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FIFTEENTH-CENTURY CHRONICLES,
WITH
HISTORICAL MEMORANDA BY JOHN STOWE,
THE ANTIQUARY,
AND CONTEMPORARY NOTES OF OCCURRENCES
WRITTEN B Y HIM IN THE REIGN ÔE QUEEN ELIZABETH.
EDITED BY JAMES GAIKDNER.WESTMINSTER:
PRINTED BY J. B. NICHOLS AND SONS,
25, PARLIAMENT STREET.
[NEW SERIES XXVIII.]COUNCIL OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY
FOR THE YEAR 1880-1
President,
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF VERULAM, F.R.G.S.
WILLIAM CHAPPELL, ESQ F.S.A., Treamrer.
HENRY CHARLES COÛTE, ESQ., F.S.A.
F. W. COSENS, ESQ., F.S.A.
JAMES E. DOYLE, ESQ.
JAMES GAIRDNER, ESQ.
SAMUEL RAWSON GAJRDINER, ESQ., Direetor.
WILLIAM OXENHAM HEWLETT, ESQ., F.S.A
ALFRED KINGSTON, ESQ., Secretary.
CHARLES A. J. MASON, ESQ.
STUART A. MOORE, ESQ., F.S.A.
FREDERIC OUYRY, ESQ., V.P.S.A.
THE EARL OF POWIS, LL.D.
EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, ESQ., M.A., F.S.A
REV. W. SP ARROW SIMPSON, D.D. F.S.A.
JAMES SPEDDING, ESQ.The Council of the Camden Society desire it to be under-
stood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observa-
tions that may appear in the Society’s publications ; tbe Editors
of the several works being alone responsible for tbe same.PREFACE.
Some years ago, while engaged on my édition of the Paston
Letters, I was anxious to examine as far as possible every original
source of information for the reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV. ;
and, having found some unedited matter relating to those reigns in
two MSS. in the Lambeth Library, I recommended them to the
Council of the Camden Society for publication. My proposai was
at once agreed to ; but in the meantime, a more interesting MS.
having presented itself relating to the same period, the work was
kept back to make way for The Historical Collections of a Citizen
of London, which appeared in 1876. I hâve, however, steadily
kept in view the fulfilment of my original promise to the Society ;
and the resuit is that I hâve been led to do somewhat more than I
originally contemplated. For it will be seen that the présent
volume, besides containing contributions from the two Lambeth
MSS. above referred to, includes an unpublished chronicle of the
same period, from a MS. in the College of Arms. Moreover, I had
scarcely begun to examine the work seriously, when I found that it
was quite impossible to omit the bulk of John Stowe’s Memoranda
in the Lambeth MS. 306 ; and, although they extend to a much
later period, these also hâve been inserted.
But I must now speak of this MS. more particularly, as it
furnishes the greater part of the materials of this work.
MS. 306 in the Lambeth Library is a stout folio volume in an
ancient ornamental binding, now very much worm-eaten. The
camd. soc.	hU
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back has been renewed ; but tlie two wooden boards covered with
stamped leather preserve their original appearance. The clasps,
however, which once held them together, are gone, the brass nails
alone remaining in the one cover, and part of the ornamental fittings
on which they clasped still existing in the other. The design on
each cover consists of lozenge-shaped compartments filled with foliated
ornaments and a framework parallel with the edges, in which the
Beaufort portcullis, a branch of oak with acorns, a crowned lion
and a dragon, are discernible. It is quite evidently a Tudor
binding.
The contents of the volumes are various in character. The
handwritings are partly of the fifteenth and partly of the sixteenth
century. The short Chronicle printed in this volume stands at the
beginning. It was probably penned in the reign of Edward IV.
not long after the date to which it cornes down. Marginal notes,
however, hâve been added to the text in a hand of Henry VIII.’s
time, and the text itself is occasionally corrected with additions
and insertions in the same hand. Where these corrections are
important they will be found noted in footnotes in this volume.
The same writing also can be traced in a number of other articles
throughout the volume, chiefly of the nature of medical receipts,
and in some notes on the inside of the cover, which refer to the
dates of events as late as the middle of the reign of Henry VIII.
It must hâve been during the time of this penman that the MS.
was bound ; for several of his marginal notes in the chronicle are
mutilated, owing to the edges of the paper having been eut by the
binder ; yet it is clear that he wrote the memoranda inside the cover
after the book was bound.
The Short Chronicle, though it looks like one, is really three
short chronicles written or transcribed consecutively by the same
pen. The first is a very brief abridgment of the well-knownPREFACE.
iii
Chronicle of the Brute, beginning the history of Albion with the
fabled Albina, and ending in the first year of Henry IV. This
composition, it is almost needless to say, is absolutely destitute of
historical value; but as “the Brute” itself has never yet been
edited, and is consequently inaccessible to ail but students of black
letter and readers of mediæval MS S., this epitome of what was once
the most popular history of England may not be without interest.
One point which may strike the reader as curions, and which might
even be worth a little investigation, if any one could afford to spend
some time in the comparison of various MS S., is the considérable
addition here made, through transcribers’ errors and otherwise, to
the list of mythical kings in Geoffrey of Monmouth. Thus we hâve
“ Gynder” instead of “ Guideras,” “ Grandobodian” instead of *c Gor-
bonian,” “Hesydere” for “ Elidurus,” “ Higamus” for “ Vigenius,”
and a number of other aliases which are certainly quite as legitimate
names as their prototypes for utterly unreal personages. The most
curious transformation perhaps is that of Aurelius Ambrosius into
Aurylambos.
Immediately following the abridged u Brute ” we hâve a copy of
Lydgate’s verses on the Eings of England, showing some slight
variations from the text printed in the u Collections of a London
Citizen.”
After which cornes one of the regular city chronicles, beginning
with the keepers and bailiffs of London in the time of Kichard I.,
and a register of mayors and sheriffs from the first institution of
the mayoralty in the time of Eing John. It is in this composition,
and of course in the latter part of it only, that the real historical
value of the work consists; for down to the reign of Henry Y. the
record of each mayor’s year is a very bald one, and contains
nothing that is not found elsewhere. The catalogue of civic
officers itself however may possibly be of some slight value; forIV
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amid the many corruptions of names given more correctly else-
where appear to be some genuiue aliases, such as the name of
Richard Soperlane, sheriff in the 27th year of Edward I., who is
commonly known as Richard de Refham.
Opposite the name of each mayor are given in the margin, as
shown during the reign of King John at pages 32 and 33, the year
of our Lord corresponding to his year of office, and a Roman
numéral in the case of mayors who had served more than once,
indicating whether it was for the first, second, third, or what later
time he was then mayor; but, as these numbers are added by
a different hand, and are moreover practically useless and often
very inaccurate, I hâve not thought it necessary to give more than
a specimen of them at the beginning.
It does not appear that this chronicle has ever been referred to
as a source of historical information. Yet the MS. seems at one
time to hâve belonged to Stowe the Chronicler, who has made
copious memoranda on the blank leaves of the volume. There
are also pencilled notes in some places in a hand of the time of
James I. or Charles I., showing that it had attracted the attention
of at least one antiquary in that âge of historical research. But
beyond this we hâve no evidence that it has been consulted by
any one, and even Stowe has not made such use of it in his
Chronicle that we can distinctly say he derived his information
on any point from this one particular source. In fact it seems
rather as if he had found little in it that he could make use of save
what was common to this and other chronicles, and therefore
neglected to refer to it.
Such might very well hâve been the impression even of a great
historical collector in those days, whose aim was rather to obtain a
complété outline of English history than to fill in details and
illustrative matter. Nevertheless the latter part of this chroniclePREFACE.
Y
has ail the value of an original and independent authority for the
reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV., at least from the time of
Jack Cade’s rébellion to the year of Edward’s marnage with Eliza-
beth Woodville, in which it cornes to an end. And on careful
examination it will be found that this chronicle contains facts of
some importance that hâve been passed over by other writers, to
some of which I hâve already called attention in other publications.
For one thing, this chronicle States positively as a fact a thing
which is not set forth in any of our historiés, and which I myself
maintained several years ago only as a matter of inference, viz. that
Cade’s pardon was invalidated in conséquence of the discovery that
his real name was not Mortimer;a so that it would seem his
pretence of high birth was generally believed in till after the
insurrection in London had been appeased. There is certainly
something marvellous in the fact that he was able to maintain false
pretensions so long—especially when we consider the formidable
dimensions of the movement in which he took the lead. It was
not only that al) the gentry of Kent followed his standard, but even
the King’s own followers told him plainly, that, unless execution
were done upon the traitors who were so unpopular, they too would
desert to the captain.b The misgovernment that provoked the
insurrection was, in fact, generally felt to justify pretty strong
raeasures by way of remonstrance. But, this being so, the wonder
is ail the greater that the remonstrants should hâve put themselves
under the leadership of a man whose true character was so ill
a Fortnightly üeview, New Sériés, xlvi. 448. I was able, however, afterwards to
cite the positive testimony of this chronicle in the Introduction to the first volume
of the Paston Letters, p. lv.
b “ And the Kinge came to the Blacke Hethe with his lordys. They hirynge of
this jorney anone the lordis meyne went togeder and said, but the kynge wolde do
excussyon on suche traytors as were named, else they wolde turne to the capteyu of
Kent.” (p. 67.)Tl
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known to them. That there raust hâve been collusion on the paît
of some of the Kentish gentry seems past a doubt* By setting up
a pretender they avoided incurring the highest responsibility them-
selves.
Little need be said about minute details, such as the disputed
question whether Cardinal Kemp went along with Bishop Wayn-
flete to the interview with Cade at Southwark after the battle on
London Bridge. This is the statement in Hall’s Chronicle, but as
Fabyan, an earlier authority, States that the cardinal, being then
Lord Chancellor, sent pardons under the great seal to Cade and
his followers, it seemed doubtful whether Hall was not here in error.
Our chronicle, however, confirms Hall’s statement.
“ And forthe withe went the Channseler to the capteyne and sessed him and yavé
him a chartur and his men another, and so [they] withdrowe hem homward.”
It has also been a point of controversy among local antiquaries
whether Cade was captured in Susse* or in Kent. Of course Iden’s
jurisdiction as Sheriff of Kent did not extend into Sussex; and this
fact may hâve led to a general impression that he was taken in
Kent. Thus in the text of our chronicle it was originally
written :—
" And so the xiij day of Jule John Cade was take in Kentt.”
But the Tudor corrector had certainly obtained more perfect
information on the subject, and altered the passage thus :—
“ And so one Alexandre Iden, a squyre of Kent, toke hym in a garden yn Sowth-
sex, the xiij day of Jule.”
In fact there seems little doubt that even if Iden was at this time
really Sheriff of Kent (which is scarcely probable, ail things con-
sidered, within a fortnight after the murder of Sheriff Crowmera)
a William Wyrcestre, after mentioning the retreat of the rebels to Rochester, says
only, “ Et super hoc pvstea eodem anno Alexander Iden factus est in officio yice-
comitis.”PREFACE.	Vli
he pursued the traitor a considérable distance into the neighbouring
county.
The English Chronicle, edited for the Camden Society by Mr.
Davies, says distinctly that Cade was pursued into “ the wood
country beside Lewes ; ” and Gregory States that he was captured in
the Weald of Sussex.a But without going quite so far south as Lewes
local traditions and other évidences seem to show that he was
apprehended in a garden at Heathfield, in the very middle of the
county.b
It is important to observe that the alteration in the text here made
by the Tudor corrector is in exact agreement with Fabyan’s
Chronicle. and very likely Fabyan was the authority he relied on.
Nevertheless the exact date of Cade’s capture, which Fabyan did
not know, is supplied even by the original text of our chronicle,
and is preserved by the corrector.
In the 33rd year of Henry VI. we meet with the following piece
of information :—
“ And this yere the Kynge of Scottys with the rede face layde sege to Berwyke
hothe by water and londe. But he was dryve thensse, and. ail his ordenaunce and
vitayle that was on the watir syde lefte behynde them.”
King James JI. of Scotland, as we are informed by Lesley, “ was
called James withe the firye face, be ressoun of ane bread reid spott
quhilk he had upon ane of his çheikis.” c Bi*t I find no mention
of this siégé of Berwick in any other old chronicle, except this
Lambeth MS. It is however co^firmed by some minutes in the
Privy Council Proceedings.d
a Collections of a London Citizen^ 194.
b The question whether the capture took place in Kent or Sussex is very fully
discussed in Furley’s History of the Weald of Kent, ii. 386-396; where the author,
notwithstanding his original prepossession in favour of Kent, décidés that it must
hâve been in Sussex.
c Lesley’s Hist. of Scotland, 11.
d Nicolas’s Privy Cov/ncïl Proceedings, yi. 248-9.vin
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In the 34th year also we meet with a new fact, viz. the arrest of
an alderman and mercer of London named Cauntelowe, who was
summoned before the King’s Council and imprisoned, as an accessory
in the attack on the houses of the Italian merchants. This is,
doubtless, the William Cantelowe who afterwards captured Henry
VI. in a wood, and brought him to King Edward.® He is men-
tioned in various accounts before this date as having dealings with
the Crown, at one time as conveying money over sea for bringing
Queen Margaret to England, at another time for supplying the
Castle of Cherbourg with gunpowder when it was in the hands of
the English.b
The outrage in which Cantelowe was accused of taking part was
one of those occasional outbursts of jealousy and dislike towards
foreigners which are met with at in ter vais in the early annals of
London. The circumstances of the case are related by Fabyan, and
the execution of two of the rioters is alluded to in the Paston
Letters.c But some addition has recently been made to our know-
ledge of the matter by the publication of Qregorÿs Chronicle d and
the Calendar of Venetian State Papers.e The formidable character
of the outbreak may be judged from the fact that the Italian
merchants were compelled to quit London, and take up their abode
at Winchester and Southampton. Their withdrawal in ail probability
produced a sensible effect upon the commerce of the city; for they
made a bye-law among their sel ves, that no individual merchant
of Northern Italy should henceforth go to London and trade there.
This ordinance the signory of Yenice ratified by a decree of the
Senate, and prohibited, under a heavy fine, ail Yenetian vessels
a Heame’s Fragment at the end of Sjprott, 292. Fabyan, 654.
b Stevenson’s Wars of the English in France, i. 446, 502.
c Vol. i. p. 387 (new ed.)	d Collections of a London Citizen, 199.
« Vol. i. Nos. 331, 339.PREFACE.
IX
from visiting the port of London. Nevertheless, if our chronicle
be right, some of the Lombards, at least, must hâve returned to the
city ; for next year another affray between them and the mercers is
recorded, which led to the arrest of eight and twenty mercers’ men,
who were first committed to Windsor Castle, and afterwards brought
to the King’s presence. But it may perhaps be doubted whether
this is is not a misdated account of the same riot copied from some
other source.
After this, in the 37th year, we hâve “ A great fray between the
city of London and men of court, which were driven with the
archers of the city from the Standard in Fleet Street to their Inns,
the 13th day of April.” This is another addition to our knowledge
of the times. There were plenty of “ frays ” going on elsewhere
from time to time, and even the city chroniclers forgot to tell us of
this one. It is remarkable that Alderman Tayllour was summoned
to Windsor to answer for it, along with some others who were
implicated, and that they remained in prison till Hewlyn was
mayor, when they were released at his intercession. The mayoraltv
of Hewlyn began in 1459, about the same time as the parliament
of Coventry, in which the Yorkists were attainted. But, after a
sweeping Act against great political opponents, the Court could
well afford to relax its severity against a handful of citizens, whom
it had already detained long in prison.
It is impossible to dwell on minute points of information supplied
by this chronicle, the significance of which could only be made
apparent in an elaborate history of the period. But, taken along
with the other contents of this volume, it certainly adds somewhat
to the meagre outline of events given by William of Worcester and
Fabyan, especially in the first four years of Edward IY.—a period
in which ail the three MSS. here edited are more or less important.
And though this chronicle, perhaps, of ail the three contains the
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least amount of positively new matter, it may be sufficient to refer
to what it says of the arrest of Henry VI. by the Earl of Warwick
at Islington, to show its value as an independent authority.
A few words, perhaps, may suffice as to the other historical matter
printed from the same MS. as the chronicle. Articles ranging in
date from the siégé of Calais by Edward III. to the middle of the
reign of Queen Elizabeth certainly seem a little out of place in a
volume intended mainly to illustrate fifteenth-century history. But
the account of the retinues at the siégé of Calais appeared not to
hâve been printed before, and, as Stowe’s memoranda and transcripts
were important even for the period to which I had proposed to
limit this publication, it would hâve been unpardonable to suppress
those relating to his own time, which are the most interesting of
them ail.
It is quite unnecessary to expatiate on the value of these materials.
The first, which is styled a proclamation made by Jack Cade, but
which seems rather the déclaration put forth by his followers of the
causes of their revoit, is a thing of which the importance is suffi-
ciently obvious. Yet it has never been printed at full length even
by Stowe himself, though he has cited in his Chronicle another
version, or perhaps another manifesto, in which some of the articles
are nearly the same. The satirical dirge which follows upon Jack
Napes (or the Duke of Suffolk) is also better known in another and
shorter version. The account of the christening of Prince Arthur
has not, I think, been published before, though another description
of the same ceremony is printed in Leland’s Collectanea.
These and other matters had the laborious historian carefully
transcribed from older MS S. But in addition to this he has added
in his own hand memoranda of occurrences which happened in his
own time and mostly within his own expérience. Of these a good
number are recorded in his Chronicle or Book of Annals nearly inPREFACE.
XI
the same words ; but with them are mixed up many other matters,
which, either as being of less public importance or perhaps in some
cases not altogether safe to comment upon, he did not think fit to
print. Thus in 1562 we hâve an account of a certain Lady Cary
(a relation of Queen Elizabeth herself, though who she was precisely
I hâve not been able to discover) being imprisoned along with other
ladies in the Fleet for allowing a priest to say mass at her house in
Fetter Lane.a This was evidently a matter on which it would not
hâve been politic to comment, and nothing about it is found in the
printed Annals. An equal silence is preserved about the attempt
of the Margrave of Baden and his wife to escape in disguise from
their creditors.b No wonder, when the host of unpaid tradesmen,
the butcher, baker, tailor, and such like, who endeavoured to prevent
their escape, were ordered to the Fleet and the Marshalsea for their
pains, that John Stowe did not see it to be his duty to record the
circumstance in print !
On the religious condition of the times these memoranda of
Stowe reflect very considérable light, and cannot fait to be read
with interest in connection with the controversies of our own day.
The accession of Queen Elizabeth, while it relieved the Protestants
from the fear of Smithfield lires, undoubtedly gave a strong stimulus
to that party whose object was to break entirely with the past, and
destroy as far as possible the jurisdiction, rites, ceremonies, vest-
ments, and every other external means by which reverence for the
Church and faith in her doctrines had hitherto been maintained.
Archdeacon Cole, preaching before the Lord Mayor, aldermen,
sheriffs, and crafts of the city, could not congratulate the citizens
on the cessation of the plague without attributing the infliction to
the superstitious religion of Borne, which he said was so much in
favour. He denounced it as a false religion, worse, he said, than
a pp. 121-2.	b p. 136.Xll
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that of the Turk, and even than tliat of the Devil. At another
time he gracefully likened priests to apes, as being both bald alike,
only the priests were bald before, and the apes behind.a When
such flowers of rhetoric as these, which Stowe with quiet satire
records under the title u Points of Divinity,” could proceed from
a dignitary of the Church, who can wonder that the feeling of the
common people found still more forcible expression ? Clergy and
laity were alike rabid with party spirit. In vain had the Queen
herself issued injunctions for the decent observance of divine
worship. Her orders were very generally disregarded. The
London clergy were accordingly summoned to a conférence at
Lambeth on Tuesday, the 26th March, 1566, where they were
admonished to obey, on pain of suspension from their cures; and
more complété instruction was given them as to their duties by the
publication of the Archbishop’s celebrated “ Advertisements ” in
the foliowing week ; but even this had very little effect. Several of
the clergy flatly disobeyed both injunctions and advertisements.
In the greater number of parishes parochial duty was left to the
sextons; but in others the clergy themselves did service in the for-
bidden gowns and cloaks, and preached violently against the order
taken by the Queen in Council, not forbearing to censure the
bishops for yielding their consent to it. The vicar of St. Giles’s,
Cripplegate, went so far as to stop a funeral entering his church,
because six clergymen accompanied it wearing the legal surplices.
The Queen, he said, had given him the bénéfice for life, and he
would not suffer any Eomish superstitions to enter. At the risk of
a considérable tumult he carried his point, the surpliced clergy
wisely giving way and remaining outside.b
One of the principal agitators among the clergy was a Scotchman
who was accustomed to preach twice a day at St. Magnus’, and
* pp. 128, 133.	b pp, 135,136.PREFACE.
Xlll
who ministered the sacrament in a gown or cloak. On Palm
Sunday he preached a violent sermon at Ail Hallows the Less in
Thames Street, where the incumbent, who had complied with the
injunctions, sat listening to him with a sarcastic smile quite visible
upon his features. The resuit was, that, after the sermon, some of
the congrégation addressed a remonstrance to the incumbent, which
began in argument and ended in a scuffle between the opposite
sides. The general excitement on these subjects was increased by
a host of pamphlets which were scattered freely about the streets,
and many of which were, according to the ideas of that âge, nothing
less than seditious libels. Between Easter and Whitsuntide, how-
ever, the Scotchman seems to hâve been converted—by what
influences we are not told. On Whit Monday he found his conscience
allowed him to do duty in a surplice at St. Margaret Pattens in
Bood Lane. But, unfortunately for him, his audience liked his
former preaching better than his later practice, and his appearance
caused a regular riot inside the church, especially among the women,
who threw stones at him, and pulled him out of the pulpit, tearing
his surplice and scratching his face in their violence.®
Two others of the London clergy, who were prominent in their
opposition to the injunctions, were Philpot and Gough, each holding
a plurality of cures, some of which appear to hâve been within the
diocese of Winchester. Kobert Home, Bishop of that see, sum-
moned them to a conférence at Winchester, in which the subject
was to be discussed for one-and-twenty days. As they passed over
London Bridge into Southwark, they were accompanied by two or
three hundred women, laden with bags and bottles u to banquet at
their departing/’ Whether this was an open-air entertainment the
author does not say ; but it was not the only form in which the
crowd displayed their enthusiastic liberality. Présents of gold,
a pp. 138-9.XIV
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silver, spice, sugar, and other things were made in abundance, and
the travellers were everywhere exhorted to stand fast in the doctrine
they had taught, touching the important subject of caps and
surplices.a
On the other hand, the Bishop of London himself, on coming to
St. Margaret’s church in Old Fish Street, was hooted at by the
congrégation, and especially by the women, because he wore the
cornered cap belonging to his dignity. A cry of u Ware horns ! ”
rose up, with other opprobrious language. The épiscopal dignity
had certainly fallen into strange disrepute, at ail events in the city
of London, when such a scene was possible. Nor was it easy to
inflict appropriate punishment on the offenders. One woman
indeed was taken on the following Saturday and placed upon two
ladders “ like a cucking stool,” for the space of a whole hour; but,
like Defoe in a later âge, she only rejoiced in her punishment, and
was encouraged by the spectators to glory in having been thought
worthy to suffer persécution for the sake, as they declared, of
righteousness and truth in protesting against superstition.8
I leave the reader to examine for himself the notice of the original
Puritans and Brownists, which complétés the religious picture of the
times,b the minute accounts of the mortality from the plague,0 the
description of the tournament at the marriage of Lord Ambrose
Dudley,d the meeting between the Queen and Leicester in 1566,e
the proclamation for the sale of the houses on the site destined for
Sir Thomas Gresham’s Exchange,f and other matters of the like
character ; ail of which possess much interest for the historical
reader.
The reader has now before him everything that is of a distinctly
historical character in the Lambeth Volume No. 306. That
a p. 140.
d p. 134.
b p. 143.
* p. 137.
c pp. 123-5, 144-7.
f pp. 134-5.PREFACE.
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volume, however, also contains, as will be seen by the catalogue, a
quantity of poetry, medical receipts, and scraps of various kinds,
winch do not, generally speaking, greatly repay perusal. I hâve,
however, printed two little scraps at the end of this préfacé (Note A)
which are not altogether uninteresting as curiosities.
The “ Brief Notes,” which form the second portion of this volume,
are derived from a MS. (No. 448 in the Lambeth Library) which
seems to hâve been penned within the monastery of Ely. It is a
small quarto volume, containing 153 leaves, of which the greater
part are parchment ; but the last 37 and some in the middle are of
paper. The earlier portion is the history of the monastery and of
the bishops of Ely printed by Wharton in his Anglia Sacra,
pp. 593—674. It extends from the days of the founder, Queen
Etheldreda the Virgin, to the episcopate of Morton, afterwards
Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal, who succeeded to this see
in the year 1478. This history is written on parchment as far as
folio 77, and is continued for 22 pages further upon paper, the
continuation being evidently a portion of the draft from which the
whole was copied. This is shown by the fact that on the top line
of folio 78 the first four words of a sentence are cancelled, being
contained in the last line of the vellum leaf immediately preceding.
The handwriting on the paper leaves is different from that of the
portion written on vellum, but both are evidently of the same
period, the close of the fifteenth century. The work, however,
is continued by a sixteenth-century pen, from the episcopate of
Alcock, Morton’s successor, to that of Thirlby.
After this follow 25 leaves of parchment, filled with matter
relating to the statutes and benefactors of the monastery, ail in
fifteenth-century handwriting, and containing much that is of
considérable interest to the student of monastic usages. In theXVI
PREFACE'.
middle of this portion, however, are a few leaves which had been
left blank, and which hâve been filled up by a later scribe with the
genealogy of Eobert Steward, the last Prior and first Dean of Ely,
who died in 1557. This genealogy has also been printed by
Wharton, pp. 686-8.
From folio 117 to the end is again paper, filled with writing of
the fifteenth century; and it is from this portion alone that our
extracts are taken. The contents, however, are very miscellaneous,
being partly jottings and extracts from various sources, in which
the only point of real interest is an account of the great fire at Bury
St. Edmund’s in 1140, and partly an exceedingly rough and careless,
but still contemporary, register of current events. The entries here
hâve not even been written in consecutively as the events occurred,
but later occurrences précédé earlier ones, although the date of the
year is invariably given at the head of the paragraph. Evidently
this part of the volume was a mere mémorandum book, filled up
irregularly at intervals, and intended merely to aid in the com-
pilation of some more polished chronicle. Even the dates given
prior to the year 1450 are very inaccurate ; indeed a good number
of the occurrences in that year are referred to the year 1449, But
in point of fact these brief notes are, with one exception, of little
or no conséquence before the year 1459, and most of the preceding
entries are probably derived from some other source. An exception,
however, ought certainly to be made as to the paragraph relating
to the Parliament at Bury in 1446-7, and the suspected murder of
the Duke of Gloucester. The strong impression produced by that
event is shown by ail the historical évidences of the period; and it
is ail the more interesting to read what appears to hâve been a first
impression produced when the news was fresh, in a monastery not
thirty miles distant from the scene of its occurrence.
This paragraph moreover contains circumstantial information notPREFACE.
XVII
found elsewhere. Whatever the facts may hâve been, Suffolk pro-
fessed to apprehend danger to the King from the machinations of
his uncle, and caused him to be protected by a very strong guard
(about 60,000 men and villeins, says our MS.) at every town in
which he stopped on his way to the Parliament. The writer how-
ever altogether discrédits the danger, and tells us that Duke
Humphrey came up from Wales in obedience to the King’s com-
mand without a thought or suspicion of evil in his mind, merely
hoping to obtain the King’s favour for Dame Eleanor his wife,
who had been for some time imprisoned. The writer’s incredulity
as to the conspiracy was doubtless shared by the majority of the
people, as it is by most of the writers of this period ; but it seems
strange that, such being the case, the strong bodyguard is not even
noticed by any other writer.
Great confusion exists in some parts of the narrative; in one
place the writer actually speaks of Pomfret Castle being near
Southwark (p. 154). The battle of Northampton is dated 1459,
instead of 1460 (p. 153), and in the account of the circumstances
which led to it the name of Northampton seems to be introduced
prematurely where Ludlow was the place that is really referred to.a
These and a variety of other errors show the carelessness with which
these notes of occurrences were drawn up.b
a “Anno Domini Mcccc.lix0 (1460), et anno Regis Henrici vjtixxyiij°, mense Julii
venerunt cornes de Warwyk, cornes de March, et cornes de Salisbery ; quia cum
prias venissent ad Northampton (Ludlow), et audito quod Rex erat præsens clam
fugierunt ad mare,” &c.
b Carelessness, however, is contagions, and I take this opportunity both to confess
and to explain a curions slip of my own occasioned by the slovenly character of the
MS. At page 159, in the account of the sieges in Northumberland in 1462, occurs
the sentence:—“At the seege of Hem sunt cornes de Wyceter, cornes de Arundel,
dominus de Ogyl, et dominas de Muntegew cum x. Ml.” I could not but suppose
when I transcribed the MS. that “ Hem ” was a place, though I was unacquainted
with it. I find, however, the word should hâve been spelt with a small A,
€t hem ” being here a personal pronoun referring to the Duke of Somerset and others,
CAMD. SOC.	dPREFACE.
xviii
But, while inaccuracies sucb as these might seem to detract from
thé value of the record, its importance as an original source of infor-
mation on many points cannot be overlookecL The news of the
battle of Hedgley Moor has evidently been taken down when it
was quite fresh, prefaced by the words, “ These tidings hath my
lord of Lincoln, and the same be corne to Stamford ” (p. 156).
Again, the exploits of Earl Douglas in 1462, of which no other
account has been preserved to us, are introduced in like manner,
with the words, “ These been the tidings sent out of Scotland ”
(p. 159). It may be added that the sieges in Northumberland in
1462 (p. 159) are described in the présent tense, as if they were
still going on, and the account of tliem is concluded by the state-
ment, “Rex tenet Natale suum apud Dorham” (the King iskeeping
his Christmas at Durham). Even the errors as to matters of fact
in some cases are such as could only hâve been made at the time ;
as, for example, in the list of those killed at Towton (p. 160), which
includes not only Queen Margaret and her son, but at least seven
noblemen besides,a who certainly survived that day, and some of
whom lived after it for twenty years or more.
who were keeping Bamborough Castle for Henry VI., as mentioned in the pre-
ceding sentence! Of ail writings in the world illiterate writings are certainly the
easiest to misinterpret.
a The Dukes of Exeter and Somerset, the Earls of Cumberland and Shrewsbury,
Lords Scales, Willoughby, and Roos. “Dominus Henricus de Bokyngham” is
probably an eighth; for I imagine the person intended was the Duke of Buckingham,
afterwards beheaded by Richard III., whose succession to the title was not yet
acknowledged, his grandfather from whom he inherited it having been slain at
Northampton in the preceding year. In the list of knights slain also we meet with
“ Dominus R. de Percy,” probably Sir Ralph Percy who was killed three years
later at Hedgley Moor, and Sir Ralph Gray who also survived for three years and
was beheaded for treason in 1464. The error in the case of Sir Ralph Gray was
however discovered and the name is accordingly erased.: At page 161 again we
hâve another list of those slain in this battle, including, as the former one did, the
Earl of Devonshire. Yet the Earl of Devonshire is stated on the same page to hâve
been beheaded after the battle, which of course is more accurate..PREFACE.
XIX
Inaccuracies of tins kind are instructive, for in the présent case
they testify to the exaggerated impression produced by a great
victory. Even what may be called the official report, written just
after the battle by King Edward hiraself, wrongly enumerated among
the slain Lords Willoughby and Scales, while it spoke with rather
less certainty of the death of Northumberland, who certainly was
one of them ; and mentioned truly that King Henry and Margaret
with their son, the Dukes of Somerset and Exeter, and Lord Roos,
had escaped to Scotland.8, But the report which first reached the
monastery of Ely confounded those who had fled with those who
had fallen in battle, and added two more noblemen besides to the
appalling list. Almost anything must hâve seemed crédible as to
the fatal results of a conflict after which it was positively stated
that 28,000 corpses had been numbered upon the field by heralds.b
There can be no doubt, therefore, whether its statements be
accurate or the reverse, that this MS. contains the first intelligence
of a number of occurrences as tliey were reported in the monastery
of Ely in the beginning of Edward the Fourth’s reign. And after
the fullest allowance made for error these brief notes certainly make
a considérable addition to what was already known of that obscure
and turbulent period. Here we hâve not only the account of several
actions fought and sieges laid, but of Lancastrian conspiracies
detected, and of the foreign alliances by which it was believed the
defeated party would be enabled to invade England at several points
at once (p. 158). The account of the discovery of the conspiracy
of the Earl of Oxford in 1461-2 (pp. 162-3) is also new and not
altogether unimportant. Nor must we pass by in silence the long
a See Paston Letters (new édition), ii. 5.
b Paston Letters, ii. 6. Here in this Ely MS. we are told with beautiful précision
that the number of the slain “ was reckoned at 35,091, as it was reported ” (perœsti-
mationem xxxvMbiiij** et xj, ut dicebatur), and a little lower that it was 33,000
and more (qxiasi xxxiij milia et jplures).XX
PREFACE.
catalogue at p. 157 of the noblemen and knights who accompanied
King Edward to the borders of Scotland in December 1462. But
on these things, as on the minute fragments of information in the
Short English Chronicle, it is quite impossible to enlarge in a
Préfacé like this, and we must be content with having thus briefly
indicated the sort of material which this MS. contains.
Before finally taking leave of it, however, it may be interesting
to give here an extract from the earlier part of the volume relative
to an earthquake in the year 1488. On the back of folio 116 occurs
the following note :—
Anno Domini M°CCCC0lxxxmoviij°, in festo Sancti Thome Martiris erat terre
motus magnus per quartemium unius hore ante horam duodecimam in nocte, ex quo
plures audientes et sensientes erant exterriti ; qui duravit per spacium uniusa Ave
Maria.
The third source from which the contents of this volume are
derived is the MS. numbered 5 in the Arundel Collection in the
College of Arms. It is a great parchment folio still preserved in
the old wooden covers, and, as mentioned in the catalogue, “ on
the right hand one is a curious horn tablet, covering a piece of
parchment, with the titles of the contents written by the original
scribe/* Nothing seems to be known of the history of this volume
beyond the fact that it once belonged to Fox the Martyrologist and
afterwards became the property of Lord William Howard of
Naworth—a collector whose historical and religious views being
totally opposed to those of his predecessor, he has left a note in one
place accusing Fox, but it must be said most untruly, of interpolating
a passage in the text conceming the death of King John.
The contents are, first, what is called a Scala Mundi, or tabular
chronology of universal history, with dates extending down to the
year 1619, the events however being only filled in to the year 1469.
a The word dimidii here followed, but is erased.PREFACE.
XXI
Second, a double history of Popes and Emperors on opposite pages,
the former carried down as far as the year 1334, and the latter to
the period of the Guelph and Ghibelline factions. And third, a
Compilacio de Gestis Britonum et Anglorum,” continued to the
year 1471. It is the concludirig portion of this last work that alone
has any value for the historian, because there is no doubt that for
the reign of Edward IY. at least it is a strictly contemporary
record. As such it has been already cited by Mr. Halliwell
Phillipps, who quoted some extracts from it in his Appendix to
Warkworth’s Chronicle—the first work ever published by this
Society.a But the whole narrative for the reign of Edward IV. is
full of interest, and, as it is difficult to say at what point the work
begins to be an original composition, I hâve given a complété
transcript from the beginning of Henry VI.’s reign.
Whoever the compiler was, he certainly lived in the days of
Henry VI. and Edward IV. Yet for the most part, if not the
whole, of Henry VI.’s reign his narrative is of very little value.
So slender is his record of events that the first battle of St. Alban’s
is altogether omitted, though there is a rétrospective allusion to it
in connection with the pacification of 1457-8 (p. 168). The
disgrâce of Bishop Pecock in the same year is related with a good
deal of the usual theological bitterness (pp. 167-8). But there
is really nothing in this Chronicle that cannot be found elsewhere
before the year 1460, and little even in that year, though the
circumstances connected with the battle of Northampton and the
Duke of York’s claim to the crown are recorded somewhat more
fully than previous events. An abstract of the Duke of York’s
claim in parliament is quoted in English (p. 170), and it is clear
the writer has much sympathy both with him and with his son.
Just after Edward the Fourth was proclaimed King in London,
we find that his title was set forth in a sermon at Paul’s Cross by
a WarhwortKs Chronicle, pp. 39, 40, 43, 44, 45,46.xxu
PREFACE,
George Nevill, Bishop of Exeter, the Earl of Warwick’s brother.
When the sermon was finished, King Edward rode through the
streets to Westminster in a great procession of lords spiritual and
temporal, and sat down in the royal seat ( sedes regalis) in Westmin-
ster Hall, as if taking formai possession of the throne.a This intel-
ligence is very remarkable, and suggests at once the question how
far Richard III. intended to use the case as a precedent when Dr.
Shaw preached in behalf of his title from the same pulpit. That
Richard hoped to be made King (or make himself so) by acclama-
tion like his brother is the belief that has always been accepted ;
and it is remarkable that, though Dr. Shaw’s sermon was a failure,
and Richard took no steps that day to secure possession of the
throne, he actually did on the day of his accession, which was only
four days later, take his seat in the marble chair in Westminster
Hall, the sedes regalis mentioned by our chronicler.
This sedes regalis, or marble chair of royalty, was apparently the
King’s Bench, from which the court dérivés its name;b and it is
interesting to find, a little further on (p. 175), that it was not a
mere antiquated tradition in Edward the Fourth’s days that kings
might administer justice in person; for we are told that Edward
himself in 1462, sitting in the King’s Bench (in bancho suo regali)
at Westminster, heard a particular cause tried before him, his Chan-
cellor and Justices assisting him with their ad vice.
a Page 173.
b I had written this without referring to any otber work upon the subject, but I
find the same opinion put forward in a note in Smith’s Antiquities of Westminster,
p. 258; and it appears from a reference there to Bailey’s Antiquities of London
and Westminster, p. 240 (ed. 1734), that this marble chair was belieyed to be still
in existence at the beginning of the last century, though it was then hidden from
yiew, being built oyer by the two Courts of Chancery and the King’s Bench. Whafc
has become of it ? My friend Mr. Henry Brewer, who has always taken mucb
interest in the architectural history of Westminster Hall, believes that Bailey was
labouring under a mistake, and that the chair had been destroyed before his time.
See note B at the end of this Préfacé.PREFACE.
XXlll
Of the military and naval movements at the commencement of
Edward 1 V.’s reign this is perhaps the clearest contemporary account
that we possess; Worcester’s narrative, though rather more minute,
being defective in some places, and particularly in the year 1463,
where a leaf of the original MS. is lost.a From what we read in
the présent Chronicle that does not appear to hâve been a very
eventful year; but the tone of the writer’s comments upon it is
noteworthy. He takes note of the assembly and prorogation of
parliament, and observes that he is not aware that it had re-
dressed any evils or initiated any reforms during its seven weeks’
sitting. He makes no mention of what was apparently the only
business transacted—the vote of 37,000?. for the defence of the
kingdom.b But this was a matter that only affected the laity, and
evidently the writer was a churchman. The taxation of the laity
was a mere trifle to what was extorted at the same time from the
clergy, and* on this subject our author writes feelingly. The Con-
vocation of Canterbury granted the king the sum of one mark, or
thirteen shillings and four pence, on every ten marks clérical income ;
u at which,” he says, “ many were aggrieved and complained, both
because they were poor and because moneys so extorted from the
clergy rarely or never lead to any good resuit, but rather to the
confusion and disgrâce of those who use them. For after the feast
ofthe Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary King Edward mustered
a great army and prepared to subdue his adversaries by lànd and
sea. I know not, however, what good he did in that expédition.
And the Earl of Worcester with his ship and sailors, lurking as it
were by the shores and havens ofthe sea and consuming their pro-
visions, returned empty without doing anything. O unhappy resuit,
shame and confusion T*
The King^s necessities about the same time, or shortly afterwards,
a W. Wyr. 497.	b Rolls of Parliament, y. 497.XXIV
PREFACE.,
led him to enhance the value of the coinage and seize upon the
revenues of the two Colleges founded by his predecessor at Cam-
bridge and Eton, the latter of which he had some thought of sup-
pressing altogether by the aid of a papal bull. Happily he was
persuaded to abandon this intention ; but the endowments of both
Colleges were reduced and a large portion went to meet the King’s
requirements.a
It is évident that the cause of Henry VI. was at this time by no
means desperate, and might even hâve triumphed without the un-
expected aid which it afterwards received from the Earl of Warwick.
For the civil war was by no means so intermittent and spasmodic
an affair as the meagre contemporary notices might well lead us to
imagine. Through the early part of King Edward’s reign it was
quite continuous, and we now learn for the first time that in 1464
the Lancastrians obtained possession of the castles of Norham and
Skipton in Craven. The news took Edward by surprise while he
was feasting with his lords in London, and presently he proceeded
to the North to resist the enemy. But his going seemed to produce
very little resuit, and after a good deal of time had been wasted
Edward’s Chancellor, George Nevill Bishop of Exeter, the brother
of Warwick and Lord Montague, took his journey also to the North
for the relief of the latter lord, who had to sustain the brunt of the
conflict. But on the 2nd May, we are told, a décisive battle was
fought by Montague, in which the Lancastrian party were defeated,
the Duke of Somerset and others put to flight, and Sir Kalph Percy
slain.b
So the facts are related, but I am bound to state that the narrative
in this place does not seem quite so accurate as elsewhere. From
the dates of King Edward’s privy seals it appears that he remained
in or near London till the end of April. He was at the Tower on
a Page 177.	b Page 178.PREFACE.
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the 26th of that month, and this must hâve been about the time
when the news came of the capture of Norham and Skipton Castles.
On the 29th April we find him at St. Alban’s, and by the 2nd May
he had reached Northampton, so that by that date, when the
décisive battle above alluded to is said to hâve been fought, the
King certainly had not lost much time. He contrived to waste a
little, as we know quite well, the day before, when he secretly stole
away from Stony Stratford and got married to Elizabeth Woodville
at Grafton. But as he rejoined his company the same day, and no
one knew of the affair for some months after, it cannot be said that
even this was a great delay, so far. It was after the décisive battle
had been fought, and no doubt because it had been fought and won,
that Edward manifestly slackened speed on his progress northwards.
He stayed at Leicester from the 8th to the 13th May, was at
Nottingham on the 15th, had reached Pomfret by the 14th June,
and Doncaster by the 23rd, and seems to hâve advanced no further.
In July we find him again at Leicester, and in August we trace his
movements southwards by Stamford and Fotheringay to Woodstock,
which he reached on the 24th. The only material waste of time,
therefore, that we can detect on the King*s part, was after the
danger was practically at an end.
Again, the décisive battle in which Sir Ralph Percy was slain
was, it is well known, the battle of Hedgley Moor ; but it appears
by the concurrent evidence of Gregory’s Chronicle and the Rolls of
Parliament to hâve been fought, not on the 2nd May, but on St.
Mark’s Day, the 25th April,a so here seems to be another inaccuracy.
These however are exceptions. The account of the executions after
the battle of Hexham corresponds with that in Gregory’s Chronicle
(Coll, of a London Citizen, 224-6), and must hâve been derived from
a common source, but the Latin text seems to be the more accurate.
a Coll, of a Lond. Citizen, 224. Rolls of Pari. y. 511.
O AMD. SOC.
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PREFACE.
From the year 1464 to the close of this Chronicle in 1471 there
is comparatively little recorded that is not to be found elsewhere;
but the narrative, slender as it is, ougbt certainly not to be over-
looked by any one who proposes to study the history of the period
from original sources.
NOTES.
A.—See page xv.
At folio 203 of the Lambeth MS. 306, occur the two following
scraps, which seem worth préservation as curiosities :—
I.
Who so wyll be ware of purchassyng,
Consydre theese poyntes folowyng:—
1.	Fyrst se that the lande be cleere,
2.	And the tytle of the sellere,
3.	That it stonde in no dawngeer
Of no womans doweere,
4.	And whethir the lande be bonde or free,
5.	And the leese or releese of the feoffe,
6.	Se that the seller be of âge,
7.	And whethir it be in any morgage.
8.	Looke if ther of a tayle be fownde,
9.	And whethir it stonde in any statute bownde.
10.	Consydre what servyce longyth ther to
11.	And the quyte rent that there of owte shall goo.
12.	And yf thou may in any wyse,
Make thy chartyr on warantyse,
To thyn heyres and assygnes ail so.
Thy s shall a wyse purchasser doo;
And in tenne yere if ye wyse be.
Ye shall a geyne voure sylver see.PREFACE.
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IL
The longitude of men folowyng:—
Moyses, xiij fote & yiij ynches & di.
Cryste, vj fote & iij ynches.
Our Lady, vj fote & viij ynches.
Crystoferus, xvij fote & viij ynches.
Kyng Alysaunder, iiij fote & v ynches.
Colbronde, xvij fote & ij ynches & di.
Syr Gy, x fote iij ynches & di.
Seynt Thomas of Caunterbery, vij fote save a ynche.
Long Mores, a man of Yrelonde borne, and servaunt to Kyng
Edward the nij11', vj fote & x ynches & di.
B.—The Marhle Chair ; see page xxii.
I am favoured with the following observations by Mr. Henry
Brewer :—
In Smith’s Westminster, p. 258, is inserted a letter from one John
Cranch quoting the following passage from Bailey (the passage which, I
suppose, you refer to in your letter to me) :
“ At the upper end of Westminster Hall is a marble * stone 9 (sic)
[perhaps table or bench], of nineteen feet in length and three feet in
breadth, and a marble chair, where the Kings of England formerly sat at
their coronation dinners: and at other solemn times the Lord Chancellors,
but now not to be seen, being built over by the Courts of King's Bench
and Chancery ” (p. 240).	“ It is to be wished that when the purposed
alterations of these places shall commence, every lover of our monarchical
antiquities will interest himself in the préservation of these venerable
relies, since the same barbarous insensibility that buried them alive will
scruple as little to profane or destroy them when disclosed.
“ John Cranch.”
Appended to this letter is the following most valuable note :
“ When this communication was delivered in writing by Mr. Smith to
Mr. Groves, Clerk of the Works of the Old Palace of Westminster, thatXXV111
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gentleman gave immédiate orders for an investigation of the fact. But it
appears that the search was made close to the Southern wall, and that he
was completely disappointed. It is highly probable that the chair and table
[he has here, I fancy, fallen into the mistake of confusing the architectural
expression a ‘ basement tablewhich really means a stone bench attached
to a wall, with the ordinary idea of a table ! ] were placed at a distance
from the wall..........so that had the examination taken place at about
15 feet from the wall these relies might hâve been discovered. Is not
the title of Court of( King's Bench9 derived from this identical marble
bench? because it is well known that our early kings sat in parliament in
Westminster Hall.”
This is very interesting, but to my mind it proves most distinctly that
the throne and bench had been destroyed before Mr. Groves made his
search. I think that the two facts taken together—1. That this feature
is sometimes called a “ bench,” and sometimes a “ table,” and 2ndly, that
we always find these thrones and benches in combination attached to the
wall—go a very long way to prove that “ the marble seat and bench in
Westminster Hall were attached to the south wall of the building.” That
they must hâve been destroyed before Mr. Groves made his search is, I
think, certain, because had they existed they must hâve been discovered
when the interior of the hall was restored by Sir Robert Smirke for
George the Fourth’s coronation; but Brayley, who relates most exactly
the discoveries in St. Stephen’s Chapel, says nothing whatever about
them, and I hâve no doubt, myself, that they were destroyed in 1680,
when a doorway was eut through the south end of the Hall ; in fact, if, as
I suppose, the throne was attached to the wall, this doorway would hâve
exactly occupied its place.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE,
From Lambeth MS. 306.
Cronycullys of Englonde.
In the noble londe of Surryea was some tyme a greate kynge and
a myghty that was named Dioclesyan, and he was the moste
worthiest kynge than levinge on erthe, as the story seythe. And
thîs brevelye to procédé, he hade by dy verse wiffes xxxiijti doughteres,
the whiche were geven in to maryage to xxxiijü kynges of dy verse
contres. And ali the kynges were nnder Dioclesyan, and obedient
unto hym. And after it be fell so that thés wiffes wexen so proude
and sterne toward ther husbondes by one assent compleyned upon
hem to Dioclesyan the grete kynge ; and so ther fader were gretly
amevid of ther governaunce ; and so he gave his daughtres a grete
rebuke in presens of ail her husbondes. And so the nexte nyght
folowynge for male talent and greate ire that they were so foule
blamed of ther fader through grete complaynte of ther husbondes,
they toke their counselle togeder, and thought to be avenged.
And so the nexte nyght by one assent thei eut her husbondis
throtes, and violens^y they were slayne aile. And tho were ail
the xxxiijü false women that were quenes of diverse londis exiled
oute of ail the londe of Surrye, and put into a shippe withouten
helpe of any man. And toke hem vitaile for halfe a yere or more,
and be toke hem to Malionde and Appolyne to kepe. And so thei
were in the see longe and mony a daye. Till at the last thei were
drevyn in to this londe, that tho was ail disserte and wildernesse
and full of wilde bestis. And than they corne alande wher they
fonde no créature ]?erin. Tho saide Albyne, the eldest sister, I se
a Syria.
B
CAMI). SOC.2
A SHORT ENGLÎSH CHRONICLE.
Brute was a Trojane.
Locryne.
well by reyson that we ben the fyrst créatures that ever came here;
wherefor I will hâve this lond called after my name, Albyon londe.
Tho levid they here in this londe as bestis by erbis and rôtis, and
ete rawe flesshe and dranke wilde bestis blode, and so they wex
coragious and ranke, and desired gretely the feleshippe of men.
And tho came sprytes of the ayre and wonderly delid with hem,
and so they brought forthe giantes as the story reherseth, as Gogge,
Ma gogge and other; and so levid forthe the geauntes un till the
cominge of Brute.
Fro the begynnynge of the worlde unto the distruccion of the
grete cyte ofa Troye was iiij iviHiij** and iiij yere. That is for to
sey, afor the Carnacion of Crist M^xv yere. [Fro Y begynnynge
of the worlde unto the destruccion of the grete cite of Troye was
Mhiij** and iiij yere.]b And fro that tyme in to the comynge of
Brute fyrst into this londe was lxxiiij yere. And that was by for
the Incarnacion Mhdj yere, &c.
The fyrst kynge that ever was in this londe was Brutus, the
whiche was corne of the gentill blode of Troye, as the storye telleth.
And he began first London, and named hit at that tyme Newe
Troye, because he was com of the lynage of the Troye. And also
he lette call this lande Brutayne after his name, and the people that
he brought with hym he named Brutones, and he yave his men
grete yeftis, and gaffe hem londe to lyve upon, and they bilded
howses and bilded many townes through helpe of ther kynge Brute.
And when Brute had regned xxv yere tha%he dyed, and lieth
at Newe Troye that nowe is called London. And ther he was
worthely entered, and he was xxxti yere of âge or he was crowned
kynge of Brutayne. The some of his âge or he dyed was lv yere,
and that was be for the Incarnacion of Criste Mlxvj yere.
Afftyr kynge Brutus regned his sonne Locryne, a gode knyght
and a myghty, and he regned but vj yere.
a the grete cyte of. These words are interlined by a second hand, by which most
of the side-notes hâve been supplied.
b Erased in the MS.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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Aftir kynge Locryne regned his wiffe Guendolyn, the whiche Gnendolyne.
that hade a sonne that hight Madahan, J?at was kynge Locrynes* Madahan.
sonne. And the quene kepte him in hir governaunce till that he
was xxtl wynter olde. And than he was made kynge, and so
the quene regned xvj yere after Locryn dyed. And so regned
Madahan, that was Locrynes sonne, xxxij yere, and lythe at Newe
Troye.
After him regned his sonne Memprice xxviij yere.	Mempryce.
After hym regned his sonne Eboranke,af the which was a gode Eborank.a
knyght and a myghty, for he conquered ail the londe of Fraunce,
and gâte grete umbre of gode. That whane he corne home a yene
he lete make a fayre cite and lete called after his name Eborawyke,a
that nowe men clepeth Yorke. And he hade by dyverse women
xxtl sonnes and xxiij11 doughtres; and his sonnes were grete lordys,
and conqured many contres. And this kynge Eborankea regned lxj
yere; he dyed and lieth at Yorke.
After hym regned his sonne Brute Greneshyld, the whiche was a Brute Grenesh[yld |.
gode knyght and a worthy, and whan that he had regned xxxij
yere he died, and lithe at Yorke. After regned his sonne Lyell; Lyell.
he made the towne of Carlyll, he regned the full of xxiij yere, and
lyeth at Karleyll ; and that time regned Kynge Salamonde in Jeru-
salem. After that regned Lud Ludebras, Lyell is sonne, ix yere. Eud Eudibras.
After hym regned Bladud, his sonne, the whiche was a grete negre- Bladud.
mancer, and he made the hôte bathe be his sotill crafte of nigro-
mancye; he regned xxij yere.
After him regned Kynge Leyre, a gode kynge and a worthie, Eeyre.
and he made the towne of Leyseter ; he regned xliiij yere.
Than regned Cordell, that was Leyres doughter, pe whiche was Cordel.
Quene of Fraunce ; she regned v yere.
After that regned Cordell sonne, that right Morgane and his Morgan,
brother Conadage ; thei departed the londe be twene hem, and
regned bothe to geder in pese xij yere. And after that fell a dis-
a In the naines Eborank and Eborawyke, the “ o ” is inserted between b and r by
the second hand, both in the text and in the margin.4
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Reynolde.
Gorbodyan.
Doneband.
The fyrst kyng that
ever ware crowne of
golde in Englonde.
Beleyne.
Oornebatrus.
Gwentolyne.
Kynnore.
Owayne.
Morwyth.
Seysell.
Grandobodyan.
Arthogayle.
taunce, and Conadage slough Morgan. And after that Conadage
regned in rest and pece full xxx yere.
After hym regned his sonne Regnolde, a gode knyght and an
hardye, and in his tyme hit reyned blode durynge iij dayes ; and
he regnid xxij yere, and lithe at Yorke.
After hym regned Corbodian in rest and pese xvij yere. Than
stode this londe dissolate withowten kynge xvj yere. Than was
ther an erle in Gornewale that hight Gloton; and he hade a sonne
that heght Doneband, and he was right eyre of this lande. And he
was the fyrst kynge ]?at ever wered crowne of golde in this londe;
and he hade ij sonnes, Beleyn and Bren ; he regned durynge xlj yere.
Aftir hym regned Kynge Beleyn, and he made Beleynges gâte, with a
castell and a fayre towre, upon Temmesside ; he was a noble knyght,
for he conquerd Komayn and Lombardye ; and whan he had regned
xij yere he dyed, and lieth at Newe Troye.
After hym regned his sonne Oornebatrus, a gode kny3t and a
worthye ; and he regned xxvj yere, and lieth at Newe Troye.
Aftyr hym regned his sonne Gwentholyn xxvj yere.
After him regned his sonne that heght Kynnore,a and he regned
xix yere.
After hym regned his sonne Howayne ]>e fers xj yere.
After him regned his sonne Morwyth ]?e wekkyd ix yere.
After hym regned his sonne Seysell xvj yere.
After him regned his sonne Grandobodian, and he made the
toure of Grantam and Cambryge ; and he had iiij sonnes, Artogayll,
Hesydere, Hygamus, and Petiture, and whan Grandobodyan had
regnyd xij yere he dyed, and lithe at Newe Troye.
After him regned his eldeste sonne Arthogayle v yere, and for his
wekidnes the Bretons pute him downe and made his brother
Hesydere kynge, and he regned v yere ; and than Artogale put
downe Hesydere, and so he regned a yene vj yere, and than he died,
and lieth at Grantham.
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After that Higamus and Petiture departed the londe by twene Higamus and Petytur
hem both, and so they regnyd togeder vij yere; tho dyed Higamus,	thcm6 l0ntl
and a none after died Petiture at the vij yere ende.
And after that the Bretons crownyde Hesydere kynge a yene, Hesydere.
and tho he regned here in pees xvij yere, and lieth at Newe Troye.
Some of the régné of thés xxiiij kynges vjc and ix yere.
After that regned xxxiij kynges in rest and pese everyche after
other, as the story telleth, and how long tyme they regned.
Fyrst regned Grandabodian Bouse xiij yere and a halfe; item,
Morgan regned vij yere; item, Eyghanas regned vj yere; item,
Edwalyn regned viij yere; item, Bohngo Regina xj yere and di.;
item. Voghem regned xiij yere ; item, Katyll regned xv yere; item,
Porrex regnid vj yere; item, Cheryne regnid xvij yere; item, Coysell
regnide xij yere; item, Surgeus regned xiij yere; item, Andragie
regnid xviij yere; item, Uryan regnid vj yere; item, Elyaud regnid
vij yere; item, Eldaux regnid v yere; item, Cornegund regnid vij
yere ; item, Caphe regnid ij yere and di. ; item, Morthan regnid vj
yere; item, Bladagh regnid vj yere; item, Geen regnid vj yere; item,
Seysell blod regnid xxj yere; item, Grabreth regned xxij yere; item,
Archynall regnid xiiij yere; item, Errok regnid xxx yere; item,
Rodyngum regnid xxxj yere; item, Hertyer regnid vj yere; item,
Hamprey regnid vj yere; item, Carpoire regned vj yere; item,
Dyngneyld regnid vij yere; item, Ragan regned xxij yere; item,
Samoell regnid xxiiij yere; item, Rede regned vj yere ; item, Kynge
Elye reind but halfe a yere. Summa of the regnie of xxxiij kynges, Hely.
ccclxxix yere. And this was a for the Incarnacion of Crist.
Fro the begynnyng of the worlde un to the régné of Kynge Lud.
Lud vivPcxlvij, &c.
After the dethe of Kynge Ely regnid his sone Lud the whiche
turned the naine of newe Troye to London, and he lete make a
fayre gâte and called hit Ludgate after his name ; he regned in pees
xj yere and lithe in Ludgate.
After him regnid his brother Cassibalaun, and in his tyme came Cassibalaun.
Julyus César into the londe and werred upon him longe tyme Julius César6
A SHORT ENGLI8H CHRONICLE.
Anddroughcnne.
Kymbetyne.
Tempore hujus natns
est Crisîus.
Gynder.
Armyger.
Hic passus est
Christus.
Westmere.
Coyle.
Goran.
Lucye.
durynge vj yere, and af'ter they were accorded. And Julyus César
made the towre of London.
After that regnid Cassibalaun in pees xvij yere. After him
regned his brothers sonne Anddroughenne, whiche was Erle of
Cornewayle viij yere, and lieth at London.
After him regnid his sonne Kynge Kymbelyne, the whiche was
a gode man and right wele belovyde of the comon people, and in
the vj yere of his régné was our lord Jhesu Crist borne of the
Virgyn Marye. And lie regnid after that xvj yere, and he had
ij sonnes Gynder and Armyger, and whan he had regned full xxvj
yere than he dyed, and lithe at London, &c.
After hym regnid his sonne Gyndere, a gode man and a trewe
to aile the comone people, and his tyme came the Emperour
Glaudius in to this londe and made greate werre for a trewage
the whiche he chalanged of this londe. And the forsaide Kynge
Gynder was slayne in his place by tresoun of Hamond, the Emperour
styward ; he regned xij yere.
After hym regned Armynger, Gyngere broker, and he made his
pese with Glaudyus, and he made the towne of Glowseter. And
after that Glaudyus went to Eome ayene. And then regned
Armyger in rest and pese ail h:s lyfe tyme; and in the vj yere of
his régné, as the story telleth, our lorde Jhesu Crist suffred dethe
for redempcioun of mânes soûle; and whan he hade regned xxvj
yere he dyed at London.
After hym regnid his sonne Westmere, a gode knyght and an
hardy, and bilded in the northe partye of Brettayne, and called ail
that contre after his name, Westmerland; and he regned xxvij
yere, and lith at Karlhill. After hym regnid his sonne Coyle, a
gode man and welbelovyd a monge ail the people of Bretayne, and
well governed the londe in pese, and he regnid xxj yere. After
hym regned Goran the grete, in trouble and debate with his people
durynge xxij yere.
After hym regned his sonne Lucye, that was a gode kynge
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and lie sent to Kome to Pope Eleuthie and deslred to be a Cristen- Anno Domini
man; and so the pope was ioyfull tberof and sentt heder iî leggates cC13xr11P . .
thathighte Pagan and Olybane for to baptice Kynge Lucye and his simus Re[xj Angüæ,
peple, and so be was tbe first cristen kynge J?at ever was in this nomine Lucmm-a
londe. And fro Brute unto Lucye is M^lxv yere. Tho was
Kynge Lucye crowned and regned kynge xxiij yére or he was
cristened aftyr that he regned liiij yere. Summa of his régné lxxvij
yere; tlian he dyed and lithe enterred att London.
The yere of oure Lorde Jhesu Crist ccj, A0----------
After the dethe of Lucye this londe stode dissolate with outen
kynge and governour in grete werre amonges hem selfe for defaute
of a kynge and governour durynge lxij yere.
The yere of our Lord cclxiij.
And that tyme were the Eomayns governers of this londe, and
they chase amonge hem a kynge ]?at hight Asclepades, the whiclie
regned in grete trouble vj yere.
After him regned Coyll, the whiclie made the towne of Colchester Coyl.
and the castell of Dover. And in his tyme corne a noble prince
from Eome that hight Constance, and he chalanged the trewage
that the kynge oughte to pay to Rome. And Kynge Coyll grawnte
him for to paye ail that he ought to done of right. And so they
were acorded that this noble prince spowsed Kynge Coyll is Seynt Elyn.
doughter that high Elyn, the whiche was right eyre to the londe,
and she was a gode holy woman and a grete clerke. And whan
Kynge Coyle had regned xiiij yere he dyed, and lieth at Colchester.
After him regned Constaunce of Eome, for he had spoused Eleyn Constaunce.
that was Coylls doughter, and by hir he had a son that hight Con-
stantyne that was Seint Eleyns sonne, and this gode Kynge Con-
stance regned xv yere and lieth at Yorke.
a Lucium. So in MS. This marginal note is mutilated, the edge of the paper
having been eut by the binder, so that it is uncertain what the date assigned to
the conversion of Lucius was. But it was most probably 163 (clxiii), the L being
now lost.8
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Constantyne.
