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. 6.

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• Richard Mala••y 〈◊〉〈◊〉

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• [date] Edwarde Iack∣man
• Ly••nell, Du••ket

The .xx. daye of Nouember in the 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 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 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.

Notes

• An. reg. 7. Houses sha¦ken with gunpouder
• Eight tides in .ii. nigh∣tes and a day
• Great tem∣pest