through his dronkennesse reigned but one yere

[date 137] Fulgen his sonne reigned two-yea∣res in Britayne.

[date 135] Eldred, reigned in Britayn one yere. Androgius, likewise reigned one yere in Britayne.

[date 134] [date 133] Varianus, the sonne of Androgius, succeded his father in this realm of bri¦tayne. He wholly gaue himselfe to the iustes of the flesh, & reigned .iii. yeres.

[date 136] Eliud, kyng of Britayne reigned .v. yeares: who was a great Astronomer.

[date 124] Dedantius king of Britayn reigned v. yeares.

[date 120] Detonus reigned in this land of Bri¦tayne .ii. yeres.

[date 118] Gurgineus reygned .iii. yeares in Britayne.

[date 115] Merianus was kynge of Britayne ii. yeares.

[date 113] Bladunus gouerned Britain ii. yers.

[date 111] Capenus reigned kyng of Britayne.

iii. yearrs.

[date 108] Ouinus ruled Britain .ii. yeares.

[date 106] Silius reigned in Britayn .ii. yere••▪

[date 104] Bledgabredus was .x. yeres kyng al Britayne. He delited muche in Mu∣syke: and gaue hym selfe to the studye thereof.

[date 94] Archemalus was kynge of Britayn ii. yeares.

[date 92] Eldelus reygned kyng of Britayne iiii. yeares.

In this tyme dyuers prodigies we••* 1.27 sene, as globes of fyre, burstyng out of the ayre with great noyse.

[date 88] Rodianus was kynge of Britayne two yeares.

[date 86] Redargius reigned king of Britain iii. yeares.

[date 83] Samuli{us} reigned in Britayn .ii yeres

[date 81] Penisellus was made kyng of Bri∣tayne: who gouerned it .iii. yeres.

[date 78] Pirrhus ruled Britayn .ii. yeares.

[date 76] Caporus: was kyng of Britayne .ii. yeares.

[date 74] Dinellus the sonne of Caporus, a iust & vertuous prince, gouerned this realme of Britayn .iiii. yeares.

[date 70] Helius the sonne of Dinellus, reig∣ned not ••ully one yere▪ king of Britain.* 1.28 Of this prince the Isle of Ely toke this

name, for that he there buylded a good∣ly palace wherin was his most delight to lyue: and also was there buried.

[date 69] LUd y^e eldest son of Hely succeded his father, and reigned .xi. yeares* 1.29 in Britayne. As soone as he was made kyng, he reformed the state of his common weale: for he amended his la∣wes, and tooke away all vsages that were naught: Moreouer, he repaired the Citie of London then called Troy∣nouant▪ with fayre buyldings and wal¦les: and builded on the west part ther∣of, a strong gate: which vnto this tyme retaineth the name of hym, and is cal∣led Ludgate. Finally he dyed, leauing after hym two sonnes Androgeus and Theomantius: who beynge not of age to gouerne their vncle Cassiuelane ob¦teyned the Crowne. Our Chroniclers write, that London tooke the name of this Lud, and was called Ludston. He was buried nere to the same Ludgate, in a Temple which he there bulded.

[date 58] CAssiuelane, the son of Hely, af¦ter the deth of his brother Lud was made gouerner of britain which he ruled .xix. yeres.

In y^• .viii. yere of his reign, Iulius Ce¦sar: who warred long in France, made

the first voyage of any straunger in••••* 1.30 this Realme, and afterwarde subdu••••it. When C. Iulius Cesar had warred seuen yeares in France and Germany, comyng vnto that part where Cala•••••••• and Boloigne nowe stande, hee deter∣mined to make warre into Britaine, whiche vntill that time remayned vn∣frequented and vnknowen of the Ro∣mains. His quarell was, because that in the warres of France, he perceiued the Frenchmen to haue muche succour and aide from thens: Wherfore hauing prepared .lxxx. shippes, he sailed into Britaine: where at the first being we∣ried with an hard and sharpe battaile, And after with sodain tempest, his na∣uie almoste destroied: he retourned a∣gayne into France, there to wynter his men. The next spring (which was the* 1.31 yeare before Christ .li. His nauy being newe regged and encreased, he passed the seas agayn with a greater armye. But whiles he went towards his ene∣mies on land, his shippes lying at an∣ker, wer agayn by tempest almost lost: for either they were driuen on the ••an∣des, where they stack fast: or els thrugh beatyng one an other; with force of the tempest, they were destroyde. So that

••l. were lost▪ the other with much la∣bour were saued. Vpon lande also his horsemen at the fyrste encountre were vanquished, & Labienus the Tribune slayn. At the second conflict, not with∣out great danger of his men, he put the Britains to flyght, and pursued them to the riuer of Thamis: on the further side wherof, Cassiuelan, with a great multitude of people, was kepinge the banks, but they not able to resist y^e vio¦lēce & force of the Romains, hyd them selues in woddes, and with sodayn e∣ruptions* 1.32 oftētimes inuaded them: but in the mean time their strongest citie, Troynouant submitted it selfe to Ce∣sar, deliuerynge vnto hym hostages: whiche exaumple also the other cities folowed: Whereby Cassiuelane after* 1.33 many losses was constreigned to geue pledges, and to agree that Britayne shoulde become Tributarie to the Ro∣maynes. Then Cesar lyke a Conque∣roure with a greate numbre of pryso∣ners sayled into Fraunce, and soo to Rome, where shortely after hee was slayne with bodkyns. Iohn Lydgate in his Booke named the Serpente of diuisyon, wryteth, that Iulius Cesar buylded in thys Lande dyuers Ca∣stelles

and cities for a perpetuall m••∣morie,* 1.34 to putte his name in remem∣braunce: That is to saye, The castell of Douer, of Canterbury, Rochester, and the Tower of London, the Castel and towne of Cesars burye: takynge hys name after Cesar, the whyche is nowe called Salisbury. He also edi∣fyed Cesars Chester, that nowe is called Chichester, and the castelle of Excester. &c.

[date 42] THeomantius, the sonne of Lud, & nephue to Cassiuelane succeded in the realme of Britayne, and reygned quietly xxiij. yeares: and was buried at London.

[date] CYmbalinus, the sonne of Theomā∣tius reigned king of Britain xxxv. yeares, and was buried at London.

When Cesar Augustus the second em¦perour by the wyll of God hadde sta∣blyshed moste sure peace thorough the worlde, oure Redemer Iesu Christe,* 1.35 very God and man, vpon whom peace wayted, was borne in the .xiij. yeare of the reigne of Augustus.

From this place folowyng, the yeres sens Christs birthe

are placed in the margent, at the begynnyng of euery Kin∣ges Reygne.

[date 17] GUiderius, the fyrst sonne of Cym∣baline beganne his reigne ouer the Britaines, in the .xvij. yeare after the byrth of Christe our Sauiour. Thys man was valiant, hardy, welthy, and trusted muche in his strength. And for that he thought the Romains had their tribute wrongfully, he of greate cou∣rage denied to pay the same. For which cause Claudius the .v. Emperor came into Britayne with a great power, to clayme agayne the payment therof: & lastly slewe the sayd Guiderius, when he had reigned .xxviii. yeres.

[date 45] ARuiragus, the youngest sonne of* 1.36 Cymbaline, and brother of Gui∣derius, was ordeyned kynge of Bri∣tayn: he reigned .xxvii. yeres. He slue Hamon nere to a hauen of the sea, and threw hym gobbet meale therin: wher¦fore it is now called Southampton.

Claudius the Emperor (after diuers happes of battaile toke kyng Aruira∣gus to his grace. And for so much as he perceiued him to be a valiant prince in token of frendeshyp, gaue to hym his

daughter in mariage, nam••d Genissa.* 1.37 This Claudius buylded▪ Gloucester: and was there buried.

S. Peter by the tyrannye of Nero, was crucified at Rome▪ alter y^e birthe of our Sauiour Iesus Ch••iste .lxviii. yeares: and S. Paul was there behea∣ded wi••h the sworde.

[date 73] MArius, the sonne of Aruiragus, an excellent wyse man was ordeyned kyng of Britayne. He reigned .liii. ye∣res. In his tyme Lodrike kyng of the Pictes accompanied with the Scots, inuaded Britayn, and spoiled the coū∣trey with sword and fyre: against whō Marius with his knightes assembled in all haste, and gaue them sharpe bat∣taile. Wherin Lodrike captayne of the Pictes was slayne, with a great num∣bre of his souldiors: to them which re∣mained, Marius gaue inhabitaunce in the further parte of Scotlande. And forasmuch as the Britains disoained to geue their daughters to thē in mariage, they acquainted them with y^e Irishmē, and maried their daughters, & grewe in proces of tyme to a great people.

This Marius buylded the towne of* 1.38 Chester, and is buried at Carlyon.

[date 126] COilus, the sonn of Marius, was or deyned kyng of the Britaynes. Hee was brought vp euen from his young age in Italy among the Romains, and therfore fauoured them greatly, & payd the tribute truly. Some write, that he* 1.39 builded the town of Colchester, he rei∣gned .liij. yeres, & was buried at York.

[date 180] LUcie, the son of Coilus was ordei∣ned kyng of Britayn, who in al his acts and dedes folowed the steppes of his forfathers; in such wise that he was of al men loued and dread. This Lucie* 1.40 in the .viii. yere of his reigne, that was about the yere of our Lorde. 187. sent louyng letters to Eleutherius byshop of Rome, desyryng hym to sende some deuout & lerned mē, by whose instruc∣tion both he and his people might be taught the faith and religion of Christ: wherof Eleutherius beyng very glad sent into Britayn .ii. famous clerkes. Faganus and Dunianus. By whose di¦ligence Lucie and his people of Bri∣tayne were instructed and baptised in the faith of Christ. 1294. yeares, after the arriuall of Brute: The yeare of Christ. 189. Lucius kyng of Britayn, when he had reigned .xii. yeres decea∣sed, and was buried at Gloucester:

after whose deathe, for so muche as of hym remained no heire, the Britaynes betwene them selues fell at greate dis∣corde and warre, which continued to the great disturbance of the realme a∣bout .xv. yeares. By meane of this for∣sayd discorde among the Britons, Se∣uerus was moued to make haste into thys Countrey, as well to quiete the realme, as to kepe back the Pictes and Scots, which vexed them with warre he caused a walle of turnes and greate* 1.41 stakes to be made of the length of. 112. myles (or after some) repaired the wall of Adrian: It began at Tyne, & rea∣ched to the Scottishe sea. This Seue∣rus gouerned Britayn .v. yeares, and was buried at Yorke.

[date] BAssianus Caracalla succeded hys father in the Empire, and reygned vi. yeares. Of nature he was cruell and fierce, able to endure al payns and labors, & especially in warfare, wher∣to he semed to be framed of nature.

IN Britayne was yet no kyng: but the Emperor was accōpted as king, wherfore Carassus, a Britayn of low byrthe) but valiant and hardy in mar∣ciall dedes) purchased of the Empe∣rour, the kepyng of the coastes of br••¦tayn.

By meanes where of he drue to hym many knightes of his countreye, and addressed deadly warre against the Romains, hauyng the better hope, for that he heard of the deathe of Bassia∣nus the emperor, who about this time was slain by one of his owne seruāts.

Alectus, a Duke of Rome was sente to subdue Carassus, which vnlefully vsurped the Crowne of Britayn: whi∣che Alectus vanquished Carassus: and lastely slue hym, whan he had reigned viij. yeres.

[date 226] ALectus, the Romayn gouerned the Britains after hee had subdued the land againe to the Romains: and vsed among them much crueltie & tyranny. Wherfore they intēding vtterly to ex∣pel y^• Romains, moued a noble mā cal¦led Asclepiodatus, to take on hym the kingdom: who gathered a great power and made sharpe warre vpon the Ro∣mains, and chased them from countrey to countrey, vntyll at lengthe Alectus kept hym at London for his most sure∣tie: whither Asclepiodat{us} pursued him* 1.42 and nere to that citie gaue him bataile: in which Alectus was slayn, when he had gouerned Britayn .vj. yeares.

[date] Asclepiodatus, after Alectus was

thus slain, belaied the citie of London with a strong siege, wherin was Lini∣us Gallus the Romayn capitayn, & ere it were long, by knightly force and vio¦lence, entred the citie, and slue the for∣named Gallus, nere vnto a broke there at that day runnyng, into which broke he threw him: by reason wherof, it was* 1.43 called Gallus or Wallus brooke: and this day, the strete where somtyme the broke ranne, is called Walbroke. After which victory Asclepiodatus gouerned Britayn .xxv. yeares.

[date] AT this tyme hapned a great discen¦tion in Britayn betwene Asclepio∣datus their king, & one Coill duke of Colchester: wherby was raised a gre∣uous warre, in whiche Asclepiodatus was slayn. And Coill toke on hym the* 1.44 kyngdome of Britayn, and gouerned the realme the space of .xxvii. yeares.

[date 289] COnstantius, a duke of Rome was sent into Britayn to recouer the tri¦bute: shortly after whose arriual, Coill which then was king, died: wherfore y^• britains to haue more suertie of peace, willed this duke to take to wife Hele∣na, the daughter of Coill, which was a wonderfull fayre mayden, and ther∣with well learned. This Constantius

when he had recouered the tribute, re∣turned with his wife Helena to Rome as chief ruler in Britayn, who gouer∣ned▪ the same .xxi. yeares: he was buri∣ed at Yorke.

In this Constantius tyme, was S. Albon prothomartir of England, mar¦tyred at Verolan.

[date 310] COnstantine, the sonne of Constan∣tius, succeded as well in the kyng∣dome o•• Britayn, as in the gouernāce of other realmes, that were subiect a∣fore to his father. This Constantine was a ryght noble and valyant prince and sonne of Helena, a womā of great sanctimonie, and borne in Britayn. He was so myghty in marciall prowesse, that he was surnamed the greate Con∣stantine: and had the Fayth of Christe in suche reuerence, that alwaye moste studiously he endeuoured to augmente the same. In wytnesse of his belefe, he caused a Booke of the Gospell to bee caryed before hym, and made the Bi∣ble to be copied out, and sent into all* 1.45 partes of the Empyre. Of this man the kynges of Britayne had fyrst the pri∣uiledge to weare close crownes or Di∣ademes: he reigned .xviii. yeares.

••Ctauius cam into Britayn, who is

called in the English Chronicles Oc∣tauian) reigned in this lande at the lest 54. yeres. In which tyme he was trou¦bled with ofteē warres by y^• Romans.

[date] MAximus, sonne of Leonine, and cousyn Germayne to Constantine the great, was made kyng of Britain. This man was mighty of his handes: but for that he was cruell, and pursued some deale the Christians, he was cal∣led Maximus the tyrant. Betweene him, and one Conon Meridoke a Bri∣tayn, was strife and debate, in whiche they both sped diuersly: but at length they were made frendes. Maximus* 1.46 reygned .viii. yeares. Hee made warre vpon the Galles, and sayled into Ar∣merica, now called little Britayn: and subduyng the countrey, gaue it to Co∣non Meridoke, to hold for euer of the kynges of great Britayn.

Saint Vrsula, with the. 11000. vir∣gins, whiche were sent into litle Bri∣tayne* 1.47 to be maried to the foresayd Co∣non and his knyghtes: were slayn of y^• barbarous people beyng on the sea.

[date 391] FOrthwith the foresayd Gratian that was sent into Britayn of Maximus to defende the land from Barbarians, toke on hym the kyngdom of Britayn

and exercised all tyranny and exaction vpon the people: for whiche cause hee was abhorred of all the Britayns: and by them was slayne: when he hadde reygned fower yeares. Then was the realme a good space without heade or gouernoure: In the whiche tyme they were nowe and then very muche vexed wyth the foresayd Barbarous people, and other foreyn enemies.

Nere about the yere of Christ. 427.* 1.48 the Britaynes were inuaded agayn by the Picts and Scots: which not with∣standyng the foresayde walle that was made by the Romains, spoiled the coū¦trey very sore, so that they were driuen to seke newe helpe of the Romaynes: who sent to them a company of souldi∣ors: which again chased the Picts, and* 1.49 made a wall of stone of the thickenes of viii. foot, & in height 12▪ foot. Which thing when they had done comforting the Britons, and admonishyng theim hereafter to trust to their own māhod & strength, they returned again to Rome

The Scottes and Pictes yet once agayne entred the lande of Britayne, spoylynge the countreye, and cha••yng the commons so cruelly, that they wer altogether comfortiesse, and broughte

to suche myserie, that eche robbed and spoyled other, and ouer this, y^e groūde was vntilled: whereof ensued greate scarcitie and hunger, and after hunger deathe. In this necessitie they sent for* 1.50 ayde to Aetius, the Romayne capitayn beynge then occupyed in warres in a part of France: but they had no com∣fort at hys hande. And therefore were forced to send ambassade to Aldroenus kyng of lyttle britayne, to desyre ayde and comforte: whyche they obteyned, in condition, that yf they atchieued the victory, Constantine his brother shold be made king of britayn: for to that day they had no gouernour. Whiche thyng of the ambassadoures beyng graunted, the sayd Constantine gathered a com∣pany of souldiors, and wēt forth with them. And when he had manfully van¦quished their enemies, obteined the vic¦tory: accordyng to the promise made, he was ordeined their kyng, and guyded this lande .x. yeres.

Here endeth finally the dominion & tribute of the Romains ouer this lād, whiche had continued by the space of 483. yeres, from the tyme that Brute began to rule this land. 1541. After the city of Rome was builded. 1585. yeres

THen it folowed, that when Constā¦tine brother of Aldroenus, had cha¦std and ouercome the Picts and Scot¦tes (as is beforesaide) he was crowned kyng of greate Britayne, and guyded the lande the space of .x. yeares in qui∣etnesse.

[date 433] In the court of Constantine Kinge of britayne was a certaine Pict, in so greate fauour and authoritie wyth the king, that he mighte at all times come* 1.51 to hys presence: who watchynge his time, by secrete meanes traiterouslye slewe the king in his chamber.

[date 443] THen Constantius his eldest sonne, which for his soft spirit was made a monke at sainct Swithens in Win∣chester, by y^e means of Vortiger, duke* 1.52 of Cornewal, was taken out of y^e c••oi∣ster, & made kinge: vnder whose name the fors••••d Vortiger ruled all the land and vsed great tirannie.

Constantius, king of britain, was slaine of certaine Pictes or Scottes,* 1.53 whō Vortiger had ordeined for a gard to the kinges bodie. Whereof when Vortiger had knowledge, he wept and made semblaunt of greate sorowe and heauines: and caused the said Scottes or Pictes to be put to deathe, thoughe

he in dede wer the chief causer of their treason and murder. So this Constan∣tius reigned but .v. yeares: And Aure∣lius and Vther, the kynges yonger bre¦thren, fied into Britayne.

[date 448] VOrtiger was by force ordeined k••g of Britayn, and gouerned y^• realme xvi. yeares, not without trouble. For the nobles of Britayne suspected, that Constantius was not murthered with out his consent: and therfore alienated their myndes from hym.

In Britayn was so great plentye of* 1.54 corne and fruite, that the lyke had not ben sene many yeares before. Whicde plenty was cause of idelnes, gluttony lechery, and other vices: so y^• through their incontinent and riotous liuyng, ensued so great pestilence & mortalitie that the lyuing scantly suffised to bury* 1.55 the dead.

The Pictes and Scots also, hauing knowledge of the deth of their knigh∣tes, whiche were slayne by Vortiger, for murderyng of the kynge: inuaded,* 1.56 and in mooste cruell wyse spoyled the lande of Britayne.

Vortiger beynge sore abashed, for so muche as he knewe the myndes of his people to be alienated from hym: sent

for the Saxons, named Angli, which had no place to dwell in: and gaue to thē inhabitance in Kent. By their help* 1.57 and manhode in many batails he van∣quished and droue back the Pius and other enemies: and therfore had theim euer after in great loue and fauour.

Hengist, one of the captaynes of the Saxons, found meanes that Vortiger kyng of Britayne maried his daugh∣ter* 1.58 Rowan, a mayden of wonderfull beautie and pleasantnesse, but a mys∣creant and Pagane. For her sake, the kynge was deuorced from his laufull wife: by whome he had .iii. sonnes. For whiche dede wel nere all the Bri∣tons forsoke hym: and the Saxons dai¦ly encreased both in fauour, multitude and auctoritie: & from this time sought alway occasion to extingny she vtterly the power of the Britains, and subdue the lande to them selfe.

The Saxons couenanted wyth the Britons, that they shuld attend to their worldly busynes: and the Saxons (as their souldiours) would defend y^e land from the incursions of all enemies: for which seruice the Britains shuld geue to them competent meate and wages. And vnder this pretence caused more

Saxons to be sent for, entendynge at conuenient tyme, by force to haue the lande in their subiection.

Sainct Germain came into britayne* 1.59 to reduce them from the heresy of Pe∣lagius▪ to the faith of Christ.

The Britaynes considering y^e dayly repaire of the Saxons into this realm shewed their kyng, the ieopardye that might therof ensue▪ and aduertised him to auoyde the danger, and expell them out of the realm: but all was in vayn. For Vortiger, by reason of his wife, bore such fauor towardes the Saxons that he would in no wise heare the coū¦celle of his subiectes. Wherefore they* 1.60 with one wylle and mynde depriued hym of hys royall dignitie, and ordey∣ned to theyr Kynge, his eldest sonne Vortimerus.

[date 464] VOrtimer (as before is sayd) beynge* 1.61 made kynge, in all hasthe pursued the Saxons: And by his marciall knyghthode, vanquished theim in .iiij. great battailes, besydes conflyctes and skyrmyshes. Vntyl at length he was poisoned by meane of Rowen his step∣mother, after he had reigned vij. yeres.

VOrtiger obteined agayn the kyng∣dom of great Britayn, and reigned

after this time .ix. yeres.

The Saxons in Britayne, by priuy guyle and treason, got the king Vorti∣ger into theyr handes, and kept him as prisoner: and by that meanes constrey∣ned the Kynge to graunte vnto theym thre countreis in the land of britayne: (that is to say) Kent, Sussex, Suffolk and Norfolke. Then Hengist began his dominion ouer Kent: and sendyng for ••o Saxons, to inhabite the other prouinces: shortly after made war vp∣pon the Britayns and so chased them, that he kept his kingdome of Kent in peace and war .xxiiij. yeres.

Vortiger fled into Wales, and there buylded a Castell. Of which buildyng and longe let of the same, and of hys prophet Merline the common voice of the people speaketh many thynges.

Aurelie surnamed Ambrose, and V∣ther, the brethren of Constantius king of britayne: whiche was slayne by the treasō of Vortiger, landed with a Na∣uye* 1.62 of shyppes Totnes: and by the healpe of britaynes, which gathered to the in al hast, made war vpō Vortiger & burned him in his castel in Wales.

[date 481] AVrelius Ambrose, was ordeyned kyng of Britayn, which immediat∣lye

hasted him with an army towards Yorke, against Octa sonne of Hengist, who with his saxons kepte the Citie•• where he discomfited, and tooke priso∣ner the sayd Octa.

A Saxon named Hella; with his .ii••* 1.63 sonnes, and a company of Saxons lan¦ded in the south part of Britayne, slue the britons, & chased many of thē into desertes & wods, and subdued the coun¦treis of Southery, Somerset, Deuon∣shyre and Cornewall, which after was called the kingdome of south Saxons.

A Saxon named Porthe, lāded with* 1.64 his .ii. sonnes, at an hauen in southsex: After whom, the Hauen is named Portsmouthe.

The kingdome of the East Saxons began in Britayn vnder a duke named Vffa: The kingdome wherof contey∣ned Norffolk and Suffolke: the kings of that lordship were called Vffines: gret murder & vexation of the britains was at the entryng of those Saxons.

In the ende of Aurelie his reigne, Pascentius, the yongest sonne of Vor∣tiger: who for feare of Aurelius fied in to Irelande, inuaded this lande with a gret army. Aurelius died being poyso∣ned when he had reigned .xix. yeares.

[date]

VTher, surnamed Pendragon, was crowned kynge of Britayne, and▪ reigned .xvi. yeares. He was enamo∣red vpon the dukes wife of Cornwal: and to obteyne his vnlefull lust, made warre vppon her husbande Garelus, and slewe him in battayle: he was bu∣ryed at Stonehinge.

[date 517] ARthur, the sonne of Vther Pen∣dragon,* 1.65 a stripling of .xv. yeres of age, began his reigne ouer Britayne, and gouerned the land .xxvi. yeres, ha∣uyng continuall war and mortall bat∣tayle with the saxons.

Iohn Frosarde▪ affirmeth, that kyng▪ Arthure builded the castell of Wynde∣sour: and there founded the order of the rounde Table.

The fourth kyngdome of the weste Saxons beganne in Britayne, vnder a* 1.66 Saxon called Cerdicus. They landed first at an haue in Norffolk called Yar¦mouth. With this Saxon Cerdicus, & his people, Arthur had much trouble and war. This lordship conteined the west part of Englande, as Wilshyre▪ Somersetshyre, Barkeshyre, Dorset∣shyre▪ and other▪

Arthure, when after many and dy▪uers battayls, he had sette his land•• in

some quietnes: he betoke the rule thereof to hys nephewe Mordred, and with a chosen army sayled into France where he did marueilous thinges, and vanquished Lucius Hibertus, the Ro¦maine Capitayne, which thyng semeth not to agree with other histories.

Mordred, whyche had the gouer∣naunce* 1.67 of Britayne in the absence of Arthure, by treason was crow∣ned kyng through the healpe of Cerdi∣cus kyng of west Saxons. Of whiche treason when relation came to Arthur beyng then in Fraunce: with all haste he made backe to Britayne: where he was mette of Mordred, whiche gaue to him thre strong battayls. In y^e whi∣che manye noble and valiaunt knigh∣tes perished. And lastly, in a battayle* 1.68 foughten besydes Glastenbury, Mor∣dred was slayne, and Arthure woun∣ded vnto the death. He was buried in the valley of Aualon, and afterwardes at Glastenbury.

[date 543] COnstantine, kinsman to Arthure by assent of the Britons was ordey¦ned kinge of Britayne, and r••igned thre yeres. This man was by the two sonnes of Mordred greuously vexed. For they claimed the land by the right

of theyr father: so that betwene them was foughten sundry battayls: In the whiche lastely the two brethren were vanquished and slayue.

Holy Gildas our countreiman flou∣rished* 1.69 in this time, he was called Gil¦das the wise.

Aurelius Conanus a britayne raised mortall war agaynst Constantine the kyng: and after sore fight, s••ew him in the field, when he had reigned .iij. yea∣res, and was buried at Stonehing.

[date] AVrelius Conanus, was crowned kyng of britayn: he was noble, har¦dy, and therwith very liberall, but he cherished such as loued strife and dis∣cention within his Realme: and gaue light credence to theym, whiche accu∣sed other, wer it right or wrōg. He im¦prisoned by strength his vncle, which was right heire to the crowne: & died when he had reigned .iij. yeres.

The kingdome of Northumberland* 1.70 began first in britain vnder a Saxon, named Ida▪ This prouince was firste deuided into two kingdomes: The one was called Deyra, which contei∣ned the land frō Humber to Tine: the other Brenitia, whiche included the countrey from Tyne to the Scottishe

sea. After this day y^e britayns decreased dayly in lordship and rule, and drewe them towards Wales, so that the coun¦trey about Chester, was the chiefe of their lordeship.

[date 548] VOrtiporus, the sonne of Codanus, was ordeyned king of Britayn: of whom is little memory left, sauinge y^t Guido testifieth, that he was a victori∣ous prince: and that he in diuers bat∣tayles discomfited the Saxons: he reig¦ned .iiij. yeres.

[date 552] MAlgo, a duke of Britayne, beganne his reigne ouer the britaynes, and gouerned them .xxxv. yeares, as wri∣ters recorde. This Malg•• was the comelyest and most personable man of all the britons then liuinge, and ther∣with indued with knightly manhode: but he delited in the foule syn of So∣domy: and therfore was gretly spoyled by his enemies the Saxons.

Ethelbect, kyng of the Saxons in* 1.71 Kent, gaue bataile to Ceaulmus kyng of the west Saxons: in whiche fighte were slayne .ii. dukes of Ethelberts, & himselfe with his people chased. This was the fyrste war betwene the Sax∣ons, after they had land and dwelling within this realme.

[date 586]

CAreticus began to rule the britons: this mā (as witnesseth al writers) loued ciuile warre, & was odible both to god and to his subiects, they moued the Saxons to warre vpon him: who toke from him a gret part of his land.

The Saxons hearyng of the discen∣tion* 1.72 betwen Careticus & his britons, beynge accompanied with Gurmun∣dus kyng of Ireland, made war vpon Careticus, in suche wyse that hee was fayne to take the towne of Cicester, where they assaulted him so sore that he with his men fledde from thence into Wales: by whiche meanes he lefte a great part of his dominion: and short∣ly after ended his lyfe, when he had reigned .iij. yeres.

[date 589] THe Britaynes whiche were chased by their enemies into Wales (as is before sayd) held them in those parties, and assaulted the Saxons some while in one coast, & some while in an other vnder sundry dukes, and so continued the space of .xxiiij. yeres.

In Britayne Ethelfridus gouerned the Northsaxons, who made such con∣tinuall warre vpon the Britons, and chased them so sore, that it is thoughte he slew mo of them, then all the other

Saxons kynges. By this crueltie, the faith of Christ was almost vtterly ex∣tinguished amōg the Britains, which had continued sence the tyme of Lu∣cius about. 400. yeares, and many of the Britaynes were chased out of the Iland, the reste remayned in Wales: who there kept the Christen Faythe, which they had receiued.

The britains being chased out of their* 1.73 countrey into Wales, the Saxons ob∣teined the whole dominion of this I∣lād: Sauing a part of Scotlād which was subiect to y^• Pictes and Scots: & the Britons kept thē selues in Wales.

In Anno d••i. 596. S. Gregorie sent* 1.74 Augustin Melit{us} Iust{us}, & Iohn, with other lerned men to preach the christen faith to the Angles: whiche were first receiued of Ethelbert kyng of Kente, whom they cōuerted to the faith, with diuers of his people. This Ethelberte (as some write) firste began to buylde S. Austins in Cantorbury. S. Poules church in London & s. Andrews in Re¦chester: he also excited a citisē of Lōdon to buyld the abbey of Westmynster.

CAdwan duke of Northwales, was made soueraigne of the Britaynes, who conunynge oute of Wales, gaue

strong battaile to Ethelfride kyng of Northumberlande theyr moste deadly enemy: and in dyuers encountres so discomfited the sayd Ethelfride, that he was forced to intreate for peace: After which concord made betwene those ii. princes, they continued all their life time, as two speciall and louyng fren∣des, he reigned .xxij. yeares.

Also about this tyme began y^e kyng∣dom* 1.75 of Mercia or middle Englād vn¦der the strong painim & Saxon called Penda: which lordshyp conteined Hū¦tingtonshire, Herefordshire, Glouce∣stershire, and other, and was greatest of all other kyngdomes. At that tyme reigned in dyuers parts of this lande* 1.76 vii. kynges

Edwyn kyng of Northumberlande was baptised of y^e holy bishoppe Pau∣linus: and after hym, many of his peo∣ple: he for the refreshyng of wayfaring menne, ordeyned cuppes and dyshes of yron to be fastned by such clere wel¦les and fountains as did runne by the wayes syde.

CAdwallyn the son of Cadwane be∣gan his reigne ouer the Britayns. He was valyaunte and myghtie, and warred strongly vpon the Saxones:

and made Penda kyng of Mercia tri∣butarie to him: he reigned .xlviij. yeres and was buried at London in S. Mar¦tins church by Ludgate.

Segebert, kynge of Easte Angles or Norffolke, ordeyned good learnyng to be taught, and erected Schooles in* 1.77 dyuers partes of his dominion, as he sometyme hadde seene in Fraunce. By him was the fyrste common Schole founded at Cambridge.

Penda king of Mercia warred vpon Oswalde the good and holy kynge of Northumberland: and siue him in bat∣tayle with many of his knightes.

Oswye. the brother of Oswald ob∣teyned the kyngdome of Northumber∣lande: who siue Oswyne his brothers sonne: and made Odilwaldus parta∣ker of his kingdome.

Kenwalcus kyng of West Saxons was restored to his kingdome by the* 1.78 helpe of Anna, king of east angles. He builded the byshops see of Winchester, and made Agelbert the first byshop of that see. And after him was one named Wyne, of whome the citie tooke the name of Wynchester.

Benet the monke, and maister of the* 1.79 ••euerēd Beda, was famous in britayn

This Benet brought fyrste the craft of glasyng into this lande.

Cissa begun to builde the abbey of Abingdon, and Erkenwalde bishop of London builded the abbeys of Chert∣sey, and of Bar••ing in Essex. Chertsey in Southery was afterward destroyed by the Danes.

[date 683] CAdwallader was ordeyned kynge of Britons, and ruled onely .iij. ye∣res. He vanquished and slewe Lo∣thayre kyng of Kente, and Athelwolde kyng of South saxons, and then forsa∣kyng his kyngly authoritie, he went to* 1.80 Rome, and there became a religious man, and was buried at sainct Peters church at Rome. He was the last king of Britayne. And this lande after this* 1.81 tyme was called Anglia, and y^e inhabi∣tantes therof Angles or Englishmen, and the Britayns were called Walshe∣men. This happened. 1791 yeres, or as sayeth Fabian. 18••2. after that Brute fyrste arriued in thys lande: After the conquest of Cesar. 735. yeres: From the entryng of the Saxons vn∣der their leaders Hengist and Horsus, in the tyme of Vortiger. 236. or nere therabout.

Thus endeth the reigne of the Bri∣tons: and now foloweth the reigne of the Saxons. And although the Saxōs h••d deuided this realme into seuen se∣uerall kyngdomes: yet I wyll nowe speake chiefely of the west Saxons in order, because that (in proces of tyme) they subdued the other kynges, and brought it agayn into one monarchie.

[date 686] AMong the west Saxons reigned a noble man called Iewe, of gret po∣wer and wisedome, and therwith va∣liant and hardy: in feates of armes ve∣ry expert: he mainteyned such war a∣gaynst* 1.82 the Kentyshe Saxons, that he constrayned them to seke a••d intreate meanes of peace, geuyng to him for the same great gyftes. This man builded first the college of Welles, & the abbey of Glastenbury: he payd y^e Peter pens first to Rome, when he had gouerned the west Saxōs by the space of .xxxvii. yeres, by the earnest labour of his wif Etheldreda, which was an holy womā and abbesse of Barking in Essex, gaue vp his royal power, and becam a pore man, & went to Rome on pilgramage, he is of Beda called Hunne or Iewe.

[date 724] AFter him Ethelarde was kynge of west Saxons, in whose tyme the

reuerēd Beda was famous, and wrote* 1.83 his boke called Anglica historia, to Of frick king of Northumberland. Ethe¦larde reigned .v. yeres.

[date 729] CVthred was king of west Saxons This man made warre vpon Ethel¦wald of Mercia, and sped therin diuer¦sly.* 1.84 In his tyme appered two blasyng sterres, castyng as it were burnynge brandes towardes the north. He reig∣ned .xvi. yeres. Ethelwald before na∣med builded the abbay of Crowland.

The holy man Beda, which for hys learnyng & godly life, was renoumed in al y^e world, ended his last day about the yere of Christe. 734. he in hys lyfe compiled .lxxviij. bookes.

[date 745] SIgebert was made kynge of Weste Saxons: he was cruel & tirannous towards his subiectes, & changed aun¦ciente lawes and customes, after his owne will and pleasure. And because a certain noble man, some deale sharply aduertised him to change his maners, he maliceously caused the same person to be put cruelly to death: And for soo much as he continued in his malice, & would not amend: he was depriued of all kyngly authoritie: and lastely, as a* 1.85 person desolate and forlorn, wandring

alone in a wood, was slayn by a swine¦herde, whose lorde and maister, (when he had reigned as king) he was wrong fully put to deathe, when he had reig∣ned .iij. yeres.

[date 748] KEnulphus, of the linage & bloud of Cerdicus fyrst king of west saxōs, reigned in the kingdom .xxxi. yeres.

Kenuife king of Mercia builded the* 1.86 abbey of Wynchcombe.

Offa, king of Mercia builded the ab∣bey of saint Albons, he chased the bri∣tons or Welshemen into Wales, and made a famous dike betwene Wales and the vtterboundes of Mercia, whi∣che is nowe called Offa dike.

Kenulphus as he haunted to a wo∣man, which he kept at Merton, was* 1.87 slayne by treason of one Clio, the kins∣man of Sigebert, late kinge. He was buried at Winchester.

[date 778] BRithricus, of the bloude of Cer∣dicus, was made kynge of weste saxons: and knyghtly ruled his lande, y^e space▪ of .xvii. yeres: he maried one of the daughters of Offa, king of Mercia In his tyme it reygned bloude from* 1.88 heauen, which fallynge on mens clo∣thes, appeared lyke crosses.

The Danes fyrst entred this land of* 1.89 Britayne, but by the strength and puis¦sance of Brithricus, and other kynges of the saxons they were driuen backe, and compelled to voyde the land. Bri∣chricus was poysoned by his wife E∣thelburga.* 1.90 For which dede the nobles ordeined, that frome thencefoorth the kynges wyues shoulde not be called Quenes, nor suffred to syt with theym in places of estate.

[date 795] EGbert the Saxon, whiche by Bri∣thricus was chased out of the Re∣alme, hauing knowledge of the deathe of Brithricus, returned out of France and in so knightly wyse demeaned him selfe, that he obteined the gouernment of weste saxons, hee tamed the wel she men, vanquished Berthulphus kyng of myddle Englande, and reigned as kyng ouer the more part of Englande, the space of .xxxvii. yeres, and was bu¦ried at Winchester.

The Danes with a gret host, entred* 1.91 this lande the second time, and spoyled the Is••e of Shepey in Kente, agaynst whom Egbert the kyng addressed him with his power: who the Danes forste to flee the field. After which time, som of the Danes continually abode in one

place or other of this lande.

[date 832] EThelwolphus, the son of Egbert* 1.92 began his reign ouer the more part of England. He went to Rome, where he repaired the englishe schole, which was first foūded by Offa king of Mer¦cia. This schole was after tourned to an hospitall for englyshemen, whiche came to Rome. he first foūded the vni∣uersitie of Oxenford, which som wri∣ters attribute to Offa, king of Mercia He reigned .xxiij. yeares, and was bu∣ried at Winchester.

[date 855] EThelwaldus, after the death of his father, began his reign in England he maried a woman, which his father had kept before as his concubine: and dyed when he hadde not reygned fully one yeare.

[date 856] EThelbert, the brother of Ethelwold* 1.93 was made kyng ouer the more part of Englande. In the beginnyng of his reigne, the Danes entred the west part of the realm, and spoiled the countrey afore theim, tyl they came to Winche∣ster, and by strēgth toke it. But by the kyng and his dukes, they were forced to leaue Wynchester, and in retirynge towards their shyps, they lost a greate number of their men. He reigned vij.

yeares, and was buried at Sherborn.

[date 893] ETheldred the third sonne of Ethel∣wolphus,* 1.94 toke on him y^e gouernāce of Westesaxons, and other prouinces of England. He was a man framed of nature aswel to peace as warre. Amōg his subiectes, he was myld, gentil, lo∣uing and pleasant: against his aduer∣saries, seuere, fierce, valiant, and har∣dye. He lyued in continuall war with the Danes: whiche all the tyme of his reign, vexed this land with most dead∣ly warres: he deuided the day in three parts .viij. houres to serue god .viij. to here suites of his people, and .viij. to take his slepe and rest.

A company of Danes landed in Nor¦thumberlande:* 1.95 and after many sayr∣myshes and battayles to theym geuen by strength they possessed and held that countrey, the space of .lx. yeares, and got also the Citie of Yorke.

A company of the Danes entred the* 1.96 countrey of Norffolk, where they siue the holy kyng Edmond, which gouer∣ned the prouince of Norffolke: because he wolde not forsake y^e faith of Christ.

At Colingham abbey saint Ebbe ab∣besse* 1.97 cut of her nose & ouerlip, & per∣suaded al her sisters to do the like that

they being odible to y^• Danes, mought the better kepe their virginitie: in des∣pite wherof, the Danes burned the ab∣bey, and the Nunnes therin.

Also those Danes landed agayne in Southerey, and went forward til they came to Readyng, and toke that towne and castell: at which tyme, whyle E∣theldred was busied agaynst them, hee had worde of the landyng of Offrike kyng of Denmarke with an other com¦panye,* 1.98 to whom the kynge gaue many stronge battayles. But in the ende he was put to the woorse, and receyued a wound, wherof he died, when he had reigned .ix. yeares. Hee buylded the priory of Chanons at Excetor, & was buried at Winbourne.

[date] ALured, the fourth sonne of Ethel∣wolphus began his reigne ouer the more parte of Englande, and reigned xxviij. yeares. He was wyse, discrete, and lerned, and fauoured good letters* 1.99 excellently wel. He buylded the house of Nunnes at Shaftisbury, and an o∣ther at Ethelyngsey.

By the counsayle of Nottus, Alu∣red ordeined the fyrst Grammer schole in Oxenford, and franchised the town with many great liberties. He buyl∣ded

the newe mynster in Wynchester,* 1.100

[date 901] * 1.101 and there lyeth buried.

[date 925] * 1.102EDward, the elder sonne of Alured, began his reigne ouer the most part of Englande, and gouerned this lande well and nobly .xxiiij. yeares. He buil¦ded Hereford castell, and adioyned to his lordshyp all this Ilande, sauynge onely Northumberlande, whych was possessed of the Danes. He lyeth bu∣ried at Wynchester by hys father, in the newe mynster. he builded the mona¦stery of S. Peter in Gloucester.

ADelstane, after the deathe of Ed∣warde senior his father, began hys reygne in Englande. He was a prince of worthy memorye, valyant and wise in all hys actes: and broughte thys lande to one Monarchye: for he expel∣led vtterlye the Danes, subdued the Scottes, and quieted the Welshmen. He reigned .xv. yeares, and lyeth at Malmsbury.

[date] EDmunde, the brother of Adelstane tooke on hym the gouernaunce of thys Realme of Englande: whose shorte reygne tooke from hym the re∣noume of moste hyghe prayses that should haue redoūded to his posterity: for he was a man disposed of nature to

noblenes & iustice: he reigned vi. yeres and was buried at Glastenbury.

[date 946] ELdred succeded Edmunde his bro∣ther:* 1.103 for his sonnes Edwine and Edgar, were thoughte to yong to take on them so great a charge. This El∣dred hadde the earnest fauoure of the commons, because hee was a greate maynteyner of honestye, and also most abhorred naughty and vnruly persons for his expertnes in feates of armes, he was much commended. Whereby he quieted and kept in due obeisance, the Northumbers & Scottes, and exiled the Danes. He reigned .ix. yeares, and was buried in the cathedrall church of Wynchester.

EDwine succeded his vncle Eldred* 1.104 in the kyngdome: of whome is left no honeste memorye, for one heynous acte by hym commytted in the begyn∣nynge of hys reigne. In the selfe daye of his Coronation, he sodaynlye with∣drewe him selfe from his Lordes, and in the sighte of certayne persons, raui∣shed his own kynswoman, the wife of a noble man of his Realme: and after∣warde slew her husband, that he might haue the vnlawfull vse of her beautye: whiche acte, and for banishinge Dun∣stane,

he becam odible to his subiectes and of the Northumbers, & people of middle England, that rose agaynste* 1.105 hym was depriued, when he had reig∣ned .iiij. yeres, he was buried in the ca¦thedrall churche of Winchester.

[date 959] EDgar, brother to Edwine, began* 1.106 his reigne in Englande. He was a prince of worthye memorye, for hys manifold vertues greatly renoumed: so excellent in iustice, and sharp in cor¦rection of vices, aswel in his maiestra¦tes, as other subiectes: that neuer be∣fore his dais was vsed lesse felonye by robbes, or extortion or bribery by fals officers. He chastised also the gret neg∣ligēce, couetousnes, & vicious liuing of the clergy, he refourmed, & brought them to a better order: of stature he was but litle, but of mynd valiaunt & har∣dy, and very expert in martial policie, he prepared a great nauye of shyppes, which he disposed in .iij. partes of hys* 1.107 realm, and had souldiours alway prest and readye agaynst the incursions of forrein and strāge enemies, he reigned xvi. yeares. He builded Peters Bury, Thorney, Ramsey, and manye other, and was buried at Glastenbury.

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EDward the sonne of Edgar by his first wife, beganne his reigne ouer this realme, contrary to the mynd and pleasure of Elfride hys stepmother, and other of her alliance. In all kinds of honest vertue, thys man myght wel be compared to his father: and began his Reygne wyth suche modestie and myldenesse, that he was worthylye fauoured of all men: Excepte onely Elfride, whyche euer bare a grudge agaynste hym: for so muche as she de∣syred to haue the gouernaunce of the Realme, for her owne soonne Egel∣rede.

Edwarde, whyle he was huntynge in a forrest (by chaunce) lost his com∣panye, and rode alone to refreshe hym* 1.108 at the castell of Corffe: where by the counsayle of his stepmother Elphrede, he was traiteroussye murthered, as he satte on hys horse: When he had reig∣ned .iij. yeares. Hee was buryed at Shaftesburye. It is of some authors written, that the foresayd Elphred did afterward take great penance, and that she buylded Almesbury and Warwel:* 1.109 In whiche Warwell she after lyued a solitarye lyfe tyll she dyed▪

[date 978] EGelrede or Etheldrede, the sonne of* 1.110 kyng Edgar and Elphrede, was or∣deyned kyng of Englande, and crow∣ned at Kyngston. In his tyme y^e Danes ariued in sundry places of Englad: as in the Isle of Thenet, in Cornewalle, and Sussex. In conclusion, for aduoi∣dyng of further daunger, he was com∣pelled to appeace them with great sum¦mes of money: but when the money was spent, they fell to newe robbyng, and cessed not to spoyle the lande, and* 1.111 lastlye besieged London. And to aug∣ment the kyngs sorow, Elphricus that then was admirall of England, traite∣rously fled to the Danes. And after, be∣yng reconciled, fledde to them the se∣conde tyme.

The bloudy flixe, the burnyng feuer with dyuers other maladies vexed the people throughout all Englande.

Swain king of Denmarke repēted of y^e former couenantes, made with the Englishmen, with a strong armye en∣tred Northumberlande, and so wente foorthe tyll he came to London, which he besieged, & destroied the countrey of Kent. Egelrede despairyng of all re∣couerie, ••••ed to Richard duke of Nor∣mādy: & then possessed Swayn y^e hole

kyngdome of this realm: who spoyled the landes of S. Edmunds. But after his death succeded Canutus his sonne who inclosed y^e same with a depe dich, and graunted to thinhabitants therof,* 1.112 greate freedome. And after buylded a church ouer the place of his sepulture, and ordeyned there an house of monks enduyng them with fayre possessions.

The Englyshmen sent agayn for E∣theldred out of Normandy, who by y^• helpe of the Normans, and present assi∣stance of his commons expelled Canu¦tus▪ but shortly Canutus retourned a∣gayn into Englande, where he spared nothyng that myght be destroyde with sword and fyre. In whiche tyme king Etheldred ended his life, when he had reigned .xxxviij. yeares, and was bu∣ried in the north Isle of Paules church in London, aboue the aultar. In the se∣conde▪ yeare of this Kynges reigne a greate part of the city of London was* 1.113 wasted with fyre: But ye shall vnder∣stand, that the citie of Lōdon had most housyng and buyldyng frome Ludgate toward Westmynster: & littel or none wher y^e chief or hart of y^e Citie is now, excepte in diuers places was housyng▪ but they stode without order. So that

many townes and cities, as Cantor∣bury, Yorke, and diuers other in En∣glande, passed London in buyldyng. But after the conqueste it increased, and shortely after passed and excelled all the other.

[date] AFter the death of Etheldred, greate variance fell betwene the englishe¦men for the election of theyr kyng: for the citisens of London with certayne other, named Edmund the son of Ethel¦dred, a yong man of lusty and valyant* 1.114 courage in martiall aduentures bothe hardy and wise, and one that could ve∣••y well endure all payns: Wherfore he was surnamed Ironsyde: but the more part fauored Canutus y^e Dane. By mea¦nes wherof, betwene those two prin∣ces wer foughtē many great battails: in the which either party sped diuersly to the great slaughter of them that toke their parts. But lastly it was agreed, that the two captains should trie their quarell betwene them selues only. In whiche fight, although Edmund semed to haue the vpper hand: yet he condescē¦ded to deuide the realm, and make Ca∣nutus felow with him in y^e kingdom.

An Englishe Earle called Edricus, whiche by his falshode wrought much hurte to his naturall countreie, and

lastly was aucthor of the deathe of the noble Edmund. And therof hym selfe brought fyrst knowledge to Canutus the Dane, sayinge in thys wise: Thus haue I done Canutus for loue of thee. To whom he answered: sayinge: For my loue thou hast murdered thyn own soueraigne Lorde, whom I loued most entierly: I shall in rewarde thereof, exalte thy head aboue all the Lordes of* 1.115 Englande. And forthwith cōmaunded hym to be beheaded, and his heade to be set vpon a speare on the hyghest gate of London. These princes reigned to∣gether ii. yeares. Thys Edmund was buried at Glastenbury.

[date 1018] VVHē Canutus was stablyshed in the kyngdom, he had knowlege howe Olanus kyng of Norway in his absence inuaded the countrey of Den∣marke: wherfore in al hast he sped him thither ward: & by the māhod of the en∣glishe souldiours, obteined of theym a noble victory, and recouered Norway to his seignorie. Wherfore when he re∣tourned into England, hee demeaned hym toward all men as a sage gentyll and moderate prince, and so continued xx. yeares.

Canutus subdued the Scots, wher∣by he was king of .iiij. kyngdoms, that is to say, of England, Scotland, Den∣marke, and Norwaye. And after his deathe was buried at S. Swithins at Winchester.

[date 1038] HArold, the sonne of Canutus, by his wyfe Elgina, for hys swyftnes surnamed Harefoote, began his reigne ouer this realme of Englande▪ In the begynnynge he shewed some token of crueltie, in that he banyshed his step∣mother Emma, and toke from her fu∣che iewels and treasure as she hadde. He reigned .iii. yeares. He was bu∣ried at Westmynster, and after at S. Clementes without Temple barre.

[date] HArdikenitus, kyng of Denmarke, after the deathe of Harolde, was or deyned Kynge of Englande. He for the iniurie done to his mother Emma, caused the corps of Harolde to bee ta∣ken out of the sepulchre: and sinitynge of the head, caste it with the body into the riuer of Thames: where by a fy∣sher it was taken vp, and vnreuerent∣ly buried at S. Clementes) as afore is sayd. He burdeined his subiectes with ••ractions and tribute: and in meat and ••ynke was soo prodigalle, that hys

tables were spreade .iiij. tymes in the day, and the people serued with greate excesse: when he had reigned .iij. yeres, he died sodeinly at Lambeth, not with∣out suspection of poysonyng, and was buried at Winchester.

Hardikenitus beyng dead, the Da∣nes were beaten, slayn. and driuen out of this land, into their owne countrey xxxiij. yeares after that Swayn began fyrst to reigne.

[date] EDwarde, the sonne of Egelrede or Etheldred, by the aduice of Good∣wyne and Leofricus Earle of Chester, after the death of Hardikenitus, was sēt for out of Normādy to take on him the gouernance of▪ this realme of En∣glande, whiche he guided with muche wisedome and Iustice, frome whome issued as out of a fountayn, very god∣linesse, mercy, pitie, and liberalitie to warde the poore, and gentilnes and iu∣stice towards al men: and in all honest lyfe, gaue most godly exaumple to his people. He discharged y^e englyshemen of the great tribute called y^e Dane gelt, which was often before tyme leuied to the impouerishing of y^e people. He sub∣dued the Welshmen, whiche rebelled and made warre vpon their borders.

William bastard duke of Norman∣die,* 1.116 about this tyme came with a good¦ly company into Englande: and was honorably receiued; to whom the king made great chere▪ And at his returne enriched him with great gifts & plea∣sures: and (as some write) made pro∣mise to him, that if he died without is∣sue, the same William shoulde succede hym in the kyngdom of England.

Harold the sonne of the Erle Good∣win, went to Normādy: wher he made faithful promise to duke William, that after the death of Edward, he woulde kepe the kyngdome to his behalfe: on which condition, he brought with him at his returne his brother▪ Tosto.

Kyng Edward finished his last daye when he had reigned foure and twen∣ty yeares .vii. monethes and odde dais. He purged the olde and corrupt lawes* 1.117 and picked oute of theym a certayne, whiche were moste profytable for the commons. And therfore were they cal∣led the common Lawes. For restituti∣on whereof, happened dyuers commo∣tions and insurrections in this Land. He was buried at Westminster.