Martirizasio Sancte
Katcrinc.
Octavian.
Maxymyan.
Ursula, a Erles
don[ghter] of Corn-
wale.
Gawlian.
Martirizacio Sancti
Albani.
After that regnid his sonne Constantynea that was Seint Elyns
sonne, and in the ij yere of his régné corne tidingis to the kynge
that a wode tyrawnte Maxence was corne to Rome for to distroye
the cite, and he distroyed ail the Cristen folke that he myght corne
by ; and that same tyme was Seint Kateryne martered, the yere of our
Lorde CCCx. And when Costantyne herde tell ther of, he gedered
a grete nombre of peple, and toke his moder with him, and wente to
Rome, and gâte the cite, and slowe the Sarsynes, and distroyed ail
that were in mys beleve, and after he was Emperour of Rome and
kynge of the londe. Tho was Octavyan, Erle of Cornwayle, warden
of the londe and keper under the emperour and kynge, and the x
yere of his régné he died at Rome the yere of our Lorde cccxvij6.
After that was Octavyan, wardeyn of this londe, crownyd kynge,
and he regned durynge xvij yere.
After him regnid Maximean, that was Costantinges cosyne, and
he wedded Octavians doughter; andhe went over the see in to the
londe of Moryconb and conquerd the londe and called hit Litell
Brettayn; and tho he made Canon Meredok kyng of that londe.
And aftir this was done Maximian went to Rome and was made
emperour the xj yere of his régné. And the same yere Seint Ursula,
the Erles doughter of Cornwale, was sent over the see with xj m1
maydenes in to Lytell Bretayne, and tho J?ei wTere drevyn with
tempest in to Holonde; and ther was a Saresyn kynge of that londe
that hight Gawhan, and he brought ail the forsaide maydenes to
Coleyne, and ther they were martered the yere of our Lord cccxlvj.
A none after came Gawhan into this londe and warred upon Cristen
peple many a yere ; and the lordis of this londe were at grete de bâte
witliin hem selfe, and perfore were the Saresynes myche the more
the bolder, and at that tyme was no kynge ne governor in this
londe, wher for the Brutis made grete mone and sorowe. And at
that tyme was Seint Albone marterd, the yere of our Lorde
a Over the name “ Constantyne ” in the text is written by the annotator
“Emperowre.”	b Armorica.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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ccclxxviij. Tho sent the Bretones to Borne for socoure and lielpe
for to dryve oute the Sarsynes of this londe and to save the Cristen
people. After that came a worthi prince from Rome that was
called Grayne, and brought with him xxiiij thousande of fyghting Gravne.
men, and came in to this londe, and chasid oute the Sarsynes, and
Gowhan fled home into his owne contre. And this trouble duredin
this londe xlj yere. And than Gracyan was crownyd kynge of this Gracyan.
londe. After he wax so stoute and stere a yens the Bretens that thei
lovid him nought, and the thred yere of his regine he was slayne,
the yere of our Lorde lxxxxe.
After that came Gouhan ayene in to this londe and werred and Gouhan.
distroyed the Cristen peple ail that ever he myght durynge vij
yere.
Than came a worthi knyght oute of Litell Bretayne that hight
Constantyne, the which was the kynges cosyne, and he came with
a grete oste and yave the Sarseyns a batayle, and ther was the
tirawnte slayne and ail the Saresynes discomfited.
And tho came Costantyne, of London, and ther he was crowned
kynge of Grawnte Brettayne, and after he regnid well and worthely
xxvj ye., the yere of our Lord CCCCxxiije yere. And he hade iij
sonnes; the eldest heght Custance, and he was made a monke at Constance, Aurilam
Wynchester by his faders leve. And Aurylambos and Uter were but	^
yonge children when her fader dyed, and none of them bothe were
not of âge to ber the crowne, for ther was so grete wer and stryffe
in this londe. Tho was Urtager, Erle of Esex, he consayled
Counstance that was a monke for to forsake his abitt and to ber the
crowne, and Urtager to be governour of the londe, so under that
forme he myght be made kynge, for Constaunce was innocent and
cowthe no skyll of wer. And so Constaunce was crowned kynge, Constance,
and he made Urtager his governour of his londe, and whan he had
regned iij yere he was slayne. Anone after that was Urtager made Urtager.
kynge, and the Bishop of London, hight Coslyn, and he, sent the ij
brethren Aurylambros and Uter into Litell Brettayne to norysshe
and fede till they came of âge. Sone after came Engest of Saxonye, Engest Rex Cancie.
CAMD. SOC.	C10
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Terra divisa in octo
régna.
Merlion tune erat
xiiij annorum.
Aurilambos.
[U]ter Pendragon.
of the londe of Germayn, with a grete noumbre of people wbiclie
were fayre folke, but tbey were not cristned; and at the last they
encresid so faste in this londe that they over corne the Bretones, for
they slewe in one daye with treyson xxxmhlxij of gode knightes
and chevaleres of the best that were in this londe. And tho Engest
seysed ail this londe in to his honde and hade Urtager in prison;
and than lie changed the name of this londe of Brettayne in to
Englonde and called the peple Englishe men, and the peple of the
londe that were Bretones fled into Wales andinto Cornwayle. And
Engest devided this londe in viij parties, ande made him sylfe kynge
of Kente and lord of londe; and at that tyme was Merlyon xiiij
yere of âge. And this werre duryd in this londe xxij yere, the yer of
of our Lorde CCCCxlviij. And wlian Engest had departid the
londe aftir his owne device in viij kyngdomes, that is to sey, Kent,a
Esex, Mydangle, Westsex, Estangle, Morchelond, Derham, and
Ebrusam that nowe is called Yorkeshire. And this Engest was
kynge aboven hem ail, and he regened xij yere.
Tho came Aurylambos and Uter his brother oute of Litell
Brettayne with a grete noumbre of peple, and ail the Brettones that
were in Cornwayle and in o|?er parties of this londe that durst not
be seyne for drede of Engest, they came to Aurylambros and his
broÿere to helpe hem dryve oute the Saxons. Fyrst he went in
to Walis, and there he slowe Urtager, and after Engest and his
peple were overe corne and discomfid ail the paynymes. And the
Saresynes sawe the people ]?at were converted to God; and than
Aurylambros had regnid viij yere ; and he was enpoysoned with a
drynke and died slepynge, the yere of our Lord cccclxviij.
After him regned his brother Uter Pendragon, J?e whiche was a
gode knyght and a worthi; and he weddid a faire lady the whiche
was called Ingrene, that was the Erlys wife of Cornewayle, and she
came of the lynage of Cornebyus of Troye; and at that tyme was a
grete abbicion for the londis name. Some did call hit Brettayne,
and some called hit Engelonde; and for the love that Uter had to
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his wyfe, and for the gentill blode that she came of, he named this
londe after hir name Ingerne, Englond ; and upon hir he gâte the
doughty Kynge Arthure. And whan Uter hade regned wele
worthely xlvij yere, the yere of our Lorde vCxvje.
After that regned the gode Kynge Arthur, the worthy con- Arthure
querour that conquered many a région. Fyrst he began at Irlande,
Skotlond, Norwey and Denmarke, Fraunce, Burgoyne, Gascoyne,
Gyan, Lombardy, and Almayne, and Romayne; and after he came
home ayene into Englonde and regned well and worthely xxvj yere,
the yere of our Lorde vcxlije; but where he is beryed the story
make no mencion.
After the dethe of* Brute unto the régné of Kynge Arthur regnid
in Englande diverse kynges, that is for to sey an c, of the whiclie
was xvj Cristen.
After Arthur regned Constantyne, Erle of Cornwayle, in peese Constantync.
viij yere ; and after fell grete stryfe a monge the lordes of the londe,
that every lord werred upon o]?er in dyverse partyes of Englond
duryng vj yere, the yere of our Lorde vclvj6.
Aftir him regned Kyng Cordyff, and in his tyme fell so grete wer Cordyff.
and stryfe with in this londe sylffe thatt this londe was ail moste
loste throwe werre, &c. And than came the Saxsones in to this londe
that called hem selfe Englisshemen for the name of the name of the
Engest, for to conquer the londe, and werred sore upon the Bretons
and drove hem oute of this londe in to Walis and Cornwayle, and some
in to Litell Brettayne ; and ]>at tyme fell the grete myschefe in this
londe, that Cristendome was distroyed through the Saxsones that
were paynymes and hethen folke, for they keste downe houses and
chirclies of religeoun, and quelled ail the. Cristen folke that they
rnyght corne by; and whan the Saxsones had conquered the londe
of the Bretones tho they departed the lond a monge hem like as it
was in Egestes tyme; and this grete trowble and sorowe dured in
this londe xiij yere, the yere of our Lord vclxx.
And at that tyme regned Athelbryght, Kynge of Kent, and he Athylbryght, Kyu
was a gode rnan and loved well rest and pece; and he had a cosyne Kent*12
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Eundacio ecclesie
Sancti Pauli, A° Do1
598.
Sygebert, Kyng of
Westsex.
Edwyne, Kynge of
K orthehumberlond.
Oswalde, Kyng [of]
Northehumberlond.
Oswyne.
Cadwalader-
that was called Sygeberde,a that was Kynge of Westsex, and a no]?er
cosyne, that hight Elfride, the whiehe was Kynge of Northe-
homberlond; and thés thre kynges loved wele peese; mo other
kynges ther were, but they were no]?inge of theire condicion;
and Athilbryght was chefe kynge a bouen hem ail. And in the
xxv yere of his régné Seint Augustyne came in to Engelonde for to
cristen the Englisshe men that were corne of the Saxones. And
therfor Seint Austyne is called postill of Englond, for he brought
fyrst Cristendome to Englisshe folke. But the Bretons that were
dwellinge in this londe were Cristen peple many yeres afore. And
whan Athilbright was cristen and ail his people, sone after he lete
make in the honour of God and Seynte Poule the churche of Poules
at London*
Anno of our Lorde vc.iiijxxxviij was the fondacion of the chirche
of Poules by Altherbryght. And when this gode Kynge Alther-
bryght had regnyd after that he was cristened xxj yere, and so he
regnyd in ail xlvj yere, and than dyed, the yere of our Lord
vjc.xvj. And in Athilbryghtes tyme Sygeberta was Kyng of
Westsex, and he was founder of Westminstre, anno of our Lorde
vjc.xv.
After that regned Kynge Edwyne of Northehomberlond above
ail the kynges of Engelond, and he regnid xj yere, the yere of our
Lorde vjc.xxvije.
After him regened Seint Oswalde, Kynge of Northehomberlonde,
and he regned above ail the kynges of Engelond ; and in the ix yere
of his régné he was martred, the yere of oure Lord vjc.xxxvj6.
Aftir hym regned Oswyne, his brother, Kynge of Northehumber-
londe, and whan he hade regned xviij yere he dyed, and lythe at
Tynmothe, the yere of our Lorde vjc.liiije.
After hym regnid Cadwaladere of Leyceter for chefe Kynge of
Englonde, and he was a Breton; and when he hade regned xij yere
ther fell grete stryfe in this londe be twene the Bretones and the
R The “ge ” in this name, in both these places, alike in the text and in the margin,
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Englisshemen, that every kynge werred upon o]?er. And the same
tyme fell so grete derthe of skarssyte that men myght ne)?er gete
mete nor drynke to by for no money, for almaner cornes and frutes
fayled ; and ail maner of bestis, botlie wilde and tame, both foules
and fysshes, dyed in ail maner partes of Engelonde, that men myght
no vitayle gett, so grete skarssete ther was ; and at that tyme fell
the grete mortalité of pestilence, that peple dyed sodeynly goynge
in the stretes, with gronyng, fuesynge, and coughynge, slepynge
and wakynge, and in ail maner weyes peple dyed. Than Kyng
Cadwaladre, seynge this grete vengeaunce, he toke a serteyne meyne
with him and went him to shippe and forsoke his owne kyngdome,
and went in to Lytell Brettayne to his cosyne, Kynge Aleyne, Alanus Rex.
and after went to Rome and j?ere dyed, the yere of our Lorde
vjc.lxxvj.
After that Cadwaladre had forsake his owne londe and was in
Litell Brettayne, came the noble Quene Sexburga, with a grete Sexburga.
nombre of people oute of Saxony, and they toke up ail the londe
of Northehomberlande to West Walis; and at that tyme were many
kyngis in this londe in dyverse parties, and thei werred everyche
upon other, and the strengest parti be nome the feblest partyes
londes ; and so this wer endured many yerys be twene the Bretons
and the Englissh. And so, at the laste, Kynge Offa regnid as for Offa.
cheffe Kynge of Englonde ; and he lete make the Abbaye of Seint [Ki]ng Offa founder
*	J 1	-A	••	c	T J ••	of Seynt [Al]bons.
Albonys, and he	regnid	xxvij	yere, the yere oi	our Lord vijc
and iije.
After him regned his broker sonne, Kynge Alffryde, a gode man Alfryde.
and a welbelovyd of ail his people, and he regnid xxvj yere.
After him regnid Kynge Osbryght of Northhomberlond, the Osbryght.
whiche was slayne in playne bataile ; he regned xxvj yere.
After him regnid Kynge Godeyne of Denmarke, and he made Godeyne.
werr in this londe durynge many y ers, and he regnid xxvij yere.
After him regnid Kynge Albryght of Laycester, the whiche was Albryght.
a gode man and a trewe, and loved well peese, and in the viij yere
of his régné he was martred, and lith at Hertforde.14
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Elle.
Kenelme.
Danys cam yn to
Englonde.
Edmonde Kyng [of]
Estai]gle that n[ow]
is callyd Northfolfk]
and Southfolke.
Alurede was th[e]
fyrst anoynted Kyng
of Englond, and he
was anoynt[ed] at
Rome by Pope Léo
the iiijth and h[e]
was Kyng of Southe-
sex.
Edward us [j] ante
Conque [stum].
After him regnid Kynge Elle of Northeliomberlonde, in grete
weire and stryffe, durynge xxx yere.
Aftir hym regned Kynge Kenelme, a gode man and an holy,
and loved well God and Holy Chirche, and in the ve yere of his
régné he was martred, and lithe at Wynchecombe, the yere of our
Lord viijc.xxv yere.
Anone after came Danys in to Engelonde for to conquer the londe,
and made grete werr, and distroyed Cristen peple, and gâte ail the
contrey off Northeliomberlonde and Estangle. This wer duryd in
this londe xxx yere by the kynge him selffe and his successores, the
yere of our Lorde viijc.lv.
After him regned Edmond, Kynge of Northefolke, and of ail the
contre of Southefolke ; and tho came the Danys off Northehomber-
londe and werred upon Englissh men many yeris. After that Hubla
and Hungar, that were princes of the Danes, came to Bury, and
ther the gode Kynge Edmonde was take, and they bounde him to
a tre and shotte him with brode arowes, and after smote of his hede;
and so was Seint Edmond, the gode kynge, martred, the xv yere of
his régné, the yere of our Lord viijc.lxxje. After that regned
Kynge Aluerde of Southesex, and he werred upon the Danys, and
at the last discomfied them and toke the kynge prisoner, and
brought him to London; and than he besought the kynge of grâce,
and seyde he wolde become Cristen for his love, and never to make
were a yenes him ; and ther Kynge Alurede brought him to West-
minster, and ther he was baptysed and called Athelstone. And than
were ail the Danys cristened that were in Engelonde ; and for grete
joye that Kynge Alured had for the Danys were converted to God
he lete make a grete feste and after levid in pees; and Kynge Adel-
ston went home in to Denmarke ayen. And whan Kynge Alurede
had regned al most xxx yere he dyed, and lieth worthely enterred
at Winchester, the yere of our Lord ixc primo. After him regnid
his sonne that was called the first Edward ; he was a gode man and
a trewe, and lovyd well pees. And whan he had regned xxiiij yere
he dyed, and lithe at London. And the seyde Kynge Edwarde hadeA SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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iiij sonnes, Athelston, Edmond, Eldred, and Edwyn. And that
tyme regned the gode knyght Gy of Warwyke, &c.
After Edwarde regned his eldest sonne Athelstone. And in his Adelstonc.
tyme was Seint Donstone borne ; he regned xvj yere, and lieth at
Malmesburye. a Aftyr hym reyned hys brotlier Edmonde, and he Edmonde.
reyned vj yere, and lyeth at Glastynbery.
After him renge his broker Eddrede; he regned ix yere, and lythe Eddrede.
at Wynchestre.
After him regned his broker Edwyn, crowned at Kyngeston; Edwync.
and whan he hade regned iiij yere he died, and lieth at Wynchester,
the yere of our Lorde ixc.lxj.
After Edwyne regnid his sonne Edgare, and crowned at Kynge- Edgare.
ston, the wheche was a gode kynge and a wortlii; and in his tyme
regned the doughti knyght Beves of Hampton. And whan this
gode kyng had regned xvj yere he dyed, and lieth at Glastonburve.
After Edgar regnid his sonne Edward the Secounde, a gode Edwardus ijus ante
kynge and an lioly ; and in the iiij yere of his régné his step isteexafZrtiratus
moder lete him be marterd, and lieth at Shaftisberye, the yere of Çsie).
our Lord ixc.iiijxx primo.
After hym regned his broker Etheldrede, crowned at Kyngeston, Etheldrede.
and he had a sonne that hight Edmonde Irenside. And in his
tyme corne Kynge Sweyne of Denmarke in to J?e londe for to
conquer this londe. And Kynge Etheldred fied into Normandye,
and ther he wedded the Dukes doughter, and begate on hir ij
sonnes, Alured and Edwarde, and after came a yene in to Engelonde This Edward is the
with his iij sonnes and conquered the lond a yene of the Danes, ç^nfeasourand
and afterward levid in pees; and so he regned al most xxxv yere,
and lith at London at Poules.
Aftir him regned his sonne Edmond Irensyde, the therd Edmond Edmond Irensyde,
of Engelonde, and he regned after his fader ail moste ij yere. And ^g^mundus
after that he was slayne, sone after that his fader was dede, through
a false Dane that hight Edryght of Stratton; and than he was
beryed at Glastonburye, the yere of our Lorde Mhtvij6.
a This sentence is added in bv the hand of the marginal annotator.16
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Knotte Edmond
Irensydes sones.
Sanctus Edwardus et
Confessor fuit primus
unctus rex in
Ang[lia], et fuit iijus
rex Edwardus ante
Oonquestum. Tamen
Rex Alver[edus]
fuit unctus ante h[ac]
per papam Leonem
iiijum in Roma.
Rex Haraldus.
After hym regned Kynge Knotte, the whiche was a Dane, and
he sent over the see to Denmarke |?e twoo brothers Edward and
Edwyne, the whiche were right eyres of Engelonde ther to be
distroyed. And Edward went him in to Hungerye, and ther he
wredded the kynges doughter ; and for he was exiled oute of
Englonde, he was called Edward the Outelawe. And whan that
Kynge Knought had regned xix yere he dyed, and lithe at Wyn-
chester.
The yere of our Lorde M1 quatragesimo secundo tune erat a
Nativitate Jesu Christi usque ad regnum Sancti Edwardi regis et
confessoris.
Fluxerunt divisuma in Anglia centum et septagintaa quinque
reges, de quibus Oswynus, Oswaldus, Ethelbristes,a Kenelmus,
Edmundus, Edwardus, martinizati;a Constans, Edwaldus, Sebertus,
Wynfridus, Etheldredus, Edbertus, Olfa anda Kynredus in monacha-
tum sepulti, anno ivfxl.
After the dethe of Kynge Knoght the Englisslie men wolde not
suffre the Danes no more to régné in Engelonde, but drove hem
oute of this londe. And than was the gode holy man Seint
Edward the Confessoure crowned Kynge of Engelonde ; and in
the ij yere of his régné he was crowned at Wynchester, the yere
of our Lord Mhdij6. And he was the fÿrst anoynted kynge that
ever was in Engelande, and he regned well and worthely; and he
did make many gode statutes and lawes, the whiche ben used yette
in this londe; and he wedded a wyfe and levyde in clennes and
virginité ail his lyffe, and so he dyed, and lith at Westmester
shryned. The forsaide gode Kynge Edwarde regned here xxv
yere, the yere of Lorde Mdxv6.
After the dethe of Seint Edward, Harolde, Dukeof Westsex, that
was Godewynes sonne, a Dane, had sesed al Englonde in to his honde
a yene the right. And therfor he regned but a while for his
untrouthe, for he was sworne upon a boke that he shulde hâve
wedded Duke Williams bastard doughter of Normandye, and
a Sic in MS.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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Harolde shulde hâve kepte the reaime of Engelond to Duke
Williams be hove, but Harolde seised aile in his owne hondis, and
therfor Duke William conquered the londe of him and slowe him
in bataille in the seconde yere of his régné in a felde beside
Tonbrygge. And Kynge Haroll lithe buryed in the abbaye of
Waltham, the yere of our Lord M^xij. And the bataill was done
upon Seynt Kalixtes daye, &[c].
After him regned William Bastarde that was Duke of Normandy, Willelmus
the whiche conquered ail Engelond, and discomfide ail the Danes, Con(luestor-
and drove hem oute of Englond, and after conquered ail Scotland,
and made the Kynge of Scottis his liege man. And he was crowned
at Westminster on Cristmas day; and whan he had regned xvij
yere, J?o he made William Rouse his secunde sonne Kynge of
Engelond,a and him selfe went in to Normandye and levid there iiij
yere after; and tho he fell seke and dyed, and lithe beryed at Cane William Rowse ij,lu3
in Normandye.	films, dyed w'owte
Aftir him regned his sonne William the Rous, the whiche was The iijde sone of
crowned at Westmester by his faders lyve, the yere of our Lorde wyllla™ Couquerour
M^xxxvj6 ; whiche kynge was a contraryous man bothe to God and whiche decesyd.
to Holy Chirche, for he distroyed and kest downe xxvj townes and
lij chirches and houses of religion for to make the Newe Forest;
and after he was slayne with an arowe in the same forest, the xxiij
yere of his régné, and lieth at Wynchester.
After him regned his brother Henry Bewclek, the iiij sonne of Henricus Primus
William Conquerour, the whiche is called the first kynge Henry of initus films*
Engelonde, and he was crowned at Westmester the v day of August,
the yere of our Lord M^c. Anone after he spoused Dame Maude,
Kynge Matelynsb doughter, of Scotlond, and upon hir he begate
ij sonnes, William and Richarde, and a doughter, the whiche was
maryed to the Emperour of Almayne. And after the* kynges ij
a In the margin occurs the following note by another hand: “ Robert Curthos
primogenitus cui Willelmus Conquestor in sua morte reliquit sibi totam Normaniam,
ut habetur in alia cronica.”
b Malcolm.
CAMD. SOC.
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Stephyn.
Henricus ijdus.
Martirium Sancti
Thome Cantuariensis
Archiepiscopi.
Ricardus Primus.
Rex Johannes.
sonnes were drevyn over the see in a tempest of weder. And when
Kynge Henry the First had regned almoste xxxv yeie he dyed and
lithe beryed at the abbaye of Redynge, wherof he was founder, the
yere of Mhc.
After him regned his nevewe Stephen, the which was kynge
Herryes sister sonne, an erlis sonne of Boleyn, and he was crowned
at Westmester anone after that his uncle Kynge Henry was dede;
and that was no right; for Henry the empres sonne shulde hâve be
kynge after the right rule and lyne, and therfor was grete stryfe be-
tw[e]ne hem; and whan Kynge Stephen had regned ail moste xix
yere he died and lieth at Feversam. After Kynge Stephen regnyd
Henry the Secunde, that was the Empresse sonne, and he was
crowned at Westmester on the day of Conception of Our Lady by
for Cristmas the yere of our Lorde M^C.liiij. And in the xvj yere of
his régné was Seynt Thomas, at that tyme Archebisshope of Caun-
terbery, marterd for the right and feythe of Holy Chirche, the yere
of our Lor M^lxxj0. This Henry helde a paramour besyde the
quene, the whiche was called Rosamoundes Bowre. And by the
quene he had ij sonnes, Richard was the first, and John was the
secunde. And when he had regned xxxv yere he dyed in Fraunce,
and lieth at Fownte Everrard, the yere of our Lorde M1ciiijxxixe.
After him regned his sonne Richarde the Fyrst, the whiche was
called Richard the Conquerour, and he was crowned at Westmester
sone after his faders disses, and after he wente into the Holy Londe
with a grete oste of peple, and ther he werred upon the hethen
folke and gâte ayene ail that Cristen men had lost a for tyme ; and
as this worthi conquerour came homwarde he mett with his enmyse
at the Castell Gaylarde, for ther he was shott with a quarell and
died in the x yere of his régné, and he was buryed at Fownte
Everarde be side his fader, the yere of oure Lorde Mhc.iiij^xix, and
>died withoute yssewe.
Aftir Kynge Richarde the Fyrst regnid his brother John, that
ever was a contraryous man to God and to Holy Chirche and to ail
the comyn peple, and therfor ail Englond was enterdited for vijA SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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yere ; and in his tyme Seint Hewe of Lyncole diede. And in his
tyme was lost myche londe of Gascoyne, Brettayne, and Nor-
mandy. And in his tyme was grete derthe, for a peny lofe was
worthe xijd; and for his wekid rede a monke of the Abbay of
Swyneshede yave him poyson to drynke, and so he died in the xviij
yere of his régné, and lieth at Worcester, the yere of our Lord
M^Cxvj0.
The yere of our Lord M^cjiiij^xviij was the fundacioun of the
Fre[re] Prechores.
The yere of our Lorde M^Cvj was the fundacioun of the order
off the Frere Menures.
After the dethe of Kynge John was crowned his son Kyng Henry
the Therde, at Glowceter, on Seint Sympns day and Jude, of a
leget of Rome that hight Swalowe,a that corne into Englond to make
peece be twene Lowes of Fraunce and Kynge Henrye; and in the
iiij yere of his régné he was crowned at Westmester, of the Erche-
bisshope of Caunterbery, by the comen assent of ail the lordes of
Englonde ; and in the same yere was Seint Thomas of Caunterberye Translacio Sancti
translated; and in the yere of grâce M^cxx®, and in the xlviij yere An^D^minïï^O.
of his régné, began the werre betwene Kynge Herry and his lordes
of the reaime for diverse causes for the comyne wele of Englond,
and therfor was the batayle at Lewes on Seint Paneras daye in
May; and ther Sir Symonde Momford, Erle of Leycester, had the
victorye ; and in that battaylle the kinge him selfe was taken, and
Sir Edwarde his sonne ; and Syr Richarde, Earle of Cornwayle, that
was the kynges brother, and many o]?er lordis were in warde of the
forsaide Sir Symonde. And the nexte yere after thattb and the
next yere after thatb aboute the myddis of August was the batayll of Batyl of Ewssh[am].
Evessham be twene Kynge Henry and the barones of this londe, and
ther was slayne Sir Symond Moundford and his sonne and many
other lordis, and in the lvij yere of his reg[n]e he died, and lieth
at Westmester, on Seynt Edmondis day M^cxiij.
Aftir Kynge Henry regned his sone Edwarde the First with Edwardus Primus
post Conquestum,
a Gualo.
b So in MS., repeated.20
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wyth the longe
shankys.
Edwardus ijU8 post
Conquestum.
Destruccio Templari-
orum.
Edwardus Tertius
natus.
Sanetus Thomas
cornes Lancastrie
decollatus.
longe shankes, tlie whiche was crownedat Westmestre sone after his
faders death in the yere of grâce M^clxxiiij.
This Kynge Edwarde was a gracious man, for wher so ever he
came in any londe he had the victorye of his enemyes ; and he toke
homage of Kynge Elysaundre of Scotlonde, and discomfyde Newlyn
Preince of Walis, and conquered ail the londe, and toke Irlonde in to
his honde. And by his first wyfe he hade a sonne that was called
Edwarde of Carnervan ; after that died the quene. And tho he
spowsed Quene Margerett, Kynge Phelippes sister of Fraunce; and
upon hir he begatte ij sonnes, Thomas Bretherton, Erle Marchall,
and Emond of Wodstoke his broker. And when he had regned well
and worthely ail moste xxxv yere he died, and lithe at Westmester
M^CCvij6.
Anno Domini M^CCvj, Invencio nove solempnitatis Corporis
Christi.
After him regnid his sonne Edward of Carnarvan, and he was
crowned at Westmester the xx daie of Feverell in the yere of
our Lorde M^CCvij6. And in the same yere he spoused Isabell,
Kyng Phelippes doughter of Fraunce, in the chirche of Bolayne,
and he bro3t hir in to Englond. And in the same yere folowinge
were the Templers dist[r]oied thorowe ail Cristendome for hir
mysbeleve and untrowith that they used.
Anone after Robert le Bruse, Kynge of Scotland, came oute of
Northe Wales with a grete pussaunce of peple and werred sore in
Northehomberlonde and distroyed ail the contrey. And than Kynge
Edward was scomfide and put to flight and many of his lordis
slayne, for ther was so grete nombre of Scottis, x men ayenest one
Englisshe man. The batayll was upon Seint Johns daye Baptist, in
the yere of our Lord M1cccxije yere, and in the ve yere of his
régné. And in the same yere was borne at Wyndesore Edward the
Thred, upon Seint Bricis daye. And in the xv yere of his régné fell
grete debate be twene the kynge and the gode lordis of this lond
for thei helden with the comyne wele of j?e lond. Wherfor Sir
Thomas, the gode Erle of Lancaster, was be heded at Pomfrett, and
many oj?er barons and knyghtes for the same cause, and ailA SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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through the false counsell of the Spencers, the fader and the
sonne, the whiche were the robbers of this londe. And in the
same yere fell a grete derthe in this londe, for a qnarter of whete Quarterium frnmenti,
was solde for xls., the yere of our Lord m'cccxxj®. After that, x s#
by false counsaill off the Spencers, Kynge Edward exiled Quene
Isabelle his wifïe, and Sir Edwarde his eldest sonne, oute of
Englond, and went in to Fraunce; and after that thei came a yene
in to Englond with a grete strenthe of people. And Sir John
Hennawde, the erles brother of Hennawde, corne with hem with
ail the power that he myght to strenthe hem in right ; and thei
londed fast by Herwiche in Southefolke; tho ail the contre fell
to them and held with hem to distroye the venym of London.
And anone thei toke the kynges counsellours, that is to sey, the
fader and sonne called the Spencers and Maister Robert Baldok, a
fais peled clerke, that was chaunceler of Englond. And Maister
Water Stapilton, that was ]>o Bysshoppe of Exceter and Tresourere
of Engelond, and )?e Erle of Arondell, and many o]?er that was
consent to them, thei were done to dethe in sondrye wise, some
hanged and quarterd and some beheded. And so by counsayll of
ail the lordis of Englond, Kynge Edwarde of Carnarvan was
deposed and put downe of his kyngdome, in the yere of our Lorde
M*cccxxvje, in the xix yere of his régné.
And anone after that was Kyng Edward the Thred of Wyndsore Edwardus iij[clUB]
crowned at Westmester the first day of Feverell, and in the xv yere Post Conquestum.
of Lis âge; and this Kynge Edwarde was called the floure of knyghte-
hode of ail Cristendome. And in the same yere, through counsell of
Quene Isabell and Sir Roger Mortymer, was Sir Edward of Carnarvan
brojt from the castell of Kyllingworthe to Berkle, and fro thens to
the castell of Corffe ; and ther he was mortherd betwene ij fe|?er
beddis, and an hôte brenynge spitt put in his fondement, and so
brent his bodi with in ; and that was on Seint Matheus daye in
Septembre ; and tho was he enterred at Glowceter. And in the
nexte yere folowynge Kynge Edward spowsed Quene Phelippe, the
Erles doughter of Hennawde, at Yorke, upon the feste of Conver-
cion of Seint Poule, the yere of our Lord ivjdcccxxvij®. And22
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while Kynge Edward was of tender âge he suffred many préjudice
done in Engelonde, for Quene Isabell and Sir Roger Mortymer
ruled ail Engelond as hem liked. But aftir King Edward redressed
hit full wele bi his discrète counsell, and chastesid the traytors and
the rebellis of Englond full wele and manfully. And in the third
yere of his régné, Edmond of Wodstok, that was the kynges uncle,
was be hedid at Wynchestre wrongfully, and ail throwe Sir Roger
Mortymer that was late made Erle of Marche ; and sone aftir, for
his grete covetise and falshede that he did to al the reaime, he was
drawen and hanged at Tiborne upon Seint Andres evyn, the v yere
of his régné. After that, he went in to Scotlond, and conqured
a yene ail j?e fewte and homage that the Scottes owid to the crowne
off Englond. And in the vj yere of his régné was the batayle at
Hayldon Hill besides Berwyk ; and at that batayle was slayne
xxxvMVijc and xij of Scottes and nombred by lierawdes, and of
Englissh men but xxvij persones, thanked be God, for this was
a grete victorye. And this was upon Seint Margaretes even, the
yere of our Lorde M^CCxxxij. And after that he conquered ail
Scotlond, and made the Kynge of Scottes his liege man, to do him
fewte and homage as he ought of right. And in the xiiij yere of
his régné Kynge Edwarde made him redy with a grete nombre of
peple for to go in to Fraunce, for to chalange the crowne be right
tytell and erytaunce by his moder Quene Isabell. And Kynge Karoll
died with oute issewe, and Phelipp Yaleys, his emys sonne, ocupyed
the crowne ayenes right. And so Kynge Edward and his oste were
shipped taward Fraunce, and thought to lande in Flaundres ther
as Phelippe of Yaloys was with grete navye of dyverse nacions.
And so Kynge Edward and his oste aryved with his navy in the
haven of Skluse. And the viij day off Julii ther was a grete bataylle,
and ther was slayne of the Frensshe partye xxxM1 men, and oure
kynge toke )?er many grete shippis and cogges and hulkes. And
so that tyme Kynge Edwarde hade a gracious victory, in the yere
of our Lord MlCCCxl. And in the xviij yere of his régné the kynge
made his eldest sonne Edward, Prince of Walys, Duke of Corn-
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the bataylle of Cressey, the xxvj daye of August. ïher were slayne
and take many grete lordis of Fraunce, and the Frensshe kynge
was put to flight, the yere of our Lorde iv^cccxlvj1*. And in the
therday of Septembre nexte folowing Kynge Edward laide sege to
Calys, the whiche contenewed unto the iij daye of August, the
nexte yere after, and than hit was yelden up for evir, bothe towne
and castell, the yere MUijc.xlvijü. And in the same yere duringe
the sege was the Kynge off Scottes sore werrynge in Englond, and
robbed and revid the contre aboute Derham ; and so ther was taken
Kynge David of Scotlonde, the Erle Mountyf, Sir William Douglas,
and many o]?er, the whiche were brought to the Toure of London;
and than was the Kynge of Scotlonde taxed at an C.M1. marke to be
paid in x yere daye. And in the nexte yere after was the grete
pestilence at London, from Michelmas to Lammas. And in the
xxv yere of his régné ther was a grete bataill on the see with the
Spaynardes upon the coste of Wynchilsey, and ther were taken
xxiiijü grete shippis off Spayne. And in the xxviij yere of his
régné was a corde made be twene Kyng Edward and the Frensshe
kynge, so that he shulde hâve Normandye, Gascoyne, and Gyane
in pees. And anone after died Phelippe of Valeys. Tho was his
sonne John made Kynge of Fraunce, and he did myche harme in
Gascoyne, and distroyed ail the contre. Tho went Prince Edward
to Burdeux for to kepe the contrey. After the one and therty yere
of his régné was the bataylle of Peyters, the xx day of Septembre;
and ther was taken Kynge John of Fraunce and Phelipp his sonne,
and many o)>er lordis, the whiche Prince Edward brought in to
Englond to Kyng Edwarde his fader; the whiche Kyng John
was taxed at iij melyons of scutis, that is to sey, vC.MhZi of mony.
And in the xxxiiij yere of his régné Syr John off Gawnte, Erle of
Rychemond, that was Kyng Edwardes therde sonne, spoused Dame
Blanche, Duke Henryes doughter of Lancastre, by dispensacion of
the Pope, the xiiij day of Julij, and than was made pees be twene
Englond and Fraunce. And the nexte yere after was the grete
wynde upon Seynt Maurys daye in June, A0 Mhcccxlj. Also the24
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Ricardus iju#, filius
Edwardi Tçrcii.a
same yere be for the grete wynde was J?e secunde pestilence, in the
whiche died the noble man and myghty Harry, Duke of Lancaster.
And than was Sir John of Gaunte, Erle of Eychemond, made Duke
of Lancaster, for he hade spowsed Duke Henry doughter. And in
the same yere Prynce Edward spoused the Countes of Kentt; also
in ]>e same yere Sir Lionell, Kynge Edwardes sonne, was made
Duke of Clarence, and Sir Edmond of Langley was made Duke of
Yorke, and Sir Thomas Wodstok was made Duke of Glowcester.
Aile thés y lordes were Kyng Edwardis sonnes. And in the xxxix
yere of his régné came iij kynges in to this londe for to speke with
Kyng Edward, that is to sey, the kynge of Siprys, the kynge of
Fraunce, and the Kynge of Scotlond; and in the same yere died
Kyng John off Fraunce, in Engelonde, at Savoye, in J?e Dukis
place of Langastre. And in the xlj yere of his régné was Richard,
Prince Edwardes sonne, born at Burduex; and in the xliij yere of
Kynge Edwarde dyed that noble Quene Philippe of Englond, and
lithe at Westmester enterred, the yere of oure Lord ivJccc.lxix.
And in the same yere was a grete derthe in Engelond, a busshell of
whete was worthe xl d. Also the xlvij yere of his régné the Duke
of Lancaster spoused the kynges doughter of Spayne, and the Duke
of Yorke spoused that o]?er doughter. And in the 1. yere of his
régné dyed the noble Preince Edwarde, the viij day of J un, in the
feste of the Trinité, and lieth at Caunterbury. And in the nexte
yere folowynge died the noble conquerour Kynge Edwarde the iije,
of Wyndsore, flour of knyghthode, at Shene the xxj daye of June,
and lieth worthely enterred at Westmester, in the yere of our Lorde
M^cclxxvj6.
And in the lj yere of his régné regned Richard the Secounde,
the whiche was Prince Edwardis sonne after the right lyne, and he
was crowned kynge at Westmester the xvj day of Julij, in the yere
a The annotator here commits the gross blunder of representing Richard II. as
the son, instead of grandson, of Edward III.; and, not content with this inaccuracy
in the margin, he has written over “ Prince Edwardis sonne ” in the text the words
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a forseyde, at the âge of xj. And whiles the kynge was in yonge
âge certeyn lordis of the reaime ruled the londe as hem list ; and so
thei made an ordenaunce amonge hem in the iiij yere of his régné
that every man, woman, and childe in this londe of the âge of xiiij
yere and above shulde paye to tallage iiij d., pore man and other;
the whiche ordenaunce was cause of myche trouble and sorowe in
this londe. Wherfor anone after in the somer folowinge for the
comyns of this londe a resyn up in diverse parties of the reaime and
deden myche harme, the whiche was called the hurlyng tyme, The Hurlyng tyme.
the yere of our Lord Mhccc.lxxxj6.
And the comenys of Kent and Essex rysen up and gaderd hem
togeder, and came to London the xiiij day of Junij, and as it fell in
the yere hit was the Fridaye after Corpus Christi daye, and they
toke Sir Symond Sudbery, Erchebisshoppe of Caunterburye, and
Sir Robert Halis, Priour of Seint Johnis, and a White Frere, that
was the kynges confessore, and other mo, and brought hem to the
Toure Hill and smoten of her hedis, and corne a yene to London,
and slowe men of lawe and false juges, and ail the alyauntes that
thei couthe owher fynde, and smoten of her hedis and toke awey
ther godis, and wenten to Savey and distroyed and wasted ail that
was ther, and sett fyre on the place when they went, and dedyn
moche harme in many placis writh in the cite and with oute at
Westmester ; thei sparid none. And this horlynge endured iij dayes,
and no man durst sett upon hem, the nombre was so grete. And
]?e Monday folowing William Walworthe, that tyme being Meyre Wylliam Walworth
of London, slowe Jack Strawe with his owne hondes, and lete slow Jak Strawe’
smyte of his hede, and set it on London Brigge. And a none, as
the capteyn was dede, every man fled a wey as hit had never ben
thei. And the v yere of his régné Kynge Richard spoused Quene
Anne, the kynges doughter of Beam and Emperour of Almayne,
apon Seint Fabian and Sebastians daye, in the Abbaye of West-
mester. And upon Seint Vincentes daye a nexte folowynge she was
a After “ Seint Vincentes daye ” about a line and a-half is crossed out, beginning
“ of May was the Erthe quake.” The erased words occur in the text immediately below ;
which shows that the MS. is here a copy and that the transcriber had missed a line.
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Terre motus.
crowned. And in the same yere, the xxj daye of May, was the
erthequake, the Wenesday a for Witsonday, the yer of our Lord
M1. CCC.lxxxijti.	And in the nexte yere folowing Syr Richard
Spencer, Bysshuppe of Norwyche, went over the see in to Flaundres
with holy water stickys, and ther he gâte the towne of Gravenyng,
Borborowe, Dunkerk, and Newporte. And ther was done a grete
bataylle be twene the Englisshe men and the Flemynges, but the
Englisshe men had the victorye. And in the xj yere of Kynge
Richarde y tordis of Englond a ryssen at Ratcote to brynge in the
discenccion the rebellis ]?at were that tyme in the reaime. The
first was Sir Thomas of Wodstok, the kynges uncle and Duke of
Gloucester, and Sir Richard, Erle of Arondell, and Sir Richard,
Erle of Warwyk, Sir Henry Bolyngbrok, Erle of Derby, and Sir
Thomas Moubraye, Erle of Notyngham. And these v lordes seynge
the myschefe and falssed of the Kynges Counsell, these v lordes
thought to amend hit, and a none the chefe lordes of the kynges
counsell fled over the see; that is to say, Sir Elysander Nevell,
Erchebisshuppe of Yorke, and Sir Robert Yere, Marques of Develyn,
the Erle of Oxenford, and Sir Michell Poole, Erle of Southefolk,
and Chaunseler of Englond. And thés lordes went over the see and
came no more a yene, for ther they dyed; sone after was Sir Robert
Tresylyan, justice, Sir Nicoll Brembre, knyght and alderman of
London, and Sir John Salysbury, knyght of the kynges householde,
and Thomas Huske, sergeauntes of armes, and Thomas Blake,
clerke of the kynges house, were drawen, hanged, and by heded at
Tiborne. And Sir Symonde Beverle, a knyght of the garter, and
Sir John Bechamp, knyght and stiward of the kynges housholde,
a[nd] Sir James Berners, and o]?er mo were be hedid at the Toure
Hill. And in the xvij yere of his renge dyed the Quene Anne in
]?e maner of Shene upon Witsondaye, and lithe at Westmester, the
yere of our Lord M^ccc.iiijxxxiiije.
And in the xx yere of his régné Kyng Richarde spoused Quene
Isabell the kynges doughter of Fraunce in the towne of Caleys,
and after she was brought in to Englond and crowned at Westmester
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nexte folowynge, by evill exitacion and false counsell, and for pure
malice tliat Kynge Richarde had to his uncle and to other lordes, lie
rode to Plaschey, and ther Kyng Richard a rested hem with his
owne handes, Sir Thomas of Wodstock Duke of Glowcester, and
comaunded him to Caleys, and there he was morthered betwene ij
feder beddes; and on Seint Matheus day nexte after was Sir Richard,
the gode Erle of Aroundell, be heded at the Toure Hill, and Sir
Richard Erle of Warwyk and the Lorde Cobham were dampned
at Westmester to perpetuell preison. And in the same yere fell
grete dissencion be twene the Erle of Derby and Sir Henry Bolyng-
broke, the whiche was made Duke of Herfford, and the Erle Marchall,
that was newe made Duke of Northefolke for serteyne poyntes, in
so myche they waged batayll to hâve fought with in listes, and ther
place was assigned at Coventre where J?e batayll shulde be. But
at the last the kynge of his gode grâce toke hit in his honde and
wolde not su fifre hem to fyght, but exiled the Duke of Herfiford
for the term of x yere and the Duke of Northfolke for ever. And
Sir Thomas Aroundel, Erchebisshuppe off Caunterbury, deposyd of
his cee and exiled for ever. Tho went thés lordes in to dyverse
londes. And a none Kyng Richard sett ail Englond to ferme to iiij
persones, to Sir William Scrowpe,a Busshe, Bagott, and Grene,
the whiche bro3t in myche tene. And Kyng Richard went him
selflfe in to Irelond. Anone came tidynges in to Fraunce to Sir
Henry Bollyngbroke whate governaunce was in Engelond, and
anone he came downe to Caleys with his meyne that he had, and
met ther with Sir Thomas of Arondell, J?at was Erchebysshuppe of
Caunterbery, and cam over the see in to Englond a yene, and londed
at Ravonspor in the northe contre. And when thei were londed
ail the contre fell downe to them and were joifull of his comynge
in helpinge of hem and destroyenge of the fais rule and governaunce
of the londe. This was in the xxij yere of the régné of Kynge
a The original text read “ Sir John Busshebut “ John” is crossed through and
“ Wylliam Scrowpe” inserted in the margin by another hand, with a caret in the
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Richard. Than came he home oute of Irlond in haste, and corne
to the Castell of Flyntt, and thought to take his counsell whate was
best to done. Anone ail is men forsoke him and lefte him alone.
Tho was Kynge Richarde taken and doen in warde in the Toure
of London, and by comon assent of al the lordis of Englonde he
was deposed and put downe of this riall reaime and kyngdome.
Tho he was put in to the Castell of Pomffrett and kept full streyte
terme of his lyfe. And than was Sir William Scrowpe, Busshe,
Baggott, and Grene were done to dethe for her false covetise.a Aftir
the deposinge of Kynge Richard the ijde, Henry of Bolyngbrok, Erle of
Derby, Duke of Herford, and Duke of Lancaster, by ail the Comyns
Henncus mjtus. assent was inade kynge for his worthines. And so Henry the iiije
was crowned at Westmester upon Seint Edwardis daye in Octobre,
the yere of our Lord Mhccc.iiij^xix6. And a none after he made
Henry his eldist sonne Prince of Walys, Duke of Cornwayle and
Erle of Chester. And in the fyrst yere of his régné Kynge Richard
died in the Castell of Poumffrett and was beryed at Langeley. On
whose soûle God hâve mercy. And in the same yere the Duke of
Surrey, the Duke of Excester, the Erle off Salisbury, the Erle of
Glowcester, and o]?er moo of ther affynite were accorded to sle the
kynge at Cristmas a twelffe nyght, with a momynge at Wyndsore.
But the kynge had knowlech ther of, and came to London in haste.
And thés lordes wiste wele thatthey werebe wrayedand fled awaye,
and after they were taken and put to dethe.
William Conquerour.h
Wylliam Conqueroure This myghti William, Duke of Normandie, as bokes olde maketh
îeyned xxj yere. mencion, be juste title and by chevalrye made kynge be conquest
a There is no stop here in the MS. the pnnctnation of which is evidently wrong.
The sentence ends with “Kynge Richard,’’ the words “ the ijde ” being added by the
corrector’s hand. A mark is also put to indicate the beginning of a new sentence at
“ Henry of Bolyngbrok.”
b What follows is a corrupt text of Lydgate’s Verses en the Kings of En gland
which I printed from another MS. in “ Collections of a London Citizen ” edited for
the Camden Society in 1876. They are here printed precisely as they stand in this MA SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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of Brutes Albyon, put oute Harrolde and toke possession, and bare
tbe crowne full xxj yere, buryed at Cane, thus saithe tlie crone-
klere.
Next in ordre succession William Ruffus, his sonne, crowned Wylliam Rufus xiüj
kynge with gode devocion, distroyed cbirches. of olde and newe Jeie‘
bildinge for to make a forest plesaunt for huntynge; xiiij yere he
bare his crowne in dede; beryed at Wynchester, in the cronekle ye
may rede.
His broker nexte, called the fyrst Henrye, was at London Herry thc fyrst,
crow[n]ed kynge, as y fynde, whose broker Robert, Duke of Nor- XXX11J Jere-
mandye, be ganne on him to werre, the cronycle maketh mynde.
Reconciled, ail rancoure sett be hynde, full xxxiij, be record of
writynge, yerys he regned; beryed at Redynge.
His cosyne Stephen, whan first Henry was dede, tawarde Eng- Stephyn, xix yere.
lond can crosse his sayle; the Erchebysshope sett upon his hede a
riche crowne, beynge of his counsell; xix yere with sorowe and
grete travaile he bare his crowne, had he no rest; at Feversham
lithe beryed in his cheste.
Harry the Secounde, sonne tp thEmpryse, was crowned nexte, Herry the ijde, xxxv
a full manly knyght, as bokes olde playnly dothe expresse ; this yere‘
saide Henry, be forwarde forse and myghte, slowe Seint Thomas for
Holy Chirche right ; xxxv yere reyned, hit is made in mynde. Att
Fownt Everard lythe beryd, as I fynde.
Richard his sonne, next be succession, fyrst of that name, stronge, Richarde the fyrst,
hardy, and notable, was crowned kinge ; called Cure de Lyon, with Lyon,yere/6
Sarsyne hedis servid at his table; slayne at Gayliarde by deth full
lementable ; the space of him regned fully ix yere ; his herte beryed
at Rome a at the high autere.
Nexte Kynge Richard regned his broker John; after sone entred Kyng John, xviij
into Fraunce, lost Anjoye and Normandy anone. This londe entir- yere*
Jiced by his governaunce, and, as it is put in remembraunce, xviij
vers was kyng of this région; lithe at Worseter, dede with poyson.
Hanry the iije, his sonne, of ix yere of âge, was at Gloucetcr Herry the
lvTi verel.
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Edwarde the fyrs[t,]
xxxy yere, with the
longe sh[ankes].
Edward the ijde,
called Edwar[de of]
Camarv[on], xix
yere.
Edwarde the iijd, lij
yere.
Rycharde the ijde,
xxij yere.
Herry the iiijlh, xiiij
yere.
Herry the Yth, ix yere.
crowned, as I rede; longe werr he had with his baronage, gretly
delited in almesdede ; lvj yere he regned I rede ; beryed at West-
mester, by recorde of writinge. The day of Seint Edward was
made kynge.
Edward the First, with shankes longe, was after crowned, that
was a gode knyght; wanne Scotlond, magry the Scottes stronge;
and ail Walis, spite of her myght; durynge his lyve manteyne
trouthe and right; xxxv yere he was kynge; lithe at Westmester for
trouthe and no lesynge.
Edward, his sonne, called Carnarvan, succedinge after to make
his alyaunce, as the cronekyll will recorde, wedded the doughter of
the Kynge of Fraunce. Thomas Lancaster, by dethe he toke
vengaunce ; xix yere helde he his rigalye. Beryed at Glowcester
as bokes specefie.
The iije Edward, borne at Wyndsore, myche in knyght hode he
hade gre preise; enherytor of Fraunce, with outen more, bare in
his armes iij lyons and iij floures de lyse. And he gâte Caleys with
his prudent devyse. Regned in Englond lija yere, ly th at Westmester,
this seith the Cronecle[re].
Sonne to Prince Edwarde, Kynge Richard the ij. In whose
tyme was pees and plenty. Wedded Quene Anne, of Almayne,
as it is fownde; Isabell of Fraunce, who lust to see; xxij yere, he
regned here parde. At Langley buryed first, so stode the case.
After to Westmester his body caryed was.
Harry the fourthe, nexte crowned in certeyne, a famouse knyght
and of grete semblenesse, from his exile whan he came home
agayne, travaylled after with wer and grete sekenes; xiiij yere
regned in sothnesse. Buryed at Caunterbery, in that holy place
God of his mercy do his soûle grâce.
The ve Henrye, of knyghthode lodester, wyse and right manly to
termyne right. Fortunate preved in pees and werre. Erthly
expert and mercyall displyn, worthi tu stonde a monge the worthie
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ix. Regned ix yere, who list hâve rewarde; lieth at Westmester
not far from Seint Edwarde.
Harry the vje, crowned at Westmester and at Paryse; in his Herry the vjt0, xxxix
youthe he had grete noblenes, bothe in Englond and Fraunce ; and yere'
in his last daies ther fell grete distaunce through his false counsell
that was covetowse, he was put downe from the crowne by ail the
comyns. So he regned kynge here ail moste xxxix yere.
The names of the Kepers and Baylylïes of the Cite of London in
the tyme of Kynge Richarde the fyrst, the whiche was crowned iij Ricardus Primus.
daye of Septembre.
Henry Cornhill, Richard Renier, Baylyves A0 primo.
The same day of the kynges coronacion ail the Jewes that were
fownde or myght be take were distroyed as well be nyght as by
day.
John Herlyon, Roger Duke, Baylyves A0 ij.
William Averyll, John Boknott, Bayllives A0 iije.
Nicholas Dukett, Peter Newlyn, Bailyves the iiije yer.
Roger Dewke, Richard Aleyn, B. the v yere.
William Fitzlsabell, William FitzArnulff, B. the vj.
The same yere the kynge comyng homard warde from Jérusalem
was take wythe the Duke of Ostrych and was rawnsoned, and for to
pay his rawnson euche other chalis throwe this londe was coyned in
monye.
Robert Besaunt, Jokerell Josue, Baylives the vij.
Gerrard Antilache, Robert Durant, B. the viij.
Roger Blontj Nicholas Dukett, B. the ixe.
Costotinus Arnulff, Robert Lovell, B. J?e xe yere.
This yere dyed Kynge Richard, and lythe at Powntlarge.
The names of the Kepers and Baylyves in Kynge Johns tyme, Rex Johannes,
the Assencion daye of our Lorde at Westmester.
Arnolde Arnulffsone, Richard Darthy, B. pe j yere.32
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A° x° Regis Johannis,
a° vero Domini 1210.
Primus major, qnia
ante fuerunt ballivi.
This yere the kynge had of every plowelond in ]?is lond iij s.
Roger Dosett, Jamys Darthy, B. the ij yere.
This yere died Seint Hugh of Lyncolne.
Water FizAlis, Sitnond Alderman, B. the iij yere.
Norman Blonden, John Ely, B. the iiije.
This yere Englond and Walys was enterdited, the whiche dured
v yere.
Water Browne, William Chamburlayne, B. pe v yere.
Thomas Averyll, Hamonde Bronde, B. the vje.
This yere began the Order of Frere Prechurs.
John Waldgrave, Richard Wynchestre, B. the vije.
John Holylonde, Edmond Gerrard, B. viije.
Roger Wychester, Edmond Hardell, B. ix.
This yere Henry the kynges sonne was borne, and the enter-
dityng sessed.
Ail présentes that was Kepers and Baylyves at that tyme were
put downe, and chosyn Mayr and Shoreffes for the Cite of London.
Harry Allwyn, Mayr j	} Shoryffis x».
1211. iij.
1212. iiij
1213, iiij.
This yere the chirche of Seint Mary Overes was fyrst fownded.
Petir Joswe	|
William Glond	( t e xj .
Adam Wittley
Stephen Legras
This yere the kynge wente in to Irelonde, and made the rebelles
sogetis to hym.
Harry Alwyn, Meir
the xije.
Harry Alwyn, Meir
Josevus Petresson
! A0
Xlljc
John Garlond
This yere Sowthewerke, London, the Brygge, and the most part
of the Cite of London, was brent.
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This yere the stone brygge was fyrste be gon, and Castell Bay-
narde destroyed.
1214, iiiij.	Roger Aleyn, Meir	j Martyn FizAlis ( Petyr Batte	| the xve.
1215, j°.	Serle Mercer, Meir	r Salman Basynge	j r xvjc.
		( Hugh Basyng	
1216.	William Hardell,	[ John Travers	J y xvÿe-
	Meir	I Hugh Basynge	
This yere, the morne after Seint Lukys day, dyed Kyng John,
and is beryed at Wursceter.
The name of the Meyres and Shoreffes of London in the renge Henricus iijU9.
of Kyng Henry the iije, the whiche was crowned at Glowcester in
thest a of Simond and Jude.
Jacob Alderman,
Meir
Serle Mercer, Meir
Serle Mercer, Meir
This yere the kynge
same yere Seint Thomas
that he was martred.
F j*
c Benet Coventre
{ William Blunttravers
f Thomas Bokerell
t Bauff Holylond
f John Wayle
1 José vus Spicer
had of every plowe londe ij s. And the
of Caunterbery was translatyd, 1 yere aftir
AT
F iije
Serle Mercer, Meyr <
Richard Wymbyldey
John Waylle
Richard Renger
Josevus Ruff
Richard Rengee
Josevus Ruff
This yere the kynge was in purpose to caste downe
of London.
A. iüje.
A0 ve.
A0 vje.
the wallys
Serle Mercer, Meir
f Richard Renger
b Thomas Lamberd
}
the vije.
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Richard Renger,
Meyre
| the viije.
} r
| the xe.
| the xj.
Richard Renger,	f William Joyner
Mair	l Thomas Lambard
This yere came Frere Mynours first in to Englonde.
John Travers
Andrewe Bokerell
Roger Duke
Martyn FizWilliam
Stephen Bokerell
Harry Cobham
This yere ail the weerys that were in Temmes were distroyed by
the kynges ordynaunce. And the same yere the kynge graunted to
the Cite of London waren.
Roger Duke, Meir { Stephen Bokerell	J A<> xÿe.a
B	l Harry Cobham	i J
This yere the kynge grawnted that eche Shereffe of London
sholde hâve ij Clerkis and ij Sergauntes and no moo. Also the
kynge graunted to the Citezeynes of London that thei shulde hâve
a Comyne Seale, ]?e whiche shulde be in kepynge of ij Aldermen
and ij Com[en]ers of the seid Cite. And that the seid seale shuld
not be denyed to any comener of the seide Cite whan hit is reson-
ablye asked. And nothinge be taken for the seid seale, &c.
Roger Duke, Maire
Andrew Bokerell,
Mair
f Water Wynchester
1 Robert FizJohn
{
Richard Watyr
John Wouborne
| A° xiije.
| A. xiiij.
This yere was ordeyned that from that day forwarde shold never
after Shoreff of London be in Office lenger then one yere.
And[r]ewe Bokerell, f Mighell of Seint Ellyns 1 a x
Meyre	l Water of Denffeld J ' V*
* Owing to an erroneous entry before the last paragraph which is crossed out,
this and ail the subséquent years of the reign hâve been dated a year in advance
and afterwards corrected, as far as the 39th year, originally written “ xl ”, in which
the numéral letters are simply crossed out without further correction.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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	r Harry Edylmetory	/ À 0
	Gerrard Batte	J XVJ .
Andrewe Bokerell,	Symond Marye	i a o
Mair {	Roger Bontt	> A XV1J .
	Rauff Ashewy	
	v John Norman	( A XV11J.
This yere was a grete wynde and an erthequake.		
Andrewe Bokerell, C	Gerrard Batte	| A. xix.
Maire 1	Robert Ardell	
This yere the kynge spoused the eldest doughter of the Pro<		
vynce a at Caunterburye. Andrew Bokerell, f	Harry Cobham	
Mair 1	Jordeyn Coventre	| A0 xx.
William Juyn, Mair j	John Tolesan Gervys Cordwan	j A0 xxj°.
Richard Date. Mair \	John Wilhale	| A0 xxije.
l John baundres This yere Edward the kynges sonne was borne.		
Rauffe Grene, Maire j	Reynold Bongey	> A. xxiiie.
Richard Renger, (	Rauff Ascheheme John Gysors	J J j A0 xxiiij.
Mair 1	. Myhell Truy	
	r John Wayle	j A0 xxve.
Stephen de Bongey,	Thomas Durham	
Maire	John FizJohn	> À ® YYVie
	Rauff Aschewy	i XXVJ •
Rauff Ashewy, j	' Hugh Blunt	| A0 xxvije.
Mayre (	Adam Bassynge	
This yere Newlyn Prynce of Walys meved wer a gayne the
kynge, and Gryffyn, Newlyns sonne, fell oute of the Toure of
London and brake his neck.
MicMl Tony, Hoir {
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f	Eobert Cornhill 1	A0 xxix.
John Gysors, Mair l	Adam Bentley J Symond Mary ) Lawrens Frowyke J	A0 xxx.
Roger FizRoger, j	John Wayle 1	A. xxxje.
Maire \	. Nicolas Batte J	
	Nicholas Joce 1	
Michell Tony, Maire	1 Geffrey Wynchester J Eaffe Ardell j	A0 xxxije.
	John Tolesan i	A0 xxxiije.
John Nornya, Meir j	Geffrey Basynge ï . William FizRichard J	A0 xxxiiij
This yere the Cite of Damaske was won with Cristen		men.
Adam Basynge, (	Lawrens Frowyke	A. xxxv.
Maire (	William FizRichard J	
This yere be gan Frere Austines fyrst in Engelonde.		
John Teson, Maire j	William Durham ï . Thomas Wyndborn J	A° xxxvje.
Nicholas Bamme, t Maire (	' John Norhampton 1 Richard Pykard J	A0 xxxvije
Rauff Ardell, Maire j	William Asshewey. j . Robert Bylton J	A. xxxviij
This yere was Seint Peter of Melayne martered.		
	' Stephen Oystergate 1	A0 [xl].a
	Harry Walmote J Martyn Bokerell 1	
		A0 xlje.
Rauff Ardell, Maire <	; John Mynor J	
	Richard Ewell 1	A0 xlij®.
	William Asshewey J Thomas FizRichard 1	
		A° xliij®.
	‘ Robert Catlegre J	
John Gesors, Maire j	' John Adryan 1 . Thomas Cornhill J	A° xliiije.
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This yere the kynge lete gader the scowtage, that is to sey of
every knyghtes fee throw Englond xl s.
Adam Brownyng	j Ao< xlye
John Norhampton	J
Rychard Pykard
Richard Coventre
William Riche, Meir
Thomas FizThomas, r Phelip Walbroke
Maire	1 Richard Taylor
| A0 xlvje.
j A0 xlvj.a
This yere was the bataylle of Lewys, and Stella coma ta apered
xv wekys.
