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.
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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.
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Stow, John, 1525?-1605.
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Imprinted at London :: in Fletestrete by Thomas Marshe,
[1566]
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A73271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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[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 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.