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HArolde, the eldest sonne of Earle Goodwyne, beynge of greate po∣wer in England, and therwyth valy∣aunt and hardye, tooke on him the go∣uernaunce of thys lande, nothynge regardynge the promyse that he made to Wyllyam, Duke of Normandye. Wherefore whenne Wyllyam sente to hym Ambassades, admonyshyng hym of the couenauntes that were agreed betwene them. Harolde would in no wyse surrendre to hym the kyngdom, whyche Wyllyam claymed, not only for the promise that was made to hym: but also bycause he was the nexte of kyng Edwards bloud.

Whenne Wyllyam Duke of Nor∣mandye perceyued, that he coulde not* 1.118 by any meanes bryng Harolde to ful∣fylle hys promyse, nor by trea••••e to yelde vnto hym the kyngedome: By force he entred the lande, to whome Harolde gaue stronge and sharpe bat∣tayle. In the ende whereof, William chased the Englyshemen, slewe Ha∣rolde, and obteyned the gouernance of this lande, when Harolde had reigned but .ix. monethes. He was buryed at* 1.119 Waltham abbey, whyche he hym selfe

hadde buylded, and was the laste that reigned of the bloudde of the Saxons in thys Realme.

Kyng Williā Conqueror.

Anno Regni .i.

[date 1067] WIlliam Duke of Normādy, surnamed Conqueror, Bastarde sonne of Roberte the sixt Duke of that du∣chye, and nephew vn∣to kyng Edward the Confessour, beganne his dominion o∣uer thys Realme of England, the .xiiij. daye of October▪ in the yeare of oure Lorde. 1067. and deceased in the yeare 1087. the nynthe daye of September, and reigned xix. yeares .xi. monethes, lackyng fyue dayes. He vsed greate crueltie towarde the Englyshe menne, burdenynge them with greuous exac∣tions: By meane whereof he caused diuers to flee the lande into other coū∣treyes. And lyke as hee obteyned the kyngdome by force and dent of sweard

so he chaunged the whole state of this cōmon weal, and ordeined new lawes at his pleasure, profitable to hymselfe: but greuous and hurtfull to the people This William was wise and politike riche and couetous, and loued well to be magnified. He was a fayre speaker and a great dissembler. A man of com∣ly stature, but somdeale grosse bealied: sterne of countenance, and stronge in armes, and had great pleasure in hun∣tynge, and makynge of sumptuous feastes.

Anno. 2.

[date 1068] The towne of Excetour, & the north* 1.120 umbers rebelled, which were both sub¦dued, and greuously punyshed.

[date 1909] This kynge William buylded foure strong castels: Twayne at Yorke, one at Notyngham, an other at Lincolne, whiche he furnished with garrisons of Normaynes.

Anno. 3.

CAnutus kyng of Denmarke beyng encouraged therto by certayne En∣glishe outlawes, inuaded the Northe partes of Englande, and passed tho∣rough to Yorke: from whe••s he was driuen backe by William, and forced to flee into his owne countrey.

Anno. 4.

[date] The Scots with their kyng Mal∣••olyne, inuaded Northumberland, and spoyled the countrey.

Anno. 6.

[date] Kyng William by the counseyle of the Erle of Hertford caused the money and ryches of the abbeys to be brought into his treasory: he made also the new Forest in the countrey of Southamp∣tō,* 1.121 for y^e atchiuing of which enterprise he was forst to cast downe diuers tow¦nes & churches .xxx. myles of length, and replenished the same with wylde beastes, and made sharpe lawes for the maintenaunce & increase of the same.

Anno. 10.

[date] Roger erle of Hertford & Ranulphe earle of Norffolke conspired agaynst kinge William beyng in Normandy, both whiche were by him outlawed, and chased oute of the Realme. And Waldiffe that was duke of Northum∣berlande & Earle of Huntingdon and Northampton (who vttered the conspi¦racie)* 1.122 was beheaded at Linchester, and buried at Crowland.

Anno. 13.

[date] At this time Oswalde Byshop of Salisbury was famous in England.

The kyng gaue the Erledome of Nor∣thumberlande to Walter byshoppe of Durham, who was after slayne by the men of Northumberland.

Anno. 15.

[date 1081] RObert the eldest sonne of William inuaded his fathers Duchie of Nor¦mandy, wherewith William beynge gretly displeased, gaue his son a strong battayle, in which it fortuned Roberte to me••e vnwares in the field with his father, and bare him to the earth. But perceiuyng by the voyce who it was, forthwith he ••epte from hys horse, and saued his father. By whiche deede he was reconciled, and peace betwene them was agreed.

Anno. 16.

[date 1082] * 1.123About this .xvi. yere, earle Waryng erle of Shrewsbury, made two abbeis wherof the one was in y^e suburbes of Shrewsbury, & the other at Wenloke.

Anno. 19.

[date 1085] KYng William caused a newe man∣ner* 1.124 of tribute to be leuied through∣out this Realme, for euery hyde of lande (that is twenty acres .vi. s. And not long after, commaunded a valua∣tion to be taken of all landes, fees, and possessions, and diligent search also to

be made, what number of men and cat¦tell were within this land. And accor∣dyng* 1.125 to the quantitie & number ther∣of, gathered an other payment.

Anno. 20.

[date] Englande was vexed with manye plagues. For greate morayne fell e∣monge cattell, brennynge ••euers, and* 1.126 honger emong people, greate bareyn∣nesse vpon the earth, and muche hurte was done in many places, by the mis∣fortune of fyre: & specially in London. For a part of Paules was brent y^e .vii.* 1.127 of Iuly. Kyng Williā builded two ab∣beis in England, one at Battel in Sus¦sex: y^e other nere to Londō called Bar∣mondsay. He builded the third at Cane* 1.128 in Normandy. He ended his life the .ix day of September, and was buried at Cane in Normandy, he had .v. childrē, Robert, to whom he gaue Normandy, Richard, who died in his youth. Wil∣liam Rufus, and Henry, which were kinges after him. And one daughter, named Adela, who he gaue in mariage to Steuen Erle of Bloys, who got on her Steuen that after was kynge of Englande.

William Rufus, or Wil∣liam the red kyng.

Anno regni. 1.

[date 1087] WIlliam Rufus, the second sonne of William conque¦ror began his reigne ouer the realme of Englande, the ninth day of Septem∣ber in the yere of our Lord 1087. and deceased in the yere of oure LORDE 1100. the firste day of Au∣gust: so that he reigned .xii. yere .xi. mo¦nethes lacking .viij. days. He was va∣riable and inconstant of his demeanor very couetous, and ther withall cruel. For he burdened his people with vnre¦sonable taxes. He pilled the ryche, and oppressed the pore. And caused many to lose their landes for small causes. And what he thus got by pillyng of his peo¦ple, he prodigally and wastfully spent in great bankettynge and sumpteous apparell.

Robert Curthoise his elder brother came with an armie into England, a∣gainst William, wherof when the said William had knowledge▪ he entreated peace.

Anno. 2.

[date]

DIuers Lordes of this realme con∣spired against William Rufus, & as¦saulted diuers tounes within Englād they stirred in like maner against him Robert Curthoyse duke of Normādy, the second time. But Willian vanqui∣shed the traitours, chased them oute of this realme, and made peace with his brother Robert. This second yere was* 1.129 a great earthquake, the .xi. day of har∣uest, that ouerturned many houses and churches in England.

Anno. 3.

[date] THe Scottes spoyled Northumber∣land▪ Wherfore williā Rufus pro∣uided a nauy, and sayled thither: wher after diuers conflictes and skirmishes a peace was concluded.

Anno. 4.

[date 1090] A great tempest fell on sainct Lukes* 1.130 day in sundry places of England, & specially in Winchecombe: where a great parte of the steple was ouerthro: wen with thundring & lightning: and in London the wynd ouertourned .vi. hundred houses, and the roofe of Bow¦churche in Cheape.

[date] IN this yere William Rufus wente into Northūberland, & repaired such holdes & castels, as the Scots by their

warres had impayred: & builded other* 1.131 there besydes, as the newe castell on Tyne. &c. This .v. yere the roofe of Sa¦lisoury Church was cleane consumed with lightnyng.

Anno. 6.

[date 1092] In England fell wonderful aboun¦dance of raine: and after ensued so gret frost, that horses and cartes passed com¦monly ouer great riuers: when it tha∣wed,* 1.132 the gret cakes of yce brake down many great bridges.

Robert Curthois duke of Normādy* 1.133 layd his dukdome to pawne to his bro¦ther William of Englande for tenne thousand poundes.

This .vi. yeare Hugh Lupus Earle of Chester sente to Normandy for An∣celme, to builde an abbey at Chester:* 1.134 whiche he after builded, and then was made archbishop of Cantorbury: and after was exiled by William Rufus.

Anno. 7.

[date 1093] MAlcoline kyng of Scottes for dis∣pleasour tak•• with the vnkindnes of William Rufus inuaded the mar∣ches* 1.135 of England: and in Northumber∣land was slayne with his eldest sonne Edward, by Robert Mo••bray, which was Earle of that prouince.

This yere was so gret a pestilence,* 1.136 that many men laye vnburied.

Anno. 8.

[date 1094] ENgland and Normandy were gre∣ued* 1.137 with exactiōs, and murreyn of men so sharply, that tillage of the earth was layed asyde for .x. yere, wherby en¦sued gret hunger and scarsity the yeres folowing. And many strange and vn∣couthe fightes were sene, as hostes of* 1.138 men fightyng in the saye, fiery flames, and such other.

Anno. 10.

[date 1096] THe .x. yere was sene a blasing sterre of great brightnes.

Anno. 11.

[date 1097] ABoute this time William Rufus builded Westminster hal, who mis∣liking the same, for that it was to smal was determined to make a bigger, and that it should serue for a chamber.

Anno. 12.

[date 1098] THe .xii. yere the ryuer of Thames* 1.139 rose so hye that it drowned manye townes in England.

In England at a towne called Fin∣chauster* 1.140 in Barkeshyre, a wel cast out bloud as before it had done water, and after by the space of .xv. dayes gret fla∣mes of fyre were sene in the element.

Anno. 13.

[date 1099] VVilliā Rufus beyng at his disport of hūting by glaūsing of an arrow that Walter Tyrell a frenche knighte did shote, was wounded to death in the newe forest in Hampshire, on a Lam∣mas day: and buried at Winchester.

King Henry the first, called Beauclerke

Anno Reg. 1.

[date] HEnry, the brother of William Rufus, and the fyrste of that name, for his learnyng called Beauclerke, began his domi∣nion ouer this realm of England, the first day of August, in the yeare of our Lord. 1100. and reigned .xxxv. yeares iiij. monethes, and one day.

Anno. 2.

[date] RAnulphe bishop of Durham procu∣red Robert Curthoise duke of Nor¦mandy, to warre vppon hys brother Henry for the crown of England, who assembled a strong army, and landed at Portismouth. But by mediation peace was made on this condition, that Hen¦ry* 1.141 should pay three thousande markes yerely to duke Robert.

Anno. 3.

[date 1102] IN this thirde yere of Kynge Henry* 1.142 the churche & hospitall of saint Bar∣tholomew in Smithfield, was begon to be founded by a minstrel of the kyn∣ges, named Rayer: And after finished by good and wel disposed citizēs of the citie of London, and especially by Ri∣chard Whittingtō. This place of smith¦fielde was at that day a laystowe of al ordure of fylth: and the place wher fe∣lons and other transgressours of the* 1.143 kinges lawes were put to execution.

Anno. 4.

[date 1103] RObert Duke of Normandye com∣myng into England by the entrea∣tie of kyng Henry & his wife, released to hym the tribute of three thousande markes.

Anno. 5.

[date] BVt it was not long ere that by mea∣nes of yll reportes, gret malice was kindeled betwene the two brethren: and shortely therevpon deadly warre sprang, in the end wherof, Robert was taken, and kept in perpetuall prisō in Cardiff, by his brother, who immediat¦ly seised the duchye of Normandy, and held it in his possession.* 1.144

Syr Robert le Fitzhā builded Teu∣kesbury, and there was buried.

Anno. 6.

[date 1105] RObert Earle of Shrewesbury, and* 1.145 William of Cornewall, rebelled a∣gaynst kynge Henry, and were taken and condempned to perpetuall impri∣sonment.

Anno. 7.

[date 1106] IN England appered a blasing starre betwene the south and the weste, and agaynst that in the east appered a great beame (as it were) stretching towarde* 1.146 the sterre, and shortly after were seene two moones, the one in the Easte, and thother in the west.

Anno. 9.

[date 1108] HEnry the emperor desyred to wife Maude, y^e eldest daughter of kinge Henry of England, beyng then but .v. yeres of age, nor able to be maried.

Anno. 10.

[date 1179] IN the. 10. yere of his reigne, the king maryed Robert hys bastarde sonne, to Mabe•• ••••••••ghter & heyre of Roberts Fitzha••••, and made him the fyrst earle of Gloucester, who after buylded the strong castel of Brystowe. And the pri∣orie* 1.147 of saint Iames in the northesyde of the same citie, wher his body was bu∣ryed. And his sonne Erle William be∣gan the abbey of Euishan.

Anno. 13.

[date 1112] AT Shrewesbury in England was* 1.148 a great earthquake, and the riuer of Trent was so dried, that the space of one daye men went ouer dryshod. And this yere the king builded the abbey of* 1.149 Hyde without the wals of Winchester that of old time was within the wals.

A blasyng sterre appered sone after, and ther vpon folowed a harde winter,* 1.150 deathe of men, scarsitie of victuals, and morayne of beastes

Anno. 15.

[date 1114] King Henry of Englande gaue his daughter in mariage to the Emperour with great dower, and made William his sonne Duke of Normandy, wherof began the vsage and custome that the kinges of England made theyr eldeste sons dukes of Normandy.

Anno. 18.

[date] LEwes inuaded Normandy with muche cruelty, and toke the city of Lignes in Cauise Wherfore king Hēry assembled a stronge armye, met with Lewis in playn field, and fought with him a cruell and deadly battell: in the ende wherof Lewes was ouercome, & constreined to flee the field. Henry re∣couered the town of Lingnes.

Anno. 20.

[date 1119] VVilliam Duke of Normandy and* 1.151 Richard the sons of king Henry of England, and Mary his doughter, Ri¦chard earle of Chester, with his wyfe, the kinges nece, and other to the num∣ber of▪ 160. persons passyng from Nor¦mandie into England, by ouersight of the shyppe mayster were drowned, sa∣uyng one butcher, which escaped the danger.

Anno. 24.

[date 1123] IN this yeare the abbey of Readynge* 1.152 was begunne to be builded by kinge Henry the first: he also builded Cisseter Wyndesore, and Woodstoke with the parke.

Anno. 17.

[date 1126] The gray friers came nowe firste in∣to* 1.153 Englande, and had their firste house at Cantorbury.

Maude the daughter of kyng Hen∣ry after the deathe of her▪ husbande the Emperour, came into England to her father.

Anno. 28.

[date 1127] THe order of sainct Iohns Hospi∣tals Templers, and other lyke be∣gan first at this time.

Anno. 32.

[date] IN this yeare began Foūtains abbey.* 1.154

Geffrey Plantagenet Erle of An∣gew maried Maude y^e empresse, daugh¦ter of kyng Henry: of whiche .ii. des∣cended Henry the seconde which reig∣ned after Stephen.

Aboute this tyme was buylded the* 1.155 prioyre of Norton in the prouince of Chester, by one William, the sonne of Nichole. Also the abbey of Combre∣more in the same prouince was▪ buyl∣ded aboute the same tyme.

Robert Curthois dyed in prison, & was buried at Glocester.

Anno. 33.

[date 1132] HEnry kyng of Englande because he had none issue male, ordeyned that his daughter Maude, whiche had ben Empresse shoulde succede hym in the kyngdome.

Anno. 36.

[date 1135] KYng Henry of Englande beyng in* 1.156 Normandy, with a fall of his hors toke his death, and was buried at Rea¦dyng: when he had reigned. 35. yeares .iiij. moneths, and one day.

Kyng Stephen.

Anno Regni .i.

STephen Earle of Bo∣loyn, y^e son of the erle of Bloys and Adela, William Conquerors daughter, & nephewe to king Henry y^e fyrst toke on him the gouer¦nance of this realme of England the second day of Decem∣ber, in the yere of our lorde. 1135, and left y^e same y^• x••v. day of October, in y^e yere of our lord. 1154 so that he reigned xviij. yeres .x. monthes, & xxiiij. days. Although he had continuall warre, yet did he neuer burden his cōmons with exactions. He semed in this blam wor¦thy, that contrary to his othe made to Maude the daughter of Henry, he was thought vniustlye to take on him the Croun. For which cause he was vexed with warres all the time of his reigne.

At this time was great trouble and slaugher in England: for somuche as diuers of y^e nobles mainteyned Maud the empresse agaynst Stephen, which was in possession of the croune.

King Stephen made warres agaynst Dauid of Scotlande, because he refu∣sed to do him his homage, for Northū∣berland, & huntingdon, which he held

by his wyfe. In this warre the Earle of Gloucester was taken. But at the lengthe Stephen made peace, and a∣greed with Dauid king of Scots, and receiued of him homage, after that he had wonne from him certayne tounes and castelles, and gaue to Henry the sonne of Dauid, the erledome of Hun∣tingdon.

Anno. 2.

[date] STephen passed ouer into Normandy against Eeffrey erle of Ange we the husband of Maude the empresse, which was right heire to the crowne, & when he had quieted the prouince, he made E••st••ce his sonne duke of Normandy, and ioyned frendship and league with Lewes king of France.

Anno. 4▪

[date] DAuid kyng of Scots in moste cru∣ell wise inuaded Northumberland wher by meane of Thurston byshop of Yorke, the Scots had an ouerthrow & slayn in gret number, and Dauid was constrayned to geue his sonne Henrye in hostage for suertie of peace.

Anno. 6.

[date] MAude the Empresse came into this land out of Normandy, by ayde of* 1.157 Robert erle of Glocester, & Ranulphe of Chester, made strong war vpō king Stephen. In the••d wherof the kinges

partie had the worse, and him self takē prisoner, and sent to Bristow. But the Kentishe men and Londoners, fauou∣ryng the kyng, warred vpon the rebel∣les, and in open field toke Robert erle of Glouceter. But shortly after, both the kyng and the duke were deliuered out of prison by exchaunge. And Ste∣phen without delay assēblyng a strōge army, in suche wise pursued his e••••e∣mies, that he forced Maude to forsake the Realme. Thys warre contynued a longe tyme, to the greate domage of the Realme.

Aboute this tyme was founded the abbey of Stratford Langthorn within* 1.158 iiij. myles of London, by a knyght cal¦led sir William de mount Fichet.

Anno. 10.

[date 1144] ABout this tyme the Iewes cruci∣fied a chylde vppon Easter daye at Norwyche in derision of Christe and his religion.

Anno. 11.

[date 1145] GEffrey Plantagenet, the husbande of Maude the Empresse (who had longe continued the warres agaynste kyng Stephen of England) wan from hym the Duchye of Normandye: and streight thervpon dyed: and his sonne

Henry succeded in the dukedome.

Anno▪ 12.

[date] STephen after long warre and much trouble, was agayn crouned at Lin∣colne, but▪ Robert earle of Glocester made new warre vpon him: in which he had the vpper hande of the kinge at Lilton, so that the kinge was lyke to haue fallen into Roberts danger: and escaped with much paine.

Anno. 15.

[date 1149] THis yere the riuer of Thames was* 1.159 so stronglye frosen, that horse and cart passed ouer vpon the yee.

Anno. 16.

[date 1150] THis yere kinge Stephen brent the citie of Norwiche.

Anno. 17.

[date 1151] HEnry duke of Normandye in the quarel of his mother Maude, with a great puisance arriued in England, and won the castell of Malmesbury, the tower of London, and the towne of Notingham, with other holdes and ca∣stels, betwene him and king Stephen were foughten many battels, wherby this realme was sore troubled.

Anno. 18.

[date] BVt at the last peace was agreed be∣twene Maude the empresse, her son Henry, and king Stephen: vpon this

condition that Stephē during his life should holde the kingdom of England and Henry to be heire apparant.

Anno. 19.

[date 1153] KIng Stephen builded the abbey of* 1.160 Coggeshal, in Essex an other at Fur¦neis in Lancashire, and the third at Fe¦ue••sham in Kente, where now his bo∣dy resteth, and deceassed the ▪xxv. day of October: in the yere of our Lord. 1154. when he had reigned .xviii. yeres .x▪ mo¦nethes and .xxiiij. dayes.

King Henry the second.

Anno regni. 1.

[date 1154] HEnry the seconde of that name the son of Geffrey Plantagenet, and Maude the Empresse daughter of king▪ Henry the fyrst, be∣gan his reigne ouer this realm of England, the .xxv. day of Oc∣tober in the yere of our Lord. 1154. and deceassed in the yere of our Lord. 1189. the .vi. day of Iuly, so that he reigned xxxiiij. yeres .ix. monthes, & .xii. daies.

Anno. 2.

[date 1155] King Henry cast down diuers castels which wer erected in the time of Ste∣phen: He went into the north partes, and got from the Scots Cumberland and Northumberland, which▪ they said were geuen to thē by Maude his mo∣ther, and set an order in that countrey.

Anno. 3.

[date] IN Englande were sene .ii. sunnes in the fyrmamēt: and in the Moone ap∣peared a redde crosse.

King Henry went into Wales, and* 1.161 quieted that countrey, and after buil∣ded the strong castel of Rutlande, and founded the abbey of Basyngwerke.

Anno. 4.

[date 1157] ABout this tyme came into Englād certayn Germaines, to the number of xxx. which taught y^e abrogatiō of the Sacramentes of the alter, Baptisme, and Wedlocke.

Anno. 6.

[date 1159] IEwes kinge of Fraunce gaue his daughter Margaret in mariage to Henry the sonne of kynge Henry of England. By reason wherof, was ••a∣cifyed the warre betwene Englande and Fraunce, for the landes of P••y∣towe, and others.

Anno. 7.

[date 1160]

KIng Henry went into Scotlande, and made war vpon king William so that he toke him, and made him yeld the castel of Carlile; the castel of Cam∣burgh, with diuers other, and receiued of him fealtie and homage.

Anno. 8.

[date 1161] THis yere the citie of Canterburye* 1.162 was fiered by negligence, & a great part therof brent.

Anno. 10.

[date 1161] THomas Becket byshop of Canter∣bury fled to Rome to complayn vp¦pon the king to the byshop.

Anno. 14.

[date 1167] KIng Henry caused Henry his eldest* 1.163 son to be crouned king as he thoght to the great quietnes aswel of himselfe as of the realm: but as it proued, to the vtter disturbance of them bothe.

Anno. 17.

[date 1170] THomas Becket by the mediation of Alexander bishop of Rome, and Lewes the French king, was restored to his bishopricke: and not longe after by certayne gentilmen, he was slayne at Cantorbury.

Anno. 18

[date 1171] KIng Henry sent Ambassade to Alex¦ander bishop of Rome to purge him self of the deth of Thomas Becker. A∣monge

other thinges it was enioyned him in his penance, that it should be lawful to his subiectes as often as thē listed to appeale to the see of Rome, & that no man shoulde be accompted as king vntill such tyme as he were con∣firmed by the Romayne byshop.

Anno. 19.

[date] THomas Becket was canonised by the byshop of Rome.

Anno. 21

[date 1174] HEnry the sonne of kinge Henry of* 1.164 England was crouned the seconde time with his▪ wife Margaret, y^e french kinges daughter.

Anno. 22.

[date 1175] KIng Henry the sonne by the settyng* 1.165 on of the king of France, Elanour his mother, and certaine other nobles, toke armes, & r••i••ed dedly war against his naturall father. Diuers strong bat∣tels were foughten as well in Eng∣land by the deputies & frendes of both parties, as also in Normādy, Poytow Guyen, & Britayn: wher they wer cor∣porally present: but y^• victory fel alway to the father. There toke party against king Henry the father, Lewis king of France, William kyng of Scotlande, Henry, Geffrey, & Iohn his own sons:

Robert Earle of Leicester, Hughe of Chester, and other. But in the ende the sonnes with their alies were constrai∣ned to yelde to their father, and desyre peace, which he gentilly graunted and forgaue their trespace.

Anno. 24.

[date 1177] IN Englande fell grent wetherynge and tempest of thunder & lightening in the middes of winter: and in Som∣mer folowyng ••ell hayle of such gret∣nes that it slew both man and beast.

Anno. 26.

[date 1179] AT this time were manye Iewes in England, which agaynst the feast of Easter did vse to sacrifice yong childrē in despite of christen religion.

Anno. 28.

[date 1181] Henry the eldest sonne of Henry of England ended his lyfe. Shortly after began the warre betwene king Henry and Philip of France for homage that the Frenche kinge required to be done for the landes of Poytow, and other, for the castell of Gysours.

Anno. 29.

[date 1182] RObert Harding a bourgis of ••ry∣strow* 1.166 to whō kyng Henry gaue the Garonye of Ge••klaye, butlded the ab∣bey of S▪ Austen at Bristow.

Anno. 31.

[date 1184] HEraclius Patriarke of Ierusalem, which had bene in diuers parts of Europe came to king Henry, desyring him of ayde againste the Turkes, but was denied therof.

Anno. 32.

[date 1185] At Bury the Iewes crucified a child in despite of Christes passion.

Anno. 34.

[date 1187] RYcharde Earle of Poytowe made warre against kyng Henry his fa∣ther, and taking part with the French king in proces of tyme wan from him diuers cities, tounes, and castels, and namely the citie, of Cenomannia. For sorow wherof at the lengthe, that is to say, on the .vi. day of Iuly, in the yeare of our Lord. 1189. king Henry ended his life, when he had reigned. 34. yeres 9. monethes, and. 12. days: he was bu∣ryed at Founteuerard.

King Richard the first called Cueur delion.

Anno regni. ••.

[date 1189] RIcharde the firste of that* 1.167 name, for his valiantnesse surnamed Cueurdelion, be¦yng the second son of Hen¦ry the seconde, was crow∣ned King of England. He began his reigne the .vi. daye of Iuly, in the yere of our Lord .1189. and he deceased, the yere of our Lord 1199. the vi. day of Aprill: so that he reigned .ix. yeres and .ix. monethes.

THe fyrste yere of his reigne, the ci∣tisens of London obteined two of∣ficers to guide their Citie, which were called Bayliffes, whose names shal fo∣lowe here vnder.

Anno regni. ••.

Baylyffes.

• [date 1189] Henry Cornhyll
• Richard Reine••y

IN this yere y^e Iewes were very brag here in this realm, for that their num¦ber* 1.168 was so great. But the commō peo∣ple, especially about London, fel vpon them, and despoyled them without pi∣tie or mercy, they so hated thē for theyr vsury, and other euill conditions.

THis yere the king set at libertie E∣lianor* 1.169 his mother, which lōg before at the cōmaundement of his father her husband, had ben kept close prisoner. But after her enlargement, the realme

was much gouerned by her.

KIng Richard gaue ouer the Castel∣les of Bar wike and Rokesburge to the Scottishe Kinge, for the summe of x. •• .li. He also solde to the bishop of Durham his own prouince, for a great piece of money, and created him erle of the same. Wherfore the king saide after in game: I am a wonderous craftsman, I haue made a newe earle of an olde bishoppe.

He gaue his brother Iohn many dig¦nities, as the prouinces of Notinghā, De••o••shyre and Cornwall, and crea∣ted him earle of Lancaster.

Anno reg. 2▪

Batliffes

• [date 1190] Iohn Herlyon
• Roger Duke.

IN this yeare kyng Richarde betooke the guiding of this land to the bishop of Ely then beyng Chancelour of En∣gland, and sayled into Normandy: and when he had appoynted good gouer∣noures ouer that countrey, he went to mete the frenche kinge: and hauynge made sure league one with an other, went eyther of them onward of theyr iorney toward Ierusalem.

Thys time the Iewes in diuers* 1.170 places of this Realme, as at Lincolne Stamforde, and Lynne, were robbed

and spoyled. And at Yorke to the num∣ber of four hundred▪ & more, had the••r maister vaines cut, & so bled to death.

Anno reg. 3.

Baylyffes.

• [date 1191] William Hauer shall
• John Bukmotte

KIng Richard in his iourney to wae¦des Ierusalem, subdued the Erle of* 1.171 Cipres, and then ioyning his puisance with the Frenche kinges in Asia, con∣quered Acon, wher ther grew betwen king Richard and Philip the Frenche kinge a greuous displeasure. Iohn the brother of king Richard toke on him the kingdome of Englande in his bro∣thers absence.

King Richard restored to the Chri∣stians the citie of Ioppa, and in many battels put the Turke to gret sorow.

Anno. 4.

Bailiffes

• Nicolas Duke
• Peter Newlay

[date 1192] King Richard exchanged Cypres, with Guye▪ of Lesyngham for the king¦dom of Ierusalem, Wherfore the king of England a long time after was cal∣led king of Ierusalem.

An. reg. 5.

* 1.172

King Richarde hauinge knowledge that Philip of Fraunce inuaded Nor∣mandy,

and that Iohn his brother had made himselfe king of England, made peace with the Turkes for .iii.▪ yeares, and with a small company returnyng* 1.173 home ward by Thrace, was taken pri∣soner by the Duke of Ostriches men, and brought to Henry the Emperour, and there kept in streite prison, a yere and .v. monethes. Where it is sayd that he slewe a Lyon, and toke out his hert.

Anno reg. 6.

[date 1194] Bailiffes

• William Fitz Isabell
• William Fitz Arnold

Iohn the kinges brother by the set∣tyng on of the Frenche king made gret warre within the land, & toke by stren¦gthe the castelles of Windsore, of No∣tinghā, & others. And the French king made strong warre in Normandy.

[date 1195] Anno. reg. 7.

Bailiffes.

• Robert Beysaui
• Io••e le Iosue

Hubert bishop of Salisbury was by king Richard sēt into Englād to haue the guiding thereof, and also to treate with the lords & cōmons for the kings deliuerance. The sayd Hubert was by the monkes of Christes church in Can¦torbury chosen archbishop.

Anno. reg. 8▪

[date 1196] Bailiffes

• Gerrad de Anteloche
• Robert Durant

THis yere king Richarde was deli∣uered* 1.174 out of prison for the summe of one. C. M. pounds of sterlinge money, for paiment of which ransom al y^t wol of white monkes & chanons was sold and rings & crosses of prelates, with vessels & chalices of al churches thrugh the land, and .xvii. shrines wer ap••d and spoyled of the golde and siluer. &c.

King Richard beyng thus deliuered shortly after landed at Sandwich, & so came to London: where when he had a∣rested him: with a certayne number of knightes: he rode to Notingham, and wan the castel: & after that the castel of Tikhill, he deposed his brother Iohn,* 1.175 & crouned him selfe agayn king of En∣gland in the citie of Winchester, & then he called a parliament, where he called agayn into his handes all such thinges as he hadde eyther geuen or sold by pa∣tentes, or otherwise: wy which meanes he gathered a summe of money and sai∣led into Fraunce, wher shortly a peace was concluded betwene the two kings for one yere. Then Iohn which had ta∣ken part against his brother, made mea¦nes to Elianor his mother, by whose mediation he was reconsiled.

In this tyme one William with the* 1.176 longe bearde, moued the common peo∣ple to se••e libertie and fredome, & not to be subiect to the riche and mightye. By which meanes he drew to him ma∣ny great companies, and with all his power defended theyr cause against the riche. The king beyng warned of thys tumult, commanded him to cease from those attemptes. But the people s••il fo∣lowed him as thei before had done: and he made to them certayn orations open¦ly, taking for his Theme this sentence Haurietis aquas in gaudio de fonti∣bus Saluatoris, Which is to saye: Ye shall drawe in ioye, waters forth of the welles of your Sauior. And to this he added: I am (sayd he) the sauiour of pore men: ye be pore, and haue assaied longe the harde handes of the rich men. Now drawe ye therfore holsome water forth of my welles, and that with ioye. For the time of your visitation is com••n. This William was taken in Bowe churche in Cheape, but not withoute shedding of bloud for he was forced by fyre & smoke to forsake the church. And he with .ix. of his adherēts wer hanged.

[date 1197] Anno reg. 9

Bailiffes.

• Roger Blunt
• Nicholas Ducket

This yere the warre was renued be∣twene King Richard of England, and Philip of France, in whiche eyther of them ••ped diuersly.

An. reg. 10

bailiffes.

• [date 1198] Constantine Fitz Arnold
• Robert le Beau.

King Richard of England be••••eged the castell of Galiarde, and was woun¦ded* 1.177 with a quarell that was shot from the wall, and therof died the .vi. day of Apryll, in the yere of our Lorde. 1199. when he had reigned .ix. yeres, and .ix. monethes. His bodye was buried at Founteuerard, his bowels at Carlile, his hart at Roan.

King Iohn.

Anno Regni. ••.

[date 1199] IOhn, brother to Richarde afore named, beganne his reigne ouer this realm of England the .vi. day of A∣prill, in the yeare of oure lord. 1199. and decesed in the yere. 1216. the .xix. day of October: He reigned .xvii. yeres .vi. monethes, and .xiii. dais. Of person he was indif∣ferent. But of melancolye and angrey complexion.

An. reg 1.

bailifies.

• Arnold bitz Arnold
• [date 1199] Richard Fitz bartilmewe

Philip king of France (in the qua∣rell of Arthur duke of Britain, whom certayn of the Lordes had named kyng of England) made warre vpon kynge Iohn, inuaded Normandy, and tooke from him diuers castels and tounes.* 1.178

King Iohn hearyng therof, assem∣bled a counsayle, wherin was graun∣ted to him iii. s. of euery plough lande through England, beside the subsedy of the spirituall landes: he sayled into Normandy, where he spent the time to his losse and dishonour. But aboute Michelmas a truce was concluded betwene the two kinges of Englande and of France.* 1.179

This yere was a deuorce betwene king Iohn & his wife, the erle of Glo∣cesters daughter, because of nerenesse of bloude: and after he was maried to Isabel, the daughter of the Erle of En∣golcsym in France: by whom he had. i•• sonnes, Henry and Richard, and .iii. daughters, Isabel, Elianor, and Iane.

[date 1200] An re. 2.

bailifs

• Roger. Dorset
• Iames bactilmew aldorm••

In thys seconde yeare Ray∣nulphe Erle of Chester, by thexample

afore shewed by kinge Iohn, lefre his own wife named Constance, which he before had maried, and wedded one Clemens. One Chronicle sath he did so to haue issue: but he ther with displesed God so much▪ y^t he would suffer him to haue none issue, but dyed without.

An. reg. 3

Bailiffs.

• Walter. Fitz Ales
• [date 1201] Simon de aldermābury

THis yere in Yorkshyre were sene. v Moones, one in the east, an other in* 1.180 the Weste, the thirde in the northe, the fourth in the southe, and the fifthe in the myddes of the other: and went com¦passing the other .vi. t••nes, as it were the space of an houre, and vanished a∣way sone after.

In this yore were chosen .xxv. of the most substantial and wysest men of the* 1.181 Citie of Lond••, to maintayn and kepe the Assises of the same Citie, of the whi¦che yerely the bailiffs wer chosen: and after the Mayor and Sheriffes were taken of the same number.

An. reg. 4.

[date 1202]

Bailiffes.* 1.182

• Normand Blundell
• Iohn de Ely.

THis yere fell excedyng lightnyng, thunders, & other stormes of wynd and rayn with hayl of y^e bignes of hen∣nes egges: which perished fruit & corn

houses, and yong cattell. Also spirites were sene in the ayre, in likenes of fou¦les bearyng fire in their bylles, which set fyre on dyuers houses.

Philyp of France cōtinually made warre vpon the Duchy of Normandy, tyl at the last he subdued the same with the prouinces of Guyen, Poytiers, & Britayne, whiche before pertayned to the crowne of Englande.

Kyng Iohn sailyng into Normandy warred on the borders of France, but of his victories is little written.

Anno. 5.

[date 1203]

Bailiffes.

• Walter Browne
• Williā Chāberlain* 1.183

This yeare by meanes of euyl wea∣ther, in the yeare passed, wheate was sold for .xv. s. a quarter, whyche was thought an extreme price.

King Iohn maried his bastarde dau∣ghter to Lewlyn prince of Wales, and gaue with her the castell and lord shyp of Elyngsmore, beyng in the marches of Southwales.

The byshop of Rome wrate to kyng Iohn, gentilly requirynge hym to ad∣mytte Stephen Langton into the by∣shoprike of Cantorbury, and the mon∣kes by hym expelled from theyr own••

abbeye, to restore theym agayne to the same: but the more hys lordes aduised hym so to do, the more was he bente to the contrary. In so much y^t they retur∣ned without obteinyng their request▪

Anno Reg. 6.

Baylyffes.

• Thomas Hauerill
• [date] Hamond Bronde

The bishop of Rome deno••••••••ed king Iohn with his whole realme▪ accursed,* 1.184 because he would not admit Stephen Langton to the bishoprike of Cantor∣bury: but he litle regarded his threat∣nyngs, and would not obey hym.

At this tyme in Suffolke a fish was takē like to a man, & was kept liuing* 1.185 vi. moneths vpon the land with rawe fleshe and fyshe: and after when they saw they could haue no speche thereof, they cast it agayne into the sea.

Anno re. 7.

Bayliffes.

• Iohn Walgra••e
• [date] Richard de Winchester

Kyng Philip of France subdued the* 1.186 countrey of Normādy▪ which sens the tyme of Charles the simple (that is to say) the space of. 300. yeres) was ••ot in the possession of the kinges of France.

Anno re. 8

Bailiffs.

• Iohn Holylande
• [date 1206] Edmonds fitz Gerrard

About this tyme the Irishemen and* 1.187 shortly after the Welshemen rebelled,

for that he leuied on theim suche gre∣uous taskes to warre agaynst France•• so that the Kynge was fayne to rayse a great taxe throughout this Realme of Englande to wythstande theyr force. He required of the white monkes syxe thousande marke: but they refused the payement of so greate a summe, so that the king toke great displeasure against them: by reason wherof after his re∣turne out of Ireland, he exacted of them more then before he had desyred: wher by he caused some abbottes to forsake theyr houses.

Anno Reg. 9.

Bailiffes.

• [date] Roger Winchester
• Edmond Hardell

Kyng Iohn sayled into Normandy: wher after certain s••••rmishes, he made peace wyth kyng Philyp of Fraunce for .ii. yeares.

This yeare was graunted to the Ci∣tisons of London by the Kynges Let∣te••s patentes, that they should yerely* 1.188 chose to them selues, a Mayre and .ii. Sheri••••es, on S. Mathewes or My∣chelmas day, whose names were as fo∣loweth.

Anno Reg▪ 10.

Maire

• Hēry ••••tz Alwyn

S

• [date] Peter ••uke
• Tho▪ Nele

This yeare London bridge was b••∣gon to be buylded of stone: The origi∣nall wherof, was as foloweth. Fyrste beyng no bridge but a Ferry, the Fery∣man and his wife deceasynge, lefte the same to their daughter, a mayden na∣med Mary Audery: who with the goo∣des left to her by her parents, buylded an house of systers, whiche is the vp∣permost end of S. Mary Auderis chur¦che, vnto the whiche house she gaue the ouersyght and profite of the same ferry but afterward the same house of sisters was conuerted vnto a colledge of pri∣stes: who buylded the bridge of tym∣ber, and frome tyme to tyme kepte the same in reparations: but consydering the great charges in repairyng y^• same, in the yeare of our Lorde. 1209. by the great ayde of the citisens of Lōdon and other, they begon to build the same of stone, and then the abouesaid college of priestes was conuerted vnto a prio∣rie of chanons, bearyng styll the name of the mayden, whiche kept the ferry: and so called S. Mary Auderie.

Anno. 11.

M

• Henry fitz Alwyne

S

• Peter le Iosue
• Williā Bloūd

The Englyshemen which were sent

by kyng Iohn to ayde the erle of Flan∣ders chased the Frenchemen: and in the hauen of Sluce compassed and tooke theyr whole nauy of ships, which was in number. 1020. sayle.

M

• Henry fitz Alwyne

S

• [date 1210] Adam Whetley
• Stephē le grase

This yere Pandolph a legat cam frō* 1.189 the bishop of Rome monishing y^e king in sharpe maner, y^t he shold restore mai¦ster Stephen Langton to hys see of Cantorbury, and the monks vnto their abbey. The kyng callyng to mynd the daungers he was wrapped in, bothe in his owne realme, and also in Normā∣dy,* 1.190 made promyse by othe, to be obedi∣ent to the court of Rome. At that tyme were graunted the Peter pence.

Anno reg. 13.

M

• Hēry fitz Alwyn

S

• [date] Iohn fitz Pet
• Iohn Garlonde

THis yeare Stephen Langton arch∣byshop of Cantorbury with the o∣ther exiles landed in Englande: the kyng receyuyng them ••oyo••sly, & was there assoyled of the sayd byshop: and after that▪ the kyng makyng restituti∣on to the byshop and other, accordynge to the third article of his othe, the land was released of the interdiction: the

the kyng makyng restitution to the bi∣shop and other, accordyng to the thirde* 1.191 article of his othe, the land was relea∣sed of the interdiction: the Kyng being bounden, that as well he as his heires should euer after be fenders to the sea of Rome, paying yerely tribute a thou¦sand markes, and to hold the Title of the Crowne by the byshop of Rome.

Anno. 14.

M

• [date 1212] Hēry fitz Alwyn

S

• Rādolph Eilād
• Constātin Iosue

This yeare fell great discention be∣twene* 1.192 the kyng and his lordes, partly for that he wold not maynteyne the la∣wes of kyng Edwarde, partly for the displeasure he bare vnto them: for that they ayded hym not agaynst the bishop of Rome, so that a greatnumbre of peo¦ple were raysed on bothe parties: The Earle of Chester wyth the other lor∣des toke the Citie of London, and held theym there. Other saye, that a greate part of this variance betwene Kynge Iohn and his barons, was forbecause the Kyng would haue exiled the Earle of Chester, who oftentymes had adui∣sed the kyng to leaue his cruelnes, and his accustomed aduoutrye, whiche he exercised with his brothers wyfe, and others. But by meanes of the Arche∣byshep

af Cantorbury, and other pre∣latez, a peace was taken for a whyle.

This yeare on the .xi. day of Iuly, a* 1.193 great part▪ of Southwarke was brent: and in the moneth of August next fo∣lowyng, was muche harme doone in London by fyre.

The kyng and his lordes met wyth* 1.194 great strength on either partie vppon Baramdowne: where a charter or wri¦tyng was made and sealed by the king: so that the Barony was with it conten¦ted, and departed in peace euery man into his countrey.

Anno. 15.

M

• Roger fitz Alwyne

S

• Martin fitz alis
• [date 1213] Peter Bate

The peace whiche in the laste yeare was agreed betwene kyng Iohn & his barons was this yeare by the Kynge biolated and broken. Wherfore the lor∣des assembled to them great powers, and made cruell warre vpon the king: in so muche that he was constrayned to sende into Normandy for ayde. Thē camme into Englande, a Normane knight, named Foukis de Brent, whi∣che broughte with hym a companye of Normans, Flemmyngs and Picards. He and his cōpany were so cruel, that they destrosed as wel religious houses

••s other, and dyd muche harme to the lande, puttyng the lordes to the worse, the kynge made Foukes and other of his company, wardens of castels and stronge holdes in Englande. The lordes seynge the kynge, perseuer in his wronge, and that he woulde in no wyse be induced to hold his own gran¦tes, but to do all thyngs after pleasure and nothyng after lawe or iustice, caste in their myndes how they myght bring the realme in a better rule, and by one consent wrote to Philip king of Frāce that he would send som noble man in∣to Englande, and they would yeld the land vnto hym.

This yere kynge Iohn caused to hee drawen and hanged at Warham, one* 1.195 Piers of Pomfret, and his sonne, for speakyng of dyuers thynges agaynste the Kyng.

Anno reg. 16.

M

• [date 1214] Roger fitz Alwyn

S

• Salomō basing
• Hugh basyng

KYng Iohn laying siege to the castell of Rochester, wanne the same, and* 1.196 toke therin certayn gentylmē, and sent them to dyuers prysons, placyng stran¦gers in the same Castell. The barons held them together at London, abiding

the commynge of Lewes sonne to the Frenche kyng, whyche landed in En∣gland with a great armye, and so came to Rochester, and wanne it with small payne: he caused all the strangers ther∣in to be hanged: and after came to Lō∣don, where certain alliances and coue¦nantes were establyshed and cōcluded betwene the lordes and hym, and recei∣ued of them homage. Then he with the Lordes departed frome London, and gat the castell of Rigate, of Gilforde, and of Fernham, and frome thens to Wynchester, where the Citie was yel¦ded, wyth all other holdes in those parties: and then he wyth the lordes came agayne to London. At whose cō∣myng, the tower of London was de∣lyuered to them, they slew all straun∣gers that had ben placed by the Kynge in any place.

King Iohn beyng thus ouerset with his lordes sent messangers to y^e bishop of Rome, shewyng to hym the rebelli∣on of his lordes, and how they labored his destruction. Wherfore the bishop of* 1.197 Rome with all haste sent a Legate into England, called Swalo: The whiche after his commyng, commaunded Le∣wes to returne into Fraunce, and la∣boured

boured to the vttermost of his power▪ to appease the Kyng and his haronye: but all his labour was in▪ vayne.

Anno reg. 17.

[date 1215] W

• Williā Hardel

S

• Iohn Crauers
• Andrew Newlād

This yeare kyng▪ Iohn dyed▪ of the the Flixe (as is recorded in Policro∣nicon) at the towne of Newarke: he was bowelled in the abbey of Crogh∣ton, and buried at Worcester.

It is written that he buylded the ab∣bey* 1.198 of Bewley, in the new forest, in re compence of the parysh Churches, whi¦che he there ouerturned, to enlarge the forest, and an abbey of Blacke monks in the citie of Winchester. He deceasse•• in the yere of our Lord. 1216. the .xix. of October, when he had reigned. 17. yeares .vi. moneths, and. 13. dayes.

¶Henry the thyrde.

Anno Regni .i.

[date 1216] HEnry the sonne of Iohn, of the age of nyne yeares, was proclaymed Kynge of En∣gland, who began his▪ reigne the .xix. day of October, in the yeare of

our Lorde. 1216. and deceased in the yeare. 1272. thi .vi. day of Nouember. So he reigued .lvi. yeres, and .xxviij. days. The noble mou with their reti∣nue kept sharp warre with Lewes th•• frenche kynges sonne, who by the co∣nenants made before with the English men, claymed the crowne. But after certayn s••icmishes and battailes, Le∣wys* 1.199 began to desyre peace, which was concluded, and Henry was crowned at Gloucester.

Anuo. 1.

W

• Iacob Aldermā

S

• Benet Couētrie
• [date 1216] Wil. Glūtiuers

Swale y^• Legat accursed Lewis y^e frē∣che kings sonne. He accursed Lewlyn prince of Wales, & interdicted his lād.

At the last, Lewis toke a. W. marks (or as som authors affirin .xv. W. mar¦kes) of money, & departed this realm.

Anno. 2.

W

• Serle merrer

S

• Tho. Bokerell
• [date 1217] Ra••e Holyland

VVHen the lād was deliuered frō straungers, inquisitions were made to know what {per}sons assisted Le∣was against the kyng: of which y^• king pardoned many of the laye men: But the spirituall men were put to such sy∣nes, that they were compelled to lay•• all

that they had to pledge. And also to sue to Rome to be assoyled.

Raynolffe Erle of Chester, toke hys iourney to the holy lande.

Anno. 3.

[date 1218] W

• Serle Mercer

S

• Iohn Wayle
• Iosenus Spicer

A parliamente was holden at Lon∣don,* 1.200 by vertue wherof was granted to the kyng .ii. s. of euery ploughe lande through Englande.

This yeare kyng Henry beganne to buylde the newe worke of the ••••••••rche* 1.201 of westmynster.

Anno. 4.

[date 1219] W

• Serle mercer

S

• Rich. Wimbeldey
• Iohn Wayle

Alexander Kyng of Scottes maried the lady Iane syster of Kyng Henry.

This yeare was great harme doone* 1.202 in England by violence of whirle win¦des and fiery dragons and spirits wee sene flying in the ayre.

This yere was a proclamation made that all straungers shoulde auoyde the realme, except such as came with mer∣chandise, and to make sale of them vn∣der the kynges saufe condude, whiche was doone to auoyde Foukes de Brēt, and his complices, who kepte the. ca∣stell

of Bedford agaynst the Kyng.

This yere was kyng Henry second∣ly* 1.203 crowned at Westminster.

[date 1220] This yeare Rainolph earle of Che∣ster came out of the holy land into En∣gland, and began to buylde the castels of; Chartley and of Beston, and after buylde the abbey of Delacresse.

Anno. 5.

W

• Serle mercer

S

• Richard Renger
• Iosence le Iosue

THis yeare was a counsel holden at Oxenford of the bishops of Englād wherin one was condemned, whiche taught that he was Iesus Christ, and to confirme the same. he shewed the tokēs of woundes in his handes bodye and fete: He was therefore crucified on a Crosse at Alburbury, tyll he dyed.

Anno. 6.

W

• Setle mercer

S

• Richard Renger
• [date 1222] Iosens Iosue

A conspiracy was made against king Henry by one Constantine in the citie of London: for the which he was dra∣wen hanged and quartered, the morow* 1.204 after our Lady day assumption. Which conspiracie so moued the Kyng, that he was in mynde to haue cast downe▪ the walles of the citie.

Anno. 7.

W

• [date 1222] Serle mercer

S

• Richard Renger
• Thomas Lābert

This yere Iohn kyng of Hierusa∣lem came into England, and required ayde of kyng Henry to wynne agayne Hierusalem▪ but he returned agayne with small comfort.

This yeare the King began the foū∣dation* 1.205 of Salisbury mynster.

Anno. 8.

M

• [date 1223] Richard Renger

S

• Williā Ioyner
• Tho. Lābert

Thys yeare the Lordes and gentil∣men* 1.206 of Englande fyrste graunted to kyng Henry and his heires, the ward and mariage of theyr heires, whyche was then by learned men, called the begynnyng of euyls.

Anno. 9.

M

• [date 1224] Richard Renger

S

• Iohn Trauers
• Andrew Bokerel

Richard the brother of kyng Henry ouercame the Frenchemen, recouered Poytiers, and kepte the Gascoynes in due▪ obedience.

Anno. 10.

M

• [date 1225] Ry∣charde Renge••

S

• Roger Duke
• Martin fitz Wil∣liam

This yeare the pleas of the crowne were pleaded in the Tower of Lōdon.

Lewis kyng of France wan certain castels in the countrey of Poytiers: & shortely after spoyled the citie of An∣••owe.

Anno. 11.

M

• Ry∣charde Renger

S

• [date 1226] Stephen Bo∣kerell
• Henry Cobham

In this yere wes graunted by king Henry of the Sheriffes of the Citie of* 1.207 London, the sheriffewike af London & Middlesex for the sum of, CCC. pound by the yeare.

It was also granted to the citie free warren, that is to saye, free libertie to hunt a certain circuite about the citie.

It was also granted, that the ce••isens of Lōdon shold passe tole free through* 1.208 out all England••and also graunted by the kyng, that all weeres in y^e Thames shoulde be plucked vp, and destroyed for euer.

Anno. 12.

M

• Roger Duke

S

• Stephē Buckerel
• [date 1227] Henry Cobham

The liberties of the Citie were this yeare confirmed, and to eche of the she∣riffes* 1.209 was graunted to haue .ii. clerks and two officers, without any more.

Anno. 13.

M

• [date 1228] Roger Duke

S

• Walter Winche∣ster
• Robert fitz Iohn

Kyng Henry sailed with an army in to Britayne agaynste Lewes kynge of France: where after spoyling the coū∣trey, a peace was concluded betwene the .ii. yong princes.

Anno. 14.

M

• [date 1229] Roger Duke

S

• Richar. Fitz Wil∣liam
• Iohn Wobborne

This yere was ordeined by y^e Ma••or and rulers of the Citie of London, that* 1.210 ••o sheriffe of that citie should continue lenger / in office then one yere, because that they should not by long continu∣ance of office become couetous bribers

Anno. 15.

M

• [date 1230] Ro∣ger Duke

S

• Michael of Sainct Cleue
• Walter Guff••ide

This yeare was muche harme doone* 1.211 in London by fyre, which began in the house of a wydowe named dame Iane Lambert.

Anno. 16.

M

• An∣brewe Bokerel

S

• Henry Edmon∣ton
• Gerrarde Bate

Variance grewe betwene Kyng Hen¦ry

and his lordes, because he put from* 1.212 his seruice Englishemen, and trusted straungers as wel in his counsayle as other officers nere about him.