Robert Momplers
Osbern Bukessell
Thomas Fiz Thomas, Thomas Lampforde
Maire	j Gregory Mukessell
I Edward Blunt
[ Peter Augre
John Ryche, Costos {
I John Walme
Almanus Godich, f John Adryan
Costos	1	Lucas Bradcourt
Water Hermy
William Duranson
Hugh Thomas, Mair { Thomas Basyng
n	’	1	Robert Cornhill
This yere the kynge did translate Seint Edward in to a precious
shryne, and in the same yere was the er]?e quake.
rWatyr Porter	1	Ac lv
John Adryan, Maire i°hn Taÿf. ,	{
I Gregory Rokisley	1	a o iv4e
l Harry Waleys	J	J	*
This yere the stepill of Bowchyrche fell downe and did myche A0 Do1 MUj.c.iijx*ix.
harme.
John Adryan, Maire { Robert>Mylkotte	} Ao lvij.e
t Petyr Cosyn	)
a Corrected from “ xlvij.”
| À0 xlvij.
| A0 xlviij.
| A0 xlviij.
J A0 1.
} A°lj.
| A0 lije.
} A° liij.38
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Edwardus Primus.
This yere died that noble kynge, whose bones ben buryed at
Westmestre.
Thés bethe the names of the meyres and shereffes in the régné of
Kynge Edwarde the First.
William Hervy, i	' John Horne	| A0 primo,
Meir (	Water Porter	
Harry Walleys, Meir |	Nicolas Wynchester * Harry Coventre	} A» ije.
Gregory Rokysley, (	Lucas Madcourt	| A0 iije.
Meire (	Harry Frowycke	
This yere was a grete erthe quake.		
	' John Horne	| A0 iiije.
	Rauff Blunt	
Gregory Rokysle,	Robert Bras Raff Fyner	| A0 vc.
Meire *	John Adryan Water Langley Robert Basynge	| A0 vje.
		| A0 vije.
	^ William Morle	
This yere the house of Frere Prechours was		first founded
Castell Baynarde.	r Thomas Box	
Gregory Rokysley,	\ Rafle More	| A°viije.
Meire	| William Farendon , Nicolas Wynchester	| A° ixe.
	f William Meyre	| A0 xe.
Harry Walleys,	| Richard Chykwell	
Meire	Rauff Blunte \ Ankyrtyn Betle	} A0 xje.
This yere Newlyn Prince of Walis was take and beheded.		
Harry Walleys,	j Jordane Godechepe	| A° xije.
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	Stephen Cornhill	
	Robert Rikysle	j A xiij .
Roger Rokesley,	Watyr Blunt	| A0 xiiije.
Meire	John Wade Thomas Gros	
		) .
	L William Antony	A0 xve.
	William Hartford Thomas Stanys	| A°xvje.
Rauffe Southe, Meir '	William Betayne Thomas Caunterbury Fuit Edmond	| A0 xvije.
	, Salmon Langfford	| A0 xviije.
Cartsteyne, Meire j	Thomas Romayne William Lyre	} A°xixe.
This yere the kynge ordeyned that ail the Jewes that were		
dwellinge in this londe shulde be exiled for evir.		
(	Rauffe Blunt Hamond Box	| A0 xxe.
Rauffe Blunt, Maire j	Harry Belle Ellyse Russell Martyne Ambreshire Robert Rokysley Richard Glowestre	) A°xxje. | A° xxij. | A° xxiije.
Sir John Kvrton, " < Costos	Hary Box John Donstable	
		
	Adam Alyngbury	| A xxnye.
	Thomas Southe Adam Fulham	} A° xxve.
This yere the kynge toke the towne and castell off Berwyke, and
ther were slayne many S cottes.
Sir John Kyrton,	( William Stafford	>
Costos	l John Stafford	J A° xxv^40
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Edwardus ijdU8.
This yere the kynge did a grete batayll in Scotlonde.
Harry Walles, Meire |	Richarde Soperlane 1 Thomas Cely J	A0 xxvije.
Elys Russell, Meire j	Harry Fyngreth ) John A ne très i	A0 xxviije.
	Lucas Averyng |	
	Richard Cambe J	A0 xxixe.
Syr John Blunt, Meire '	Robert Taylor j Petyr Basynge >	A0 xxxe.
	Hugh Proude ) k Symond Parys J	A0 xxxj6.
(	William Commate »	
Sir John Bluntt, )	John Burfford !	A0 xxxije.
Meire )	Roger Paryce i	
(	John Lyncolne • j	A° xxxnje#
This yere the lordis of Scotlond were sworne liege		men to the
kynge of Engelonde.		
Harry Wales	f Reynold Underle | | William Cosyne i | Symond Benett ^ L Geffrey Conditt j	A° xxxiiij6. • A° xxxve.
This yere died the noble kynge, whos bonys ben buried at
Westmester.
Thés bethe the names of the Meires and Shereffes of the Cite of
London in the tyme of j?e régné of Kynge Edwarde the Secunde.
Thomas Romayn,	r William Furney	1 ao
Maire	l Nelle Drury	j Primo»
This yere the kynge spowsed Isabell, the kynges doughter of
Fraunce, and in the same tyme proffessied the holy chanone of
Brydlyngton.
Thomas Romayne, j William Basynge
Maire
John Boteler
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Nicolas Faryngdon,
Meir
Richard Bosham,
Meire
John Gysors, Meire
r Roger Palmer
\ John Edmond
f Symond Cropp
1 Petyr Blakeney
Symond Morwade
Richard Wilfford
This yere was Edward the kynges sonne borne at Wyndsore on
Seint Bricys daye.
iJohn Lambuy	|
Richard Lutkyn	J	‘
Adam Burton	)
Hugh Gayton	j	A°	vijC-
This yere the kynge went in to Scotlond with a riall power.
T .	. f Stevyn Abyngdon	»	.
John Gysors, Meir	{	William Bedyngham	|	A°	Vllj6-
StenhfiTi	Ahvngdon,	(	Hamond Goodchepe	j
1	William Bedyngton	i	1X*
Meire
This yere the towne and the castell of Berwyk was lost throwre
treson of Péris of Spaldynge [a whom the kyng had put there to
kepe the towne with many burgesys of the same towne, where fore
the chyldren that were put in hostage thorugh the burgesys of
Berwyke folowde the kynges inarchalse many dayes fetterd in strong
yrens. And after that cam two cardynals in to Englonde to make
peace be twene Englond and Scotlond. And as they went toward
Durham to hâve consecrate one Master Lewys of Beamount
Bysshop of Durham they were robbyd uppon the more of Wyngles-
dome> of whiche robrye Syr Gylbert of Mytton was atteynt, take,
drawne, hangyd, hys hed smyt of, and quarterde. And the same
tyme be fel many myscheves in Englond, for the pore people dyed
for hungre, and so faste that unethe men myght bury them. For a
a This between brackets has been added by the Corrector at the top of the page,
fo. 24$.
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John Wyngrave
quarter of whete was then at xl s., and two yere and di, whete was
at x marke a quarter, in so moche that pore peopie stole chyrdern
and ete them, and ail so ete howndes, hors, and cattes.]
' William Palmer
Rauff Gawston
John Pryour
William Furnex
John Pulteney
John Dollynge
This yere the kynge helde his Parlement at Yorke, and Sir
Hugh Spencer sone was made chefe Chamburlayne of Inglonde.
Hugh Chykwell, f Symond Abyngdon |	...e
Meyr	i John Preston	J X1^ ’
ïhis same yere was bothe Lord Spencer and his sonne exiled
oute of Ingelond, and, sqne after, the kynge commaunded ayene
to the Lordis governaunce.
| A0 xe.
] A0 xje..
}
x\T
This yere were the	Nicholas Faryngdon, (	William Pordon	v A r\ * * * * û
fyrst nobles, di. nobles, and farthynges of gold	Maire t	Reynold Condyt	r A°xmje.
made, for a fore this		i Rychard Costantyne	( a o WTTe
tyme there was no mony but sterlyng.	Hamond Chykewell, Mair	Richard Akeney John Grantham Roger Ely	r A. XY . | A0 xvje.
	Nicholas Faryngdon, j	' Adam Salysbury	| A0 xvije.
	Maire (	John Oxynford	
	Hamond Chykwell, 1	\ Benett Fullham	
	Maire *1	L John Gawston	j A XY11J.
This yere the Bysshoppe of Exceter,a that tyme was a Tresorer
of Inglonde, was be heded at the Standarde in Chepe.
Rechard Betey, f Gilbert Mordon
l J
Meyre
John Cotton
A0 xix.
a The original reading was “ Oxenford,” which has been corrected into “ Exceter ”
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This yere the kynge was deposed and Edward his sonne made
kynge.
The names of the Meire and Shereffes of London in ]?e yere of Edwardus iiju
the régné of Kynge Edwarde the iije.
Hamond Chikwell, f Richard Deryng	1	.
Maire	l Roger Chaunceler S Pnm0-
This yere the kynge spoused the Erlis doughter off Henawde.
And in the same yere the kynges fader was morthered at the
castell of Berkele.
Richard Deterynge
Harry Darcy
Richard Deterynge
Roger Chaunceler
Hamond Chikwell,
Meire
A0 ije.
A0 iije
John Grantham,
Maire
| Symond Fraunces
nije
Harry Chamburleyne
This yere was Roger Mortymer honged for holding of the
Quene.
Richard Later
Harry Gesors
Robert off Ely
Thomas Herwolde
John of Mokkyng
Andrew Aubry
This yere was Berwik yolden to oure kynge.
Nicholas Pyke
John Howsbonde
William Haunsed
John Haunseyd
John Hyngeston
Watyr Turke
Watir Mord on
Rauff Upton
William Beklesworthe
John Northhalle
Symond Swanlond,
Mayre
John Powntney,
Maire
John Powntney,
Maire
Revnold Condit,
Maire
John Powntney,
Maire
A0 ve.
A0 vje.
Vlje
| A°viije.
}
A0
IXe,
A° xe.
A°
xje
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Harry Dacy, Maire
Andrewe Awbrye
Watyr Neell
Nicholas Crâne
William of Pounfret
Hugh of Markeber
| William Thorney
A0 xiije.
i
' XlllJe
Eoger of Forsham
This yere was the bataylle of Slews in Flawndres.
Adam Lucas
Bertilmewe Denmarke
Richard of Berwyk
John Rokysle
John Lovekyn
A0
xv.
John of Oxynford,
Maire
{ Richard of Kyllyngbury
A0 xvje.
A° xvije.
| A0 xviije.
Symond Frawnces,
Maire
In this yere was an erthe quake.
John Hamonde,	f	John Sewarde	|
Maire	t	John of Haylham	J	x*x
This yere began the knyghtys of the Garter a yene.
John Hamonde,	l	Geffrey Wyngham
Maire	I	Thomas Legge
This yere was the kynge of Scotlonde take and brojte in to
Ingelonde.
Richard Lacer,	r	Edmond of Evynhall
Maire	{	John of Glowcester
This yere was the Batayll of Cressy and the Sege of Caleys, be
gonne 1346.
Geffrey Wychyng-	r	William Clapton
ham, Maire	\	John Croydon
This yere was Calys wonne and yelde to Kynge Edwarde.
Thomas the Gaye,	f	Adam Brabanson	) * 0
Meir	1 Richard of Basyngstoke J XX11J-
This yere was the fyrst Pestelence.
Harry Loffkyn,	f	Harry Pykard	)
t Symond Dolseley	J ^
A0 xxe.
| A°xxje.
| A°xxije.
Meire
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John Turke, Maire <	r Adam Bury [ Rauffe of Lynne	} A° xxve.
This yere was the grete Pestelence.		
Eichard Beslyng- j	f John Nott	\ À 0 «f «v «y « Q
bury, Maire 1	L William ofWorseter	j XXVJ .
Andrewe Aubry, 1	f John Wrothe	1a
Maire 1	L William Styryntrope	} A°xxvije.
	f John Peche	
Adam Fraunces,	| John of Stody	> A°xxvuje.a
Maire	) William of Welde \ John Lytell	| A0 xxixe.
Thomas Legge,	ç William of Tudham	
Mair ,	L Eichard of Smolt	> A0 xxxe.
Symond Fraunces, <	r Watyr Frost	f A 0 ......le
Mayre |	[ Thomas of Lardon	> A xxxj .
This yere the kynge of Fraunce was brought in		to Ingelonde
prisoner, the whiche Prince Edwarde toke in J?e		felde at the
Batayle of Peyters. And the Crow[n]e off Scotlond yelden to oure		
kynge.		
Harry Pÿcard, Maire j	r Richard Notyngham [ Thomas Dolsle	| A°xxxije.
John Stoody, Maire j	f Stephanus Caundiche L Bertilmewe Frestlynge	| A0 xxxiije.
John Lovekyn, 1	[ J ohn of Burys	1
Maire 1	^ J ohn of Banys	> A0 xxxmje.
Symonde Dolse, e	■ Symond of Bodyngton	
Maire {	John of Chechester	r A0 xxxve.
This yere was the threde Pestelence.		
John Wrothe, Maire j	John Denys . James Andrewe	| A°xxxvje.
a The following note occurs in the margin opposite the 28th year: “ This yere
were the fyrst g[ro]tes and di. grotes, that is to s[aye] iiij d. and ij d. of sylver
made, [and] afore ther was no monye b[ut] the noble, the half noble, the [farjthyng
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,	_ ,	. r William Holbeche ) .
John Peche, Maire {JamysofTame	} A°xxxvij°.
This yere was a grete wynde on Seint Mawres daye.
Stephen Candysh,	f John de Seint Albonis	
Meir	1 James Andrewe	< A°xxxvnje.
John Notte, Maire	r Richard of Croydon t John Hiltoft	| A0 xxxix6.
Adam of Bury,	r Symond of Mordon	| A0 xle.
Maire	{ John of Medfford	
Adam of Bury, Mair to Y xvij day of	J John Brekyllesworthe ( Thomas Irelonde	| A0 xlje.
J anyuer John Lovekyn,	f John Warde	
		| A0 xlij®.
Maire	l Thomas Atlee	
James Andrewe,	| John Tornegold	, A0 xliije ) Stella
Maire	1 William Dikeman	
		( comata.
This yere was the four the Pestilence, and in		the monthe of
Marche apperid.a		
Symond Mordon	c Adam Wymondham { Robert Gurdeler	j A0 xliiije.
This yere went Sir Robert Knollis in to Fraunce with a grete		
power.		
John Chechester,	c John Pyll	| A0 xlve.
Maire	{ Hugh Holbech	
This yere was called the grete dere yere, and that same yere was		
a quarter of whete at iiij nobles.		
John Bernys, Maire	r William Walworthe { Robert Gayton	J A0 xlvje.
John Pyell, Maire	r John Philpott \ Nicholaus Brambyll	| A0 xlvije.
a So in MS. Doubtless the words “ stella comata ” written above under the
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John Bernys, Maire
r Robert Hattfeld
\ Adame Stable
A0 xlviij6.
This yere was John Norword, mercer, slayne
hethe at a wrestelynge.
Adam of Bury,
Maire
William Walwothe,
Maire
John Warde, Maire
r John Aubrye
{ John Fysshehed
r Richard Lyons
t William Woodhows
r John Hadley
1 William Newport
att the Blacke
j A0 xlixe.
j A° 1.
| Aoij.
This yere was the wode Satyrdaye for the Duke of Lancaster at
Sir Johnis Inné of Prys ; the same yere was the y pestelence. This
yere dyed Prince Edwarde, and lithe at Caunterburye.
ai o i n* •	( J°hn Northehampton	) . ...
Adam Staple, Maire ( Robert Launde	J A» hf.
This yere was Adam Stable deposid of his meyralte by John
Duke of Lancaster on Palme Sondaye eve, that is to sey the xij
day of Aprile. And in his stede was made Nicholas Bremble.
And on the same day was John Mynsterworthe hangged and heded.
And on Seint Albones even dyed Kynge Edwarde [the thirde],a
and is enterred at Westmester.
Thés bethe the names of the Maires and Shoreffes of the Cite of Ricardus
London in the tyme of the renge of Kyng Richard the ije.
Nicholas Bremble,	f Andrewe Pykeman	)
Maire	t Nicholas Twyfford	1	primo.
This yere every man, woman, and childe after the âge of xiiij
yere payd to the kynge iiij d.
b John Philpot, Mayre
{
Thomas Cornwales
John Basham
A0 ije.
a The worcU between brackets are inserted by the Corrector.
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This yere was a bushell of whete at vj d. And a galon of white
wyne at vj d. and a galon of rede wyne at iiij d.
John Hadle, Maire
f John Aylsdon
1 William Bareyte
A0 iije.
This yere was the Parlement at Northampton, and ther was
Kyrkeby drawen and hanged for the dethe of Marshaunt Janyn.
And in the same yere, be for the feste of Seint Michell, were the
gallyes in Temmes brent at Gravysende; and for the same cause was
Sir Rauffe Ferres appellyd. In the same was a bataylle at West-
mester be twene Sir John Aunsell, knyght, appellaunt, and Thomas
Katerton, defendaunt. And in this yere corne a grete peple oute
of Kentt and Essex to London and brent the Savey and a parcell
of Seynt Johns and the maner of Heybury. And so entryd in to
London and fette oute of the Toure the Erchebysshoppe of Caunter-
bury, the priour of Seint Jonys, and a Frere Robert Halys, and
Frere William Appylton, and a Frere Menor, and John Legge, a
sergeaunt of armes, and Richard Somner, were be hedid at Towre
Hill. And Richard Lyons behedid at the Standard in Chepe. And
on the morowe after was William Walworth, Nicholas Brembyll,
John Philpott, and Robert Lawnde, made knyghtis in Smythfeld.
And uppon Samfford Hill was the Erle Marchall, and the Erle
Pembroke, and Syr Nicholas Twyfford and Sir Adam Fraunces,
knyghtes, with in a shortt tyme. And this was called the Hurlynge
tyme.
William Walworthe, f	Watyr Begette	1	....e
Maire	1	John Knyghtcott	j	1U^ '
This yere the kynge hade	of every man and woman	be	twene lx
and xvj yere xij d., for the whiche J?e rysinge afore be ganne.
John Norhampton, f	John Rote	1	A0	e
Maire	1	John Hende	J
This yere, the vij day of Januer, on a Saterdaye, Quene Anne
came to the Toure of London, and the Sonda y followinge she was
weddid to Kynge Richard the Secounde. And the xxiiij day of
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A post Dunstanum post tempore meridianum
C circulum vixi terre motum tibi dixi.a
John Norhampton,	f	Adame Bamme	|	.e
Mair	1	John Cely	j	*
This yere the Bysshoppe of Norwyche went in to Flaundres and
slewe many Flemynges. This yere was John Norhamton, John
More, John Norbury, dampned in the Toure of London for cer-
teyne congregaciouns that were made a yenes pe pese.
Nicholas Bremble,	f	Nicholas Exton
Mair	1	John Fresche
Nicholas Bremble,	C	Symond Wynchecombe	^	...e
Maire	l	John More	J	V11^	#
This yere the kynge wentt in to Scotlonde with a riall power
and distroyed ail the londe to the Scottes see.
j A° vije.
Nicholas Bremble,	f
Maire	1
This yere went the Duke
lange the crowne.
Nicholas Exstone,	f
Meir	l
John Orgon	) e
John Churcheman j 1X *
of Lancaster in to Spayne for to cha-
A° xe,
| A0 xje.
f William Staunton
i William More
This yere was the Erle of Arondell mad Amell of the see, and
toke in that yere lxxx“b shippis of enmyes and mo with xiiijM1 ton
wyne.
Nicholas Exston,	f William Yenor
Mayre	1 Hugh Fasthalffe
This yere was a grete dissencion amonge the lordis, that is to
sey, the Duke of Glowcester, the Erle of Derby, the Erle of
Arondell, the Erle off Warwyk, and the Erle of Notyngham, a gayne
the Erle of Oxynford, and the Erle of Southfolke, and the Erche-
bysshope of Yorke, Sir Robert Tresylyan, and Sir Nicholas Bremble,
the whiche Sir Robert and Sir Nicholas were drawen and hanged,
and the Erle of Oxynforde and the Erle of Southefolke fled in to
a I confess the meaning of these lines is beyond me.—Edit or.
b “ lxxxxs.” So in MS.
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Nicholas Twyffor,
Mair
William Yenor,
Maire
| A0 xije.
| A0 xiije.
| A0 xiiije.
| A0 xve.
Braband, and ther died, and the Erchebysshuppe of Yorke fled in
to Scotlonde and ther died, and ail ther godes fell in to the kynges
hande.
f Thomas Austyn
1 Adam Carlhill
f John Walcotte
1 John Loveney
This yere was a grete Pestylence.
Adame Bamme,	f	Thomas Yyment
Maire	1	John Fraunces
Tl TT 1 ht	*	f	Harry Yanner
John Ilende, Maire	i	T î. ci j Al
7	l	John bhodworth
This yere was the Mayre and bothe the Shoryves were putt
downe of her offyce, and Syr Edwarde Delyngrege made wardeyn
by the kynge. And after him Syr Bawdewyne Radynton in the
xv yere of the kynge and Gebonde Mandfeld and Thomas Newnton
chosyn Shoreffys, and London rawnsoned at a M1 marke.
Gylberd Mansfeld
Thomas Neunton
Wytington } ^ Xv^ '
This yere on Witsondaye dyed Quene Anne and lithe at West-
mester ; and in the same yere the kynge wentte in to Irlonde and
toke ail the rebelles of that londe.
f Thomas Knollys
John bresshe. Meire i wn-
9	l	William Bramton
This yere came the kynge oute of Irlande.
William More,	f	Roger Elys
Maire	l	William Heryngham
Adame Bamme, f Thomas Welford
Maire	1	William Perker
This yere Quene Isabell was wedded to Kynge Richard at
Caleys. And also the same yere, the xxi day of June, was the Duke
of Glowcester, the Erle of Arondell, the Eric of Warwyke, the
William Staunton
{
| A°
xvje
T , TT ,, . f Drue Barentyn
John Hadle, Maire { Richard Wytin.
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Lord Cobham, Sir Thomas of Arondell, the Erchebysshoppe of
Caunterburye were a rested, and the Duke of Glowcester was sent
to Caleys and ther mortherd, and the Erle of Arondell behedid at
the Toure Hill on Seint Matheus Eve. And the Erle of War-
wyke, the Erle of Arondell, the Lord Cobham, and Sir John
Cheyne, were dampned to perpetuall prison.
Richard Wytington, ( William Ascame	|	#e
Maire	I	John Wodcok	1	xx^ *
This yere the kynge made v Dukes and a Markes and iiij Erlys.
Fyrst was the Erle of Derby was made Duke of Herforde, and the
Erle of Rutlonde Duke of Arondell, and the Erle of Kent Duke of
Surre, the Erle of Hontyngdon Duke of Excester, and the Erle
Marchall Duke of Northefolke, the Erle of Sornersed Markes of
Dorsett, and the Lord Spencer Erle of Glowceter, the Lord Nevell
Erle of Westmerlond, Sir Thomas Percy Erle of Worseter, and Sir
William Scroope Erle of Wilshire.
Drew Baryngtyn,	j	John Wade	j
Mayre	I	John Warner	j	XX1^ ’
This yere dyed the Duke of Lancaster and is buryed at Seint
Poules in London. Also the Friday after Seint Peter and Poule
the Duke of Lancaster after his fader disses came in to Englonde,
with him his sonne Thomas Arondell that was Erchebysshoppe of
Caunterbury, and they londed in the northe contre at a place called
Ravenspore, to whom came in haste the Erle of Northehomberlonde
and his sonne Sir Harry Percy, and many other lordis with grete
power, and thei went to Brystowe wher thei fonde Sir William
Scrope, Tresourer of Engelonde, and Sir John Busshe, and Sir
John Grene, and ail were be heded. And in Y mon the of Septem-
bre the kynge resseyved his dignité in the Toure of London.
Thés bethe the names of the Maires and Shoreffes of the Cite off Henricus iiij
London in the régné of Kynge Henry the iiijth, the whiche was
crowned at Westmestre in the daye of Translacioun of Seint Edwarde,
the yere of our Lord Mhij^xxxxix.0,
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Thomas Knollys,	l William Walden	) kn
Maire	i William Hide	J A0 primo.
This yere the vj day of Feverell were ail the seales of blanke
chartours brent at the Standarde in Chepe, and the xth day of
Marche Kynge Richarde the Secunde a was brought from Pomfret
Castel whereyn he decessyd a to London in to Powles, and the nexte
day after he was caryed to Langley to be buryed there yn a howce
of freers.b And in the same yere was the Erle of Kent, the Erle
of Salisbery, be hedid at Susseter.0 And . Sir Thomas Blunt, Sir
Kauffe Lomney, Sir John Cely, and Thomas Yenter, were be hedyd
at Oxenford. And Sir John Holond and the Duke of Excester
were be hedyd at Plaschey. And the Lord Spencer was be hedid
at Bristowe.
John Fraunces,	l John Wakele
Maire	( John Gnotte
A° ije.
This yere was the Batel at Halydon Hyl.d
John Shadworthe,	j William Yenor	j	...e
Maire	I John Frelyngham	i	n*^ *
This yere the kynge spoused Dame Jane, Duchés of Brettaynge.
And the same yere apperyd Stella comata v wekys in Leynte. Also
the yere the Priour of Launde and Sir Roger Claryngton and viij
Frerys Menoures were drawen and honged upon a day.
John Walkott, l Richard Marlowe	j ...e
Maire	( Robert Checheley	j 1U^ *
This yere, on Mary Mawdelen day,e was the Bataylle of Shrowys-
bury, and ther was Syr Harry Percy slayne and Syr Thomas Percy
his eme take, and ij dayes after he was drawe and hanged, and the
Erle of Stafford slayne under the kynges baner.
a The words “ the Secunde ” and “ from Pomfret—decessyd ” are inserted by the
Corrector in the margin.”
b “ there—freers.” These words are inserted by the Corrector.
0 Cirencester.	d This sentence is inserted by the Corrector in the margin.
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A0 ve.
John Wodcok,
Maire
Richard Wityngton,
Maire
| A° vije.
| A0 viijth.
William Askam,	l Thomas Faukener
Maire	( Thomas Polie
This yere was William Serle, that mordered the Duke of Glow-
cester at Calleys, drawen, hanged, quarterde, and behededa at
London.
John Hende, M.ire (	} A- vj<.
t	btephyn bpilman	)	°
This yere on the Monday in Witsonweke Syr Roger Scrope,
Erchebysshoppe of Yorke, and the Erle Marchall, were behedid at
Yorke. The same yere was a grete frost that endured xv wekes
and m[o].b
f Harry Barton
1 William Crowmer
f Nicholas Wotton
1 Geffrey Brooke
This yere the Erle of Kent spoused the Duchés doughter of
Myllayne.
William Stawnton,	f	Harry Poumfrett	|
Mair	t	Harry Halton	J	1X	*
This yere the Erle of Nothehomberlonde and the Lorde Bardollff
was be hedid. Also the same yere was a stronge frost that duryd
xv wekys, and the Erle of Kent was slayne in Brettayne.
Dreugh Barentyn,	f	Thomas Duke
Mair	1	William Norton
Richard Mariowe,	f	John Lane
Meire	1	William Chechiley
f John Penne
1 Thomas Pyke
This yere came Enbassatours from the Duke of Burgoyne to
hâve men a gayne the Duke of Orlyance. And the Prince sent
over the Erle of Arondell and the Lord Cobham with other dyverse
lordes.
Thomas Knolles,
Maire
| A0 xe.
} A° xj*.
| A° xij0.
ft “ and beheded.” Added by the Corrector.
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Henricus Quintus.
Robert Chechiley, f William Reynwell |	...e
Maire	1	John Cotton	J	X1^	*
This yere Thomas the kynges sonne was made Duke of Cla-
rence, and he wente over the see with a faire mayne in help ynge
of the Duke of Orlyaunce a gayne the Duke, of Borgoyne. Also
the same yere the kynge lete smyte a newe mynte the noble lesse
wight than the olde noble by halfe apeny wight of gold.
This yere in one day were iij floddys yn the Temmys water.a
William Waldren,	f.	Rauffe Lovenam	]
Maire	1	William Sevenoke	J
xnip
And in this yere dyed the kynge, and lithe enterred at Caunter-
bury.
The names of the Maires and Shoreffes of London the whiche
were in the tyme of the régné off Kynge Henre the vth% the whiche
was crowned at Westmestre the ixth day of Aprel, the whiche than
was Passyon Sonday and a grete raynye daye.b This yere the
kynge lete fetche frome Langley the bonys of Kyng Richard the
ijde c to Westmestre in to the tombe that he did make him selffe for
hym and his Quene Anne. And the same yere Sir John Oldcaste
was a rested in to the Towre, and after brake oute of prison.
Wylliamd Crowmer, f John Sutton	)	.
Mair	{ John Nicoll	jA’pnmo.
This yere Sir John Oldecastell with many oj?er lordes and
heritikes had emagened the distruccion of the kynge and of Holy
Chirche, but the kynge with stode hem and toke many of them,
which were drawe and hanged and brentt, galowes and ail, to the
nombre of xlijti persones, but Sir John Oldcastell scapyd.
a This sentence is added in the margin by the Corrector.
b The words following “ Westmestre” in this sentence are added by the Corrector
and carried out into the margin.
c “ the ijde ” is interlined by the Corrector.
d The name was “ John” in the text, but it is crossed through and “ Wylliam”
is written over. The Corrector has added the following note in the margin, relative
to the year of his mayoralty: “ Primo, quia bis fuit maior civitatis.”A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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Thomas Fawkener,	f John Michell	\
Mair	1 Thomas Aleyn	)	^ *
This yere was brent in Smythfeld John Claydon, Skynner, and
Richarde Gutmyn, Baker, for herytekys. Also the same yere the
kynge toke his jorney toward Normandy, and at Southehampton
the Erle of Cambryge and the Lorde Scrope and Sir Thomas
Graye were be heded for conspirynge of the kynges dethe. And
)?an the kynge passed the see witli iiijc. shippes. And the xvj day
of August he landed a litell from Hareflete and leide a sege to the
towne, and conteneued to the xx day of Septembre, and than was
the towne yolde to oure kynge. And than the kynge wente
towarde Caleys, and on Crispine Crispianis day at Agyncortte ail
the rialte of Fraunce corne-be for the kynge to lett him of his The Batel of Agyn-
wey. And the kynge faughte with hem and discomfid them and £hfday d^Cryspini
slewe many lordis and other peple, and toke many prisoners, Dukes, and Crispynian beyng
Erlis, and othir lordes. And on the xxiiij day of Novembre the Fiydajr*
kynge with his prisoneres came to London.
Nicholas Wotton,	f Aleyn Everarde
Maire	1 William Cambryge
This yere the Empour of Almayne came in to Engelond and [E]mperowre of
was at Seint Georges fest. And at the procession the kynge went AUmen*
a bove him, and at the masse the kynge sate a bove him, and at the
mete the kynge sate on the right honde of the emperoure. And
the Duke of Bedforde, Chaunsler of Englonde, sate on the lifte
side of the Emperour, and the Beshuppe of Dyvelyn and dukys that
came with the Emperour sate on the right,honde of the Kynge.
And the first sotilte that came on the table was our Lady armyng
Seint George and an angill doinge on his sporys. The secounde
sotilte was Seint George fightynge with the dragon, and the spere
in his honde. The therde sotilte was a castell, and Seint George
and the kynges doughter ledyng the Ïambe in to the castell gâte.
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Harry Barton,	f	Robert Wityngton	> ao —-th
Mayre	1	John Coventre	\	in^
This yere the kynge sailed in to Normandy and londed the first
day of August be syde Towcke and toke the towne and castell sone
after; on our Ladye day the Nativité the kynge wan the towne of
Cane, and sone after the castell. Also the Duke of Clarence beseged
the towne of Bayue and wan hit. And the same yere the kynge
wan many other townes and castelles and stronge abbeyes longe
be for the fest of Seint Edward in Octobre.
Richard Merlowe, (	Harry Rede
Maire	t	John Gedney
This yere the generall counsell was endyde atte Custaunce, and
an unyversale pece made in Holy Chirche and a Pope chosyn,
whiche was called Martinus quintus. Also Sir John Oldcastell
was take and dampned at Westmestre, drawen and brentt, galows
and ail. Also the same yere the kynge besegide the towne and
castell of Falloyes and gâte hem bothe; also the towne and castell
of Shirebrough yelden to the Duke of Glowcester. And after the
kynge gatte Pountelarge and many other streynthes. And a boute
Lammas the kynge layde sege to Rone.
William Sevenoke,	J	John Pernesse	]	.	.e
Maire	f	Rauff Barton	f
This yere on Seint Wolstones day the towne and castell of Rone
was yolde to oure kynge.
Richard Wityngton,	r	John Boteler	1	ao	••
Maire	\	Robert Wytyngham j	V1^e*
This yere the kynge came to Troyes in Champayne where he
was worthely resseyved of ail the lordys spirituall and temporall.
And on the morowe the kynge mett withe the Quene of Fraunce
and Dame Kateryne hir doughter and the Duke of Boyrgoyne in
the body of Seint Pétris churche ; and after they went up to the
auter and there the articles of the pees were redde and othes made
on eyther syde. And then was the kynge and Dame Kateryne
ensured togeder. And on the morowe after Trinité Sondaye, thatA SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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is to sey the iij day of June, he spoused Dame Kateryne in the
seide chirche of Seint Peter in Troyes, and the kynge was made
Eegent and Eyre of Fraunce.
William Cambryge, j John Wellis	)	...
Maire	f John Botler	1	V11^ *
This yere the ix day of Feverell the kynge and the Quene The Coronacyon of
Kateryne came to London, and the xxj daye of the same mo[n]the Quene Kateryne.
she was crowned at Westmester, and the fest was holden in the
grete hall.
Off the Feste of Y Cronacioun of Quene Kateryne and of Service.
Fyrst, the quene sate in hir astate, and the Erchebysshoppe of
Caunterbury and the Bysshoppe of Wynchester satte upon the
righ[t] honde of the quene, and the Kynge of Scottis sate in his
estate upon )?e lyfte hand of the quene. And the Duchés of
York and the Countes of Huntyngdon sate upon the same side.
And att every course nexte the quene the Bysshoppis were servid,
covered as the quene, and than the Kynge of Scottis and other
lordis. And the Duke of Glowcester was Surveour, and the Erle
Marchait knelyd in the right side of the quene holdyng in his
honde upryght a septure, and the Knyght Marchall holdyng a
no)?er septure on the lifte syde of the quene. And the Countesse
of Kente sittinge on the right fote of the quene. And the
Countesse Marchall sytting on the lifte fote of the quene.
Also this same yere sone after Wytsonday the kynge sayled in
to Fraunce and laide a sege to the Cite of Mewes Embryea and
contenewed forthe. This yere was a new wedercok set u[p] on
Powles stepyl.b
Eobert Checheley,	i Eichard Goslynge	j	,
Maire	! William Weston	j	1X *
This same yere on Seint Nicholas day Henry the kynges sonne Henricus vjtU9 natus
was borne at Wyndsore, and in the monthe of Maye the Cite of	^d^Sancti
.	Nicholai episcopi, A°
• Meaux en Brie.	Domini Mi,»iiijcxxjo
b The last sentence is added by the Corrector in the margin.
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Henricus quintus
ultimo Augusti diem
cia [u] sit e [xtre] mun
Et sic yixit post
nativitatem filij sui
Henr[ici] vjli xxxta
et octo septimanas
[et] fere duos dies.
Mewes in Brye was yolden to tlie kynge. Also the same monthe
the quene shipped at Hampton, and so passed the see in to Fraunce.
Also in this yere the last daye of August dyed Kynge Harry the
vth at Boys Vynsent with oute Parys, whos bonys the viijtb day of
Nçvember at Westmester were enterred.
The names of the maires and shoreffes of the Cite of London in
the tyme of the régné of Kyng Henry the vjth.
William Waldren,	i	William Estffeld	»
Mair	j	Robert	Tetersalle	|	primo.
This yere the xxj day of Octobre (betwene vij and viij of the
clok a fore none in the Cite of Parysa) dyed Kynge Charles of
Fraunce. Also the first day of Marche William Tayler was brent
in Smythfeld for eresy. Also the secounde day of March Pownt-
melayne was yolden to the gode Erle of Salysbury. Also John
Duke of Bedford, the kynges uncle, Regent of Fraunce, spoused the
Dukys sister off Burgoyne.
William Crowmer,	(	Nicholas Jamys	j	,.e
Maire	!	Thomas	Wandisfford 1	^ ’
This yere the xxj day of Octobre was the Parlement holden at
Westmester. And the xxvj day of Novembre the kynge was brought
in to the Parlement. And the same daye the kynge remevid to
Waltham, and the Parlement was engorned in to the xx day after
Cristmas. This yere the xiiijth day of Feveryere dyvers bylies were
cast in London and in the subbarbys of the same a yenst mer-
chantes strawngers.b Also the xiiij day of Feverell Sir John Mor-
tymer was dampned be Parlement, hanged, drawe, and quarterd for
brekynge of prison.
John Michell, Ma.re | John Bcwatyl.	j A» nf.
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This yere in the monthe of Octobre the Duke of Glowceter and
his Duchés sayled to Caleys and so forthe in to Henaude wher was
his wiffes eritage, wherehe was at the fyrst wrorsshupfully resseyved,
but after they sett nott by him, and so came home and lefte his
lady at Moynys in Henaude. And then the Duke of Burgoyne
beseged hir and wanne the towne and brought hir to Gawnte in
Flaundres, but she scaped from thens and came in to Holonde,
and there longe tyme helde wer a yenes the Duke and put him
dyverse tymes at the worste.
John Coventre,	r William Mildred	j	#...e
Maire	| John Brokley	j	lu^ *
This yere on Witsonday the kynge was made knyght at Leyseter
of my Lorde of Bedford, and the kynge made xxxiiij^ other knyghtis.
Also the same yere was a grete dissencioun be twene the Duke of
Glowcester and the Bysshoppe of Wynechester that tyme Chauncy 1er,
for the whiclie ail London a rose with the Duke a yenest the for-
saide Bysshoppe.
John Reynwell,	( Robert Arnold
Maire	( John Hygham
A0 ve.
This yere be for Shroftide the Bysshoppe of Wynchester saylled
over to Caleys, and sone after the Duke of Bedford and his Duchés.
And upon our Lady day the Annonciacion the Bysshoppe of
Wynechestre was made cardenall in Seint Mary chirche of Caleys,
beyng ther présent the Duke of Bedfford and his Duchés. And
be for the masse be gan, the whiche the Bysshoppe shuld doo, the
popis cosynne brought in the cardenalles hatte, and with grete
reverence sett it upon the auter, and ther hit stode ail the masse
tyme. And whan the bysshoppe had songe and was un revessed,
ther was done on him an habite in maner of a freres cope off fyne
scarled furred with puryd graye. And than he knelid downe upon
his kneys befor the auter, while the Popis bullys were red to him.
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the pope confermed that he shulde hâve still ail the benefies that
he hathe in Englonde. And whan this was done the Duke of
Bedforde went up to the auter and toke the cardenales hatt and
sett it on the bysshoppys hede and abeyed to hym, and afterwarde
toke him ail wey above him. This yere Wylliam Wa[we] was
drawen, hanged, [and] quarterde.a
John Gedney,	l Harry Frowyk	\ .e
Maire	I Robert Otley	J	*
This yere the Duchés of Holond, whiche longe tyme was besegid
and vexid by the Duke of Burgoyne, understondynge that no
remedy nor helpe was ordeyned for hir in Ingelonde, and also
cosiderynge that the Duke of Glowcester hadde for sake hir and
spowscd a no]?er woman, by gode and wyse consayli submytt to be
governed afterward by the Duke of Borgoyne. Also the same yere
the Cardenale came to London upon Seint Gylis daye> and the Meir
Shoreffes and the craftis of London rode a gaynes him in a gode
a raye.
Harry Marton,	( John Abbott
Maire	( John Duffhous
This yere sone upon Midsomer the Cardenall saylled over the
see with a fayre mayne waged to werre upon the lordis of Prage.
But a lite a for the departynge of the Cardenall ou te of Englonde
the Erle of Southefolke, the Lord Talbott, the Lorde Scalys, and
many o]?er lordys, knyghtis, and squiers were taken, and many
slayne at the sege of Orlyaunce, and the sege broken.
William Estffeld,	( Rauff Holond	j .
Maire	| John Russe	1	V11^ *
This yere on Seint Lenardes b daye in Dessembre the kynge was
crowned at Westmestre (the dominical letter B c).
a This sentence is added by the Corrector.
b Corrected from “ Lauernce.,, The Corrector ought also to hâve noticed that
Dessembre ” should hâve been November.
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Nicholas Wotton,
Maire
John Wellis
f Water Churcliesey
l Robert Large
| Stephen Browne
IXe,
| A° xe,
John Aderley
This yere the kyng went in to Fraunce and the xiij day of
Décembre was he was crowned in Parys.a
This yere the kynge came oute of Fraunce in to Ingelonde in
savete to the Cite of London. And the Maire, Aldurmen and
Shoryvis with ail the c-omenalte of the Cite him resseyved right
worthely.
John Perneys, Mair { oinev^	} A° ^
This yere was a gre clepes on Seint Botholles daye.
ri i t -. «• . r Thomas Chalton
John Brokley. Maire < t i r
f John Lynge
J A°xije.
^	. r Thomas Barnwell 1 A
Robert Otley, Maire < Q ^ ^	r A° xnie.
t oymond Lyre	J	J
This yere was a gre te froste, the whiche dured from Seint
Katerynes daye to Seint Yolantynes daye. And the vintage of
wyne came ovir Sheters Hill in cartys from Gravisende.
Harry Frowick,	r Robert Clopton	^	...
Maire	\ Thomas Catworthe	J	X311^ ‘
This yere hit was oppenly knowen that the Duke of Burgoyne
was forsworne unto the Crowne off Engelonde, for in this yere he
laide sege unto Caleys, and he lete make a grete bastyle, the whiche
bastile oure men of Calleys wanne, and toke ther in many prisoners,
and slowe ail the remnante, and forthe with brent it. And that
tyme the Duke of Glowcester, the Duke of Northfolke, the Erle of
Huntyngdon, J>e Erle of Stafford, the Erle of Warwyck, and many
o]?er cries, baronez, knyghtes, and sqwyers, were poynted to goo
to Calleys to breke the sege. But the peple of Calleys had broke
the sege or they were redy, and ]?at tyme every lord founde a cer
a This sentence is added in the margin by the Corrector, who has also mterlined
under the names of the mayors and sheriffs, “ The kyng was crowned in Paiise.’62
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teyn meyne on her owne coste, and every bysshoppe, abbay, liowsell
of religiouns, and every gode towne fonde a certayne of men. And
London sent a for that vC sowdyors for to kepe Calys. And yet
London yave to the werrys m1 IL And so my Lord of Glowseter
toke his shippe with many other lordes at Wynchelsey, and so
sayled to Calleys with ail his oste, and his shippis waitinge on the
see coste off Flawndres upon our Oste. And so the Duke of
Glowseter toke his jorney taward Flaundres the Monday after Seint
Lauerence daye, in the yere of our Lorde M^CCCC.xxxvij111®, and lay
that nyght at Sparkys place be syde Oye; upon the morne he
passed the water of Gravenynge at x of the clokke, with l.M1 men
nombryd. And ther he made dyverse knyghtis. And so passyd
forthe to Mardyke and brent hit and Poperynge and Bell, and so
distroyed ail West Flawndres. And our shippis brentt a gode Ile
whiche is called Cagent, and sone after the Duke with ail his oste
retorned to Caleys, and so came a yene in to Englond.
•ri	. f Thomas Morsted	)	.
John Michell, Maire { wmiam Gregory	} A» xye.
This yere fell downe the Towre of London Brygge with ij arches.
And the same yere dyed Quene a Kateryne, J?e whiche is buryed at
Westmester.
William Estfeld,
Mair
Stephen Browne,
Maire
r William Halys
\ William Chapman
r Hugh Dyke
{ Nicholas Yoo
| A° xvje.
| A0 xvije.
This yere the Duke of Orlyaunce went over the see to Caleys
with a certayne lordys, and so was dely verd by composicioun made ;
and in that yere the Erle of Hontyngdon was sent in to Gascoyne.
And in that yere whete was worthe throwe the londe xyj d. a
busshell. And in that yere was ordeyned that ail the comyn strom-
petes sholde were raye hodis and white roddis in her hondes.
Aboyé these words is written by the Correetor: “uxor Henrici quinti.”A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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| A0 xviije.
Robert Large,	r Robert Marchall
Maire	1 Phelyppe Malpas
This yere the water condyt was in Flete strete fyrst made.a
This yere hit was ordeyned by Parlement that ail maner strangers
shulde go to Oste. In that yere were two men honged in Temmes
by yonde Seynt Katerynes, for they had rubbed vitalers in Temmes.
And in this yere was Sir Robert White, some tyme vicorye of Dep-
fford, and anoÿere seculer man, dampned for heresye, and brent at
Toure Hill in a mornyng at vij of the cloke.
John Padysle,	f	William Whetnalle	|	.	e
Maire	l	John Sutton	J	X1X	*
This yere the Duke of Yorke was made Regent of Fraûnce and
Normandy for v yere, and went overe Y see	a rya^ power.
And in that yere was a chalange made of a knyght of Spayne and
Sir Richarde Wodfelde, knyght, whiche was done in Smythfeld
a for the kynge and the lordys. And the kynge toke it in his
honde with in iiij strokes, and so was ended. And in that yere
Dame Elynore Cobham, Duchés of Glowseter, and a clerke of hires
that was called Maiste Roger Bultyngbroke, throwe nigrymancye,
and a wyche of the Eye, by wychcrafte, had conspired the kynges
dethe. Ail thre were a rested and put in holde.
Robert Clopton,	f	William Combys
Mail*	1	Richard Riche
xx/
This yere Dame Elynor Cobham a for wreten was made to go
throwe London, openly beryng a taper in hir hande by pennaunce
enjoyned by the Chirche and the Kynge, and after hir body to per-
petuall prison. And the clerke was dampned to be hanged, drawe,
and quartered, and J>e wiche was brent in Smythfelde for the
treson afor wretyn. And this yere was a chalange previd with in
lystis in Smythfelde a for the kynge of a knyght of Aragon and
John Assheley, squyer, the whiche Assheley had the felde, and of
a This sentence is inserted by the Corrector.
b To this note is added in a hand considerably later: “ and the wytche of Eye.”
Elynor Cobham,
Duchés of Glo-
[cester].b64
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Queiie Margaret, the
Duke of Angyos
dowghter, cam fyrst
into Englonde, A0
D’ni 1444.
the kynges honde was made knyght in the felde for his wele
doynge. And the lorde of Aragon after that offerd up his harneys
at Wyndsore.
tt	t TiT ( Thomas Bemond	1 .
Joha Attelé, Meyre {	J A- **,*.
This yere the Duke of Somersed went in to Fraunce with xM1
men, and that yere came the Cardenalle Erchebysshope of Rone,
Chaunseler of Normandy and Bysshoppe of Hely, in to Englond,
and here dyed, &c.
Thomas Catworthe, f Nicholas Wyffolde ) .0 -e
Maire	1 John Norman	J XX1^ *
This yere came the Duke of Somersed oute of Fraunce, Y whiche
had lost myche of his peple. And that yere the Erle of Southe-
folk, and the Prevey Sealle,a and Sir Robert Roose, the kynges
secretory, went on enbassetory in to Fraunce to trete for pees, and
to make a maryage for the Kynge with the Dukys doughter of
Angios, whiche pees was made for xviij montbes, and seuerte hadde
of the maide for maryage a for recorde of ail the riales of Fraunce
in presens of oure enbassetours. And so they came a yene in to
Engelond, presentyng the kynge this tythinges, for the whiche was
made bothe in Inglonde and Fraunce grete solemnyte. And in that
yere died the Duke of Somersett. And in that yere was ordeyned
that no markett sholde be holde on the Sonday. And this yere the
Erle of Stafford was made Duke of Bokynham, ]?e Erle of Dorsett
was made Markes of Dorsett, the Erle of Southefolke Markes of
Southefolke, the Erle of Warwyke made Duke of Warwyke.
Harry Frowyk, f Stephen Foster	q	...e
Maire	1 Hugh Wiche	J XX1^ *
This yere Quene Margeret came in to Englond with grete rialte
of the kynges coste. And the xxix daye of Maye ail the craftes of
London with the Meire and Aldermen met with the quene on
hors backe in blewe gownes browdered and rede hodis, and brought
hir to the Towre of London ; and on the same day was made xlvij
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Symond Eyre,
Maire
John Olney, Mayre
knyghtis of the Bathe. And on the morowe ail the craftes of
London in her best a ray brought hir to Westmester, and ail the
forsaide knyghtes a for ridynge. And the xxx day of May (the
wliiche was than the Sonday next after Trinité Sonday a) she was
crowned at Westmestre. And iij dayes after open justynge to ail
tho that wolde corne. And in this yere the priour of Kylmayne of
Irlonde apeled the Erle of Ormond. And in this yere came ser-
teyne enbassetours oute of Fraunce to trete for pees to be hadde
generall whiche duryd not but xij monthis after the xviij monthis
a for wretyn. And in this yere was the translacioun of Seynt
Edward made holy throwe London ; and Poules stepyll sett on lire
with lyghtnynge
John Derby	)
Geffray Feldyng	|	xxlllj
Robert Horne	j
Geffrey Boleyn	i	xxv	*
This yere was the Parlement at Bury for the Duke of Glowcester
with grete treison wrought a yenes him comyng thedir, and was
loged in the Ospitale, for whom was raysed lx M1 men. And as lie
sate at soper, lordis of dyverse degreis came to him in the kynges
name dischargeynge him of the kynges presense, and of ail other
maner of answeres. And so they a restid him of hie treyson. And
)?at he mekely obeyed, and ail his men were avoyded from him full
hevely. And sone after he dissesyd, the sykenes howe God knowith.
And xxxij of his men were sentt to dyverse persones, and afterward
v of his men were brojt to London. And ther thei were dampned
to be drawe, hanged, and quarterd; and so they were drawe to
Tiborn. And thés bethe thernames: Arteys the Dukys bastard
sonne, and Herberd squyer, Medilton squyer, and Sir Roger Chatn-
burlayne knyght, and Nedame yoman. And ther thei were hanged
and lette downe quycke; and ther was the Markes of Southefolke,
and shewed a chartour generall for hem ail; and so they were par-
doned and had lyfe and godes.
a Tbe parenthesis is inserted by the Corrector in the margin below.
CAMD. SOC.	K
Coronacio Régine
Margarete uxoris
Iienrici Sexti.
The Translacion of
Seyn[t] Edwarde
made halyd[ay].
The Parlament at
Saynt Edmundes
Bury, and Humfrey
Dewke of Glowceter
and regent of Englond
there was slayne, A°
Domini 1446, viz. 24ta
die Januarij.A. SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
John Cade.
Stephen Browne,
Maire
Thomas Chalton,
Maire
| A°xxvije.
| A0 xxviij6.
^ -,	. f William Abraham	.
John Gedney, Meire j Thomas Scott	J XXVJ *
This yere the xxij day of Marche the water brake in oute of
Temmes be syde Lymeoste, and in a no]?er place in Temmes, and
dide myche harme. And in the same yere was an herytik brent at
the Toure Hill.
f William Cantlowe
l William Marowe
( Thomas Canynges
l William Hewlyn
This yere the kynge helde his Parlement at Westmester. And
that same yere was ail Normandy loste. And also in the terme of
Cristmas while the Parlement was at Westmester the Duke of
Southefolke was a rested and sent to the Toure of London. And
with in a moneth after the kynge sent after the duke frorne the
Toure to the towre at Westmestre, and ayenes Ester the Parlement
was enjorned to Leyseter, and the kynge toke with him the Duke
of Southefolke. And whan the kynge and the comenys were corne to
Leyseter the comenys saide that they wolde hâve excusyon don
upon the traytors that hadde solde Normandy, Gyan, and Gascoyne,
and were causes of the dethe of the Duke of Glowcester, for the
whiche the Duke of Suthefolke was named chefe, and the Lord
Saye and Danyell squyer, and many other. And so the comenys
cryed so sore on the Duke of Southefolke that at the laste the kynge
did exile hym oute of the londe. And so the duke shepped and
was forwarde in the see, and ther mett with him a shippe callesa
Nicholas of the Toure, and toke the duke and smote of his hede in
the see the first day of Maye. And so he was brought to Dovyr a
londe, and forthe with the Parlement was ended. And than the
comynes of Kent a rose and hade chosen hem a capteyne the whiche
namyd hym sylfe John Mortymer, whose very trew name was John
Cade, and he was an Iresheman;b and so he corne to the Black
a So in MS.
h “ whose—Iresheman.” This clause is inserted by the Correctoi*.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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hethe withe the comynes of Kentt. And the kynge with ail his
lordis made hem redy with ail her power for to with stonde him.
And the capteyn hiryng that the kynge was comynge, and so the
nyght a fore the capteyne with drowe him and his peple ; and so the
xviij day of June the kynge toke his wey taward the Blacke Hethe.
And Sir Umfrey Stafford, knyglit, and John Stafford, squyer, with
her peple went in the fowarde, and they were slayne and myche of
her peple. And the kynge came to the Blacke Hethe with his
lordys. They hirynge of J>is jorney a none the lordis meyne went
togeder and said, but the kynge wolde do excussyon on suche
traytors as were named else they wolde turne to the capteyn of
Kent. And than the kynge grawnte hem that they shuld hâve
ther entent, and bade hem name suche persones as were fectyffe, and
they sliulde hâve as lawe wolde. And than the lordis men saide that
the Lorde Saye was one, the Bysshuppe of Salysbury, the Baron of
Dudley, the Abbott of Glowcester, and Danyell, and many moo.
And the Lord Saye was a rested in the kynges presence, and sent
to the Toure of London ; and so the kynge went to Grenewiche, and
so to London by water, and ther was ij or iij dayes, and than made
him redy to remeve to Kyllyngworthe. And the Meire of London
with the comynes of the cite came to the kynge besekynge him that
he wolde tarye in the cite and they wolde lyve and dye with him, and
pay for his costes of housholde an halff yere; but he wold nott, but
toke his jorney to Kyllingworthe. And whan the kynge was gone
the capteyn with the comynes of Kent came a yene to the Black hethe.
And the iijthe day of Juyll he came to London; and as sone as thei
entred in London they rubbed Phelippe Malpas. And the iiij day of
Jule he behedid Orowmer and a no]?er man at Myle Ende; and the
same day at after none the Lorde Say was fett oute of the Toure to
the Yelde Hall to for the meire to hâve jugement, and whan he came
befor the meir he saide he wolde be juged by his perys. And
then the comenes of Kent toke him from the officers and ledd him
to the Standart in Chepe and there smote of his hede. And than the
capteyn did do drawe him thorowe London, and over London brige,68
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The batel on London
Bryge by twene men
of London and Kent-
yssh men, Jak Cade
beyng capten of Kent.
John Cade taken yn
Kent, and so hurt yn
his takyng tbat he
dyed tbe same nygbt.
and to Seint Thomas Watring, and ther he was hanged and
quartered, and his hede and Crowmers hede and a no]?er mânes
hede were sett on London brige. And after that he smote of ij o]?er
menes hedis in Sowthewerke. And the vth day of Jule at nyght (and
beyng Sondaye a) the comynes of London sett upon the comynes
of Kent, for they began to rubbe. And ail the men of Kent that were
in London that nyght they went to her capteyne in to Sowthewerke.
And the same nyght the Meir and Shoreffes and my Lorde Scalys
and Mathew Gowghe and the comynes of London went to London
®ryg§e> and ther they faughte from ix of the cloke at eve till ix on
the morowe, and at the laste the capteyne fired the drawe brigge.
And forthe withe went the Chaunseler b to j?e capteyne and sessed
him and yave him a chartur and his men a no]?er, and so with
drowe hem homward. Than the xij daye of Juyll was in every
shire proclamed that whate man that couthe take the forsaide cap-
teyne shulde hâve a m1 marke and brynge him to the kynge quycke
or dede, and as for any man that longed to him, x marke; for hit
was openly knowe that his name was nott Mortymer, his name was
John Cade, and J?erfor his chartor stode in no streynthe. And so
one Alexandre Iden, a squyre of Kent, toke hym in a garden yn
Sowthsex the xiij day of Jule;c and in the takynge of him he was
hurtt and died that same nyght, and on the morowe he was
brought in to the Kynges Bynche, and after was drawe throwe
London and his hede set on London brige.
A0 xxixe.
Nicholas Wyffold,	f William Dere
Maire	X John Medilton
This yere the kynge went in to Kent to Caunterbury and sate
and did grete justice upon tho that rose with the capteyne, and ther
dyed viij men upon a daye. And in o]?er places in Kent the kynge
did grete justice; and so |?e kynge wentt in to Southsex, and so
a Tbis parenthcsis is added in the margin by tbe Corrector.
b Cardinal Kemp.
c Tliis passage bas been altered by tbe Corrector. Tbe sentence originally stood:
“ Ar.d so tbe xiij day of Jule John Cade was take in Kentt.”A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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westwarde to Salisbery, and ther as the Bysshoppe of Salysberya
was slayne. And the same yere stode at ones xiij hedis on London
brige. And this yere was Burdeux lost.
William Gregory,
Maire
| Mathew Phelipp
| A° xxxe.
Krystofer Water
This yere Richard Duke of Yorke came oute of Walys by
Kyngeston brygge unto the Blacke Hethe with a grete power to
clere him selfe a gaynes Kynge Henrey of ail maner poyntes that
the kynge was his hevy lorde fore. And the kynge came ridinge
thorowe London with a riall power agayn the sayde duke. And
ther the lordis bothe spirituall and temporall toke the mater in
lionde and entretid hem of rest and pees ; the whiche the seid
duke at the last agred to on this condission, that his peticiouns for
the wele of the kynge and the reaime myght be hadde and his
enemyes to the Toure to a bide the lawe; and so were the lordis a
greed and sworne euche to other. A none the duke sent home his
men ayen, and him selfe mekely obeyed the kynge at the Black
Hethe, and his adversaryes stode présent contrary the poyntment
and othis. And so they brought him thorowe London ungirde by
twene two bysshopis to his owne place, and after that made him
sworne on the sacrement at Powles after ther entente, and putte him
from his gode peticiouns.
Geffrey Feldynge,	f Richard Lee
Maire	l Richard Alley
This yere was the quene delyverde of a sonne,
called Edwarde, that tyme called Prince.
the whiche was
John Norman,	( John Walden	}
Maire	l Thomas Cooke	J A° XXX1J“'
This yere the ridynge of the Mayres to Westmester was for done,
and John Norman, Draper, was the first maire that went to West-
mester by barge.
Bnrdeus lost.
The byrthe of Prince
Edwarde, the sonne
of Kyng Henrye the
William Ayscough. who was murdered in the preceding year.70
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The fyrst Batel at Seint Al bons.	Stephen Foster, i John Felde » .0 ...e Maire j William Taylor | XXX11J • This yere the Lord Egrymond was take by Sir John Nevell, my Lorde of Salysburys sone. And in the same yere (the xxth day of May, beyng Thyrsday a ) was the fyrstb batayll at Seint Albonys ; and ther was slayne the Duke of Somersett, the Erle of Northe- homberlonde, the Lord Clyfforde, with o]?er mo under the kynges baner. And the Duke of Yorke, the Erle of Warwyke, the Erle of Salysburye wanne the felde, and so came with the kynge to London with mycche ryalte. And this yere the Kynge of Scottys with the rede face layde sege to Berwyke bothe by water and londe. But he was dryve thensse, and ail his ordenaunce and vitayle that was on the watir syde lefte be hynde them. William Marowe, 1 John Yonge ) ....e Maire 1 William Holgrave i xxxmj • This yere was a grete horlynge be twene the mercers and Lom- bardes ; and then the kynge helde his Counsell at Coventre. And Cauntelowe, mercer and alderman, was sent ffore to corne a ffor the kynges Counsell; and as sone as he came he was a rested by the kynges commaundement, and the Baron of Dodley had him in kepinge in the Castell of Dudley for the mater a for wretyn. Thomas Canynges, j Rauffe Yerney j Maire i John Stewarde j xxxv . This yere Sir Thomas Percy brake oute of Newgate. And in the same yere was an hurlynge by twene mercers with o)?er craftes a yenes Lombardes. And after that by comaundement of the kynge xxviijü mercers men and other were sent to Wyndsore Castell, and the Lorde Fakonbrige had the kepynge of them till thei came to the kynges presence. And in this same yere the Sencyall of Normandy, Sir Peers the Brasyle,c and Flokket,d came with iij m1 a Inserted in margin by the Corrector. b “ the fyrst.” Interlined by the Corrector in place of “a,” strnck out. c Pierre de Brézé, Seigneur de la Yarenne. d Robert de Eloquet, bailifE of Evreux. See Monstrelet, iii. 71.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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men and londyd be syde Sandwyche, and toke the towne and spoyled
bit, and toke a way myche goode, and slewe dyverse persones, and
toke many prisoners; but the contre came downe and drove hem
a wey, and in her fleynge to shippe ther were drowned mo than
vjxx men 0f ^he Frensshe parties.
Geffrey Bolleyn,	i John Beyner	j
Maire	f William Edward	j	xxxvj .
This yere as the Duke of Yorke and the Erle of Salysbury lay
pcasablye in London, than came to London the Duke of Somersett,
and the Erle of Northehomberlond, and the Lord Egrymond, and
other lordes of ther affynite, and loged hem from Tempill Bar to
Westmester, with myche people ail aboute to Seynt Gylis; and they
came in that entent for to fight with the Duke of Yorke. And in
the meane tyme came from Caleys the Erle of Warwyke with a
godely fellaueshippe to helpe the Duke of Yorke and his fader,
but the Meire off London with a godely fellaueshippe of men of
armes kepte the pees. And in the same yere Bysshoppe Pecok Bysshop Pecok.
was acusyd of heresye, and many of his bokys brent, and he put in
holde to the Erchebysshoppe of Caunterbury. And the same yere
the Erle of Warwyke destressed the Flete of Spayne taward
Flawndres. Also a none after he toke xvij hulkes with o)?er smaler
vesselles laden with sait for be cause they wolde not strike in the
kinges name of Inglond.
Thomas Scott,	( Rauffe Josselyng
Maire	j Richard Medam	} A°xxxvije.
