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.

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

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• 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

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• 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.* 1.1

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

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• [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* 1.2 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* 1.3 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* 1.4 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* 1.5 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* 1.6 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.

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• Iohn Wengraue

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• [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* 1.7 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

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• [date 1319] Iohn Prior
• Wil. Furnex

Kinge Edward layde siege to Bar∣wike.* 1.8 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.

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• [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.

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• [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* 1.9 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* 1.10 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* 1.11 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* 1.12 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.

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• Richard Betain Goldsmith

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

The morow after Simon and Iude, syr Hugh Spencer y^• father was put to* 1.13 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* 1.14 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.

Notes

• * 1.1

  the Rhod•• won by christen men. Crouched friers.
• * 1.2

  A table with 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.3

  Execution in Gauer∣syde.
• * 1.4

  The 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.5

  A barkers son made claym to the croune
• * 1.6

  Notable ••heues in Friers ap∣parell.
• * 1.7

  Great fa∣mine
• * 1.8

  The white battell
• * 1.9

  Gret execu¦tion.
• * 1.10

  The sunne appeared as blood
• * 1.11

  King Ed∣ward taken prisoner.
• * 1.12

  Robert bal docke, the chancellor, the Spen∣rers taken prisoners.
• * 1.13

  Great exe∣cution.
• * 1.14

  King Ed∣ward depo∣sed.