Anno. 17.

M

• Andrew Bocke∣rel.

S

• [date 1232] Symon Fitz∣mare.
• Roger Blunt.

IN this yere the king began the foun∣dation of the hospitall of saint Iohn,* 1.213 without the east gate of Oxenforde. In which yere also fell▪ wonderfull sore wether, with such thunder & lightning that the like had not ben sene. And ther folowed an earthquake, to the gret fear* 1.214 of the inhabitauntes of Huntingdon, and nere therabout.

Anno. 18.

M

• Andrew Boke∣rell.

S.

• [date 1233] Ra••e Ashewy
• Iohn Nor∣man.

THis yere the king put from him the strangers, and restored the English men to their offices.

The Iewes dwelling in Nor wiche were accused for stealyng of a chylde, whom they purposed to haue crucified.

Fredrike the Emperour maried Isa∣bel sister of the king of England.

Anno. 19.

M

• [date 1234] Andrew Bokerel

S

• Gerrard Batte
• Robert Ardell

King Henry maried Elinor y^e daugh¦ter of the earle of Prouance.

There appeared as it were hostes of men fyghting in the element.

The statute of Merton was fyrst e∣nacted* 1.215 at the parliament of Merton.

Anno. 20.

M

• [date 1235] Andrew Bokerel

S

• Henry Cobham
• Jorden Couētry

Quene Elinor founded the hospital of Saint Katherins besydes the tower* 1.216 of London for the reliefe of poore wo∣men.

[date 1236] Anno. 21

M

• Andrew Bokerel

S

• John Thesalan
• Garard cord wauer

Octobo••ea, a••legate came into Englād & ordened good ordināces for y^e church But not all to the pleasure of the yong clergy of England. Wherfore as he one day passed thorow Oxenford, the scho∣lers sought occasion against his seruan¦tes, and fought with them, and ••••ue one of the same, and put the legate in suche feare, that he for his safegard tooke the belfray of O••ney, and there helde him tyl the kinges officers comming from Abingdō, deliuered him, and conueid

him to Wallingford.

Syr Simon Mountford maried the kings syster, named Elianor, countesse of Pembroke.

Anno. 22.

M

• Richard Renger

S

• [date 1237] John Wilhall
• John Gōdresse

A clerk of Oxenford (or more verely* 1.217 a souldior) faining him self mad: enter∣prised to haue slayn King Henry in his chamber at Wodstocke: but he was ta∣ken and put to death at Couentry.

This yere was borne Edwarde the kinges sonne called Longshankes.

Anno. 23.

M

• Williā Joyner

S

• [date 1238] Reimūd Bingley
• Rafe Ashewy

This yeare on Candelmas day the king created syr Simō de Mountford Erle of Leycester.

Anno. 24.

M

• Gerrard Batte

S

• [date 1239] John Gysors
• Michel Tony

The King subdued the Welshemen which oftentimes rebelled.

An. 25.

M

• Reymond Byngley.

S

• [date 1240] John Doile
• Tho. Duresyne

This yere were aldermen fyrst cho∣sen* 1.218 in London, which thē had the rule of the wards of the citie, but were eue∣ry yere changed, as y^e sherifs are now.

Anno. 26.

M

• [date 1241] Reymond Bingley

S

• John Fitz
• John
• Rafe Ashewy

KIng Henry sayled into Normandy with a fayre company, purposing to recouer Poyteirs, Guian, & other coū¦treys: but after many bickerings, som what to the losse of Englishmen, Hen∣ry treated a peace.

Anno. 27.

M

• [date 1242] Rafe Ashewy

S

• Hugh Blunt
• Adam Basing

THis yere the pleas of the crowne, wer pleaded in the tower of Londō And in this yere Griffeth whiche* 1.219 was sonne of Lewlyn, lately prince of Wales, entendyng to haue broken pri∣son fell ouer the inner ward of the To∣wer of London, and brake his necke.

Anno. 28.

M

• [date 1243] Michell Tony

S

• Rafe Spicer
• Nicolas Batte

THis yere Michell Tony Maior, and Nicolas Batte Shiriffe were bothe conuict of per••ury, by the othe of all the Aldermen. Because Nicholas Batte had bene Shriue ouer one yere, and for the same they were both depo∣sed, and other were in their places.

Anno. 29.

M

• John Gysors

S

• Robert Cornhill
• [date 1244] Adam Bewlay

RObert Grosthed bishop of Lincoln with other prelates cōplained to y^e King, of the wast of the goods and pa∣trimony of y^e church, which daily was wasted by the aliant bishops, & clerks of this land, who shortly wer auoided.

Anno. 30.

[date 1245]

M

• John Gysors

S

• Symon fitz mary
• Laurēce Frowike* 1.220

This Richarde the Kinges brother builded the abbey of Hayles.

Anno. 31.

M

• Piers Alleyn

S

• John Doile
• [date 1246] Nicolas Batte

IN this yere was a mighty erthquake in England, that the lyke to it, was* 1.221 not sene many yeres before.

This yere the king seised the fraun∣chise* 1.222 of the citie of Londō for a iudge∣ment▪ that was geuē by the Maior and aldermen agaynste a wydowe, named Margaret Diel: but shortly the▪ Maior and sheriffes were agayne restored to theyr offices: and this yere was a new coyne, and the olde called in.

Anno. 32.

M

• Michel Tony

S

• Nicolas Joy
• [date 1247] Geffrey winton

This yeare the wharfe of Quenes hiue in London was taken to ferme by the Communaltie of London, to paye yerely fifty pound for the same.

Anno. 33.

M

• [date 1248] Roger fitz Roger

S

• Rafe Hardell
• Iohn Tosalan

This yere dyed Robert Grossehed a famous clerk and byshop of Lincoln, who compiled many famous bookes, whiche remayne to this daye in the la∣tin and the frenche tongue: the names wherof are partly declared by maister Bale in his story of English writers.

Anno. 34.

M

• [date 1249] Iohn Norman

S

• Humfrey Basse
• Williā fitz Ric▪

This yere was a great winde vpon* 1.223 the day of Simō and Iude, which did muche harme in many places of En∣glande.

Anno. 35.

M

• [date 1250] Adam Basing

S

• Laurēce frowike
• Nicolas Batte

The frier Augustins began to build or inhabite in wales, at Woodhous.

King Henry maried his daughter Mary to Alexander king of Scots, & receiued of him homage for the realme of Scotlande.

Anno. 36.

[date 1251]

M

• Iohn Toleson

S* 1.224

• Williā Durham
• Tho. Wimborn

This yere was graūted by the king, that wher before this time the citizens of London, did present theyr Maior be¦fore the kyng whersoeuer he were, and, so to be admitted, now he should come onely before the Barons of the exche∣quer, and they shoulde admit him, and geue him his othe.

Anno, 37.

[date 1253]

M

• Nicolas Batte

S* 1.225

• Iohn Northāptō
• Richard Picard

This yere in the moneth of Ianuary the sea rose in such height that it drow∣ned many vilages & houses nere vnto it in diuers places of England.

This yere also the Thames sprang so highe, that it drowned many houses about y^e water side. And this yere was graunted of the king that no citizen of London should paye scauage or tolle for any beastes by them brought as the•• before time had vsed.

Anno. 38.

[date]

M

• Ri. Har∣del Dra.

S* 1.226

• Ro. Belington
• Rafe Ashewy

This yere also y^e liberties of London wer again seased by the meane of Ry∣chard

Erle of Cornwalle, because the Maior was charged, that he loked not to the bakers for theyr syses of bread: so that the citie was forced to please the Earle with. 600. markes or they were restored agayne.

Alphonce king of Castel gaue Elinor his doughter in mariage to prince Ed∣ward the sonne of king Henry, to whō his father gaue the princedome of Wa∣les,* 1.227 and gouernance of Guian and Ire¦land, wherof beganne that the kings of England ordeined their eldest sonnes princes of Wales.

Anno. 39

M

• [date 1254] Richard Hardell draper

S

• Stephen Oister∣gate
• Hen. Walmode

THe king againe seased the liberties* 1.228 of the citie for certayn mony which the quene claymed for her right of the citizēs, so that they gaue vnto his grace 400. marke, and then were restored to their liberties agayne.

The. 22. day of Nouēber, wer brought to Westminster. 102. Iewes from Lin∣colne, whiche were accused for cruci∣fying* 1.229 of a chylde at Lincoln, they were sent to the tower of London: of these. 8. were hanged, and the other remayned long in prison.

Anno. 40.

M

• Rich. Har∣dell draper

[date 1255] S

• Mat. Bokerel
• Iohn Mynor

THis yere a peace was made betwen the citizens of London & the abbot of Waltham, who had ben long in con¦trouersie for tol, that he demaunded of the citizens that came to Walthā fayre: but at the last the citizens were set free and bound to no toll.

Anno. 41

M

• Richarde Hardell Draper

[date 1256] S

• Rich. Ewyll
• William Ashewy.

GReat variance was betwene y^e king & the Londoners, in so muche y^t the* 1.230 Maior & diuers aldermen & sheriffes, were depriued of their offices, and the gouernance of the citie cōmitted to cer¦teine persons of the kings appointing.

The king for so much as he had of∣tentimes promised the restitution of certayne ancient lawes, but neuer per∣formed the same, the lords murmuring against him, to appeace their malice, he held a parliament at Oxenford, which* 1.231 was called the madde parliament, be∣cause many things were there enacted, which proued after to the confusion of the Realme, and death of manye noble men. In confirmation of these actes

wer chosen .xii. piers, who altered and* 1.232 changed many thinges, greetlye to the discontenting of the kinges minde.

Anno. 42.

M

• [date 1257] Rich. Har∣dell draper▪

S

• Th. fitz Rich.
• Ro. Cathelion

This yere Hugh Bigot Iustice, and Roger Turkeley, kept theyr courts in* 1.233 the Guildhal of London, and punished the Bakers vpon the tombrell, where in times passed they were punished on the pillorye, and they dyd manye other thinges agaynst the lawes of the citie.

Richard the kings brother retour∣ned out of Almayn into England.

Anno. 43.

M

• [date 1258] Iohn Bisors Peperer

S

• Iohn Adrian
• Ro. Cornhil

King Henry fearing some rebellion of his nobles, went into Fraunce, and there concluded a peace: After whiche peace finished, the kyng retourned in∣to Englande,

A Iewe at Tewkesbury fell into a* 1.234 priuie vpon the saturday, & would not for reuerēte of his Saboth day be pluc¦ked out. Richard of Clare ••ri•• of Glo∣cester, hearing that the Iew did so gret reuerence to his Saboth day, thought he would do as much to his holy day,

which is sonday, and so kept him there tyll mondaye, at which season he was found deade.

Anno. 44.

M

• Willi•• fitz Richard

[date 1259] S

• Adam brown
• Ri. Couentry

In this yere the king commaunded a* 1.235 general assembly or meting at Poules crosse▪ whor the king in proper person commaunded the Maior that the nexte day after he should cause to be sworna* 1.236 before his Aldermen euery striplynge of .xii. yeres of age and vp warde, to be true vnto the king & his heires kings of England: and that the gates of the citie shold be kept with har••issed men.

Anno. 45.

M

• Wil. Fitz Richard

[date 1260] S

• Io. Northāptō
• Rich. Pickard

King Hēry published at Poules cro•• the bishops of Rome absolutiō for him and al his, that wer sworn to maintein the articles made in the parliament at Oxforde: for whiche cause the barons of Englād begon to vtter theyr malice which they had long before conceiued against the king, and caused an insur∣rection that continued three yeres. Ri∣chard erle of Glocester decesed, & Gil∣bart de Clare was erle after him.

Anno. 46.

M

• [date 1281] Th. Fitz Thomas

S

• Phi. walbroke
• Rich. Tayler

THis yere was so gret a frost y^t men* 1.237 rode on hors back ouer the thames: The barons of Englande armed them against theyr king, and all this yere ho uered about Londō & other places they robbed and spoyled aliens and certayn other persons, whom they knew to be against theyr purpose: speciallye they slew the Iewes in all places.

Anno. 47.

M

• [date 1262] Thomas Fitz Thomas

S

• Ro. Mountpiler
• Os••ern Bu••∣kessell.

500 Iewes were slayn by the ciizās* 1.238 of Londō, because one Iew wold haue forced a christen man to haue paid more thē .ii. d. for y^• vsury of .xx. ••. for a weke

Hugh le Spencer with the citizēs of London, spoyled & brent the manors of Richard the kinges brother, which hi∣ther to had b••n a great stay of the warre betwene the king and his nobles.

Nere to Lewis in Sussex, king Hēry* 1.239 & his barons fought a cruell battei, in which the king him self with Richard his brother: syr Ed. his son. & other no∣ble men to the nūber of. 25. wer taken:

and of the commons were slayue about 20000.

Anno. 48.

M

• Tho. Fitz Thomas

[date] S

• Tho. Lamford
• Edward blune

Debate and variance fel betwene Sy∣mon Mountford erle of Leicester, and Gilbert de clare erle of Glocester, chif capitains of y^• barons: which torned to theyr gret euill. For prince Ed. beyng now set at libertie, allied him with the erle of Glocester, & gathering to him a* 1.240 gret power, warred so freshly vpō Si¦mon of Leicester, that at the end he and Hugh spencer with many others of the nobles, were slayn in the battel at E∣uisham in Worcestershyre.

The same yere was holden a parlia¦ment* 1.241 at Wynchester, where all the sta∣tutes made before Oxforde, were dis∣anulled & abrogate. And all writinges made for the confirmation of the same, cancelled.

The citie of London was in greate* 1.242 daunger to haue bene destroyed by the kyng for great ire and displeasure that he had conceiued against it, because of the fornamed commotion: he gaue vn∣to prince Edward, the Maior of Lon∣don and▪ iiii. of the beste Aldermen,

with al theyr goodes & lands, and put diuers other of the moste welthye into diuers prisons.

Anno. 49.

M

• [date 1264] Tho. Fitz Thomas

S

• Peter Armiger
• Greg. Rockesie

The kinge came to Westminster, and shortly after he gauevnto diuers of his* 1.243 honshold seruants, vpon. 60. houshol∣des & houses within the citie, with all such lands & tenementes, goods & cat∣tels as the sayd citizens had in any o∣ther places of Englande, and then he made one Custos or Gacdein of the ci∣tie, syr Othon Constable of the tower. And after this, the kinge toke pledges of the best mens sons of the citie, that his peace should be surely kepte in the same, the which were put in the tower of London, and there kepte at the coste of theyr parentes. And shortly after, by greate laboure and suite made, all the foresayd persons whiche shoulde be in the keping of the bailife of the castel of Windsor, eyght onely excepte, and all the other londoners. 31. in nūbver, were deliuered and came to London. Dailye sute was made vnto the king, to haue his grace and know his pleasure what fine he would haue of the citie for theyr

transgressions by th•• done, for the whi¦che the king asked .xl. M. poūdes, and stucke at .l. M. markes, but the citizēs alledged for them selues the vnhabili∣tie of the citie, as that many oftheyr ci∣tizens were fled: the rest at home were spoiled and robbed of theyr goods. For which considerations and many other, the citizens besought the kinges moste gracious fauour to take of thē as they might beare. Such continuall laboure was made to y^e king, that lastly it was agreed for .xx. M. marks, to be paid by the citie, for all transgressions and of∣fences by them done: certayn persons excepted, which the king had geu•• his son, beyng in the tower of Windsor. Then for the leuying of this fine, were taxed as well seruantes, couenaunte men, as householders. And many refu∣sed the liberties of y^e citie for tobe quite of the charge: of whiche number many neuer returned agayne.

King Henry besieged the castell of* 1.244 Kenelworth, which Henry Hastinges defended against him the space of half a yere, & then gaue it vp into his hands.

Anno. 50.

M

• Williā fitz Richard

S

• [date 1265] T••de la fourd
• Gre. Rokesly

THe olde franchises and liberties of London with a new graunt for the shyre of Middelsex, wer consirmed by* 1.245 a parliament at Northampton. Where also many noble men y^• had taken part with the Barons, were disheryted of their landes, and therfore fled to Ely, and strengthened it in suche wyse that they helde it long after.

Anno. 51.

M

• [date 1266] Alein Zowch

S

• Iohn Adrian
• Lucas Bitēcote

About the .li. yere, was made the sta∣tutes of weightes & measure, that is to* 1.246 say, that. 32. graynes of Whete dry and round & tak•• in the middes of the eare, shold way a sterlīg peny, & .xx. of those pens shold make an onnce, & .xii. oūces shold make a poūd troy, and. 8. pound troy shold wey a gallon of wine, and. 8 gallōs of wine, shold make a bushel of London, which is the. 8. part of a quar¦ter. Also that three barley cornes drie & round, should make an inche, and .xii. ynches to a foote, and three foote to a yarde, and fyue yardes and a halfe to a perch or pole, & .xl. pole in lēgth, & .iiii. in bredth to make an acre of lad, & thes standards of weight and mesures, wer confirmed in the .xv. yere of Edward

the thirde. And also in the tyme of Hē∣ry the sixte, and Edwarde the fourthe, and lastly confirmed in the .xi. yere of Henry the seuenth. Howe be it in the tyme of king Henry the sixt, it was or deined that the same ounce should be de¦uided* 1.247 into .xxx. parts called .xxx. pēce: and in kynge Edwarde the fourth hys tyme into .xl. partes, called xl. pence. And in kyng Henry the eight his days into .xliiii. partes, called .iii. •• .viii. d. but the weyght of the ounce troy, and the measure of the foote▪ was ordeined euer to be at one stint.

Anno. 52.

M

• Alleyn Souch

S

• Thomas Basing
• [date 1267] Rob. Cornhyll

Glybert de Clare Eerle of Glocester for vnknowen displesure, allyeng him selfe with the exiled gentilmen & other nobles of Englande, rose agaynst the kyng, and held the citie of Lōdon, buil* 1.248 dyng therein bulwarkes, and cast dit∣ches and trenches in dyuers places of the citie and Southwarke, and forti∣fied it wonderously. The kyng lying at the abbey of Stratford, also assaul∣ted the same citie, more then a moneth: but by diligent labour vppon his par∣tie, and by the Legate and the kyng of

of Romains on y^• other partie. Agree∣ment was made betwene the kyng and hym: In this meane time many robbe∣ries* 1.249 were done wherfore foure y^t bare cognisance of the Erle of Darby, were put in sackes, & cast in the Thames.

Anno. 53.

M

• [date 1268] Aleyn Souch

S

• Williā de Durhā
• Walter Haruy

Variāce fel betwene the felowships of goldesmythes and taylers of Lon∣don,* 1.250 which caused great rufflynge in y^• citie, and many men to be slayne. For whiche ryo•• .xiii. of the chief capitains were arreigned, cast and hanged. Alein* 1.251 Souch was discharged of his ma••oral¦tie by the king, and Stephen Edworth made constable of the tower, & Custos of the Citie.

The disherited gentilmen were this yere reconciled to the Kynges fauour. And the fiue citisens which had remai∣ned* 1.252 prysoners in the towre of Wynd∣sor, the whiche the kyng had geuen to hys son Edward, when they had made their end with great summes of money were deliuered.

Anno. 54.

M

• [date 1269] Thomas fitz Tho∣mas

S

• Will. Hadstock
• Anketil de Al∣uerne

The riuer of Thamis was so harde* 1.253 frosen from the feast of S. Andrewe to Candelmas, that mē and beasts passed ouer on foote from Lambeth to West∣minster. The marchandises was ca∣ried from Sandwiche, and other ha∣uens* 1.254 vnto London by lande.

The citie of Lōdon with y^e reuenues therof was geuen to prince Edward.

Anno. 55.

M

• Iohn Adriā bintener

S

• [date 1270] walter Potter
• Iohn Tailour

This yere the liberties of London* 1.255 were newly confirmed. And this yere the steple of Bowe churche in Cheape fell downe, and slue many people both men and women.

And. 56.

M

• Io. Adrian vintener

S

• [date 1271] Greg Rokes••e
• Henry waleis

This yere deceased Richard king of Almayn and earle of Cornwal, brother to the kyng, and was buried at Hailes

In Iune began a great ryot in y^e citie* 1.256 of Norwich, where through the mona∣sterie of y^e Trinitie, was burned. And for that fact the kyng rode downe, and* 1.257 made enquiry for the chief doers ther∣of: wherof xxx. yong men were con∣demned, drawen, hanged and brent.

This yere were diuers prodigies & strange tokens seene in dyuers places of Englande.

Anno. 57.

M

• [date 1272] Sir wal∣ter Harui

S

• Richard Paris
• Iohn Bedill

In the beginnyng of this yere kyng Hēry sickned: and he called before him syr Gilbert Clare erle of Glocester, & caused hym to be newly sworn to kepe the peace of the lande, to the behofe of Edward his sonne, and then dyed the xvi. day of Nouember, in the yere of our Lord. 1272. when he had reigned lvi. yeares and .xviii. dayes. He was buried at Westminster vpon the southe tyde of sainct Edward. He buylded a great part of the same Churche.

Kyng Edward the fyrst▪ surnamed Longshank

Anno Regni .i.

[date 1272] EDward the fyrst, after the Conqueste, surna∣med Longshanke, be∣gan his Reigne ouer this realme of Englād the .xvi. day of Nouē∣ber, in the yeare 1272.

and deceased the .vii. daye of Iulye, in the yeare. 1307. so he reigned .xxxiiii. yeares .vii. monethes, and .xx. dayes.

Anno. 1.

M

• Syr Wal∣ter Haruy knyght

S

• Iohn Horne
• [date 1273] Walter Por∣ter

IN the ende of this yere, the kyng re∣turned* 1.258 into England. Ther was yet busynes about chosyng of the Maior: for dyuers woulde haue made suche a Maior as they had lyked. But for that tyme they were disappoynted: whiche in the yeare folowynge vpon the same day toke further effecte.

Anno. 2.

M

• Henry ••al∣leys

S

• [date 1274] Nicholas Wyn∣chester
• Henry Couentrie

THe kyng of Scotts dyd homage to kyng Edward for the kyngedome of Scotlande.

The kyng ordeyned certayne newe lawes for the wealthe of the realme, e∣mong the which was one: that bakers makyng bread lackyng weight, assig∣ned after the price of Corne, shold first be punished by losse of their bread, and the seconde by enprisonment: and third¦lye by the correction of the pillorye.

Myllers for stealynge of corne to be chastised by the tumberyll, and nighte walkers to be punished in the Tonne in Cornhyll. And this to be put in exe∣cutiō, he gaue auctoritie to all maiors, bailiffs & other officers through En∣glād, & specially to y^e maior of Lōdon.

Anno. 3.

M

• [date 1275] Grego∣ry Roc¦kesse

S

• Lucas Batēcourt
• Henrye Fro∣wyke

Kyng Edwarde builded the castel of* 1.259 Flynte, and strengthened the castell of Rutlād, & other against the welshmē.

Anno. 4.

M

• [date 1276] Gregory Rockessey

S

• Iohn Horne
• Rafe Blunt

The statute of Mortmayn was enac¦ted by kyng Edward.* 1.260

Michell Tony was hanged, drawē, and quartered for treason.

Anno. 5.

M

• [date 1277] Gregory Rockesse

S

• Rob. de Bracy
• Rafe Fenour

Kynge Edwarde gaue vnto Dauid brother to Lewlyn prince of Wales, the lordshyp of Froddesham.

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1278] Gregory Rockesie

S

• Iohn Adrian
• Walter Lāgley

Michelmas term was this yere kept* 1.261 at Shrewesbury.

Anno. 7.

M

• Gregory Rockesse

[date 1279] S

• Robert Basing
• Wil. Merser

Reformation was made for clipping of the kynges coyn: for which offence* 1.262 297. Iewes were put to execution.

In this yeare began the foundation of the Church of the frier preachers or* 1.263 blacke Friers by Ludgate, and also Ca¦stell Baynard.

The towne of Boston was greately empaired▪ with fyre.

Anno. 8.

M

• Gregorye Rockessey

[date 1280] S

• Thomas Boxe
• Rafe Moore

Thys yeare was fyrst coyned halfe∣pens* 1.264 and farthynges of syluer: where before, other coynes of other mettall ran amonge the people to theyr greate losse and n••yance.

Anno. 9.

M

• Gregory Rocke∣ssey

[date 1281] S

• Wil. Faringdō
• Nicolas Wyn∣chester

Dauid the brother of Lewlyn prince* 1.265 of Wales, vnkyndly▪ and traiterously moued his brother against kynge Ed∣warde.

Anno. 10.

M

• [date 1282] Henry Wa∣leys

S

• Williā Mazerer
• Nicholas▪ Wyn∣chester

Kyng Edward sente a companye of souldiors into Wales, vnder guyding of the Earles of Northumberlande & Surrey: Of whiche companye many were slayn, and syr Roger Clifford ta∣ken prisoner. The Welshemen subdu∣ed certayn▪ castelles and holdes, and of some townes thr••e down the walles.

Anno. 11.

M

• [date 1283] Henry Waleys

S

• Rafe Blunt
• Haukyn Betuel

Lewlyn prince of Wales was slayn* 1.266 by syr Roger Mortymer: and his head set vpon the Tower of London.

William Marton Chancellor of En¦gland* 1.267 about this tyme builded Martō colledge in y^e vniuersitie of Oxenford.

Anno. 12.

M

• [date 1284] Henry Waleis

S

• Iorden goodchepe
• Martin Boxe

DAuid the brother of Lewlyn prince* 1.268 of Wales was taken & beheaded.

Prince Edward was borne in Wa∣les, at the castell of Carnaruan, and a parliament was held at Shrewsbury.

Laurence Ducket a citisen of Lon∣don

was found dead, and hanged with* 1.269 in saint Mary Bow church of Chepe: for the whiche were condemned .viij. men, which were drawen and hanged, and one woman brent.

This yeare the great conduite stan∣dyng* 1.270 again saincte Thomas of Acres in Chepe was first begon to be made.

Anno. 13.

M

• Gregory Rocke∣ssey

[date 1285] S

• Stephē Cornhil
• Robert Rocke∣ssey

Thys yeare the liberties of the Ci∣tie* 1.271 of London was agayne seysed into the kynges handes, and Stephē Sand wiche admytted for Custos, and the Maior discharged, for takyng bribes of the Bakers.

The newe woorke of the churche of* 1.272 Westminster vnto the end of the quier begon in the thirde yeare of Henry the iij. and continued in buyldynge .lxvi. yeres before it was fynished.

Anno. 14.

M

• Rafe Sādwich

[date 1286] S

• Walter Bl••nt
• Iohn Wade

This yeare were enacted by y^e King* 1.273 the Statutes called Additamēta Glou¦cestria.

Anno. 15.

W

• [date 1287] syr Iohn Bryton

S

• Thomas Crosse
• Williā Hautein

Kyng Edward sailed to Bnrdeaux and from thens rode into Frāce, where he was honorably receiued o•• Philyp le beau kyng of France.

This yere the sommer was so exce∣ding* 1.274 hot, that many men died through•• the extremitie thereof. And yet wheate was so plentuous, that it was sold at London for .iii. •• .iiii. d. a quarter.

Anno. 16.

M

• [date 1288] ••afe sandwich

S

• Williā Herford
• Tho. Staines

Great haile fell in England, & after ensued so continuall rain, that the yere folowyng, wheat was sold for. rvi. d. •• bushel: and so encreased yerely y^e reign of this kyng and his sone, tyll it was lastly solde for. x••. ••. a quarter.

Anno 17.

M

• [date 1289] Rafe Sand∣wiche

S

• Williā Betain
• Iohn of Can••ee bury

Rice ap Mer••ooke, a welsheman, re∣belling against Payn Tip••o••t, warden* 1.275 of the countreye, was by the Earle of Cornwall in the kings absence, taken, drawē, hanged, & quartered at Yorke.

Anno. 18.

M

• Rafe Sand wiche

S

• [date 1290] Fulke of S. Ed∣monde
• Salomō Langford

This yeare kyng Edwarde returned into England. and was honorably ••e∣ceyued of the citisens of London.

Anno. 19.

[date 1291]

M

• Rafe san•• wich

S

• Tho. Romaine* 1.276
• Williā de Lyre

This yeare the staple of woll was ordeyned to be kept at Sandwiche.

And this yere the Iewes were bany∣shed the land: for the which cause the cōmons gaue to the kyng a fyftene.

Anno. 20.

M

• Rafe sandwich

S

• [date 1292] Rafe Blunt
• Hamōd Boxe

This yere died quene Elianor y^• kin¦••es w••••••••, & was buried at westminster in the chapell of saint Edward, at the sete of Henry the third. This yere also dyed Elianour wyfe vnto Henry the* 1.277 third, & mother to this Edward, whose heart was buried at the graye friers in London, and her body at Ambresbury, in the house of Nunnes.

An••o. 21.

M

• Rafe Sādwich

S

• [date 1293] Henry Balle
• Eli•• Russell

This yeare .iii. men had theyr right hands smitten of in West chepe for res∣cuyng a prisoner, arested by an officer of the Citie of London.

Anno. 22.

M

• [date 1294] Rafe Sand∣wiche

S

• Roberte Rocke∣••leye
• Martin Aubreye

The .xviii. day of May fell a won∣drous snow, and therwith an exceding wynde. By violence whereof, great harme was doone in sundrye places of Englande, as ouerthrowynge houses* 1.278 and trees. &c.

Anno. 23.

M

• [date 1295] Sir Iohn Briton

S

• Henry Boxe
• Richarde Glou∣cester

MAdocke with the Welshemen re∣belled against the kyng, wherfore he▪ in all▪ haste made agaynst them, and ouercame them:

This yeare the frenchemen arriued* 1.279 at Douer, and spoyled the towne, and brent a part of it, in which skirmishe was slayne one Thomas of Douer.

Anno. 24.

M

• [date 1296] Sy•• Iohn Bryton

S

• Iohn Dunstable
• Adam Harlyng∣bury

Iohn Baylel was by kyng Edward admitted to be kyng of Scottes, & he for the same dyd his homage, & sware vnto hym ••••altie.

This yeare was taken Madocke or* 1.280 Meridoke capitayne of the rebelles in Wales: hee was drawen and hanged at London.

Anno. 25.

M

• Sir Iohn Bryton

S

• [date 1297] Thomas Sulam
• Adā de Fullam

Iohn Baylell king of Scots cōtr••¦••y to his allegiance, by the settynge on of the Frenchmē, rebelled agayn king* 1.281 Edward. Wherfore kyng Edward ha∣sted him thither. He wan from him the castels of Garwicke and Dunbarre. He slewe of the Scottes .xxv. M. and toke prisoner syr William Douglas & other noble men. He conquered also Edenbrough, where he found the reg••••ensignes of Scotland: that is to wit, the Crowne, the Scepter and clothe of estate.

Anno. 26.

M

• Syr Iohn Britton

S

• [date 1298] Iohn de stortforda
• William de Stort forde

Certain persons brake vp y^• Tonne in Cornehyll, and toke out certayn pr••¦soners, that thither were cōmitted by syr Iohn Britton: for the whyche .ix. of

them were greuously punished by lōg ••mprisonement, and great fines. The tunne aboue named is nowe the cundit in Cornhill.

The kyng cōmyng agayn into En∣gland,* 1.282 and so to Winchester, the citizēs of Lōdon made suche labour vnto his grace, that they obteined graūt of their liberties that had in some part be kept from them by the terme of .xii. yeres or more.

Anno. 27.

M

• [date 1299] Henry Walleis

S

• Richard Reshā
• Thomas Sely

This yere the kyng made cruel war vpon the Scots, & had of them a great victorie, and then yelded th••im selues agayn to his grace and mercy.

This yere also the king called in cer¦tayn coynes of money called pollards, C••ocardes, and rosaries:

Anno. 28.

M

• [date 1300] Elis•• Russell

S

• Iohn Armencer
• Hēry Fringrith

Kyng Edward hearyng of the vn∣truth and rebelliō of the Scots, made his third voyage against them, wherin he subdued a great part of the land, and toke the castell of Estriuelyn with o∣ther, and made the lords sweare to hym ••••••••ltie and homage.

Anno. 29.

M

• Elis Russell

S

• [date] Luke Hauerynge
• Rich. Champeis

Thys yeare the kyng gaue vnto Ed∣ward his son, the princedom of Wales and ioyned thervnto the dukedome of Cornwall, and the erledom of Chester.

Anno. 30.

M

• Iohn Blunt

S

• Robert Caller
• [date 1302] Peter Bosham

This yeare the Kinge helde a greate* 1.283 parliament at Cantorbury.

Anno. 31.

M

• Iohn Blunt

S

• Hugh Pourte
• [date 1303] Symon Parys

This yere kyng Edward made great warres in Scotland, where he had ma¦ny great victories.

Anno. 32.

M

• Iohn Blunt

S

• [date 1304] William Comb∣martein
• Ioh. de Burford

This yeare the king caused great in quirie to be made of y^e behauior of his Iustices throughout his realm, which was called Troyly Baston.

Anno. 33.

M

• Iohn Blunt

S

• Roger Paris
• [date] Iohn Lincolne

Wylliam Wales which had done s••

many displeasures to kyng Edwarde* 1.284 in Scotland, was taken, drawen, hā∣ged anb quartred at London on Saint Bartholomews eue, and his head sette on London bridge.

The nobles in Scotland in a par∣liamente at Westmynster voluntarily wer sworn to be tru to the king of En¦gland, and kepe the land of Scotland to his vse agaynst all persones.

Anno. 34.

M

• [date 1306] Iohn Blunt

S

• Raynold Doderil
• William Causon

Roberte le Bruse (contrarye to hys othe to kyng Edward before made) as∣sembled the lordes of Scotlande, and caused hym selfe to be crowned. When kyng Edward hearde of this treason, he went wyth haste into Scotlande, where he chased syr Roberte le Bruse, and all the power of Scotlande, and toke many of the noble mē prisoners.

Anno. 35.

M

• [date 1307] Iohn Blunt

S

• Symon Belet
• Godfrey de la con¦duite

The warres continuynge in Scot∣lande,* 1.285 the noble kyng Edwarde ended his lyfe, the seuenth day of Iuly, in the yere, 1307, when he had reigned. 34.

yeres. 7. monethes, and. 21. dayes. He lyeth buried at Westminster in the cha¦pell of sainte Edwarde vpon the south syde in a plaine tombe of marble at the head of his father.

King Edwarde the second.

Anno R••gni. 1▪

[date] EDward the seconde son of the first Ed∣ward, and prince of wales borne at Car¦naruan, began his reigne ouer y^• realm of England, the .vii. daye of Iuly in the yere of our lord. 1307. who was depo∣sed the. 25. day of Ianuary: and in the yere. 1326. so that he reigned. 19. yeres. He was fayre of body, but vnstedfast of maners, and disposed to lightnes: he refused the company of his lordes, and men of honour: and hanted the compa∣ny of villains & vile persons. He gaue him selfe to ouermuche drinkinge, and lightly would disclose thinges of gre••

councel: and besyde that he was geuen to these vices of nature: He was made much worse by the counsel & familiari¦tie of certain euil disposed persons: ••s Piers of Gaueston, Hugh Spencer, & others, whose wanton counsel he folo∣wing gaue him selfe wholly to the ap∣petite and pleasure of the body, not re∣garding to gouerne his cōmon weale, by sadnes, discretion, and iustice.

Anno. 1.

M

• [date 1307] Syr Iohn Blunt

S

• Nicolas Pigo••
• Michell Drury

Kyng Edward toke to wyfe Isabell the daughter of Phillip the fayre king of Fraunce.

He gaue Piers of Gaueston, the ••arledome of Cornwall, and the lorde∣shyp of wallingford, and was ruled a•• by his counsell.

Anno. 2.

M

• [date 1308] Nicolas Faringdon Goldsmith

S

• William Ba∣syng
• Iohn Butler

The king calling to mind the disple∣sure done vnto him and his familiar, Piers Gauestō, by y^e bishop of Chester commanded him to the tower of Lon∣don, where he was strayghtlye kepte many dayes after. But the lordes per∣••eauing the king geuen all to wanton∣nesse,

and that he was much prouoked thervnto by y^• meanes of Piers Gaue¦ston, caused the king to banish him the realme, and so he wente ouer into Ire∣land, where the king notwithstanding comforted him with many riche giftes and made him chief ruler of that coun∣trey.

Anno. 3.

M

• Thomas Romayn

S

• [date 1309] Iames of s. Ed.
• Roger Palmer

The kinge and his lordes were at gret strife for the banishment of Piers of Gaueston, in so much that the kinge woulde not be pleased vntyll he were agayn restored.* 1.286

This yere was the Is••e of Rhodes re¦couered from the Turke, by the knigh¦tes of the order of saint Iohn Baptist.

This yere the crouched friers came fyrst into England.

Anno. 4.

M

• Rychard Rofham

S

• [date 1310] Symon Croppe
• Pet. Blacknay

Pie••s of Gaueston more and more en¦creased: in so much that he had the cu∣stody of all the kynges iewels and tre∣sure of the which he tooke a table and a* 1.287 payre of tresse••s of golde, and conueig∣hed them with other iewels out of the

land. He also broght the kyng to manyfolde vices: as adultery and such other. Wherfore the lordes agayne banished him out of England into Flaunders, to the kinges great displeasure.

Anno. 5.

M

• [date] Iohn Gysours Peperer

S

• Symon Mer∣wood
• Rich. Wilforde

Piers of Gaueston, was agayne by the king called out of Flaunders, wher¦fore the lordes being confederate, besie∣ged him in the castel of Scarborough, where they toke him, and brought him to Gauersyde besyde Warwicke, and* 1.288 smote of his heade, to the great discon∣tenting of the kinges mynd. This yere the kings fyrst sonne, named Edward, was borne at Windsore.

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1312] Iohn Gysours Grocer

S

• Iohn Lam∣byn
• Adam Lutekyn

This yere was manye good lawes made in the parliamente at London, whervnto the king and his lords were sworne.

Anno. 7.

M

• [date] Nicolas Faringdon goldsmith

S

• Adam Bur∣den
• Hugh Baytō

The Englishe men encountered with Robert le Bruse and his Scots, at E∣striualen, where was fought a stronge* 1.289 battell. In the ende whereof, the En∣glyshemen wer discomfited & so egerly pursued by the Scottes, that many of the noble men were slayne: as Gilbert de Clare Erle of Glocester, syr Robert Clyford, syr Edmond of Manle, with other lords and barons, to the number of .xlii. knightes, and .lxvii. barons, be syde .xxii. men of name, which wer ta∣ken prisoners, and .x. M. cōmon souldi¦ours slayne. After this tyme Robert le Bruse reigned as king of Scotland.

Anno. 8.

M

• Iohn Gysors Grocer

S

• [date 1314] Stephen of Abingdon
• Hamōd Chikwel

A villayn called Iohn Poydras, a tan¦ners son of Excester, in diuers places* 1.290 of England, named himselfe the son of Edward the first, & said that by a false nourse he was stolne out of his cradel, & Edward that was now king put in his place, which was but a carters son but shortly after, he was conuict of his vntrueth, and confessed, that he dyd it by the motiō of a familiar sprite, which he had in his house in likenes of a cat,

whom he had serued .iii. yere, and he for his seruice was drawen and hanged at Northamptou.

Anno. 9.

M

• [date 1315] Stephē abingdō

S

• Hamōdgoodchep
• Wil. Reading

The castell of Barwike was yelded vp to the Scottes by the treason of Pe¦ter Spaldyng.

Two cardinalles beyng sente from Rome to conclude a peace betwene the king of England & the Scots: as they went through Yorkshyre, were robbed by two Knights called Gilbert Midle¦••o••, & Walter Selby, with. 600. men, which .ii. knightes had don many rob∣beries in those partes, or they were ta∣ken, but they were afterward condem¦ned, drawen & hanged at London. And the King recompensed the Cardinalles double so much as they lost.

Shortly after syr Goss••en Deinuile and his brother Robert, with two hun¦dred in habite of Friers, goyng about* 1.291 as exiled persons or outlawes, did ma¦ny great and notable roberies and des∣pites, they robbed and spoyled the by∣shop of Durhams palaces, leauing no¦thing in them but bare, walles, & such lyke robberyes, for the which they wer after hanged at Yorke.

Anno. 10.

M

• Iohn Wengraue

S

• [date 1316] Wil. Caston
• Rafe Palmer

The Scottes entred the borders of Northūberland and most cruelly rob∣bed and spoyled the countrey, sparyng neither man, woman nor chyld.

To this mischief was ioyned so ex∣ceding* 1.292 dearth and scarsitie that wheate was sold for .iiii. mark the quarter: the cōmon peple did eat hors flesh, & other vile beastes, & many died for hunger.

Anno. 11.

M

• Iohn Wengraue

S

• [date 1319] Iohn Prior
• Wil. Furnex

Kinge Edward layde siege to Bar∣wike.* 1.293 But in the meane time the scots by an other way inuaded the borders of England, & wasted the countrey euen to Yorke, & slew a gret number, speci∣ally of religious people: Wherefore it was called the white battel. King Ed∣ward was constrained to break vp his siege, & returne agayne into England.

Syr Hugh the Spencers, the father and the sonne, were of great power in Englād, and by the fauour of the king practised suche crueltie, and bare them selfe so hautie, that no lord in this land durst contrary them in any thyng that

they thought good: whereby they were greatly hated of the nobles.

Anno. 12.

M

• [date 1318] Iohn Wēgraue

S

• Iohn Poūtney
• Iohn Dalling

The Lords and nobles of England detestynge the outragious pryde of the Spencers, in suche wyse conspired a∣gainst them, that they caused the kinge halfe against his mind, to banish them the Realme.

Anno. 13.

M

• [date 1319] Hamond Chikwel peperer

S

• Symon Abing∣non▪
• Iohn Preston

This yere king Edward contrary to the mind of his lords reuoked the Spē¦cers from banishment, and set them in like authoritie as they before had bene, to the great disturbance of the realme. and not long after pursued the barons and chased them from place to place: as fyrst at Ledes castell in Kent: after in the marches of Wales, where he tooke the Mortimers, and sent them to the Tower of London.

Anno. 14.

M

• [date 1320] Nicholas Faringdon goldsmithe

S

• Reynolde at cundit
• Wil. Prodham

This yere king Edward ouercam the barons of this realme in many battels* 1.294 and toke many of them, whome he put to death in diuers parts of this realm, to the number of .xxii. noble men. Master Iohn Baldocke, a man of euill fame was made Chancelor of Englād, who extremely pilled y^• cōmons of this realme: for the which he was well re∣warded after.

Anno. 15.

M

• Hamond Chikwel Grocer

S.

• [date 1321] Richard Con∣stantine
• Rich. Hakeney

This yere the sunne appeared to mens* 1.295 sight as red as bloud, and so continued the space of .vi. houres. The last day of October the Irishmen by the ayde they had out of Englande, droue the scottes out of theyr land. At which time many noble men of Scotland wer slayne. A∣mong which was Edwarde lè Bruze the kinges brother.

Anno. 16.

M

• Hamond Chikwel Grocer

S

• [date] Iohn Gran∣tham
• Rich. of Ely

King Edward with a great army en∣tred Scotland: but with sicknes and o¦ther misfortunes that chanced amonge

the soldiors, he within short space was forced to return into England: wherof syr Iames Douglas, and the Scots ha¦uinge knowledge, pursued him in such wise, that they slew many english men and had welnere taken the kyng at an abbey called Beighland, frō the which he was forced to flee, and leaue his tre¦sure behind him.

Anno. 17.

M

• [date 1323] Nicolas Faringdon Goldsmith

S

• Adam Salis∣bury
• Io▪ of Oxéford

Charles of▪ France warred vpon the lands of king Edward in Gascoyne & Guien, and tooke there manye to wnes and castels. Wherfore king Edwarde sent his wyfe Isabell to entreate with her brother Charles for peace, or (as Fro••sard saith) the Quene her selfe fle∣yng che tyranny & mischief of the Spē¦••ers, fled with her yonge son Edward into France, and was gently receiued of her brother, which made greate pro∣mise to ayde her against the tyranny & iniury of the Spencers.

Anno. 18.

M

• [date 1324] Hamond Chikwel G••••••••er

S

• Be••et of Fulham
• Iohn Ca••sion

Quene Isabel by the ayde and helpe of lyr Iohn of Haynold with a ••••nal com∣pany of Henoways returned into En∣glande: to whom the Nobles and the* 1.296 commons gatheringe in great number pursued the kinge, the Spencers, and other enemies so egerly, that ••hortlye after they toke them, and kept the king in prison at Kenil worthe▪

And after at Barkley they toke maister* 1.297 Robert Baldock, the Chācellor both y^e Spencers, the father, and the sonne, the earle of Arundel, with diuers other, & brought them to▪ the toun of Hereford.

Anno. 19.

M

• Richard Betain Goldsmith

S

• [date 1325] Gilbert Mor∣don
• Iohn Cotton

The morow after Simon and Iude, syr Hugh Spencer y^• father was put to* 1.298 death at Bristowe, and after buried at Winchester: and on saint▪ Hughes day folowing was syr Hugh his son dra∣wen hanged & quartered at Hereford, and his head sent to London, and sette emong other vpon the bridge. After Ro¦bert Baldock the Chancellor was sent to London to Newgate, where he died miserably. The earle of Arundell was put to deth at Hereford: and king Ed∣ward

was by parliament deposed from* 1.299 his kingdom, when he h••d reigned .x••••yere. syxe monthes and .xviii. dais, and not longe after was murthered by syr Roger Mortimer, and was buried a•• Glocester.

Edward the third

Anno Regni. 1.

[date 1326] EDwarde the thirde af∣ter the deposing of his father was crowned king of England, He began his▪ reigne ouer this realm the .xxv. day of Ianuary: in the yere of our lorde. 1326, and deceased the. 21▪ day of Iune in the yere. 1377. so he reig¦ned. 50. yere, and. 5. monethes lackinge 3. daies. In ••••ates of armes he was ve∣ry expert, as the noble enterprises by him atchi••ued, do wel declare. Of his ••••beraliite & clemencie, he shewed ma∣ny gret examples. Briefly, in al prince¦ly vertues he was so excell••t, that few ••••oble men before his time were to be

••••pared to him. At the beginning of his reigne he was chiefly ordred by syr Ro¦ger Mortymer and his mother Isabel.

In this fyrst yere of his reigne he con¦firmed* 1.300 the liberties of the citie of Lon¦don, and ordeyned, that the maior of the city of London should syt in all places of iudgem••t within the liberties of the same for chiefe Iustice, the kinges per∣son only excepted, and that euery alder man▪ that had ben maidr shold be iustice of peace in all London and Middlesex: and euery Alderman that had not bene maior should be iustice of peace within his owne warde. Diuers other priu••le∣ges he graunted to the citie.

The king went toward Scotland hauing vnderstanding that the scottes were entred into England, as farre as Stanhop parke. He beset them rounde about, hopynge to haue broughte them bnder his subiection. But when he thought to be most sure of them by trea¦son of some of his host, the scottes esca∣ped cleane, & returned back into scot∣land. About the .xxi. day of September* 1.301 Edward y^• second was murdered in the castell of Barkley by syr Roger Mor∣timer, and was buried at Glocester.

Anno. 1.

M

• [date 1326] Richard Britayn Goldsmith

S

• R••c. Roting
• Roger Cha∣cellor

The King maried the lady Philip the earles doughter of Henawde in the citie of Yorke.

The kinge helde his parliament at* 1.302 Northampton, wher through the coun¦saile of sy•• Roger Mortimer, & the old Quene his mother, he made with the scots an vnprofitable and dishonorable peace: For why he restored to them all theyr writings, charters, and patentes wherby the kinges of Scotlande had bounde them selues to be tributarye ••o to the crowne of England, with other like vnprofitable conditions.

Anno. 2.

M

• [date 1327] Mamo••de Chikwell Grocer

S

• Henry Darcy
• Iohn Haw∣den

Dauid the yong prince of Scotland maried Iane, the syster of Kinge Ed∣warde, whom the Scottes in derision called Iane makepeace. The scottes made many ••ymes agaynst thenglish∣men, for the fond disgui••ed apparell by them at that tyme worne, amongest the which this was one.

Long beardes hartlesse,* 1.303 Paynted hoodes witlesse, Gay Cotes gracelesse, Makes England thriftlesse.

Anno. 3.

M

• Iohn Grantham Grocer

[date 1328] S

• Simō Frāc••s
• Henry Comb∣marten

Edward erle of Kent, vncle to king Edward of England, beynge falselye* 1.304 accused of treason, was by syr Roger Mortimer put to death at Winchester.

Prince Edward was borne at Wod∣stock. The .xvii. of October, syr Roger Mortemer was taken in Notingham castell, and sent to the Tower of Lon∣don.

Anno. 4.

M

• Symonde Swalond

[date 1329] S

• Richard Laza••
• Henry G••sors

Syr Roger Mortimer was accused for diuers points of treason, as y^t he mur∣dered king Edward the second, & that through him the scots escaped at Sta••••hope parke, for receiuynge summes of money of the Scottes: for which accu∣sations he was shortely a••ter drawen* 1.305 and hanged at London.

Edward Baylel, the sonne o•• Iohn Baylel late king of scottes by lysence purchased of king Edward, entred in∣to

to Scotland, clayming the crowne by the right of his father, where he van∣quished the Scottes, and was crouned at Stone,

Anno. 5.

M

• [date 1330] Iohn Pountney Draper

S

• Robert Ely
• Thomas whor¦wod

The king with a great army wente into Scotland, and at Halid•• hil gaue the Scottes battaile, wherin he obtei∣ned a triumphant victory, and slew o•• them .viii. erles. 900. knightes & of ba¦rons,* 1.306 and esquires. 400. &. 33000. cō∣mon souldiors: he wan Edenbor••we, Barwike, and many other castels, and gane the gouernance of Scotlande to Edward Baylel.

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1331] Iohn Pountney Draper

S

• Iohn Mocking
• Andrew Au∣bery

The king of France sent .x. shyps to∣ward Scotland, which wer ••o wether driuen into Flau••ders, that they were little worth after that time.

Anno. 7.

M

• [date 1332] Iohn Preston Draper

S

• Nicolas Pikr
• Iohn Hus∣bande.

Kyng Edwarde wente agayne into Scotlande, and layd siege to the castel of ••ylbridge: He wan it by strength, set the countrey in quietnes, and came back to the castel of Tyne where short¦ly after Edward Ba••lel kyng of Scot∣tes, came and dydde hym homage, and sware vnto hym fealtie.

Anno. 8.

M

• Iohn Pountney draper

[date 1333] S

• Iohn Hamond
• William Han∣sarde

Embassadors were sent frō Philip de Valoys king of France, for to con∣clude vpon certayn articles of variāce betwene their lord and the kyng of En¦glande, but it toke none effecte.

Anno. 9.

M

• Reignold at Cun∣dyte

[date 1334] S

• Iohn Hyng∣ston
• Walter Turke

This yere kyng Edward sent ambas¦sadors into France, to cōclude a peace whiche likewise toke none effect.

Anno. 10.

M

• Iohn Pon̄tney draper

[date 1335] S

• Walter Wor∣do••
• Richard V••ton

This yere king Edward made claime

to the crowne of France, and therfore proclaimed open warre betwene Eng∣lande and France.

Anno. 11.

M

• [date 1336] Iohn Poūtney draper

S

• William Bric∣kelsworth
• Iohn Northhal

This yere the kyng considering the charge he had with warrs in Scotlād and also that he intēded to haue against the Frenchmen, gathered togither trea¦sure by dyuers and sundry ways, wher of the maner is not expressed: but such great plentie came to his handes, that money was very scant throughout the whole Realme: by reason of whiche scarsnes, vitaile and other merchandise were excedyng good cheape: for at Lon¦don* 1.307 a quarter of wheate was sold for ij. s̄. A fat oxe for .vi. s̄ .viii. d. A fatte shepe for vi. d. and viii. d. six pigeōs for one peny, a fat goose for ii. d. a pyg for a peny: & so al other victuals after y^e rate

This yere appered a blasing sterre.

Anno. 12.

M

• [date 1337] Henry Darcy

S

• Walter Neale
• Nicolas Crane

King Edward sent Embassadors be¦yond the sea, to allie with hym the erle of Heynault, and other lordes, whiche

obeyde not the french king: of who by the meanes of Iaques Dartuell, he had great comfort bothe of the Flemmings & diuers lords & princes of those parts

This yere the kyng granted, that the officers of the Maior and Sheriffs of London should beare maces of syluer.

Anno. 13.

M

• Henry Darcy

[date 1338] S

• Williā of Pomfret
• Hugh Marbre

Kyng Edward for establishement of amitie betwene hym and the Hollan∣ders, Selanders, and Grabanders, sai¦led to And warpe, where he concluded the matter with his aliances, and by y^• consent of y^e emperor Lewys was pro∣claimed vicar generall of the empire.