This yere was a grete fraye be twene the Cite of London and A grete fray in
men of Cowrrte, which were drevyn with the Archeres of the [yhr^tran^thc110
Cite from the Standarde in Flete strete to ther innés, the xiij day ofmen of Corte*
Apreill, and some were slayne and some were taken, where for
William Tayllour, Alderman of the same warde, was sent to
Wyndsore to a byde the kynges grâce, and ther thei bode till
Hewlyn was Meire, and so thorowe his prayer thei had grâce of the
kynge. And ]?is same yere the kynge and the quene and ther
lordes lete make a grete gaderynge in the northe contre, where of72
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Blorehetlie felde.
was gretc noyse. And the Erle of Warwyke came from Caleys
thorowe London, and the Erle of Salysbery went from Medlaine
for to mete withe the Duke of Yorke and Warwyke his sonne
with iiij M1 men, and the quene lay by the wey with xiiij M1 men
to stoppe his wey. And he toke a felde manly at Blorehethe the
xxiij day of Septembre, and faught and slowe many and put the
remuant to flight, and helde forthe his wey in purpos to Ludlowe,
wherc Kynge Henry came with 1 m1 men a gayne the Duke of
Yorke, the Erle of Marche, the Erle of Rotlonde, the Erle of
Warwyke, the Erle of Salysbury, the whiche never entendid to
be oÿerwyse then feythefull and trewe liege men to the kynge,
but crowelly were banysshed oute of this londe and not excepte
like as thei were worthi. And so ther departed the Duke of Yorke
and his sonne Rotlond thorowe Godis helpe in to Irelonde ; and the
Erle of Marche, the Erle of Warwyke, and the Erle of Salysbury,
and Sir John Wenloke in a litell vessell, Almighti God gided hem
oute of the Weste Contre by the see to Caleys.
William Hewlyn, r John Plomer	) \0	...c
Maire	| John Stocker	j XXXV11J •
This yere the kynge graunted the Duke of Somersett for to be
Capteyne of Caleys. A[nd] anone he made him redy thedirwarde;
but the Erle of Warwyke was )?er a fore, and kepte him that he
myght not londe there; and so he was conveyed to Gynes and his
pepylle, and assone as he was with in the castell he made stronge
werre a gaynes Caleys, and they of Calys a gaynes him. And than
he sent in to Englonde to the kynge for more pepull. And so the
kyng sent the Lorde Ryveres and his sonne Antony with iiijc men
for to strenthe the Duke of Somersett. And as they were at Sand-
wyche the Erle off Warwyke had knowleche, and a none he made a
sawte over with a godely fellaweshippe and londed at Sandwyche,
and toke the Lorde Révérés and his sonne and distrussyd ail his
pepull. And so they were brouglit to Caleys a yenes her will. And
this yere a for this tyme the Duke of Exceter was syned for kepe
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noug’ht; and or he went to the see he toke a gentilman of the
Temple that was called Nevell, and John Goode felaue, vinter, and
o)?er viij persones, and bare hem on honde that they were going to
Caleys to the Erle of Warwyke with bowestrenges and arowes
heded. And here upon thei were dampned of treison, and her
hedis sett on London Brige, and ther quarters on the yatis aboute
the towne. And this yere Judde, that was maister of the kynges
ordenaunce, as he caried ordenaunce to the kynge warde, a litell
beyonde Seint Albonis, he was slayne on Seint Albones daye. And
]?at saine tyme Moumfford was made capteyne of iiijc men for to
goo to helpe the Duke of Somersett. And as they were at Sand-
wiche the Erle of Warwyke had knowleche of them, and a none
he made oute a pussaunce of pepulle and beseged Sandwyche, and
wanne the towne, and toke Moumford, and many of his men slayne;
and so they led him to Caleys, and so led him to Bise banke, and
ther the shipmen smote of his hede, and ij of his menes hedis. And
sone after came the Erle of Marche, the Erle of Warwyke, the Erle
of Salysbury, and Sir John Wenlok, and the Lorde Audeley from
Caleys, and londid at Sandwyche ; and so they came to London
warde, and ther mett with hem the Lorde Cobham and o]?er statys
and comyns of Kentt, and so they came to London. And the Lorde
Scalys was that tyme in London, and he desired to be capteyn of
the cite but the comenys wolde not hâve him. Than the Lord
Scalis, the Lord Lovell, the Erle of Kendale, Thorpe, and Browne
of Kentt, and many galy men, with oj?er peopulle, went to the
Toure of London, and made grete werre a yenes the cite. And in
the mene tyme thés o|?er lordes sent to the meire and to the statis
of the cite for to hâve ail ther hertes. And a none ther was sent
sertayne aldermen and comynes for to well corne them; and so they
came with ail ther pussaunce of pepull in to Sowthwerke. And
on the morowe they came, to the nombre of xIm1, to London Brigge,
and toke downe suche hedis as were there, and beryed them at Seint
Mangnus; and so they rode fortlie to Seint Powlys and ther offerd.
And ]?ere mett with them the Erchebysshoppe of Cawnterbury,
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withe many other bysshoppes, and the meire and the aldermen,
with ail the statis of the cite ; and ther was declared ail the poyntis
and pardon to ail the reaime. And than ail thés lordis went to the
Grey Frerys and helde ther a counsell on the Thorsday. And on
the Fryday they went to the Gelde halle, and ther was endited
many persones and putt in presone. And sone after rode the Erche-
bysshoppe of Caunterbury, the Bysshoppe of Excester, and many
other bysshoppis, and a legett,a and the Erle of Marche, and the
Erle of Warwyke, the Lord Faconbryge, the Lorde Bowser, and
his sonnes, with myche other pepull of Kent, Southesex, and Esex,
tawarde the kynge with grete ordenaunce; and the Erle of Salys-
bury, the Lorde Cobham, and Sir John Wenlock, were lefte in the
cite of London with the meire. And forthe with the Lord Cobham
and the shoreffes went and laide grete ordenaunce a yenes the Toure
on the towne syde, and Sir John Wenlok, an[d] Harow mercer,
kept on Seint Katerynes side, and myche harme done on bothe
parties. And in ail placis of London was grete watche for doute of
tresoun. And then they skyrmysed to gedir, and myche harme
was done dayly. And on the Thorsdye, the ixthb day of Julie, was
the batayll be syde Northhampton in the Newfelde be twene Har-
syngton and Sandyfforde, and ther was the kynge take in his tente.
And ther was slayne the Duke of Bockyngham, the Erle of Shrovys-
bury, the Vycounte Bemonde, the Lord Egremonde, and Sir
William Lucy, and many other knyghtes and squyers, and many
comyners were drowned. And than the Erle of Marche, and the
Erle of Warwyke, with o]?er lordis, brought the kynge to North-
ampton with myche rialte. And so the kynge with his lordis came
to London, with him the Erle of Marche; J?e Erle of Warwyke
bare the kynges swerde. And ther came with the kynge the
Bysshoppe of Caunterburye, withe many other bysshoppes and
lordis. And the Erle of Salysbury rode a yenes the kynge withe
myche rialte ; and then was called and sett a Parlement. And on
a Francesco Coppini, bishop of Teramo.
b Should be the lOth, which was Thursday.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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the Fryday after the kynge herde the masse of Jésus at Poulys,
and so went a processyon thorowe tbe cite. And on that same daie
was the Towre yolden. And on the Satyrday Sir John Wenlok
and Harowe mercer were sent to the Toure to put hem to warde
that were gilty, and so thei dide; but they sent the Lord Scalys a
wey prevely. And that was perceyved by the shippmen, and they
laide watche and toke him, and slowe him and leyde hirn naked
in Seint Mary Overes chirche yerde. And forthe with the Erle of
Warwyke rode to the Toure, and ther he made a proclamacion, and
ail a boute the cite, chargynge that no maner of persone shuld not
sle, nor stelle, nor morder, on peyne of dethe. And the same day
dyned ail the bysshoppes and lordis with the meire. And on the
Wenesday aftir the lordis and the meire went to the Gildhall, and
they comaundid the shorevys to fette the prisoners from the Toure,
and so they feghte Senkeler, and Browne of Kent, Okeley, Monkys,
Davy John, Fawkoner, with o}?er, whiche were reyned, and some
were dampned of tresoun, and were drawe and hanged, and her
hedis smytten of. And this yere Thorpe was goinge a wey, and he
was disgysed, but he was take and brought to London a yene with a
newe shave crowne, and so brought to the Erle of Salysbury place,
and after warde sent to the Toure of London. This yere came the
Duke of Yorke and his sonne Erle of Rotlonde oute of Irlonde to
Westmester, to the forsaide Parlement, on a Friday, the x day of
Octobre, cleymynge his right and titell, where in the lordis were a
yenes him, but that was afterward full dere bought. And ther it
was argued and prevyd be twene Kynge Harry and the seid duke,
with ail ther wise counsell, spirituall and temporall, in the seid
Parlement, that pe right of the crowne is of Inglond and of
Fraunce to pG seid duke and his eyres perteyneth and longethe,
and to none othir. And yett they be liege men a yene to Kyng
Henry for his lyve tyme, and eche to oper sworne to be trewe, and
hit was proclamée!.
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Wakefelde on new
yere evyn.
The Secunde Batell
fat] Seynt Albons.
This yere the Duke of Yorke, the Erle of Rotland, and the Erle
of Salysbury, with myche oj?er pepull, rode northewarde to kepe her
Crystmas. And there lay in her wey at Wakefelde to stope hem
the Duke of Excester, the Duke of Somersett, the Erle of Wilde-
shire, the Lord Roose, with other lordys and myche other pepull,
and so fell upon hem and slowe the Duke of Yorke, the Erle of
Rotlonde, the Erle of Salysbury, and Harowe and Pekerynge,
mercers, and myche other pepull; and this was done on newe
veris evyn. And a none after the quene reysed ail the northe and
ail o)?er pepull by the wey, compelled, dispoyled, rubbed, and dis-
troyed ail maner of cattell, vetayll, and riches to Seint Albones,
where pe Duke of Northefolke, the Erle of Warwyke, and many
o]?er lordis with Kynge Harrye and grete multitude of comynes
and ordynaunce mett with hem with batayle, and slewe myche
pepull on bothe the parties. And there Kynge Henry brake his
othe and grement made be twene hym and his trewe lordis, and so
wyckedly for sworne went to the contrary parte of the northe, and
disseyved his trewe lordis that stode in grete jopardy for his sake,
Northeffolke, Warwyke, with other moo, whiche were full fayne to
scape with her lyves, and the Lorde Bonvyle and Sir Thomas
Kyryell, that bode with the kynge and trusted on him, for he
graunted to save them; and they were be hedid evyn a for the
quene and prince so called at that tyme. And so the kynge and
the quene purposed for to corne to London and do excucion upon
suche persones as was a yenes the quene; but the comynes of the
cite wolde not suffer hem, nor none of herrys, to entyr in to
London ; and so they torned northewarde. And the Erle of Marche
caflyd, after was kyng, kept his Crystmas at Glow ce ter. And when tythinges came that
my lorde his fader and his brother with many o]?er lordys falsely
was mortherd and slayne, to hym the grettes hevynes that might
be, and how the northe was reysed like as it is a for wretyn com-
mynge southewarde, tlian a none he dide sende in to dyverse
shires of knowlache, and sone after he hadde xxx M1 of gode men
commyng to fyght with hem. Than came sodenly o|?er tiaynges
Md., the Erle of
Marche, fyrst so
namyd Edwarde theA SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
77
that the Erle of Wildshire and the Erle of Pembroke by see were
corne in to Walys with Frensshemen and Brettons, and Iresshe
men, comynge and reysen Walys thorowe purposynge hem for to
distroye hym, and he with ail his men torned a yene bacwarde in to
Walis and mett with hem at Mortyrners Crosse, where that hit was Mortymers Crosse in
saide on a Sonday Candilmasday by the morowe appered the sonne Wahs-
as iij sonnys sondry on hym in the este and closyd a yene to geder.
And than he kneled doune on his kneis and made his prayers and
thanked God. And anone fresshly and manly he toke the felde
upon his enemyes and put hem at flyght, and slewe of them iij M1,
and some of ther capteyns were take and be hedide, but Pembroke
and Wildshire stale a wey prevely disgysed and fled oute of the
contrey. And a none forthe with he made him redy a gayne in the
marche of Walis, and on the Thorsday the first weke of Lenten he
came to London with xxxm1 men of Westren men and Walsshmen,
Kentes men and Esex men togeders, and so in feld and towne
everychone called Edward Kynge of Ingelond and of Fraunce. Md. Kyng Edward
And the iiijth day of Marche he rode to Westmester and resseyved mynsterthViifj^'day
the septor with his dignité. And also that tyme Sir Baudewyn of Marche toke fyrst
Fulforde, knyght, and Haysond, squyer, were saylenge on the see ^te^bmnothys
taward Brettayne for to reysse pepull agaynes Kynge Edwarde, but crowne.
tliey were take and brought to Bristowe, and ther were drawe,
hanged, and quartered, and Sir Baudwyns hede caryed to Excester
and sate upon the castell yate. And than our Kynge Edwarde Palme Sonday fe[lde]
made him redy with hym the Duke of Northefîblke, the Erle of xxix^^ay^Marche
Warwyke, the Erle of Kent, with o)?er lordis, knyghtes, and A0 D’ni MkiiijMxj0.
squyers northewarde, and hem folowed grete multitude of pepull,
and thei mette be side Shireborne with the lordes of the northe on
ether syde lyke an c. M1. And ther was slayne on bothe partes
xxxvj m1. vijc. lxxvij. And ther wan Kynge Edwarde the felde
thanked by Jesu. And than rode the kynge to Yorke and ther he
was rialy resseyved. And ther he in the castell toke the Erle of
Devynysshyre and o)?er mo, and did lett smyte of her hedes. And
Kynge Harrye fled with his quene and dyverse lordis with hem to78
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Coronacio Edwardi
iiïj11, 28 die Junii. A0
D’ni1461.
Edwardus iiijtU8.
Berwyke, and they delyverd that towne and many o]?ere castelles
in the northe to tlie Scottis and to the Frensshemen for to hâve
socoure of hem. And after that Kynge Edward came a yene to
London, and ther he was rialy resseyved, and forthe with he was
crowned at Westmester the xxviij daye of June on Seint Petirs
evyn. And there he made his ij brethern dukys, that is to sey,
Lorde George Duke of Clarence, the Lorde Richard Duke of
Glowcester, and he made many knyghtes and squyers.
Thés bethe the names of the Maires and Shoreffes of the Cite of
London in the tyme of the régné of Kynge Edward the Fourthe.
{John Locke
George lrelond
| A0 primo.
This yere was imagened and wrought grete treyson a yenes the
kynge by the menys of the Erle o f Oxenford and his sonne Aubry,
with o]?er knyghtes and the kynges rebelles, traytors and adves-
saryes with oute the londe, the whiche tresones God sent the kynge
hym selfe knowleche, and anon they were taken and juged to dethe.
Fyrst the Lorde Aubrye was drawe the xx daye of Feverell thorowe
London to the Toure Hill, and ther he was behedid ; and the xxiij
day of Feveryll was Sir Thomas Tudnam, knyght, and Sir William
Tyrrell and John Mongomery, squyer, drawe from Westmester
thorowe London to the Toure Hill, and ther was be hedyd upon a
scaffolde. And the xxvj day of the same monthe was John Yeer
the Erle of Oxynford led thorowe London to the Toure Hill, and
ther was be heded on the same scaffolde. And the fyrst d[a]y of
Marche was Sir William Kenedy, knyght, led from Westmester
thorowe London to the Toure Hill, and ij other men with him, and
ther were be hedid on the same scaffold. Also this yere the Egill
on Poulis stepell was take downe for hit was broke, but whan hit
shulde be set up a yene he that shulde hâve set it up fell downe and
was dede, and so anoj?er man was hired and sett up the Egyll the
iij daye of Juyll. This yere was dyverse of the castelles in the
northe yolden a yene to Kynge Edwarde.A SHORT ENGLISH CHRONICLE.
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Thomas Cooke,
Maire
f William Hampton
1 Bartilmewe James
î
A0 ije.
This yere Quene Margaret toke Bamburgh, Anwyke, and Don-
synburgh with the nombre of vj M1 of Frensshemen; and in this
saine yere the kynge did make grete gunnes and other grete ordy-
naunce at London, and did do cary hit in to the northe contre.
And ther the kynge with thés lordis laide sege to thés castelles a
for wreten; the whiche were yolden, savynge Bambrough wold
not yelde till the wallys were betten downe ; and ther in was take
Sir Rauffe Graye, knyght, and he was be heded at Yorke. Also
this yere Thomas Routhe, squyer, and ij o]?er men, were be hedid at
the Toure Hill for treson. Also this yere the Duke off Somersett
be came the kynges liege man and sworne, but he kepte not his
othe, for he went a yene to the contrary parte.
Matheus Philippe,	f Thomas Muscehamp	\
Maire	1 Robert Bassett	}	'
This yere came diverse lordes and gentillez to Exham of the
quenes affynete, and the Lord Mountegew with other knyghtes an
squyers had knowleche of them, and ther thei toke the moste parti
of them, that is for to sey: Harry the Duke of Somersett, the whiche
was be heded the xv day of May at Exham; Sir Emonde Fyssh,
knyght, Bradshawe, Rawlyne Honte, and Blacke Jackett, were be
heded at Yorke the xv day of May; and the xviij day of May was
be hedid Sir Thomas Hull, knyght, John Marfyn, late servaunte
with the quene, John Botler, John Gosse, late kerver to the Duke
of Somersett, Roger Water, late purcer to Kynge Henry that was,
Harry Docfford, William Dawson, William Pryce, Thomas Hegge,
Thomas Fenwyck, and John Champyon; at Midlam were be heded
Sir Philippe Wynterworthe,a knyght, Sir William Ponyngton, war-
deyne of Topclyff, Olyver Wyntworthe, William Spyller of Yorke,
Thomas Honte, late yoman with the quene that was. Also at
Newcastell the xxvij day of May were beheded the Lord Honger-
a Wentworth,80
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A grete drought, for
it never reyned from
the myddys of Marche
tyl the morow after
Mydsomer day.
The coronacion of
Quene Elyzabeth.
Here be gan fyrst the
nobyl of x s. callyd
the ryal.
ford, the Lorde Roose, Sir Thomas Fyndorne, knyght, Bernarde
Delamore, Nicholas Massy, and the xxviij day of May was other vj
persones be heded. Also this yere was a grete drouthe, the whiche
duryd from myddes of Marche till the morne after Mydsomer day
that never reyned. And this yere whete was worthe iiij d. a
busshell, and ail maner of vetaille grete chepe, and wyne grete
chepe, and grete skarssete of money. Also this yere was a grete
pestilence thorowe ail the reaime.
Rauff Josselynge,	f John Tate	1	....
Maire	1 John Stone	J	in*^ *
This yere there was a grete irost and grete snowne, where
thorowe mych cattell of bestis and shepe for fawte of mete were
distroyed. Also. this yere the kynge spoused the duchés doughter
of Bedford, J?e whiche was crowned at Westmester the Sonday a
for Wytsonday, that is to sey, the xxvj day of Maye, att the whiche
coronacion was made xlvij Knyghtes of the Bathe, where of were
foure men of London, ]?at is to sey, Rauffe Josselynge, draper,
that tyme beynge maire, Hugh Wiche, mercer, John Plomer,
grocer, Harry Waffer, draper. Also this same yere Kynge Harry
was take in the northe contre, and ij doctors with him, the whiche
wer called Doctor Mannynge and Doctor Beden, the whiche were
ail thre brought to London. And by the wey the Erle of War-
wyke mett with hem at Islyngdon by the kynges comaundement,
and ther a rested the forsayde Kynge Hanry upon serteyne poyntes,
and so brought him in att Newgate and thorowe Chepe side, and
so thorow ail London to the Toure, that is to sey, on Seint James
evyn the xxiiij day of Jule. Also this yere the kynge lete smyte
a newe noble with a roose standyng there as the crosse shulde at
the value of x s. ster. And the olde nobill was valued, and so to
goo for viij s. iiij d. And ther was newe grotes and pensse made
after the valewe of the nobyll, that is to sey, lighter then they were
a fore. Also lie lete make a pece of golde valued at vj s. viij d.,
that is to sey an angell, and o]?er smaller peces of golde of les
valure, &c.HISTORICAL MEMORANDA
IN EARLY HANDWRITINGS,
FROM THE SAME MS.
The first of these articles is in a fifteenth century hand. The handwriting of
ail the others is a little later. Nos. Y. VI. and VIL are in a handwriting of the
time of Henry VIH. being that of the annotator and corrector of the preceding
Chronicle. Nos. II. and III. are apparently contemporary with the events related.
and No. IV. may possibly be so too. No. VH. consists of entries written inside the
cover at the beginning of the book.
I. Siégé of Calais, 1346.
(At f. 139.)
Her begyneth the retenewe of the dowty kynge, K. Edward the
thirde, and howe he went to the sege of Callis with his oste, and
to the partes of Fraunche and of Normandye, and howe he layde
sege to the tow'ne and castall of Callys be water and londe in the
yere of oure Lorde God a M^iijc & xlvj. And in the iij day of
Septembur the good Kyng Edward the thirde laide his segge to
Y towne and castell of Callis, and ther contenewide his sege be
water and londe unto the iij dai of Auguste next folowing, at the
whiche dai, moynant the grâce of Almyghty Jesu, the saide towne
and castell were delivered unto the saide good Kynge Edward at
his owne welle, &c.
Item, furst Edward, prince of Wallys, and the Bischope
of Dyvelyn they brought with theym erlys a .	xj
Barones and baneretes................................. xlvij
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And of knyghtes they brought ..... xc.lxiij
Squyers, constablys, receyvers, and leders of men with
tbe oste ........ iijMll.vjc
Item, in venterars and archers on horsbacke .	.	. vMh.iiijc
Item, of hobelares......................................  vjc
Item, archers on fotte ...... xvMh.iiijc.iiijxx
Item, of masones, carpentrs, smythis, engyners, pavy-
landrs, armorars, goners, and macker of artorie . iijc.iiijxx
Some of Y nombur of Y men he forsayde comythe
to.................................xxvjMu.vC.iiijxxj
Item, of mayster schepmen, constalars, schepmen, and
pages, schepis forstaged, barges and ballyngrs, and
vetylars diverse, the some of men beforseide, xlvjMh.iiijc.iiijxxxij
And some of the schipes and schipmen and vetellers
comyth to .......	xvjMh
Theys bene the names of Y seide retenewe of Prince Edward
and with hym in his retenewe.
Item, baneretes ....
Item, with him of knyghtes .
Item, with him of squyrs
Item, with him archeres on horsbake
Item, with him archeres on fote
.	x
ÿc
ijc.iijxx & iiij
iijc.iiij^iij
iij^ix
ixc.xxvj.
The yerle of Lancaster.
Item, with him of knyjts baneretes ....	xj
Item, with him of knyghtes bacheliers .	.	... iiijc.xj
Item, with him of squyers ......	vc.xij
Item, with him archres on fote .....	vc
Summa, M^.iiijc.xxxiiij.HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.
83
Sir William Becheham, Erle Notingham.a
Item, with him knightes baneretes ....	ijc
Item, with him knyghtes bachelers ....	xlij
Item, with hym of squyrs ......	Cxij
Item, with hym of archeres ......	Cxlj
Summa, iiijc.iiijxxxv.
Sir William Bechamp, Erle of Ware.b
Item, with him knightes baneretes ....	iij
Item, with him knyghtes bachelrs .....	xlij
Item, with him squyers .	.	.	.	.	. Cxij
Item, with him of archres ...... Cxlj
Summa, ijc.iiijxxxviij.
Sir Richard, Erle of Arndell.
With him knyjts baneretes ......	iij
With him knyjts bachelers ......	xlj
With him of squyers .......	Cvj
With him of archers .......	clij
Summa, iijc.ij.
Syr Robert Dafferd,c Erle of Soffolke.
With him kny3ts baneretes	j
With hym knyghtes bachelers	. . . . xxxvj
With hyme of squyers .	lviij
With him of archers	. . . . lxiiij Summa, vij^xix.
Sir William Elynton,d Erle	of Huntyngtoun.
And with him knightes baneretes .		ij
And with him kny3tes bachelers .	. . . . . XXX
And with him of squyers	. . . . iiijxxxiij
And with him of archers	. iiij^viij
Summa ijc.xiij.
a There was no snch title in those days, and even the sumame appears to be erro-
neous. Sir William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, is probably the person intended.
b Sir Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, appears to be the person intended.
c d’Ufford.	d Should be Clynton.84
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. Sir John Yere, Erle of Oxenford.
With hym knyjtes baneretes.....................................j
With him knyghtes bachelers .	.	.	.	. xxij
With hym of squyers .	.	.	.	.	. xliiij
With hym of archers .......	iij^iiij
vijxx & xj.
Sir Lawraunce Hastingis, Erle of Penbrocke.
With him knyghtes baneretes . .	.............................j
With him kny3tes bachelers ....... j
With him of squyers .......	xxiiij
With him ofhoblers...........................................xxviij
With him of archers .......	xxvj
Summa, iiij score.
Theys bene the names of diverse lordes withholden in the kynges
retenewe that ben straungers and not empresed in the nombur
afforseyd :
Lowes, emperoure of Y Normaynes, to him delliverd
in prest at diverse tymes for his wages and his
mens .	.	.	.	.	.	viijM^ijc.xxvij^. xijd.
To Machôny, William Juillian, and to his men viijM^ixC.lxijZz. xs.
To Reynold, Ducke of Melder, and his meney	.	iiijM.vC.xij
To John, Duck Brabant, and his meny ....	vcIL
To William, Erle of Henawde, and his men .	.	. iijMh.c.
To Threder, Lorde Frankmownde, and his men . iijMü.viijc.
iijxxiiij/i. viijs. iijeZ.
To Charles of Maroke, brother to the Bischope of Legges,
to hym and his men ...	.	.	. vijcZz.
To Bartold, Erle of Baspiche, Mark of Bradisbourch,
and to other knyghtes and squyres, and straungers
with holdyng a bowte the kynge and his housholde
Summa, iijc.xljZz. xvjs. viijd.HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.
85
Item, to Bawdwyne, Ersbischope of Thyne, and his meny vjc.vjZt.
Item, to the Ersbishipe of Magondenentes,8, and his meny iijc.lZt.
Summa totalis prestez xxxjMu.lxiiijZi. vs. xjd.
The sume total of Y saide exspences, as wil for wage, prestis, as
for Y exspencis of Y Kyngis house as for other giftes and rewardes,
and for schipes, and for other thynges neserers in Y saide partis of
Fraunce and Normandy, and before Calis durynge the sege there, as
it apperithe in the compe of Wil Norwell, keper of J?e kyngis
warddrope, from the xij day of Juylii, the yere of Y reigne of pe
saide Kynge Edward, unto the xxvij daie of Maye, in J?e yere of
his reigne the xiiijth, that is to saie be a yere and iij quartres and
xlj days, pat ys to saie, iijc.&xxxvijMu.c.iiijK. ixs. iiijfZ.
In the yere of oure Lorde God a Mn.iijc xlvj, and in the iij dai
of September, the good Kynge Edward the iijde laide his sege to
the towne and castill of Calis, and contenewed his sege be water and
londe unto Y üj dai °f Auguste next folowynge, at the whiche
day, moynant Y grâce of our Lorde God, the saide towne and castill
were delliverd unto the saide good Kynge Edward at his owne
will.
II. Edward IV. at Bristol, 1461.b
(At f. 132.)
The Receyvyng of King Edward the iiij* at Brystowe.
First, at the comyng ynne atte Temple gâte there stode Wylliam
Conquerour with iij lordis, and these were his wordis:
Well corne, Edwarde, our Son of high degre,
Many yeeris hast pu lakkyd owte of this londe.
I am thy fore fader, Wylliam of Normandye,
To see thy welefare here thrugh Goddys sond.c
Over the same gâte stondyng a greet gyaunt delyveryng the
keyes.
a Maguntinensis, i. e. of Mayence.
b This fragment has been already printed by Mr. Halliwell in the appendix to
Warkworth’s Chronicle, p. 32.
c i. e. by a mission from God.86
HISTORICAL MEMOEANDA,
The Receyvyng atte Temple Crosse next folowyng.
There was Seynt George on horsbakke uppon a tent fyghtyng
with a dragon, and the kyng and the quene on hygh in a castell,
and his doughter benethe with a Ïambe. And atte the sleyng of the
dragon ther was a greet melody of aungellys.
III. Capitulation of Granada, 1492.
(III. At f. 141.)
Be hyt had yn mynde that the cite of Garnartho, the whiche
sometyme was Crysten, and after were renegates, and so contynued
the space of vijc. yere unto the tyme hit plesed God the Crysten
Kyng of Spayne layd sege to the sayde cyte, and so famysshed
them, in so moche as the fÿrst day of January, the yere of our Lord
M1.iiijc.iiijxxxj,a the sayd cite be poynt ment was yelde up and
deliverd to the forsaid Kyng of Spayne, every Sarazyn to hâve as
moche of his owne stuf as he cowde bere on hys bak at oon tyme,
harnes, gold, sylver, and wepyn oonely except.
Item, whan the fyrst man entred the cyte they founde xxxtiM1.
payre of bryganders, where of vjM1. were eoverd with clothe of gold
and sylk nailed with gilt nailes. Item, thei fownd iiijM1. peire of
white harnes complété, xxijM1. crossebowes with aile thapparrell to
them belongyng, xxiiijfii1. swerdes, where of xm1. were gylt and
harnest with sylver, eche of them to the valeue of l.s. sterlynges.
Item, ther was founde in the saide cite, at soche tyme as it was yeld
up, the nowmbre of xxiij^c.M1. and xm1. people bctwext the âge of
xij and iij“ yere, be side children and very olde people. Item, in
the chefe tempyll were iijc. laumpes of gold, the worst ofb them to
the valew of xxiiijü IL sterlynges. In the same temple also were
iiij chayres of gold, and xxijü sylver setys for the kyng, the quene,
and other lordes. In the same temple also was founde grete plente
a 1492 according to the historical year which begins on the 1 Jan.
b of repeated in MS.HISTORICAL MEMORAKDA.
87
of gold and sylver redy coyned, which the Kyng of Spayne left
there styll to byld therewith a chyrche, where as afore was the
tempyll of ydolatrye. Item, in one of the castels where as the kyng
and the quene of Garnartho logged, the walles of the halle and
chambers were of marbel, crystall, and jasper, set with precious
stones, and more over there was fownde grete and innumerable
ryches. Item, or thei wold yeld up the citee for lak of vytalles,
thei ete hors, dogges, and cattes, ijc. Crysten men ther beyng
prisoners.	•
IY. The Battle of T?lodden> 1513.a
(At f. 204.)
Here folowyth the batyll be twyxte the Kyng of Scottys callyd
Kyng Jamys and the noble Eerele of Surrey, foughten yn Bramton
Felde the ixth day of Septembre, in the fyfte yere of Kyng Henrye
the viijth [he then beyng in his warres in Fraunce.] b
Fyrste whan bothe armyes were met with yn iij myles togedyr,
the Erle of Surrey sent an offycer of armes called Boger Crosse c
un to the Kyng of Scottes desyryng hym of batell, and he answerde
he wolde abyde hym batell tyll the Fryday at noone. The Lorde
Howarde at xj of the clok the same day passyd over the brydge of
Twyssell with the fowarde and artyllerye, and the Erle of Surrey
folowde with the rewarde. The armye was devyded yn to ij batelles,
and every batell ij wynges. The Kyng of Scottes armye was de-
vyded in to fyve batelles, and every batell arowe shote from another,
and ail yn lyke famés from the Englyssh men, and they were in
greet plompes, parte of them were quadrant, some pykewyse, and
were on the toppe of the hyll, beyng a quarter of a myle from the
foote ther of. The Lorde Howarde cawsed his vowarde to scale yn
a This account is nearly the same as that printed in the State Papers of
Henry VIII. vol. iv. p. 1, from a MS. in the Public Record Office, but there are
material variations, especially towards the end.
b Added in a different hand.
c MS. Rog’ crosse, i. e. Rouge Croix.88
HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.
a lytell valey tyll they were---------a of the wynge of hys batell ;
and then bothe wardes yn oone avaunced ageynsfce the Scottes; and
then they cam downe the hyll and met with them yn good ordre
after the Allmens manner, with owte spekyng of any wordes. The
Erele of Huntley------------b and Crafford with theyre hoste cam
uppon the Lorde of Howard with vjm1. men, and shortley theyr
bakkes were turned and the most parte of them were slayne. Then
the Kyng of Scottes cam with a grete poysaunce uppon the Erle of
Surrey, havyng On hys lyfte hande the Lorde Dacars son,c whych
two bare ail the brounte of the batell ; and there the sayde kyng
was slayne with yn a speere-length of the sayde erele and meney
noble men with hym, and no prisoners to these ij batelles. And
yn the tyme of theyr batell theerle of Ly----------d and Argylle with
theyre puysaunce yoyned with Sr Edwarde Stanley, and he boldely
met with them and put them bothe to flyte. Edmonde Howarde
had with hym M1. Chesshyre men and vc. Lankyshyre men, and meny
gentyllmen of Yorkshyre on the ryght wyng of the Lorde Howarde.
The Lorde Chamberleyn of Scotlonde, with many other lordes, dyd
set on the forsayde Edmunde ; and the Chesshyre men and Lankys-
shyre men never abode stroke, and verey few of the gentylmen of
Yorkshyre abode but fled. Master Grey and Sir Umfrey Lyle be
prisoners and Eycharde Harepotell slayne; and the seyde Edmunde
Howarde was twyse fellyd, and to hys relyfe cam the Lorde Dacars
with xvC. men and put to flyte ail the Scottes, and of hys men were
slayne abowte the nomebre of viijc. ; in whyche batell a gret nomebre
of Scottes were slayne. The batell began be twene iiij and v of the
clok at aftyrnoone, and the chase lastyd iij myle, with mervylous
slawter of men ; and yf the Englyssh men had be horsyd to hâve
pursuede the chase they had slayne xm1. mo Scottes than there were
a Blank in MS. The reading in the Record Office MS. is, “ tyll the rerewarde
were joyned to oon of the wynges.”
b Blank in MS. The Record Office MS. reads, “ Arell ” (i. e. Erroll).
c The Record Office MS. reads, “ my Lord Darcy son.”
d The latter part of the name is left blank in our MS. That in the Record Office
reads, “ therles of Lynewes (i. e. Lennox) and Argyll.”HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.
89
slayne, for the Scottes were above iiij score M1. And borederars not
oonely stale awey horsys, but allso the oxen that drew the ordnaunce,
and cam to the pavylions and toke awey ail the stuffe there yn, and
slew meny of them that kep the same. The Kyng of Scottes body
is karryd to Berwyke. Allso on the morrowe after that the felde
was fawght the Lorde Howarde went yn to the felde ageyne, where
that the Scottes ordynaunce lay, with a smawle companye of men.
And then cam viijc. Scottes on hors bak presupposyng to hâve had
awey the ordynaunce which they lefte behynde them the day before ;
and when they sawe the Lorde Howarde they set apon hym, and
there they began a sore* fray, for then were meny men slayne on
bothe partys; there were ijc. of Scottes slayne, and of Englyssh men
I can not tell. There was slayne oone gentyll man callyd Morres
Bakley, and oone othyr callyd Warcoppe, with maney other whyche
be not yet knowen.
Y. Boolcs prohibited, 1531.
(At f. 65.)
Mémorandum, the first Sonday of Ad vent, in the yere of our
Lorde M1. fyve hundreth and xxxjth, these bokes folowyng were
opynly at Poules Crosse, by the autorité of my lorde of London a
under his autentycal siale, by the doctor that that day prechide,
prohibite, and straytely commaunded of no maner of man to be used,
bought, nor solde, nor to be red, under payne of suspencion, and a
greter payne, as more large apperyth in for sayde autoryte. The
first boke ys this:—
1.	The disputacion betwixte the father and the son.
2.	The Supplicacion of Beggars.
3.	The Kevelation of Antechriste.
4.	Liber qui de veteri et novi%iob Deo inscribitur.
H John Stokesley.
b The word novo occurs before novicio, but is erased.
CAMD. SOC.	N90
HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.
5.	Pie Precaciones.
6.	Economica Christiana.
7.	The Burying of the Masse, in English yn ryme.
8.	An Exposition in to the vij chapter to the Corinthians.
9.	The Matrimony of Tyndal.
10.	A. B. C. ayenst the Clergye.
11.	Ortulus Anime, in Englisshe.
12.	A Boke a yenst Saynt Thomas of Caunterbury.a
13.	A Boke made by Freer Roye a yenst the Sevyn Sacra-
mentes.
14.	An Answere of Tyndal unto Sir Thomas Mores Dyaloge yn
English.
15.	A Disputacion of Purgatorye, made by John Frythe.
16.	The Firste Boke of Moyses called Genesis.
17.	A prologe in the ijde Boke of Moyses called Exodus.
18.	A prologe in Thyrde Boke of Moyses called Leviticus.
19.	A prologe in the iiijth Boke of Moyses called Numeri.
20.	A prologe in the vth Boke of Moyses called Detronomye.
21.	The Practyse of Prelates.
22.	The Newe Testament in Englissh with a Introduction to the
Epistle to the Romaynes.
23.	The Barable of the Wyked Mammonde.
24.	The Obediens of a Chrysten Man.
25.	A Boke of Thorpe, or of John Oldecastell.
26.	The Some of Scripture.
27.	The Prymer in Englissh.
28.	The Psalter in Englissh.
29.	A Dyalog betwyxt the Gentylman and the Plowman.
30.	Jonas in Englissh.
And ail other suspect bookes, bothe in Englissh and in Laten, as
well now printed or that here after shall be printed, and not here
afore namyd.
a The words “ in Englissh ” were here added, but are struck out.HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.
91
VI. St. Peter’s Oornhill, 1435.
(At f. 202 6.)
A decre and statute made by the honorable cownseyle of the Cite
of London for the gevyng of the benyfice of Seynt Peters in Corne-
hull.
Where some tyme there was greate contraversy and stryfe betwixt
the Mayre of London, the Aldermen, and the Commen Counsayle
of the same Cite of London, for the gyfte and presentacyon of the
saide benifyce and parissh church of Seint Peters in Corne hull ;
and for to avoyde, exscue, and put away the greate stryfe and con-
traversy be twyxte the seyde Mayre, Aldermen, and the Commen
Cownseile, and to set them in a peaceable order, it was enactyd,
statuted, and decrede by ail the hole counsel of the saide cite, which
counsaile was kept in the tyme of Henry Frowyke, then beyng
mayre of the sayde cite, and the aldermen of the same cite, holde
and kept the xxvijth day of the moneth of Octobre, the yere of the
reygne of Kyng Henry, the Syxt aftir the Conquest, xiiijth, by the
foresaide mayre, aldermen, with the hole assent, mynde, and
grement of the comynalte godly and holsomely to be provided
from that day for evermore, that whan so ever the sayde churche
chaunceth to be voyde, that as then fowre clerkys famous and seculer
clerkes dwellyng with in the seide cite or a myle a bought the same
cite, able yn maners and scyens, to be assigned and chosyn by the
sayde Mayre and Aldermen for the tyme being to name to the
Comen Councel, foure persones after ther consciens, moste mete in
maners and conyng to the same cure and benyfice, of which foure
thus namyd by the foure clerkes, they must be doctors of holy
divinité or ellys bachylers of the same. And the persons thus natned
they must be seculer persons and not promoted. And of these
maner of foure persons thus named, one of them, which semyth
moste appte and expedyent bi the saide Mayre, Aldermen, and the92
HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.
Comen Counseyle, to be take and presented to' the same cure, pro-
mysing to them to keep résidence there in the same cure, and so
canonically there to be institute and inducte.
YII. Notes of varions Occurrences.
(Inside the Cover.)
The listes that Anthony Lord Scales and Anthony the Bastarde
of Burgoyne justyd yn in Smythfelde, the tymbre and workman-
shippe ther of cost ijc. marke, and was of six of the thryftiest car-
penters of London bought and made. The length vjxx taylours
yardes and x foote, and iiijxx of brede and x foote, dowbyll barred ;
the inner barres were mytche gretter then the utter, and be twixt
bothe v foote. The justes began the Thirsday next after Corpus
Christi Day, Anno Domini M^iiijc.lxvii, and in the vijth yere of
Kyng Edwarde the iiijth, Thomas Howlegrave, skynner, then beyng
mayre of London.
Below this is a catalogue of the mayors of London, giving generally the mere
names with hardly any dates appended, beginning with William Taylour, Mercer,
who was major in 1468-9. In one or two cases, however, important memoranda
are added, which are here transcribed. Opposite the name " Johannes Stokton,
mercer,” is the marginal note “ Bamet feelde.” Three Unes lower down occurs
“ John Tate with the powlyd hed.” Under the name “ Stevyn Jenyn” occurs the note
“ Henricus Septimus hic moriebatur,” and the succeeding entry is as follows :—
Thomas Bradbery, mercer. Capel successit pro residuo anni,
quia Bradbery moriebatur.
It is remarkable that the death of Bradbury and succession of Capel are not men-
tioned by Fabyan. Three years later we hâve the following entry:—
a.d. 1512-3].	Copynger, fysshmonger, moriebatur. Richard Haddon, secundo
successit pro residuo anni.
And immediately after—
a.d. 1513-4].	Wyllelmus Browne, mercer, moriebatur, et dominus Johannes
Tate, miles, successit pro residuo anni.HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.
93
Then passing over two mayoralties we corne to the following entries, the first of
which refers to the riot known as Evil May day:—
John Reste, grocer. In whose tyme on May Evyn at mydnyght [a.d. 1516-17]
a grete nowmbre of mennys servauntes and prentis. of London rose
and spoyled the alyentes of Seynt Martens and of Blaw[n]chapylton ;
and also one Nutas,a the kynges Frenche secretary, dwellyng in the
parsonage at Saynt Andrew Undershafte, was put to flyte.
Exmewe, goldesmyth. Here cam in the legateb from Rome, and [A*D* 1517-18]
the amerall0 and lordes of Fraunce.
A little lower we read :—
On the xvijth day of May, beyng Fryday, in the xiijth yere of
Kyng Henrye the viijth,---------------d Duke of Bokyngham was
behedyd at the Towre Hyll of London, be twene xj and xij afore
none, and his hede and body forth with put in a cofyn and borne
to the Austen Freers of London upon vj freers bakkys of the same
place.
Next after Burges, draper, Mr. Mylborn, draper, Mundy, gold- [a.d. 1522-3].
smyth. The xviijth day of June, in this yere, the Kyng of Den-
marke cam to Gre[n]wyche [1523].
Baldry, mercer.	[a.d. 1523-4].
Syr Wylliam Bayly made knyght at Bryde wel by K. H. the [A.D< 1524-5.]
viijth, the xixth day of Feveryere, beyng Sonday.
Mémorandum, the vijth day of Septembre, in the xviijth yere of
Kyng Henry the viijth, the proclamatyon was made in London of
the enhawnceyng of gold.
a His true name was John Meautis.	b Cardinal Campeggio.
c William Goufîier, Sieur de Bonnivet	d Blank in MS.HISTORICAL MEMORANDA
IN THE HANDWRITING OF JOHN STOWE,
F ROM THE SAME MS.
A proclamation made by Jacke Cade, Capytayn of y* Rebelles in
Kent. Anno M.iiijc.l.a
Thés be the poyntys, causes, and myscheves of gaderynge and
assemblinge of us the Kynges lege men of Kent, the iiij day of
June, the yere of owr Lorde M.iiijc.l., the régné of our sovereyn
Lorde the Kynge xxixti, the whiche we trust to Ail myghte God to
remedy, withe the helpe and the grâce of God and of owr soverayn
lorde the kynge, and the pore commyns of Ingelond, and elles we
shall dye there fore :
We, consyderyng that the kynge owre sovereyn lorde, by the
insaciable covetows malicious pompes, and fais and of nowght
browght up certeyn persones, and dayly and nyghtly is abowt his
hynesse, and dayly enforme hym that good is evyll and evyll is
good, as Scripture witnesseth, Ve vobis qui dicitis bonum malum et
malum bonum.
Item, they sey that owre sovereyn lorde is a bove his lawys to his
pleysewr, and he may make it and breke it as hym lyst, withe owt
eny distinction. The contrary is trew, and elles he shuld not hâve
sworn to kepe it, the whyche we conceyvyd for the hyghest poynt
a This heading is struck through with the pen, and below is written in small
characters: “ An othar copi hathe 1460 at ye comyge in of ye Erles of Marche, War-
wyke, and Sarnm, with ye Lordes Faconbridge and Wenloke, from Calais to ye
battayll at Northampton.” But this note is likewise cancelled.stowe’s memorandà.
95
of treson that en y soget may do to make his prynce renn in
perjury.
Item, they sey that the commons of Inglond wolde fyrst dystroye
the kynges fryndes and afftarwarde hym selff, and then brynge the
Duke of Yorke to be kyng, so that by ther fais menys and lyes they
make hym to hâte and to distroy his frendys, and cherysythe his
fais traytors. They calle themselves his frendys, and yf ther were no
more reson in ye worlde to knowe, he may knowe they be not his
fryndes by theyr covytysnes.
Item, they sey that the kyng shuld lyve upon his commons,
and that ther bodyes and goods ben the kynges; the contrary is
trew, for then nedyd hym nevar perlement to syt to aske good of his
comonys.
Item, they sey that it were gret reproffe to the kynge to take
ageyne that he hath gevyn, so that they woll not sufere hym to
hâve his owne good, ne tonde, ne forfeture, ne eny othar good
but they aske it from hym, or élis they take bribes of othar to gett
it for them.
Item, it ys to be remedied that the fais traytours wyll sofre no
man to corne to the kynges presens for no cawse with out bribes
where none owght to be had, ne no bribery about the kynges
persone, but that eny man myght hâve his comynge to hym to aske
hym grâce or jugement in such cas as the kynge may gyve.
Item, it is a hevy thynge that ye good Duke of Gloucestar was
apechid of treson by o fais traytour alone and so sone was morderyd
and myght nevar corne to his answer; but the fais traytur Pôle was
apechyd by ail the holl comyns of Ingelond, the whiche nombre
passyd a quest of xxiiijM., and myght not be suffryd to dye as ye law
wolde, but rather the sayd trayturs of the affinité of Pôle that was
as fais as Fortager a wolde that the kynge owre soverein lord shuld
hold a batayll with in his owne reaime to dystroy his pepyll and
aftarward hym selffe.
a Sic MS.96
stowe’s memobanda.
Item, they say that whom ye kyng woll shall be traytur and
whom he woll shall be non, and that apperyth hederto, for yf eny of
the traytours about hym wolde malygne ageynst eny person, hyghe
or low, they wolde fynd fais menys that he shuld dy a traytor for
to hâve his londes and his goods, but they wyll sufer the kynge
nethar to pay his dettes with ail, ner pay for his vytaylls ner be the
rychar of one peny.
Item, the law servyth of nowght ellys in thés days but for to do
wrong, for nothyng is sped almost but false maters by coulour of
the law for mede, drede, and favor, and so no remedy is had in ye
cowrt of conscience in eny wyse.
Item, we sey owr sovereyn lord may understond that his fais
cowncell hath lost his law, his marchandyse is lost, his comon people
is dystroyed, the see is lost, Fraunce is lost, the kynge hym selffe
is so set that he may not pay for his mete nor drynke, and he
owythe more then evar eny Kynge of Yngland owght, for dayly his
traytours abowt hym wher eny thyng shuld corne to hym by his
lawes, anon they aske it from hym.
Item, they aske jentylmens goodys and londes in Kent and call
them rysers and traytors and the kynges enimys, but they shall be
fond the kynges trew legemen and best frendys with the helpe of
Jesu, to whom we cry day and nyght with many M. mo that God
of his grâce and rytwysnese shall take vengawnce and dystroy the
fais govournors of his reaime that hath brought us to nowght and
in to myche sorowe and mysery.
Item, we wyll that ail men knowe we blâme not ail the lordys,
ne ail tho that is about ye kyngs person, ne ail jentyllmen ne
yowmen, ne ail men of lawe, ne ail bysshopes, ne ail prestys, but
ail suche as may be fownde gylty by just and trew enquery and by
the law.
Item, we wyll that it be knone we wyll not robbe, ne reve, ne
stelle, but that thés defautes be amendyd, and then we wyll go
home; where fore we exort ail the kyngys trew legemen to helpe
us, to support us, for what so evar he be that wyll not that thésstowe’s memoranda.
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defawtes be amendyd, he is falser than a Jewe or Sarasyn, and we
shall with as good wyll lyve and dye upon hym as apon a Jewe or a
Sarasyn, for who is a genst us in this casse hym wyll we marke, for
he is not the trewe kyngys legeman.
Item, his trewe comyns desyre that he wyll avoyd from hym ail
the fais progeny and affynyte of the Dewke of Suffolke, the which
ben openly knowne, and that they be p[u]nyshyd afftar law of lond,
and to take about his noble person his trew blode of his ryall
reaime, that is to say, the hyghe and myghty prynce the Duke of
Yorke, exilyd from owre sovereyne lords person by the noysyng of
the fais traytore the Duke of Suffolke and his affinité. Also to take
about his person the myghte prynce, the Duke of Exceter, the
Duke of Bokyngham, the Duke of Norffolke, and his trewe erlys
and barons of his lond, and he shall be the rychest kynge crystyn.
Item, the trewe comyns desyryth the punyshement upon the
fais traytours, the which conterfetyd and imagenyd the dethe of the
hyghe and myghtfull and excellent prynce the Duke of Glowcester,
the which is to mych to reherse, the which duke was proclaymyd
at Bery openly in the parlement a traytur, upon the whiche qwaryll
we purposse us to lyve and dye that it is fais ; allso owre fadyr the
cardenall, the good Duke of Exe ter, the nobyll prynce the Duke of
Warwyke, the wiche ware delyveryd by the same menys untrew;
allso the reaime of Frauncc lost, the Duchy of Normandy, Gascon,
and Gy an, and Anjoy demayn a lost by the same tray tours, and owr
trew lordys, knyghtes, and squyres, and many good yemen lost and
wer sold or they went, the whiche is gret pyte and gret losse to our
sovereyn Lord and to ail the reaime.
Item, they desyre that ail the extorsiners myght be leyd downe,
that is to say, ye grene wexe, the which is falsly used to the per-
petwall hurt and distructyon of the trew comyns of Kent; also the
extorsiners of the Kynges Benche, the which is ryght chargeable
to ail the comyns with owten provysyon of owr sovereyn lord and
his trew cowncell.
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stqwe’s memqeanda.
Item, takynge of whet and othar greyns, beffe, motton and other
vytayll, the which is inportable hurt to the comyns, with out pro-
vysyon of owr sovereyn lord and his trew councell, for his comyns
may no lengar bere it.
Item, the statute upon the laborers and tbe gret extorsiners of
Kent, that is to sey, Slegge, Crowmer, Isle, and Robert Est.
Item, where we meve and desyre that same a trew justyce wyth
certeyn trew lords and knyghts may be sent in to Kent for to
enqwere of ail such traytors and brybors, and that the justice may
do upon them trew jugement, what some evar they be; and that
owr soverayn lorde dyrecte his lettars patentes to ail the pepull
ther universall opynly to be rede and cryed, that it is owre sovereyn
lordys wyll and preyar of ail his peple trewly to enquere of every
mans govarnawnce and of defawtes that reygneth, nother for love,
favor, dred ne hâte, and that dewe jugement shalbe forthe with and
ther upon. The kynge to kepe in his owne handes theyr londes
and goodys, and not gyve them aweye to no man but kepe them
for his rychesse, or élis owre soverayn lorde to make his emarmeb in
to Fraunce, or élis to pay his dettes ; by this owr wrytynge ye may
conceyve and se whethar we be the fryndes ethar enimys.
Item, to syt upon this enqwerye we refuse no juge except iij
chefe juges, the which ben fais to beleve.
Item, they that be gylte wyll wrye ageynst this, but God wyll
brynge them downe, and that they shall be ashamyd to speke
ageynst reson, but they wyll go to the kynge and say that yf they
be taken fro hym that we wyll put hym downe, for the traytours
wyll lyve lenger, and yf we were disposed ageynst owr sovereyn
lorde, as God it forbyd, what myght then the traytowrs helpe hym?
Item, thés defawtes thus dewly remedyd, and ftom hens forthe no
man upon peyne of deth beyng abowt the kyngs person shall take
no maner of brybe for eny byll of petysyons or caws spedynge or
lettynge, owr sovereyn lord shall régné and rewle with gret
worshipe, and hâve love of God and of his people, for he shall hâve
a " same.” So in MS. for “ some.”	b So in MS.STOWE S MEMORANDA.
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so gret love of his people that he shall with Gods helpe conqwere
where he wyll ; and as for us, we shall be ail weye redy to defend
owr cuntre from ail nacions with our owne goods, and to go withe
owr sovereyne lorde where he wyll commaunde us, as his trew
legemen.
Finis.
Here folowythe a dyrge made by the cornons of Kent in the tyme
of ther rysynge, when Jake Cade was theyr cappitayn.8.
In the moneth of May whan grès growes grene,
Fragrans in there floures with a swet savor,
Jake Napis in the see a maryner for to bene,
With his clogge and his cheyne to sell more tresowr.
Suche a thynge prykkyd hym, he axid a confessour.
Nycolas of the Towreb seyd I am redy here to se;
He was holde so hard, he passyd the same houre.c
For Jake Napes sowle placebo and dirige.
Who shall execute ye fest of solempnite?
Bysshoppis and lords as gret reson is,
Monkes, chanons, and prestis, with ail ye clergy,
Prayeth for hym that he may com to blys,
And that nevar such anothar corne aftar this.
His interfectures blessid mot they be,
And grannt them to reygne with aungellis,
For Jake Napys sowle placebo and dirige.
a Another version of this satirical dirge has been printed by Ritson in his Ancient
Songs and Ballads (p. 101, Hazlitt’s édition), and by Wright in his Political Poems
(ii. 232), from the contemporary Cottonian MS. Vespasian, B. xvi. f. 1. But it con-
sists only of nine stanzas, of which the first seven agréé pretty nearly with the first
seven in this transcript.
b Mc kolas, of the Tower, was the name of the ship by which the Duke of
Suffolk’s vessel was stopped upon the sea.
c The Cott. version reads: “ that he ne passede that hour.”100
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Placebo, begynneth the Bishop of Hereforthe.a
Dilexi, quod ye Bisshop of Chester,b for my avaunse.
Hew michi, seyd Salysbery,c this game gothe ferforthe.
Ad Dominum cum tribularer, seyth ye Abbot of Glocester.d
Dominus custodit, thus seyth ye Bisshoppe of Rowchestre.6
Levavi oculos meos, seyth Frere StanberyJ
Si iniquitates, seyth ye Bysshope of Worcestre.g
For Jake Napis sowle de profundis clamavi.
Opéra manium h tuarum, seyth ye cardinall1 wysely,
Hath wronge confitebor for ail Jake Napis wisdome.
Audivi vocem, seyd Jhesus on hye.
Magnificat anima mea Dominum.
Now to this dyryge most we nedys corne.
This joyfull tyme to sey brevely,
ix spalmes ix les sons to sey ail and sum.
For Jake Napys sowlle placebo and dirige.
Executor of this office dirge for to synge,
Shall begynne ye Bisshope of Seynt As.k
Varba mea auribus, seythe the Abbot of Redynge,
For ail our hope and joy is corne to allas.
Convertere Domine, for us wantyth grâce,
Thow Abbot of Seynt Albonys full sorely synge ye,
The Abbot of the Towre Hyll, with his fate face,
Tremelyth and quakythe, for Domine ne in furore.
a Richard Beauchamp, who was translatée! to Salisbury the same year.
b The Bishop of Chester, i. e. of Coventry and Lichfield, at the time was William
Booth.
c William Ayscough, Bishop of Salisbury, who was murdered soon after Suffolk,
29 June, 1450. He was clerk of the Council to Henry YI.
d Reginald Butler, or Boulers, who was made Bishop of Hereford, 23 Dec. 1450.
e John Lowe.
f John Stanbury, a Carmélite, Provost of Eton, who was nominated by the King
to the Bishopric of Norwich in 1445, but set aside by the Pope,
e John Carpenter.	h So in MS.
1 John Kemp, Cardinal Archbishop of York.
k Thomas, Bishop of St. Asaph, whose surname is not knownSTOWE^S MEMOKANDA.
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Master Watyr Lyarda schall sey ne quando.
The Abbes of Seynt Alborghe,b Domine Deus meus, in te speravi.
Requiem eternam, God grawnt hem to,
To sey a patar nostar, tbe Bysshop of Seynt Davi,c
For tbe sowles of thés wyse and wurthy,
* Adam Molens,d Suffolke, Sir Robert Ros,e thés thre.
And specyally for Jake Napis sowlle tbat evar was sly,
For his sowle placebo and dirige.
Rys up, Lord Say, and rede Parce michi, Domine,
Nichil enim sunt dies mei, that sbalt tbow singe.
The Bysshope of Carlyllf seyth credo videre
Ail fais traytors to corne to evyll endynge,
Dwelle g thow shalt withe grete mornynge,
Rede Tedet animam meam vite mee,
Manus tue, Danyell,h thow shalt synge.
For Jake Napis sowle placebo and dirige.
Qui Lazarum resussistasti, Treyilyan 1 shall singe ;
Hungerford, manus tue Jecerunt me,
Uby me abscondam, for dred this day.
John Say synge Dominus régit me ;
Nichyll michi deerit for owt that I can se.
Ad te Domine levavi, Master Somerset shall rede.
John Penycoke, Delycta juventutis mee,
Allas, whythar may I fie for dred ?
a He was Bishop of Norwich at this time, or else this is a namesake. A little
later (1467) we find that a Walter Hert (undoubtedly the same name) was a Pre-
bendary of St. PauTs.
b Tbe Cott. MS. here reads “ Tbe Abbot of Westmynstre.”
c John Delabere.
d Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester, wbo was murdered in January 1450.
e He was associated with Bishop Moleyns in delivering up Maine to the French.
f Nicholas Close.
s "Rwelle.’’ Probably a transcriber’s error for “ Dudley.’’ The Cott. MS. reads:
“ The Baron of Dudley, with grete mornynge.”
h Thomas Daniel, one of the most unpopular of the King’s councillors.
1 John Treyilian, alluded to as “the Cornish Chough ” in another political poem.102
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Dominus illuminacio help, for now is ned.
Seyth Maystar Wyll Say, I trow it wyll not be.
Credo videre, Sir Thomas Stanle take hede.
For Jake Napis sowle placebo and dirige.
In memoria eterna, seyth Mayster Thomas Kent,
Now schall owre treson be cornicled for erar.
Patar nostar, seyd Mayster Geryeyse, we be ail shent,
For so fais a company in Englond was neyar.
The Abbot of Barmundsey, full of lechery,
Quantas habeo iniquitatys take for thy lesson.
Gabull of the Chancery begynyth Hew michi,
That is his preye bande and detent of treson.
Homo natus de muliere, seyth ye Master of Sent Laurence,
Repletur multis miseriis, and that shall he wayll,
Of Jake Napes sort that hath don gret offence,
And eyer whill he lyyyd cheffe of his counceyll.
Ne recorderys, Stephen Shegge a shall synge.
Quis michi trïbuat for wichecraft, seyth St ace,
Domine, non secundum actum meum, for then shall I hynge
For Jake Napys sowle placebo and dirige.
Expectans expectavi, seyth Sir Thomas Hoo.
Complaceat tibi, begynneth John Hampton.
Beatus qui intelligit and dredit also,
Seyth John Fortescw, ail this fais treson.
Sana Domine owre wittes with reson,
The Lorde Sudeley deyoutly prayth.
Quem admodum desiderata ye Lord Stowrton,
Sitivit anima mea, for hym lyeth.
The Lord Ryvers ail onely seythe
Requiem eternam, God grawnt us to se.
A pater nostar ther must be in feyth,
For Jake Napis sowle placebo and dirige.
So in MS., but qu. Slegge? See p. 98.stowe’s memoranda.
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Spiritus meus attenuabytur, Blakney shall begyn.
Pecantem me cotidie, seyth Myners.
Pelle me consumptus camïbus a to the nynne,
Bobart Horne, alderman, that shall be thy vers.
Requiem eternam for the respons.
Phylip Malpas be thow redy to synge,
It wexyth derke, thow nedyst a scons,
Com forth, Jude,b for thow shalt in brynge.
Quare de vulva eduxisti?
Ser Thomas Tudnam, that rede ye.
Abbot of Westmystar, com stond by
In thy myter and cope, and sey libéra me.
Arys up, Thorp and Cantelowe, and stond ye togeder,
And synge Dies ilia, dies ire.
Pulford and Hanley, that drownyd ye Duke of Glocestar,0
As two traytors shall synge ordentes anime:d
And ail trew comyns ther to be bolde
To sey Requiescant in pace.
For ail the fais traytors that Engelond hath sold,
And for Jake Napis sowlle placebo and dirige.—Finis.
Amen. Writn owt of David Norcyn his booke by John Stowe.
a “ Pelli meæ consumptis camibus adhæsit os.”—Job xix. 20.
b Probably John Judde, an officer of the ordnance to Henry VT. See Steyenson’s
Wars of the English in France, ii. 512.
c This is a most extraordinary statement, as the Duke of Gloucester, whether
murdered or not, certainly died in his bed.
d “ Orde’tes a’i’e,” MS.; qu “ardentes”? I can find no corresponding psalin or
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stowe’s memoranda.
The Cristenynge of Prince Arthure, sonne to Kynge
Henrie ye VII. at Sent Swithins in Winchestar.
Fyrst my Lady Cecilya bare my lord prince to churche; my
Lord Marquesb and my Lorde of Lyncoln ledde my Lady Cecily;
my Lady Marques, and afftar Cheyne as chamberlyn, bare the trayne
of ye mantyll; my Lady Anne ye quens sister bare ye crysom. The
hole chapell met with my lord prynce in ye qwens great chamber.
My Lord Laware, my Lord Widvell,0 my Lord John of Arondell,
and Mastar Awdley bare ye clothe of astate. The torches unlight
met hym at the steyre foote of ye qwenes great chamber, and so
went by fore hym unlyght to the chirche. Many lady es and gentyl-
women folowyd hym. Knyston, Geddyng, gentilmen usshers, and
Piers Wratton and John Amyas, yomen usshers, had ye rewle of
ye conveyaunce of the torches. The sergeaunt of the pantry was
redy with a ryche sait, and my Lord of Essyx bare ye same salte
by fore my lorde prince to the churche. The sergaint of the
ewrey was redy with a payre of coverd basons and a fayre towell
lyeng ther upon, and my Lord Straunge bare them to the churche.
