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.

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.