In this mean time certain frenchmē* 1.308 had entred the hauē of Southhampton and robbed the towne, & brent a great part therof, and vpon the sea they toke ii. great ships, called the Edward, and the Christopher.

Anno. 14.

M

• Andrew Aubery grocer

[date 1339] S

• William Thor∣ney
• Roger Frosham

Kynge Henry helde a parliament at* 1.309 Westminster: he demaunded the fyfthe part of euery mans goods. The custo∣mes of the wolles to be paid .ij. yeares

before hand: and the nynth sheafe of e∣uery mans corne. Which was granted hym. But before it were all payde, the loue of the people dyd turne into ha∣tred, and their prayer into cursyng. &c.

The kyng changed his coyn, & made* 1.310 the noble, and half noble: The noble at vi. s .viij. d. which is how .x. s̄.

Kyng Edward entred the borders of France, and made clayme to the whole realme of France, as his rightful in∣heritance:* 1.311 and for more auctoritie na∣med hym selfe kyng of France, and en¦termedled the armes of France, as it remayneth to this daye.

Anno. 15.

M

• [date 1340] Andrew Aubery grocer

S.

• Adam Lucas
• Bartholomew marys

The quene of England wife to king* 1.312 Edward beyng at Gaunt, was deliue∣red of a sonne, which afterwarde was called Iohn of Gaunt, which was first earle of Richemount, and after Duke of Gloucester.

Kyng Edward sailyng into Flaun∣ders nye to the towne of Sluce mette* 1.313 with the Frenche kynges nauy, where was foughten a cruell battail. Wherof the kyng of England had the victury,

and the Frenche flete that was in nū∣ber. 400. sayle was welnere destroied and the souldiors taken, slayn & drou∣ned, so that of. 33000 four escaped aliue

After this victory, kyng Edwarde besieged Turney, and the town of saint Omers. At the end of .xi. wekes after the siege, a peace was concluded for. xii monethes, and the kyng returned.

Anno. 16.

M

• Iohn Oxenford vintener

[date 1341] S

• Rich. barkyng
• Iohn Rocke∣sleye

This yeare came into England .ii. cardinals to treate a peace betwene the kynges of Englande and of France, who concluded it for .iij. yeares, but it lasted not so long.

This yere the quene was deliuered of a man childe at Langley, and was named Edmund of Langley, and was kyng Edwards thirde sonne.

Anno. 17.

M

• Symon Francis mercer

[date 1342] S

• Iohn Lufkin
• Rich. Kysling∣bury

This yere died Iohn duke of britain by reason of whose death, war & strife grewe, and parts takyng by y^e Frenche kyng and kyng Edwarde.

Anno 18.

M

• [date 1343] Iohn Hamond

S

• Iohn Sewarde
• Iohn Aysesham

This yere y^e king called a parliamēt at Westminster: In time whereof, Ed∣warde hys eldeste sonne was created prince of Wales.

This yere y^e king made a coin of fine gold, and named it the Florentine; y^• is* 1.314 to say, the peny of y^e valu of .vi. •• .viii d the halfpeny of y^• valu of .iii. •• .iiii. d. & the farthing of the valu of .xx. d. which coyn was ordeined for his warres in France, for the gold therof was not so fyne as was the noble before named.

Anno. 19.

M

• [date 1344] Iohn Hamōd

S

• Geff. Wichingham
• Thomas Legget

This yere y^e king held a solemn feast* 1.315 at his castel of Windsor: where he de••∣sed the Order of the garter, and stabli∣shed it as it is at this day. And then he sayled into Sluce, & so into little Bri∣tain with a strong army. He sent y^e erle of Derby with a strōg army into Guyē for to ayde the erle of Northampton.

Anno. 20.

M

• [date 1345] Richard Lace•• Mercer

S

• Edmonde Heue∣nall
• Iohn Gloucester

King Edward made a great prepara∣tion for the warres of Fraunce: and Philip de Valoys kynge of Fraunce made as great preparatiō to defend his land agaynst him.

Anno. 21.

M

• Geffrey Wichinghā

S

• [date 1346] Iohn Croydon
• Will. Clopton

King Edward sailed into Normādy with. 1100. sayle, with his son Prince Edward, they ouer rode spoiled & de∣stroied y^e coūtrey before them vnto Pa∣ris: & gathered wōderful riches of prai which he sēt into Englād. Shortly af∣ter, he encoūtred y^e french king nye the forest of Cresse, when he had not in his host the eight man in comparison of y^• Frenche army, and obteyned of them a traumphant victorie▪ Wher was slain the kyng of Goheme with tenne other great princes .80. baners .1200. knigh¦tes, and .3000. common souldiors. Af∣ter this victory kyng Edwarde wente toward Caleys, and besieged it. In the meane whyle Dauid of Scotlād made warre vpon the borders of England: but the bishop of Yorke with other lor¦des, gathered a great company, aswell spirituall as temporall, and nere vnto Durham did byd the kyng of Scottes battaile, where was fought a cruel and

fierce battaile. But in the end the vic∣tory fell vnto the quenes syde, & there was taken the kyng of Scottes, with many of his greatest lordes, and there* 1.316 was slayne one & other aboue .15000. souldiours.

Anno. 22.

M

• [date 1347] Thomas Legget skinner

S

• Adam Bramson
• Richar. Basing∣stoke

This yere, after kyng Edward had* 1.317 lien afore Calais a yere & more, it was yelded vp to hym, as ye maye reade in Iohn Frosarde.

Anno. 23.

M

• [date 1348] Iohn Lufkyn ••••shmōger

S

• Henrye Py∣carde
• Symō Dolell

In the ende of this yere about Au∣gust* 1.318 the pestilēce begon in dyuers pla¦ces of England, and specially at Lon∣don, and so continued tyll that tyme twelue moneth.

Anno. 24.

• [date 1349] Walter Turke fyshmonger

S

• Adam Bu∣rye
• Rafe Lynne

The King caused to be voyned gro∣tes and halfe grotes, the whych lacked* 1.319 of the weyght of his former coyn .ii. •• vi. d. of a pound troy. And about y^• end of August ceased the death in London,

which was so vehemēt and sharp, that ouer the bodies buryed in churches and churchyardes, monasteries, and o∣ther accustomed burying places, was buried in the Charter house yarde of* 1.320 London. I. M. persons. And also ma∣ny persons of good credite yet liuinge in the citie of Lōdon affirme that they haue redde the lyke, written on a plate of laton, fastned on a crosse of stone in the same Charter house churcheyarde: and also to haue seene recorded in one olde Booke of the sayd Charter house, that at that tyme the sayde mortalitis was so great, that there remayned not the tenth person alyue throughout the realme.

Anno. 25.

M

• Richarde Kyllyng∣burye

S

• [date 1350] Iohn Notte
• Wylliam Wo∣cester

This yeare kyng Edward hadde a goodly victory vppon the sea agaynste the Constable of Frāce, where he toke xxii. of their shyps.

Anno. 26.

M

• Andrew Aubery grocer

S

• Iohn Wrothe
• [date 1351] Gibbon Stain∣drope

This yere the castel of Guynes was yelden vnto y^e englyshmen, dwellinge in Calice, by treason of a French man.

Also the englishmē being in Britain had a goodly victory ouer the Frēchmē where they toke many noble men pri∣soners.

Anno. 27.

W

• [date 1352] Adam Francis mercer

S

• Iohn Peache
• Iohn Stode∣ney

This sommer was so long dry, that it was called after, the dry sommer: for from March till the later end of Iuly* 1.321 fell litle rain or none: by which reason corne that yere folowyng was scant.

Anno. 28.

maior

• [date 1353] Adam Francis mercer

S

• Iohn Welde
• Iohn Lyt∣tle

The duke of Grunswike made an appeale agaynst Henry duke of Lanca¦ster: for whiche was waged battaile in the frenche Kynges courte, and beynge bothe ready within the lystes to fyght, the french king staied the matter, and toke; the quarel into his handes, so that either of them departed the freld with∣out any stroke striken.

Anno. 29.

W

• [date 1354] Thomas Legget Skinner

S

• Williā Toting¦ham
• Richar. Smelt

For so much as the townes in Flā∣ders* 1.322 brake their promise beefore tyme

made by Iaques Dartuel, and now fa¦uored the French partie, king Edward remoued the market and staple of wol out of Flanders into Englande: as to Westminster, Chichester, Lincolne, Bristow & Cantorbury.

Also this years was the house of the Friers Augustins in London finished:* 1.323 which was reedified by syr Humfreye Bohune Erle of Hertforde and Essex, whose bodye lieth buried in the quier of the said hous before the high aultar.

Anno. 30.

W

• Simond Francis Mercer

[date 1355] S

• Tho. Forster
• Thomas Bran∣don

Edward prince of Wales, nie to the city of poitiers ioined battel with king Iohn of Frāce: of whō y^e prince by his marcial policy wan a noble victory not withstāding y^t he had in his armye but 800. souldiors: & on the frēch part wer 6000. fighting mē. In this cōflict king Iohn was takē with his yong son Phi¦••••p, and many of his nobles, & brought into England.

Anno. 31.

W

• Henry Picard

[date 1356] S

• R••ch. Notinghā
• Thoma ••osell••

Great and royal iustes were holdē in* 1.324 smithfield before the king of England

(the Frēch king being prisoner) y^• king of Scots, and diuers other nobles.

Anno. 32.

W

• [date 1357] Iohn Stody vintener

S

• Stephē Cādish
• Barthol. Frost∣lyng

This yere Dauid le Bruze king of Scots was set at libertie, when he had put kynge Edward suretie of. 10000. marke for his ransome.

Anno. 33.

W

• [date 1358] Iohn Lufkyn fyshmonger

S

• Ioh. Barnes
• Iohn Bu∣rys

The Englyshemen in Britain toke the towne of Ancore, and diuers other, and put them to great raunsome.

Anno. 34.

W

• [date 1359] Symon Dolel grocer

S

• Simon Beding∣ton
• Iohn Chichester

A fynall peace was concluded be∣twene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce, on this condition, that kynge Edward should haue to his possession, the countreis o•• Gascoyn and Guyen, Poytiers, Lymosyn, Galeuile, Xantes Calice, Guines, and diuers other lord∣shyps, castels, townes▪ and al the lan∣des to them belonging, without know¦ledge

of any soueraigntie or subiection for the same: and the kyng of Fraunce should pay for his raunsome. 300000. crownes: and so kyng Iohn returned into France.

Anno. 35.

W

• Iohn Wrothe fishmonger

[date 1360] S

• Iohn Denys
• Walter Bur∣ney

Kyng Edward returned frō Caleys into England; and brought with hym many noble mē of Frāce for hostages.

This yere men and beastes perished in Englande in dyuers places, with thunder and lightenynge: and stendes were sene in mans likenes, and spake vnto men as they trauailed by the way

Anno. 36.

W

• Iohn Peche fishmonger

[date 1361] S

• Williā Hol∣beche
• Iames Tame

This yeare was great death and pe∣stilence* 1.325 in Englād, which was called the second mortalitie: in whiche dyed Henry duke of Lancaster: & then was Iohn of Gaunt the kyngs third sonne, which had maried the dukes daughter, made duke of Lancaster.

Also there were sene this yere in the ayre Castelles, and hoostes of menne fyghtyng.

Anno. 37.

M

• [date 1362] Stephen Candishe

S

• Io. of S. Albōs
• Iames Andrew

This yere was a great wind in En∣gland,* 1.326 wherwith many steples & tow∣res were ouerthrowen.

King Iohn of France came into En∣gland, & shortly after died at y^e Sauoy in London. Also this yere was a great frost in England, whiche lasted frome the myddest of September, to the mo∣neth of Aprill.

Anno. 38.

M

• [date 1363] Iohn Notte peperer

S

• Rycharde Croy∣don
• Iohn Hiltofte

Prince Edward sayled into Burde∣aux, & receiued the possession of Guyen that kyng Edwarde▪ had newly gyuen vnto hym.

Anno. 39.

M

• [date 1364] Adam Burye Skinner

S

• Symon Mor∣dant
• Io. of Motford

This yere the kyng began the foun∣dation* 1.327 of sainct Stephens Chapell at Westmynster, whiche was fynished by Richard the secōd, and sonne of prince Edwarde.

Anno. 40.

M

• Adam of Burye Skinner

[date 1365] S

• Iohn Bukils∣worthe
• Iohn Drelande

Adam of Bury was maior one parte of the yere, & Iohn Luf••yn y^e residue.

This yere the kyng comanded that Peter pence shold no more be gathered nor payd to Rome.

Anno. 41.

M

• Iohn Louekyn fishmōger

S

• [date 1366] Iohn Warde
• Williā Dick∣man

This yere was borne the second son of prince Edward, named Richarde.

Anno. 42.

M

• Iames Andrew Draper

[date 1367] S

• Rich. Torgold
• William Dick∣man

This yeare appered Stella cometa, that is a blasing starre. And the Earles* 1.328 of Armenak, of Brett, and of Pery∣gort, with other nobles of the Duchye of Guyan, appealed the Prince of Wa¦les in the Frenche kynges courte, that he had broken the peace, and wronged them, as in exacting of them ouer great summes of money. &c. But the French kyng deferted it for certayne causes to longe here to recite.

Anno. 43.

M

• [date 1368] Symon Mordon fishmōger

S

• Adā Wimbing¦ham
• Rob. Girdler

This yeare the Frenche Kyng pro∣ceded in iudgement vpon the appella∣tion before made by the erle of Armi∣nak, the lord of Bret, and erle of Pe∣rygort agaynst prince Edward. Wher∣vpon, discorde and variance began to take place betwene the two kynges: & those lordes which before were sworne to kyng Edward, dyd nowe yelde dy∣uers townes of the countrey of Poy∣tiers vnto the Frenche kyng.

Anno. 44.

M

• [date 1369] Iohn Chichester goldsmyth

S

• Iohn Pyell
• Hughe Hol∣bitche

This yeare dyed Quene Philyppe* 1.329 wyfe to Edward the thyrd, she builded the colledge in Oxenford, called que∣nes colledge.

In this yere was the third mortality or pestilence, wherof died much people

Anno. 45.

M

• [date 1370] Iohn Bernes mercer

S

• William Wal∣worth
• Roberte Gayton

Iohn Barnes maior of Lōdon, gaue

a cheste with three locks, and a. 1000. markes, to be lent to yong men vpon sufficient gage, so that it passed not one 100. marks: and for the occupying thee of, if he were lerned, to say at his ple∣sure De profundis for the soule of Iohn Barnes: if he were not learned, to saye. Pater noster. But how soeuer the mo∣ney was lent, at this day the chest stā∣deth in the chāber of London, without eyther money or pledges for the same.

Anno. 46.

M

• Iohn Barnes mercer

[date 1371] S

• Roberte Hat∣fielde
• Adam Staple

The erle of Pembroke, as he passed the sea to reskue the castell of Rochell, was encoūtred with a flete of Spani∣ardes, which kynge Henry of Castell had sent to ayde the Frenche kyng. Of these Spanyardes after cruel fight, the Erle was taken, and syr Guystarde de Angle, and other, to the nūber of. 160▪ persons, and the more part of his men slayne and drowned.

Anno. 47.

M

• Iohn Pyell marchant

[date 1372] S

• Iohn Philpot
• Nicolas Brem¦ber

Iohn Duke of Lancaster, entred by

Calays into France, & passed through out the realme, by Vermendoys and Chāpayn, nigh to Burdeaux in Aqui∣tayn without battaile.

Anno. 48.

M

• [date 1373] Adam of Burye Skinner

S

• Iohn Aubery
• Iohn Fys∣shyed

Dyuers entreaties of peace were made betwene the kyng of England & Fraunce, by meane of the by shoppe of Rome, but none was concluded.

Anno. 49.

M

• [date 1374] William Walworth fishmōger

S

• Richard Liōs
• Williā Wod∣house

The entreatie of peace cōtinued, but not concluded but for foure monethes at the most: in whiche time of entreatie the French kyng wan many holdes, & townes of the Englishmen, as wel in Guyen as in Britayn, and in other pla¦ces.

Anno. 50.

M

• [date 1375] Iohn Warde grocer

S

• Iohn Hadleye
• Willyam Newe∣porte

Many wonderfull sycknesses felle among the people, ••swel in Italy as in England, wherof there died an excea∣dyng great number.

Anno. 51.

M

• Adam Staple Mercer

S

• [date 1376] Iohn Northamp¦ton
• Robert Launde

Prince Edward departed out of this life, who was in his time the flower of chiualrie. He was buried at Cantor∣bury, and then kyng Edwarde created Richard son of prince Edward prince of Wales: and because the kyng waxed feble and sickly, he betoke the rule of the land to syr Iohn of Gaunt duke of Lancaster, who so continued durynge his fathers lyfe.

This yere kyng Edward the thirde ended his lyfe at Richemond, the .xxi. day of Iune, in the yeare of our Lorde 1377. When he had reigned. 50. yeres fiue monethes lackynge foure dayes, and was buried at Westmynster. He left behynde hym foure sonnes: Lionel duke of Clarence, Iohn of Gaunt duke of Lancaster, Edmonde of Langleye duke of Yorke, and Thomas of Wod stocke, Earle of Cambridge.

¶ Rycharde the seconde.

Anno Regni .i.

[date 1377]

RIchard the second, son of Prince Edward of Wales, was ordeyned kyng of England, be∣ynge as yet but eleuen yeares of age. He be∣gan his reigne the .xi. day of Iune, in the yeare of our Lorde 1377▪ and left the same the .xxix. daye of September in the yeare. 1399. so he reigned .xxii. yeres .iii. monethes and eight days. In bountie and liberalitie he farre passed all his progenitoures: but he was ouermuche geuen to rest & quietnes, and loued litle dedes of ar∣mes, & marciall prowesse, and for that he was yonge, he was moste ruled by yong counsayle, and regarded nothing the aduertisementes of the sage & wise men of his Realme: for the chiefe a∣bout hym were of no wisedome nor e∣l••••mation. Which thyng tourned thys land to great trouble, and hymselfe in fine to extreme myserie. Of hym Iohn Gower writeth these v••••ses folowing.

When this king first began to reigne,* 1.330 the lawes neglected were: Wherfore good fortune hym forsoke and thearthe dyd quake for feare.

The people also whom he poulde, agaynst hym dyd rebell, The tyme doth yet bewayle the woes, that Chronicles do of tell: The foolishe councell of the lewde and yong, he dyd receyue: And graue aduice of aged heads: he dyd reiect and leaue. And then for gredy thirst of coyne, some subiects he accusde: To gayne their goodes into his hands thus he the Realme abusde.

Anno regni. 1.

M

• Nicolas Brember grocer.

[date 1377] S

• Andrew pickmā
• Nicolas Tuy∣forde

By the enticement of the Frenchmē, the Scots began to rebel, and a squire of theyrs, called Alexander Ramsey,* 1.331 with .xl. persons, in a nyght toke the castell of Barwike, whiche was r••s∣cued and recouered by therle of Nor∣thumberlande.

Anno. 2.

M

• Iohn Philpot grocer

[date 1378] S

• Iohn Boseham
• Thomas Corne∣walis

This Iohn Philpot maior of Lōdon* 1.332 aboue named, gaue to the citie of Lon∣don certain tenements, for the whiche

the Chamberlayne of London, payeth yerely for euer, to .xiij. poore people of the same citie, euery of thē vii. pēce the weke, which is payd to them at the .iilj quarter feastes of the yere, & as any of those .xiii. persons dye, the Maior ap∣poynteth one, and the Recorder of Lō∣don, an other in their romthes.

Anno. 3.

M

• [date 1379] Iohn Hadley grocer

S

• Iohn Heylisdom
• Myllyam Bar∣ret

The Frenche men with galleyes and* 1.333 other shyppes, entred into the Thames and burnt diuers townes, & at the last came to Grauesende, where they spoy∣led▪ the town, and set it on fyre, and re∣turned into Fraunce with muche ry∣thes. This yere was suche a pestilēce in Englande, that most people dyed. Also a parlyamente at Westmynster, where was graunted, that all men and women, beyng of the age of .xiiij. yeres or vpward, shold pay to y^e king .iiii. d. by reason whereof greate grudge and murmure grew among the commons: and this was graunted towardes the warres in Fraunce.

Anno. 4.

M

• William Walworth fishmōger

[date] S

• Walter ducket
• Will. Knight∣hode

This yeare the makynge of gunnes* 1.334 was fyrst foūd, in this maner: a certain Almayne (whose name is not knowen) chaunced to haue in a morter, pouder of brymstone that he had beaten for a me∣dicine, and couered it with a stone, and as he stroke fier, it fortuned a sparke to fal in the pouder, by and by there rose a great flame-out of the morter, and lifte vp the stone wherwith it was couered a great height: and after he had percey∣ued that, he made a pype of yron, and tempered the pouder, and finished this deadly engin, and taught it to the Ve∣netians, when they warred against the Genuates, whiche was in the yeare of our Lord. 1380. For this inuention he receiued this benefite, that his name was neuer knowen, lefte he might for this abhominable deuise, haue ben cur∣sed and euyl spoken of whilest y^• world standeth: so sayth Polydore.

By the meane of the paimēt aboue na¦med,* 1.335 this yere y^e cōmons of ••his land, specially of Kent & Essex, sodeinly re¦belled & assembled together vpō black Heath, to the number of. 60000▪ and

aboue, whiche had to their captaines, Watte Tyler, Iacke Strawe, Iacke Shepard, Tom Myller, Hobbe Car∣ter, and suche other: whiche were ani∣mated to this rebellion, by one Iohn Wall or ball, a seditious precher. They caused muche trouble and busynes in the realme: and chiefly about the citie of London, where they practised much villany, and destroying many goodly places of the nobles, as the Sauoye,* 1.336 Saint Iohns in Smithfield, & other. They let foorth all prisoners, and sette them at libertie: they spoyled all the bookes of lawe in the Innes of court, the Recordes of the Counters, and o∣ther prisons. They fet the kyng foorth of the towre of London, compellynge hym to graunt all bondmen fredome, and that he shoulde neuer demande tri∣bute or taxe of his commons: and also required Iacke Straw, and Wat Ty∣ler to bee made Dukes of Essex, and Kent, and gouernours of the kynges person from thens forth, both in peace and warre: whiche things he granted, for he durst in no point deny thē. But William Walworth maior of London beyng in Smithfielde, nere vnto the kinges person, and seynge hym stande hoodlesse afore Iack Straw, rebuke

the said Straw of his great leudenes,* 1.337 & with a dagger slewe him, & brought the kyng into the citie: Whervpon the rude company was dispersed, & fledde* 1.338 as shepe, som one way, and some an o∣ther. In memory of this dede, the city geueth the dagger in theyr shield of ar∣mes.

Anno. 5.

M

• Iohn Northāpton Draper

[date 1381] S

• Iohn Rote
• Iohn Hyn¦de

This yere was a terrible earthquake* 1.339 throughout all England, which threw downe many castels, steples, houses, and trees.

Anno. 6.

M

• Iohn Northāpton Draper

[date 1382] S

• Adā Baume
• Iohn Se∣lye

This yeare was a combat foughten* 1.340 at y^e kings palaice of Westminster, be∣twene one Garton appellant, and syr Iohn Ansley knight defendāt, y^e knight was Victor, & Garton was from that place drawen to Tyborn, and there hā¦ged for his false accusation.

Anno. 7.

M

• Nicolas Brember grocer

[date 1383] S

• Symon Winch¦combe
• Iohn Moore

This yeare was one Wall, or Ball

taken at Couentre, by Robert Treuil* 1.341 lian, and iudged to be hanged at saincte Albons, for that he was the animator of the rebels spoken of in the fouethe yeare of this kynges reigne.

Anno. 8.

M

• Nicolas Brembre grocer

S

• Nicholas Ex∣ton
• [date 1384] Iohn Frenche

The Kyng went toward Scotland with a great army, but when he drewe nere y^e borders, such means was sought that a peace was concluded.

Anno. 9.

M

• Nicolas Brembre grocer

S

• Iohn Organ
• [date 1385] Iohn Churche∣man

Kyng Richard maried the daughter of Dinceslaus, emperour of Almayn.

Anno. 10.

M

• Nicolas Exton goldsmith

S

• William Ston¦don
• [date 1386] William More

The Erle of Arundell went into the Duchy of Buyan, for to strengthen su∣che souldiors as the kyng at that tyme had in those parties, or to scoure the sea of Rouers. The erle Keping his course encountred with a mighty flete of Flē∣myngs laden with Rochell wyne, and

set vpon them, tooke them, and brought theim to dyuers portes of Englande: wherby wyne was then so plentuous, that it was sold for .xiii. •• .iiii. d. &▪ xx •• a tonne, of the very choyse.

Anno. 11.

M

• Nicolas Exton goldsmith

S

• [date 1387] Wylliam De∣nour
• Hugh Fostalfe

This yere Thomas of Wodstoke duke of Glocester, y^• erles of Arūdell, War∣wike, of Darby, & of Notingham, con∣syderyng how this lande was misgo∣uerned, by a few persons about y^e king entending reformation of the same, as∣sembled at Radecocke brydge, where they tooke their counsell, and raisyng a strong power, cam to Lōdon, where they caused the kyng to cal a parliamēt whereof hearyng Alexander Neuyll, archbyshop of Yorke, sir Lionel were, marques of Deuelen, & sir Michael de¦la Poole, Chācellor & erle of Suffolk fearing punishment, fled the lande and died in strange countreis. The kynge by counsaile of the aboue named lordes during the parliament, caused to be ta∣ken sir Robert Tresilian, chief Iustice of Englande, sir Nicholas Brembre,

late Maior of Lōdon, sir Iohn Salis∣bury knight of houshold, sir Iohn Be∣auchampe steward of the kings house, sir Symon Burley, sir Iames Bernes and syr Roberte Belknappe knightes and a sergeant of armes, named Iohn Dske, the whiche by authoritie of the sayd parliament, were conuict of trea∣son, and put to death at the toure hil, & at Tyborn. And Iohn Holt, Iohn Loc¦ton, Richard Graye, Milliā Burgth, and Robert Fulthorpe iustice, with y^• other foresayd lordes, which before had voided the land, wer banished and exi∣led for euer.

Anno. 12.

M

• Sir Nico. Twyforde goldsmith

S

• Tho. Austen
• [date 1388] Adam Cat∣hyll

This yere the kyng kept a great iu∣stes in Smythfield, whiche continued* 1.342 xxiiij. days. This yere on y^e fifth day of August, was the battayle of Ottirborn where syr Henry Percy slewe the erle* 1.343 Douglas of Scotlande, and after was taken prisoner.

Anno. 13.

M

• William Denour grocer

S

• Iohn Walcot
• [date 2389] Iohn Loue∣ney

An esquire of Nauarre accused an* 1.344

englysh esquire called Iohn Welshe of treason: for the triall wherof, a daye of fyght was betwene them taken, to bee fought in the kings palais at Westmin ster: where Iohn Welshe was victor, & constrained the other to yelde. He was* 1.345 despoyled of his armour, and drawen to Tyborne, and hanged.

Anno: 14.

M

• Adam Bawme▪ goldsmith

S

• [date 1390] Iohn Francis
• Thomas Di∣uent

The duke of Lācaster vncle to king Richard sailed with a company of soul¦diors into Spayn, to claim the realme of Castile: for so much as he had taken to wife the eldest daughter of king Pe¦ter, that was expelled his kingdom by Henry his bastard brother: he conque∣red the countrey of Galice, and made league with the king of Portugal: but by great mortalitie, which fell among his people: he was fayn to dismisse his army, and shortly after loste all that e∣uer he had wonne.

Anno. 15.

M

• Iohn Hynde Draper

S

• [date 1391] Iohn Chad∣worth
• Henry Damer

A bakers man bearynge a basket of* 1.346 ••orsebreade in Fletestreet, one of the

bishop of Salisvuries men toke out a lofe, y^t baker requiring his lofe, y^e by∣shops mā brake y^e bakers head: wher∣vpō folowed such parties taking, y^t the Maior and sheriffes and all the quiete people of the citie coulde not order the vnrulynes of the multitude, but y^t they wold haue him deliuered to them, who brake the bakers head, or els to breake open the gates of the saide bishops pa∣laice, who was the kings high treaso∣rer: for the which the kyng seased the li¦berties of the citie, and discharged the Maior and Sheriffes of the rule of the Citie, and committed the gouernement therof to a knyght of the courte called sir Edward Dalingrige.

Anno. 16.

M

• [date 1392] William Stonden Grocer

S

• Gilb. Māsfield
• Thomas Ne∣wington

This yere by the great sute & labour* 1.347 of doctor Grauesend then bishop of Lō¦don, the liberties were shortly restored to the citisens of London.

Anno. 17.

M

• [date 1393] Iohn Hadley grocer

S

• Dr••w Barentin
• Richarde Whit∣tingion

A truce prolonged betwene Fraunce

and Englanoe for thre yeares.

This yeare died Quene Anne wyfe to kyng Richarde.

Anno. 18.

M

• Iohn Frenche Mercer

S

• [date 1394] William Bram∣ton
• Tho. Knolles

Aboute this tyme was Wikliffe fa∣mous* 1.348 in England.

Kyng Richarde made a voyage into Ireland, whiche was more chargeable thē honorable. And this yere was great tempest of wynd in England.

Anno. 19.

M

• William More bintener

S

• Roger Elys
• [date 1395] William She∣ringham

A truce for .xxx. yeres was made be∣twene England and France: and kyng Richard toke to wife Isabel the daugh¦ter of Charles the Frenche kyng.

Anno. 20.

M

• Adam Bame goldsmith

S

• [date 1396] Thomas Wyl∣forde
• Will. Parker

The duke of Glocester king Richar∣des vncle with the erle of Arundel and* 1.349 other was put to cruell deathe: for so muche as they rebuked the kyng in cer¦tayn matters ouer liberally.

Anno. 21.

M

• [date 1397] Richard Whittingtō Mercer

S

• Wil. Askham
• Iohn Wood∣cocke▪

This yeare deceased Iohn of Gaūt duke of Lancaster: He was buried in Poules Churche, on the north syde of the quier.

The Duke of Hereford and also the* 1.350 Duke of Norffolke were bothe bany∣shed the lande.

Anno. 22.

M

• [date 1398] Drewe Barēntine goldsmith

S

• Iohn Wade
• Iohn War∣ner

Kinge Richarde lette the realme of* 1.351 Englande to Ferme, to syr Willyam Scrope Erle of Wiltshyre, and to .iij. knyghtes, Bushye, Bagot and Grene, And then in Aprill he wente with an army into Irelande; leauynge for hys Lieuetenaunt in Englande, syr Ed∣mund of Langley his vncle, and duke of Yorke.

Kyng Rychard beynge occupied in Irelande, Henry Bolynbroke, Duke of Hereforde, and of Lancaster: whi∣che was banyshed into France, beynge sesite for of the Londoners, came into Englande wyth a small power, and

landed in Holdernesse in Yorkeshire, to whome the Commons gathered in greate numbre, whereof Kynge Ri∣charde hearynge, aboute September he returned, and landed at Mylforde hauen, he went to the Castell o•• Flint in Wales, where he rested hym, enten∣dynge to gather more strengthe. In the which tyme, Henry Duke of Lan∣caster came vnto Bristowe, where he tooke syr William Scrope, Earle of Wilteshyre and Treasourer of Eng∣gland, syr Iohn Bushy, and syr Henry Greene. Syr Iohn Bagot was there taken, but he escaped and fled, the o∣ther thre were put to execution. Kyng Richard beyng in the cas••ell of Flynt* 1.352 was taken: and by Henry Duke of Lancaster, sent to the Tower of Lon∣don: where shortly after he yelded vp and resigned to the sayd Henry all his power and Kyngly title to the crowne of Englande and Fraunce, knowled∣gynge, that he worthily was de∣posed for▪ h••s demerytes and misgouerning of the cōmon weale.

¶ Kyng Henry the fourth.

Anno regnl. ••.

[date] HEnry the fourth was or∣deyned King of England more by force, then by lau full succession or election: Which thyng tourned him to much vnquietnes, and caused often rebellion in this Realm: He began his reigne ouer this Realm, the .xxix. of September, in the yere of our Lord. 1399. and le••te the same the xx. day of Marche, in the yere. 1412. So he reigned thirtene yeres, six mo∣nethes, lackyng nyne dayes.

Henry, the sonne of Kynge Henry was chosen prince of Wales, and duke of Cornewall, Earle of Chester, and heyre apparant to the Crowne: he de∣posed three Dukes, that is to saye, of Albumarle, Excester and Su••••••••y, and the ••arqu••s of Dorset.

An. reg. 1.

M

• [date] Thomas ••••olles Grocer

S

• William Wal∣derne
• William Hyde

Syr Iohn Hollande duke of Exce∣ster* 1.353 brother to Kinge Richarde, the duke of Albumarle, y^e duke of Surrey with the Erles of Salisbury & Glou∣cester, and other that fauored Richard of Burdeux, conspyred agaynst Kynge Henry, and appointed priuely to mur∣der him at a feaste, whyche shoulde be holden at Windsore: but theyr treason* 1.354 was disclosed, and they al put to death with as many knightes & esquires as were of that aliance and confederacie.

King Richard was put to death in* 1.355 Pomfret castel, by a knight called syr Piers of Exton, and after brought to the tower of London, & so through the citie to Poules barefaced, & ther stode ••••i. dayes for all beholders: and from thence to Lāgley, and ther buried in a house of Friers: but he was since remo¦ued by Henry the .v. and lieth at West∣minster. Vpon the deathe of thys king Richard. Iohn Gower doth write as foloweth.

O myrrour for the worlde mete, Which shouldest in gold be bette,* 1.356 By which all wise men, by forsight, Theyr prudent wittes may whette: ••o God doth hate suche rulers as

Here viciously do lyue. And none ought rule, that by theyr life Doo yll example gyue. As this king Richard witnesseth wel, His ende this playne doeth showe, For God allotted him such ende, and sent him so great▪ woo. As suche a lyfe deserude: as by The chronicles thou mayst knowe,

Anno. 2.

M

• [date 1400] Iohn Frauncis Goldsmith

S

• Iohn Wakell
• William E∣bot

Whyle the kinge was in Wales, certayne persons enuying that he had so shortely obteyned and possessed the Realme, blased abroade amongest the vulgare people, that kynge Richarde was yet liuing, and desyred ayde of the common people to reposesse his realme and royall dignitie. And to the furthe∣rance of their inuention, they sette vp∣pon poastes, and caste aboute the stre∣tes raylyng rimes against king Hen∣ry. He beyng ne••led with those vncur∣teous prickes searched out the auctors: and amongest other were founde cul∣pable of thys cryme, syr Roger Cla∣ryngdon knyghte, with two of his ser∣uauntes, the Priour of Launde, and eyghte Fryers Mynoures or graye

Friers, who were drawen, hanged and* 1.357 quartered at Tyborne in the moneth of February.

Owen Glendour of Wales rebelled* 1.358 and kinge Henry wente thither with a strong armye, but they fledde to theyr mountaynes.

This yeare was greate scarsitie of* 1.359 wheate and other grayne, so that wheat was sold at Londō for .xvi. s, a quarter

Anno. 3.

M

• Iohn ••hadworth Mercer

[date 1401] S.

• Wil. Venour
• Iohn Fre∣mingham

This yere the Condite standyng v∣pon* 1.360 Cornehill in London was begon to be made (wher as before tyme it was a pryson for priestes called the Ta••••e in Cornehill.

A great bataile at Shrewesbury, be∣gan* 1.361 by syr Thomas Percy, erle of wor¦cester, and other agaynste the Kynge, where syr Thomas Percie was taken* 1.362 and beheaded, and syr Henry Percye slayn, with many other noble men.

Anno. 4.

M

• Iohn Walcot Draper

S

• [date 1402] Richarde Mar∣lowe
• Robert Chicheley

The Lorde of Casteil in Britayne

landed within a mile of Plymmouthe,* 1.363 with a greate company, he lodged all nyght in Plimmouthe, and on the mo∣row robbed and spoyled the town, and returned agayne to theyr shyps.

Anno. 5.

M

• [date 1403] William Askham Fishmonger

S

• Thomas Fauconer
• Tho. Poole

The Britaynes and Frenchemen, which the yere before had spoyled and robbed the town of Plimmouth, were discomfited and slayne of the englishe men, in a battell on the sea, nere the towne of Dartmouth.

This yere one William Serle was ta¦ken in the marches of Scotlande, and* 1.364 brought to London, and there hanged, drawen, and quartered for murdrynge the duke of Gloucester at Calice.

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1404] Iohn Hind Draper

S

• Wil Lowsche
• Ste. Spilmā

Syr Rychard Scrope then archby∣shop of Yorke, and the Lord Mowbray then marshal of England, with other, gathered greate strengthe to haue put* 1.365 down the king, but they were taken at York, where they were both beheaded.

Anno. 7.

M

• Io. wodcock Mercer

[date 1405] S

• Hēry Bartō
• Wil. Cromer

This yere was the bridge and Cha∣pel* 1.366 of Rochester finished by syr Robert Knols, who also new reedified the bo∣dy of y^• church of white friers standing in Fletestrete, and there was buried: That Church was fyrst founded by the auncestores of the Lord Gray Corner.

Anno. 8.

M

• Richard Whittingtō Mercer

[date 1406] S

• Nicolas Wotton
• Geff. Broke

This Richard Whittington Maior of* 1.367 London aboue named, builded y^• house in London, named Whittingtons col∣ledge. He builded a great parte of the hospitall of saincte▪ Bartholomewes in west Smithfielde: he builded the li∣brary at the gray friers in Londō, now called christes hospital: he also builded a great part of the east end of the guyld hall in London, besyde sundry other no table workes done by him.

This yere syr Henry Erle of Nor∣thumberland,* 1.368 and the lord of Bardolfe commyng out of scotland: with a strōg company, were met & foughten with, and discomfited, and theyr heades wer stryken of, and sent to London.

Anno. 9.

M

• [date 1407] William Stonden Grocer

S

• Henry Pom∣fret
• Henry Halton

This yere was a great froste which* 1.369 began in December, and lasted fyftene wekes.

Edmond Holland Erle of Rent was by the kynge made admirall of the sea, who scouring and skimming the sea, at the last landed in britayn, and besieged the Castell of Br••ake and wan it: but he was there wounded with an arrow, wherof he dyed sone after.

Anno. 10.

M

• [date 1408] Drewe Barentine Goldsmith

S

• Thomas duke
• William Nor∣ton

This yere in Smithfield was held a* 1.370 great Iustes betwene the Henowayes and Englishemen▪ in the whiche were many feates of armes done.

Anno. 11.

M

• [date 1409] Richard Marlowe Ironmonger

S

• Iohn Lawe
• William Chichley

Iohn Badley Taylour was brent in* 1.371 Smithfield for the Sacramente of the Aulter.

This yere the market house called

the Stockes in London was begon to be builded.

Anno. 12.

M

• Tho. Knolles Grocer.

[date 1410] S

• Io. Penne
• Tho. Pike

This yere a squire of Wales named* 1.372 Rice ap Dee, which had long tyme re∣belled against the king, was broughte to London, and there drawen, hanged, and quartered

This yere▪ was the Guilde Hall of* 1.373 London begon to be new built: and of an olde and lyttell cotage, made into a fayre & goodly house as it now apereth

Anno. 13.

M

• Robert Chicheley Grocer.

[date 1411] S

• Iohn Rainwel
• William Cot∣ton

This yeare the .xii. day of October, the Thames flowed thrise in one day.

And this yere the kyng caused a new coyne of nobles to be made which wer of lesse value then the olde by .iiii. d. in a noble.

Anno. 14.

M

• William Waldren Mercer

[date 1412] S

• Rafe Leu••hind
• William Seue∣noke.

This yere after the great and fortu∣nate chaunces happened to King Hen∣ry, being deliuered of al ciuile diuision

and discentiō, he minded to make a vot age against the infidels, and especially for the recouery of Ierusalem: and for that cause prepared a great army, and gathered muche treasure, entending to set forward in the same spryng. When he had thus prepared al thinges neces∣sary for his voyage: he was taken with an Apoplexie, of the whiche he langui∣shed till his appointed hower. During which sicknes (as autors write (he cau¦sed his Crowne to be set on the pillow at his beds head, and sodenly his pang so sore troubled him, that he laye as all his vital spirits had ben departed: such as had cure of his body, thinkyng him to be dead, couered his face with a lin∣nen clothe. The prince his sonne be∣yng therof aduertised, entred into the Chamber, and toke away with him the crowne and departed, the father beyng sodainly reuiued oute of his traun••e, quickly perceiued y^t lack of his croun, and hauing, knowledge that the prince had possessed ▪it, caused him to repayre to his presence, requiringe him for what cause he had so misused him selfe. The prince aunswered, syr to my iud∣gement you semed dead, wherfore I as your next heyre, tooke it as myne, and

not as yours: well sonne sayd the king what right I had to it, and howe I en∣ioyed it, God knoweth, Well qu••d the Prince, if you dye king, I wyll haue the garlande; and trust to kepe it with the sworde as ye haue done: ••••ll sayd the king, I commit all to God, and re∣member you to do well, and with that turned him selfe, and shortely after de∣parted, in a chamber of the Abbottes of Westminster, called Ierusalem, the xx. day of Marche, in the yere of our lorde. 1412. When he had reigned. 13. yeres, syxe monethes and nyne dayes, and was buried at Cantorbury.

King Henry the fyfth.

Anno Rēgni. I.

[date 1412] HEnry the fyfth began his reigne y^• .xx. day of March in the yeare of our lorde, 1412. and deceased the last day of August in the yere 1422. so he reigned .ix. ye∣res, fyue monethes and ten dayes. He was a prince of great noblenes & pro∣wes, of stature and parsonage tall and selender, of nature gentle and liberal,

in dedes of armes expert and cunning, wherby he coquered manfully his ene∣mies, and brought Fraunce to his sub∣iection: before the death of his father he applied and gaue him selfe to al vice and insolencie of lyfe, and drewe vnto him riotous and wildely dispased▪ per∣sons: but when he was admitted to the rule of the lande sodaynly he became a newe man, and turned all the rage of wildnes into sober and wise behauior, and vice into vertue: and that he might not be agayne corrupted, he charged all his olde companions, that vpon payne of theyr liues, none of them shold come within ten myles of the place that he was lodged in.

This yere about haruest tyme, was syr Iohn Oldecastel knight appeached* 1.374 for an heretike, and committed to pri∣son, but he brake out of the tower, and wente to wales, where he lyued .iiii. yeres after.

Anno. 1.

M

• [date 1413] Wil. Crow∣mer Draper

S

• Iohn. Sutton
• Iohn Mycol

Certayne adherentes of the forena∣med syr Iohn Oldecastell, assembled them in Thickets fielde, nere vnto S. Gyles in great number, whereof the

kinge beyng informed, toke the fielde afore them, and toke of them so manye, that all the prisons in and about Lon∣don, were filled. The chief of thē whi∣che were .xxix. wer condempned by the Clergie of heresie, and attaynted of high treason, as mouers of war against theyr king, by the temporall law in the Guild hall, and adiudged for treason, to be drawen and hanged, and for here∣fye to be consumed with fyre, whiche was executed accordyngly in January folowyng. The chiefe wherof was syr Robert Acton knighte, Iohn Browne Esquier, and Iohn Beuerley priest.

Anno. 2.

M

• Thomas Fauconer Mercer

S

• Iohn Michell
• [date 1414] Thomas Allein

This yere the king made great pro∣uision to sayle into France with an ar∣my, & while he was shipping of his pe¦ple, syr Richard erle of Cambridge, syr Richard Scrope treasorer of England and syr Thomas Graye knighte, were arrested for treason, and so strayghtlye examined, that it was cōfessed that they were purposed to haue slayn the king, by the corrupting of the Frenche men:* 1.375 wherfore they were all three adiudged

to dye, and were headed at Hampton? Then king Henry toke shipping with a great power, and sayled into Normā die, & toke the town of Harflew, wher he was compassed about with a greate host of frenchmē, to y^e nūber of. 40000 He hauinge but. 13000. footemen, and 2000. speares. He slew of his enemies* 1.376 10000. and toke pri••oners nie as many▪ This was called y^e battel of Agincourt

Anno. 3.

M

• [date 1415] Nicholas Wotton Draper

S

• William Cam∣bridge.
• Allein Euerard

This yere the▪ Emperour Sigi••mond came into Englād, to entreat a meanes of peace betwene the kinges of Eng∣land & Fraunce: but all was in vaine, for in the ende no peace coulde be con▪¦cluded, and king Henry went agayne into Fraunce.

Anno. 4.

M

• [date 1416] Henry Barton Skinner

S

• Robert Wo∣dington
• Iohn Couentre

This yere in France kinge Henry obteined many victories, and gotte all the townes and holdes in Normandy, sauing Rohan, whiche he strongly be∣sieged.

This yere on Ester day, was a great* 1.377 fraye in saint Dustons Church in the Easte parte of London: the beginners therof was the lord Strange, and syr Iohn Trussel knight, through the qua¦rell of theyr two wyues: through the whiche fraye manye people were sore wounded and hurt, and one Thomas Petwarden Fishmonger slayne out of ••••••••de, wherfore both the fraiers were brought to the counter in the Pultrey, and the lord Strange for beginning the sayd fray, was the next sunday accur∣sed at Paules crosse.

Anno. 5.

M

• Richard Marlowe Iremonger

S

• [date 1417] Henry Reade
• Iohn Ged∣ney.

This yere syr Iohn Oldcastell was* 1.378 sent vnto London by the lorde Powes out of Wales, the whiche syr Iohn for he••esye and treason was conuicte, and for the same was drawē to saint Giles fielde, where he was hanged on a new payre of Gallowes with cheynes, and after consumed with fyre.

About this time the person of Wrot∣ham* 1.379 in Norfolke, whiche had haunted newe Market heath, and there robbed & spoyled many of the kings subiects, was with his concubine brought vp to

Newgate where he lastly died

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1418] Wil, Seue∣••••ke grocer

S

• Rafe Barton
• Io▪ Parnesse

King Henry conquered Roan, sub∣dued al Normandy, and was proclay∣med Regent of Fraunce for terme of the lyfe of Charles beyng then kinge. And after his decease y^e croun of Frāce with al rightes belonging to the same: to him and his heyres. For confyrma∣tion wherof he toke to wife Catherin•• the daughter of Charles.

Anno. 7.

M

• [date 1419] Richarde Whittingtō Mercer

S

• R. Whitttng∣ham
• Iohn Butler

This yere king Henry returned into England & so to London, and at West∣minster Katherin his wife was crow∣ned the xxiiii. day of February.

Anno. 8.

M

• [date 1420] Wil. Cam∣bridge gro.

S

• Iohn Butler
• Iohn Welles

The duke of Clarence king Henries brother was ouerset by the Dolphin of France, and slayn, to the kinges great displeasure.

King Henry went agayn into France and made warre vpon the Dolphin.

Anno. 9.

M

• Robert Chichely Grocer

S

• [date 1421] Richard Gosse¦lyn
• Wil. Weston

The beginning of this yere. Q. Cathe∣rin was deliuered at Windsor of a yōg prince, whose name was Henry, and the tenth day of August was the newe wether cocke set on Paules steple.

And this yere the Queene returned into Fraunce to Kinge Henry, where was a ioiful meting, but ••f••er folowed sorow: for shortly after the king beyng at Bois in Vincente, he wexed sicke &* 1.380 died, the last day of August, in the yere of our lord .1422. when he had reigned nine yeres fyue monethes & ten dayes, he builded the Shene and Sion, and lyeth buried at Westminster.

King Henry the syxt

Anno Regni. 1.

[date] HEnry the syxt beynge an infant of .viii. monethes of age, began his reigne ouer this Realme of En∣gland the last day of Au∣gust, in the yeare of oure

lord .1422. he was deposed the fourthe day of Marche in the yere, 1460. So he reigned .xxxviii. yeres, syxe mone∣thes & foure days, continuing the time of his youth, he was committed to the gouernaunce of Duke Humfraye of Glocester his vncle: when he came to ••ans state, he was of wit, and nature, symple, gentle, and meke, & loued bet∣ter peace then war, quietnesse of mynd then busines of the world: honesty then profite, rest & ease, then trouble & care: all trouble, vexation, vnquietnes, and iniuries, that euer happened to him, (which were many & great) he suffred so paciently that he reputed them to be worthely sente to him of God for his offences. He fauored good letters excel¦lently wel: in token wherof he erected* 1.381 two famous Colledges, the one at Cā¦bridge, called the kinges colledge, the other at Eaton: by means wherof good learning greatly increased.

In the beginninge of his reigne, died king Charles of France, by rea∣son wherof, the kingdome of Fraunce should come vnto king Henry, and the nobles of France (excepte a fewe that helde with the Dolphin) deliuered the possessiō therof vnto the duke▪ of Bed∣ford

Regent of Fraunce, to the vse of king Henry.

Anno. 1.

M

• William Walderne. Mercer

S

• [date 1422] William Est∣field
• R. Tattersale

A subsedie was graunted for three yeres, fiue nobles of euery sack of wol that should passe out of the lande.

A priest was burned for heresie, cal¦led* 1.382 William Tayler.

This yere the west gate of London,* 1.383 now cal••ed newegate, was newly buil¦ded by the executors of Richard Whit∣tington late Maior of London.

Anno. 2.

M

• William Crowmer Draper

S

• [date 1423] Nicho. Iames
• Thomas Wad¦forde

This yere the duke of Bedford wan from the Dolphin of Fraunce, manye strong holdes and townes, and nere to a towne called Vernell, he discomfited the Dolphins whole power, for in that fighte were slayne .iii. erles and many other noble men, and .5000. common souldiours.

Syr Roger Mortimer, for treason* 1.384 was condemned by acte of parliament, and hanged and quartered.

This yere Iames king of Scottes,

was deliuered who had remayned pri∣soner in England .xviii. yeres, and he maried the lady Iane daughter to the erle of Somerset, cosyn to king Hēry.

Anno. 3.

M

• [date 1424] Iohn Michell Fishmonger

S

• Symon Se¦man
• Io. Bywater

This yere the kinge of Portingale came into England, and was honora∣bly receaued.* 1.385

This yere by the parlia••••••••t holden at Westminster, was graunted to the king for three yeres▪ to help him in his warres, a subsedy of .xii. d. in the poūd of all marchandizes brought in, or ca∣ried out of this realme, and .iii. s. of eue¦ry tonne of wine, the which was then called tonnage and pondage, but since ••t hath bene renewed at sundry parlia∣mentes, and nowe is called custome. Furthermore, it was enacted that all marchant strangers shoulde be lodged within an english host, within .xv. dais of their cōminge to their port sale, & to make no sale of any marchādise or they were so lodged: & then within .lx. days folowing, to make sale of al that they brought, and if any remayned vnsolde at the sayd .lx. dayed ende, that then all

such marchandize so vnsold, to be ••or∣feyte to the king.

Anno. 4.

M

• Io. Couen∣tre Mercer▪

S

• [date 1425] Wil. M••lrede
• Iohn Brokel

Grudge and variance betwene the* 1.386 duke of Gloucester protector of Eng∣land and his half brother the byshop of Winchester, whiche was appeased by the regent of Fraunce, and debated by a parliament at Leicester.

Anno. 5.

M

• Iohn Raynewell Fishmonger

S

• [date 1426] Io. Arnold
• Io. He••ght∣ham.

This Iohn Raynewel Maior of Lon∣don* 1.387 before named, gaue certayn lands or tenem••tes to the citie of London, for the which the same citie is bound to pay for euer, all such fyftenes as shall be graunted to the king (so that it passe not three fyftenes in one yere) for three wardes of the same, that is to say, Dou¦gate warde, Bellynsgate warde, and Algate warde.

Anno. 6.

M

• Iohn Gidney Draper

S

• [date 1427] Henry Fr••∣wicke
• Rob. Otley

This yere a woman dwelling in wh••t Chappell parishe withoute Algate of

London, was in the night murdred by a Britayne or Frenchman, whom she had cherished and brought vp of almes Who conueying such iewels and stuffe as he might cary, was taken in Essex, and brought vp to London: but as sone* 1.388 as he came in the parishe where he had committed the murder, the wiues caste vpon him so muche fylthe and ordure of the strete, that notwithstanding the resistaunce made by the Constables, they slew him out of hande.

Anno. 7.

M

• [date 1428] Henry Bar∣ton skinner

S

• T. Dushous
• Iohn Abbot

This yere y^• duke of Norfolk, was like to haue byne drowned, passing through London bridge, his barge beyng set vp¦pon the piles whelmed ouer, so that he and very few escaped, beyng drawe vp with ropes, the rest were al drowned.

Anno. 8.