Syr Rychard Gyldford, Knyght Constable, and Mastar Troblefylde,
had the kepynge of the churche dores with his meyne. Fowre
gentylmen and yowmen of the crowne had the kepynge of ye
barryers a bowt the fonte, for ye comynge in of the preas. Ser
Davy Owen, Master Poynes and iij othar knyghts and gentylmen,
had ye kepynge and charge of the funte. Two gentylmen usshers
had ye kepynge of ye travers by the fonte where my lord prynce
was dysaparilyd, and aftar his cristynynge arrayed, and ther fyar
a Cecily, daughter of Edward IV.
b Marquis of Dorset.
c Sir Edward Woodville, called Lord Woodville by courtesy, who was slain at the
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and fumygacions and many royall thyngs don. My Lord Marques,
my Lord of Lyncolne, and my Lord Strawnge, served Qwene
Elisabethea at wayshyng aftar ye cristinynge, and Mastar Weste,
my Lorde Laware is brother, and Syr Roger Cotton, servyd
the remnaunt of the gossoppes. My Lord Nevyll bare ye taper
byfore my lord prynce aftar the cristinynge to the hygh awllter.
Aftar ail ye observaunces was gyven spicis and wyne to the States.
My lord prynce was had frome the hyghe aultar to Sent Swithins
shrine and there ofyryd, and ther was songen Te Deum Laudamus.
Ail the torches lyght browght my lord prynce to his chamber.
Ail the harolds went before bothe to the churche and home agayne.
And the trompitis blewe afftar his cristenynge byfore hym home to
his chamber. Ser William Stonnar, Ser Charles Somerset, and
Sir John Wyngfeld bare thés gyfftes that ye gosyppis gave to his
chamber byfore hym. The gyfftes were thés : Qwene Elisabeth
gave a cuppe of gold set with stones, my Lorde of Derby a salte of
gowlde, my Lorde of Oxenford a payre of basons with a cuppe of
assay ail gylt, my Lorde Matrevys a cofer of gold set with stones.
Ail the great budy of Seynt Swethyns churche to the hygh aultar
was hangyd with arras. Ther was made an hyghe stoke for a fonte
with grecis round abowght, and the fonte was of sylvar browght
from Cawnterbery and a royal canapie over ye same. The gossyppes
ben thés : Quene Elizabethe, godmothar, my Lord of Derby and
my Lorde Matravers at ye fonte, and my Lord of Oxenforde at ye
confirmacion. My Lord of Worcestar cristenyd hym, and his name
is Arthure, doughtles a fayre prince and a lorge of bones ; owre
Lord save hym ! Ther was présent v mytars, that is to say : my
Lord Sarum, my Lord of Excestre, my Lord of Worcestre, ye abot
of Hyde, and ye pryowr of Seynt Swythynes.
a Not the queen of Henry VII., but her mother, the widow of Edward IV., who
was godmother te the child.
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stowe’s memorandà.
The maner of makynge Knyghtes aftar ye custome of
England in tyme of peace, and at the coronacion,
that is to say, Knyghtes of the Bathe.
When an esquier commythe in to courte for to receyve ye order
of knyghthode in tyme of peace, after ye custome of England, he
shalbe worshipfully receyvyd of ye offycers of the cowrte, as of ye
stywarde or chamberleyn, yf they be présent, and ellys of ye marshall
and usshers, in ye absence of ye stwwarde and chamberlyne. And
then ther shalbe ordeyned ij worshipffull esquyers, wise and well
noryshid in curtesye, and experte in ye dedes of knyghthode, and
they shalbe govowrnowrs to hym to serve and ordeyn what shall
longe to hym for the tyme. And in case that the esquire corne
before dyner he shall serve the kynge of watar, or of a dyshe onely
of the fyrst course. And that is do to take leve of service of
esquires. Then his govornowrs shall lede hym in to his chamber
with owten eny more to be sene that daye; and at even the govern-
owrs shall sende aftar the barbowr, and he shall make redy a bathe
in the best wyse that he kan, the fatt with in and with owt wrapped
with lynnyn clothe clene and white, and coveryd with thikke
carpites for colde of the nyght. Then shall the esquers berd be
shave and his hede rounded; which done ye govornowrs shall goo
unto ye kynge and to hym say thus : “Moaste myghtye prynce, owr
soverayne lorde, lo it wexithe nere unto the eve, and owr maystor is
redy unto the bathe when it pleasythe yowr royall majestye.” And
uppon that the kynge shall commaund his chamberleyne to go unto
the esquiers chamber that is to be made knyght, and to take with
hym the moste worthy and wityeste knyghtes that bene then présent
to thentent that they shall the same esquier trewly councell, enforme,
and teache wysely of ye order of knyghthode. And so with that
othar yonge esquiers of the howsholde with mynstrells syngynge
and daunsyng shall go be fore the chamberleyn and ye sayd knyghtesstowe’s memoranda.
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unto the tyme that they corne unto the chambre dore of ye said
esquier that is to be made knyght. When the govornowrs herythe
noyse of mynstrills, anon they shall make naked theyr master, and
ail nakyd shalbe put in to the bathe. The mynstrells be fore the
entrie of the chamberleyne and other noble knyghtes shall abyde
and be styll with owtyn noyse, to gyder with the sayde esquires
levynge theyr noyse for the tyme; which thynge done the chamber-
lyne with ye sayd noble knyghtes shall enter privelye with owten
noyse in to the chamber of the seyd esquire; and when they enter
everyche to othar shall than do reverence and worshype whiche of
them shalbe the fyrst for to counsell ye esquier in the bathe of ye
order and ye makynge to performe ye kyngs commaundement. And
whan they bene accordyd than shall ye fyrst goo in to the bathe,
and there he shall knele be fore ye bathe, sayenge secretely to ye
esquier thus : “ Ryght dere broder, great worshype be this order unto
yow. Allmyghty God gyve yow ye preysynge of knyghthod, lo
this that order be ye stronge,” &c.a Whan the esquire is councellyd
the same knyght counselour shall take in his hond watar of ye bathe,
and shall put it uppon ye shulders of ye esquiers and take his leve to
go and départe. And the governowrs at ail tymes shall keppe ye
sydes of ye bathe. In this wyse shall ail the orders of knyghtes
aforesaye do everiche aftar othar in the best wyse that they can,
and this done the knyghtes with owt noyse shall go owte of the
chamber for the tyme; then shall theyr govornors take their maister
owt of the bathe and laye hym saftlie in his bed to drie. And ye
bede shall not be of great valewe, but with owtyn cowlowrs and
curtyns. And when ye esquier is well dryed he shall ryse owt of
his bed, and shall clothe hym warme for the wache of the nyght.
And uppon ail his clothes he shall hâve a cope of blakke russet with
longe sleves, and the hode sewyd unto ye coppe in maner of an
heremyte. The esquier thus arrayed and made redye, ye barbar shall
put awaye ye bathe; and ail thynge that is abowt ye bathe, also* well
with owt as with in, the barbowr shall take ail for his fee. And
a See note at the end of this article, p. 113,108
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ail so he 6hall hâve for his shavynge lyke as it foloythe here afftar.
That is to wete, yf he be a duke, an erle, a baronne, or a bachelowr,
aftar ye custome of ye courte everiche shall hâve aftar his esta te, and
principally yf judgement be requiryd it shalbe then at ye will of ye
kyngs majestie. Aftar this ye govornors shall open the dore of ye
chamber, and ye knyghtis shall entar in agayne with mynsteryles
playnge in ther instrumentes and esquiers before them syngynge and
daunsynge shall lede the esquier in to the chapell. Ther shalbe
ordenyd spicis and wyne for ye knyghtes and esquiers ; whiche thyng
done, the governours shall lede thies knyghtes aforne thés squeresa
for to take there leve, and he with silence shall thanke them of
their labours and worshypes that they hâve done unto hym.
In that wyse they shall goo owt of ye chapell, the governours
shall shitte the dore till ye dawnynge wex clere and ye daye
corne, and ther shall abyde none in ye chapell but ye esquier,
governours, and ye wayte his chaplyne chaundeler. In this wyse
shall ye esquier ail nyght tyll it be day abyde ever in his prayers,
praynge and besechyng Almyghty God and ye blesyd Yirgyn
Marie his moder that thylke passynge temporall dignyte he may
receve to his worshipe and praysynge of God and ye blessyd Virgyn
Marie his moder, holy churche and the order of knyghthode. And
when ye dawnynge comythe he shall hâve a prest and be con-
fessyd if it will lyke hym of his synns and trespas; whiche thynge
done he shall hâve his mattyns and masse and be comynt yf he will.
Aftar his entre in to ye chapell he shall evar more hâve a serge or
a tapir of wax brenynge afore hyme. And when masse is begonnen,
on of ye governours shall holde a taper brenynge afore hym unto
the tyme of ye gospell be begonne, and then he shall be take it unto
his maister whiche shalle holde it in his hands tyll ye gospell be
endyd, allwaye his hede beynge coveryd ; and at ye end of ye gospell
the governowr shall reseyve the taper agayne and putt it afore his
maister unto thend of the masse. And at ye levacion of the sacrament
one of ye govornowrs shall put of the hode of his maister, and aff[t]ar
a Should be “ the squire.”stowe’s memoranda.
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ye syght of ye sacrament he shall do it on agayne tyll In principio
be begunne; and then one of his governours shall put of his hode and
make hym stonde and holde ye sayd taper in his honde, havynge in
ye sayde taper stikynge a peny nye to the light ; and when ye priste
saythe Verbum caro factum est he shall knele downe and offer ye
taper and ye peny to ye worshipe of God, and ye peny to ye worshipe
of hym that shall make hym knyght. Thés thynges done, ye
govowrnors shall lede hym agayne in to his chamber and lay hym
agayne in his bede till it be forthe dayes. And ther shall he take
ye rest that ye wache of ye nyght made wery. So than ye bedde
shall be amendyd and refresshed before ye tyme that his mastar
wake, that is to wete with covertwr of cio the of golde callyd seclecon ;a
and that shall be lynyd with carde. And when they se tyme thay
shall goo to ye kynge and saye to hyme thus : 6t Most victoriws prince,
when that it lykythe unto yowre mayestie, owr maister shall a wake.”
And ther uppon ye kynge shall commaund ye knyghties squere to
wake hym, arraye hym and clothe hym and brynge hym in to ye
hall before ye kynge hym selffe. But before ye comynge of ye knyghts
in to ye esquiers chambre ye govowrnors shall ordeigne ail manar
necessaries redie by ordre for to be delyvered unto ye knyghtes.
And whan tlies knyghtes be commen unto theyr chambre they shall
enter softlye with owt eny noyse and say to ye esquier, “ Ser, good
daye, it is tyme to aryse.” And with that ye govornowrs shall take
and arayse hym uppe by ye armes. Than ye moaste worthy and
moste wyse knyght shall take to hym his sherte, and othar next
worthye his breche, ye third his dowblett, ye fowrthe shall clothe
hym with a gowne of redd tarteryn; othar ij shall lyfte hym owt
of his bedd; othar ij shall doo on his hossyn, whiche shall be of
blake sylke or blake clothe, wher of ye sowlls shall be of blake
lethar sowyd to them ; ij shall boten his sleves ; one othar shall girde
hym with a gyrdle of white ledar with owt hernys of eny mettall
and ye brede of an ynche ; an othar shall kembe his hedd; an othar
shall gyve hym his mantylle, of ye sewite of ye kyrtyll of rede
a Spelled Siglyton here in the Cottonian original, and afterwards Siglaton.110
stowe’s memoranda.
tarteryn fastenyd with a lace of white silke, with a payre of whit
gloves hangynge at y° ende of ye lace, but he shall hâve of the
chaundeler of y® howsholde ye corse girdill and ye gloves, and on
y* otharsyde ye chaundelar shall take for his fee ail ye garments
and ail ye arraye with ail ye necessaries in ye which ye esquyre was
arrayd and clothid that day he enteryd into ye courte for to take ye
ordre, togedre with ye bedd in ye whiche he laye first aftar ye bathe,
as well ye clothe of golde called secleton as ye othar necessaries
towchynge ye sayd bedd; and, this fully done, this wyse knyghts
shall lede this esquiere on horse bake unto ye kyngs hall, at ail
tymes ye mynstrells beynge before, makynge theyre mynstrellsye.
Ther horse shall be arrayed in this wyse; he shall hâve a sadell
coveryd with blake leder, ye arsons of whit tree fowre sqware, and
blake stiroppes with gylde irons, and his sadell shall hâve no cropar
but a paytryll of gilt patee before, hangynge uppon ye brest of ye
horse, his bridle shall be blake lethar playne, with longe reynes in
ye guyse of Spayne, and a crosse patent in ye forhede. And ther
shall be ordaynyd a yonge gentyll esquier for to ride before this
esquiere that is to be made knyght. And he shall be open hede,
and shall bere ye swere of ye esquire ye poynt downwarde, with
sporrs hangynge uppoon ye swerd, and ye swerd shall hâve a white
scabard and fret! with ye gerdle and scales, with whit ledar, with
owt eny hernesse, and ye yonge gentill esquiere shall holde ye
swerde by the poynt. In this wyse they shall ride to ye kyngs
hall, ail tymes ye sayd governers beynge redye to ye maystar as it
is fittinge to be. And the forsayd noble and wyse knyghtes shall
soberlye lede this esquire as they awen. And when ye esquier
commythe before ye hall dore, ye marshalls and usshers shall
be redye afore hym in ye moste honest wise that they can, saynge
thus, “ Corne downe.” And than he shall corne downe. The marshall
for his fee shall take ye hors, or CCS. This thyng so done, these wise
knyghts shall lede ye esquier in to ye hall or in to ye great chambre
unto his table, and forthe with he shall be put at the begynynge
of ye second table tyll that ye kynge corne, the sayd knyghtesSTOWE*S MEMORANDA.
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abowght his person as one on every syde, and ye yonge squiere
swerd berar before hyra, standynge with ye swerde betwixt ye ij
govournowrs aforesayd. When ye kynge comythe in to ye hall and
perseyvythe ye esquer redy to take ye ordre in dwe wyse he askythe
for ye swerde and ye spurs. Ye kynges chamberleyne shall take ye
swerde and ye spurrs owt of ye handes of ye yonge squiere, and shall
take and shewe hym unto ye kynge. The kynge shall receyve ye
ryght spure and betake it unto one of ye most worthy that standyth
abowte, commaundynge hym that he put it on ye ryght hele of ye
esquier, and by ye kyngs commaundement that lorde knelynge on
ye one kne shall take ye esquier by ye ryght legg and putte ye foote
uppon his kne, and shall putte ye spurr apon his helle, and he
shall make a crosse uppon ye kne of ye esquer and shall kysse it.
Then shall an othar lorde putt uppon that othar hele an othar spurr
on ye same wysse that ye othar dyd ; then ye kynge of ye mekenesse
of his hieghe myght takynge ye swerde in his hands shall ther with
girde ye squier. Than shall ye esquier lyft upp his armys on hieghe,
and ye kynge shall putte his armys aboute ye neke of ye esquier, and
lyftynge upp his right hand he shall smyte ye esquier in ye nekke
saynge thus, “ Be ye a good knyght,” kyssynge hym. Afterwarde
these noble and wyse knyghtes afore seyde this newe knyght shall
lede in to ye chapell as it is to fore wnto ye hyghe awtar, and ther
he shall unknyte hym and his swerde with prayers and devocions
shall offer to God and to Holy Churche moste devowtly, beschynge
God that thilke ordre moste worthy dewlie he may kepe unto his
ende. Thés thyngs so done he shall take a sope in wyne. And in ye
goynge owte of ye chapell ye master coke shall be redy to do of his
spwrrs, and shall take them to hym for his fee; and ye reson is this,
that in casse that ye knyght do afftar eny thynge that be defame or
reproffe unto ye ordre of knyghthode, the master coke then with a
gret knyfe, with whiche he dressethe his messes, shall smyt of his
spurrs frome his heles; and therforein remembraunce of this thynge
y° spurrs of a new knyght in ordre takynge shall be fee unto ye
mastar coke perteynynge dwely unto his office. Than shall this112
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wyse knyghtes afore sayde lede this newe knyght in to ye hall agayne,
the whiche beginynge ye table of knyghtes shall syt to mete; and
ye sayd noble and wyse knyghts shall sett abowte hym at ye table,
and ye noble knyghts shall be servyd lyke as other bene ; and as for
that tyme he shall not ete nor drynke at ye table but yf grete nede
be, nor he shall not meve hym, nor loke hidre or thedar more than
a wyfe newe weddyd ; and evarmore one of his ij govornowrs shall
stand by hym with a kerchyffe, of ye whiche, yf eny nede corne, he
may serve hym. And whan ye kynge arrysythe from ye table and
goythe in to ye chamber ye knyght shall be ledd unto his chambre
with greate multytwde of knyghtes, squires, and mynstrells yonge
syngynge and dawnsynge in to ye entre of his chambre. And there
ye knyghtes, esquiers, and mynstrills shall take thare leve, and ye
newe knyght shall go to eate, the dore shall be closyd, and he shall
do of his arraye, whiche shall be gyven to ye kyngs of armes; and
also ye sayd kynges and haurawds shall hâve thoffice of armes of
every duke, erle, baron, and bachiler aftar thayr estâtes, and at ye
leste xxs for theyr honors to shew them in ye kyngs presence and in
yc sayd cowrte, ye graye cope shall be unto ye wayte or a noble for it.
And aftar this mete this noble new knyght anon shall be arayed
with a robe of blewe with streyght sleves, and he shall hâve uppon
ye lefte shwldar a whit lace of sylke hangynge, and that lace he
shall kepe in ys wyse above his clothynge with owt forthe frome
that daye hensforthe contynewally unto that tyme he gete sum
maner of worshype by deservynge by wytnes of worthye knyghtes
and squers of armes and herawdes dewlye afftarward reportyd;
whiche reporte mouste enter in to ye earys of y® worthy prince
whiche hathe made hym knyght, or of some odar, or ellys of some
noble lady, for to take awaye ye lace frome ye shulder, sayenge
thus: “ Ryght dere lorde, I hâve herde so moche of yowr worshyppe
and renowne that ye hâve done in dyvers partes unto ye grete
worshype of knyghthode to yowr selffe and to hym that made yow
knyght, that deserfe and ryght wyll that this lace be put and take
awaye.” But aftar dynar ye worshipfull and worthy knyghts andstowe’s memoranda.
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esquiers shall corne afore ye sayd newe knyght, and hym shall lede
to ye kyngs presence, ail tymes beynge before bym ye sayd esquirs,
govornors. And when ye new knyglit comythe in to ye presence of
ye kynge he shall knele before ye kynge and shall say thus: “ Moste
drede and moste myghty prynce, of my lytyll powre of that that I
may I thanke yow of ail ye worshypes, curtesies, godenesse, whiche
ye hâve done unto me;” and this sayde he shall take leve of ye
kynge. And uppon that ye govowrnowrs shall goo and take theyr
leve of thayre maysters, saynge thus: “Worshypfull Sir, by ye
kyngs commaundement we hâve servyd yow, and that commaunde-
ment fulfyllyd and parfwrmyd to owr powr, and what we hâve
done in yowr service ayene yowr reverence we praye yow of yowr
grâce for to pardon us of owr neglygence. Fortharmore of ye
custome of ye kyngs cowrt we aske and reqwere yow of robes and
fees to the terme of owr lyffe covenable to ye kyngs esquiers,
felowes to ye knyghtes of othar lands,” &c.
Explicit.
[Note.—This article seems to hâve been transcribed by Stowe from the Cottonian
MS. Nero C. ix. 168b., from which it has already been printed by Anstis in his
Observations Introductory, Coll. No. 88, and by Nicolas in his History of the
Order of the Bath> pp. 12-26. It is on the whole a very accurate transcript. The
speech addressed to the esquire at p. 107 is, however, abbreviated, the passage stand-
ing in the original as foliows :—
seyenge secretly to the squyer thus :—“ Right dere brother, grete worshipe be this
ordre un to yow; and Almyghty God geve yow the praysynge of ail knyghthod.
Lo, this is the ordre. Be ye stronge in the feith of Holy Cherche, and wydows and
maydones oppressed releve as right commaundith. Yeve ye to everych his owne
with ail thy mynde above ail thynge. Love and drede God. And above ail other
erthly thinges love the Kynge thy soverayn lord, hym and his defende unto thy
powere. And be fore ail worldly thynges putte hym in worshipp and thynges that
be not to be taken beware to begynne.” In this wyse or better, &c. And when the
hnyght is thus counselled (&c. as above, Stowe havingcorrected the word “knyght”
here into “ esquire.” ) ]
CAMD. SOC.
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stowe’s memobanda.
A memoriall of the Kyngs highnes wholl chardges sus-
teyned at Bolloigne from the xxvij of Septembar,
Anno xxxvj, to the ix of Octobar, Anno xxxyij.
The wages of tholle garison ther:
payde, lxxM.lxvjfo'. iijs.	)	......................
wnpayde, xxvüjM.vjo.K. xixJ dij^xviyM.vyC.nij^vjh. ij«.
The wages of artificers and laborars about ye fortifications :
payd, xvijM.iiijc.iiijXJCviij7z. vs. vjd. ob. ) xxM.viijc.lxxvjZz.
wnpayd, iijM.iijc.iiijxxvij/i. xixs. jd. ob. I iiijs. viijd.
The wages of thofficers and ministars of ye victualls :
payd, M.vjc.ZZ.
unpayde, MM.
MM.vjc .li.
Wasste and losse in the victualls, xjM.c.iiijxxxvjZi. xijs. vd. ob.
Forayne and necessarie payments over and besyds the provysyons
made and payd for in England vjc.iiijxxxiiijZi. xijs.
Out of the Kyngs Coffars, iiijxxiijM.CCC.viijZz*. ijs.
In the price of victualls, vijM.iiijxxxiiijZi. xvjs. viijcZ.
For fryssys and matreses, C.xxxvZi. viijs. ob.
Yet dewe for victalle, vM.iiijc.viijZZ. xs. xd.
In the hands of th’executors of S. John Jenyngs, vc xxli.
Sum of tholle chardges aforsayd, C.xxxiiijM.liijZZ. xjs. j d. ob.
The charges of the fortifycacions within ye highe towne of bossea
towne and the Yonge Man,b xM.viijc.xxxijZZ. vjs. \d. ob.
The charges of the fortyfications of tholde man,b vijM.vjc.lvZi.
xixs. j d.
Md. Ther is dewe unto the garreson and werkemen of the forti-
fications xxÿM.vijc.vZi. iiijrf. ob.
Item. Ther remaynethe in victualls unspent the laste of Sep-
tembar, over and besyds xijM.viijc.ZZ. vijs. vj d. ob. Keyceyvyd and
to be receyvyd for victualls, mm.ccc.ZZ.
a “ Of Bosse,” qu. “ and Basse,” i. e. Haute and Basse Boulogne?
b The Old and Young Man were two fortresses at Boulogne,115
STOWE*S MEMORANDA.
Anno Domne 1561, yeyere begynyng at New Yers daye.
The xxiiij daye February, which was Saynt Matheus daye, at
vj aclocke at nyght, was sene at London as gret a flashe of lyght-
nynge as lightly hath ben sene at any tyme, and a gret clape of
thunder wher with fell a gret 'shure of haylle and rayne which
sodenly turned to a gret snow, and ail this was in on quarter of an
oAvre. For ye space of an owre after ye ellemente semed westward
as rede as fyre. It is to be notid that ail this whylle ye wynde was
very bytter colde.
Anno Domini 1561.
The x daye of Apryll was one Wyllyarn Jefferey, an heretyke,
whyppyd at a carts arsse from the Marshallse in Sothewarke to
Bethelem with out Byshoppys gatte of London, for that he belevyd
one John More to be Crist, the Savyour of ye worlde. He was
very sore whypyte, and on his lied wer pynyd papars, and also
abowt the cart wer hangyd the lyke papers, wher in was wrytyn
as folowythe: “ Wyllyam Gefferey, a moste blasfemous herytyke,
denyenge Cryst our Savyowr in heven.” And when he the sayd
Wyllyam Geferey was brought to Bethlem gâte there the Mar-
shalls sarvaunts cawsyd the cart to staye and John More to be
browght out of Bethlem, whiche John More dyd professe hym selffe
to be Cryst the Savyowr of the worlde. And afftar examynacion
and his aunswers, whiche wer very doubtfull, he wase lykewysse
strypte and tyed at the carts ars and whypte a byrdbolt shute be
yonde Bethlem and so bake a gayn, and sent into Bethelem prisoner
ageyne. And Wylyam Geferay was sent agayn to the Marshallse.
They had bene in the presons before namyd ny a yere and a halff
before this tyme, the one for affyrmynge hym selff to be Crist, the
othar affyrmynge hym selffe to be Seynt Petar the Apostyll of Crist*116
stowe’s me'morandà.
The descrypcon of Troionovaunt.
Anno 1561, ye 4 day of June, betwen 4 and 5 of ye cloke [in]
ye afftar nonne, beynge Wedynsday and Corpus Cristi eve, ye
stepull of Powlles was fyeryd by lyghtnynge, ye whiche lytenynge
dyd take ye stepulle, as it dyd seme to ye beholders, ye space of ij
or iij yardes benethe ye crosse and so byrnt round abought in ye
same place that ye toppe felle of with ye crosse wnperyshed (or
wn byrnt) and ye crosse fell southe, and so the sphere byrnt downe
ward lyke as a candil consumyng, to ye stone werke and ye bells, and
so to ye rouffe of ye churche, and thorow ye rouffes of ye churche
ail fowre ways, east, west, northe, and sowthe. With in ye qwiers
or chawnsylls was brynt no thyng but only ye communion table, and
in ye rest of ye churche was brynt nothing but a sartayn tymber
werke whiche stode at ye northe-west pyllar of ye stepull, which
was fyeryd with ye tymber that fell in to ye churche owt of ye steple ;
whiche was a lamentable syghte and pytyfull remembraunce to
ail people that hâve ye feare of God before theyr eyes, consyderynge
it was ye hous of owre Lord, erectyd to prays hym and pray to hym,
ye beawty of ye syte of London, ye beawty of ye holle Reallme. A
mynster of suche worthy, stronge, and costly buldynge, so large, so
pleasant and délectable, it passyd ail comparyson, not only of
mynstyrs within thys reaime but élis where as sure as travayll
hathe taught ws in other reaimes ethar Cristyn or hethyn. VVTier-
fore feare we God that so sore hathe chatysyd us, and let ws well
know that he whiche hathe not spayrd his owne hous wyll not
spare owres, exsept we repent owr formor wykyd lyffe and serve
hym in holynys and newenys of lyffe, with a parffyt faythe in God
and parffyt charytye to owr neyghbour, ye whyche our Lorde for his
byttar passyon grawnt. Amen.
That same day at Gylford was brynte a carsy hangynge on ye
tayntars, which carse dyd contayne lx yards, and it was conswmyd
to powdar and ye tayntar not hurt; allso v mylle beyend Gylfordstowe’s memoranda.
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a woman was byrnt with ye same lyghtnynge. That day was many
great harmes done by lyghtynyng in England, as at Shafftesebury
the steple with parte of ye churche was brynt.
Anno 1561, the xxx and ye last day of J une in ye afftarnoone
a cart ladyn with haye browght in to Sothewarke was set a fyre
---------a and clene brent, ye hey, ye carte, and ye tylle horse to
dethe, whiche was a thyng to be notyd, or rathar to be wonderyd
at, that in suche a place, at that tyme of ye day and in ye syght of
so many beholdars, it shuld so be consumyd with owt helpe.
The confessyon of Master Rychard Allington esquere,
the xxij of Novembre, 1561, abowte viij of ye
clocke at nyght, before Master Doctour Caldewalle,
Master Doctor Good, Master Garthe, Master Jones,
and Ser John of ye Rolles, &ct.
Maisters, seinge that I muste nedes die, whiche I assure yow I nevar
thought wolde hâve cum to passe by this dessease, consyderinge it
is but ye smalle pockes, I woulde therfore moste hertely desyre yow
in ye reverence of God and for Christes passions sake to suffer me to
speake untyll I be dede, that I may dyscharge my consiens, accuse
myn adversary the devyll, and y eide my selffe holie to Almightie
God, my Savior and Redemer, upon whose justice yf I loke and
behold I am condemnede eternally, but one ye othar syde yf I loke
apon his merci, then I trust he wyll shewe unto me as he will do to
ye worst sorte of men, amonge whome I assure yow I accompt my selffe
to be one, for nevar man hathe had more especiall tokenes of‘ Godes
singuler grâce at offten and sundery tymes shewyd unto hym then
I hâve had, and so letyll regardyd them as I hâve done. And good
masters, for Christs passions sake give good eare unto me, and pray
continewally for me upon your knes, for I will tell yow of straunge
thyngs, whiche I assure yow by that faithe I beare to God I speake
a Blank in MS.iis
sïowe’s memoranda.
not of vaine glorie or prayse of myselfe or any other cawse, but only
thanke God for his greate marcys shewed dyverse and sondry wayes
by me, and also to accuse my adversarie ye devyll. Yt is so when
I was a childe I was brought up, thoughe I saye it, with a good
father and mother whom ye knewe, who daylye used us children
vertiouslie and kepte us for one hower or ij everie eveninge and
mornige to prayers, and tben when prayers wer don to owr bokes.
Aftarwarde we wer wonte to go to playe into an orchard neve
adjoynynge to my fathers howse, where as offtyn tymes for yc space
of iij yeres there apperyd to me in a thicke hedge a goodlye comfort-
able vision, I do well remember, from ten yers olde unto thirtene.
Ther apperid, I say, to me ye very Image of our Saviour Jesus Christ
as he sufferyd his blisyd passion upon the crose ; whiche Image
apperyd to me very lyvely and that verie often so lovyngly and
tenderly as evar any erthely man culde desyre and wishe, shewinge
suche speciall tokens of his great marcie and goodnes to me as I
thynke nevar mortall man coulde desyre or wyshe ye lyke, whiche I
did evermore kepe verie secret to my selfe for my greate comforte
and consolacion. Goode maisters, for Christys passyons sake, geve
good eare unto me and pray, styll pray, pray, pray. Then longe
aftar I cam to London, and at laste I was maried, sythe whiche
tyme I assure yow I hâve offended my Lorde God and Savyowr
Christ so sore, many foldely comittinge of so abhominable useric,
that I am a frayd I shalbe condempned eternally, and indede one
greate occasion was becawse I nevar gave my selffe to prayer as I was
wont to do, but spent my tyme to muche in wordlynes, for ye whiche
my conscience did oftymes accuse me. I will tell yow more anon.
I beseche yow pray, pray, pray. And thus my consciens storringe
with in my selffe brought me to mervelous trobles of mynde, so that
nevar man was in suche case as I was of a longe tyme. And beinge
in this greate troble, at ye last ye selfe same vision appered to me
agayne even sence this laste terme, and put me in remembraunce
agayne even of Gods speciall grâce before shewed to me, and allso
of many othar thyngs, willynge me to leve of ye worlde and yestowe’s memoranda.
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besynes therof, and not to troble my selffe to muche there withe,
sythen whiche tyme I assure yow I hâve gone abowte to le’ave of ail
my trobles of ye law agayne, and so to hâve lyved more quietlie
with that owr Lord had sent me. Nowe, good mastars, pray styll for
me and I wyll shew yow verie straunge thyngs. The second nyght
aftar I felle secke, beinge in perfecte memorie lyenge in my bed
brode a wake, and, as I thowght, ail my folkes beinge a slepe here in
my chamber, ther apperid unto me suche strange thyngs and ferefull
which greatly amased and put me in wonderfull feere. I can not
tell what I shall tearme theme or call them, and as I doe remember
they were lyke puppets, they came up and downe my chamber, and
at laste, beinge marvelous sore afrayde, they came unto me rounde
aboute my chamber, my bedde, and apon my bedd pulled and
tossed me, stearde me, and tarde me, and so vexed me as I was
never in ail my lyffe so soore troubled and vexed, shewynge suche
terrable and fearefull sytes, so that I was ail most broughte to utter
desperacyon, so farforthe that I coulde not tell what to doe; yet at
the laste remembrynge with my sellfe and callynge to my remem-
braunce the goodlye grâces that my Lorde and Savior Jesus Christe
at dyverse and soundry tymes had shewed unto me, sayde unto
my sellfe, “ 0 good Lorde what do these thinges meane, what shall
I doe ?” With that ther appered unto me my vysion agayne, which
shewed unto me in wrytinge ail ye usery that ever I had receaved
in ail my lyffe so playnly that I redd yt, and in dede the sommes
were true and named every man of whom I had resseyved yt,
namynge the persons and ye somes, as of one Mr. Wrilkokes thus
muche, of my L. Scrope thus muche, of Mr. Fynes thus muche,
namynge every some, and he shewed me also what I had
resseyved of Spanyardes, of Frenchmen, of Italyans, and suche
lyke, which came to vjXXIL, shewinge so playnely I assure you
every thinge that I much marveled at yt, and at the last I made
answer unto my vision and saied, “ 0 Lorde, ail thés thinges are true
in dede, what shall I do to yt? ” Then my vision made answere and
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paye ail ye userie money agayne to every man as lie had shewed
me ye sornes, which came to xviijc.Zi. Then lie badd me pay
agayne the fyftie poundes which I gat for bienge of a house in
Holbarne, and for ye vj™li. which 1 haad of straungers he wylled
me, because that I know not wher they dwell, to gyve yt to ye
poore prisoners and goode men that be in prison. And maisters,
I can not tell of what relygyon you be that be heare, nor I care not,
for I speake to tell you the truth and to accuse myne adversary the
dewelles, and in dede I hâve gyven them some thinge ail redy and
wyll gyve them ail ye rest, God willinge, and will paye ail ye
userye mony to every man as my vision commaunded me, and do
intende, God willinge, tomorrow to send for them yff I lyfe so
longe; yf not, I wyll desyre ye Master of ye Kolles, as my trust is in
hym, that he will se it dischargid and payed out of hand that my
soulle may beare no perill for yt. And masters, then my vysion
comforted me more and more, and he sayd he would shew me ix
psalmes, which yf I dede saye every daye I shuld never synne
agayne mortallie, for I assure you I hâve not used my sellfe to
prayer as I was wont to doe* nor never wente to ye churche at any
tyme of comon prayer, bycaus I dyd condeme my conscyence for
suffeiynge me to commite suche abominable usery and other most
détestable synnes agaynst my hevenly Father, who had so many
folde wayes and sondry tymes shewed me such lovinge kyndnes
and synguller grâces. And ye psalmes were thés: 1. Meserere mei
Deus. 2. Beati omnes quitemet* Dortiinum (128). 3. AdDominum
cum trïbuler. 4. Levavi oculos meos [in] montes. 5. Nisi quia Do.
6. Qui conjidunt in Do. 7. Judica me Deus. 8. Illumina oculos
meos. 9. Dominé non est eæultatum cor meum.
Anso so my vision left me. Sith which tyme I assure you I
hâve had as muche quyetnes as any man can wishe, and hâve sene
soch comfortable syghtes as nether harte can thyncke nor tonge
expresse, and this I had to shew you. Now, good Sur John, say
ye vij psallmes, and Domine Jesu Cristy with gloriosa passyo he
a So in MS.stowe’s memoranda.
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sayd hymsellfe, and then he thought he shuld hâve died, but then
brothe beinge geven unto hym he revyved agayne and fell to prayer
and gave hym sellfe wholly to quyetnes, &c.
In the yeare of our Lord 1562, ye 8 day of Septembar, was4 a
pryste (whose name was Ser ------- Havard) taken fby sertayn pro-
motars and my Lorde of Eliesa men) for sayienge of masse in Fettar
lane at my Lady Cares b housse, whiche pryste was violently taken
and led (as ten tymes wors then a traytur) thwrowe Holburne,
Newgate markyt, and Chepsyd to the Cowntar at the stokes callyd
the Pultrie, whithe ail his ornaments on hym as he was ravist to
mas, with his masse boke and his porttoys borne before hym, and ye
chalice with the paxe and ail othar thyngs, as myche as myght make
rewde poople to wondar apon hym. And the nomber of people
was exsedynge great that folowyd hym, mokynge, derydynge,
cursynge, and wyshynge evyll to hym, as some to hâve hym set on
ye pelory, some to hâve hym hangyd, som hangyd and qwarteryd,
some to hâve hym byrnt, sum to hâve hym torne in pesys and ail
his favorars, with as myche violence as the devill collde invent, and
myche more then I can wryte, but well was he or she that cowld
get a plucke at hym or gyve hym a thumpe with theyr fyst or spyt
in his face, and to scorne hym with sange, Ora pro nobis Sancta
Maria becawse it was owr Lady day of hir nativité (but not kept holy),
and ail so they sange Dominas vobiscum and suche lyke. My Lady
Care, with my Lady Sakefylde, and Mistres Perpoynt, and Sherewod
and his wyffe war taken for beynge at ye same masse, and browght
before ye Byshope of Elly, then lyenge in Holburn, and theyr housys
sherchte, theyr bokes were ail brought to ye Byshope of Elly, who
afftar examynation of them and theyr bokes sent them to prison.
My Lady Care, and my Lady Sakefelde, Mistres Perpoynt to ye
Fleete, and the othar iij to ye Cowntar, and with in iij days afftar
the prist was sent to ye Marshalse in Sothewarke. And on the
a Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely.
b I cannot find who this Lady Cary was; but as it is stated below that she was of
the Queen’s blood she was certainly related to Henry Cary, Lord Hunsdon.
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second day of Octobre my Lady Care (beinge of ye Quens blode),
Mistris Perpoynt, the prist, and Sherewode and his wyffe were ali
v parsons browght from ye prysons above namyd to the Sessions
howsse at Newgate, and were ther arraynyd amongeste theves and
mowrderars, and by xij men condemnyd as gilty. Ye prist for pre-
paringe hym selffe to say masse, the Lady Carie and Harv Sherwode
and his wyffe for beynge wyllynge to here and se masse (for this is
to be notyd, ye prist did not say masse, but was redy ravist to masse
and entered ther in, when he and they were taken). The prist had
judgement gyven to hym prisoner in Newegatte xij monythis, my
Lady Care and Mistres Perpoynt to ly prisoner s in ye Flett iij
monythes, and in the thre monythes to pay to the quenes use
ethar of them one hunderithe marks, or élis ther bodyes to remayn
prisoners to ye quenes plesure. And Henrie Sherwod and his
wyffe, beynge a marchaunt taylor, wer adjudgyd syx monythes prison-
ment and to pay ethar of them an hundred marke, or élis there
bodyes at ye quenes plesure.
In ye yere of owr Lord 1563 was suche scarsytie of victualls in
London by the servyng Newhavne,a that in ye Lent heryngis was
sold for ij a penye when they was best cheape ethar whit or red,
Essyxe chesse for vj d. ye IL baryll buttar for vij and viij d. ye Zi., a
bad stockefyslie for vj d. or viij eZ., and so forthe of ail othar victualls.
On Estar evyne ye Parliament brake upe and gave to ye quene a
subsedie, and that was of everie man beynge valewyd worth iij IL on
goods, or lands, or otharwys, and so uppewarde, ij s. viij d. of ye
IL, besyds they gave her ij fyfftens.
The viij daye of Julii, anno 1563, in ye mornynge was great
lyghtnynge and thundar, in ye whiche was slayne a woman mylkynge
and iij kyne, with in ye Covynt gardyn whiche some tyme belongyd
to ye Savoy be yond ye Temple bare; and many othar placis it dyd
myche harme, of whiche one wase ye steple of Seynt Androw in
Howlburne wase smyttyn, many men, wemen,and cattayll wer slayne.
p Havre de Grâce, which was in possession of the English from September 1562
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Ànno Domini 1563, ye 9 daye of Julii, being Frydaye, a com-
mysyon was sent frome ye quene and counsell to London that
everie boushowlder should at vij of ye cloke ye same nyght lay owt
woodd and make bonfyers in ye stretes and lanes to that intent they
shuld therby consume ye corrupte ayers, whiche othar wyse myght
infect ye sitie with ye plage, as it was at that tyme begon, and dyed
sum weke more and some weke lesse, but ye greatyst nombar that
dyde there of any one weke in London and ye sowbarbes of ye same
was xvij on weke, xxv ye next weke, xxiij ye third weke, xliiij ye
last weke, before those boone fiars began ; it wase commaundyd to
contynew ye same iij tymes a weke, Monday, Wednesdaye, and
Frydaye, and where anny had dyed of ye plage to syt up a hedlesse
cross over ye dores. Ye next weke afftar, endynge ye x day of
Julii, ther dyde of ye plage in London lxiiij. Ye next weke endynge
ye xvij day of Julii dyde c.xxxj of ye plage. Ye next weke endynge
ye xxiij of July jc.lxxiiij of ye plage. The next weke endynge the
xxx day of July dyed ijc.iiijxxix of ye plage. The next weke
endynge the vj day of August dyed of ye plage ijc.iiijxxxix. The
next weke endynge the xiij day of August, dyed of ye plage vc.xlij.
The next weke endynge ye xx day of August, dyed of y® plage
vjc.viij. The next weke endynge ye xxvij day of August, dyed of
ye plage ixc.lxxvj. The next weke endynge ye iij day of Septem-
bre, dyed of y® plage ixc.lxiij. The next weke endynge ye x daye
of September, dyed of ye plage xiiijc.liiij, and nevar a paryshe in
London clere that weke. The next weke endynge the xvij daye
of Septembre, dyed in London of ye plage xvjc.xxvj, and one
paryshe clere. The next weke endynge ye xxiiij day of September,
dyed of ye plage in London xiijc.lxxij, and iij paryshes clere.
The next weke endynge ye fyrst day of October, dyed in London
of ye plage xviijc.xxviij, and one paryshe cleare. The next weke
endynge ye viij day of Octobre, dyed in London of ye plage
xijc.lxij, and iiij paryshes cleare. The next weke endynge ye xv
of Octobre, dyed in London of ye plage viijc.xxix, and ix parishis
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London of ye plage xc., and v parishis clere. The next weke
endynge ye xxix of Octobre, dyed in London of ye plage ixC.v,
and one paryshe clere. The next weke endynge the v of
Novembre, dyed in London of ye plage iijc.lxxx, and parishis
clere xvj. The next weke endynge ye xij of Novembar, dyed in
London of ye plage ijc.lxxxiij, and parishis clere xxvij. The next
weke endynge ye xix of Novembre, dyed in London of ye plage
vc.vj, and parishis clere xiiij. The next weke endynge ye xxvj of
Novembre, dyed in London of the plage ijc.lxxxj, and parishis clere
xx. The next weke endynge ye iij of Desembre, dyed of ye plage
in London jc.lxxviij, and parishis clere xxx. The next weke end-
ynge ye x of Desembre, dyed of ye plage in ye citie ijc.xlix, and
parishis clere xxvj. The next weke endynge ye xvij of Desembre,
dyed of ye plage in London ijc.xxxix, pariches clere xxviij. The
next weke endynge ye xxiiij of Desembre, dyed in London of ye
plage jc.xxxiiij, parychis clere lj. The next weke endynge ye xxxj
of Desembar, dyed in London of ye plage jc.xxj, parychis clere lj.
The next weke endynge ye vij of Januarye, dyed in ye citie and
lybertys therof of ye plage xlv, parichis clere lxj. The next weke
endynge ye xiiij of January, dyed in ye citie and lybertys ther of of
ye plage xxvj. The next weke endynge ye xxj of January, dyed
in ye citie and lybertys therof of ye plage xiij. The next weke
endynge ye xxviij of January, dyed in ye citie and libertis therof of
ye plage xj. The next weke endynge ye iiij of February, dyed in
ye citie and lybertys therof of ye plage x. The next weke endyng
ye xj of February, dyed in ye citie and libertis of ye plage xviij.
The next weke endyng ye xviij of February, dyed of ye plage in ye
citie and lybertis ther of xxxv. The next weke endynge ye xxv of
Fe[b]ruarye, dyed of ye plage in ye citie xiij. The next weke endyng
ye iij of Marche, dyed in London of ye plage ix. The next weke
endynge ye x of Marche, dyed of ye plage in ye citie vj. The next
weke endynge ye xvij of Marche, of ye plage vj. The next weke
endynge y xxiiij of Marche, of yc plage iij. Ye next weke endynge
ye xxxj of Marche, of ye plage v. The next weke endynge ye vij ofstowe’s memoranda.
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Aprill, of ye plage iiij. The next weke endynge ye xiiij Apryll, of
ye plage v. The next weke endynge ye xxj of Apryll, of ye plage
iij. The next weke endynge ye xxviij of Apryll, of ye plage iij.
The next weke endynge ye y day of Maye, of ye plage 4. The next
endynge ye 12 of May, 3. The next endynge ye 19 of May, 5.
The next endynge ye 26 of Maye, of ye plage 1. The next endynge
y® 2 of June, of ye plage 4. The next weke endynge ye ix of June,
of ye plage iij. The next weke endynge ye xvj of June, of ye
plage ij. The nexte weke endynge ye xxiij of June, of ye plage j.
The ij next wekes dyed none of ye plage in London.
Anno 1563, ye xxx of July, beyng Fryday, was one--------------
whipt on a sckaffold at ye Stondard in Chepe, his neke, his hands,
and fett made faste to a stake a bove ye sayd skafold with kolars of
iron by ye bedeles of ye begars; some tym one, som tyme ij,
some tym iij attonce whipte hym, and they strove who mowght
whype hym moste extremlye ; it was for that he had betyn a boye
with a lethar gurdle havynge a buckle of yron, whiche buckle
smate in to ye fleshe of ye boye very sore.
Anno 1563, ye 29 of Julii, was Newehaven delyveryd up to the
Frenche men.
The 8 of Awgust, Turnar, commonly cawlyd Turnar of Bullyn,
for that he had ben a prechar and ministar amongst the sowldiors •
at Boloigne, and had remayned there so longe as Boloigne was
Englishe, so that he was called ye parson of Bolen, prechid at
Pauls Crosse, wher he made ij solome pettyssyons to my Lorde
Mayre of London. The one was that the deade of ye cittie shuld be
buryed owt of the citie in ye fylde ; the othar was that no bell shuld
be tollyd for them when they lay at y® marcie of God departynge
owt of this présent lyffe, affyrmynge that ye ryngynge or tollynge of
ye bell dyd ye partye departynge no good, nethar affore theyr deathe
nor afftar.
Anno 1563, the 27 day of July, beynge Tuesdaye, Elys Hawll,
of Manchestar, was whipt at Bedlem by to mynysters or prechars,126
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Philpot,a parson of Sent Myhells in Cornhyll, and Yownge,b parson
of Sent Bartylmews ye Lytyll, Fulckes ye comon cryar of London
stondynge by.
In Anno 1564 (accoumptynge ye yere to begyn ye xxv of Marche),
the xxy day of February, at xj of ye cloke in ye nyghte, deseasyd
the abovesayd Eliseus Hawll, and was buryed on Shordche Churche-
yarde on ye Twesday, and y® xxvij day of February, at xj of yc
cloke before none.
Anno 1563, in Septembre, the old byshopes and dyver doctors
wer removyd owt of ye Towre in to the newe byshopes howssys,
tlier to remayn prysonars undar theyr custody (the plage then
beynge in ye citie was thowght to be ye caws), but theyr delyve-
rannce (or rathar chaunge of prison) dyd so myche offend ye people
that y® prechars at Poulls Crosse and on othar placis bothe of y®
citie and cuntrie prechyd (as it was thowght of many wysse men)
verie sedyssyowsly, as Baldwyn at Powlls Cros wyshyng a galows
set up in Smythefyld and ye old byshops and othar papestis to
be hangyd theron. Hym selfe died of ye plague the next weke aftar.
This yeare, 1563, was the tenauntis of the Chambre of London
callyd before y® Chambreleyn of London, beynge cawlyd------------
Sturgyn, Ser Thomas Lodge beyng Mayre, theyr renttis wer raysyd
• duble and treble, and forsya to take 1 easy s and gyve fyns for the
same, or élis to for go theyr howsys, and they to hâve them that
wold gyve moste for them. That same Ser Thomas Lodge (to ye
great slaundar of y® wholl city) in ye ende of his maioralitie pro-
ffessyd to be banqerowpte.
This yeare 1563, in Septembre, the Quenes Majestie lyenge in
hir castell of Wyndsore, ther was set up in ye markyt place of
Wyndsore a new payre of gallows to hange up ail suche as shuld
a John Philpot. He was deprived of his bénéfice in 1567.
b His name does not oceur in Newcourt’s list of the incnmbents. After Thomas
Taylor, collated 29 Noy. 1558, Newcourt gives Adrian Redlegge, collated 13 Dec.
1569.stowe’s memoranda.
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corne ther from London, so that no parson or eny kynde of warrs
mought corne or be browght from London to or thrughe, nethar by
Wyndsor, not so myche as thrughe ye ryver by Wyndsor to cary
wood or othar stuffe to or from London upon payne of hangynge
with owt eny judgement, and suche people as reseyvyd eny wares
out of London in to Wyndsor were turnyd owt of theyr howsys
and theyr howssys shut up.
Anno 1563, ye 26 of June, was a mynyster,a parson of Sent Marie
Abchurche, of Sent Martyns in Iarmongar Lane, and of one othar
bénéfice in ye cuntrie, takyn at Dystaffe Lane ussynge an othar
mans wyffe as his owne, whiche was dawghtar to Ser Myles Par-
tryge and wyflfe to Wyllyam Stokebrege, grosar, and he beyng so
takyn at ye dede doynge (havynge a wyffe of his owne) was caryed
to Brydwell thrughe ail the stretes, his breche hangynge aboute his
knes, his gowne and his (kyvar knave) hatt borne afftar hym with
myche honor; but he lay not longe ther, but was delyveryd with
owt punyshment and styll injoyed his beneffysis.b They were
greatly blamed that aprehended hym and comitted hym.
Turnar, of Bullyn, prechinge at Powlls Crosse ye xxiiij of Octobre,
anno 1563.
Syr Thomas Lodge, beynge Mayr of London, ware a beard, and
was ye fyrst that (beynge Mayr of London) ever ware eny, ye whiche
was thowght to mayny people very straynge to leve ye cumly
aunsyent custom of shavynge theyr beards; nevartheles he ware ye
comly auncient bonet with iiij cornars as ail othar his predysesowrs
had done befcre hym. This Sir T. Lodge braky and professe to
be banqwerooute in his maioralitie to the grete slandar of ye citie.
But ye next yere afftar Ser John Whit, beynge mayre, ware bothe
a longe beard and allso a rownd cape that wayed not iiij ouncis,
a His name was George Barton.
b He was, however, deprived of both his London bénéfices some years later, yiz.
of St. Mary, Abchurch, in 1567, and of St. Martin’s, Ironmonger Lane, in 1568.
But before the occurrence mentioned in the text a George Barton is said to hâve been
deprived of St. S with in’s rectory in London, in 1561.128	stowe’s memoranda.
whiche semyd to ail men, in consyderation of ye auncient bonyt, to
be very uncomly.
This yere of our Lord 1563 was great lytnynge and thundar in
Desembre from ye fyrst day to ye xij lyghtly every evynnyng and
nygbt, spesyally on ye xij nyght, beyng Sonday, from viij of ye cloke
tyll somewhat past ix, that gretar lyghtnyng hatbe not bene lyghtly
sene at eny tyme.
Poynts of Devinitie: Anno 1564 (by order of the Kalendar), ye
yere to be accomptid from newe yers daye forward, on ye Wedyns-
daye, beynge ye 26 of Januarie, wasse a solome sermon made at
Powlls Crosse by Coale/ Archedecon of Essyxe, wherunto was
warnyd ye Lord Mayre of London with ye Aldarmen and Shrives,
with allso the crafftis of ye citie in theyr lyveries. Wher in ye
prechar dyd move ye awdyence to rejoyce that ye plage wasse cleane
sessyd, and that God had cleane takyn it awaye from us. He sayd
ye cawsse ther of was ye superstysyows relygyon of Rome, whiche
was (as he sayd) so myche favoryd of ye sytysyns. He gave ws
warnynge to be ware therof, callynge it a fallce relygyon, worsse then
ethar ye Turkis or ye devyles relygyon. Moreover he sayd it stode
uppon iiij pilars which wer rotyn postis, that is to say, Imagis,
Purgatory, ye Sacraffice of ye Masse, and Transubstansyation, agaynst
ye which he dyd invaye, and sayd that yf we dyd not beware of
falce relygyon, ail thowght God had cleane takyn a way ye plage,
he wold send a worse apon use, that is to say, fyre and sword, which
shuld slee ye children at ther mothars brestes, ye wyffes shuld be
slayn from theyr husbonds, ye husbonds from theyr wyffes, and one
neyghbour shuld sleye an othar to hâve his goods. But to conclud
with ail, he perswadyd ail States of ye citie to rejoyce for that ye
plage was sesyd, for now, sayd he, shall yowr mayre ryde honorably
acco[m]panyed with ye aldermen and othar ther assystence ye wor-
shypffull of ye citie ; now shulde ye lawyers be frequentyd and set a
worke, now shall ye skolles be openyd, now shuld the marchantis
hâve fre traffryke into ail cuntries and nacions, wher as before ail
a Thomas Cole, A.M.stowe’s memoranda.
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nasyon9 dyd abhore fchem, now shall yow artyffysers rejoyce, for ye
shall now sell yowr wares aboundantly, and now sball ye be sett a
worke even thorowly, wber as of longe tyme ye hâve had no worke
but lyvyd in great penurye. Now, O ye artyfysers, shall ye take
mony aboundantly. O ye prentysys rejoyce, for now shall ye hâve
yowr bellys full of meate, whiche of longe tyme hâve bene starvyd
thrughe your mastars skarsytie.
On Wedyndyns daye, beynge Sent Mathews eve, and ye xx day
of Septembar, anno 1564, was suche hye tydes that ail ye maryshys
abought East Hame, and so to London, was ovar flowyd with watar,
whiche dyd myche harme.
On the xxvj day of Septembar, in anno 1564, beynge Tweseday,
ware arraynyd at ye Gyldhalle of London iiij personas and there
caste, for ye stelynge and receyvynge of ye queens lypott,a combe, and
lokynge glasse, with a bodkyn of gold to brayd hir heare, and suche
othar small ware out of hir chambar in her progresse. And on
Thursday next afftar, beynge Myhilmas even, and ye xxviij day of
Septembar, ij of them whiche had bene servantis in Chepesyd, one
of them with Master Bakehowse, dwellyng agaynst ye Standard,
beyng a sylke man, were bothe hangyd before ye Cowrte gatte, upon
ye gallows that stode on Haye Hyll, whiche was for that tyme
removyd for that purpose to Sàynt James, before ye wall, beynge at
that tyme ye quee[n]s cowrte.
The xxix of Septembar, in Anno Domini 1564, was ye Lorde
Eobart Dudleye, mastar of ye queens horsse, creatyd Baron of
Denbyghe and Erle of Lescestar at ye queens cowrtte, then beynge
Saynt. James, be sydes Charing crosse.
The second day of Octobar, beynge Mondaye, in anno 1564, was
kepte at Paulls a sertayne kynde of evenynge prayer as an osequye
or memoriall of ye deathe of Fardynanao, latte Emperowr of Ger-
manye, where ye Lorde Hyghe Tresorar of England was ye cheffe
mowrnar amongest dyvars othar, as ye Byshope of Cauntowrbery,
CAMD. SOC.
a Chamber pot.
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ye Byshopes of London and Rochestar, with ye Deane of Powles,
&ct. And on ye morow, beynge ye iij of October, was selebratyd a
comunyon to ye offatory and no farthar, and so ye Byshope of
London went to tbe pulpyt and precbyd a sermond, and ye herce,
whiche was very fayr, of clothe, velvyt. and sylke, with frynge of
golde, and banars very many and fayre, but no lyghts of waxe or
othar wyse, stode tyll Monday next folowynge, whiche was ye ix
dai of Octobar.
The vij day of Octobar, beynge Satowrdaye, anno 1564, at viij
a cloke at nyghte, was sene comynge out of ye northe easte very
great lyghtes lyke great fiâmes of fÿre, whiche shott forthe as it
[were] gonepowdar fyeryd and spred out in a longe frome ye northe
easte, northe, and northe west, in dyvars placis at once; and ail mett
in ye mydes of ye fyrmament, as it war ryght ovar London, and
desendyd somewhat west warde, and ail ye fiâmes beynge ther
gatheryd grew in to a rednys, as it were a very sangwyn or blode
cowlar, and this contynewyd tyll ix of ye cloke ; and ail ye same
nyght was more lyghtar then yf ye mowne had shone moste bryght,
wheras no mone shone that nyght, for yt chaungyd but one day
before, whiche was Fridaye.
Anno Domini 1564, Master Newalle, Deane of Powles, preachyd
at Polies Chrose ye 19 of Novembar, where he protestyd that ther
was not one trew worde in Master Dormars boke latly browght ovar
from beyonde ye seas.
The 20 of Novembar, beynge Monday, in ye mornynge, a bowt
vj of ye clocke, throghe neglygence of a mayden with a candell, ye
snoffe ther of fawlynge into an hundryd wayght of gonne pothar,
thre howssys in Bucklersbury war sore shaken, and ye backar partes
of ye same howsys wer ail to blewne and shattard in pecis, and ye
afore sayde mayde was so byrnt that she dyede ther of with in ij
dayes afftar; yf this powthar had bene in a sellar, as it was in a
garret, it had donne myche more harme.
This yere 1564 was a sharpe froste, whiche began on Seynt
Thomas daye before Cristmas, on ye 21 daye of Desember, beyngestowe’s memoranda.
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Thursdaye, and contynewyd tyll y® 3 day of Janewarie beynge
Wednysdaye ; on ye whiche Wedynsedaye it thawyd botbe ye daye
and nyght folowynge, and ye morow beyng Thursdaye allso this
forst as before is sayde begynynge on Sent Thomas day before
Cristmas was so sharpe that on newyers even men went ovar y®
Thams as saffè as on the dry land, not only betwyxt Westmystar
and Lambythe, but in ail placis betwyxt Lambethe and the Olde
Swane, they wente bothe ovar ye Thames and alonge ye same from
London to Westmystar and from Westmystar to London, comynge a
lande salffelly (thankis be to God) wher they wolde betwen West-
mystar and ye Olde Swan, whiche is very nere unto y® brydge. And
ye same newyers even, beynge Sondaye, people playd at y® footte bail
on ye Thams by great nombars. On newyers day beynge Monday,
and on Twesday and Wednyseday, dyvars jentyllmen and othars set
up pryckes on ye Thams and shott at ye same, and great nombars of
people beholdynge y® same standynge at ye prykis as boldly (and
thankis be gyvyn to God a saffly) as it had bene on y® drye lande.
And I my selffe who Write this notte wentte on ye Wedynsday before
namyd frome Lambythe to Westmystar and there dynyd with Master
Burre, who went thetar with me. And then we went agayne to ye
comon stayrs of Westmystar, and so upon y® Thames to y® Baynards
Castell, where we went a land (thankys be to God) as salffe as ever
I went in eny place in ail my lyffe, where we sawe men shewte at
a payre of prykes set up agaynst y® qweens cowrte upon ye Thams,
and costardmongars playnge at ye dysse for aples, and y® people
went on y® Thams in greatar nombars then in eny streat in Lon-
don. The people went ovar y® Thams on ye Thursdaye at nyght,
and on y® morow, beynge Fridaye, was no y ce on y® Thams to be
sene, but that ail men myght rowe ovar and alonge ye same, it was
so sodaynly conssumyd.
Anno 1565, ye yere beginynge y® first of Januarie. The xxvj
day of Januarie, beynge Frydaye, at nyght was ij tydes at London
brydge; and on ye morow, beynge Satardaye, was ij tydes in y®
mornynge and ij in the evenynge of y® same day, and ye morow,132
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beynge Sonday and ye xxviij day of Januarie, was lyke wys ij in ye
mornynge and one in ye evynynge.
The iij daye of Februarye ye Lorde Darley departyd toward Scot-
land, who afftarward maried ye Quene of Scotts, &ct.
The vij of Marche beynge Asshe Wedensday, in anno 1564,
Master Newalle, Deane of Powls, prechid at Westmystar before ye
Queens Majestye, wher he so handelyd his mattar that the Quenes
Majestie spake to hym owt at a wyndowe and bad hym goo to his
texte, &ct.
The xxviij day of Aprylle in ye afftar none, anno 1565, fell so
great an haylle that yt lay on ye grownd in many placys abowt
London more then xxiiij owres and ther with was iij or iiij great
clapps of thundar. The morow, beynge Lowe Sonday and ye
xxviiij day of Aprille, was Wylyam Man, of Soffolke in Sudbury,
fownde hangyd with in Mistres Kyrtons pâlie in S. Andrews
Wndarshafft paryshe in London; he honge hym selffe with his
nyghte kercheffe on one of ye pykes of ye pâlie so that one of his
fett towchyd y® grownd. The morow, beynge Monday and ye xxx
day of Aprill, one mane rode on two staves borne on iiij mens
showldars at S. Katheryns for that his next neybor sofferyd his
wyffe to beat hym. There went with hym ny iijc. men with hand-
gunes and pikes well armyd in cowrslytts.
On Lowe Sonday an Eryshe byshope of Irlande, beyng prisonar
in ye Towr of London, went quietly frome then s, beynge sene and
spokyn with at his so goynge, and yet not knowne, whiche was
myche to be merveylyd at, but he cowld not be founde.
Anno 1565, y® 20 dyay of June, at vij of ye cloke at nyght, was
ye Lady Lynyta sent prisonar unto ye Towr of London.
Anno 1565, the 16 day of Julii, at nyghte, beyng Monday, was
very tyrable lyghtnynge and thundar, that the lyke in many yers
hathe not bene sene ; ye moste force therof was frome xij of ye cloke
at nyghte unto iij of ye cloke in ye mornyng; whiche dyd myche
hurt in many placys of this reaime.
a Lennox.STOWE S MEMORANDA.
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Anno 1565, ye 11 day of Septembar, beynge Tewsdaye, the
K. of Swedons systara cam to London, and lodgyd at ye Earle of
Bedfords place at Yve brydge, and was ther delyveryd of male
childe on ye Satarday at nyght next folowynge, or ye 15 day of
Septembre.
Anno 1565, ye 8 day of Octobar, ye Mayre of London, beyng
Ser Bichard Malarie, ridynge toward the Towr Hyll thorow Towar
Streate to take the mustar of sertayn horsmen, was mett by Ser
Frauncis Jobson, Levetenaunte of the Towr (with a band of men
dyd assalt),b who forsably wolde hâve taken the swerd from the
swerdberar before ye mayre, in so myche that, the swerdberar
holdynge the same very fast, the leffetenawnt so pulld therat that
he pluckyd a way ye skabard, rentynge the same with stryffe of
them and ye mayrs offysser, so that the mayre and his offysars had
myche wyrke to deffend and kepe the sayd swerd, in so myche that
the lyfftenaunt callyd for more ayde and assystaunce out of ye Towr,
and the offysars war myndyd to hâve rayssyd the Towre Streate,
and so the holle citie with wepons, but the lord maior made pro-
claymacion that no man shuld draw eny wepon or stryke eny stroke,
but every man to départ home, and ail so the horssmen lyke wysse
to départ tyll they were warnyd agayn, whiche on ye same daye
sevennyght, beynge lykewys Monday and the 15 day of Octobar,
they dyd ther mustar beflfore the maior in that sam place on the
Towr Hyll before apoyntyd, and ther the mayr bare his swerd
peasably as it befor tyms had bene used.
A Noate of Divinitye.
Colle, Assedeacon of Essexe, prechinge at Powlls Crosse, anno
1565, the xj day of November, lykenyd the pristes unto appes, for,
saythe he, they be both balld alyke, but ÿ the pristes be balld before,
the appes behynd.
a Cicely, wife of Christopher, Margrave of Baden. See Stowe’s Chronicle, 659.
b “ (with—assalt) ” This is an interlinéation which spoils the grammar.134
stowe’s memoranda.
Anno .1565, ye Lorde Ambros Dudley, Erle of Warwyke, ye 11
day of Novembar, maryed ye Earle of Bedfords dowghtar, named
Lady Anne, at Westmynstar. For ye space of iij wekes before, a
chalenge was set on ye cowrt gâte at Westmyster, as folowythe:
Yow tbat in warlike ways and dedes of arms delight,
Yow that for cuntryes cawse or élis for lady es love dare fygbt,
Know yow foure knyghts ther be that corne from foren land,
Whos hawtye herts and corage great hathe movd to take in hand,
With sword, with speare and shild, on fote, on horse backe, to,
To try what yow by force of fyght, or otharwyse, can do.
Préparé yowr selves ther fore this challenge to defend,
That trompe of famé yowr prowes great abrod may sownd and send.
And he that best can do, ye same shall haye the price.
Ye day, ye place, and forme and fyght, loo here before yowr eys.
The day was apoyntyd ye iiij of November, whiche was put of to
ye xj day of Novembar. At ye tylt with eache one vj courses, at ye
torney xij strokes with ye swerd. Thre pusshes with the pounchen
staffe and xij blows with ye swerd at barryars, or twenty yf any be
so dysposed.
The same xj day at nyght, sertayne peales of chambars was shot
of at ye bank ovar agaynst Westmyster, and one of ye chambars
brekynge slew ye quenes scheffe mastar goonnar of Engeland, which
was Master Robart Thomas.
The xxiij day of Decembar, beynge Sondaye, at nyghte, in anno
1565, was a greate tempest of wynde where thrwghe many persons
were drownyd on the Thams and othar placis, and the great gattes
at the weste ende of S. Pawls churche in London, wher is the
brasen pilar was blowne wyde open, the wynd beynge in y® west
was of suche force.
The xxij day of February, 1565, beynge Friday, the howsys nere
to ye Cunduite in Cornhylle, abowt ye nombar of lx housholds, poore
and ryche, were cryed by the bell man a bowte ye citie of London to
be solde to them that wowld gyve moaste for them, and remeve the
same from thens, that in that place ye marchaunts mowght buyldstowe’s memoranda.
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theyr bursse. Thos howsys were dyverse tymes so cryed and at ye
last solde, and they begane to pull downe ye same shortly aftar owr
Lady day in Lent. In ye pullynge downe wherof dyverse persons
were sore hurt and ij in great poryll of deathe ; and by Whitsontyd
next foliowynge in 1566 ye same howsys were ali pullyd downe and
ye grownd clearyd : ail whiche chargis was borne by ye citizens of
London, and then possessyon gyven by sertayn aldarmen to Syr
Thomas Gressham, who layed ye fyrst stone (beynge bryke) of ye
fowndacion on ye vij day of June, beynge Friday, in ye aftar none
next aftar Whitson halydays, betwen 4 and 5 of ye cloke.
The xxvj day of Marche, in anno 1566, beyng Twesday, ye parsons
and mynystars of ye churches in and abought London were (by
commaundyment) at Lambethe, before ye Archebyshoppe of
Caunterbury a and othar of ye cownsell, wher charge was gyven to
them to sarve theyr churchis and were theyr aparayll accordyng to
ye quens injunctions, or élis to do no sarvyce. And that same weke
or ye begynyng of ye next came forthe a boke in print subscribyd
by ye Archebyshope of Cauntorbury,a ye Byshopps of London,b
Wynchester,® Elii,d and dyvers othar, whiche apoyntyd ye sayd
mynistars to were theyre gownes and clokes with standynge colars
and corneryd capse, and at theyr servyce to were syrplysys, or els
not to mynystar, &ct. Afftar this folowyd myche troble with ye
mynystar of ye citie of London ; for in moost paryshis ye sextyn of
y® churche dyd ail shuche servys as was done, and that in his coate
or gowne as he comonly went about othar busynes. In sume placis
ye mynystars themselvs dyd servyse in theyr gownes or clokes with
turnyng colars and hatts as they wer wont to do, and prechid
stowtly and agaynst ye ordar taken by ye quene and counsell and ye
byshopps for consentynge ther unto. And on ye 23 e day of Apryll
a beryeng beynge at S. Gylls with owt Criple gâte, vj clarkes weryng
a Matthew Parker.	b Edmund Grindall.
c Robert Home.	d Richard Cox.
e Originally written “ 22.” The second figure is corrected, but whether into a
“'3 ” or a “ 1 ” it is difficult to say.136
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syrplicys befor ye corps, Crowley,a vickar of that churche, stode in
ye churche dore and with stode them ther to entre, saynge the
churche was his, and ye quene had gyvne yt hyme duryng his lyffe
and made hym vickar therof, wherfore he wold rule that place and
wold not soffer eny suche superstycius rages of Rome ther to entre ;
wher uppon was lyke to hâve bene a great tumolte by the reson of
partyse takynge, but in ye end ye clarks and those who toke theyr
parte accordynge to ye quenes prosedynge wer fayne to gyve ovar
and to tary with owt ye churche dore. Ye 7 day of Aprell, beyng
Palme Sondaye, ye paryshe of S. Marie Magdalyn in Mylkestret,
makynge labour to ye byshope, had by hym a mynister apoyntyd to
serve them with communion that day. And when ye sayd mynystar
was at sarvyce in a syrplyce and came doune to rede ye pistle and
ghospell, in ye meane space one of ye same paryshe cawsyd his
servant to convey ye comunyon cupe and ye bread frome ye table,
wherby many persones that were determyned that day to hâve
reseyvyd wer dysapoyntyd, ye which fact was aftar but made a
lawhyn game.
The xxx day of Marche, 1566, beyng Satarday, in ye aftar none
was a sore tempest of lyghtenynge and thundar with rayne very great.
The day before was ye Prynce and Martgrave of Badyn b arestyd or
stayed at Rochestar, wher he was dysguysyd lyke an espye and so to
hâve stolne owt of ye reaime and his Lady Cisily his wyffe to hâve
stolne afftar hym, levynge a great nombre of creditowrs unpaid, as
theyr buttchar, bakar, bruar, mercer, taylowr, skynar, grocer,
habbardashar, and othar, and yet his creditors for ye same stayeng
of hym were by ye cowncell commaundyd, some to the Flett and
some to ye Marshalsey. The 26 or 28 of Aprell Ciscily Marquese
of Bawde was conveyed thrughe Kent towards Dovar and so to sayll
towar hir natyv cuntrye.
a Robert Crowley. See p. 139.
b See page 131, note b.stowe’s memoranda.
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Eobart, Erle of Lecestar, 1566.
The 2 of Aprell ye Erle of Leycester cam to London, beyng
accompanyd with lords, knyghts, ye pencionars and a great nombar
of gentylmen and othars with ye quenes fottmen and his owne also,
ail in theyr riche cotes and to ye nombar of 700. He came in at
ye Temple barre and so thrughe Ludgate, Powlls churchyard,
Cheape, Comhyll, Gracious Strete, and then turnyd downe Lom-
bard Strete and downe S. Nicholas Lane, and so to London Stone
to ye Erle of Oxfords place in S. Swythyns churche yard, wher
it was apoyntyd that the Quenes Majestye (who had corne frome
Grenewytche secretly in to Sothewarke, takynge a whiry with one
payr of ors for her and two othar ladyes at S. Mary Overyes stayres,
and so rowyd ovar to the Thre Crannes in ye Vyntre, wher she
entryd a cowche cyveryd with blewe and so rode to ye same Oxforde
place) to mett with ye sayd Earle of Lescestar, who or her gracis
comynge was retorned with his trayn thrughe Candelwyke Strete
and Easte Cheape, and downe New Fyshe Strete, ovar ye brydge,
thrwghe Sothewarke, and so by S. Georgys churche toward Grene-
wytche. Not fer be y onde y® sayd churche of S. George he stayde
tyll ye Quenes Majestie came frome ye sayd Oxford Place before
namyd the same way that she had passyd thethar tyll hym. She
cam owt of hir coche in ye highe way, and she imbrased ye earle and
kyssed hym thrise, and then they rode togythar to Grenewytche.
The same day at nyght from vij of the cloke tyll ix was sene in ye
elyment as thowghe the same had openyd ye bredghte of a great
shete and shewyd a bryght flame of fyre and then closyd a gayne,
and as it ware at every mynute of an howre to opyn and close
agayne, ye whiche I beyng at ye Barrs with owt Allgate sawe
playne easte as it war ovar the churche namyd Whitchappell. It
is sayd ye Erle of Leycester was retornyd frome London Stone be
fore ye Quenes Majestie came ther, for that she was not corne when
he came thethar.
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Ye same Palme Sonday in anno 1566, ye 7 of Aprill, a Scott
(who prechid ij tymes every day at Sent Magnus, and mynysteryd
every day to ail comars of ye paryshe or eny othar in his gowne or
cloke) prechid in ye afternone at Lytle Allhalows in Thams Stret.
Ye moaste part of his sermon was (as the othar of his sermons were
and are) agaynst ye order takyn by ye quene and councell for ye
aparayll of mynystars before namyd, with very byter and vehement
words agaynst ye quene not here to be namyd, and allso agaynst
mynystars as receyvyd ye same ordre. The mynyster of ye churche
for savgarde of his lyvynge had receyvyd ye cappe and syrplyce,
where fore some tyme in ye sermon he smylyd at vehemente talke
by ye prechar usyd to the contrary. Wher upon aftar ye sermon
sertayne of ye paryshe, namly, Wyllson, a dyar, and Dyckynson,
a fyshemonger, resonyd with ye mynystar for his smyllyng at ye
prechar, who resonably aunsweryd; but they toke ye matter so
grevowsly that they fell from rwghe wordes at ye last to blowes with
them who toke parte with ye mynystar. The lyke dysquyet doyngs
wer that daye in dyvars churches of ye citie, and allso ye lyke on
Estar day or rathar worsse, so that in some paryshe churchis ye
people in great nombar beynge redy to reseyve, suche quarylynge
and contencion was betwen ye mynystars and parishoners that to
quyat ye mattar ye churche dores wer fayn to be closyd, and ye
paryschyns to départe unreseyvynge for that day. And on Low
Sonday, beynge ye xxj of Aprell, ye worshypffull of ye paryshe of
Seynt Myldred in Bred strett, bryngynge a mynystar to serve the
aftar none with a syrplyce, wer with stand by ye parson and his
adhérents, so that at ye last the cheffe of ye paryshe with ye aldar-
mans deputy of ye warde were fayne to cawse ye mynystar to put
on his syrplys and to do his servys, they standyng by on ethar syde
to defynd hym tyll ye end of servyce. Ye mynistars and prechars
that wer prehibytyd to preche or mynister dyd mayny of them
nevartheles mynystar and preache as they before had don, yewsynge
words of great vehemencie agaynst ye ordar before sayd set forthe,
as also agaynst ye quene, counseyll, and byshops for settynge forthestowe’s memoranda.
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ye same. Ye lyke sedycious lybells wer wryttyn and strewyd abowt
in ye strets, and ij sortis of sedycious bokes wer set forthe in prynt
and gyven at theyr mornynge congratyngs; the oneentytelyd “The
Voyce of God,” set owt by one Towrs ye coole takar of the Towre,
a smaterar in musyke, and hathe of longe tyme laboryd to serve in
Powls churche, and ther dayly to were a syrplice wer it but for
xli. the yere. Thothar by ye wholl multytud of London mynystars,
every one of them gyvynge theyr advyce in writynge unto Robart
Crowley (somtym a boke sellar), now redar at Sent Antholyns,
person of S. Petar ye Powre, prebend of Pawlls, vickar of S. Gills
with owt Criple gâte, and deane of Harfford in Wales, who com-
pilyd ye same in to one booke, namynge ye same “Ye UnfFoldynge
of ye Popyshe atyr;” agaynst ye whiche boke an othar boke,
beynge “ A Playn Confutacion,,, was set forthe in print with ye
quens priveledge. It is to be notyd that ye awcthors of thos two
books before namyd were no ways punyshid for ye same, but only
ye printars were kepte in ye Contar nyghe a fortnyght, tyll they
had openyd who war ye awcthors, but they had frinds ynowe to
hâve sete ye whole reaime togethar by the eares.
On the 3 day of June, beynge Whitson Monday, at nyght, ye
Scott (who before had ussyd to preche at S. Magnus and so sore to
eiysrey agaynst ye capps, syrplisis, and suche lyke) dyd servys at
S. Margaret Pattyns in Roode Lane, wher he ware a syrplice; and
a sertayne nonbar of wyves threw stons at hym and pullyd hym
forthe of ye pulpyt, rentyng his syrplice and scrattyng his face, &ct.
On ye 4 day of June, beynge Twewssdaye in Whison weke,
Philpot, summe tyme a scrivoner, othar redar at Sent Antholyns,
person of S. Mihells in Chornhyll, person of Stepnye and othar
spirituall possesyons, and Gowghe, an othar scrivoner, the third
redar of S. Antholyns, person of S. Petars in Cornhyll, for that
they were the moaste ernyste withstondars of ye lawes of this reaime
before namyd consernynge ye ordar of mynystracions, and ye greatyst
animators of ail ye wholl citie to do the lyke, upon whom ye greatest
nombar of othar mynystar dyd dépend, beynge apoyntyd by the140
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byshops to go to Wynchestar to Eobert Home, ther bysbope, withe
hym to perswad or be perswadyd for ye space of xxj days, toke
theyr jorney ovar London brydge thrughe Sothewarke and so
forthe to ward Wynchestar, beynge accompanyed with a great
nombar of wymen to ye nombar of ij or iij c. ladyn with baggs and
bottells to bancket at theyr departynge, gyvynge them golde,
sylvar, sugar, spice, or othar wyse suche as they had, anymatynge
them moaste ernystly to stand fast in ye same theyr doctryn whiche
they had tawght touchynge syrplysis, caps, and suche lyke. At
Myhelmas next foloyng, Philpot subsribyng to them came to Lon-
don agayn, wher beyng myche rebukyd of his brethern he sold up
his movable goods and went to Rie, in Kent, wher he hathe xxxli. a
yer, and servythe with owt a syrplice, and kepithe ail his othar
promocions still as Stapney, Cornhill, &ct.
The 26 day of Januarie next folowynge, beynge Sonday, ye
Byshope of London comynge to Seinte Margarets in Olde Fishe
Strete to preache in the fore none, the people (especially the
wymen) that ware in ye sayde churche unreverently howtyd at hym
with many oprobrious words, and cryed “ Ware horns,” for that he
ware a corneryd capp. F or ye whiche on y® Satarday next, beynge
the 1 day of February, one woman, beynge the wyfe of one-----a
Symsone, a tynkar, dwellynge in Sowthewarke, was sett uppon
two laddars lyke a cuckengstole before the same churche, where she
satt the space of one owre, greatly rejoysynge in that her lewde
behavowr, and that she was punyshyd for the same, and lyke wyse
the beholdars of ye same dyd myche rejoyce ther in and anymatyd
the lewde woman to rejoyce and prayse the Lorde for that He had
made hir worthy to soffer persécution for ryghtwysnes, and for the
truths sake (as they said) and for crienge owt a gaynst supersticion
as the termed it.
The 17 day off Februarie at nyght, beynge Monday, was a great
watche in ye citie of London, so that ye Lord Maior, ye shrives,
and dyvers aldarmen them selves were abrode in the strets ail that
a Blank in MS.stowe’s memoranda.
141
nyght with great nombars of people; whiche great watche con-
tynewyd ail that weke. Whiche watche was for feare of an insur-
rection agaynst ye strangars whiche wer in great nombar in and
abowt ye citie, as in ail othar porte townes and havens of the whole
reaime, and styll increasyd and do tyll this day, for y® whiche we
ar bownd to pray to God that some ordar may be taken by owr
Prince for ye contrarie. They hâve browght mayny howsys in y®
citie frome 40s. ye yere to 20 nobles or 10IL with othar anoyauncis
to ye comon welthe with out nombar. The occasyon of this watche
was thrwghe a portar who went about to dyvars prentises, tellynge
them that that nyght folowynge wowlde be ye lyke stire agaynst
straungars as was at Evyll May Day,a &ct.; some of whiche pre[n]-
tesys gave knowledge ther of to theyr mastars and theyr mastars to
ye lord maiore, &ct. The same portar was take, layd in ye Countar,
and on Friday aftar stod in Cheape on a scaffold.
On Shrove Monday, beynge ye 10 day of Februarie, in ye morn-
ynge, ye Lorde Henrie Dernley, Kynge of the Scotts, was mourderyd
in Scotland. And on Fryday, beynge the 22 day of Februarie, in the
evenynge about 5 of ye cloke, ye Lady Lynioxe, mothar to y® sayd
Kynge of Scotts, was delyveryd owt off the Towr of London and
loddgyd at Salysbury Courte, callyd Sakvyll Place, in ye Flete
Strete.
1567.
The 4 day of Aprill, beynge Fryday, at nyght deseasyd Alder-
man Lambart, one of ye shrives of London ; and on ye 5 day, beynge
Sattarday, was chosen shrive for hym Alderman Langleye.
On Twsdaye, ye 15 day of Aprill, ye Earle of Arondell aryvyd
at Dovar, and on Thursday in ye aftarnone, whiche was ye 17 day
of Aprell, he was honorably and with a great trayne of horse men
conductyd thrughe ye citie of London.
James, ye bastard of Scotland,b with his brothar and othar
Scots, came to London on Wedyneseday ye 16 of Aprell. The xxij
b The Earl of Murray.
In 1517.142
stowe’s memoranda.
day of Aprill iiijxx howses was brente, and xv in Oswestre, and
xviij barens,a it began byrynynge and contynuyd but vj owrs.
The 24 day of Aprell, beynge Thursday, the Sargaunts feaste
was kepte at Greys In, nere to Holborne, and aftar dynnar the new
sargaunts, beynge 7 in nombar, cam in theyr gowns, hodds, and
coyves to Seynt Thomas of Ackars, nere to the great Conduite in
Cheape, and from thens to Seynt Pawls, and in bothe placis observyd
serimonys, and then went in the same order into Fie te strete, and
then departyd to theyr severall lodgyngs.
The 4 daye of Maye, beyng Sonday, in the mornynge was fownd
sertayn bylls agaynst the Flemyngs that latly had fled owt of
Flaundars, with galowsys, and as it wer hangynge of Flemyngs,
drawne in the same papars, or bylls, fyxid on postes abowte the
citie, for the whiche was aftarward very strayght watche kepte in
London y* same nyght and longe afftar.
The 2 day of J une, beynge Monday, in ye fornone, one ambasador
from ye Emperowr and one othar from ye Lady Eegent of Flaundars,
landyd at ye Towr stayres, and wer ther receyvyd by ye Earle of
Sussexe and by hym convayde to Mastar Dymoks place in Fan-
churche Strete and ther lodgyd. On ye Thursday next folowynge
they went to ye quens cowrte at Westmynster wher ye ambasador
from ye Emperowr delyveryd to ye quene one boke and one lettar,
beynge bothe seallyd. And the Sonday next folowynge ye Empe-
rowrs ambasadowr, to the marvayll of many, went to ye Duché
churche in London, and ther herd ye sarmond and servysse done by
ye Calvenystys, and then went to ye cowrte. And on Fryday
next in ye aftarnone they wer at ye Towr, and from thens to ye
Mynorys, were Capitayn Pellam made them a banquit with bakon
and powlderyd netts tonges, wher was suche eattynge and drynkynge
that (by ye reporte of thos which made clean ve hows) ye howse
was mervelowsly by pyste and by spewyd to the great shame of
thos banquettars ; at which banquet was ye Dutches of Suffolke, and
it was moste parte or ail at hir cost. The same embasadors went
a In margin—“iiijxx & xy howsys & xv bams bymt in Oswestrye.”stowe’s memoranda.
143
to Richemount to ye Quenes Majestie of ye Sonday next folowynge,
and agayn ye next Sonday, &ct. And on Wedenseday, beyng y0
25 day of June in ye mornynge, the Earle of Sussex with ye yonge
Lord Northe went onward of his jurney as ymbasador to the
Emperowr, and the same day in ye aftarnone y6 embasadors of ye
Emperowr and of ye Lady Regent of Flaundars departyd from
London toward the sea to pase home warde.
The fyrst day of Julii to carts loden with haye, one betwen
Eslendoune and Clerkenwell, ye othar beyonde Eslyndon and Holow-
way at Ryrige Crosse, wer set affyre and byrnt, no man can tell how,
excepte ye heate of ye axeltrie showld be ye cawse.
The ij day of Julii Syr Nycholas Throkemorton toke his jorneye
towards Scotland (as it was sayd by comon reporte, to fetche ye
yonge Prynce of Scotland); ye 10 of September he enteryd into
London homeward agayne.
The xxix day of Julii ye yonge Prince of Scotland was crownyd
Kynge of Scotland.
About that tyme were many congrégations of the Anabaptysts
in London, who cawlyd themselvs Puritans or Unspottyd Lambs of
the Lord. They kept theyr churche in ye Mynorys with out
Algate. Afterwards they assomblyd in a shype or lyghtar in Seynt
Katheryns Poole, then in a chopers howse, ny Wolle Key in
Thamse strete, wher only the goodman of the howse and the
preachar, whose name was Brown (and his awditory wer cawlyd
the Browyngs), were comyttyd to ward; then aftarward in Pudynge
Lane in a mynisters hows in a blynd ally, and vij of them were
committyd to ye Countar in ye Poultrye. Then aftar, on yc 29 of
February, beyng Shrove Sonday, at Mountjoye Place, wher ye
byshop, beyng warnyd by the constables, bad let then alone. Then
at Westmystar, the 4 of Marche, and in a goldsmythis house nere
to the Savoy, the 5 of Marche, wher beynge taken to the nombar
of 60 and odd, only 3 were sent to the Gatehous. In many othar
placis were and are the lyke. On Estar day at Hogston in my
Lord of Londons mans house to ye nombar of 120, and on Lowe144
stowe’s memoranda.
Sonday in a carpentars hous in Aldarman bury. It is to be noated
that suche as were at eny tyme comitted for suche congregatynge
were sone delyvered without punishemente.
Anno Domini 1564, from ye 7 of Julie of ye plage in London.
Unto ye 14 of Julie, 1.
Unto ye 21 of Julie, 1.
Unto ye 28 of Julie, 2.
Unto ye 4 of August, 3.
Unto ye 11 of August, 2.
Unto ye 18 of August, 1.
Unto ye 25 of August, 1.
Unto ye 1 of Septembar, none.
Unto ye 8 of Septembar, 3.
Unto ye 15 of Septembar, 1.
Unto ye 22 of Septembar, none.
Unto ye 29 of Septembar, 6.
Unto ye 6 of Octobar, 1.
Unto ye 13 of Octobar, none.
Unto ye 20 of Octobar, none.
Unto ye 27 of Octobar, none.
Unto ye 3 of Novembar, 1.
Unto ye 10 of Novembar, none.
Unto ye 17 of Novembâr, none.
Unto ye 24 of Novembar, none.
Unto ye 1 of Decembar, none.
Unto ye 8 of Decembar, none.
Unto ye 15 of Decembar, 2.
Unto ye 22 of Decembar, none.
Unto ye 29 of Decembar, none.
Unto ye 5 of Januarie, none.
Unto ye 12 of Januarie, none.
Unto ye 19 of Januarie, none.
Unto ye 26 of Januarie, none.stowe’s memorànda.
145
Unto ye 2 of Februari, none.
Unto ye 9 of Februari, none.
Unto ye 16 of Februarie, none.
Unto ye 23 of Februarye, none.
Unto ye 2 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 9 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 16 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 23 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 30 of Marche, none.	1565.
Unto ye 6 of Aprill, one.
Unto ye 13 of Aprill, none.
Unto ye 20 of Aprille, none.
Unto ye 27 of Aprile, none.
Unto ye 4 of May, none.
Unto ye 11 of May, none.
Unto ye 18 of May, none.
Unto ye 25 of May, none.
Unto ye 1 of June, none.
Unto ye 8 of June, none.
Unto ye 15 of June, none.
Unto ye 22 of June, none.
Unto ye 29 of June, none.
Unto ye 6 of Julii, none.
Unto ye 13 of Julii, none.
Unto ye 20 of Julii, none.
Unto ye 27 of Julii, none.
Unto ye 3 of August, none.
Unto ye 10 of August, none.
Unto ye 17 of August, none.
Unto ye 24 of August, 1.
Unto ye last of August, none.
Unto ye 7 of Septem. none.
Unto ye 14 of Septem. none.
Unto ye 21 of Septem. none.
u
CAMD. SOC.146
stowe’s memoranda.
1566.
Unto ye 28 of Septem. none.
Unto ye 5 of October, none.
Unto ye 12 of October, none.
Unto ye 19 of October, none.
Unto ye 26 of October, none.
Unto ye 2 of November, none.
Unto ye 9 of November, none.
Unto y® 16 of November, none.
Unto ye 23 of November, none.
Unto ye 30 of November, none.
Unto ye 7 of December, none.
Unto ye 14 of December, none.
Unto ye 21 of December, none.
Unto ye 28 of December, none.
Unto ye 4 of January, one.
Unto ye 11 of January, none.
Unto ye 18 of January, none.
Unto ye 25 of January, none.
Unto ye 1 of February, one.
Unto ye 8 of February, none.
Unto ye 15 of February, none.
Unto ye 22 of February, none.
Unto ye 1 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 8 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 15 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 22 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 29 of Marche, none.
Unto ye 5 of Aprill, none.
Unto ye 12 of Aprill, none.
Unto ye 19 of Aprell, none.
Unto ye 26 of Aprell, none.
Unto y® 3 of Maye, none.
Unto ye 10 of May, none.
Unto y® 17 of May, none.stowe’s memoranda.	147
Unto ye 24 of May, one.
Unto ye last of May, one.
Unto ye 7 of June, none.
Unto ye 14 of June, none,
Unto ye 21 of June, one.
Unto ye 28 of June, none.
Unto ye 5 of Julii, none.
Unto ye 12 of Julii, one.
Unto ye 19 of Julii, none.
Unto ye 26 of Julii, none.BRIEF NOTES
OF OCCURRENCES UNDER HENRY VI. AND EDWARD IV.,
From MS. Lambeth, 448.
1307. Coronacio Regis Edwardi Carnarvan apud Westmonas-
terium 14 Kal. Decembris, qui duxit Isabellam Regis Francie
filiam.
[This is tbe first of a sériés of chronological notes of which almost
ail prior to Henry VI. are here omitted, being destitute of historical
value.]
1390. Mulier apud Cok in Le Chepe erat combusta et ij pandox-
atores sine reatu et immunes suspensi.
1409. Filii Regis verberati in Estchepe.
1411.	The gold coyne alayed.
1412.	Dominus Cobham arestatus et fracto carcere fugit.
1413.	Coronacio Henrici Vti Regis apud Westmonasterium ix
die Aprilis, dominica in Passione Domini, in magno frigore et gelu,
&c. Et insurrectis Domini de Holdcastel domini de Cobham.
1422.	Henricus vj118 Rex qui incepit regnare primo die Septembris
Anno Domini 1422, ille existens infra (?)a iij quarter’ anni ætatis.
Hic incepit Newgate edificari.
1423.	Dominus Johannes Mortemer suspensus.
1425.	Contentio inter London’ et episcopum Wynton\
1426.	Hic factus fuit episcopus Wynton’ cardinalis.
1429.	Coronatio Henrici vj^ Regis apud Westmonasterium.
1430.	Jak Scharp erat tractus et suspensus propter insurrexionem.
* “nV’MS.BRIEF NOTES.
149
1431.	Coronatio Regis nostri Angliæ apud Parisium.
1432.	Concilium generale apud Basyle, et Stella comata visa per
xv dies.
1433.	Gelu magnum et pestilentia magna.
1435.	Dux Burgundie obsedebat Calisiam.
1436.	Dux Burgundie fugit et ejus obsidium erat combustum.
1437.	Pons lapideus London* fregit et cecidit in Tamisiam.
1441. Domina Elinora Cobham egit publicam penitentiam
London*, et quedam phitonissa et incantatrix combusta.
1444.	Campanile de Waltam crematum est.
1445.	Campanile Sancti Pauli, London*, cremavit ab hora tercia
post nonam usque ad lioram novenam in vigilia Purificationis, et
Coronacio Margarete Regine.
1446.	Interfectio ducis Glowcestrie apud Bury, et quinque
hommes suspensi et tamen non mortui.
1449.	Dux Suffolchie captus in mari et interfectus, et Norman-
nia perdita. Communitas Cancie insurrexit.
1450.	Gasconia et Gyan perdite erant.
1452.	Dux Eboracensis cepit campum in xlma an (?) in Blakheth
in Cancia contra ducem de Somershet.
1453.	In festo Sancti Edwardi Regis, id est iij° idus Octobris,
natus erat Edwardus princeps, filius Regis Henrici vjü et Margarete
Regine, apud Westmonasterium.
1455.	xj kl. Junii dux de Somersheth et plures alii interfecti
sunt apud Sanctum Albanum.
1456.	xiij0 die mensis Novembris, dominus Egremond aufugit
extra Nugate, Lond*, qui incarceratus erat pro pace conservanda et
obligatus per se et per alios erga certos dominos in xvij mill* marc.
Mémorandum quod anno Domini M.cccc.xlvj vel xlvij, et anno
regni Regis Henrici vjti xxv°, circa festum Purificationis Beate
Marie, erat parliamentum apud Bury tentum, ubi Rex erat vigilatus
et protectus qualibet nocte et die illuc veniens ubicumque jacuit,
apud Royston, Cantebr’, Novum Mercatum, et apud Sanctum Ed-
mundum, quasi cum lxto milibus hominum et villanis, ad excita-150
BRIEF NOTES.
tionem et concilium domini Pôle ducis tune tempore Suffolchie,
pre timoré domini Umfray ducis Glowcestrie Regis avunculi, qui,
nichil malum cogitans vel suspicans, venit a Wallia juxta præceptum
Regis ad parliamentum predictum ut haberet benevolentiam et
gratiam Regis pro domina Elienora uxore sua, ut dictum erat, in
Wallia inclusa et incarcerata. Yerumtamen ad presentiam Regis
venire minime potuit, nec cum eo loqui, sed clam missis a latere
Regis, ut dicitur, ad eundem ducem quibusdam dominis secreto in
caméra ejus, ubi quid extitit ei dictum vel factum, diversi diversa
suspicantur et dicunt ; sed sine dubio post recessum dominorum
ab eo taliter infirmabatur quod nullo modo ultra iij dies vivere a
potuit, nulla tamen lesione corporali exterius apparente ; quo mortuo
et apud Babwelle inter Fratres Minores ibidem sepulto, parlia-
mentum statim dissolvebatur. Ante cujus mortem vise erant a
diversis bominibus stelle mirabiles et cometa etc. ; unde postea plura
propterea contingebant inconvenientia &c. Nam eo tempore erant
quinque hommes suspensi et tamen non mortui.
1448.	Tempore quadragesimali visa est Stella comata a pluribus
in Occidente, id est, ante Annunciationem Beate Marie.
1449.	Item in festo Sancti Georgii, feria iiija contingenti, extitit
terremotus in mane parum ante horam quartam, que duravit quasi
pér spacium unius Ave Maria.
1449. Dominus Johannes Say erat tractus per quendam capi-
taneum de Kent qui insurrexit cum multis de Cancia et intravit
London’ cum manu forti, nullo ei in primis resistente vel contra-
dicente ; cui tradite erant claves civitatis London’per majorem et
vicecomites et aldermannos; qui capitaneus decollavit predictum
dominum Johannem Say in medio in le Chepe et spoliavit quendam
divitem vocatum Mampace,b et pompose p.................c Set hoc con-
a After “ vivere ” the word " non ” occurs in the text, bnt it is rather faint, as if
purposely obliterated.
b Philip Malpas.
c “ et pompose p . . . This is an addition to the original text, the word “ et ”
being inserted at the end of a line, and “ pompose p . . . interlined belowj but
the sentence has been left incomplète.BRIEF NOTES.
151
siderans Dominus Schalys, London’ existens, timens ne destrueret
civitatem et plura et alia mala faceret, fortiter cum pluribus contra
eum pugnavit; et statim venerunt plures de curialibus et Fletestrete
architenentes, et de civitate sufficientes, pugnantes cum eodem
domino contra Cansientes,* qui fugarunt dictum capitaneum cum
exercitu suo ultra pontem Londonie cum magno conflictu ex utraque
parte quasi per magnam partem noctis ejusdem diei ; qui capita[ne]us
et qui cum eo erant combusserunt pontem London’, unde plures erant
submersi et interfecti ex utraque parte, inter quos quidatn nobilis
Matheus Goo b interfectus erat et honorifice sepelitur apud Fratres
Carlemitarumc ibidem per capellam Beate Marie in choro et Allex-
ander Aysac’(?), &c.
1449. Hoc anno Dominus Willelmus Asku episcopus Salisberi-
ensis et Episcopus Cestried interfecti erant ; Episcopus Wygornie,
Episcopus Lincolnie [et Episcopus Londonie] e moriebantur; ac
etiam Dominus Thomas Langton Episcopus de Batho [Sci David]/
cancellarius Cantebrigie et episcopus Carletensis, et duo notabiles
et famosi doctores, magister Gylbertus, et magister Cote, doctor,
mortui sunt.
gAnno Domîni M°CCCC.liiij° apud Royston, ut fide digni dixerunt
et audierunt quod necessitate cogente propter inopiam h pecuniarum
quidam agricultor firmarius vendidit x quarteria frumenti pro
xx s., hoc est j cumb pro xij d. et j quarterium brasii pro xvij d.
1455. Hoc anno, feria quinta ante festum Pentecostes, id est,
xxij0 die mensis Maij, venit Dominus Ricardus Dux Eboracensis cum
filio suo comité de Marche, Domino de Cromwell et alij plures cum
magno exercitu, ac etiam Dux Northfolchiæ et Dominus Bowcer
a “ contra Cansientes.” These two words are added in margin.
b Matthew Gough.	c So in MS.
d Should be M Cicestrie.”	e Crossed throngh in original.
f Interlined as a correction, but the words “ de Batho ” in the text are not struck
out.
g This note, which is repeated elsewhere out of place, has been inserted here at
the bottom of a page.
h Interlined in place of carenciam in the text.152
BRIEF NOTES.
cornes de Hyu cum eo et unanimi concensu, ad fortificandum pre-
dictum Ducem Eboracensem contra Ducem de Somershed, eorura
capitalem adversarium, ad concilium domini Regis versus Leycester.
Set omnes isti irruerunt super predictum Ducem de Somershed cum
manu magna armata tune cum rege apud Sanctum Albanum exis-
tentem ; et ibi in magno conflictu interfecti fuerunt antedictus Dux de
Somershed et cornes Northhumbrorum, Percy nomine, et Dominus
de Clyfford, Willelmus Cotton, armiger, et Dux de Bokyngham
lesus et plures alij de chevelria quasi xla ibi graviter erant vulnerati.
Et episcopus de Carlhyll, filius dicti comitis de Northhumbyrland,
erat spoliatus omnibus bonis suis, tam in equis, jocalibus* familia sua
et etiam a capa sua relictus erat solus tantum in rocheto fugiens
pedester usque ad Islam, &c.
1456. Stella comata visa erat in occidente quasi per quindenam
ante festum Sci Johannis Baptiste et post, que extendebat radium
globosum sursum in ayevem usque firmamentum ad longitudinem
unius lancee quo ad visum, &c.
1456.	Feria secunda in vigilia Sancti Thome Apostoli in mense
Decembris per quarterium unius hore ante horam tertiam post mediam
noctem erat terre-motus magnus ex quo plures audientes et sensi-
entesa erant exterriti ; qui duravit per spacium dimidii unius Ave
Maria.
1457.	Quinto kalendas Septembris, die Dominica super B con-
tingente, circa horam quartam in mane venerunt Francigene et
pirate et inimici cum magna multitudine, quasi xv. milia hominum,
cum navibus, et applicuerunt ad villam de Sandwych, a Cantuaria vij
miliariis distantem, quorum vij milia exierunt per ij vel tria miliaria
in patriam ibi custodientes et defendentes predictam villam quousque
alii socii eorum, magna multitudo, intraverunt villam de Sandwych
et interfecerunt ballivosb et ministros sive rectores ville et plures
alios divites in patria, et spoliaverunt totam villam omnibus jocalibus
a So in MS.
b The word Taajorem was first written before ballivos, but was afterwards struck
out.BRIEF NOTES.
153
et bonis inibi inventis per totam illam diem dominicain usque ad
noctem, cariando cum bigis et waynis ad naves suas in mare; et
abduxerunt secum plures divîtes et uxores atque mulieres alias; et
fugerunt, relicta predicta villa in magna paupertate et miseria. Et
eodem tempore ceperunt duas galeas diversis mercimoniis onustas
qui (sic) proposuerunt venisse ad Londonias et ad nundinas de
Stebrigge, sed omnibus gubernantibus illas interfectis et in mare
projectis, illas galleas secum asportaverunt.
Anno Domini M.cccc.lix0 et anno regni Eegis Henrici vj11
xxxviij0, mense Julii, venerunt cornes de Warwyk, cornes de March
et cornes de Salisbery, quia cum prius venissent ad Northampton
et audito quod Eex erat presens clam fugierunt a[d] mare quousque
&c. et tune venerunt a Calissia de ultra mare ad Sandwych in Can-
ciam, cum magno exercitu in London’, et honorifice erant ibidem
recepti, tam a domino Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, episcopis Eliensi
et Excestrensi, et aliis pluribus ; unde in adventu eorum dominus
Schal’ et alii existentes in Turri London’ sagittabant fundibila (sic)
extra Turrim ad eos, sed nemini nocuerunt. Et predictus cornes de
Warwyk assignayit quemdam armigerum validum cum sufficienti
adjutorio ad custodiam predicti (sic) Turris ne inclusi exirent; sed
cum predictus armiger navigaret sub mûris Turris statim erat captus
ab eis et membratim confractus &c. Unde, predictis dominis in
itinere suo ad Eegem tune apud Northamton existentem progredi-
entibus, cum ij legatis qui excommunicarunt certos dominos, con-
tigit quod omnes venerunt ad exercitum Eegis x°. dies mensis Julii
ejusdem anni, et Eboracensis dux cum alio magno exercitu ibidem
erat, ut creditur, fere C.M1 ; et in conflictu facto die Mercurii ab
hora iiija usque ad horam vj^ interfecti erant dominus Umfridus
dux Bokyngham et dominus Beemond, dominus Scherwysbery et
plures alii. Dominus Egrimond et episcopus Hertfordensis decapi-
tatus (sic); et postea dominus Seal’ exiens extra Turrim Londoni-
arum captus erat in Tamysia et interfectus, et plures alii ibidem
incarcerati.
Anno Domini M°.CCCCm0.lx, iij die et iiijt0 ante festum Sancte
CAMD. SOC.	X154
BR1EF NOTES.
Katerine, tanta inundancia aquarum effluxit in comitatibus Hunt-
yndon et Cantebr’ et Northefolchie et in Insula Eliensi atque
Sanctum Neotem quod quasi nunquam talis visa erat per prius;
nam prostravit pontem cum magna parte hospicii et Fratruma apud
Thetford in Northfolch et pontes apud Cantebrigiam, currendo ultra,
et super rotas molendinorum aquaticorum ibidem, destruendo plures
domos, intrando per fenestras earundem, apud Cantebrigiam,
Cleyhethe, et Upwere et alibi, in tantum quod potuerunt navigare
homines supra omnia calceta de Stunteney et Soham ; et in Cancia
et quasi per totum regnum Anglie.b
Item, eodein anno, die Martis post festum Natalis Domini venit
dominus de Somershet filius...............c ad dominum ducem Ebora-
censem existentem apud castrum de PowEr^r* prope Sothwerke,d capta
prius et concessa treuga usque feriam quintam post festum Epi-
phanie proximo sequentem ; sed predictus dominus de Somershet,
fracto federe pacis, repente et fraudulenter cum exercitu ibi prope in
silva vel nemore abscondito, irruit super prefatum dominum ducem
Eboracensem, et eum interfecerunt, et comitem de Salysbery et
comitem de Roteland, capitaneum de Kent, et quendam fratrem
ductorem belli, et alii {sic) quasi ix. milia hominum ex utraque parte,
in loco vocato Wakfeld grene, et Sandynforde, et capita prædictorum
dominorum suspensa erant super muros castri de Pownfray, et
caput ducis erat coronatum cum \Added in another liand : etc., ut
dicitur].
Item, anno Domini IPcccc.lx, xvj e die mensis Februarii venit
Regina a boriali cum duce juveni(?)f de Somershed, principe
----------------s et cum Andrea Trollop, magno capitaneo et quasi
• So in MS. Apparently a word omitted.
b The last clause is imperfect, and appears to hâve been added afterwards, as it is
in a different ink. In the margin also the scribe has written, “ et in Denschire et
quasi per totam Angliam.”
c A short illegible word, perhaps intended for “ juvenis.”
d So in MS.	e Indistinct: may be xj., xij., or xvj.
f The same word apparently as before, but tbe reading is very doubtful.
? Half a line left blank in MS.BRIEF NOTES.
155
ductore belli, qui cum magno exercitu Scotorum, Wallensium, et
aliorum alienigenarum et Northenmen, destruendo villas de Grantom,
Stamford, Peterborw, Huntyngdon, Royston, Melleborn, et fere
omnes villas per viam usque ad Sanctum Albanum, et ibidem prope
villam Sancti Àlbani apud Luton quasi per unum miliare et dimidium
a Sancto Albano, Nomannyslond vocat’, Rex cum duce de Norfolk
et comité de Warwyk et aliis, cum magno exercitu, tam de Cancia,
Excessia et de Norfolch et Suffolch et al’ quasi CC.M1., et ibidem xix y« Burgundia.
die predicti mensis bellum attemptatum, ex casu infortunato omnes
ex parte Regis et populi austràlis victi redierunt retrorsum et fugerunt
[quia ventus erat eis contrarius]a ; eo quod quum Burgundenses
sagittabant fundabilia sua ventus retorquebat ignem in proprias faciès,
et combusti et interfecti sunt ex illis xviij persone et alii ex utraque
parte, quasi vij milia et v.e. Et predictus Andréas Trollop captus
per viam et lesus est; Dominus Bonvyle et Thomas Curiel miles
interfecti sunt. Et eo tempore dominus cornes de March cepit
dominum comitem de Pencebroch [et dominum de Wylschire]b in
quadam obsidione juxta Notyngham. Et dominus Willelmus
Gray episcopus Eliensis eodem tempore misit pro hominibus omnium
villarum suarum in Essex, Norfolch et Suffi, et comitatu Cante-
brigie, et cum xxxv. de Burgundiensibus cum fundibilibus et
crosbowys ad custodiendum insulam Eliensem et castrum de Wysbech
in manu forti et armata (per aquam, quia omnes marisci circa insulam
erant submersi per magnam aquam), pre timoré Northynmen, quia
spoliabantplures villas, monasteria et ecclesias per viam, et aliorum
auferendo equos, jocalia, utensilia, pannos, linthiamina, cocliaria,
ollas et patellas eneas et de plectro, et destruentes victualia per
totam viam, ut predictum est ultra, et salvi ad North redierunt,
ducentes secum Henricum Regem.
1460. Item, Edwardus cornes de March filius ducis Eboraci erat
ordinatus et constitutus in Regem London’ quarto die mensis Marcii,
Anno Domini M°.cccc.lx°, Henrico Sexto predicto ablato per,
dominam Reginam et alios dominos in partes Boriales usque Trent,
a Crossed out.	b Crossed out.156
BRIEF NOTES.
etc. Item, eodem tempore cornes de Warwyk interfecit apud Coven-
triam dominum Excestre, bastardum filium ducis de Bokyngham.
Et j quarter’ brasii vendebatur London’ pro xiiij s. ut dicebatur.
Anno Domini M°.cccc.lxij°, quinto die mensis Novembris, vide-
batur Stella comata in Australi parte circa horam quintam in mane,
que extendebat radium sursum et seorsum ad modum gladii, eta
alios radios habuit mirabiliter extensos, &c.
Eodem anno in mense Novembris Rex Henricus,ReginaMargareta,
dux de Somershed et dux Excestrie, et plures alii ab Anglia expulsi
et fugati, conduxerunt plures alienigenas, Gallicos, Scotos et alios,
ad ingrediendum partes Anglicanas contra Regem Edwardum iiijtlJB1;
et Regina Margareta predicta cepit castrum de Anwyk et obsessa
erat in Castro de Banburw. Et cum CC. Anglici intrassent quan-
dam parvam insulam in illis partibus ad succurrendum se si necesse
fuisset, ipsis nescientibus, advenerunt CCCC. de Francigenis ad eos
includendos et capiendos, et subito in Anglicos irruerunt ; sed capti
et interfecti erant ex Francigenis CC. et plures, et alii fugierunt ut
dicitur.
bAnno Domini M.CCCC.liiij0 apud Royston ut fide digni viderunt
et dixerunt quod necessitate cogente propter carentiam pecuniarum
quidam firmarius vendidit x. quarteria frumenti pro xx s., hoc est
j quarterium pro xij d., j quarterium brasium (sic) pro xvij d.
1464. Thés tythynges hath my lord of Lyncolne, and the same
be corne to Stamford, and now be al )?e contre, that on Wednesday,
id est, on Seynt Markes day,c a feld was takyn be twyn my lord
Mountynghew on Kyng Edwardys party, and the lord Hungyrford,
and many odyr on Kyng Herrys party. And J?er is slayn ]?e lord
Hungyrford, Sir Raf Percy, Sir Raff Gray, the duk of Somershed,
the lord Roos takyn and Taylboos the erl of Kym and many odyr
gentylys and cornons slayn on that party. How many be slayn on
Kyng Edward party is not spok of as yt.
a “ et ” repeated in MS.
b See p. 151, note
c April 25. The battle referred to is that of Hedgley Moor.BRIEF NOTES.
157
Thés be the namys of dewkes, erlys, barons, and knytes beyng
with owre soveryn lord Kyng Edward in hys jorny in to Scottlong.
at the fest of Seynt Andrew in J?e month of Decembyr, Anno
Domini M°.CCCC.lxij°.
The Duke of Northfok, the duk of Suffolk.	ij.
Erlys.
The erl of Warwyk, the erl of Arundel, erl of Schrewisbury, vij.
erl Wysertyr, erl of Kent, the erl of Westhumbyrlond, ]>e erl of
Esex.
Barons.
The lord Grey Euffyn, lord Hastynges, lord Grey Cottenor, lord xxxj.
Grey Wylton, lord Antony Scalys, lord Latemer, lord Herberd,
lord Ferreys Gharteley, lord Stanle, lord Wenlok, lord Greystoke,
lord Oxyll,a lord Lomney, lord Glynton, lord Sowtwyk, lord Revers,
lord Dakere of the Sowthle, lord Dakere of the North, lord Say,
lord Cromwell, lord Cobham, lord Benerforth, lord Herry Bokyng-
ham, lord Mowntener, lord Fyhew, lord De la Ware, lord Powes,
Scrop of Bolton, lord Dodley, lord Storton, lord Burgeyny.
Milites.
Ser Per Ale, Ser Wyliam Stanley, Ser William Norys, Ser
Thomas Mongorye, Ser Jon Fooge, John Howard, John Aschley,
Ser Jamys Stannyewyssche, John Scot, John Conyas, Raf Pygot,
John Colvyle, John Hevyngham, Ser George Seynt Gorge, John
Wyngfeld, Leonard Hastynges, John Savey, Thomas Mownforth,
John Constabyl, William Reyner, Ser Raf Grey, William Everyng-
ham, William Haryngton, William Bothe, William Hastynges,
Ewrard of Bedoun, Thomas Fyndern, Roger Danby, John Grakyng- nx.
thorp, John Boteler, John Acheton, Moreys of Berkley, Herry of
Osey, John Stanley, John Grysseley, Thomas Nocston, Ser Pers
Glyf'ton, John Hodyliston, Thomas Lampole, William Ale, William
Marcham Dale, Ser Rychard Dokette, Thomas Crowen, Crystofer
of Carowen, Thomas Garard, Thomas Acheton, Henry of Bolde,
Peers Padolyse, Jaffery Gâte, John Apylton, Thomas Malery,
Thomas Feryr, John Swan, Peers of Grethorn, Roger Coneres,
a Sic, qu. Ogyll, or Ogle?158
BRIEF NOTES.
Crystofer Coneres, John Gryffon, Robert Harecourte, and Ser
Robert Constabyl.
Ad Conceptionem Beatæ Marye, Anno Domini M°.cccc.lx . . .a
Blyssyt be God, diverse of owre adversaryes be owre throwyn,
and we undyrstond the privyte and fais ymaginacions of the French
party. Also there is oon callit Jon Worby, of Mortlond, a spye, in
the county of Herteford, servuant to Ser John Russel, in the county
of Wysceter, takyn be the lord Suthwell, and the seyd aspye ther
takyn hath confessyt the Kyng Herry, late Kyng of Inglond in
dede but not in ryth, and sche that was queyn Margarete hys wyf,
and Edward hyr son, the duk of Brytayn, Edward the duk of
Burgoyn, Syr Wylliam Taylbos, the lord Roos, Sir Richard
Tunstall, Thomas Ormond, Ser W. Catisby, Thomas Fykeharry.
J?es lordes and knytes be in Scotlond with the Scottes. The duk of
Exceter, erl of Penbrok, the baron of Burford, Jon Ayne. Thés
schal lond at Bumeryes be J?e appoyment of Robert Gold, capten of
the duk of Burgoyn. Duk Herry of Calaber, the lord Hungyrford,
the lord Morton, the duk of Somersete with lx M1 of men of Spayn.
J?es schal londyn in the coost of Norfolk and Suffolk. ]?e lord
Lewys, the duk of Spayne, Herry the dolfyn of Franch, Ser Jon
Foskew? Ser Jon Russel of Wyceter, Ser Thomas Burtayn, the erlys
brother of Denschyr, Ser Thomas Cornwaylys. Thés lordes and
knytes schal londyn at Sandwych by J?er appoyment. Than com-
yng after thés lordes and knytes byfore wryten to a siste them with
al the powre possibill they may make; the Kyng of Fraunce wyth
a C.M1, the Kyng of Denmark with xx M1, the Kyng of Aragon 1 M1,
the Kyng of Navern with xx M1, the Kyng of Cesyl with xxv M1,
the Kyng of Portyngale with x m1; the wych be appoyntyt to enter
the reme of Inglond.
The Wednesday by fore Cristmasse, Anno Domini M°.cccc.lxij°.
b In Castello de Banburw sunt dux de Somerset, cornes de Pen-
brok, dominus de Roos et Radulfus Percy, cum CCC. hominibus.
B Margin mutilated.
b The whole of this part about the sieges in Northumberland is bracketed in the
margin, and the words “Non scribuntur” written opposite.BRIEF NOTES.
159
At the seege of Hem sunt cornes de Wyceter, cornes de Arundel,
dominus de Ogyl et dominus de Muntegew cum x M1.
In castello de Anwyk sunt iij stat.(?) quorum nomina adhuc
ignorantur, cum CCC. hominibus.
Istos obsident dominus Cornes de Warwyk, cornes de Kent,
dominus de Powys, baro de Greystuk, dominus de Cromwell, cum
x.m1 hominibus.
In castello de Dunstalborw sunt dominus Ricardus Dunstal,
dominus Thomas Fyndern, doctor Murton, ballivus de Kan* cum
vj** hominibus.
Istos obsident dominus de Wenlok, dominus de Hastynges cum
ij aliis dominis, cum x m1 hominibus.
Rex tenet Natale suum apud Dorham.
1462. Thés been the tydynges sent owt of Scotland that.the Erl
Dowglas hath done now la te in the begynnyng of Marçh, anno
Domini M°.cccc.lxij°.
The worthy Erle Dowglas hath takyn of the Scottys the Erlej of
Creyforth, the Lord Lyle of Crayle, Lord Maxon’, wardçyn of the
West Merchen, Lord Wakeup, Lord Correy, Charlys. Murrey, John
Styward, Dolgotys brother, Lord Domelyn, Antrya hys brother of
Hemyldon, Lord Cragge, Syr Robert Homyldon, Lord- Preston,
Lord [Charlys of Murrey] ,a William Welles, knyght, Lord Crakkes
brother and [Lord Currey],a numbyr of xvij lordes.
And besyd j?es ben takyn and slayn un to. the numbyr of çccc
at the Esthyl in Scotland, &c.
Anno Domini M.cccc.lxiij vendebatur quarterium frumenti pro
ij s., quarterium brasii xxij d.? et quarterium pisarum pro iij s. iiij d.,
et quarterium ordei pro xiiij d.
Eodem anno, ut dicebatur, vendebatur j quarterium de sigulo in
Norfolch pro xij d.; et in aliqua patria,; ut dicitur, j quarterium
frumenti pro xxd., j quarterium brasii xxd. et quarterium ordei
xij d.
1461. Nomina eorum qui erant interfecti in die Palmarum et
a Erased.160
BRIEF tfOTES.
die Lune sequenti apud Seeton et Charoncros que distant ab
Eboraco citra quasi per viij miliaria, Anno Domini M°.CCCC.lxj,
scilicet:
Domina Regina cum principe filio suo.
Edwardus dux de Excestre.
Dux de Somersheth.
Cornes de Northumbyrlond et Westhumbirlond.*
Cornes de Schrewysbery.
Cornes de Denscbyre.
Dominus de Clyfford.
Dominus de Nevell.
Dominus de Welle.
Dominus de Scalys.
Dominus de Dakerys.
Dominus de Fyhu.b
Dominus de Mullens5.
Dominus Henricus de Bokyngham.
Dominus de Bewmond.
Dominus Wilby.
Dominus Roos.
Dominus Gray Cotyner.c
Nomina militum.
Duo filii ducis de Excestre bastardi.
Dominus R. de Percy.
[Dominus Radulphus de Gray.]d
Dominus Johannes Heyron.
Dominus Gerwys Clyfton.
Dominus Edmundus Hammys.
Dominus Thomas Crakynthorpe.
a “ et Westhumbirlond ” (sic) is an interlinéation, and is altogether an error. The
Earl of Westmoreland was not slain at Towton, bnt lived for more than twenty years
after.
b Fitzhugh.	c Cottnere in the cancelled list noticed below.
d Struck ont.BRIEF NOTES.
161
Dominus Johannes Crakynthorp.
Dominus Willelmus Harylle.
Dominus Johannes Ormund.
Andréas Trollope.
Summa nominum omnium interfectorum dominorum, militum
et aliorum per estimationem xxxvM^iiij** et xj, ut dicebatur.
1461. [Nomina dominorum existentium ex parte domini Henrici
vjd nuper Eegis Angliæ apud prelium de Seton, ut supra dicitur.]a
(Here foliows a list which is crossed out, pretty much the same as
the preceding.)
Ex parte domini Edwardi Eegis, Humfridus dux Nortfolch,
dominus Edwardus Cornes de Warwyk, dominus Fywater, Joh’
Stafford, Henricus Eaclyf de Framysden, et Eogerus Wolferston.
1461. In prelio ibidem interfecti sunt cornes de Northumbyrlond,
Cornes de Denschire, Cornes de Schrewysbery, dominus Nevel, do-
minus Clyfford, dominus Fyhew, dominus Wellys, dominus Dakerys,
dominus Syvas (?), dominus Fytzhyth, dominus Malley, dominus
Schalys, dominus Eogerus Mellyn miles, dominus Eadulphus Pig-
gate miles, dominus Henricus Norbochewe miles, Andréas Trollop,
Davy Trollop et domina de Dytton, et multi alii milites armigeri
et alii quorum nomina ignorantur, in numéro quasi xxxiij milia et
plures, scilicet:—
[Item, ex parte Eegis interfecti sunt]a Dominus Johannes Hotham,
dominus W. Nerwell, duo bastardi de Exceter, dominus Ed’ Hammys
miles, dominus Johannes Crakynthorp, Johannes Burton, capi-
taneus Eboraci, dominus Thomas Krakyngthorp miles.
[Ex parte Eegis Edwardi, dominus Fywater, Johannes Stafford,
Henricus Eaclyff de Framysden, et Eogerus Wolferston.] b
Item, ut dicitur, Cornes de Wylschir, doctor Mackerell, doctor
Morton, et dominus Will’ Plomtun adducti erant ad Comitem de
Warwyk. Et decapitati sunt Cornes de Denschire, Cornes de Kyme,
dominus Will’ Hyll, cognatus Trollop, quorum capita suspenduntur
supra portas Eboraci. Et nota quod istud bellum incepit apud
a Struck out.	. b These words are crossed out.
CAMD. SOC.	Y162
BRI EF 'NOTES.
Wentbrygge, et sic usque ad Ferybrygge, et campus in quo pugnabant
vocatur Duntyngdale, juxta locum vocatum Charyngcross prope
villelam yocatam Seton, &c.
Anno Domini M.CCCCm0.lxj°, xxviij0 die menais Junii, scilicet
iiijt0 kL Julii, contingente in die Dominica, Coronacio Regis Edwardi
quarti Comitis de Marche, filii Ricardi ducis Eboraci apud West-
monasterium a duobus Archiepiscopis cum magna sollempnitate.
Nam ibi erant plures Episcopi, dux Norfolch, Marischallus Anglie,
Dux Suffolch, Seneschallus Anglie, dominus Georgius frater Regis,
dux Clarencie, dominus Ricardus frater ejus, &c.
1461. Item, eodem anno, xxiiij0 die Julii, id est in vigilia Sancti
Jacobi, contingente in die Veneris, pluit sanguis apud Pokrych
et apud Ware, ut dicebatur.
Item, anno Domini M°.CCCC°lxj0, in mense Novembris in festo
Sancti Leonardi, obiit dominus Umfrydus Moubry dux Norfolchie.
Item, eodem anno, in mense Febxuarii, arestati erant et adducti
ad Regem et coneilium suum London’, abbas de Bury cum iij
rnonachis ejusdem loci, dominus Thomas Tuddenham, Heydon,
Harslston,a et dominus T. Porter de Norfolch cum aliis; et eodem
tempore circa festum Sancti Valentini dominus Ambry (Aubrey)
filius comitis Oxonie erat suspensus et tractus London’. Et eodem
tempore, ut dicitur, insurrexit quidam capitaneus qui cum iiijor
milibus vel pluribus regnavit in Schirwode. Circa festum Cathedre
Sancti Pétri decapitatus erat cornes Oxonie, Will’ Terell, ex eo
quod clam nitebantur insidias facere cum populo contra Regem
Edwardum ; nam quidam nuncius missus erat per illos et alios ad
Henricum nuper Regem et Reginam et alios dominos in Scotia
existentes cum literis proditorie, scilicet ut sequerentur Regem
Edwardum equitantem in partem Borialem cum exercitu suo quasi
pugnarent cum eo, et in bello essent contra eum, tam a dextris quam
a sinistris, et post tergum ejus, ut sic eum Edwardum insidiose
interficerent eum (sic). Contigit enim ut prefatus nuncius venisset
in itinere suo ad quandam ecclesiam circa Northampton audire
* So in MS.BRIEF NOTES.
163
missam, semper occurrit ad mentem suam ut rediret ad Regem
Edwardum, nesciens veraciter quid ejus negocium proficeret, aut
pro se vel contra se. Sic sepius die ac nocte hoc in suo pectore
revolvens, domum ad se reversus, credens se magis Deo placere et
animam suam salvare, omisso negocii sui itinere, cum nimia festina-
cione ad Regem Edwardum cum omnibus literis in suo kascat
existentibus rediit, gratiam et misericordiam ab illo petens, qua a
Rege concessa, totum processum Régi intimavit ac omnes literas ei
demonstravit. Hoc omni comperto et cognito, Rex accepit copias
omnium illarum literarum et remisit nuncium prædictum in itinere
suo ut prius proposuit, precipiens ei, ut juratus erat, ut esset fidelis
sibi, et post negocium, si posset, rediret ad Regem, &c. Quo recesso
Rex statim misit pro dominis et aliis qui proditorie eum decipere
nitebantur, in quos judices Regis executiones impleverunt ut supra.