M

• [date 1429] William Estfield Mercer

S

• William Russe
• Rafe Hol∣lande

This yere was King Henry crowned at Westminster.

Anno. 9.

M

• [date 1430] Nicholas Wotton Draper

S

• Walter Chert∣sey
• Robert Large

This yere at Abington, began an in∣surrection* 1.389 of certayn lyght persons, that entended to haue wrought muche mischiefe, but they wer quieted by the lorde protector, and the chiefe authour beyng vaily of the towne, named Wel∣liam M••undeuil, a weauer, otherwise naming him selfe Iack sharpe of wig∣mores Land in Wales, with other wer put to death.

This yere was one Richard Russel* 1.390 a wolman, drawen, hanged, and quar∣tered at Tiborne for treason.

Anno. 10.

M

• Ioh. Wel∣les grocer

S

• [date 1431] Iohn Adirlee
• Step. Grown

This Iohn Wels of his goods cau∣sed* 1.391 the condite named the Standard in cheape, to be builded in Anno. 1442. This yere king Henry was crowned at Paris.

Anno. 11.

M

• Io Parneis Fishmōger

S

• Iohn Olney
• Io. Padde••••ey

This yere was sene in the southwest, a* 1.392 sterre called a Comete or blasing sterr.

Anno. 12.

M

• Iohn Brokley Draper

S

• [date 1433] Thomas Chal∣ton
• Iohn Kyng

The erle of Huntington, was sente with a companye of souldioures into France, where he atchiued many great feates of Armes.

Anno. 13.

M

• [date 1434] Roger Ot∣ley Grocer

S

• Th. Barnwell
• Simgnd Eyre

This yere was a gret frost, that such* 1.393 marchandi••e as came to the Thames mouth, was caried to London by land. This frost endured from the .xxv. daye of Nouember vnto the .x. day of Febru∣ary, which was .x. wekes.

Anno. 14.

M

• [date 1435] Hen. Fro∣wike mer.

S

• Th. Catworth
• Ro. Clopton

Charles of France recouered the ci∣tie of Paris, and wanne by force the town of Harflew, and of saint Denis expelling and murdring the English∣men in great number.

Anno. 15.

M

• [date 1436] Iohn Michell Fi••hmonger

S

• Th. Worsted
• William Gre¦gorie

This yere on the third day of Ianua∣ry, dyed Quene Catherine mother to king Henry the syxt, and wife to Hen∣ry the fyfth, and lyeth buried at West∣minster.

This yere on the fourtene day of Ia∣nuary* 1.394 the gate of London brydge with the tower vpon it next to Southwark fell downe, and ii. of the furdest arches of the sayd bridge: but as god would no man therwith perished.

This yere all the lyons in the tower of London dyed, which had bene there a long tyme▪

Anno. 16.

M

• William Eastfield Mercer

S

• [date 1437] William Chap¦man
• Williā Hallio

The king caused a great obite to be kept in Pouls church, for Sigismund the Emperour, who was knight of the Garter.

Anno. 17.

M

• Stephen Browne Grocer

S

• [date 1438] Hugh Dyc¦ker
• Nicholas Yoo

This yere on new yeres day, a stacke* 1.395 of wodde fel downe at Baynardes ca∣stell, and flew three men, and hurt ma∣iny other.

Ther was so great a dearth in Eng∣lande,* 1.396 that the poore people made them bread of fetches, peason, & fern rootes.

This yere by the fall of a stayre at* 1.397 Bedford .xviii. persons wer slayne.

In this yere the Cundite in Flete∣strete

was begon by syr William E••••∣field* 1.398 late Maior of London, & finished of his owne cost, without any one pe∣ny charge to the citie.

This yeare dyed Robert Chicheley* 1.399 grocer, and twise maior of Londō, who willed in his testament, that vpon his mind day, a good competēt diner shold be ordeined for .2400. poore men, hous holders of the Citie, if they mighte he found, and .xx .li. in money distributed amongest them, whiche was to euery man .ii. d.

Anno. 18.

M

• [date 1439] Robert Large Mercer

S

• Robert Mar∣shall
• Philip Malpas

A prieste was burned at the Tower hyll on the .xvii. day of Iune, which of* 1.400 the common people was counted an ho¦ly man, for y^t he sayd, the postern shold sinke, and such like things: they made theyr praier to him, and arrered a gret heape of stones, and pight ther a Crosse by night, vntyl a cōmaundement was geuen by the king to the contrary.

The posterne of East Smithfielde agaynst the tower of London sanke by* 1.401 night .vii. foote into the earth, the .xvii•• of Iuly.

Anno. 19.

M

• Iohn Paddisley goldsmith

S

• Iohn Sutton
• [date 1440] William We∣tinghale

Elianor Cobham wife to Humfrey duke of Giocester, Roger Bolinbroke aconning negromancer, and Margery Iourdemain cōmonly called the witch of Eie were accused, that by sorcery & enchantmentes, they practised the kin▪ges death, as by an image of waxe, whi the through their diuilish incantations should litle & litle wast and consume, and so like wise the king to weare out of his life. Wherfore beyng examined & conuict, Elianor Cobham was iudged to do penaunce, as to beare a taper .iii. days, through the chiefest stretes of the Citie of London, and so to be exiled to the Isle of Man, Roger Bolinbroke was diawen hanged and quartered at* 1.402 Tiborn, and Margery Iourdmayn the witch was burnt in Smithfield.

Anno. 20.

M

• Ro. Clopton Drauer

S

• Wil. Combis
• [date 1441] Rich. Riche

This yere was a fray in Fletestrete* 1.403 betwene the Innes of Courte, and the inhabitantes of the same strete: whiche fray began in the night, and continued

tyll the next day wher were many men slayne and hurt on both parties.

Anno. 21.

M

• [date 1442] Iohn Thirley Ironmonger

S

• Tho. Bew∣mount
• Ri. Nordon

The steple of Paules church in Lon¦don* 1.404 was set on fyre with lightning, & lastly quenched by greate diligence of many men: but chiefly through the la∣bour of a priest of Bowe in cheape.

Anno. 22.

M

• [date 1443] Thomas Catworth Grocer

S

• Nicolas Wil∣ford
• Iohn Norman

An acte was made by the Common counsell of London, that vpon the son∣day should no maner of thinge within the francheses of the Citie be boughte of solde.

Anno. 23.

M

• [date 1444] Henry Fro wicke Mercer

S

• Stephen Foster
• Hugh Wyche

King Henry toke to wife Margaret, the Kinges daughter of Sicile.

Henry Chicheley byshop of Cantor∣bury* 1.405 died, who in his life time builded two houses for students in the vniuer∣sitie of Oxenford, called Alsoules col∣ledge, and Bernard college.

Anno. 24.

M

• Symond Eyre dra.

S

• [date 1445] Iohn▪ Derby
• Godf. Filding

This Simond Eyre builded the Lea∣den* 1.406 hal in Londō, and also a beautifull chapell in the east end of the same.

Anno. 25.

M

• Iohn One∣ly mercer

S

• [date 1446] Robert Horne
• Godf. Boloyne

Humfrey duke of Gloucester, and* 1.407 protectour of England was at the par¦liament of Bury, arrested, and .vi. days after he was found dead in his bed. He was buried at saint albones.

William Wams. etc byshop of Winche∣ster* 1.408 and Chancelour of England erec∣ted the famous college of Mary Mag¦dalen in Oxenford.

Anno. 26.

M

• Iohn Gid∣ney draper

S

• [date 1447] Wil. Abraham
• Tho. Scotte

This yere was taken the towne of Fogers from the Englishmen, which was the cause that Normādy was lost afterward.

Anno. 27.

M

• Stephen Brown gro

S

• [date 1448] Wil. Catlow
• * 1.409Wi. Marlow

This yere Roan was yelded to the Frenche king.

Anno. 28.

M

• Tho. Chal∣ton mercer

S

• [date 1449] Wil. Hulyn
• Th. Caninges

The Marques of Suffolk was bani∣shed the land for .v. yeres who fayling towarde France, was met on the sea by* 1.410 a ship of warre, and there presently be∣headed, by the capitayn called Nicho∣las of the tower, & the dead corps caste vp at Douer vpon the sandes.

The commons of Kent in gret num¦ber▪* 1.411 assembled on black Heath, hauing to their capitaine Iacke Cade, naming him self Mortimer. Against whom the king sent a great army, but by the sayd rebelles they were discomfited, and syr Humfrey Stafford and William his brother with many other slayne: After this victory the capitaine and rebelles cam to Londō and cut the ropes of the drawe bridge, and entred the citie, and stroke his sword on London stone, say∣ing: Now is Mortimer lord of this ci¦tie. Vpon the third day of Iuly, he cau∣sed the Lorde Say to be brought to the Guilde hall of London there to be ar∣raigned: Whiche before the kinges Iu∣stices, desyred to be tried by his peres, but the capitain perceiuing his delay: by force tooke him from the officers, and at the standard in Cheape smote of his head. He also beheaded syr Iames Cromer at the miles ende: And pyt∣ching

these two heades on two polle•• entred the Citie: and in despite caused them (beynge borne before him (in eue∣ry strete to kysse together. After thys murder, succeded open robberie with∣in the citie: But the Maior and other sage Maiestrates, perceauinge theym selues, nother to be sure of goodes nor lyfe, determined to repulse this vngra∣cious company, and sente to the Lorde Scales, keper of the tower, who pro∣mysed his ayde, with shoting of ordi∣naunce: and Mathew Gough was ap∣pointed to assist the Maior: so the capi∣taines of the Citie tooke vpon them in the nighte to kepe the bridge, prohi∣byting the Kentish-men to passe. The rebelles hearing the bridge to be kept, ranne with great force to open that pas¦sage: where betwene bothe partes was a fierce encounter. The rebelles draue the Citezens from the stoulpes at the Bridge foote, to the drawe bridge, and set fyre on diuers houses: In conclu∣sion, the rebels gat the drawe bridge, and drowned and flewe many. This conflict endured tyll .ix. of the clock in the mornyng, in doubtfull chaunce: so that both partes agreed to desiste from fyght tyll the next day, vpon condition

that neyther Londoners shoulde passe into Southwarke, nor the Kentishmen into London. Then the archebishop of Cantorburye beynge Chancellor with the bishop of Winchester, passed into Southwarke, wher they shelved a ge∣nerall pardon for all oftenders, vnder the kinges greate seale, whiche they caused to be proclaymed, wherevpon the whole multitude retyred home: but throughe a proclamation beyng made, that who so coulde apprehend the sayde Iacke Cade, should haue a thousande markes, one Alexander Iden founde him in a gardeyn, who in his defence slew the sayd Iacke Cade and brought his body to London, where his heade was set on London bridge.

The Byshop of Salisbury was mur∣dred* 1.412 by the commons of the west coun¦trey.

Anno. 29.

M

• [date 1450] Nicolas Wiford Grocer

S

• Iohn. Mid∣dleton.
• William Dere

The whole duchie of Normandy was yelded to the frenche kynge by meanes of the Queene, and the duke of Somerset: whiche caused so muche trouble in England, that mortall war ensued.

Anno. 30.

M

• William Gregory Skinner

[date] S

• Mathew Philip
• Christopher war¦ton

A commotion began this yere by the* 1.413 duke of Yorke, and other noble men, which was appeased for a time, and the malice dissembled.

Anno. 31.

M

• Gddfrey Feldyng Mercer

[date 1452] S

• Richard Lee
• Richarde Al∣ley

This yeare the Quene was delyue∣red of a Prynce, who was called Ed∣ward.

Anno. 32.

M

• Iohn Norman Draper

[date 1453] S

• Iohn Wal∣derne
• Thomas Coke

Before this Maiors yere, the maior* 1.414 sheriffes, and commons were wont to ryde to westminster, when the Maior should take his charge: but this maior was rowed thither by water: For the which, the watermen made of hym a songe, begynnynge, Rowe the boate Norman. &c.

The fire of enuye that a good space had couertly smouldered betweene the Duke of Yorke, and the duke of So∣merset, with other of the quenes coun∣sayle,

at this tyme brake oute in hot & fierce flames of warres. In so much•• that betwene the Kyng, who defended these persons, and the Duke of Yorke, with his alies, at sainct Albons a cru∣ell* 1.415 battaile was foughte: In the ende whereof the victory fell to the duke of yorke. And on the kynges partie was stayne the Duke of Somerset, the erle of Northumberland, the Lorde Clyf∣ford, with many other honorable men, knightes and Squyers. After whiche tyme, the Duke with greate reuerence brought the Kynge frome Saincte Al∣bons to London. Where by a Parlia∣ment, he was made protector of the re∣alme: the Erle of Salisbury Chaun∣cellor, and the erle of Warwike Cap∣tayne of Calaice.

Anno. 33.

M

• [date 1454] Stephen Foster fishemonger

S

• Iohn Field
• Williā Tay∣lor.

This yeare in London was a greate* 1.416 fray at saint Martins le grād, by sain∣tuary men, who issued forth and hurte diuers citisens: but it was appeased▪ by the Maior and other. There was suche greuons complaintes made thereof to the kyng by the Deane of Saint Mar∣tins,

that the liberties of the citie wer¦in perill to be seised.

Anno. 34.

M

• William Marrow Grocer

[date 1455] S

• Iohn Yong
• Thomas Oul∣graue

By meanes of the Quen•• and other lordes, the duke of Yorke was dischar∣ged of his protectorship: which thynge was cause of new grudge and malice.

A great riot cōmitted in London a∣gaynst* 1.417 the Lombardes and Italians, because a mercers seruant was cast in prison for strikyng an Italian.

Anno. 35.

M

• Thomas Canyngs Grocer

[date 1451] S

• Iohn Ste∣ward
• Rafe Derney

At Erith within .xii. myles of Lon∣don* 1.418 were taken .iiij. wonderful fishes: wher of one was called Mors Mari∣na, the seconde a sword fishe, the other two were whales.

A Fleete of Frenchemen landed at* 1.419 Sandwiche, & spoyled the town with great crueltie.

Anno. 36.

M

• Godfrey Boleyne Mercer

[date 1547] S

• Wylliam Ed∣warde
• Tho. Rayner

A sained agremēt was made betwene the Kyng, the Quene, and the Duke of Yorke with his retinue•• for ioy wherof a generall procession was celebrate in* 1.420 saint Poules at London. At which so∣lemne feast, the kyng in habite royall, and his diademe on his head, kept his state in procession: before whom went hand in hand, the Duke of Somerset, the Erle of Salisbury, the duke of Ex¦cester, and the erle of Warwike: and so one of the one faction, an other of the o∣ther sect. And behind the king, the duke of Yorke ledde the Quene▪ with great familiaritie to all mens syghtes. But wo worth dissimulation: for theyr bo∣dies were ioyned by hande in hande, whose heartes were farre in sunder, as appered shortly after.

Anno. 37.

M

• [date 1458] Thomas Scotte Draper

S

• Rafe Iossolyn
• Richarde Med∣tham

The noble Science of printing was found in Germany ac Magunce byone* 1.421 Iohn Cuthenbergus, a knyght: he foūd moreouer the Inke by his deuice, that printers vsed xvi. yeare after printing was found, which was the yere of our Lord. 1458. one Conradus an Almain

brought it into Rome: & Nicolas Iohn son a french man did greatly polishe & garnysh it. And now it is dispersed tho¦rough the whole world, as saith Poli∣••ore Dirgile. Williā Caxton mercer o•• London first brought it into England: about the yere of our Lord. 1471. and first practised the same in the abbeye of saynt Peter at Westminster.

The duke of Yorke, the Erles of Sa¦lifburye and Warwike, with a greate* 1.422 hoste met the kyng and other lordes of England vpon Blore heath nere to Lō¦don: where because Andrew Trollop a captain of Calaice, the night before the battaile should haue ben, fledde with a company of the beste souldiours to the Kynges parte. The Duke of Yorke, the Earles of March, Salisbury, and Warwike, mystrustyng them selues to bee to weake, departed with a priuye company, and fledde: The Duke into Ireland, the .iij. erles into Gerneseye, and after to Calays without any nota∣ble battaile.

Anno ••38.

M

• William Hulyn fishemonger

[date 1459] S

• Iohn Plum∣mer
• Ioh. Stocker

The .iii. erles cōming frō Calice with a puisant army, the .ix. day of July met

kyng Henry at Northampton, & gaue* 1.423 hym strong battayle. In the end wher∣of, the victorie fell to the Earles, and the kynges host was dispersed, chased, and many slayne: among whiche was the Duke of Buckingham, the Erle of Shrewesbury, the lord Egremount, with other, and the kynge taken in the fielde.

The duke of yorke returnyng into* 1.424 Englande, made suche clayme to the crown, that by consent of a parliamēt he was proclaimed heyre apparant, and all his progenie after hym.

The quene in this meane tyme, had gathered a company of Northern men: & nere to a towne in the North, called* 1.425 Wakefield, in a cruel fight discōs••ted & slew the Duke of Yorke, with his son the erle of Rutland, the erle of Salis∣bury, was taken prisoner with diuers other noble men.

Anno. 39.

M

• [date 1460] Rich. Lee Grocer

S

• Rich. Flemyng
• Iohn Lamberde

The Quene with her retinue neare* 1.426 saynet Albons, discomfited the▪ erle of Warwi••e and the Duke of Norfolk & delyuered kyng Henry her husband.

Edwarde, Earle of Marche, and

eldeste sonne to the Duke of Yorke: came vp to London with myghtye power of Marchemen, accompanied wyth the Earle of Warwike, and by a∣greement of a councell was proclay∣med kyng of England, and called Ed∣warde the fourthe: Shortely after, he pursued kyng Henry towarde Yorke,* 1.427 where he gaue a sore battayle to the kyng and his company. This fyghte was so cruelle and fierce, that in the fyght and chase were slayne .xxx. thou∣sand of the commons besyde menne of name: the whyche were the Earles of Northumberlande, and Westmerland,* 1.428 the lorde Clyfford, Andrewe T••••llep, and other, to the numbre of eleuen. And kynge Henry loste all, and was fayne to flee the lande, when▪ he had reigned eight and thyrty yeres .vi. mo∣nethes and foure dayes. And Queene Margarete with the yong prince, fled to her father, the duke of Angeowe.

¶Kynge Edwarde the fourth.

Anno Regni .i.

[date 1460]

FOward the fourth, be∣gan his dominion o∣uer this Realme of Englande, the fourthe day of Marche, in the of our Lorde. 1460. and lefte▪ the same the ix. day of Aprile, in the yere 1483. so he reigned .xxi••. yeres, one moneth and fiue dayes. He was a man of noble cou¦rage & great wyt: but in his time was muche trouble▪ and vnquietnesse in the Realme.

Anno. 1.

M

• [date 1461] Hugh Wiche grocer.

S

• Iohn Looke
• George Ire∣lande

This yere the Staplers of Caleis de¦maunded of kyng Edward .xviii. thou¦sand poundes, which they had lent him to mainteyne his warres against king Henry: but their sute was finally re∣garded, and lastly denied.

Anno. 2.

M

• [date] Thomas Cooke Draper

S

• Williā Hamp∣ton
• Barth•• Iames

Margarete the Quene, and wife to Henry the sixt, lāded in England, but hauyng smal succour and euil fortune: was sayn to take the seas again, and by

tempeste of weather, was dryuen into Scotland.

Anno. 3.

M

• Mathewe Philyppe goldsmyth

S

• Robert Basset
• [date 1463] Thomas Mu¦schampe

The lorde Mountague, hauing the* 1.429 rule of the North, discōs••ted king Hē∣ry, commyng out of Scotland with a great power, to recouer y^e crown: this is called the battaile of Exham, in whi¦che were taken the Duke of Somerset the lorde Hungerford, the lorde Roas, whiche were after put to deathe with many other.

Kyng Edwarde was secretly maried to Elisabeth Gray, late wife of six Iohn Gray. For whiche mariage rose greate variance betwene the king and the erle of Warwicke, his chiefe friende and mainteyner.

This yere was king Henry taken in* 1.430 a wodde in the north countrey, by one named Cantlowe, and arested by the erle of Warwike, and presented to the kyng Edward, and sent to the tower, where he remayned longe after in the Dungeon.

Anno. 4.

M

• Rafe Iosse∣lyn draper

S

• [date 1464] Iohn Tate
• Iohn Stone

This yere the king ordeyned a newe* 1.431

coyne, as the ryall, the angell, the halfe aungell, and the farthyng: ryals were x. ••. y^• angel .vi. •• .viii. d. And the gro∣tes were made of lesse value then they were by viii d. in an ounce. The syl∣uer that before was at .ii. •• .viii. d. the oūce, was now inhanced to .iii. •• .iiii▪ d the ounce, and fyne golde that before was .xxx. ••. the ounce, was now inhan¦ced to .xl. ••. the ounce.

And this yere was quene Elizabeth crowned at Westminster on whitson∣••ay, or the .xxvi. day of May.

Anno. 5.

M

• [date 1465] Rafe Verney Mercer

S

• Sir Hen. weuer
• William Constā¦tine

This yere the .xi. day of Februarye, the quene was deliuered of a daughtēr who was named Elizabeth.

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1466] S. Io. Yōg Groce:

S

• Iohn Brown
• Henry Brice

Iohn Darby Alderman, for that he refused to pay for the cariage awaye of a dead dogge lying at his gate, and for vnmete language, which he gaue vnto the Maior, was by a courte of Alder∣men assessed with the fyne of fiue poūd whiche he payde euery peny.

Anno. 7.

M

• Thomas Owlegraue Skynne••

S

• [date 1467] Humf. Hey∣forde
• T. Stalbrok

Syr Thomas Cooke alderman of London, was accused of treason, and arraigned of the same, and founde not gyltie: but yet by reason of the Lorde Treasorer, who was not his frend, he was deteyned in prison, and could not be delyuered, vntyll he had fined▪ with the kynge for. 8000. poundes, whiche he payde.

A great iustes was in Smythfielde, betwene the lorde Scales, and the ba∣starde of Burgoyn.

Anno. 8.

M

• William Tayler Grocer

S

• [date 1468] Symon Smith
• Willyam Ha∣riot

This Williā Tayler Maior of Lon¦don* 1.432 afore named, gaue to the Citie of London certaine tenementes, for the which the citie is bounde to pay for e∣uer, at euery fiftene to be graunted to the kynge, for al suche people as shall dwel in Cordwainer strete ward, that shalbe sessed at .xii. d. the pece, or vnder Whiche charitable woorke oughte not to be forgotten, but remayn in remem∣brance

to the exaumple of them, who are able to doo the lyke.

The grudge whiche the erle of War∣wike had conceyued against kyng Ed∣ward for the forsaid mariage, declared it selfe openly▪ so that he adioyned him with the duke of Clarence the kynges brother, and by their meanes stirred so the Northern men, that they diuers ty∣mes rebelled, and turned the kyng and the realme to muche trouble. But short¦ly the kyng demeaned hymself, that the* 1.433 rebelles were suppressed. Wherfore the erle of Warwike perceiuyng his part to be weakened, fled with the duke of Clarence, and other into France.

Anno. 9.

M

• [date 1469] Richarde Lee grocer

S

• Rich. gardiner
• Robert Drope

The Duke of Clarence, the Erles of Warwike, Pembroke, and Oxenforde, landed at Darthmouthe, to whome by meanes of▪ proclamations, that wer pu¦blyshed in the name of kynge Henry, the commons gathered in so great com¦panies, that Edward fearing his part,* 1.434 fled into Flanders to the Duke of Bur¦goyn. Then was Henry the sixt set at libertie, and agayn proclaymed kynge by meanes of the erle of Warw••ke and

other▪ & Edwarde proclaimed vsurpe•• of the Crowne: but that continued not longe.

The erle of Worcester was beheaded at the tower hyll.* 1.435

Anno. 10.

M

• Io. Stok∣ton mercer

S

• [date 1470] Iohn Crosby
• Iohn Warde

Quene Elisabeth wife to Edwarde the fourth, beyng in the sanctuarye of Westminster, was deliuered of a price, who afterward was Edward y^e fifthe.

King Edward being returned out of Flaunders, arriued in the north parte of England, with a very smal compa∣ny of souldiors: but by meanes that he vsed, and through his brother the duke of Clarence, who turned nowe to hys part, he cam so puisant to London that he entred the citie, and toke kyng Hen¦ry* 1.436 in the byshops palaice, and then wēt against the erle of Warwike, whom he vanquished and slew with his brother Marques Mountague, on Glademore heath nere Barnet, ten miles frō Lon∣don. Shortly after, at Teukesbury, he* 1.437 ouerthrew Quene Margaret, the wife of Henry. In which battaile was takē the sayd Margaret, with Edwarde the Prince her sonne, the duke of Somer

set, and diuers other. King Edward a∣gayne receiued his royaltie, & was ta∣ken for kyng, and vncurteously slew prince Edward sonne of Henry y^• .vi. after he had taken hym prisoner.

A commotion stirred by the bastard* 1.438 Faw combridge, and the commons of Kent and Essex, who robb••d and spei∣led the suburbes of the citie of London and fyred Bishops gate and Algate.

Henry the sixt was murdered in the tower of London, and buried at Ch••rt¦sey, and after remoued to wyndsor.

Anno. 11.

M

• [date 1471] Williā Ed¦ward gro.

S

• Iohn Alleyn
• Iohn Chelley

The erle of Oxenford was sent pri∣soner to Guynes, where he remayned prisoner, so long as Edward the fourth reigned, whyche was twelue yeares in all whiche tyme the lady his wyfe, myght neuer come to him, nor hadde a∣ny thyng to lyue vpon, but what peo∣ple of theyr charities would geue her, or what she got by her nedle.

Anno. 12.

M

• [date 1472] William Hampton fyshmonger

S

• Iohn Brown
• Tho. Bled∣lowe

This Maior was a good iusticer, he

punished in his yere many ••audes and strompettes, and caused theym to ryde with ••aye hoodes, and made a pay••e of stockes to be set in euery warde of the citie.

[date 1473] Anno. 13.

M

• Iohn Tate mercer

S

• William Stoc∣ker
• Rob. Bellisd••••

In this yere the erie of Ercester was found dead in the sea, betwene Douer and C••••••••ys.

One Iohn Gose, was burned at the* 1.439 tower hyll for heresy.

Anno. 14.

M

• Ro. Drope draper

[date 1474] S

• Edmūd Sh••w
• Thomas Hyll

This Robert Drope maior of Lon∣don* 1.440 afore named, buylded the east ende of the Cundyte in Cornehyll.

Kyng Edward required of his sub∣iectes a beneuolence, which they gaue him, and so he sailed into France with a great army, to aide the Duke of Bur¦goyn: but by sute of the French kyng, a peace was concluded for .vii. yeres.

Anno. 15.

M

• Robert Bas¦set Salter

[date 1474] S

• Hugh Prince
• Ro. Colwich

This maior did sharp correction vpō Bakers, for makyng of light bread, ill

so muche that he set dyuers of them on the pillory, whose names I passe ouer.* 1.441 And a woman named Agnes Deintie, was also there punished for sellyng of false mynged butter.

Anno. 16.

M

• [date 1476] Rafe Josselyn Draper

S

• Richard Rau∣son
• William Horne

This yeare by the diligence of thys* 1.442 Maior, the new wall of London, from Creplegate to bishops gate, was made as it now is, the Maior with his com∣pany of the Drapers, made all that part betwixt All halowes church in y^e same wall and Byshops gate, of their owne proper costes: and the other companies made the other dele, which was a great work to be done in one yere, cōsidering the purueyance of the stuffe.

Anno. 17.

M

• [date 1477] Humfrey Heyforde Goldsmith

S

• Henry Colet
• John Stoc∣ker

This yere the Duke of Clarence se∣cond brother to the kyng, beyng pryso∣ner in the ••ower, was secretely put to death, and drowned in a barell of mal∣nesey, within the sayd towre.

Anno. 18.

M

• Richard gardiner Mercer

[date 1478] S

• Roberte Her∣dyng
• Robert Byfelde

This yeare was a greate dearth, and* 1.443 also a great death at London, and in di∣uers▪ other partes of this realme.

Anno. 19.

M

• Bartholo. James Draper

[date 1479] S

• Thomas J∣lam
• John Warde

This yere at Tower hyll wer foure* 1.444 felons hanged and burned for robbing of a churche.

Anno. 20.

M

• John Browne Mercer

[date 1480] S

• William Da∣niell
• William Bacon

This yeare the kyng required great sonnnes of money to be lent him of the citisens of London, who after diuers assemblies graunted to lend hym 5000 marke, whiche was repayde agayne in the nexte yere folowyng.

Anno. 21.

M

• William Hariate Draper

[date 1481] S

• Robert Tate
• Will. Wikyng
• Rich. Chawry

This yere the Scots began to stirre, against whom kyng Edwarde sent the

Duke of Gloucester, and diuers other, whiche returned agayne without any notable battayle.

Anno. 22.

M

• [date 1482] Edmond Shawe goldsmith

S

• Wil. White
• Iohn Ma∣thewe

Kyng Edward making great proui¦sion for warre into France, ended his lyfe the .ix. of Aprill, in the yere of our Lord. 1483. when he had reigned xxii. yeres. ••. moneth and .v. dayes. He was buried at Wyndsor, leauyng after hym two sonnes, Edward the prince, & Ri¦chard Duke of Yorke, with .v. daugh∣ters, as Elizabeth y^• after was quene, Cicelie, Anne, Ratherin, & Bridget.

King Edward the fyfth.

Anno Regni .i.

[date 1483] EDwarde the fyfth, of the age of eleuen yea∣res began▪ his reigne ouer this Realme of Englande the nynthe of Aprill, in the yere of our Lord. 1483. & was murdred by Richarde Duke of

Gloucester, the same yere the .xxii. day of Iune, so he reigned .ii. moneths and xi. dayes. This Edwarde was neuer crowned, but cruelly murdred by Ri∣chard duke of Gloucester his vnnatu∣rall vncle; who after vsurped y^e crown and was called Richard the third.

Kyng Richard the thyrd.

Anno regni. 1.

[date 1483] RIchard the third bro∣ther to Edwarde the fourth, through many cruel dedes lastly ob∣teyned the Crowne of Englād. Fyrst to com¦passe his wicked and dyuely she purpose: He put to deathe those noble men, whiche he thoughte woulde not consente to hys mynde in all thynges: the other hee corrupted* 1.445 with riche gyftes: then by his vntruth and falsehoode, he wrested frome the quene Elizabeth (beyng then in saintu∣arie) Richarde her yonger sonne, and brother to the Prince: Thirdly he cau∣sed to be published at Poules Crosse, by one doctour Shawe that Edwarde

the fourthe, his elder brother was not rightly begotten of his mother, but by aduoutrie: and therfore that neither he, nor hys chyldren hadde ryghte to the crowne: or as some write, he caused to be published, that the prynce and hys brother were not rightefully begotten of Quene Elizabeth: and therfore the ryght of the crowne to be his, whiche he toke vpon hym, and shortly thervp∣pon shamefully murdred the two yong* 1.446 chyldren in the tower of London, and vsurped the crowne twoo yeares and two monethes.

Anno Regni. 1.

M

• [date 1483] Robert Bi∣lis••ō hate•• dasher

S

• Tho. Norlād
• Williā Mar∣tyn

Grudge began betwene Kynge Ri∣charde the thyrde, and his nere friende the duke of Buckyngham: in so muche that for displeasure therof, the Duke cō¦spired with diuers other noble men a∣gaynst hym, and intended to bring into the lande Henry erle of Richmond, as rightful heyre to the crown. This Hē∣ry had fled into Britayne, fearyng the crueltie of Edward the fourth: for whi¦che conspiracie, the said Duke of Buc∣kyngham with diuers other, was short

ly after taken and put to deathe.

Anno. 2.

M

• Thomas Hyll Grocer

S

• [date 1484] Richard Chester
• Tho. Britayne
• Rafe Astrie

The noble prince Hēry erle of Rich¦mount, with a small company of fren∣chemen, landed at Mylford hauē, nigh Pembroke, whose commynge when it was hearde of in Wales, dyuers noble men with their retinue, forsakyng Ri∣chard, gathered to him in greate num∣ber: so that his strength in shorte space greatly increased. At a vyllage nere to Leicester, called Bosworthe, he mette with his enemies: wher betwene them* 1.447 was foughten a sharp battaile: In con¦clusion, king Richard with dyuers o∣ther, was slayn, and Henry obtayned a noble victorie: After which conqueste, he was immediatly crowned kyng of Englande in the fielde: and the deade corps of kyng Richard was broughte to Leicester, and there buryed at the Stay friers churche.

Kyng Henry the seuenth.

Anno Regni .i.

[date]

HEnry the seuenthe began his reigne ouer this Re∣alme of Englād the xxii. day of August, in the yere of our Lord. 1485. and deceased in the yere. 1509 the xxii. day of Apryll: So he reigned xxiii. yeres, & .viii. monethes: he was a prince of meruailous wisedome and policie, and of great iustice, temperāce and grauitie. He so behaued him in the tyme of his reigne, that notwithstan∣dyng many and great occasions of trou¦ble vnquietnesse and warre, he kepte his realme in right good rule & order. Wherfore he was greatly estemed and reuerenced of foreyn princes.

This yeare maister Thomas Ilam, Alderman of London, and marchaunt of the Staple, newe made the greate Cunduite in Cheape of hys owne goodes.

This yeare was the sweating syck∣nes, of the whiche a wonderfull mul∣titude dyed: And in London besydes other, there dyed Thomas Hyll Ma∣ior, on the .xxvii. daye of September, in whose place was chosen syr Wylly∣am Stocker Draper, who receyued hys othe at the vtter gate of the tower

of London: but he lykewyse decea∣sed about seuen dayes after, in the whi∣che seuen dayes, departed other foure Aldermenne, as Thomas Ilam, Ry∣charde Rawson, Thomas Norlande, and Iohn Stocker, brother to Syr Wyllyam Stocker. And thenne was chosen for Maior, Iohn Warde Gro∣cer, who continued that office the full of Thomas Hylles yeare, that is to saye, tylle the feaste of Symon and Iude.

Anno. 1.

M

• Hugh Brice goldsmith

S

• [date 1485] Iohn Tate
• Iohn Swan

The .xxx. daye of O••••ober, the king was solempnely crowned at West∣mynster.

The Kynge ordeyned a numbre of* 1.448 chosen Archers, and other strong and hardy persones, to geue dayely atten∣dance on his person, whom he named ••••omen of his garde.

The Kyng sent the Lorde Treasou∣rer with maister Braye and other, vn∣to the Lorde Maior of London, requi∣rynge hym and his Citizens of a prest o•• .vi. M. marke: wherefore the Maior with his brethern and cōmon counsell of the Citie, assembled theym selues,

and by their auctoritie was graunted a prest of .MM. poundes, the whiche was leuied of the f••llow shyppes, and not of the wardes: for the more ease of the poore people.

This yeare the beautifull Crosse in* 1.449 Cheape was newe buylded and made. Toward the buyldyng whereof, Tho∣mas Fysher mercer, gaue .vi C. marks

This yeare wheate was at iii. ••. the bushell, bay salte at .ii. •• .viii. d. and iii. ••. the bushell.

Anno. 2.

M

• [date 1486] Syr Hen∣ry Colet Mercer

S

• Iohn Perciual
• Hughe Clop∣ton

This yere y^e kyng maried Elisabeth* 1.450 eldest daughter of Edward the fourth: by whiche meanes the two families of Yorke and Lancaster, the whiche hadde longe caused Diuysyon, was knyt to∣gether in one.

About this tyme Francis Louel, and Humfreye Stafforde rebelled in the north: with them was Martin Swart which cōmotion was quieted by y^• po∣licy* 1.451 of the Duke of Bedforde, but not without bloudshedde: For there was slayne the Earle of Lyncolne, the lord Louell, Martyn Swart, and other, a∣boue,

iiii. thousand.

Thys yeare was borne Prynce Ar∣thur, in the moneth of September.

Anno. 3.

M

• William Horne Salter

S

• Iohn Fenkyll
• [date 1487] Williā Reming¦ton

This yere was Quene Elisabeth crow¦ned at Westmnster vpon S. Katherins day. In Iuly was an other prest for the king made in y^e city of London of .iiii. thousand poūds, which was sessed on•• y^• crafts or felowships: shortly after was the thirde prest of .ii. M .li. which was leuied as the other, whiche were bothe repayed agayne the next yere folowing These summes of moneye with many ••o, whiche his grace borowed of his lordes, and other, was to ayde the arch duke of Burgoyn, agaynst the duke of Britayne. In the ende of this Maiors yeare was Iohn Ashsleye, the sonne of syr Iohn Ashley knight, with .ii. other drawen from Westminster to the tower hyll, and there beheaded.

Anno. 4.

M

• Roberte Tate Mercer

S

• [date] Wyllyam I∣sake
• Rafe Tinley

Thys yeare was a taske of the tenthe

peny of all mens goodes and landes: through which the cōmōs of the north slewe the Erle of Northumberlande, wherfore Iohn Chamber their captain with other was hanged at Yorke.

Anno. 5.

M

• [date 1489] William Whyte Draper

S

• Wylliam Ca∣pell
• Iohn Brooke

This yeare one Roger Sha••elocke* 1.452 a taylor dwellynge within Ludgate, slewe hymself: For whose goodes was muche busynes betwene the kyngs am ner and the sheriffe.

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1490] Iohn Ma¦thewe mercer

S

• Henry Coote
• Ro. Reuell
• Hugh Pēbertō

Syr Robert Chamberlayn beheaded* 1.453

This yere the kyng required a bene∣uolence, whiche was to hym graunted toward his iourney into France.

This yeare Creplegate of London* 1.454 was new buylded at the costes & char∣ges of syr Edmund Shaw goldsmyth late maior of the same Citie.

In Iuly was Henry the kynges se∣conde sonne borne at Grenewiche.* 1.455

This yere the beautifull cundite in Gracious strete was begon to be buil∣ded. The stone worke wherof was fi∣nished

in the yere. 1494. But the first water ran out therof, on the .xix. day of March, in the yeare. 1503. the .xix. yere of Henry the .vii, & not before. Which Cundite was buylded of the goodes & by the executours of sir Thomas Hyll grocer: as it dooth appere by certayne verses, written on the same Cundite.

Thomas Hyll knight, late Maior of this Citie, With his wife Dame Elisabeth, of their charitie, For the loue of God, & weale of the cōmonaltie Of theyr costes onely, this thyng did edi••ye, Out of the ground, with all things necessary.

In this Maiors tyme wheat was at xx. d & .xxii. d. y^e bushel which was then accōpted deare.

Anno. 7.

M

• Hugh Clop¦ton mercer

[date 1491] S

• Tho. Wood
• Wil. Brown

This yere king Henry toke his voi¦age into France with a great armye to aide y^e Britōs against the french king.

Anno. 8.

M

• Wil. Mar¦tin skinner

[date 1492] S

• Wil. Purchas
• Wil. welbeck

This yeare was a peace concluded betwene the kinges of Englande and Fraunce, and kyng Henry returned a∣gayne into Englande▪

In the moneth of Ianuary, two par∣doners were set on the pillory .iii. mar¦ket days, for forgyng of a false pardon wherwith they had deceued many peo¦ple, and for that one of them had fai∣ned hymself to be a priest, he was sent to Newgate, where he dyed, and the other was driuen out of the citie with shame ynough. And this yeare was a fray made vpon the Easterlynges or* 1.456 Stilliard men, by Mercers seruants and other: For the whiche dyuers of them wer sore punished, and the chief aucthors were kept long in prison.

Anno. 9.

M

• [date 1493] Rafe Astry fishmonger

S

• Rob. Fabian
• Iohn Winger

This yere wheat was sold for .vi. d* 1.457 the bushel, and bay salt at .iii. d. ob. the bushel: white herring at .ix. s̄. y^e barell red herryng at .iii. s̄. the cade of y^e best, red sprots at .vi. d. a cade. and gascoyn wyne at .vi li. y^e tonne.

Anno. 10.

M

• [date 1494] Ric. Chaw¦ry Salter

S

• Nico. Alwin
• Iohn Warner

This yeare white herring was sold at .xl. d. a barell beyng good.

Perkyn Warbecke whiche by the* 1.458 counsayle of Margaret of Burgoyn namyng hym selfe Rychard of Yorke:

Kyng Edwardes seconde sonne, arri∣ued in Kente: where he was dryuen backe by the vplandyshe men, and o∣ther of the inhabitantes of the coun∣treye, with the losse of diuers of hys* 1.459 men: and shortly after were hanged an hundred and threscore persones of the forenamed rebels, in dyuers and sun∣dry costes of England. The .v. capi∣tains were Mountford, Corbet, Whit¦belt, Quintin, and Genyne.

Anno. 11.

M

• Sir Hē¦ry Colet mercer

[date 1495] S

• Thomas Kneis∣worth
• Henry Somer

The Scots brake into y^e north par∣tes of Englād by y^e setting on of Per∣kin Werbeck, & did much harme to y^e borderers.

Anno. 12.

M

• Iohn Tate mercer

[date 1496] S

• Iohn Shawe
• Rich. Haddon

By meanes of a payment that was* 1.460 graunted to the kyng by acte of parlia¦ment) a newe cōmotion was made by the cōmons of Cornwall: which vn∣der the leadyng of the lorde Audeley, with Mighell Ioseph y^e black smith, and diuers other came to Black heth where the king met with them, & dis∣comfited the rebels, and toke their cap

••••ins, which wer shortly after, draw•• hanged, and quartered: The lorde Au∣deley was beheaded at the tower hyll, the .xxviii. day of Iune.

Kyng Hēry sent an army into Scot¦land vnder the guiding of the Earle of Surrey, and the Lord Neuell, whiche made sharpe warre vpon the Scots.

A mariage cōcluded betwene prince Arthur, and lady Katherine the kings daughter of Spayne.

Perkin Werbeck lāded again in Corn¦wal,* 1.461 & assaulted the town of Excetou•• & other places: but finally he tooke the saintuary of Beaudley, and was after pardoned his life.

Anno. 31.

M

• [date] William purchase mercer

S

• Bartho. Rede
• Thomas wind∣ought

Perkyn Warbecke endeuoured to steale away secretly out of the lād: but he was takē agayn by his kepers, and by the kynges commandement cast in the Tower of London: where after he was shewed at Westmynster, and in Chepe on scaffolds, and stocked, to the great wonderment of many people.

This yeare the English marchants* 1.462 (beyng long absente out of Flaunders commyng into Flaunders with mar∣chādise,

were receiued into Andwarpe with generall procession: so glad was the towne of their returnyng, whiche was by theyr absēce sore hindred & im¦pouerished.

Anno. 14.

M

• Sir Iohn Perciuall ••ar. tailer

S

• [date] Th. bradbury
• Stephen Ie∣nyns

At saint Thomas Watryng a stry∣plyng* 1.463 was put to execution, which▪ cal¦led himselfe Edwarde Earle of War∣wyke, and sonne of George Duke of Clarence: which George sence the be∣ginnyng of kyng Henries reigne was kept secretly in the▪ tower of London. This yere master Iohn Tate aldermā* 1.464 o•• Lōdon began to edify S. Anthonies church in London with a notable free schole to the same adioinyng, and also one almes house for poore people.

The .x••i. day of Iuly, beynge son∣daye, and the nexte sondaye folowing xii. persones bare fagottes at Paules crosse.

This yeare good Gascoyne wyne was solde for .xi. ••. the Tonne: wheate for .iiii. shyllynges the quarter, and baye salte for .iiii. d. a bushell, and bet¦ter cheape▪

Anno. 15.

M

• [date 1499] Nicolas Alwyn mercer

S

• Iames Wyl∣forde
• Rich. Brond

This yeare the .xvi. day of Nouem¦ber* 1.465 was arraigned at Westmynster, Parkin Warbeck, & .iii. other, which Perkyn, and one Iohn a ••ater, were executed at Tyborne, the .xxiii. day of the same moneth of Nouember. And soone after, on the .xxviii. day of No∣uember was the erle of Warwike put to▪ deathe at the tower hylle, and one Blewet and Atwod at Tyborne.

This yeare was a greate deathe in* 1.466 London: wherof (after▪ Fabyan), dyed xx .thousande, but after Hall his chro¦nicle .xxx. thousand.

In May the kyng and Quene sailed* 1.467 to Calaice: and at saincte Peters they met with the duke of Burgoin.

Anno. 16.

• [date 1500] William Remington fishmonger

S

• Iohn Ha∣wes
• Wil. Stede

This yere the king builded new his* 1.468 manour at Shene, & changed y^e name thereof, and named it Richmont: & he buylded new his place called Bainar¦des castel in Lōdon, and repaired his

place at Grenewiche, with much other building▪

King Henry trouthplighted his dau∣ghter Margaret to Iames the kinge of Scots: and the, 4. day of October lan∣ded at Plimmouth, Katheryn daughter of the king of Spayne.

M

• Sir Iohn Shawe goldsmith

S

• [date] Syr Laurence Ailmer
• Henry Hede

This syr Iohn Shaw maior of Lon¦don before named, caused the kitchens and other houses of office to be builded at the Guilde hall of London, and sens that tyme the Maiors feastes hath bene there kept: where as before that tyme they were kept eyther at the Grocers, or the marchant Taylers Hall.

Prince Arthur beyng but .xv. yeres* 1.469 old, was maried vnto Katherin, daugh¦ter to Ferdinando king of Spayn, the xiiii. of Nouēber, which Arthur short∣after departed this mortal life at Lud∣low and was buried at Worcester.

The diche of London from Thames to Holborne bridge was newe cast: so that boates with victuals and fuelle, & other stuffe were brought vp to Hol∣borne bridge.

Anno. 18.

M

• [date 1502] Bartholo. Rede Goldsmithe

S

• Hēry Keble
• Nicholas Nines

In this yere began the newe worke* 1.470 of the kinges chapell at Westminster, and Elizabeth Quene of England died at the Tower of London in childebed, and was buried at westminster, Short¦ly after was ••ame Magarete the Kin∣ges* 1.471 daughter, maried to the Kinge of Scottes.

This yere the felowship of Taylers in London purchased a graunte of the Kinge to be called Marchantes Tay∣loures.

Anno. 19.

M

• [date 1503] syr. Wil. Capell Dra••er

S

• Christo. Hawes
• Robert▪ Wattes
• Tho Granger

The .xxi. day of Nouember, was a dreadfull fyre vpon thee northe ende of* 1.472 London bridge. And vpon the vii. day of Ianuary were certayne houses con∣sumed with fyre against S. Botulphes church in Thames strete: & the .xxvii. day of Marche was an house burned a∣gainst saint Martins le grand, and the same day was hurt don with fyre in the parishe of saint Peter the poore.

This yere was holden a parliament

wher was ordeined a new coyne of sil∣uer:* 1.473 as groates, halfe groates, and shil¦lings with halfe faces: and in the same parliament was graunted to the King the leane of .36000.li.

Anno. 20.

M

• Iohn Winger Grocer

S

• [date 1504] Roger Achil∣ley.
• Wil. Browne

This yere the liberties of the Citie of London were agayn confirmed.

Anno. 21.

M

• Thomas. Kneisworthe Fishmonger

S

• [date 1505] Richard Shore
• Rog. Groue

This Thomas Kneisworthe Maior* 1.474 of London, of his owne goodes, buil∣ded the Condite at Byshoppes gate. Moreouer, he gaue to the companye of the Fishmongers, certayn tenements, for the whiche they be bounde to fynde iiii. scholars that study art, two to be at Oxenford, the other two at Cambridge euery of them to haue .iiii.li. the yeare for theyr exhibition. They be boūd also to geue to xiii. aged pore people of their company, to euery of them enery weke viii. d▪ and to euery of them at Bar∣tylmeutide a winter garment of frise, or such like for euer. And also to geue to the prisons of Newgate & Ludgate,

euery yere .xl.s. whose notable workes by him don, are wel worthy of remem¦brance, and to be folowed of others.

This yere Philip king of Castil and* 1.475 his wife, were wether driuen into En∣gland, as they were passyng towarde Spayne who were honorably receiued by the Erle of Arundell at the kynges appoyntment with .iii. C. horses all by torchelight.

Anno. 22.

M

• [date 1506] Syr▪ Ric. Madden mercer

S

• Wil. Copinger
• Tho. Iohnson
• Wil. ••itz Wil.

This yere the king of his goodnesse* 1.476 deliuered out all prisoners in London which lay for .xl.s. and vnder.

Anno. 23.

M

• [date 1507] William Browne mercer

S

• William But∣ler
• Iohn Ryrkeby

In the ende of Aprill dyed William Browne maior, and for him was cho∣sen Laurence Ailemer draper, who ser¦ued out that yere.

This yere syr William Capell was put in suite by the kynge for certayne thinges by him doue in the time of his Maioraltye.

Anno. 24.

M

• Stephen Genings M.tayler

S

• [date 1508] Thomas Ex∣men
• Richard Smith

This yere was begon the goodlye* 1.477 hospital of the Sauoy, nere vnto Cha∣ring crosse, which was a notable foun∣dation for the poore don by king Hen∣ry the seuenth.

This yere died this moste noble and* 1.478 famous prince king Henry the seuenth which was in y^e yere. 1509 the .xxii. day of April, when he had re••gned .23. yeres and viii. monethes, and was buried at Westminster in the new chapel, which he had caused to be builded: and left be∣hind him Henry prince of Wales, wht the after him succeded, lady Margaret quene of Scottes, and lady Mary pro∣mised to Charles king of Castile.

King Henry the eyght.

Anno regni. I.

[date 1509] HEnry the eyghte, beynge. xviii. yeres of age, succe∣ded his father in the go∣uernance of this realme, and began his reigne the xxii. day of Aprill, in the

yere of our Lord .1509. and deceased in the yere .1546. the .xxviii. day of Ianu∣ary: so he reigned .37. yeares .ix. mone∣thes and .vi, dayes.

Margaret mother to Henry the .vii* 1.479 builded .ii. colledges in Cābridge, the one called S. Iohns colledge, and the other Christes colledge: and William byshop of Lincolne builded Brasenos in Oxenford.

King Henry maried the Lady Ka∣therin* 1.480 late wife to prince Arthur.

Richard bishop of winchester buil∣ded Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxen¦forde.

Anno. 1.

M

• [date 1509] Thomas Bradbury Mercer

S

• George Mo∣noxe
• Iohn Doket

This yeare syr Rycharde Empson knight, and Edmond Dudley Esquier who had bene great counselours to the late king Henry the seuenth, were be∣headed at the tower hyll the .xvii. daye of August.

This yere master doctor Colet deane of Poules erected a free schole in Pau¦les* 1.481 church yarde in London, and com∣mitted the ouersighte. Herof to the mai∣sters and wardeins of the company of Mercers, because him selfe was borne

in London, and sonne of Henry Colet, who was a Mercer and maior of Lon∣don.

Anno. 2.

M

• Henry Kei∣bel mercer

S

• [date 1510] Io. Milborn
• Iohn Reste

Henry, the first son of king Hēry was borne on new yeres day: for ioy wher∣of, a great iustes was kept at Westmin¦ster: and on saint Mathewes day folo∣wing the childe died.

Anno. 3.

M

• Roger Achi∣ley Draper

S

• [date 1511] Ni. Shelton
• Th. Mirfin

Syr Edmond Haward and the lord Thomas Haward toke Andrew Bar∣ton, and .150. Scottes, with two great shyppes.

The .xv. day of Ianuary was holden a parliament, in the which two fiftens and .ii. tenthes of the clergy wer graun¦ted to aide the king in his warres, that he entended against the French king.

Anno. 4.

M

• William Copinger fishmōger

S

• Rob Holdernes
• [date 1512] Rich. Haddon
• Rob. Fērother

This yere was finished the beauti∣full steple with the lanterne of Bowe churche in Cheape.

The nauies of England and France* 1.482 metynge at Britayne Baye, fought a cruell battell, in the whiche the regent of England and a Caricke of Fraunce beyng crappled together, were burned and theyr captaynes with their men all drowned, the english capitayn was syr Thomas Kneuet, who had with him 700. men, in the frenche carricke was syr Piers Morgan with .900▪ men.

Anno. 5.

M

• [date 1513] William Browne mercer

S

• Iohn Dawes
• Iohn Bridges
• Rog. Basforde

King Henry being confederate with the Emperour and the king of Spain, passed with a great power into France where hauing in wages vnder his ban¦ner the Emperor Maximilion, & al the nobilitie of Brabant, Flanders & Hol∣land: he discōfited the whole power of* 1.483 France, & conquered Turwin and the great citie of Turney. In this tyme the king of Scots, notwithstandinge that he was sworne on the Sacramente to kepe peace, inuaded this lande with a mighty army, but by the good diligēce of the Quene, and the policie and man∣hode of the Erle of Surrey the kinges* 1.484 lieuetenaunt, he was him selfe slayne

with .xi. of his erles, and the Scottes discomfited, but not without gret losse of Englishmen.