Anno Domini M.CCCC.lxij post Pascha contigit quendam puerulum
quasi xj annorum etate in crepusculo ire in stratam circa novum
collegium Cantébrig’* et Clare Halle vél aulam Sancte Trinitatis
ibidem; ubi obviam habuit quendam senern, üt sibi videbatur, cum
prolixa barba et debili vestura; quo viso puerulus, nimio terrore
territus voluit aufugere nec potuit leviter. Cui senex dixit, u Yeni
istuc proxima nocte isto tempore noctis et dicam tîbi aliqua nova,”
et recesserunt ab invicem. Secunda nocte similiter ôbviaverunt ut
prius, sed puer valde erat timidu9 in ejus aspectu. Tertia nocte, ut
videbatur sibi, non potuit eligere, sed potius coactus rediit ad
eundem locum. Cui senex dixit “ Vade jam et die cuicumque quod
infra istos duos annos erit tanta pestilencia et famis ac interfectio
hominum quanta nullus vivens vidit perantea ; ” et hoc dicto recessit.
Spiritus ut credebatur, nam puerülus postea examinatus et interro-
gatus per Magistrum W. Mylcton, Théologie doctorem, et alios,
dixit quod non vidit nec audivit ilium senern super terram ambu-
lantem, Æc.
King’s College.A BKIEF LATIN CHBONICLE,
BEING THE CONCLUDING PORTION OF A WORK ENTITLED
“COMPILATIO DE GESTIS BRITONUM ET ANGLORUM.”
[From MS. Arundel 5, College of Arms.]
Henricus vjcus filius predicti regis Henrici apud Windeleshore in
festo Sancti Nicholai episcopi et confessoris natus, in etate ix
mensiura et xv dierum, regnare cepit supra dicto ultimo die Augusti.
Et in dominica die in festo Sancti Leonardi Abbatis, Anno Domini
Millesimo CCCC°.xxix°. et anno regni sui viij0 apud Westmonasterium
coronatur, Domino Henrico Wintoniensi episcopo tune cardinali
tituli Sancti Eusebii ibidem présente. Et anno regni sui decimo
idem rex apud civitatem Parisiensem ix° die Decembris etiam
coronatur, présente ibidem cardinale sùpradicto. Anno autem--a
hujus regis fuit prelium apud Yernoll in Perche inter Johannem
ducem Bedfordie regentem Francie et Francos ac Scottos. Ubi
cum dicto duce fuerunt Cornes Sarum, Cornes Southfok, dominus
Wylughby, dominus Scales, dominus Ponynges, Willelmus Oldale
cum retinencia ducis Exonie tune infirmi. Et in dicto bello ex
parte Francorum captus est dux de Launson; occisi vero sjint
ibidem bastardus de Launson, Cornes de Navern et Cornes de Marre-
bon. Ex parte autem Scottorum perempti sunt Archibaldus Cornes
de Douglasse, Cornes de Boghan, Cornes de Marre, Cornes de Murrey,
Jacobus Douglas filius dicti comitis, Alexander Lyndesey miles;
Willelmus Douglas de Danlanryk,b Matheus Pork, Hugo Orth,
milites, et alii quam plures, tam de Francis quam de Scottis in ipso
a Blank in MS.
b Drumlanrig.A BRIEF LATIN CHRONICLE.
1G5
bello et fuga ad numerum vij M1 et ultra. Postea vero in foyeis
dicte ville inventa sunt, ut dicitur, iiij m1 submersa.a Et super his
omnibus semper Deo gratias.
Anno xiiij0 hujus regis Henrici Philippus dux Burgundie, contra
fidelitatem suam, villam Calisie obsidiavit cum magno apparatu et
multitudinepopuli copiosa ; fuerunt enim ibi,secundum estimacionem,
plus quam c. milia virorum. In tentoriis et pavilionibus x M1, in
magnis gunnis xxviij, in cressetes ardentibus in nocte vij M1, in gall.b
vij M1, in parvis gunnis vocatis ribaldis vij M1, in crosbowes xm1, in
carectis xij m1.
Pro qua quidem obsidione dissolvenda transfretavit Dominus
Humfridus, dux Gloucestrie, cum quam pluribus magnatibus et pro-
ceribus ac multitudine populi ad numerum lx M1, Calisiam usque
properans. Sed ante ipsius adventum, Cornes de Morten et Dominus
de Cammysh cum suis ad numerum ij m1 di. dictam villam Calisie
tutissime conservantes illam obsidionem infra dies paucos viriliter
confregerunt et plurimos ibidem occiderunt. Qui quidem dux
Burgundie cum suis, cognito quod dux Gloucestrie cum tanta
potestate Anglorum in proximo adventaret, veritus et confusus,
celerrime capit fugam. Postea vero quam predictus dux Gloucestrie
Caliama venisset, exinde in Picardiam et Flandiam per dies xj
procedendo villas combussit. Ubi etiam Cornes Huntingdon et sui
villam de Popering cremaverunt ac plurimos peretnerunt, et circiter
festum Sancti Bartholomei Apostoli proximo sequens Dux Glouces-
trie memoratus ac magnates cum proceribus et populo suo in Angliam
prospéré remearunt.
Anno eodem, infra mensem proximo sequentem quo prefatus dux
Burgundie villam Calisie taliter obsedisset et inde gratia Dei pro-
fugatus fuisset, Jacobus rex Scottorum perjurus Castro de Rokes-
burgh in Northumbria cum suo exercitu, ut fertur, ad numerum
CM1 et ultra, obsidionem opposuit; ubi nichil profecit. Nam pre-
nobilis ille miles Radulphus Greye, cum lxxx viris strenuis, dictum
castrum fortiter custodivit et dicto régi Scottorum et exercitui suo
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viriliter restitit. Audito autem quod Archiepiseopus Ebofacensis,
episcopus Dunelmensis ac Cornes Northumbrie cum maxima potestate
borealium eisdem obviare infra breve proponebant, rex prefatus et
suus exercitus tërriti et confusi protimls aufugerunt. Et circiter
mensem Martii extunc proximo sequentem idem rex, iniqua suasione
ac consilio Comitis de Athel, avunculi sui, et aliorum sibi iii hoc
favencium, per quemdam Scottum, Willelmum Grame vulgariter
nominatum, et quosdam alios, nocte quadam, dum se rex ad lectum
disponebat, camisia et braccis solummodo indütus, impîovise territus
et in cloacam proprie camere fugatus, cum spatis crudelitei* et
inhumane est occisus. Fertür enim ipsum circa xxx vulnera in
corpore habuisse, quorum vij letalia videbantur. In evidenciam
cujus rei quidam legatus apostolicus in Scotia tune existons dictam
camisiam postmodo Domino Pape, ut dicitur, deferebat. Benedictus
sit Dominus Deus qui tam sepius servulos suos eripuit dfe manibus
querencium eis mala, perjurosque et pacem turbantes confudit et
evertit !
Anno Domirii millessimo CCCC°.Xlv., xxx die meüsis Mâii ooïo-
natur Margareta filia regis Cécilie in reginam Anglie apud Yest-
monasterium. Sfed àdvertendum est quod infra breve post con-
tractum factum cuin dicta Margareta in partibus transmarinis per
Willelmum ducem Suthfolk, amissa est Oenomannia cum Ande-
gavia. Deinde paulatim (quorum prodicione aüt ignavia novit
Deus) amissa est tota Normannia cum civitate Parisius, &c. Deinde
simili ter âmissa est Burdegalia cum tota Yasconia, &c. Ad cujus
recuperacionem missus est nobilis ille belliger Cornes Salopie cum
filio suo, domino de Lÿel, et aliis, qui viriliter eam recupéraverunt.
Sed, qüod dolenter refero, incaute seu capitbse se dantes cuidam
conflictui cum Francigenis, ibi interfecti sunt, et readquisieruîit
Francigene omnia que illic erant, et sic adhuc pacifice detinent.
Anno Domini millésimé ccco°.lvij0. spoliata est villa de FoVe
in Comubia per piratas; et eodem anno in inense Augusti spoliata
est villa de Sandwiche per piratas, et naves et petie omnia bôna
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Anno Domini millesimo cccc°.lvij°. et lviij extitit quidam nomine
Eaginaldua Pokok, nacione Wallicus, sacre théologie doctor, et
Cicestrensis episcopus, ingenio quidem et scientia satis clarus, et
in primeva etate reputatus boni regiminis, et honeste famé; hic
tamen posterius, instigante Diabolo, proprio nimis innitens ingenio,
proprie salutis et aliorum factus quasi immemor, postposita, imo
quasi fere rejecta, priori innocencia, et in multis fide spreta catholica,
sanctorum doctorum et patrum sanctiones et dicta, imo scripture
sacre supereminentem veritatem quasi pro vili habens, dictamen
rationis humane in multis extulit super hec omnia. Unde sic, velut
secundus Lucifer supra ceteros estimans se et extollens, veteres
quasdam pestiferas hereses damnatas renovavit, novasque satis
noxias superadjecit, quarum multas, tum propter earum enormitatem,
tum propter aliorum infirmorum scandalum, silencio committendas
esse sacius estimo quam dicendas. De Eukaristia divinissima pro-
tervissime sensit, et Sanctum Dionisium pro se allegavit, qui tamen
Dionisius plane in contra sçripsit. Ecclesiastica divina officia per
s&uctos patres disposita, et a multis sanctis probateque vite viris a
diu in ecclesiis usitata ad Dei laudem et fidelium salutem, vilipendit;
quattuor articulos simboli sacro-sancti omisit, &c.a
Has et quam plures alias asserciones frivolas et hereticas in ejus
libris sparsim inventas, et publice apud Lambyth coram Domino
Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo, episcopis, doctoribus et cléro inibi
assistentibus prelatas et sibi objectas, non negavit se dictus Kagi-
naldus dictasse, tenuisse, ac per se et suos precones propalasse, et
alios quam plurimos eisdem infecisse. Examinate igitur diligenter
et mature ibidem dicte hereses, et alie quam plurime, per Dominum
Thomam Cantuariensem archiepiscopum, episcopos, doctores, et
reliquum clerum damnate sunt, et multi de libris ejus hereticis
publice combusti sunt; quidam Oxon. in processione generali, quidam
autem in cimiterio ecclesie Cathedralis Sancti Pauli, London. Ubi
et idem Kaginaldus dominîco die tempore sermonis omnia hujusmodi
dogmata perversa et heretica publice in scriptis abjuravit, anathema-
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tizavit, abrenunciavit, canoniceque correccioni se subjecit. Unde et
episcopatu Cicestrensi pri vatus, vite private seu solitarie adjudicatus est.
Multi tamen ejus doctrina pestifera infecti, permanserunt in errore.
Circiter istud tempus Jacobus rex Scocie populum suum nobiliter
rexit, fures et oppressores cohibens, agriculturam amplians,sanctam(?)
justiciam servans. Hic anno Domini 1460, cum suo exercitu obsedit
castrum Rokisburgh et per propriam gunnam suam diruptam, cui
astitit, interfectus est. Exercitus tamen ejus idem castrum prostravit
et recessit
Anno Domini millesimo cccc°.lvij., sacro tempore quadragesi-
mali, London* facta est concordia inter Dominum Ricardum ducem
Eboracensem, Comitem de Warwyc, et comitem Sarum, cum suis,
ex parte una, et ducem Somersetie, et Comitem Northumbrie et
dominum Clifford, cum suis, ex parte altéra, per illustrem regem
Henricum et alios dominos regni spirituales et temporales ; gravis
enim, et periculosa dissensio orta fuerat inter predictos dominos
super interfeccione quorundam dominorum apud villam Sancti
Albani; quorum interfeccio inquietans et accendens corda mul-
torum, satisfactione quadam facta, prestante Altissimo, partim sopita
est. Sed non diu permansit. Nam anno Domini millesimo
CCCC°.lix°, insurrexerunt iterum predicti domini, scilicet Ricardus,
dux Eboracensis, cornes Merchie, filius ejusdem ducis, cornes Sarum,
cornes Warwyc, cum grandi comitatu, et juxta Ludlaw circiter festum
Sancti Edwardi Confessoris, ad bellum campestre se parabant. An
sic convenerant ad reformandum mala regni, aut sui ipsorum salvam
custodiam, vel quavis alia causa, novit Deus. Contra quos rex ipse
cum proceribus regni et copioso exercitu in bellum properavit;
mora autem ibi facta, recesserunt multi a duce et comitibus et régi
se submittentes ad graciam ejus recepti sunt. Dux autem Ebora-
censis cum predictis do minis et paucis de suis, relicto in nocte campo,
celerem fugarn inierunt. Dux natnque Eboracensis cum paucis
Hyberniam adiit; très reliqui comités cum paucissimis usque Calisiam
navigio pervenerunt. Confiscantur intérim eorum predia, diripiun-
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de Geynes, cum suis, et Calisienses, facti sunt interdum conflictus, et
multi corruerunfc.
Eodem anno, circiter festum Sancti Edmundi Regis et Martiris,
convocato parliamento apud Coventre, indictati sunt ibidem dicti
Dux et très Comités cum a] iis multis militibus et magnatibus super
grandi prodicione et déclarati pro ateyntid traytowrs per dominos
illius parliamenti ; et ea que per dictos ducem et dominos de insur-
reccione sua apud villam Sancti Abani in priori parliamento appro-
bata sunt, in isto penitus sunt cassata. Et in festo Sancte Agnetis
proximo sequente, dicti Dux et domini in civitate London, publice
proclamati sunt pro ateyntid traytours, et sic manserunt usque cir-
citer festum Sancti Johannis Baptiste proximo sequens.
Anno Domini millesimo CCCC°.lx°, circiter festum Nativitatis
Sancti Johannis Baptiste, redierunt predicti très comités in Angliam
cum comitatu mediocri, et multi, audito eorum adventu, adheserunt
eis. Civitatem London, infra octavas Apostolorum Pétri et Pauli
pacifice ingressi sunt, et, quibusdam ob scelera sua in Chepa decapi-
tatis, duo comités iter versus regem arripuerunt. Et in festo Sanc-
torum Septem Fratrum, facto congressu juxta Northamptone, favore
cujusdam domini ex parte regis regale tentorium ingressi sunt et
victoriam obtinuerunt. Ubi interfecti sunt, ex parte regis, dux de
Bokyngham, cornes Salopie, dominus Beaumount, dominus Egre-
mund, cum aliis, et multi ex ea parte fugientes submersi sunt. Rex
vero cum comitibus Merchie et Warwic, London, honorifice reduc-
tus, in pallacio episcopi Londoniensis hospitatus est.
Intérim, domino Scalescum multis aliis Turrim London, servante,
factis jacturis gunnorum in extra existentes obsessores Turris et
nautas in Tamesi, multi interfecti sunt. Tandem, reddita Turre pre-
dicta Jobanni Wenloc militi obsidenti eam, dominus Scales in nocte
Sancte Margarete volens in cimba evadere ab insidiantibus sibi, captus
et interfectus est. Et infra breve Thomas Browne miles cum aliis
quinque qui super extorcione rapinis et prodicione damnati sunt
apud Tyburne décapita ti sunt.
Hoc etiam anno, circiter festum Nativitatis Beate Marie, dux
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Eboracensis cum suis de Hibernia in Angliam rediit; et parlia-
mentum apud Westmonasterium circiter festum Sancti Dionisii
inchoatum erat. In Crastino Sancti Dionisii idem dux ad Vest-
monasterium veniens ense erecto palacium regale ingressus ibi
hospitari elegit. Adductis evidenciis quibusdain, se verum heredem
corone et regni Anglie asserebat; cujus evidencie in illo parliamento
palam ostense in summa ténor talis erat :—
Edward |?e J?rid, rijth Kyng of Englond, had eschew, scilicet,
Prince Edward (j filius),a William Hatefeld (2),a Lyonell (3),a Jon of
Gawnte (4),a &c. Prince Edward had Richard ij, wich died with
owte ysew. William Hatefeld died with owte ysew. Lyonell duke of
Clarence had ysew lawfully begete, Philipp hys only dowjter and eyre,
]?e wich was lawfully coupled to Edmund Mortimer, erle of Marche,
and had ysew lawfully begete, Roger Mortimer erle of Marche and
eyre; wich Roger had ysew Edmunde (j filius),a erle of Marche,
Roger (2),a Anne and Alynor; wich Rogere, Edmund and Alynore
died with owte ysew. And )?e seyd Anne, by J?e sacramente of matri-
mony cowpled unto Richard erle of Chambryg, ]?e sone of Edmund
of Langeley, had ysew and lawfully bare Richard Plantagenet now
Duke of 3ork. Jon of Gaunt gâte Harry wich unry3thfully entretid
Kyng Richard ]?en beyng olywe, Edmund Mortimer, erle of Marche
son of )?e seid Philipp dow3ter to Lyonell. To ]?e wich Richard
Duke of 3ork and sone to Anne dow3ter to Roger Mortimer, erle
of Marche, sone and eyre to ]?e seyd Philipp dow3ter and eyre to J?e
seyd Lyonell ]?e |?rid sone of Kyng Edward iij. ]?e ry3th and dignité
of corone apertenyt and belongitt afore any ysew of ]?e seyd Jon
of Gaunt. Notwithstondyng ]?e seyd titull of dignité of ]?e seyd
Richard of York, )>e seyd Richard, desiryng ]>e wele, reste and
prospérité of Englond, agreit and consentitt ]>at ]?e Kyng Harry vj
be had and takyn Kyng of Englond duryng hys naturell lifle fro
)?is tyme with owte hyrte of his titull, &c.
Where fore ]>e Kyng, understondyng ]>e seyd titull of J?e seyd
duke, juste, lawfull, and trew and sufficiente, be ]?e awise and assent
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of hys lordys spirituell and temporele and j?e comyns in ]>e apparie-
ment and by J?e autorité of ]?e sa me parlement, declarith, approwithe
ratifie3t, confermitt, and acceptit ]?e seyd titull just, good, lawfull and
trew, and )?ere wnto gifejt hys assent and agrément of hys free will
and liberté. And over ]?*, be J?e seyd awyse and autorité, declarijt,
callijt, stabili3t, affirmi3t and reputÎ3t ÿe seyd Richard of York very
trew and ri3tfull eyre to |?e corons of Englond and France. And
Ÿ ail o|?er statu tes and actes made by any of ]?e Harrys late contrary
to y awise be anulled, repelled, damned, canceld, woyd and of no
forse or effecte, &c. The Kyng agreitt and consentitt Y pe seyd
Duke & hys eyres shall after hys naturell liffe rejoise ÿe corons,
&c. Also ÿ ail seynges and doynges a3ens }?e Duke of York shall be
hye treson, and ail actes of parlementes contrarye to ]?is principall
acte be woyde and of none effecte, &c.
Cassata et anullata sunt in hoc parliamento ea omnia que contra
dictum ducem Eboracensem, comités, et alios eis adhérentes in par-
liamento priori apud Coventre édita sunt aut décréta, et restituti
sunt dicti domini dux et comités, cum sibi adherentibus, terris suis,
prediis et juribus prehabitis. Cassata sunt insuper et anullata in
hoc parliamento omnia que statuta seu décréta sunt per Henricuni
iiij in suis parliamentis quo ad successionem sue soboîis in regnum et
coronam Anglie, cum ipse intrusor esset, et jus hereditarium corone et
regni Anglie pertineret ad Philippam filiam Leonelli filii tercii Ed-
wardi iij, et per eam ad comitem Marchie et heredes suos ut supra.
Prorogato parliamento, iste dux Eboracensis (cum filio suo Ed-
wardo),a et cornes Sarum (cum filio suo Thoma),a cum decentiapparatu
iter ceperunt versus partes boréales ad sedandas turbulencias ibidem
et malefactores castigandos; unde ad villam de Wakefeld venientes
in sancta ebdomada Nativitatis Dominice, in crastino Sancti Thome
Martiris ad pugnam se parabant. Sed déclinante jam die, sive
incuria et negligencia sua, sive fraude et fuga magne partis sui
exercitus, cum proceribus et valettis plurimis interfecti sunt per
ducem de Somersett, dominum Clifford, dominum Newyle, &c., qui
cum ferocibus belligeris in illos crudeliter irruerunt; quorum domi-
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norum interfectorum capita, ut dicitur, super muros civitatis Ebora-
censis obprobiose et dissone ( ?) nimis sunt exposita. Hoc tempore
commissa est custodia Turris London, certis Aldermannis et civibus
ejusdem civitatis.
Quibus ita patratis rex Henricus cum duce de Northfolk, Comité
de Warwic et aliis dominis et magno exercitu versus boream pro-
perabat. Yento autem ad villam Sancti Albani, occurrerunt eis
dux Somersetie, dominus Clifford, &c. cum suo exercitu ; etconserto
gravi prelio xiij0 kl. Marcii, sc. in die Carneprivii, multi inde et
hinc interfecti sunt.
Et fugientibus plurimis ex parte regis, fugam etiam inierunt dux
Northfolk, Cornes Warwic, Cornes Arundell, dominus Boughsher,
dominus de la Ware, cum multis aliis. Eegem Henricum sic in
campo derelictum accedens dux Somersete cum ceteris dominis, &c.
recepit in suam, ut ita dicam, tutelam seu custodiam. Dominus
autem Bonwyle et Dominus Kyre,a cum vidèrent hujuscemodi
casum et fugam suorum, attoniti régi se submiserunt. Quos et ipse
libenter suscepit in graciam; attamen, omni equitate seposita,
nequicia quorundam decapitati sunt.
Facti sunt tune insultus et inclamationes satis superbe per boréales
belligeros adversus cives Londonienses, quibus illi viriliter resistentes,
quosdam eorum occiderunt; reliquos in fuge latebras compulerunt,
auxiliante Altissimo. cui sit laus perpes et humillima graciarum
accio. Hac tempestate sevissima Borealium latronum prevalente,
multe domus religiosorum, multe ecclesie, multi burgi et ville per
eos nequiter spoliate sunt ; nec impune, ut infra patebit. Decreve-
rant etenim Boréales illi predicti, promittentibus hoc eis dominis suis,
ut nominatissimam illam civitatem Londoniarum cum provinciis
adjacentibus spoliarent, vastarent et subverterent ; quod et ex veri-
simili perpétrassent, si non singularis gracia Christi Jesu servulis
suis celerius consolatorem et laude dignum destinasset defensorem.
Tercio namque kalendas Marcii illustrisimus ille princeps Ed-
wardus, pro tune Cornes Merchie dictus, auditis prius his civitatis
London, et vicinarum provinciarum periculis, post victoriam inimi-
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corum suorum in partibus celitus Wallie adeptam, adjuncto sibi
Comité Warwic, cum grandi comitatu pacifice London, est ingressus.
Secessit intérim rex Henricus cum ducibus, comitibus et belligeris
Borealibus versus Boream et Eboracum usque pervenit.
Edwardus autem predictus ij° die Marcii proclamari fecit London,
articulos concernentes jus suum ad coronam regni Anglie; et se-
quenti die, convocatis dominis spiritualibus et temporalibus illic
presentibus, expressi sunt predicti articuli coram eis et approbati.
Quarto autem die ejusdem mensis post processionem generalem
London, solenniter factam, episcopus Excestrensis ad crucem Sancti
Pauli sermonem fecit satis laudabilem, titulumque dicti Edwardi
ad regnum Anglie multiplici evidencia patefecit; objeccionibus que
in ejus oppositum fieri possent patulo respondit, et eas excussit.
Completo sermone isto eximio, dominus Edwardus cum dominis
spiritualibus et temporalibus et magna populi frequencia eodem die
ad Westmonasterium equitavit; ubi in Westmonaster hall sedis
regalis possessionem suscepit. A monachis quoque ibi cum pro-
cessione sibi occurrentibus honorifice receptus est. Commendato
eidem per eosdem sceptro regali, possessionem in regis palacio
obtinuit. Nec dum tamen inunctus est aut regio diademate insig-
nitus ; sed his decentissime peractis, ad locum suum London., con-
gaudentibus populis, remeavit.
Facta intérim sagaci provisione pro magna pecuniarum levanda
copia, dictus Edwardus cum duce Northfolk, comité Warwic, domino
Fawconbrigge, in copioso exercitu septentrionales oras petierunt.
Cum autem pertransita Trenta prope Ferebrigge, advenissent, quo-
niam exercitus regis Henrici non longe a dicta villa aderat, ad pugnam
se protinus preparabant. Die igitur sacratissime Dominice Palmarum,
post meridiem, inter Ferebrigge et Tadcaster, accedentibus aciebus
utriusque exercitus ut mutuos ictus confligendo ingererent, plurimi
equestres armaciores ex parte regis Edwardi terga vertentes et dicti
Edwardi cariagium et annonam hostiliter auferentes effugerunt. Sed
rex Edwardus virili animo suos animavit ad certamen ; dux quoque
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audacter in adversarios irruentes, plurimos prostraverunt, et horren-
dam stragem eis intulerunt, multis ex parte sua occisis. Cumque
post diutinam pugnam belligeri Boréales, cernentes se imbecilliores,
fuge presidio se commisissent, insecuti sunt eos viri acriores ex
parte regis Edwardi et magnam cedem eis intulerunt ; plurimi quo-
que ipsorum Borealium per aquas evadere querentes submersi sunt.
Numerum interfectorum ibi solus veraciter cum suis civibus novit
Deus; secundum tamen estimacionem plurium numerus eorum ex-
cedebat [xxviij M1].8, Domini multi et milites multo plures cum
plebanis ibi pariter corruerunt.
Fugientes duces Somersete et Exetrie cum reliquis, insecutus
est dominus Edwardus cum suis dominis et exercitu, et Eboracum
usque pervenit ; eos tamen minime comprehendit, quia Rex Henricus
et ipsi domini prius fugerant ab Eboraco ut alibi locum presidii
sibi obtinerent. His ita Dei gracia peractis, dominus Edwardus,
relicto in Borea domino Fawconbrigge cum militibus et armata
manu ad tutelam illius patrie, per Coventriam London’ reversus est,
apud Lambythe hospicium eligens. Intérim Scotti in Berwicum
admissi sunt a rege Henrico. Deinde dominus Edwardus a Lambythe
usque ad Turrim London, veniens, creatis ibi militibus de Balneis,
die sabbati proximo sequenti a Turre London, cum dominis et
militibus per Chepam equitans Westmonasterium usque pervenit,
ubi in die dominica, scilicet in vigilia Apostolorum Pétri et Pauli,
in regem Anglie eo honore quo congruit et ordine decentissimo
coronatus est. Qui etiam, gloriam glorie volens superaddere, in festo
Commemoracionis Sancti Pauli, in ecclesia cathedrali ejusdem London,
processioni et misse coram magna populi frequentia cum dominis
suis spiritualibus et temporalibus, corona insignitus regali satis
interfuit apparatu. Deinde rex Edwardus Cantuariam peregre
profectus partes méridionales pertransiit,b ubi Willelmum episcopum
Wintoniensem de manibus querentium animam ejus eripuit, in-
sectatores suos graviter redarguit et eorum capitaneos carcerali
a A pen has been run through these figures.
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custodie mancipavit. Bristollie approperans, a civibus ejus cum
maximo gaudio honoratissime receptus est. Et in breve ad West-
monasterium veniens, ibidem anno Domini millesimo CCCCm0.lxi. ij
nonas Novembris solenniter parleamentum suum inchoavit, ubi
indictati et atteyntati sunt Henricus vocatus nuper rex Anglie cum
Margareta consorte suo ; duces etiam Somerset et Exetre, cum aliis
militibus et nobilibus, ad numerum quasi centum personarum.
Eodem anno, circiter festum Purificationis beatissime semper Yirginis
Marie, facta est conspiratio contra dictum dominum regem Edwardum
per Comitem Oxon. et filium ejus, Tudnam, Terell, Mowgomere,
cum aliis, ut in parte Esexie introducerent ducem Somersetie per
navigium cum hostili exercitu ad eversionem regis Edwardi et
suorum. Sed succurrente Altissimo, priusquam propositum suum
perficerent, deprehensi sunt, et, cassatis frivolis machinacionibus suis,
Cornes ille cum filio suo et aliis London decapitati sunt. His diebus
Henricus cum Margareta et filio suo Edwardo in Scotia commorati
sunt, et villa de Berwyke sub dicione Scottorum erat longo tempore.
Circiter festum Sancti Mathie dominus rex Edwardus, versus Boream
iturus, festum Pasche solenniter celebravit Leycestrie, et pretextu
resistendi adversariis grandes pecuniarum summas per sua privata
sigilla a viris spiritualibus et temporalibus, clericis et servientibus
levari fecit.
Anno Domini millesimo CCCC°,lxij° sexto die mensis Maii solutum
est predictum parleamentum ; et eodem anno circiter festum Nativi-
tatis Sancti Jobannis Baptiste capte sunt treuge ad tempus modicum
inter Anglos et Scottos, fraudulenter ex parte Scottorum, prout
palam postea patuit.
Hoc quoque tempore emissi sunt multi belligeri cum domino Fau-
conbrigge ad maria scrutanda et servanda, qui parum proficientes in
breve remearunt. Bex Edwardus pro materia cujusdam vidue rapte
discucienda in propria persona in bancho suo regali Westmonasterii,
assistentibus sibi cancellario et justiciariis, &c. proprium locum tenuit.
Eodem anno, circiter festum Omnium Sanctorum, percurrente
rumore de adventu regine Margarete cum copiosa multitudine
Francigenorum, Scottorum, et Anglorum sibi adherentium, pre-176
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cessit festine prenobilis ille belliger Cornes de Warwik cum suis, et
subsecutus est rex Edwardus ut eam cum complicibus suis effugarent.
Que fuga inita tuciora quesivit presidii loca.
Rege Edwardo in partibus illis residente, obsessa sunt per nostrates
castra ilia de Bamburghe, Alniwyke et Dunstanburgb ; quorum
duo reddita sunt in manus comitis Warwic circiter festum Natalis
Domini; subjeceruntque se Dux Somersetie et dominus Radulphus
Percy, cum suis, domino régi, et in graciam recepti sunt.
In aurora Ephiphanie venerunt Scotti cum Francigenis aciebus
densatis ad tercium castrum, scilicet Alniwyke, nostris non audenti-
bus eis resistere, et secum tulerunt multos illic inclusos de consociis
suis ; et sic in breve redditum est illud castrum in manus nostrorum,
Francigenis remanentibus gratis abire permissis. His peractis recessit
dominus rex Edwardus, relicto ibidem ad tutelam patrie comité
Warwic, &c.
Et in hac tam longa mora tocius pene milicie Anglicane illic
adversus adversarios nostros congregate, quid, queso, memorabile,
quid laude dignum actum est, nisi quod predicta tria castra capta
sunt? Et cornes Warwic cum paucis campum tenens curiose viri-
literque Scottos cum suis excuciens, protegente eum gratissima,
ut solito,a Dei dextra, illesus permansit. Qui et infra breve cum
aliis dominis, Boream relinquens, ad dominum regem Edwardum
London, venit; epulantibusque illis London., et nescio quid agentibus,
invaserunt Scotti cum Francigenis castrum de Bamburgh, et ipsum
occupaverunt, cum aliis duobus castris.
Anno Domini millesimo cccc°.lxiij, xxix die mensis Aprilis
inchoatum est parleamentum apud Westmonasterium; et intérim
dominus Radulphus Percy et Dominus Radulphus Greye, cum suis,
fracto suo juramento, relicto rege Edwardo, ad partem Henrici
redierunt.
Mense Junii, die xviij0, prorogatum est parleamentum usque ad
—--------b et que mala ibi repressa aut reformata, vel quid boni ibi
adauctum nescio.
Hoc anno, post Pentecosten, prenobilis ille cornes Warwic ad
a Sic in MS.
b Blank in MS.A BRIEF LATIN CHRONICLE.
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Boream, rediens dominos et milites cum reliquis belligeris colligens,
partem regis Henrici cum Scottis, Francigenis, &c. infestare dispo-
sait. Qui cognito celeria ejus adventu, campum linquentes, tergaque
vertentes, vecorditer aufugerunt.
Hoc tempore convocatus clerus provincie Cantuariensis concessit
ut quilibet sacerdos stipendiarius dicte provincie capiens pro annuali
stipendio x marcas conferret ad subsidium regis Edwardi xiij s. iiij d. ;
unde plurimi gravati murmurabant, tum quia pauperes erant, tum
quia pecunie taliter a sacerdotibus extorte raro vel nusquam ad
aliquem felicem effectum .proveniunt, quin potius ad confusionem et
dedecus eis utentium. Nam et post festum Nativitatis beatissime
Marie semper Virginis rex Edwardus grandem exercitum advocavit,
adversarios suos terra manque subjugare disposuit. Nescio tamen
quid in illo viagio profecerit. Et cornes de Worcester cum suo
navigio et marinariis litoribus maris et portubus quasi latitantes,
annonasque suas consumentes, infecto negocio vacui cum dedecore
remearunt. 0 infelix successus, opprobrium et confusio !
Circiter bec tempora quarterium frumenti vendebatur Oxon. et
[in] b patria ilia pro ij solidis ; unde et ruricole super precio parvulo
iterato murmurabant.
Dux Somersetie, in conversacione sua et promissis instabilis, relicto
rege Edwardo cum paucis ad regem Henricum confugit, &c. Rex
Edwardus, consiliariis accitis, minuit pondus nummismatis argentei,
et auxit valorem aurei, adeo ut unum nobile aureum valeret viijs. iiij d -
Hic etiam rex Edwardus redditus et proventus collegiorum eorum
nobilium, scilicet Beatissime Marie semper Virginis de Eton et beati
Nicholai Cantibrigie, per bone memorie Henricum Sextum funda-
torum et nobiliter ditatorum, etc. in suas manus suscepit. Partem
tamen aliquantulam eis restituens, unde pauperiorem quam solite
ducerent vitam, vasa argenteac multa et summam magnam pecunie ab
eis exegit et cepit. Bullis papalibus obtentis, collegium illud célébré
de Eton. cassare proposuit; quod tamen, utestimo, beatissima Virgo
Maria nondum ad effectum deduci permisit.
a eelebri, MS.	b Om. in MS.	c argenta, MS.
CAMD. SOC.	2 A178
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Anno Domini millesimo CCCC°.lxiiij°, epulante rege Edwardo
cum dominis suis London., per belligeros regis Henrici capta sunt
castra de Norham et Shipton in Crawyn; et in breve processit rex
Edwardus versus Boream ut amissa recuperet et habita defendat.
Quid tamen utile ibi gesserit nescio. Cunique tempora multa sic
vacualucris et tediosa, inaniter vexatis legiis regis, sibi paulatim suc-
cédèrent, prenobilis dominus, dominus Georgius, pro tune Exe-
terrensis episcopus et Anglie Cancellarius, condolens tantos labores
et sumptus inani dispendio et damnoso esse consumptos, assumptis
viribus, maturo consilio super his infortuniis reformandis prehabito,
divine gracie se et regni négocia commendans, ad consolandum et
animandum fratrem suum, dominum Johannem de Mowntagw, iter
versus partes Boréales fiducialiter arripuit. Et in breve, Domino
de Mowntagw cum suis belligeris arma potentibus resumente, cepit
paulatim pars Henrici succumbere. Secundo namque die mensis
Maii dominus de Mowntagw cum suis comitibus conflictum iniit
cum duce de Somersett, domino Roos, domino Hungarford, domino
Radulpho Percy, domino Radulpho Greye, domino Ricardo Tun-
stall, domino Thoma Findern, cum aliis capitaneis exercitus regis
Henrici et vulgo multo ; et, interfecto illic domino Radulpho Percy
cum aliis quibusdam, reliqui fuge presidio evaserunt.
Quintodeci.mo insuper die ejusdem mensis Maii Dux Somersett,
dominus Hungarford, dominus Roos, armiger ille Treilboza cum
suis complicibus, graviter ferentes suam repulsam et propositi
prions frustracionem ad bellum campestre juxta Exham, iterum
spe fruende victorie ccnvenerunt. Quos dominus de Mowntagw
cum suis, quasi subito insiliens, dictum ducem et dominum Thomam
Findern, dominum Egremound, bastard Waynsford, etc. cepit et
tutelearteb commisit. Die Mercurii proximo sequenti capti sunt
per dictum dominum Mowntagw cum suis dominus Edmundus
Fysh, miles, nuper scissor Eboraci, Bernardus de la Mare, dominus
Roos, dominus Hungarford, dominus Phillippus Wentworth, Will-
elmus Penyngton, Husy miles; qui omnes decapitati sunt.
* Sic, pro Tailbois.	b i. e. arctæ.A BRIEF LATIN CHRONICLE.
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Deliberata sunt in brève domino de Mowntagw castra de Langeley
]>* Tawne turris de Exham, castrum etiam de Bywell. In quo
quidem Castro inventum est le helmet regis Henrici cum corona et
gladio et faleris dicti Henrici. Et quomodo aut quo ipse evasit,
novit Deus, in cujus manu corda sunt regum.
Deliberatum est etiam régi Edwardo castrum de Shipton in
Crawen.
Quintodecimo decimoa die mensis Maii apud Exham decapitati
sunt dux Somersett, Edmundus Fizthu miles, Bradshaw, Wauter
Hunt, Blac Jakis.
Decimo septimo die mensis Maii apud Novum Castrum decapitati
sunt dominus de Hungarford, dominus Roos, dominus Thomas
Fynderne, Edwardus de la Mare, Nicholaus Massam.
Apud Medelham xviij die mensis Maii decapitati sunt dominus
Philippus Wentworth, Willelmus Penyngton, Warde de Topcliff,
Oliverus Wentworth, Willelmus Spilar, Thomas Hunt, le foteman
regis Henrici.
Apud Eboracum xxv° die mensis Maii decapitati sunt dominus
Thomas Husye, Thomas Gosse, Robertus Merfyn, Johannes Buttlere,
Rogerus Water, janitor regis Henrici, Thomas Fenwyke, Robertus
Cocfeld, Willelmus Bryte, Willelmus Dawson, Johannes Chapman.
Apud Eboracum xxviij die mensis Maii decapitati sunt Johannes
Elderbek, Ricardus Cawerne, Johannes Rosell, Robertus Con-
querore. Intérim etiam captus est ille armiger Treilboz et de-
capitatus.
Quibus peractis, dominus de Mowntagw factus est Cornes de
Northumberland. Capta sunt tune castra de Bamburgh et Dunstan-
burgh cum ceteris et redacta in possessionem Regis Edwardi; et
dominus Radulphus Greye cum ceteris illic inventis capitalem
accepit sentenciam, capite ejus pontem Londoniarum adornante in
vertice quasi lancee.
Et sic invalescente brachio regis Edwardi et principatum per
regnum obtinente pene cassata est fortitudo et milicia regis Henrici.
* Sic.180
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Regina Margareta has procellas precavens, incola elegit fieri trans-
marina. Adhuc villa de Berwyk remanet sub Scottorum dominio.
Anno Domini millesimo CCCC.M°lxiiij° estas fervida valde et
diuretica faciem terre adustam a gramme, herbis et ordeo, etc. fecit
pene sterilem. Et subsecuta est eodem anno frigiditas horrida in
yeme, hommes molestans et pecora.
Hoc anno in insula de Ely estate torrida exorte sunt musce
grandes, venenose, cornute, cum aculeis que, pecora percucientes et
hommes quosdam, ut asserebatur, eos protinus perimebant. Hoc
insuper anno, circiter festum Sancti Michaelis, quidam frater Car-
melitaa Christi Jesu supereminentissime dominacionis et sue pro-
prie salutis immemor, spiritu ductus elacionis et protervie, ad crucem
Sancti Pauli London, predicavit et publice proclamavit, dominum
Jesum Christum celi et terre Creatorem et Dominum in propria
venientem misere mendicasse. Cujus errori devio favit provincialis b
ejusdem ordinis, lectura et sermone publice ejus dicta maledica con-
firmando cum ceteris doctoribus et fratribus ejusdem, quibus et
Jacobite quidam procaciter adherebant. Quibus quoque multi
theologi seculares cum Catholicis juristis, spiritu veritatis edocti et
ducti, unanimiter, et predicando et lecturis publicis restiterunt, et
sic hec materia, fratribus ultra pro tune prosequi cessantibus, silencio
commendatur.
Hoc etiam anno in festo Apostolorum Philippi et Jacobi duxit
rex Edwardus in uxorem Elizabetham filiam domini de Rivaye ( ?)c
et ducisse Bedfordie.
Anno Domini millesimo CCCCmo.lxv°, xxvj0 die mensis Maii,
scilicet in festo Sancti Augustini, Anglorum Apostoli, apud West-
monasterium, supradicta Elizabeth coronata est in reginam Anglie.
Et creati sunt tune multi milites de balneo, inter quos quidam mer -
catores civitatis London, milicie dignitate insigniti sunt.
Hoc etiam anno, circiter festum Pétri et Pauli, captus est Henricus
a Friar Harry Parker. See Gregory’s Chronicle, in Coll, of a Lond. Citizen, 228.
b This must be Dr. Thomas Halden. See Gregory, ib.
c Hivers, of course, is the name, but the spelling in the MS. is doubtful.A BRIEF LATIN CHRONICLE.
181
Sextus, nuper rex Anglie dictus, et publiée per Chepam London,
cum aliis secum captis, ductus usque ad Turrim London, ibique
honorifice commendatus custodie mansit.
Hac insuper estate orta lite inter regem Francie et fratrem ejus
commota sunt bella, et Dei gracia infra breve sedata.
Hoc quoque anno circiter festum Assumpcionis beatissime Marie
semper Yirginis misit dominus Papa, Paulus Secundus, bullam
suam in Angliam, insinuans prelatis Anglie heresim illam pestifere
asserentem quod Christus publice mendicavit esse antiquitus a Ro-
manis pontificibus cum suis consiliis damnatam et eam pro damnata
universe (?)a declarandam et conculcandam.
Hoc etiam anno multitudo latronum in variis Anglie partibus
debachans multas ecclesias et alios legios regis spoliavit. Francigene
quoque cum aliis adversariis regni Anglie per mare prevalentes,
Angligenis damna multimoda intulerunt.
Isto quoque anno, circiter festum Sancte Scolastice Virginis
peperit regina Elizabeth Régi Edwardo filiam, vocatam Elizabeth.
Anno Domini 1467, in ebdomada Pentecostes venit in Angliam
bastardus Burgundie dimicaturus certamine singulari cum domino
Antonio, domino de Scales; factisque in Smythfeld, London, barris
et tentoriis, &c., in festo Sancti Barnabe, ingressi locum dictum
quasi ludentes congressi cito cessaverunt. Et alii quidam post eos
inibi congressi immunes a plaga recesserunt.
Hoc anno pax per treugas facta est inter Anglos ex parte una et
Gallos, Britannos atque Scottos ex parte altéra. Abundabant tune
in Anglia furta, homicidia et mala multa. Hoc etiam anno peperit
Regina Elizabeth Régi Edwardo secundam filiam. Hoc quoque
anno circiter festum Sancti Michaelis, et diu post, facta est gravis
valde inundacio pluviarum impediens agricolas, itinérantes magnis
periculis aggravans, &c. Yenti etiam tune horrendi acciderunt, sub-
mergentes naves, arbores et domos evertentes.
In principio quadragesime istius anni soluté sunt treuge inter nos
et Francigenas.
a “ vn3,” MS.182
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Anno Domini 1468 concessit parleamentum domino Eegi duas
quintasdecimas, et convocatus clerus concessit unam decimam, et
etiam nobiliaa sacerdotum, que raro aut nunquam ad felicem per-
tingunt effectum. Hoc anno etiam Thomas Coke, mercator et miles,
cap tus est, pretensa prodicione contra eum, et graviter multatus,
receptus est in graciam. Thomas Plummer etiam, mercator et miles,
accusatus de prodicione, satisfactione prehabita, ad graciam regis
rediit.
Hoc anno, circiter festum Sancti Johannis Baptiste, transfretavit
Margareta soror Kegis Edwardi et uxor ducis Burgundie effecta
est.
Hoc etiam anno Cornes de Wircester multa laude digna peregit
in Hibernia, et castrum forteb in Wallia per dominum Harbardc
captum est, et dominus Ricardus Tunstall cum ceteris ibi inventis
captus est et in Turri London, clausus, qui tamen in breve graciam
a rege consecutus est. Duo nobiles ex illic captis decollati sunt.
Hoc anno dominus Antonius Scales, dominus Walterus Blownt,
tune dictus dominus de Mowtjoye, circiter festum Translacionis
Sancti Edwardi Confessoris, cum multis milibus armatorum, naves
ingressi et tempestatibus magnis turbati, nichil proficientes, in
Angliam cum dedecore redierunt.
Hoc insuper anno circiter octavas Epiphanie-------------d Cowrte-
neye Cornes Devonie et dominus de Moleners sive de Hungerford
convicti super prodicione decollati sunt.
Hoc quoque anno peperit Regina Elizabeth Régi Edwardo terciam
filiam.
Anno Domini 1469, circiter festum Sancte Trinitatis, surrexit qui-
dam, nomme Robin of Redisdale cui associati sunt multi, quasi peti-
cionarii petentes multa corrigi in regno. Contra hos circiter festum
Translacionis Sancti Thome Martiris collegit paulatim rex Edwardus
exercitum, volens eis occurrere.
a So in MS., apparently for mobilia, though the same error occurs in a marginal
note.	b Harlech.
® William lord Herbert.	d Blank in MS.A BRIEF LATIN CHRONICLE.
183
Et cito post eum surrexit alter, nomine Robin of Holdernes, cum
complicibus suis, petens Comitatum Northumbrie restitui legitimo
heredi; quem captum fecit cornes pro tune Northumbrie decollari, et
disparsi sunt congregati sui.
Hoc etiam anno in vigilia Sancti Jacobi Apostoli, facto conflictu
militum et belligerorum borealium contra dominum Harberd cum
suis Wallensibus, ceciderunt hinc et inde multi; et dominus Harberd
cum duobus fratribus suis captus est, et infra breve apud Northamp-
ton decapitatus est. Hic W. Harberd, gravissimus et oppressor et
spoliator ecclesiasticorum et aliorum multorum per annos multos,
hanc tandem justi Dei judicio pro suis sceleribus et nequiciis recepit
mercedem. Die Sabbati proximo ante Assumptionem beatissime
semper Yirginis Marie captus est Dominus de Rywans cum domino
Johanne filio suo, et juxta castrum de Kelingworth pariter decollati
sunt.
Anno Domini millesimo lxx°, circiter festum Nativitatis Beate
Marie regressi sunt in Angliam dux Clarencie, cornes de Warwic,
cum multis aliis, qui paulo ante per regem Edwardum in Franciam
propter suas rebelliones effugati fuerant, et in Devonia applicantes
exercitum colligerunt. Edwardus autem, videns eorum audaciam,
fugit cum paucis in Flandriam, ubi a duce Burgundie honorifice est
susceptus. Et in festo Sancte Fidis Yirginis dux Clarencie, frater
Regis Edwardi, et cornes de Warwic, cum ceteris dominis, regem
Henricum de Turri London educentes, regali apparatu indutum per
Chepam usque ad palacium episcopi London, perduxerunt. Hoc
anno Cantigene consueta nequicia agitati insurgunt et multos in
Sowthwerk, London, spoliant, et infra breve recesserunt.
His diebus captus est ille trux carnifex et hominum decollator
horridus, cornes de Wiccester, et in Turri London, incarceratus, et in
breve prope dictam turrim decapitatus, et apud Fratres Predicatores
juxta Ludgate obscure sepultus. Intérim, circiter festum Sancti
Edwardi Martiris, in quadragesima, rediit in Angliam rex Edwardus,
et in breve, recepto duce Clarencie ad graciam, circumivit et con-
gregavit multos; et in Cena Domini London, pacifice cum duobus184
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fratribus suis et magno comitatu ingressus est. Tune fama volante
quod cornes de Warwic cum suo exercitu adventaret, rex Edwardus
cum suo exercitu contra eum in Sabbato Sancto Pasche properavit,
et in aurora Sanctissime diei Pasche (heu et proh dolor!) inito
certamine juxta villam Barnett, ceciderunt hinc et inde multi; et
cornes de Warwic, cum fratre suo, et multis aliis dominis et nobilibus
cum plebanis, ibi interfectus est; et corpora dicti comitis et fratris
sui perducta London., in ecclesia Sancti Pauli nuda jacuerunt publiée
aliquandiu, et postea sépulture comendata sunt.
Anno Domini 1471°, circiter festum Sancti Georgii, [Rex],aaudito
quod Regina Margareta cum Edwardo filio suo et aliis dominis et
proceribus multis in partibus occiduis Anglorum applicuisset, et
quod multi ad eam confluèrent, cum suo exercitu etiam adversus eos
festinavit, et juxta Tewkisberi acriter in eos insiliens multos truci-
davit, et quosdam nobiles ibi captos decollavit. Nomina preci-
puorum ibi interfectorum sunt hec :—Edwardus filius Regine
Margarete, cornes Devonie,dominus Johannes de Somersete, dominus
Johannes Wenloc, Henricus recorder de Bristow, cum multis aliis.
Nomina decollatorum ibidem sunt hec: dux de Somersete, prior
domus Sancti Johannis in Smythfeld, London., dominus Hunfredus
Awdelaye, cum multis aliis.
Margareta olim Regina ibi capta, cum uxore filii sui, et London,
in curru deducta et in custodiam tradita est. Creati sunt statim
post istud bellum plures quam xla milites ; et Henricus nuper Rex
reponitur in Turim London., et in Yigilia Ascensionis Dominice,
ibidem féliciter moriens, per Tamisiam navicula usque ad abbathiam
de Cheltesye deductus, ibi sepultus est.
Cancigene cum bastardo Fawcunbrigge et nautis ejus insurgentes,
insultus iterum fecerunt in Londonienses graviores quam solito et
walvas porte nove super pontem London, cum domibus quibusdam ad-
jacentibus combusserunt, et similiter alias juxta Algate succenderunt.
Sed per dominum Antonium de Scales et dominum Duraste cum
civibus London, viriliter eos aggredientibus plurimi eorum inter-
a This word is evidently omitted.A BRIEF LATIN CHRONICLE.
185
fecti sunt, et quidam capti et reliqui in fugam versi sunt ; et
bastardus predictus cum suis predonibus et piratis et navibus recessit.
Et Rex Edwardus feria tercia Rogacionum London, adveniens cum
potenti exercitu, extra civitatem aldermannos multos in milites
creavit; et in die Assensionis Domini ad vesperam Rex Edwardus
cum suo exercitu ad Cancigenas corrigendos iter arripuit; et videntes
se insufficientes ad resistendum ei, subdiderunt se ei. Et eos Rex
et bastardum predictum cum multis aliis recepit in graciam ; alios
autem maleficos convictos capitali damnavit sentencia. Et ad
Westmonasterium reversus ibi festum Pentecostes celebravit.
CAMD. SOC.
. 2 BNOTES.
I.—The Earthquake of 1382,page 49.
As to the meaning of the enigmatical lines “A post Dunstanum,” &c.
see Dr. Simpson’s Documents illustrating the History of St. PauVs Cathé-
dral, p. 59, note, and Appendix, pp. 219-221.
II. ^Christopher Margrave of Baden, pp. 133, 136.
With regard to this person and his wife Cecily, Dr. von Weech of
Carlsruhe has favoured me with the following particulars :—
Margrave Christopher II., of JBaden, son of Margrave Bernard III.,
was born after his father’s death, on the 26th Feb. 1537. In the division
of territory with his brother, Margrave Philibert, in 1556, hereceived the
lands of Baden in the duchy of Luxembourg, and became the founder of
the separate line of Baden at Kodemachern. He took part with the army
of Philip II. of Spain in the war with France, and fought at the battle
of 8t. Quentin. In 1561 he made a journey to Sweden, and there was
betrothed to Cecilia, daughter of Gustavus Wasa, and sister of King
Eric XIV. Hereupon in the service of Sweden he took part in the war
with Denmark in 1563, in command of a body of German horse. In
November 1564 his marriage with the Princess Cecilia took place at
Stockholm, with whom he thereupon departed to his possessions in the
Netherlands, and took up his abode at Rodemachern. In the year 1565 he
and his bride paid a visit to Queen Elizabeth in England ; but he him-
self remained at her court only a short time, leaving his bride behind him
alone in straitened circumstances. The latter, on the 17th Sept. 1565,
gave birth to Prince Edward Fortunatus. To enable her to continue her
expensive abode at the English Court, the Queen, on the 22nd Nov. 1565,188
NOTES.'
granted the Margrave a pension of 2,000 French crowns of the sun,
which was paid to him every year in quarterly payments out of the
Treasury at Westminster. But this contribution was not sufficient for
the Margravine’s expenditure at Court. She contracted serious debts,
and the Margrave accordingly came again to London in 1566 to take
her away. The creditors, however, took notice of his object, and detained
him as a prisoner. Only when the Queen gave security for him did he
venture to départ.
Margrave Christopher died at Bodemachern on the 2nd August, 1575.
Margravine Cecilia did not die till 1627.INDEX
Abergavenny (Burgeyny), lord, 157
Acheton, Sir John, 157
---------Sir Thos., 157
Agincourt, battle of, 55
Albina (Albyne), a fabulous princess, sup-
posed to hâve given her name to Albion,
1, 2
Albion named after Albina, 2
Aldermanbury, 144
Aldgate, 184
---------the bars without, 137
Ale (à Lee), Sir Piers, 157, Sir Will., 157
Alençon (Launson), duke of, 164
---------bastard of, 164
Alexander III. of Scotland, 20
Alfred (Alured), King, 14
Ail Hallows the Less, ch. of, 138
Allington, Rie., 117
Alnwick Castle, 79, 156, 159, 176
Amyas, John, 104
Anabaptists, 143
Anjou and Maine (“ demayn ”), 97, 166
Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II., 25,
26,	48, 50
Anne, lady, daughter of Edward IV., 104
Appylton, Frere William, 48
Apylton, Sir John, 157
Argyle, earl of, 88
Arragon, king of, 158
Arragon, knight of, 63, 64
Arteys, bastard son of Humphrey duke of
Gloucester, 65
Arthur, king, 11
Arthur, prince, son of Henry VII., his
christening, 104-5
Arundel, Rie., 9th earl of (1330-75), 83
Arundel, Rie., lOth earl of (1375-93), 26,
27,	49, 50,51
Arundel, Thos., llth earl of (1399-1415),
53
Arundel, Will., 15th earl of (1437-87), 157,
159,172
Arundel, Henry, 18th earl of (1543-79),
141
Arundel, Thos., Abp. of Canterbury) (1396-
1413), 27, 51
Arundel, lord John of, 104
Asku. See Ayscough
Assheley, John, 63 ; knighted, 64, 157
Athelbryght. See Ethelbert
Athole, earl of, uncle of James I. of Scot-
land, 166
Audeley (Awdley), Master, 104
---------Humphrey, 184
Audeley, John Touchet, fifth lord (1458-
91), 73
Augustine, St., 12
Aunsell, Sir John, 48
Austin Friars, 93
Austria, duke of, captures Richard I., 31
Awdley. See Audeley
Ayne, 158
Aysac (?), Alex., 151
Ayscough (Asku), Will., bp. of Salisburv,
67, 69, 100, 151
Babwell, 150
Baden, Christopher Margrave of, 136
---------his wife Cicely, 133, 136
Bagott, Sir Will., t. Rie. II., 27, 28
BailifFs of London, t. Rie. I. and John, 31,
32
Bakehouse, Mr., 129
Bakley (qu. Berkley), Morres, 89
Baldock, Robert, Chancellor, 21
Baldry, mayor, 93
Baldwin,-----, a preacher at Paul’s Cross,
126
Bamborough Castle, 79, 156, 158, 176, 179
Bardolf, lord, 53
Barley, price of, 159
Barnet, battle of, 92, 184
Barton, Geo., parson of St. Mary Abchurch
127190
INDEX,
Basel, council of, 149
Baspiche, Bartold, earl of, 84
Bath, knlghts of the, 80 ; manner of making,
106-113
Bayeux (Bayue), taken, 56
Bayly, Sir Will., 93
BaynarcTs Castle, 33, 38, 131
Beauchamp, Sir John, t., Rie. II., 26
Beauchamp, Sir Thos., earl of Warwick, 83
Beauchamp, Rie., bp. of Hereford, and after-
wards of Salisbury, 100
Beaufort, Henry, bp. of Winchester (1405-
47), Cardinal (1427), 57, 59, 60, 97, 148,
164
Beaumaris (Bumeryes), 158
Beaumont, Lewis de, bp. of Durham, 41
Beaumont (Beemond), John, viscount, 74,
153, 160, 1(9
Becheham, Sir Will., “Erle Notingham,”
83. See footnote
Becket, Thomas à. See St. Thomas of
Canterbury
Beden, Dr., 80
Bedford, John,duke of, brother of Henry V.,
55, 58, 59, 60, 164
Bedford, Anne, duchess of, first wlfe of the
preceding, 59
Bedford, Jaquetta, duchess of, second wife
of the above, 79
Bedford, Francis Russell, earl of (1554-85),
his place at Ivy Bridge, 133 ; hisdaughter
Anne married to lord Ambrose Dudley, 134
Bedoun, Sir Ewrard of, 157
Bell, near Calais, 62
Benerforth (?) lord, 157
Berkeley Castle, 21, 43
Berkeley, Sir Maurice of, 157
Bermondsey, Abbot of, 102
Berners, Sir Jas.,t. Rie. II., 26
Berry, Chas., duke of, brother of Louis XI.,
181
Berwick taken, 39 ; lost, 41 : recovered, 43 ;
besieged, 70 ; delivered by Henry VI. to
the Scots, 78, 174, 175, 179
Bethlehem Hospital without Bishopsgate,
115, 125
Beverley, Sir Simon. See Burley
Bishops delivered out of the Tower (1563),
126
Black Friars (or Friars Preachers), 19, 38,
183
Black Jackett, 79
Blackheath. 67, 69, 149
Blake Thomas, 26
Blakney,-----, 103
Blanche, daughter of Henry duke of Lan-
caster, 23
Blank Charters burned, 52
Blawnchapylton, or Whitechapel, 93
Bloreheath, battle of, 72
Blount, Walter, lord Mountjoy, 182
Blunt, Sir Thos., 52
Bogham. See Buchan
Bohun, Sir Will. de, earl of Northampton,
83 (note)
Bois de Vincennes (Boys Vincent) near
Paris, 58
Bolde, Sir Henry of, 157
Bolingbroke, Henry of. See Henry IV.
Bolingbroke, Roger. See Bultyngbroke
Bonfires in London ordered, 123
Bonnivet, Will. Gouffier, sieur de, 93
Bonvile, lord,beheaded( 1461), 76, 155, 172
Books prohibited, 89
Booth, Will., bp. of Chester, i.e, Coventry
and Lichfield, 100
Bordeaux lost, 69, 166
Boteler. See Butler
Bothe, Sir Will., 157
Botler. See Butler
Boulogne, expenses of Henry VIII. at siégé
of, 114
Boulogne, Turnar of, 125, 127
Bourbourg (Borborowe) in Flanders, 26
Bourchier, Thos., abp. of Canterbury (1454-
86), 73, 74, 153, 162, 167
Bourchier (Bowcer), Henry lord (1435-61),
count of Eu (Hyu), earl of Essex (1461-
83), 74, 151-2, 172. See also Essex
Bow church steeple, fall of, 37
Bowcer. See Bourchier
Brabant, John dukeof, 84
Bradbery, Thos., mayor, 92
Bradisbourch, Mark of, 84
Bradshawe [Edmund], 79, 179
Bramton Field (Flodden), 87
Bread Street, 138
Brembre (Bremble) Sir Nicholas, 26, 47,
48, 49
Bretagne. See Brittany
Bretons, truce with the, 181
Brézé, Pierre de, seigneur de la Varenne,
seneschal of Normandy, 70
Bridewell, 127
Bridlington, canon of, 40
Bristol, lord Spencer beheaded at, 52 ;
Edward IV.’s réception at, 85, 175
Bristol, Henry, recorder of, 184INDEX.
191
Britain, named after Brutus, 2 ; fabulous
kings of, 2-11
Britanny, Francis IL duke of, 158
Britanny, Joan (or Jane) duchess of, married
to Henry IV., 52
Brotherton, Thomas of, Earl Marshal, 20
Brown, Robert and the Brownists, 143
Browne, Will., Mayor, 92
Browne, Sir Thos., 169
Browne,------, of Kent, 73, 75
Brutus of Troy, fabulous king of Britain, 2
Bryte, Will., 179
Buchan (Boghan), earl of, 164
Buckingham, Henry duke of (1460-83),
157, 160
Buckingham, Humphrey earl Stafford,
created duke of, 64, 97; wounded 152;
slain, 74, 153, 169
Buckingham [Edward] duke of,beheaded, 93
Bucklersbury, explosion in, 130
Bultyngbroke (Bolingbroke), Roger, 63
Burford, baron of, 158
Burges, Mayor, 93
Burgeyny. See Abergavenny
Burgovn, Edward duke of (qu. Philip duke
of Burgundy?), 158
Burgundians at the second Battle of St.
Alban’s, 155
Burgundy, Anne, sister of Philip duke of,
58,	165
Burgundy, Anthony, bastardof, 92, 181
Burgundy, Charles the Bold, duke of, 182,
183
Burgundy, John the Fearless, duke of, 53, 54
Burgundy, Philip the Good, duke of, 56,
59,	60, 61, 149, 158
Burley (Beverley), Sir Simon, 26
Burre, Mr., 131
Burse. See Exchange
Burtayne, Sir Thos., 158
Bury St. Edmund’s, 14, 149 ;parliament at,
65, 97, 149
-------Abbot of, 162
Bushy (Bussche), Sir John, 27, 28, 51
Butler (Botler), John, 79 179; Sir John, 157
Bywell Castle, Northumb., 179
Cade, John, his rébellion, 66-68, 94, 99
Cadwallader, King, 12, 13
Caen, William the Conqueror buried at, 17,29
Cagent, island of, in Flanders, 62
Calabria, Henry, duke of, 158
Calais, 62, 71, 72, 153, 169; Siégé of, by
Edward III., 23, 44, 81-5 ; by Philip,
duke of Burgundy, 61,	149,	165;
Somerset appointed captain of, 72
Caldwell, Dr., 117
Cambridge, 149, 154, 163
---------Clare Hall and Trinity Hall, 163
---------College of St. Nicholasat, 177
Cambridgeshire, 155 ; mandations in, 154
Cambridge, Rie., earl of, 170; beheaded,
t. Hen. V., 55
Camois (Cammysh), lord of, 165
Campeggio, Cardinal, legate sent to England,
93
Cândelwyke Street, 137
Cantelowe, —, 103. See Cauntelow.