Before this time the Townes about London, as Is••ington, Hoxden, & such other had so enclosed the cōmon fields with hedges and dyches, that neyther the yong men of the citie might shoote, nor the ancient persons walke for their plesure, except eyther theyr bowes and arrowes wer broken or taken away, or the substantial persons arested or endi∣ted, saying: That no Londoner shoulde go out of the citie, but in the high wais This sayinge sore greued the Londo∣ners, and suddenly this yeare a greate number of the citie, assembled in a mor¦nyng, and a Turner in a fooles cote came crying through the citie: shouels and spades: and so many people folo∣wed, that it was wonder, and within a shorte space all the hedges about the townes were cast downe, and the dy∣thes filled, & euery thing made plaine. When the kings counsel hard therof, they commanded the Maior to see that no other thyng▪ were attempted, and to call home the citizens, whiche when they had done theyr enterpryse came home without any more harme doyng:

and so after the fieldes were neuer hedged.

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1514] George Monoxe Draper

S

• James Yar∣forde
• John Mundye

A peace concluded betwen Englād and, France, & Lewes the french king coupled in mariage with lady Mary y^• kinges sister: on new yeres day folo∣wing he ended his life, wherfore king Henry sent agayne for his syster by the duke of Suffolke and other.

This yere Richarde Hunne a mar∣chant taylour of London was founde hanged in Lollers tower.

Anno. 7.

M

• [date 1515] syr Wil. Butler grocer

S

• Henry Worley
• Richard Gray
• William Bayly

Lady Mary king Henries daughter* 1.485 was born at Grenewich in February.

Lady Mary the kinges sister before maried to the Frenche kinge, returned into England, and shortely after was maried to the duke of Suffolke.

Margaret the Quene of Scots, kinge Henries eldest syster, fled into Englād and laye at Harbottell, where she was deliuered of a child, called Margaret. In Maye she came to London, where

she taried a whole yere before she de∣parted into Scotland.

Anno. 8.

M

• John Rest Grocer

[date 1516] S

• Tho. Seimer
• Rich. Thurstō

This yere was such a froste, that all* 1.486 men with cartes might passe betwene Westminster and Lambeth.

On May euen this maiors yere, the* 1.487 beginning of the .ix. yere of king Hen∣ry was an insurrection in London of yonge persons, agaynst aliens: of the whiche diuers were put to execution, with theyr capitayne John Lincolne, a broker, and the residue came to West∣minster with halters about their necks and were pardoned. This was called euill May day.

Anno. 9.

M

• syr Thomas Exmen Goldsmith

[date 1517] S

• Th. Baldrie
• Richard Symon

Many died in England of the swea∣tyng* 1.488 sicknes, and in especially aboute London: wherfore the terme was one day kept at Oxenforde, and adiourned agayne to Westminster.

The admirall of France came into England as ambassadour with a great companye of gentilmen and the Citie of Turney was delyuered agayne

into the Frenche kinges hande, for the* 1.489 which he should pay .vi. C. thousande crownes: ann for the castell that the kinge buylded .iiii. C. thousande and 23000. poundes turnoys, and a peace was concluded betwene the kinges of Englande, Fraunce, and Castile for terme of their lyues.

Anno. 10.

M

• [date 1518] Thomas Myrtin Skynner

S

• John Alleyn
• James Spen∣cer

This yere the Erle of Surrey was sent into Ireland as deputie, and the Erle of Kyldare was of his office dis∣charged.

Anno. 11.

M

• [date 1519] syr James Yarforde Mercer

S

• John Wilken∣son
• Nico. Partrige

As king Henry was at Cantorbu∣rye with the Quene, in a redinesse to haue passed the sea, he heard of the Em∣perours comming, with whom he met at Douer, and accompanied him to Cantorbury: where after the Emperor had saluted the quene his aunt: he toke shipping into Flanders: the last day of Maye king Henry passed ouer to Ca∣lais, and met with Francis the French king at the campe betwene Arde and

Buisnes. Immediately after he met with the Emperoure, with whom he went to Granelyn, and the Emperour returned with wim vnto Calais, wher he had great cheare: after whiche tyme they departed, and king Henry retur∣ned into this realme.

Anno. 12.

M

• syr John Bruge Draper

[date 1520] S

• John Ske∣uington
• John Remble

In this Maiors yere the .xvii. day of* 1.490 May, which was in the. 13. yere of the kinge, was the duke of Buckingham beheaded at London

King Henry wrate a boke against Lu∣ther, and therfore the byshop of Rome named him Defender of the sayth. To whiche booke Luther aunswered very sharply, nothyng sparing the auctoritie or maiestie of the king.

All frenchemen were attached in the citie of London, and cast in prison. The v. day of July the cardinall Wol∣see rode through London to Douer to mete with the Emperour, being accom¦panied with .ii. Erles .xxxvi. knightes an. C. gentilmenne .viii. bishoppes .x. abbots .xxx. chaplaynes all in veluet and saten. and. 700. ye••men.

This yere was a great pestilence & death in London, and other places.

Anno. 13.

M

• [date 1521] syr Iohn Milborne Draper

S

• Iohn Britayn
• Thomas Par∣geter

This syr Iohn Mylborne builded* 1.491 certayn almose houses, wherin be pla∣ced .xiii. aged poore people, who haue theyr dwellings rent free, and also .ii. s .vi. d. the piece payd to them the fyrst day of euery moneth for euer.

Charles the fifth Emperor of Rome came into England, and was honora∣bly* 1.492 receiued into London, by the maior the Aldermen, and Commons of the Citie, the syxt of Iune, the kinge hym selfe accompanyinge him: from thence he went to Windsor, and sate in the stal of the garter. After great feastes, iustes and honourable enterteynemente, he departed to Hampton, and sayled from thence into Spaine. Duryng this time the Earle of Surrey Lorde Admirall brent Morles in Britain, and then re∣turned into the Realm. Not long after he passed ouer to Calaice, and entred Picardy, and brent diuers tounes and castels. He besieged Hesding, but be∣cause winter drewe nere, he raised hys

siege, and returned home.

Anno. 14.

M

• Syr Iohn Mondye goldsmith

S

• Iohn Rudston
• [date 1522] Iohn Champ∣neis

The Lord Rosse and lord Dacres of the North, burned the towne of Kelsey in scotland, with foure score Villages and also ouerthrewe eightene towers of Stone, with al theyr bulwarkes.

The Emperor Charles king Henry of England, Ferdinando duke of Au∣strige, the bishop of Rome, the citie of Venice, and diuers other in Italy wer confiderate against the french men.

The Turkes besieged the Rhodes,* 1.493 and on Christmas daye tooke it, to the greate shame and rebuke of Chri∣sten men.

The .xv. daye of Iune the Kinge of Denmarke, and his Quene ariued at Douer, and the .xxii. day of Iune, they came to London, and lay at the bishop of Bathes place.

The Earle of Surrey burned .37. villages in Scotlande, and despoyled the countrey from the Easte marches to the Weste, and ouerthrewe diuers holdes and castels.

Anno. 15.

M

• [date 1523] Syr Tho. Baldrie Mercer

S

• Mic. English
• Nichol. Ie∣ninges

In December at the citie of Couen∣try one Philyp, Scholemaster to the kynges hanchmen Christopher Pike∣ring clarke of the Larder, and Antho∣ny Maynuile gentleman, entended to haue taken the kinges treasure of his subsedye, as the Collectors of the same came toward London, and ther with to haue araysed men and taken the Castel of Kiling worth, and thē to haue made battell against the kyng, for the whiche they wer drawen, hanged and quarte∣red at Tyborne, the reste that were ta∣ken were executed at Couentrie.

The souldiours of Guines tooke a* 1.494 great bootie at a fayre in the towne of Morguison, and syr Robert Ierning∣ham and certayne dimilaunces of Ca∣lays toke diuers Frenche prisoners.

Anno. 16.

M

• [date 1524] Syr Wil. B••ylie Draper

S

• Raufe Dod∣mer
• Wil. Roche

Clement bishop gf Rome, sent vnto* 1.495 king Henry in token of great loue, the golden rose.

Gret triumph in England for the ta¦king of y^• Frēch king by the Emperor.

The Cardinall obteined lycence of* 1.496 the bishop of Rome, to suppresse certain abbayes, to the intent to erect two col∣ledges, one at Oxenforde, an other at Ipswich, and to indue thē with lands: whiche colledges he began so sumptu∣ously, that it was not lyke they would come to good ende.

King Henry was like to haue bene* 1.497 drowned by leaping ouer a diche in fo∣lowing his hauke.

This yere was the castell or tower, set vp at Grenewiche.

This yere the coyne was enhansed* 1.498 in England.

A murmuring was in all partes of the realme for payment of money, and in Suffolke .4000. men rose against the Duke and other commissioners, which were appeased by the duke of Norfolk and other.

A true betwene England and France for a certayne space.

Anno. 17.

M

• Syr Iohn Allen mer

S

• Iohn Calton
• [date 1525] Christ. Askew

The .xi. of February, fyue men of the St••iarde, did penaunce at Paules

And an Austen fryer, called Doctor Barnes bare a fagot at Paules, y^e same day there was present at that time the lord Cardinall with xi. byshoppes, the byshop of Rochester made the sermon against Martin Luther & his doctrine.

The same yere the syxt day of Sep∣tember,* 1.499 was a proclamation for gold, the Frenche crowne was valued at iiii. s .vi. d. the Angel at .vii. s .vi. d. the Ryall▪ at xi. s .iii. d. and so euery piece after that value.

Anno. 18.

M

• [date 1526] syr Th. Sey∣mer Mercer

S

• Ste. Pecock
• Nic. Lābert

The thyrde day of Iuly, which was* 1.500 in the .xix. yere of king Henry, the lord Cardinall of Englande rode towarde Fraunce, where he concluded a league betwene kinge Henry and the French kinge, whiche both sente their defiance to the Emperour, and a stronge armye into Italy, to deliuer the byshop, and driue the Emperors power out of that countrey.

The .xv. day of Iuly, was one Har¦man* 1.501 drawen and hanged for coynyng false golde.

This yeare was suche scarsitie of* 1.502 bread at London, and al England, that

many people dyed for default thereof. And the bread cartes that came from Stratford to London, were met by the way at Myles end by the citizens, that the lord Maior and Sherifes of Lon∣don, were fayne to go and rescue the sayd cartes, and se them brought to the markets appointed for the same.

Anno. 19.

M

• Syr Iames Spencer Vintener

S

• Iohn▪ Hardy
• [date 1527] William Hollis

The fyrst day of Nouember, the lord* 1.503 Cardinall with the Ambassadours of France, were at Paules, and ther was proclaymed a generall peace betwene king Henry of England and Frances the french king, during theyr lyues, & twelue monethes and a day after.

The eyght day of December, three scholers of Cambridge and one For∣ster a gentilman of the court, bare fa∣gots at Paules.

The fyfth of Ianuarye, the Cardi∣nall* 1.504 with many bishops, abottes, and priors, went a procession at Paules, & sang Te deum, for the escaping of the Pope from the Emperor.

This yere a French Crayer of .xxx. tonne, beynge manned with .xxxviii.

frenchmen, & a flemish craier of .xxviii* 1.505 tonne, and xxiiii. fleminges, meting at Margate, the one chased the other alōg the riuer of Thames to y^e tower whare of London: wher the lieuetenaunt stay∣ed them, and toke bothe the captaynes and their men.

The .xvii. day of Iune, the terme was* 1.506 adiourned to Michelmas after, because of the sweting sicknes that then reig∣ned in Londō, and other places of this Realme: and also there was no suche watch in London at Midsomer, as be∣foretime had bene acustomed.

The vii. day of October, cam to Lon∣don* 1.507 a legate frō Rome, called Cardinal Campegius, who afterward with Car¦dinall Wolsey, sate at the Black friers in London, where before them was brought in question the kings mariage with Quene Katherine, as to be vn∣lawefull, but they long time protrac∣ted the conclusion of the matter▪ which delaye king Henry tooke very displ••a∣sauntly: in so much that shortly after, the Cardinall Wolsey was deposed frō the Chauncelorship of England.

Anno. 20.

M

• [date 1528] S. Iohn Rud∣stone Draper

S

• Ra. warrē
• Ioh. Long

The .xxix. day of Nouember the pa∣rysh priest of Hony lane, and the vsher of Saincte Anthonees schole, bare fa∣gottes at Paules, and two other bare tapers of waxe.

The .viii. day of may, a pouchmaker* 1.508 bare a fagot at Paules.

A peace was agreed vpon betwene king Henry of Englande, the Empe∣rour, the Frenche kinge, the kinge of Boheme, and Hungary. The third day* 1.509 of October, the king came to his place of Bridewell, and there he and his no∣bles put on theyr robes of parliament, and so▪ came to the blacke Friers, and there sate in theyr robes, and began the parliament.

The .xviii. day of October, was the* 1.510 Cardinall discharged of his Chaunce∣lorship, & the king seased all his goods and his palais at Westminster, called yorke place into his handes.

The xxvi. daye of October, was syr* 1.511 Thomas More made Chauncelour of England, and sworne & kept his rome all one day.

William Tyndale translated the* 1.512 new testament into English, and prin∣ted the same beyond the seas.

Anno. 21.

M

• [date 1529] Syr Raufe Dodmer Mercer

S

• Mic. Dormer
• Walter Cham¦pion.

Commaundement was geuen by king Henry to the Bishops, that Tyndales translation of the new testament shold be called in, and that they should see an other set forth to the profit of y^e people.

The .xxiiii. of January wer .iii. men* 1.513 drawen from newgate to the towre hil and there hanged and quartered, for counter••eyting the kinges coyne.

The xvi. daye of Maye was a gybet* 1.514 set vp in Finsbury field, & a man han∣ged in chaynes for murderinge doctor Miles Dicar of saint Brides.

The v. day of July, was one hanged* 1.515 in chaynes in Finsbury field, for mur∣dering mistres Kneu••ts mayd at saint Anto••ins.

King Henry, vpon occasion of delay* 1.516 that the bishoppe of Rome made in his controuersie of deuorcemēt, caused pro¦clamation to be made in Septēber for•• biddinge all his subiectes to purchase any thing from the court of Rome.

Anno. 22.

M

• [date 1530] syr To. Par∣gitour salter

S

• Wil. Daūcie
• J. Choping

The Cardinall beynge before caste* 1.517 and conuict in a premunire: in Nouem¦ber was arrested by the earle of Nor∣thumberlande at Cawood, and died at the abbey of Leicester, the. 28. daye of Nouember and was there buried.

The v. day of April, was a cooke na¦med* 1.518 Richarde Rose, boyled in a caul∣dron of brasse in Smithfield, for poy∣sonyng the byshop of Rochesters ser∣uantes and other.

The wole clergie of England, being* 1.519 iudged by the kings lerned councel, to be in the premunire, for mainteyningr the power legatiue of the Cardinall, were called by proces into the kinges benche to answere: wherfore in theyr conuocation, they concluded a submis∣sion, wherin they called y^• king suprem* 1.520 head of the church of England, & were contented to geue the king. 100000 .li. to pardō them theyr offences, touching the premunire by act of parliament.

The Kinges palaice builded at saint James, whiche before was a house of susters.

The xix. daye of Angust a batcheler of lawe called Thomas Bilney was burned.

The xxii▪ day of October, one Pa••t∣••ner

a marchant and a glasier, bare fa∣gottes at Paules crosse.

Anno. 23.

M

• [date 1531] ••. Nich. Lam¦bert ••rocer

S

• Ri. Gresham
• Edw. Altam

The xxvii. day of Nouember, was a* 1.521 monke of Bury burned in Smithfield

The .i••••i. day of December, was one* 1.522 Ryce Grifyn a gentilman of Wales, beheaded at the tower hil, and his man hanged, drawen and quartered at Ty∣borne for treason.

The .xxvii. day of Ianuary, a Duche* 1.523 man bare a fagot at Paules crosse, and the last of April, was one Baynam bur¦ned in Smithfield.

The xxv. day of May, was taken be* 1.524 twene London and Grenewiche, two great fishes called Herlpoles, both a male and a female.

This yere, the othe that the clergie* 1.525 was wonte to make to the byshoppe of Rome, was made voide by statute, and a newe othe confirmed, wherin they cō¦fessed the king to be supreme head.

Syr Thomas More-after sute made* 1.526 was discharged of the Chauncelorship the .xvi. day of May. And the fourth of Iune, the kinge dubbed Thomas Au∣deley knighte, and made him keper of

the great seale. And not long after, lord Chauncelor of England.

Thomas Cromwell maister of the* 1.527 kinges Iewell house, began to bee in great fauoure with kinge Henry, and was now of the counsell.

The xv. day of Iune, were fiue men* 1.528 drawen frō Newgate to the tower hil, and there hanged and quartered for ••oy¦ning of syluer, and clipping of golde.

The ••yfth day of Iuly, was a priest* 1.529 drawen, hanged, and quartred for clip¦ping of golde.

Also in Iuly, the king put down the* 1.530 priory of Chrichurch in London.

In August and September, the king repayred the tower of London.

The fyrste of September, was lady Anne Bulleyne, made Marques of Pembroke at Windsor.

The vii. daye of October the kinge went to Caleys and to Bulloigne, and came ouer agayne the xiii. day of No∣uember.

Anno. 24.

M

• syr Stephē Pecocke Haberda.

S

• [date] Ric. Reinold
• Iohn Martin
• Nic. Pinchō

The .xv. day of December, was a great fyre at the byshop of Lyncolnes

place in Holborne.

Kinge Henry who had maried the* 1.531 lady Anne Bulloyne, on the xii. day of April beyng Easter eue, next folowing caused her to be proclaymed Quene of Englande.

The twelfth day of May, one Pa∣uier* 1.532 beyng the towne clerke of Lon∣don hong him selfe.

On Whitsonday beyng the last day* 1.533 of May, was the lady Anne Bulleine solemnely and honorably crowned at Westminster.

The xvii. daye of Iuly, were two* 1.534 Marchauntes slayne on the water of Thames towarde Westminster, by one Wolfe and his wife.

The 7. of September, was the lady* 1.535 Elizabeth daughter to kinge Henry borne at Grenewich, and ther christned at the friers church, the x. day of Sep∣tember. The v. day of October, was a* 1.536 great fyre at Baynardes castell.

The .24. of October, being sunday ther was a scaffold set vp at Paules crosse and theron stode a nonne, named Anne Barton of Courtopstrete besyde Can∣torbury,* 1.537 two Monkes of Cantorbury, two obseruaunt friers, the person of Aldermary in London, called maister

Golde, an other prieste confessoure to the sayde Nonne, and twoo laye men: there preached at that tyme the byshop of Bangor, called the Abbot of Hyde, where he shewed theyr offences, and so from thence they were sente to the tower of London.

Anno. 25.

M

• syr Christo∣pher Askew Draper.

S

• [date] Williā For∣man
• Th. Kitson

This yere Pope Clement cursed king Henry and the realme of England.

This curse was hāged on a churchdore at Dunkirke in Flaunders, and taken downe by one William Locke, a Mer∣cer of London.

The .xxviii. day of Ianuary, was a* 1.538 great fysh taken at Blackewall, called a whale, and was broughte vppe to Westminster to the king to see, and so brought downe to broken wharfe, and there cut out.

Commissioners were sente all ouer* 1.539 England, to take the othe of al persons to the acte of succession, for the refusall of whiche acte, doctour Fysher byshop of Rochester, and syr Thomas More late lord Chancellor of England were sent to the tower of London.

The fyrst day of April Wolf and his* 1.540 wife wer hanged on two gybets, at the turninge tree in Lambith marshe, for murdringe of the two marchant▪ stran∣gers afore named.

The xx. day of April wer two monkes* 1.541 of Cantorbury, two obseruant friets, the person of Aldermary in Londō, and the Nonne called the holy Mayde of Courtopstrete in Kente: all these were drawen from the tower of London vn∣to Tyborne, and there hanged and be∣headed, and theyr heades set on London bridge, and other gates of the Citie of London.

The xx. day of Aprill al the craftes* 1.542 and companies in London wer sworn to the kinge, and to the Quene Anne, and theyr heyres.

The, xv. day of May was a gret fyre* 1.543 at Salters hall in Breadstret.

The v. day of Iune were all seruants and prentises of the age of .20. yeres, or aboue, sworne to the king and Quene Anne his wife and to the issue of them.

The .ix. day of Iuly was the lord Da∣tres of the north, arrained at Westmin¦ster* 1.544 of high treason, where he so witti∣ly and directly confuted his accusers, that to theyr great shame he was sound

by his peres, not gilty.

The xxii. daye of Iulye, was Iohn* 1.545 Frith▪ burned in Smithfield for his o∣pinions, and with him on yong mā cal¦led Andrew Hewet a taylors seruant.

The xi. day of August was al the pla¦ces* 1.546 of the obseruant Friers put down, and Austen Friers set in theyr places, and the same obseruantes were put in places of gray friers. &c.

The thyrtenth day of August was a* 1.547 great fyre at Temple barre, and much hurte done, and certayne personnes burned.

The xvi. day of August was burned* 1.548 the kings stable at Charing crosse cal∣led mewes, wherin was burned many great horses, and great store of haye.

Thomas Cromwel was appointed and sworne maister of the Rolles the ix. day of October.

Anno. 26.

M

• Syr Iohn Champneis Skinner

S

• Nic. Lewson
• [date 1534] William Denham.

In Nouember by a parliament the* 1.549 byshop of Rome with al his authoritie was cleane banished this Realme, and commaundement geuen, that he should no more be called Pope, but bishop of

Rome, and that the king should be ••e∣puted as supreme head of the Churche of England, hauing ful aucthoritie to reforme all errors, heresies, and abuses in the same. Also the firste fruites and* 1.550 tenthes of all spirituall dignities wer graunted to the king.

The .xxix. day of Aprill the prior of the Charter house of London, the prior of Beual, the prior of Exam, and a bro∣ther of the same called master Reignol∣des, and a prieste called maister Iohn Haile, vicar of Thistil worth wer al cō¦demned of treason, who wer executed the fourth day of May, and theyr heads* 1.551 and quarters set on the gates of the ci∣tie of London, and at the Charter house of London was set one quarter.

The eighte day of Maye the kinge* 1.552 commaunded all aboute his courte to poll theyr heades, and to geue them ••n∣sample, he caused his owne heade to be polled likewise.

The xxv. day of May was▪ a gret exa¦mination* 1.553 of heretikes, born in Hollād there was examined .xix. men, and vi. women of the same countrey borne.

The iiii. day of Iune a man and his wife borne in Holland wer burned in Smithfield for the arrians heresie.

The .18. day of Iune wer .3. monkes* 1.554 of the Charterhouse, named Exmewe, Midlemor, & Nudigate drawen to Ti¦borne, and there hanged and quartred.

The xxii. day of Iune was doctor* 1.555 fysher byshop of Rochester beheaded at tower hill.

The vi. day of Iuly syr Thomas More was beheaded at the tower hill for deniall of the kings supremacie.

In October the king sent doctor. Lee to visite the abbeis, priories and nonne¦ties in England, & to put out al religi¦ous persons that would go, and al that wer vnder the age of .xxiiii. yeres, and al such monkes chanons, & friers that wer so put out, the abbot or pr••or shold geue euery one in stede of theyr▪ habite a priests gown, and .xl.s. of money. And the nonnes to haue such apparel, as se∣cule•• women weare, and to go where they would, he toke out of monasteries theyr reliques and chiefest iewels.

Anno. 27.

M

• syr Iohn Alleyn▪ mercer

S

• [date 1535] Hūfrey Mon∣mothe
• Iohn Cottes

The xi. day of Nouember was a gret* 1.556 generall procession at London by the kings cōmandemēt, for the recouering

of the Frenche kinge to his healthe: The number of copes that were worn in this Procession, was seuen hun∣bred and fourtene.

The laste daye of December, the* 1.557 Lord Maior of London gaue comman∣dement to all parishes in the same, to bring in before him the names of a•• the Chauntries in their parishes, and who had the gift of the same.

The .viii day of Ianuary died lady* 1.558 Katherine dowag••r at Kimbalton, and was buried at Peterborowe.

The ▪4. daye of February wer geuen to the kinge by a parliamen•• with the consent of the abbottes▪ all religi••us houses that wer. of .300. marke, and vnder.

On May day king Henry beyng at a Iustes at G••ene wich, sodenly departed to Westminster, hauing only with him ••. persons. The next day An Bulleine* 1.559 Quene was had to the tower▪ and ther for things layd to her charge, beheaded the xi••. day of May.

The same time were apprehended* 1.560 the Lord Rocheford brother to the sayd Quene, Henry Noris, Marke Sme••ō William Brierton, & Fraūcis weston, all of the kings priuie chamber, which

also about matters touching the quene were put to death the .xxii. day of May

The .xx. day of May, the kynge ma∣ried Lady Iane daughter to syr Iohn Seymor knyght, whiche at Whitson∣tide was openly shewed as Quene.* 1.561

The .viii. day of Iune the king held his court of parliament, & the bishops and clergie of this realme held a con∣uocation at Paules church in Lōdon: where after muche debatyng of many matters, they publyshed a booke of re∣ligion, entitled, Articles deuised by the kynges highnes. In this boke is specially meutioned but .iii. sacramen∣tes,* 1.562 with the whiche the Lincolnshire men were offended, and fearing the vt∣ter subnertion of theyr olde religion, taised a great commotion, against whō the kynge dyd sende a stronge power, wherof when the rebels hadde know∣ledge, they desyred pardon, brake vp theyr armie, and departed home: but their capitains were apprehended and executed.

The men of Lincolnshire beyng pa∣cified, within sixe dayes after, began a newe insurrection in Yorkeshire, for the same causes: for they were persua∣ded, that al theyr syluer chalices, cros∣ses,

sewels, and other ornamēts shold be taken out of their churches. These people were gathered togyther, to the numbre of forty thousand, hauyng for their badges, the .v. woundes, with the figure of the Sacramente, and Iesus written in the myddest, in token that they intended to fyght for the maynte∣nance of christen religion.

Anno. 28.

M

• [date 1536] Sir Rafe Warren Mercer

S

• Rich▪ Paget
• William Bow∣yer

The .xii. day of Nouember, sir Tho∣mas Neweman bare a faggot at Pou∣les Crosse for that he song Masse with good ale.

The .xiii. day of Nouember, one ma∣ster* 1.563 Robert Pagyngton, a Mercer of London, was slayn with a gunne, as he was goyng to Masse at sainct Tho∣mas of Akers.

Agaynst the rebelles of Yorkeshire, the Kyng sent the Duke of Norffolke the Duke of Suffolke, the Marques of Excester, and other with a great ar∣my, by whom after the daye and place was appointed to fyghte, the Capitay∣nes of bothe parties had communica∣tion of peace: and promyse was made

to the rebelles, that suche thynges as they wer greued with, shold be redres∣sed by the kyngs auctoritie, wher with they beyng cōtented; departed without bloudshedynge. Aske, that was chief of this rebellion, in December came to London, and was not onely pardo∣ned, but also receyued and rewarded wyth other gyftes of the Kyng, but he dydde not longe enioye hys pro∣speritie.

Aboute the same tyme a priest and a* 1.564 boucher were hanged at Wyndsor, for speakynge in the behalfe of the Yorke∣shyre men.

This yeare in Decembre the Tha∣mes* 1.565 at London was all ouer frosen.

The thirde daye of Februarye was* 1.566 Thomas Fitzgarret late Erle of Kil∣dare, & fiue of his vncles, drawen, hā∣ged, & quartered at Tiborn, for treason

In this moneth of February, Nico∣las* 1.567 Musgraue, Thomas Gilbye, & o∣ther, stered a newe rebellion, & besie∣ged the City of Carlile, from whense they were driuen, and many of them ta¦ken, and put to death. Sir Francis B••¦got, sir Robert Constable, and other, began an other conspiracie, and for the same were attainted and executed in

the moneth of Iune folowyng.

The .xxix. daye of Marche beynge* 1.568 Maundy thursdaye, were .xii. men of Lincolne, drawen frome Newgate to* 1.569 Tyborn: and there hanged and quarte∣red: Fiue were priestes, and .vii. were laye men.

In Iune the Lord Darcy, the lorde Hussy, sir Robert Constable, sir Tho∣mas* 1.570 Percy, sir Frauncis Bigot, sir Stephen Hamelton, sir Iohn Bulmer and his wife, William Lomley, Ni∣colas Tempest, and the abbots of Ier∣neye and Riuers, and Roberte Aske were all put to death: sir Robert Con∣stable was hanged on Beuerley gates, Aske was hanged in chaynes on a to∣wer at Yorke: Syr Iohn Bulmers wyfe burned in Smithfield, the lorde Darcy beheaded at tower hyll, the lord Hussey at Lincolne, and the other suf∣fred death at Tyborne.

The lord Cromwel was made knight* 1.571 of the Garter.

In October on sainct Edwards euē* 1.572 was borne at Hampton court, Prince Edward: & shortly after, Quene Iane left her lyfe, the .14. day of October, ber,

Anno. 29.

M

• Sir Rich. Gresham Mercer

S

• Iohn Greshā
• [date 1537] Thomas Le∣wen

The .viii. day of Nouēber the corps of the Quene was caried to Windsor, and buried with great solempnitie.

The .xviii. day of Ianuary a salter of London was set on the pillory for pac∣kyng and sellyng of rotten herrynge, and vsyng of false weightes.

The .xviii. day of February ••a seruāt* 1.573 of my ladye Pargetors was drawen, hanged, and quartered for clyppynge of golde.

The .xxv. day of February syr Allein* 1.574 a prieste and a gentylman were dra∣wen to Tyborn, and there hanged and quartered for treason.

The .xxi. day of March Henry Harf¦fam* 1.575 customer of Plimmouth was dra¦wen from Newgate to Tyborne, and there hanged and quartered for trea∣son. And one Thomas Ewel likewise was hanged and quartered.

The .xxii. day of May frier Forest was hanged and brent in Smithfielde* 1.576 for denyenge the kynges supremacie: with hym was brent the Image of Dar¦uell Gatherne of Wales.

The .xxvii. day of May was a great

fyre at sainte Margaret Pattens, cal∣led* 1.577 Roode lane, where were manye houses burned: and .ix. persons.

In Iuly was Edmonde Conyngshe attainted of treason for counter••eating* 1.578 of the kynges signe manuell. And in August was Edward Clyfford for the same cause attaynted, and both put to execution at Tyborne.

The first day of September beynge* 1.579 the sonday after Bartilmew faire, was one Cratwell hangman of London, & two persons more hanged at the wrest lyng place beside London, for robbing of a bouthe in Bartylmew faire.

In September by the speciall motiō* 1.580 of the lord Cromwel, al y^• notable ima¦ges, vnto whiche were made any spe∣ciall pylgremages and offeryngs wer vtterly taken away, as the images of Walsyngham, Ipswich, Worcester, the Lady of Wilsedon, with many other, and lykewise all shrines. &c.

In October and Nouember the ab∣beys wer suppressed, & al friers, mon∣kes,* 1.581 chanons, nonnes, and other sorts, were rooted out of this realme.

Anno. 30.

M

• [date 1538] Sir wil. Forman Haberd.

M

• Wil. Wilkin∣son
• Nic. Gybson

This Nicolas Gibson sheriffe and Grocer of London afore named, buyl∣ded a free schole at Ratcliffe, nere vn∣to London, appoyntynge to the same schole for y^• instruction of .lx. pore mēs children in lernyng and vertuous edu¦catiō, a scholemaister & an vsher, with a stipend of ten pound by the yere to y^• maister: and .vi. poūd .xiii. •• .iiii. d to y^• Vsher. He also builded certain almesse houses, adioyning to the said schole, for xiiii. poore and aged persones, suche as through impotencie and age are not a∣ble to susteyne the trauell and toyle of the worlde: who quarterly doo receiue vi. •• .viii. d. a pece for euer.

The .xvi. daye of Nouembre, was* 1.582 the Black friers in Lōdon suppressed, and the next day the white fryers, the next day the Gray friers, and the mon∣kes of the Charterhouse, and so all the other immediatly after.

The .xxii. day of Nouember, was one* 1.583 Iohn Nicolson, otherwise Lambert a priest, burnt in Smythfield.

Also in Nouember, wer Henry mar∣ques of Excester, & erle of Deuōshire and sir Henry Pole knight, the lorde Mountague, and fir Edward Neuell, brother to y^• lord of Burgauēny sent to

the tower. The two lords were arrel∣gned the last day of December, before the lorde Chancellor, and there found gyltie: the third daye after, was arrei∣gned sir Edward Neuell, sir Geffreye Poole, and two priestes called Crofts and Collyns, and one Hollande a ma∣••yner, and all attainted, and the .ix. day of Ianuary nexte folowynge, wer the said two lordes, and syr Edward Ne∣uell* 1.584 beheaded at the tower hyl: the two priestes and Holland were drawen to Tyborne, & there hanged & quartered, and syr Geffrey Poole was pardoned.

The xxii. day of December, a priest, Henry Daunce a bricklayer, and an or¦gan maker, bare fagots at Pauls cros.

On Ash wednesday, wer Iohn Iones* 1.585 Iohn Potter, & William Maneryng, hanged in the princes liuereis, on the southsyde of Paules churcheyarde, for killyng of Roger Cholmeley Esquier in the same place of malice pretended.

The third day of Marche, was syr* 1.586 Nicolas Carew of Bedingtō▪ in Sur¦rey, beheaded at towre hyll.

The .xxviii. day of Aprill, began a* 1.587 parliament at westminster: in the whi∣che Margaret Countesse of Salisbury Gertrude, wyfe to the Marques of Excester,

Reinolde Poole▪ sir Adrian Foskewe, & Thomas Dingley knight of saint Iohns, and diuers other, wer attainted of treason. Foskew & Ding∣ley were beheaded the .x. day of Iuly.

This yere the .viii. day of Maye, the Citizens of London mustered at the* 1.588 Myles end, al in bryght har••eis, with coates of white sylke and c••oathe, and chaines of gold in thre great battailes the number was .xv. thousande, beside wyff••ers and other wayters: who in goodly order passed through Lōdon to Westmynster, and so through the sanc∣tuary, and round about the park of S. Iames: and so vp throughe the fie••••e, home through Holborne.

The .viii. day of Iuly, the Vicar of* 1.589 Wandsworth, with his chaplayne, and his seruaunt, and f••yer Wayre, were all foure drawen from the Martha••sey vnto saint Thomas a Wateryngs, and there hanged and quartered.

The .xvi. day of September, Duke Frederik of Bau••••ie, the Paulsgraue of Rhine, the Marshall of duke Iohn, Frederick electour of Saxonye, with other, came to London, by whome the mariage was concluded betwene king Henry & the lady Anne, sister to Wil∣liam

the Duke of Cleue.

Anno. 31.

M

• [date 1539] Sir Wil∣liā Hollis Mercer

S

• Tho. Feyrie
• Tho. Hunt∣lowe

This Thomas Huntlow sheriffe be∣fore* 1.590 named, gaue to the company of the Haberdashers certain tenements, for y^• which they be bound to geue to .x. pore almes people of the same company eue¦ry one of them viii. d. euery friday, for euer. And also at euery quarter▪ dyner to be kept by the maisters of the same companye, to be geuen to euery one of those .x. poore people before named, a peny lofe of bread a potle of ale, a pece of biefe worth .iiii. d in a platter with porage, and .iiii. d. in money.

The. 14. day of Nouēber, Hugh Fe∣ringdon,* 1.591 abbot of Reding, & .ii. priests the one called Rug, & the other named Onion, were attainted of high treason, for denying the king to be supreme hed of the church, & were drawen, hanged, and quartered at Readyng. The same day was Richarde Whitinge abbot of Glastenbury, likewyse attaynted, hā∣ged and quartered on Tower hyll be∣syde his monastery for the same cause.* 1.592 The first day of December, was Iohn

Beche, abbot of Colchester, put to exe∣cution for the lyke offence.

In Decēber wer appointed to waite* 1.593 on the kynges highnes▪ person. 5••. gen tilmē, called Pencioners or speares.

The third day of Ianuary, was the* 1.594 lady Anne of Cleue, receiued at Black heath, and brought to Grenewich with great triūph: & the syxt day of the same moneth, she was maried to kyng Hēry

The .xviij. day of Apryl, was Tho∣mas* 1.595 lorde Cromwell, created Erle of Essex, and made great chamberlayn of England, whiche euer the erles of Ox∣enforde had before that tyme.

The knyghtes of the Rhodes, was* 1.596 dissolued in England, wherof heringe syr William Weston knight, priour of S. Iohnes, for thought dyed the fifthe day of May.

In May was sent to the tower, do∣ctor Wylson and doctor Sampson bi∣shop* 1.597 of Chichester, for releuynge cer∣tain prisoners, which denied the kyn∣ges supremacie: and for the same offēce was one Richarde Farmer Grocer of Lōdon, a welthy man, and of good esti¦mation, cōmitted to the Marshalsey, & after in Westmynster hall was arrai∣gned and attainted in the Premun••re,

and lost all his goodes.

The .ix. day o•• Iuly, Thomas lord* 1.598 Cromwell, Erle of Essex, being in the counsaile chaumber, was sodeinly ap∣prehended, and cōmitted to the Tower of London. The .xix. daye of the same moneth he was attainted by parliamēt and neuer came to his answer: whiche lawe, he was the authour of, he was▪ there attainted of heresy and hygh tre∣son. And the .xxviii. day of Iulye, be∣headed at the tower hyll, with the lord Hungerforde.

King Henry by auctoritie of parlia∣ment* 1.599 was deuorced frō the lady Anne of Cleue: and it was enacted, that she shold be taken no more as Quene, but called the lady Anne of Cleue.

The .xxx. day of Iuly, Robert Bar∣nes,* 1.600 Thomas Gerrarde, William Ie∣••ome priestes, wer burned in Smyth∣field. The same daye Thomas Abell, Edward Powel, and Richard Fether∣stone, were drawen, hanged and quar∣tered, for denyeng the kynge to be su∣preme head of the church of England.

The fourth day of August, were dra∣wen* 1.601 from the tower to tyborn, six per∣sons, & one led betwene two sergeāts, and there hanged and quartered: o••••

was the Priour of Dancaster, an other a Monke of the Charter house of Lon¦don: master Gyles Horne, a Monk of Westmynster, one Philpot, and one Carew, and a fryer.

The .viii. day of August, was the la∣dy* 1.602 Ratherine Haward shewed openly as Quene, at Hampton court: whiche dignitie she enioyed not long.

This yere was great death of hotte burnyng agues and f••••xes, and suche a drought, that welles and small riuers* 1.603 were dryed vp, and many cattell died for lacke of water: the sa••te water flo∣wed aboue London bridge.

Anno. 32.

M

• Syr wil. Roche Draper

S

• [date 1540] William Lax∣ton
• Mart▪ Bowes

The .xxii. daye of December, was* 1.604 Egerton and Harman put to death for counterfaityng the kynges great seale.

In April began a newe rebellion in* 1.605 yorkshire, the beginners wherof were shortely taken, and put to execution in dyuers places: of whiche Leigh, Ta∣torsale, and Thorneton, were put to death at Lōdon, the xxviii. day of May* 1.606 and sir Iohn Neuell knight, was exe∣cuted at Yorke. The same day the coū∣tesse

of Salisburye, was beheaded in the tower of London.

The .ix. day of Iune were Damport* 1.607 and Chapman, two of y^e kynges gard, hanged at Grenewiche, for robberies.

The .xxviii. daye of Iune, the lorde* 1.608 Leonard Gray, which before was de∣putie generall of Irelande, was behea¦ded at the tower hyll.* 1.609

The. 28. day of Iune, wer hāged at S. Thomas a Waterings, Mantell, Roi∣den & Froudes, gentilmē, for a spoile & murder that they had don in one of the kynges parkes vpon May Morning, the lorde Dacres of the South, being* 1.610 in company with them: and on the mo∣row which was saint Peters day, the lord Dacres was led frō the towre a foote betwene y^e two sheriffes, through the city to tyborn, & ther put to deathe.

This sommer the kyng toke his pro¦gresse* 1.611 to Yorke.

The fyrst day of Iuly, was a welsh man drawen, hanged, & quartered, for prophecying the kyngs maiesties deth.

Anno. 33.

M

• Sir michel Dormer Mercer

S

• Sir Roulād Hyll
• Hē. Suckley

The lady Katherine Haward, whom

the kyng had maried, for her vnchaste liuyng committed with Thomas Cul¦peper & Francis Derehā, was by par∣liament* 1.612 attainted. Culpeper & Dere∣ham, wer put to death at Tyborne, the x. day of Decēber. The .xiii. day of Fe¦bruary,* 1.613 were beheaded within the to∣wer, the lady Haward (otherwise cal∣led Q. Katherin, & the lady Rocheford* 1.614 And shortly after, king Henry maried the lady Katherin Parre, that had ben wi••e to the lorde Latimer.

At this parliamēt the kyng was pro¦claimed kyng of Ireland, which name* 1.615 his predecessours neuer had, but were called Lord of Irelande.

The .x. day of March, a mayd was boyled in Smithfield, for poysonynge* 1.616 many persons.

In Maye, the .xxxiiii. yeare of his raigne king Henry toke a loane of mo¦ney of all such as were aboue the va∣lue* 1.617 of. 50. pounde and vp warde.

The Duke of Norfolk with an ar∣my royall was sente into Scotlande, where he bourned and wasted all the marches, and there taried without any battaile, proffered by the king of Scot¦tes, vntyll the myddest of Nouember followyng.

Anno. 34.

M

• Iohn Cotes Galter

S

• Henry Hoble∣thorne
• Henry Hancotes

After the departure of our army frō Scotland, the king of Scottes made a roade into Englād, & did much harm: but at the laste, sir Thomas Wharton. and syr William Musgraue, with a fewe of the borderers, mette with the Scottes on saynct Katherins eue, the xxiiii. of Nouember, where (by the greate power of God) they beynge in number. 15000. were ouerthrowen, in whyche conf••ic••e was taken the lorde Maxwell, the erles. of Glencarne and Sassilles, with all the capitaynes of the army. And on saint Thomas euen the Apostle, they were broughte to the tower of London, where they lay that nyght: the next daye folowyng, they were by the kynges charge apparelled all in sylke, and rode through the city to Westminster, where they wer sworn to bee true prisoners, and then were they delyuered to the custodye of dy∣uers noble men, whiche honorably en∣tertayned them.

In this season, an Harolde of En∣gland, rydynge on the borders syde,

to do a message, was mette by certayne rebels, which cruelly against all lawe of armes, slewe him in his cote armor, but they for this dede, were sent to the king the yere folowing, who executed them for that offence.

At newyeres tyde, the Scottes that were taken by Carlile, were by the kinge sente home agayne with greate giftes, vpon condition to agree to cer∣tayne articles.

The thyrd day of Iune the Abrine a* 1.618 lorde in Irelande, with diuers of the wild Irish submitted thē to king Hen∣ry, and in Iuly, the sayde Abrine was created Earle of Clawricarde.

This yere in Iuly king Henry sent* 1.619 ouer. 6000. men to Landersey, whither also came the Emperour in proper per∣son with a gret army, and sho••tly after came down the french King in proper person with a gret army, and offred to geue battell to the Emperour, by rea∣son wherof the siege was raysed.

The xxviii. day of Iuly, were brent* 1.620 at Wyndsor three persons, Anthony Person, Robert Testwood, and Hen∣ry ••ilmer.

This yere was a gret death in Lon∣don* 1.621 of the pestilēce: & therfore Michel∣ma••

terme was adiourned to saint Al∣bons, and there was kept to the ende.

Anno. 35.

M

• [date 1543] Syr Wil. Bowyer Draper

S

• Iohn Toules
• Richarde Dobbes

Syr William Bowier deceased the xiii. day of Aprill, about Easter, and syr Raufe Warren, serued out the residue of that yeare.

A roade was made into Scotlande by the garryson there, who burned. 60. villages, and tooke great prayes bothe of men and beastes.

In Nouember, the Englishmen that were sente to Laundersey, came home agayne.

This yere beyng leape yeare chaun∣sed* 1.622 foure Eclipses▪ one of the Sonne the .xxiii. day of Ianuary, and three of the Moone.

The beginning of March Germaine* 1.623 Gardiner, Larke parson of Chelsey be syde London, and Singleton, wer exe∣cuted at Tiborne, for denying the king to be supreme head of the churche: and shortly one Ashbee was likewise exe∣cuted for the same.

The .xxii. day of Marche, the Lorde Admirall with a great nauy, departed

from London towardes Scotland.

The fourthe day of Aprill, a gonne* 1.624 pouder house called the black swanne, standing vpon the east sinithfield, was blowen vp with other houses nighe ad¦ioyning, and therin were burned fyue men, a boye, and a woman.

Vpon May day died the lord Tho∣mas* 1.625 Audeley highe Chancellor of En∣gland: After whom succeded lord Tho¦mas Writhesley.

The nauie sent by the lord admirall with whō was the lord Edward Sey∣mor Earle of Hertforde, the kinges lieuetenant, and general captain of the army the fourth day of May arriued at Lith, the hauen of Edenboroughe, and toke the towne of Lyth, and spoyled it:* 1.626 after which they made toward Edenbo¦rough, where at a certayne bridge the Scottes had layde theyr ordinance: but by the policie of our Captaynes and souldiors, the Scottes ordinance was won, and discharged against thē selues after this the towne of Edenboroughe sent vnto the armye, pretending to de∣liuer the Towne vpon certayne con∣ditions, to the behofe of oure Kinge: But when the army entred, they were inuaded by them: for whiche cause the

towne was destroied and wasted.

Kinge Henry and the Emperou•• agreed ioyntly to inuade the realme of France with two great powers.

A proclamation made, enhaunsinge* 1.627 the value of Gold to the rate of xlviii. •• and siluer to iiii. shil••inges the ounce. It is to be noted, that at this time the kinge caused to be coyned the base mo∣neys,* 1.628 which was called down the fifth yere ••f Edward the syxt, and called in the second yere of Quene Elizabeth.

After the whitson holye dayes, the Duke of Norfolke, and the Lorde pri∣uie seale, with a great army tooke their boyage into Fraunce, and besieged Motterell, where they laye vntyll the kinge hadde wonne Boloigne: Not longe after, the Duke of Suffolk with many other noble men passed the seas, and encamped before Boloigne on the East syde.

The xiiii. day of Iuly kinge Henry* 1.629 with a goodlye companye passed from Douer to Casaice, and the 26▪ day en∣camped on the north syde of Boloigne, after whose comming the town was so sore battered with gonneshot, and cer∣tayne of their Towers beynge vnder∣mined so shaken, that after a monethe••s

••••ege the capitayne sente woorde to the king, that he would yelde the towne to his behofe, vpon condition that al whi¦che were within, myghte departe with bagge and baggage: whiche conditions king Hēry graūted, & the Boloigners* 1.630 departed to the number of. 4454. and the xxv. day of September the kinge entred into highe Boloigne, with the nobilitie of this realme, and the trom∣pettes blowing: The fyrst of October king Henry departed from Boloigne towarde Douer.

The nynthe daye of October in the nighte the French men came vnwares vppon the Englishemen in base Bo∣loigne, and slewe of them a great num∣ber. Howe beit they were shortely ha∣sed from thence.

Anno. 36.

M

• William Laxton Grocer

S

• Iohn Wilforde
• [date 1544] Andrewe Iudde.

This yere was taken by the kinges shippes of the west countrey, and of the English coast, the number of. 300. fren¦che shippes, and more.

The vii. day of Iune a gret army of* 1.631 Frenchmen came nere to the hauen of Boloigne, and skir••ished with the en∣glishmen:

and this army beganne to builde a fort, which before they depar∣ted they accomplished.

Worde was brought that the french menne entended to lande in the Isle of Wighte. Wherfore the kinge wente to* 1.632 Port••smouthe. At whiche tyme of the kinges abo••e there, a goodly shippe of Englande called the Mary Rose, with syr George Care we the capitaine, and many other gentilmen, were drowned in the middest of the hauen, by greate negligence and foly.

Certayne frenchemen landed in the Isle of Wighte, but they were dryuen awaye with the losse of theyr captayn and many souldiours.

In August the lorde Edward Sey∣mor Earle of Hertford was sent by the king into Scotland, with an army of xii. thousand men, where he destroyed diuers townes, and greately endoma∣ged the Scottes.

This yere the .xii. day of Septem∣ber* 1.633 the Churche of sainte Gyles with∣out Creplegate was brent.

Anno. 37.

M

• [date 1545] syr Martin Bowes Goldsmith

S

• George Bar∣nes
• Rafe Alleyn

The .xxiiii. day of Nouember a par∣liament begon at Westminster, where was graunted to the king a Subsedye of .ii. s .viii. d. of the pounde of moua∣ble* 1.634 goods, and▪ iii••. shilings the pound in landes to be payd in two yere, and all colledges, Chauntreys, and hospi∣talles were committed to the kinges order duringe his lyfe, to alter and transpose, which he promised to do to the glory of God, and the common pro∣fite of the realme.

About this time the Lorde Admi∣rall landed in Normandy, and brente the suburbes of Tr••iport, and diuers villages along the Sea coaste, and de∣stroyed and tooke almost all the ships in the hauen.

The stewes & other like borthel hou¦ses* 1.635 wer by the kinges commandement put downe in all partes of the realme.

In February should a woman haue ben burned in Smithfield, for clipping of golde, but the kinges pardon came, she being at the stake redy to be burned

T••is yere the citizens of Londō le∣uied* 1.636 in the citie two fiftenes for the cō∣ueyance of more water to the citie: and then was the condites at A••g••te and at Lothbury begon to be builded.

This yere the xiii. day of Iune, be∣yng* 1.637 Whitsonday, a continuall peace was proclaymed in the citie of Lon∣don betwene the king of England and the French kinge, with a solempe pro∣cession, at the time of the proclamation geuing lande and prayse to God: and at night throughout the citie great bon ••yers were made.

The xrvii. day of Iune doctor Crom•• recanted at Paules crosse.

The xvi. day of Iuly were burned in Smithfielde Anne Aske we gent••l∣woman, Iohn L••ssels gentilman, Ni∣colas* 1.638 Otterden Priest, and Iohn Had∣land Taylour: And Doctor Shaxton sometyme byshop of Salisbury, prea∣ched at the same fyre, and recanted his opinions, perswadinge them to do the like but they would not.

The .xxi. daye of August, came in∣to* 1.639 Englande to do his duety from the Frenche kinge, Mounsyre Deneball high Admirall of France, with great Triumphe, and also broughte with hym the S••cre of Diepe, and xii. ga∣leis wel besene in diuers pointes, and landed at London at the tower wh••rfe, where he was honourably receyued with manye nobles and pi••res of this

Realme, with greate shootynge of gunnes, and so broughte to the By∣shoppe of Londons Palaice, and lay•• there two nightes. On Monday th•• xriii. day of August, he rode to Hamp∣ton Courte, where the King laye: and before he came there, Prince Edward receaued him with a companye of fyue hundred coates of veluet: and the prin∣ces liuerie were with sleues of cloathe of Golde, and halfe the coate embrou∣dered with golde. And there were to the number of eyghte hundred horses royally apparailed, whiche broughte him to the manour of Hampton court to his father.

Anno. 38.

M

• Hen. Hoble∣thorne mer∣chant tailour

[date 1546] S

• Rich. Iar∣uis
• Th. Curtise

In Ianuary Thomas duke of Nor∣folke was sent to the tower of London and condempned to perpetuall prison. And shortely after his sonne the Earle of Surrey was condemned, and behea∣ded the. xix day of Ianuary.

These thinges beyng doone, about* 1.640 the ende of Ianuarie, King Henry de∣parted out of his life, appointing his ••••st heyre to be his yong son prince Ed¦warde,

and the seconde lady Mary his daughter by his first wife Quene Ka∣therine, and the thirde, lady Elizabeth by his second wife Quene Anne Bol∣leyne.

Edward the syxt.

Anno Regni. 1.

[date 1546] EDward the syxte, be∣ganne his reygne the xxviii. day of Ianua∣rie in the yere. 1546. when he was but .ix. yeres olde. He decea∣sed in the yere. 1553. the v••. daye of Iuly, so he reigned .vi. yeres v. monthes and viii. dayes. By his fathers will were appoynted .xvi. gouernours and ouer∣seers of this yonge prince, the chiefe wherof was his vncle erle of Herford who shortly after was made Duke of Sommersette, and Protectour of the kinge and realme: the .xix. day of Fe∣bruary he rode solemnely with the no∣bilitie of the Realme, from the tower to Westminster, throughe the Citie,

which was richely hanged, euery con∣dite ••onning with wene: with pagean∣tes, being richely apparailed to receaue him at euery place, with Orations of* 1.641 his prayse. And on the Southesyde of Paules churchyard, an Argosie came from the Batt••lment of Paules chur∣che, vppon a Cable, beynge made faste to an anker, at the De••nes gate, lying vpon his breast, ayding him self ney∣ther with hande nor foote, and after as∣cended to the middest of the same Ga∣ble, and tombled and playd many pre∣tie toyes, whereat the kinge with the nobles of the Realme laughed righte hartily: the .xxv. of Februarye he was crowned Kinge at Westminster with great solempnitie.

The Lorde Protectour with the* 1.642 reste of the Counsayle, sente Commis∣sioners into all partes of the Realme,* 1.643 willing them to take all Images oute of theyr Churches, with them wer sent diuers preachers, to perswade the peo∣ple from theyr beades and such lyke:* 1.644 also procession was commanded to be no more vsed: And shortely after was a Parliamente, wherein besyde other* 1.645 thinges, Chauntries were geuen into the kinges handes, to be vsed at his

pleasure. And also an order taken for the vse of the Lordes Supper, that it shoulde be in bothe kyndes of breade and wine.

In August the Duke of Somerset and the Earle of Warwicke with a noble army were sent into Scotland: and nere to Edenboroughe at a place called Muskelboroughe, the English∣men and Scottes mette, where be∣twene them was foughten a cruel bat∣tayle.* 1.646 The victorie fell to the English¦men, and the Scottes were slayne a∣boue .xiiii. thousande, and taken priso∣ners of Lordes, knightes, and gentil∣men xv. hundred.

Anno. 1.

M

• [date 1547] Syr Iohn Gresham mercer

S

• The. White
• Robert Chertsey

This second yere of king Edward the syxt, the watche whiche in London* 1.647 had ben vsed at Midsomer, and of long tyme before had ben layde downe, was nowe agayne vsed, both on the euen of sainct Iohn, at Mydsomer, and on the euen of sainte Peter next folowing, in as beautiful maner, and in as good or∣der, as it had bene accustomed before tyme.

The laste daye of Iulye, Stephen Gardiner byshop of Winchester, was for a sermon made before king Edward and the Counsell sent to the tower of London, where he remayned all thys kinges reigne.

This yeare in London was great* 1.648 mortalitie by the pestilence. Wherfore a commaundement was geuen to all Curates, and other hauing to do ther∣with, that no corps shoulde be buried before syxe of the clock in the morning nor after sixe of the clock at night, and that there shoulde at the burying of e∣uerye corps be ronge one belie at the leaste, the space of three quarters of an howre.

Anno. 2.

M

• syr Henry ••mcottes ••••shmōger

S

• [date 1548] William. Locke
• Iohn O••ife

Syr Thomas Seimer highe Admi∣rall of Englande brother to the Lorde Protectour, and the kinges vncle, had maried Quene Katherine late wyfe to Kinge Henry, she conceiuinge a sto∣macke againste the Lorde protectors wife. And therevpon also in the be∣halfe of theyr wiues, displeasure and grudge began betwene the two bro∣thers,

which at the length brake out to the confusion of theym bothe: For the* 1.649 twenty day of March was the lord ad∣mirall beheaded at tower hill.

This yere about Whitsontide, and* 1.650 so foorthe vntyll September, the com∣mons in most part of this realm, made sundry insurrections and comm••tions Amongest whom, diuers of the com∣mons of Cornewall and Deuonshyre, rose against the nobles and gentilmen: and in sundrye Campes besieged the towne of Exceter, whiche was vali∣antly defended.

Also they of Norfolke and Suffolk* 1.651 encamped thē selues in a wood, called saynt Nicholas wood, nere vnto Nor¦wiche, declaring them selues to be grie¦ued with parkes, pastures, and inclo∣sures made by the gentilmē, who requi¦red the same to be disparked & set amōg the cōmons. Into Deuonsh••re against Humfrey Arundel and his rebels, was sent the lord Russel, lorde preuy seale, with a number of souldiors. The lord Gray was also sent with a number of strangers, which wer horsemen, wher¦in diuers conflictes they slewe many people, and spoyled that countrey.

In Norfolke againg captain Kite a

Tanner, and his company, syr Iohn Dudley erle of Warwicke, went with an army: where both he him selfe and a great number of gentilmen that wer with him, metynge with the rebelles, were in suche daunger, as they hadde thoughte all to haue dyed in the place: but God brought it so to passe, that as went there as in all other places, they were partely by power constrayned, partely by promes of theyr pardon per¦swaded to subin••r them selues to theyr prince, and delyuered theyr chiefe ca∣pitaynes to punishment, but yet after the losse of manye thousandes of En∣glishemen.

The king of Fraunce perc••auinge such sedition and trouble in England, did not omitte the occasion, but in the meane time▪ assaulted certain holdes a∣bout the town of Boloigne builded of the Englishmen for the defence of the same, and namely tooke the forte cal∣led newe hauen, and thereby much in∣damaged the Englishe garrison that lay at Boloigne. The losse of this was layd to the lord Protectour because he hauyng the chiefe gouernement of the Realme, dyd not see those partes bet∣ter furnyshed: in conclusion the erle of

Warwicke, with the consente of other nobles of the Realme, by open procla∣mation accused him of misgouernemēt as well in this as in diuers other mat∣ters. Wherfore when he fled with the yong kyng to Wyndsour castell, they caused hym to be fette from thens, and brought as a traitoure to the tower of London, the .xiiii. day of October.

Anno. 3.

M

• [date 1549] Sir Rou∣lād Hyll Mercer

S

• Iohn Yorke
• Richarde Turke

This syr Roulande Hylle, to the great prayse of his vocation, and to the* 1.652 synguler comfort of the weale publi••e of his countrey, erected many notable monumentes and good dedes, whiche were to long here to write. Wherfore I referre them to my Summarie.

Vpon a Sondaye beynge the nyn∣tene* 1.653 daye of Ianuarye, were murthe∣red in London, betwene Newgate, and Smythfyelde, twoo Capitaynes whyche hadde serued the kynge in his warres at Boloigne, and other where: the one was called Bambo, the other Filic••rga, bothe Spanyardes: thys murder was commytted by Charles

••auaro a Flemmyng, whom came in poste from Barwike to London to do that acte. And beynge hanged for the* 1.654 same with his thre men in Smithfield sayd at his death, he wolde neuer repēt it: they were all foure hanged on the fryday next after, which was the .xxv. day of Ianuary.

The .xxvii. day of Ianuary, Hum∣frey Arundell capitaine of the rebelles in Deuonshire, was hanged, drawen, and quartered at Tyborn, with diuers* 1.655 other, as Wynslade, Holmes, & Bery, &c. About the same tyme, Robert Kite, capitayn of them that rose in Norfolk with his brother William, was con∣demned and sente to Norwiche, where the sayd Robert was hanged in chay∣nes vpon the top of Norwiche castell.

About the begynnyng of Februarye,* 1.656 the Embassadoures of Englande and France, consulted of a peace to be had betwene both Realmes, whiche after was concluded.

The .vi. day of February, the Duke of▪ Somerset kyng Edwardes vncle, was deliuered oute of the tower, and the same night he supped with the erle of Warwike at the sheriffes house cal∣led maister Yorke.

The .x. day of February, one Bella Suffolke man, was drawen frome the* 1.657 tower to Tyborne, and there hanged & quartered for mouyng a new rebellion in Suffolke and Essex.

On monday, beyng the laste daye of Marche, a general peace was proclai∣med betwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce, & in the same peace were included the emperor & the Scottes.

The .xxv. day of Aprill, the towne of Bulleyn was yelded vp vnto the frēch* 1.658 Kynge, and his Capitaines cooke the possession.

The .ii. day of May, one Ioane Knel otherwyse called Ioane Butcher, or Ioane of Kent, was burned in Smith field for heresy, y^t Christ toke no fleshe of y^e virgin Mary, but passed through her body as through a conduicte.

Certayn lewde persons attempted a newe rebellion in some part of Kent, but they were sone repressed, & certain of the chief, as Richarde Lyon, God∣dard* 1.659 Gorran, and Richarde Irelande, were apprehended and put to death for the same, the .xiiii. day of May.

Anno. 4.

M

• [date 1550] Sir Andrew Iudskin.

S

• Augus Hind
• Iohn Lyon

This syr Andrew Iudde exected one* 1.660 notable schoole at Tunbridge in Kent wherin be brought vp and norished in good learnyng, great store of youth, as wel brought vp in y^t shire, as brought from other countreys adioynyng.

This yeare vpon a thurspay, beynge* 1.661 the .xvii. daye of December, the Tha∣mes beneth the bridge dyd e••be & flow thre tymes within .ix. houres: and the same day & tyme, the byshop of Wyn∣chester was brought vnto Lambeth by water, before the byshop of Canterbu∣ry, and other the kynges cōmissioners where were obie••••ed vnto hym certain articles on the kinges behalfe, and day assigned hym to answer.

It was enacted▪ that priestes chyl∣dren should be legitimate.

This yere on saint Valentines daye, at Feuersham in Kente, one Arden, a* 1.662 gentleman, was kylled by the consente of his owne wyfe. For this a••••, iust pu¦nyshement was afterward taken vpon those that were the ••oers and consen∣ters to the same. The wife her self was burned at Cantorbury the .xiiii. day of Marche, the same day two other were hanged in chaynes at Feuersham, and

a woman brent: Mosby and his sister* 1.663 were hanged in Smithfield at Lōdon. And black Wyll the Ruffian that was hyred to do the acte, after his first scape was apprehended and burnt on a scaf∣fold at Flyshyng in Sealande.

The .xiiii. day of February, beynge* 1.664 saterday▪ D. Stephē Gardiner byshop of Winchester, was depriued of his bi∣shoprike, and so cōmitted to the tower agayne. Into his place was translated do••••or Poynet, who before was bishop of Rochester.

The .xxiiii. day of Apryl, beyng fri∣day, a d••••hemā was burned in Smith¦field for heresy, who held the detestable opinion of the Arrians.

The .viii•• day of May, a proclama∣tion was made, that from and after the last day of August then next ensuyng, our shi••lyng of the valu of xii. d shold be currant but for .ix. d. and a grote for three pence: by reason of which procla¦mation ens••••ed great dearth of al thin∣ges, for the people couetyng to rayse y^• losse of their money▪ vpon such kynde of wares or vi••tual as they occupied, dyd dayly enhaunce the price, most mi¦serbaly oppressyng the poore.

The .xxv. day of May, beyng Mon∣day

betwene the howers of eleuen &* 1.665 one ofthe clock at after noone, was ••n earthequake of halfe a quarter of an ••owre long at Blechyngleye, at God∣stone, at Croydon, at Aibery, and at di¦uers other places in Southerye and Myddlesex.

The .ix. day of Iuly being thursday, the forsaid proclamatiō, which was ap¦pointed to take effect the last day of Au¦gust next cōmyng, was shortned vnto this present day, and toke effect imme∣diatly* 1.666 vpon y^e publishing of the same, which was done betwene ix. and ten of the clocke before noone, so that im∣mediatly, a shilling went for .ix. pens, and a grote for .iii. d, and no word spo∣ken of the smalle money, as pence and halfe grotes, by reason whereof, there was no smalle money to be gotten to geue the poore people.

The sweating sicknes began in Lon¦don* 1.667 the .viii. day of Iuly: and the .x. day of Iuly it was most vehement: which was so terrible, that people beynge in best health was sodeynely taken, and dead in .xxiiii. howers, or .xii. or l••sse, for lacke of skill in guydyng them in their sweate. And it is to be noted, tha•• this mortalitie felle chiefly or rather

only on men, and those also of the best age, as betwene .xxx. and .xl. yeares of age: wherefore this nation was muche ale••rd of it▪ and for the tyme began to repent, and remember God. But as the disease in tyme relented▪ so our deuoti∣on also in shorte space decaied: the first weke died in London .800. persones, and then it ceassed.

The .xvi••. day of August, beyng mon¦day,* 1.668 was proc••amation made, that the shilling, which of late was called dow¦ne to .ix. d. shor•• be currant for .vi. d. y^• grote ii. d. y^• half grote .i. d. a peny a ob.

The .xi. day of October, beynge son∣daye, the Lorde Marques Dorset was created Duke of Suffolk, the lord erle of Marwicke, was created Duke of Northumberland, and the erle of Wil∣shire, was created Marques of Win∣chester, and syr William Herberte, the master of the horse, was created erle of Penbro••e, & diuers mē made knights

The .xvi. day of October, being fry∣day,* 1.669 the duke of Somerset was broght agayne to the tower of London, and in the next morning the duchesse his wife▪ was brought thither also: & ther went also with the Duke the lorde Greye of Wylton, syr Rafe Dane, and syr Tho∣mas

Palmer, and diuers other gentle∣men of his familiars.

An. 5.

M

• Richarde Dobbes Skinner

S

• [date] Iohn Lam∣berte
• Iohn Couper

The .xxx. day of October beyng fry∣day, was proclaymed a newe coyne of* 1.670 money, both syluer & gold: soueraines of fyne golde at .xxx. ••. Angels of fyne gold at .x. ••. and dyuers other pieces of gold of lesser value: a piece of syluer of v. ••. and a piece of .ii. •• .vj. d. the ster∣lyng shillyng .xii. d. and sundrye other smaller pieces of money.

The .vi. daye of Nouember, beynge fryday, the olde Quene of Scots, rode* 1.671 through London and Cheape, wyth a great cōpany of englyshmen waytyng on her, after she had layne 4 days in y^• bishops place besides Paules church.* 1.672

The fyrst day of December, the duke of Somerset was arreigned at West∣mynster halle, and was there acquited of treason, but condemned of felony.

The .vii. d••ye of December, was a generall Muster of the horsemenne, whiche were in the wages of the no∣bles of the Realme: and for the which the kynges maiestie allowed yea••elye

for euery man .xx. pounde, the whiche muster was made vpon the caussey o∣uer agaynst the kynges palaice at saint Iames, the number of horse was este∣med to be a thousa••d.

The .xxii. day of Ianuary, beyng fri∣day, Edward duke of Somerset, king* 1.673 Edwardes vncle before mencioned, was beheaded at the towre hyll.

On the .xx. day of February, the mar∣chantes of the Styliarde at London,* 1.674 were put from theyr priuiledge of oc∣••upyinge, whiche they of longe tyme before had vsed.

The .xxvi. daye of Februarye, Sir Rafe a Vane, and sir Myles Partrige* 1.675 were hanged vppon the gallowes at tower hyll: and sir Michaell Stan∣hope, with syr Thomas Arundel, wer beheaded vpon the scaffolde, whiche foure were condempned as accessarye in that whiche the Duke was condem∣ned for▪

The last day of Aprill, through ne∣gligence* 1.676 of the gonne pouder makers, a certayn house with thre last of pou∣der, was blowē vp and buent, the said gonpouder makers being .xv. in num∣ber, were all slayn at the tower hyll, a little from the Minoris besyde Lōdon

on the backe syde of New abbey.

The .iii. day of August was borne a meruailous strange monster at a place* 1.677 called Myddle••on .xi. miles from Ox∣enford, a woman brought forth a child which had .ii. perfe••••bodies frome the nauel vp ward, and w••re so ioyned to∣gether at the nauell, that whenne they were layde in length, the one head and body was eastward, and the other west the legges for bothe the bodies grewe out at the myddes, where the bodyes ioyned, and had but one issue for y^• ex∣crement of both the bodies: they lyued xviii. dayes, and when they were ope∣ned, it appered they wer womē childrē* 1.678

The .viii. day of August, there were taken about Quinborough thre greate fyshes called Do••phines, or by some called Rigs: and the weke folowing, at▪ Blackwall, wer .vi more taken and brought to London, & there solde: the ••east of thē was greater then any horse.

The same moneth of August, began the great prouision for the pore in Lō∣don, towardes the whiche euery man was contributorie, and gaue certayn money in hande, and promised to geue a certain wekely. The first house whi∣che was begon was at the Gray friers

in Newgate market.

The .vii. day of October were two great fyshes takē at Grauesend, which* 1.679 were called whirlepoles, they wer af∣terward drawen vp aboue the bridge.

The .xiiij. day of October, y^e bishop of Durhā Cuthbert Tunstall was depri¦ued from his byshoprike.

Anno. 6.

M

• [date 1552] George Gar¦nes haber∣dasher

S

• Will. Garrct
• Iohn May∣narde

This sir George Garnes haberdasher gaue y^e windmil which stādeth toward the east in Fins••ery fielde to the poore almose people of the same companye. And also he gaue to be distribute to the poore people of the parish of S. Bar∣tholomew the little .xviii. d. in breade euery sonday for euer.

The .xxi day of Nouember. the chil∣dren were taken into the Hospitall at the gray friers to the numbre of iiii. C

In the sommer past, kyng Edwarde went in progresse into the weste coun∣trey, where he had so muche exercise of haukyng and hunting, as was thought by some to bee da••ngerous vnto hys healthe. Towarde wynter he retour∣ned to London, and frome thense to

Grene wiche, where all the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 season was passed with muche plea∣santnesse and myr••he, vntyll at length in Ianuarye he fell sycke of a cough, whiche ended in co••sumption of the lyghtes.

The .xx. day of May .iii. great ship∣pes* 1.680 well furnyshed were set forth for the aduentu••e of the vnknowen voy∣age to Moscouia. And .ii. other shyps were sente foorth to seke aduentures southe wardes.

In May Lorde Gylsorde the Duke of Northumberlandes fourthe sonne, maried lady Iane the Duke of Suffol∣kes daughter, whose mother being thē alyue, was daughter to Mary kynge Henryes syster.

The .xxii. daye of Iune was a verye great & terrible clap of thunder aboute* 1.681 rii. of the clock at noone, which bet o∣pen one of the doores of saint Denyse c••••••••ch in London, & tore of both lock and lynyng of the same doore.

Kyng Edward beyng about the age* 1.682 of xvi. yeres, as is said before, was lōg sick of a consumption of the lightes, & the ▪vi. day of Iuly ended his lyfe.

The x. day of Iuly the death of kyng Edward•• was publyshed. The same

day in the after noone about fowero•• the clocke, the Lady Iane doughter of the lady Frances, the duchesse of Suf¦folke, whiche Lady Iane was maried vnto the Lorde Gylforde Dudley the fourthe sonne vnto the Duke of Nor∣thumberland, was conueyed by water to the Tower of London, and betwene vi••. and .viii. of the clocke in the eue∣ning, proclamat••ō was made through out the citie, whereby was declared, that kyng Edward beyng dece••sed, by his wyll had assigned the sayde Lady Iane to be quene, and thervpon so pro¦claymed Quene of Englande. This matter was very greuously taken of y^e common people, and a great numbre of gentilmen, for the ••one they bare to la∣dy Mary, and the right of her title. For when it was heard that the Ladye Mary was fled to Framingham castel in Suffolke, the people of the coun∣trey almost wholly resorted vnto her, and in Oxenford syr Iohn Williams: in Buckynghamshire, syr Edmunde Peckham, and in dyuers other pla∣ces many men of worshyppe, gathered great powers, and with al spede made toward Suffolke, where lady Marye was, The .xiii. day of Iuly by appoi••t

mente of the counsell of the duke of Northumberland, the Earle of Hun∣tingdon, the lord Grey of Wilton, and dyuers other with a greate numbre of men of armes, wente to fetche her by force, and was on theyr way as farre as Bury. But the .xix. daye of Iulye, the counsell, partely moued wy••h the right of her cause, partly consydering that the most of the Realm was whol∣ly bente on her syde: chaunged theyr myndes, and immediately came in••o Cheapesyde with the kynge of Heral∣des, where they proclaymed the ladye* 1.683 Mary, Quene of Englande, kepyng as prisoners in the Tower, lady Iane lately proclaimed, and lorde Gylford her husband: and the duke, returnyng to Cambridge, on the twentye daye at nyght, beyng apprechended of the gard, he with other, was brought to the to∣wer of London, the fiue and twentye of Iulye. Thus was the matter ended without bloudshed, whi¦che men feared, woulde haue brought the deth of many thou∣sandes.

¶ Quene Marye.

Anno Regni .i.

[date 1553] MAry the eldest daugh¦ter of kyng Henrye the .viii. began her reigne ouer thys re∣alme of Englande the .vi. day of Iuly, in the yeare of oure Lord. 1553. and de∣ceased in the yere of our Lorde 1553. the. 17. day of Nouember, so she reig∣ned .v. yeares .iiii. moneths & .xi: days: she was proclaimed Quene at Lōdon, the .xix. day of Iuly, and the .xx. day at the castel of Framyngham: and after∣ward being accompanied with a good¦ly band of noble men, gentylmen, and commoners gathered out of all partes of the realme, came to London, and entred the tower the .iii. day of August In her fathers tyme and brothers time and other were caste into the Tower: some for treason layde to their charge, as the Duke of Norffolke, and the lorde Courtneye, some for matters of Religion, as Doctour Tonstall, by∣shop

of Durham, and other: whiche continued there prisoners at the Que∣nes commyng: to all these and manye other, she granted pardon, and restored them to theyr forme•• dignities. Lyke∣wyse dyd she vnto Doctour Gardener byshop of Wynchester, whome she set at libertie, made hym hygh chancellor of England, the lorde Courtney made erle of Deuonshire.

The .xi. day of August certayne gen∣tylmen* 1.684 mindyng to passe through Lon¦don bridge in a wherrye, were there o∣uerturned, and seuē of them drowned

The .xiii. day of August one master Bourne a Canon of Poules, preached at Paules Crosse, whose talke mysli∣ked the audience, that some cryed, Pull hym oute, and one threwe a dagger at hym, which hyttyng one of the syde po∣stes, rebounded backe agayne: & then maister Bradforde and Iohn Rogers two preachers of kyng Edwards time with muche laboure conueyed the sayd maister Bourne oute of the audience into Paules schole.

The .xxii. day of August the duke of* 1.685 Northūberlād was beheaded, and with him wer put to deth sir Iohn Gates, &

syr Thomas Palmer called Buskin Palmer knightes.

The xxvi. day of August in the eue∣ninge* 1.686 a ship was burnt at Wolwiche, called the greate Hary, by the negli∣gence of mariners, she was of burthen a thousand tunne.

The last day of September the que∣nes* 1.687 hyghnes rode thorough the citie to Westminster in moste goodly maner, and pagentes in all places accustomed beyng moste gorgeously trimmed: And as her grace passed by Pauls, a certain duche man stode vpon the wethercock with an enseigne in his hande, floury∣shyng with the same, very strange to the beholders. And y^e morow her grace was crowned at Westminster by doc∣tor Gardiner bishop of Winchester.

The fyfth day of October began the Parliament at Westminster, and masse of the holy ghoste was songe.

The xxv▪ day of October the barge* 1.688 of Grauesend by great misfortune of a catch running vpon her, was ouerthro¦wen and .xiiii. persons drowned, and xvi. saued by swimming.

The xxiii. the xxv. the .xxvii. days of October were certayn disputations in the long chapell at the north doro of

Paules concerning Transubstantiati∣on, but nothing throughly determined.

Anno. 1.

M

• Tho. White marchant taylour.

[date] S

• Thomas Of∣fley
• Wil. Hewet

The same syr Thomas White, a wor¦thy patron and protector of poore scho∣lers and learninge, renewed or rather erected a college in Oxford, that was in* 1.689 great ruine and decay, now called S. Iohns college, and before Bernard col¦lege, indowing the same with landes & reuenues, to the greate preferment of learning and comfort of poore mennes children.

The like College also now called tri∣nity college, syr Thomas Pope knight* 1.690 to his great praise and singuler cōmen¦dation erected, which sometime was called Durham colledge, appoyntinge for the maintenaunce of the fellowes and scholars like possession.

Cardinall Poole, who fledde out of England in the tyme of kinge Henry, and was in gret estimatiō in the court of Rome, and sent for by Quene Mary to returne into his countrey.

The xiii. day of Nouēber D Cra••••er Archbishop of Cantorbury, lady Iane

that was before proclaimed quene, an•• the lord Gilford her husband wer open¦ly arraigned & condemned for treason.

The .v. day of December the parlia∣ment was dissolued, in the which par∣liament all statutes that wer made ey∣ther of Premunire in time of king Hē∣ry the viii. or concerning religion an•• administration of the sacramentes vn∣der king Edward the syxt, wer repea∣led, and the latten seruice restored as it was in the last yere of king Henry the eyght: and communication was had of the Quenes mariage with king Phil∣lip the Emperours sonne. &c.

The beginning of Ianuary the empe¦ror sent a noble man called Ecmonda∣ne and certayne other ambassadours in to England to make a perfect conclu∣sion of the mariage betwen king Phi∣lip and Quene Mary.

The .xx. day of Ianuary the lord Chan¦cellor with other of the counsel, decla∣red openly vnto the Quenes maiesties houshold, that ther was a mariage con∣cluded, betwen her grace and the king ••f Spayne, whiche should be a greate strength, honour, and enriching to the realme of England.

This mariage was so greuously ta∣ken

of diuers noblemen, gentlemen & commoners, that for this, and religion they in such sort conspired against the Quene, that if God had not wonder∣fully preuented them, it woulde haue brought much more trouble and dan∣ger.* 1.691 For syr Thomas Wyat in Kente, beyng one of the chiefe, about the .xx. daye of Ianuary, gathered a certayne company, & much incensed the people of those parts against y^• quene, saying: That she & the counsel intended not on¦ly by alteration of religion to bring in the pope but also by mariage of a stran∣ger to bring the realme into miserable seruitude. The Quene sent the duke of Norfolk with a cōpany of soldiors in∣to Kent against Wiat, wher y^• duke me¦ting with Wiat, not farre from Roche∣ster bridge was forsaken of his souldi∣ours, and returned to London. Also Henry duke of Suffolk father to lady* 1.692 Iane, flying into Leicestershyre, & War¦wikeshy••e, in diuers places as he wēt again proclaymed his daughter quene▪ but the peple did not inclin•• vnto him. Wherfore when the erle of Huntingtō that was sent to pursue him, cam to Co¦uentry, y^e duke hauing no gret strength of men about him, was brought therby

into a streight, and hydyng himselfe ••n a parke of his owne by Couentry, was bewraied, and by the erle of Hunting∣ton brought prisoner to London, and* 1.693 the same day beyng the fyrst of Febru∣ary, the Quene came from Westmin∣ster to the Guilde hall in London: and there after vehement woordes against Wiat, declared that she ment not other wyse to marry, then the Councel shold thynke bothe honourable and commo∣dious to the realme: and therfore wil∣led them truely to assiste her in repres∣sing such as contrarye to theyr dueties rebelled. Moreouer, she appoynted lorde William Haward lieuetenaunte of the citie, and the Erle of Pembroke generall of the fyelde, whiche both pre∣pared all thinges necessarye for theyr purposes.

Wy••te came neare vnto the Citie and entred into Southwarke, the third day of February, wherefore the drawe▪ bridge was broken down, ordi∣nance bent to that parte, generall par∣don proclaymed to al them that would geue ouer and forsake the rebelles. After Wiat had layne .i••. dais in South¦warke, he turned his iourney to King∣••••on on Shrouetuisday in the morning

beyng the syxt of February, where he passed ouer the Thames, and purposed to haue come to London in the nighte: but by meanes that the cariage of hys thief ordinance brake he was so letted that he coulde not come before it was farre day. At that time the erle of Pem∣broke▪ and diuers other were in sainte Iames field with a gret power, & theyr ordinance so bent that Wiate was fayn to leaue the common way, and with a smal cōpany came vnder saint Iames wall from the danger of the ordinance, and so went by Charinge crosse vnto Ludgate without resistance, and there thought to haue be let in. But percea∣uinge that he was disapoynted of his* 1.694 purpose he returned▪ and about temple barre was taken prisoner.

Proclamation was made in Londō that no man should keepe in his house any of Wiates faction. And shortly af∣ter about the number of fifty wer han∣ged on .xx. paire of gallouses made for that purpose in diuers places in and about the citie.

The .xii. day of February Lady Iane the duke Suffolkes daughter and her husband lorde Gylford were beheaded* 1.695 for feare least any othe shold make lil▪

trouble for her title, as her father ha•• attempted▪

The xvii. day of February was pro∣clamation made that al strangers shold boyde the Realme within .xxiiii▪ dayes next ensuinge, vpon payne of confis∣cation of theyr goodes (al free de••••sens marchantes, embassadours and theyr seruantes except.)

The xvii. daye of February Henry Duke of Suffolk was condempned of* 1.696 treason, & the fourth day after beheaded at the tower hill.

The. 23. of February, about. 240. pri¦soners of Wiats fa••••••••on went with hal¦ters about theyr neckes toward West∣minster, who had theyr pardō in chepe▪

The x. of Aprill D. Cra••••er arch∣bishop of Cantorbury, D. Ridley o•• London, and Hugh Latimer ones by: shop of Worcester, were conueyed as prisoners from the tower of London to Oxford▪ there to dispute with the di∣uines and learned men.

The .xi. day of Aprill syr Thomas* 1.697 Wiat was beheaded at tower hill▪ and after quartered, his quarters were se•• vp in diuers places, and his heade 〈…〉〈…〉 gallowes at Hay hill, wher it w••••〈◊〉〈◊〉 after s••olne away.

The 27. of Aprill the lord Thomas Gray, brother to the late duke of Suf∣folke, was beheaded.

William Thomas a gentleman, and* 1.698 certayne other persons wer apprehen∣ded for conspiring quene Maries death the same William Thomas for that of∣fence the .xviii. day of May was drawē hanged and quartered at Tyborne.

The .xxiiii. day of May, beinge the ••east of Corpus Christi, a ioyner called Iohn Strete wold haue taken the sacra¦ment out of the priests hands in Smith field, in the time of procession, but he was resisted, taken & put in Newgate.

The fourth day of Iune was taken* 1.699 down all the gallowes that wer about London. The same day began the crosse of Cheape to be new gyldid.

The .xv. daye of Iuly Elizabeth a* 1.700 wench of the age of .xvi. or, xviii. yeres, did open penaunce at Paules crosse, where she confessed, that she beyng in∣••••ced by lewde councell, had vpon the ••iiii. day of Marche laste passed coun∣terfait certain speches in an house, nere vnto Aldersgate in London, about the which, the peple of the whole citie wer wonderfully molested.

The .xix. day of Iuly king Philip the

emperours sonne, arriued at South∣hampton,* 1.701 the .iiii. day after he came to Winchester, and there was honourably receiued of the bishop, and a gret num∣ber of nobles, the next day he met with the quene with whom after he had long and familiar talke. The second day be∣yng saint Iames day, the mariage was in honorable maner solemnised betwen him and Quene Mary. Shortly after king Philip and quene Mary depar∣ted from Winchester, and with a good∣ly company were brought to London, and there with great prouision wer re∣ceaued of the Citizens the .xviii. day of August. At that time a man came as it* 1.702 were flying vpon a rope from Pauls steaple to the deanes wall.

In October the emperor sent embas∣sadours into England to yeld vnto his sonne king Philip the Dukedome of Millayne.

Anno. M. 2. P. 1.

M

• [date] Iohn Lyon grocer

S

• Dauid Wod∣roffe
• Wil. Chester.

The .xxiii. of Nouember Cardinall* 1.703 Poole came into England, and was receyued with honoure in all places 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he passed▪ At the same tyme he was

by Parliamente restored to his olde estate and dignitie that he was putte from by king Henry the quenes father and shortely after came into the Par∣liamente house, where the king, quene and, other states were al present. Then he declaryng the cause of hys legasie, fyrst exhorted them to returne to the cō¦munion of the churche, & restore to the most holy father and pope, his due auc¦thoritie, secondly he aduertised them to geue thanks to God that had sent them so blessed a king and quene: finally he signified, for so much as they had with great gentilnes restored him to his ho∣nour & dignitie, that he most earnestly desired to see them restored to the hea∣uenly court & vnitie of the church. The next day the whole court of parliamēt drue out the forme of a supplicatiō, the summe wherof▪ was, that they greatly repented them of that schisme that they had lyued in. And therfore desyred the Quene and the Cardinall that by theyr meanes they mighte be restored to the bosome of the holy church & obedience of the seu of Rome. The nexte day, the king, quene, and Cardinall beyng pre∣sent, the lorde Chancellour declared what the parliament had determined

concerning the Cardinals request, and offered vnto the kinge, and Quene the supplication before mentioned, which beyng read, the Cardinall in a large oration, declared how acceptable repen¦taunce was in the sighte of God. &c. Immediately he▪ makinge prayer vn∣to God, by authoritie to hym commit∣ted absolued them, and restored them to the church of Rome. When all thys was done, they wente all vnto the cha∣pell, and there synging Te deum, with greate solempnitie declared the ioye and gladnesse, that for this reconcilia∣tion was pretended.

The ii. day of December beyng son∣day, the kinges maiestie, the lord Car∣dinal, and diuers other of the nobilitie repaired to saint Paules church in Lon¦don, and so vnto a window of the same directly against the crosse, wher the by¦shop of Winchester being lord Chācel¦lor of England made a sermon▪ decla∣ryng how this realme was agayne re∣stored to the church of Rome.

The 27. of Decēber the prince of P••a∣mont* 1.704 duke of Sauoy, with other lords wer receiued at Grauesend by the lord priuie ••eale & other▪ & so cōueyd along the riuer of Thames to Westminster.

In the beginning of Ianuary the par¦liament was dissolued: Wherin it was enacted, that the statutes before tyme made for the punishment of heretikes, and the confirmation of the popes po∣wer should be reuiued, and in so good force as euer they had ben before king Henries reigne: and that such actes as wer made against the supremacie of the Pope should be cleane abrogated.

The ix. day of Ianuary the prince of* 1.705 Orenge beyng receiued at Grauesend, was conueyed along the riuer of Tha∣mis, and landed at Suffolke place.

The iiii. of February Iohn Rogers* 1.706 was burned in Smithfield. The .vii. of February, the lord Strange being ma∣ried at the court, the same day at nighte was a goodly pastyme of Iuga cana by* 1.707 cresset lyght, there were .lxx. cresset lightes.

The xviii. of February the bishop of* 1.708 Ely, with y^e lord Mountacute & diuers other▪ well apparelled rode forth of the citie of Lōdon towards Rome ambas∣sadours frō the king, quene & counsel.

The xvi. day of March a weauer of Shordit••h, was burned in Smithfild.

On Easter day one William Flower with a wod••ni••, woūded a priest, as he

was ministrynge the sacrament to the people in S. Margaretes churche at Westminster: for the which offence, the sayd William had his right hand smit∣ten of, and for opinions in matters of religion was burned in sainct Marga∣rets churchyard the .xxiiii. day of April▪

In May the Lorde Cardinall Poole the lorde Chauncellour of Englande, the earle of Arundell, high stewarde of England, and the lorde Paget went o∣uer sea to Calice, and nere vnto Mark•• treated with the Emperors and French kynges Commissioners, for a peace to be had betwene the sayd princes, who returned agayne into Englande, about the myddest of Iune, withoute any a∣greement makyng.

The tenthe day of May, a ladde cal∣led* 1.709 Wylliam Fetherstone, aboute the age of eightene yeares, who named him selfe to be kyng Edwarde the .vi. was taken about Eltham in ••ent.

The .xxviii. day of May the aforsayd ladde was had out of the Marshalseye in a carte, through London to Westmin¦ster, with a paper on his head: wherin was written, that he named hym selfe kyng Edwarde. And after that hee had ben thus caryed rounde aboute West∣mynster

hall before all the Iudges and other, he was then whipped about the sayd Hall, and after set at libertie▪

About the fyrst of Iuly Iohn Brad∣ford* 1.710 was burned in Smithfielde.

The .xii. day of August was a terri∣ble* 1.711 fight▪ on the sea▪ betwene the Duch∣men and Frenchmen, ne••••vnto Rom∣ney marshe, where as .xi. shippes were brente and sonke, that is .vi. frenche shyppes, and fyue great hulkes, and certayne shalkes taken by the Fren∣che menne.

The fourth day of September king Philip passyng out of England arri∣ued at Calice, and so went to Brussels in Brabant to visite the Emperour his father.

The beginnyng of October fel such* 1.712 rayne, that for the space of .vi. dais men mought row with boates in saint Geor¦ges field, the water cam into Westmin∣ster hall, and there stoode halfe a yarde deepe. Also into the palaice of West∣mynster, and into Lambeth Churche, that men mought row aboute the chur∣che with ••a whirrie.

The .xvi. day of October doctour Rid¦ley, and doctour▪ Latimer were burned ••t Oxenforde,

Anno. M. ••. P. 2.

M

• [date] Wil. Garret haberdasher

S

• Thomas Lee
• Io. Macham

In October and Nouember a parlia∣mēt was holden, in the which y^• quene yelded vp vnto the spirituall men, the fyrst fruites and tenthes of all byshop∣riks benefices, & ecclesiastical liuings before the end of this parliament dyed Stephen Gardener Chancellor of En¦gland on the ix. day of Nouember, and was buried at Winchester, in his place was appoynted doctor Heath archby∣shop of Yorke.

Philpot was burned the .xviii. day* 1.713 of Nouember.

The .iiii. day of Marche appered a* 1.714 blasing sterre, and continued the space of xii. dayes.

William Fetherston who before had named him selfe to be kinge Edwarde, now sayd, he had of late sene & spoken with kinge Edward, for the whiche he* 1.715 was drawen to tiborne, & ther hanged and quartered the .xiii. day of Marche.

The xxi. day of March D. Cranme•• archbishop of Canterbury was burned at Oxforde: and the same day the lorde Cardinal Poole song his fyrst masse a•• Grenewich in the fryers Chusche: on

sonday next folowing he was conse∣crated archbishop of Cantorburye, at the same friers church with great solem¦nitie: and on the feast of the annuncia∣tion of our lady, he was stalled at Bow churcheyard in Cheape.

On Palmesonday euen beyng the 28. of Marche, part of the prison house of Newgate at London was burnt by casualitie of fyre.

A conspiracie was made by certaine* 1.716 persons in England, whose purpose was to haue robbed the quenes Esche∣quer, to the entent they might be hable to mainteyne war against the Quene. This matter was vttred by one of the conspiracie: wherby Vdall, Throg, morton, Peckham, Daniel, and Stan∣ton wer aphrehended for the same, and diuers other fled into France.

The xxviii. day of Aprill, Throgmor∣ton,* 1.717 and Richard Vdall wer drawen to Tyborne, and there hanged and quar∣tered. The xix. of▪ May Stanton was likewise executed at tyborne. The viii. day of Iune one Ro••••y, Dedike, and Bedle were also drawen to Tiborne, and hanged and quartered.

The .xxvii. day of Iune were .xiii. persons brent at Stratford the Bowe

for matters of religion.

The vii. day of Iuly Henry Peckh••* 1.718 and Iohn Daniel were hanged and hea¦ded at the tower hill.

Anno. M. 4. P. 3.

M

• [date 1556] syr Tho. Of∣fley marchant taylour

S

• William Harper
• Iohn white

About this tyme began the burning feuers and other strange diseases, wher¦of* 1.719 died many olde persons, so that in London ther died from the last of No∣uember in Anno. 1555. vnto the last of December in Anno. 1556 .vii. Alderm•• whose names we•• Henry▪ Hersdon, syr Richard Dobbes late maior, syr Willi-Laxton late maior, syr Henry Huble∣thorn late maior, syr Iohn Champneis blynd late maior, syr Iohn Oliffe late sheriffe, and syr Iohn Gresham late Maior.

The 16. of December a smith being* 1.720 arraigned at Newgate hauing a knife in his sleue, drue the same, and thrust▪ it into the syde of his felowe prisoner, who gaue witnes against him, so that he was in great peril of death thereby: for the which act his hand being strik•• of, his body was hanged on a new gib¦bet set vp for y^t purpose: y^e same time the

keper of Newgate was arraigned and indicted for that the sayde prisoner had weapon aboute hym, and his handes loose, whiche ought to haue ben boūde.

The .iiii. of Ianuarie a shyp passing before Grenewiche (the courte beynge there) shotte of her ordinance, and one piece beyng charged with a pellette of ••••one, was shot into the court: but than¦kes be vnto god it did no hurt: but pas¦sed through the walles.

The .xxvii. day of February an am∣bassador* 1.721 cam to London from the em∣peror of Cattay, Moscouie, and Russe¦land: who was honorably met and re∣ceiued at Totnam by the merchantes venturers of London, ridynge in vel∣uet coates and chaynes of gold, and by them cōducted to the barres at Smith∣fielde, and there receiued by the lorde Maior of London, with the aldermen and sheriffs: and so by them conueyd•• thorough the Citie, vnto maysten Di∣mokes place in▪ Fanchurche streete, where he lodged vntil the .xi••▪ o•• May next folowyng, at the whiche tyme he toke his iourney to Grauesend, & ther•• toke shippyng with the primrose, and iii. other shippes to sayle to Moscouie.

The lorde Sturton murthered two* 1.722

men: and for the same was arraigned and condempned at Westmynster: he was conueyd through London to Sa∣lisbury,* 1.723 and there hanged with .iiii. of his seruants, the .vi. day of Marche.

Kyng Philip, who had ben in Flan¦ders to take the possession of the lowe countreys, in Marche retourned into England, and the .xxii. daye he passed through London, beyng accompanyed with the Quene, and the nobles of the realm: But because great trouble was toward betwene hym and the kyng of France, he taried not long here: but y^• third of Iuly next folowyng, passyng the seas agayne into Flaunders made great prouision for warre agaynst the* 1.724 Frenche kyng. The Quene in her hus∣bands quarel sent ouer an army of one thousand horsemen .iiii. thousand foote mē .ii M. pioners, to ayd king Philip wherof y^• erle of Pēbroke was general

The .xxiiij. day of Aprill Thomas* 1.725 Stafford and other englishemen▪ to the numbre of .xxxii. persons cōmyng out of Fraunce, toke the castell of Scar∣borough, which they enioyed .ii. days, and then were taken, and brought to London: where on the .xxviii. daye of May the sayd. Thomas Stafford was

beheaded at the Tower hyl: and vpon* 1.726 the morowe were thre of his company drawen to Tyborne, and there hanged and quartered.

This yere on y^• .xv. day of Iuly died the lady Anne of Cleue at Chelsey, & was buried at Westmin. y^• 8 of August

The .x. day of August were taken of France the chiefest capitaynes that the Frenche kynge had, as foloweth: The duke of Montmorency Consta∣ble of Fraunce, and his sonne called Monsieur de Meru, the Duke of Monpencier, the Duke of Longue∣uile, the Mareshall of S. Andrewe, the Ringraue Coronall of the Almai∣nes, Roche du Maine, the Conte of Roche fou••ault. The Vicount of Tou¦raine, the Baron of Curton, the prince of Mantua, besyde many gentylmen and capitaynes.

The .xviii. day of Auguste was ta∣ken the towne of S. Qui••tin by kyng Philip, with the help of englyshmen.

This yeare before haruest▪ wheate* 1.727 was solde for .ii••i. marke the quarter. Malte at foure and forty shyllynges: Beanes at fortye shyllynges: Rye at forty shyllyngs the quarter, and pease at .xlvi. shillynges .viii. d. But after

haruest, wheate was sold for▪ v. s. the quarter: malt at .vi. s .viii. d. rye at .iii. s .iiij. d. and in the countreye, wheate was sold for .iiij. s. the quarter: malte for▪ iii••. s .viii. d. and ••n some place, a bushell of rye for a pound of candels, whiche was .iiii. d.

Anno▪ M. 5. 10. 4.

M

• [date 1557] Thomas Curteys fishmō••er

S

• Richarde Ma∣larie
• James A••tam

The first of January the frenchmen* 1.728 came to Calaice with a great army, & layd siege thervnto: and within .iiij. or v. days wer maisters therof: and short¦ly acter wan all the pieces on that syde the sea.

The Frenche Rynge also inuaded Flanders, and spoiled and brent Dun∣kicke, before king Philyp could com to the rescue: but before the Frenche men returned out of Flanders, the Flemmynges and the englyshe ships meting with them vpon the sandes be∣twene Dunkicke and Brauelyn slewe of them a great numbre.

This winter the quarterne agues continued in lyke maner, or more ve∣hemētly then they had don the last yere wher throughe dyed so many prieste••,

that a great number of parishes in di∣uers places of this Realme! were vn∣serued.* 1.729

This yere in June were .vii. burned at one stake in Smithfield, and in Ju∣ly were sixe burned at Brainforde.

Anno. M. 6. P. 5.

M

• Sir Tho∣mas Lee Mercer

[date 1558] S

• Tho. Hawes
• Rich. Cham∣pion

Kyng Philippe beyng absent out of this realme, Quene Mary beyng dan gerously sycke, ended her lyfe, the. xvij day of Noumber, when she had reig∣ned .v. yeres .iiii. moneths and .xi. days The same day dyed Cardinall Poole, and a lyttell before two of her phisi∣tions, and dyuers by shops and noble men, whom the quene estemed greatly

¶ Quene Elizabeth.

Anno Regni. 1.

[date 1558]

ELizabeth, oure moste gracious & soueraign lady to the great com∣fort of England, was with ful consent pro∣claymed queene the xvi••. day of Nouem∣ber, in the yere. 1558. Not long after, she came from Hatfielde in Hertford∣shire, vnto the Charterhouse in Lon∣don: and wēt from thens to the tower wher she remayned vntil the .xiiii. day of January folowing: at whiche tyme the Londoners hauynge made sump∣tuous prouisiion) she passed through y^• citie to her palaice at Westminster, she wyng very comfortable & gentil coū∣tenance vnto y^• people: the next day fo∣lowynge, her grace was crowned in Saint Peters church at Westminster by doctor Oglethorpe bysh. of Carlile.

The report of this was very ioyful to suche as in Quene Maries tyme for religiōs sake fled into Germany, and other countreys whervpon they nowe shortly returned home agayne.

The twenty day of Januarye, be∣ganne a Parliament at Westmynster:* 1.730 and in thys Parliamente, the Fyrste ••ruiles and Tenthes, were restored

to the Crowne, and also the supreme gouernement ouer the state Ecclesia∣sticall: lykewise the booke of common prayer and administration of the sacra mentes in our vulgar tongue was re∣stored.

Shortely after the quenes maiestie appointed a conference or disputation to be had at Westminster churche, con∣cernynge matters of religion, but the matter came to none effec••.

The .vii. of April was a ioyful peace proclaimed betwixt our souerain lady Elisabeth quene of England, and Hen¦ry the Frenche kyng.

At the feast of John Baptist, the ser¦uice in the mother tongue was fully e∣stablished throughout this realme, and the Masse with other Latine Seruice was cleane▪ abolyshed.

About Bartholome wtide the church* 1.731 wardens of churches in London with their persons and ministers, broughte foorthe the Roodes and other images of their churches, and brent them be∣fore their churche doores.

Anno reg. 1.

M

• Sir Wil. Hewet cloth worker

[date] S

• Tho. Lodge
• Roger Mar¦tin

Many men of warre were conueyde* 1.732 out of France into Scotland: wherby it was suspected, that they woulde so∣deinly inuade this realme, whervpon the Quenes maiestie sent the Duke of Norffolke towardes Scotlande, as ge¦nerall, and the lorde Grey of Wylton beynge lieutenant, entred Scotlande with a sufficient power to ioyne with the Scottes and Frenchemen. And in the ende her grace sente sir Williā Ci∣cill knight, her maiesties principal se∣cretarie with maister doctour wotton to treate with the Frenchmen, who by their wisedomes enforced the French∣men to depart, to the greate quietnesse bothe of Englande and Scotland.

The .v. day of Iuly through shoting of a gonne, whiche brake in the house of one Adrian Arten a ducheman in croked lane, and settyng fire on a fir∣kyn & a barell of gunpower .iiii. hou∣ses were cleane blowen downe, & dy∣uers other sore hurt and bruised.

This yere on Michelmas euen be∣fore noone, it was published by procla¦mation, that the teston of the best sort beynge marked with the porte ••uleys shold then forthwith be taken for .iiii. d. ob▪ and the second sorte beyng mar∣ked

with the greyhound for .ii. d. q. the third and worst sort not beyng marked with one of those markes afore named ••ot to be taken for any value: the thre peny piece which was ••oyned for .iiii. pence should be but .i. d. ob. the .ii. d. pece for .i. d. &c. And shortly after, her* 1.733 grace restored vnto al her subiects fine and pure sterlyng money, both of gold and syluer for their corrupte and base coyn, callyng in the same to her maie∣sties myntes, accordynge to the rates before mencioned.

Anno. 2.

M

• Sir Wil. Cheste•• dra••er

S

• Thomas Roe
• [date 1560] Christoph. Dra∣per

The .xxi. day of Marche, a notable grammer schoole was founded by the* 1.734 mayster, wardeyns, and assistentes of the right worshypfull company of the marchant taylours of the citie of Lon∣don in the parishe of Saint Laurence Pounteney.

The .x. day of April was one Williā Geffrey whipped from the Marshalsey in Southwarke to Bedlym withoute byshops gate of Lōdon, for that he pro¦fessed one Iohn Moore to bee Christe: and on his heade, and aboute the carte

were set papers, wherin was written as foloweth: William Geffrey, a most* 1.735 blasphemous here••ike, denying Christ our Sauior in heauen. The sayd Gef∣frey beyng stay••e at Bedlym gate, the Marshals officers caused Iohn More to be brought foorthe, who was after tyed to the cart, and whypt an arowes shote from Bedlym: where at the last•• he confessed Christ to be in heauen, & hymself to be a synful man. Then was More sent agayn into Bedlem, & wil∣liam Geffrey to the Marshalsey, whe•• they had layne prisoners nigh a yere & a halfe before that tyme, the one for pro¦fessyng himself to be Christ, the other a disciple of the same Christe.

The .iiii. day of Iune beynge wed∣nesday betwene .iiii. and .v. of y^• clocks* 1.736 in the after noon, the steple of Paules in London, being stered by lightnyng brast foorth as it dyd seme to the behol∣ders .ii. or thre yardes beneth the crosse and so brent rounde about in the same place, that the top with the crosse fell of, & lighted on the south syde of Pou∣les church, and so the spire brent down warde soo terryblye and vehemently, that within lesse space then .iiii. ho∣••••ers, the same steple and all the cos••••

of the same church were consumed to ashes: whiche was a lamentable sight, and pitiful remembrance to the behol∣ders therof.

Anno. 3.

M

• Sir Wil. Harper mar. ta••.

S

• [date] Humf. Basker∣uile
• Alexā. Auenon

The .xv. day of Nouember, the que∣nes maiestie published a proclamation wherin her grace restored to the realme diuers smal peces of siluer money, as the pece of .vi. d .iiii. d .iii. d .ii. d. & .i. d. thre halfpeny, & thre farthynges. And also forbad all maner of forain coynes to be currant within the same realme: as well gold as syluer, except two sor¦tes of crownes of golde, whereof the one was the frenche crowne, and the other a flemmyshe crowne.

This fourthe yeare in England wer* 1.737 many monstrous byrths, as in March a mare brought foorth a foale with one body being in good proportion, & two heads, hauing as it were a longe tayle growing out right like a horn betwen the same two heades. Also a s••w farro∣wed a pig with .4. legs like vnto y^• a••¦mes of a mā child with handes & fin∣gers disfigured. &c. In April a sow fa•• ••owed a pig y^• had 2. bodies .8. sete, bu••

one head many calues & lambes wer•• monstrous, and one calf had a coller of skinne growing about the necke, lyke to a double ruffe, whiche to the behol∣ders semed strange and wonderfull.

The. 20. day of May a monsterous* 1.738 chyld was born at Chichester in Sus∣sex. The head armes & legs like vnto an anotomy, the breast, and belye very monstrous byg, from the nauill, as it were a long string hanging: about the necke a great coller of fleshe and skyn growing like the ruffes of a shirte or neckerchief comminge vp about the eares pleyting or folding. &c.

This yere the Quenes Maiestie in September, addressed a band of her sub¦iectes to the towne of Newhauen in Normandye: who were embarked at Portismouth, because y^t hauen is moste apte for transportation to that place, Vpon whose arriuall the townes men* 1.739 & inhabitantes ioyfully surrendred thē selues and the town into the possession of the Quenes maiestie, whiche was kept by Englishmen from September 1562. to the. 29. day of July then nexte folowinge, whiche was in the yeare 1563. the gouernoure of whiche bande was the righte honorable the Earle of

Warwike, who with the capitaynes seruinge there (whiche were of greate experience) and souldiours trayned by them to knowledge of seruice, toge∣thet with parte of the olde approued garrison of Barwike, dyd at that time bothe manfullye defende the piece, and valeauntly encountered by sun∣drye skyrmishes and conflictes with the countie Ringraue and hys bande, the moste parte wherof, wher happely atchiued, to the great ouerthrow of the aduersaries parte, and singuler com∣mendations of oures.

Anno. 4.