Canterbury, Henry IV. buried at, 30, 54 ;
Visit of Henry VI. to, 69 ; Edward IV.
goes on pilgrimage to, 174
Canterbury, abps. of. See Arundel, Thos. :
Bourchier, Thos. : Chicheley, Henry :
Parker, Matt. : Sudbury, Simon
Canterbury, convocation of, 177
Canute (Knotte), King, 16
Capel, mayor, 92
Carlisle, bps. of. See Lumley, M. (1430-
50) : Percy, W. (1452-62)
Carmélites. See White Friars
Carowen, Sir Christopher of, 157
Carpenter, John, bp. of Worcester, 100
Cary, lady, 121-2
Castle Baynard, 33, 38
Catesby, Sir W., 158
Catherine of France, queen of Henry V.,
56, 57, 62
Cauntelow, mercer and alderman, 70. See
Cantelowe.
Cawerne (? Tavemer), Rie., 179. Compare
Gregory's Chron., 226
Cecily, lady, daughter of Edward IV., 104
Cely, Sir John, 52
Chamber and Chamberlain of London, 126
Chamburlayne, Sir Roger, 65
Champyon, John, 79
Chapman. John, 179
Charing Cross or Charoncross, Yorkshire,
160, 162
Charles VI. of France, death of, 58
Cheap, 137, 141-2, 150, 169, 174, 181.
183 ; the Cock in, 148; the Standard in,
48, 67
Cheapside, 80, 121, 129
Chedworth, John. See Lincoln, my lord
(bp.?) of
Cherbourg (Shirebrough), 56
Chertsey (Cheltesye) Abbey, 184192
INDEX.-
Cheyne, Sir John, 51
Chicheley, Henry, abp. of Canterbury, 57
Chichester, Ad. Moleyns, bp. of, murdered
(1450), 151
Christiern I.,King ofDenmark ( 1457-81 ), 158
Christiem II., King of Denmark (1513-23),
93
Cirencester, earls beheaded at, 52
Clarence, George, duke of, brother of
Edward IV., 78, 162, 183
Clarence, Lionel, duke of, 24
Clarence, Thos., duke of, son of Henry IV.,
54, 56
Clarington, Sir Roger, executed, 52
Claydon, John, 55
Clergy of London at Lambeth, 135
Clerkenwell, 143
Cleyhethe, 154
Clifford,Thos., eighthlord (1422-55), 70,152
Clifford, John, ninth lord (1455-61), 160,
161, 168, 171, 172
Clifton (Glyfton), Sir Piers, 157
Clifton, Sir Gervase, 160
Clinton (Glynton), lord, 157
Close, Nicholas, bp. of Carlisle, 101
Cobham, lord, condemned, t. Rie. II., 27, 51
Cobham, John Oldcastle, lord, 53, 54, 56,
148
Cobham, Eleanor. See Gloucester, duchess of
Cobham, Edw. Brooke, lord (1445-64), 73,
74,157
Cocfeld, Rob., 179
Cock, the, in Cheap, 148
Codnor. See Grey
Coinage, a new, 80
Coke, Sir Thos., 182
Colchester founded by King Coyll, 7
Cole, Thos. A. M., Archdeacon of Essex,
128,133
Colvyle, Sir John, 157
Comets, 52, 149, 150, 152, 156
Conduit in Fleet Street, 63
Conduit in Cornhill, 134
Conquerore, Rob., 179
Constable, Sir Rob., 158
Constabyl, Sir John, 157
Constance (Custaunce), council of, 56
Conyers (Coneres), Christopher, 158
---------(Conyas), Sir John, 157
Conyers (Coneres), Sir Roger, 157
Constans, father of Constantine the Em-
peror, 7
Constans, son of Constantine the King, 7
Constantine, the Emperor, 7, 8
Constantine, of Britanny, crowned King of
Great Britain, 9
Constantine, earl of Comwall, 11
Copinger, [William], mayor, 92
Coppini, Francesco, bp. of Teramo, papal
legate, 74
Cordell Sir Will., Master of the Rolls,
(1561), 120
Corfe Castle, 21
Corn, price of, 151,156, 159
Cornhill, 137 ; conduit in, 134
---------, St. Michael*s, 126 ; St. Peter’s,
91, 139, 140
Cornwall, Rie., earl of, son of King John, 19
Cornwaylys, Sir Thos., 158
Correy or Currey, lord, 159
Cote, Dr., 151
Cotton, Sir Roger, 105
Cotton, Will., 152
Counter, the, 121, 139, 141
---------, in the Poultry, 143
Courtenay, Piers, bp. of Exeter (1486), 105
Covent Garden, 122
Coventry, 27, 70,174; Parliament at, 169,
171
Cox, Rie., bp. of Ely (1559-81), 121, 135
Coyll, King; founder of Colchester, 7
Crackinthorpe (Grakyngthorp), Sir John,
157, 161 ; Sir Thos., 160
Cragge, lord, 159: “lord Crakkes bro-
ther,119 ïb.
Crawford (Crafford, Creyforth), earl of, 88,
159
Cressy, battle of, 23, 44
Crier, the Common, of London, 126
Cromwell, Ralph lord, 151
Cromwell, Humph. Bourchier lord (1461-
71), 157,159
Crowen, Sir Thomas, 157
Crowley, Rob., vicar of St. Giles* Cripple-
eate, &c., 136, 139
Crowmer, [Will.], 67, 68, 98
Curiel. See Kyryell
Currey or Correy, lord, 159
Cymbeline (Kymbeline), 6
Cyprus, King of, 24
Dacre of the North, lord, 157, 160, 161
Dacre of the South, lord, 157
Dacres, lord, 88
Damascus, taken by the Christians, 36
Danby, Sir Roger, 157
Daniel, Thomas, minister of Henry VI., 66,
67, 101INDEX.
193
Darnley, Henry, lord, 132, 141
David II. of Scotland, taken prisoner, 23,
24, 44
Dawson, Will., 79, 179
Dear year, the great, 46
Delabere, John, bp. of St. David's, 101
Delamore, Bernard, 80
De la Ware, lord, 157, 172
Delyngrege, Sir Edw., warden of London, 50
Denbigh, baron of, lord R. Dudley created,
129
Denmark, Kingof. See Christiern I. and II.
Deptford, vicar of, 63
Derby, earl of. See Henry IV.
Derby, Thos. Stanley, earl of (1485-1504).
105
Devonshire, Clarence and Warwick, land in,
183
Devonshire, Thos. Courtenay, earl of, be-
headed (1461), 77, 160, 161; his brother,
158
Devonshire [Henry] Courtenay, earl of,
beheaded (1468), 182. See Warkworth
Devonshire, Humph, Stafford, earl of, killed
(1471), 184
Dioclesyan, fabulous king of Syria, 1
Distaff lane, 127
Ditton (Dytton), lady(?) 161
Docfford, Harry, 79
Dokette, sir Rich., 157
“ Dolgotys brother/’ 159
Domelyn, lord, 159
Dormar,------, his book, 130
Dorset, Edmund Beaufort, earl of, created
marquis of Dorset, 64
Dorset, Thos. Grey, Marquisof (1475-1501),
104-5
---------Marchioness of, 104
Douglas, earl, 159
Douglas, Archibald, earl of, slain at Ver-
neuil, 164
Douglas, James, 164
Douglas, Sir William, taken prisoner at
Durham (Nevill’s Cross), 23
Douglas, Will., of Drumlanrig, 164
Dover, 66, 136, 141
Drought, a great, 80
Dublin (Dyvelyn) bishop of, t. Edw. III-,
81; t. Hen. V., 55
Dublin, Marquis of. See Vere, Sir Robert
Dudley, John Sutton, lord (1406-82), 67,
70, 101 note, 157
Dudley, lord Robert, created earl of Leices-
ter (1564), 129
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Dudley Castle, 70
Dudley, lord Ambrose, earl of Warwick,
his marriage (1565), 134
Dunkirk, 26
Dunstanburgh (Dunstalborw and Donsyn-
burgh) castle, 79, 159, 176, 179
Dunstal. See Tunstall
Duntyngdale, Yorkshire, 162
Duraste, lord, 184
Durham, 41, 159
Durham (Nevill’s Cross), battle of, 23
Durham, Lewis de Beaumont, bp. of, (1317-
33), 41
Durham, RobertNevill,bp.of (1438-57), 166
Dutch church in London, 142
Dyckynson,------; fishmonger, 138
Dymok, Master, his place in Fenchurch
Street, 142
Earl Marshal. See Mowbray, Thos.
Earls, the three (March, Salisbury and
Warwick), 168, 169
Earthquakes, 38, 44, 48, 49, 150, 152
Eastcheap, 137, 148
Edmund, St., King of East Anglia, murdered
by the Danes at Bury, 14
Edmund Ironside, 15
Edmund of Woodstock, son of Edward I., 20
Edmund of Langley, duke of York, 24, 170
Edward I. before the Conquest, 14
Edward IL before the Conquest 15
Edward the Confessor, 15, 16
Edward I. after the Conquest, 19, 20,30;
his birth, 35 ; his reign, 38-40
Edward II. after the Conquest (of Carnar-
von), 20, 30, 148 ; his reign, 40-43
Edward III. after the Conquest (of Wind-
sor), 21-24, 30, 170; his birth, 41 ; his
reign, 43, 47. Besieges Calais, 81, 85
Edward IV., King,-----as earl of March,
72-74, 76, 151, 153, 155, 171, 172. (See
also “Earls, the Three”);—proclaimed
king, 77, 155, 173; crowned, 78, 162;
married, 80, 180. Acts of his reign, 78-
80, 173-185. His adhérents at Towton,
161. His réception at Bristol, 85, 175.
His expédition against Scotland, 157, 159.
Conspiracy against him, 175. Sits in the
King’s Bench, ib. In the North, 176.
Overcomes Henry’s party, 179. Escapes
to Flanders, 183. Returns to England,
ib. Gains the battle of Barnet, 184; and
of Tewkesbury, ib. Knights several alder-
men 185. Reduces the Kentish men, ib.
C194
INDEX.
Edward the Black Prince, 22-24, 47, 81, 82,
170
Edward, prince, son of Henry VI., 69, 149,
154, 158, 160, 175, 184:—his wife, 184
Edwin, king of Northumberland, 12
Egremont, Thomas Percy, lord, 70, 71, 74,
149, 153, 169, 178. See also Percy,
Sir T.
Elderbeck, John, 179
Eleanor of Provence, queen of Henry III., 35
Elizabeth, queen, her toilet articles stolen,
129 ; receives the Emperor’s ambaasador,
143
Elizabeth, queen of Edward IV., 105, 181,
182
Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., birth of,
181
Ely, isle of, 155; inundations in, 154;
great Aies in, 180
Ely, bp. of. See Luxemberg, L. de (1438-
43) : Grey, Will. (1454-78): Cox, Rie.
(1559-81)
Elyn. See Helena, St.
Engest. See Hengist
England named after Ingerne, wife of Uther
Pendragon, 11
Eric XIV. of Sweden, his sister Cicely, wife
of Christopher, Margrave of Baden, 133
Erroll, earl of, 88
Essex, 155
Essex and Kent, insurrection in, 25, 48
Essex, Hen. Bourchier, first earl of (1461-
83), 157. See also Bourchier
Essex, Hen. Bourchier, second earl of
(1483-1539), 104
Est, Robert, 98
Ethelbert(Athelbryght),KingofKent, 11,12
Eton College, 177
Eu (Hyu), Count of. See Bourchier, Henry
lord
Everyngham, Sir Will., 157
Evesham, battleof, 19
Evil Mayday, 93, 141
Excestre (Exeter?) lord, a bastard son of
Humphrey Stafford, first duke of Buck-
ingham, 156
Exchange, the Royal (the merchants’
“Burse”), building of, 134-5
Exeter, 77
Exeter, bp. of. See Stapleton, W. ; Nevill,
Geo. ; Courtenay, P.
Exeter, John Holland, duke of, 51, con-
spires against Henry IV.; 28 ; beheaded, 52
Exeter, John Holland, duke of (1443-6), 97
Exeter, Thos. Beaufort, duke of (1416-26),
164
Exeter, Hen. Holland, duke of (1446-73), 72,
76,97, 156, 158, 174, 175
--------misnamed Edward, and reported
as slain at Towton, 160
--------two bastard sons of, 160
Exmewe, mayor, 93
Eye, witch of, 63
Fabulous Kings of Britain (their names are
mostly omitted in this index), 2-11
Falaise (Falloyes), taken, 56
Falconbridge, Will., lord (1429-61) ; earl of
Kent (1461-3), 70, 74, 173, 174, 175
Falconbridge (Fawcunbridgge), bastard of,
184-5
Famine, 41
Faversham (or Feversham), King Stephen
buried at, 18, 29
Fawkoner,------, 75
Fenchurch Street, 142
Fenwyck, Thos., 79,179
Ferdinand I., Emperor of Germany, his
obsequies, 129
Ferrers, Sir Ralph, 48
Ferrers of Chartley, Walter Devereux, lord,
157
Feryr, Sir Thos., 157
Ferrybridge, battle of, 162, 173
Feversham. See Faversham
Findern. See Fyndorne
Fish (Fyssh), Sir Edmond, 79, 178. See
Fizthu
Fish Street, New, 137
Fish Street, Old, 140
FitzHugh (Fyhew), lord, 157, 160, 161
Fitzwalter (Fywater), lord, 161
Fizthu (qy. Fish?), Sir Edmond, 179. [Com-
pare Gregory’s Chron., 225]
Flanders, 62, 142
Flanders, lady Regent of, 142-3
Fleet, the, prison, 121-2, 136
Fleet Street, 141-2, 151
--------Conduit in, 63
--------Standard in, 71
Flemings, 142
Flint castle, 28
Flodden, battle of, 87
Floquet, Rob. de, bailiff of Evreux, 70
Fogg (Fooge), Sir John, 157
Fontevraud, Henry II. and Richard I. buried
at, 18, 29
Fortescue, John, 102 ; Sir John Foskew, 158INDEX,
195
Fowey ravaged by pirates, 166
Framysden, 161
France, invasion of, 22, 46 ; loss of$ 96-7 ;
truce with, 181
Frankmounde, Threder, lord, 84
Fraunces, Sir Adam, 48
Frenchmen attack Sandwich, 152
Frenchmen in the North with Margaret of
Anjou, 156, 175, 176, 177
Frenchmen at sea harass the English, 181
Friars, Austin, 36
Friars Minors (or Grey Friars), 19, 34
Friars Preachers (or Black Friars), 19, 38,
183
Frosts, severe, 61, 130
Frowyke, Henry, mayor, 91
Frythe, John, his Disputation of Purgatory,
90
Fulforde, Sir Baldwin, 77
Fykeharry, Thos., 158
Fyndorne (or Findern), Sir Thos. ,80, 157,
159, 178, 179
Fynes, Mr., 119
Fvsshe. See Fish
Fytzhyth (Fitzhugh repeated ?), lord, 161
Fywater (Fitzwalter), lord, 161
Gabull of the Chancery, 102
Galleys burnt at Gravesend, 48
Garard, Sir Thos., 157
Garthe, Master, 117
Garter, knights of, 44
Gascony, 62, 66, 97, 149, 166
Gâte house, 143
Gâte, SirGeoff., 157
Gaunt. See Ghent
Gaunt, John of, 23, 24, 170. See Lancas-
ter, duke of
Geddyng,-----, 104
Gefferey (or Jefferey), Will., a heretic, 115
Gerveyse, Master, 102
Ghent (Gaunt), 59
Glastonbury, 15
Gloucester, Henry III. crowned at, 19, 29 ;
Edward II. buried at, 21, 30
Gloucester, Humphrey, duke of, 56,57, 59,
60,61,62,95,97,149,150,165 „
Gloucester, duchess of (Jaqueline of Hain-
ault), first wife of the preceding, 59.
See Holland, duchess of
Gloucester, duchess of, Eleanor Cobham,
second wife of thesame, 60, 63, 149, 150
Gloucester, Thomas, of Woodstock, duke
of, 24,26, 27, 49, 50, 51, 53
I Gloucester, Thos., lord Spencer, earl of, 51 ;
conspires against Henry IV., 28
Gloucester, Rie,, duke of (afterwards
| Richard III.), 78, 162
| Gloucester, Reginald Butler or Boulers,
! abbotof (1450), 67, 100
Glyfton. See Clifton
Glynton. See Clinton
Gog and Magog, 2
Gold, enhancing of, 93, 177
Gold, Rob., capt. of the Duke of Burgundy,
158
Good, Dr., 117
Goodefelaue, John, 73
Gosse, John, 79
---------Thos., 179
Gouffier, Will,, sieur de Bonnivet, admirai
of France, 93
Gough, Matt., 68, 151
Gracechurch (Gracious) Street, 137
Grakyngthorp. See Crackinthorpe
Grame, Will., murders James I. of Scotland,
166
Granada, capitulation of, 86
Grantham, 155
Gravelines (Gravenyng) in Flanders, 26, 62
Gravesend, 48, 61
Gray. See Grey
Graye, or Grey, Sir Ralph, 79, 156-7, 160,
165. 176, 179
Graye, Sir Thos., beheaded, t. Hen. V., 55
Gray’s Inn, 142
Greenwich, 67, 137
Grene, Sir John, ministerof Richard II., 27,
28, 51
Gresham, Sir Thos., 135
Grethorn, Sir Piers of, 157
Grey. See also Gray
Grey, Master, 88
Grey (Gray), William, bp. of Ely (1454-
78), 153, 155
Grey Friars, 74
Grey of Ruthyn (Ruffyn), lord (1462), 157
Grey of Codnor (Cottenor), lord, 157, 160
Grey of Wilton, lord (1462), 157
Greystock, lord, 157, 159
Griffin, son of Llewelin, prince of Wales, 35
Grindal, Edmund, bp. of London (1559-70),
afterwards abp. of York and of Canter-
bury, 130, 135
Gryffon, John, 158
Grysseley, Sir John, 157
Gualo, the legate, 19
l Guienne, 66, 97, 149196
INDEX.
Guildford, Surrey, 116
---------(Gyldford), Sir Rie., 102
Guildhall, the, 67, 74, 75, 129
Guines (Geynes), near Calais, 72, 169
Gutmyn, Rie., 55
Haddon, Rie., mayor, 92
Hail, a great, 132
Hainault (Henaude), 59
---------Will., earl of, 84
---------Philippa of Queen of Edward III.,
21, 24, 43
---------Sir John of, 21
Halden, Dr. Thos., 180 (note b.)
Haies, Sir Robert, prior of St. John’s, be-
headed, 25, 48
Halidon Hill, battle of, 22, 52
Ham, East, 129
Hamilton. “ Antrys his brother of Hemyl-
don,” 159
Hamilton (Homyldon), Sir Robert, 159
Hammys, Sir Edmund, 160
Hampton, John, 102
Hanley,------, 103
Harcourt (Harecourte), Rob., 158
Harepotell, Rie., 88
Harfleur (Hareflete), besieged by Henry V..
55
Harleeh Castle, N. Wales, 182
Harleston (Harslston),-----, 162
Harow [John], mercer, 74, 75, 76
Harsington, near Northampton, 74
Harylle, Sir Will., 161
Haryngton, Sir Will., 157
Hastings, Will., lord (1461-83), 157,159
Hastynges. Sir Leonard, 157
---------Sir Will, 157
Hatfield, William of, son of Edward III., 170
Havard,------, priest, 121
Havre de Grâce [Newhaven], in the hands
of the English, 122 ; surrendered, 125
Hawll, Elys (or Eliseus), of Manchester,
125-6
Hay Hill, gallows on, 129
Haysond,-----, squire, 77
Hegge, Thos., 79
Helena (Elyn), St the mother of Constan-
tine, 7, 8
Hennawde. See Hainault
Hengist (Engest), 9, 10
Henry I. (Beauclerc), 17, 18, 29
Henry II., 18, 2.9
Henry III., 19, 29 ; his birth, 32 ; his reign,
33-38
Henry IV., as Henry of Bolingbroke, earl
of Derby, 26, 27, 49; created duke of
Hereford, 27, 51; made King, 28, 30, 51;
his sons beaten in Easteheap, 148 ; his
parliaments, 171
Henry V., as Prince of Wales, 28 ; as King,
30, 148
Henry VI., 31 ; birth of, 57, 164 ; his reign,
58-78, 148, 164-173 ; at the second battle
of St Albans, 76, 155 ; goes of with the
Northernmen, 155 ; Aies to Berwick, 77 ;
which he delivers to the Scots andFreneh,
78; in Scotland, 158; his adhérents,
161; attainted, 175; conspiracy in favour
of, 162; taken prisoner, 80, 180-1; his
helmet, crown, &c., taken, 179; his party
almost quashed, 179 ; released from the
Tower, 183 ; replaced there, 184 ; dies,
ib.
Henry (Herry), the dauphin (?), 158
Herberd, [Thomas], attendant of Hum-
phrey, duke of Gloucester, 65
Herbert, Will., lord (1461-8), earl of Pem-
broke (1468-9), 157, 182, 183	.
Hereford, duke of. See Henry IV.
Hereford, Rie. Beauchamp, bp. of, 100
Hereford (Hartford), Rob. Crowley, dean
(should be archdeacon) of, 139
“ Hertfordensis episcopus/’beheaded (1459),
153.—N.B. If the bp. of Hereford was
here intended, it is an error.
Hevyngham, Sir John, 157
Hewlyn, Will., mayor, 71
Hexham (Exham), Northumb., 79, 178,
179
Heydon, [John],162
Heyron, Sir John, 160
Highbury, 48
Hodyliston, Sir John, 157
Holborn, 120, 121 ; St. Andrew’s in, 122
Holderness, Robin of, 183
Holland, duke William of, visits England,
55
Holland; Jaqueline, duchess of, wife of
Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, 59, 60
Honte, Rawlyne, 79
Honte*Thos., 79
Hoo, Sir Thos., 102
Home, Robert, 103
Home, Rob., bp. of Winchester (1561-80),
135, 140
Howard, John, 157
Howard, lord, at Flodden, 87-9
| Howlegrave, Thos., mayor, 92INDEX.
197
Hoxton (Hogston), 143
Hugh, St., of Lincoln, 19, 32
Hull, Sir Thos., 70
Hungerford (Hongerford), lord, 79, 156,
158, 178, 179
Hungerford, [Thos.], lord Molines, be-
headed (1468), 182
Hunt, Thos., footman of Henry VI., 179
---------, Walter, 179
Huntingdon, Sir Will. Clinton, earl of (1337-
54), 83
Huntingdon, John Holland, first earl of
thatline,created dukeof Exeter (1397), 51
Huntingdon, countess of, 57
Huntingdon, John Holland, second earl of,
61, 62, 165
Huntingdon, 155
Huntingdonshire, inundations in, 154
Huntley, earl of, 88
Hurling time, the, 25, 48
Huske, (Uske?), Thos., serjeant-at-arms,
t. Rie., IL, 26
Husy, Sir Thos., 178, 179
Hyde, abbot of, 105
Hyll, Sir Will., 161
Hyu. See Eu
Iden, Alex., 68
Ingerne, wife of Uther Pendragon, 11
Injunctions of Queen Elizabeth to the
clergy, 135
Interdict in King John’s time, 32
Inundations, 154, 181
Ireland, Richard II. goesto, 27, 28 ; returns
from, 50 ; the duke of York cornes from,
170
Ireland, duke of. See Vere, Sir Robert
Irish Bishop, an, escapes from the Tower,
132
Isabel of Bavaria, queen of Charles VI. of
France, 56
Isabella of France, queen of Edward II.,
21, 22, 40
Isabella, of France, queen of Richard II.,
26, 50
Islam (?), 152
Isle,----, 98
Islington, 80, 143
Jacobites, or Dominican friars, 180
Jake Napis, nickname of the duke of Suffolk,
99-103
Tnlfîc Rlopt 1 7Q
James I., King of Scots (1406-37), 57, 165
James II., “ the King of Scots with the red
face ” (1437-60), 168
James IV., 87, 89
James VI. of Scotland, 143
Janyn, Marshaunt, 48
Jefferey, Will., a heretic, 115
Jenyn, Stephen, mayor, 92
Jenyngs, Sir John, 114
Jews massacred, 31; exiled, 39
Joan (or Jane) duchess of Britanny, married
to Henry IV., 52
Jobson, Sir Fras., lieutenant of the Tower,
133
John, King, 18, 19, 29, 31-33
John II., King of France, called “son”
(should be “ brother ”) of Philip of
Valois (Philip VL), 23, 24, 45
John of Gaunt, 23, 24, 170
Jones, Master, 117
Josselynge, Ralph, mayor, knighted, 80
Judde [John], master of the Ordnance, 73
103
Juillian, Will., 84
Kam, bailiff of 159
Katerton, Thos., 48
Katherine. See Catherine
Keepers and bailiffs of London, temp. Rie. I.
and John, 31, 32
Kemp, John, abp. of York (1426-51), of
Canterbury (1452-4) Cardinal and Lord
Chancellor, 68, 166
Kendal, John de Foix, earl of, 73
Kenilworth (Kyllingworthe) 67, 183
Kennedy, Sir Will., 78
Kent, 154-5, insurrection in, 25, 48, 66-68,
94, 149-151, 183—5 :—Henry VI. in, 68
Kent, Captain of, 154
Kent, Thomas Holland, thirdearl of, created
duke of Surrey, 51 ; beheaded, 52
Kent, countess of, widow of first earl,
married to the Black Prince, 24
Kent, Countess of, widow of third earl, 57
Kent, Edmund Holland, fourth earl of
(1400-7), 53
Kent, Will. Nevill, earl of, t. Edward IV., 77,
157, 159
Kent, Thos., 102
Kilmainham (Kylmayne) in Ireland, prior
of, 65
Kingston bridge, 69
Knights of the Bath, manner of niaking,
106-113
Knollis, Sir Robert, 46198
INDEX,
Knotte, King. See Canute
Knyston,------, 104
Kyllingworthe. See Kenilworth
Kymbeline (Cymbeline), King,
Kyme, earl of. See Tailbois
Kyrkeby,------, 48
Kyrton, Mrs., 132
Kyryell (Curiel), Sir Thos., 76, 155, 172
Lambart, alderman, sheriff, 141
Lambeth, 131, 135, 167, 174
Lampole, Sir Thos. 157
Lancaster, Henry, earlof (1346), 82 ; after-
wards duke, 23
Lancaster, John of Gaunt, duke of, 24, 47,
49, 51
Lancaster, St. Thomas, earl of, 20
Langley, Richard II., buried at, 28, 30, 52 ;
his body removed from, 54
Langley, Edmund of, duke of York, 24
Langley, alderman, 141
Langley Castle, Northumberland, 176
Langton. Thos. [should be John] bp. of St.
David’s, Chancellor of Cambridge (ob.
1447), 151
Latimer, lord, 157
Launde, prior of, executed, 52
Launson. See Alençon
La-Warr, Thos. West, lord (1486), 104-5
Lawnde, Robert, knighted, 48
Lear (Leyre), King, 3
Lee. See Ale
Legge, John, 48
Leicester, 59, 152, 175 ; Parliament at, 66
Leicester, Rob. Dudley, earl of, 129, 137
Lennox, earl of (1513), 88
---------countess of (Darnley’s mother),
132, 141
Lewes, battle of, 19,37
Lewis, the lord, 158
Limehouse (Lymeoste), 66
Lincoln, John Russell, bp. of (1480-95)
104-5
Lincoln,Will., Alnwick, bp.of (ob. 1449), 151
Lionel, son of Edward III., 170; madeduke
of Clarence, 24
Lincoln, my lord (bishop?) of, 156 (John
Chedworth, bp. 1452-71)
Lisle, lord, son of Talbot, first earl of
Shrewsbury, 166
Llewelyn (Newlyn), Prince of Wales, 20,
35,38
Lodge, Sir Thos., mayor of London, 126-7
Lombard Street, 137
Lombards, the, and the mercers “ horlynge
between,7 0
Lomney, Sir Ralph, 52
Lomney (Lumley?), lord, 157
London, founded by Brutus, 2. London-
bridge and great part of city burnt, 32.
Stone bridge begun, 33. Castle Baynard
destroyed, ib. Henry III. intended to cast
down the city walls, ib. Warren granted
to the city, 34; also common seal and other
rights, ib. Ordinance touching sheriffs,
34. Fall of a tower of London Bridge,
62, 149 ; Jack Cade in, 67. Heads placed
on London Bridge, 68, 73. Battle on
London-bridge, ib. Duke of York rides
through, 69. Tower at war with the city,
73. Scarcity of victuals in, 122. Mortality
of the plague in, 123-5. The old bishops
removed from the Tower (1563), 126.
Chamber and Chamberlain of L., 126,
Mayor of, bankrupt, 126, 127. Mayor
wears a beard, 127. Procession of Dud-
ley, earl of Leicester, through,137. The
city threatened by the Northern men, 172.
Certain merchants of, rnade knights of the
Bath, 180. Kentish men attack, 183, 184
London, keepers and bailiffs of, under Ric.I.,
31 ; under John, 31, 32 mayors and
sheriffs of, under John, 32, 33; under
Henry III., 33-38; under Edward I., 38-
40; under Edward II., 40-43; under
Edward III., 43-47 ; under Richard II.,
47-51 ; under Henry IV., 52-54; under
Henry V., 54-57 ; under Henry VI., 58-
75 ; under Edward IV., 78-80. N.B.—
These officers are not indexed individually
under their names, as lists of them can be
found in many other Works. See Appen-
dix to the “ Historical Collections of a
Citizen of London,” pp. 241-279
London-bridge, 137, 140, 179, 184. See
also London
London-house (bishop of London* s palace),
169, 183
London-stone, 137
London, John Stokesley, bp. of, 89
London, Edmund Grindall, bp. of, 130, 140
London, bp. of, his man’s house at Hoxton,
143
London, Rob. Gilbert, bp. of (ob. 1448), 151
Louis IV. of Bavaria (“ Lowes Emperoure
of the Normaynes *')♦ 84
Louis XI. of France, 158, 181
Lovell, John lord (1454-63), 73INDEX,
199
Lowe, John, bp. of Rochester, 100
Lud, king, 5
Lucius (Lucye), king, converted to Chris-
tianity, 6, 7
Lucy, Sir Will., 74
Ludgate, 137
Ludlow, 72, 168
Lumley. See Lomney
Lumley, Marmaduke, bp. of Carlisle (1430-
50), 151
Luton, near St. Alban’s, 155
Luxemburg, Louis de, Cardinal abp. of
Rouen and bishop of Ely (1438-43),
chancellor of Normandy, 64
Lyard, Walter [bp. of Norwich?], 101
Lyle, Sir Humphrev, 88
Lyle, lord, of Crayle, 159
Lyndesey, Sir Alex., 164
Lyons, Richard, 48
Machony, 84
Mackerell, Dr., 161
Maine. See Anjou
Malarie, Sir Rie., mayor of London, 133
Malery, Sir Thos., 157
Malley (Mawley), lord, 161
Malpas, Philip, 67, 103, 150
Malt (brasium), price of, 151, 156, 159
Maltravers (Matrevys), lord, 105
Man, Will., 132
Manchester, 125
Mandfeld (Mansfield), Gebonde or Gilbert,
50
Manning, Dr., 80
March, earl of. See Edward IV. : Mortimer,
Edmund and Roger
Marcham Dale, Sir William, 157
Mardyke, near Calais, 62
Mare, Bernard de la, 178
Mare, Edw. (q. Bernard?) de la, 179. [See
Gregory, 225]
Marfyn, John, 79. See Merfyn.
Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Henry, VI.,
64,79, 149, 154-6, 158, 160, 162, 166,
175, 180, 184
Margaret, sister of Edward IV., married to
Charles duke of Burgundy, 182
Margaret, sister of Philip IV. of France, 20
Maroke, Charles of, 84
Marr, earl of, 164
Marrebon, count of, 164
Marshal, Earl and Countess. See Mowbray
Marshalsea in Southwark, 115, 121, 136
Marshaunt, Janyn, 48
Martin V., pope, 56
Massam, Nich., 179
Massy, Nie., 80
Matrevys. See Mal travers
Maud, daughterof Malcolm III. of Scotland
married to Henry Beauclerc, 17
Mauley (Malley), lord, 161
Maximilian II., Emperor, 142
Maxon (Maxwell), lord, Scotch Warden of
the West Marches, 159
Mayence, abp. of, 85
May ors of London. See London
Meautis (Nutas), John, French secretary to
Henry VIII., 93
Meaux en Brie, 57, 58
Medilton,----, attendant of Humph. duke
of Gloucester, 65
Melbourne, 155
Melder, Reynold, duke of, 84
Mellyn, Sir Roger, 161
Menteith (Mountyf), earl of, taken prisoner
at Durham (Nevill’s Cross), 23
Mercers, the, and the Lombards, “ horlynge ”
between, 70
Merfyn, Rob., [should be John. See Rolls
of Pari. V. 477], 179. See also Marfyn
Middleham (Medlame), Yorkshire, 72, 79,
179
Milan, duchess of, her daughter married to
the earl of Kent, t. Hen. IV., 53
Minories, the, 142-3
Molines (Mullens), lord, 160
Moleyns, Adam, keeper of the privy seal,
afterwards bp. of Chichester, 64, 101 ;
murdered, 151
Monkys,------, 75
Mons (Moynys), in Hainault, 59
Montague, John Nevill, lord (1461-71),
156, 159, 178, 179 Created earl of
Northumberland (1464), 179
Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester, 19
Montgomery (Mongorye), Sir Thomas, 157
Montgomery, John, 78
More, John, 115
Mortain, earl of, 165
Mortimer, Anne and Alianore, daughters of
Roger earl of March, 170
Mortimer, Edmund, earl of March, 170-1
Mortimer, John, name assumed by Cade 66
Mortimer, Sir John, 58, 148
Mortimer, Roger, earl of March, 170
Mortimer, Sir Roger, 21, 22,43
Mortimer’s Cross, battle of, 77
Mortlond (Herts?), 158200
INDEX.
Morton, the lord (qu. Dr.), 158
Morton, Dr. (afterwards Cardinal), 159,161
Mountford (Mowmfford), [Osbert], 73
Mountjoy, Walter Blount, lord, 182
Mountjoy place, 143
Mountyf. See Menteith
Mowbray, Humphrey [John], third duke of
Norfolk, 162
Mowbray, Th os., earl of Nottingham, earl
Marshall, afterwards duke of Norfolk, 26,
27, 51
Mowbray, Catherine, Countess Marshall,
widow of preceding, 57
Mownforth, Sir Tho., 157
Mowntener, lord, 157
Mullens, lord, 160
Mundy, mayor, 93
Murray, earl of (slain 1424), 164
Murray, Jas., earl of, 141
Murray, lord Chas., 159
Mylborn, mayor, 93
Myleton, W., D.D., 163
Myners,-----, 103
Mynsterworthe, John, 47
Mytton, Gilbert of, 41
Navarre (Navernj count of, 164
Navarre, King of (John II.), 158
Nedam,------, yeomanof Humphrey duke of
Gloucester, 65
Nevell,-----, of the Temple, 73
Nevill, Sir John, son of Rie., earl of Salis-
bury, 70
Nevill, Ralph, lord, created earl of West-
moreland, 51
Nevill, Geo., bp. of Exeter (1456-65), abp.
ofYork (1465-76), chancellor (1460-3),
74, 153, 173, 178
Nevill, lord (1486), 105
Nevill, [John], lord (brother of the earl of
Westmoreland), 171 ; slain at Towton
(1461), 160, 161
Nevill, Alex., abp. of York, 26
Nevill’s Cross (Durham), battle of, 23
Newall (Nowall), [Alex.], dean of St. PauPs,
130
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 79, 179
Newgate, 80, 122, 148, 149
Newgate Market, 121
Newhaven. See Havre de Grâce
Newlyn. See Llewelyn
Newmarket, (Novum Mercatum), 149
Newnton, Thos., 50
Newporte. See Nieuport
Nicholas of the Tower, ship named, 66, 99
Nieuport, in Flanders, 26
Nocston, Sir Thos., 157
Nomannyslond, St. Alban's, 155
Norbockewe, Sir Henry, 161
Norbury, John, 49
Norcyn, David, book of, 103
Norfolk, inundations in, 154
Norfolk, price of corn in, 159
Norfolk and Suffolk, 155; proposed invasion
of, 158
Norfolk,Thos. Mowbray, first duke of (1397-
1413), 27
Norfolk, John Mowbray, third duke of,
(1432-61), 61, 76, 77, 97, 151, 155, 161,
(misnamed Humphrey), 162, 172, 173
Norfolk, John Mowbray, fourth duke of,
(1461-76), 157
Norham castle taken by the Lancastrians,
178
Norman, John, mayor of London, 69
Normandy, Chancellor of. See Luxemburg,
Louis de
Normandy, invaded by Henry V., 55, 56 ;
lost, 66, 97, 166
North, Roger lord (1564-1600), 143
Northampton, 153, 162, 183; parliament
at, 48 ; battle of, 74, 153, 169
Northampton, John of, 49
Northumberland, earldom of, 183
Northumberland, Henry Percy, first earl of,
(1377-1408), 51, 53
Northumberland, Henry Percy, second earl
of, (1414-55), 70, 152, 166'
Northumberland, Henry Percy, third earl of
(1455-61), 71, 160, 161, 168
Norwell, Will., 85
Norwich, Henry, (not Richard), Spencer,
bp. of. 26, 49
Norword, John, 47
Norys, Sir Will., 157
Nottingham, 155
Nottingham, Thos. of Mowbray, earl of, 26,
49
Nottingham, Sir Will. Becheham, earl, 83.
See foot note
Nowell, Alex., dean of St. PauPs, 130, 132
Nutas. See Meautis
“ Obedience of a Christian Man,” the, book
called, 90
Offa, king, founder of St. Alban’s, 13
Ogle, lord, 157 (note), 159INDEX.
201
Okeley, —, 75
Old Fish Street, St. Margaret’s, 140
Old Swan, the, 131
Oldale (Oldhall), Sir Will., 164
Oldcastle, Sir John, lord Cobham, 53, 54,
56; book of, 90
Orléans, siégé of, 60
Orléans, Louis, duke of, 53, 54
Orléans, Charles, duke of, 62
Ormond, Jas. Butler, fourth earl of, 65
Ormond, Thos., 158
Ormund, Sir John, 161
Orth, Sir Hugh, 164
Osey, Sir Harry of, 157
Oswald, St., King of Northumberland, 12
Oswestry, Salop, 142
Oswyne, King of Northumberland, 12
Owen, Sir David, 104
Oxford, 177 ; persons beheaded at, 52
Oxford, Robert Vere, 9th earl of, aft. Duke
of Ireland. See Vere, Sir Robert
Oxford, Sir John Vere, 7th earl of (1331-
60), 84
Oxford, John Vere, 12th earl of (1417-61),
78, 162
Oxford, John Vere, 13th earlof (1464-1513),
105
Oxford, Edw. Vere, I7th earl of (1562-
1604), his place in St. Swithin’s church-
yard, 137
Oxyll (qu. Ogle), lord, 157
Oye, 62
Padolyse, Sir Pi ers, 157
Palm Sunday field. See Towton, battle of
Paris, 166; Henry VI. crowned at, 61, 164
Parker, Henry, Carmélite Friar, 180
Parker, Matt., abp. of Canterbury (1559-
75), 129, 135
Partridge, Sir Miles, 127
Paul II., pope, 181
Paul’s Cross, 89, 125-6, 128, 173, 180
Peas, price of, 159
Pecock(Pokok), Reginald, bp.of Chichester,
accused of heresy (1457), 71, 167-8
Pekerynge, [Jas.], 76
Pellam, capt., 142
Pembroke, Sir Laurence Hastings, earl of,
t. Edw. III., 84
Pembroke, John Hastings, earl of, t. Rie.
II., 48
Pembroke, Jasper Tudor, earl of (1452-61),
77; taken prisoner, 155; appointed to in-
vadeEngland, 158 ; inBamborough castle,i’6.
Penycoke, John, 101
CAMD. SOC.	2
Penyngton, Will., 178, 179
Percy, Sir Harry (Hotspur), 51, 52
Percy, Sir Ralph, 156, 158, 176, 178
Percy, dominus R. de, 160
Percy, Sir Thos., created earl of Worcester,
51, 52
Percy, Sir Thos. [lord Egremont], breaks
out of Newgate, 70
Percy, Will., bp. of Carlisle (1452-62), 152
Perpoynt, Mrs., 121-2
Pestilence, the first, t. Edw. III., 44 ; the
great, 45 ; the third, ib. ; the fourth, 46 ;
the fifth,47
Peterborough, 155
Philip of Valois (Philip VI. of France), 23
Philippa, daughter of Lionel, duke of
Clarence, 170-1
Philippa of Hainhault, Queen of Edward
III., 21, 24, 43
Philpott, John, knighted, 48
Philpot, John, parson of St. Michael’s,
Cornbill, 126, 139, 140
Pickering. See Pekerynge
Piggate, Sir Ralph, 161
Plague in London, mortality of the, 123-5,
144-7
Pleshy (Plaschey), the Duke of Gloucester’s
place, 27, 52
Plomer, John, knighted, 80, 182
Plumpton (Plomtun), Sir Will., 161
Plummer, Sir Thos., 182
Poitiers (Peyters), battle of, 23, 45
Pokok. See Pecock
Pokrych (Puckeridge), Herts. 162
Pôle (Poole), Sir Michael de la, earl of
Suffolk, 26
Pôle, William de la. See Suffolk
Pomfret, 28, 52, 154
Ponington, Sir Will., warden of Topcliff, 79
Pont de l’Arche (Pountelarge), taken, 56
Pont Meulan (Pownt-Melayne), surrendered
58
Ponynges, lord, 164
Popering, near Calais, 62, 165
Pork, Sir Matt., 164
Porter,-----, 162
Portugal, King of (Alfonso V), 158
Poultry, the (stocks called the Pultrie), 121
---------Counter in, 143
Powes, lord, 157, 159
Poynes, Mr. 104
“ Practyse of Prelates,” the, book called, 90
Prague, lords of, war against, 60
Preston, lord, 159
Prohibited books, 89
D202
INDEX.
Provence, Eleanor, daughter of the count
of, married to Henry III., 35
Pryce, Will., 79
Puckeridge (Pokrych), Herts, 162
Pudding Lane, 143
Pulford,----, 103
Tultrie. See Poultry.
Puritans, 143
Pygot, Sir Ralph, 157
Raclyf, Henry, of Framysden, 161
Radcote (Ratcote), Oxfordshire, meeting of
lords against Richard IL at, 26
Radynton, Sir Baldwin, 50
Ravenspur, Yorkshire, Richard II. lands at,
27, 51
Reading Abbey, Henry I. buried at, 18, 29
---------Abbotof, 100
Redesdale, Robin of, 182
Reste, John, mayor, 93
Reyner, Sir Will., 157
Richard, I., 18, 29, 31
Richard, IL, 24-28, 30, 52, 170
Richard, III. See Gloucester, duke of
Richard, son of Henry I., 17
Richard, earl of Cornwall, son of King
John, 19
Richmond, 143
Risebank at Calais, 73
Rivers, Rie. Woodville lord, 72, 102, 157,
180, 183; his son Anthony. See Woodville
Robin of Redesdale, 182
Robin of Holderness, 183
Rochester, 136
Rochester, Edmund Gheast, bp. of ( 1559-71),
130
Rochester, John Lowe, bp. of, 100
Rolls, Master of (Sir Will. Cordell), 120
* Rolles, Sir John of the, 117, 120
Rone. See Rouen
Rood lane, 139
Roos, Thomas lord (1431-64) 76,	80;
appointed to invade England, 158 ; in
Bamborough Castle, ib. ; slain, 156; re-
ported as slain at Towton, 160 ; his con-
flicts with Montague, 178 ; beheaded, 179
Roose, Sir Rob., secretary to King Henry
VI., 64, 101
Rosamond’s Bower, 18
Rosell, John, 179
Rouen (Rone), besieged and taken, 56
Rouen, Cardinal abp. of, Louis de Luxem-
burg), 64
Routhe, Thos., 79
Roxburgh besieged by James I., 165; by
James IL, 168
Roye, Friar. His Book against the Seven
Sacraments, 90
Royston, 149, 151, 155, 156
Russell, Anne, daughter of Francis earl of
Bedford, married to Ambrose Duley earl
of Warwick, 134
Russell (Rosell) John, 179
Russell, John, bp. of Lincoln. See Lincoln
Russell, Sir John, of Worcester, 158
Rutland, earl of, t. Rie. II. created duke of
Albemarle (“ Arondell ” in text), 51
Rutland, earl of, son of Rie. duke of York,
72, 75, 76, 154
Ruthyn. See Grey
Rye, 140
Rynge Crosse, 143
Sackville. See Sakefylde
St. Alban*s, 73, 76, Abbey of, 13
--------- [John Whethamstede] abbot of,
100
---------first battle of, 70, 149, 152, 168,
169 ; second battle of, 76, 155, 172
St. Alborghe, abbot of 101
St. Andrew’s Undershaft, 93, 132
St. Antholine’s, 139
St. Asaph, Thomas, bp. of, 100
St. Bartholomew’s the Less, parson of, I26
St. David’s, John Delabere, bp.of, 101
St. Edmund’s. See Bury St. Edmund’s
St. Edward the Confessor, shrine'of, 37
St. George. See Seynt George
St. George’s in the Fields, 137
St. Giles in the Fields, 71
St. Giles without Cripplegate, 135,-139
St. James*, 129
St. John’s priory, 48; prior of, 184
St. Katherine*s, 63, 132
St. Katherine*s Pool, 143
St. Lawrence, master of, 102
St. Magnus*, 138-9
St. Margaret Pattens, 139
St. Margaret’s, Old Fish Street, 140
St. Martin*s, 93
St. Martin’s Ironmonger Lane, 127
St. Mary Abchurch, parson of, 127
St. Mary Magdalen*s, Milk Street, 136
St. Mary Overy’s church, founded, 32 ;
churchyard, 75; stairs, 137
St. MichaePs, Cornhill, parson of, 126
St. Mildred’s in Bread Street, 138
St. Neot's, 154INDEX.
203
St. Nicholas Lane, 137
St. Paul’s, London, 69, 75, 134, 139, 142,
184 ; churchyard, 167 ; steeple of, 57, 65,
78, 116, 149
---------Alex. Nowell, dean of, 130
St. Paul’s churchyard, 137
St. Peter of Milan, 36
St. Peter’s, Cornhill, 91
---------parson of, 139, 140
St. Peter le Poer, (?) 139
St. Swithin’s churchyard, London, 137
St. Thomas of Acres, in Cheap, 142
St. Thomas of Canterbury (Becket), 18,19,33
St. Thomas, earl of Lancaster, 20
St. Thomas Watering, 68
Sakefylde, lady, 121
Sakvyll Place, 141
Salisbury, 69
Salisbury, Rie. Nevill, earl of, 70-76 ; 153,
154, 168, 171. See also “ Earls, thethree ”
---------, his place, 75
---------, his son Thomas, 171
Salisbury, John de Montacute, earl of, con-
spires against Henry IV., 28; beheaded, 52
Salisbury, Thos. de Montacute, earl of, (1409-
28), 58, 164
Salisbury, bp. of (Thos. Langton), 105
Salisbury, bp. of, (Will. Ayscough), 67, 69,
100
Salisbury Court, 141
Salisbury, Sir John, 26
Samfford Hill, 48
Sandwich, 72, 73. 153 ; spoiled by the
French, 71, 152, 166; intended landing
at, 158
Sandyfforde, near Southampton, 74
Saturday. “ The Wode Saturday,” 47
Sandynforde, Yorkshire, 154
Savey, Sir John, 157
Savoy, the, London, 24, 48, 122
Say, Jas. Fienes, lord, 66, 67, 101
Say, John, 101
Say, lord John, 150. This is an error, Jas.,
lord Say, being intended
Say, lord (1462), 157
Say, Will., 102
Scales, Thos. lord (1418-60), 60, 68, 73, 75,
151, 153, 164, 169
Scales, Anthony, lord. See Woodville
Scalys, lord, said to hâve been killed at
Towton (1461), 160, 161
Scot, Sir John, 157
Scot, a, preacher at St. Magnus, 138-9
Scotland, 40, 41, 49; news out of, 159 ;
Lancastrian lords in, 158 ; Henry VI. and
Margaret of Anjou in, 175 ; truce with, 181
---------, lord Chamberlain of, 88
Scots in possession of Berwick, 175
Scots with Margaret of Anjou, 155, 175,
176, 177
Scrope, Roger, abp. of York, 53
Scrope, Sir Will. (created earl of Wiltshire
by Richard IL), 27, 28, 51
Scrope, Henry, lord, beheaded t. Hen, V., 55
Scrope, Henry, lord (in 1561), 119
Scrope of Bolton, lord, 157
Scutage, 37
Seeton, Yorksh., 160
Senkeler,-----, 75
Serjeant’s feast, the, 142
Serle, Will., the murderer of Thomas of
of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester, 53
Seton (Towton), battle of, 161, 162
Seynt Gorge, Sir Geo., 157
Shaftesbury, 117
Sharp (Scharp), Jack, 148
Shegge (Slegg?) Stephen, 102
Shene, 26
Sheriffs of London. See London. Not to
hold office more than a year, 34
Sherewod, Harry, and his wife, 121, 122
Sherwood Forest, captain in, 162
Shireborne, battle at (battle of Towton), 77.
See Towton
Shooters Hill, (Sheters Hill), 61
Shoreditch churchyard, 126
Shrewsbury, battle of, 52
Shrewsbury, first earl of. See Talbot
Shrewsbury, John Talbot, second earl of
(1453-60), 74, 153, 169
Shrewsbury, John Talbot, third earl of
(1460-73), 157, 159, 160, 161
Sicily, kingof, 158
Sigismund, the Emperor visits England, 55
Skipton in Craven (Shipton in Crawyn),
castle of, taken by the Lancastrians, 178;
surrendered to Edward IV., 179
Slegge (Stephen ?), 98, 102
Sluys (Skluse, Slews), naval battleat, 22, 44
Smithfield, 48, 55, 63, 126, 181
---------prior of St. John’s in, 184
Soham, 154
Somerset, John Beaufort, first earl of,
created marquis of Dorset, 51
Somerset, John Beaufort, first duke of
(1443-4), 64
Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, second duke
of (1448-55), 70, 149, 152204
INDEX.
Somerset, Henry Beaufort, third duke of
(1455-64), 71,76, 79, 154, 168, 171, 172,
174 ; attainted, 175 ; preparingto invade
England, 156, 158 ; in Bamborough
Castle, 158 ; submits to King Edward,
176 ; deserts him, 177; bis battles with
Somerset, 178 ; reported as slain, 156,
160 ; beheaded, 179
Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, fourth duke of
beheaded (1471), 184
Somerset, lord John, of, 184
Somerset, master, 101
Somerset, Sir Charles, 105
Somner, Rie., 48
Southampton, 55
Southwark, 137,140, 154 ; burnt, 32 ; men
beheaded in, 68 ; Yorkists in, 73 ; Mar-
sh alsea in, 115, 121 ; hay-cart burnt in,
117 ; ravaged by Kentish men, 183
Southwick (Sowtwyk), lord, 157
Southwell (Suthwell), the lord. 158
Spain, duke of, 158
Spain, men of, to invade England, 158
Spaldynge, Piers of, 41
Sparke's place beside Oye, 62
Spencer, lord, created earl of Gloucester,
51 ; beheaded, 52
Spencer, Henry (not Richard), bp. of Nor-
wich, 26, 49
Spencers, the, temp. Edward II., 21, 42
S piller, Will„ 79, 179
Stace,-----, 102
Stafford, earl of. t. Hen. IV., 52
Stafford, Humphrey, earl of, t. Hen. VI.,
afterwards duke of Buckingham, 61, 64
Stafford, sir Humphrey, 67
Stafford, John, 67, 161
Stamford, 155, 156
Stanbury, John, prior, provost of Eton, ICO
Standard, the, in Cheap, 48, 67, 125
Standard, the, in Flete strete, 71
Stanley, Thos., second lord (1459-85), earl
of Derby (1485-1504), 157
Stanley, Sir Edw., 88
----------Sir	John, 157
----------Sir	Thos., 102
----------Sir	Will., 157
Stannyewyssche, Sir Jas., 157
Staple, or Stable, Adam, deposed from the
mayoralty, 47
Stapleton, Walter, bp. of Exeter, t. Edw. II.,
21, 42
Stephen, King, 18, 29
Stepney, Philpot, parson of, 139, 140
Stewart (Styward), John, 159
Stokebrege, Will., 127
Stokesley, John, bp. of London, 89
Stokton, John, mayor, 92
Stonnar, Sir Will., 105
Stourbridge (Stebrigge), fair, 153
Stourton, lord, 102, 157
Strange, Geo. Stanley, lord (1482-97),
104-5
Strawe, Jack, 25
Strumpets, ordinance relating to, 62
Stuntney, 154
Sturgyn,------, 126
Styward, John, 159
Sudbury, Suflf., 132
Sudbury, Simon, abp. of Canterbury, be-
headed, 25, 48
Sudeley, lord, 102
Suflfolk. See Norfolk
Suflfolk, Sir Rob. d’Uflford, earl of (t. Edw.
III.), 83
Suflfolk, Michael De la Pôle, earl of, t. Rie.
II., 49
Suflfolk, Will. De la Pôle, earl of (afterwards
marquis and dukeof), t. Hen. VI., 60, 64,
65, 66, 95, 97, 101, 149, 150, 164
Suflfolk [Frances], duchess of (1567), 142
Suflfolk, John de la Pôle, duke of (1463-91),
157, 162
Sunday, markets not to be held on, 64
Surrey, duke of, 28, 51
Surrey, Thos. Howard, earl of, at Flodden,
87-8
Surrye, i.e. Syria, l
Sussex, Henry VI. in, 68
Sussex, Thos. Ratcliflf, earl of (1567), 142-3
Swan, Sir John, 157
Sweden, King of. See Eric XIV.
Symsone,------, wife of, 140
Syria (“ Surrye”), 1
Syvas (?), lord, 161
Tadcaster, Yorkshire, 173
Tailbois (Treilboz), [William], called earl
of Kyme, 156, 161, 178, 179
Talbot, John, lord (1421-42), first earl of
Shrewsbury (1442-53), 60, 166
Tate, John, “ with the powlydhed,” mayor,
92 ; Sir John, knight, mayor, 92
Taylboys, Sir Will., 158
Tayler, Will., burnt in Smithfield, 58
Tayllour, Will., alderman, 71 ; mayor, 92
Tempests, great, 46, 134, 181
Templars, destruction of the, 20INDEX.
205
Temple Bar, 71, 122, 137
Terell. See Tyrell
Tewkesbury, battle of, 184
Thames, three floods in ttae, 54 ; overflow
of, 66 ; frozen over, 131
Thames Street, 138
Thetford, Norf., 154
Thomas of Brotherton, Earl Marshal, son of
Edward I., 20
Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester,
son of Edward III., 24, 26, 27
Thomas, duke of Clarence, son of Henry
IV., 54
Thomas, Robert, master gunner, 134
Thorpe, a book of, 90
Thorpe, [baron of the Exchequer], 73, 75,
103
Three Crânes in the Vintry, the, 137
Throgmorton, Sir Nie., 163
Thyne, abp. of, 85
Tides, very high, in the Thames, 129 .
TopclifF, warden of (Sir W. Ponyngton), 79
Touques (Towcke) in Normandy, 56
Tower of London, 64, 67, 69, 73, 74, 75,
80, 132, 133, 139, 141-2, 153, 169, 172,
174, 181,182,183
Tower Hill, 133; executions on, 48, 63,
66, 78
Tower Hill, abbot of, 100
Tower Stairs, 142
Tower Street, 133
Towrs,------, 139
Towton, battle of, or Palm Sunday Field,
77, 159, 160, 173. See also Seton
Treilboz. See Tailbois
Trent, the river, 155, 173
Tresilian, Sir Rob., chief justice, t. Rie. II„
26, 49
Trevilian, John, 101
Troblefylde, Mr., 104
Trollope, Davy, 161
Trollope, Andrew, 154-5, 161 (bis)
Troyes, treaty of, 56
Tuddenham (Tudnam), Sir Tho., 78, 103,
162
Tunstall (Dunstal), Sir Rie., 158, 159, 178,
182
Turnar,-----, of Boulogne, 125, 127
Twyfford, Sir Nie. 48
Twyssell, bridge of, 87
Tyburn, 65, 169
Tyndal, W., his Answer to More’s Dialogue,
90 ; book called the Matrimony of Tyn-
dal, ib.
Tyrrell, Sir Will., 78, 162
Uske. See Huske
Uther Pendragon, 9, 10
Upwere, 154
Venter, Thos., 52
Vere, Sir Robert de, earl of Oxford, marquis
of Dublin and duke of Ireland, 26, 49
Vere, Aubrey de, son of John, 12th earl of
Oxford, 78, 162
Verneuil in Perche, battle of, 164
Vintry, the, 137
Waffer, Harry, knighted, 80
Wakefield, battle of, 76, 154, 171
Wakeup, lord, 159
Wales, 69
Waltham, 58,149
Walworth, Sir Will., 25, 48
Warcoppe------, 89
Warde------, of Topcliff, 179
Ware, Herts, 162
Warren granted to the City of London, 34
Warwick, Rie., earlof, t. Rie. 11., 26, 27,
49, 50, 51
Warwick, Henry Beauchamp, earl of.
createdduke of, 64, 97
Warwick, Rie., earl of (the king maker), 70,
71—77, 80, 153, 156, 157, 159, 161
(misnamed Edward), 168, 172, 173, 176,
183, 184. See also “ Earls, the three.”
Warwick, lord Ambrose Dudley, earl of, 134
Watch, a great, in the city, 140-1
Water, Roger, 79, 179
Wawe, Will., 60
Waynflete, Will. de, bp. of Winchester
(1447-86), 175
Waynsford, bastard, 178
Weirs in the Thames, 34
Welles, loid, 160,161,
Welles, Sir Will., 159
Welshmen and Scots with Margaret of
Anjou, 155
Wenloke, Sir John, lord Wenlock (1461 -
71), 72, 74, 75, 157, 159,169, 184
Wentbryge, Yorkshire, 162
Wentworth, Oliver, 79, 179
--------Sir Philip, 79, 178, 179
Westminster, 131 ; kings and queens buried
at, 16, 19, 20, 24, 26, 30, 31, 62 ;
crownedat, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 31,
54, 60, 162, 166, 173 ; Parliaments at,
66, 170, 175, 176; mairiage of lord Am-206
INDEX.
brose Dudley at, 134 ; Puritans at, 143 ;
Gatehouse at,ib. ; Edward IV. takes pos-
session of the throne at, 173 ; crowned
at, 174; visits, 185
Westminster, abbot of, 103
Westmoreland (Westhumbyrlond), Ralph
Nevill, second earl of (1425-84), 157,160
Whethamstede, John. See St. Alban’s,
abbot of
White, sir John, mayor, 127
White, sir Rob., vicar of Deptford, 63
Whitechapel, 137. Seealso Blawnchapylton
White Friars (or Carmélites ?), 151
Wiche, Hugh, knighted, 80
Wicked Mammon, the, Parable of (a book),
90
Wilkokes, Mr., 119
William the Conqueror, 16, 17, 28, 85
William Rufus, 17, 29
William of Hatfield, son of Edward III.,
170
William, son of Henry I., 17
Willoughby, Rob., lord (1409-52), 164
Wiiloughby, lord, reported as killed at Tow-
ton (1461), 160
Wilton. See Grey
Wiltshire, James Butler, earl of (1449-61),
76, 77, 155, 161
Wiltshire, Will. Scrope, earl of, (1397-9) 51
Winchelsea, 62
Winchester, 140; Kings buried^at, 15,16,
17, 29 ; Prince Arthur chrfstened at,
104-5
Winchester, St. Swithin’s, prior of, 105
Winchester, bp of. See Beaufort, Hen. ;
Horne, Rob. ; Waynflete, Will. de
Windsor, 164 ; Queen Elizabeth at, 126-7
Windsor Castle, 70
Wingfield, sir John, 105, 157
Wisbeach, 155
“ Wode Satuiday,” the, 47
Wodfeld (Woodville), Sir Rie., 63
Wolferston, Roger, 161
Woodstock, Edmund of, son of Edward I., 20
Woodstock, Thomas of, duke of Gloucester,
son of Edward III., 24, 26, 27
Woodville, Anthony, lord Scales (1461-9),
earl Rivers (1469-83), 72, 92, 157, 181,
182, 184
Woodville, (Widvell), Sir Edw. (called lord
Woodville), 104
Woodville, Eliz., daughter of lord Rivers
and the duchess of Bedford, married to
Edward IV., 80, 180. See also Elizabeth
Woodville, Sir John, son of Rie., lord Rivers,
183
Worby, John, of Mortlond, 158
Worcester, King John buried at, 19, 29
Worcester, Sir Thos. Percy, earl of (1397-
1403), 51
Worcester, John Tiptoft, earl of (1449-70),
157, 159, 177, 182, 183
Worcester, John Carpenter, bp. of, 100
Worcester, Rob. Morton, bp.of (1486), 105
Worcester, bp. of, dead in 1449, 151. (This
is ?rroneous)
Wratton, Piers, 104
Wyllson,-----, a dyer, 138
Wynglesdome Moor, Durham, 41
York field (battle of Towton), 77. See
Towton
York, city, founded, 3 ; parliament at, 42 ;
Edward IV. at, 77, 174; executions at,
79, 161, 179 ; heads of Yorkist lords ex-
posed on the city walls, 172
York, Edmund of Langley, duke of, 24
York, Philippa duchess of, widow of
Edward, second duke, 57
York, Richard, duke of, father of Edward
IV., 63, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 95, 97,
149, 151-2, 154, 168-171
York, abp. of (1426-51). See Kemp, John
York, Alex. Nevill, abp. of, t. Rie. II., 49,
50
York, Will. Booth, abp. of (1452-64), 162
Yowng,-------, parson of St. Bartholomew’s
the Little, 126ERRATA.
P. 159, 1. 1, for “ Hem” read “hem.”
P. 177, 1. 1, omit comma after “ Boream” and supply it after “rediens.”
P. 136, footnote b. The reference should be “ See page 133, note a.”
P. 170, 1. 21, insert comma after “Richard” and omit comma after
“ olywe.”