M

• syr Tho. Lodge grocer

[date] S

• William Alleyn
• Richard Cham∣berlaine

When the frenchmen with huge ar∣mies* 1.740 assēbled out of al parts of France to recouer the place of passage: the stop¦ping wherof, by our power, was the double wo of theyr common wealthe, there bred through the heate of time, & putrifactiō of the ayre: a miserable and infortunate plague emonge our men, which maruelously increased with the death of diuers of the best captains and souldiors, wher withall there folowed a cruel & quicke siege, wherat was pre∣sent

the Constable, and the beste tried number of warlike souldiors within the whole countrey of France. The ma¦rishes were made passable and firme ground: which by men of great experi∣ence was thoght impossible. And with common help the Canons wer placed, the castel and wals wer battered, & sun¦dry breaches made beyond expectation How be it they were rewarded by our gonners to their gret terror and anoy∣ance. The erle of Warwike with y^e rem¦nant of our captaines and souldiors in couragious order, standing at the seue∣rail breaches ready to defend theyr asaultes: which perceiued by the enemy they caused theyr trompets to sound the blast of emparle, that composition of ei¦ther part might be made to auoyde the imminent slaughter & effusiō of blood. This offer semed not vnmete, both par¦ties concluded, the towne was deliue∣red the. 29. day of July, and all the en∣glish licensed to depart.

This yere as ye haue hard, the plage of pestilence being in the toun of New hauen, & many souldiors infected with the same returning into England, the infection therof increased, being before that begonne in diuers partes of this

realm, but especially the citie of Lōdon was so infected there with, that in the same whol yere, that is to say, from the first of January. 1562. vntil the laste of December. 1563. there dyed in the Citie and liberties therof (conteinyng 108. parishes) of all discases .xx. M .iii. C .lxxii. so that there dyed of the* 1.741 plague (beyng part of the number be∣fore named) xvii. M .iiii. C. and .iiii. persones. And in the out parishes ad∣ioynyng to the same citie, beyng xi. pa∣rishes died of al diseases in the whole yeare aforesayd .iii. M .ii. C .lxxx. and viii. persons, and of them of the plage beyng a part of the said numbre last be¦fore named .ii. M .vii. C. xxxii so that the whole total summe of all those that died of al diseses in y^e holle yere, aswel within the citie of Lōdon & liberties of y^e same, as in the out parishes adioy∣ning was .xxiii. M .vi. C .lx. & of them of y^• plage died in al .xx. M .i. C .xxxvi.

This yeare for so muche as the pessi∣lence was so hote in the citie of Lon∣don there was no term kept at Michel mas. To be short, the pore citisens of Lōdon were this yere plagued with a* 1.742 treble plague, as with the pestilence, scarsitie of money, & derth of victuels:

the myserie wherof, were to long her•• to write, no doubt the poore remember it. God be mercyfull vnto vs, and de∣fend vs from the like, if it be his will.

Anno. 5.

M

• [date 2563] Sir Iohn White grocer

S

• Edward Bāks
• Rouland Hai∣warde

This Maior kept no Maiors feast at* 1.743 y^• Guyld hall, as it had ben accustomed before time: Also he toke his othe at the vttermost gate of the tower of Lōdon.

This yeare thanks be geuen to God was a peaceable yeare, and the plague of pestilence wel ceassed in London: neuerthelesse for feare therof, Hillarye terme was kept at Hertford castell, be syde Ware.* 1.744

The .xxiii. day of Apryll was a ioy∣full peace proclaimed with the sounde of trompettes betwene Englande and Fraunce.* 1.745

This yeare through the earnest suite of the arinorers, there was on the Di∣gile of Sainct Peter, a watche in the Citie of London, whiche dyd onely stand in the hyghest stretes of Cheape, of Cornhyll, and so foorthe towardes Algate: whiche was to the commons of the same citie (for the moste parte)

〈◊〉〈◊〉 chargeable 〈◊〉〈◊〉 when in times paste, it was most cōmendably done, wher••s this being to very smal purpose, was of as smal a number w••l ••iked.

The second day of October in the a•• te•• ho•••••••• was a solem••ne obsequi•• kept at sainct Paules churche in Lon∣don, for F••rdinando the Emperor, late beyng departed out of this mortal life, and lyke wyse the moro••••next after 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the for••none.

Anno. 6.

M

• Richard Mala••y 〈◊〉〈◊〉

S

• [date] Edwarde Iack∣man
• Ly••nell, Du••ket

The .xx. daye of Nouember in the* 1.746 morning about vi. of the clock through negligence of a may••••n with a can∣del, the shuffe ••a••lynge in an hundred pound weight of gunpouder, th••e hou¦s••s in Bu••klers bur••, wer ••ore shake, the maiden was so bu••••t, that she died therof within 〈◊〉〈◊〉 d••y•• after. It is to be li••ted, that if, this 〈…〉〈…〉 h••d layne in a low••••part of the house, as it lay in a garret, it had done much more 〈◊〉〈◊〉: Wherfore I ••d••ys•••••••• to loke ware∣ly to suche ware.

The .xxi. day of December being S. Thomas day began a frost, which con¦tinued

••yl the .iii. day of Ianuary: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 new yeres euen, people went ouer the Thames on the yce, & along the Tha∣mes from London bridge to Westmin∣ster, and great number of people, plaid at the footeball: on newe yeres daye▪ beyng monday, on tu••sday and wednes¦day dyuers gentlemē & others, set vp prickes on the Thames, and shotte at the same. And the people bothe men & women went on the Thames, in grea¦ter numbres then in any strete in Lon∣don? The costardemongers played at the dyce for apples on the yce: on the wednesday at night it began to th•• w•• but men went ouer and along the Tha¦mes on thursday al night: but on 〈◊〉〈◊〉 day beyng the fyfth day of Ianuary at nighte, was no Ice on the Thames to be sene: but that all men mought come ouer and along the same, to was so so∣berly consumed: which sodayne 〈◊〉〈◊〉 caused such great 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and hye wa∣ters, that it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 downe many bridges and houses, and dro••ned many people.

The .26. day of Ianuary beyng ••••••••∣day* 1.747 at night wer two sides in the spa••••of .ii. houres at London, on the morow was like wise .ii. in the morning, & .i••. at night: on sonday being the .28. day of

Ianuary were likewise .••••. ••ides in the morning, and at right but one.

The ▪xx. day of Iune the lady Lin•••••••• was ••ente prisoner to the Tower of London.

This yere on Saint Peters euen at night was the ly••e ••••anding watche in London as was the ••ame nighte .xii. monthes.

The .xvi. day of Iuly about .vi. of* 1.748 the clock at night, began a terrible tem¦pest of lightning and thunder, with sho••res of ••ayle, which lightning and thūder continued vntil .iii. of the clock on the next morning. In the which tem¦pest much harme was doone in and a∣bout Chelmsford in Essex, as by destro¦yng of fyue hundred acres of corne, the beatinge downe of all the glasse win∣dowes on the east syde of y^• sayd town, and of the west and south sides of the church, the beating of the ••yles of theyr houses, throwing downe diuers bar∣nes and ••hymneys with the batilmen∣••••s of theyr church. &c. The hayle ••••o∣nes beyng measured, were found to be ••i▪ ynches about. At the same time was much harme done in many other pla∣ces of this realme, as at Ledes, at Cran broke, at Douer in Rent. &c.

This yere Christopher prince and margraue of Baden, with the lady Cicily his wife syster to the kinge of Swe••hland arriued at Douer, and the xi. day of September, they cam to Lon¦don, and wer lodged at the er••e of Bed¦fordes place, nere vnto Iu••e bridge, where within .iiii. dayes after, she tra∣uailed, and was deliuered of a man chylde: which the laste of September was baptised in the Quenes maiesties chapel of Whitehall. The Quenes ma∣iestie in her owne person beyng God∣mother gaue the name Edwardus for∣tunatus.

Anno. 7.

M

• [date 1565] Richard Champion Draper

S

• Iohn Ri∣uers
• Iam. Hawes

The .xi. of Nouember, the right ho∣norable, Ambrose Earle of Warwike, maryed Anne eldest daughter to the Earle of Bedforde: for the honour and celebration of whiche noble mariage a goodly chalenge was fyxed vpon the court gate at Westminster, to be obser∣ued and d••n the .xi. day of the same, the ••••nor wherof ensueth.

You that in warlike wayes, and dedes of armes delight, You that for countries cause, or els for Ladies loue dare fight: Knowe you foure knightes there be, that come from foren land, Whose hau••ie hartes and corage great, hath moued to take in hand, With sweard, with speare and shilde, on fote on horsebacke too, To trye what you by force of fight, or otherwise can doo. Prepare your selues therefore, this chalenge to defende. That trōpe of fame, your prowes gre•• abrode may sound and sende. And he that best can do, the same shall haue the prise, The day, the place, and forme & fight, Lo here before your eyes.

At the tylt, with eche one .vi. cour∣ses, at the torney .xii. strokes with the swearde, thre pushes with the punche∣on staffe, and .xii. blowes with the sweard at bariars, or twenty, if any be so disposed.

At x. of the clocke at night the s••me day, a valiant seruisable man, called Roberte Thomas Master gonner of

England, desirous also to honour 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••east and mariage day, in consideration the sayd erle of W••rwike was generall of thordinanc•• within h••••Maiesties realme and domin••ans made three gret traines of chambres, which terribly•• yelded forth•• the nature of theyr voyce to the gret astonishment of diuers, who at the ••yri••g of the second was vnhap∣pely stayn•• by a pece of one of the cham¦bers to the great sorowe and lamenta∣tion of al those that loue theyr country & de••ence of the s••me, for further expli∣cation of who••e pra•••••••• the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 rome of this abri••ged summary wil not suffice.

The .xxviii. day of December there rose a gre•• storme and tempest of wind,* 1.749 by whose rage the▪ Th••mes and Se••••ouerwhelm••d many persons, and the gret gates at the west ••nd of S. Pauls churche in London (betwene whiche standeth the br••senpylor) were through the forc•• of the wynde then in the We∣stern part of the world blowen open.

In Ianuary Mo••••si••••Rambuley a 〈…〉〈…〉 in France was sent ouer into England by the French king Charles the .••••. of that name, with the ••rd••••of saint M••••••••ell, who at Wind∣s••r was 〈…〉〈…〉 the sayd

French kinge with the knighthoode of the most honorable order of the Garter and the .xxiiii. of Ianuary in the chapel of her maiesties pallace of Whitehall. The sayd Mo••••sie•• Rambuley inue∣sted Thomas duke of Norfolk & Ro∣bert erle of Leicester, with the sayd or∣der of saint Mighell.

Thus (good reader) I haue brought as thou seest this abridged Summary to these our present dayes, meaning as tyme shall encrease so to augment the same, desyringe thee to take these▪ my trauayles in good part, ••yke as I haue m••u••e th••m to wardes▪ thee.

FINIS▪

Notes

• * 1.1

  London buylded.
• * 1.2

  He establi∣shed the Troyane Lawes in this kyng¦dome.
• * 1.3

  Howe the Ryuer of Humber tooke that name.
• * 1.4

  Howe the Ryuer of Se••er••e tooke▪ that name. 1063
• * 1.5

  The que∣ne reigned during the minoritie of her son.
• * 1.6

  The King deuoured by wol••es.
• * 1.7

  The king deuoured of wolues
• * 1.8

  Dūbritain Edēbrugh Bāburgh, and Yorke builded▪
• * 1.9

  Cātorbury winchester & Shaftes∣bury buil∣ded.
• * 1.10

  Stamford buylded. Iohn Har¦ding alle∣ging Mer¦lyn. Bath with y^e hot baths builded. The kinge atēpting to fiye, brake his necke.
• * 1.11

  Galfride
• * 1.12

  How Gla¦morgan∣shire toke that name. S. Iohns towne in Scotland builded.
• * 1.13

  Bangor 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wales buil¦ded.
• * 1.14

  It rayned bloud .iii. dayes.
• * 1.15

  Porrex siue his brother Forrex, & Porrex was after∣ward slain by his mo¦ther.
• * 1.16

  Brutus blud extin¦guished.
• * 1.17

  The firste king of En¦glande that ware a crowne of gold, who buylded Blackwel hall in Lō∣don. The secōd laws were Mulmuti{us} lawes. The town of Malms∣bury built
• * 1.18

  Iohn Har¦ding. Thre arch¦flames in Englande. Foure no∣table wais made in Englande. Iohn Ley¦lande.
• * 1.19

  The tower of London first buil∣ded.
• * 1.20

  Carlyon builded. The olde tēple nere to temple bar built.
• * 1.21

  The third laws we•• Marcian lawes.
• * 1.22

  The picts first inha∣bited the marches of scotlād & Englād
• * 1.23

  The kyng deuoured by a mon∣ster.
• * 1.24

  Cābridge & Graun∣thā builte.
• * 1.25

  The kyng depriued.
• * 1.26

  The town of Picke∣ring bu•• ded.
• * 1.27

  Prodigio{us} signes in y^• ayre.
• * 1.28

  Howe the Isle of Ely toke fyrst y^t name.
• * 1.29

  King Lud buylded London from Lon¦don stone to Lud∣gate, and named it Ludstone.
• * 1.30

  Iuli{us} Ce∣sar made his fyrste voyage in∣to Englād
• * 1.31

  The secōd voyage of Iulius Ce∣sar into England.
• * 1.32

  Lōdon sub¦mitted to Iulius Ce¦sar.
• * 1.33

  Englande first tribu∣tarie to the Romains.
• * 1.34

  The castels of Douer, Cantorb. Rochest. & the Tower of London built. Sa∣liso. Chich. & Excetor buylded.
• * 1.35

  The byrth of Christe.
• * 1.36

  Southāp∣ton, how it tooke that name.
• * 1.37

  Gloucester buylded na¦med Tarliō S. Peter crucified, & S. Paule beheaded.
• * 1.38

  Chester ••own buil∣••ed.
• * 1.39

  Colchester buylded.
• * 1.40

  Englande fyrst recey∣ued the christē faith
• * 1.41

  Adrians wall repai¦red by Se¦uerus, whi¦ch is yet cal¦led the scot¦tish banke.
• * 1.42

  Alectus slain by As¦clepiodat{us}.
• * 1.43

  Walbroke in London how it toke that name.
• * 1.44

  Asclepioda¦tus was slayne.
• * 1.45

  Wherfore y^• Kynges of Englande wear close crownes.
• * 1.46

  Maximus conquered litle Bri∣tayne.
• * 1.47

  S. Vrsula of Englād
• * 1.48

  The scots and Pictes inuade En¦glande.
• * 1.49

  A walle of stone be∣twene En∣glande and Scotland.
• * 1.50

  The scots & Picts in uaded thys Realme so sore, that y^e Romaines refused to defende the same: but rather to lose theyr tribut.
• * 1.51

  The kinge slain in his chāber by a Picte.
• * 1.52

  A Monke made king of Englād▪
• * 1.53

  The Kyng traiterous∣ly slayn by certayne Pictes.
• * 1.54

  Great plen¦tie of corne & grayne.
• * 1.55

  A great pe∣stilence.
• * 1.56

  The scots and Pictes spoiled this lande.
• * 1.57

  The fyrste Saxons en¦tryng this realme.
• * 1.58

  Kyng Vor¦tiger deuor¦ced frō his lauful wife and maried Rowan y^e daughter of Hengist y^e Saxon.
• * 1.59

  Pelagius heresye in England.
• * 1.60

  Vortiger depriued of his kingdom.
• * 1.61

  The kyng poisoned by his step¦mother.
• * 1.62

  King Vor∣tiger bur∣ned.
• * 1.63

  The secōd kingdome▪ of the sax∣ons.
• * 1.64

  How ports¦mouth••▪ came by that name. The thirde kingdome of the Saxons.
• * 1.65

  Gildas made a boke de gestis Ar¦thuri. Windesor▪ castel buil▪ded.
• * 1.66

  The fourth kingdome of the Sax¦ons▪
• * 1.67

  Mordred y^• traitour v∣surpeth the crowne.
• * 1.68

  Mordred slayne and Arthur woūded to to death.
• * 1.69

  Gildas the wise.
• * 1.70

  The .v. and vi. kinge∣dom of the Saxons.
• * 1.71

  The fyrste warre be∣twene the Saxons in this realm
• * 1.72

  Gurmun∣dus buil∣ded Gur∣mund che∣ster.
• * 1.73

  The Sax∣ons had the whole pos∣session of this realm
• * 1.74

  S. Augus. came into Englande. S. Austēs of Cātorb. S. Pauls churche in London & s. Andrews in Roches. s Peters at west. buylt 613.
• * 1.75

  The .vii. kingdom.
• * 1.76

  Paulinus builded the great chur¦che at Lin¦colne. Iron cups fastened by welles & fountaines to drink in 635.
• * 1.77

  The firste Schole in Cambridge builded.
• * 1.78

  ••he bishops se of Win∣chester builded.
• * 1.79

  Glasynge brought fyrst into Englande. The abbes of Abingt•• Chertsty, & Barking builded.
• * 1.80

  The kinge became a monke.
• * 1.81

  The Iland called vni∣uersally England.
• * 1.82

  The colleg of Wels, & the abbei of Glastēburi newly buil¦ded. The quene of west sax¦ons was abbesse of Barkyng. the kynge her husbād becam a re¦ligious mā
• * 1.83

  S. Beda in this time wrot in En¦gland.
• * 1.84

  two come••••or blasyng starres. Crowland abbey buil¦ded. Beda de∣ceased
• * 1.85

  The kyng depriued, & slayne by a swineherd.
• * 1.86

  Winchomb abbey buil∣ded. The abbey S. Albons builded.
• * 1.87

  The kinge Kenulphus slayne.
• * 1.88

  It rayned bloud.
• * 1.89

  The danes first entred this land.
• * 1.90

  The kinge poysoned by his wife
• * 1.91

  The danes seconde en∣tring this lande.
• * 1.92

  An hospital for english mē builded at Rome. Oxenforde buylded.
• * 1.93

  The Da∣nes thirde entrynge this lande.
• * 1.94

  This king deuided the day & night in. 3. parts 8▪ hours to serue god 8 houres to here suites of his peple &. 8. hours to take his slepe & rest▪
• * 1.95

  The danes landed in Northum∣berland.
• * 1.96

  Kyng Ed••¦mund slain by y^e danes.
• * 1.97

  Women to kepe thei••
• * 1.98

  The kyng slayne by Danes. The priory at Excetor buylded.
• * 1.99

  Shaftsbu∣ry & Ethe∣ling••ei buil¦ded. First schole 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Oxēford
• * 1.100

  Newabbel in winch.
• * 1.101

  Kyng Ed¦ward the senior. Herford ca¦stel built. The mona¦stery of S. Peter in Gloucester buylded.
• * 1.102

  King cron¦ned at King¦ston.
• * 1.103

  King crow¦ned at king hull.
• * 1.104

  Crouned at Kingstone. A vicious king.
• * 1.105

  The king depriued.
• * 1.106

  Crouned at Bath: some say at Kingston.
• * 1.107

  This king builded & repaired ••iltō, Pe¦terborowe, Thorney, Ramsei, &••
• * 1.108

  The kyng murdered by his step¦mother.
• * 1.109

  ••lmes••ury •• Warwel ••••ylded.
• * 1.110

  The King crowned at Kingston.
• * 1.111

  London b••¦sieged by y^• Danes.
• * 1.112

  S. Edmū∣des bury buylded.
• * 1.113

  A great fire in London.
• * 1.114

  Edmūde with the Ironsyde.
• * 1.115

  A iust re∣ward geuē
• * 1.116

  William bastarde Duke of Normādy.
• * 1.117

  The laws of S. Ed∣warde the confessor.
• * 1.118

  William Duke of Normandy conquered this lande.
• * 1.119

  Waltham abbey.
• * 1.120

  Two ca∣stels buyl∣ded at York one other at Noting∣ham, an o∣ther at Lin¦colne.
• * 1.121

  The newe forest in Southamp¦ton.
• * 1.122

  Execution at Winche∣ster.
• * 1.123

  shrewes, & Wēlok ab∣beis built.
• * 1.124

  The num∣ber of men & cattel, & how many hids of lād was noted in england
• * 1.125

  A greuous exaction
• * 1.126

  Gret plag•• in england
• * 1.127

  A parte of Paules church brēt
• * 1.128

  Battel ab∣bey & Bar∣mondsey abbey buil¦ded.
• * 1.129

  A gret erth¦quake.
• * 1.130

  The rose of Bowchu••h•• & s••••e hun∣dred houses in London blowen down.
• * 1.131

  Newcastel vpon Tine builded. ••als. church brent with lightening.
• * 1.132

  Gret frost.
• * 1.133

  Normandy morgaged to the king of england.
• * 1.134

  Chester ab∣bey built
• * 1.135

  The kinge of Scottes slayne in England.
• * 1.136

  Gret pesti∣lence.
• * 1.137

  Gret mor∣rein of mē▪
• * 1.138

  Sightes in the ayre.
• * 1.139

  gret flou••
• * 1.140

  A wel 〈…〉〈…〉 & flames fyre sene the 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.141

  Tribute to he duke of Normādy.
• * 1.142

  The priory & hospitall of S. Bar∣tholomewe in Smith∣field begon to be buil∣ded.
• * 1.143

  Smith••••••••ld a laystowe.
• * 1.144

  Teukesbu∣ry▪ abbey builded.
• * 1.145

  Rebellion in Shrop∣shyre and Cornwall.
• * 1.146

  A blasynge sterre.
• * 1.147

  The strong castel of bri¦stow built Euishā ab∣bey builded
• * 1.148

  A greh erth¦quake.
• * 1.149

  Hide abbey builded.
• * 1.150

  A blasynge sterre.
• * 1.151

  The kings children drouned in the sea.
• * 1.152

  Readinge, abbey, Cisseter Windsor & Woodstock builded.
• * 1.153

  The graye frierst first came into England.
• * 1.154

  Fountains abbey buil¦ded.
• * 1.155

  The priory of Norton & the abbey of Combr•• more built
• * 1.156

  Henry the firste tooke his deathe by a fall of his horse.
• * 1.157

  King Ste∣phen taken prisoner.
• * 1.158

  Stratford abbey buil¦ded.
• * 1.159

  A greate frost.
• * 1.160

  The abbeis of Cogshal Fourneys, and Feu••••∣sham buil∣ded.
• * 1.161

  Castell of Rutland & abbey of Basing∣werk built
• * 1.162

  Gret fire at Cantor∣bury.
• * 1.163

  R. Henris so crouned his father being aliue
• * 1.164

  The kings sonne the se¦cond time crowned.
• * 1.165

  Henrye the son of king Henry re∣belled a∣gainst his father.
• * 1.166

  S. Iustes at bristowe builded.
• * 1.167

  The fyrste batliffes in London.
• * 1.168

  Iewe ••slain in england.
• * 1.169

  Elianor re¦leased oute of prison.
• * 1.170

  Iewes in England robbed. and many slewe them selues.
• * 1.171

  King Ri∣chard went to Ierusalé and his bro¦ther rebel∣led.
• * 1.172

  Bailiffes.

  • Roger Duke
  • [date 1193] Richard Fitz Alyn
• * 1.173

  King Ri∣chard takē prisoner.
• * 1.174

  Great ran∣sume payde for the king.
• * 1.175

  Richard a∣gayn cron∣ned at Win¦chester.
• * 1.176

  William with the long beard
• * 1.177

  Kinge Ri∣chard woū¦ded to deathe.
• * 1.178

  iii. s. of eue¦ry ploughe land.
• * 1.179

  king Iohn deuorsed
• * 1.180

  ••••ue mones in the fir∣mament.
• * 1.181

  xxv. gouer∣nours of the citie.
• * 1.182

  Gyot tem∣pest.
• * 1.183

  Dearth of wheate.
• * 1.184

  Englande interdicted
• * 1.185

  A 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fysh was taken
• * 1.186

  Normādye ••ost.
• * 1.187

  Wales and Ireland re∣••elled.
• * 1.188

  First ma•••••••• of London
• * 1.189

  A legate from Rome
• * 1.190

  The Kyng sworne to be obedient to Rome.
• * 1.191

  The lande released of the Inter∣diction.
• * 1.192

  Discention betwene y^e Kynge and his Lordes
• * 1.193

  Great fyre in South∣warke and London.
• * 1.194

  A Charter to the Ba∣rons.
• * 1.195

  Piers of Pomfret & his sonne executed.
• * 1.196

  K. Iohn be sieged y^e ca∣stel of Ro∣chester.
• * 1.197

  A Legate frō Rome.
• * 1.198

  The abbey of blacke monkes in Winchester
• * 1.199

  Hēry crou¦ned at Glo¦cester.
• * 1.200

  ii. ••. of eue∣ry plough lande.
• * 1.201

  Westmin∣ster abbey.
• * 1.202

  Spirites & firy dragōs
• * 1.203

  Hēry crou¦ned the se∣cond tyme. The castels of Chartley Beston, & the abbey•• of Dela∣cresse built
• * 1.204

  Execution
• * 1.205

  Salisbury buylded.
• * 1.206

  The firste graunte of wardes to the kyng.
• * 1.207

  Shiriffe∣wike of Lō∣don & Mid∣dlesex. Free▪ war∣reyn.
• * 1.208

  Toll free▪
• * 1.209

  The cities liberties ra∣tified.
• * 1.210

  No sheriff in London past one yeare.
• * 1.211

  Great fyre in London
• * 1.212

  Warre be∣twene the king & his lordes.
• * 1.213

  S. Iohns without O∣xenford be∣gon.
• * 1.214

  Great tem∣pestes.
• * 1.215

  The statute of Merton
• * 1.216

  S. Katheri¦nes by the ••ouer un••lt
• * 1.217

  King Hen¦ry like to haue bene slayne.
• * 1.218

  The fyrste aldermen in London
• * 1.219

  Griffeth of wales bra¦ke his neck
• * 1.220

  The labbey of Hayles builded.
• * 1.221

  An earthe∣quake.
• * 1.222

  The kinge seised the fraunchises of the city •• of Londō. Coyn chan¦ged▪
• * 1.223

  A greate winde
• * 1.224

  The maior of London sworne in thex che∣quer.
• * 1.225

  Many vi∣lages in Englande drowned.
• * 1.226

  The liber∣ties of Lon¦don seased.
• * 1.227

  The kings eldest sōne prince of Wales.
• * 1.228

  The liber∣ties of Lon¦••on seased.
• * 1.229

  Execution ••f the Ie∣••es.
• * 1.230

  The maior of London diuers Al∣dermen, & the sherifs depriued.
• * 1.231

  The mad parliament
• * 1.232

  Twelue piers.
• * 1.233

  Bakers on the tumbrel
• * 1.234

  A Iewe ••rouned in a priuie.
• * 1.235

  a ••olk mo••e at Poules crosse.
• * 1.236

  Othe to the king.
• * 1.237

  A gret frost The barōs against the king.
• * 1.238

  Iewes slayne.
• * 1.239

  A ba••tell at Lewis.
• * 1.240

  The battel of Euishā
• * 1.241

  A Parlia∣ment at winchester
• * 1.242

  London like to haue bene spoy∣led.
• * 1.243

  The kinge gaue di∣uers citi∣zens of Lō¦don with all theyr landes and goodes to his house∣hold seruā¦tes.
• * 1.244

  Kenel∣worth ca∣stel besie∣ged.
• * 1.245

  A Parlia∣ment at Northamp¦ton.
• * 1.246

  The statute for weigh∣tes and me∣sures.
• * 1.247

  The altera¦tion of the coynes, frō iiii. pēce to xii. pence.
• * 1.248

  The Kyng besieged London.
• * 1.249

  Foure per∣sons cast in y^e Thames
• * 1.250

  A great ry∣ot in Lon∣don.
• * 1.251

  Execution
• * 1.252

  The maior & .iiii. alder mē ••elcased out of Win¦••or castell.
• * 1.253

  A greate frost.
• * 1.254

  Citie of Lō¦don geuē to prince Ed.
• * 1.255

  The steple of Bowe Churche blowen downe.
• * 1.256

  A ryotte in▪ Norwiche.
• * 1.257

  Execution
• * 1.258

  Stryfe for chosyng the Maior of London.
• * 1.259

  The castel of Flynte buylded.
• * 1.260

  Alienynge in Mort∣mayn.
• * 1.261

  Term kept Shrewsb.
• * 1.262

  Execution of Iewes.
• * 1.263

  Black fri∣ers in Lon¦don buylt.
• * 1.264

  Halfepen•• & farthing••
• * 1.265

  Rebellion in Wales.
• * 1.266

  Execution
• * 1.267

  Martō col¦ledge built
• * 1.268

  A parlia∣mente at Shrewes∣bury.
• * 1.269

  Laurence Ducket hanged.
• * 1.270

  The greate cundite in Chepe buil¦ded.
• * 1.271

  Liberties of London seysed.
• * 1.272

  The newe worke of westminst churche.
• * 1.273

  Parliamēt at Glocest.
• * 1.274

  A hot som∣mer & gret cheape of corne.
• * 1.275

  Execution.
• * 1.276

  Wo••staple at sādwich. Iewes ba∣nished.
• * 1.277

  Quene E¦lianor dec••¦sed.
• * 1.278

  Great tem¦pest.
• * 1.279

  ••ouer spo••¦••d by fren¦hemen.
• * 1.280

  Rebellion in Wakes.
• * 1.281

  Barwik•• wonne.
• * 1.282

  Liberties of, London graunted.
• * 1.283

  Parliamēt at Cātorb.
• * 1.284

  Execution at Lōdon.
• * 1.285

  Kyng Ed∣warde de∣ceased.
• * 1.286

  the Rhod•• won by christen men. Crouched friers.
• * 1.287

  A table with 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.288

  Execution in Gauer∣syde.
• * 1.289

  The 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.290

  A barkers son made claym to the croune
• * 1.291

  Notable ••heues in Friers ap∣parell.
• * 1.292

  Great fa∣mine
• * 1.293

  The white battell
• * 1.294

  Gret execu¦tion.
• * 1.295

  The sunne appeared as blood
• * 1.296

  King Ed∣ward taken prisoner.
• * 1.297

  Robert bal docke, the chancellor, the Spen∣rers taken prisoners.
• * 1.298

  Great exe∣cution.
• * 1.299

  King Ed∣ward depo∣sed.
• * 1.300

  The liber∣ties of Lon¦don confy••¦med.
• * 1.301

  Kinge Ed∣ward the se¦conde mur∣dered.
• * 1.302

  A Parlia∣ment at Northamp¦ton.
• * 1.303

  Scottish •• tauntes.
• * 1.304

  Execution.
• * 1.305

  Execution▪
• * 1.306

  Barwike wonne
• * 1.307

  Cheape of vitailes.
• * 1.308

  Southāp∣ton robbed
• * 1.309

  Great sub∣sedye.
• * 1.310

  Coyn chan¦ged.
• * 1.311

  Armes of Englande and France entermed∣led.
• * 1.312

  Iohn of Gaunt.
• * 1.313

  Sattayl ou¦••e sea.
• * 1.314

  A newe coyne.
• * 1.315

  The order of knights of the gar∣ter.
• * 1.316

  R. of scots taken.
• * 1.317

  Caleys yel¦ded.
• * 1.318

  Gret plage
• * 1.319

  ••teration coyne.
• * 1.320

  Great pesti∣lence.
• * 1.321

  Dry Som¦mer.
• * 1.322

  Woll sta∣ples keptat Westmin. Chichester Lincolne, Bristow & Cātorbury
• * 1.323

  Fryer Au∣gustines churche in London builded.
• * 1.324

  Iustes in smithfiel••
• * 1.325

  The secōde pestilence.
• * 1.326

  Greate wynde.
• * 1.327

  S. stephēs chapell.
• * 1.328

  Blasyng sterre.
• * 1.329

  Quenes colledge in Oxforde.
• * 1.330

  ••o•• clamā 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.331

  Barwyk•• taken.
• * 1.332

  Charita•• dedes o•• Iohn P••••••••¦pot.
• * 1.333

  Grauesend ••oyled.
• * 1.334

  Gonnes in¦uented.
• * 1.335

  A rebellio by Iacke Straw an others.
• * 1.336

  The Sa∣uoy burnte ••nd Saint Iohns in ••mithfielde ••poyled.
• * 1.337

  Iack straw slayne.
• * 1.338

  Why y^e city of London geueth the Dagger in armes.
• * 1.339

  An earth∣quake.
• * 1.340

  A combate.
• * 1.341

  Execution at s. Albons
• * 1.342

  Iustes in smithfielde
• * 1.343

  Battaile at Ottirborn.
• * 1.344

  •• combat▪
• * 1.345

  Execution▪
• * 1.346

  A fraye in Fletestret••▪
• * 1.347

  The liber∣ties of Lon¦dō restored.
• * 1.348

  Iohn Wi∣klife.
• * 1.349

  Execution
• * 1.350

  the duke of Hereforde banyshed.
• * 1.351

  Englande let to ferme
• * 1.352

  Kyng Ry∣chard takē prisoner by Hēry duke of Herford
• * 1.353

  A conspira¦cie against king Hen∣rye▪
• * 1.354

  Execution▪
• * 1.355

  Kinge Ry∣chard mur∣dered.
• * 1.356

  Dox clam••¦tis.
• * 1.357

  Execution
• * 1.358

  Rebellio•• in Wales.
• * 1.359

  Dearthe o•• corne
• * 1.360

  Condite i•• Cornehill bu••ded.
• * 1.361

  Batayle a•• Srewesbu
• * 1.362

  Execution
• * 1.363

  Plimmoth spoyled
• * 1.364

  Execution
• * 1.365

  Execution
• * 1.366

  Rochester bridge buil¦ded.
• * 1.367

  Whitting∣ton college builded.
• * 1.368

  Execution
• * 1.369

  Gret frost.
• * 1.370

  Gret iustes in Smith∣field.
• * 1.371

  Execution in Smith∣field. The market house called the stockes builded.
• * 1.372

  Execution.
• * 1.373

  Guyld hall in London new buyl∣ded.
• * 1.374

  Oldcastel.
• * 1.375

  Execution.
• * 1.376

  Battell of Agincourt
• * 1.377

  A fraye in saint Dun∣stons Church
• * 1.378

  Execution.
• * 1.379

  The person of Wrothā with his concubine
• * 1.380

  Shene and Sion buil¦ded.
• * 1.381

  Kings col¦ledge at Cambridge and the col¦ledge at Ea¦••on b••ilded
• * 1.382

  Execution
• * 1.383

  Newgate builded.
• * 1.384

  Execution
• * 1.385

  The fyrste custome.
• * 1.386

  Parliamēt at Leicester
• * 1.387

  Thre war∣des in Lon¦don dischar¦ged of Fy••∣tenes.
• * 1.388

  Murder quite with murder.
• * 1.389

  Commoted at Abing∣ton.
• * 1.390

  Execution at Tyborn.
• * 1.391

  The Stan¦dard in cheape buil¦ded.
• * 1.392

  A comete
• * 1.393

  A gret frost
• * 1.394

  A parte of London bridge fell downe.
• * 1.395

  Three men slayne
• * 1.396

  Great dearth.
• * 1.397

  Xviii. per∣sons mur∣dered.
• * 1.398

  The condit in Fletstret builded
• * 1.399

  An obite for maister Robert Chicheley.
• * 1.400

  Execution at Tower hill.
• * 1.401

  The po∣stern sanke
• * 1.402

  Execution
• * 1.403

  A gret fray in Fletstret
• * 1.404

  Paules ste¦ple a fyre.
• * 1.405

  Alsoules college and Bernarde colledge b••••lded.
• * 1.406

  Leaden hal builded.
• * 1.407

  Humfraye duke of glo¦cester are∣sted.
• * 1.408

  Mary Magdalen colledge builded.
• * 1.409

  Roan yel∣ded
• * 1.410

  A murder
• * 1.411

  A commo∣tion in Kēt by Iacke Cade
• * 1.412

  The bishop of Salisbu¦ry murdred
• * 1.413

  The Duke of York be∣gan a com∣motion.
• * 1.414

  The maio•• of London first rowe•• to westmin¦ster.
• * 1.415

  Battaile at S. Albons
• * 1.416

  Fraye in London by sainctuarye men.
• * 1.417

  A ryote a∣gainste the Lombard••
• * 1.418

  Great fys∣shes taken
• * 1.419

  Sādwich spoyled.
• * 1.420

  A generall procession.
• * 1.421

  The sciēce ••f printing ••••stinuen∣••d.
• * 1.422

  Bloreheat fielde.
• * 1.423

  Battaile at Northamp¦ton.
• * 1.424

  The Duke of Yorke made claim ••o y^e crown
• * 1.425

  Battaile at Wakefield.
• * 1.426

  Second ba¦••••ayle at▪ S. ••lbons.
• * 1.427

  Battaile a Sherborn
• * 1.428

  Kyng He••¦ry rayne t••¦flie the ••ā••
• * 1.429

  Battayle▪ at Exham.
• * 1.430

  King Hen¦ry takē pri∣soner.
• * 1.431

  New coyn
• * 1.432

  Charitable dedes of William Tayler.
• * 1.433

  Battayle at Badbery.
• * 1.434

  ••. Ed. fled into Flan∣ders.
• * 1.435

  Execution▪
• * 1.436

  Ba••nettte field on E∣ster day.
• * 1.437

  Battaile at T••uksbury▪
• * 1.438

  The subur¦bes with∣out Algate & Bishops gate burnt. Murder.
• * 1.439

  Execution at toure hil
• * 1.440

  The cūdite in Cornhil enlarged.
• * 1.441

  Agnes Deintie set on the pil∣lorie.
• * 1.442

  Part of Lō¦don walle new buylt.
• * 1.443

  Great pe∣stilence.
• * 1.444

  Execution
• * 1.445

  Quene E∣lizabeth toke sainc∣tuarye at westminst▪
• * 1.446

  Murder.
• * 1.447

  K. Richar•• slayn in y^e fielde.
• * 1.448

  Firste ye••••men of th•• garde.
• * 1.449

  ••he crosse Cheape ylded.
• * 1.450

  Henry ••aried 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Elisa∣••••th.
• * 1.451

  ••••ttayle at ••••oke.
• * 1.452

  Despera∣tion.
• * 1.453

  Execution
• * 1.454

  Creplegate of London buylded.
• * 1.455

  Condite in Gracious strete.
• * 1.456

  A fraye a∣gaynste the Stilliarde men.
• * 1.457

  Cheape wheat and salt.
• * 1.458

  Perkyn Warbecke
• * 1.459

  Great exe∣cution.
• * 1.460

  Blacke heath field
• * 1.461

  Perkyn Warbecke besieged Excetour.
• * 1.462

  Englishe marchants receiued with pro∣cession.
• * 1.463

  Execution
• * 1.464

  S▪ Antho∣nies chur∣che in Lon¦don buylt.
• * 1.465

  Perkyn Werbecke & other ex¦ecuted.
• * 1.466

  Great pe∣stilence.
• * 1.467

  The kyng and quen sayled to Calice.
• * 1.468

  Richmōd Bainards castell and Grenewi∣che buy it.
• * 1.469

  Prince Ar¦thur ma∣ried.
• * 1.470

  The deathe of Quene Elizabethe
• * 1.471

  The kinge of Scottes maried.
• * 1.472

  Fyre on London bridge.
• * 1.473

  A newe coyne▪
• * 1.474

  The condit at Bishops gate buil∣ded.
• * 1.475

  The kinge of Castile landed in England.
• * 1.476

  Prisoners deliuered
• * 1.477

  The hospi∣tail of the Sauoy builded
• * 1.478

  The newe chapell at Westmin∣sterbuilded
• * 1.479

  S. Iohns college and Christes colledge builded
• * 1.480

  King Hen¦rye maried lady Kathe¦rin.
• * 1.481

  Paules schole buil¦ded.
• * 1.482

  Battell on the sea.
• * 1.483

  Turney & Turwin
• * 1.484

  Scots field.
• * 1.485

  Lady Ma∣ry borne.
• * 1.486

  Gret frost.
• * 1.487

  Euil May day. An. reg. 9.
• * 1.488

  The swea∣tinge sick∣nes.
• * 1.489

  The citie of Turney yelded french.
• * 1.490

  An. reg. 13. The duke of bucking¦ham behea∣ded. King Hen¦ry first na∣med defen∣der of the faythe.
• * 1.491

  Almes huoses builded
• * 1.492

  An. reg. 14 The Empe¦rour Char∣les cōming to London
• * 1.493

  The Rho∣des taken by the Turkes Au. reg. 15. The Kinge of Dēmark came into England.
• * 1.494

  An. reg. 16.
• * 1.495

  The goldē rose.
• * 1.496

  Cardinal suppressed abbeis.
• * 1.497

  King Hen¦ry in ieo∣pardy.
• * 1.498

  Coyne en∣haunced.
• * 1.499

  An. reg. 18 Gould en∣haunced.
• * 1.500

  Anno. 19
• * 1.501

  Execution
• * 1.502

  Scarsiti of bread.
• * 1.503

  Peace pro∣claymed
• * 1.504

  Generall procession
• * 1.505

  •• ship cha∣••ed to the ••ower wharfe▪
• * 1.506

  An. reg. 20▪ •• sweating ••ickenes.
• * 1.507

  A legate from Rome.
• * 1.508

  An. reg. 2••
• * 1.509

  A parlia∣ment at the Blacke fiers.
• * 1.510

  Cardinall discharged
• * 1.511

  s. Thomas more made chauncelor
• * 1.512

  The new Testamente printed in english.
• * 1.513

  Execution
• * 1.514

  Anno. 22. Execution
• * 1.515

  Execution
• * 1.516

  Sute to Rome for∣••ydden
• * 1.517

  The Car∣dinal dece••¦sed
• * 1.518

  One boyld in Smith∣fielde
• * 1.519

  Anno. 23. Clergie in premunire.
• * 1.520

  King ••yrste named su∣preme head
• * 1.521

  Execution.
• * 1.522

  Execution.
• * 1.523

  An. reg. 24 Execution.
• * 1.524

  Gret fishes taken.
• * 1.525

  Clergie ••worne.
• * 1.526

  Thomas 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.527

  Thomas Cromwel.
• * 1.528

  Execution.
• * 1.529

  Execution.
• * 1.530

  Crichurch put down. Tower of London re∣payred.
• * 1.531

  King Hen¦ry maried lady Anne Boleine
• * 1.532

  Anno. 25. Desperatiō
• * 1.533

  Quene Anne crow¦ned
• * 1.534

  A murder
• * 1.535

  Ladye Eli∣zabeth borne
• * 1.536

  Fyre at bar¦nardes ca∣stell.
• * 1.537

  Anne bartō
• * 1.538

  A gret fish taken
• * 1.539

  An 'othe ••to the king
• * 1.540

  Wolfe and his wife hanged.
• * 1.541

  Execution.
• * 1.542

  Othe to the king.
• * 1.543

  Au. reg. 16
• * 1.544

  Lorde Da∣tres
• * 1.545

  Frith brent
• * 1.546

  Frier hou∣ses suppres¦sed.
• * 1.547

  Fyre at tem¦ple barre.
• * 1.548

  The kings stable brent
• * 1.549

  Bishop of Romes au¦toritie abro¦gated.
• * 1.550

  ••irst frutes geuē to the king. An. reg. 27
• * 1.551

  Execution
• * 1.552

  Polled heads
• * 1.553

  Examinati¦on of Hol∣landers Execution
• * 1.554

  Execution
• * 1.555

  Bishop of Rochester beheaded Syr Tho∣mas Mor•• beheaded Disitation of abbcis
• * 1.556

  A generall procession
• * 1.557

  Names of Chauntries taken.
• * 1.558

  Lady! Ka∣therine de∣ceased. Smal hou¦se•• o•• reli∣gion geuen to y^e king. An reg. 28.
• * 1.559

  Execution.
• * 1.560

  Execution.
• * 1.561

  K. Henry maried la∣dy Iane.
• * 1.562

  Cōmotion in Lincoln shire.
• * 1.563

  Mayster Pagyngtō slayne.
• * 1.564

  Execution.
• * 1.565

  Great frost.
• * 1.566

  Execution.
• * 1.567

  A new cō∣motion in Yorkshire.
• * 1.568

  Execution
• * 1.569

  Anno reg. 29.
• * 1.570

  Execution
• * 1.571

  Cromwel
• * 1.572

  Birthe of prince Ed∣warde.
• * 1.573

  Execution
• * 1.574

  Execution
• * 1.575

  Execution
• * 1.576

  An. re. 30. Execution
• * 1.577

  Fyre in London.
• * 1.578

  Execution
• * 1.579

  The hang∣man hāged
• * 1.580

  Images in churches takē down
• * 1.581

  Abbeyes suppressed.
• * 1.582

  The friers in▪ London suppressed.
• * 1.583

  Lamberte burnt.
• * 1.584

  Execution
• * 1.585

  Execution
• * 1.586

  Execution
• * 1.587

  An. reg. 31.
• * 1.588

  The great Muster at London.
• * 1.589

  Execution
• * 1.590

  Charitable deedes of Huntlowe
• * 1.591

  Execution
• * 1.592

  Execution
• * 1.593

  Pēcioners▪ first began
• * 1.594

  K. Henry maried the lady Anne of Cleue.
• * 1.595

  Thomas Cromwel.
• * 1.596

  Order of y^• Rhodes put downe in Englād
• * 1.597

  An. reg. ••••.
• * 1.598

  Tho. Crō∣wel behea∣ded.
• * 1.599

  Quene Anne de∣uorced.
• * 1.600

  Execution
• * 1.601

  Execution
• * 1.602

  K. Henry•• maried.
• * 1.603

  A greate drouthe.
• * 1.604

  Execution An. reg. 33.
• * 1.605

  Cōmotion in Yorke∣shire.
• * 1.606

  Execution
• * 1.607

  Execution
• * 1.608

  Execution
• * 1.609

  Execution
• * 1.610

  Execution
• * 1.611

  The kings progresse.
• * 1.612

  Execution
• * 1.613

  Execution
• * 1.614

  K. Henry maried his sixt wyfe.
• * 1.615

  K. Henrye named kīg of Ireland.
• * 1.616

  A▪ mayd boi¦led in smi∣thefyeld.
• * 1.617

  Anno reg. 34.
• * 1.618

  An. reg. 15
• * 1.619

  Goyng to Launder∣sey
• * 1.620

  Execution
• * 1.621

  A pestilēc••
• * 1.622

  Foure eclip¦ses
• * 1.623

  Execution.
• * 1.624

  Houses blowen vp with gon∣pouder.
• * 1.625

  Anno. 36.
• * 1.626

  Lithe and Edenbo∣rough takē
• * 1.627

  Coynes in ••hanced.
• * 1.628

  Base mo∣neys coy∣ned.
• * 1.629

  King Hen∣ry went to ••oloigne.
• * 1.630

  Boloign•• wonne.
• * 1.631

  An. 37
• * 1.632

  The kinge wente to Portis∣mouth, where wa•• drowned the Mary Rose Frenchemē landed at the Isle of Wight
• * 1.633

  S. Giles church br••t
• * 1.634

  Chaūt••••••••s giuen to king Hen∣ry.
• * 1.635

  The stew e•• put downe
• * 1.636

  An. reg. 3•• The Con∣dit a••a••g••t•• & Lothbu∣ry builded.
• * 1.637

  •• generall ••rocession
• * 1.638

  Execution
• * 1.639

  The admi∣••al of Frāce ••anded at ••he tower ••har••e
• * 1.640

  Execution
• * 1.641

  S. Paules church lay at ancre
• * 1.642

  Images ta∣ken downe
• * 1.643

  ••
• * 1.644

  Procession forbidden
• * 1.645

  Chaūtries geuen to y^• king
• * 1.646

  Muskelbo¦row field.
• * 1.647

  Anno. 2
• * 1.648

  A great pe∣stilence
• * 1.649

  An reg. 3. Execution
• * 1.650

  Cōmotion in Corne∣wal & De∣uonshyre
• * 1.651

  Cōmotion in Norfolk
• * 1.652

  Charitable dedes done by sir Rou¦land hyll.
• * 1.653

  A murder.
• * 1.654

  Execution
• * 1.655

  Execution
• * 1.656

  As. reg. 4.
• * 1.657

  Execution
• * 1.658

  Boloigne yelded to y^e Frenche.
• * 1.659

  Ioane bou∣ther burnt
• * 1.660

  A ••ree scole at Tūbrige buylded.
• * 1.661

  Thre f••ud••
• * 1.662

  An. reg. 5.
• * 1.663

  Execution
• * 1.664

  An Arrian burnt.
• * 1.665

  An earthe∣quake.
• * 1.666

  The firste falle of the money.
• * 1.667

  Sweating sycknes.
• * 1.668

  The secōde ••al•• of the money.
• * 1.669

  The Duke of Somer∣set commit¦ted agayne to y^• tower.
• * 1.670

  A new•• coyne.
• * 1.671

  The quene of Scottes
• * 1.672

  The Duke of Somer∣set ••rai∣gned.
• * 1.673

  Execution
• * 1.674

  An. reg. 6.
• * 1.675

  Execution
• * 1.676

  A howse ••lowen vp with gun∣powder.
• * 1.677

  A monster
• * 1.678

  Great fy∣shes taken.
• * 1.679

  Great fy∣shes.
• * 1.680

  Voyage to Moscouie.
• * 1.681

  Great thun¦der.
• * 1.682

  Kyng Ed∣warde de∣ceased.
• * 1.683

  Lady Ma∣ry proclay∣med quene
• * 1.684

  A wherrye ouerturned
• * 1.685

  Execution
• * 1.686

  The greate Hary.
• * 1.687

  A man stode on y^e wethercok of Poules.
• * 1.688

  Grauesend barge.
• * 1.689

  S. Iohns college in Oxforde e∣rect••d
• * 1.690

  Trinitie college erec¦ted
• * 1.691

  Cōmotion in Kent
• * 1.692

  The du••••of Suffol•• proclaimed hi•• daugh••¦ter quen••
• * 1.693

  Duke o•• Suffolke taken The quene came to the Guild hall in London
• * 1.694

  Wiat taken
• * 1.695

  Execution
• * 1.696

  Execution
• * 1.697

  Execution
• * 1.698

  Execution
• * 1.699

  Crosse in Cheape
• * 1.700

  The sprite in the wall
• * 1.701

  King Phi∣lip
• * 1.702

  Paules ste¦ple laye at Anker
• * 1.703

  Cardinall Poole
• * 1.704

  The prince of Piamōt
• * 1.705

  The prince of Orenge.
• * 1.706

  Execution▪
• * 1.707

  Iuga ca••••▪
• * 1.708

  Execution▪
• * 1.709

  •• mylners ••onne coun¦terfeated to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••. Ed∣ward the▪ ••.
• * 1.710

  Execution
• * 1.711

  An. reg. ••.
• * 1.712

  Hye wa∣ters.
• * 1.713

  Execution.
• * 1.714

  A blasing sterre.
• * 1.715

  Execution.
• * 1.716

  Cōspiiacye
• * 1.717

  Execution.
• * 1.718

  An. reg. 4.
• * 1.719

  Seuen al∣dermen de∣ceased in London
• * 1.720

  A desperat acte
• * 1.721

  An ambas∣sador frome Moscouie.
• * 1.722

  A murdere••
• * 1.723

  Execution
• * 1.724

  Saincte Quintins.
• * 1.725

  Scarbo∣roughe ca∣stell taken.
• * 1.726

  Execution An. reg. 5.
• * 1.727

  Dearthe & plentie of corne in one yeare.
• * 1.728

  Calice lost
• * 1.729

  Execution
• * 1.730

  A parlia∣mētnt west minster.
• * 1.731

  Images burned.
• * 1.732

  An. reg. 2. The maior of London begynneth his yeare y^• 18. daye of October, whiche is in the firste yere of the quenes ma¦iesties rei∣gne. And y^• quenes se∣cond yeare beginneth on the .17. day of No∣uember fo∣••owyng. Houses ••lowen vp ••n croked ••ane ••ase mo∣••eys called ••n:
• * 1.733

  New coy∣nes.
• * 1.734

  A grāmer schole▪ bu••••¦ded by the marchaunt taylers.
• * 1.735

  One fay∣ning hym∣selfe to be Christ.
• * 1.736

  Poule•• ste¦ple a fyre.
• * 1.737

  An. reg. 4▪ M••strous byrthes.
• * 1.738

  A monstros child
• * 1.739

  New hauē
• * 1.740

  Anno. 5
• * 1.741

  108. pary∣shes in Lō¦don.
• * 1.742

  A threfolde or a treble plague.
• * 1.743

  No Ma∣iors feast.
• * 1.744

  An. reg. 6.
• * 1.745

  Watche on S. Peters euen at Lōdon.
• * 1.746

  An. reg. 7. Houses sha¦ken with gunpouder
• * 1.747

  Eight tides in .ii. nigh∣tes and a day
• * 1.748

  Great tem∣pest
• * 1.749

  An. reg. 8.